Chapter 3 Uncountered

Under the city of Qi County.

In the sunset, Jia Xu read alone on a dirt slope, watching hundreds of soldiers responsible for cleaning the battlefield clean up the bodies there. Looking at the continuous corpse, Jia Xu smiled with a rare smile on his face.

No one knows why Jia Xu likes to watch the dead so much, and even he himself doesn't know much. Maybe it's very fulfilling to see so many people killed by themselves. The poisoner Jia Xu, that's what the world has always called him, and he is also proud of such a name. Guo Jia's strategy was relatively successful. More than 100,000 prisoners and troops were surrendered, and nearly 50,000 people died in the battle of Qi County alone. However, the Xuzhou army was really elite in the world. The wall of Qi County was not high. Not long after it was smashed by a Thunderbolt, it collapsed a lot. In this way, they left three times as many enemies. Although these Hebei landing troops are not well equipped for the purpose of depleting troops, even so, the combat strength of the Xuzhou army is quite considerable.

Jia Xu can look at the dead calmly, and Cao Jian has no such leisure. After only two days of rest after the war, Cao Qian quickly led his army into the North Sea. At the same time, Zhao Yun of Donglai and Song Xian of Yangcheng have also led their troops to Beihai, waiting for Cao Qian's arrival to fight to the death.

"Yide, Gongtai, both of them are outstanding people in the world. Why do you want to raise troops to stop the imperial army? What's the difference between this move and rebellion?" Under the North Sea City, Cao Qian is serious. Although they know that Zhang Fei and Chen Gong are not surrendering people, these scenes must be explained.

Zhang Fei was waiting to be scolded. Chen Gong was the first to say, "Cao Mengde, you murderous man to bully the emperor and kill the emperor's relatives, which is the greatest rebellion. Today, I still have a breath to call Chen Gong, and I also want to deal with you to the end!" The voice was loud and clear, and the defenders were all angry when they heard it, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Cao Yan shook his head when he heard the words and retreated first. At this time, Liu Ye came forward and told Cao Yan that the moat in the North Sea was too wide, and the Thunderbolt car was useless. Then call the battle first. If you don't go to war, you will attack the city directly!" Cao Wei waved his hand. As soon as the words fell, Xu Chu took the lead and shouted, "Zhang Feipifu, climb out of the city and fight with your grandfather Xu for 300 rounds!"

"Huh?" Seeing Xu Chu calling, Zhang Fei remembered that the fierce battle four years ago was also painful. He was about to go down to the city to fight, but Zhao Yun, who was beside him, quickly stopped him and said, "General San, you are the assassin of Qingzhou. You are in the safety of Qingzhou. How can you take danger with yourself? When the last general went to kill this one to help the momentum!" Zhang Fei looked at Zhao Yun with a firm face when he heard the words, and still nodded.

"Dangdangdang" continuous blades sounded like fried soybeans, one black and one white two shadows fought fiercely under Beihai City. Xu Chu's Shanjun knife opens and closes one by one, and the moves are fierce. If it is an ordinary person, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take more than five moves. However, Zhao Yun is not an idle person. Although Xu Chu's move is fierce, Zhao Yun does not fall behind at all. Often, when others can only give one shot, Zhao Yun has already stabbed three or four shots. As long as Xu Chu attacks too fiercely, he will take advantage of the opportunity to fall into the passive, and the two will be killed.

"General Yan, what do you think of this battle?" Cao Yan knew that it was difficult to see the reputation of this level of fighting by his own eyes, so he quickly asked Yan Liang, who was as good as Xu Chu in martial arts around him. After a little meditation, the latter said slowly, "It is difficult to win or lose within 300 moves. If there are more than 300 moves, General Xu will be more than good luck." Wen Chou beside him also nodded and fully agreed.

"Dang!" After more than 400 rounds of battle, seeing that Xu Chu's movements were a little slow, Cao Jian hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. Zhao Yun didn't do much for himself. He snorted coldly and went back to the city to prepare to defend. Cao Wei didn't seem to care much about it. Now he sent troops to attack the city immediately. A team of Hebei troops, which had just been collected, carried sandbags and rushed to the moat to fill the river. Naturally, the defenders would not let them be so relaxed. All kinds of bows and arrows and crossbows fired one after another. From time to time, some of the Hebei army, who was only wearing leather armor or even cloth, fell to the ground with arrows, but the successors still surged up one after another.

"Cao Shi doesn't hesitate to suffer casualties!" After filling the river for more than four hours, Chen Gong saw that Cao Jun had killed and injured nearly 10,000 people, but he did not mean to stop at all. He was also a little surprised. Even if he is resourceful, he can't figure out that one of the main purposes of Cao Yan's dispatch of troops this time is to consume these prisoners.

Beihai City was already steep. After Zhang Fei and Chen Gong occupied it, they worked hard to strengthen the city wall with Zhao Feng's earth and cement firing method, and with hundreds of crossbow cannons, it is naturally more difficult to attack now. At present, there are 50,000 defenders in Beihai City, including 40,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. Chen Gong estimates that it will not be a problem to insist on until the arrival of Xuzhou's reinforcements. When the Xuzhou reinforcements arrived, Cao Wei had to retreat.

Cao Qian looked at the fiercely fighting Beihai City, and Gujing's expression made people unable to see what he was thinking. In the battle of Guandu, he defeated Yuan Shao's 500,000 people with less than 100,000 troops, and captured nearly 200,000 prisoners alone. This battle alone is enough to make him famous in history. But Cao Wei is never satisfied with just leaving a name. What he wants is to achieve real hegemony.

It is not to mention that Cao Qian is full of ambition. At this time, after Shouchun learned that Cao Qianbing had committed Qingzhou, Liu Bei and others were surprised. Wei Yan, who guarded Langya County, and Gao Shun, who guarded Taishan County, also confirmed the news one after another. Liu Bei hurriedly summoned Zhao Feng and Guan Yu to discuss the matter. When he learned that Cao Qian had led the so-called 300,000 troops to invade Qingzhou, Liu Bei did not dare to neglect it, and even wanted to send troops to rescue Zhang Fei in person. However, both Pang Tong and Lu Su thought that Jiang Dong was initially determined, and the people's hearts were not stable. Liu Bei should not move lightly. It was better to let Guan Yu lead the army to attack. After many persuasion from everyone, Liu Bei also gave up the idea of leading the army in person. He asked Guan Yu, Zhao Feng, Pang Tong and others to lead 80,000 troops from Xuzhou and Yuzhou to rescue Qingzhou. At the same time, he let Gao Shun and Wei Yan attack Yanzhou from Taishan County and forced Cao Jian to return to the army. Zhao Feng, Pang Tong and Lu Su had been discussing for a long time. They all felt that Cao Yan's sudden large-scale invading Qingzhou at this time was strange, but now Qingzhou had to be saved, but he didn't know what he would do next. However, no matter who expected the real purpose of Cao Wei's march this time.

Under the North Sea City, after two days of high-intensity river filling, the moat in the North Sea was finally filled in. The price Cao Qian paid for this was that nearly 20,000 people were killed in battle. In contrast, more than a thousand people were damaged by the Beihai garrison, and they were basically suppressed and killed by Cao's bow and crossbow fire.

"Master, visit the horse to report. Liu Bei led 80,000 troops to rescue the North Sea with Guan Yu and Zhao Feng as generals. At present, the reinforcements have arrived in Langya!" This morning, after about an hour of siege, Cao Hong hurried to say.

"I know." Cao's expression didn't change at all, and he was still very calm. Lord, do you want to continue to attack the city now? Guo Jiabie asked with deep meaning. Cao Wei smiled faintly and said, "It's almost enough to attack for another day or two!"

"What, there is no Cao Jun in front of you?" Zhao Feng was stunned when he heard such a report. Not only him, Guan Yu, Pang Tong and others were also confused for a while. At present, their reinforcements have been killed in Yangcheng and entered the boundary of Qingzhou. Cao Wei is a man of war. Naturally, he won't even understand such a simple truth as encirclement and reinforcements.

"Does Cao want to set an ambush?" Zhao Feng guessed. Pang Tong shook his head when he heard the words: "It's all plains here. As long as our army sends more patrols, even if there is an ambush, it won't work."

"Does Cao want to fight to the death with us?" Huang Zhongfu muttered, and Pang Tong didn't think so: "Cao Wei just fought with Yuan Shao. If he fights with us to the death, even if he wins, he will win miserably. He can only take advantage of Yuan Shao for nothing."

"In any case, it's better to go to Qingzhou first. Even if Cao Qian has everything possible, we will deal with it carefully without any mistakes!" Guan Yu snorted coldly. Zhao Feng really couldn't think of anything wrong. At present, he could only send more scouts to inquire about the news, just in case.

"Three generals, Cao Wei has retreated!" The next morning, Wei Xu said in disbelief to Zhang Fei, who had just got up. The latter was even more stunned when he heard the words and hurriedly came to Chen Gong for discussion.

"Is it possible that our reinforcements have arrived, and Cao Shen knew that he was invincible, so he withdrew?" After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Fei came up with such a conclusion. Chen Gong shook his head slowly, and then said in a low voice, "Cao Gan must have another trick, but I can't see through it for a while. Three generals, you need to be careful. Don't chase the poor!" When Zhang Fei heard the words, he only guarded the city with Zhao Yunjin, but it was not unusual until Guan Yu and Zhao Feng's reinforcements arrived two days later.

"Second brother, have you encountered anything wrong during your march?" After meeting with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei didn't care about the old days and asked first. Guan Yu was also surprised by Cao Hen's sudden withdrawal, but when he carefully looked back on his march, everything was normal except that he was not resisted.

"Does Cao Shen want to lure the main force of our army to attack Qingzhou, so as to plot Xuzhou and Yuzhou?" Zhao Feng muttered. Pang Tong shook his head when he heard the words and said with great certainty, "Yuzhou and Xuzhou are not left behind. It's not easy for Cao Yan to capture them. Let's wait and see what happens!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei couldn't make up their minds, so they had to respond to the situation in the North Sea for the time being, and they happened to talk about their brotherhood.

Two days later, the messenger from Xuzhou brought everyone an amazing news.

"What? Is Liang County lost? Guan Yu was shocked when he heard the words. Not only him, but also Zhao Feng and others felt strange.

"Exactly, before the fifth day, Xu Huang, a general under Cao Qian's command, led 50,000 troops to attack Liang County, and the Taishou Mifang surrendered to the city!" The messenger himself couldn't believe such a thing, and his tone was very strange. However, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at the handwritten letter covered with Liu Bei's seal and immediately understood that it was all true.

"Mi Zifang, you are Feng'er's uncle!" Guan Yu said only such a sentence in anger. Zhao Feng quickly said, "Second General, it turns out that Cao Qian's real purpose is Yuzhou. I think he has been plotting for this for a long time." Speaking of this, Zhao Feng is also a little unbelievable. You know that Cao Qian's attack on Qi County killed more than 40,000 people and 20,000 people in the North Sea. That is to say, the casualties of more than 60,000 people are just a cover. Cao Shenbu's game is really big enough to pay for the capital.

"Second General, it should not be too late. You have to return to Yuzhou as soon as possible, otherwise the big event will be over!" Pang Tong said in a hurry. What if Cao's old man comes to the North Sea again? Zhang Fei said urgently.

"There are 50,000 troops stationed in the North Sea, which will not be lost easily. Just ask the master to transfer the catapult to strengthen defense immediately." Pang Tong continued. From Yin Li's mouth, he had learned that Cao Wei began to attack the city with a Thunderbolt, and he would naturally respond with a more advanced throwing machine.

I hurriedly said goodbye to Zhang Fei and Chen Gong, and Guan Yu and Zhao Feng quickly led the army back to help. On the way, Liu Bei sent several messengers, and the bad news came one after another.

On September 10, Mi Fang cheated into opening the gate of Chen County. Chen County was defeated by Cao's army. Hou Cheng, the guard general, died in the battle. Ten thousand guard generals were killed and injured more than 8,000, and only more than a thousand people fled to Qiao County.

On September 12, Mi Fang cheated into opening the gate of Ruyin. Cao's army conquered Ruyin. The guard general Hao Meng was killed by Xu Huang. Nearly seven thousand guard generals were killed in the battle. Cao's army broke through Ruyin again.

On September 15th, Mi Fang cheated into opening the gate of Runan City again. After a fierce battle between Liao Hua and Pei Yuanshao, the generals finally lost the city, and only more than 3,000 people fled to Anyang with 20,000 defenders. Fortunately, when Mi Fang wanted to deceive the gate of Anyang, she was recognized by Xu Sheng, the governor of Anyang. After that, Xu Huang went north to attack Xiangcheng. Under the attack of Xu Chang's army, Xiangcheng was quickly broken, and the whole army of 5,000 defenders was destroyed.

By the time Guan Yu and Zhao Feng returned to Shouchun, the whole Yuzhou had lost more than half of the land. At the beginning, Guan Yu and Zhao Feng sent the hard-earned land of Yuzhou. Only Qiao County was desperately guarded by Xu Shu's design and Zhou Tai, and the rest was wasted.

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