Chapter 17 Jia Xu's Poison Plan

"Let's go!"

With such a roar, there were only more than 10,000 tigers and leopards, protecting several civil servants such as Cao Jian and Jia Xu in the core, and then the infantry made way and rushed straight away with Cao Jian. The indominable momentum is enough to frighten any opponent.

Directly opposite the tiger and leopard riding, no one goes back to do such a stupid thing. Neither Guan Yu nor Zhang Liao will hit the stone like this for Cao Wei alone. They have quite a tacit understanding and regard the remaining 80,000 to 90,000 Cao soldiers as objects of bullying.

"Fengyun riding army, scattering!" Without the restraint of tiger and leopard riding, Zhang Liao's entanglement was still the same, but Guan Yu was able to encroy on the end of Cao's army more unscrupulously. At this speed, Cao Jun had at least 30% of it to be swallowed by Guan Yu before withdrawing to Xu Chang. Of course, with the increase of casualties, Cao Jun's military heart will also be scattered. I don't expect them to collapse completely. After all, there are Li Dian and Yu Ban, but it is foreseeable that in the later stage, more and more Cao's army will give up resistance.

"The soldiers of Cao's camp, we treat the prisoners preferentially. Cao Shen has abandoned you. Don't do any more unnecessary resistance. Put down your weapons and surrender immediately and strive for the leniency of our army!" ( Does this paragraph sound familiar?) Guan Yu is Guan Yu. In his busy schedule, he still draws troops to carry out this kind of shameless public opinion offensive. Of course, the sound can be spread so far in the chaotic army, relying on the earth horn designed by Zhao Feng for him in those years.

"Damn it, how loud is Liu Jun's voice!" Li Dian commanded the response in the middle of the Chinese army, but the persuasion could still be faintly heard, let alone the rear army. More and more Cao soldiers began to throw down their blades, squatted on the roadside with their heads in their arms, and their own relevant people came forward to collect them.

"I don't know what happened to the King of Wei?" Yu Han looked at Cao Yan, who had gone far away in the distance, and also muttered in his heart. It's not for Cao, but for the fate of a pawn who is similar to an abandoned son.

"Wen He, let's withdraw to Xu Chang. How many soldiers can we mobilize?" Cao Jian, who was retreating, suddenly asked Jia Xu beside him. After listening to Cao Jian's words, Jia Xu was also a little relieved. He knew that Cao Jian was in a good mental state now, and at least he had begun to consider the next step.

"The 80,000 troops of General Zixiao in Liangjun have been pulled over, but now it seems that they have been blocked on the road. And the 40,000 people of General Shanyang Gongming should guard against Wei Yan in Qingzhou, which is not allowed to be used. In addition, it seems that only the defenders of Dongjun and Chen Liu can be mobilized, but these two places can only squeeze out more than 30,000 people. Jia Xu calculated a little.

"There are many. As long as Man Cheng and Wen can lead half of the people to withdraw to Xu Chang, I can still gather more than 100,000 people and compete with Liu Daye!" Cao Shen seemed to be secretly relieved, and then stopped talking. It was important to run for his life with all his strength.

Finally, an hour later, Cao Jian and 10,000 tigers and leopards fled back to Xuchang City in embarrassment, and Xu Chang's full pet also hurriedly greeted him. After Cao Hen settled down, Man Chong also handed him a military newspaper that had just been sent. Cao Hen opened it and couldn't help frowning again.

"Zhao Botao's soldiers entered Longxi, and Miao Cai fought a decisive battle with him, but Zhang Ren and Lu Xun took advantage of the situation to intercept the back road, and Han Hao was killed. At present, to the west of the Jinghe River, all of them have been lost!" Cao Jian sighed and handed the military newspaper to Jia Xu with some weakness.

"Zhongde has made a decision and sent all the people of Longxi to Jingdong!" Jia Xu comforted. In this way, Zhao Feng didn't want to enter Guanzhong for two or three years. Even so, it is enough to lose the two counties of Liangzhou and Yongzhou at once.

"First of all, there are Zhao Feng in Yongliang, and Yu Zhang Liao in the Central Plains, and even Lu Xun. There are so many talents under Liu Da'er!" Cao Wei sighed. At this moment, Man Chong had to tell him another bad news. Just now, another batch of grain and fodder was cut off by Liu Bei's sailors when crossing the Yellow River through the Yanjin ferry.

"Is it true that Liu Daye wants to block the waterway of the Yellow River with a water engineer?" As soon as Cao Shen said this, everyone couldn't help taking a breath. If this is the case, then I am equivalent to being cut in Yanzhou. Even if there are thousands of troops and horses in Hebei, I can only watch the battle across the Yellow River.

"Don't worry, King Wei. I think even if Liu Bei's sailor is sharp, he may not be able to break into my hinterland. Now that the land of Yanjin is not connected, the lord can also transport grain or transfer troops from Hebei to Sizhou and then to Yanzhou!" Jia Xu comforted. However, Cao Wei also knows that it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to take such a detour to transport grain or transfer troops. If this happens, I will be even more overstretched if I don't have enough food and fodder.

"Wen He, I estimate that Man Cheng and Wen will be able to retreat to Xuchang tomorrow morning. What's your plan to respond to them entering the city?" Reluctantly suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Cao Wei thought of the most realistic problem. Jia Xu hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Although the king of Wei opens the gate, I have my own way, but I have to arrange it first."

"That's all!" Cao Jian knew what poison Jia Xu was going to use, and he didn't want to force him to say it on the spot. At this moment, Man Chong beside him suddenly exclaimed, "No!"

"What's the matter, Berning?" Cao Yan's reaction to Man Chong was a little surprised, but he heard Man Chong hurriedly said, "Master, send someone to inform General Zixiao to retreat to Liang County. Don't go to Runan to throw yourself into the net!" Originally, Cao Yan wanted to join forces with Cao Ren to break through Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, but now Cao Yan has retreated. In case Cao Ren went to respond again, he would give Liu Bei a chance to fight all.

"Exstence, it's all my fault for my negligence!" Cao Yan immediately woke up when he heard the words. Not only him, but also Jia Xu looked annoyed. Although both of them were intelligent, they had just experienced the war and retreated back to Xuchang, and they didn't care about this matter for a while. On the contrary, he was full of energy and immediately thought of this.

"Sem quickly to inform Zixiao and let him withdraw to Liang County as soon as possible!" Cao Wei quickly sent someone to send an order. At this time, it was the beginning of the night. After a day of fierce battle, Cao Wei also went to rest after watching Lejin. However, outside the wilderness, Li Dian and Yu Jin and the army led by Cao Hong were disturbed by Guan Yu and Zhang Liao. For the time being, they were stationed on a small dirt slope. Yu Ban and others discussed the military situation overnight while Guan Yu had not launched an attack.

"Mancheng, why don't you think Guan Yu caught us all at once? Now he has a superior force, and he also has a cavalry. After Yu Ban sat down, he was also a little puzzled. Yu Ban is good at governing the army, and these strategies are not his skills. The experience of fighting is not as good as Li Dian.

"This one wants to drag us down!" Li Dian said with hatred that Guan Yu and Zhang Liao harassed them with such a ghost, with the intention of dragging them down.

"I'm afraid it's more than that. He wants to follow us to Xuchang, so as to break through Xuchang in one fell swoop!" Cao Hong said coldly. As soon as this was said, Yu Jin frowned and said, "General Zilian, you said that Mr. Jia has a way to respond to Xuchang, but Xuchang only has less than 20,000 defenders. How can he respond to us?"

"Mr. Jia has his own clever plan, so we don't have to speculate. By the way, Mancheng, have you counted the number of people? How many more do we have? Cao Hong suppressed his uneasiness and continued to ask.

"There are more than 78,000 pedestils, and Guan Yu has almost taken another 10,000 on the way!" Li Dian sighed. Guan Yu's propaganda offensive was so powerful that many soldiers were fooled away by him. Li Dian's words were really depressing.

"No matter, even if there are only a few of us left tomorrow, as long as we go back to Xuchang to see the Prime Minister, it will be foolproof!" In the end, Cao Hong didn't know whether to encourage himself or Li Dian and others. However, this move really works, because Li Dian and others also deeply trust Cao Qian. In those years, even with only one-tenth of the opponent's strength, Cao Wei defeated Yuan Shao, who was strong in the north. Now that Cao is so strong, there is no reason to lose to Liu Bei. Yes, Cao won't lose, they all think so.

After a short break, before dawn, Cao Hong and Li Dian gathered their troops in the middle of the night and rushed to Xuchang at full speed. Although Zhang Liao and Guan Yu were still harassing them as usual, Li Dian and others were desperate and did not fight back at all, just trying to escape back to Xu Chang as soon as possible. Along the way, many soldiers were forced to surrender or be killed.

When Li Dian and others rushed to Xuchang City, it was already the next morning. In broad daylight, Li Dian, Cao Hong and others looked at each other and looked at themselves. It was true that there were at least 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers behind them, but they were all after a night's rush, not good physical strength, and behind them were also the Jingzhou Army and Xuzhou Army led by Yu and Zhang Liao. They only waited for Xuchang's gate to open. He fished in troubled waters and killed into Xuchang together.

"Zilian, General Li, General Yu, prepare to get ready to enter the city!" Above the city, Cao Chun, who had withdrawn to Xu Chang with Cao, shouted to the crowd. Then the gate was opened and the suspension bridge was lowered. Li Dian and Yu Jin hurriedly led the army into the city.

"Crush!" Seeing the city gate open, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao hurriedly led the army to catch up with the killing, trying to take Xu Chang in one fell swoop while in the chaos. However, after all, the gate was narrow, and tens of thousands of Cao troops gathered at the gate, and it was difficult for them to squeeze into the city for a while. Guan Yu and Zhang Liao immediately led the army to fight. While annihilating the enemy, they pushed forward to the gate. Li Dian also had to arrange some people to fight with him first to cover the army's calm entry into the city. It's just that Guan Yu has many soldiers and horses, and his own resistance is really not very effective.

"General Mancheng, don't fall in love with the war, go to the city quickly!" After a fierce battle, Cao Chun's anxious voice came from the head of the city again. Li Dian looked at his side. Almost half of the soldiers had entered the city, and Yu Jin, Cao Hong and other generals had also entered. Although I have arranged the number of people, if I continue to swallow the city so slowly, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao can immediately enter the city with me. To understand this, Li Dian no longer fell in love with the war and went straight to the city.

"Throw!" After seeing Li Dian enter the city, Cao Chun suddenly gave an order. With this shout, hundreds of soldiers suddenly threw bundles of firewood from the city and threw them here at the gate.

Then, the crossbowman at the head of the city shot a rocket at the firewood pile that had just been thrown down under the city. The firewood suddenly burned, and the flames were so great that everyone who was ready to enter the city was immediately stopped by the group. Taking advantage of the fire, the defenders began to close the gate calmly.

(to be continued)