Chapter 64

"Zhao Botao, you bully people too much!"

The person who roared was Cao Hong. With this roar, the gift box on the table was also kicked away by him and rolled to the ground. The rest of the people in the big tent looked at it, but they saw that there was actually a woman's clothes in the box, a red skirt, a white coat, and silk and satin. The workmanship of this dress was really good.

Gently picked up the lettering that fell on the ground. After reading it, I couldn't help but get angry. This Zhao Feng's words are a little gloomy. Not to mention that Cao Hong is such an impatient person, even if he were himself, he may not be able to calm down. Zhao Feng's letter is very short. In the letter, he told Cao Hong that I am now leading 100,000 troops to the north to save Xingyang. If you bring seeds, come out and fight with me to the death. If you don't have the guts, just huddle in the camp and don't go to war. Put on this beautiful dress for you and go back to be a boudoir!

"Zhao Botao is so hateful that I will kill him!" Cao Hong said with hatred. After saying that, he didn't understand his hatred. He punched directly on the table and immediately smashed a solid wood table with a big hole. Xiahou Ba, Man Chong, Yu Jin and others in the account looked at each other in front of each other.

"The general is angry! Now Zhao Botao is aggressive to save Liu Bei. We'd better wait for him to enter the Xingyang boundary, and then let General Zhang and General Xu lead the army to cut off the way. When Zhao Botao is completely surrounded, we will annihilate him in one fell swoop!" Man Chong thought for a time.

Although Cao Hong's surname is irritable, he is not a brainless person after all. This strategy was arranged by Cao Qian before leaving, and he would naturally abide by it. It's just that Zhao Feng stimulates him so much now. Even if the encirclement has not been fully formed, once Zhao Feng stands in front of him, he will still fight with him without hesitation. At present, Cao Hongqiang held back his anger and ordered to suspend the attack on Xingyang City. At the same time, he sent scouts to listen to Zhao Feng's news, and asked Zhang Yi and Xu Huang to send troops as soon as possible, and then attacked Zhao Feng on both sides.

"Brother, why didn't Cao's army attack the city today?" On the head of the devastated Xingyang City, Zhang Fei, who had just finished guarding the city for a day, also asked tiredly. Beside him, Liu Bei was not always calm, and his face was full of dust and dust. Being trapped in Xingyang City for more than a month has really trapped Liu Bei. Except for a few carrier pigeons accompanying the army, Liu Bei knew nothing about the outside. Just a few days ago, all the carrier pigeons were used up, and Liu Bei completely lost contact with the outside world. So even if his emperor's eldest nephew had just been killed, he knew nothing at all. Of course, he didn't know that it was not Cao Zhen himself who surrounded him by the leaders of the city, but Cao Hong.

"I think it should be General Zhao's reinforcements, so Cao Yan is ready to fight to the death with General Zhao. Three generals, General Wen Yuan, you can gather your troops and prepare to break through!" Seeing this scene, Chen Gong thought carefully for a long time before he spoke cautiously. Liu Bei nodded. Cao Jian wanted to use soldiers to do tricks. Maybe he had other intentions this time, and he still needed to be careful.

"General, there is a more than one-hour journey ahead, and you can enter the Xingyang boundary. Just in time, the scouts came to report that Yongning's jaws had gathered and prepared to cross Luoshui to help the battle. General Zhou Tai has led his troops to fortification by the river, and he should be able to block it for a few hours. As for Xu Huang, General Wang sent someone to report that Xu Huang had been tripped by his design, and he could not come to help in the war for two or three days!"

Dive on the march, Guan Ping said to Zhao Feng in detail. As he said, at present, Zhou Tai led 5,000 soldiers from the navy to rely on Luoshui to sniper Zhangjiao. After Xu Huang diagnosed and treated the sick soldiers in the army, he was also convinced that there was a problem with drinking water. At present, he ordered the whole army to dig a deep well to get water and not drink the stream that was laid by Wang Ping. But even so, if it doesn't last for a few days, the army can't carry out a large-scale field battle. In the past few days, Wang Ping will naturally not make them feel better. Every day, he attacks and disturbs Xu Huang's camp, almost without a moment. Xu Huang had no choice but to order the soldiers who were able to move freely to guard Dazhai in shifts.

"Vica is very good. In this way, we can solve Cao Hong first!" Zhao Feng understands the current situation. At this time, Guan Ping also sighed, "It's a pity that General Gan is now trapped in the camp of the water division. Otherwise, once his 30,000 water troops are stationed in Luoshui, they can naturally block all the jaws." After Pang Tong plotted against him, his cousin Pang Lin was also promoted to the governor of the navy. Gan Ning, the original naval commander, was placed under house arrest in Guandu. If it hadn't been for Liu Qi's 10,000 sailors, Zhou Tai would have had to rely on infantry to fight against Zhang Yi this time.

"But although General Zhou has a sailor, he doesn't have a warship. How can he resist Zhang's jaw?" Ma Zhong, who came with the army, was also puzzled.

"Ha ha, Dexin, you don't know that. Even if Youping doesn't have a special warship, on the one hand, Zhangjiao doesn't have a warship, and on the other hand, Cao's northern soldiers basically don't have water warfare, and they can't even swim. Even if Youping is not good, you can still stop them!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. This is also Cao Qian's hundreds of secrets. Zhang Yi was stationed in Yongning. If he wanted to come to surround himself, he had to cross Luoshui. Xu Huang was stationed in the Songshan camp, but he was dizzy by the frontless flying army. If not, if the two partial teachers are added together, they will probably not be able to bear it.

The army moved forward at full speed, and soon it had already reached the Xingyang boundary. After getting the news, Cao Hong was also ready to fight to the death. However, to his surprise, the scout has not found any news about Xu Huang and Zhang Yi. As a last resort, Cao Hong had to send a messenger again to urge two people.

The news of Zhang Hao and Xu Huang is not clear, but Zhao Feng has come to the door. Cao Hong really wants to stick to it and wait for him to make plans. However, Zhao Feng didn't give him a chance to breathe at all. As soon as he set up Dazhai, he sent Niu Jin to lead 500 people to Cao Hong's Dazhai to scold. Of course, this is not a simple scolding. Before scolding, Zhao Feng personally guided him. I taught Niu Jin all my abusive words. Zhao Feng remembered that Cao Hong was scolded by Ma Chao in history and refused to fight with him. As a result, he lost Tongguan. Now with his more lethal words, it is estimated that Cao Hong will come out to fight with him in less than half a day.

"Ban!" In Cao Jun's camp, Cao Hong threw a tea bowl in front of him to the ground and smashed it to pieces. Come on, gather the generals with me and fight to the death with Zhao Botao!" After hearing what Niu Jin was scolding, Cao Hong was already angry.

"General, let's calm down and wait for General Zhang and General Xu's partial division to arrive in Xingyang, and then fight with Zhao Botao!" Man Chong, as a civil servant who stayed to watch Cao Hong, had to come out to speak at this time. Cao Hong didn't mean to calm down at all when he heard the words. "This Zhao Botao insults the lord so much. As a minister, how can we sit idly by? If so, how can I, Cao Hong, be the descendant of the Cao family!" Cao Hong roared angrily. Man Chong was waiting for the organization's words to persuade him. Unexpectedly, he hurried in and said, "General Cao, the big thing is not good. General Wen Lie has just been insulted and went to war without authorization to ask Zhao Botao to be captured alive!"

"What?" Cao Hong suddenly had a big head again. At this time, in Zhao Feng's military camp, looking at Cao Xiu, who was tied up in front of him, but still looked unconvinced, Zhao Feng was also in a good mood.

"How's it going, General Cao Wenlie? After more than ten years of separation, how is the general doing recently? Don't worry, I'll send someone to let you go soon!" Zhao Feng ignored Cao Xiu's eyes that were about to breathe fire, and joked to himself. Cao Xiu was angry, but he was not as good as being captured again, and there was nothing to say. Just as he was waiting to scold, Niu Jin hurried in with an excited face and said, "General, Cao Hong can't help coming out for a decisive battle!"

"Good!" Zhao Feng was overjoyed when he heard the words. After all, you couldn't help it. Before I pulled Cao Xiu to the door to kill him, you came out. Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also hurriedly ordered the whole army to go out and prepare to fight with Cao Hong.

What Zhao Feng didn't know was that the things he arranged in Wancheng at this time were almost done. Ma Youchang, Meng Zidu, what are you doing? Fu Shiren, who was tied up by all flowers, struggled desperately while asking loudly. As Pang Tong expected, when he led 20,000 troops to Wancheng, Mengda, who was understaffed, immediately opened the door and surrendered, with Ma Ji. Fu Shiren knew that Ma Liang had been on the united front with Pang Tong, and now he met Ma Yan as his own. For Ma Yan's invitation to hold a banquet, Fu Shiren, a good wine and lustful person, had no doubts and happily went to the appointment. As a result, after three glasses of wine, I didn't know anything about it. When I woke up again, I found that I had been tied up. No matter how stupid he is, he knows that something is wrong.

"Fu Shiren, you follow the rebellion. I will take you down now and wait for the lord to come back before making plans!" Looking at Fu Shiren, who looked unconvinced in front of him, Ma Yan didn't want to say anything more to him, so he directly ordered him to be escorted down. At this time, Liao Hua also said, "The 20,000 people brought by Fu Shiren are all Jingzhou soldiers. I have told the captains the reason for the matter. They are mostly impressed by the kindness of the lord and are willing to follow me to help the general save the lord! Several tenacious people have also been killed by me.

"That's good, General Yuanjian, you can lead people to Xingyang as soon as possible to help General Zhao!" Ma Yan also urged when he heard the words. Liao Hua left thousands of people to help Ma Yu and Meng Da defend the city. He led 20,000 Jingzhou troops who had just been collected and went to Xingyang to help the battle.

At this time, under the city of Xingyang, in the wilderness, Zhao Feng and Cao Hong's more than 200,000 troops were facing each other. The number of people on both sides is similar, but because Zhao Yun brought almost all the Xiliang iron riders under his command this time, and Cao Hong, in order to ensure that Xu Huang and Zhang Yi would come as soon as possible, most of the cavalry were with them. Therefore, in this battle, in terms of cavalry, Zhao Feng and others have a slight advantage.

"General Cao, do you really go to war with Zhao Botao without waiting for General Xu and General Zhang to come over?" Yu Ban thought about it, but he still felt a little inappropriate. But at this point, even Cao Xiu has been tied to the other party's flagpole. It seems that the initiative is not in your own hands.

"It doesn't matter. Our troops are no less than the other party. Zhao Botao still needs to leave manpower to prevent General Zhang and General Xu. I'd like to see what he can do to stop us. Cao Hong sneered and looked at the flag of General Zhao on the opposite side. The fighting spirit in his eyes was already burning. In contrast, the forbidden expression beside him was a little nervous, and it can even be said that he was a little depressed. At first glance, it doesn't seem to be ready for war.

However, neither Cao Hong, nor Yu Ban nor Zhao Feng found that at this time, a man and horse were crossing along the Yellow River waterway from the official.

(to be continued)