Chapter 251 Step by step

Twenty thousand Cao's army lurking in the dark followed Lejin and killed Ancheng Wuying like a tiger and a wolf.

Le Jin took the lead, cut down the guarding enemy at the gate, and waved a big knife into the enemy camp.

Wu Ren was obviously not prepared for Cao Jun's surprise attack at night and was caught off guard.

Despite this, after hearing the warning, 5,000 Wu people immediately gathered to fight and stubbornly resisted the crazy impact of Cao's army.

It's just that Le came here not to annihilate the Wu army, but to burn grain and grass.

According to the previous plan, Le Jin led more than 10,000 Cao troops and continued to attack the Wu people to suppress their counterattack. The remaining 10,000 Cao soldiers put dry firewood piles next to countless granaries and set fires everywhere.

Together, the tongue of fire quickly spread to the area controlled by the Wu people. In a moment, the whole camp was full of smoke.

Le Jin saw that the fire had spread to the point that it could not be extinguished, and the purpose had been achieved, so he made a prompt decision and ordered the whole army to retreat quickly.

When more than 20,000 Cao's army heard the order of Mingjin, they did not fall in love with the battle. They immediately withdrew from the enemy camp and retreated in the direction of Shouchun along the path when they came.

After the troops of the brigade withdrew from the battlefield, Lejin stationed and looked back. He saw that the front line of Ancheng was already full of fire, and half of the sky was burned red.

In the sea of fire, the figure of Wu people flashed around, as if trying to catch the fire, and as if to escape the burning of the fire.

The blazing fire can no longer be controlled at all.

"Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, I really want to see what you will look like after you learn that the grain and grass have been burned clean by me, hey hey..."

Le Jin's face surged with a revengeful expression. After a sneer, he turned around and walked away in the direction of Shouchun.

After a night of running and excitement, the soldiers' bodies and minds quickly became tired, and the speed of the march gradually slowed down.

The East was white, and when the sky was bright, Lejin's surprise army arrived in the Yangting area.

This is a small town between Shouchun and Ancheng. When I got here, the road was quite flat, and the fields on both sides were full of rice fields.

Le Jin did not urge the soldiers to go fast. After the victory, his body and mind also relaxed. At this moment, he was thinking about the next strategy.

He was thinking that An Cheng's grain and fodder were burned, and Zhou Yu's army had to withdraw to Hefei. Whether it was necessary for him to launch another pursuit war on the way to withdraw, which completely undermined the morale of the Wu people and made him dare not cove to Shouchun again.

The slanting moon sinks to the west, and the sky in the east is getting brighter and brighter.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a thin sharp sound from the eardrums, as if there was something beneficial, piercing the air and flying from far to near.

With a muffled sound, just a few steps away, a soldier fell to the ground.

Looking at it through the morning light, there was an arrow in the forehead of the soldier.

The troops were shocked, and Lejin's eyebrows suddenly condensed, and they looked up and swept around.

At this time, there was a squeak in their ears, as if thousands of birds hidden in the rice bushes were shocked at the same time. In the morning light, countless cold lights shot at them from all directions.

Arrow, that's a killing arrow!

Le Jin was shocked. In no time, he was anxious to draw a knife and dance an iron curtain to protect his body.

In an instant, the rain of arrows like flying locusts fell from the sky. In the screams one after another, the soldiers who were not prepared at all fell to the ground like harvested wheat.

is an ambush. There are already countless ambush soldiers lurking in the rice fields on both sides of the road!

It was not until Death came that Le Jin and his 20,000 victorious soldiers suddenly realized that they had unconsciously entered the enemy's ambush circle.

It's just too late.

There are tens of thousands of Wu archers in the rice field, which are like ghosts. The arrows, as ferocious as the eyes of death, like pouring rain, are spread to those defenseless soldiers.

Most of the Cao soldiers even had no time to react, so silently died under the enemy's arrows.

Survivors who were shocked were running away in the direction of Shouchun.

However, the enemies ambushed in the rice bush seem to be endless, stretching for miles, and there are arrows everywhere.

Le Jin, who was running with the horse, found that there were fewer and fewer people around him, and behind him, the body had spread a thick layer of blood along the road, spreading to both sides along the road, and soon injected into the rice field.

He was bleeding everywhere, and he had suffered several arrows in pain. He was almost desperate. It was not until now that he realized that Zhou Yu had long expected his so-called scheme, An Cheng's food and fodder, which was just a bait to lure him.

Hateful, hateful, pathetic... How complicated and desperate his mood is at this time.

In the loud sound of thousands of birds flapping their wings, the most violent arrow rain, like a net of heaven and earth, ruthlessly buckled at him.

"Is this the end..."

................................................ East of Tongguan, Cao Army Camp.

In the big account of the Chinese army, Cao Wei held the bad news from Huainan in his hand, and his old face was like ashes.

His hand is shaking slightly.

For more than ten years, even at the most critical moment of the battle of Guandu, he has never been afraid.

But now, he feels unprecedented fear.

People, once you have too much, the more you care about.

Once thought that the whole world would be its own, but now, it seems that even everything will be taken away.

This is the root of his fear.

In Guanzhong, Xiahou Yuan died, Zhang Yi surrendered, and Guan Long's counties looked down at Liu.

In Nanyang, Cao Hong died in the war, Wen Ping surrendered to Liu Feng, and Nanyang was lost.

In Huainan, Lejin was ambushed to death, and Shouchun City was broken. The Wu people's water army went straight from the Huai River to Xuzhou. Xu Yang's troops were empty, and all counties surrendered.

The three sides of the east, middle and south were lost, and the opposition forces around Xudu took the opportunity to rise up. The rebellion and the riots of the whole south of the Yellow River were already in danger.

The painstakingly managed Central Plains foundation will face the trend of collapse in a few months.

Everything is because of the move of the East Three Counties.

One step wrong, one step wrong, lose the whole plate.

At this moment, Cao's heartache is even more deeply regretful. He should not have too much appetite. He wanted to swallow Er Liu in one fell swoop, but as a result, he fell into the current situation.

"If Xun Qing were here, how could I fail like this..."

Cao Qian tore up the silk book in his hand fiercely and lamented the death of Xun Yu, but he completely forgot that his first counselor, it was precisely because he opposed him to call him Duke Wei and was ignored by him that he finally ended up inexplicably depressed.

"The Prime Minister, now the two Huai have been lost, and Nanyang has fallen. Xudu's front-line people are excited. I'm afraid it's difficult to defend. It's time to make a decision."

The person who said this is Liu Ye. At present, at this most critical juncture, what he imagined for Cao Yan is Liu Ye, who has the status of a descendant of the Han Dynasty.

Cao tried his best to suppress his pain and indignation. He took a deep breath and asked silently, "In your opinion, what should you do?"

Liu Ye said, "The most urgent thing is that the Prime Minister should immediately order the relocation of the capital to Luoyang to avoid being attacked by both sides of Liu Feng and Sun Quan in the Xudu area."

At present, he has lost everywhere. Within a few months, Cao Jian's field troops have lost 1560,000 yuan. At present, Cao Jian's available troops are less than 200,000, and the total force is already at a disadvantage against Liu Yisun.

Xudu is a place of four battles, and there is no danger to defend. It is obviously not wise to stick to this place blindly.

"Well, the relocation of the capital should be implemented immediately. What else?" Cao Wei nodded and showed his approval.

Liu Ye continued: "The Wu people went deep into Xuzhou, and the troops in the southeast were empty and could not resist at all. I thought that the Prime Minister should give up the return of Guanzhong and lead the division to Luoyang in the east. On the one hand, he sent more troops to Yanzhou and Qingzhou to prevent the Wu people from advancing to the Central Plains. On the other hand, he took Luoyang as the center and relied on the dangerous defense of the Eight Passes to stabilize the heart of the Central Plains.

As long as Luoyang can be saved, and then backed by the prefectures of Hebei, Xu Xu Tuzhi believes that he will be able to recover the lost land sooner or later.

Although Liu Ye's suggestion is a little "humiliation", Cao Yan is also very clear that the times have changed, and now it is no longer what he wants.

Cao Yan looked around at the counselors and asked coldly, "Zi Yang's plan, what do you think?"

The counselors were silent, and no one dared to speak.

Cao Yan was silent for a long time and sighed up to the sky.

.............................. Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

It has been seven days since the battle of Nanyang ended. At the same time, the war between Guanzhong and the southeast has also come to an end. Xu Du also received news that Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, has moved to Luoyang. It seems that Cao Wei has indeed been forced to move to the capital.

At this time, Liu Feng is not going to fight again.

His territory faces Xu Luo directly. If the army continues to go north, it will only force Cao Wei to transfer most of his troops to the south to fight against him. At this time, it will only create opportunities for Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

What's more, in the continuous battle, the food and fodder have been exhausted. In addition, tens of thousands of troops have suddenly been surrendered. If he opens his mouth and fights again, Liu Feng will wait to provoke civil war.

Under all kinds of considerations, Liu Feng decided to temporarily suspend his troops.

Wei Yan, who was originally stationed in Xiangyang, was promoted to General Zhengbei by Liu Feng at this time. He led 30,000 troops to stay in Nanyang and guarded Wancheng. Liu Feng himself led his army back to Xiangyang.

For the previous surrender of Wenpin, Liu Feng fulfilled his promise to him and did not let him deal with Cao Jian. Instead, he was appointed as the governor of Changsha and asked him to go to Jingnan to guard against Dongwu. Liu Feng rewarded all the other generals such as Hou Yin and Deng Ping who surrendered in the Battle of Nanyang.

On the side of Yizhou, after Cao Jian and Meng Da withdrew from Jianping, they were ordered to lead the army to the north and take the opportunity to capture Shangyong and other three eastern counties. Ma and Meng were successively promoted by Liu Feng to General Anxi and General Yangwu.

Just as Liu Feng arrived in Xiangyang, another good news came one after another.

Xu Shu is here.

(to be continued)