The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 423 Capture Shouchun
When Lei Xu came to Xue Ti's side, he suddenly swung a big knife in his hand, and cut Xue Ti off his horse with one knife, and then made another knife.Poor Xue Ti, who was the last official in history and received the title of Marquis of Guannei, ended his life early in this way.

The surrounding Cao soldiers were stunned. What was going on?Why did Governor Lei hack General Xue to death?

Lei Xu shouted loudly: "Cao Cao claimed to be king without authorization. He is already a traitor and will be wiped out sooner or later. Therefore, Liu Shijun, the governor of Yangzhou, loved the people like his own son and was deeply loved by the people, but he was brutally killed by Cao Cao. I have taken refuge in the Marquis of Chu, and The army of the Marquis of Chu has already entered the city, you will not die when you abandon your armor and surrender, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Xue Ti's soldiers suddenly panicked, the main general was killed, the enemy army had already entered the city, and even the prefect had surrendered, who still had the will to resist.

As a result, most of Cao's soldiers knelt down and surrendered, but some of Cao Cao's loyalists broke out, some went to report to Li Dian, and some went to Hefei to find Cao Cao.

Although many people escaped, Lei Xu didn't care. Anyway, Xue Ti was dead, and Li Dian was not there. The [-] soldiers of the Cao Army in the Nancheng Cao Army's camp were definitely not the opponents of the Chu Army even though they were leaderless. , this Shouchun city will soon be completely controlled by the Chu army.

Sure enough, when Gan Ning led his army to Nancheng, Cao's army of [-] soldiers was quickly defeated by Gan Ning because there was no general to lead the army. Most of them chose to surrender, and the rest fled in all directions, and Gan Ning took control. Shouchun City.

Because of the preparations made in advance, Jiang Qin led his troops to continuously transport the resources of the city defense materials on the warships into the city, including the city defense crossbow accessories, a large number of crossbows and arrows, as well as kerosene bombs and gunpowder. Bag.

Shouchun is the most important city in Huainan. Taking Shouchun can completely control the waterway of Huaihe River and cut off the back of Cao Jun. Therefore, after Cao Cao gets the news, he will definitely send a large army to attack the city.In this way, the Battle of Huainan became a battle for the Chu army to defend the city, and Cao Jun's cavalry had no use for it. The Chu army could also use the tall walls of Shouchun City to consume Cao Jun soldiers.

As long as the Chu army guards Shouchun, Cao Cao will not dare to launch an offensive in Hefei, and can only focus on recapturing Shouchun City as the first goal. Either Cao Jun will recapture Shouchun regardless of casualties, or Cao Cao will have to withdraw from Huainan.

Li Dian in Quyang was the first to get the news, but several days had passed, Xue Ti was also beheaded by Lei Xu, Shouchun City must have been firmly controlled by Gan Ning, and it was meaningless to go back, so Li Dian He hurriedly led his troops to Hefei.

Ten days later, Cao Cao also got the news that Lei Xu had rebelled and Shouchun had been lost.

Cao Cao and all his counselors were shocked. After Shouchun was occupied by Zhang Wu, their retreat was in danger of being cut off, and a lot of food and grass were hoarded in Shouchun City. Cao Jun, who was already short of food and grass and inconvenient to transport, made things worse.

"King Wei, Shouchun is very important. We should send troops to recapture it as soon as possible!" Liu Ye said anxiously.

Cao Cao also knew the importance of Shouchun, and of course he wanted to take it back as soon as possible, but since Lei Xu rebelled and opened the city gate to let the enemy troops into the city, it must have been planned for a long time.At this time, Shouchun City must have been prepared for defense. A big city like Shouchun must not be recaptured in a short time, not to mention that there is an [-] army led by Zhang Wu himself outside Hefei.

"If returning troops attack Shouchun, how should Zhang Wu's army outside the city respond?" Cao Cao asked.

Sima Yi said: "King Wei, if Shouchun is lost, it will be meaningless to defend Hefei. If Shouchun is not regained, Huainan will also be lost. Although Hefei is small, it is easy to defend. King Wei can order a general here Defend the city, and then lead the army to retake Shouchun."

Cao Cao didn't want to lose the Huainan production area and the forward position against Zhang Wu, so he personally led an army of [-] to Shouchun, leaving Cao Ren and Zhang Liao to lead the rest of the soldiers to defend Hefei, while leaving Jiang Ji to assist Cao Ren.

Cao Cao said fiercely: "When I break Shouchun City, I will cut Lei Xu into thousands of pieces!"

Jiang Ji didn't dare to say anything, because both he and Lei Xu used to be Liu Fu's subordinates.When Cao Cao killed Liu Fu, Jiang Ji was a little worried that something would happen in Huainan. Later, when Cao Cao raised taxes in Huainan, Jiang Ji was also a little worried, but he didn't dare to say, and now something happened.

Li Dian met Cao Cao on the way, and although Cao Cao got angry, Li Dian was not at fault after all, so Cao Cao ordered Li Dian to inquire about Shouchun's situation as a forward.

At this time, Gan Ning, Lu Su, Zhu Huan, Zhu Ran, and Lei Xu were guarding the city of Shouchun, while Jiang Qin continued to lead [-] water troops on the Huaihe River to echo the defenders in the city.

After Zhang Wu learned that the plan was successful and that Shouchun had been captured by Gan Ning, he immediately ordered an attack on Hefei to ease the pressure on Gan Ning. Support the illusion of the Huainan battlefield.

Zhang Wu happily said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, it seems that this time we can have our cake and eat it too!"

Zhuge Liang knew that what Zhang Wu said was that he could occupy Huainan and Hanzhong at the same time, and he said happily: "As the saying goes, if you gain the right, you will get more help, but if you lose the right, you will get less help. Cao Cao is cruel and unkind, and he kills too much, which indeed has bad consequences."

After Cao Cao led his army to Shouchun, he immediately organized a large army to attack the city. But at this time, there were [-] Chu soldiers in Shouchun City, as well as [-] soldiers recruited by Lei Xu. There was no shortage of food, grass and defense equipment. There were no large siege equipment, so casualties were heavy.

Cao Jun built catapults, rams and other siege equipment while attacking the city. However, Shouchun is adjacent to the Huaihe River to the north. The Chu army can continuously transport reinforcements and supplies by land and water, and they are not afraid of mutual consumption with Cao Jun. Anyway, one exchanges for three. Four, no loss.

More than ten days later, Cao Cao learned that Zhang Wu had transferred another [-] soldiers from Jiangdong to launch a fierce attack on Hefei. Not much effect.

There are also signs that the Pang Tong and Guan Yu armies in Fancheng are also gathering troops to support Huainan. If there is a long delay, I am afraid that Shouchun will not win here, but Hefei will lose it.

Therefore, Sima Yi asked Cao Cao to suggest that Zang Ba, who was stationed in Xuzhou, gather his troops, make a posture of crossing the river from Guangling to attack Jiangdong, and then dispatch the troops from Runan to help.

Due to the huge changes in the Huainan battlefield, the [-] troops remaining in Xuchang can no longer wait any longer, and should be quickly transferred to support Huainan.Even if Zhang Wu took the opportunity to order Xu Shu and Ma Chao to attack Hanzhong, with Hanzhong's terrain and the strength of Xiahouyuan and Cao Hong, it would be no problem to defend for a year.

(End of this chapter)