Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 378

Cao Anmin had been watching the situation in the arena all the time, seeing that Cao Ang's moves were scattered, he hurriedly patted his horse and came to rescue him.

However, Chen Yu didn't take advantage of the situation to make a forceful move. Seeing Cao Ang retreating, he rode his horse back to the front of the stronghold, and said with a sneer, "I miss you coming from a long way, but your strength is weak. Let you rest for an hour and fight again."

Cao Ang stopped Cao Anmin who was rushing over, and said loudly: "Don't be crazy, Cao will definitely catch you under the horse!"

Chen Yu laughed loudly, but stopped talking to him, and rode his horse back to the village. The minions blocked the gate of the village, and the archers were on guard.

Everyone retreated to the formation, Cao Anmin said: "Brother, the thieves are on guard here. We are not good at fighting on the water, so we should retreat to the water stronghold before making plans."

Cao Anmin is the son of Cao Cao's brother Cao De. His surname is Cao, his name is Zhao, and his name is Anmin. Cao Cao loves him very much, even surpassing Cao Ang.
Cao Ang gritted his teeth for a while, and said: "This sneak attack failed, we can order someone to report back to the camp first, and then think of a good strategy. This Chen Yu is a good general. We are here to hold him back. My father must have a way to destroy the thief."

Seeing that the thieves had been on guard, Cao Ang knew that a strong attack would be useless, and returning to the camp at this time would not help. What he wanted to do most now was to persuade Chen Yu to surrender or capture Chen Yu, so as to add another good general to the Cao family.

Cao Zhao knew that Cao Ang was victorious, and this time the battle with the thieves was tied, and he would not let it go, so he had to send someone to Cao Cao to send a letter to see how the battle here goes.

Tan Ma sent the information to the water village, Cao Cao heard the words and sighed, the thief was familiar with water warfare, and the warship was very strange, and it was too late to rush to build it, so he became anxious.

At this time, Sun Jian led the army to go north, and Jiang Gan asked for help. Although Tao Qian was dead, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu were both people who only cared about their immediate interests. I don't know what their intentions are. Once troops are sent, Xuzhou will face the enemy three times.

Xuzhou has been the site of the Four Wars since ancient times. In addition, there is a stronger Liu He in Hebei. Cao Cao knew that if he didn't wipe out Changxi as soon as possible and calm the people in the territory, even if the opponent couldn't attack, he would be exhausted sooner or later.

At this time, he couldn't think of a strategy to defeat the enemy. Cao Cao vaguely felt a little pain in his head, as if he was about to have another headache, so he had to go back to his tent to rest temporarily.

Unconsciously, it was evening, and the boats of the bandit army shuttled back and forth in the lake, and even approached a stone's throw away from the water village. They were so arrogant that Cao Chun and others gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do.

That night, Changxi sent an order for the whole army to hold a banquet to celebrate the victory, and there were sentry boats patrolling, so there was no need to worry about Cao Jun rushing in. Changxi was very proud of a big victory, and thought to himself that he would not be afraid of Cao Cao because of the advantage of the water.

At the banquet, Chang Xi really showed off his military strength, and laughed loudly: "This king can't beat Cao Cao on the mountain, but now he is no match for me in the water, everyone, do it!"

During this battle, all the leaders respected Chang Xi more and more, and they raised their glasses to drink.

Yin Li heard that Chang Xi had tied Li Tong at the gate of the stronghold to show off to the whole army, so he came forward and asked, "Since the king has captured the general, why don't you kill him as an example to others, if he escapes, wouldn't it be more powerful enemies?"

"Hahaha, don't worry, this king will arrest all of Cao Cao's subordinates before we deal with them!" Chang Xi smiled triumphantly, and said in a deep voice, "This place is surrounded by water, unless he flees with his wings and waits until Cao Cao is defeated. People who can surrender will be used by this king, if they refuse to surrender, it will not be too late to kill them."

Yin Liyan said: "Cao Cao sent troops to attack Sishuikou Village last night. Fortunately, Chen Yu stopped him. This man is full of tricks and tricks. Your Majesty, don't take it lightly."

"Cao Mengde, come to sneak attack again?" Chang Xi was furious when he heard the words, threw the wine bowl on the ground, and said to Yin Li: "From tomorrow on, fourth brother Lao will lead people to patrol and guard along the lake. eat again."

Yin Li clasped his fists and said, "I will make proper arrangements for this matter, but Cao Cao's plan is definitely not limited to this, so we need to guard against changes."

"Hey, as long as Cao Cao attacks him head-on, why should I be afraid?" Chang Xi smiled coldly, took the bowl again and poured wine and said loudly: "Come on, brothers, do it!"

There was a banquet to celebrate the victory in the village here, but Cao Jun's water village was deserted. Hundreds of people were lost in today's battle, Li Tong was captured, and seeing the bandit army fighting, all the generals were heartbroken. Imagine if they were replaced by Li Tong, I'm afraid the same will happen.

When we got on the boat, the water was turbulent and the bow was heaving. No matter how powerful we were, if we couldn't stand firmly, we could only let others slaughter us. We were helpless.

After dark, Cao Chun ordered someone to bring the fish soup, but Cao Cao was bedridden with a headache and could not swallow. When he was trying to comfort him, suddenly soldiers came to report. The navy recruited by Chen Jiao in Shouchun arrived. There were more than two thousand people .

Cao Cao stood up reluctantly, ordered Chen Jiao to be brought in, and asked, "How is the strength of the navy recruited this time?"

Chen Jiao had already heard about the defeat in the battle on the water, so he clasped his fists and said, "To live up to my lord's trust, we recruited a group of heroes in Jiujiang, a total of seven to eight hundred people, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, and two of them are very brave. In my opinion, their strength is not inferior to that of General Xiahou Down."

"Is there such a hero?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he threw off the quilt and got out of bed, and pulled Chen Jiao to go outside: "Ji Bi quickly take me there!"

Cao Chun was taken aback from behind, and hurried out from the bed with his boots in his hand, shouting, "My lord, shoes... your shoes."

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard that a hero had come to vote. He rushed out of the big tent without hesitation, and saw hundreds of people waiting outside the gate.

I saw two people dressed as fishermen, one wearing a bamboo hat, full of beards, broad shoulders and tall, his body was eight feet away, the other tied his forehead with a square scarf, his eyebrows were thick and big, his eyes were deep, and his eyes were shining brightly.

Those two people saw a person running out of the tent barefoot, wearing a nightgown, with disheveled beard, they thought it was a lunatic, they couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Chen Jiao came out afterward, and hurriedly said: "This is General Cao, why don't you two meet quickly?"

The two men were startled, and then cupped their fists and bowed to the ground: "Caomin Zhou Tai (Jiang Qin) pays his respects to General Cao."

The people who came behind also knelt down one after another. Although their movements were not neat, it could be seen that these two were the leader.

"Hahaha, it's just in time!" Cao Cao laughed and stepped forward, helped the two of them up, looked up at the two of them carefully, and as expected, he was very heroic. He patted his arm and nodded with a smile: "The two heroes are willing to come. Thank you! Please come to the account and tell me."

Seeing that Cao Cao let them go first, Zhou Tai hurriedly took off his bamboo hat, clasped his fists and said, "The two of us were born as thieves, how dare you pay such respect to the general?"

Cao Cao shook his head and smiled, "Heroes in the world are all respected by Cao, follow me—"

As he spoke, he turned around and held the arms of the two, and the three of them walked side by side to the tent, seeing Cao Chunzheng standing there in a daze with his shoes in his hands, he ordered: "Why don't you hurry up and prepare wine and food to entertain you sailors?"

"Oh..." Cao Chun came back to his senses, handed over the shoes to the soldiers, and went to greet the sailors who came with him.

Cao Cao joined hands with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to enter the accounts. After the guests and hosts were seated, someone brought a coat and put it on. While wiping the mud and sand on his feet, he put on his boots. , Hearing that the heroes are here to vote, I am excited to leave the camp, and I hope you two are not rude."

Only then did Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin understand why Cao Cao was so reckless. They were born as thieves, but Cao Cao was a hero. They were so respected and moved.

The two looked at each other, got up and knelt down on the ground: "From now on, the two of us are willing to obey the orders of the Lord, and we will not hesitate to die!"

(End of this chapter)