The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 430 Literati's False Name, Liu Bian's Response

"Our troops fought against the main force of the rebels at Wangjiaguanzhuang. Wei Liang's troops had already circled to the north and cut off their retreat, but they still haven't figured out why they were eager to move north. The Kong family in Zhulan Town and Sui County The rebel army has marched southward, and there may be a big battle. The front lines of Qiaocheng and Chen County have also found traces of the rebel army. Our troops have entered the position. The reserve teams have been assembled, and the food, grass and supplies have been arranged properly. Once the main attack direction of the rebel army is determined, these troops can be reinforced as soon as possible." Wei Maoshi summarized the current deployment of the enemy and us.

"Okay, let's send more scouts to investigate. Activate the spies in Xuzhou and let them find a way to find out the intentions of the rebels." Liu Hao said looking at the markings on the map.

"Everyone, there must be a reason for the change of the rebels. Winter is not suitable for large-scale operations. Their cotton clothes and supplies are not as abundant as ours. If they dare to attack in advance, there must be changes in Pengcheng. You have to reason about the resources in your hands and find a way to figure it out. What's going on, that's not how wars are fought," Liu Hao said.

"Yes, I'll make the arrangements." Wang Yuan cupped his hands and said.

Wei Maoshi stood in front of the sand table in a daze, and Liu Hao asked, "General Wei, if you have any thoughts, please speak up."

Wei Maoshi shook his head and said, "I can't tell. I always feel that there must be something wrong with Pengcheng, and Tan Hongcai is busy dispatching elite troops. But Pengcheng's reinforcements went south again. It's really hard to say what the reason is."

"Yes, what can happen to Pengcheng?" Guo Huai said.

"It doesn't matter so much, just send a large army to destroy them. Just return quickly, as long as you don't give the rebels time to react, these 3000 people are the meat of our mouths." Di Cang said angrily from the side.

He is a fierce general, as long as he is fighting, he will be excited.

"You, you can't just think about the momentary gains and losses. You have to start from the overall situation. You know, we have the same number of rebels in Xuzhou, and the difference in weapons and equipment is not big. But I was passive." Guo Huai said to him.

Di Cang knew he was in the wrong, so he stood aside and said nothing.

"Where are Liu Shao's men?" Wei Maoshi asked the staff beside him.

"Station at the mouth of the Tuohe River." The staff officer said, pointing to the sand table.

"Tuohekou, Tuohekou. It's not good, there is a fraud in it, they want to use our hands to consume the rebels in Pengcheng." Wei Maoshi said suddenly.

"Oh? Tell me carefully." Liu Hao was very surprised when he heard what he said.

"Your Highness, please see that Tuohekou is less than fifty miles away from the Wang family's official village, and the Wang family's rebellion has taken refuge in Tan Hong. The Kong family is in Pengcheng, and Liu Shao obviously defected to the Kong family and stationed at Tuohekou. If the two sides join forces to go south, it means they want to We want to fight us. But the rebels in Pengcheng have never fought against us, and now they suddenly go south because of Tan Hong's troops going north. I am afraid this is Tan Hong's purpose, forcing the Kong family to go south to express their position and burn the flames of war to Pengcheng." Wei Maoshi After moving the signs representing the troops, he said.

"Although it can be explained, what is the purpose of Tan Hong doing this? The Kong family will definitely be dissatisfied with his behavior." Di Cang said.

Liu Hao stood aside and nodded in agreement. He didn't understand what benefits Tan Hong's approach could bring.Pengcheng himself is definitely going to take it back, and taking Pengcheng ahead of schedule is also in his plan. Pengcheng, which has only 10,000+ people, will not have much impact on the Xuzhou battlefield.

As long as he is willing, the Longxiang army can take Pengcheng within two days.

"Your Highness, the prestige of the Kong family has not weakened. There are tens of thousands of literati in the world who have gone to Pengcheng to help. Once we massacre the literati, I am afraid that the prestige of the court will plummet. Tan Hong must want to take advantage of this and let us launch troops against Pengcheng. If we kill all the Confucian family and scholars, we will fall to the bottom morally. If we just encircle but do not wipe out, our troops will be affected. "Wei Maoshi said calmly.

"That's right, this Tan Hong is really treacherous and cunning." Di Cang said angrily.

Liu Hao nodded and said, "I don't care about being infamous for killing literati. I don't care even if I kill all the Kong family. Tan Hong underestimated the determination of the court and let the Kong family escape from Qingzhou. If you want to borrow a knife to kill someone, you just don’t want the court to bear this infamy.”

"However, Your Highness, if scholars all over the world hate you, how can you inherit the great power?" Wei Maoshi dissuaded.

"Bold! Father is an upright man, how can you say such a thing!" Liu Hao pointed at Wei Maoshi and said.

Wei Maoshi hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The last general is only worried about His Highness, taking into account the prestige of the court."

"If there are such remarks in the future, military law will be followed!" Liu Hao said.

"The general will be convicted!" Wei Maoshi hastily kowtowed.

"Get up, what you said is very reasonable. But I also have chess pieces left in Pengcheng. If there is no accident, the news is already on the way." Liu Hao said confidently.

Before he came to Suiyang, He Fen, a great scholar in Jingzhou, had already gone to Pengcheng. The changes in Pengcheng at this time were either as Wei Maoshi said, or He Fen did something else.

This great Confucianist is very eccentric, he doesn't listen to Liu Hao's arrangements at all, and just works according to his own preferences.With such a great god in Pengcheng, it must be very lively.

Liu Hao's guess was not all right, that is, He Fen did make a mistake, he divided the scholars in the city into two factions.Fighting each other in the city all day long, the defenders of Pengcheng did not dare to do anything to these scholars, and the whole city was made into a miasma by them.

Kong Weili took Tan Hong's daughter as his wife, and when Tan Hong's daughter came home, she told Tan Hong about it.Tan Hong felt that it was profitable, so he sent elites to Pengcheng to get some benefits.

The prestige of the Kong family is too high, and people continue to join them.Several of his advisers have gone to Pengcheng.If the Kong family is allowed to develop in Pengcheng, Xuzhou may change hands.So he wanted to drive away the wolf and let Liu Hao take care of the Kong family. This Kong family is a dynamite bag. Whoever touches him will be blown to pieces.

His adviser, Si Hongfang, gave him an idea to send out elite troops, say to go to the north of Pengcheng for defense.The Kong family definitely couldn't refuse, after all they never fought against Liu Hao's troops in Pengcheng, and they would definitely have nothing to say when they sent people to defend Li Cunxiao's troops.

Then go to buy Liu Shao, let him take the initiative to attack the official army, and lure Liu Hao's troops to Pengcheng.It would be good if the two sides fought, and at worst it would drag the energy of the officers and soldiers, so why not do it?

Until the evening, there was no news from the front.Liu Hao has ordered people to tell Du Yu and the others to stop the attack and to rest and deploy defenses at the same place.

He urgently needs a letter from He Fen now, and he must understand what happened in Pengcheng before he can arrange the next action.It was speechless to say that the spies sent to Pengcheng were all discovered by the scholars under He Fen.

They wandered around the city with sticks all day long, and the scholars who were loyal to the Kong family were not as effective as them.They could only hide around in the city, and they searched from house to house, and the spies were discovered in this way. More than a dozen people were killed and injured, and only a few escaped.This made Kong Weili indulge them even more and try his best to win them over.

(End of this chapter)