Small Landlords of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 87
Before winter, Cao Ren in Wancheng received an order from Cao Cao, and the [-]-strong army set out from Wancheng to divide into three groups. Xiahouba and Xiahoudun sent troops to Jingzhou as lieutenants, wanting to recover Xiahouyuan's blood debt last time.
Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Nanyang County instead of Huang Zhong, rushed to send the battle report to Jiangxia. After Xi Zhicai received the battle report, he only replied to Miao Miao with a few words. Nanyang County must not lose anything. Zhang Liao's [-] troops are at their disposal, and Cao Xing is the deputy general. As for assisting Zhang Liao, Xi Zhicai did not say clearly how to deal with Cao Ren.

Zhang Liao was also stunned after receiving the reply, asking him and Cao Xing to deal with Cao Ren. So what did Wenpin and Pang Ju of Nanjun do?
Wenpin had been transferred away long ago, but Zhang Liao didn't know it. When Gao Shun captured Danyang County, Wenpin was secretly transferred to Jiangxia, leading an army of [-] across the Beggar River, and has been entrenched in Huarong County. .

Pang Ju was stationed in Nanjun alone, declaring to the outside world that Wenpin was ill and bedridden, and his soldiers had not seen Wenpin for some time.

Ling Cao led [-] soldiers and horses to the south, leaped over the Beggars' Water to attack Jiangxia City. Met Cao Hong's Chinese army.

Cao Hong: "General Wen is safe and sound..."

Wenpin: "If Cao Sima didn't stop me, I think I would be happier..."

Wenpin only has [-] soldiers and horses, and Cao Hongzhong's army has [-] troops. Now Wenpin has two options in front of him.

Article [-]: Withdraw to Huarong County and wait for Xi Zhicai to send troops to rescue. This may be relatively small, because Wenpin did not intercept Ling Cao. When Ling Cao crosses the Beggar River, he will definitely attack Jiang Xia. Xi Zhicai needs to deal with Ling Cao , There is no time to rescue Wenpin.

Article [-]: Abandon Huarong County and flee to Baoyang. Where Zhang Liao and Cao Ren are facing each other, Wenpin will meet Xiahou Chun at most when he travels west.

Wenpin sent a letter to Cao Xing. Cao Xing did not believe that Wenpin was in Huarong County. He thought it was Cao Jun's trick to lure the enemy and refused to leave Guoyang to rescue Wenpin. Wenpin was speechless after hearing this.

If Cao Ren is allowed to lead the way across the Beishui River, Jiangxia City will be in danger. Apart from the shipyard, there are less than three soldiers stationed there. Once Ling Cao crosses the Beishui River and takes over the riverside, Cao Hong's [-]-strong army can cross the river at any time. Attack Jiangxia.

The war was about to break out. After two days of confrontation between Cao Hong and Wenpin, he ordered a full-scale attack to capture Wenpin alive. Cao Hong had already found out Wenpin's reality.

There are only [-] soldiers and horses in Wenpin's department. Even if they withdraw to Huarong County, they will only add up to [-] soldiers and horses.

This time Cao Hong brought [-] tiger and leopard cavalry and [-] iron cavalry to lead the formation. Once the battle started, he could ambush Wenpin with several thousand soldiers and horses. Then he could occupy Huarong County and cooperate with Beggar Shui Lingcao to attack Jiangxia City.

With the small granary in Huarong County, Cao Hong can attack and retreat, and Xi Zhicai can't do anything to him for a while, and Cao Hong is not the main force to attack Cao Hong this time.

"Cao Xing made a mistake..."

Wenpin secretly stationed in Huarong County this time, and all he brought with him were light cavalry. As soon as they met, they were attacked by Cao Hong. They fled back to Huarong County with only more than 5000 remnants left, plus [-] soldiers who resisted the city and defended it. , but Huarong City is a small city, not even as good as Xinye City. Can it be defended?

Ling Cao's [-]-strong vanguard successfully crossed the Beishui River, but Xi Zhicai didn't know it until then. When Ling Cao set up camp on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the spies reported to Xi Zhicai. By then, it was too late.

Xi Zhicai originally thought that Cao Cao would not go south after winter, so he did not pay attention to Cao's army across the river. When he learned that Ling Cao had crossed the Beggar River, he immediately sent a letter to Cao Xing, asking him to lead troops to rescue Wenpin in Huarong County.

Cao Xing came back to his senses only after borrowing Xi Zhicai's letter. At this time, Wenpin had been besieged by Cao Hong for several days. There is no time to rescue Wenpin.

Cao Ren set out to attack Nanyang County. Although Zhang Liao hated Cao Wei to the core, Nanyang County could not afford to lose. Zhang Liao, who was short of soldiers and horses, wanted to mobilize Wuling County and Nanjun troops. Who knew that Xiahou Dun would also enter Nanjun at this time. Li Zhongyou led the troops to support Xiahoudun, and Xiahouen, the vanguard, went south from Shangyong to press against Pang Ju's troops in Xiakou.

Guo Jia: "Sure enough, as my lord expected, Cao Cao couldn't help but want to make a move..."

Gan Ning: "Military commander, you can still laugh. Jingzhou has only less than [-] troops. Cao Hong and Cao Ren have a total of [-] troops. Don't you worry at all..."

Guo Jia: "Since the lord has foreseen that Cao Cao will go south, do you think the lord will have no arrangements?"

Gan Ning: "But you and I are fighting against the Sun family. General Huang Zhong and Dian Wei are far away in Kuaiji County. Even if Ziyi returns to help, Wen Yuan alone may want to defend Nanyang..."

Guo Jia: "You seem to have forgotten someone. He is Cao Cao's mortal enemy, and his martial arts are not inferior to you and Ziyi..."

Gan Ning: "You mean the lord's second brother-in-law, Zhao Yun?"

At this time, Gan Ning remembered that after the successful robbing of the camp, Hu Che'er escorted Wang Haohui to Yuzhang, but Zhao Yun disappeared. I heard that this time Taishici's navy went out, and Lu Qiling followed him back to the inland, but Zhao Yun has never been seen. couple news.

"Ma Dai is willing to lead the troops to Beggars' Water, and will never take Ling Cao's head..."

Xi Zhicai sat in the prefect's mansion and frowned, now there are no generals under his command, Ma Dai and Ma Yunlu are the leading generals, but Jingzhou's military power does not have Wang Hao's consent, Xi Zhicai dare not transfer troops to Ma Dai brothers and sisters.

Soldier: "Report..."

Xi Zhicai: "Ask him to come in..."

Zhao Yun: "This is a letter written by Wang Sima, please read it..."

Xi Zhicai: "Lu Qiling led [-] soldiers...Ma Dai led [-] soldiers...Ma Yunlu led [-] soldiers...Zhao Yun led..."

Only when Xi Zhi saw Wang Hao's letter did he know that the reason why Wang asked Huang Zhonghao to surround him instead of fighting was to take back his soldiers and horses to deal with Cao Cao's southward march. Now Jian'an County only has Tai Shici's tens of thousands of sailors, Huang Zhong and Huang Zhonghao. Dian Wei had less than [-] soldiers, and Yan Teng had only [-] soldiers.

As for where those soldiers and horses went, Wang Hao had been sending wounded soldiers back to Changsha County for treatment since the beginning of the campaign. The soldiers and horses from Jian'an County had long since secretly sneaked back to Changsha County.

Of the [-] soldiers and horses, [-] were cavalry. Ma Dai and the others led the soldiers and horses to leave Jiangxia County overnight. As for the remaining [-] elite troops, they were given to Zhao Yun. Wang Hao put all his hopes on Zhao Yun this time. .

When Cao Cao sent troops, Sun Quan couldn't be indifferent. Ling Tong's [-] troops attacked Danyang County day and night. Gao Shun was under great pressure to guard Danyang County alone. Kuaiji County tried to break through several times, but Huang Zhong discovered them all. , with the assistance of Taishi Ci's tens of thousands of navy, not even a fly could fly out of Kuaiji County.

Gan Ning's navy also encountered a fierce counterattack by Chen Pu. He used [-] naval forces to fight against [-] Jiangdong naval forces. If not for the sufficient backup supplies, Gan Ning would not have been able to withstand Chen Pu's attack. This time Gan Ning relied on Danyang. The county delivered supplies, but could not get any help from Gao Shun.

Gan Ning was in the Yangtze River valley in the north of Danyang. Gao Shun wanted to resist the attack of Lingtong in the southeast of Danyang. All supplies were sent through Yuzhang County. The war was in full swing. Sun Quan didn't care about the casualties of soldiers and attacked day and night. …

At this time, a very unfavorable news came to Wang Hao. Xu Huang from Lujiang County led an army of [-] across the river. The troops divided into two groups to attack Wang Yuzhang County and Fanyang County in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Ganning Navy. Wang Hao's transportation route left Danyang County isolated without food and grass.

If Xu Huang really crossed the Yangtze River Basin, with [-] soldiers and horses, it is really possible to capture Yuzhang or Panyang County. If Panyang County is taken by Xu Huang, Gan Ning will have to face Xu Huang and Chen Pu. Flanking, even if you want to retreat to Jiangxia, you can't do it.

And Gao Shun will also be flanked by Xu Huang and Ling Tong, and the grain, grass and military equipment will be robbed, which may make Sun Quan come back. In addition to Gao Shun's [-] million army, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and Yan Teng brothers combined, Including the government soldiers in the counties of Yangzhou, there are less than [-] soldiers and horses, and Sun Quan has nearly [-] cavalry and infantry! ! !

(End of this chapter)