Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Cheng Yu sighed softly, stood up and said, "General, our army's situation is critical now, and what will happen in the future mainly depends on how the lord will respond, and also on how Li Yi will choose. As for the general, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do anything."

Cheng Yu's words were very frustrating. To put it bluntly, it was to let Xia Houyuan resign himself to his fate and obediently wait for Li Yi's reaction.

As a general, Xia Houyuan was very ashamed and indignant when he heard Cheng Yu say such words to himself. However, his vision is not bad, and he knows what Cheng Yu said is right. Now it seems that he really can't do anything, unless Just like Cao Hong said, go find Li Yi desperately.

After being silent for a while, Xia Houyuan said again: "But how to appease the soldiers? If Li Yi deliberately spread the news of Yanzhou, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are mainly composed of Yanzhou people, and some of them are the yellow scarves that were collected before. All of these people's family members are in Yanzhou. If the news spreads and they are eager to return home, Xia Houyuan really has no confidence to stop him.

Speaking of this, compared to Xia Houyuan's panic, Cheng Yu's face was more confident than before, and he cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry about this, general, Li Yi will not do this at least temporarily, otherwise, Li Yi will There is no need to show kindness to the general in words, although Li Yifei is well-intentioned, he also wants to make the general feel at ease, so if I guess it is not bad, Li Yi should want to trap the general in Cheng County, and then wait for the situation in Yanzhou to change."

Cao Hong couldn't help but said: "Just wait like this? Now that Yanzhou has been lost, if we join forces with Meng De, we may be able to compete with Lu Bu, but if there is only Meng De, his strength may not be as strong as Lu Bu's." In addition, Zang Ba is not easy to deal with, and Lu Bu has no shortage of supplies and cities. Once Mengde's war is hindered, Li Yi will surely fall into trouble!"

Cheng Yu shook his head and said, "General Zilian is wrong."

Cao Hong was puzzled and said, "Where is it wrong?"

Cheng Yu said: "If the trouble is worse, Li Yi only needs to have people write the current situation of Yanzhou in a letter, and shoot them into the city with arrows. After half a day, the army will be in chaos. However, Li Yi did not do this, which means that what he is going to do is not Helping Lu Bu to deal with the lord is not helping the lord to deal with Lu Bu, but to keep the lord and Lu Bu in a balance, fighting endlessly with each other in Yanzhou, so if the battle goes wrong, the lord, we don't need to worry about comforting ourselves, even at that time Li Yi will take the initiative to make it easier for me to leave."

"On the contrary, once the lord has the upper hand in the battle with Lu Bu, Li Yi will probably be the time for us to perish for the sake of balance."

After hearing Cheng Yu's judgment, Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong's expressions turned even worse. The prerequisite for them to live in peace was Cao Cao's defeat. If they were greedy for life and afraid of death, they might be able to accept it, but for a real bloody man , but they are unwilling to face this result anyway.

The two held their breath in their hearts, and couldn't speak for a while. Cheng Yu looked at them, hesitated, and said: "In the current situation, Yu Yi has no good solution for a while, but if the general wants to appease the army, I have a way to do it. only"

Without waiting for Cheng Yu to finish speaking, Xia Houyuan hurried forward and grabbed Cheng Yu's arm, saying, "Really?"

Cheng Yu nodded lightly, Xia Houyuan said anxiously: "Please come quickly, sir."

However, Cheng Yu took a step back, bowed and said: "The general needs to agree first, no matter what I say, I will not use military law, otherwise, I really dare not speak."

Xia Houyuan had already reached the edge of the cliff, and he didn't think too much about it, so he responded directly: "Sir, just say it straight, I, Xia Houyuan, would like to swear to the sky, no matter what you say, I am innocent, and all the credit for it It belongs to Mr. Zilian is the witness!"

Cao Hong on the side nodded vigorously, expressing his full approval of Xia Houyuan's words. After all, for them, the top priority is to solve the immediate difficulties, and the credit is really just a cloud.

With Xia Houyuan's affirmation, Cheng Yu's face was not only not happy, but a little sad, and said softly: "As I said before, Li Yi shouldn't force the general too much in a short time, but paper can't cover fire. , even if Li Yi doesn't say anything about Yanzhou, the officers and men in the army will surely know about it after a long time. At that time, the army will be panic-stricken and will not fight. Moreover, this may be the situation Li Yi wants to see, a little bit It consumes the morale of our army, and when necessary, it can easily destroy us."

Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong nodded again and again. They were both leading soldiers and knew that Cheng Yu was right.

Cheng Yu sighed, and said: "So, under these circumstances, it is actually completely impossible to raise the morale of the whole army. However, if it is just to keep the morale of the army alive, there is still a way to go."

Xia Houyuan asked: "What way?"

Cheng Yu lowered his head and said: "Once the Yanzhou news cannot be concealed, the general can tell the whole army that he is going to surrender to Li Yi. This way, the army will not be chaotic!"

Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong were stunned when they heard Cheng Yu's words. They thought Cheng Yu was going to say something clever, but they didn't expect him to persuade Xia Houyuan to surrender.

it's simply

"Shameless, give me a punch!"

Cao Hong scolded Cheng Yu, then grabbed Cheng Yu's collar with one hand, and raised his other hand to smash him in the face.

No wonder Cao Hong was so irritable, because his surname was Cao, and he was the closest to Cao Cao. Cheng Yu's words were tantamount to betrayal, not to mention punching Cheng Yu, he could even kill him.

Cheng Yu didn't struggle, just stood on tiptoes, as if he was ready to take a hard hit, but just when his fist was about to hit, there was only a slap, and Xia Houyuan grabbed Cao Hong's fist Living.

Cao Hong said angrily: "Miaocai, why do you protect this ungrateful person!"

"shut up!"

Xia Houyuan scolded, then pushed hard again, causing Cao Hong to take two steps back, then turned to Cheng Yu, and said with some difficulty: "Mr. said that when he had to, he pretended to surrender to Li Yi, regardless of Li Yi's surrender." Does Yi believe it, but let the soldiers below believe it, so buy a few days?"

"Ugh!"

Cheng Yu sighed softly, nodded, and said: "That's right. When the soldiers learned of the chaos in Yanzhou, apart from worrying about their relatives in their hometown, they were also afraid that the lord's affairs would fail, leaving them all without a place to rely on. Therefore, the general can borrow Li Yizhi In order to appease the hearts of the soldiers, after all, for those soldiers, it is not bad to follow Li Yi, and then the general will use Li Yi's harsh conditions as an excuse to arouse dissatisfaction among the soldiers at the right time, and then risk his life to break through. Five to six thousand people were saved."

After listening to Cheng Yu's explanation, Cao Hong, who was still furious, quickly calmed down and showed shame on his face, while Xia Houyuan's expression was a little struggling, and he quickly reacted just now, Cheng Yu couldn't really want to surrender Li Yi, but according to Cheng Yu's thinking, this is different from the general swindling surrender. It directly deceives one's own people. If one can't play well, whether it is Cheng Yu or him and Cao Hong, it is very likely that the inside and outside are not the same. people.

Especially Cheng Yu, Cao Cao should not doubt Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong, but Cheng Yu is not sure. Cheng Yu has not been with Cao Cao for a long time, and the relationship between people is not good. After this crisis, Cheng Yu's life may not be easy.

Xia Houyuan looked into Cheng Yu's eyes, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, sir, as long as you get through this crisis, if you need it in the future, I will never refuse!"

Although Cao Hong didn't say anything, he bowed his hands and saluted, which was an apology for his previous impulsiveness and a promise at the same time.

Cheng Yu first smiled, and then sighed: "Let's talk about the future, alas, I don't have to, and I don't dare to make such a bad move. If it becomes self-defeating, I won't have the face to see the lord again."

Cheng Yu was very conflicted in his heart.Compared with Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong, he has already seen that Cao Cao is a wise master, but this wise master seems to be extremely suspicious. His offer this time will definitely leave a deep impression on Cao Cao's heart.

Xia Houyuan didn't notice this, but added Cheng Yu's strategy: "It's okay, and Juan'er is also Li Yi's person. With this relationship, if I say that I want to surrender Li Yi, the people below will certainly Not suspicious."

What Xia Houyuan said was very straightforward, but he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, because in this way, Xia Houjuan might not be a good person on Li Yi's side.

After Xia Houyuan decided on a false surrender strategy, he and Li Yi once again tacitly entered into a state of tension and safety. However, Lu Bu in Yanzhou and Cao Cao who was still in Kaiyang made moves respectively.

First, Lu Bu, Lu Bu appointed Wei Xu as the vanguard to attack Rencheng, where Xun Yu was located, but in this seemingly ordinary small county town, Wei Xu defeated more than 2000 people and failed to go up the city wall, and even he himself was killed by Xun Yu. The swindled surrender was tricked to the bottom of the city gate, and he was almost pierced by random arrows.

Now the situation is very good, but encountered a setback in Rencheng, Lu Bu was furious, reprimanded Wei Xu heavily, and then led his troops into Rencheng, but what is unexpected is that Lu Bu's performance under Rencheng is not much better than that of Wei Xu , After attacking for a day, only a few sporadic people went to the top of the city, but they were quickly swallowed up by the defenders.

Chen Gong saw that Rencheng was not easy to conquer, and he also knew that Xun Yu was very talented and not easy to deal with, so Chen Gong suggested that Lu Bu temporarily abandon Rencheng and take Fan County where Xiahou Dun was located first. After defeating Xiahouyuan, Rencheng would be an isolated city. It must be self-defeating.

Chen Gong's suggestion is very good, but Lu Bu is full of ambition now, but now he is blocked by a mere small county. How could Lu Bu bear this?

Therefore, Lu Bu did not agree to Chen Gong's suggestion, and vowed to take Rencheng and tear Xun Yu into pieces. However, no matter how Lu Bu attacked Rencheng, Rencheng was like a small boat in the wind and rain. The crisis continued, but he still stood firm. He dragged Lu Bu under the city abruptly, allowing Xiahou Dun in the rear to breathe, and bought a lot of time for Cao Cao to return to the army. Lu Bu was like a red-eyed gambler , with Xun Yumao.

On Cao Cao's side, after hearing the news about Yanzhou, especially about Cao Ang, Cao Cao immediately fell ill, leaving a sentence of withdrawal and then unconscious, so the army began to retreat under the command of Xi Zhong. The morale of the army was already in disarray, and the retreat was a mess, stretching for more than ten miles, just like herding sheep.

Zang Ba in Kaiyang City was startled and suspicious at first when he saw Cao Cao's army like this. He didn't know what trick Cao Cao was playing. But soon, Zang Ba got the news that Cao Cao's backyard caught fire and went home to fight the fire. .

Later, Zang Ba learned from the captured deserters that Cao Cao had fallen ill, and the army was now managed by a young man called Xi Zhong who relied on flattering the superior.

At this time, Zang Ba had confirmed that Yanzhou's news was true, so he was overjoyed, thinking that Cao Cao had suffered retribution, and directly used all the soldiers and horses in Kaiyang City to cover up and kill Cao Cao, wanting to take the opportunity to severely injure Cao Cao, and even capture Cao Cao himself alive .

However, Zang Ba never expected that just after he left the city to catch up with Cao Cao's "deserters", he was disrupted by countless soldiers and horses pouring out from all around, and Cao Cao himself appeared behind him, commanding Ruo Sure, how can you look sick at all?

Zang Ba knew that he had fallen for Cao Cao's trick, and regretted it very much, but it was too late. In this battle, Zang Ba lost his soldiers and generals, and all the elite troops under his command were lost. in the army.

After escaping from the siege, Zang Ba was terrified by Cao Cao, but he dared not enter Kaiyang City, and he took the remnants of the defeated generals and left the city. Rushed into Kaiyang City, which had been unassailable for a long time.

If it is said that Cao Cao killed the people indiscriminately in Xuzhou before, this time it was a real massacre of the city.

After Cao Cao's army entered the city, they closed the four gates, so that the people could not come in and out, and outsiders could not see the scene inside. They could only hear the screams and shouts in the city, which continued all day and night. The gate also stained the moat red.

Two days later, the gate of Kaiyang City was reopened. Cao Cao led a group of soldiers who looked like murderers on their way back to aid Yanzhou, and the rest of Kaiyang was already a truly dead city.

Chapter 491 Surrender, Surrender

Cao Cao's vote in Kaiyang was really shocking. When the news reached Tan County, Tao Qian was throwing a banquet with everyone to celebrate Yanzhou's affairs. They all said that it was heaven's eyes and that Cao Cao had committed too many crimes. At last it was punished.