The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Shouchun, the seat of Huainan County, was the last capital of Chu State hundreds of years ago, and it was also the seat of Yangzhou's state and county seat in the following hundreds of years.

When Liu Yao was in Huainan County, although he could not say how well he managed Huainan, Yangzhou was not bad, but Liu Yao himself was not a very talented person. The power of the state.And make good use of cronies, rely on cronyism, and fail to promote talents, which leads to the withering of talents around you, and finally ends in a defeat.

However, the city walls of Shouchun City in Huainan are still very strong. It took Yuan Shu's men and horses half a month to besiege the city before they finally broke through the city gate, costing the lives of more than 1 soldiers, and finally occupied Huainan County. .

Liu Zheng led an army of [-] and rushed from Poyang County to Huainan. No matter how fast he was, it would take two days to reach Shouchun.

At this time, in Shouchun City, Yuan Shu was at a loss.

One day before, Yuan Shu also got the news that in Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai had ceased fighting, and led everyone to rush over to Huainan County without stopping.

Yuan Shuchi took over Huainan County for half a month, and he was shocked by this news before he could carry out a large-scale exchange of blood in Huainan County in the future.

He naturally knew what Cao Cao and others meant by mobilizing troops and horses to Huainan County.

Half of them were directed at him.

At the beginning, Yuan Shu just guessed, after all, he and Cao Cao still had some friendship, but Liu Dai's troops directly launched an attack in Huainan, and after quickly occupying the county towns that Yuan Shu had brought down, Yuan Shu understood Yes, Cao Cao, Liu Dai and others are coming for him.

Although Cao Cao did not directly participate in this battle, Cao Cao was able to act together with Liu Dai, an enemy, probably because he reached some secret agreement with Liu Dai.

In just ten days, Liu Dai's army directly attacked Shouchun City. Yuan Shu didn't dare to send troops out to fight Liu Dai's men. Firstly, Yuan Shu didn't know the attitude of Cao Cao and Zhang Miao's men.

Secondly, when Yuan Shu attacked Huainan County half a month ago, the loss of soldiers and horses was too serious, resulting in only 2 soldiers and horses he could mobilize at this time.

With [-], even if Yuan Shu sent them all out to fight Liu Dai's men, they might not be able to deal with Liu Dai.Therefore, Yuan Shu could only temporarily defend the city, and quickly sent people to his hometown of Runan and Nanyang to call in troops to support him.

He still has [-] troops stationed in Runan and Nanyang. If he fights with Liu Dai's troops at this time, the [-] troops stationed in Nanyang and Runan will not care about so many. They must be dispatched to Shouchun. just work.

After all, Shouchun is the seat of a state and county, and its status is more important. It is better than staying in Nanyang and Runan surrounded by enemies on all sides.

In just a few days, after Liu Dai's soldiers and horses reached Shouchun City, he threatened to avenge his younger brother, and led an army of [-] to personally attack the city. After a fight, he lost some soldiers and horses.

However, Shouchun City was not defeated. After all, Yuan Shu's 2 people were not vegetarians. His troops were guarded by generals such as Ji Ling and Lei Bo, so they had some ability. So easy to beat down.

Liu Dai hadn't captured Shouchun City for two days, and he was already a little anxious. Unfortunately, he only had [-] soldiers. On the way here, he attacked the county town and lost some. Now he has lost some more in Shouchun City. dropped.

Already on par with Yuan Shu's men, if he wanted to take down Shouchun, it would be very difficult to rely on this manpower, so in order to get Yuan Shu out as soon as possible, Liu Dai found Cao Cao and Zhang Miao who came together.

Cao Cao and Zhang Miao, as former opponents, walked with Liu Dai on the road, but they did not attack Yuan Shu. At this time, Liu Dai came to them, thinking of Cao Cao and Zhang Miao's help.

"Cao Mengde, Zhang Mengzhuo and Zhang Miao. If you want to attack Liu Zheng, you must go through Huainan. Now that Yuan Shu is behind closed doors, he has to break through the city as soon as possible. Can you help me?"

Chapter 451 Cao Cao's Conspiracy

Liu Dai didn't want to have too much friendship with Cao Cao and Zhang Miao. After all, they had just fought hard before, and both sides suffered losses. But in order to avenge his younger brother Liu Yao and kill the enemy as soon as possible, Liu Dai had no choice but to lower his face. Come catch up with Cao Cao and Zhang Miao.

In fact, Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and Liu Dai did not have deep hatred.

The reason why the two sides fought was mainly because Cao Cao and Zhang Miao participated in Yuan Shao's Ten Towns princes' crusade against He Miao.

For this matter, Liu Dai, who is the shepherd of Yanzhou, sent troops to deal with Cao Cao, but now that Cao Cao and Zhang Miao were re-appointed as officials by the court, everyone was on the same boat again, and the hatred was naturally resolved.

In addition, Liu Dai was originally a relative of the Han family, and Cao Cao and Zhang Miao wanted to sell some face, so after Liu Dai spoke, they took the initiative to answer.

"Lord Zhou Mu, what you said is very true. Yuan Shu is really ambitious. Like his elder brother Yuan Shao, he is a short-sighted person."

Zhang Miao is the prefect of Chenliu, and Liu Dai is the shepherd of Yanzhou. Speaking of which, they are still subordinates. Zhang Miao actually wants to build a good relationship with Liu Dai. After all, it is easy to make an enemy, but it is difficult to make a friend. up.

"That's right, Mr. Yuan Shu, who dared to kill the imperial court official, set himself up as a Yangzhou shepherd, and even pretended to be the emperor. It's just a whimsical idea. When we put down Yuan Shu, I will definitely recommend you, brother Meng Zhuo, as the Yangzhou shepherd."

At this time, Liu Dai heard Zhang Miao's compliment, and the more he saw Zhang Miao, the more he felt that Zhang Miao was more pleasing to the eye.

"Then I would like to thank Master Zhou Mu. How shall I break through this Shouchun City?"

Zhang Miao and Liu Dai chatted well, and soon began to discuss how to break Shouchun City.

"Yuan Shu, there is nothing to be afraid of. He has only [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. We can break through the city in an instant, but I don't think we need to take down the Shouchun City."

Cao Cao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said something when Zhang Miao and Liu Dai were talking about how to break through Shouchun, interrupting their conversation.

Among the three, Cao Cao's status was the lowest. Cao Cao was only a member of the imperial court. When he followed Huangfusong to destroy the Yellow Turban Army, his military position was only a riding captain.

Afterwards, there was no credit for it. The reason why he became one of the princes of the ten towns was also because he recruited soldiers and horses in his hometown and sent troops with Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu.

Compared with Zhang Miao and Liu Dai, one is a state shepherd and the other is a prefect, Cao Cao's official position is indeed the lowest, but Cao Cao's cleverness, coupled with strong enough soldiers and horses, made Zhang Miao like to get together with Cao Cao.

"Brother Meng De, why did you say that?"

As soon as Cao Cao opened his mouth, both Liu Dai and Zhang Miao were shocked at the same time. Their faces were full of doubts, so they had to ask Cao Cao.

"What do the prefect and Master Zhou think, what is the relationship between Yuan Shu and that Liu Zheng?"

"I heard people say that Liu Zheng has nothing to do with Yuan Shu, but when Yuan Shu attacked Lujiang, somehow Liu Zheng appeared and helped Lu Kang break the siege of Lujiang, and then Liu Zheng told Yuan Shu before the battle, let him The attack on Huainan killed my younger brother Liu Yao, and I think Liu Zheng and Yuan Shu must have reached some kind of secret agreement."

Liu Dai told Cao Cao and Zhang Miao some of the information he possessed. The matter of Liu Zheng and Yuan Shu in Lujiang that day was not a secret in front of so many soldiers. Naturally, many people knew about it. So it's not a big deal if it can be passed on to Liu Dai.

After Liu Dai finished speaking, Cao Cao nodded immediately.

"Yes, I think so too. Liu Zheng and Yuan Shu must have some private agreement. If we besiege Yuan Shu, will Liu Zheng just sit idly by?"

"I think Liu Zheng will definitely not just sit idly by, because we have assembled 8 troops from all three parties to wipe out Yuan Shu, and the target must be Liu Zheng. Liu Zheng is very smart, so he naturally understands this truth."

"So he won't watch Yuan Shu being defeated by us. After all, he understands the reason why Liu Zheng doesn't like to directly border on the enemy's territory. When he was in Yangzhou, he didn't directly border on Liu Yao's prefecture. Instead, a Yan Baihu was placed in the middle."

"There was Yan Baihu who blocked Liu Yao's state herd's attack for him, and at the same time restrained Liu Yao at this time. Now, he has repeated his old trick and placed Yuan Shu in Huainan County. The purpose is to make Yuan Shu attract the attention of the court, and he himself wants to Take the opportunity to cultivate."

"If my predictions are correct, Liu Zheng will definitely not let Yuan Shu be killed by us like this. After receiving the news, he should quickly lead his troops to help. According to the time calculation, think about it, it should be two days. .”

Cao Cao spoke out exactly what he had planned in his mind, which immediately made Zhang Miao and Liu Dai's expressions change drastically, and they glanced at Cao Cao abruptly.

I was secretly saying in my heart, why didn't I think of such a thing.

"Brother Meng De, good advice, I think the same as you, then Liu Zheng will definitely come to rescue Yuan Shu, then we don't attack the city, we only need Shouchun City to wait for Liu Zheng to come to rescue?"

Liu Dai heard Cao Cao's meaning from Cao Cao's words, and immediately asked a question.

"Yes, we attach too much importance to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu is just a clown and has no ability at all. If we want to defeat him, we can do it at any time. Our real enemy should be Liu Zheng."

"That guy is a really troublesome person, and he is also the one who causes the court the most headaches. In my opinion, the disaster of Yuan Shao and Karasuma is not half of Liu Zheng's!"

Cao Cao said something solemnly to Zhang Miao and Liu Dai beside him.

It can be seen that in Cao Cao's heart, how high is Liu Zheng's evaluation? The simple battle with Liu Zheng at the beginning made Liu Zheng such a number one figure, completely imprinted in Cao Cao's heart.

But Zhang Miao and Liu Dai have never fought against Liu Zheng. Their knowledge of Liu Zheng is only from some rumors and news from peacetime battle reports. Although they have some admiration for Liu Zheng, they have not fully realized it to the point where they take it seriously.

Although Liu Zheng now occupies the entire Jiaozhou and most of Yangzhou, but the remote area of ​​Jiaozhou is a barren land, a state is not even as good as the two counties in the Central Plains, so naturally Zhang Miao and Liu Dai cannot pay attention to it.

"Brother Meng De thinks too highly of Liu Zheng. In my opinion, although Liu Zheng is brave and resourceful, it is just luck. He is lucky to be able to rely on his identity as a rebel to get to where he is today." , but today, meeting us, his good luck will come to an end."

Zhang Miao was somewhat conceited and looked down on Liu Zheng, who was born as a traitor.

Ambush in Chapter 452

When Zhang Miao disdained Liu Zheng, Liu Dai somewhat agreed with these words, after all, they had an army of [-] at this time.

The 4 army attacked Yuan Shu and Liu Zheng in one fell swoop, how can the current Liu Zheng be able to stop it, then Liu Zheng, judging from the information they have, now has [-] to [-] in Yangzhou, twice the number of the enemy , so that Liu Dai, Zhang Miao and others are very confident.

But Cao Cao on the side knew how powerful Liu Zheng was. Let alone twice as many troops as Liu Zheng, even if he had three times as many troops as Liu Zheng, he might not be able to suppress Liu Zheng. Fight to find a flaw, and then defeat it in one fell swoop.

They must be cautious, gradually calculate Liu Zheng, take advantage of the advantages of soldiers and horses, slowly eat away at Liu Zheng, and take back Yangzhou's territory bit by bit, so as to stabilize the situation.

However, Cao Cao did not deny Zhang Miao's words at this time, because he knew that the battle was imminent and the morale of the army could not be shaken, and in his position, if he continued to say how powerful Liu Zheng was, Zhang Miao and Liu Dai would definitely think that he was In boosting the ambitions of others and destroying one's prestige, if you talk too much, you will be annoying.

How could Cao Cao do more of such self-defeating things.

"Although we know that Liu Zheng is likely to come to rescue Yuan Shu, we can't just wait here, we still have to take some corresponding measures."

"At least, we should deploy some ambushes in the direction from Poyang to Huainan, whether it's for ambush Liu Zheng, or to inquire about news. In short, time is running out. The supporters who want to come to Liu Zheng are probably coming soon. .”

"Okay, everything is according to what Brother Meng De said. We immediately dispatched [-] soldiers and horses to station in three directions. These [-] soldiers and horses are used as ambush, and our army does not move, just waiting here. Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are coming."

After hearing Cao Cao's opinion, Liu Dai agreed immediately, and soon came up with a plan.

Here, Liu Dai is the state shepherd with the highest status. Basically, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao will not have too many objections to what he said. After all, in terms of the overall situation, Cao Cao will not disobey unless it involves Cao Cao's own army He will only express his different views if he is safe.

"Then I'll go down and make arrangements."

Cao Cao accepted Liu Dai's words, immediately set up his tent, and went down to give orders.

Two days later.

Liu Zheng's army rushed all the way north from Poyang, wanting to reach Shouchun as soon as possible to support Yuan Shu. Liu Zheng was afraid that Yuan Shu would be defeated when he was still in the future.

After all, Yuan Shu's strength is tens of thousands of horses. Liu Zheng knows it very well. It's okay to meet Zhang Miao and Liu Dai, but Liu Zheng thinks that he should be able to persevere.

But there is another Cao Cao who can't stand it. Who is Cao Cao? He was the most difficult opponent in the Three Kingdoms period. Not to mention his elite soldiers and generals, he also has a smart enough brain to command and dispatch troops. Okay, even Liu Zheng has no confidence in fighting against him on the battlefield.

"How long will it take to reach Shouchun?"

After two consecutive days of raiding, Liu Zheng led his soldiers and horses to rush on the road at the fastest speed. They hurried all the way, and they had already reached the boundary of Huainan County, and they should not be far from Shouchun City.

However, Liu Zheng had never been to Shouchun City after all, and all the journeys depended on the guidance of the merchants he was looking for, so he could drive so clearly. However, after counting the time, Liu Zheng still knew that he should be arriving soon.

"My lord, we will be there soon. I reckon that according to this pace, we will arrive at Shouchun City in another two hours."

"Is it just a matter of time?"

When Liu Zheng heard what the merchant said, he muttered something, and then stretched out his hand to signal the army to stop.

"Let's rest here. Since it's not far from Shouchun City, then don't rush there. Anyway, it's not too late. If we go there now, it may be easy to cause problems. Zhou Cang, tell everyone to stay here Set up camp temporarily, and then send a few scouts to explore the road first."

Although Liu Zheng was worried about Yuan Shu's safety, he didn't care about Yuan Shu's life at all. If Yuan Shu was defeated by Liu Dai, Cao Cao and others and died, it would be useless for him to rush to rescue him now.

Therefore, he needs to figure out the situation of Shouchun City before making plans, and it is not convenient for him to lead troops there directly. He must first ask Yuan Shu for instructions before he is embarrassed to go there, otherwise he will directly bring the army to their city. It's strange to think too much.

But just when Liu Zheng's people had just settled down, Liu Zheng immediately felt something was wrong.

Although this is on the official road, there is no businessman on the official road at this time, and it is eerily quiet.

Let’s not talk about this, what makes Liu Zheng even more puzzled is that he has already sent several scouts to explore the way in front. It stands to reason that the army stopped, and the scouts should come back to report. Why is it that at this time, even one None of the scouts came back.

Just when Liu Zheng was still wondering, a black dot flew up in front of Liu Zheng, followed by a sharp arrow, which flew from a distance.

With a whoosh, he shot a soldier beside Liu Zheng, and the soldier let out a scream, which immediately stirred up a thousand waves like a stone, making Liu Zheng's [-] troops here boil.

"There is an ambush, everyone pay attention!"

The appearance of this arrow seemed to poke a hornet's nest. In the blink of an eye, thousands of arrows appeared, flying towards Liu Zheng from the same direction.

Fortunately, on Liu Zheng's side, the deployment of soldiers and horses was just right. The first batch of soldiers and horses were all armed with swords and shields. When Liu Zheng saw the first arrow, he immediately aimed at Ren Han beside him.

"Arrow rain, the other party has arrow rain, sword shield and hand shield! Raise the shield immediately!"

Liu Zheng hurriedly dodged to the rear, and at the same time, several sword and shield fighters around him raised their shields to guard Liu Zheng's side.

Liu Zheng began to command the people around him to defend in an orderly manner, while Zhou Cang ordered the archers in the middle to start a counterattack.

The one who was most excited was Huang Zhong, who immediately called out to his shooter battalion, and immediately after the first round of arrow rain, he began to aim in the direction of the arrows.

Deal with opponents who will rush out from the jungle on both sides at any time.

And with the appearance of the first round of arrow rain, the ambush soldiers hidden in the two paths finally didn't need to hide. At this time, they rushed out immediately, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

The black soldiers and horses on both sides were crowded, waving their spears, and rushed to the official road. Liu Zheng's army immediately exploded. At first, they were frightened and a little chaotic, but soon, after their respective captains, commanders, Under Qu Zhang's command and control, he settled down.

And try to fight back, fight.

Chapter 453 Ambush

After Liu Zheng stopped with the first wave of arrow rain, he poked his head out again and glanced at the enemy in front of him.

Only then did I guess in my heart who these people belonged to.

There were not many people coming, three groups of soldiers and horses rushed over from the left, right and front, each with only about [-] soldiers and horses.

The three armies each had their own flags. Liu Zheng vaguely saw the three different words Cao, Zhang, and Liu. After thinking about it, he became clearer.

"Made, it's still a step late. Looking at the soldiers and horses, they seem to be waiting for me to come here. I'm careless!"

Liu Zheng could already tell from these ambush soldiers that these people were here to wait for him. Although Liu Zheng had already guessed that this trip might be a fierce battle, he never expected that the other party would know in advance He would come here to support Yuan Shu, and it would be a miscalculation if he was caught by the other party.

Although Liu Zheng dispatched scouts from the beginning, Zhou Cang and Huang Zhong didn't have many horses, and the number of scouts was not too many. If they covered them, they couldn't send the news back in time.

In addition, since the soldiers and horses of Cao Cao and others were in an ambush, they would definitely place spies in advance to pull out the scouts sent by Liu Zheng and others secretly, so Liu Zheng was in an ambush.

"Zhou Cang, your men and horses, go up, Huang Zhong, you lead people in the center to support, Zhou Chao divides part of the troops to resist the people on the left, and Tai Shici divides part of the troops to resist the people on the right!"

Liu Zheng quickly figured out the situation and did not intend to retreat from this ambush.

Although it was the side that was ambushed at a disadvantage, Liu Zheng quickly saw that the opponent's troops did not seem to be many. Compared with Liu Zheng, it was even several thousand fewer.