The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"After listening to your description, that is to say, the three of you joined forces with 5000 people, set up an ambush to attack first, and fought against Liu Zheng's [-] soldiers. Not only did Liu Zheng not be defeated, but was stabilized by his troops. Killed and retreated again?"

Cao Cao didn't quite believe this result. After all, the ambush party not only failed to defeat the opponent, but was repulsed. If Cao Hong, his brother, hadn't followed him personally, Cao Cao would think that Cao Hong was lying to himself.

However, Cao Cao still knew Cao Hong's ability. It was Cao Hong's presence that made Cao Cao believe that Liu Zhengjun's strength was stronger than what he had seen before in Runan.

"Yes, after we shot the first round of arrow rain, we immediately let the infantry charge. Originally, we thought it was to delay Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, so that their people would be in chaos and flee in all directions. Who knows, Liu Zheng's men The people quickly woke up from the panic, and then quickly formed a battle formation, and began to confront our people in a small team."

"A few years ago when Liu Zheng was in the Yellow Turban Army, his men and horses were all yellow turban thieves, which was already quite difficult to deal with. Now that Liu Zheng has developed for a few years, his men and horses have followed him to fight in the north and south. Many of them have been veterans for several years, and the corps cultivated by such people are naturally powerful, and it is normal for you to be unable to beat them."

Cao Cao still didn't blame Cao Hong and others, but could understand the defeat of Cao Hong and others, but Zhang Miao couldn't understand some things.

"You, you bastards, such a good opportunity, didn't even kill Liu Zheng, if you keep him, it will become a disaster!"

Zhang Miao looked at Cao Hong, Cheng Yu, and his younger brother Zhang Chao with an attitude of hating iron for nothing.

On the contrary, Liu Dai remained silent and did not express his opinion.

"Tell me about the war damage."

Cao Cao is more concerned about this.

"My lord, we lost 2000 people."

Cao Hong spoke first.

Then Cheng Yu and Zhang Chao also looked at each other and started talking.

"One thousand sixteen were killed or injured under my command."

"My subordinates are similar, more than [-] people."

Combined, the three forces lost more than 5000 soldiers and horses, which was more than that of Liu Zheng. In fact, the main casualties were after they gave the order to retreat. Some of the troops had no time to retreat and were killed by Liu Zheng People remained on the battlefield and were not able to escape.

Hearing the loss of soldiers and horses of the three parties, Cao Cao's face became slightly more ugly.

His subordinates only led 2 people here, in fact, his subordinates himself only had 2 people, because Cao Cao had no territory of his own at this time, and he used his own money to recruit some villagers when he crusaded He Miao. Yong, together with Chenliu prefect Zhang Miao, formed together, which is why he stayed with Zhang Miao all the time. On the one hand, he had a good relationship. On the other hand, he actually belonged to Zhang Miao.

This time, with the loss of 8000 soldiers and horses, Cao Cao had only [-] men left.

Although Zhang Miao had more than 2 men, but this time he only brought 2 from Chenliu to Huainan, and the loss of soldiers and horses would also make him feel distressed.

Of course, it was Liu Dai who felt the most distressed.

Although Liu Dai had an army of [-], when he attacked Huainan, he divided his troops and sent out part of them. Here in Huainan, there were only [-] soldiers and horses.

In the first few days, they attacked Shouchun City and lost thousands of soldiers and horses, so Liu Dai's men were actually almost the same as Cao Cao and Zhang Miao.

Now nearly 2000 people have been lost again, making Liu Dai's soldiers and horses the same as Cao Cao's. If such a loss of soldiers and horses continues, it will be difficult for him to besiege Shouchun.

"Although our army has lost some manpower, Liu Zheng also lost a lot of manpower. I think he lost at least 2 people. He only led [-] people this time. The rest of them should not dare to continue coming. gone."

After Cao Hong finished talking about the situation on his side, he spoke again to the other people in the camp.

"Even if some of Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are lost, there are still more than [-] people. If we pursue them, we will inevitably encounter Liu Zheng's ambush. There is no need to pursue them. We will continue to besiege here. As long as we break Shouchun, when the time comes we Join forces and go to Poyang together, Liu Zheng will definitely not be able to fight us, so he can only retreat to Jiaozhou."

Cao Cao didn't advocate chasing him, because he had chased Liu Zheng and suffered under Liu Zheng's hands.

"Brother Meng De, at this time, we should take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Then Liu Zhengxin was defeated and there were not many troops. We raised [-] troops and went directly to kill him. Wouldn't it be possible to directly recover the entire Yangzhou?"

Zhang Miao advocated the pursuit and wanted to defeat Liu Zheng as soon as possible.

But Cao Cao immediately said again.

"Brother Meng Zhuo, raise [-] troops to pursue Liu Zheng, what about Shouchun?"

"If some people are left behind and continue to besiege Shouchun, will our [-] soldiers be able to defeat Liu Zheng's people?"

"And if we divide the troops, if Shouchun's side is rushed over by Yuan Shu's reinforcements, wouldn't we be in a dilemma?"

Cao Cao kept asking questions, but Zhang Miao was speechless.Had to give up.

Chapter 459 It's Different Now

"In my opinion, Liu Zheng knows that we are here, and he will definitely not stay here any longer, so we don't need to pursue and concentrate on besieging Shouchun. Within three days, we will break through Shouchun City, and then move south to join forces. To deal with Liu Zheng, this is the best choice."

"Brother Meng De has won my heart, so I will do as you say."

Liu Dai had been thinking for a long time, and after hearing Cao Cao's opinion, he finally agreed.

Afterwards, Liu Dai ordered not to pursue Liu Zheng, and let those who retreated from the battlefield rest for one night, and prepare to attack Shouchun City with all their strength tomorrow.

Shouchun City, after repeated attacks, is already in danger. If it weren't for Ji Ling, Lei Bo, Liu Xun and others' strong defense, the city would have been knocked down long ago.

Even so, the city gate has also suffered a lot of damage, and the city gate was only burned by Yuan Shu's people half a month ago, so it is not considered strong.

Therefore, it is very possible to destroy the city within three days.

However, in the battle to attack Shouchun, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao played tricks. They were not the main force, but assisted Liu Dai. Most of the attackers were Liu Dai's men and horses. Zhang Miao always feinted, and only Liu Dai's men attacked with all their strength.

The defenders in Shouchun City who were beaten were complaining endlessly, but they were defending with all their strength in order to survive.

On the first day, Shouchun City was not captured, but hundreds of soldiers defending the city were killed, and the three major armies also lost some troops.

Only Liu Dai's army, which really attacked Shouchun with all its strength, suffered more losses.

The [-] elite soldiers brought by Liu Dai from Yanzhou lost thousands of soldiers when they attacked Huainan in the early stage, and they lost a lot when they attacked Shouchun recently.

Now Liu Dai has only 2 people left.If these 2 people continue to attack Shouchun with all their strength, they will continue to wear down, which is not what Liu Dai wants to see.

So after the all-out attack on the first day failed to break Shouchun City, Liu Dai, who was already terrified on the second day, did not let his troops attack the city with all his strength, but became a little tactful like Cao Cao and Zhang Miao. The heavy rain was small, and every time the shouts of killing were loud, but when they actually attacked the city, they didn't make much action, in order to disturb the morale of Yuan Shu's army on the tower and force them to surrender.

After two days in a row.Finally, the soldiers who were in charge of standing guard outside Shouchun sent them news, saying that the guard brothers had found a soldier and horse, and quickly approached Shouchun City.

Cao Cao, who had always sent a large number of soldiers and horses to defend, immediately understood that this was the comeback of Liu Zheng after the rectification.

And what they were waiting for was Liu Zheng's attack. After all, as long as the Lord Shouchun City, they are not afraid that Liu Zheng will not come. If Liu Zheng really does not come, then they will eliminate Yuan Shu first, and then go to clean up Liu Zheng. Both left and right will suffer.

If Liu Zheng came, it would be more conducive for them to deal with Liu Zheng by turning passive into active.

"Send someone to notify Liu Daizhou Mu and Zhang Miao, and tell Liu Zheng to lead the army again. This time, there is no need to set up an ambush. Let Liu Zheng come over. We will compete head-on with Liu Zheng's men in Shouchun City. Let's see for a long time. How powerful is the well-known Liu Zheng?"

After Cao Cao received the news, he immediately sent someone to send the news to Liu Dai and Zhang Miao.

Liu Dai and Zhang Miao were planning how to besiege the city. After receiving the news sent by Cao Cao, they immediately prepared their troops and went to meet Cao Cao. After the meeting, I met Liu Zheng who led his more than [-] soldiers and horses, and hurried to the outside of Shouchun City.

Not far from the city, the three armies of Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, and Liu Dai were divided into the middle and lined up on the left and right, waiting for Liu Zheng's arrival.

The spies have already communicated the news of the arrival of Liu Zheng and others, and Cao Cao and others have already made preparations to deal with it. The 2 army present, except [-] people, continued to besiege Shouchun City, and the rest The [-] troops are all waiting here, and the army formation has been arranged, waiting for Liu Zheng to charge.

As long as Liu Zheng dared to rush over, 4 people immediately changed their pincer formations, and the troops on the left and right flanks charged forward and encircled Liu Zheng, who was more than [-] people.

Liu Zheng came to Shouchun City at this time, and there were still some accidents. After all, when Cao Cao and others were waiting for him, Cao Cao should have guessed that he would come.

Simply, Liu Zheng didn't hide, and walked out of the army directly.

He glanced at the [-] troops in the distance. The distance was too far to see the opponent's face clearly, but Cao Cao could still be judged by his clothes.

After all, three years ago, Liu Zheng had already met Cao Cao, had a relationship with Cao Cao, and had seen Cao Cao's power, so Liu Zheng's impression of Cao Cao was very deep, among the crowd, among tens of thousands of people , Cao Cao can be recognized by the appearance at a glance.

"Cao Mengde, I haven't seen you for many years, but you still remember me!"

When Liu Zheng saw Cao Cao, he yelled at Cao Cao from a distance.

Cao Cao was looking at Liu Zheng's army in the distance at this time, and was still searching for Liu Zheng's figure. Unlike Liu Zheng, the Liu Zheng that Cao Cao saw that day was just a man dressed as a soldier, and his appearance did not give Cao Cao the appearance. Leave too many impressions.

So Cao Cao didn't recognize Liu Zheng at the first time, but only after Liu Zheng yelled out, following the voice, Cao Cao saw Liu Zheng.

Looking at it this way, and comparing his inner impression of Liu Zheng, Cao Cao still felt that Liu Zheng had changed a lot.

There is already a big difference from the Liu Zheng I met back then. No matter in terms of image or temperament, the Liu Zheng back then was just a better little soldier, maybe a little more ghostly, but he was never in the top position. The calm and calm look of the reader.

But today's Liu Zheng, who has fought south and north for the past three years, with the continuous improvement of his status, has long since lost the fear of war in his heart, and instead enjoys it more, so the temperament exuding from his body is already different.

It’s different in the past.

"Hahaha, Liu Zheng, I didn't expect that the yellow scarf thief a few years ago has become so powerful now. He has become a prince. Not only can he fight against the imperial court, but he also occupies two states and counties of the imperial court. It makes me, Cao, look at you with admiration, in my heart, you can be called a hero."

Although Cao Cao said he was jealous of Liu Zheng, Cao Cao still had a lot of appreciation for Liu Zheng. At least, Cao Cao asked himself, if he was in Liu Zheng's status, he might not be able to do much better than Liu Zheng.

It is also amazing that he was able to soar all the way through a yellow turban soldier and make today's achievements.

4 Chapter Sixty

Cao Cao's admiration for Liu Zheng and what he said made Liu Dai and Zhang Miao on the side slightly puzzled, and even a little dissatisfied with Cao Cao's answer.

I didn't know, I thought it was two old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, reminiscing about the old days.

"This is also thanks to Brother Meng De. If it wasn't for Yang Feng, the commander-in-chief you led the troops to sweep me back then, how could I, Liu Zheng, be where I am today? I have achieved such achievements thanks to you, Brother Meng De. Based on this, if Brother Meng De has nowhere to go in the future, feel free to come to me, Liu Zheng, as there is a temporary lack of a military staff officer in my account, and I am willing to keep it for Brother Meng De."

Liu Zheng talked to Cao Cao half-jokingly.

Speaking of which, although he had a bit of hatred for Cao Cao, it all came from the massacre of Cao Jun when he first arrived in the Three Kingdoms World, so he had no choice but to flee. I still have some admiration for Cao Cao.

After all, he is a hero in troubled times, and he maintained the last dignity of the Han Dynasty. Although Cao Cao did some things that are not commendable, in terms of history, his merits outweigh his demerits.

"Then do I still have to thank you?"

Cao Cao was smiling but not smiling. On the surface, he was reminiscing with Liu Zheng. In fact, in private, he was already thinking about how many troops Liu Zheng brought over this time, and what kind of means he should use to attack so that Liu Zheng's troops could be completely wiped out. stay here.

However, Cao Cao didn't think about it for long, and the conversation between him and Liu Zheng was interrupted by Liu Dai.

"Liu Zheng, you gang of rebels still have the guts to show up here. I'm afraid you don't want to live anymore. Well, take advantage of this opportunity to deal with Yuan Shu, and take care of you yellow turban remnants by the way. It's also good to praise my great man Tianwei!"

As a clan member of the Han family, Liu Dai still has to help the Han Dynasty to speak up. Although he is unlikely to be emperor in this life, he is still a clan member after all. The Han Dynasty regarded itself as its own.

After all, they are also descendants of the Han Dynasty, and the Liu surname belongs to the same family in the world.

"Dahan Tianwei. Well, these words are good. The big man is indeed very majestic, and it is indeed the pride of the Han people. Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away. If I unify the world in the future, I will also be called a big man." Bar."

Liu Zheng said casually, although he hadn't thought about this matter yet, he knew that sooner or later, he would be able to do it.

"It's up to you, you still want to unify the world, go ahead and dream, come here. Kill these traitors for me!"

Liu Dai sneered, and didn't give Liu Zheng any extra time to speak. He ordered his subordinates to charge Liu Zheng's army directly.

Liu Dai was originally the leader of the attack on Huainan this time. Although Liu Dai lost some of the soldiers and horses he brought over now, he was on par with Cao Cao and Zhang Miao in terms of strength, but as a state shepherd, he had the highest status, so Cao Cao and Zhang Miao , On the surface, he still has to obey his dispatch.

Following his order, Zhang Miao and Cao Cao on the side had no choice but to follow Liu Dai's instructions and start to let their soldiers and horses charge.

This time, Zhang Miao and Cao Cao's men launched a siege from the left and right wings, while Liu Dai's main army charged from the front and launched an attack on Liu Zheng's army.

Liu Zheng originally wanted to delay for some time, but after seeing the enemy attacking him so quickly, he was more agile.

"retreat!"

The word "directly" came out, and Liu Zheng led his people without saying a word, and started to run back.

Crashing, the soldiers and horses of more than [-] people immediately turned around, and began to scatter and retreat.

The army of Cao Jun and Liu Dai is almost all infantry, and there are few cavalry. In fact, Cao Cao originally had hundreds of cavalry, but those hundreds of cavalry were defeated by Liu Zheng a few years ago. Later, there were no horses to supplement them. The number of cavalry did not increase, and most of them served as Cao Cao's personal soldiers.

Therefore, cavalry is relatively rare in the hands of Cao Cao. His tiger and leopard cavalry have not yet developed, but have been castrated in his hands due to historical changes.

Cao Cao had no cavalry, and Zhang Miao and Liu Dai naturally had no cavalry, and most of them were pikemen.

The official army, mainly spearmen, began to pursue Liu Zheng's army.

They didn't expect Liu Zheng to turn around and run away without saying a word.But since Liu Zheng's men and horses have already come here, they still want to chase, but they can't, let Liu Zheng show his identity here, and then run away.

Presumably they also knew that it was impossible for Liu Zheng to rely on these 1 people to fight head-to-head with them.

Liu Zheng's retreat was also deliberately luring them to chase further away.

Although Cao Cao felt that something was wrong with this matter, Liu Dai was still in command of the battle after all.

As Liu Dai urged the crowd to continue chasing, the [-] soldiers who were waiting in full battle also began to chase in the direction where Liu Zheng was fleeing.

Although Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses retreated in an orderly manner, they showed some panic, and kept a suitable distance from the pursuers of the officers and soldiers. It has been luring them to move forward.

Maintaining an appropriate distance, lured them out of the range of Shouchun City, and when they were far enough away from Shouchun City to return for help in a short time, Liu Zheng discovered the battle and delayed them.

Liu Dai's men finally came to their senses when they were chasing for three to five miles. As they got farther and farther away from Shouchun, they knew that they could not continue the pursuit, and were afraid of falling into Liu Zheng's trap.

But just as they were about to evacuate here, Liu Zhengjun, who had been in front of them before, suddenly turned around and started to attack them.

"Brothers, the enemy army has already left the area of ​​Shouchun City, and there are no soldiers and horses to support it. It's time to show them how powerful we are, and kill this group of enemy troops for me!"

When Liu Zheng saw that the opponent was about to back down, he immediately yelled and gave orders to his subordinates.

At the same time, he had already ordered his men and horses to recognize Liu Dai's army's flag clearly. Although it was a counter-attack charge, they should try their best to attack Liu Dai's men and horses. They only needed to kill enough Liu Dai's soldiers and horses, and they had completed the task. time task.

Cao Hong, Cheng Yu and others who led the soldiers and horses to pursue Liu Zheng's army were shocked. They didn't expect Liu Zheng to counterattack at this time.

It is not suitable to retreat at this time, nor is it suitable to go up to fight Liu Zheng, but fortunately, they led a total of 4 soldiers this time.