Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Cao Cao was not in Xudu at this time as Liu Bei expected.

As a prime minister who has faced war several times, it is not his style to stay in Xuchang.

Before Wu Yang fell, and before the two sides were still fighting, Cao Cao was patrolling in Yingchuan County. He could supervise both battles and troops, and he could get battle reports faster when he was close to the front line.

But unfortunately, among the various battle reports sent from the front line, there was no good news that could alleviate his anxiety.

Since last year, he has wanted to retake Jingbei. Yunchang has been sticking to Jingbei. The two sides have been going back and forth. Finally, after learning from the painful experience, he gathered his army to the east, intending to take back Wancheng directly with more Ling Shao and Yunchang. Forced back to the front line of Xiangfan again.

He was almost successful.

But he soon discovered that he still failed to understand Yun Chang.

When Yun Chang broke the siege of Baima, he took Yan Liang's head from the crowd of tens of thousands of troops. He can be called a brave general.

During the battle in Jingxiang, he was able to use the navy to attack Wancheng with ease, showing the demeanor of a general.

When fighting for Jingbei, he was able to use the armored flying cavalry to make him fall short, and he could be called a famous general.

He can train as a naval engineer, he can train as a cavalryman in the south, and he is also very capable of fighting. He is worthy of being called Yun Chang!

It is true that the broken halberd of Jingbei was recaptured. Moreover, after seeing the power of the armored cavalry with one's own eyes, the army at the junction of Jing and Henan was even more unable to withdraw.

There are four mountains and three passes at the junction to check and balance. If the army retreated and Yun Chang could come and go freely, wouldn't the armored flying cavalry charge one by one to the Xuxu capital?

Although the situation is a bit difficult to get off, but as the saying goes, when I, Cao Mengden, was able to stalemate with Yuan Benchu ​​in Guandu for ten months, the weak defeated the strong and swallowed up Hebei, so why can't I now...

Moreover, Cao Cao discussed the current situation with his counselors, and Xun You, who was bedridden, believed that Yuzhou might be difficult to defend now.

But Xun Gongda, who was seriously ill, couldn't come up with a good plan for how to deal with it specifically. He only said that when he recovered, he would need to go to the front to see the rebel army with his own eyes before making a conclusion.

Dong Zhao, Jiang Ji, and Liu Ye believed that Liu Bei's stationary stationing in Luoyang must be busy trying to win over people's hearts. There should be very little food and grass left to help the poor. The offensive must wait until next spring. If Ming Gong wants to make a surprise attack, he should take advantage of the winter snow.

It seemed like there was nothing wrong with it, but Cao Cao always felt that it shouldn't be like this.

Otherwise, go ask Xun Yu?

Before Jing Xiang's defeat, private discussions had begun on the matter of proclaiming himself public, so he and Xun Yu were very unhappy.

Later, it happened that Xu Shu returned to the south. Xun Wenruo felt guilty for this, and finally resigned from the post of Shangshu Ling with his acquiescence, but he was not allowed to leave Xudu.

But if you take the initiative to lower your head and ask Xun Yu...

Before he could come to a conclusion, he was completely confused by the continuous emergency reports from all directions after mid-October.

Xu Huang of Lin County urgently reported that the bandit army marched eastward to capture Wuyang Xiping. Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Li Dian did not know whether they were alive or dead.

Cao Xiu of Jiaxian County urgently reported that Zhang Fei was moving south from Yique Pass, and Guangcheng Pass and Liang County were lost one after another. Cao Xiu was determined to defend Jiaxian County with Yu Jin to stop Zhang Fei and never retreat.

Cheng Yu of Shang Cai urgently reported that the bandit army was re-enforcement of Wuyin City, and the general Xue Hong was defeated and died. Yu had abandoned Wu Fang and Aoyang and was holding on to Shang Cai, waiting for Ming Gong to defeat the thieves.

An urgent report from Shenyang Wenpin: The rebel army has come out in full force, and Anyang of 嫑 County has been lost. Zhang Liao is defeated and his life and death are unknown, and there is no new news about Cao Zhen.

Zang Baweizhen of Chen County and Xiahou Dun of Ruyang urgently reported that the main force of the rebel army was heading north, and Xincai, Linyang, and Gushi were all lost. The four of them decided to join forces and defeat the enemy with Xiahou Dun as their leader.

These urgent reports, delivered simultaneously within two days, made the message all too obvious:

Liu Bei launched a massive attack, and his attack was extremely rapid.

But what he couldn't understand was that even if Wuyang was defeated by Powuyin, how could Guangcheng Pass, a city like Guangcheng Pass, achieve what the military newspaper said was "defeating the might of the sky and thundering for half a day and then losing it"?

Even if an eight-year-old child were put in the position of commander at such a powerful pass, he wouldn't be able to hold on for only half a day.

And could this military report be more outrageous? It couldn't be that Zhang Jiao was resurrected, right?

Not to mention the urgent report from Chen County Office, saying that the main force of the rebel army is heading north... If that is the main force, what is it with the tens of thousands of troops who conquered Yingyang across the Gong River?

In short, after careful consideration, Cao Cao, who was patrolling in Yingchuan County, temporarily led his troops to station in Yingyin, west of Xuchang, which was only separated by a river and fifty miles from Yingyang, which had just fallen.

He had no choice but to face the crisis in all directions, which made him unwilling to stay in Xudu. However, it was also the crisis in all directions that made him not know where to go for a while.

In short, Cao Cao still feels unrealistic about the sudden turn of events. Two days ago, he was still planning where to get some more food, grass, and warm clothing, so that he could wait for the sudden winter attack on Luoyang and drive him back to Guanzhong.

But now... Liu Bei is about to attack Xudu?

In this kind of war situation, what he could do was extremely limited. In the end, he could only step up the deployment of troops and food, and at the same time, try his best to send out all the scouts and messengers, making sure to send the battle information from all sides as soon as possible.

The war situation was raging, urging him to try his best to adapt to a completely different rhythm of war than before.

The next day, a letter was sent across the river to persuade Cao Cao to surrender. Cao Cao opened it with great interest and read it carefully. Finally, he passed the letter to his counselor to read, shook his head and said:

"Liu Bei is here in person."

"Since he has the courage, I must not lose it. Go and tell the other side of the river, just say..."

"The prime minister of the Han Dynasty who was ordered to punish the thieves is here. Why do the rebellious ministers and thieves not know the destiny of heaven?"

Cao Cao said these two sentences very calmly. Several counselors in the tent exchanged glances with almost indelible worries on their brows. The prime minister's move was obviously to attract the enemy's attention, but... this was really Is it good?

They had read in detail the battle reports sent from various places, and several of them were not ignorant of war, but because of this, they were quite hesitant.

What Cheng Yu and Wenpin reported was still normal.

Xu Huang said that the scouts heard several muffled thunders before detecting the fall of Wuyang, and saw from a distance that the city wall collapsed on its own, and then the rebel troops filed into the city without resistance.

Cao Xiu said that Zhang Fei was a demon because he could spit fire and thunder. Every time he struck the thunder, there would be an explosion, eyes of fire, and smoke. The soldiers' minds were shattered because the barrier was broken.

Could it be that there really was an immortal who could not see the decline of Han Zuo, so he came to earth? With nothing to do, he could only think wildly, and among the few people, Liu Ye frowned the most.

Soon the soldiers entered the account again and presented a letter. Cao Cao opened it and read it and laughed:

"Liu Bei wants to meet me across the river to talk about old times."

"Ming Gong, promise him!" Liu Ye almost jumped up: "There are still strong crossbows in the army, which are still powerful a hundred and fifty steps away, and there are also bed crossbows, which can be pushed to the front of the formation in disguise!"

Cao Cao was silent, so Liu Ye almost came forward:

"Ming Gong!..."

It has never been Cao Cao's temperament to look forward and backward, so he just raised his hand:

"Do it quickly!"

He once again asked the soldiers to make an appointment for an hour and explained the location.

When the result arrived, Cao Cao was disappointed to find that Liu Bei was more than two hundred steps away from him. When he spoke, he used the soldiers around him to shout in unison to communicate.

"Are Xuande afraid of my ambush with bows and crossbows?" Cao Cao feigned anger.

Liu Bei on the other side of the river laughed and responded:

"Mengde, it's not that I'm afraid of you, it's just that our army's powerful crossbows can shoot two hundred steps. If I get close, I'm afraid that you will die."

To Liu Bei, it was the truth, but to Cao Cao, it was more like a joke after the plan was revealed. In anger, he simply took a few steps forward and shouted:

"In the past, Lu Bu's gate could only shoot a halberd a hundred and fifty steps. Today, it is said that it is a two hundred step crossbow. Does Xuande think that I don't know how to fight?"

With a "crack" sound, Cao Cao turned around and saw a crossbow arrow inserted into the ground more than ten steps behind him on the left. The tail of the arrow was still trembling, and a cold feeling immediately climbed up his back.

Prime Minister Cao's personal soldiers swarmed up and hurriedly dragged Prime Minister Cao back.

Although there were some twists and turns, at least the two sides were able to talk, although Liu Bei felt that Cao Cao seemed to be particularly angry.

"Xuande did not respect the emperor's order and used weapons rashly, but he wanted to rebel?"

"Now that the emperor has temporarily fled to Hebei, the whole world will know about your treasonous actions. You are pretending to be benevolent and hiding evil intentions. Do you know that one day the whole world will spit on you!?"

"If you can cross the river and come to surrender, I am an old friend. I will welcome you and show your loyalty to the emperor, so that..."

"Mengde!"

Now Liu Bei suddenly felt that these words were a bit noisy, so he couldn't help but interrupt Prime Minister Cao.

"You really don't know that the day of your death is approaching?!"

"You really don't know that the Cao thief is in a certain defeat now?!"

The effect of these two sentences was extraordinary. Prime Minister Cao's blood suddenly surged, and the soldiers around him could see that the Prime Minister's steps were a little sloppy.

And at this moment, fast horses entered the camp from behind, and soon there was a noise, which temporarily attracted Cao Cao's attention. Now he is most concerned about the military situation in all directions, and he hopes from the bottom of his heart to get a good report. Boost morale.

Soon, Dong Zhao came from behind with a few letters in his hands, with an anxious look on his face:

"Ming Gong, there is an urgent report from Zhaoling. All Cai Cai in Yancheng are lost. I don't know whether Xu Huang or Cheng Yu is alive or dead. There is also an urgent report from Hebei. Yecheng..."

It was not a good news, but he had lost two cities in a row. Cao Cao suddenly felt a little sweet in his throat.

And Dong Zhao's hesitating look made him feel a little cold:

"Bring it over and show it to me!"

But after a few breaths:

"Shu Zi!!!"

Then the Prime Minister’s personal troops went into chaos:

"The Prime Minister has fainted! Quickly tell Taichang! Quickly call the doctor!"