Chapter 628 The war breaks out again
It is said that at the same time that Chen Long won the qualification to compete in the martial arts competition at the lecture conference, Cao Mengde's southern expedition army, which had returned from Hefei City in defeat, had already arrived outside Runan City. Although they were plundering wildly along the way, there was very little food. The soldiers who could not get food and grass were already so hungry that their chests were pressed to their backs. They all looked at the head of Runan City fiercely. If Runan City was not taken down, tonight We will continue to starve.
Cao Cao's army's attack on Runan was definitely a surprise attack. Cao Cao was so angry that Zhao Yun's army crossed from Wancheng to Runan to attack Hefei unexpectedly. He couldn't capture Hefei and had to vent his anger on Yuan Shu's Runan, on the grounds that it would give Zhao Yun's army a way out.
Cao Jun swarmed to Runan City. Alarms were already blaring in the city. Yang Feng and Han Xian, who were self-respecting soldiers, were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun, the little white dragon who did not dare to offend the Qinglong Army, instead provoked the big devil of Qingzhou. Cao Mengde. There is a huge disparity in military strength between the city and outside. How should we fight this battle?
Yang Feng is by no means an unknown person. He has strong martial arts skills and was once a general of Li Jue. Some people say that he is the ancestor of the "Yang Family Generals" in the Northern Song Dynasty. He pioneered the Yang Family's marksmanship, and his kung fu is evident. Among the six sons of the Yang family, Yang Feng is the youngest. After making his mark, he is known as the "Baibo handsome thief". Han Xian was initially the general of the Baibo Army of the remaining Yellow Turban Rebel Army, and was later recruited by General Yang Feng of Xingyi, the former general of the Baibo Army. The two became good brothers and good partners. With Yang Feng as the main general, they defected to Yuan Shu, who was proclaimed emperor in Luoyang at that time, and were arranged Guarding the southern border of Yuan Shu's territory in the important town of Runan.
Han Xian had long heard of Cao Cao's reputation, and his first thought was to escape. What's more, Cao's army, which was so dark outside the city that could not be seen at a glance, numbered no less than 100,000, and its strength was more than three times that of the defenders in the city. If they were to defend the city and wait for reinforcements, there was no telling how long it would take for the reinforcements to arrive.
The nearest big city in Yuan Shu's territory is Xuchang in the north, about three hundred miles away from Runan. It is guarded by Yuan Shu's generals Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui, with only more than 30,000 troops.
Yang Feng and Han Xian were unwilling to surrender, so they had to send a horse to report to Yuan Shu, requesting reinforcements to be sent quickly, and preparing defensive equipment at the same time. Cao's soldiers below the city had already cut down the surrounding forests, exposing a large battlefield. They were making engineering ladders and setting up camp at the same time.
In Cao Mengde's Chinese army tent, there were several noodle cakes and a plate of horse meat on the coffee table. The disgraced Cheng Yu and Cheng Zhongde were rolling up a piece of cake and eating it with gusto. Sitting on a chair in front of him was a short man with a white face and short beard. He was Cao Cao, the commander-in-chief of Cao's army in the Central Plains. Cao Cao watched Cheng Yu finish a piece of bread and sighed, "Zhongde, you must have been starving these past two days."
Cheng Zhongde didn't have time to swallow the rice and said vaguely: "My lord, if we capture Runan, we will have something to eat." Cao Cao nodded and said, "Do you know why I came to attack this Runan?"
Cheng Yu finally swallowed the food in his mouth and asked with some surprise: "Isn't my lord angry that Yuan Shu will give way to Zhao Yun of Wancheng?"
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Zhongde, you are quite good at pretending! You know my thoughts best, so come and listen to me."
Cheng Yu thought for a moment and said: "I dare not speculate on your lord's thoughts. However, according to the military deployment, there are only three directions. At that time, at the foot of Hefei City, my lord brought the eldest son and Xiahou Ba back. There was a chance to go north. Those who retreated to Xuzhou, but once they return, their morale will be extremely low, and they may not be able to go south again within a few years."
"Choose to take the route through Runan. I'm afraid the lord has long wanted to wipe out Yuan Shu, right? Although Yuan Shu is pretentious and claims the title of emperor, but his troops are not strong, his generals are not brave, and his advisers are not clever, I am afraid that he has long been in the eyes of the lord. Meat. It was only because I was afraid of approaching the Qinglong Army immediately that I chose to go south first to wipe out the Sun Clan in Jiangdong."
Cao Cao nodded slightly and said: "I'm afraid that Chen Long also thought so, which is why Yuan Shu has survived among the two major forces until now. Luoyang is the old capital of the emperor after all, how can Yuan Shu be allowed to occupy the magpie's nest all the time."
Cheng Yu continued: "But I didn't expect that in the battle to wipe out the Sun family, Sun Quan personally went to fight with the Qinglong Army. Even Huang Zu's Jiangxia City was lost. It was a heavy loss. Since the army arrived in Runan, they simply fought with Yuan Shu Let's start a big war. It is said that war supports war. If you break Runan, you can get enough food for a few days. If you continue to break through Xuchang, you can connect with Qiaojun, Liangcheng, Chenliu and other places. The army can get enough food from Qiao. The county's supplies threaten Luoyang where Yuan Shu is located. I'm afraid that the Qinglong Army will not sit back and watch Yuan Shu's regiment be destroyed, and will inevitably come to fight for Luoyang, triggering a greater melee."
The so-called Qiao County is the birthplace of Cao Cao and the seat of the Cao family. Cao Cao has long spent a lot of money to build it into an important place in Cao Cao's territory. If Xudu is destroyed, it will naturally be connected with Qiaojun. There will no longer be a need to worry about army supplies. Qiaojun will no longer be a frontier, and the Cao family's ancestral hall will be safer. Cheng Yu thought about this and naturally thought that Cao Cao wanted to capture Xuchang.
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao nodded first, then shook his head and said: "What Zhongde thinks is indeed a feasible proposal. However, if our army captures Runan and gets a few days of food and grass, the direction it can attack is not just Xuchang to the north."
Cheng Yu was startled and said: "Not just to the north? Then there are only Wancheng to the west and Xiangyang and Fancheng to the southwest. Could it be that the lord wants to go straight to Xiangyang, the capital of the Qinglong Army?"
Cao Cao gritted his molars and said, "Why not? He attacked my Hefei, and I will attack Chen Long's Xiangyang and snatch all his beautiful wives."
Chen Long's wives had many beauties and beautiful women, which had long been spread all over the world. Cao Cao even dreamed of taking them as his own. Cheng Yu was completely shocked by Cao Cao's words, and murmured: "Master, are you serious about what you said? If you choose to go to war with the Qinglong Army, there will be no food and grass for a year, so let's not talk about it! At this moment, the heroes have not been eliminated, so we first choose to go to war with the Qinglong Army, It’s really unwise! If we waste our strength because of this, it will give opportunities to the Sun family from Jiangdong and the Yuan family from Henan and Hebei."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "It's not surprising that Zhongde would think so. But Chen Long's advisers must also think so. They think that we will not choose to go to war with him, so there is a high chance of success."
Cheng Yu calmed down from the shock and asked: "So, my lord, do you think our rear is monolithic? If we lose our base because of this, it will be more than worth the loss."
Cao Cao fell silent. Although Xun Yu was guarding the rear, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu were in the north, and Zhao Yun and Sun Ce were in the south. The base area was indeed somewhat unstable. After thinking for a while, he continued: "Then I heard that Guan Yu is Zhang Fei's brother. Maybe he can make him surrender." This sentence is a bit far-fetched. It turns out that Zhang Fei has gone to Cao Cao's territory alone and is relying on Jiang Ji who has taken refuge in Cao Cao. .
Seeing that Cao Cao was becoming more and more unreliable, Cheng Yu scratched his head and said: "My lord, compared to the surprise attack on Xiangyang and Fancheng, I am afraid that a surprise attack on Wancheng is more reliable. Xiangyang must be heavily defended, and our Qinglong army has a very uniform distribution of troops. I don’t know. But Wancheng is different. First, Zhao Yun’s army is still in Hefei, and Wancheng is not heavily defended by generals. Second, Wancheng is very close to Chang’an and Luoyang. It can be said to be a strategic location. If you advance, you can threaten Xiangyang, and if you retreat, you can attack. Chang'an and Luoyang, and Nanyang have been granaries since ancient times, and can support the Lord's two hundred thousand troops, which can be said to be a place where they can advance and retreat freely."
Although Cao Cao was used to marching in danger, when Cheng Yu said this, he had no choice but to say casually: "Zhongde's words make sense. Let me think about it for two more days. Runan is right in front of us. Zhongde is ready to command the battle! We must win it within two days." !”
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