Anfeng staged an interesting scene. At first, Lu Jun chased Cao Jun, but only half an hour later, the situation turned around. Cao Jun chased Lu Jun with a roar.
Although Lu Jun only had a few dozen riders left, and although Cao Jun continued to overturn the slower Lu Jun during the pursuit, he failed to catch up with Zhang Liao, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou.
The quality of the war horse plays a vital role at this moment.
After running for dozens of miles, he escaped back to Anfeng City under the eyes of Xiahou Dun and others. However, when he returned to the city, apart from Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Zhang Liao only had six riders left.
As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Liao's vision went dark and he fell off his horse.
Originally hit by three arrows, Zhang Liao's wounds worsened after another round of fierce fighting and dozens of miles of running, and the blood dyed the gray shadow of his horse red.
Yan Liang was not much better than Zhang Liao. He was hit by two arrows, one in the buttocks and one in the thigh. Although he did not faint immediately, he could only let the soldiers help him dismount.
"Quick! Military doctor, let the military doctor come quickly!" The one with the least injury was Wen Chou. He was only pierced by a sharp arrow in his arm. He ignored the pain and picked up the unconscious Zhang Liao. Someone helped Yan Liang and headed towards the general's mansion. Run over.
Since Lin Mo invented medical alcohol, it has become the standard for war injuries, but ordinary sergeants are not eligible to enjoy it. There is no way, the supplies are too scarce.
The severe pain caused by alcohol contact with the wound made Yan Liang couldn't help but scream. Obviously, he didn't have the domineering power of the second master to scrape the bones and cure the poison.
Zhang Liao didn't say a word and didn't react at all, but his appearance made people even more worried. He didn't wake up despite such stimulation, and he was seriously injured.
"What's going on?" Seeing their appearance, Jia Xu was frightened. How many ambushes did it take for Cao Jun to defeat the three of them like this.
Wen Chou, who was bandaging his upper body naked, gritted his teeth, frowned and told the story in a deep voice. Even Jia Xu could only sigh helplessly, "I actually gave General Wen Yuan several blind tricks in a row. How?" I can hide."
This kind of skill is obviously not something that a common man like Xiahou Dun could come up with. It is just that Cao Ying's counselors are very clever.
In fact, Jia Xu also didn't know who Guo Jia was. After all, history had changed. There was no longer floods in Pengcheng, predictions of Sun Ce's death, or suggestions to capture the North. Guo Jia's reputation was not that great.
But just by relying on this plan, Jia Xu also knew that the counselor accompanying Xiahou Dun was an astonishing talent.
I used something out of thin air, which seemed to scare them away, but in fact, the other party found the only way to capture Anfeng, which was to kill the enemy general, so they used a series of concealment methods to finally kill Zhang Liao. Lead to the pointed place.
After hearing what Wen Chou said about the situation at that time, Cao's army rushed out of two to three thousand men. Several hundred of them were frightened and were indeed invincible. Thanks to Zhang Liao's quick wit and courage, he finally brought them back.
Otherwise, all three of them would have died by Li Shui, and every one of the defenders in Anfeng City would have been frightened, and might even have destroyed themselves without attacking.
Now that they are back, regardless of life or death, Jia Xu is confident that there is a way to stabilize the situation, even if Cao's army comes back again.
Jia Xu immediately asked the entire army to be divided into three groups, one responsible for guarding the city gates, another for rest and rotation, and the third to prepare for war and patrol, ready for war at any time.
At the same time, more than 80 scouts were dispatched at one go to include the dangerous areas around Anfeng in the survey scope one by one to prevent Cao Jun from making a false shot.
After all this was done, he took Wen Chou to inspect the city gates and military camps even though he was injured.
At this time, the morale of the army must not be chaotic. Wen Chou's prestige is not low. With him around, the soldiers can still be stable.
Wen Chou also cooperated very well. He endured the pain and put on his armor, covered up his wounds, and followed Jia Xu around the camp.
When Xiahou Dun and others returned to the rear camp, they were like wilted rubber balls, with their heads drooped and listlessly.
I just counted them and found that Lu's army had nearly 800 cavalry killed, while Cao's army had 1,070 killed. It was incredible. What kind of ambush was this?
The most important thing is that after pursuing all the way, I could only watch Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou enter the city. If it weren't for the fact that they also divided their forces to pursue the Lu Army cavalry on the other side of the river, they also killed seven or eight hundred cavalry and pulled them back. They lost some war horses, and this battle was really going to become a laughing stock.
"I designed this plan to ambush Zhang Liao, but I didn't expect that this person would break out in such a reckless way, and his fate would be at stake." A trace of bitterness appeared on Guo Jia's face.
He has deduced it many times, and according to this plan, there will probably be no problems.
As long as Zhang Liao dies and his head is thrown under the city gate, the defenders in Anfeng City will be in chaos without a fight.
Who would have thought that Zhang Liao would dare to break through with such a deadly attack, and he was also very lucky. With such a density of arrows, he only hit three arrows, which was really good luck.
"I was hit by three arrows, and I ran all the way. Even if I go back, I probably won't survive. Let's turn around and attack Anfeng. We will definitely win!"
"I agree with Zhong Kang's method!" Gao Lan died because Yan Liangwen was ugly, and Euphorbia was sold to them for five hundred deaths. Now Zhang He can't wait to skin these two people and cramp them.
Xiahou Dun couldn't make up his mind, because in his opinion, Zhao Yun was still in the city. He didn't dare to take action, so he could only look at Guo Jia. At any rate, he set up this plan and really succeeded, and he almost killed Lu. The most brave generals in the army were all killed, so Xiahou Dun's attitude became kind again, "What do you think, sir?"
"Forget it, this plan doesn't work, I can't fight any more, let's go to class." Guo Jia exhaled, looking helpless.
From his point of view, Zhao Yun was definitely not in the city. The problem was that the master behind Zhang Liao was still in the city.
As long as Zhang Liao enters the city, even if the opponent is a counselor, it will be enough to stabilize the overall situation.
On the other hand, Cao's army was defeated by Chen Deng's fake surrender, but in the past few days it has been in vain. Today, it failed to kill Zhang Liao and several men. It has long been at the end of the war. If it attacks Anfeng forcefully, it will only hurt both sides in the end. As a siege, Fang, naturally pays more.
Comprehensive comparison shows that Cao Jun has no advantage in strength and morale. In addition, Guo Jia knows very well that except for attacking this road, it is impossible to fish out the soldiers and horses in the city in a short time and drag them down to the end. Still have to return in vain.
In this case, it is better to make a decision early.
Xiahou Dun, who had long wanted to retreat, immediately rejected all opinions and agreed with Guo Jia's suggestion, and the army continued to return to Xuchang.
Retreating after winning the battle seemed a bit anticlimactic, but Xiahou Dun didn't take it seriously.
Anyway, Zhang Liao lost about 1,500 horses today and brought back nearly 1,000 war horses, which can be regarded as barely saving some face.
At least I could handle saying something in front of Cao Cao.
In Jingxiang, Xiangyang City and the governor's office, many local officials were congratulating Liu Cong.
Just half an hour ago, the angel arrived in Xiangyang and read out the imperial edict. The emperor praised Liu Cong for his virtue at a young age and wanted to promote him to Taichang Taizhu.
This is incredible. In the Han Dynasty, there was a system of three princes and nine ministers. In addition to the three princes, Situ, Sikong and Taiwei, there were nine ministers.
The head of the Nine Qings is Taichang, and Taichang Taizhu is Taichang's official, responsible for the sacrifices and blessings of the royal family and ancestral temples.
In terms of salary, Taizhu's salary is over two thousand dan, which is higher than that of the prefect.
How old is Liu Cong this year? In one fell swoop, he became an official subordinate to Taichang, the head of the Nine Qing Dynasty. If he is promoted again, he can hope to be directly ranked among the Nine Qing Dynasties. He will be a high-ranking official under one person and above ten thousand people.
Naturally, all the officials from Jingxiang and Xiang came to express their congratulations.
But how could Liu Biao be happy? Taichang Taizhu was good at everything, but there was one thing. He was a capital official and had to serve in Xuchang, where the imperial court was located. How could Liu Biao be willing to do so.
In addition, Liu Cong himself didn't want to leave Jingzhou. He also had to seize the legitimate son, so he had no time.
The problem is, the emperor's imperial edict is not something you can just go without if you don't want to, unless you have a good reason, or simply give it up and show that we just don't follow your imperial edict.
Liu Jingsheng, who is a descendant of the Queen of the Han Dynasty, must not do this. The reason why he can still sit firmly in Jingzhou is that the sign of being a descendant of the royal family has helped him a lot. Otherwise, Liu Bei would have gone to great lengths to get such a piece. Signboard?
As for the excuse, it is basically unrealistic. Tai Zhu is responsible for the work of the Liu family ancestral temple. Only the Liu family has been able to take charge. Isn't Liu Cong a member of the Liu family?
"Master, if Cong'er goes to Xuchang, I don't want to live anymore, 嘘嘤嘤" Cai's pear blossoms acted like a baby, and from time to time she would pinch Liu Biao's arm with a mountain peak. Which cadre could withstand such a test.
"Don't worry, I don't want to part with Cong'er either. Didn't the imperial decree say that he will take office at the end of the year and pay tribute this autumn? I'll give him more generously. Cao Cao will understand what he means." Liu Biao was not happy, but he was not panic.
In his opinion, Cao Cao probably just wanted to take advantage of the situation. If he wanted hostages, he would definitely want the eldest son. There is no reason to want the second son.
In this case, the annual tribute should be sufficient.
Of course, when the time comes, you will definitely have to bribe a few more important court officials to help talk things over. There is a high probability that Cao Cao will not continue to embarrass Liu Cong.
Hearing this, Ms. Cai, who was charming and proud of her figure, sobbed and nodded, and said that tonight she would like Liu Biao to see what Guanyin is sitting upside down in lotus. Liu Biao rubbed his waist, feeling very stressed.
Cai Mao didn't think much about this matter, because in his opinion, Liu Biao's analysis was correct. Cao Cao should have been fighting continuously, and he just wanted to take a break because he didn't have enough money.
When the time comes, Liu Biao will give him enough benefits and send some privately to the Cai family. He will then send a letter to Cao Cao as an old childhood friend. This will probably not be too difficult.
However, before he could even pick up the pen, a merchant gave a sealed letter to the steward of the Cai family.
When the manager handed the letter to Cai Mao, he suddenly burst out with veins and cursed angrily: "Okay, okay, Liu Bei, you big-eared thief, we allowed you to establish a foothold in Jingzhou, but you actually wanted to turn your back on the guests. I really regret that I was in Xinye at that time." I didn't have the heart to kill you!"
The letter was written to him by Cao Cao, and he wrote it as an old friend. It was probably difficult to tell the imperial edict, because it was not his idea in the first place, but His Majesty's.
It was only later that he learned that when he went on an expedition to merge the states, Liu Bei wrote a letter to His Majesty as the emperor's uncle, asking for your Majesty's help in allowing Liu Cong to enter Xuchang, because in this way, no one in Jingzhou would compete with Liu Qi anymore. Bit.
Although he is the Sikong of the current government, he cannot be arbitrary in everything, otherwise the imperialists will make him even worse.
The most important thing is that this matter is in line with etiquette and he has no reason to refute it.
After realizing that the whole thing was caused by Liu Bei, Cai Mao immediately wanted to run to complain to Liu Biao. When the time came, he would attack Liu Bei again, and he would have no reason to stop him.
Of course, the siblings worked together to accomplish this kind of thing, so he went to find Cai first.
"No, the master is not so stupid that he will obey our advice. If he suspects that our Cai family is secretly colluding with Cao Cao, I am afraid that not only will he not be able to help Cong'er, but he will help Liu Qi."
Ms. Cai is not only beautiful, but also very transparent. She immediately saw the crux of the problem.
"Then what should we do? Sister, you have to think clearly. If what Meng De said is true, the old man's trick will definitely not work, because this is not Meng De's intention, but His Majesty's. He will not be moved by money. ." Cai Mao was very uneasy.
Liu Cong is the key to the Cai family's dominance over Jingxiang. Only by supporting Liu Cong can the Cai family be truly bound to the governor of Jingzhou and control the nine counties of Jingzhou and Xiangzhou.
"Actually, the real threat to Cong'er is no longer Liu Qi. On the contrary, it is Liu Bei who has been supporting Liu Qi. It seems that it is time to remove Liu Bei." Cai whispered softly, her eyes like autumn water reflected A touch of coldness.
"Yes, it's this big-eared thief who deceives the world and steals his reputation!"
Cai Mao snorted coldly, and then said feebly: "But, in detail, there are more than 20,000 troops stationed in Changsha city. If the master does not give the order, I cannot use troops directly against Changsha."
"How can we use troops on the border of Jingxiang?"
Mrs. Cai rolled her eyes at him. This younger brother was a bit stupid, and then smiled coldly, "Every year after the autumn harvest, I will hold a celebration party in Xiangyang. Not only will Liu Qi come back, but Liu Bei will also be there."
After saying that, he made a gesture of wiping his neck, and Cai Hao's eyes immediately lit up, "Haha, yes, Liu Bei will definitely not dare to bring troops when he comes to Xiangyang. By then, he will only need a few hundred swords and axes to ambush the big-eared thief. The corpse was broken into thousands of pieces!"
Ms. Cai quickly made a shushing gesture, "Where is this place? Are you afraid that the master can't hear you?"
Cai Hao shrank his head, but he still couldn't hide the excitement on his face.
Of course, he would not dare to kill Liu Qi, because the turmoil caused by this incident was too great, and even the Cai family, which was at its peak, might not be able to suffer this backlash.
But when it comes to Liu Bei, Cai Mao is still very confident. After all, he has no foundation in Jingzhou.
As for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, not to mention that due to historical changes, they have lost the aura of beheading Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and passing five passes and beheading six generals. Even if they have it, as long as they are in the three-acre land of Jingxiang, the Cai family will not use it at all. Don't be afraid.
As for whether Liu Biao will take action after the assassination of Liu Bei, he probably will, but with the influence of the Cai family, there is no need to worry whether the thunder is loud or the rain is small.
Big-eared thief, someone is going to send you on your way. Cai Mao licked the corner of his mouth, his eyes shining brightly.
(End of chapter)
