A Dou can afford it

Chapter 107

Cao Cao was unexpectedly tenacious.

Although Guo Jia vomited blood and was in a coma, and the army was exhausted after a long battle, Cao Cao's background was there after all, and he himself was a suspicious and cautious hero, so even if Jiang Gan failed to come back to inform, when they did not receive the letter from Feige as scheduled , Cao Cao already had a premonition, although other accidental factors could not be ruled out, but to be prepared, Cao Cao ordered some troops to stop marching and attacking, and was ready to return to support at any time.

Unexpectedly, this retreat really saved Cao Cao's life. At midnight that day, the navy led by Gan Ning attacked the camp. Cao Cao's headquarters had only [-] soldiers and horses, and it was impossible to fight against the brave navy (water bandits?) of Wu County. An encounter almost completely wiped out, Dianwei Hu Cao Cao retreated, fought bloody melee with over a hundred enemy troops, and finally died of exhaustion of blood after two hours, but his sacrifice was not meaningless, because until the last moment , Dian Wei never took a step back, his momentum shocked the enemy, and finally Cao Cao waited for reinforcements, and Gan Ning was forced to retreat.

Cao Cao, who returned to the base camp, was naturally very angry. He was shocked that Wu Jun had publicly broken the contract, and then thought of the sacrifice of General Dian Wei. He was very sad, and immediately issued an order to mobilize the army. Gan Ning troops landed in Qingzhou.

The reason why Cao Cao didn't stop attacking Liu Bei immediately was because he suspected that Liu Bei was obstructing Wu Jun's sudden change of mind, but he couldn't fight Liu Bei and Sun Quan at the same time, which would be extremely disadvantageous in terms of strength, so he listened to Xun Yu's opinion , gave up Yuzhou, and attacked Xuzhou, because Qingzhou and Wujun are separated by Xuzhou. If you want to fight Wujun, you must go through Xuzhou except for the waterway. The battlefield is undoubtedly the best choice.

Sun Quan naturally agreed with this point, and he didn't want Liu Bei to take advantage of him when he was fighting Cao Cao. Of course, he would not give up the advantage of the navy, but after all, Gan Ning's strength mainly lies in surprise attacks. It depends on Huang Gai, Lu Meng and others, and Sun Quan is also very clear that Wu Jun's biggest disadvantage is that he does not have a strong individual force. Compared with Liu Bei's long-established Sanying and Lu Bu, Cao Cao and Ma Teng's five sons who quickly rose to the top in the first battle, Wu Jun can take There are indeed very few high-end combat powers. This can be seen from the previous challenge of the bet between Adou and Sun Ce. It is still very difficult for Gan Ning and others to compete with Lu Bu and Zhao Yun. Otherwise, Sun Quan would not have Zhao Yun was allowed to rush in to join Adou—mainly because it was too difficult to block the furious Zhao Yun. Later, Sun Quan thought it would be better to lock Zhao Yun up together, and Yuzhou lost another general.

Closer to home, the reason why Sun Quan attacked Cao Cao vigorously this time was to gain a large enough advantage before the five good generals had fully recovered, otherwise it would be the same as now—after receiving the letter from Gan Ning’s failed attack, Sun Quan had a premonition that the war would enter a stalemate of a protracted war. Although he never thought that he could kill Cao Cao just this time, it would be a surprise to kill Dian Wei, but for Dian Wei, they also paid The price of several hundred elites.

Cao Cao quickly counterattacked. The vanguard led by Zhang Liao bypassed Yuzhou and unexpectedly directly attacked Jingzhou. Sun Quan was caught off guard and allowed Cao Cao to occupy the two cities to stabilize his position. Zhou Yu, who was assigned (and he was very happy) to take care of the unconscious Sun Ce, was recently asking Hua Tuo for advice on pharmacology and visually predicted that he would develop into a military doctor.Zhou Yu wanted to shirk, but it was the respected old lady Wu who came to invite him. In addition, Cao Cao had already invaded his Wu County, so he couldn't ignore it. In the end, Zhou Yu led the army again to curb Cao Cao's offensive route.

Afterwards, under the treatment of the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, Guo Jia finally woke up, but Zhang Zhongjing also stated clearly that given his physical condition, he absolutely could not work anymore, and it was best to retire immediately and stop working hard. His physical condition told Cao Cao that he also knew that he had lost Xi Zhicai one after another. What Cao Cao of Dianwei needs most now is assistance, so he went to the battlefield and led the most difficult job of going deep into the enemy camp, while Zhang Zhongjing was there. The night Guo Jia took the order, he left in a huff. Although he was a doctor, he couldn’t heal those who would risk their lives. Or maybe Guo Jia was right. In this troubled world, it’s better to live long than to die value.

So the so-called like-minded, to a certain extent, the values ​​​​of Cao Cao's advisers are roughly the same as those of Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others, and this value also represents the aspirations of most people in the Central Plains. Of course, in A Dou's Under the influence, the generals of Yuzhou who were forced to accept the value that if they don't live, they are sorry for the lord that living is worth more than dying are estimated to be excluded.

Because if other princes have the ability to capture Liu Bei's generals, they will find that persuading them to surrender is actually easier than imagined, and the courtiers who implement the spirit of Adou have a high chance of agreeing, but it is a pity that Liu Bei's subordinates, whether it is Sanying or Huang Zhongwei Yan Gaoshun , are not so easy to catch, because under Adou's strong request, both the Xuzhou Army and the Yuzhou Army need to learn an important course-emergency escape-of course, the generals and advisers also need to learn.

After Guo Jia entered the battlefield, the pace of aggression that was once suppressed by Zhou Yu began to approach again. However, although Guo Jia's offensive was fierce, Zhou Yu was still fighting on the ground after all, and the two sides had their own victories for a while.In addition, Fazheng Jia Xu on the Xuzhou battlefield publicly stated that you can fight, but don't be seen by our defense soldiers. If we see you disturbing the people, I'm sorry, the relatives will deny it, and save your life.Xuzhou's toughness still achieved results. Soon Cao Cao and Sun Quan found that the battles in Xuzhou were weird, and some troops always disappeared inexplicably. The battle on the land was the most intense in the battle between Jingzhou and Qingzhou.

Everyone wanted to solve the battle quickly, but they couldn't do anything to the other party in a short time, and officially entered the tug-of-war.At this time, Sun Quan received a strange letter from the wild goose.

The message in the letter is simple but definitely a surprise. It turned out that after Cao Cao defeated Ma Teng, the tribal alliance wanted to withdraw its troops. Unexpectedly, the news of marching into the Central Plains spread, attracting more powerful forces including the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, etc. The interest of the tribe, the day before yesterday, the tribe sent an army and arrived at the alliance. Under the absolute power of Xianbei, the originally chaotic alliance quickly determined a new leader, and then the leader of Xianbei listened to the opinions of his advisers and decided to continue. The alliance with Wu Jun used this to give himself a reason to attack Cao Cao and avenge the troops he lost before.

Right in Sun Quan's arms, so he quickly replied to the letter from the alliance. No matter what happened to Ma Teng's defeat before, it will not affect the new alliance driven by the current interests. Anyway, the other party also wants to take advantage of Cao Cao. For the difficult attack on Cao Cao, it is naturally the best to get rid of Cao Cao and subdue Liu Bei as soon as possible.

The tribal alliance showed its sincerity on the second day and raided the northern part of Qingzhou. When Cao Cao, who was caught off guard, wanted to mobilize troops to resist, Huang Gai, who had marched overnight, had arrived and prevented Cao Cao's main force from migrating. Inside, nearly one-third of the city in Qingzhou fell, and the coalition forces won a complete victory.

The matter is not over yet. Seeing the sweetness, the tribal alliance sent more troops and eroded the northern part of Sizhou at the same time. The Xiongnu cavalry were extremely ferocious. After five days of strong attack, they broke through the city gate. Because there was no reinforcements, the guard Cao Hong died in battle and the Sizhou Pass fell. , the food road in the main city of Sizhou was cut off, and the general Cao Ren had no choice but to defend and not fight. However, there was no food and no aid, and the defense was difficult.

In half a month, Xianbei went all the way down Qingzhou, and finally joined forces with the Ganning Navy to surround the main city of Qingzhou, including the Xun brothers, Liu Ye and Cao Cao's family were all trapped in the city, except for the raiding force led by Zhang Jai Guo Jia who was far away in Jingzhou , Cao Cao's headquarters had less than [-] soldiers and horses left, led by the Xiahou brothers, waiting for an opportunity to break out.

"Hahaha, there is news from Qingzhou that Cao Cao is trapped. It is already a good time to attack. I want him to take down Cao Cao's troops in Jingzhou within three days, and then march the whole army. Qingzhou!"

"Young master... this..." Although Cao Cao is currently at a loss due to the attack of the tribe, Zhang Jai and Guo Jia still have [-] troops, and they are guarding the city. Three days is far from enough to completely wipe them out. Yes, this is simply an impossible task.

"This is a military order. If Zhou Yu can't complete it, I will send generals who can complete it to replace it. General Chen doesn't have to worry about it. Or is it that General Chen wants to shake the morale of the army?"

"Subordinates dare not."

"Then why don't you send the order?"

"Yes."

In fact, all the generals here have heard that Sun Quan's order is actually embarrassing Zhou Yu. Before the war was stalemate, it was Sun Quan who asked Zhou Yu to fight to stop Cao Cao's aggression. Now that the war is going well, Sun Quan can't wait to take back Zhou Yu's military power. , the so-called crossing the river and demolishing bridges is nothing more than this, but all the courtiers here are acquiescing.It is because this strategic success has greatly improved Sun Quan's reputation in Wu County, and he has really begun to penetrate the highest core of power in Wu County.And General Chen, who wanted to speak out just now, also proved that it is absolutely useless to disobey Sun Quan at this time.

If it can be powerful, how can anyone choose to compromise?Sun Quan at this time is a good proof of this point. In his previous life, when he took over the country of Wu, his foundation was not stable, his reputation was not obvious, and his team could not penetrate the core, so he had no choice but to choose trade-offs. , Sun Quan took the lead and made enough achievements with the support of Mrs. Wu. At this time, his prestige is comparable to that of Sun Ce, and Sun Ce has always been one-sided in the army, but Sun Quan is like this this time. Urgently wanting to take back Zhou Yu's military power, he also hopes that he can truly fully control this power.Obviously, he succeeded more than half.

However, everything is so unpredictable. After Zhou Yu received the order, it took only two days to recover all the territories in Jingzhou and lead the army to triumph.

"How is it possible?" Sun Quan asked sharply while sitting in the inner hall, frowning.Days of power and battles gave the young man a majestic look on his brows, almost making the servants dare not look directly at him.

"Young master, it's true. Governor Zhou is already on his way back, and he will reach the main city of Jiaozhou in a few days. And... and..."

"What else?"

"The mistress said that the governor of Zhou has made great achievements this time, and asked the young master to greet the governor in person when he enters the city."

Bah!

Sun Quan slapped the machine table with his palm, the servant was startled, and scrambled out of the inner hall. Sun Quan sat in the same place gloomyly. He wanted to use this to seize Zhou Yu's military power, but he never thought If he could really end the battle within three days, his reputation would be unparalleled for a while. At this time, it would not be so easy to get his hands on his power...

Zhou Yu is also a good tactic. The army is built in a watertight manner, and his spies can hardly penetrate. Even if they enter, they will play an insignificant role. This is what Sun Quan fears most about Zhou Yu, because now Zhou Yu is in charge of almost everything that Sun Ce left behind. Power, and these powers are all loyal to Sun Ce, and he can't use them at all.Sun Quan knew that Zhou Yu had been waiting for Sun Ce to wake up. Once Sun Ce woke up, he would be the rightful young master of Wu County, the first heir. Sun Ce's strength was enough to contend with him, and at the same time, his mother would definitely choose to support the eldest son. not him.

This must not happen!

"Check! How did he do it? Not to mention that Cao Cao still has [-] elite soldiers defending the city, even Zhang Jaw, the five good generals, and Guo Jia, the ghostly talent, couldn't let him win so easily."

This is where Sun Quan is puzzled. The previous strategy of Guo Jia's Wu Jun can be said to have suffered heavy losses. Even if Zhou Yu really attacked by force, he would definitely lose a lot of soldiers and horses. At that time, he can be appointed as a warlord Unfavorable charges, but the news this time came that it was a real victory and there was not much loss at all.

Half a day later, the spies finally heard the news. Sun Quan held a secret report in his hand, and he couldn't believe it—an empty city plan turned out to be an empty city plan!

It turned out that Cao Cao was besieged before and it was difficult to break through. Naturally, Zhang Jai received the news immediately. It was impossible not to rescue him, but the Jingzhou position that was finally defeated could not just be handed back, so Guo Jia So they came up with such a plan. The battles in the past few days have made them understand each other very well. Guo Jia knows how cautious Zhou Yu is. Also because of Zhou Yu's caution, Guo Jia had a bold and adventurous idea - empty city.

He asked Zhang Jai to lead an army of [-] to secretly return to Qingzhou to rescue Cao Cao, while he left the same small group of soldiers alone to guard the city of Jingzhou.

The effect of the empty city is very good. Zhou Yu really suspected that it was a trap set by Guo Jia, so he dared not enter, but the cause and effect in the world are so wonderful. If it weren't for Sun Quan's order to attack in three days, Zhou Yu would not have chosen to go deep in order to keep Sun Ce's military power. The trap, if Zhou Yu hadn't been forced to choose to go deep into the trap, he wouldn't have found out that the empty city plan was actually just a bluffing paper tiger. city.

Originally, this empty city plan that appeared nearly 20 years earlier was undoubtedly very successful, but unfortunately there were still some deviations in the end. It can be said that the cracking of the empty city plan was entirely caused by Sun Quan. It was he who cracked this clever plan. Zhou Yu made great contributions.

Zhou Yu captured Guo Jia alive, and this is the biggest reason why Zhou Yu's reputation has been unparalleled for a while, because in the eyes of most people, this means that Zhou Yu's resourcefulness has surpassed the genius Guo Jia, and even Crouching Dragon Zhuge, becoming the No. 1 in the world. [-].

Immediately afterwards, the tribal alliance who received the transmission notice sent people to intercept Zhangja's soldiers and horses. The rescue operation was discovered in advance. Although Cao Cao's troops finally broke through, they suffered heavy losses. They could not resist at all in front of the coalition forces ten times their own strength, and fled in a hurry At the Qingxu border, the tribal alliance wanted to pursue it again, but was stopped by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's army, and the two sides temporarily entered a stalemate.

Taking this opportunity, Huang Gai, on behalf of Wu Jun, proposed to divide Qingzhou and Si prefectures equally according to the agreement, but was rejected by the tribal alliance. In Dasheng, Xianbei even carried out a three-day massacre in Qingzhou, claiming that the Central Plains was their hunting ground, and they wanted to slaughter all the lambs waiting to be slaughtered.Enraged and helpless, Gan Ning returned to Wu County with the only remaining warship to report the news.

"I want to see Governor Zhou." Knowing the whole story from Sun Shangxiang, Kong Ming finally wrote the last stroke in the "Book of Changes" that he had written silently for several days, turned to the corner outside the house, and said lightly.

Adou Xiong's Balu Chapter [-]: During the days of being imprisoned, my husband asked me to cultivate my health and read more books. I wanted to protest, but I don't know what method my husband used to make Lu Perverted also hold a book He watched it with great interest, and although Master Zilong didn't seem to be very willing, he also watched it with Lu Bianbian.

"It's impossible!" - A Dou who was forced to wake up again because BY was so bored reading a book that he fell asleep.

etc!Master Zilong, don’t hide it, I’ve already seen it, and it’s clearly a picture when you see it!There are two people!Are they practicing so strangely?

Hey, show it to me too, I don’t want to read the boring Tao Te Ching that is full of words, when I was imprisoned by that bastard Cao Pi in my previous life, he let me read this, I will memorize it, okay?

...Lu Pervert, why are you burning books, are you a pervert? !