Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 83 Revenge
The place where Zhang Xiu's army gathered was actually some distance away from the bridge and the river bank.

There was no ambush around the end of the bridge, and Zhang Xiu didn't seem to intend to attack halfway through.

Maybe he wanted to attack while Cao Cao's main force was crossing the river, but Cao Cao was not stupid, he would definitely not cross the river at once, but in sections.

First send a small group of troops to cross the river and seize the river bank. Once Zhang Xiu attacks, he will retreat immediately.If he doesn't strike, it's like an ant moving a house, slowly past people and horses.

Boiling the frogs in warm water like this, by the time Zhang Xiu realized something was wrong, Cao Jun's large army had already crossed the river, and it would be too late to attack at this time.

It has to be said that there were still a lot of games in the ancient army.To some extent, this is also very similar to the Battle of Feishui.

It's just that the number of troops in the Battle of Feishui was 80 against [-], but now it's only [-] against [-]. In terms of the scale and impact of the war, the difference is more than one level.

Cao Cao first sent 2000 men to cross the river, but Zhang Xiu did not attack. The 2000 men formed a formation on the bank of the river and slowly approached Zhang Xiu's army.

The two sides lined up, with a distance of about half a mile, and they all confronted each other with spearmen on the periphery and sword shields on the flanks.

After the vanguard had stabilized its position, Cao Hong led about 3000 people in the front and continued to cross the river slowly.

At this moment, Zhang Xiujun really couldn't sit still, the crowd was crowded, and he began to move forward slowly.

However, the 2000 troops in the front actually had [-] archers hidden behind them. After seeing Zhang Xiujun start to advance, they immediately began to bend their bows and set arrows.

Cao Cao was one of the two major warlords in the north. Although he couldn't compare with Yuan Shao, he was still very powerful in Henan. Therefore, the army had a large reserve of bows and crossbows, and the arrows rained down.

When a round of arrows came down, Zhang Xiu had no choice but to retreat.Then Cao Hong crossed the river smoothly. At this time, there were already [-] Cao troops on the west bank of the Tuanshui River, and the number was still increasing.

At this time, a large number of soldiers appeared on the hill. They also bowed their bows and set up arrows.

"Humph."

Seeing this situation, Cao Cao sneered, and said to the left and right: "Zhang Xiu's son is nothing more than that, I guessed his intentions, and passed on my order, and the army continued to cross the river."

"only!"

Left and right Han Hao, Li Zheng, Cao Chun and other middle- and lower-level generals followed his orders and ordered the soldiers to start moving forward.

Here, Cao Cao's rear army also began to cross the river, while the front army pressed forward. The archers on both sides shot at each other, but there were swords and shields on both sides, and there were many shields, so the casualties were not very large.

However, Cao's army pressed forward on a large scale, causing Zhang Xiujun to retreat. The gap on the left bank of Tuanshui became wider and wider. In the end, a large number of Cao's troops gathered on the west bank of Tuanshui River, and more than half of the 1 people had passed through.

At present, Cao Cao's military strength is already somewhat stretched. 3 people came to Nanyang, Cao Ren took away 5000 to [-] people, Le Jin also took [-] to [-] people, and lost about [-] to [-] people in the battle of Wancheng.

So at this time Cao Cao's total force was only 3000, and just now he sent 1 men from Yujinling to go north and detour to attack Zhang Xiu, so there are only [-] around him.

At this moment, about 8000 people had crossed the river, and even Cao Cao had come to the other side of the river. They occupied the entire river bank and began to advance steadily.

At this time, Cao Cao didn't think about attacking directly, because there were two thousand Xiliang troops ambushing on the hilly mountain on the left side of the road ahead. If they rushed directly, they would rain arrows on the hillside, and the casualties would be heavy.

Therefore, Cao Cao intends to delay the time first.

After Yu Jin made a detour and cut off Zhang Xiu's escape route, he directly attacked Zhang Xiu's own army, so that he could be annihilated by flanking left and right.

"It's time to avenge Dian Wei Zixiu and the others."

Cao Cao looked forward with serious eyes. He heard that Zhang Xiuxiao had taken the head of Dian Wei. In this battle, he would not only take back Dian Wei's body, but also destroy Zhang Xiu and avenge Dian Wei and the others.

Soon Cao Jun began to press on step by step, Zhang Xiujun couldn't hold back the pressure, so he could only retreat step by step. Seeing that they had gone farther and farther, Cao Jun was also getting closer to the hill on the left.

Cao Hong glanced to the north, and there was no sign of Yu Jin on the vast plain, so he came to Cao Cao and said, "Brother."

"Ah."

"Zhang Xiu is retreating, Yu Jin has not arrived yet, if he pursues again, the ambush soldiers on the hill will shoot arrows again."

"Then send someone to go around the mountain and wipe out all his ambush soldiers."

Cao Cao said indifferently: "At first I thought that Zhang Xiu would choose to attack halfway, but I didn't expect that I valued his courage. It seems that there is no need to wait for Yu Jin to come."

The reason why Yu Jin led 3000 people to detour was not only to cut off Zhang Xiu's retreat, but also because he was afraid that Zhang Xiu would be attacked halfway.

Although the turbulent water is not a big river, it is the spring flood and the current is so fast that it must be crossed by bridges.

It would not be good if the troops in front of them had just crossed the river, and the opponent's entire army would attack Cao's army on the river bank, destroy the bridge, and cut off their way forward.

That's why Cao Cao decided to let Yu Jin lead the partial division to attack by detour. Once Zhang Xiu didn't destroy the bridge immediately, when they crossed the river to gain a firm foothold and cooperated with Yu Jin, they would be able to defeat the enemy.

It happened that Zhang Xiu wanted to ambush them on the other side of the river, so Cao Cao decided to use the method of boiling frogs in warm water, and first sent a small number of people to test them out.

It turned out that Zhang Xiu was so unresponsive, and he was passively beaten and retreated all the time. As a result, more and more Cao troops crossed the river.

In this way, if we face the enemy head-on, there is no need for the ban, but without the ban, it is impossible to wipe out Zhang Xiu. He turns his head and runs, chasing those enemies who throw away their armor and just want to escape. There is no cavalry It's hard to do.

Therefore, Cao Cao planned to suppress the ambushes on the mountain first, and then wait a while. After Yu Jin's army arrived, he would attack Zhang Xiu from both the west and the east and wipe him out.

At this time, almost half of Cao's army had already crossed the river, so Cao Hong sent 3000 troops according to Cao Cao's intention, and prepared to go around the hilly mountain from the river bank and climb up the mountain to get rid of the ambush soldiers.

But at this moment, the sound of the melodious trumpet suddenly came, and on the hill to the left, there were suddenly more than 1000 horses. Cooperating with the [-] ambush soldiers who were originally on the mountain, ten thousand arrows were fired, and the people sent by Cao Cao were shot and killed. , one by one scurrying around.

"Cao Cao!"

Shen Chen was riding on horseback, holding a big horn in his hand, and roared angrily, "Do you still remember me?"

At this time, Cao Cao was at the head of the Tuanshui bridge, about one mile away from Shen Chen's position, about 400 meters away. He saw only a black spot and couldn't hear his voice clearly. He was very surprised and said, "Who is that person?"

A knight galloped out, came to the foot of the hill, and shouted: "Sikong asked who you are?"

Shen Chen sneered, "Let Cao Cao come over."

"What are you, how can you see Sikong just by looking at it?"

The knight replied.

Shen Chen said indifferently: "Tell Cao Cao, I am Shen Chen, the head of Cao Ren and Le Jin at Huangmenting, Xiangben County, Donghai State, Xuzhou, and he will return the heads of hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou and hundreds of villagers at Huangmenting. Today I will take Cao Cao's head to pay off the debt."

what?
The knight's expression changed in horror, and he hurried back to report.

Soon he returned to Cao Cao, got off his horse, and said in a panic, "Sikong, that man said he was Shen Chen, Huangmenting, Xiangben County, Xuzhou, and said"

"What else?"

Cao Cao frowned. This person's name sounded familiar. He seemed to have heard it somewhere.

"Also, the heads of General Cao Ren and General Le Jin should be regarded as the money that Sikong returned to hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou and hundreds of villagers in Huangmenting."

The knight tremblingly reported the news to Cao Cao.

If Cao Ren and Le Jin were really dead, the blow to Cao Cao would be no less than the death of Dian Wei and Cao Ang.

Although Dian Wei and Cao Ang are more important in Cao Cao's heart, Cao Ren and Le Jin are also generals who have followed him for many years, especially Cao Ren, who is his younger brother and has deep feelings. If he really died, Cao Cao would be extremely sad.

really.

When Cao Cao heard the news, his expression suddenly became dazed, his whole mind went blank, and he stood motionless on the horse's back.

"Sikong, Sikong."

Han Hao, Li Zheng and others around him hurriedly called him.

And Cao Chun, who was at the side, was also stunned, then got off his horse, and kicked the knight like crazy: "You are talking nonsense, disturbing the morale of the army, how can my brother be buried in Nanyang? Come, drag me out Chopped."

In fact, Cao Chun's status was not very high at this time. He was 27 years old this year. He followed Cao Cao and Chen Liu to fight in the north and south, but he didn't become the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry until the tenth year of Jian'an.

Before that, he had been Cao Cao's personal guard and belonged to the middle and lower ranks.Moreover, he is still a civil servant, not a military officer with high military force. He joined the army as Yilang before.

So logically speaking, he is definitely not qualified to make the decision to kill a Cao Cao's personal guard arbitrarily.

But his identity is very special, he is Cao Ren's younger brother, Cao Cao's younger brother, so some soldiers around are very embarrassed, they looked at each other, neither dared to come up to persuade, nor dared to really drag the knight out and beheaded .

After making a fuss for a while, the knight had already been kicked bloody by Cao Chun. Cao Cao came back to his senses, suppressed his grief and said in a low voice, "Stop, Zihe, he was just passing on someone else's words, what's wrong with you? You beat your colleague for no reason. , After the war, he took the Ten Army Sticks himself."

Tears were streaming down Cao Chun's face, he took a few steps back tremblingly, collapsed on the ground, and cried loudly: "Brother, my brother. My brother is not dead, my brother can't possibly die, right?"

"Help him down."

Cao Cao rode forward slowly indifferently, followed by the guards behind him, and the troops in front gave way one after another, and soon he came to the forefront of the team.

At this time, Cao Hong, who led the team to attack the back mountain, also came back. He was forced to retreat by the arrows. He didn't know about Cao Renle's advance. Suddenly there were more than 1000 ambushes."

"I see."

Cao Cao nodded. At this moment, the front of the formation was less than half a mile away from the distant hillside, about 50 meters away, which was beyond the range of the arrows.

At this distance, the two sides could already vaguely see each other. Cao Cao looked at the hillside and saw someone riding a horse overlooking him on the hill in front of him, about ten feet above the ground.

The man was wearing a white silk robe that didn't reach the crown, and his hair was tied with a rope. He looked young and seemed to be about the same size as his son Cao Pi, except that he was a little taller.

"Shen Chen, Shen Chen?"

Cao Cao said the name twice, and then his eyes seemed to be on fire, he raised his head and suddenly looked in Shen Chen's direction, roaring: "You are Shen Chen!"

He finally remembered that Chen Chen, Huangmenting, Huangmenting, Donghai Guoxiang, Ben County, Xuzhou, was a little prodigy he had asked Cao Ren to deal with.

When he came to Huaibei, most of the people in Xuzhou did not escape and were slaughtered by him.

Only in Xiangben County, most of the people fled. After asking, I learned that there was an [-]-year-old boy who guessed his strategic intention and evacuated the people in advance, so that the Xiangben people were saved from disaster.

This incident surprised Cao Cao.

However, he is also a person who loves talents. The first time he saw such a genius, he wanted to take the Shen Chen family away and bring him under his command.

However, Lv Bu attacked suddenly, and he had to return to Yanzhou to destroy Lv Bu as soon as possible. He was also afraid that Tao Qian would get Shen Chen and prevent him from conquering Xuzhou in the future.

It turned out that Cao Ren failed in his mission and lost an ear instead. This made Cao Ren very sad, and he often wanted to step on the Huangmen Pavilion to avenge his ear.

Now that three years have passed, Cao Cao has a lot of things to deal with every day, has met countless people, and has a lot of things to deal with.

More importantly, he had never met Shen Chen. Except for Cao Ren's frequent chanting, he didn't actually have any specific impression of Shen Chen.

So when he first heard the name Shen Chen, Cao Cao didn't react, mainly because he was shocked by the death of Cao Ren Lejin, his mind went blank for a short time, and he didn't have time to think about it.

Now that he regained his senses, when he looked up again, he was already gnashing his teeth, and his eyes seemed to burst into flames.

"it's me."

Shen Chen looked at him, and said indifferently: "Cao Cao, the beloved generals Dian Wei, Cao Ren, Le Jin, and nephews Cao Ang and Cao Anmin are dead, so I feel bad."

Cao Renle is dead?

Cao Hong's face changed in horror.

"They...are you killing them?"

In fact, Cao Cao already had a premonition in his heart, because Cao Ren and Le Jin could not be contacted until now, so he was faintly worried before.

Now that he got the real news, his words revealed a sense of disbelief, but his reason told him that it was true.

So he looked up to the top of the mountain, his voice was already trembling, he held his forehead, and his whole body was shaking.

Shen Chen sneered and said, "I did it? Didn't you do it? If you weren't greedy for beauty, how could Dianwei Cao Ang and Cao Anmin die? If you didn't slaughter Xuzhou for no reason, killing my hundreds of relatives in Zenyang, I And why are you against me?"

"Just tell me, did you kill them?"

Cao Cao's figure swayed slightly, he supported his body forcibly, and stared at him intently, those terrifying eyes seemed to want to swallow him alive.

Shen Chenyi was not afraid, looked down at Cao Cao with the same sharp eyes, and said coldly: "You slaughtered Xuzhou in the name of avenging your father, why can't I kill Cao Ren and Le Jin in the name of revenge?"

"So, you killed them?"

Cao Cao asked.

"I killed it."

Shen Chen nodded: "I chopped off Cao Ren's head with my own hands, and threw his body into the cesspool, and I also threw Le Jin's body into the river, and it may have been eaten by fishes and shrimps by now. "

"Zhu Zi'an dare to kill my confidant!" Cao Cao roared angrily, his face was contorted to the extreme, and everyone knew that he had reached the point of extreme rage.

"Why can't I kill?"

Shen Chen said coldly: "Just because you are called Cao Cao? Just because your Cao family has been a senior servant in the middle school and a captain of the Sangong, and has a noble family? Your life is your life, and the lives of the common people are not your life? Then tell me What's wrong with me, the hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou? What's wrong with the hundreds of people in Huangmenting? How can you kill them wantonly, forcing countless people's families to be ruined?"

Cao Cao pointed at him with his sword and shouted: "How can I not kill the untouchables who are my enemies?"

"Hahahaha, it's another set of rhetoric that those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish. It's really ridiculous. If you are strong, you can slaughter casually, but others who are weak can't fight back against you."

Shen Chen laughed and said: "In the final analysis, you are nothing more than a selfish robber. You are strict with others and lenient with yourself, and you never think about others. In your eyes, countless Li people will kill you if you want to, in order to achieve your goal , why have you ever thought about other people's lives? Since you are like this, why can't you allow others to do the same to you. "

Cao Cao yelled angrily: "You are so humble, you are worthy to be compared with Zi Xiao and Wen Qian? Even if I kill more than a hundred of your relatives, I can't compare with one of their fingers!"

Even if I kill more than a hundred of your relatives, can't compare to one of their fingers?
Shen Chen was taken aback.

Hundreds of lives.

Can't compare to the value of one finger of Cao Ren Lejin?

"Hahahahahahahahahaha."

He was pissed off.

Laughing from ear to ear, laughing so hard that weeping.

Yes.

Yes.

We are the lowly commoners of Qianshou.

You are of noble and famous families.

So in the eyes of those of you who are prominent.

The tens of millions of common people in the Han Dynasty are not as good as a weed on the side of the road.

There are tens of 10 people in Xuzhou, and those living people are far less noble than your relatives and nephews.

Just like Yuan Shu, Wang Can and others who were born in high schools, you never put the common people in your eyes.

He never puts the life and death of the people in his heart.

But Cao Cao.

Have you ever heard a saying.

Water can carry a boat and it can overturn it.

How can you know the greatness of the people?

History has never been created by you, Cao Cao.

But countless Limin people.

no people.

You are nothing.

no people.

You are nothing more than an insect with a family.

Shen Chen smiled, wiped away tears, raised his head, raised his face, looked down at Cao Cao, and roared with all his might.

"Cao Cao, today I stand in front of you."

"Just let you see."

"Can we lowly commoners kill you noble families!"

"Fire arrows!"

He shouted viciously: "Revenge for the fathers and fellow villagers!"

"revenge!"

More than 1000 brave soldiers of Huangmenting suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain, bowed their bows and set arrows, and roared loudly.

　Explosive update tonight

　　
　
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