Han Xiang

Chapter 55 The side of the couch can't allow others to snore
Hiss. Qiao Rui gasped.

"According to Yunqi's way of thinking, it really makes some sense, so let's continue."

Long Xiang nodded and continued to add: "Your Majesty asked the army to arrive at Zhongli in five days, which means that they can get up quickly, but since they entered the boundary of Xuzhou, they stopped only twenty miles a day. Don't you think it's contradictory?"

"I doubted it too"

"Furthermore, during this march, the banners were unfurled and the momentum was huge, as if deliberately exposing whereabouts to someone."

"Stop beating around the bush and state your conclusions."

Long Xiang spread his hands, and replied awkwardly: "Your Majesty's true intentions, the final general can't guess, but it's possible that he's making a fool of himself, and his goal wasn't Guangling in the first place."

"It's not Guangling? Where could it be? I haven't heard of the division of troops elsewhere." Qiao Rui's mind was confused.

Long Xiang shook his head and added: "I don't know the details, but the general guesses that it won't be too long. After all, the army consumes a lot every day. We can't eat food and wave the flag here. Then Chen Yu will take the initiative to surrender?"

"The analysis makes sense, so I'll advise General Zhang to wait." Qiao Rui nodded solemnly.

Long Xiang originally guessed, but it turned out to be a prophecy.

At dusk of the next day, Yuan Shu suddenly ordered the army to turn around and head north with no flags and drums, and cross the Huai River into Yuzhou at night, leaving only a thousand people in Huailing to continue bluffing.

It wasn't until the army rushed to the vicinity of Qi County that Yuan Shu made his true intentions known to the public.

Yuan Shu lingered in Huai Ling for four or five days, waiting for news from the direction of Chen Guo. When Zhang Kai successfully completed the assassination mission, he decisively led his army across the river.

An army of [-] marched day and night to invade and occupy the chaotic state of Chen.

After Yuan Shu succeeded, he ordered people to open the treasury to reward the three armies. The soldiers were rewarded without even firing a knife or a gun. Everyone had smiles on their faces, except Long Xiang's expression was extremely dignified.

"Yun Qi, why are you so serious? This time we won't fight with blood, and we won some military achievements for nothing, so no one will make irresponsible remarks, right?"

At the celebration banquets of the various battalions, Tang Yu picked up the wine glass to deliberately joke.

Long Xiang shook his head lightly and remained silent, while the official Cao Xing still felt emotional.

"It turns out that His Majesty has strategized well. If he had been in charge of the last battle of Xuzhou, he might not have lost to Lu Bu."

"If Xuzhou hadn't failed, we wouldn't have sat together. We didn't have wine to welcome you in Shouchun in the past, but I'll make it up for you today."

Tang Yu raised his wine glass to express his kindness to Cao Xing.

Cao Xing has never been married in [-] out of [-], and he is alone like Tang Yu. He has been low-key in the past few months since he joined, and Tang Yu has slowly accepted him.

"The last general respects you." Cao Xing took the initiative to stand up.

Tang Yu was about to drink the toast, when he heard Long Xiang talking to himself.

"It's a disaster"

"Huh? What did you say?" Tang Xi put down his glass and asked.

Long Xiang raised his head, his face full of worry.

"This place is two hundred miles away from Xudu. Your Majesty has [-] troops here. What do you think of Cao Cao? Then the emperor of the Han Dynasty is in Xudu."

"Yun Qi, you mean." Tang Yu swallowed hard.

Long Xiang frowned and asked: "This war has just begun, can we beat Cao Cao?"

"I'm afraid I can't"

Tang Yu shook his head like a rattle, and then reminded: "Yun Qi's guesses are always accurate, you go and tell General Qiao."

Long Xiang nodded and stood up, and asked with a serious face: "Let the soldiers maintain a high level of alert, and be ready to evacuate if there is any change."

"I'll arrange it." Tang Xi accepted the order with cupped fists.

When Long Xiang strode away, Cao Xing asked Tang Xi for advice in a low voice.

"Officer Tang, there is no shadow of Cao Jun, and Qu Hou is about to retreat? If General Qiao finds out, shouldn't he be punished for cowardice?"

Tang Xi shook his head and explained: "According to Yunqi, this is our combat style. We will go all out when fighting, but we are just ready to retreat at any time."

"I don't quite understand, but I was greatly shocked." Cao Xing smiled awkwardly.

After being reminded by Long Xiang, Qiao Rui took it seriously, and broke into the palace overnight regardless of etiquette.

At this time, Liu Chong's concubine, the concubine, has been occupied by the newly arrived Yuan Shu, and she is sleeping in the gentle village.

Yuan Shu got very drunk at the celebration banquet because he was interested in taking down Chen Guo.

When the door of the room was knocked, he thought that an enemy was coming, so he took off his sword in the room and rushed out, only to find that it was General Qiao Rui.

"Qiao Rui, are you going to rebel?"

At this time Yuan Shu was sober, his dream and good mood were ruined, looking at Qiao Rui under the moonlight, his face was full of anger.

"Forgive me, Your Majesty, there will be an important event at the end."

Qiao Rui immediately threw away his saber and knelt down on one knee to plead guilty to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu squinted his eyes, stroked his beard and looked at Qiao Rui playfully.

"Important matter? No matter how important it is, can you break into my bedroom? Let me talk about it for now. If you don't speak well, don't blame the widow for punishing you for the crime you committed."

"Chen Guo is two hundred miles away from Xudu. His Majesty leads an army of [-] troops here. Cao Cao will surely lead troops to attack when he hears the news. Most of our army is recruits. We may not be able to fight with them. Why don't we just move away before Cao Cao arrives?" The food and property of Chen Guofu treasury."

"Cao Cao is coming? Are you drinking too much? At the beginning of the year, this guy was defeated in Wancheng, but was taken by Zhang Xiu to Wuyang and other counties. His troubles on the western front have not been resolved yet. Besides, I did not plan to provoke him, and neither did Cao Cao. Use the rest of your power to manage Chen Guo."

"Your Majesty, the [-] troops are only two hundred miles away from Xudu. What is this not a provocation? How can someone snore on the side of the couch?"

"Huh? How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch? General Qiao can say such a witty remark. It seems that you are secretly studying again? I forgive you for your innocence tonight. Go back to sleep. Cao Cao will not come, and he will not come if he wants to." It will be so fast."

With regret, Qiao Rui left King Chen's palace.

On the way, Yuan Shu felt that Yuan Shu regarded Long Xiang's words as witty words, but he didn't know how to connect them with reality. He was afraid that a big battle would be unavoidable.

Yuan Shu was sure that Cao Cao would not come because he did not know enough about Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's background was not worthy of his careful study.

Yuan Shu misunderstood that Zhang Xiu was a threat in the southwest of Xudu, and Cao Cao would not take the risk of coming to Chen Guo to find him. Didn't he know that Cao Cao was the most adventurous among the princes.

Xingyang pursued Dong Zhuo, Puyang met Lu Bu, and Guandu fought Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao spent almost all of his life taking risks, but fate favored this adventurer.

The sentry brought the news of Chen Guo back to Xudu, and Cao Cao decided to send troops almost without thinking, and immediately summoned generals and advisers to deploy operations.

"This Yuan Shu is really an idiot. He ignored Sun Ce, who was betrayed by Jiangdong, and he had just been defeated by Lu Bu, so he secretly came to seek Xudu? How can Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao agree with him? It seems that the memory of four years ago , not deep enough."

When Cao Cao opened his mouth, he just teased.

Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other, and they rushed out of the class and said, "My lord, I think that Yuan Shu may not have the intention of capturing the capital of Chen when he captured the country of Chen."

"Oh? What's Feng Xiao's opinion?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard and nodded, looking at Guo Jia appreciatively.

Guo Jia bowed his hands and replied: "According to the news from Huainan, Yuan Shu sent troops under the slogan of attacking Guangling at first, but he stayed in Huailing for several days, and the army suddenly appeared in the territory of Chen State. He was attacking east and west because he was afraid that the lord would send troops to attack him."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "What Feng Xiao said is reasonable, the dead bones in this tomb can actually use tricks, I don't know if there are some good people in Huainan, it's Yuan Shu who has the brains."

(End of this chapter)