Han Xiang

Chapter 582 Tongguan gun shadow scares Cao Hong

"This is the meaning of the military advisor. The more we dare to fight here, the more panic Cao Hong will have when he is detained."

"In that case, General Mo will go and prepare immediately."

After Chen Dao answered Liu Bei, he went down to the pass to prepare for the war without any scruples. Before leaving, he even yelled at the pass, which made Cao Hong and others look puzzled.

Could it be that Ma Teng and others were really silent?

Could Gao Gan really be so defeated?
How many soldiers did Liu Bei bring back from Jingzhou?

A long list of questions lingered in everyone's minds.

They were originally full of confidence and thought they could fight back to Guanzhong this time, but after hearing Liu Bei's conversation, everyone's mood changed instantly.

Cao Xiu saw everyone's doubts and quickly comforted them:
"Liu Bei's appearance at Tongguan shows that the siege of Jingzhou has been resolved, and the lord has successfully surrounded Wei and rescued Zhao. As for whether he can capture Guanzhong, it is the icing on the cake, and you don't need to worry too much."

"But Gao Yuancai crossed the river and circled back [-] soldiers, and there were also surrendered Shiren as internal agents. What did Liu Bei do to repel him? There was no need to defend the [-] soldiers in Liangzhou? Are Ma Teng and Han Sui fools?"

Seeing Cao Hong's face full of doubts, Cao Xiu wiped his beard, shook his head slightly and analyzed: "It's hard to say the specific situation, maybe it's really a bluff, but judging from what he just said, and his confidence in letting Chen Dao come out to fight, it seems that he has enough It’s hard to judge whether it’s true or false. Could it be that he and the generals of Liangzhou had reached something secretly?”

Cao Hong disdainfully asked, "What can Liu Bei give me?"

"Don't forget the slogan he made not long ago. The so-called 'Welcome the Emperor and Return to the Old Capital' may have been made in the tone of the Emperor, wishing for the generals in Liangzhou to be granted official positions."

Cao Xiu frowned after speaking. He didn't understand the situation at hand.

Cao Hong raised his head and glanced at Liu Bei, and then sneered at everyone: "Liu Bei wants to imitate the emperor and command the princes? He has to at least wait until the emperor is in hand. Can Ma Teng, Han Sui and others believe such nondescript behavior?"

"Who knows."

"Look, generals, the door is open."

Following Zhang Xiu's reminder, Cao Hong and Cao Xiu ended the discussion. Chen Dao was surrounded by a group of guards. He rode his horse, pointed his gun and shouted: "Chen Dao is here. Whoever caused the argument to die before hastily come and fight."

Cao Hong immediately scanned the people around him. The Cao family would not go to such a thing, so Cao Xiu was the first to be excluded.

The remaining ones are Zhang Xiu, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang.

Although these three were all surrendered generals, Zhang Xiu not only led his troops to surrender, but his daughter also married Cao Cao's concubine Cao Jun. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang had just defected not long ago, and they were forced to surrender out of necessity.

Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang knew the rules. After the two looked at each other, Lu Kuang took the lead in clasping his fists and saying, "General Cao, at the end of the day, I will offer Chen Dao's head to my subordinates."

"very good."

Seeing Cao Hong nodding affirmatively, Lu Kuang immediately mounted his horse and raised his gun to fight Chen Dao.

Lu Kuang was unknown in Hebei, and Chen Daoru was not well-known to the outside world unless he was guarding Tongguan. Neither of them had outstanding achievements, so after exchanging names, they directly fought together.

Cao Jun didn't know Chen Dao's skills, but Liu Bei, who was behind closed doors to watch the battle, knew it.

When he saw Lu Kuang walking around and dancing with his spear, he knew that the general didn't have much weight.

As expected, Lu Kuang was stabbed to death just after the two men had exchanged blows.

Chen reached the gun across his chest and continued shouting arrogantly:
"That's it? Who else?"

Seeing this, Lu Xiang couldn't bear it, so he clasped his fists and asked Cao Hong:

"General, Chen Dao killed my brother, and I will ask for revenge."

"Um"

Cao Hong saw that Chen Dao's marksmanship was good, and thought to himself that you are as good as Lu Kuang in terms of skill, so why don't you catch up with the previous leader who showed you his achievements? He pondered for a moment and waved his hands noncommittally, then turned to Zhang Xiu and said:

"General Lu is deeply saddened by the loss of his clan brother. He is afraid that he will not be able to use his full strength. It is best for General Zhang to go to war."

"The last general takes orders."

Zhang Xiu readily accepted the general's order.As a close guard of Liu Bei, Chen Dao had almost no chance to participate in the battle. It was very refreshing to stab Lu Kuang to death just now. He finally understood that Zhang Fei was so keen on this.

As soon as the feeling of bullying and domineering came up, the blood in his body seemed to be on fire.

However, Zhang Xiu is not weak.

He had superb marksmanship, and Chen Dao had to concentrate all his attention to deal with it. The two of them fought for more than thirty years without deciding the outcome.

Cao Hong saw that the sky was dark, and he was worried that Zhang Xiu might not call for gold and withdraw his troops.

When he returned to the tent at night, Cao Hong sat silently. He didn't expect Chen Dao to be so capable of fighting.

I wonder how many strong generals Liu Bei has under his command?Why is it so difficult to deal with casually?

Now that Liu Bei returns to Guanzhong, Tongguan will definitely be unable to pass.

Cao Xiu and Lu Xiang buried Lu Kuang by the Yellow River. When he settled down for night guard patrol, they saw Cao Hong's black face when he walked into the tent.

"Still worried about Tongguan? I advise the general to be more open-minded. Anyway, our goal has been achieved. Even if Liu Bei is restrained here, our mission has been successfully completed. I believe the Lord will understand."

"I just can't figure it out."

"If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Didn't Xu You recruit Shiren? He should have the answer. The most important thing right now is to check the news in Guanzhong and send it back to Xudu and Hebei as soon as possible. I need to ask my lord for instructions on what to do next."

"Well, I listen to Wen Lie."

Because of Cao Cao's instructions, Cao Hong discussed with Cao Xiu on all matters big and small, and he basically listened to his suggestions.

On the second day, although Cao's camp was still outside Tongguan, no one wanted to fight anymore, but the soldiers of each battalion still insisted on training.

Seeing this, Liu Bei could not make up his mind, so he sent scouts to Huayin to ask for advice, but Zhuge Liang pursued the high officials and did not return.

At dusk on the third day, Liu Bei and Chen Dao were patrolling the pass. They accidentally discovered a ship on the Yellow River in the north. They went down the river to the north of Cao Ying and began to move to the south bank.

"Lord, look, that boat is coming from upstream, maybe it's a messenger from a high official."

"There has been no news from the military advisor for two days, and I don't know if his pursuit is going well. The five thousand soldiers have been running around for 20 days, and I don't know if they can hold on."

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he looked due north and felt worried about Zhuge Liang.

Chen Dao comforted him and said: "My lord, you can rest assured. Military advisors have always made perfect plans. Since the senior officials were defeated in Huayin, they should not be able to organize a counterattack. In addition, the elite soldiers trained by General Guan should not be tired so easily. You can do it afterwards." Just give me more rewards."

"Well, I hope so."

Liu Bei was worried when he was shut down, but Cao Ying was really sad when he was shut down.

The boat rowed to the south bank, and several soldiers took Shiren to see Cao Hong. They brought the news that Gao Gan had defeated Huayin, abandoned Linjin, and finally fled across the river from Pubanjin and was retreating to Bingzhou.

Cao Hong and Cao Xiu were both shocked when they heard this, and thought that what Liu Bei said was indeed true.

After a brief moment of astonishment, Cao Hong looked at Shiren and asked:
"If a general can abandon his secrets and turn to the light, my lord will treat his talents favorably. But there is one thing I can't figure out. You are Liu Bei's confidant, why were you persuaded by Xu Ziyuan? Aren't you worried about your family in Chang'an?"

"Ahem, Liu Xuande has a reputation of benevolence and righteousness. I don't think my family will be implicated, but I was persuaded by Xu Ziyuan."

Shi Renxin said that you didn't ask that, but he had already thought about changing the topic: "By the way, at noon today, when Mr. Xu was returning to Hedong, he accidentally slipped and fell into the Yellow River. The river was so strong that he couldn't be rescued."

"what?"

Cao Hong and Cao Xiu's eyes widened, wondering what did Gao Gan do?The mission was not completed but Xu You was harmed?Are you going to come back with something like this now?

The fact is that Xu You, relying on Cao Cao's envoy, arrogantly expressed to the senior cadre's subordinates that he wanted to get on the boat first, but was kicked into the water by the angry senior cadre.

Shiren happened to see it not far away, but the senior official had already determined the incident. At that time, he pretended to shout for help, but in fact he was preventing Xu You from grabbing the boat and letting him drink up and sink to the bottom.

At this time in Cao Ying, Shiren knew that he was alone and had no intention of exposing the senior officials.

(End of this chapter)