Han Xiang

Chapter 622 Everyone eats the Cao family’s hard food

"I knew it."

"What is it?"

Xiahou Dun and Xun Yu responded differently. Seeing this, Xiahou Chong said truthfully: "Long Xiang blocked the city gate with stones. He must have wanted to trap us in the city."

"What? Take me quickly."

Xiahou Dun heard this in disbelief. He wanted his son to take him to see it, but suddenly he remembered that he had no eyes, and a ray of sadness came to his heart again.

Xun Yu was thinking about Long Xiang's intention and didn't notice Xiahou Dun's sad mood. After hearing this, he slapped his thighs with both hands and stood up.

"The Prime Minister's reinforcements will arrive in the near future. Long Xiang must be worried about being attacked from both sides, so he implemented this stupid strategy. However, he forgot how many people there are in Xudu City. Even if there are no [-] to [-] garrison soldiers, they can still move the stones by recruiting civilians. open"

Xun Yu muttered an analysis to himself, turned around and offered his resignation to Xiahou Dun and his son, and said sternly: "Long Xiang is full of tricks. I have to go to the city to see for myself. Yuan Rang rests at home. No matter how cunning and cunning he is, I will I will ensure that Xu is fine."

"Wen Ruo will leave alone."

"My nephew sends you to Xun Lingjun"

Xun Yu left Xiahou Mansion and rode to the west gate of Xudu.

Climbing the city tower, I looked up and found that the main force of Huainan had indeed withdrawn, but there were hundreds of soldiers and horses watching two or three miles away, and the city gate was blocked by stones built into a slope.

"Xun Lingjun, Long Xiang has led the main force to withdraw. He has sealed the gate with stone to trap us. Will the general lead people to demolish it?"

Facing the city gate guard's inquiry, Xun Yu refuted in a deep voice with a sharp look: "Have you forgotten what I said before? This must be Long Xiang's plan to lure the enemy. If this guy really withdraws, hundreds of people will be left to continue to stare at him. Wait? General Xiahou’s lesson was not painful enough?”

"But there are hundreds of thousands of people living in the city. If supplies are not available for a long time, what will happen?"

"Is this what you are considering? I will let the soldiers and civilians of Xudu starve? Continue to execute the order."

"only."

After Xun Yu ordered the guards at the west gate, he rushed to the other gates without stopping.

Although he took over Xudu's city defense, his prestige and Xiahou Dun's strength were high and low, and he was afraid that these rough guys in the army would make their own decisions, so he needed to be greeted repeatedly at every point.

The construction site for sealing the gate is spacious, the rough concrete does not pay attention to the shape, and there are sufficient number of craftsmen on the bridge, so the construction progress of the sealing gate is gratifying.

The construction of the four gates of Xudu was completed one after another. Long Xiang inspected and accepted the work, and then left Hao Meng's soldiers in the first battalion to monitor, while he led the main force directly to Yingyin.

If it is difficult to siege the city, just seal the gate and rush to complete Xudu, the largest city. It will be easier for the other small counties in the surrounding areas.

Long Xiang wanted to block all the cities in Yingchuan. Even if Boss Cao led millions of troops on the front line, he would definitely be unable to sit still after hearing the news.

When the army was halfway between Xudu and Yingyin, Long Xiang divided the soldiers, horses and craftsmen he led into two.

Before Cao Cao's first batch of reinforcements arrived, he planned to block a few more cities.

Nearly half of the supplies for Cao's 30-strong army came from Hebei, but the water network between the Central Plains and Jingxiang was blocked. The transport team could only be sent to Chenliu by ship, and then passed through Yanling to assemble in Xudu, Yingyin and other places. Transferred in batches by the Central Plains civilians.

Based on the information provided by Luo Yicheng, Long Xiang led General Tai Shici and Qiaoyu with half of the troops and craftsmen to block the two important cities of Changshe and Yanling and cut off an important food route for Cao's army in Jingzhou.

Cao Cao pacified Hebei and the Central Plains, and there was no fighting. Changshe and Yanling were both close to Xudu. There were only a small number of troops stationed in the city for a long time, so they basically did not dare to go out of the city to stop them.

Asking Qiaomen to release the prisoners of war deliberately was to let them spread the news to the Jingzhou front line, and also to spread panic to the surrounding areas.

If there were some unsighted soldiers who wanted to stop them, Taishi Ci would be able to deal with them more than enough.

Long Xiang led the rest to block Yingyin. In addition, he also had to choose a battlefield to block the reinforcements. The ships he brought to the Central Plains were all cargo ships, and the [-] soldiers were also infantry and cavalry.

Lu Su's navy and warships in Huainan had been operating in the Jiangxia and Chaisang areas during the period when they were clearing away the Sun family's navy. On the surface, they were holding Sun Quan out of trouble, but in reality they were waiting for opportunities to help Guan Yu.If Guan Yu didn't have the help of the navy, let alone Cao Cao leading an army to go there in person, even Cao Ren would have difficulty handling it.

Without the help of Lu Su and the navy, Long Xiang had limited use of the rivers around Xudu. He had to rely on his own strength and ability to repel the reinforcements sent by Cao Cao.

He hoped that the future general would be a reckless man like Xiahou Dun.

He divided his forces with Tai Shici and moved forward. Long Xiang was not absolutely sure about the follow-up war, so he frowned and walked slowly.

Cao Xing has known Long Xiang for a long time and has a very clear understanding of his habits. He knows that Long Xiang does not frown at trivial matters. At this time, he has achieved a stage victory. If he frowns, he must have something on his mind.

Thinking of Xu Du's success in sealing the door, Cao Xing's eyes flashed into his mind.

He approached Long Xiang and whispered a plan: "Concrete is as strong as iron. No matter how hard it is to open Xudu, if it is sealed, if the general wants to encircle the area for reinforcements, why not concentrate on guarding it in one place?"

"Oh? What's your opinion?"

Long Xiang looked at Cao Xing with a surprised look on his face and thought to himself that you might also have a day to offer advice. His expression did not show contempt but encouraged him.

As the saying goes, one person is short-term and two people are long-term. Long Xiang is not limited to the stereotype of Cao Xing.

Cao Xingyan said categorically: "The general compares sealing a door to a poison. Since it is a poison, how can it lack poison? Why not use dead bodies, feces and other objects as trebuchets and throw them into the city of Xudu. As long as there is enough, it will easily cause a plague."

"Stop."

Long Xiang was a little disappointed in his heart, thinking that he had lost his mind, but the result was the result of the dog-headed military advisor. He frowned and said: "There are tens of thousands of people in Xudu City. Although there are many people who are evil-doers, there are also many good and loyal people. Others, and even our own people like Luo Yicheng and Xu Wei, artificially poisoning is not only against the law of heaven, but also to discredit your face. We only need to force Cao Cao to return to aid, instead of turning the Central Plains into purgatory."

"Uh"

Cao Xing smiled awkwardly and quickly laughed at himself: "Just now I was talking nonsense, General Quan pretended that I didn't say it."

"It's okay. It's also kind of you to offer your advice, but there is a bottom line to keep in war. Otherwise, what's the difference between being such a beast?"

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he continued to add comfort: "Zijing is proficient in strategy. If you want to learn the art of war, you can ask him for advice after the war. If you study hard, you will succeed."

“No, no, it’s not too much trouble.”

Cao Xing waved his hands repeatedly, just in time to meet Xu Chu's curious gaze, and then responded with a smile: "I am a stupid person. I don't know a few Chinese characters. How can I talk about studying the art of war and strategies? It's easier to just obey orders and do things."

"Ha ha."

Long Xiang shook his head and smiled without saying anything. He roused his energy and drove to Yingyin, and followed the instructions to seal the door.

The east of Yingyin is adjacent to the Yishui River, a tributary of the Yingshui River. From the county town to the downstream where it meets the Yingshui River, the length of the river is about a hundred miles. With Longxiang's existing troops and transport ships, it is difficult to rely on the river to block Cao's army from returning reinforcements.

After Long Xiang inspected the Tishui River Basin, he rejected the idea of ​​fighting by waterway.

Just when he was at his wits' end, the scouts from the front brought news of reinforcements in time.

Cheng Yu, the general of Cao's army, led his troops of ten thousand people and crossed Ru River towards Linying.

Long Xiang pointed at Linying on the map, knocked it, and suddenly smiled leisurely and said: "I was surprised that the reinforcements came quickly, and I admired the straight line Cheng Yu marched. Since he wanted to march in the direction of Linying, the battlefield could only be chosen here. nearby."

Seeing Long Xiang's calm expression, Cao Xing quickly clasped his fists and reminded: "Cheng Yu is no better than Xiahou Dun. I followed Lu Bu to raid Yanzhou before. He contributed the most to Cao Cao at that time. Since the general has chosen the battlefield, it is better to go and seal Linying first." , leaving it without a barrier to rely on.”

"Linying is not sealed for the time being. I don't know what happened to Ziyi and Jianguo."

Long Xiang shook his head lightly at first, and then told Cao Xing sternly: "Hurry up and send the scouts to pass on the order, ask them to drop what they are doing immediately, and lead the troops to join us as soon as possible. Cao Cao has served a plate of hard food, and everyone needs to eat together. "

"only."

(End of this chapter)