Beast King Three Kingdoms

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Because the war in Xuyi was not going well, Yuan Shu has not paid attention to the war in Jiangdong.

Having said that, after all, Xuzhou and Jiangdong are separated by a big river, it is not easy to attack Qu'a, and Wei Yan and others are not vegetarians, so Cao Bao's ability to attack Jiangdong is really not qualified.

For these reasons, Yuan Shu was not worried about Jiangdong's safety at all.

Until today, when Cao Bao sent troops to rescue, Yuan Shu realized that the war in Jiangdong was very strange. The two armies faced each other across the river, but they did not start a war.

"What exactly is this Cao Bao thinking?" Yuan Shu looked suspicious and kept guessing in his heart, but he just couldn't figure out what Cao Bao's plans were.

Since the Xuzhou army has decided to attack Jiangdong, it should advance quickly and not give Yuan Shu time to prepare.

But now Jiangdu has not seen troops coming in for a long time. On the contrary, Dong Xi is suspicious and strictly guards all places along the river, even some remote places, fearing that Xuzhou's army will have some conspiracy.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Shu got nothing, and was waiting to ask Xun You and Feng Ji.

Suddenly, Xu Chu said in a rough voice: "It seems that Cao Bao is afraid of the lord's prestige and dare not enter the army." As he said, a look of disdain flashed across his face.

Xun You and Feng Ji's eyes lit up. They couldn't figure out what Cao Bao's plan was, but after hearing Xu Chu's words, they immediately had a guess.

"It's true that a wise man will lose a thousand thoughts, and a fool will gain a thousand thoughts!" The two sighed in their hearts.

"My lord!" I only heard Feng Ji say: "General Xu's words may not be unreasonable. My lord has fought several times, and he has been invincible and invincible. All the princes in the world are afraid. Although Tao Qian has made great determination to fight the lord , but his subordinates may not have the courage."

Xun You echoed: "As far as you know, although Cao Bao is the highest general in Xuzhou, his talent is average. The reason why he was able to steal the high position is all because of his family. Tao Qian actually sent this person to lead troops to attack Jiangdong. It's not human."

Seeing that Xun You and Feng Ji agreed with him, Xu Chu opened his mouth and showed a smug smile.

"Oh." Yuan Shu didn't have a deep impression of Cao Bao. It seemed that he was Lu Bu's son-in-law. He was finally killed by Zhang Fei, leaving a shallow mark in history.

"Cao Bao has no courage, but it is a good thing for our army. At least we don't have to worry about Jiangdong's safety."

After a pause, Yuan Shu continued: "Since the reinforcements were not sent from the Xuzhou headquarters, it means that old Tao Qian has not lost his mind and is going to fight our army to the death. So we don't need to worry too much."

After regaining his senses, Yuan Shu asked the herald, "Who is the general leading this time?"

"It's Tao Qian's confidant Cao Hong."

"Cao Hong?" Yuan Shu had never heard of this person.

"My lord! Cao Hong is a member of the Cao Bao clan, and belongs to the Cao family in Xuzhou. Tao Qian dislikes the poor and loves the rich. He looks down on the children of poor families and appoints people from the family to control Xuzhou's military affairs." Feng Ji is in charge of intelligence and understands these things very well.

"Hmph!" Yuan Shu snorted coldly: "It is an indisputable fact that people from aristocratic families are talented, but there are very few people who have both ability and virtue. After all, there are still a lot of people with mediocre talents and lack of virtue."

"Cough cough!" Xun You coughed dryly, feeling a little embarrassed in his heart. After all, he is also a member of the family, and then said: "Let's not care about the family. Cao Bao's mentality is very beneficial to our army. In You's opinion, breaking Xuyi Later, before our army goes north, Cao Bao may have already fled."

"That's right!" Feng Ji echoed, "My lord, you can order General Dong Xi to prepare his troops and horses, ready to cross the river to the north at any time. If you force him a little, Cao Bao's heart will be broken, and he will definitely abandon Jiangdu and leave."

Yuan Shu nodded slightly, thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Let's put this matter aside for now, how should we deal with the [-] reinforcements?"

Xun You offered a plan: "Your Majesty, you can divide the army into four parts. One will go around the reinforcements, and the other will attack the reinforcements. They will attack the reinforcements back and forth, and they will surely win a big victory. The other two armies should lie in ambush on the road and wait in the city. When the defenders go out of the city to meet them, if they fight together, they will definitely defeat their army."

"Gongda's plan is very clever." Yuan Shu was overjoyed.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shu ordered Xu Chu to lead [-] troops to confront Cao Hong's reinforcements head-on, while Mao Jie led [-] troops to go around to the rear of the reinforcements.

Dian Wei and Chen Ji each led [-] soldiers and ambushed on both sides of the road in the west of Xuyi City. If the defenders in the city came out to meet them, they would immediately rush out and attack from both sides.

As for Yuan Shu, he led an army of [-] and continued to bombard Xuyi City with catapults, making Chen Deng dare not act rashly.

After everything was arranged, Yuan Shu's army immediately took action.

At this time, in Xuyi City, Chen Deng also received news of the arrival of Cao Hong's reinforcements.

"Strange! How could Cao Bao be so talkative?" Chen Deng thought in confusion.

Chen Deng knew Cao Bao very well. He had no talent, no virtue, and no contribution at all. He relied on his family background to gain a high position. Chen Deng always looked down on him.

Moreover, in order to compete for the interests of Xuzhou, the relationship between the Chen family and the Cao family was very tense, and they were almost on fire.

Now that Chen Deng is in critical condition, Cao Bao should be extremely happy, and it is better to delay not sending reinforcements, but Cao Bao not only sent reinforcements, but also sent most of the troops directly, which made Chen Deng very confused.

Suddenly, thinking of Cao Bao's attitude before the battle, Chen Deng had a flash of inspiration, and shouted: "No! This guy is not planning to attack Jiangdong, so he sent most of the troops to rescue, and made excuses for future excuses."

After thinking everything through, Chen Deng gritted his teeth and said: "Cao Bao! You are an incompetent person, you deserve to be hit by thunder."

At this moment, Chen Deng wished he could tear Cao Bao into pieces.

Soon, Chen Deng could no longer hate him.

After all, Chen Deng is a resourceful man, but he sorted everything out in just a moment.

There are [-] soldiers and horses in Xuyi City, and sufficient food and grass. Originally, Chen Deng was very confident that even if an army of [-] invaded, he would not be able to break through Xuyi.

But now Yuan Shu only has 20 troops, and Xuyi City can't hold on anymore. If the location is changed, Yuan Shu has [-] troops to defend the city, not to mention [-], but [-] or [-]. Chen Deng is not confident that he can break the city.

Calculated in this way, Cao Bao led an army of [-] to attack Qu'a, which was guarded by [-] Yuan Jun, and he must return without success, and he might even be tricked by Yuan Jun and lose a lot.

"I didn't expect that I, Chen Deng, boasted to be resourceful, but this time I couldn't compare to an incompetent person. It's ridiculous." Chen Deng thought to himself.

It can be said that Cao Bao made a mistake this time. Not only did he not suffer any losses, but he also indirectly saved Chen Deng's life.

Thinking that he was rescued by the despised people in the past, Chen Deng couldn't help but smile wryly.

"That's all! Yuan Jun's strength is unexpected. This alliance with Jingzhou is a bit hasty."

Regretted for a while, Chen Deng began to think about how to cope with Cao Hong's army entering the city. He knew in his heart that Yuan Shu would never sit back and watch Cao Hong's army enter Xuyi City. Presumably the road to the west of the city was already full of thorns.

"What a headache!" Chen Deng was really hesitant about how to respond. After all, he didn't know how Yuan Shu would use his troops. If more troops were sent to respond, Yuan Shu's army might take advantage of the situation to attack Xuyi City, but if there were fewer, I'm afraid it's a drop in the bucket, and it's futile.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Deng finally decided to focus on protecting Xuyi City, and sent a small number of soldiers to support Cao Hong's reinforcements.

"I hope Cao Hong will be more competitive." Chen Deng himself didn't believe this. Who is Cao Hong?In terms of talent, even Cao Bao can't compare.

Chen Deng didn't expect too much, as long as Cao Hong could bring back half of the [-] troops, he would be satisfied.

"This time it was really wrong!"

Until this time, Chen Deng finally began to regret that he should not provoke Yuan Shu, but it was too late.

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The Huaihe River and the Jiangbei River were turbulent, and the Jingbei Xiangyang City was also experiencing constant ups and downs.

This time, in order to capture Xiangyang City, Liu Biao spent a lot of money, recruiting soldiers from all over the country, and got an army of [-], pretending to be [-]. With Cai Mao as the vanguard, he led [-] troops to open the way and came straight to Xiangyang.

Wenpin found out the news and ordered Lu Qian to lead [-] troops to guard Xiangyang City, while he himself and Qiao Rui led [-] troops to Jingshan and set up a camp to block the way of Liu Biao's army. <Come here, so Wenpin can't take him with him.

Jingshan is the barrier to the south of Xiangyang. As long as the pass of Jingshan is guarded, even if Liu Biao's army has millions, it will be difficult to reach the city of Xiangyang.

This day, Cai Mao led the vanguard army to arrive, set up camp, and prepared to come to Japan to challenge.

In fact, when Cai Mao came, Kuai Liang told him to be careful, and it was best not to fight Yuan Jun, and to wait until Liu Biao's army arrived before dealing with it.

It's a pity that Cai Mao didn't listen to Kuai Liang's words of gold and jade.

In the previous battle with Sun Jian, Cai Mao's performance was very clumsy, leaving a bad image in Liu Biao's heart, now he is going to make a contribution to win back Liu Biao's heart, how can he listen to Kuai Liang's words?

Moreover, in Cai Mao's view, Kuai Liang's persuasion was because he was afraid that after he made great achievements and won Liu Biao's favor, he would threaten Kuai Liang's own status, so his fighting spirit became more determined.

Kuai Liang might not have imagined that he would do bad things with good intentions, which would prompt Cai Mao to make up his mind to fight Wenpin.

The next day, Cai Mao left some old and weak to guard the camp, and led his army to the Wenpin camp.

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