The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 350

Chapter 360 The Second Battle
Just as Chen Ziming was deploying an attack on Cao Cao, Cao Cao, hundreds of miles away from Xiapi, received news that Sun Ce's army had begun to retreat.

"Dang..." A wine bottle was slammed to the ground by Cao Cao, making an ear-piercing crashing sound. Cao Cao was panting heavily, with an angry expression on his face and his eyes bulging.

"Qiang..." Cao Cao suddenly pulled out the sword hanging from his waist, and looked at the wine couch in front of him with one sword, "Boom!..." The wine couch broke two sections of the city in response.

"My lord, calm down..."

Cheng Yu hurried forward to comfort him, but Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Dong Zhao, Hua Xin, Mao Jie and other advisers remained silent, while Cao Hong, Xiahoudun, Lu Bu, Le Jin, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other generals were full of faces. atmosphere of.

"Young Sun Ce, you really deserve to die..." Cao Cao still didn't calm down, and continued to yell at Sun Ce for treachery, ignorance and incompetence.

"My lord, the most urgent task is how to deal with Liu Bei's slowly approaching army." After Cao Cao stopped and stopped cursing, Xi Zhicai said softly.

"Humph!" Cao Cao snorted coldly, not to Xi Zhicai who spoke, but Sun Ce suddenly withdrew his troops, leaving Cao Cao alone to deal with Liu Bei's nearly one million soldiers.

"President, how about Liu Bei's military deployment?" After Cao Cao calmed down, although his face was not very good-looking, he was able to calmly think about the problem, and immediately began to ask about the enemy's deployment.

"Prime Minister." Dong Zhao hurriedly said: "According to the report from the spies, after Sun Ce led Jiangdong troops to retreat, Guan Yu led [-] troops to Xiapi, and then Liu Bei generals Zhao Yun, Zhang Jai, Tai Shici, Gao Lan, Zhang Ji Each led [-] soldiers and horses to approach our army in five ways, among them Zhang Jai soldiers and horses left Dingtao, only fifty miles away from here."

"My lord." Xun You stood up and said worriedly, "Although it is the end of winter, the weather is still cold. Most of the soldiers in each battalion have frostbite, and their morale is low. They cannot fight a war."

"Alas..." Cao Cao sighed after hearing this, and said helplessly: "Liu Bei's soldiers and horses all have cotton-padded clothes and other warm things, and they can fight in the cold weather. What can we do..."

"My lord, you can order the soldiers and horses of each battalion to hold out. When the enemy comes, they will all retreat with bows and arrows. After a month or so, when the weather turns warmer, we will have more than [-] soldiers and horses, and we will not be afraid of Liu Bei." Hua Xin Speak out and offer strategies to defend against the enemy.

"My lord." At this time, Mao Jie, who had been silent for a long time, said, "I waited for hundreds of thousands of troops to stay here with Liu Bei for several months. We fought more than a hundred times, and the soldiers were exhausted in the severe winter. Moreover, the army's food and grass were consumed. It is very big, the weather is cold, and the transportation of food and grass is not easy. If we fight Liu Bei's soldiers and horses again at this time, I'm afraid..."

Mao Jie didn't continue talking, but the meaning was already very clear, that is, their army was at the end of their bow.

"Is there no other way..." Cao Cao frowned, he was really unwilling to give up like this, and finally found a chance to suppress Liu Bei, but because of Sun Ce's sudden withdrawal of troops, he made this attack on Liu Bei give up halfway.

No one stood up to speak out, because this is not a problem of planning, but a problem of one's own strength. One's own strength is insufficient, especially food and grass are not enough, and soldiers are exhausted.

"It is said that Xiahou Dun and Le Jin each led [-] soldiers and horses to cut off, and the rest of the soldiers..." In desperation, Cao Cao had to order the withdrawal of troops. Without the restraint of Jiangdong soldiers and horses, Cao Cao was powerless to fight against Liu Bei alone. .

"Your Majesty, Cao Cao has withdrawn his troops..."

Liu Bei, who was in Xiapi, received the news of Cao Cao's withdrawal, smiled slightly, turned his head and said to Chen Ziming beside him: "Ziming, as you expected, Cao Cao dare not face our soldiers and horses alone. Putting on the appearance of an all-out attack for a while, Cao Cao withdrew his troops."

"Brother." Chen Ziming did not smile, but looked serious, and said to Liu Bei: "When Sun Ce withdrew, it was already doomed that Cao Cao would retreat, and he was definitely unwilling to face our army alone. This time The soldiers and horses from all walks of life pressed forward together, just to let Cao Cao withdraw his troops as soon as possible."

"Ziming, can you take back Peijun?" Liu Bei also nodded in agreement with Chen Ziming's point of view. Although Cao Cao is powerful, he is still a bit weaker than Liu Bei, and it is natural to retreat.Immediately, he stopped entangled in this matter, but set his sights on Pei County in Yuzhou.

Originally, General Zhang Jai was in charge of Pei County, but Cao Cao came here forcefully. In order to prevent Zhang Jai from sacrificing needlessly, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Jai to lead the army to retreat, and voluntarily gave up Pei County. Force against Cao Cao's attack.

Now that Cao Cao is in a weak position, Liu Bei still thinks about Pei County. After all, the people of Pei County have already belonged to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in Pei County. He is really unwilling to be taken over by Cao Cao.

"Brother, you don't need to think about Peijun." Chen Ziming said with a wry smile: "Peijun is embedded in Yuzhou, and there is no danger to defend, and it is the gateway of Yuzhou. I will give up Peijun, which is already in my hands."

"That's all..." Liu Bei sighed in disappointment, and then ordered the soldiers and horses from all walks of life to retreat slowly, breaking away from the entanglement with Cao Cao's soldiers and horses.

Then Liu Bei ordered the two brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to lead [-] troops to guard Linyin Mountain, and prepared to deploy [-] laborers to set up checkpoints in Linyin Mountain. Sun Ce needs a rear without danger.

Focus on defense against Jiangdong, but must assume an offensive posture against Cao Cao, leading Zhang Jai to lead [-] soldiers and horses on the front line of Dingtao and Pengcheng, while Zhang Ji led troops and horses back to Langya Camp.

Since then, Liu Bei has deployed more than [-] soldiers and horses in Xuzhou to ensure that Xuzhou is foolproof.In fact, according to the results of discussions with Sun Ce, Xuzhou can only leave a maximum of [-] soldiers and horses.

However, Chen Ziming repeatedly assured that Langya and Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses were only kept just in case, and they would never move forward easily.Moreover, Langya is already on the border with Qingzhou, and there is a long distance from Jiangdong, so there is not much danger to Jiangdong.

Pan Zhang's [-] troops on Mount Tai were mainly to defend against Cao Ren's troops in Yanzhou, and Mount Tai belonged to Yanzhou, so there was no danger to Jiangdong.

As for the rest of the soldiers and horses, such as the Qingyi Qiang soldiers led by Zhao Yun, the soldiers and horses of Xu Huang, Gao Lan, Tai Shici and others also all retreated to Jizhou and other places.

The [-] navy led by Gan Ning also retreated to the north by sea, and were scattered in various naval military areas. Gan Ning himself also returned to Linzi, so that Sun Ce could safely and boldly march from the sea.

(End of this chapter)