1novels Chapter 110 The Battle of Xinye
Chapter 110 The Battle of Xinye
Chapter 110 The Battle of Xinye
But it is said that since Cao Cao conquered Hebei and returned to Xudu after exterminating the Yuan family, he has always wanted to attack Jingzhou and then dominate the world.At this time, Cao Cao had already occupied eight states of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. He had more soldiers and food, his generals were like rain, and counselors were like clouds, and he had achieved hegemony.At this point, even if Cao Cao wants to stop, he will be pushed forward by the general trend of the world and the people around him.The next step is to pacify the troubled times and rule the world.
If Cao Cao can take advantage of the situation and fight steadily to complete the great cause of unifying the world in his lifetime, then the Cao Wei regime is fully capable of expanding outward in the first few decades, at least it will not allow the northern nomads to develop.
However, Cao Cao was too eager for success. When he got a dream start, he was a little bit drifting. In the end, he was beaten by others. Not only were most of the elite soldiers burned to death, but even his ambitions were burned.Since then, China has gradually entered the era of the three kingdoms' separatists and melees. The endless wars caused the population of the Han people to drop sharply, which eventually led to the tragedy of the chaos in China.
In fact, from the perspective of Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, and Zhou Yu, of course they don't want to be defeated, and they will naturally find ways to defeat Cao Cao in order to maintain their rule.
At this moment, Cao Cao is calling a meeting of his civil and military officials to discuss the conquest of Jingzhou.
"Who is this Zhang Wu? Why did he suddenly become the governor of Jingzhou and control the power of Jingzhou? Why haven't he heard of it before?" Cao Cao asked, looking at a piece of information.
Cheng Yu replied: "My lord, Zhang Wu was originally a bandit. After being recruited by Liu Biao, he served as the deputy general of Jiangxia. After Huang Zu was defeated and killed by Sun Quan, he took the opportunity to control Jiangxia's military power. After Liu Biao died, he supported Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi. He was the shepherd of Jingzhou, and took the opportunity to destroy the Cai family, and took over the power alone. Looking at this person, he looks like two different people, it is really shocking."
Cao Cao also felt a little unbelievable. This person rose so fast, which is rare in the world. Just after he came back from beating Yuan Shao here, Jingzhou has such a big change, and his little friend Cai Hao was actually clicked by this person!
"Is this person from a great family?" Cao Cao asked again.
"According to the investigation, Zhang Wu has never said where he was born, but according to the people of Jingzhou, he may have been born as a commoner, and later took advantage of the chaos to occupy Xiangyang as a thief."
"Impossible! This man defeated and captured Jiangdong veteran Han Dang the first time he led an army, and later defeated Sun Quan's [-] soldiers with the power of Jiangxia County. There is also the impassioned song and novel style written by this man. Short poems, how can a commoner do this?" Cao Cao asked loudly, pointing to pieces of information.
"Um, what about this? My subordinates don't know about it either. This matter is really amazing. I heard that the great Jingzhou famous man, Mr. Pang De, praised him very much. Could it be that he came from a certain family, but he didn't want to mention it to others?"
Xun Yu said: "My lord, this man has risen in Jingzhou in just two years. He is not only good at leading the army, but also has a lot of means. The Pang family, Huang family, and Ma family of Jingzhou are competing to join him, and even the people of Jingzhou are quite supportive of him. .Also, Liu Bei is currently in Jingzhou and is recruiting troops in Xinye. If Zhang Wu and Liu Bei collude, it will be a disaster, so we must guard against it!"
"Check, send someone to check carefully, I want to know everything about this person!" Cao Cao sighed as he ordered, how many heroes there are in the world!After Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao were wiped out, and Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others were still there, Zhang Wu came out suddenly.Judging by what he has done, he is not just a brave general, his vision and pattern are far beyond ordinary people.
Later, Cao Cao sent Cao Ren, Li Dian, and surrendered generals Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and others to lead an army of [-] troops to station in Fancheng to find out what was going on in Xiangyang.
The spies reported the information to Zhang Wu, and Zhang Wu made a decision after thinking about the plot in the original book.
Subsequently, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion ordered that Huang Zhong, the general of Zhonglang, lead the troops first, and lead [-] troops to garrison Xinye.After Zhang Wu has dealt with some matters, he will rush to Xinye himself.
After Cao Ren and others came to Fancheng, they thought that Liu Bei was still in Xinye. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang said to Cao Ren, "I tell the general that Liu Bei is recruiting troops and buying horses in Xinye to save food and grass. He has great ambitions and should be removed as soon as possible. My two Since I joined the lord, I have not made an inch of merit, so I would like to invite five thousand elite soldiers to take Liu Bei's head to repay the lord's kindness."
Cao Ren was overjoyed, so he asked Erlu to lead five thousand troops to attack Xinye.Li Dian persuaded: "General, my lord ordered us to find out the facts, but did not order us to attack Liu Bei. The general thought that we should first find out the situation before taking any action."
"What's the difficulty in measuring Liu Bei's defeated general and Xinye's small land? I am the commander-in-chief and have the right to make decisions on the fly. Mancheng needn't say much!"
Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang led five thousand soldiers and horses to Xinye, and the spies quickly reported to Huang Zhong and Xu Shu.
Before Huang Zhong left, Zhang Wu ordered him to follow Xu Shu's plan.Huang Zhong was grateful for Zhang Wu's kindness, but also knew that Xu Shu was actually Zhang Wu's mastermind, so he obeyed Xu Shu's words.
Xu Shu said: "The enemy generals Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang were originally Yuan Shao's subordinates. This time they underestimated the enemy and rushed forward in order to fight for an attack. The battle can be defeated. General Fu can lead an army to lie in ambush behind the mountain, and General Huang can lead the army to face the enemy. When you underestimate the enemy, kill it with one blow."
So Huang Zhong ordered Fu Xun to lead [-] soldiers to ambush around the road, and led [-] soldiers to meet the enemy. He was afraid that he would scare the opponent away if he brought too many soldiers. Xu Shu commanded the remaining [-] soldiers to stay in Xinye.
After the army marched for several miles, dust started to rise. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang had led their troops to arrive.
After the two sides stopped to line up, Huang Zhong stepped out and shouted loudly: "Who is coming? Dare to invade our Jingzhou territory, are you impatient?"
Lu Kuang got out of his horse and shouted loudly: "Old man, call Liu Bei to come out and die quickly. I am the general Lu Kuang, and I have come here to capture Liu Bei in the name of Duke Cao." Lu Kuang was a little surprised. Who is this old man? Such an old man, his hair and beard are all gray, yet he is willing to die!
Huang Zhong clapped his horse and wielded his sword, and shouted loudly: "If you want to capture Uncle Liu Huang, pass me first!"
Lu Kuang was furious, you, an old man, are not at home to take good care of yourselves, if you insist on running out to die, then I will be impolite, so I also came forward to meet you.
As a result, within three rounds of fighting, Lu Kuang was cut off by Huang Zhong's sword, and then Huang Zhong pointed his sword and led the army to kill Lu Xiang.
When Lu Xiang saw that his brother was beheaded by the white-haired veteran opposite in less than three rounds, he was already frightened to death. This is where a god came from, even Yan Liang couldn't be beheaded so easily back then. His brother!Seeing that he could not resist, Lu Xiang hurriedly led the army back, Huang Zhong followed closely behind, Lu Xiang ran all the way, ignoring the soldiers under his command.
After running for a long time, he finally escaped, and half of his [-] soldiers were lost, but he managed to save his life. Lu Xiang was secretly rejoicing, when suddenly a group of troops rushed out from behind the mountain, and the leader of the army shouted loudly: "The thief will rest!" Go, save your life!"
That general came straight to Lu Xiang. When Lu Xiang was frightened, he was caught off guard, and he was slashed by the sword, turned over and fell off the horse and died.The rest of the soldiers fled in all directions, and Huang Zhong came after him, chasing and killing them together with Fu Xun.Most of the five thousand soldiers and horses brought by Erlu were captured.
(End of this chapter)