Chapter 145 The Final Battle in Xuzhou

－December of the second year of Chuping, Pengcheng－

In recent years, at this time, Pengcheng was not a bunch of flowers, but it was brightly lit. However, at present, Pengcheng was surrounded by more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turbans. The people in the city did not have the slightest idea of ​​celebrating the New Year. They were all worried, afraid that the enemy would attack the city.

Especially the Cao army, after all, Cao Cao, the leader of the Cao army, once swore to the sky to siege Xuzhou and avenge his biological father Cao Song.

"I never expected that Yuan Shu's more than 100,000 troops would be wiped out overnight. If I had known this, we would have waited...ah!" Cao Xing sighed slightly at the military parliament in Pengcheng.

It has to be said that in the previous stalemate, Yuan Shu did have a relatively superior position, and there were tens of thousands of more troops alone. Therefore, for the sake of future consideration, Lu Bu retreated to Pengcheng, and he was not without the idea of ​​causing both Cao Cao and Yuan Shu to suffer losses.

But no one expected that the Yellow Turban Army would turn against Cao Cao's side and join forces. The two armies joined forces to cause a devastating blow to Yuan Shu overnight, causing most of the more than 100,000 Yuan Shu to die in Xuzhou, and the rest collapsed and scattered, making it difficult to form an army.

Hearing Cao Xing's sigh, Chen Gong nodded slightly and said solemnly, "Yuan Shu and the Yellow Turban are incompatible with each other. On the one hand, they want to use the power of the Yellow Turban, and on the other hand, they limit their development. Over time, the Yellow Turban will inevitably feel resentful... I am not surprised by the Yellow Turban's rebellion, but I am just surprised that Zhang Susu has such courage..."

No wonder Chen Gong was so surprised. After all, the foundation of the Yellow Turban is Xia Cai, which is Yuan Shu's hinterland. Under his nose, if someone else was angry, he would probably not have the courage to rebel. However, Zhang Susu turned against Yuan Shu without hesitation. This courage was beyond ordinary people.

"So, isn't Brother Mo an enemy of our army again?" Zhang Liao looked at Gao Shun with concern, but saw Gao Shun nodding slowly.

"It's not easy to deal with," sighed a long time, Chen Gong shook his head and said, "There are so handsome and powerful generals in the Cao army, and now they have Chen Mo and Zhang Baiqi again..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Xing said with a confident look on his face, "Don't be too arrogant to destroy our army's prestige. So what if the Yellow Turbans change to Cao Cao? There are nearly 100,000 soldiers in Pengcheng, and as for the generals leading the army, there are not no one available..." As he said that, he looked at the hall with four people, Song Xian, Zang Ba, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.

"General Cao is saying..." Chen Gong smiled bitterly and did not argue.

But to be honest, he is not as optimistic as Cao Xing. You must know that once Yuan Shu is defeated, the Cao army will inevitably attack Pengcheng without any worries. In a large-scale battlefield of more than 200,000, even if Lu Bu is brave, he cannot turn the situation around by himself. You must know that Cao Cao is not as good as Yuan Shu. He has many powerful generals under his command. Even if he is not as brave as Lu Bu, who is unparalleled in the world, it may not be difficult to do if he only wants to hold him back.

Thinking of this, Chen Gong subconsciously turned his head to look at Lu Bu, but was stunned to find that Lu Bu looked at the wine glass in his hand blankly, sometimes frowned, sometimes smiled. Even if it was difficult to guess what he was thinking at the moment, at least Chen Gong could conclude that what Lu Bu was thinking at the moment must be about the enemy outside the city.

"Cough!" Frowning, Chen Gong coughed heavily.

"Um?" Chen Gong coughed heavily in his life, and Lu Bu came to his senses. Seeing that everyone in the hall looked at him, his face was a little embarrassed. In order to conceal his distraction just now, he put down the wine glass in his hand and chuckled, "Well, what you said is so much! - Gongtai, I wonder what you have to think about?"

"..." Chen Gong looked straight at Lu Bu for a while, and his eyes flashed, but in the end, Chen Gong finally gave up the idea of ​​preaching. After shaking his head slightly, he said seriously, "In the following, Cao's army has been moving two times in recent days. First, attacking Pengcheng, but Pengcheng has many soldiers. If Cao's army attacks strongly, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties; second, attacking Xia Pi, cutting off our army's retreat, and trapping Pengcheng into an isolated city. In this way, Cao's army only needs to surround the world, surround and not attack, imitating that Emperor Gaozu trapped the overlord and sat in our city. The army was in chaos. When he was in trouble, he would take Pengcheng again without any effort..."

"There is no need for many concerns on the public platform. If Cao's army wants to attack Xia Pi, how could this marquis tell him to succeed so easily? With only three or five thousand soldiers, this marquis can call the Cao army attacking Xia Pi to run away!" With a snorting, Lu Bu said conceitably.

Judging from his great spirit and regarding the heroes of the world as nothing, it is really not as good as the overlord Xiang Yu of the Western Chu king back then. Unfortunately, the overlord was also defeated...

"Oh," sighed a long time, Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Although Xia Pi is not far from Pengcheng, it will be a day away. The infantry will even take two or three days to arrive. If Cao's army pretended to attack Xia Pi, lured Wen Hou out of the city and rushed to Xia Pi, and then attacked Pengcheng... so what?"

Lu Bu was speechless. After thinking about it, he frowned and said, "It's not right to attack, it's not right to stick to it. What exactly does the public station want?"

"It's not because I'm trying to do something, but because the current situation is actually not good for us, so I can't make any more trouble," Chen Gong said seriously, "For the sake of the current plan, I have been thinking hard for a long time, and sum it up... In the past few years, Cao Cao has fought eastward and built such a vast territory from Chenliu that year. I think that if he fights for many years, his army will inevitably be short of food. I heard that before sending troops this time, Cao Cao borrowed a large amount of grain from a wealthy family in Chenliu, Xuchang, Dongjun, Puyang and other places. This can prove that Cao Cao was bound to win Xuzhou, otherwise it would be difficult to pay what he owed to those wealthy families. Therefore, we should stick to it and not fight..."

"The public station is not saying that it is sticking to..."

"Yes, but that's when the Cao army can conquer Xia Pi!" As he said that, Chen Gong paused and looked back at Lu Bu and said, "If Wen Hou did not abandon him, I would rush to Xia Pi early tonight to govern the city defense of Xia Pi. Wen Hou continued to stalemate with Cao's army in Pengcheng, hang a high-level battle sign. No matter how Cao's army provoked, he would not have to go out of the city to fight with him. In the following, he thought that before February of the next year, Cao Cao's army would have to exhaust food and pay. Jie Shi, Wen Hou personally led a strong army and used his troops to cover the killing when Cao Cao withdraws his troops, and he would definitely win a great victory... Take a step back and say that even if Wen Hou could not chase him, as long as Cao Cao failed to take Xuzhou and could not pay the money and materials he had borrowed from the aristocratic families before, he would definitely be in chaos!"

To be fair, Chen Gong's vision was really vicious. After all, Cao Cao did borrow a large amount of supplies from wealthy families in various places as he said. Chen Gong wanted to exhaust the military pay that Cao Cao borrowed from credit. You should know that those wealthy families did not borrow money for Cao Cao for free, but just to share the fruits of Cao Cao's victory after conquering Xuzhou. In other words, if Cao Cao's army was exhausted but could not capture Xuzhou, you can imagine what the situation would be!

It has to be said that if Chen Gong's plan was implemented smoothly, regardless of whether the wealthy families under Cao Cao's rule would become in chaos, at least Cao Cao would be unable to attack Xuzhou within three to five years.

It is worthy of being Chen Gongtai! Even Chen Deng couldn't help but secretly praise him after hearing these remarks.

The next morning, just as Chen Mo and Xiahou Yuan were chasing Yuan Shu all the way, Chen Gong rushed to Xia Pi overnight and ordered the soldiers in the city to consolidate the city defense. In just half a month, he built Xia Pi like an iron wall.

On December 15, the second year of Jian'an, the Cao army, which had completed the reorganization, gradually began to use troops to Pengcheng. However, because of Chen Gong's suggestion, Lu Bu could not defend himself.

On December 21, the Yellow Turban General Chen Mo and the Cao Army General Xiahou Yuan escorted many Yellow Turban soldiers and their families to Xuzhou.

At the same time, the Cao army generals Le Jin and Yu Jin led an army of 30,000 to Xia Pi. Unfortunately, Chen Gong was prepared for the battle, which made Le Jin and Yu Jin return without success.

In desperation, the two sent the battle report to Cao Cao, which was unexpected. After all, in his opinion, Yuan Shu had retreated. Now there is only Lu Bu, a military force in Xuzhou. Cao Cao must far surpass Lu Bu in both military strength and generals. How could he be invincible?

But it turns out that Cao Cao's idea was too optimistic.

As of December 25, Le Jin and Yu Jin, who attacked Xia Pi, had successively formed a series of forces, and the situation in Pengcheng did not make much progress. After all, Pengcheng had an unparalleled Lu Bu in charge.

In desperation, Cao Cao had to hold a military meeting in his camp to discuss matters about Pengcheng. This was the second time Chen Mo saw Cao Cao since his farewell in Luoyang.

"General Chen, don't be fine!"

I have to say that Cao Cao was very polite to Chen Mo. Even when he saw Zhang Susu, Zhang Baiqi and Chen Mo walked in from outside the tent, Cao Cao actually stood up and greeted him. This action undoubtedly shocked a group of civil and military officials and generals in Cao's army.

For a moment, the Cao army in the tent looked at Chen Mo and the other three, including Xun You and Cheng Yu, who were even more conscientious and conscientious. Perhaps they could not understand it. As a prince of all the way, Cao Cao surrendered his honor to welcome this person in this way.

Even Chen Mo did not expect that after hesitating for a moment, he clasped his fists and said, "I am worried about Cao Cao's envoy, Chen Mo is ashamed of you!"

Cao Cao chuckled, as if he had noticed the alienation in Chen Mo's words. He shook his head slightly and said with a wry smile, "Although I, Cao Cao, is not favored by the world, I think I have never owed others, only the general... Cao is ashamed of the general!" As he said that, he even bowed to Chen Mo in front of everyone.

To be honest, Chen Mo did have some resentment towards Cao Cao. After all, he fulfilled his promise and assassinated Dong Zhuo, but Cao Cao fled the palace alone when he was exposed. If Lu Bu hadn't happened to take a fancy to Chen Mo, he would probably have been harmed by Dong Zhuo for the crime of hiding an assassin.

Chen Mo has been worried about his nearly killing Tang Xiner and his master and servant over the years, but now seeing Cao Cao apologize to him in public as the princes, Chen Mo is a little at a loss.

Perhaps, Cao Cao was mostly out of guilt, but he obviously never thought how much trouble his actions would cause Chen Mo, Zhang Susu and others. So, most of the people in the tent had already shown bad eyes.

Oops……

Seeing this scene, Guo Jia secretly cried in his heart. Suddenly, when he saw Zhang Susu looking at him, he immediately understood in his heart, got up to smooth things over, and smiled, "Master, have you known General Chen Mo for a long time?"

"Fengxiao is right," Cao Cao nodded with a smile, and said to Chen Mo, "There are not many people respected in his life, but General Chen can be included in it... It's ridiculous. At the beginning, Cao took the initiative to invite General Chen to assassinate Dong Zhuo, hoping to eliminate the harm of the country. However, his deeds were exposed, Cao was so unbearable. Not only did he leave General Chen, but he also left the things that General Chen had entrusted him to the past, thinking about how to escape Luoyang. It was so embarrassing! - Seeing the general today, Cao felt guilty! - Come on, three of you please take your seat!"

After Cao Cao's explanation, the bad habits in the eyes of the people in the tent gradually faded. After all, they thought that Cao Cao was deliberately surrendering to the emperor to welcome Chen Mo, but they did not expect that the two had known each other long ago, and they did not expect that Cao Cao still owed Chen Mo a favor.

If Cao Cao deliberately recruited Chen Mo, most of the generals in the tent would be dissatisfied, but when it comes to the grudges of that year, then the generals in the tent would have nothing to say. On the other hand, they admire their lord's magnanimous and open-minded mind. After all, not everyone can do this at the level of princes like Cao Cao. At least Yuan Shu is absolutely unable to bear it.

"I heard earlier that Cao Gong was an open-minded hero. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true. The little girl admired him!" Seeing that the atmosphere in the tent improved, Zhang Susu gave a small compliment.

"Hahaha, the Heavenly Master praises you, Cao is so ashamed! - Please sit down!" Cao Cao laughed and asked Zhang Susu, Zhang Baiqi and Chen Mo to join the table.

At this moment, Liu Bei and others stepped into the tent. Cao Cao smiled slightly and said with a smile, "Xuande, Yun Chang, Yide, why has it been so late?"

I saw a bitter smile appearing on Liu Bei's face and bowed and said, "It's just because of the matter in the camp, it's not intended to delay it. I hope Cao Gonghai will forgive me."

Beside him, Guan Yu closed his eyes slightly, unmoved, as if he had not heard Cao Cao's call, but Zhang Fei kept turning his head to look at the people in the tent. After seeing Chen Mo, he actually grinned and shouted with a smile, "Xiao Chen, Lao Zhang has been itchy and tightened these days. When will he fight me for three hundred rounds?"

This muddy person...

Chen Mo was so amused and hesitant that he was trying to say something, but he saw Liu Bei frowning and shouting in a low voice, "Yide, don't be presumptuous!"

"Oh..." Zhang Fei muttered and stopped talking.

Chen Mo was surprised when he looked at the unkind gazes of the generals in the tent, including Xiahou Dun and others, and looked at Liu Bei and the other two.

What's going on...

Liu Bei and Cao Cao seem to have many conflicts with these two generals...

Just as Chen Mo was thinking, he suddenly noticed that Guan Yu next to Liu Bei seemed to have noticed him. He opened his eyes slightly and nodded at him, as if he was greeting him. This honor made Chen Mo feel a little flattered. You must know that even Cao Cao had never looked at him directly since Guan Yu entered the tent, let alone the people in the tent.

I heard about Guan Yu for a long time, and Guan Yun was taller and arrogant. Today, Chen Mo had a good understanding.

"Come on, Xuande, let's take a seat!" I don't know if Cao Cao didn't notice this, or if he didn't care about it, he just asked everyone in the tent to take a seat, and asked the soldiers who served him to serve tea.

"Today I invite you to Cao's tent. What I do is not anything else, but Lu Bu's ear!" After taking a sip of tea, Cao Cao looked around at the people in the tent and said in a deep voice, "A few days ago, Cao's think tanks offered Cao a plan to Cao, asking Cao to surround Pengcheng without attacking, and take Xia Pi first, but he didn't expect that Lu Bu's tent also had a good planner. He saw through this matter early and built a defense in Xia Pi, so that Yu Jin and Le Jin, two generals under Cao's command, returned in vain..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Bei bowed his hands and asked in surprise, "I don't know who is blocking the two generals under Cao Gong's command?"

"Chen Gong, Chen Gongtai!" Cao Cao shook his head and said, "This person was also known to Cao in his early years, but he was dissatisfied with what Cao did, so he turned to Lu Bu. Although this person was just a weak scholar, he was proficient in strategy, and was good at using a trick to drive away the fog. He defeated my command Le Jin several times..."

"The magic technique..." Zhang Susu frowned after hearing this. After all, she always believed that the magic technique was owned by her Taoist sect. Now that the Taoist sect classics are leaked, some Confucian scholars in the world have also learned some of them from it, which made her a little unhappy.

"Then what Cao Gong means..." Liu Bei asked in confusion.

"Cao thought that Chen Gong was good at using magic tricks, which was not something that ordinary people could deal with, so..." As he said that, Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Zhang Susu, and said with a chuckle, "It is rumored that Taiping Dao is good at using such magic tricks, and the senior brother of the Tianshi General Zhang is the leader in the inner world. I wonder if the Tianshi could ask General Zhang to help my subordinates Le Jin, Yu Jin and the other two of them had the same force?"

"It should be like this!" Zhang Susu smiled slightly, turned her head and looked at Zhang Baiqi. Zhang Baiqi understood and clasped her fists and said, "With Mr. Cao's attention, how dare Baiqi not do his best!"

"With General Zhang going, Cao is worry-free!" Cao Cao laughed, then took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "After all, the key point is still in Pengcheng. Now Lu Bu cannot hold on... Well, it is not because Lu Bu holds on or goes to war, but this person is in Pengcheng. Our more than 100,000 troops dare to siege the city, but not attack forcefully..." As he said that, he looked around at the people in the tent, frowned and asked, "All of you are all peerless generals, there are few in the world. Can anyone defeat Lu Bu and share the worries for Cao?"

For a moment, there was no sound in the tent. Even the powerful generals such as Xiahou Dun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei dared not say that they could surpass Lu Bu in one-on-one situation.

Generally, in this case, the first group battle that comes to mind is to know that Lu Bu has Qiongqi's life soul and can forcefully absorb the energy of everyone within a certain range. If he rushes forward, it will be simply a waste of time to enhance Lu Bu's strength.

As for the one-to-one contest...

To be honest, let alone Chen Mo, at least there are several people in the tent who can fight Lu Bu at this moment, especially Guan Yu, who is about to reach the level of the martial god. The key is that their souls are all restrained by Lu Bu Qiongqi's power. After all, Lu Bu's Qiongqi's power lies in the ability to absorb the energy of the people around him to make up for himself. The effect is extremely obvious when there are too many people, but when one-on-one battles, it is not without effect. Unless you can defeat Lu Bu before his own hostility is exhausted, Lu Bu will eventually win.

However, it is undoubtedly difficult to defeat Lu Bu in a short period of time. Not to mention that others are not sure, even Guan Yu, who is about to reach the level of the martial god, is not sure.

It has to be said that the mutual restraint of the souls of warriors is indeed an irreversible disadvantage and a huge disadvantage in a sense.


Chapter completed!