The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Along with Xun You's military newspaper, there was also a military newspaper sent to the prefecture of Tanxian County.

It was sent by Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun from Licheng.

But it was a few days ago, probably not far from the time when Lv Bu attacked Yingchuan and Cao Cao attacked Lihu. Chen Mai, the "Prefect of Qingzhou", who was in charge of Dongpingling in Jinan, led his troops, about ten thousand people. At the same time, Tian Kai of Pingyuan County and Xiahou Yuan, who was stationed in Liaocheng County, east of Dong County, also sent troops, each with about several thousand troops.

Dongping Mausoleum is located in the north of Licheng. Needless to say, Pingyuan County is located in the northwest of Licheng. As for Liaocheng County, it is in the southwest of Licheng. For a time, there were enemies on three sides, and Licheng County was faced with all kinds of wind and rain, and it seemed that it would immediately fall into a situation of being besieged by three sides.

Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun remained calm in the face of danger.

According to the investigation results in three directions, Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun decided to respond to the enemy.

Dongping Mausoleum is the closest to Licheng, less than a hundred miles away, and there are neither mountains nor rivers between the two counties, so Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun estimated that the Qingzhou soldiers bought by Chen would be the first to arrive in Licheng. Under the city and county.

Pingyuan County, where Tian Kai's department is located, is about a hundred miles away from Licheng, and there is a Yellow River between it and Licheng; Liaocheng County is about two hundred miles away from Licheng, and there is also a Yellow River in the middle.

In other words, Tian Kai and Xiahou Yuan will definitely arrive in Licheng later than Chen Mai.

According to the distance of the journey, Tian Kai's team seems to be a day or two earlier than Xiahou Yuan's team. However, Tian Kai is different from Xiahou Yuan. His backer, Gongsun Zan, has now retreated to Youzhou, which means that he is currently A lone army is in Qingzhou. Therefore, based on this, Xun Cheng, Zhao Yun, etc. have discussed and concluded that Tian Kai will not be very active in order to preserve his few remaining troops. It is very likely that he will be more powerful than Xiahou Yuan. be late. So, when will Xiahou Yuan arrive? The distance from Liaocheng to Licheng is more than double the distance from Dongping Mausoleum to Licheng, and Xiahou Yuan has to cross the Yellow River from Liaocheng to Licheng, so he should arrive at Licheng later than Chen Mai. City for at least three days.

In other words, there were at least three days in between from Chen Maibu to Licheng, to Xiahouyuan and Tian Kaibu to Licheng.

Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun said, "Zilong, the time for our army to win is within these three days!"

Zhao Yun took this seriously, and said: "The general's words are very true. That Tian Kai must not have the will to fight hard in order to protect his own strength. As long as our army can defeat Chen Mai in these three days, then Tian Kai will definitely be shocked. He will return to Pingyuan County. Chen Mai and Tian Kai's enemy forces have either been defeated or retreated, and only Xiahou Yuan is left. According to the military report, he led less than 5,000 troops out of the city. With only a few thousand troops in his area, how can he help me? If he thinks about it, he has no choice but to retreat."

Having said this, Zhao Yun paused and smiled, "This Chen Mai has some tricks, but I don't know when, he actually hooked up with Tian Kai and Cao Dongjun! The three sides are at the same time, but the momentum seems to be not small. "

He said, "The momentum does not seem to be small", but Zhao Yun's demeanor was very stern, obviously not taking the enemy soldiers from Chen Mai, Tian Kai, and Xiahou Yuan seriously.

Xun Cheng saw the strangeness and asked with a smile, "Zilong, do you already have the method of defeating Chen and buying?"

Zhao Yun didn't hide it, so he said, "Don't hide it from the general, Yun does have a plan, but I don't know if it will work, and the general has to decide."

Xun Cheng said, "Come and listen."

Zhao Yun told his own strategy, but before speaking, he analyzed the characteristics of Chen Mai's troops and said: "The soldiers led by Chen Mai, known as 50,000, are actually more than 10,000, and not all of them are his. There are soldiers and horses from Beihai, Jinan and other counties among the soldiers of Qi State, and Chen Maicai was named Qingzhou prefect by Ming Gong not long ago, and he did not have enough prestige to command other counties in Qingzhou. They will obey his orders obediently, this is called a mob, and it is not difficult to defeat!"

Zhao Yun was deeply influenced by Xun Zhen, and attached great importance to intelligence work. He also served as Qingzhou soldiers to the north of Licheng, Youzhou soldiers of Tian Kai's northwest to the northwest, and Cao Cao's Dongjun soldiers to the southwest. He was surrounded by enemies on three sides, and the enemies on three sides were very close to Licheng. This is why, since he arrived in Licheng, he has attached great importance to the collection of intelligence, and has arranged a large number of scouts and meticulous work in these three directions. It is precisely because of this that Chen Mai, Tian Kai, Xiahou Yuan's troops had just left the city, and he immediately received the military information.

Not only did he learn the enemy's situation very quickly, Zhao Yun also generally understood the specific situation of the enemy's troops and horses.

As he said, the more than 10,000 people under Chen Mai's army were indeed made up of soldiers from Qi, Beihai, Jinan and other counties in Qingzhou.

Xun Cheng nodded, agreeing with Zhao Yun's analysis, and said, "Yes, it's not difficult for Chen Mai's army to defeat. It's just Zilong, we only have three days... That Xiahou Yuan has always been known for his rapid marching, and we even have three days in a row. There may be no time for the day. No matter how easy Chen Maibu is, there are more than 10,000 people, that is, more than 10,000 pigs. It is not very good to catch them all in two or three days. Make our army defeat Chen Mai’s department in three days, or two days?”

Zhao Yun said: "If it were a dignified battle against Chen Mai's troops, it might not be easy to win quickly for three or two days, but if I use a deceitful plan to predict it, I will win like a palm."

In the field, if Chen Mai refused to fight, or just formed a defensive line, then three or two days would definitely be difficult to win.

Hearing Zhao Yun say "deception", Xun Cheng asked, "Where did the deception come from?"

Zhao Yun said something like this.

After Xun Cheng heard this, he clasped his palms with great joy, and said, "This is a sincere and wonderful strategy! Not to mention three days or two days, you can buy it in one day!"

According to Zhao Yun's plan, Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun made the arrangement.

After waiting for two days, Chen Maibu arrived outside Licheng County as expected by Zhao Yun and Xun Cheng.

However, Chen Mai, who is also a little knowledgeable about military affairs, knew that before the battle, he should first find out the reality of the enemy and the enemy, so he brought more than a hundred soldiers and galloped to the vicinity outside Licheng County to watch the city defense situation, but saw the scene at the front of the city. , which surprised him.

But I saw that the city gate of Li City was open, and above the city tower, there was a banquet.

I saw more than a dozen people in the distance, either wearing scribes' crowns or uniforms, drinking happily with the accompaniment of a group of female music.

Chen Mai was dazzled, pointed at the city head, asked left and right, and said, "Are you drinking high alcohol?"

The servants on the left and right said, "Yes."

Chen Mai was extremely puzzled, and said: "My army is killing, but Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun are not defending? That's all, they still open the city gate and listen to music and drink in the city tower. Why is this?"

You look at me, I look at you, and no one can answer Chen Mai.

One boldly said: "Your Majesty, don't care why he does this! The following officials think that Zhao Yun and Xun Cheng must be playing tricks.

That's it. Please look at the envoy, since the gates of Licheng are wide open, why don't our troops take the opportunity to enter? It will definitely break the city in one go! "

Chen Mai shook his head and said, "Xun Cheng is an admiral under Zhendong's tent, and Zhao Yun is good at fighting, and he is not a mediocre general. I don't think the two of them are pretending to be mystical, there must be deceit!" , when building the camp, be on guard."

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On the top of the city, Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun were both in the banquet.

They sat high and looked far away.

Seeing that Chen Mai's troops stayed in the distance for a while, they began to retreat.

Xun Cheng smiled and said to Zhao Yun, "Zilong, your plan is done!"

Zhao Yun left the table, bowed and said, "General, please sit here for a while, Yunwei brought Chen to buy it for the general!"

Xun Cheng said: "Okay! I'll watch the battle here, and see the dragon's mighty might."

Zhao Yun went down from the city, put on his armor, got on his horse, and went to the wide-open city gate.

However, in the cave inside the city gate and the street leading to the city, hundreds of cavalry were lined up neatly at this time. Zhao Yun drove his horse to the front of them, waved his spear and pointed out, and said briefly: "The great merit is in front of you, and if you capture Chen Buyer, the merit is first!"

Zhao Yun took the lead, and the hundreds of cavalry followed closely behind. They rushed out of the city gate and rushed towards Chen Mai and the retreating Qingzhou soldiers.

Chen Maiwan never expected that behind the open city gate ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ was actually a team of Xuzhou elite riders ready to go.

And the reason why the city gate was opened, Zhao Yun's purpose was precisely to facilitate the cavalry to rush out, and also to arouse his suspicion, so that he ordered the Qingzhou soldiers to retreat, so as to facilitate the cavalry to take advantage of the situation.

Chen Mai was caught off guard, and he was about to flee, not as fast as Zhao Yun and other horses, and was captured on the spot. Their troops were originally in a huddle, and they were retreating. The formation was quite scattered, and they were also scattered by the cavalry led by Zhao Yun. After the Qingzhou soldiers were in chaos, Xun Cheng ordered the military officials to beat the drums, and all the guards in the city were shot out, killing the Qingzhou soldiers to the ground, and the whole army was wiped out.

In less than two hours after the battle, Zhao Yun returned to the city with a great victory.

Chen Mai was taken to the head of the city.

Xun Cheng smiled and asked him and said, "Chen Shijun, how did you get this Qingzhou prefect, don't you know it? It's fine if you don't miss my brother, but why don't you honestly and temporarily take this Qingzhou governor? The land, but it wants to be my enemy in Xuzhou?" It seemed like a compliment to him, but also like a mockery of him, saying, "Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise, this is the teaching of ancient sages. Chen Shijun, people are precious. In self-knowledge! If you are a messenger, you can be said to be ignorant and stupid!"

Chen Mai's ambition was high, and he was defeated and captured before he started to implement it.

He was ashamed and angry at the same time, turned his face away, didn't look at Xun Cheng's face, and remained silent.

Xun Cheng didn't take it seriously, he teased him a couple of times, and immediately ordered him to follow the official, saying, "Anyway, it's the prefect of Qingzhou that my brother recommended, I can't do anything to deal with him, and send him to Tan County, please let my brother go! "

The official agreed to the promise, so he chose soldiers and sent Chen Mai to Tanxian County.

Xun Cheng picked up the wine bowl, respected Zhao Yun, and said, "In less than half a day, more than 10,000 enemy troops will be wiped out. If you have both wisdom and courage, you can't be called a minister!"

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Tan County, the state capital.

After reading the story of Chen Mai's defeat in the military newspaper sent by Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun, Xun Zhen was full of admiration for Zhao Yun.