Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and honest!

"Zhou Yu is really a wise man. When he learned that Shouchun was defeated by me, he immediately welcomed Sun Ce to attack Lujiang.

However, if you want to intercept the Hulu River while I am pacifying Huainan, you won’t ask me, Cao Zixiu, the master, if he will agree!"

At the border of Lujiang County, one hundred and sixty miles away from Shucheng, Cao Ang learned about what happened in Lujiang in recent days from the envoy of Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang County.

Sun Ce's actions were slightly slower than Cao Ang expected. Faster.

Cao Ang had arranged things in Huainan as soon as possible and led his army to Lujiang.

However, he was still a little behind Sun Ce, which caused Sun Ce to recruit some cities in the south of Lujiang.

This was mainly because Sun Ce himself and many Lujiang families.

However, even so, Cao Ang did not take Sun Ce 's so-called hundred thousand troops into consideration.

Cao Ang mastered the true understanding of Han Xin's art of war and had Han Xin's military training methods that were unparalleled in the world. However, it cannot be said that Shouchun's 70,000 troops from Huainan were completely controlled within a few days.

Therefore, when Cao Ang sent troops to Lujiang this time, they all stayed in Shouchun and were led by Qiao Rui Gaoshun. The Hujie Army only brought 5,000 hussars and more than 70,000 Huainan new troops who had been recruited and trained in Xuzhou.

Sun Ce's subordinates could only be called the main force of 50,000 Jiangdong. The tens of thousands of troops were just the private soldiers of Shanyuequ Commandery Zulang and various noble families in Lujiang County.

Perhaps the private soldiers who had recently joined Sun Ce were not bad in combat effectiveness, but they were formed into an army without being trained in a short period of time. This is a big taboo for military strategists!

The more mixed the composition of soldiers and horses, the more likely it is that problems will arise when facing the enemy.

Therefore, although Cao Ang only brought 75,000 soldiers and horses, he did not use the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the little overlord Sun Ce. The army is in his eyes.

What's more, Sun Ce has Zhou Yu to help him, and Cao Ang is not without help. For example, Liu Yao, who is in Yuzhang

, is a big helper!

However, he was still quite powerful in the early days of the chaos of the late Han Dynasty.

He was also a member of the Han family, and his ancestor was Liu Fei, the eldest son of Han Emperor Gaozu. After four hundred years, his lineage was still the family of

Liu Fei, the official of the Han Dynasty. Yao's elder brother was Liu Dai, the former governor of Yanzhou.

Five years ago in the third year of Chuping, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans invaded Yanzhou. Liu Dai was defeated and killed by the Yellow Turbans.

Later, Bao Xin, the Prime Minister of Jibei, welcomed Cao Cao into Yanzhou and became Yanzhou. Mu, and defeated 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and selected elite soldiers to form Qingzhou soldiers.

Liu Yao was slightly more capable than his brother Liu Dai.

Three years ago, in the first year of Xingping, Yangzhou governor Chen Wen was killed by Yuan Shu. , so the small court controlled by Li Jue and Guo Si appointed Liu Yao as the governor of Yangzhou to contain Yuan Shu.

The governor of Yangzhou should be based in Shouchun, but at that time, most of the areas north of the Yangtze River, such as Shouchun and Huainan, were occupied by Yuan Shu.. So Liu

Yao was welcomed by Wu Jing, Sun Bi and others and stationed in Qu'a, Danyang County in the south of the Yangtze River.

At that time, Sun Ce was still Yuan Shu's general, and he captured Lujiang and other surrounding counties for Yuan Shu.

They sent generals to defend the riverside and resist Yuan Shu. Because Wu Jing and Sun Ben were Yuan Shu's old subordinates, and they were the uncles and cousins of Yuan Shu's general Sun Ce. They were worried that they would become Yuan Shu and Sun Ce's internal agents, so they were driven away..

And Yuan Shu also took this opportunity to appoint the governor of Yangzhou himself, and did not recognize Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou appointed by the imperial court. This is why Yuan Shu only called Liu Yao the governor of Yuzhang before. Yao once had tens of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River to compete with Yuan Shu across the river. He was awarded the title of Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu General by the imperial court, and he dominated Jiangdong.

Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce across the river to attack Liu Yao. Liu Yao's generals Fan Neng and Zhang Ying were defeated and were defeated by Sun Ce.

Liu Yao personally led General Tai Shici to confront Sun Ce, but was severely defeated by Sun Ce.

So Liu Yao, on the advice of his counselor Xu Shao, went west to Yuzhang County and attached himself to Liu Biao to fight against Sun Ce.

The remaining general, Tai Shici, stayed in Jing County to work with Shanyue Zulang to contain Sun Ce.

Last year in the first year of Jian'an, Zhou Shu, the prefect of Yuzhang who was originally conferred by the imperial court, died of illness, so Liu Biao sent his subordinate Zhuge Xuan to become the governor of Yuzhang.

At this time, Cao Cao's Xudu court sent Zhu Jun's son Zhu Hao to serve as the governor of Yuzhang County to contain Liu Biao.

So Zhuge Xuan, appointed by Liu Biao, and Zhu Hao, appointed by Cao Cao, fought in Yuzhang County to compete for the position of county governor.

At this time, Liu Yao sided with Zhu Hao, who was sent by the Xudu court, and sent troops to help Zhu Hao drive away Zhuge Xuan.

He supported Zhu Hao and became the governor of Yuzhang County.

Just from the fact that Liu Yao stationed troops in Yuzhang and did not monopolize Yuzhang County, but supported Zhu Hao, who was sent by the imperial court, as the county governor, it can be seen that Liu Yao did not have the intention to cede territory for self-reliance, but always regarded himself as a minister.

However, not long after, the county governor Zhu Hao was killed by the rebel general Zuo Rong, and he appointed himself as the county governor. Liu Yao then sent troops to avenge Zhu Hao.

At first he was defeated by Zuo Rong, but later Liu Yao summoned troops from all counties in Yuzhang and defeated Zuo Rong.

As a result, Yuzhang County had no governor, and Liu Yao personally took over Yuzhang County as Yangzhou Mu, and was still the enemy of Yuan Shu and Sun Ce.

However, in history, Liu Yao died of illness in the second year of Yu Jian'an at the age of forty-two.

According to the information Cao Ang received from the people who surrendered in Shouchun, Liu Yao was already seriously ill during this period.

Therefore, even though Yuan Shu sent envoys to make peace with Liu Yao after retiring as emperor, and wanted to invite Liu Yao to attack Sun Ce, who was more threatening, Liu Yao was unable to raise troops due to illness.

In other words, if there is no turnaround, Liu Yao may die of illness during this period just like in history.

However, it happened that Cao Ang arrived in Lujiang, which was not far from Yuzhang.

And Cao Ang possesses the true interpretation of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic!

In this era, even Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing can't compare to Cao Ang's medical skills!

Seeing that Liu Yao was very loyal to Xu Du's imperial edict last year, Cao Ang couldn't let Liu Yao, an obedient and unambitious helper, die of illness like this.

Liu Yao's historical evaluation is that he did not have the ambition and ambition to become a prince, but he was an able minister who could recruit and govern a country!

After thinking for a while, Cao Ang made a decision immediately.

He first turned around and looked at the three generals Li Cunxiao, Xu Chu and Zhang Liao behind him and said:"You lead the hussars and go to Shucheng first.

If Shucheng has not been captured yet, you can hide temporarily and watch the fire from the other side.

When will Shucheng be taken? When the city is about to be captured, you immediately lead your troops to attack and catch Sun Ce by surprise.

After defeating the enemy, don't be reluctant to fight, just keep Shu City intact."

The purpose of Cao Ang's arrangement is to make the Hussars unprepared. The result of the surprise attack was maximized, and Sun Ce was defeated first.

At the same time, Cao Ang did not want to stay with Yuan Shu's subordinate Liu Xun in Shucheng. He knew that this man also had his own ambitions and came to ask for help just because he wanted to use Cao Ang's hand to fight against Sun Ce.

Therefore, it is best to take action when Liu Xun is killed and Shucheng is about to fall, so that he can directly take over Lujiang County and appoint himself as the county governor.

Otherwise, if Liu Xun was not dead but was forced to surrender the city with dissatisfaction, Cao Ang would have to give him a reward for voluntarily surrendering, and it would be difficult to get rid of him openly.

Therefore, Liu Xun must die, and he must die at the hands of Sun Ce.

Although Cao Ang did not say this explicitly, he secretly told Li Cunxiao.

Before Li Cunxiao and the others led the main force of the hussar army to leave, Cao Ang looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei again:"Two generals, currently General Wang Yanzhang and General Hu Che'er, are in Huainan to recruit counties and counties, and are not in the hussar army.

Invite you two The general will temporarily move with the hussars to add support.

Your troops will be temporarily led by Uncle Liu."

Cao Ang made this arrangement to distract Liu Bei from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prevent Liu Bei from running away with his two generals.

After all, Zhang Fei aside, Guan Yu was the one Cao Ang wanted to conquer.

If Cao Ang is not in the army later, even if Liu Bei cannot abduct the Huainan New Army, he may still want to break away from Cao's army.

Because Cao Ang could feel that Liu Bei had become more and more uneasy in recent days. The stronger Cao Ang's power grew, the more Liu Bei felt a sense of urgency.

Cao Ang felt that if Liu Bei seized the opportunity, he would probably take the opportunity to escape.

Therefore, Cao Ang first stuffed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei into the Hussars, so that even if Liu Bei ran away, he could only run alone.

At the same time, it is also to prevent things like Liu Bei killing chariots and horses in history from happening. If Cao Ang is not here, Liang Gang will definitely not be able to cope with the combined efforts of the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang.

In that way, even if Liu Bei, the main force of the Huainan New Army, could not abduct him, he could still coerce some of his troops away. Cao Ang would not give Liu Bei this opportunity.

Sure enough, as Cao Ang stuffed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei into the Hussars, he immediately noticed something was wrong with Liu Bei's eyes.

Although Liu Bei concealed it well, Cao Ang's heart was already filled with reminders of Liu Bei's negative energy.

Indeed, as Cao Ang thought, Liu Bei was very worried at this moment.���Nai, full of slander towards Cao Ang.

Ever since he followed Cao Ang to defeat Lu Bu and watched Cao Ang surrender 200,000 troops, Liu Bei became more and more anxious and urgent.

I know that if this continues, the sky will belong to the Cao family and his son.

Liu Bei will never have the opportunity to achieve great things.

After Cao Ang set out from Xuzhou and captured Shouchun in less than ten days, Liu Bei became even more anxious.

Thinking that he would rather bear the reputation of fleeing the court, he must break away from Cao Ang, otherwise it would be difficult to have a chance to succeed.

Otherwise, in the future, the foundation of the Cao family's father and son's business will probably depend on the efforts of the three brothers...

Therefore, this time Cao Ang took Liu Guanzhang to Lujiang, and he was looking for an opportunity to escape.

However, he finally saw that Cao Ang was about to move the main hussars under his command, which made Liu Bei think he had a chance to run away.

But he didn't expect that Cao Ang actually arranged for his two brothers and generals...

This made Liu Bei almost unable to help but want to complain, and he also realized that Cao Ang was clearly guarding him!

My heart is naturally full of negative energy! (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

How could Liu Bei run away when his right and left arms were removed by Cao Ang?

"Uncle Liu Huang, the responsibility of these 70,000 Huainan new troops will be left to you for the time being.

You can lead the army to move slowly, follow the hussars, and rush to Shucheng."

Cao Ang looked at Liu Bei and smiled.

On the side, Zhang Fei couldn't see the twists and turns, and couldn't help but feel quite happy. He said to Guan Yu on the side:"Second brother, you see, General Cao still trusts our eldest brother. The more than 70,000 troops are all left to the big brother to make the decision!"

Guan Yu, a loyal man, had a good impression and filter of Cao Ang, so he didn't think of the worst. After listening to Zhang Fei's words, he nodded and said:"Yes, this is the first time that eldest brother has controlled so many soldiers and horses alone."

The words of the two sworn brothers reached Liu Bei's ears, and Liu Bei couldn't help but feel even more negative.

A critical attack from his own people was more fatal, but in front of Cao Ang, Liu Bei felt miserable and could not express his sorrow. He told Guan Yu and Zhang Fei that he could only suffer the loss of being dumb and had another negative energy... In this way, Cao Ang watched Li Cunxiao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, and Zhang Liao lead thousands of hussars to

Shucheng.

Liu Bei, who was suffering unspeakably, took on the role of nominal leader of the march and led 70,000 Huainan new troops to follow.

Cao Ang himself mobilized his black horse and left the army alone, taking a detour and heading straight to Yuzhang. Liu Yao in Yuzhang still has 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Ang is determined to capture them! If he takes Liu Yao's troops, Cao Ang can directly outflank Sun Ce and the Hussars from Yuzhang County south of the Lujiang River. , Huainan's new army of 75,000 troops attacked Sun Ce from both sides.

In this way, Sun Ce, the little overlord, would probably end up like the real overlord who was ambushed from all sides.……[]

The black horse riding on the snow can travel thousands of miles in a day and eight hundred miles at night. It is a peerless horse.

Therefore, it was not that Cao Ang was so powerful that he did not lead troops to protect him, but that he did not have any soldiers under his command who could catch up with Cao Ang on horseback.

Therefore, he simply rode to Yuzhang alone.

What's more, Cao Ang has a snow-stepping black horse, the power of an overlord, an overlord's marksmanship, a peerless marksmanship, silkworm gold silk soft hedgehog armor, etc., with melee combat, speed, defense, and long-range all maxed out, he is already invincible in the world.

Even if a hundred thousand troops were encircled, Cao Ang could defeat them all by himself.

If you go to Yuzhang, no one can threaten Cao Ang.

At this moment, under Shu City, Sun Ce didn't know that he had fallen into Cao Ang's plan.

Today's Sun Ce can be said to be very high-spirited and has never fought with such a surplus!

After listening to Zhou Yu's suggestion and marching into Lujiang, in just a few days, they had conquered half of the county south of Lujiang, and had tens of thousands of private soldiers and disciples from various counties who came to surrender to the army, including warriors.

As a result, the number of troops under Sun Ce's command has exceeded 100,000.

Sun Ce has never commanded an army of 100,000 in battle!

"Haha, if it weren't for Gong Jin's plan, how could I, Sun Ce, have thought that I would be able to lead an army of 100,000 men across the north of the Yangtze River today!"

Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu and laughed loudly with deep appreciation and gratitude.

"My lord, you don’t have to be like this. You and I are both king and subject, and we are also brothers.

I will do my best to assist my lord in achieving hegemony!

This Lujiang County is just the beginning!"

Zhou Yu, who has a handsome and elegant face, smiled lightly and did not take any credit.

Sun Ce couldn't help but be even more satisfied with this old friend and general under his command.

"In my early years, I was a guest at Duke Qiao's mansion in Lujiang County. I met Duke Qiao's two daughters, who were very beautiful.

I had long wanted to ask Mr. Qiao to marry his daughter, but I had no choice but to live with someone else. I had no foundation and it was difficult to propose marriage.

Now I occupy Jiangdong, and I will take over Lujiang County. I have more than 100,000 troops under my command. It can be said that I have achieved great success.

With my achievements today, it is not considered a humiliation to take Duke Qiao's daughter as my concubine.

I had heard before that Qiao Gong was defeated by Chen Jun and died at the hands of Cao Ang.

His family members were taken away from Wancheng by Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang County, and they must be in Shucheng at this moment.

When Shucheng is captured and Qiao Gong's two daughters are obtained, I will take Da Qiao as my concubine, and Gong Jin will take Xiao Qiao as his concubine.

So, isn’t it a good story?"

Sun Ce was proud of the spring breeze and mentioned what he was thinking in front of Zhou Yu.

Unexpectedly, after Zhou Yu heard Sun Ce's words, his face froze, and then he smiled bitterly and said:"If the lord wants to take Da Qiao as his concubine, I'm afraid it's too late.

The lord does not know something, but after Qiao Rui was defeated in the Chenjun battle a few months ago, he did not die, but surrendered to Cao Ang.

In order to protect Qiao Rui's family, Cao Ang announced that Qiao Rui committed suicide on the battlefield, but secretly helped Qiao Rui take away his family."

"Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang County, found out that Qiao Rui had surrendered to Cao Ang, so he rushed to Qiao Rui's home in Wancheng to capture Qiao Rui's family, only to learn that Qiao Rui's family had been secretly taken away.

Liu Xun was so angry that he just arrested some distant relatives of Qiaorui to hide his face, but later he had no choice but to let those people go.

Yuan Shu felt that this matter was too embarrassing, so he suppressed the matter and prohibited it from spreading.

Only some well-informed people can hear some rumors."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu said helplessly:"My lord must have been far away in Wu County, Jiangdong at that time, thousands of miles away from here, and the news he heard was a little skewed.

Thinking about the Qiao Rui family's affairs, it is not an important military matter. It is reasonable that the lord's scouts did not find out the report.……"

After hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce's face suddenly stiffened and he couldn't help but feel disappointed:"So Gong Jin is saying that the Second Bridge is now in Yuzhou under the rule of the Cao family and his son?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said,"Yes, and according to me As far as I know, the two Qiaos are not only in Yuzhou, but also married to Cao Ang.

If the Lord wants to take Da Qiao, he may have to wait until he defeats the Cao family."

When Sun Ce heard this, he couldn't help but became furious and felt extremely angry. Loss and frustration:"Damn it! I traveled across the Yangtze River and only wanted to take Da Qiao as my concubine, but Cao Ang got there first and even took in the second Qiao!

Being so... so dissatisfied is such a waste of resources!

I hate it so much. Fan!"