Chapter 105 The wind rises from the end of Qingping
When it comes to general strategy, Xun Yu is naturally unable to compare with Xiahou Dun who fought on the battlefield. When it comes to defending the city, the general Xiahou Dun should be better than the counselor Xun Yu.
But that's exactly where the problem lies.
Based on the memory in Lu Yu's mind.
Guo Gong's 100,000 troops and Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry pressed against Juancheng and Puyang City at the same time. Xun Yu and Xiahou Dun handled the situation in completely different ways, and the results were also very different.
Xun Yu's approach was to hold on to the city, while Xiahou Dun's approach was to take the initiative.
Lu Yu secretly shouted in his heart.
"your sister…"
If you think about it with your toes, you will know that once Xiahou Dun takes the initiative to attack, there are a hundred ways to break the city with Chen Gong's plan, such as attacking from the east to the west, or diverting the tiger away from the mountain... Even Lu Yu, who is not good at planning, can list a lot of them.
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And this is indeed the case, according to the records in "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han" about Xiahou Dun garrisoning Puyang City.
In this battle with Lu Bu and Chen Gong, Xiahou Dun paid the full IQ tax. First he was transferred away from the mountain and lost the city of Puyang...
In anger, Xiahou Dun counterattacked Puyang City and was shot in the eye by an arrow.
The so-called novel and interpretation mentioned that Xiahou Dun was shot in the eye by Cao Xing, and then swallowed it in one gulp, turning on the violent mode... That is all fabricated.
The real story is that under Puyang City, Xiahou Dun became a famous second-level disabled general.
Even in the end Xiahou Dun was captured by Lu Bu's subordinates.
"My dear...what a sluggish person!"
The more he thought about it, the more Lu Yu felt that there was no time to escape. Based on Xiahou Dun's IQ, it was estimated that Puyang City would have been lost by the time he and Long Xiaoqi arrived...
So, what we need to do now is to at least stop him and prevent him from counterattacking Puyang City!
"General Cao Chun, Puyang City will probably be lost...General Xiahou may be captured. If I don't go...he will probably be completely ruined."
The "cool" that Lu Yu refers to does not mean "death", but "blindness", and Xiahou Dun suddenly turns into a blind Houdun.
Uh... Cao Chun was stunned for a moment after hearing Lu Yu's words. Inexplicably, he was also a little flustered.
"Master Lu Yu, it's... it's about Puyang City and it's about General Xiahou. You can't talk nonsense..." Cao Chun said hurriedly, with a slight stumble in his tone.
Huh... Lu Yu breathed out softly.
"General Cao Chun, just imagine, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao plotted a surprise attack on Yanzhou, and they didn't even let out the slightest news about such a huge battle."
"But what about now? A hundred thousand troops from the governor of Yuzhou attacked Juancheng, and Lu Bu and his wolf cavalry attacked Puyang City. Why did this news reach you and me so quickly...?"
This...Cao Chun paused and muttered in his heart, could this be done intentionally by the other party? Is it a calculation?
Before he could speak, Lu Yu's words continued to spread.
"This is the brilliance of Chen Gong. The attack on Chenliu County has caused panic in the entire Yanzhou. Now there are 100,000 troops sent to Juan City, but the city is defended by a counselor and 4,000 soldiers? How can it be resisted...
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"General Xiahou has a quick temper. In order to free up his hands to rush to Juancheng as soon as possible, he will definitely hit Lu Bu's attack head-on and strive to fight quickly. In this way, Chen Gong can take advantage of this and feign defeat while delaying
Xiahou Dun's main force attacked the city from the other side and quickly planned to capture Puyang City."
At this point, Lu Yu paused. "It's not that I'm slandering General Xiahou. His brains are only as good as Lu Bu's. How can he be Chen Gong's opponent?"
Cao Chun took a long breath. Even though Lu Yu had made it clear enough, he still didn't believe that Xiahou Dun would be defeated and Puyang City would be lost.
You know... Xiahou Dun has always been a god of war in Qiao Peiwu's mind.
Will God of War... lose?
Fortunately, Lu Yu didn't know what Cao Chun was thinking, otherwise he would have said "hehe"...
Xiahou Dun? God of War? It would be more appropriate to add two more words - the "often defeated" God of War!
at this time…
"Report, urgent news from Puyang City..." A soldier came in a hurry. The scout had just arrived. Before he got off his horse, the soldier took the letter in his arms and rushed it here.
When Cao Chun opened it, his expression suddenly changed. The above content clearly mentioned that Xiahou Dun wanted Chenliu County to defend the city, and he led his army to attack Lu Bu quickly. When he was victorious, he rushed to the aid of Juan City and relieved Xun Yu's danger!
This makes it clear that we will leave the city to meet the enemy...
If Lu Yu's prediction is followed, General Xiahou will fall into a trap!
Is this unfortunate?
Cao Chun frowned and turned pale. At this moment, he fell into a deep, indescribable cry. He even realized that maybe Lu Yu's predictions this time would be correct.
"General Cao Chun? But Puyang City is lost..." Lu Yu asked hurriedly...
"Not yet." Cao Chun's tone was solemn. "It's just...General Xiahou plans to go out of the city to meet the enemy and give Lu Bu a head-on attack."
Haha, he was hit hard... Lu Yu said "haha", Xiahou Dun really didn't disappoint in terms of deceiving people.
"General Cao Chun, this means that Puyang City has been lost. Now is not the time to be in a daze. For this plan... I will lead Long Xiaoqi to stop General Xiahou and not let him counterattack Puyang City again in a fit of anger. I will try to avoid losses as much as possible.
Save the power!”
If they were to go to war, Lu Yu would definitely hide as far away as possible due to his fear of death.
But stopping Xiahou Dun is different. At least... he won't have a head-on collision with the enemy.
Besides, if it can be stopped, more effective forces will be saved. A mere city and county in Lu Bu is not a concern, but if Xiahou Dun breaks in again, the blow to morale will be irreparable!
"no!"
But at this moment, Cao Chun's voice came out again, and he stopped in front of Lu Yu, "Young Master Lu Yu is a person that my eldest brother values highly. I will never allow Young Master Lu Yu to take risks..."
Uh...this is very embarrassing.
Even with Lu Yu's thin arms and legs, he couldn't push away Cao Chun, who was born in the military. The key is, if it had been a moment later, Xiahou Dun would really have become a blind Houdun!
Just when he thought of this, Cao Chun added, "Unless I go with Mr. Lu Yu."
As soon as he said this... Lu Yu was stunned, but if he thought about it carefully, it would be okay... Cao Chun just mentioned that Cheng Yu had established an iron barrel-like defense on the line from Fan County to Dong'a. The overall situation in Chenliu County was
stable.
Even if Cao Chun who is stationed here is replaced by Cao Xiu, it won't be a big problem...
"General Cao Chun, let Wen Lie temporarily defend the city. Let's travel lightly and rush to Puyang City as soon as possible!"
It was said that he was traveling lightly, but Lu Yu couldn't ride a horse, so he could ride a carriage... No matter how fast he could go, how fast could he go?
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Yanzhou, Juancheng.
Xun Yu was sitting in the government office. He had not closed his eyes since dawn...
A series of military reports came one after another, and his face was always serious, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
From time to time he stood up, walked around, and looked at the sky through the window.
Feeling the strong wind blowing outside, Xun Yu murmured: "The wind rises at the end of Qingping and ends in the grass... Chenliu County, Fan County, Dong'a County... What is the sound of the wind a hundred miles away?"
Since dawn, a scout led Lu Bu to surprise Chenliu County, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry launched a large-scale attack on Fan County, and news came from Dong'a and other county towns. Xun Yu had been nervous for half the night... He was waiting for the next news.
In the meantime, Xun Yu had already prepared for the worst, and rushed 700 miles to send the incident in Yanzhou to Xuzhou to report to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao's army would abandon Xuzhou and return to reinforcements immediately.
Perhaps, Yanzhou now... has reached a point where there is no time to spare.
Having said that, who would have thought that the hidden danger in Yanzhou is not Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Gongsun Zan, but a mere Lu Bu in exile, and Zhang Miao inside Chenliu County?
Who would have thought that Bian Rang, a famous scholar, would die peacefully on the way, and it was rumored that this was Cao Cao's conspiracy. This was the last straw for the Yanzhou clan to break with Cao Cao, and this was a critical moment for their survival...
"Report... We have found out the situation in Fan County and Dong'e County..." A scout hurriedly arrived...
"Speak quickly!" Xun Yu immediately greeted...
The scout took a breath and said loudly.
"The wolf cavalry in Bingzhou suppressed the border in large numbers. The magistrate of Dong'e County wanted to sacrifice the city, but Cheng Yu, the commander of Longxiao Camp who was here, saw through it. He immediately cut off the head of the magistrate of Dong'a County, and went to Fan County in person to persuade him.
Jin Yun, the Prime Minister of Fan County, eliminated his hesitation."
"Today, the entire Dong'a County and Fan County's troops are coordinated and deployed by Cheng Yu. They form a line of defense and are impregnable. Not a single city or county has been lost!"
"Okay..." Before the scout could finish speaking, Xun Yu slapped the document with a heavy palm.
Finally, there is good news... If Dong'e County and Fan County are not lost, the hinterland of Yanzhou will not fall, and the entire situation will not collapse.
Huh... Xun Yu took a long breath, and more than half of the hanging stone fell down!
"Report..." At this moment, another scout came back on horseback. "There is an urgent message from Chenliu County..."
This was a scout sent by Xun Yu. Before he arrived at Chenliu County, he encountered a messenger from Chenliu County delivering a message. He hurriedly brought the messenger.
"I am a scout from Chenliu County." The messenger bowed his hands and revealed his identity...
Xun Yu pulled him up and asked in an extremely anxious tone... "How is the situation in Chenliu County?"
This was the issue that Xun Yu was most concerned about. As Yanzhou's economic center and transportation hub, Cao Cao's family was among them, so Chenliu County couldn't afford to lose anything.
"Report to Xun Sima..." In contrast to Xun Yu's nervousness, the messenger's expression was much calmer. "Chenliu County is fine. Master Lu Yu saw through Zhang Miao and Lu Bu's plot, and used a trick to lay an ambush at the south city gate and defeat Lu Bu's army!"
"In addition, General Cao Chun acted vigorously and resolutely to arrest dozens of officials involved in the rebellion, and took them to the city square to kill chickens and monkeys. The situation in Chenliu County has been stabilized!"
call…
Xun Yu felt relieved...
"Okay...Okay, okay!" After three words of "good" in a row, his expression was as clear as a cloud.
If Cheng Yu's actions made the stone hanging in his heart drop by more than half, then... Lu Yu's deployment and Cao Chun's defeat of Lu Bu made this heavy stone fall to the ground safely.
As long as everything is fine in Chenliu County, Yanzhou...everything can still be controlled.
Xun Yu immediately ordered, "Immediately send another document to Xuzhou, saying that the situation has stabilized. There is no need to evacuate all Duke Cao's army. All we need to do is send a team of soldiers and horses to come back for reinforcements!"
"Here..." Several civil servants agreed and went to draft documents.
This is already the second urgent message within three hours. The contents of the two urgent messages were both urgent, but the contents of the urgent messages were completely different.
Who knows, the war situation in Xuzhou is also at a critical period now. Capturing Pengcheng... and Xiapi City below is like searching for something.
If Cao Cao evacuates all of them according to the first emergency report, then Dongguan County, Langya County, and Donghai County that he captured before will be lost to others again.
According to this latest urgent letter, Lu Bu was defeated in a trap, lost his troops, and his morale was low. Cao Cao did not need to withdraw his army, but only needed to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to deal with it. This did not hinder Xuzhou's strategy at all. At least... left behind
The troops and horses are enough to defend the three cities that have been captured.
"Xun Sima...this letter..." The messenger seemed to have something to say, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back, not knowing whether he should say them or not.
"If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." Xun Yu waved his hand.
"Xun Sima, just before I rushed to Juancheng, Chenliu County received another piece of information. Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou, led an army of 100,000 to attack Juancheng, while Lu Bu led the remaining troops to attack in the direction of Puyang."
Well…
Xun Yu was startled and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Why? He was in Juancheng and didn’t hear the news?
Juancheng is located between Chenliu and Puyang City, not far from Puyang City, so... this news should not have been passed around Juancheng and reached Chenliu first.
There is only one possibility…
Is this deliberately spread by the enemy?
"not good…"
After thinking about this section, Xun Yu frowned and subconsciously blurted out, "Puyang is going to be lost..."
It is true that Lu Yu judged that Puyang was about to die based on records in ancient books, and Xun Yu was able to judge this because of his understanding of Xiahou Dun's character...
"Oops..." Xun Yu made fists with both hands, and his face didn't look good.
Puyang City is the granary of Yanzhou. These days, as long as there is food, it only takes two months... enough for Lu Bu to raise an army of ten thousand troops!
Alas... alas...
Xun Yu sighed. In his opinion, the fall of Puyang City was a certainty. The most urgent task was to bring Xiahou Dun back to prevent him from doing anything drastic in his anger.
"Send an order...immediately send one thousand troops to Puyang City to meet General Xiahou. If Puyang City has been lost, he must be stopped. He must not attack Puyang City again!"
ah…
When he blurted out these words, the messengers around him were stunned.
Isn't this right?
Lu Bu is a defeated general, but Xiahou Dun is the most brave general in Cao Ying? Puyang City should not be lost?
On the contrary, in Juancheng, Yuzhou governor Guo Gong led an army of 100,000 people, but only 4,000 people were stationed here? How to resist this? Shouldn't Xun Sima worry about this first?
"Xun Sima, the top priority... we should defend Juancheng first!"
"As long as I'm here in Juancheng, nothing will happen. On the contrary, something big is going to happen in Puyang City!" Xun Yu's tone became more and more serious...
"Oh..." the messenger slapped his forehead. "I forgot to report to Xun Sima. Master Lu Yu and General Cao Chun have led the knights of Longxiao Camp to Puyang City..." Being reminded by Xun Yu, the messenger suddenly thought of this.
Already gone?
Xun Yu's expression paused, and then he nodded, muttering to himself. "...Yinlin probably predicted that Puyang City was going to be lost, so he was going to save Xiahou Dun!"
Huh... He breathed softly, hearing Lu Yu's name finally relieved his nervousness.
"Xun Sima? Do you still want to send troops to Puyang?" a deputy general asked...
"Go...go immediately, and you must cooperate with Mr. Lu!" Xun Yu's tone became more serious. He felt that he was really racing against time now...
Yinlin, Yinlin, you have to increase your power... Hurry up, hurry up and get to Xiahoudun!
After thinking about this, Xun Yu slowly opened his eyes, and his situation was not easy either.
Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou, pressed forward with an army of 100,000 troops... The only way to break the situation was...
It is true that Xun Yu was a gambler, but at this time, the only option was to take risks!