There were densely written small characters on the white silk. In the first sentence, Cao Cao had three possible answers, and then each of them answered how to deal with it. Then the extended dialogue was divided into several answers, and how to deal with it.
Cao Cao looked at the white silk and closed his eyes silently: "This word... is a bit strange."
Not to mention the details, the writing style is also different from the more popular fonts nowadays. It is easy to recognize, but there is no skill at all. It does not look like the hand of a great Confucian, nor does it look like Lu Bu.
Cao Cao has seen Lu Bu's calligraphy. In terms of calligraphy alone, Lu Bu's handwriting is very beautiful.
Guo Jia looked at the direction Lu Bu left and muttered: "My lord, we must send troops as soon as possible."
Cheng Yu also advised: "Lü Bu's sudden arrival here is probably to delay time. The Xuzhou army may have already set out to fight!"
Cao Cao nodded silently. He had to beware of Lu Bu, the god of plague, along the way.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt a dull pain in his head, and couldn't help cursing: "He is also the Mu of Xuzhou after all, a prince. Looking at ancient and modern times, and looking at the world, he has never seen any prince come to harass him personally, but let his subordinates march on their own.
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"I think this is the clever thing to do!" Xun Yu sighed from the side.
"Oh?" Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu: "Why did Wen Ruo say this?"
"If the two armies confront each other, Lu Bu will not be as good as the lord!" Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao. This is already a fact. In terms of commander, Lu Bu can only be regarded as a good one. He is better at commanding elite cavalry to carry out surprise attacks.
When it comes to the battle between the commander-in-chief and the coordination with his generals, Lu Bu is not as good as Cao Cao.
The last battle of Puyang and the battle of Yanzhou already explained the problem. The fact that Lu Bu, who had the support of Yanzhou scholars at that time, failed to defeat Cao Cao is enough to illustrate the problem.
Looking at Cao Cao's doubtful eyes, Xun Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Lu Bu knew it after all, so he used the long to attack the short."
Cao Cao looked gloomy after hearing this. What is Lu Bu best at? Of course it is cavalry. Tens of thousands or even ten thousand people is the number Lu Bu is most suitable to command. After this number, it does not mean that Lu Bu cannot lead it, but that it is not as powerful as Lu Bu.
Leading the elite came fiercely.
And after more than ten thousand troops, the larger the number, the worse Lu Bu's command will be.
At the beginning, Lu Bu led a large army to fight against Cao Cao in Puyang. In the end, he lost and was driven away by Cao Cao.
But if Lu Bu leads thousands of people, then few people in the world can stop him, not even Cao Cao.
Just like now, even if Cao Cao can lead a large army to defeat Lu Bu, if Lu Bu doesn't engage in the battle, he will sneak attack you and run away, Cao Cao can't stand it!
When everyone heard this, their expressions turned ugly. The most terrifying thing was to liberate Lu Bu from the position of coach!
Not only because Lu Bu was difficult to deal with, but more importantly because the main force of Cao's army was contained, then Lu Bu's main force could attack the city and seize territory unscrupulously, while Cao Cao could only watch.
From this point of view, General Lu Bu personally came out to contain Cao Jun, as Xun Yu said, which was quite clever, but few people have done this in the past.
Have you ever seen someone reveal his ace at the beginning of a battle?
He's still as good as Lu Bu from before!
Cao Cao sighed secretly in his heart and missed the old Lu Bu again.
wrong!
Cao Cao suddenly remembered that Lu Bu had not actually changed much. What had really changed was the people around Lu Bu, or the relationship between Lu Bu and the people around him. Could he adopt the correct opinions?
"Report~"
Just as Cao Cao was thinking about it, he saw a general running towards him. He saluted Cao Cao and said, "My lord, please report urgently from Runan!"
Cao Cao's heart sank and he said in a deep voice: "Read it!"
"Here!" The general opened the letter and shouted loudly: "Two days ago, Chu Nan, under Lu Bu's command, suddenly gathered a large number of troops to cross the Huai River and captured Shen County and Ruyin. Ruyin guard Li Zheng led his army to fight, but Chunan was hit.
Strategy, he was ambushed and killed in Shaopi!"
Three days ago?
Cao Cao looked at everyone, and his expression was not good. In other words, Chu Nan took action before Lu Bu's message was completely spread?
Even faster than Lu Bu?
"Chu Nan, Chu Ziyan!" Cao Cao snorted angrily: "If I had known this, I shouldn't have kept this son!"
Looking back now, many things are related to Chu Nan. Whether it was the massacre of nobles in Xuzhou, or later Guangling and Shouchun, this son was active.
The more Cao Cao looked at this boy, the more he disliked him. After a moment of silence, he hummed, "Young man can actually lead an army now? There is no one left in Fengxian's tent!"
Before he finished speaking, another general came over quickly, bowed to Cao Cao and said: "My lord, the country of Pei was captured by Zhang Liao, but the defender was defeated and Taiqiu died in the battle!"
Not long after, another general came over and said to Cao Cao: "Lü Bu's generals Gao Shun and Ji Ling sent troops to the Xiaqiu area. The defenders were defeated and the enemy troops have advanced to Shansang."
Cao Cao: "..."
Being criticized by Xun Yu, the worst result occurred.
In fact, when Lu Bu appeared here, everyone probably already understood what the other party was going to do, but they didn't expect Lu Bu to be so straightforward this time!
"Pass my military order to Xiahou Dun who is stationed in Runan, and Cai Yang will lead his army to destroy Chunan!" Cao Cao is not afraid. Without Lu Bu, although the generals under his command are powerful, Cao Cao may not be afraid either.
"Order Cao Ren, Yu Jin, and Yue Jin to lead their troops to attack Gao Shun and Ji Ling; Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong lead their troops to attack Zhang Liao!"
Cao Cao's main generals are not here either. Since Lu Bu is playing tricks with him, let's see if his generals are capable of surpassing his own generals. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are good, but they may not be the same as his own generals.
He has a strong opponent, not to mention Chu Nan who is good enough.
Cao Cao planned to use the Chunan road as a breakthrough, defeat Chunan first, take the opportunity to seize Jianghuai, and cut off Lu Bu's retreat!
"Here!"
At that moment, a large number of messengers were sent out to deliver orders to various places.
Cao Cao discussed with his generals how to deal with Lu Bu.
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On the other side, in Runan, the time goes back to two days ago.
"My lord, the message has been sent out!" Shouchun Wei Yan walked in quickly and saluted Chu Nan with a smile.
"Send troops!" Chu Nan nodded and looked at his generals.
"So fast?" Wei Yue looked at Chu Nan with some uncertainty. Hitting someone as soon as he sent out the message? It's not very authentic.
"The message has been issued, we are not going to fight without telling you." Chu Nan stood up, looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Soldiers are very fast, send my military order, the army will cross the river, take Ruyin first!"
"Here!" the generals agreed, and each commanded their troops to cross the river.
Ruyin is the first step for Chu Nan to prepare for the attack. Last year, Chu Nan had ordered people to secretly collect intelligence. Ruyin guard Li Zheng was Li Diancong's brother and had considerable military exploits. Cao Cao did not allow Li Zheng to garrison Ruyin.
Even if he is not as capable as Li Dian, he is definitely a good general from the Rebellion faction.
"This man is good at attacking but not at defending. Let's quickly advance with our light troops and trap him in the city!" Wei Yan suggested.
"Why, Chief Wen doesn't dare to confront him head-on?" Chu Nan looked at Wei Yan in amusement and said.
"Of course not!" Wei Yan shook his head.
"Since it's not the case, then lure him out of the city to fight. If he really goes to attack the city, he will not be good at defending it. If our army attacks the city, the losses will be huge. It is better to lure this man out of the city. Since he is good at attacking, he will naturally be more capable.
It's easy to get out of the city, Wei Yue!" After Chu Nan finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Wei Yue.
"The general is here!" Wei Yue stepped out of the queue and saluted Chu Nan.
"Go to Ruyin and invite a fight." Chu Nan looked at Wei Yue and said.
"But are we going to fake defeat and lure the enemy deeper?" Wei Yue looked at Chu Nan and asked.
"If you can defeat him, you will be stronger than him." Chu Nan shook his head: "This man is not mediocre. If you pretend to lose, how could he not see that it would be best if you could defeat him? If you can't defeat him, it would be best."
If he is defeated and flees, he will not be suspicious."
Wei Yue: "..."
I always feel underestimated.
Thinking that after Chu Nan had Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, they paid less and less attention to him, Wei Yue felt that he had to let Chu Nan know what he was capable of, so he immediately took the order and rushed all the way to Ruyin to fight with Li Zhengchao.
After Li Zheng was sure that the surrounding troops were invincible, he immediately led his troops out. Wei Yue was a well-known general under Lu Bu. Li Zheng knew that, as the two sides fought fiercely for half a day under Ruyin City, Wei Yue gradually became unable to do what he wanted. Although he was unwilling to do so, he still
He also knows that if he continues to fight, he will no longer be his opponent.
Then he turned his horse's head, led his troops out of the battlefield, and galloped back.
Li Zheng looked at his formation and saw that this group of troops was obviously not a fake defeat, but that they were really unable to defeat him. He immediately led his troops to pursue them all the way from Ruyin to Shaopi, when he saw a large army standing on the opposite side, so Li Zheng quickly stopped.
"General Li!" Chu Nan stood in the middle of the army. His voice was strengthened by the military formation and echoed around the field. Li Zheng, who was about to withdraw, stopped involuntarily and looked here, curious about what Chu Nan was going to say.
"A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a good general chooses a master to serve. Since our army has sent troops this time, there is no way Cao Cao can survive. I think the general is quite capable. So far today, my loyalty to Cao Cao has been fulfilled. Why not just surrender?"
, can you also avoid death?" Chu Nan's voice echoed in the surrounding areas, causing Li Zheng to ignore other voices.
Li Zheng heard this and said loudly and disdainfully: "Shameless little thief, you are worthy of victory. Since you dare to cross the river to attack today, you little thief may not survive. If you set an ambush here today, or
You can harm me, but if you miss this opportunity, the little thief may never have another chance!"
Chu Nan said helplessly: "I can't help it. After arriving, I found out that Shaopi is not suitable for an ambush. I led 30,000 troops across the river this time, and my troops are far superior to the general. Is the general really not going to surrender?"
"How dare you say something brave among thirty thousand people? If I were you, I should obediently go back to Shouchun before my lord's army comes out. At least I can save one life!" Li Zheng said with a loud laugh. He wanted to take advantage of it.
This opportunity angered Chu Nan. As long as Chu Nan was angry and launched an army, he might be able to reveal a flaw and allow him to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat more with less and defeat Lu Bu's 30,000 army in one battle. With this battle, he would be famous.
"In that case, general, please go on your way with peace of mind!" Chu Nan looked at the smoke and dust rising from the rear of Li's army with some regret, but Wei Yan had already taken advantage of the exchange between the two sides to rush out from the rear. Only then did Chu Nan use his army's formation
The purpose of raising one's voice was not just to speak, but also to attract the attention of Li's entire army. Shaopi was indeed not suitable for an ambush, but it did not mean that an ambush was impossible.
At this moment, Li Zheng also noticed the movement behind him, his expression changed drastically, he did not bother to scold Chu Nan, and shouted sternly: "Line up, stay still like a mountain!"
At this moment, the formation changed too much and could easily collapse. Li Zheng, who had experienced many battles, naturally understood this and immediately formed a formation to resist Wei Yan's attack first.
However, he underestimated Wei Yan. How could this temporarily raised battle formation be able to withstand Wei Yan's prepared attack? Almost as soon as the battle formation was raised, it was defeated by Wei Yan with his troops. Seven of his troops were killed by Wei Yan.
Bits and pieces.
When Li Zheng saw this, he knew he was outmatched and wanted to run away immediately.
"Where will the thief run away!?" Wei Yan kept staring at Li Zheng. When he saw that he was about to leave, he would not let him go. He immediately broke away from the army, advanced quickly, appeared behind Li Zheng and slashed with his sword.
Li Zheng was already confused at this moment. When he heard the sound, he subconsciously turned around to block, but he saw lightning flashing in front of his eyes. The next moment, the head flew up and was beheaded by Wei Yanzhen...