Chapter 204 Chapter Twenty-Eight

When Sun Quan heard that the striker had lost, he immediately led Zhou Tai's troops to meet him, but was intercepted by Zhang Liao's and Xu Huang's ambush troops arranged by Cao Cao.Zhang Liao and Xu Huangjun are well-trained , Zhou Tai's army was the elite of Soochow, and the two sides fought extremely fiercely. Sun Quan was surrounded by Cao Jun in the battle, Zhou Tai fought to the death, his blood-stained shirt was still not afraid to retreat.Cao Jun was intimidated by this white-haired and long-bearded veteran, and Sun Quan escaped by chance. go. When Lu Meng heard that Sun Quan was in danger of being intercepted by Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, he left Ruxukou, whipped his horse, and urged the army to go to the rescue.When he arrived at the accident site, Sun Quan had evacuated safely.

After retreating, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were counting the results of the battle. Seeing that Lu Meng had thrown himself into the trap, they quickly gathered troops to fight. Lu Meng had no intention of fighting, so he turned his horse's head and left.How could Zhang Liao let him go, picked up his bow and set up an arrow, and shot off the red tassel on Lu Meng's helmet with a "whoosh". Lü Meng was furious, thinking that he had never been insulted like this since he joined the army, so he ordered the troops to stand still and line up in square formation, with the archers pressing down.He rushed up a small hill alone, raised his whip and pointed

Zhang Liao yelled: "Zhang Liao, Lu is fighting with you alone today, and I want to see who I am!" Zhang Liao asked Xu Huang to press the formation, and charged forward with a halberd. It is almost dusk now, the birds are cast in the forest, the sun is setting, and the mist of dusk has spread over the Yangtze River.Soldiers on both sides could only vaguely see two horses whirling on the hill. Hearing the golden iron sound of swords and halberds colliding. Just as the two generals Lu and Zhang were fighting fiercely, a school lieutenant of the Soochow Army took Xu Huang to watch the scene of Lu and Zhang fighting alone, bent his bow and shot a hidden arrow.The arrow missed Xu Huang, but made him

Xu Huang couldn't take it anymore when the general who was holding on to the military flag shot from behind, and ordered the army to rush into the opponent's formation.The Soochow army had few soldiers and horses. Although they shot arrows like rain, they still couldn't resist Xu Huang's fierce offensive. Then he was defeated.Lu Meng caught sight of the defeat, and when he was distracted, Zhang Liao stabbed him in the arm with his halberd.Lu Meng threw away his sword and rode his horse, and galloped away. Zhang Liao couldn't catch up with him, and saw him go into the river.

Among the grass on the side. Cao Cao learned that Lu Meng had led troops to rescue Sun Quan, and there was a loophole in Ruxukou's defense, so he personally led Le Jin's army, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu's children to take advantage of the situation. In the critical situation where the whole line collapsed, the defenders Ling Tong and Gan Ning fought with all their might on the left and right sides of Ruxukou. Ruxukou has been operated by Sun Quan for many years, the walls are high and the ditch is deep, and there are many arrows stored in the city.Cao Cao's army organized many attacks, but they were all killed and retreated by Soochow's arrow rain, with heavy casualties.Le Jinwei

In order to boost morale, he personally supported the shield and held the sword to climb the city, but he still failed to break through the defense line. On the contrary, he was shot in the head by an arrow and was seriously injured. Cao Cao saw with his own eyes that the desperate soldiers fell on the front line as densely as a forest, and his heart was burning.He secretly regretted that he did not make a good plan before the siege, which led to such a situation. casualties.He was nervously thinking about the method of attacking the city, when a guard soldier one mile away came flying to report: "Wei Wang, a Soochow army from the east has come to rescue him."

This is what Cao Cao is most worried about, because the siege will not go down, the casualties will be too large, and after the morale is frustrated, once the enemy reinforcements arrive, the morale in the city will increase, and the two sides will attack, and the power will increase. . He was about to mobilize an army to stop him, but Cao Ren's troops attacking the city on the east side were already in chaos. When Cao Ren's troops were in chaos, the pattern of the entire battlefield changed abruptly, and Cao Cao changed from offensive to offensive. It's on the defensive.Knowing that taking Ruxukou was in vain, he immediately mobilized Cao Xiu's cavalry, and the other troops quickly assembled and retreated to the base camp.

Cao Jun retreated cleanly, except for a large number of dead horses and knives and guns that fell to the ground, the corpses of soldiers who died in the siege disappeared. Gan Ning looked at the area that was still full of dead bodies just now. On the battlefield, I sincerely admire Cao Cao's command and deployment skills. The Soochow general who attacked Cao Ren's troops on the east side of Cao Cao was Lu Xun, a young Confucian scholar who had just come from the rear of Soochow to reinforce Sun Quan.Lu Xun is the son-in-law of Sun Ce, the elder brother of Sun Quan. He is well versed in the art of war.

He is a first-class staff member.This attack on Cao Cao was his first visit to the battlefield in person, but in this battle, his deployment and command in offensive and defensive battles did not lose to Cao Cao's experienced soldiers. General. After Cao Cao returned to the camp, when summarizing the battle, he praised Lu Xun endlessly.But he commanded the battle for a day, and he looked a little tired.The generals and officers also feel sad because of the heavy losses of the troops Depressed, Cao Ren was especially ashamed. Cao Cao entrusted him with the high position of a border official. He has indeed made great achievements in battle and won many battles.

Not convinced. He asked Cao Cao: "King Wei, please let the last general lead an army to fight against Sun Quan again, kill Lu Xun, and comfort the dead soldiers with his head." Cao Cao shook his hand and said, "We didn't plan well in this battle, which led to this ending. I often tell you the principle of 'advance when you see something is possible, and retreat when you know it's difficult'. Every step of the movement must be carefully calculated for its benefits and harms; 'if it is involved in the benefits, it is also considered in the harms, although there are dangers, it can be solved. 'If the benefits and risks are calculated clearly, it can naturally be changed by machine.

Don't be limited by the established thinking and principles. If you think about harm, it is difficult to exercise power. ' What I advocate, I have not implemented well, alas, what a frustration!" "Advance when you see what is possible, retreat when you know it is difficult", this is the "trickery" that Cao Cao has always advocated in military affairs.All the soldiers listened to his unique theoretical teachings, and they were enlightened immediately. I immediately understood Cao Cao's current state of mind. Sun Quan's strength is not weak anymore, if he wants to fight head-on, both sides will suffer.Cao Cao knocked Sun Quan down with the tactic of "big thunder and little rain", and the two sides were only confronting each other. Go cold war. Sun Quan knew that he could not fight Cao Cao, and because of the deepening conflict between Liu Bei and Sun Quan over the Jingzhou issue, the relationship between Sun and Liu had broken down, so he drew up a war against Cao Cao in the north and Liu Bei in the west. slightly.In March, he sent envoys to Cao Yingzhong to discuss peace.The envoy Xu Xiang took Sun Quan's surrender letter and handed it directly to Cao Cao.Cao Cao also immediately sent envoys to express his intention of reconciliation, and the two sides officially ended the Chibi conflict. Ten years of continuous war after the war.Cao Cao deployed more than 20 troops on the front lines of Hanzhong, Xiangcheng and Hefei, and returned to Yecheng.In the end of Cao Cao's life, he never used troops against Sun Quan. On the way back to Yecheng in 206, Cao Cao's class teacher began to conceive a plan about building the Cao family's team.His experience from the beginning of his business to the present Thinking through it like a comb, he knew that his partners in the entrepreneurial period, such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cui Yan, and Mao Jie, surrendered because he proposed the call of righteous soldiers to serve the king and support the emperor. under his account.These people were loyal to the Han Dynasty in their bones. They knew that the Han Dynasty had come to an end, but they were still obsessed with it. Cao Cao secretly gave them the word "roundabout". Since Cao Cao became the prime minister, he promoted some young juniors, such as Hua Xin, Liu Ye, Sima Yi, etc., and these people urged him to abolish the emperor and make himself king.This generation is eager for success Cao Cao didn't want to adopt Jinli's opinion immediately. What he thought was that his generation would only be "King Wen" and not "King Wu". When Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, his son Cao Pi and his younger brothers came out to greet him with all the civil and military officials. Cao Cao got down from the chariot, and Cao Pi, Cao Zhi and others knelt down to say hello.Cao Cao helped them up and examined his sons one by one. Cao Pi's face is calm, and his gestures are modest and gentlemanly.Cao Zhi's face was flushed, and when he exhaled, Cao Cao smelled a little alcohol, and Cao Cao's eyes flickered with difficulty. Perceived anger.It was not good for him to scold his son before all the officials, so he turned around and got back into the chariot, and returned to Wei Wang's mansion surrounded by all the officials.