Three Kingdoms Eschatology

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In the early autumn of the third year of Chuping, a group of people appeared on the official road in Nanyang Plain.At the invitation of Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, Feng Yu personally brought Zhao Yun and Dian Qing to assist Xuzhou.

In the summer of this year, Cao Cao formed an alliance with Yuan Shao and defeated Yuan Shu in Fengqiu.They drove Yuan Shu out of Yanzhou Chenliu in one go, and even took away the area north of Wuyang in Yingchuan County, Yuzhou.

At this time, Yuan Shu only had a territory in Runan County left in Yuzhou.He moved his main force to the southeast and entered Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, which is adjacent to Runan in the east, killed Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and took Yangzhou Mu by himself.Together with Runan County, he occupied a vast area south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, Cao Cao did not pursue Yuan Shu fiercely, nor did he receive an edict from the imperial court urging him to stop fighting.He freed up his hands and began to attack Xuzhou under the banner of avenging his father.

If it wasn't because Feng Yu knew what was going to happen in history, there was no need for him to join in the fun, at least there was no need for him to do it himself.

Today, on Feng Yu's system panel, the world's population is more than 370 million, while Xuzhou's population is nearly 28, accounting for nearly half of it.Cao Cao is likely to slaughter more than half of Xuzhou's population during this expedition, which will be a huge disaster for the world of China.

Finally, there is another personal reason for Feng Yu, that is, it is a system task for him to personally lead troops to assist Xuzhou, and it is considered complete when he leads troops to Xuzhou.The task reward is: Unlock the training of all-armored heavy cavalry.

Feng Yu's expedition this time brought pure cavalry, two battalions of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, two battalions of Qingqi Feiyu, and two teams of personal scouts.They will arrive at Wuyang first.The Lingshou of Wuyang has selected [-] reclamation soldiers and infantry to take on tasks such as transporting supplies and guarding the camps for this expedition.

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Feng Yu was riding his horse, when he suddenly saw a small convoy appearing in front of him, walking in the same direction as his soldiers and horses.But his cavalry moved faster and had caught up with them.At the moment, this convoy is being questioned by Feng Yujun's scouts.

Feng Yu wondered, if he walked east, he would enter Yuzhou, which was in turmoil.Ordinary refugees, or wealthy families fleeing chaos all go in the opposite direction and come to Nanyang.Why are there still people walking in the direction of Yuzhou?

Thinking of this, he immediately rushed forward to see what happened.The scouts who were interrogating each other saw Feng Yu coming in person, and hurriedly kowtowed to Feng Yu.When they were about to report the situation to Feng Yu, Feng Yu said with a smile: "There is no need to interrogate, this is a certain old friend."

The person who was questioned also clasped his fists in salute to Feng Yu and said, "I have seen General Chariot and Cavalry, and it is really a blessing to see General in this field."

This person is none other than Zhuge Xuan who was sent to build Yang in Jingzhou back then.This time, he was ordered by Liu Biao to go to Wancheng.Represented Jingzhou and Liu Biao to the imperial court.After completing this matter, he has to go east to complete one of his private affairs.

After exchanging pleasantries between the two, Feng Yu asked: "Mr. Yinyi, why didn't you return to Jingzhou after you went to Beijing to report to the imperial court for Mr. Liu? You don't know that the war is imminent in the east. Yet?"

Zhuge Xuan sighed and said: "It is precisely because I know that Xuzhou is about to suffer a catastrophe that I hurried to the east."

"Oh? Why is that?"

Zhuge Xuancancan replied: "I don't know the general. I have a cousin who is the county magistrate in Taishan County. He passed away recently, leaving two widows and five children helpless. Now they temporarily live in Langya County, Xuzhou, so I want to rush to take them out of Xuzhou before the military disaster."

Feng Yu nodded: "So that's it. It just so happens that our army is about to leave for Xuzhou. You can go with us, sir, so that we can ensure safety on the road."

Zhuge Xuan showed joy on his face, he knew in his heart how dangerous the road was.Now that he can walk with Feng Yu's Jiujia cavalry, he will naturally be safe and sound.Quickly thanked: "Xuan thank you General for taking care of me."

At the moment, Zhuge Xuan no longer called Feng Yu Junhou as before, because the chariot general was much more important than the county marquis.

Zhuge Xuan's motorcade joined Feng Yu's army, and he rode his horse to ride side by side with Feng Yu, Dian Qing, and Zhao Yun.

After walking for a while, he still couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked: "If I guess correctly, the general is going to Xuzhou this time to support Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou. But for this kind of thing, the general can just send a general, why do you need to do it yourself?" ?”

Feng Yu laughed dryly, and he didn't want to tell the real reason.He just made up a random reason and said nonsense: "I just want to meet my old friend Cao Cao Cao Mengde. I haven't seen him for a long time since Suanzao in those days."

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Before sunset that day, Feng Yu's army entered Wuyang County.After the army settled down, Feng Yu didn't rest, and accompanied by Ling Shou, he climbed up the tower to inspect.

While asking Ling Shou and the generals of the local reclamation army to be extremely vigilant and strengthen the city defense in the near future, he was thinking about when to abandon the city.

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shu fought.Both of them were afraid that Feng Yu would be drawn into an alliance by the other party, so neither of them had any idea about Wu Yang.But now, not to mention Yuan Shu's defeat, Feng Yu will soon meet Cao Cao. It will be a matter of time before Cao Cao sends a large army to capture Wuyang.

It's not that Feng Yu doesn't have the strength to keep Wuyang, but in his eyes, it's a loss-making business to try his best to keep this "enclave" far away from the mainland.

The iron mine in Wuyang is not very important now.Because in the northern mountainous area of ​​Mianyang County in the Hanzhong Plain, at the junction with Wudu County of Liangzhou, there are rich metal deposits with larger reserves.Not only iron ore, but also copper and tin ore are produced.

Early in the morning of the second day, Feng Yujun continued to march towards Xuzhou.One thousand elite reclamation troops in Wuyang City also went with them.Six days later, Feng Yujun arrived in Pengcheng, the Xuzhou government.

On this road, because it was passing through the border area of ​​Cao Cao's Yuan Shu control area, and the population was thin, it did not encounter a large group of Cao Cao's troops.I just occasionally encountered a few small groups of scouts who didn't know whether it was Yuan Jun or Cao Jun.

Tao Qian was overjoyed to see Feng Yu coming, and went out of the city to meet him in person.The two of them had just exchanged some polite greetings when a voice came from beside Tao Qian: "Since the general said goodbye to Bei Yi in Luoyang last time, Bei has always missed the general. It is very nice for Bei to meet the general again here."

Feng Yu turned his head to look, and said with a smile, "I don't know who it is, it turns out that brother Xuande is also here." Unsurprisingly, Liu Bei took his two brothers and all his belongings - two thousand soldiers and armor. Came to Xuzhou.

Chapter 130 Disagreement

In Pengcheng, Tao Qian's mansion was brightly lit.Tao Qian set up a dinner for Feng Yu and others.The host and guest toasted each other frequently and talked about everything.

Holding the noble with both hands, Zhuge Xuan respected Tao Qian from afar and said, "Thank you Tao Envoy for your support, Xuanzhen really doesn't know how to repay him."

Tao Qian hurriedly replied: "Mr. Yinyi, what are you talking about? You are a friend of General Cheqi, and he came all the way to Xuzhou to help Yu X. It's no big deal for X to do such a trivial thing for his friend."

Tao Qian had already ordered the officials of the prefecture and county to go to Langya County quickly and bring the relatives of Zhugexuan's cousin's family to Pengcheng.It will take about two or three days to arrive.

Liu Bei also raised a glass of wine to Feng Yu, and said: "This time there is a chariot and cavalry general leading an army to help out, Xuzhou should be at ease."

Feng Yu responded politely, then turned the topic to the main topic, and asked Tao Qian: "I wonder how many troops are available in Xuzhou now, and what is the current battle situation?"

Tao Qian replied truthfully: "Not counting the troops brought by the general and Xuande. The entire Xuzhou has [-] troops. Now our state cavalry captain Zang Ba's more than [-] orthodox soldiers are fighting fiercely with Cao Jun in Rencheng. Enemy abroad."

"Then how many troops did Cao Cao use to attack Xuzhou?"

This time it was Liu Bei who replied: "Cao Cao mobilized about 6000 troops, which can be said to be dispatched immediately. But now the entire Xuzhou defenders add up to [-] people, and their strength is comparable. And we are the defenders, so the actual In terms of military strength, we have an absolute advantage."

Feng Yu thought for a while, and said: "No. Although we are the defenders. But Xuzhou is located in the plain between Huai and Si, and there is no natural danger to defend. More than ten cities in the whole prefecture need to be stationed separately. However, Cao Cao can Thirty thousand soldiers and horses are squeezed into one or several fists. So we don't necessarily have the advantage of the defender..."

Tao Qian, who was sitting at the upper table, heard the disagreement between the two, and quickly changed the topic with a laugh: "Now is the banquet to welcome the general of the chariot and rider. Let's put aside the business for now. I will discuss it tomorrow. Come on, General Cheqi, Xuande, I will offer you a cup again."

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On the second day, the generals of the three parties gathered in the Yamen of Pengcheng to formally discuss the strategy of resisting Cao.

Tao Qian also hoped to resist the enemy outside Xuzhou, expressing the hope that Feng and Liu would send troops to Rencheng near Sishui.Assist Zang Ba in combat.

But both Feng Yu and Liu Bei believed that it was impossible to refuse Cao Jun from abroad. The opponent could go south along Surabaya, bypass Rencheng, and go straight into Xuzhou.

Even if the coalition forces adopted the method of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, it would be unfeasible due to the huge risks.Because although Cao's army was dispatched in full force, Yanzhou, the old nest, was empty of troops.But his current ally, Yuan Shao, has stationed troops on both sides of the Yellow River, ready to support the hinterland of Yanzhou at any time.

After the banquet yesterday, Liu Bei went back and thought about Feng Yu's words seriously.After discussing with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, I felt that what Feng Yu said made sense.But he still insisted on the tactics of defending with the city and clearing the field with a firm wall.

Now, he explained to the generals that although the division of troops was adopted to defend the city, after strengthening the walls and clearing the fields.It is possible for Cao Jun to concentrate his forces to defeat each of them.

But in that case, Cao Jun's supply line would become longer and longer, and it would be easy for the coalition forces to cut off the food road.Moreover, attacking the fortifications from city to city will also bring a lot of casualties to Cao Jun.The most important thing is that every time Cao Jun captured a city, he also needed to stay behind.In this way, Cao Jun's momentum will become weaker and weaker, until he is defeated in the decisive battle.

Feng Yu smiled calmly and said, "According to common sense, what Xuande said is not bad. But Cao Cao doesn't play cards according to common sense. After he captures the city, he doesn't have to go to guard the city..."

Tao Qian interrupted Feng Yu's words suspiciously and asked: "Cao Cao attacked our Xuzhou county, but he did not capture it. Why? Does the general still believe that he is just a lie to avenge his father?"

Feng Yu continued Shi Shiran and said: "He will attack but not occupy. The reason for not occupying is because he finds that he cannot occupy it, but he still wants to continue attacking. Of course, it is to make it easier to occupy Xuzhou next time. Tao Shijun and Xuan Brother De should know the allusion of Peng Yue scratching Chu when Emperor Gaozu and the Overlord of Western Chu were fighting for supremacy 400 years ago, right?"

When Feng Yu said this, Tao Qian and Liu Bei already understood what he wanted to express.I can't help but feel a chill in my heart.

Peng Yue's attack on Chu refers to the period when the Chu and Han dynasties fought for hegemony. Liang Wang Peng Yue took advantage of the fact that Western Chu had no danger to defend, and when Xiang Yu's main force was at war with Liu Bang, he concentrated his forces to destroy all the cities in Western Chu and carried out sweeping, looting and massacres.At that time, Western Chu was now a large area with Xuzhou as the main body.

Liu Bei murmured: "Your Majesty... General means that when Cao Cao finds out that he can't occupy Xuzhou this time, in order not to come here in vain, he will send troops to slaughter Xuzhou like Peng Yue to weaken the foundation of Xuzhou? But...someone thinks that Cao Cao and Cao Mengde As for this kind of person..."

Tao Qian said angrily: "Xuande's words are wrong. Just like General Che Qi said, this Cao Aman is such a villain! He can definitely do such a thing. Therefore, we should fight Cao Jun outside the country!" "

Feng Yu and Liu Bei looked at each other, hoping that when the other party persuaded Tao Qian to give up this fantasy.A soldier came in outside the hall and reported:

"Report! Cavalry captain Zang Ba sent a letter from the front line of Rencheng saying that the main force of Cao's army suddenly withdrew from the positions and camps of Rencheng and moved downstream along Surabaya, intending to cross Surabaya at an opportunity and invade our Xuzhou state. Please make a decision How to deal with it."

When Tao Qian heard this, his face changed drastically.Then he said: "He, Zang Ba, is the leading general on the front line. He should act accordingly. Why did he come to ask someone for instructions at this time? Reply quickly and ask him to divide his troops from Rencheng and move downstream along Surabaya, so as to prevent Cao Jun from crossing the river."

Liu Bei immediately cupped his hands and said, "Tao Shijun, you can't do this. Zang Ba's command is only [-] people, and he divides thousands of troops out of the strong city to intercept Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops. Let's not talk about whether this will happen. Even if it does, count Thousands against tens of thousands, the result is not optimistic."

Feng Yu followed up and said: "Xuande is right. As far as I know, Cao's army is marching extremely fast. Moreover, there are many good generals and counselors, and the marching route is erratic. It is difficult for us to intercept Cao's army with traditional methods. Worrying."

Tao Qian slapped his thigh and sighed: "This is not okay, and that is not okay, so what should I do?"

Liu Bei said: "Originally, a certain strategy was to fortify the walls and clear the country, concentrate its forces, and focus on defending the few cities deep in the hinterland of Xuzhou, leaving the rest of the cities to Cao Cao. He has been unable to attack for a long time, and the supply line is long. He must return without success. But now , being pushed by the general of the chariot, this method will not work. Because he, Cao Cao, may massacre the people in the fallen city!"

In fact, in the history of the original world, Tao Qian did follow Liu Bei's current strategy, and he did force Cao Jun to attack Xuzhou for the first time, but it led to the tragedy of Xuzhou massacre.

Finally, Feng Yu said: "Xuande's method is still feasible, but it needs to be changed. We can defeat Cao's army and keep the people of Xuzhou."

Tao Qian and Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and they both looked at Feng Yu.

Chapter 131 Strategy

Feng Yu confessed his strategy.In his strategy, he still needs to stick to the city.But what is different from Liu Bei is that instead of concentrating on just a few cities, they stick to most of them and only give up a few cities.

The reason for abandoning these cities is also to ensure that the remaining cities have enough troops to hold them for a period of time.During this time, the besieging Cao army will be surprised by a mobile pure cavalry force.

The cavalry of all Xuzhou will form this mobile force together with Feng Yu's iron cavalry, waiting for an opportunity to defeat the main force of Cao's army that is attacking and plundering everywhere in Xuzhou.

The abandoned city will evacuate civilians in advance. In order to buy this time, a small group of troops must be sent to harass the main force of Cao's army who is heading south along Surabaya, and slow down their marching speed.

But the time gained in this way is also limited.Otherwise, if there is enough time, Feng Yu is willing to give up a few more cities to ensure sufficient troops to defend the cities.

Liu Bei listened carefully to Feng Yu's plan and nodded frequently.But he still said worriedly: "What if... what if the main force of Cao's army who is attacking everywhere happens to block your cavalry unit in a certain city?"

Feng Yu said with a smile: "A certain elite scout unit will not let this happen."

Liu Bei and Tao Qian were relieved after hearing these words. They had all seen Feng Yu's elite scout with eagles and dogs.In fact, Feng Yu still has an artifact that can guarantee this, which is his system.

Tao Qian clapped his hands suddenly, and an official under the hall came forward with a wooden box, and followed Tao Qian to Feng Yu.When the wooden box was opened, it turned out to be the seal ribbon of Xuzhou Mu!

Tao Qian said to Feng Yu: "This is my seal and ribbon of Xuzhou. Please accept it, General. During this war, Dai Qian will take full control of Xuzhou's military and civilian affairs!"

Everyone in the hall was moved immediately, even Liu Bei, who couldn't express his emotions or anger, had an obvious strange color in his eyes.There is no need to mention the two Guan Zhang behind him.

Feng Yu quickly refused: "Tao Shijun handed over the command of Xuzhou's cavalry to someone. There is no need to hand over the entire prefectural pastoral authority to someone. Someone really can't afford it."

Tao Qian laughed and said, "You don't have to mind, general. It's just that the general is temporarily in charge of the state shepherd, and it's not that a certain general is giving way to the general. A certain general stands in the world with faith. Besides, the general already has the position of Liangzhou shepherd, so he doesn't I will feel sorry for this Xuzhou. Can I still worry that the general will not return afterwards?"

Then he said sternly: "Although I don't know soldiers, I also know that the military and civilian officials need to coordinate with each other. If the generals are only in charge of the cavalry, it is inevitable that there will be problems in the connection between the various ministries and government orders. Therefore, the general must Don't shirk this burden."

Feng Yu saw that he had said so, so he had no choice but to agree: "Forget it, I will temporarily take over the power of state herdsmen from Tao Shijun. I will return it after Cao's army is forced to retreat."

Then, Feng Yu walked forward with the seal and ribbon in his hand, and began to assign tasks for the generals one by one.

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The wilderness on the west bank of Surabaya was full of Cao Jun soldiers.They are dressed in black and armor, but now they have to wear hemp and filial piety for Cao Song.Therefore, the entire army presents a strong contrasting tone of black and white.

Taking the battalion as the basic unit, they formed several marching teams of different sizes, and under the leadership of their respective generals, they marched towards the south in an orderly manner.If you look down from the air, it looks like several black and white striped pythons walking on the Huaisi Plain.

Among them, the team that looked the most elite was surrounded by a man in bright armor and wearing a big cloak in the middle. He was Cao Cao.

A cavalry Cao Jun commanded his soldiers to catch up quickly, and reported to Cao Cao: "Report! Please report to my lord. After our army went south, Zang Ba withdrew from Rencheng to the east, and was ambushed by General Yu Jin."

Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "As expected." Before he finished laughing, Ling Bing said again:

"However, the enemy army withdrew from Rencheng twice. When our army ambushed and fought against the first batch of Zang Ba troops who withdrew, the second batch of enemy troops arrived again. General Yu Jin had no choice but to order a retreat when he was in a hurry and did not know the enemy's situation. .In this battle, the losses of both sides were equal in the end.”

Cao Cao's complexion changed, and he asked doubtfully, "When did Zang Ba's brain become so easy to use?"

Of course, it is impossible for Ling Bing to answer Cao Cao.Another commanding soldier came from the front of the team on horseback: "Report! My lord, we have infiltrated into Xuzhou in the early stage and got in touch with our army scouts. They said that Tao Qian in Xuzhou has recently received foreign aid."

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Needless to say, I also know who it is. It is the Liu Bei who claims to stand in the world with benevolence! Before I sent troops from Dingtao, I heard the news that he wanted to help Tao Qian. This person is not enough. Firstly, he doesn’t have many soldiers, and secondly, he just wants to gain a reputation, otherwise why would he make such a fuss that the whole world knows about it?”

Hearing what Cao Cao said, the commanding soldiers on the other side paused for a moment, and only after confirming that Cao Cao had finished speaking did he continue:

"My lord is right. It's just that apart from Liu Bei, the court's new chariot general, Feng Yu, Marquis of Zhuyang, also came to Xuzhou. Moreover, Xizuo also heard that Tao Qian had temporarily handed over the state shepherd's power to him."

Hearing this, Cao Cao sat upright on the saddle, his expression changed, and he said, "Feng Yu is here too? Why is he here to join in the fun! No wonder... No wonder Zang Ba's brain is so good."

Then there was a sudden sound of fighting and fighting in the distance, and there was also the faint sound of barking and roaring of bulldogs.Cao Cao frowned and said, "What's going on?"

Xiahou Dun who was beside him replied: "My lord, don't disturb. Listen to the movement, it should be that our army's scouts have encountered the opponent's small group of scouts."

Then, Xiahou Dun turned his head and said: "Pass on our military order, dispatch dozens of tigers and leopards to support our scouts."

After receiving the order, the dozens of cavalry cavalry called tiger and leopard cavalry by Xia Houdun immediately whipped their horses and galloped away.Cao Cao looked at the backs of these away Jingqi, and thought of Feng Yu's Tiger and Leopard Riders. These Jingqi were built by Cao Cao imitating Feng Yu's Tiger and Leopard Riders.

Now that the two tiger and leopard cavalry will confront each other soon, who will have the upper hand?Cao Cao was thinking wildly, when he heard an eagle howling, a golden eagle hovering in the air suddenly swooped towards Cao Cao!

"My lord, be careful!" With a loud shout, a shining little halberd flew into the air.With the cry of an eagle, the corpse of a golden eagle thumped and landed in front of Cao Cao's horse.A few drops of eagle blood fell on Cao Cao's face.

Cao Cao stared blankly at the corpse of the golden eagle with the halberd stuck in it. Its claws were covered with shining metal toe covers. This is obviously a domesticated falcon!

Cao Cao, who was sweating all over his vest, turned his head and said to a burly man with a beard in armor and helmets, "Dian Wei, thank you for saving a certain life." Dian Wei just grinned at Cao Cao.

At this time, another Cao army column that was a hundred battles away from Cao Cao's column suddenly became chaotic.

"Enemy attack" and "Enemy ambushes!" The voices of the cries rose loudly.Cao Cao and the generals around him were shocked.

Chapter 132 Cao Cao's Fishhook

With a "huh", the light of the knife flashed, and a severed arm holding a steel knife and a head flew into the air almost at the same time.The mutilated body fell from the saddle.

As soon as Guan Yu finished the cut, a cavalry spear stabbed obliquely and went straight to Guan Yu's left rib.Guan Yu didn't have time to chop or slash, so he could only stab the Qinglong Yanyue knife straight at the opponent.

Because the knife was not retracted, the stab seemed weak, and his knife did not have a tip, and the front end was a curved blade.It stands to reason that there should be no killing effect, and it is impossible for the opponent's armor to be cut.

But with the sound of bone and flesh breaking, his big knife forcibly shoveled off the opponent's head from the neck.