Chapter 838: General Wen Chou
Liu Zheng, who was originally going to pursue Liu Bei, also had to free up his hands to deal with Yuan Shao at this time.
Yuan Shao's army of 40,000 moved quickly.
They went directly south from Donghai County, they could kill the Huaiyin area, 20,000 cavalry went first, led by Wen Chou, and after killing the Huaiyin area, they immediately began to attack the city.
The city in the Huaiyin region did not have many troops to garrison at this time.
Most of the troops were dispatched by Liu Zheng to deal with Liu Bei, and some of the people left behind were some Xiangyong county soldiers recruited by the local counties themselves.
There are not many people, there are only a few hundred people in the small county town, even if there are many, it is only one or two thousand people, and in the face of Wen Chou's 20,000 army, even if it is only cavalry, there is no ability to resist at all.
Huaiyin County, which only resisted for half a day, was captured by Wenchou.
Then Wen Chou approached Huai'an City again.
Liu Zheng's spies passed the news to Liu Zheng, and when he quickly ordered Liu Zheng to go back for help, Liu Zheng immediately understood Yuan Shao's thoughts.
Liu Zheng also quickly took action.
He now occupies Xuzhou, and his soldiers and horses are also idle at this time, just when he has time and energy, he turned around and dealt with Yuan Shao.
However, Liu Zheng was not in a hurry, he just personally led these horses from the trapping camp and Jinyiwei, plus the 20,000 soldiers and horses hired by Wen, and quickly returned to the Huai'an area to block Yuan Shao's army.
He also ordered Guan Hai and Zang Ba's soldiers and horses to go north directly and attack Tanxian.
Since Yuan Shao wants to cut off Liu Zheng's back road, why doesn't Liu Zheng want to cut off Yuan Shao's back road.
As long as Tan County is cut off, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses that go deep behind enemy lines will also become turtles in the urn.
Huai'an City.
This was originally a temporary stronghold of Liu Zheng, and all his soldiers and horses were stationed here before, but now, under the strong attack of Wen Chou, Huai'an was unable to block the attack.
Under the large-scale invasion of Wen Chou, in just one day, the city was completely broken and became Wen Chou's territory, after entering Huai'an County, Wen Chou also slaughtered more than 1,000 soldiers stationed here by Liu Zheng with great power, wanting to deter Liu Zheng's army near Guangling.
However, Wen Chou didn't have time to be happy for long, and this Huai'an City was surrounded by Liu Zheng's headquarters soldiers and horses who came one after another.
After Wen Chou's men and horses defeated Huai'an City. It was stationed in Huai'an. And Yuan Shao's headquarters of 20,000 troops was stationed in Huaiyin City, which had been defeated by Wen Chou before.
Liu Zheng did not go to Huaiyin, but came directly to Huai'an.
He has already sent Guan Hai to attack Tan County, as long as Tan County is defeated, whether it is Huaiyin or Huai'an, it will become a turtle in the urn, and he will block the way to retreat.
Therefore, Liu Zheng decided to go to Huai'an to attack Wen Chou first, as long as the 20,000 cavalry under Wen Chou were defeated, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses here would not be worried.
Liu Zheng's army under the city of Huai'an appeared here.
The ugliness of the castle. The smug look on his face faded a little.
He asked Jiang Qi in a panic, where did these soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared in the city come from?
Jiang Qi was also confused at this time, they didn't see these soldiers and horses when they attacked Huai'an County, why did so many people come from outside the city not long after they took Huai'an City.
However, Jiang Qi was also calm, after all, they had already conquered Huai'an County at this time, and relying on Huai'an County, their men and horses were not so easy to be defeated by the enemy.
So even if they saw these soldiers and horses outside the city, they were not in a hurry.
"General Wen Chou, these people may be the main force of Liu Zheng who rushed over from the direction of Xuzhou to support!"
"Liu Zheng's main force, weren't they fighting Liu Bei in Xuzhou? How did you come here at this time? ”
After Wen Chou heard Jiang Qi's words, there was obviously a little doubt on his face.
But soon Wen Chou once again showed a somewhat disdainful look.
"But even if they go to Huai'an County to help, what's the use? Now that we have conquered Huai'an City, according to Huai'an County, it will not be so easy for them to storm us. ”
With Huai'an County as a support, Wen Chou and Jiang Qi are not panicking.
At this time, Liu Zheng under the city personally walked out of the team.
Riding a war horse, he glanced at the city tower from afar.
"Who is on the castle?"
Liu Zheng didn't know who the people on the tower of Huai'an City were at this time, he just knew that Huai'an City had been captured by Yuan Shao's men, but he didn't know which general under Yuan Shao was the person who captured Huai'an.
Wen Chou poked his head out from the city tower, but he didn't answer Liu Zheng's words, but instead asked Liu Zheng.
"Who are you?"
"Hahaha, I don't even know me, and you dare to hit my city, ridiculous!"
Liu Zheng's eyes were sharp, and he was not angry and arrogant.
Speaking of which, Yuan Shao, this bastard, is not the first time to do this kind of thing, the hatred between Liu Zheng and Yuan Shao is not light, the reason why Liu Zheng lost Qingxu and Xu before was because Yuan Shao betrayed the alliance, and then sent people to attack Qingzhou.
If this were not the case, Liu Zheng would not have been able to stop the imperial court and Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses from attacking together.
Wen Chou heard Liu Zheng's words from the city tower in the city, and was immediately shocked, and immediately understood what Liu Zheng's words meant.
His face changed.
"Are you Liu Zheng?"
"Now that it's too late, give you one last chance to surrender, or you won't have a way to survive when I trap you in this city."
"Haha, Liu Zheng, you are only 20,000 horses, do you want to trap me, don't say that you shouldn't have many people and horses to fight us at the moment, that is, you really have soldiers and horses far superior to me, now we are defending the city, what do you use to attack the city? When I'm ugly, is it muddy? ”
Wen Chou occupies the convenience of defending the city, and is afraid of Liu Zheng all over the place, besides, Wen Chou also knows that in Huaiyin County, not far away, there are Yuan Shao's 20,000 troops.
As long as Yuan Shao receives the news and comes to support, when the time comes, he will definitely be able to wipe out Liu Zheng's 20,000 troops here.
Wen Chou was not only not afraid of Liu Zheng, but even wanted to humiliate Liu Zheng here.
"Liu Zheng, you have no credit, you said that you would attack the court with my lord, but as a result, you betrayed your trust and secretly came to Xuzhou, wanting to snatch the credit of my lord, if it weren't for my lord's defeat of Liu Bei's majority of the soldiers and horses, would you be able to take Xiapi so easily?"
Wen Chou wanted to open his mouth and scold Liu Zheng a few words, so as to improve the morale of his side, and at the same time let Liu Zheng's people understand what kind of person his lord is.
But these lame words, not to mention Liu Zheng's strategists and generals, even Liu Zheng himself, can easily scold him back.
"Wen Chou, are you embarrassed to say the word treachery?"