Chapter 1587: The Battle of Xuzhou (184)
By the next day, almost everyone was ready, especially yesterday, the soldiers who were originally staring at Chen Gong were all tied up, if Cao Cao attacked the city today, when it was time to retreat, the two of them didn't want a similar situation to happen again.
However, since they had eaten morning food early in the morning, the two of them were sitting on pins and needles, but it was extremely quiet outside the city, and Cao Jun did not attack at all, let alone have a trace of attack, which made the two extremely apprehensive in their hearts, and went straight to the Peixian County Shoufu to see Chen Gong, but Chen Gong seemed to know that the two were coming early in the morning, and he was waiting for the two of them in the council hall with Shan Zichun at the moment.
Cao Cao didn't attack yesterday, whether it was Chen Gong or the two, they all thought that this was to prepare for a large-scale attack, but it had been a morning, and Cao Jun had not moved, nor did he come to attack, what was the situation, the two couldn't figure it out, but they understood that Chen Gong must know it.
But the real situation is true, the current Chen Gong is actually confused, but as the main general, he can't say it clearly, so he can only find some situations that he thinks are possible, but it is not clear whether the specific distance from the truth is far or near, so he attributed this situation to the existence of Zhao Yun, which made Cao Cao difficult to care about.
The statement is far-fetched, and he also saw that the two of them had other ideas in their hearts, but Chen Gong then expressed that this was just a guess, not equal to the truth, Cao Cao is Cao Cao after all, although he has worked with him for many years, but I am afraid that few people in this world can figure out the thoughts in his heart, but since Cao Cao does not come to attack the city, this is not the best result, isn't it good to confront each other like this, if it continues like this and does not break the deadlock, then they will not complete the task of the lord very well?
When the two of them heard Chen Gong say this, their eyes lit up, yes, who is most anxious to break the current situation, it must be Cao Cao, why are we in a hurry?
Looking at the two who suddenly laughed, Chen Gong glanced at them and scolded with a smile: "Not in a hurry? ”
"What's the hurry, it's Cao Cao who is in a hurry now, right, if it weren't for coming here, the two of us really wouldn't have thought of this."
Chen Gong shook his head with a smile and said, "Although we are safe, Zilong is dangerous, so he must be careful." ”
The two nodded together, just as the two of them thought, Cao Cao was the one who wanted to break the deadlock the most, so instead of looking for a breakthrough from Peixian, it was bound to be found from Zilong, that is to say, Cao Cao should have acquiesced to the current situation.
It's not that Cao Cao doesn't want to take risks, he doesn't dare to take risks, like Cao Cao and the lord Liu Lan, any decision will never start from a certain battle, a certain battle, it must be based on the overall situation, he does not fight Pei County but only deals with Zhao Yun, obviously this is a decision from the overall situation.
And both of them also have the ability to control the overall situation, so now the two of them don't seem to understand Cao Cao, and feel that Cao Cao is indecisive, but this is obviously inaccurate, Cao Cao is not stupid, of course he knows what to do and what not to do at this time, after all, in his eyes, Pei County is just a turtle in an urn, and there is no threat at all, it is in this situation that such a decision will be made.
Cao Cao is not in a hurry, Chen Gong can be regarded as calm, he and the two of them came to the middle city together, looking at the broken city wall of the outer wall, only to find that some Cao troops who were still stationed in the city before, all of them left camp, and now even if it is to recover the outer city, Chen Gong dares to guarantee that Cao Cao will never care, but Chen Gong does not have this idea, here, although he can't see the situation of the outside world, but at least as long as the Cao army wants to attack the city, he can only enter from which narrow broken city walls and city gate holes, and can be seen from a distance.
"No wonder Cao Cao has to deal with Zhao Yun mainly." Chen Gong suddenly laughed, looked at the outer city wall, and said to the two: "Zilong raided the Cao army's grain road, what do you say Cao Cao values most now, not whether he can take Pei County, but whether the grain road is safe." ”
Zhang Liao and the others nodded, Chen Gong was right, since Pei County is not hit, then the grain road is the most important, and to ensure the safety of the grain road, Zhao Yun must be solved first.
From Chen Gong's point of view, no matter what he thinks, he will never look at the problem from Cao Cao's point of view, as if he will never understand what Liu Lan is thinking, if his thoughts can be the same as the two of them, then he is not Chen Gong, but Cao Cao, Liu Lan and Yuan Shao, but the princes of the world.
So he can only guess, through some of Cao Cao's reactions, as if he is guessing now, the current Cao Cao will never be too eager to really start a big war with them, in this way, they can't seize too many benefits, just like this time in Pei County, he and Zhang Xun lost nearly 10,000 people, it hurts or not, it hurts, but this can't make Cao Cao remember it for a long time, because what?
Because of Yuan Shao, he believes that Yuan Shao's existence is the key reason why Cao Cao has persisted until now, and more importantly, he stayed not to attract attacks for Yuan Shao, but to fish in troubled waters, this is his real intention, but now he suddenly found that the situation has become different, he has actually become the unjust leader who attracts harm, and is restraining Liu Lan, although it is not clear whether he knows the news of Guan Yu's southward movement, but once he knows, he will not dare to mess around.
Zhang Liao nodded silently, since a long time ago, he likes to stay by Chen Gong's side, he has learned too many things with him, and he has made a qualitative leap in his knowledge, thoughts, and minds, so after Chen Gong said this, he really admired, the truth is getting closer and closer, in this case, Cao Cao must be restrained, and he does not want to turn Liu Lan's attention from Yuan Shao's side to himself.
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In Qianqian City, Guan Tong sat in the conference hall, this was the second day he arrived in Qianqian County, from Linzi to Huang County, and then from Muping to Qianqian, walked most of Qingzhou, but even the shadow of Houqian was not noticed, and after arriving in Qianqian, it was even more of a headache for him, judging from the news he got now, there was news that Houqian went to Dongwu, but some people said that they saw Houqian go to Yi'an.
In the face of such different answers, the management system now does not know what to do, whether to choose one way to pursue, or to divide the troops into two ways to pursue, if it is okay to find it, if it is all empty, then the efforts of the past few months are not in vain? Even if he went back and started from scratch, there was no one to be seen, and with the waste of time, he really couldn't afford to drag it out now.
Dilemma, in the conference hall, Guan Tong was at a loss, his brows were locked into a Sichuan character, looking at the map in front of him, and he sighed for a long time.
What's next?
And at the moment when he had nothing to do, suddenly there was a shout from outside the hall, and then the soldiers reported at the door of the hall, saying: "General Qiqi, we have caught more than ten exercises outside the city, and one of them claims to be Gao Kui under the account of General Gao Lan, and he has something important to visit the general!" ”
"Gao Kui?" Guan Tong's eyes lit up instantly, of course he knew Gao Kui's situation, he was captured in Huang County, but the most important point is that he and Gao Kui are old acquaintances, if this person is pretending, then he is in the middle of it, but if it is really Gao Kui who escaped, then he can know exactly where Hou Qian is now.
In a moment, under the leadership of his own soldiers, a young man with thin cheeks walked in quickly, it was Gao Kui he knew, but his appearance was really miserable, and it seemed that he had really received great destruction and blows.
Although he has never been a prisoner, he has captured prisoners, and he understands the inhuman treatment suffered by prisoners, not to mention that he still fell into the hands of bandits like Hou Qian, and he was taken all the way from Huangxian to Qianqian, although he has not seen it with his own eyes, but only his appearance at the moment, he can think of one or two.
"General Gao has suffered." At the moment when Gao Kui entered the hall, Guan Tong instantly got up and stepped forward to help him into the hall, Gao Kui was supported by Guan Tong at the moment his eyes instantly turned red, and after calming down his excitement for a long time, he reluctantly said: "Ashamed, shameless to face General Guan, General Gao!" ”
"General Gao can come back safely, it is a happy event, General Don't think about other things, if General Gao doesn't give up, you can follow a certain one to suppress the bandits and avenge the revenge, what's the matter?"
Gao Kui's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly broke free from the management, knelt down on one knee, and said: "Thank you for not giving up on the ......general" Before Gao Kui finished speaking, he was helped up by the management commander: "The general doesn't need to make this big gift, you have a good rest first, tomorrow, we are negotiating how to suppress the bandits." ”
"No, the money will run away when it's too late."
Seeing that Gao Kui suddenly became excited, Guan Tong was puzzled, his eyes slowly became sharp, and he hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”
"Hou Qian was defeated in Dongwu first, and then defeated in Yi'an, and now he is cornered, the last general estimates that he will flee back to Donglai, but the most strange thing for the last general is what is the origin of the enemy army that fought with Hou Qian in Dongwu, they actually chased all the way to Yi'an, at first the last general thought it was the general of the Guantong, but depending on the situation, it is not the case."
Because of Yuan Shao, he believes that Yuan Shao's existence is the key reason why Cao Cao has persisted until now, and more importantly, he stayed not to attract attacks for Yuan Shao, but to fish in troubled waters, this is his real intention, but now he suddenly found that the situation has become different, he has actually become the unjust leader who attracts harm, and is restraining Liu Lan, although it is not clear whether he knows the news of Guan Yu's southward movement, but once he knows, he will not dare to mess around.
Zhang Liao nodded silently, since a long time ago, he likes to stay by Chen Gong's side, he has learned too many things with him, and he has made a qualitative leap in his knowledge, thoughts, and minds, so after Chen Gong said this, he really admired, the truth is getting closer and closer, in this case, Cao Cao must be restrained, and he does not want to turn Liu Lan's attention from Yuan Shao's side to himself.
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In Qianqian City, Guan Tong sat in the conference hall, this was the second day he arrived in Qianqian County, from Linzi to Huang County, and then from Muping to Qianqian, walked most of Qingzhou, but even the shadow of Houqian was not noticed, and after arriving in Qianqian, it was even more of a headache for him, judging from the news he got now, there was news that Houqian went to Dongwu, but some people said that they saw Houqian go to Yi'an.
In the face of such different answers, the management system now does not know what to do, whether to choose one way to pursue, or to divide the troops into two ways to pursue, if it is okay to find it, if it is all empty, then the efforts of the past few months are not in vain? Even if he went back and started from scratch, there was no one to be seen, and with the waste of time, he really couldn't afford to drag it out now.
Dilemma, in the conference hall, Guan Tong was at a loss, his brows were locked into a Sichuan character, looking at the map in front of him, and he sighed for a long time.
What's next?
And at the moment when he had nothing to do, suddenly there was a shout from outside the hall, and then the soldiers reported at the door of the hall, saying: "General Qiqi, we have caught more than ten exercises outside the city, and one of them claims to be Gao Kui under the account of General Gao Lan, and he has something important to visit the general!" ”
"Gao Kui?" Guan Tong's eyes lit up instantly, of course he knew Gao Kui's situation, he was captured in Huang County, but the most important point is that he and Gao Kui are old acquaintances, if this person is pretending, then he is in the middle of it, but if it is really Gao Kui who escaped, then he can know exactly where Hou Qian is now.
In a moment, under the leadership of his own soldiers, a young man with thin cheeks walked in quickly, it was Gao Kui he knew, but his appearance was really miserable, and it seemed that he had really received great destruction and blows.
Although he has never been a prisoner, he has captured prisoners, and he understands the inhuman treatment suffered by prisoners, not to mention that he still fell into the hands of bandits like Hou Qian, and he was taken all the way from Huangxian to Qianqian, although he has not seen it with his own eyes, but only his appearance at the moment, he can think of one or two.
"General Gao has suffered." At the moment when Gao Kui entered the hall, Guan Tong instantly got up and stepped forward to help him into the hall, Gao Kui was supported by Guan Tong at the moment his eyes instantly turned red, and after calming down his excitement for a long time, he reluctantly said: "Ashamed, shameless to face General Guan, General Gao!" ”
"General Gao can come back safely, it is a happy event, General Don't think about other things, if General Gao doesn't give up, you can follow a certain one to suppress the bandits and avenge the revenge, what's the matter?"
Gao Kui's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly broke free from the management, knelt down on one knee, and said: "Thank you for not giving up on the ......general" Before Gao Kui finished speaking, he was helped up by the management commander: "The general doesn't need to make this big gift, you have a good rest first, tomorrow, we are negotiating how to suppress the bandits." ”
"No, the money will run away when it's too late."
Seeing that Gao Kui suddenly became excited, Guan Tong was puzzled, his eyes slowly became sharp, and he hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”
"Hou Qian was defeated in Dongwu first, and then defeated in Yi'an, and now he is cornered, the last general estimates that he will flee back to Donglai, but the most strange thing for the last general is what is the origin of the enemy army that fought with Hou Qian in Dongwu, they actually chased all the way to Yi'an, at first the last general thought it was the general of the Guantong, but depending on the situation, it is not the case."