Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains in the seventh section Several shields quickly caught up and protected Dian Wei to the death.

The "bang ......" sword slashed into the shield with a dull sound. The guard holding the shield screamed miserably, and even the people with the shield were chopped to the ground by Guan Yu.

"Surround Guan Yu, surround him for me......" Dian Wei was so angry that he roared angrily, and the halberd in his hand slashed into the air, killing Guan Yu directly.

Guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion flocked from all directions.

"Formation ......" Guan Yu raised his head and shouted,

"Rush in, rush in for me......" The morale of dozens of guards was like a rainbow, and they followed behind Guan Yu with a sharp arrow battle formation, advancing step by step, and the sound of killing suddenly resounded throughout the mansion.

Dian Wei faced Guan Yu's stormy attack, and retreated again and again,

"Guan Yu, if you don't quit, I'm going to kill someone."

"Hmph......" Guan Yu sneered, suddenly withdrew his sword, looked at the sweaty Dian Wei, and said coldly,

"If you dare to hurt me alone, I will wash Pengcheng in blood today." Dian Wei was about to ridicule each other when he saw several guards in the opponent's battle formation shooting several arrows into the air.

"Whew...... "Boom ......" Ming Di flew straight into the clouds, and the piercing cry made people shudder. Dian Wei's face changed suddenly.

Could it be that there is still an army of Guan Yu outside the city?

"Kill, kill, kill me in......" Guan Yu raised his sword and roared in with his guards. Xun Yu appeared beside Dian Wei.

"Master Guan, what are you doing here?" Xun Yu asked angrily,

"It is the will of the Son of Heaven for the Prime Minister to lead Xuzhou, and it is Lord Liu's order to let you evacuate Xuzhou with the army. You have a grudge to play the court, why did you lead people to rush to kill the Prime Minister's Mansion? Do you want to gather a crowd to rebel? Guan Yu stopped.

"Let the prime minister come out and speak."

"The prime minister won't see you." Xun Yu waved his hand angrily,

"The money and food have been given to you, and Lord Liu and the families of all the adults have also been taken away by Xianhe (Jian Yong), what else do you want to see the prime minister? Exit for me immediately, or I will be killed. Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, the muscles on his face twitched violently, and the war knife in his hand pointed at Xun Yu,

"If you talk nonsense with me again, I'll chop you with a knife. You pigs and dogs are not as good as beasts, you just robbed Xuzhou, and you have to rob the wives and children of Xuzhou soldiers, which is really inferior to beasts. At the beginning, Zhang Fei was blind, and he actually led the Xuzhou soldiers to fight bloodily, exchanging thousands of lives for your wolf-hearted things. Dian Wei was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, and he roared loudly, and he was about to lead people to pounce on him with his teeth and claws.

Xun Yu grabbed him. Guan Yu has a calm personality, takes the overall situation into account, and is not a reckless and irritable person.

Otherwise, after the Central Plains War, he would not have gone to Xuzhou to reorganize his army and help Cao Cao fight against the Northern Xinjiang Army when he knew that Cao Cao was going to seize Xuzhou.

There must be a reason for today's events.

"Master Guan, what did you mean by that just now? Who robbed the wives and children of the Xuzhou soldiers? Whose wife and children were robbed? ”

"Tell that shameless Prime Minister to get out of here." Guan Yu shouted,

"If he doesn't send Qin Yilu's wife and children out of the city today, even if Lao Tzu is wiped out, he will have to wash Pengcheng in blood." Xun Yu suddenly thought of something, and his face was shocked,

"Lord Guan, do you mean the Du clan who just gave birth to a child?"

"I, Guan Yu, a dignified nine-foot man, can't protect the Han Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, can't protect my brother's wife and children, what face does he have to survive in the world?" Guan Yu turned around suddenly, raised his sword, and shouted wildly,

"Brothers, what about dying in battle for the sake of the dead Xuzhou heroic soul today?" Dozens of guards raised their weapons and roared in unison.

Almost at the same time, an earth-shattering sound of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city. The drums thundered like thunder, reaching into the sky.

Xun Yu, Dian Wei and hundreds of guards in the palace all changed color in shock.

"Tell Cao Gou, if you don't hand over the people again, Lao Tzu will attack the city immediately."

"What's going on? What the hell is going on? How could that woman be Qin Chang's wife? Xun Yu turned to glare at Dian Wei and asked angrily.

Dian Wei also understood the reason why Guan Yu was angry at this time. He shook his head awkwardly, leaned into Xun Yu's ear and whispered a few words.

Before Guan Yu led the army to leave Xuzhou, he wrote to Cao Cao three times and twice, asking him to send all the families of Liu Bei and the Xuzhou officials to his army.

Especially the families of the fallen generals cannot be omitted. Among them, he mentioned Qin Chang's wife, saying that Qin Chang's wife was about to give birth, and hoped that Cao Cao could take more care of it.

Cao Cao and the families of the Yanzhou officials were all rescued by the Xuzhou army, of course he wanted to give this favor, and he also specially sent a medical craftsman to visit Qin Chang's home.

The healer told Cao Cao that Qin Chang's wife was beautiful and rare in the world. Cao Cao's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this, and he immediately asked Dian Wei to bring Qin Chang's wife Du Shi to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Cao Cao saw Du, he was shocked, and immediately coaxed and deceived Du to tell Jian Yong, saying that he was willing to stay in Pengcheng and not go to Yuzhou.

Jian Yong knew that although he was very angry, he was helpless, so he hurriedly took Liu Bei and everyone's family members out of the city, lest he rob Cao Cao of a few more and couldn't make a difference.

Cao Cao was very happy to get a new beauty, and once told Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others that he would invite them to drink wedding wine in the New Year.

Xun Yu didn't care at the time, who knew that this woman was actually the wife of Qin Chang, a great official in Xuzhou. After Xun Yu listened to Dian Wei's words, he was so angry that his blood was about to spurt out.

"Master Guan, you misunderstood. Mrs. Qin was about to give birth, and the prime minister was worried that something would happen, so he took her to the prime minister's mansion. I'll go to the inner mansion to send Mrs. Qin out, and ask Lord Guan to leave the city immediately. ”

"Hmph......" Guan Yu sneered and stabbed it into the ground,

"I'll give you a moment. A moment later, if I didn't see anyone, I asked Cao Bao to lead the army to attack the city and wash Pengcheng in blood. Of course Cao Cao knew why Guan Yu came.

"My lord, why are you doing such a thing?" Xun Yu wanted to scold but couldn't say it, his face was pale,

"Quickly return Mrs. Qin to Guan Yu."

"What kind of thing is Guan Yu? How dare he rob me of a woman? Cao Cao lost face and was furious,

"Immediately ordered Cao Chun, Xu Chu, Cai Yang, Wang Zhong, Cao Ang and others to lead the army back to Pengcheng. I'm going to cut Guan Yu. ”

"Guan Yu and you rob women?" Xun Yu glanced at Cao Cao with disdain, and said angrily,

"Guan Yu has been in Xuzhou for so many years, has he ever robbed a woman? Have you ever heard of him being a good fisherman? If he wants a woman, with his power, the house will already have a group of wives and concubines, so do you still need to grab it? Qin Chang was a great official in Xuzhou and a subordinate of Guan Yu, and after he died in Pingyang Pavilion, Liu Bei and Guan Yu were of course obliged to appease and protect his family. This is a major event that will win the hearts of the people and stabilize the morale of the military. You robbed Qin Chang's woman at this time, if Liu Bei and Guan Yu ignore it, what a heavy blow to the Xuzhou soldiers? Who else is willing to die for Liu Bei and Guan Yu in the future? You have already taken Xuzhou, why do you still use such despicable means to insult Liu Bei and Guan Yu and insult the soldiers of Xuzhou? What's in it for you? Cao Cao glared, pointed at Xun Yu and scolded,

"Are you Liu Bei's subordinate, or mine? Guan Yu is arrogant and lawless, what if I kill him? Does Liu Bei still dare to lead an army to fight me? Xun Yu looked up to the sky and laughed miserably, was disheartened for a while, and staggered back

"Okay, okay, you go kill, you go kill. The overthrow of the Han is imminent, you don't think about a plan to turn the tide, but you fight with Liu Bei for a woman. After all, the descendants of the eunuchs are short-sighted, thinking that they can dominate the world with their own luck? You killed Guan Yu, are you still far from death? Cao Cao was furious,

"Xun Wenruo, you dare to scold me?" Xun Yu shook his hand and turned around. Cao Cao was furious, drew his sword and was about to rush forward.

Cheng Yu, Mao Jue and others hurriedly grabbed Cao Cao.

"My lord, Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers are outside the city, let's return that woman to Guan Yu first." Guo Jia heard the drums outside the city getting denser and denser, and he was so anxious that he was in a hurry.

"Guan Yu took Liu Bei and the families of many Xuzhou officials to the west to march westward into Yuzhou, the speed of the march must be very slow, the adults have enough time to recruit troops to surround Guan Yu, why rush at this time?"

"My lord, Feng Xiao is right. Regardless of whether the adults besieged Guan Yu or not, today's time must not be appropriate. Cheng Yu also tried his best to advise.

Cao Cao was scolded by Xun Yu a few words, although he was very angry, but his mind was also clearer, he waved at Cheng Yu,

"Tell Wen Ruo and tell him to send that woman out of the city." After Guan Yu rescued Qin Chang's wife, he immediately went out of the city to meet Cao Bao, and then rushed to Peiguo Xiao County with a large army.

At this time, the scout returned, and Cao Jun was hurrying after him. Guan Yu was worried about being besieged by Cao Cao, so he ordered Jian Yong and Zhu to lead the main army to the southwest and withdraw directly to Runan to meet Zhang Fei.

He and Cao Bao retreated westward to Liang with 5,000 Danyang soldiers, intending to attract Cao Cao's pursuers to the Dangshan area.

Cao Cao, Cao Chun, Cao Ang, Dian Wei and others followed Guan Yu to Dangshan with five thousand paces. Late that night, Guan Yu's ambush was exhausted, and Cao Jun was caught off guard and was killed to the point that the ghost cried wolf and was defeated.

Cao Cao, under the protection of Cao Chun, fought desperately to break out of the encirclement. Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, fell from his horse in the melee and was hacked to death by Danyang soldiers.

Guan Yu led the guards to chase and kill. At the time of crisis, Dian Wei led people back to block the enemy, fought to the death with Guan Yu, and finally because he was outnumbered, he was nailed to the ground by the powerful Danyang soldiers with more than a dozen spears.

Cao Cao fled back to Xuzhou in embarrassment, full of remorse. For the sake of a woman, she lost her beloved son and a fierce general, and even rode thousands of steps to die in the barren mountains and mountains, which was a big loss.

At the beginning of December, Cao Cao personally rushed to Xun Yu's mansion to make amends to him and consult on a plan to attack Jiangdong.

For Cao Cao, it was difficult to guarantee survival by occupying only one Xuzhou, after all, Yanzhou and Qingzhou in the north were under Li Hong's control.

Once the Northern Xinjiang Army roars down, with Cao Cao's current strength, it will not be able to stop it at all. Therefore, occupying the entire territory of Yangzhou has become the most urgent matter at present.

At this moment, Yan Xiang, Yuan Yao, Li Shu, Yuan Yin and others are fighting endlessly in Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are leading the army to attack Jingzhou, which is the best time to attack Yangzhou.

Xun Yu suggested that Cao Cao send people north to Yanzhou on the one hand, and secretly negotiate peace with Li Hong, while gathering a large army to go south, taking advantage of the momentum, and killing Jiangdong directly.

In addition, the Yellow River is about to freeze, and it is impossible for the Northern Xinjiang Army to start a war anymore, so Yuan Shao can write to Yuan Shao and ask Yuan Shao to contain the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Henan under the pretext of attacking Jiangdong to relieve the siege of Jingzhou.

As for Liu Bei in Yuzhou, we still have to be on guard, lest he take advantage of our attack on Jiangdong to send troops to attack Xuzhou.

Cao Cao then sent Mao Jue to secretly go north to Yanzhou to negotiate peace with Li Hong. Send Jia Xin to rush to Yuzhou with heavy gifts and rebuild the old friendship with Liu Bei.

The letter told Yuan Shao and asked him to make a counteroffensive posture in Xingyang and Xuchang to contain the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

He took Guo Jia, Cao Chun, Cao Pi, Liu Xun and others to the south to meet Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, and prepared to attack Yangzhou.

Before Cao Cao could rush to the Huaishui River, the situation in Jiujiang County suddenly changed. After Sun Ce and Zhou Yu killed Huang Zu in the Battle of Shaxian in Jiangxia (present-day north of Jiayu County, Hubei), they wanted to march west to attack Jiangling in one go, but were stubbornly counterattacked by the Jingzhou army.

Kuai Liang, Zhang Yun, Gan Ning and others arrived from Changsha with an army and took Shaxian back. Soon, Liu Biao also rushed to Jiangxia and personally supervised the attack.

When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu learned that Cao Cao occupied Xuzhou, they were very worried that he would take the opportunity to attack Jiangdong, so they sent Sun Ben, Sun Quan, and Lü Meng to lead the army back to Jiangdong in a hurry, ordering them to take Jiujiang County before Cao Cao.

Li Shu, Yuan Yin and others received the support of the Jiangdong Army, and immediately joined forces to kill Shouchun. Yan Xiang and Yuan Yao couldn't support it, and they lost consecutive battles.

In order to preserve their strength, Yuan Yao and Liu Ye led the army to retreat to the Anfeng area to temporarily avoid the edge. Yan Xiang had no choice but to ask Cao Cao for help.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan couldn't ask for it, so they waved their troops across the river and inflicted heavy losses on the Jiangdong Army in Xiquyang. Sun Ben and Sun Quan were caught off guard and fled in defeat.

Li Shu, Yuan Yin, and Lü Meng allied forces to attack Shouchun. Yan Xiang couldn't resist, Shouchun City fell, and Yan Xiang, the assassin of Yangzhou, was killed.

However, when Li Shu and the three had just entered Shouchun, and before they had finished drinking a celebration wine, Cao Cao and Xiahoudun led their troops to surround Shouchun.

Cao's attack was very fierce. Yan Xiang's men took the opportunity to launch a rebellion in the city and opened the city gates.

Cao Jun rushed in. Li Shu, Yuan Yin, and Lü Meng led the army to break through the siege, but Li Shu was killed in battle, Yuan Yin was captured, and only Lü Meng escaped with hundreds of soldiers.

Cao Jun took advantage of the victory to pursue and took the entire territory of Jiujiang County in a short period of time. Xiahoudun commanded the army, Chen Bing Liyang, and threatened Jiangdong.

Cao Cao personally led a large group of men and horses into Lujiang County. Sun Ben and Lü Meng led the army to defend to the death, and at the same time urgently told Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to ask for reinforcements.

In late December, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had to lead their troops to withdraw from Jiangxia when the Lujiang River was in an emergency and the Yangtze River waterway was very likely to be cut off by Cao Cao.

Zhou Yu led his army to defend against the attack of the Jingzhou army in the area of Chaisang and Pengze, while Sun Ce led his army to kill Lujiang.

In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty (200 AD), the first month. In the New Year, Lujiang County was full of war. The three armies of Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and Yuan Yao fought fierce battles in the areas of Longshu, Shuxian and Juchao.

Liu Biao hated Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to the core, and personally led the sailors to attack Yuzhang County. There are many warships in the Chaisang area, and the two sides come and go, fighting to the death.

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