Chapter 181: One Sleep Harms Three Sages [Subscribe]

Cao Cao and others stopped to watch the battle.

Xu Chu approached the battlefield, opened his mouth and breathed in and out, borrowing the force of nineteen cavalrymen to add to his body, as heavy as a mountain.

Before the people arrived, there was a wave of air like a tide, rolling towards Zhang Xiu, attacking and suppressing the personal soldiers around him.

But the one who was faster than him was Dian Wei. He used his legs to pounce from the air and reached out to draw out the Sun-Moon Halberd from his back.

The sun halberd in his right hand is extremely powerful.

The moon halberd in the other hand was silent, like a diving fish, hiding murderous intent.

Zhang Xiu held a big spear and faced the enemy head-on.

He is known as the Gun King of the North. He has practiced a lot and is very brave in killing.

The spear in his hand split into two, and he actually found the correct position of the double halberds in Dian Wei's attack. The spear tips hit the edges of the double halberds almost without any order!
However, the Sun Halberd in Dian Wei's hand suddenly burst out with a dazzling halo, like the sun rising into the sky, with surging power.

Zhang Xiu's hand sank, and his spear was suppressed by the solar halberd.

He had no time to change his tactics as Dian Wei's halberd pierced his throat like a poisonous snake.

Xu Chu also broke through the crowd and rushed forward.

There were heavy cavalry all around, attacking other troops under Zhang Xiu's command.

boom!
Zhang Xiu held his spear horizontally and bent his elbow to block Dian Wei's crescent halberd.

However, his body was hit by Dian Wei's terrifying strength, and he fell back on his horse and lost his balance.

Xu Chu approached and punched the horse on the head.

The horse's neck broke instantly.

He took advantage of the momentum and rushed forward, aiming his second punch at Zhang Xiu's chest.

Click!
Zhang Xiu fell off his horse and tried to retreat to avoid the attack, but was hit by Dian Wei and Xu Chu's faster moves, and his chest and shoulder blades were injured at the same time.

Zhang Xiu's blood boiled, his vision went dark, and he almost fell to the ground.

Xu Chu and Dian Wei suppressed Zhang Xiu as soon as they met and entered the monster-grabbing state.

Cao Cao was surrounded by Cao Ang, Jia Xu, Dong Zhao and others.

It was Cao Ang's first time to join the army in a war, and all the fatigue from the rapid march was replaced by the fierce fighting.

His eyes sparkled as he stared at the battle on the long street: "Father, Generals Dian and Xu are both very formidable.

What skills did they use? "

Cao Cao thought that since Zhang Xiu was able to block the combined attack of two people and was not killed, he was considered to have strong training.

"Tai Gong's Military Book has 81 chapters on "Strategies", which are in the hands of the commanders.
The seventy-one chapters of "Speech" are known to those who seek to plan;
In the eighty-five chapters of "Military Affairs", there are tactics for defeating the enemy in battle.

The one who kills the generals of ten thousand armies is the bravest among the three armies and can absorb the most powerful luck of the military strategists. One of them is practicing the method of capturing the king in war tactics, which corresponds to the method of capturing the thief and the king in the military strategy. The other one is practicing the method of tiger soldiers and the method of breaking the formation of ten thousand armies. "

At this moment, Dong Zhao discovered that Jia Xu suddenly took action.

He was on his horse, and he threw a piece of bamboo slips at a very fast speed, which landed at a position two or three feet away from Cao Cao's flank.

And beside Cao Cao, there was a sword energy that was about to be released, and it was also about to cut towards that position.

But when Jia Xu threw out the bamboo slip, the sword energy was retracted and hidden beside Cao Cao.

The strange thing is that when Jia Xu threw the bamboo slips, there was no sign of anything unusual at that location.

When the tablet was thrown out, the void was covered by the power dissipated by the tablet, and immediately an arrow fell from the air.

A little further away, a figure holding a bronze crossbow jumped out of a building beside the street.

"assassin!"

As soon as the assassin came out, Jia Xu threw seven or eight bamboo slips with a nervous look on his face.

The magical powers sealed on the tablets came into play, interweaving like a matrix, or like a large net, covering the assassin who appeared.

boom!
As soon as the assassin showed his head, he was surrounded by Jia Xu's troops and was captured by his personal army.

That person might be the most frustrated assassin in history, about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, with a long face and a sinister look.

[Your subordinate Jia Wenhe was highly alert and captured an assassin. He was a death warrior trained by the Yuan family and came to persuade Zhang Xiu to join Jizhou]

A little further away, Zhang Xiu's chest was stained with blood and his face was pale. He had been captured alive by Dian Wei by the shoulder.

Xu Chu also held Zhang Xiu's other shoulder tightly.

This means that each person gets half of the credit for the battle.

Not far behind, Wang Yue's apprentice Shi A also captured Hu Che'er and brought him over.

Yuan's assassin was the first to be beheaded by his own army.

"Are you the governor of Yanzhou?" Zhang Xiu asked weakly.

He had never seen Cao Cao, but when he saw the light cavalry of Cao's army in addition to the heavy cavalry, he made a judgment based on the equipment and dress of the troops.

"I can surrender Yanzhou!"

It is not surprising that Zhang Xiu took the initiative to mention surrender.

Historically, he was willing to surrender, but the chance of him defecting again was equally high.

Cao Cao was not prepared to accept Zhang Xiu's surrender and let him become a factor of internal instability.

But I plan to use him first.

On the one hand, time is needed to allow subsequent troops from Yanzhou to arrive and completely occupy Nanyang County.

It is easy to break into the camp of more than a thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but it is difficult to kill all the soldiers under Zhang Xiu's command.

It will be troublesome if they escape.

Accepting Zhang Xiu's surrender can solve these problems.

Secondly, Jia Xu offered a plan.

Use Zhang Xiu's wives, concubines, children, and relatives as hostages.

Let Zhang Xiu lead the troops to run to Zhang Yang, the governor of Henei, and pretend to rescue Zhang Yang. He acted according to Yuan's plan and took advantage of the situation to plot against Zhang Yang in Henei and trap Jizhou.

It is important to note that Yuan's message transmission was done by Yuan Wei, although he had adjusted the method of intelligence transmission before.

But Jia Xu soon figured out the method Yuan Wei used after the change, and was still able to intercept some of Yuan's messages intermittently. There were spies from Yuan who came to lobby Zhang Xiu to lead his troops north to cooperate with Jizhou to rescue Zhang Yang, the governor of Henei who was isolated by Yanzhou. Jia Xu knew about this before Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu.

First defeat Zhang Xiu, and then let him lead his troops north to rescue Zhang Yang, thus killing several birds with one stone.

If it succeeds, that’s the best; if it doesn’t, there’s no loss.

Zhang Xiu chose to surrender, and the fighting in the city soon stopped.

Before Zhang Xiu was taken away to heal his wounds, he could not help but ask, "I have an aunt who is missing. Was she captured by you in Yanzhou?"

Aunt...Zou?
Cao Cao ignored him and entered the Wancheng County Government Office and ordered his soldiers to search everywhere.

After a while, Cao's army found Zou hiding in a dry well in the inner house.

Zou was born into a small aristocratic family in Liangzhou and was known for her beauty since she was young.

She knew that after Zhang Ji's death, Zhang Xiu also had ill intentions towards her.

Hearing the loud noise of the city gate being broken, Zou immediately hid.

She hid not only to avoid war, but also to avoid being humiliated by others.

If there was a chance, he would also like to get rid of Zhang Xiu and take the opportunity to escape.

When she was found by Cao's army, her hair was disheveled and her face was deliberately smeared with dirt and other things to cover her appearance.

After being found, a servant in the house came forward to wipe and tidy up Zou, revealed her face, and brought her before Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was sitting in the lobby of the county government, listening to his troops report on battle damage and other news related to the fighting.

Zhang Xiu still had a main battalion stationed outside the city. The battle was over before he could mobilize it.

In the early morning, the stars are lonely.

After listening to the battle report, Cao Cao looked up at Zou who was brought in.

He always thought about his historical self, who dragged Zou into the tent and slept with her on the night Zhang Xiu surrendered, causing Zhang Xiu to feel humiliated and surrendered and then rebelled. He couldn't understand why.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, she can't wait all night.

Remarriage was not uncommon during the Han Dynasty.

If Cao Cao wanted Zou, he could just wait for a few days until everyone was well.

Given his shrewdness, even though he loves to eat fresh abalone, he shouldn't rush to eat it overnight.

At this time, Cao Cao was confused and planned to take a closer look at this Zou family to see if there was anything special about her.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked her up and down.

Zou stood there pretty and graceful, wearing a royal blue shirt dress. Her figure was mature and voluptuous, like a ripe peach, making people salivate.

She is a fox-like beauty, with a special charm in her delicate beauty.

Not charming, but alluring.

It is precisely because of this temperament that people will unconsciously become addicted and fascinated after seeing it.

She was escorted in, walking gracefully, with the straight-line cat-like steps, her steps light and graceful.

If an ordinary woman walked in this way, it would seem too deliberate. But she was born with this natural pace, without any affectation.

Because Zou was awakened from the couch in the middle of the night and was only wearing the lining of her inner garment, she hid herself.

The clothes were not revealing, but they were worn close to her body. Her chest was majestic and her waist was plump, which made her dress look round. When people saw her, they would think of the bed. She was indeed a beauty who could bring disaster.

[Zou Yuan, one of the ten beauties of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, is famous in later generations. She has a stunning appearance and a body that makes people unable to extricate themselves from her. She has special talents, which will only be known after a long time...]

Mrs. Zou was terrified when she was looked at by Cao Cao. Seeing that the other party did not make any further moves, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was taken away.

"Governor, we have captured two people in Zhang Xiu's mansion. They say they are special envoys sent by Chang'an and want to persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender."

Cao Cao glanced at the three imperial envoys who were brought in, and thought to himself: The emperor is quite busy and is very active, and Zhang Xiu also wants to get involved.

"You are the governor of Yanzhou... We are His Majesty's men."

The head of the envoys sent by the emperor was in his early forties, named Lü Feng, with a long beard and a frail face: "I am still a member of the Fu family, should the governor release us first?

Your Majesty wanted to persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender, but the governor attacked him and captured us. This is so unreasonable."

"Your Majesty and the Fu family have been busy lately, running around everywhere."

Cao Cao said calmly:
"Behead these three envoys who are of unknown origin and pretend to be Your Majesty and the Fu family. Send their heads to Chang'an and ask Your Majesty if he recognizes them."

"If you dare to kill me, the Fuji family will not forgive you!" said the leading envoy in horror.

The other envoy saw the opportunity very quickly, knelt down with a plop and said:

"I am willing to serve the governor and do things for him."

This person was able to see the situation clearly and immediately thought of his own use.

Cao Cao needed someone to be by the emperor's side to report his movements.

The envoy from the Fu family who was in the lead was stupid. He even dared to threaten Cao Cao. He originally wanted to scare him, but now he really got beheaded.

The soldiers rushed forward like wolves and tigers, and took down the leading envoy from the Fu family and chopped him off.

The other two were kneeling on the ground, looking pale.

Twilight.

As the morning light broke, Cheng Yu also appeared in Nanyang.

He walked into the mansion from outside to see Cao Cao.

It turned out that Cao Cao attacked Nanyang from two directions at the same time.

The purpose of raising troops was to target Zhang Xiu and to show military strength.

Cheng Yu joined forces with the Xun family and the Chen family of Yingchuan, who were adjacent to Nanyang, to launch another strategy for Nanyang.

They raised their troops earlier than Cao Cao did this time, and were responsible for connecting with the local gentry to oppose Zhang Xiu's occupation of Nanyang with the Liangzhou Army.

Cheng Yu came and brought with him people from Nanyang who were willing to get close to Yanzhou and from several local counties that had been in contact during this period.

Cao Cao's tactics were deployed with the aim of taking Nanyang as quickly and safely as possible to avoid any accidents.

The beheaded envoy's head was held by the remaining two envoys and quickly sent back to Chang'an after daybreak.

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