Chapter 711

In the dark, the Qianjin gate is gradually pulled up, and the north gate of Shuxian city is suddenly opened. Four horses gallop away from the city gate. Two of them are soldiers in Jiangdong, and the man in the middle is wearing a long robe, and his appearance is in a mess.

Two Jiangdong army officers and men, carrying Mao Xuan, galloped until they were 300 paces away from Cao's camp.

"You go! The governor will spare no effort to let you go. He will not try again to persuade you to surrender. " Tai Shi cileng said.

Without saying a word, Mao Zhen just bowed to Tai Shici, and then drove his horse into the camp of Cao army.

"Cao Mengde..."

Taishi Ci gazed at Cao Jun's grand camp far away, muttering to himself and then turning the horse's head.

"Go back!" he said to the two soldiers

Tai Shici plucked his horse and left, while Mao Xuan returned to the camp in confusion. Cao's soldiers rushed to meet Mao and went to the Zhongjun tent.

At this time, except for some lights that stayed on all night, most of Cao's troops were tired and fell asleep after a long journey. However, the central army tent where Cao Cao lived was still bright.

Cao Cao knelt down behind the desk, holding a copy of Sima FA and reading it with relish. Sima FA is an ancient military book. According to Li Jing, a famous general of Tang Dynasty, Sima FA was written by Jiang Taigong, the first meritorious official of Zhou Dynasty. It was written earlier than the classic art of war of Sun Tzu. Unfortunately, there are only five pieces left so far.

Because it was the art of war in the early Zhou Dynasty, it preserved some very old combat principles in the early spring and Autumn period, and had a strong aristocratic fighting color. Military etiquette was even more important than the art of war.

In the Han Dynasty, the evaluation of Sima FA was very high. Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty specially selected military officials. After reading Sima FA, the status was similar to that of doctors in five classics.

"Prime minister." Mao fan entered and bowed slightly.

Hearing Mao's opening, Cao Cao reluctantly put down his military script: "filial piety comes back first, how about it? Is it going well? "

Mao fan shook his head and said in dismay, "the prime minister is sure to know what happened. After receiving the letter sent by someone, Zhou Yu didn't open it immediately. Instead, he ordered the generals of Jiangdong army to be summoned, and then opened the letter in front of the left and right generals, so he failed."

"Well, Zhou Yu is really a great man. He is even more powerful than Leyi and incorruptible people." Cao Cao pondered.

Leyi, Lianpo and others were generals in the Warring States period, but they were all used by the enemy to fight against each other successfully, leading to the change of generals on the battlefield. Their military talent is undeniable, but their political ability is slightly inadequate.

Zhou Yu's military ability can not be compared with that of Le Yi and Lian Po. However, his sensitivity alone should not be underestimated.

"The friendship between Zhou Yu and sun CE is very important. Now that Zhou Yu and Jiang Dong army can't be separated, Zhou Yu has vowed to guard Lujiang River to death for fear that our army will face a bitter battle."

Mao Xuan pondered for a while and said, "prime minister, although our army has many soldiers, it is attacking the city, but Jiangdong army is guarding the city, if not, our army should withdraw its troops?"

Cao Cao frowned: "no, sun Che is dead. Li Shu, GUI LAN and Shan Yue revolt one after another. Sun Quan, however, is Li Zi. No one in Jiangdong is convinced. Now there is chaos inside and outside Jiangdong. This is the best time for our army to forge ahead in Jiangdong. We can never retreat."

"Otherwise, in case Liu Ye releases his hand and launches the eastern expedition, will our army have the strength to fight back?"

Mao Yao frowned and said, "but can't our army attack the city like this? In this way, I am afraid that there are many casualties among the soldiers. Even if Jiangdong is obtained, how can it compete with Liu Ye's Liangzhou army? "

Cao Cao smile: "well, this phase has its own conclusion, filial piety first you don't care, you work hard, go down to have a good rest."

Mao Lin sighed: "in this case, I'll leave."

After Mao went out, Cao Cao picked up Sima FA and continued to watch it. It seemed that he had expected that Zhou Yu would find his own estrangement scheme. Therefore, even if he failed, he did not care, but everything went as usual.

One night passed, the moon was sinking and the sun was rising. The sun was shining on the earth. It was a sunny day.

When the camp opened, tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers filed out from all sides of the camp. They marched out one after another in a firm and orderly pace.

In the Jiangdong army barracks one mile east of Shuxian County, several watchtowers with a height of several feet had been set up for a long time. Xu Sheng had arranged his soldiers to look around on the lookout platform. As a result, Cao Jun had just come out of the camp and immediately came into view.

"Xu Xiaowei, General Huang. Cao's army has gone out of the stockade, and the number is less than 120000. " Jiang Dongbing on the lookout platform called out to Xu Sheng and Huang Gai on the ground.

"Wen Xiang, it should not be too late. Hurry up and have a look at the wall. Maybe Cao's army will attack the city." Although Huang Gai is old, his temper is growing day by day. He gives Xu Sheng a command and then strides to the village wall.

Xu Sheng nodded and ordered the messenger beside him: "close the gate of the village and guard against the attack of Cao army."

"No!"After that, Xu Sheng ran a few steps to Huang Gai's side. He climbed with Huang Gai step by step and climbed up to the wall of the village. He had a good view.

As the saying goes, standing high and seeing far away, Xu Sheng and Huang Gai stood on the village wall two feet high and looked far away. In the camp, tens of thousands of Cao troops poured out like blue waves, spread on the earth, and galloped toward the direction of Shu county.

"Let out the arrow and inform the governor of Zhou in the city!"

Huang Gai said, a Jiangdong army Archer nearby pulled out a red sounding arrow from his back arrow bag, put it on the bow string and shot it upward.

Whoosh - PA!

As soon as the arrow was launched, a sharp sound burst out. The sound swept around for several miles, but Shu county was only within one mile of Jiangdong military stronghold. Naturally, the garrison in the city heard it clearly, and soldiers kept kicking and trampling, running to the top of the city to prepare for defense.

Xu Sheng and Huang Gai continued to squat on the wall of the village and watched Cao Jun from a distance.

After tens of thousands of Cao troops poured out of the camp, they were suddenly divided into two parts. About 5000 of them moved towards Jiangdong military stronghold. They stopped about a mile away from Jiangdong military stronghold. Then they dug trenches in situ and set up a defense line. Naturally, the purpose was to restrict the Jiangdong soldiers in the military stronghold from going out and cooperate with the garrison of Shuxian county.

The remaining 20000 Cao troops came to Shuxian County in a mighty way. The Chinese army was surrounded by the banner of "Cao" with black characters on the blue background. Obviously, it was not other people, but the Prime Minister Cao Cao himself led the army. The momentum of the 20000 army was extraordinary.