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Chapter 90 Veterans Don't Die (Part 1)

Xiahou Xian followed the reinforcements to break through. This time, Yang Xiu successfully ambushed the Wu people's transportation team, and Jia Fu also captured Nanxiangcheng. Only by working hard to kill Nanxiangcheng's reinforcements, but he didn't want to follow the Wu team.

It was not Yang Xiu who led his men to arrive in time, but Xiahou Xian would almost have confessed that it was in the heavy rain. Even so, the Wei army under Xiahou Xian's troops also lost two or three thousand troops.

On the way, Xiahou Xian and Yang Xiu walked together, and said with gratitude: "Thanks to Zhishu to save him, Xiahou Xianming felt that this kindness must be thanked within five years!"

Yang Xiu laughed and said, "General Xiahou is so serious. This battle is probably not that simple. Once we retreat, General Jia will be the first to be affected."

Xiahou Xian thought for a while and agreed: "Yes, can we go to Nanxiangcheng to support?"

"No, no." Yang Xiu shook his head and denied.

When Xiahou Xian saw Yang Xiu shaking his head in the past, he must have spoken sarcastically. After two fights with Wu Jun, Xiahou Xian realized the difference between him and Yang Xiu and Jia Fu. Therefore, Xiahou Xian asked abnormally: "What are the tricks Zhishu?"

Yang Xiu didn't expect that the wealthy general put his figure so low, and he couldn't help but look up to Xiahou Xian. Although he couldn't stand the style of the royal general, his mind was worthy of admiration. So Yang Xiu put away his joke and said, "I dare to ask General what the purpose of our operation is?"

Xiahou Xian was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Of course, he has cut off the way back from the Wu people."

"Haha, although General Jia's troops are not large, it is still no problem to deal with more than 10,000 Wu people. There is no news about the Zhang brothers attacking other cities. Why don't we take the opportunity to capture other cities?" Yang Xiu said meaningfully.

After hearing this, Xiahou Xian sincerely admired Yang Xiu. Most of the Wu army's troops were dragged by Jia Fu. This was a good opportunity to counterattack. Why should we stick to a Nanxiang city? Xiahou Xian bowed and said, "General, he will follow the general!"

Yang Xiu's seven or eight thousand Wei troops and Xiahou Xian's more than a thousand remaining troops also barely gathered up 10,000 troops, and bypassed Nanxiangcheng in the heavy rain and headed towards other Chengxian counties occupied by the Wu army. The confidants sent by Yang Xiu also arrived in Nanxiangcheng at this time and reported all the movements of the nearby Wu army to Jia Fu.

Jia Fu looked distracted, and after hearing this, he sent the man out of the city to repay Yang Xiu. In fact, without Yang Xiu's news, the Wei army guarding the city head of Nanxiang also saw the movements of the Wu army. As a hub connecting the army in Jingzhou and the rear, Nanxiangcheng was destined to be a place where the Wu people fought for the death.

However, Jia Fu was not afraid of the Wu army. Even though Shi Ji's more than 100,000 Wu army was not far from Nanxiang, with two troops staring at the Jin company Ma Zhao and Jin Gong Prince Sima Yan, the main force of the Wu people was unable to move at all. The only one or two thousand were partial troops. Relying on the 5,000 elite soldiers in his hands, wasn't it enough to resist with the city?

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In the Jingzhou Army camp, information from all over the place flew like snowflakes. First, the transport team was ambushed, and then a Wei army appeared on the flank of Wu Camp. Its troops were 30,000 to 40,000. The Wei army was stationed nearby, and there was no movement, echoing the tens of thousands of Wei troops in front of Sima Yan, forming a situation of attack.

"If the governor expected, the Wei people couldn't help it." Liu Ping said in admiration.

Shi Ji walked around the map, as if he hadn't heard Liu Ping's words. More than 30 Wu generals under the tent held their breath and were waiting for Shi Ji's orders. After a long time, Shi Ji frowned and said, "Can there be any movement in the Wei army in the northeast?"

The general who was responsible for receiving the information came out and said, "A group of scouts and provocates just now, the Wei army was hiding in the nearby forest to shelter from the rain, and had no intention of attacking."

"Well... what do you think?" Shi Ji still asked his subordinates for advice and opinions first. Even though he knew it, it was a very good opportunity to take this opportunity to train the generals, and he could also observe the general's wisdom and character abilities from this.

The generals of the Wu Kingdom were also thinking about the current situation. According to previous expectations, the Wei army was waiting for a suitable opportunity to attack the Wu army. After all, there was pressure from Shu Han on the Western Front, so the Wei army could not confront the Wu people for a long time. However, if you want to swallow these tens of thousands of Wu soldiers, you can save the power to deal with Shu Han, which requires the opportunity to cooperate.

In recent days, heavy rains have fallen, and Shi Ji judged that the harsh climate would be the best time for the Wei army to take action. So he secretly hid elite troops in the transportation team as a precaution, and even drew Hu Chong and Li Ren to lead 10,000 Wu troops to support the transportation team. Now the Wei army has indeed intercepted the transportation team, and it must have been an ambush against the Wu army at this time. Even so, all the generals felt that something was strange, and the atmosphere was not what everyone thought.

General Sheng Man stood up and said, "The Wei army's situation is strange, and I'm afraid there is something strange. We should send an army to pick up Nanxiang to make a plan."

"Yeah..." Shi Ji nodded.

"The Wei army in the northeast is not clear about its advancement and retreat. Our main force should not act rashly, and we should be careful and be cautious." Sun Yi also listed his views.

Ding Feng heard this and said, "The Wei people's troops are far stronger than us. We should take advantage of this moment to attack fiercely, and there is no reason to wait and see. I am afraid that the drunkard's intention will not be in wine."

Sun Yi retorted: "The Wei people bullied us to go to the rescue transportation team, and wanted to catch all of our troops while we were doing it. How could there be any objection to these methods?"

Ding Feng shook his head and said, "This is a bad word. If you want to take the opportunity to capture our army, why should you divide a group of troops to attract our attention? This is just a doubt about the army."

Sun Yi was about to continue refuting, Liu Ping and Shengman seemed to have thought of something at the same time, and looked up at Shi Ji. Shi Ji said coldly: "Shenman obeys the order!"

"The last one is here!" Shengman suddenly became nervous.

"You will lead our troops to the northeastern Wei army, just observe the banner and return, and don't fight greedily!" Shi Ji said extremely seriously.

"The last time I will fulfill my mission!" Shengman also understood the importance of this move, so he took the order and walked out of the tent.

"Liu Ping obeys the order!" Shi Ji then issued an order.

"Abide by the commander-in-chief." Liu Ping seemed to have understood what Shi Ji wanted to say.

"There are still 130,000 troops here, how many do you need?" Shi Ji asked suddenly.

Liu Ping pondered for a moment and said, "If the Wei army's partial army attacks, Ping will get 20,000 troops, half a month. If the Wei people have exerted several states to attack, Ping asks 30,000 people to reject him as the Grand Commander."

Having said that, all the generals understood the situation. Shi Ji was worried that it was not just the army of Sima and his son, but also worried that other prefectures and counties in the Wei State would concentrate their troops to surround the Jingzhou army. They fought all the way from Xiangyang and stayed in Nanyang, Nanxiang and Yiyang. Except for a few important towns, there were only a small number of troops to defend the other cities.

It was this small amount of troops that, in addition to guarding the defense, were also responsible for the transfer and transportation of materials. Under this situation, the Wu army went deep into Xuchang, undoubtedly exposing the rear to the Wei army. Previously, the Wu army bullied the Wei people and gathered troops to Xuchang to fight to a decisive battle, which was negligent.

Shi Ji said: "You are divided into 30,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, and Sun Yi, Ding Feng as the auxiliary, Hu Chong, Li Ren and Tan Chong will also be the deadline for you, so be sure to keep the retreat."

Liu Ping Shen bowed and said, "The situation is critical, Ping should go quickly, please take care of the Grand Superintendent."

Shi Ji nodded, waved his hand, and arranged for the other generals to take responsibility. About half an hour later, the general Shengman was soaked in clothes and returned to the camp with blood on his face. Shi Ji looked at him, Shengman said angrily: "The one who came to Xuzhou, brothers Hu Lie, have very strong combat power. If it weren't for the governor, I really want to teach these guys a lesson!"

"That's right. Xuzhou soldiers are here. It seems that the situation on Lu Jingfeng's side is not optimistic." Shi Ji nodded frequently, put his hands behind him and said.

"Since the Xuzhou army has arrived, I believe that the Wei people in Yuzhou and Yanzhou will not be idle either." Shengman reached out to wipe off the blood stains on his face and continued to think along with Shi Ji's thoughts.

"You said you wanted to fight with the Xuzhou army just now, but do you have the courage?" Shi Ji narrowed his eyes and looked at Shengman with a smile on his face.

Shengman heard this and said, "Isn't this a bad thing... I'm willing to be the vanguard and attack the Wei army!"

Shi Ji was happy to see this and said, "You can teach me! I passed on our military order, called Tao Rui, and Wu Yan Haosheng took care of the camp. If the Wei army came with all its strength, it would be enough to block me for two hours!" Let's talk about it, Shi Ji and Sheng Man ordered 40,000 troops, broke the camp, and braved the heavy rain to go straight to the hiding place of the Wei army in Xuzhou.

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The joint army of Yuzhou and Yanzhou was not the only three routes, including Yang Xiu, Jia Fu and Sima Xian. Yanzhou general Zhang Xiu and his younger brother Zhang Yi led more than 10,000 Wei troops to detour and sneak into the territory of Nanxiang County. The Wei army's troops pointed directly at Zhuyang City. Zhuyang City was not a dangerous place, and the Wu soldiers in the city were only more than 1,000. However, as long as they captured Zhuyang City, it would be equivalent to cutting off the connection between Nanxiang County and Nanyang and Yiyang counties.

The Yanzhou and Yuzhou legions ate the Nanxiang County occupied by the Wu people, and cut off the connection between the Wu soldiers in Jingzhou and Jingzhou. Even if the Wu soldiers sacrificed their lives to turn around, the entire Nanxiang County was in the hands of the Wei people. How could they pass through it when there was a lack of food and grass?

You should know that at that time, there were more than 300,000 Wei troops behind the Wu people and the Xuzhou Army as the deputy attacker, and the front was several strong cities that Yanzhou and Yuzhou jointly defended! Such a desperate plan to cut off people's retreat, the ambition to swallow more than 100,000 Wu troops was the strategy planned by Sima Yan.

The reason why the delay was not launched was not because of the climate, but because the Wei army in each state took too long to rush around. This heavy rain was just a coincidence...

Suddenly, the Wu army in Zhuyang resisted for a moment and then left the city. Unfortunately, the Zhang brothers had strong troops. It was pitiful that none of the more than a thousand Wu soldiers escaped, and they were all killed by the Wei army! The so-called speed of soldiers was the most important. The Zhang brothers left hundreds of people to guard Zhuyang to meet the subsequent troops. The two brothers led the nine thousand Wei troops to attack Qiong County.

Qing County was once a county titled Xiao He, a founding hero of the former Han Dynasty. Liu Fang of this dynasty also served as the county magistrate here, and Cao Gun was once enthroned here as the King of Qing. Under the rule of the Cao family, the prince was not as comfortable as ordinary county magistrates. He had no money, no soldiers, and no power.
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