RNP Chapter 217
Chapter 217
Cao Cao's words directly hit Liu Bei's weakness.
Since Liu Bei broke with Cao Cao from Jingzhou, he fled all the way from Jingzhou to Jiangdong, and from Jiangdong to Yizhou.
Yizhou was defeated and fled to Nanzhong.
Now he has fled to Jiaozhou.
He ran all the way, and Cao Cao chased all the way.
Every time, Liu Bei failed to defend the city.
Each time, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao.
Chao Rui said in a loud voice: "Don't be afraid, Xuande, the prime minister will open up for
you!" Cao Cao said again: "I will withdraw the defenders in the south of the city tonight, if you want to escape, you can flee to Zhuyazhou!"
Liu Bei was furious.
Before the war began, Cao Cao actually planned an escape route for him.
This is undoubtedly the greatest humiliation for him.
"Cao thief, your name is Han Xiang, you are actually
a Han thief!" "I, Liu Bei, as long as I still have a breath
, I will fight you to the death!" "As long as I Liu Bei is not dead, this great Han will be there forever!" Chao
Rui shook his head: "King Wei, it seems that this Liu Bei's oil and salt will not enter
!" "It's okay!" Cao Cao said: "I will always leave the exit to Xuande in the south of the city
!" "King Wei is wise!" Chao Rui gave up.
Under Liu Bei's gaze, Chao Rui and Cao Cao turned their horses back to the military formation, and then withdrew the army.
At the head of the city, Guan Yu said: "Big brother, can Chao Rui and Cao Cao really have such good intentions?" Zhang Fei said: "Big brother
, this is obviously Cao Cao's trick!"
Liu Bei didn't speak, and looked at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, Chao Rui is playing Yangmou
!" "Hey!" Liu Bei sighed: "Chao Rui knows our situation very well, and even the route of our army's retreat has been planned
!" Zhuge Liang shook his head: "But if our army really retreats to Jiaozhi City, then
Cao's army will set foot in Jiaozhou!" "Yes!" Liu Bei nodded: "If our army does not retreat, Cao Cao will not dare to march into Jiaozhou!"
Zhuge Liang said again: " But Cao Cao may not be ambushed in the south of the city, once our army retreats, it will fall into his strategy!
" Liu Bei shook his head: "It's not to retreat, it's not to retreat
!" Zhuge Liang said: "Hold on for the time being, and watch Cao Jun's movements
!" "Okay!" Liu Bei nodded.
......
Cao Jun camped along the water in the area of the Ming River.
Cao Cao took Chao Rui to the river to fish.
Lao Mo and Xu Chu were busy grilling fish.
Cao Cao spoke: "Xianzhi, do you think
Liu Bei will retreat?" "No!" Chao Rui shook his head: "He just entered Jiaozhi City, we planned the route for him, so Liu Bei didn't have the face
to retreat!" "Hahaha!" Cao Cao smiled: "I'm afraid that Liu Bei won't retreat, if he is trapped in the city, then the world will be peaceful!" "Hahaha!"
Chao Rui also smiled.
Cao Cao said: "Do you
think Jiaozhou is more important or Liu Bei is more important?" Chao Rui said: "I think it is most important to take Jiaozhou and drive Liu Bei out of the Central Plains!"
"Why?" Cao Cao asked.
Chao Rui said: "Liu Bei is a thief of the imperial court, where he flees, the imperial court can attack in the name of a thief
!" "Hmm!" Cao Cao nodded: "What you said makes sense!" Chao Rui said: "So, Liu Bei's life and death are not so important, the important thing is that you can be famous
!" "
Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed.
At this time, Lao Mo also grilled the fish.
Cao Cao and Chao Rui ate grilled fish and drank wine.
Chao Rui opened his mouth and said: "King Wei, this Jiaozhou can be settled within the year, my affairs..."
Chao Rui said: "Then can you reveal some to me
?" "Hahaha!" Cao Cao smiled: "Did you guess something?"
"Hmm!" Chao Rui nodded.
"Tell me about it!" Cao Cao said.
Chao Rui said: "I feel that my father is dead
!" "That's right!" Cao Cao nodded: "You're right!" Chao Rui said: "My father, you should be very familiar with
you!" "That's right again!" Cao Cao still nodded: "Keep guessing!" Chao Rui shook his head: "Don't guess!" "Why
don't
you guess?" Cao Cao was puzzled.
Chao Rui said: "If you continue to guess, it will be easy to have an accident, so I'll wait for
you to tell you in person!" "So, you have already guessed?" Cao Cao looked at Chao Rui in surprise.
Chao Rui smiled: "Do you think I guessed the answer in your heart?"
Cao Cao: "Uh..."
"King Wei, drink!" Chao Rui raised his glass.
"Drink, drink!" Cao Cao nodded.
This topic is almost out of conversation.
The two had to keep drinking to relieve their embarrassment.
Seven days later, Cao's army was fully equipped with siege equipment.
It was the attack on Cochin City.
The two armies fought bloodily.
Cao's army climbed to the top of the city without his life, capturing the city and various important places.
Liu Bei led his troops to defend and personally supervised the battle.
After a whole day, Cao Jun left floating corpses everywhere and withdrew to the camp.
The crisis was resolved, and Liu Bei also breathed a sigh of relief.
But after counting the results that night, Liu Bei's face was not very good.
Cao's casualties were twice as high as Liu's.
This is a siege war.
It is difficult to attack the city, but it is easy to defend the city.
It stands to reason that both sides should be tenfold aware.
Cao Jun died about ten people, and Liu Jun died only one person.
But the current casualty ratio shows that the Cao army has an absolute advantage.
Liu Bei said: "Military advisor, why did our army suffer so many casualties in this battle?"
Zhuge Liang said: "There are two reasons
!" "Tell me about it!" Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang said: "First, the Cao army is elite, brave and good at fighting, and everyone is not afraid of death
!" "Hmm!" Liu Bei nodded, unable to refute this.
Zhuge Liang said again
: "Our army is chaotic, beneficial to the state soldiers, Jingzhou soldiers, Southern Barbarian
soldiers, and Jiaozhou soldiers!" "The generals of all regions cannot unite and fight together
!" "The military spirit cannot be cohesive, and the soldiers are naturally unwilling to fight to the death
!" "This is the fundamental reason for our army's embarrassment!"
Liu Bei sighed: "Is there any good way?"
Zhuge Liang said lightly: " There is a strategy, but it is too dangerous to use it rashly
!" "But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Liu Bei said.
Zhuge Liang said:
"Chao Rui is extremely treacherous, this time it seems that there is an ambush outside the southern city gate, there will definitely be ambush soldiers
!" "Once our army withdraws from the south of the city, then the Cao army will definitely attack it in groups
!" "That's right!" Liu Bei nodded.
Zhuge Liang said: "But our army can do
the plan!" "How to plan the plan?" Liu Bei asked.
Zhuge Liang smiled: "Send an ambush all the way to escape Jiaozhi City, lead Cao's army to besiege, and then send a surprise army to directly take Cao Cao's army, break its army, and the 500,000 army will be in chaos, so
Cao Cao will definitely retreat!" Liu Bei nodded:
"It's a good way, but it's really too dangerous
!" "Those who go out of the city will die for life
!" "Among the ten thousand troops, it is even more difficult to break Cao Cao's army!"
"Yes!" Zhuge Liang nodded.
Liu Bei said: "But I want to try!" Zhuge Liang said: "Isn't the lord afraid of defeat again?"
"Hahaha!" Liu Bei smiled: "How can I ever win? Naturally, I am not afraid of failure, it is a big deal to withdraw from Jiaozhi County and flee to Zhuyazhou
!" Zhuge Liang arched his hand: "If the lord has this ambition, Cao Cao will not be able to destroy you in this life!"