Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

"Boom!"

Outside Xuchang City, teams of majestic cavalry arrived one after another.

When the people in the city came out to watch the excitement, they couldn't help cheering loudly when they saw the newly arrived cavalry army flag.

"Ha! Look at the banner, it's the former general, Zhao!"

"It's the cavalry of the former general General Zhao Zilong coming!!!"

"The invincible dragoons, they are here!"

Lu Lingqi rode alongside Zhao Yun on horseback. She could clearly see the people's admiration for the Dragon Cavalry Army and Zhao Yun, so she joked, "General Zilong, I really didn't expect you to have such a high prestige in the hearts of the people."

Before Zhao Yun could speak, Xia Houlan, who had disappeared for a while, answered first: "That's not true, we are the first group of old people who followed the master to conquer the world!"

At the gate of the city, Cao Cao led Xu Chu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai and others in casual clothes to greet him.

Zhao Yun and the others didn't dare to be negligent, they quickly stopped talking, and quickly came to Cao Cao to salute,

"The last general, Zhao Yun, met Duke Cao!"

"The last general, Xia Houlan, has met Duke Cao!"

"The last general, Lu Lingqi, met Duke Cao!"

Cao Cao smiled and stepped forward to help the three of them up, saying, "You guys are here, my heart is at ease, old man!"

Lu Lingqi said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Cao, my husband..."

Before Lu Lingqi could finish speaking, Cao Cao suddenly raised his hand to stop her and said, "Needless to say, I understand, I understand everything!"

Chapter 471 Tripartite Wrestling, Dragon Knight Comes to Aid

"Needless to say, I understand, I understand everything!"

"So you understand?" Cao Cao's words made Xia Houlan murmur in her heart: "But we haven't figured it out yet, how did you understand it?"

Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yun looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Zhao Yun cupped his hands in admiration and said to Cao Cao, "Sir, he only sent someone to convey to us the news that the leading army is coming to support Xuchang... As for what he will do, we actually don't quite understand."

Cao Cao replied with a smile: "Mr. Lu's plan has been told to me through the shadow guard first. There are many people here, let's talk about it slowly after we go back."

"So that's it!" Zhao Yun and others suddenly said.

"The old man has prepared a reception banquet for you, Zilong, Ziheng, General Lu, let's go back and eat and chat!"

......

Besides, Zhu Ran and Dong Xi have been pretending to attack the city for two days, but there has been no sign of Cao Jun's reinforcements.

Even Zhu Ran couldn't help muttering: "What the hell is Cao Jun doing? Are they really so confident that Zhaoling can hold it?"

Unable to understand, Zhu Ran could only report his situation to Zhou Yu in the end.

Zhou Yu didn't expect that Zhaoling would be so vigilant. He summoned all the generals in the big tent to discuss whether he could send some more troops to take Zhaoling down by force.

However, some people think that it is impossible for Cao Jun to really ignore the situation in Runan County. Maybe Cao Cao or Lu Yan is gathering an army in a certain corner now, and they may rush out to surprise them at any time when Jiangdong Army has a flaw.

Once Zhou Yu allocated more troops, the Jiangdong Army's flaws would really appear.

If at this time, it is really attacked by Cao Jun, with Cao Jun's elite and equipment, Soochow may not be able to stop Cao Jun's attack.

At that time, not to mention Zhaoling's army, even Zhou Yu's main force will be in danger of being overthrown.

But for Zhou Yu, the more it drags on, the more complicated the situation will become, and the consequences will become extremely unpredictable.

Their plan has changed from a quick raid on Xuchang and the next best thing to occupying Runan.If he can't even occupy Runan now, will he lose Zhou Yu's prestige and face?

Zhou Yu thought over and over again, and decided that he must send troops to support Zhu Ran in taking down Zhaoling.

Seeing Zhou Yu's resolute attitude, the lieutenant general stopped persuading him.

In fact, Zhou Yu had no other choice.

If he doesn't send someone there, Zhu Ran's heart will definitely be chilled, and the delay in taking down Pingyu is already hurting morale. If he can't even take down Zhaoling, it will be a major blow to the morale of his own army. harm.

Zhou Yu looked at the bravest person of the younger generation, and called out, "Ling Tong!"

"The last general is here!" Ling Tong stepped forward immediately, clasping his fists.

"I order you to lead [-] soldiers to reinforce General Zhu, and you must take Zhaoling as soon as possible!"

Ling Tong cupped his fists and issued a military order: "If Zhaoling cannot be taken down within three days, the final general is willing to come and see you!"

"Don't underestimate the enemy, go!" Zhou Yu was very satisfied with Ling Tong's attitude.

"Here!"

Ling Tong took the order and left immediately, while Zhou Yu ordered again, "Command the whole army to continue attacking the city after they are full!"

After the generals left, Zhou Yu took up his pen and prepared to write a letter to Sun Quan.

While reporting on the difficulties I am currently encountering, I would also like to ask Sun Quan how the battle against Hefei is going. If possible, it would be even better if we could send some more people over...

It's a pity that Zhou Yu is under a lot of pressure now, and Sun Quan's pressure is not small at all!

Hefei's city defense army is not weaker than Pingyu City, and there are [-] soldiers led by Xia Houdun watching from a distance, Sun Shiwan now feels that Yali Mountain is big.

.....

However, compared to Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, who still hold at least part of the initiative, Pang Tong's life in Danshui is really tormented.

Under the repeated attacks of Wei Yan, Zhang Yun, Gao Lan and others, the Jingzhou Army could barely cope.If it wasn't for Xinye's front line strategy that worked and defeated Le Jin's partial division, Jingbei's defense line might have been breached.

When Pang Tong felt that he was going to be unable to hold on any longer, Cao Jun's offensive suddenly slowed down.

Without careful investigation, Pang Tong knew that another plan of his had worked.

At this time, a talented military general recently promoted in Jingzhou handed over a secret letter and reported:

"Military division, report carefully, Jiangdong Sun Quan led [-] troops to surround Hefei and restrained Cao Jun in Huainan; Zhou Yu led another [-] troops, and now has occupied more than half of Runan, but he has been unable to take Pingyu City. "

Pang Tong took the secret letter, read it carefully twice, and then asked, "Zheng Fang, what do you think of the current situation of our coalition forces?"

The person called Zhengfang, surnamed Li, surnamed Yan, and styled Zhengfang, was the same Li Yan who fled to Yizhou to seek refuge after Jingzhou surrendered to Cao Cao in history.

Li Yan was a full-time official in the county when he was young, and he was famous for his talent very early. He is a person with clear advantages and disadvantages.

On the one hand, Li Yan is both civil and military, with strong political, military, and legal talents.On the other hand, Li Yan has an arrogant personality and low emotional intelligence. He is a person with a strong desire for power.

For such a person with low social attributes, Liu Biao's side must not be able to get along.

You must know that Liu Biao ruled from the Kuai family, Wu from the Cai family, and the eight great gentry clans are intertwined.If other literati or warriors with foreign surnames or even poor families can't curry favor with these aristocratic families, they can't get along well in Jingzhou.But Li Yan is not a person who can curry favor with others...

Fortunately, after Liu Biao's death, Zhuge Jin and Pang Tong began to vigorously promote young talents.

Li Yan, who was known for his talent but was only a magistrate of any county, was promoted and reused, and became a general in the army, gaining military power.

After being questioned by Pang Tong, Li Yan thought for a while before replying: "We still overestimated the combat power of the Jiangdong Army... Leaving aside the strong city of Hefei, Pingyu can stop Zhou Yu's [-] troops. See Coming to Jiangdong Zhou Lang is nothing more than that..."

Pang Tong also sighed slightly, and said, "It's not Zhou Yu's fault, it's Jiangdong's lack of land training that caused the embarrassment."

"What the military adviser said is very..." Although Li Yan's EQ is not very high, he is basically a normal Fan Tao.

After a short pause, Li Yan continued: "Sneak attacking Xuchang is impossible. The Jiangdong Army's greatest hope at present is to occupy Runan, link up with his Lujiang River, and our Jingbei to form a new line of defense."

Li Yan's analysis was very pertinent, and Pang Tong nodded in satisfaction and said, "Your analysis makes sense. It seems that our next strategy will start to adjust accordingly."

Li Yan faintly felt that his chance to lead an army alone had come, so he clasped his fists excitedly and said, "I am willing to obey the orders of the military advisor!"

Pang Tong looked at Li Yan, who was bowing and clasping his fists, slightly excited, and said to himself, "What a smart man!"

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Chapter 472 The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, and the dragon riding battalion are the prestige of killing!

On the third day after Zhu Ran set up an ambush, there was still no news from Cao Jun.

"Is Cao Jun really a group of tortoises from the previous year? Can this be tolerated? Alas..." Just as Zhu Ran sighed and was about to lead the army back to the camp, a whistle suddenly came to report: "General! We found it twenty miles away. Cao Jun cavalry is rushing towards our ambush circle!"

"It's finally here!" Zhu Ran was refreshed when he heard the words, and then he ordered excitedly and decisively: "Pass my military order, and all the ministries will enter the established ambush location, and wait for more than half of the enemy's army to listen to my order and start attacking!"

"Here!" The messengers beside him rushed away, and it didn't take long for the sound of giggles to be heard in the woods.

Zhu Ran then said to another messenger: "Go and inform General Dong Xi to encircle and suppress the enemy army as quickly as possible. If it is too late, there will be no credit for it!"

"Yes!"

When the messenger left, Zhu Ran lay down behind the slope of the mountain forest, and secretly said with a smug smile: "Hey! This is my chance to become famous, Zhu Ran, here comes!"

"drive!"

"Drive!"

Zhao Yun is in the front and Xia Houlan is in the back.

From a distance, Zhao Yun saw an extremely dense forest in front of him, and the road was relatively narrow for an ambush, so Zhao Yun said to Xia Houlan: "The forest ahead is dense and the road is rough. Send me an order, and the army will speed up and pass quickly!"

After hearing Zhao Yun's words, Xia Houlan immediately issued a military order: "Brothers, speed up and be careful!"

"Hold your shield!"

"Handbow!"

"Shh!"

Although the Dragoon Battalion were light cavalry, they were all equipped with small round shields.

After receiving Xia Houlan's order to protect carefully, the cavalry of the Dragon Cavalry Battalion took off the round shields behind them in unison, and took off the one-handed crossbow from their waists.This is a memory that has been practiced countless times on weekdays and has been engraved into the muscles.

"There are still five miles!"

Zhu Ran listened to the news sent by the sentry, feeling nervous and excited in his heart, unconsciously sweating on his forehead.

"Boom!"

There was a thunderous sound of horseshoes, and the ground began to tremble slightly.

The Jiangdong army in this area has hardly seen a large group of cavalry charging. Looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance, and feeling the slight tremor of the ground below them, a trace of fear floated in their hearts for a while.

But fortunately, they are just ambushing, and they don't need frontal tough cavalry.

Generally speaking, ambushing one side will take a lot of advantage.Even some of the ambushed troops broke up before the two sides started close contact.

It's just that the Dragon Riding Battalion obviously doesn't fall within this general range...

The extremely fast Dragon Riding Battalion has now entered the ambush circle, and Zhao Yun's instinct for danger has begun to stimulate his nerves.

"There is an ambush! The whole army is defending!"

"Release the arrow! Release the arrow!"

The shouts of Zhao Yun and Zhu Ran sounded almost at the same time, but the soldiers of the Dragon Riding Battalion reacted faster than the soldiers of Jiangdong.

"Defense!!" Xia Houlan also shouted, reminding the cavalry behind him who reacted a little slower.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

"what!"

The rain of arrows poured down, and most of them missed due to the speed of the cavalry; some of them hit the round shields in the hands of the cavalry; only a very small part of the arrows hit the soldiers of the dragoon battalion without protection. place, or shot the horse, causing dozens of casualties.

"Fight back!" Xia Houlan shouted loudly!

"Chut chug chug chug chug!!!" The sound of Liannu shooting arrows suddenly sounded!

After the Jiangdong Army archers shot the first wave of arrows, they were preparing to shoot the second wave with their bows and arrows, but unexpectedly, the enemy raised their hand crossbows and said "chug chug!" to the woods on both sides.

Nearly [-] crossbow arrows shot into the ambush sites on both sides of the Jiangdong Army,

The Jiangdong soldiers who were caught off guard were suddenly stunned by the shooting, but for a while, many fell down from the arrows, and some ran away with their heads in their arms!

Zhu Ran was lying on the ground, and several crossbow arrows flew over his head just now, scaring him out of his wits.

When the crossbow arrows stopped coming and Zhu Ran looked up, Cao Jun's cavalry had already rushed out of the ambush circle!

This doesn't look like being ambushed at all!

"Damn it! Why did this Cao army react so quickly?!" Zhu Ran couldn't help cursing, the ambushes he ambushed in front to block the road didn't even have time to show up...

Just when Zhu Ran was about to withdraw his troops resentfully, he suddenly realized: "Not good!"

"I seem to have sent someone to call Dong Xi over just now!"