Chapter 2852 Fan Li VS Jia Xu, the orthodox Ming Dynasty is in the Qin Dynasty
Chapter 2849: Fan Li VS Jia Xu, the orthodox Ming Dynasty is in the Qin Dynasty
Qin army officers crossed the camp.
Senior leaders of the Qin army such as Zhang Liao, Jia Xu, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Zhang He, Li Dingguo, Zhurong, Fan Lihua gathered together.
Zhang Liao learned that Puyang was defeated at a time, which was one a.m. earlier than Cao Cao. He immediately summoned all his generals to discuss it overnight. As a result, the meeting was halfway through the meeting and received news that Xuchang City had been destroyed.
"Haha, this battle was beautiful. Now our army has achieved great momentum. No matter how Cao Cao resists, he is just struggling to death."
Zhang Liao''s face was full of joy, while Jia Xu smiled faintly and said, "Governor, the two cities of Puyang and Xuchang were successively captured by our army. If Dingtao is captured again, the retreat of more than 100,000 Cao''s troops will be cut off. Next, Cao Cao can only do his best to protect Dingtao."
Hearing this, Zhang Liao nodded immediately in agreement. Just as he was about to say something, a soldier came to report: "Report to the Grand Commander, the Cao army''s cavalry left the camp overnight, and their whereabouts were unknown."
Because it was dark and the Cao army was closely monitored, the Qin spies did not explore the specific whereabouts of the Cao Wei cavalry, but at this time, anyone with discerning eyes could see that they were going to rescue Dingtao.
Zhang Liao looked at Jia Xu and asked seriously: "Military advisor, Chen Liu is closer to Dingtao. Cao Cao''s mobilization of cavalry at this time may hinder the general from seizing Dingtao. Can we find a way to delay Cao''s cavalry?"
For the Qin army led by Zhang Liao, how to fight in the next battle does not depend on himself, but on whether Bai Qi can seize Dingtao.
If Bai Qi could seize Dingtao, Zhang Liao would not even have to pay much to easily kill Cao''s army.
But if Bai Qi cannot, although Zhang Liao can win, it will cost a little, and it will be difficult to completely wipe out.
Zhang Liao naturally wanted to wipe out the Cao army at the lowest cost, so when he learned that Cao Cao wanted to use cavalry to rescue Dingtao, the first thing he thought of was to drag the Cao army''s cavalry and prevent the Cao army from arriving in Dingtao.
"this…"
After thinking for a while, Jia Xu shook his head and said, "I''m afraid it''s difficult.
Cao''s army only mobilized cavalry, and the large army did not take action. If they bypass Cao''s camp and pursue Cao''s cavalry, if this is bait, the pursuit army may be trapped and the food and grass will be difficult to replenish. ”
What Jia Xu said is not unreasonable. After all, it is not the first time Cao Cao has done something like luring the Qin army to pursue and setting up an ambush. Li Cunxiao did it once when he left, and almost made Zhang He ambush.
In this situation, although Zhang Liao is sure not to be ambushed easily, there is no way to replenish food and grass.
First of all, the Qin army was restricted by military regulations and could not force the collection of grain from the people on the spot.
Secondly, the surplus grains in the hands of the people of Wei have long been concentrated and distributed uniformly by Cao Cao. Even if the Qin army violated military rules and forced to collect grain on the spot, there was no food to be collected.
Therefore, after realizing these two major difficulties, Zhang Liao could only give up his plan to bypass the Cao army camp because it really didn''t work.
"Please rest assured, General Bai Qi can think of what Cao Cao can think of, and there will definitely be a solution. Our army''s mission is to keep an eye on Cao''s army to death, but we must not let these hundreds of thousands of Cao''s army run away."
Hearing Jia Xu say this, Zhang Liao could only nod helplessly. He actually knew that the best way to deal with it at the moment was to wait.
After dawn, we will see how Cao''s army responded, and he was taking action, but he just couldn''t help but want to put in more effort.
From the beginning of the war to the present, the two armies of the north and south have been in full swing, but the central army with the largest number of troops has gradually become swaying and has the least results.
Of course, this is a strategy that was decided before the war began, not that Zhang Liao did not want to advance quickly.
Now Bai Qi''s strategy is about to be completed, and the middle army obviously did not put in much effort, but the pie fell from the sky and was about to harvest the military achievements of more than 100,000 Cao''s army. This made Zhang Liao feel a little uncomfortable and felt a sense of aggrievance about being given alms.
Zhang Liao originally wanted to help Bai Qi hold back the Cao Wei cavalry and make the middle army feel more involved as much as possible, instead of being forced to feed the military achievements by Bai Qi, but he didn''t expect that this trick would not work.
After dawn, military information came again.
What Zhang Liao and Jia Xu did not expect was that the Wei army mobilized all the cavalry last night, and even the Yin Shou troops in Yan County were mobilized.
Zhang Liao said in confusion: "Cao Cao''s reaction was a bit too radical. He transferred all the cavalry in the army to support Dingtao. Aren''t he afraid that the front-line army would not be able to withdraw?"
In addition, Chenliu''s army took action early in the morning. Except for Chenliu''s Cao army, the Cao army in Fengqiu and the sour jujube showed signs of moving to Yan County.
This made many generals, including Zhang Liao, confused. After all, even if Cao''s army retreated, they should retreat eastward and gather in Yan County in the north. What does this mean?
After the fall of Puyang, there was only one Yan County left in the huge fifteen counties of Dongjun and the army was still under the hands of Cao''s army, and the rest of the areas had been occupied by the Qin army. It was impossible for Cao Cao to want to retake Dongjun at this time, right?
Jia Xu sneered after a little thought: "It is naturally impossible to counterattack and regain Dongjun, but if he only opens a channel and withdraws the troops, it is still possible."
Hearing Jia Xu say this, Zhang Liao and other generals were stunned at first, and then they reacted.
After the Northern Army captured Puyang, most of the troops were taken by Bai Qi to attack Dingtao. The remaining troops were only 30,000 to 40,000. Not only did they scattered and stationed in major cities, but they also had to divide their troops to suppress the demon sect rebels in the territory.
Therefore, the Qin army''s troops in Dongjun are actually still a little tight now.
If Chenliu had more than 100,000 Cao troops all entered Dongjun, the local defenders of Dongjun would definitely not dare to fight, and even if they went to fight, they would not be able to stop the hundreds of thousands of Cao troops.
So Cao Cao''s move is really a matter of wanting Cao''s army to kill through Dongjun and open up a passage to withdraw. However, this possibility is very small. After all, Zhang Liao is not a good person, and it is impossible for Cao''s army to retreat from Dongjun.
But when he thought that Chen Liu''s Cao''s army did not move, Zhang Liao and other generals immediately reacted. Is Cao Cao wanting to abandon the car to protect his coach? Abandoning Chenliu''s Cao army in exchange for the opportunity to break through in the north of the remaining troops?
The more Zhang Liao thought about it, the more he felt that this was extremely possibility. He immediately prepared to divide his troops to fight. He sent one to Yan County, and the other to continue staring at Chenliu and Cao''s army, but was stopped by Jia Xu.
"Grandmaster, if the Cao army really wants to break out from Dongjun, even after the Cao army meets in Yan County, our army will be able to catch up with it.
But if we divide the troops now, we will look at the head and ignore the tail, and it may actually hit Cao Cao''s thoughts..."
Jia Xu explained with a serious face, but he was actually not sure, just simply felt that it was not that simple.
Previously, Cao Cao was not Jia Xu''s opponent, but after Cao Cao gave Fan Li full of trust, even Jia Xu felt a little difficult and dared not use the plan easily, because it is highly likely that Fan Li would see through it.
Now that Cao''s army has exposed such obvious intentions, there is also a big gap in self-association. It is difficult not to let Jia Xu think too much. It is better to keep his troops calm. At this time, it depends on who can keep calm. The more he is unable to keep calm, the more flaws he exposes.
In addition, Jia Xu even suspected that Fan Li had made preparations for the cavalry that had given up the 100,000 troops on the front line and instead made efforts to ensure the preparations for the cavalry that went to support Dingtao.
Now the main army on the front line of Cao Wei is like a 10,000-ton ship. It is difficult to turn around if the ship is big, while those cavalry are small boats, so it is much easier to turn around.
The Central Plains region is flat and very suitable for cavalry combat. If the cavalry of Cao Wei is separated from the infantry, even if Bai Qi captured Dingtao, he could only block the infantry''s retreat to the east. It would be difficult to block the cavalry.
According to the original plan of the Qin army, Bai Qi marched south after capturing Puyang and quickly took down the empty Dingtao. Ying Hao marched north after capturing Xuchang. The two counties completed a closed loop, one in the south and one in the north, completely sealing the Chenliu Cao army.
But now that Dingtao has not been destroyed and Chenliu''s Cao army is still rescued, Fan Li concentrated all the cavalry. It is hard not to make Jia Xu suspect that Fan Li was called rescue Dingtao, but in fact he was ready to give up the preparations for all the infantry to run away with the cavalry once Dingtao is lost.
If this is true, then Fan Li is cruel enough. The 100,000 infantry soldiers gave up, but for Cao''s army, who was about to end their lives, it may not be the final solution.
Jia Xu naturally did not want the more than 10,000 Cao Wei cavalry to escape from the blockade, but if Fan Li really did this, he would not be able to solve it. After all, the Qin army has not yet formed a blockade loop. If Cao army is determined to avoid war and escape, it will be difficult for the cavalry to block the plains.
If it is true as Jia Xu thought, the middle army should not move. After all, after sealing the retreat of Cao''s army, it can completely defeat the enemy without fighting, and starting a war now is the most casualty.
"Fan Li, you are such a slippery loach."
Jia Xu sighed in his heart. He now had a vague regret that he did not send anyone to assassinate Fan Li directly when he was in charge of the Black Ice Platform, otherwise he would not have had such a headache now.
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Inside Chenliu City.
Cao Ren, who was in charge of the left-behind, suddenly showed disappointment in his eyes when he learned that the Qin army did not send troops, but allowed the Cao army of the Fengqiu to gather in Yan County.
Last night, when all the cavalry of Cao''s army were dispatched, they were ready to set up an ambush on the way to advance once the Qin cavalry followed. As a result, Zhang Liao was not deceived and did not dispatch cavalry to follow up.
After dawn, Cao Ren, in accordance with Fan Li''s plan, asked the Yangzao and Fengqiu army to gather in Yan County to lure the snake out of the cave and let the Qin army divide the troops to fight, but Zhang Liao was still not deceived.
The two consecutive missed plans, which made Cao Renzhong anxious, and he couldn''t help but think of Fan Li''s advice before leaving.
Fan Li guessed that Jia Xu might see through his intentions. After all, it is difficult to hide from Jia Xu''s ordinary strategies, so Fan Li''s plan did not deceive Jia Xu, but asked him to make a choice between the two sides.
In addition, Fan Li also told Cao Ren that if Dingtao could be preserved, the entire army would naturally have a chance, but if he could not, he hoped that Cao Ren would be enlightened. The implication was to let him make sacrifices.
Cao Wei is a typical nepotism country, and most of the people in power are from the Cao family and the Xiahou family. Due to the deaths of Xiahou Dun and other blood relatives, both families are basically full of resentment towards the Qin Dynasty, so Cao Ren is naturally the same.
So, after hearing Fan Li say this, Cao Ren assured Fan Li that he had already realized something and if he really reached that point, he would be willing to sacrifice for Cao Wei and his lord.
Cao Ren''s guarantee was trusted by Fan Li, which made him understand all the plans. What shocked Cao Ren was that Fan Li had concealed something from his lord this time, or the lord should have been very clear in his heart, and he pretended not to know just to cover up his shame.
"Military advisor, I hope you are right."
Cao Ren sighed lightly, and then summoned his seven generals of the Cao Wei royal family, Cao Hong, Cao Yun, Cao Can, Cao Youwen, Cao Youwan, Cao Zhen and Cao Bing, to discuss what to do next.
In addition to Cao Hong, Cao Yun and Cao Can are to grandfathers and grandsons, Cao Youwen and Cao Youwan are to brothers, while Cao Zhen and Cao Bing are father and son.
Cao Yun was Cao Bin''s father. During the Later Han and Later Zhou dynasties, he served as the commander of the military commander of the De Army. During the Song Dynasty, he was awarded the title of Grand Tutor, Shangshu Ling, and Wei Wang.
Cao Can is Cao Bin''s eldest son.
Cao Bin had seven sons in his life, and the best of them was naturally Cao Wei, the fourth son who had a record of no worse than his, followed by his eldest son Cao Can, who was conservative of the border, was quite good at meritoriousness, kindness and generous, and had the style of his father.
Cao Youwen was a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was brave and good at fighting. He defeated Mongolian cavalry many times and was the pillar of the Southern Song Dynasty''s military in Sichuan. Unfortunately, because he could not get reinforcements, he fought alone and eventually died heroically in the Battle of Yangping Pass with his younger brother Cao Youwan.
Cao Zhen was a famous general in the early Ming Dynasty. Lan fought bravely and was good at jungle battles. He often led infantry to cross mountains and ridges, went deep into Myanmar to kill the enemy, shocking the southwest. Unfortunately, he had a good relationship with Lan Yu and was implicated by him. In the end, he was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang with his son Cao Bing.
It has to be said that after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, although the Wei State was at the end of the country, there were really many talents. It is really rare for each family to produce so many talents, but unfortunately, there are not many truly top-notch ones.
Not only Cao Ren, but also the seven generals including Cao Hong and others who came in a hurry were full of anxiety. After all, they couldn''t even use two strategies, so they really had to take risks next.
Especially Cao Yun and Cao Can, the grandson, Xuchang fell, and his son (father) Cao Bin was captured, and his life and death were unknown. How could they not be anxious as father (son)?
But rescue will definitely not be saved. After all, Chenliu and Cao''s army are unable to escape by themselves, so they can only pray that their grandson (brother) Cao Wei can escape.
"Brother Ren, the military advisor''s plan failed, and the Qin army did not dispatch. Should we continue to march towards Yan County, or recall the two armies to Yan County?" Cao Hong asked anxiously.
Cao Hong and Cao Ren are just cousins, not brothers. Cao Ren and Cao Chun are brothers, but they grew up with Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan since childhood. They were neither brothers nor brothers.
It is precisely because of this that after Xiahou Dun died in battle, those who were close to him shared the same hatred for the enemy and were all ready to completely embark on the road of anti-Qin, such as: Cao Ren and Cao Hong.
Cao Cao went to rescue Dingtao this time but took away all the cavalry. Not only Yin Shou, Dan Tai Yu, and Cao Ning were in the army, but Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun also accompanied him, so that Cao Ren and Cao Hong became the commander of Chenliu''s 100,000 army. Cao Hong is different from Cao Ren. He is just a powerful general and does not have the talent of commanding. However, his victory lies in his loyalty to Cao Cao, so he can take charge of the entire army with Cao Ren.
Among the other six generals, such as Cao Youwen, who is both civil and military, his military command ability is definitely above Cao Hong, and even less than Cao Ren. However, he is only a side of the Cao family, and has a long blood relationship, and has no personal relationship with Cao Cao.
Therefore, even though Cao Youwen was a member of the Cao Wei royal family, he still could not get Cao Cao''s value under such extremely dangerous circumstances.
Cao Ren, who was sitting in the main seat, did not answer Cao Hong''s question immediately. Instead, he observed the expressions of the generals. He wanted to see if there was any strange intention in life. After all, the current situation is too unfavorable to Cao Wei, and it is reasonable for some people to think too much.
In the following conversation, the generals were just anxious and no one made any surrender.
In fact, this is normal. In order to unite internally and to the outside world, Cao Cao even deprived Su Hu, who had always worked hard and made great contributions, deprived him of his military power.
Su Hu was not loyal to Cao Cao, and even gave up his own daughter, but in the end he completely lost Cao Cao''s trust because his daughter married into the Qin Palace, which also made many people in Wei stand up for Su Hu.
After all, in order to marry Daqin, Cao Cao took the initiative to ask Su Hu to marry Su Xinyue (Daji) to Ying Hao, and even ignored the feelings of Yin Shou, the most powerful general of Wei.
Now that Qin and Wei have turned against each other, Su Hu, as the bridge of friendship between the two countries, has become the number one victim. Isn’t this a complete killing of the donkey?
For this reason, many people who were close friends with Su Hu spoke for him, but Cao Cao used the method of promoting the military power to the public and surrendering the public.
The Cao Wei military system also refers to the Qin system. Now there are three thousand people in one battalion, five thousand people in strengthening the battalion, and ten thousand people in one army.
Now Chenliu''s 105,000 army is mainly led by 100,000 generals, and six out of these ten people are surnamed Cao''s family, and the other two are surnamed Xiahou.
This shows how much Cao Cao''s nepotism has reached in order to unite within the country.
After several rounds of repeated "purification", the people in Cao Wei who could control military power were at least those who Cao Cao could trust, and even if these people were dissatisfied, they would not dare to raise them.
Haven’t anyone ever thought of surrendering the seven relatives of Cao Wei generals present?
This is naturally impossible.
Cao Yun, Cao Can, Cao Youwen, Cao Youwan, Cao Zhen, and Cao Bing, they did not grow up with Xiahou Dun, and they did not have such deep feelings for Xiahou Dun, so naturally they would not hate the Qin army because of Xiahou Dun''s death.
Especially Cao Yun and Cao Can, for them, their son (father) was captured, and the situation of Cao''s army is so difficult. Instead of continuing to fight this battlefield where there is no hope, it is better to surrender as soon as possible.
But after experiencing "purification", they all know what to say and what not to say, and they hide their thoughts in their hearts and dare not express them easily.
Cao Ren naturally knew that even the Cao family might not be loyal to the end. There would definitely be people who were disagreeable, but he didn''t care because he would not give these people a chance to surrender.
"Don''t worry, the military advisor had already expected the situation we are facing now, and left a way to deal with it."
Cao Ren remembered Fan Li''s advice, did not tell everyone, and said calmly: "What we need to do now is to hold Zhang Liao and withdraw the troops after the lord preserves Dingtao.
According to the military advisor''s advice, if the plan fails, the army heading to Yan County will be recalled and the Yan County defenders abandoned the city and went to Chenliu..."
"What? Give up Yan County?"
Before Cao Ren could finish his words, Cao Youwen and Cao Can exclaimed.
In fact, even if Cao Ren didn''t say it, the generals present knew that the probability of breaking out from Dongjun was very small, but compared with the dead end formed after Dingtao fell, the hope of breaking out from Dongjun was greater.
So when Cao Ren mentioned giving up Yan County, Cao Youwen and Cao Can reacted so much. After all, it would be better to have this hope than not.
As soon as Cao Can said this, he realized that he had lost his composure and immediately shut up and stopped talking. However, Cao Youwen asked impatiently: "Once he gave up Yan County, if the lord failed to save Dingtao, then will the retreat of my 100,000 troops be completely cut off?"
From the reactions of the two, we can see that Cao Can was named Duke. Perhaps his military ability is not as good as Cao Youwen, but his political sense is much stronger than Cao Youwen.
As Cao Can expected, Cao Ren felt dissatisfied and defensive when he heard this. After looking at Cao Youwen indifferently, he said, "Although the Qin army''s troops in Dongjun are empty, as long as Zhang Liao still stares at him, our army will not really break through from the east county.
The previous attitude of going to Yan County was just to confuse and paralyze Zhang Liao. Although the purpose has not been achieved, it does not mean that it is useless.
Since the Qin army was indifferent and chose to continue to wait and see, it means that Jia Xu didn''t know the military advisor''s true intentions. Isn''t this an opportunity under the crisis, and it is also the only remaining opportunity for our army to meet. ”
"Can…"
Cao Youwen wanted to say something else, but before he finished speaking, his younger brother Cao Youwan pulled him back and signaled him not to say anything else.
Cao Youwen woke up as if he was dreaming. He realized that what he said shouldn''t be said might cause Cao Ren''s misunderstanding. He didn''t even know whether he should explain it for a while.
Cao Ren saw the performance of Cao Youwen''s brothers. He naturally believed in Cao Youwen''s loyalty. He would react to the army as a good example, but it also shows that he was pessimistic about the current situation, so he should be prepared for the sake of the situation. At least he could not give him the opportunity to lead the army alone.
"Okay, I believe in the lord and the military advisor. I believe that this time the lord will be able to protect Dingtao."
Cao Ren confidently made a promise to appease the anxiety in the hearts of the generals, but was soon slapped in the face by the cruel reality.
Liu Tichun, the garrison general of Dingtao, took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender to Bai Qi''s city, which also meant that Cao''s army''s retreat was cut off.
There were actually many things happening in the matter of Liu Tichun’s surrender in Xianguan.
Although Cao Cao sent Cao Ning in advance to prevent Liu Tichun from surrendering, it was precisely this move that stimulated Liu Tichun, who was originally swaying.
In fact, many of the Great Qin Dynasty were like Cao Wei, and there were many factions within it, mainly five factions, namely:
Clan relatives mainly composed of Cao Wei royal family;
The Yingchuan faction, dominated by Xun You, Chen Qun and others;
Yanzhou faction headed by Chen Gong and Cheng Yu;
External faction led by Yin Shou and Dan Tai Yu;
And the Yellow Turban System led by Wang Junke, Niu Jinxing and others.
Where Cao Wei is a little bigger, there are five major factions inside. When Cao Cao is not strong in the country but the people are not rich, and has constant internal and external troubles, he can still balance the five major factions in the country and prevent them from causing trouble.
But by just solving this point, Cao Cao beat most of the princes, which fully demonstrates how strong Cao Cao''s political ability is.
Among the five major factions of Cao Wei, the most miserable one is naturally the Yellow Turban Sect.
That''s right, it''s the Yellow Turban series, not the Ming series.
Cao Wei had never recognized the title of Ming Dynasty before. Even though the Ming Dynasty next door was stronger than the Wei State, even if most of them, including the Qin State, they recognized the Ming State, and Wei State had always called it the Yellow Turban Thieves, not the Ming Army.
It was not until Cao Wei and Qin turned against each other that the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming formed an anti-Qin alliance that Cao Wei changed his face quickly and recognized the Ming Kingdom, a brother who was killed and loved each other.
After Li Zicheng died in battle, the surrendered troops who were forced to surrender to Cao Wei accounted for more than half of the Cao army, but now they can only barely occupy one tenth, which shows how miserable the Yellow Turbans were suppressed.
Of course, Cao Cao did not openly suppress the situation, but adopted a more advanced open plot, and constantly consumed the power of the Yellow Turban system in the war with the Ming Dynasty.
This also caused surrendered generals such as Wang Junke and Liu Tichun to be unaware that they were suppressed, and the troops in their hands were gradually consumed in the war. Not only did they not think there was a problem, but they also felt that their abilities were insufficient.
Liu Tichun is like this. After Li Zicheng''s death, he and Ma Shouying each led thousands of troops to surrender to Cao Cao, but then they gradually lost all their money in the war with the Ming Dynasty. They were all transferred to the rear for several years due to their defeat.
If it weren''t for the fact that Cao Cao had "purified" and many important positions were left in Cao Wei, I''d probably not have thought that there were still many generals in the Yellow Turban System to use it.
Liu Tichun also thought before that he was idle because of his defeat, and defeat was due to his lack of ability, so he naturally could not blame others.
But now Cao Cao has no choice but to reuse him as a defeated general again, and let him guard such an important position in Dingtao. With such kindness and attention, if he still betrays Cao Cao and even makes a knife for Cao Wei, it would be too ungrateful.
Under the dual constraints of conscience and morality, even though Liu Tichun knew that Cao Wei was about to end, even if he agreed with what Ma Shouying said, he was still extremely hesitant and could not make a decision for a long time.
When he came, Ma Shouying, who was full of confidence, saw that his mouth was almost smoking, but his good brother was still indifferent. While realizing that something might be wrong, he was also curious about the reason why Liu Tichun refused to surrender.
"Brother, what are you hesitating about? The orthodox Ming Dynasty is in the Qin Dynasty. Have you betrayed your original belief?" Ma Shouying said with anger.
"Belief?"
After a cold smile, Liu Tichun asked back, "Didn''t we join the rebel army because we couldn''t survive and made a living, and when did we become his mother''s belief?
The trick Huang Tiantianguo, the great master, was a trick that was completely a deceptive trick. Not to mention that I didn’t believe it before, I didn’t believe it even now.
You are all five poisons, don’t say you will believe this. ”
As soon as Liu Tichun said this, he didn''t know how to refute Ma Shouying. He really didn''t believe Zhang Jiao''s trick. The reason why he used the orthodox Ming Dynasty in the Qin Dynasty was just to use this to evoke Liu Tichun''s memories and convince him to surrender with him. But he didn''t expect that Liu Tichun would not take this trick at all.
Ma Shouying knew that he could not convince Liu Tichun, so he could only ask helplessly: "What are you going to do now? Then, I, a traitor, come to sacrifice the flag to show your loyalty to Cao Cao?"
Liu Tichun shook his head and said, "Brother for more than ten years. You know I won''t do this. You go, I''ll just pretend you have never been here."
Seeing that Liu Tichun had no intention of taking him down, Ma Shouying breathed a sigh of relief and was even more puzzled.
"Brother, I really don''t understand. What kind of ecstasy did Cao Cao make? Li Zicheng was much better to us than Cao Cao at the beginning, but when Li Zicheng died, you surrendered to Cao Cao without hesitation. Why did he become so loyal when he arrived at Cao Cao?
You must know that even Puyang City has been lost. With your mere 3,000 defenders, it is impossible for you to defend Dingtao. Do you really want to bury Cao Cao for burial?
Isn’t this good to surrender to the Qin Dynasty and share wealth with your brothers? ”
Liu Tichun knew that Ma Shouying was sincere for his own good, so he couldn''t help but sigh, and then said helplessly: "My situation is different from yours. There are only 300 county soldiers in the Fox City, and it is impossible for him to stop Bai Qi. Even if you surrender, no one will blame you, but I am different.
There are three thousand defenders in Dingtao. Even if I can''t stop Bai Qi, I can still delay it for a while. After receiving the news of the fall of Puyang, the lord will definitely lead the army to support Dingtao as soon as possible. If the distance is calculated, I can wait for reinforcements for at most one day to hold on.
The lord will use me as a defeated general without any grudges, but I betray my lord in the life and death plan of Cao Wei. If I betray my lord with ungratefulness, then the responsibility for the destruction of Cao Wei will be blamed on me, and I will definitely be despised by loyal and determined people in the world in the future. ”
Ma Shouying was stunned when he heard this. He didn''t think so much before, but now it seems that he is still shallow.
"well…"
Ma Shouying also sighed. He knew that he could not convince Liu Tichun. He wanted to leave, but he couldn''t help but remind him: "When I entered the city, many people saw it. If Cao Cao knew that you let me go, he would probably not let you go."
"Don''t worry, as long as I don''t want to surrender to Qin, at most I will be deprived of military power."
Hearing Liu Tichun say this, Ma Shouying stopped saying anything and immediately prepared to leave to report to Bai Qi. But at this moment, Liu Tichun''s personal soldiers came to report: "General, General Cao Ning came alone and had already entered the city."
"What?"
Hearing this, Liu Tichun and Ma Shouying screamed, and their faces became extremely ugly in an instant. After all, it was impossible for Cao Ning to enter the city without asking about the situation of the soldiers. As soon as he asked, he would know that Ma Shouying had met Liu Tichun first.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Tichun couldn''t help but smile bitterly: "You asked you to leave before, but you must not leave. Now, you can''t leave even if you want to."
(This chapter ends)