? Chapter 190: The male and female duel

Li Zhe and Zhuge Liang divided the troops. Li Zhe personally led 100,000 troops to Qingzhou. Zhuge Liang took Ma Su and Li Zhe's orders to return to Jingchu personally and mobilized the troops to send troops in five directions.

As soon as Zhuge Liang arrived in Jingchu, he was appointed as the re-referred official of Ma Su as a food and grass.

Ma Su has been recuperating for more than a year. Lu Bu has not died with an arrow. He was hunted by the local people. After he was injured better, he wanted to go back to Jingchu, but he heard that his lord had already released the news of Ma Su's death and wanted to avenge himself. Ma Su thought that his death was an excuse for the lord to attack Xuzhou. If he went back, there might be changes, so Ma Su hid in the mountains, waiting for the lord's troops to be sent to Xuzhou and came out to assist the lord.

Li Zhe thought to himself that if he wins this battle, he can only retire himself, but who should he pass on his family business to? He has been thinking deeply that if he passes it to Zhuge Liang, he will be competent, but he feels a little unbearable.

Cao Cao received an urgent document from Xuchang in Yongliang, which stated that Li Zhe of Jingchu sent 400,000 troops, a total of four groups of troops, each with a total of 100,000 troops, heading towards Silizhou, Qingzhou, Bingzhou and Yanzhou.

When Cao Cao saw this official document, he shivered all over and kept his cold sweat. This was a big deal, and it could not be more important. At this moment, Li Zhe had taken down Xuzhou. It seemed that Li Zhe wanted to fight with me.

Cao Cao looked outside the camp and thought for a while, then shouted: "I'm anxious for the generals to discuss the troops."

After the generals arrived, Cao Cao said: "Our army quickly withdrew its troops and returned to Xuchang to set up defenses. Li Zhe raised 400,000 troops to attack our Lizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou. It seems that Li Zhe is going to fight with us to the death."

The army retreated and left Yongzhou and returned directly to Xuchang. Cao Cao said in the Xuchang Hall: "Our army has more than 500,000 troops, and at this moment our army is defending the city. Our army has more troops than Li Zhe. Our army will win in this battle."

Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to lead 100,000 troops to defend Qingzhou, Yu Jin defended Bingzhou, Le Jin defended Silizhou, Zhang He defended Yanzhou, and led 100,000 troops from all directions to quickly deploy defense.

Cao Cao's spies could only detect the army, but did not discover Li Zhe's naval movements.

Ten days later

Li Zhe's army of 100,000 arrived in Qingzhou, Zhuge Liang and Yan Liangwen Chou arrived outside Yanzhou City, and ordered Pang Tong to lead 100,000 to form an alliance with Ma Chao to Bingzhou, and Xu Shu led Meng Huo's army of 100,000 to Silizhou, and it was almost in Chang'an."

Cao Cao did not discover Zhou Yu's navy. Li Zhe asked the navy to attack Cao Cao with no defense just to prevent him. In this way, Cao Cao's rear would be disrupted, and Cao Cao's formation would be in chaos.

Li Zhe told Zhuge Liang that when he arrived at his respective locations, he would only set up camps and challenge them. He should not attack the city on a large scale. It would be the time to attack the city after Zhou Yu captured Youzhou.

Cao Cao was also a little confused at this moment. He could only concentrate on his troops and horses on weekdays. At this moment, the four routes had no ability to go to the battle in person. He could only sit alone in Xuchang and wait for the report of the battle situation in each state.

Xun Yu took out his own documents and went to the back of the hall and said, "Prime Minister, the passages of all the people have arrived."

Cao Cao opened it and felt something was wrong. Cao Cao threw it to Xun Yu. Xun Yu looked at it and felt something was wrong, and then said, "Prime Minister, is Li Zhe waiting for the opportunity?"

Cao Cao asked, "Is there any general who did not appear in Jingchu in this strategy of sending troops?"

Xun Yu thought for a while and said, "Prime Minister, there is no Zhou Yu."

Zhou Yu used to stop at the shore of Youzhou, and the army had already disembarked. There was no low-end place wherever he passed. All the soldiers and horses in Youzhou were only 30,000, and they were distributed among the counties, without any threat. At this moment, Zhou Yu had arrived in Beiping, Youzhou, which was the base of Gongsun Zai in Beiping.

Cao Cao received a report and said: "Prime Minister, Zhou Yu's 120,000 army has captured Peiping, and Youzhou has fallen into Zhou Yu's hands at this moment."

After hearing the news, Cao Cao felt a splitting headache and fainted on the ground.

After Cao Cao woke up, it had been three days. Xun Yu had been waiting by his side. Cao Cao opened his eyes and said, "I have been in a coma for several days."

"Three Days"

"How is the battle?"

"Li Zhe's army has begun to attack in full swing. Now our army is fighting to the death. This is not a long-term solution. Now everyone in the north knows that Li Zhe has captured Youzhou, and our army has the whereabouts of morale, but Li Zhe's army is very morale."

"What"

"Prime Minister, Xu Shu, Meng Huo and Ji Ling have broken through my passes for several times in a row, and they are about to arrive in Xuchang. Li Zhe personally attacked Qingzhou and had already captured half of it. Bingzhou is an allied army of Pang Tong and Ma Chao. Bingzhou seems to be unable to save it. Zhou Yu, who was behind him, began to advance to Jizhou after capturing Youzhou. I have asked the Xiahou brothers to defend the city."

"How come such a big change happened in these three days, how could it be possible?"


Chapter completed!