In the late summer of the second year of Jian 'an.
Liu Xie issued a criminal denunciation in Xuchang City.
The emperor's words were fierce. He listed more than a dozen crimes against Yuan Shu and sent Prime Minister Cao Ang to lead 20,000 troops (No. 100,000) south to attack Jianghuai.
The denunciation mentioned.
Yuan Shu caused the natural disaster because he violated the destiny.
This was Yuan Shu's personal fault, and the common people should not suffer.
In order to prevent the suffering of all living beings and to show the benevolence of the Han Dynasty, Cao Ang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, would kill Yuan Shu to enforce justice on behalf of the heavens. At the same time, he promised to gather the hungry people in the Jianghuai disaster relief site and provide food for work.
Once the imperial edict to punish the thief was issued.
The news quickly spread to all the major provinces and counties.
The world was shaken, and Cao Ang's reputation soared.
In the Jianghuai era, the people were excited and saw Cao Ang as their savior and the emperor's army as a heavenly army.
Facing the surging public sentiment, Yuan Shu felt that things were not going well. He left Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, and Li Feng to guard Su County while he retreated to the south.
Su County is an important town in Huaibei.
Close to the Huai River, military strategists will fight for it.
This city is our base, we can advance or retreat.
If you advance, you can cross the river and attack the north.
If they retreated, they could use the Huai River as a defense line to block the enemies from outside.
Cao Ang led his army across the Huai River.
There was no obstruction at all.
Guo Jia analyzed," Yuan Shu's army didn't attack halfway, which means that they are afraid of our army and don't dare to fight head-on with us. They want to use the city to fight with our army. I suggest that we divide our forces around Su County and persuade the towns behind to surrender. This will isolate Su County and further damage the morale of the army.”
"Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Le Jin!" Cao Ang nodded.”
"I'm here!"
"I'll give you three days. Take down all the towns within a hundred miles of Su County!”
"Yes!"
The three generals led the cavalry unit with the highest mobility and set off.
Cao Ang's expedition this time could be said to be the will of the people. The other towns in Huaibei didn't have any troops stationed there.
Yuan Shu was not popular with the people. Whether it was the ordinary officials or the ordinary people, most of them were willing to surrender. Therefore, the cavalry led by the three generals was just a formality. They did not spend any effort to cut off the retreat of Su County.
Cao Ang ordered the three generals to go deeper.
The city was attacked and Yuan Shu was pursued.
Cao Ang arrived at Su County. After setting up camp, he sent Xiahou Dun forward to challenge them.
"Prime Minister Cao has led the emperor's army to attack. The people of the three nearby counties have already surrendered.”Xiahou Dun's single eye was filled with viciousness." Otherwise, don't blame us for being merciless when the city falls!”
On the city wall.
Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, and Li Feng looked at each other.
This one-eyed man was Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao's most trusted aide.
This person was a famous valiant general in the world. He had fought against the Yellow Turban, Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu. He was very powerful.
Then, he looked at the Cao army.
Even though the cavalry was taken away.
However, there were still more than 10,000 people.
These soldiers were full of vitality, morale was high, and their armor was bright. One look and one could tell that they were elite soldiers.
Even though there were 20,000 troops stationed in Su County, these soldiers lacked actual combat experience and training. They were all malnourished and their equipment was very simple.
"Xiahou Dun is just trying to provoke us, but as long as we hold on and don't come out, he can't do anything to us."”
Qiao Rui chimed in," I'm still afraid of Cao Cao if he comes personally. But Cao Cao is already dead. Do you think Cao Ang can take Su County?" As long as we defend the city, they can't do anything to us!”
Zhang Xun knew what was going on.
He turned a blind eye to Xiahou Dun's threats and provocations.
"Is Tian Zi really out of people to use? Sending a vegetable prime minister and a blind general to attack the city, I advise you to hurry back to Xuchang, or don't blame me for not knowing!”
The Prime Minister was mocking Cao Ang.
The blind general was undoubtedly referring to Xiahou Dun.
"Come down and fight me if you dare!" Xiahou Dun was furious.”
Zhang Xun retorted,"If you have the ability, come up and fight me!"”
"Come down!"
"Come up!"
"Come down!"
“……”
Zhang Xun knew his limits.
Xiahou Dun was someone who had fought Lu Bujun twice and survived.
Although he was caught the first time and his eyes were knocked out the second time, it was enough to prove that his strength was not bad.
Ji Ling was originally Yuan Shu's number one general, not him. Ji Ling was born with extraordinary brute force and martial arts. He was also extremely arrogant. He once led tens of thousands of troops to attack Liu Bei, but was scared away by Lu Bu's halberd.
Not long after.
Ji Ling exchanged blows with Zhang Fei.
After a dozen rounds, he was cut off from his horse.
Zhang Xun's martial arts were still lacking compared to Ji Ling's.
Zhang Fei, who had killed Ji Ling in ten moves, was much weaker than Lu Bu.
Comparing the two.
Unless his brain was damaged.
Zhang Xun would never go out to fight.
Therefore, he started a war of words with Xiahou Dun.
And the standard of quarreling was only at the level of primary school students.
When Cao Ang saw this, he frowned. If this continued, there would be no end to it.
General Xia Hou, come back."
"Yes, sir!"
Cao Ang brought Cao Yi and Ah Ke.
They rode their horses from the camp to the city of Su County.
"I'm the Prime Minister Cao Ang who grows vegetables. Do you dare to come down and fight me?”
At this moment, Cao Yi quietly took out an arrow from his quiver. With his insane shooting range and 100% accuracy, he could kill Zhang Xun at this distance.
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