Chapter 943: Cao Cao's Decision(1/2)
Under the city of Guangzhou.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Countless soldiers under the banner of Cao's army rushed towards the top of Guangzhou city, whether above the top of the city or under the city, they were densely covered with corpses.
The blood has dyed him the walls of Gwangju City red.
The night slowly descended, and the defenders on the city took advantage of the night to repel the enemy's repeated attacks.
"General, do we really have reinforcements?" A deputy general on the top of the city asked the main general next to him. This had already made them stand on the fourth day.
"Yes, there will definitely be some, and the king will not give up on us!" said the main general very affirmatively.
I miss him, Hao Shao, who became famous in Gwangju in one battle, but I didn’t expect to come to Gwangju again this time.
"This damn Wei Yan!" the deputy general said hatefully.
"Yes, this damn Wei Yan!" Hao Shao also said angrily. Hao Shao really couldn't understand why Wei Yan rebelled.
Wei Yan helped the king defeat Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei ran away, and fought against Sun Ce. He can be said to be the direct line among the Liu Mang army's direct line.
It was precisely because of Wei Yan's military achievements that Liu Mang taught Yuzhou to Wei Yan and him Hao Shao.
Hao Shao was good at defense, but was not good at siegeing cities and camps, so Hao Shao gave the position of the general of Yuzhou to Wei Yan.
I thought that Wei Yan was in Yuzhou and Yuzhou must be solid, but I never thought that Wei Yan, as the commander of Yuzhou, would rebel against His Highness the King of Han and join Cao Cao's command.
This caught the entire Yangzhou army off guard.
"Mr. Ju Su!" Hao Shao thought of someone, the old figure and the last desolation, and couldn't help but sigh, "Why bother!"
Ju Su committed suicide because when he first discovered that Cao Cao's army had taken action, Ju Su suggested that the inner minister Xu Shu send troops to fight with Cao Cao's army in Yuzhou for a generation, so as not to allow Cao Cao's army to enter the territory of the Yangzhou army, thus buying time for the lord Liu Mang who was far away in Yizhou.
It could have been said that it was safe, with 50,000 elite troops from Yangzhou. The border of the army was so safe that Cao Cao could not sleep or eat.
Without Cao Cao taking several times his troops to guard against him, Ju Su could invade various places in Yanzhou at any time.
But who would have thought that General Wei Yan of Yuzhou was from Cao Cao?
Cao's army and Wei Yan were attacked inside and outside. Yangzhou's troops were defeated. If it weren't for the veteran General Huang Zhong and Mr. Ju Su, the two would have turned the tide and won most of the troops to retreat.
I'm afraid that none of the 50,000 troops will come back.
This is how there were only less than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Hao Shao retreated from Yuzhou to Guangzhou in this way.
Hao Shao’s current mission is to block the speed of Cao Cao’s army’s advance so that Shouchun is well prepared, and the other is to wait for reinforcements.
"Your Majesty, two days, and two more days, I can't stand it anymore!" Hao Shao looked at the broken walls of Guangzhou City and the corpses. Fortunately, the weather is not hot now, otherwise the corpses will inevitably smell bad.
The countless wails in the dark night resounded all night, and Hao Shao himself was unable to rest well. He found a place to sleep with his clothes.
The sky quickly became brighter and the sun shone on the earth.
Hao Shao was awakened by someone because Cao Cao's army under the city took action again.
"Guangzhou!" Cao Cao looked at the solid city and the figure holding a telescope above the city.
"Is the guard of this Guangzhou City called Hao Shao?!" Cao Cao asked a red-faced general next to him.
This person is no other person, Wei Yan. Wei Yan lowered his head and said, "It's Hao Shao!"
Wei Yan and Hao Shao played a team to compliment Yuzhou in Yuzhou. Cao Cao thought that even the general of Yuzhou Wei Yan had surrendered to him, so the Yangzhou army was not worth worrying. The main force of the Yangzhou army was also defeated. The power along the way was unstoppable, and Yuzhou was quickly captured.
Ruyin, Yingshang, Cai, and Runan were simply surrendering, even some stubborn elements were cleaned up by Cao Cao's army.
But I never thought that I would be defeated in such a small Guangzhou city.
His army has been attacking here for four days, and Cao Cao has been attacking continuously. There are only 5,000 defenders in the city, and within four days, Cao Cao's army has resisted hundreds of thousands of troops for less than four days.
Cao Cao also admired the arrival of this guard general Hao Shao, who was simply a human city wall.
"Go and ask me a question. Tell this person that if he is willing to surrender, I will be the general above to take care of him!" Cao Cao spoke very readily.
The general said it very general, but the governor could not escape.
The dissatisfaction in Wei Yan's eyes flashed away. Wei Yan was carrying the words of betrayal and gave up so much. Not to mention that the Yangzhou army has regarded Wei Yan as a mortal enemy, even in Cao Cao's army, those generals looked down on him. Wei Yan was just a senior general in the end, but now Cao Cao looked at Hao Shao with admiration. General, this official position is not comforting.
However, although he was dissatisfied, Wei Yan had no choice but to go all the way with Cao Cao.
He immediately sent someone to surrender Hao Shao, and was shot and killed by Hao Shao for granted.
"Master, this person will never surrender!" Wei Yan once again dissuaded Cao Cao.
Hao Shao was one of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry at first, but later he was recommended to Gao Shun by Zhang Liao. Gao Shun felt that this person was following him, so he gave it to Liu Mang.
It was Liu Mang who gave him the opportunity to become famous in Guangzhou, and his original identity. Such a person must be Liu Mang's loyalty.
"Okay!" Cao Cao could only nodded. He was really unwilling to accept it. "This Liu Mang boy actually has so many loyal and righteous men following him! Alas!" Cao Cao gradually was afraid. It was not that Cao Cao had not been captured by Liu Mang's new Yangzhou army, but these individuals either sacrificed their lives or would rather die than surrender. He thought that the Yangzhou army could subdue them, and that the Yangzhou army could defeat him in the end.
"Why should you worry lord? Isn't there any such general Wei Yan?" An old man next to Cao Cao said with a smile. This person is Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu is a poisonous man, but he is also a dead dogma. Guo Jia hates to meet Cheng Yu the most. In the eyes of people like Cheng Yu, Guo Jia is a rebellious person.
Wei Yan, a person who betrayed his master, is even more different in Cheng Yu's eyes.
As soon as he opened his words, Wei Yan was really embarrassed. What does it mean to be General Wei Yan like?
"Zhongde?!" Cao Cao warned Cheng Yu first, and then comforted Wei Yan, "If Wen Chang had no Wen Chang, I would not know when I could judge the world. The sacrifices made by Wen Chang were really great!"
This statement was different from Cao Cao's mouth. At first, Wei Yan was rebellious and a traitor. In Cao Cao's words, Wei Yan worked hard for the unification of the world, gave up his personal shame, and became tall and proud all of a sudden.
"Your Majesty, you can't drag it down anymore, Guangzhou City should be taken down too!" Wei Yan clasped his fists at Cao Cao.
"Tell me, I'll be long-winded!" Cao Cao patted Wei Yan's shoulder and said with a smile.
"The last general will take the order!" Wei Yan walked out immediately.
"Lord, is this person really reliable?" Seeing Wei Yan leaving, Cheng Yu began to ask Cao Cao again.
Cheng Yu is also a person who knows how to look at him. Wei Yan has a rebellious backbone behind his head. He can even betray Liu Mang, let alone Cao Cao.
"He can no longer go back to Yangzhou. Apart from me, is there any place for him to stay in the world?" Cao Cao was very calm.
"By the way. Zhongde, has our army transported food and grass this month?" The most important thing in marching and fighting is food and grass.
It's almost mid-month, but the food and grass have not been sent.
"I haven't sent it yet!" Cheng Yu also regained his enthusiasm for work. You should know that Cheng Yu is much older than Cao Cao, but this little old man is full of energy once he enters the work state.
"It hasn't been sent yet! What is Cao Pi doing?" Cao Cao was a little angry. There were hundreds of thousands of soldiers in this army, and the daily cost was huge. If there was no food and grass in the camp, what could it be? It would be impossible to get food on the spot. Cao Cao wanted a complete Yangzhou, but he didn't want a Yangzhou that was not ten or ten.
Cao Cao was angry, but he stopped calling Cao Pi's nickname Pier.
"Lord, have you forgotten? You taught this food and grass transportation to the young master!" Cheng Yu was dissatisfied with Cao Pi. Cao Cao had divided Cao Pi's food and grass skills as early as when he went to war.
He gave his youngest son Cao Chong, and Cao Chong grabbed several small tails of Cao Pi people in the supply of food and grass, and even squeezed Cao Pi out.
The food and grass are now in Cao Chong's hands.
"Chong'er!" This way, you can see that your closeness and alienation are related. Cao Pi made a mistake, that is Cao Pi. And Cao Chong made a mistake, but Chong'er.
"Send someone to urge me! No, no, Zhongde, you can go there personally to help Chong'er coordinate the planning!" Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu drove Cao Cao. He was not a fool. Naturally, he knew what Cao Cao was thinking. I'm afraid Cao Cao really had the idea of changing his successor.
Cao Pi! The second young master! Although in Cheng Yu's opinion, Cao Pi had nothing to be picky about. Whether it was dealing with people or handling government affairs, he was a top ten heir, but after all, it was Cao Cao's.
Cao Cao now has a sense of spoiling his youngest son. If this youngest son is an incompetent person, it would be fine.
But this young son is a real genius. Although he is young, he is proficient in the Six Arts. He is not inferior to Cao Pi in other aspects. You have to know how old Cao Chong is now.
"Hey!" Cheng Yu couldn't say much, he could only say that Cao Pi was born at the wrong time and was not lucky.
It may not be a bad thing for Cao Cao to choose Cao Chong as his successor.
Cheng Yu immediately stepped down and left.
The war in Guangzhou continued, and Wei Yan took out the Red Clothing Camp under the city.
All the cannons faced Guangzhou City. A few days ago, Cao Cao cherished Hao Shao's talent, but today he didn't.
A cannon battalion roared, and like Chengdu Prefecture, countless shells flew up onto the city wall and slammed onto the city wall.
Wei Yanbai's unsatisfactory shelling was a city that destroyed many stubborn and hard-working elements in Yuzhou, but today it was ineffective.
It turned out that Guangzhou City belonged to Yangzhou. After Liu Mang's industrial park built the cement, the first part was to reinforce Shouchun. Later, there was a dam cement project outside Shouchun City. Then there were Yangzhou cities like Guangzhou. Later, there was too much cement, and Liu Mang used him to build roads. It was enough to see that Guangzhou is now solid.
Cao Cao used to be the advantage of the number of people. Hao Shao had no choice but to do it. Now Wei Yan used artillery bombardment. Although the shells hit the city wall, the city wall was sunken, but they were not as exaggerated as Chengdu Mansion. The shells could only leave marks on Guangzhou City, but they could not smash them.
Wei Yan took out the cannon, and Hao Shao was not surprised but happy because Hao Shao had been waiting for this time for too long.
Wei Yan betrayed Liu Mang and transferred a cannon battalion from Yangzhou, which had 3,000 cannons and 50 cannons and 100 cannons.
If such a heavy weapon is obtained outside Shouchun City and the bombardment of ammunition is not restricted, even a city cast with cement cannot withstand it.
Now Wei Yan took out the red camp, and Hao Shao smiled. One is that his Guangzhou can consume Wei Yan's only few shells. The second is that Hao Shao also has cannons in his hand.
It was not three thousand cannons, but thousands of cannons, not many, and ten cannons. These were all transferred from Yingshui. Hao Shao had never been useful, just to give Wei Yan a surprise.
"Recharge the flower bullets and target the Red Clothing Camp!" Hao Shao was in pain when he issued this order. The Red Clothing Camp was the hard work of the Yangzhou Army. Over the years, there were only three battalions that had formed a total of them.
Now I have to destroy him by myself.
Boom boom boom, Guangzhou City also let out his roar, and countless flowering bullets fell into the red camp.
Cao Cao was stunned, but Wei Yan's face turned completely gloomy.
To be continued...