Chapter 571

Cheng Yu cupped his hands.

"My lord, Sun Ce has already defeated Huang Zu, and our two allied armies have made Liu Bei overwhelmed!"

Cao Cao, however, frowned.

"It is a pity that Liu Bei quickly controlled the Xiangyang troops. Now I only hope that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu can rely on the navy to defeat Liu Bei and break his image of being invincible in the eyes of the Jingzhou commoners."

"Once Liu Bei is defeated, our army will take the opportunity to raid Xiangyang, occupy the rich land of Jingzhou, and then plot against Xichuan!"

Cao Cao stood up tall.

"Send someone to warn Xia Hou Dun and Xia Xia Houyuan to be cautious!"

"Yes!"

Nanyang Commandery, Wancheng city gates were closed at this time.

The news of Cao Cao leading the army into Nanyang Commandery had already been known by the garrison general Wen Pin.

"Why is the Cao army invading Nanyang Commandery at this time? Could it be that there is a change in Xiangyang?"

"My lord finally announced that he would let Lord Xuande take control of Jingzhou in the future."

Wen Pin settled the rebellion of Zhang Xian last time and admired Liu Bei deeply after getting along with him!

"Report!"

"General, an envoy came from outside the city, saying he is Sun Qian, a subordinate of Lord Xuande Liu Bei."

Wen Pin stood up suddenly.

"Quickly invite him in!"

After Sun Qian came in, he told Wen Pin about the recent events in Xiangyang.

Wen Pin didn't expect that so many things had happened in these few days.

"General Wen, my lord has always admired you and hopes you will continue to serve Jingzhou."

Sun Qian threw out an olive branch.

Wen Pin cupped his hands.

"Lord Xuande replacing my lord to become the master of Jingzhou is justified; I am naturally willing to serve."

Sun Qian was overjoyed.

"General Wen, Cao Cao raised one hundred thousand troops to invade Nanyang, and Sun Ce's sixty thousand elite troops also marched into Jiangxia."

"What does my lord want me to do?"

"The general only needs to guard Wancheng well and protect the commoners of Wancheng. My lord has already arranged other matters properly. After this great battle, my lord will definitely reuse the general."

Wen Pin originally thought that Liu Bei would let him lead twenty thousand troops to participate in the battle, but didn't expect he only needed to guard the city.

"My lord is benevolent and righteous; I admire him to the extreme!"

Xinye city,

Zhuge Liang, Wang Ping, Guo Huai, and Yan Xing's forty thousand troops from Hanzhong had already arrived here first.

Wang Ping cupped his hands.

"Main general, the brothers Xia Hou Dun and Xia Xia Houyuan led forty thousand troops and will arrive near Xinye early tomorrow morning."

Zhuge Liang smiled.

"Both brothers came this time?"

He looked at the map and had a plan in mind.

"Yan Xing, you lead eight thousand troops to ambush in the upper reaches of the Bai River. Each soldier carries a cloth bag. Fill it with sand and soil to curb the Bai River water. When the third watch arrives, hearing the shouting of people and neighing of horses downstream, take the sandbags to release the water, and then lead troops to pursue and kill!"

"Yes!"

"Wang Ping, you lead eight thousand soldiers to ambush at the Boling ferry, where the water is the slowest. After the Cao army is flooded, many will definitely flee here. You take the opportunity to attack and kill, and you will definitely break them!"

"Yes!"

"Guo Huai, you lead five thousand troops to ambush at Huangyouju. When the Cao army is defeated and retreats, fire ten thousand arrows at once!"

"Yes!"

Wang Ping smiled.

"The main general burned Xia Hou with fire last time, and this time he flooded Xia Hou with water. The two will suffer again."

Everyone laughed loudly...

Xia Hou Dun was brave, and Xia Xia Houyuan was good at fighting, but both were calculated by Zhuge Liang once.

Xia Hou Dun was burned enough by a fire,

and Xia Xia Houyuan was raided by Zhuge Liang.

Both hated Zhuge Liang to the bone!

"Miaocai, this time the Zhuge village fellow has also just arrived in Xinye. We must wash away our shame!"

"A village fellow actually relied on tricks to defeat my two brothers. Hateful!"

Xia Xia Houyuan, however, frowned.

"Cousin, the Zhuge village fellow is full of tricks. We must be careful of his tricks, especially fire tricks!"

"Hmm, we will spread scouts widely and will definitely not be taken advantage of by the Zhuge village fellow! (agfh)"

That night at the third watch,

the Xia Hou brothers led troops to arrive at the Bai River and began to cross the river overnight.

"Boom!"

The water level in the upper reaches suddenly rose, and the swarming flood directly washed away the Cao army crossing the river!

Xia Hou Dun and Xia Xia Houyuan were shocked. They didn't expect to fall into Zhuge's trap after all!

The two didn't fall for the fire trick this time, but fell for the water flooding trick!

"Kill!"

The sound of horns rang out, and the sound of killing swept from the upper reaches!

The Cao army had just been washed by the water; those in the water naturally didn't need to be said, and those on the shore were also terrified, being shot by Yan Xing in a mess and directly defeated!

Then the Cao army was ambushed again at the Boling ferry!

By the fifth watch, the two Xia Hou brothers led twenty thousand defeated troops to flee backward, and were shot and killed by Wang Ping again!

Of their forty thousand troops, only eight thousand remained and fled toward Yexian!

Zhuge Liang didn't pursue too much, but let the soldiers build a camp next to Xinye city, intending to welcome Cao Cao's large army.

Two more days passed, and Gao Shun, Ju Yi, Huang Zhong, Pang De, Gao Lan, and others led fifty thousand troops to arrive in Xinye.

They were originally slightly dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang being the main commander this time,

but who knew, before their troops arrived, Zhuge Liang had already won a battle, beating Cao Cao's vanguard Xia Hou brothers until they were defeated!

Everyone was naturally extremely impressed!

Everyone discussed matters in Xinye city.

Ju Yi cupped his hands and said,

"Main general, the Cao army's forty thousand were defeated. They only have seventy thousand left this time. Our army adds up to ninety thousand, so we can quickly sweep them away!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head.

"Cao Cao personally leads a large army, all of which are elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles, so they are not easy to deal with."

"Everyone, the order my lord gave us is to block the Cao army on the Xinye line, protect Xiangyang, and let my lord have time to defeat Sun Ce and recover Jingnan."

Huang Zhong frowned.

"Then what should our army do?"

Zhuge Liang looked at everyone.

"Everyone, although Xiangyang city has seventy thousand troops at this time, my lord's direct line only has six thousand. Defending against many troops with few troops still has hidden dangers. I intend to send twenty thousand troops to reinforce my lord."

"Old General Huang, you have been a general in Jingzhou for many years, have prestige, and also shook Jingnan. It is just right to help my lord take Jingnan."

He changed the topic.

"Old General Huang, you have prestige in Jingzhou. Do you know why my lord didn't take you to Xiangyang this time?"

Huang Zhong's eyes were already bloodshot, and he sighed long.

"Liu Jingsheng was my old master. My lord was afraid I would find it difficult."

"I will lead troops to Xiangyang to help my lord now!"

Zhuge Liang nodded.