The next day, Bai Xiaowen led 30,000 elite soldiers to set off. Before he arrived at Liyang, he got bad news.

Xiahoudun captures Liyang!

General Jiang Yiqu was beheaded!

Bai Xiaowen inquired about the process and learned that Jiang Yiqu was not to blame for this battle.

Jiang Yiqu knew that he was not the opponent of Xiahoudun and other fierce generals, so he strictly guarded the city camp and did not fight with Cao's army.

But at night, the gate of Liyang City was opened by Cao Jun.

Cao Cao's fourth son, Cao Xiong, showed great courage and led an army into the city, killing three generals in a row. As for Jiang Yiqu, he also fell under the siege of Cao Xiong and his generals! So the Liyang camp was broken, and the defeated troops fled north one after another.

Fortunately, Jiang Yiqu made a wise decision when the city was broken, that is, to burn grain and grass, and never to be an enemy.

Bai Xiaowen showed a sad look and said, "In this battle, although General Jiang was defeated and lost ground, it was not his fault. When the city was broken, he died in battle, and he could still burn the stored grain, not leaving it to the thief army, he had done his best. ”

After a brief mourning, Bai Xiaowen ordered Jiang Yiqu to be posthumously crowned as an auxiliary general, posthumously honored as a martyr, and sealed his son.

Shi Dongzhao, the commander of the army, said: "Although Liyang is broken, the tens of thousands of troops stationed there still exist, and only one general needs to be sent to collect the defeated troops." ”

Qiao Rui said: "The newly defeated army is demoralized. Even if it is closed, it is temporarily unavailable, and it should be taken to Yedu to train morale before calling. ”

Bai Xiaowen nodded: "The two generals, Tian Yu and Murong Ping, are reorganizing the army in Yedu. After these defeated troops are collected, they can be sent to Tian Yu's command and incorporated into the new ranks. ”

Bai Xiaowen selected 30,000 elite soldiers to fight this time, and the remaining 100,000 troops in Yedu let Tian Feng's nephew Tian Yu preside over the drill and reorganization.

The purpose of this reorganization is to break up the Qingzhou Army and integrate it into the Jizhou Army.

Just after the discussion was decided, the second piece of bad news came back.

After capturing Liyang, Xiahoudun sent Cao Xiong to lead 3,000 elite troops to the northeast to take Fanyang City, while Xiahoudun himself commanded the rest of his troops and invaded Anyang.

On the map, Xiahoudun's troops divided into two ways and drew a lying down "7" offensive.

Xiahoudun's 7,000 soldiers and horses were going to attack Anyang in a straight line, while Cao Xiong's 3,000 soldiers and horses were going to take a roundabout route, and they were going to attack Yedu after attacking Fanyang and Wei County all the way.

Dong Zhao was shocked: "Anyang is the gateway to Yedu, and the lord must not be guarded against. Moreover, Cao Xiong led the army to attack Fanyang, and he also needed to divide his troops to guard it, and as soon as Fanyang was broken, Wei County was next. After the other party breaks through Wei County again, he can advance west along the Zhanghe River, and Yedu is in danger. ”

Tian Feng frowned and said: "Xiahou Xuan's department, but 10,000 soldiers and horses, is a vanguard army. Why did he divide his troops, isn't this his own weakness?"

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes, but laughed.

Dong Zhao was very funny: "Lord, the situation is not good now, why are you laughing?"

Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "I don't laugh at anything else, just laugh at Cao Mengde's father and son and calculate each other." Who would have thought that the Cao family would have such a cold temperament!"

Dong Zhao and Tian Feng were puzzled.

Bai Xiaowen didn't explain much, and said: "Cao Xiong's three thousand soldiers and horses are not to worry. The city of Wei County is high and thick, as long as you send military generals who are good at defending the city, the walls are clear, and Cao Xiong will inevitably return in vain. ”

Tian Feng said: "My nephew Tian Yu is quite good at the art of war and has courage. As long as the lord sends him to defend the city, nothing will go wrong. ”

Bai Xiaowen nodded and smiled: "That's what I mean." ”

Subsequently, Bai Xiaowen asked Qiao Rui to return to Yedu to give an order and arrange to defend the city.

There was also some discussion in the team channel.

Li Shuyi: "This Richard is really fierce." ”

Qiao Rui: "What's fierce, it's obvious that the Awakened Ones planted by the Divine Court in our camp have played a role. It is reasonable that the city design of ancient Huaxia is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it weren't for the awakened people of the Divine Court to steal the city gate, no matter how powerful Richard is, it is impossible to enter the city easily. ”

The Awoken certainly have powerful props and changeable means, but that doesn't mean they can crush the spirit figures.

For example, Bai Xiaowen's large-scale deterrence + long-term control of the spiritual force field is actually not invincible in many cases. Because the ancient Chinese snare drum has the effect of invigorating the morale of the army, it can interrupt the opponent's continuous control skills.

After mastering the Hebei army, Bai Xiaowen also had an understanding of items such as "snare drums".

The ancient Chinese snare drum is divided into three types: cow drum, drum, and kui drum.

There are three kinds of drums, all of which have the effect of motivating morale. Among them, the drum also has the effect of interrupting the enemy's continuous ability, and the additional priority is 2 points, and the drum has a special effect to remove the ailments on allies in addition to interrupting, and the additional priority is 3 points.

Of course, the snare drum is not played casually. The first snare drum increases morale the highest, the second drum halves, and the third drum basically does not increase morale. Beating the drum later, on the contrary, will lower morale, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Previously, Bai Xiaowen's deterrence had a total priority of 6 points, and as long as the other party had a leader-level general, he could break his spiritual force field by beating the drum.

But now, because of Xun Yu's Wang Zuo skill, Bai Xiaowen has increased his base priority by 1 point, and the total priority of deterrence has also risen, reaching 7 points!

If you want to break it again, it's not so easy, the leader-level generals must be equipped with the highest-level "Kui Drum" to break it, or you can just let the lord-level generals beat the "Drums".

The number of drums is scarce, and there is only one side of the Yuan camp, but there are as many as six drums.

Bai Xiaowen listened to Qiao Rui's words, nodded and said, "What Sister Qiao said is good. Therefore, it is imperative to investigate the internal response of the divine court in the camp. Sister Qiao, after you return to Yedu to give the order, you must follow Tian Yu to Wei County to gather all the generals and leaders, including the city gate officials, to see if there are any awakened people inside. Once discovered, no matter what the other party's origin is, they will be killed!"

"Don't you go to Fanyang?" don't you think Fanyang can't be saved?" Qiao Rui asked.

Bai Xiaowen said: "Cao Xiong is eager to make meritorious contributions and improve his reputation in the Cao Group, so this battle is prepared. Although he didn't have many soldiers and horses, the scale of the Divine Court Awakened Cultivators gathered a dozen or more people, and the destructive power was indeed strong enough. Fanyang City's defensive strength is very weak in itself, and it will definitely not be able to stop it. It is estimated that after you arrive in Wei County, you will be able to hear the news of the destruction of Fanyang City. ”

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said again: "Let Tian Yu bring a drum, just in case." ”

Qiao Rui said: "If the latent awakened person is very powerful, what should I do if the dog jumps over the wall and assassinates Tian Yu?"

Bai Xiaowen said: "I will send Murong Ping with you." This general is skilled in archery, and like Cecilia, he has the ability to bless archery troops. With him leading an archery team, plus you providing control, even Richard himself, don't think about getting out of the way. ”

Qiao Rui agreed, and immediately returned to Yecheng to give orders.

Bai Xiaowen continued to lead the army forward. Although Xiahoudun said that he wanted to attack Anyang, Bai Xiaowen didn't believe it.

Of the 10,000 vanguard army, 3,000 were divided, leaving 7,000 people who wanted to attack Anyang City, the southern gateway of Yedu.

If Xiahoudun really dared to do this, Bai Xiaowen couldn't ask for it, just before the main force of the Cao army arrived, annihilating Xiahoudun's vanguard army, it would be best to kill one or two lord-level fierce generals-

Due to the popularity, most of the generals of the Cao army left their names in history, resulting in too many lords. If you don't get rid of one or two first, the front is hard, and Bai Xiaowen is really hard to fight.