This astonishing piece of news was so unexpected, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, it roared above Cao Cao's head, shattering all the blueprints he dreamed of in an instant. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Cao jumped up so much, which frightened Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, and he couldn't help but take a step back.

"Didn't Yan Yan just write a letter, saying that the ferry head is solid, how could he lose Shaanxi County so quickly?" Cao Cao asked in a hoarse voice, with a questioning face.

Liu Ye sighed bitterly and said silently: "Your Majesty, the pottery thief did not capture Shaanxi County with a naval army, but sent a young general named Bai Qi to lead a surprise attack over Bear's Ears Mountain and sneak attack on my Shaanxi County. ”

White?

Bears Ears Mountain?

Sneak attack on Shaanxi County?

This series of words shocked Cao Cao again and again, and for a while, he was in a dilemma.

Guo Jia stepped forward with a dry cough and presented the silk book with auspicious information tremblingly.

Cao Cao snatched it away, looked at it anxiously, looked at it, looked at it, his scorched face turned pale, his breathing gradually became heavy, and the fire of anger burned wildly in his eyes.

It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized that he knew the layout of all the potters, and knew that he was being played by the potters again.

"How can this be, I have thought about it so thoroughly that I can't be more thoughtful, but I still have a hundred secrets, I didn't expect that under the command of the pottery thief, there will be such a white man pretending to be an ancient, and he can actually climb over Bears Ears Mountain, pottery thief, you are really ......"

Cao Cao was shocked and angry, regretful and ashamed, and suddenly felt a tingling pain in his head, hugged his head with both hands, and sat down with a scream.

"Yes, Your Majesty's head stroke is sick again, and the medical officer is about to come!" Liu Ye and Guo Jia were startled and hurriedly rushed forward.

Soon, the medical officer hurriedly came, pricked Cao Cao with needles, and used medicine, and tossed for a while before Cao Cao took a breath.

At this time, Ma Chao, Fa Zheng and other important civil and military ministers also rushed over, and after hearing the news of the fall of Shaanxi County, they were all shocked.

"One hundred secrets, one hundred secrets, when the pottery thief was in Shuzhong before, there was a strange plan to smuggle through Yinping, why didn't I think of this section, I should have reminded Your Majesty earlier......" Fa Zheng shook his head and sighed, his face full of self-blame and remorse.

Only then did the Qin ministers suddenly understand that the original tactics of the potters attacking Shaanxi County from the water were simply a trick, and the purpose was just to empty Yan Yanbu's main force in the city and pave the way for Bai Qi's raid on Shaanxi County.

The potters, once again, used an incredible series of tricks to humiliate their majesty, and also humiliated their self-proclaimed wise and resourceful Great Qin courtiers.

Just as he was sighing to himself, the Chinese medicine officer came out and said that Cao Cao's condition had stabilized.

Only then did the ministers breathe a sigh of relief, and they entered the account one after another, persuading Cao Cao to focus on the dragon body and not to be angry.

At this time, Cao Cao, although he was in a mood of anger, his face was still pale, and he sighed in a deep voice: "I thought I had seen through the pottery thief, but I didn't expect that I still despised him and was exploited by him. ”

"Bears Ears Mountain is inaccessible, more difficult to walk than the Yinping Trail, who would have thought that the pottery thief would make this decision, who would have thought that this impostor called Bai Qi really walked out of Bears Ears Mountain, this can only be regarded as the pottery thief's good luck, it can't be said that His Majesty miscalculated, it really has to be counted as responsibility, and it is also the responsibility of the ministers who failed to see through the pottery thief's deceit for His Majesty in time." Fa Zheng bowed his hand and said with relief.

Liu Ye, Guo Jia and other strategists also knelt down in a hurry, and they all blamed themselves.

Cao Cao's expression improved at this time, and he sighed with a flick of his hand: "Who would have thought that the luck of the pottery thief could be so good, and now it is not the time to pursue the blame, so you should wait for the hurry to prepare, and order the three armies to set off immediately, follow me out of the pass, and be sure to recapture Shaanxi County!" ”

Shaanxi County is where Hongnong's throat is, and once it falls, Cao Cao's plan to attack Hedong on both sides will be in vain.

What's even worse is that once Shaanxi County is lost, the 20,000 elite soldiers of Lejin County will become a lone army.

20,000 soldiers and horses may not be anything to the potter, but for Cao Cao, it is a number that cannot afford to lose.

Moreover, if Hongnong County is lost one after another, and another 20,000 troops are lost, and there are important civil and military ministers like Le Chengyu, it will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the hearts of his Qin people and army.

Cao Cao could not afford such a blow, so he had to seize the time when the Wei army was not firmly established, recapture Shaanxi County with superior forces, and reverse this unfavorable situation.

That night, Cao Cao exhausted the 50,000-foot cavalry army of Linjin, gave up the attack on Puban, and went east out of Tongguan in the starry night, and went straight to Shaanxi County.

Three days later, Cao Cao, who was in the dust, led an army of 50,000 cavalry and rushed to the county seat of Shaanxi.

At this time, in the city of Shaanxi, Bai Qi had already strengthened the city wall, collected enough grain and grass, and the soldiers had finished resting and were ready to deal with Cao Cao's attack.

At the same time, Lu Xun also set up camp in the water camp of Ding Feng, dug a ditch, set up heavy antlers, put up a solid water camp, and formed a posture of horns with an army of white in Shaanxi County.

Bai Qi's lone army came to attack Shaanxi County lightly, and he was afraid that Cao Cao would lead a large army to come, and after the siege was completed, the grain and grass on the water could not be transported into the city, and the grain and grass would be poor.

However, Cao Cao used Shaanxi County as a place to store grain, and 300,000 grains and grasses had been collected in it, and all of these grains and grasses fell into Bai Qi's hands, which just solved his urgent need.

As a result, Bai Qi's troops were well-fed and their morale was strong, and they were not afraid of Cao Cao's 50,000 troops coming to attack.

As he expected, after Cao Cao's army arrived, he divided 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard against Lu Xun's army in the north, and the remaining 40,000 troops quickly surrounded Shaanxi County into an iron barrel formation and launched a frantic siege.

But soon, Cao Cao discovered that this white qi was really a difficult bone to gnaw.

Under the command of Cao Cao, more than 40,000 Qin soldiers launched nearly six waves of strong attacks on Shaanxi County, paying nearly 3,000 dead and wounded, but failed to shake Shaanxi County in the slightest.

You must know that Bai Qi's command ability has reached a full hundred, which is higher than Cao Cao's command ability, and it is not easy to defend the fortified city with more than 10,000 elite soldiers and repel Cao Cao's strong attack of only four times the number of soldiers and horses.

The siege of Shaanxi County reached a stalemate.

What made Cao Cao even more troublesome was that the distress intelligence that flew from Lejin like snowflakes confirmed that the defenders of Huangchi were depressed, the people's hearts were turbulent, and the situation was quite critical.

All kinds of unfavorable situations, coupled with the recidivist head wind, under internal and external oppression, made Cao Cao feel physically and mentally depressed.

Cao Cao had no choice but to continue to launch a strong attack on Shaanxi County, and the attack lasted for two days, but it still ended in defeat.

In the evening, the ninth attack failed again, and Cao Cao, after paying more than 1,000 soldiers and wounded, had to order the troops to retreat with hatred.

Looking at the majestic Shaanxi County, looking at the "white" banner that was flying proudly, as if showing off his might to him, Cao Cao stood on his horse, condensed for a long time, and his eyes were full of deep helplessness.

"This Bai Qi is not only good at attacking, but also so good at defending, potter, potter, why do so many talented people in the world want to take refuge in you, instead of me......" Cao Cao sighed, was jealous, and hated.

"Your Majesty, there is another urgent report from the Huangchi side!" Liu Ye came flying on a horse, with a solemn expression and a silk book in his hand.

Cao Cao's nerves tensed again, he took a light breath, and took the information.

As he expected, this piece of information was also Lejin's emergency document, claiming that the soldiers were in turmoil and were on the verge of collapse, and the potters were bombarding the city with thunder and thunder day and night, and he was about to be unable to hold it under the internal and external difficulties, so he asked Cao Cao to come to the rescue quickly.

"Help, if I could capture this Shaanxi County, I would have saved you a long time ago, and I don't need you to ask me for help left and right......" Cao Cao shook his head and sighed, silently tore up the distress report and threw it in the wind.

The civil and military officers of the Qin army on the left and right all looked gloomy and sighed.

In a depressed mood, Guo Jia's cough sounded again, he sighed lightly, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the situation has developed to this point, and we can only let Lejin and them abandon Huangchi and retreat to Shaanxi County, and keep these 20,000 soldiers and horses, and we will not lose too much." ”

Abandon the Pool?

Cao Cao was silent, and the generals on the left and right were also silent, and silence represented attachment.

The monarchs and ministers of the Qin State all knew that it was impossible for them to capture Shaanxi County in a short time, and the turbulent military spirit made the defenders of Huangchi definitely not last long, and if they continued to cling to the so-called tactics of "keeping the enemy out of the country", they could only suffer greater losses in the end.

Cao Cao thought for a while, and his expression obviously agreed with Guo Jia's proposal, but he said: "I also have some, but Lejin They were besieged by hundreds of thousands of pottery thieves, how did they break through, in case of defeat, wouldn't the whole army be wiped out." ”

"There is a dangerous move here, if it can succeed, Lejin and they will not only be able to successfully break through, maybe, but also help us defeat the Lu Xun naval army in the north in one fell swoop, and use a big victory to reverse the decline of our army and greatly boost the morale of the soldiers." Guo Jia's eyes flashed a hint of weirdness.

A risky move!

As soon as he heard Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao's gloomy face immediately appeared a little happy, and he hurriedly asked, "What is Fengxiao's plan?" ”

Guo Jia attached his ears and told Cao Cao about his strategy.

Cao Cao listened silently, his eyes changed, obviously weighing the feasibility of this strategy, and a sneer appeared in his eyes as he gradually deepened.

Guo Jia's strategy said, Cao Cao did not hesitate, and said happily: "Although this strategy is risky, only this miraculous strategy can reverse the situation. ”

A messenger galloped away, heading straight for the pool.

Looking at the messenger in the distance, Cao Cao's face rekindled his confidence, and he secretly sneered: "Potter, don't think that you will be able to make strange strategies, I will also use strange ideas, so let you also taste the taste of being calculated by my strange strategies." ”