The wheat is ripe in May, and the weather is cool and pleasant, which is a good time to go out to conquer.

In early May, Cao Cao sent 200,000 troops to conquer Xuzhou. Military orders were set on the road, and soldiers were not allowed to trample on wheat fields, and those who violated the order were beheaded.

But unexpectedly, his war horse was frightened and stepped into the wheat field, so Cao Cao wanted to take a sword and kill himself. The relatives were urgently persuaded, Guo Jia suggested, Cao Cao then cut his hair and acted as the head, and the three armies were terrified.

Within a few days, Cao Cao's vanguard Xiahoudun headquarters Cao army of 50,000 soldiers approached Xiaopei, and was encountering Liu Bei's soldiers and horses and Lu Bu's army forward Gao Shun's department.

The two armies fought, Gao Shun caught Xiahou Yuan, Guan Yu caught Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Fei fought Li Dian, and Zhang Liao fought Lu Qian. Soldier against soldier, general against general, each fighting.

In forty or fifty rounds, Gao Shun lost to Xiahoudun and retreated from the club. Xiahoudun led the Qingzhou soldiers to chase Gao Shun, and the Qingzhou soldiers surrounded Gao Shun's troops and trapped the camp. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu's general Cao Xing, taking advantage of Xiahoudun to chase Gao Shun, looking for a good opportunity, shot an arrow into Xiahoudun's left eye.

Xiahoudun immediately became furious and shouted: "The blood of the father and the mother must not be abandoned!" He immediately drew the arrow and swallowed his left eye alive. still held a gun and rode a horse, chasing and killing Cao Xing.

Cao was cold and had no time to resist Xiahoudun. Just when Xiahoudun was about to stab Cao Xing with a spear, Zhang Fei, who had already defeated Li Dian, quickly came out from the flank to kill Xiahoudun, the chief general of the Cao army! Cao Xuan reacted, and bent the bow again, and wanted to shoot Xiahoudun again.

At the critical moment, Li Dian shouted in the rear: "Open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to prevent!" "Xiahoudun just gave up, and he was about to withdraw from the army.

But how could Gao Shun and Liu Bei let go of such a good opportunity and wave their troops to attack. The trapping camp took the lead, Zhang Liao and Hou Cheng led Lu Bu wolf cavalry to cover and kill, and Xiahou Dan's 50,000 Cao army was defeated.

Gao Shun chased and killed for a while, and then he and Liu Bei each collected their troops. Liu Bei returned to Peicheng, and Gao Shun was outside the city, becoming a horn.

The next day, Cao Cao's army arrived, and Zhun Xiahou returned to Xuchang to recuperate from his wounds, and summoned Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, and Lu Qian to inquire about the Lü-Liu coalition army.

Li Dian and Lu Qian all said that Lu Liu was a strong general, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao all had the style of fierce generals, not to mention Wenhou and Lu Bu. Although the number of people in the trapped camp is less than 1,000, they are all good at fighting bravely, and the formation of a battle formation can defeat ten times the number of Qingzhou soldiers in a hundred battles. Liu Bei's thousands of Danyang soldiers are not good at their generation, and they are all tigers in the mountains.

In general, it's hard to bite!

There were also scouts who came to report, and Lu Bubing was divided into two ways. All the way, Chen Gong was sent to coordinate the Taishan thieves Kou Zangba, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Feng and others to attack Yanzhou from Mount Tai. On the other hand, Song Xian and Wei Xu led troops to attack Qian County. And he himself led the Chinese army to respond to Gao Shun, Chen Gong and Song Xian.

Cao Cao's face was not very good when he heard the defeat, but when he heard that Lu Bu had divided his troops, he immediately laughed and said, "Lu Bu Pifu, I will win." ”

The generals asked why. Cao Cao asked Guo Jia to explain: "Lu Bu is a fearful move!" Xuzhou originally had few soldiers, but it was only a 100,000 slack army. Lu Bu's intention to divide his troops was nothing more than to confuse the public and lure our army to divide his troops to resist in order to reduce his frontal pressure. In addition, he sent Gao Shun to lead all his elites, hoping to use them to defeat the vanguard of our army and frustrate the spirit of our army. so that he may resist the main force of our army. ”

"Yes, our army's vanguard is inferior to his elite, and it is understandable that he lost this time, Xiahou Yuan Li Dian, you don't have to blame yourself. If you want to blame it, our army's meticulous work and scouts are not strong enough to detect the enemy's movements in time. So I decided that in the future, the military priest will be in charge of the fine work and scouts! Cao Cao said solemnly.

The military advisor sacrificed wine, and Guo Jia was busy thanking him. Cao Cao continued: "It's a pity that his strategy is only half successful, even if I thwart the spirit of our army, but I will never divide my troops. Presumably, in order to be able to compete head-on with the main force of our army, he can't distinguish many soldiers and horses, and Song Xian and Wei Xu's generation can't afford to make any waves. Yanzhou doesn't need to send people, with Cheng Yu sitting in Yanzhou, it is enough to resist a gang of thieves led by Chen Gong. ”

After that, as Cao Cao said, Song Xian and Wei's soldiers and horses were only a few thousand, and the county guards were enough to deal with it by relying only on the county soldiers. Cheng Yu, who is in Yanzhou, is not a good stubble, and he was once able to keep the three county towns when Lu Bu was in trouble in Yanzhou, and he can indeed fight with Chen Gong.

And the Lu-Liu coalition army was much more careful, not to mention the joint forces, and even if they won a big battle, they still only defended without fighting. The first is to boil the grain and grass of Cao's army, and the second is to send envoys to the princes of various towns to ask for help.

Cao Jun scolded every day, and finally almost scolded Lu Bu out of the barracks, but it was a pity that Liu Bei was sober and pulled Lu Bu to death.

In desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to attack, and the 200,000 Cao troops fought bravely. Although the Lu-Liu coalition army had a lot of elite soldiers, the vast majority of the army rarely experienced wars, and they were not on the same level as the Cao army at all.

This is also to blame Tao Qian, who pursues a strategy of quiet inaction. The army was also temporarily recruited by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then disbanded once after the battle.

Later, Cao Cao came, and Xuzhou, whose population was not under Cao Cao's Yanzhou, was much richer than Yanzhou. But there were only temporarily assembled militias, so they were defeated by Cao Cao at that time, so they could only defend Xuzhou City and have to ask for help. It is said that this is also an important reason why Cao Cao slaughtered the residents of Xuzhou at that time, there were too many people, and his eyes were red.

By the time Liu Bei was in power, he maintained about 100,000 Xuzhou soldiers. It's a pity that Liu Bei's foundation is too shallow, and the generals are only concerned, and the middle and lower-level generals don't have it at all! Therefore, the control of the army was too weak, which led to Lu Buyi's sneak attack on Xuzhou City, and the Xuzhou mutinies in various places changed their banners. Even Liu Bei's tens of thousands of troops led by Yuan Shu, including the thousands of Danyang soldiers, either surrendered to Yuan Shu or defected to Lü Bu as deserters. There were only a few thousand old troops brought from the Hebei Plain and some Danyang soldiers who volunteered to follow Uncle Liu.

It can be said that in recent years, the battles experienced by the Xuzhou soldiers can be counted on one hand. And Cao's army is different, starting from Cao Cao's big break of the million-dollar Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and the selection of more than 300,000 strong Qingzhou soldiers to build an army. Until now, when Lu Bu was conquered, the victory and defeat of big and small battles have been continuous, and the soldiers have rich combat experience, excellent psychological quality, and strong adaptability to the battle formation.

The most obvious is the change in the number of Qingzhou soldiers, so far there are less than 200,000 Qingzhou soldiers left from more than 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers, and Cao Cao has also supplemented many Yanzhou and Yuzhou soldiers.

In addition, there is also the training factor of the generals of the army, and Cao Jun even threw Lu Bu and Liu Bei a few streets.

Therefore, although the Lü-Liu coalition army was the defender, it still failed to resist the surging offensive of Cao's army because of the difference in the average quality and number of the army. Half a month later, he retreated alternately, abandoned Xiaopei, and returned to defend Pengcheng.

Pengcheng is a big city and the seat of Xuzhou. It's a lot stronger than Xiaopei. Chen Qi and Chen Deng, who stayed behind, welcomed Lu Bu and Liu Bei into the city to garrison.

Cao Cao is out of line now, Xiaopei City is small, and the Lu-Liu coalition army can only camp outside the city to defend. But it was different when it came to Pengcheng, all the soldiers and horses could be garrisoned in the city. The siege of the camp and the siege of the city cannot be mentioned at all.

In addition, seeing the failure of the harassment strategy, Chen Gong and Song Xian Wei Xu both withdrew to Pengcheng, and the defensive strength of the Xuzhou army was further enhanced.

Therefore, Cao Jun had to rest for a few days, one was to wait for the new grain and grass to be in place, the second was to build siege equipment, and the third was to sum up how to take it with light casualties, so that even if he ate Xuzhou, he would not want to go on another expedition in less than half a year, and the other four also wanted to see the reaction of the princes of each town.

As Cao Cao and Xun You Guo Jia expected before the war, the princes of the towns, except for one or two clowns who jumped off the beam, no one rescued Lu Bu at all.

The clown whose surname is Zhang and his name is Zhang Yang. The current Grand Sima is a frighteningly large official, but he only occupies a part of the two counties of Hanoi and Hedong.

Zhang Yang and Lu Bu have a good relationship and have accommodated Lu Bu twice. And both times at the risk of offending people. Once it was Lu Bu who was chased and killed by Li Dao and Guo Yan, and Zhang Yang protected him. The second time was when Yuan Shao wanted to kill Lu Bu, and Zhang Yang contained Lu Bu again.

Historically, in the next year, when Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, Lu Bu was in danger of survival. Zhang Yang was thousands of miles away, and he insisted on sending troops to rescue Lu Bu. As a result, because his subordinates were unwilling to accompany him to death, he was assassinated.

Now, this Hebei prince crossed the Yellow River and marched to Luoyang Hongnong under Cao Cao's control, with a clear purpose, that is, to let Cao Cao return to his division.

But Zhang Yang's troops were too weak, even though Cao Cao did not have many troops in the Sili area, but there was a Sili lieutenant Zhong Xuan, who was enough to resist Zhang Yang's painless attack.

So after Cao Cao received the news that Zhang Yang had invaded the Sili region, he just laughed it off. threw the bamboo slip aside and said: "Zhang Yang is a person who has no authority, so he can't keep the party, and he can't occupy and defend himself." Now I see that he can't even save his own life, hitting a stone with an egg, he can send troops because of his friendship with Lu Bu, but his subordinates are not necessarily, I think he will be killed by his own subordinates sooner or later! ”

Guo Jia next to him offered a plan: "There is a certain plan to help Cao Gong's soldiers not bloody and take Zhang Yang's land in Hedong and Hanoi." Cao Gong only needs to send someone to declare that whoever dares to rescue Lu Bu will definitely return to attack Xuzhou if he takes Xuzhou. Zhang Yang's subordinates must have different intentions, and this person only pays attention to personal kindness, but does not pay much attention to the interests of his subordinates, and has no prestige, so sooner or later he will be killed by his own subordinates to vent his anger. At that time, Cao Gong only needed an edict to bring Hedong and Hanoi under his rule. ”

Cao Cao thought so.

Cao Cao and Guo Jiaxun discussed how to take Xuzhou. Xun You bluntly said that there were two major difficulties in attacking Xuzhou: first, Xuzhou had a lot of land and grain, and the number of troops was not large, and it was a local battle; And Cao Jun came from afar, there were a large number of people, and the supply of grain and grass was very problematic. Second, the two families of Lu and Liu faced foreign enemies and shared the same hatred; Peng Chengwen has Chen Gong, Chen Qi, Chen Dengsan, Chen plan, Wu Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun sit in the four gates, and they are really impeccable.

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia, and Guo Jia boldly offered two strategies in response to what Xun You said.

First, send light troops to attack Xiapi City behind Pengcheng. This was a risky strategy, because if the mission failed, it would be flanked by Lü Bu of Pengcheng and the Xiapi defenders. Moreover, because this light army bypassed Pengcheng to attack the city behind, there was no food road and people to use, so they could only carry several Japanese rations with them. So if you fail, you will almost definitely die!

At the same time, this is a strange strategy for the current Lu Bu. Because when he was still attacking Pengcheng, he took Xiapi, which is equivalent to saying like the whole of Xuzhou, I, Cao Cao, must eat Xuzhou!

This can break the fighting spirit of the enemy, and second, it can encircle Pengcheng from three sides, hindering the delivery of grain and grass from the rear of Lu Bu to the front line of Pengcheng. This strategy can greatly increase Cao Cao's chances of victory.

Therefore, it is necessary to send a capable general and thousands of elites. Cao Cao thought about it for a moment or two, so he called Yu Ban to enter the account, and gave Yu Ban thousands of soldiers to fight Qingzhou. Unexpectedly, he suspected that the discipline of the Qingzhou soldiers was too poor, so he only took the soldiers of his headquarters and selected thousands of ordinary elites to go.

The second strategy is a dangerous strategy, but it is also a strange strategy. That's the discord plus the lure meter!

Xun You informed Cao Cao of a news, when Chen Deng, who was currently engaged in Xuzhou, came to Xuchang, the first thing he did was not to care about what to do with Han Yin, but to ask Cao Cao if he was in Xuchang?

In addition, Guo Jia came to Xuzhou for a month, and inquired about Chen Deng everywhere. Finally, I want to give it a try, this one-and-done strategy.

Of course, there are risks. It is difficult to ensure that Chen Deng will make a plan, so that Cao Cao will steal chickens and rice.

But who is Cao Cao, and in the end he decisively decided to use these two strategies!

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