The war is in a stalemate, which is a very test of the coach's willpower, and it is inevitable that negative emotions such as confusion and depression will arise during this period.

Even if Cao Cao and other heroes of the world have experienced hundreds of battles since the beginning of the army, they can't help but feel unconfident when facing such a predicament.

Now the camp is full of wounded soldiers, it's too difficult!

At this time, Cao Hong clenched his fists beside him and explained: "Big brother, don't worry, Ping'er is about to lead the army to help, it is a new force of more than 10,000 people."

As long as Ping'er can lead the army to arrive in time, we will have no worries. ”

"General Zilian, don't be too optimistic," Cheng Yu stroked his beard beside him and muttered: "Although the army under Prince Ping has not fought with Yuan's army recently, its newly quelled Liu Pi rebellion and rushed back and forth, I am afraid that it has already become a tired army, far from being a new force at all.

Even if he is able to come as scheduled, I am afraid that the current situation will not be much improved. ”

Cao Hong glared at Cheng Yu, I didn't know that Ping'er's army was not idle?

Saying those things is just to reassure the eldest brother, why do you want to tell the truth and ruin the fun?

"Zhongde is reasonable," Cao Cao waved his hand at Cao Hong, signaling his brother not to say anything more.

This is not a child's play, Cao Cao, as the commander, needs to know the combat effectiveness of every army under his command.

Otherwise, it is just a good report to him, reporting good news and not bad news, and there is no benefit in winning or losing on the battlefield for half a day.

"It is indeed difficult to expect a tired army from Ping'er to change the current situation.

However, after all, it is 10,000 soldiers, and then it is an expedition of laborers, and the combat power is still there after all, just don't place too much hope. ”

Useful is useful, but it will not be too useful, this is Cao Cao's tone for Liu Ping's army, and everyone agrees.

As he spoke, Cao Cao sighed helplessly.

Before the war, he had expected it to be very difficult, but now it is far more difficult than he thought at the time.

He didn't know how long he could hold out......

……

Liu Ping led his military horses to Guandu, and found that the entire military camp was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere, and the situation was already very bad.

This is also what he expected, whether in the official history or in this life, although the Cao family has won several battles in the early days, but in terms of strength, it is still not as good as the wealthy Yuan Shao, this is an indisputable fact, and it is naturally difficult in the stalemate stage.

Otherwise, the Battle of Guandu would not have become one of the famous classic examples of winning more with less.

Liu Ping immediately went to the big account to meet his father-in-law.

Cao Cao was convening the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures with a serious face, and when he saw Liu Ping coming, he immediately smiled, stepped forward and patted Liu Ping on the shoulder and said: "Ping'er is really hard to fight for my Cao family's foundation in the south and north, so sit down and talk first." ”

Liu Ping hurriedly said politely, "This is the responsibility of the son-in-law!" ”

"Well," Cao Cao nodded and ordered to everyone, "I want my subordinates to divide the army into two, led by Miaocai, all the way, in the middle of the fortifications."

Zihe led the way to the eastern section of the fortifications.

Ping'er led the men and horses of the headquarters and the western section of the fortifications.

In this way, each performs his own duties, each does his duty, and there is no mistake! ”

"No!" The crowd responded in unison.

Before Liu Ping arrived, there were only more than 20,000 soldiers left under Cao Jun's combat, and now Liu Ping finally brought another 10,000, so Cao Cao was equivalent to distributing the soldiers evenly and planning the "defense area" according to the left, middle and right.

Each master only needs to defend his own defensive zone with peace of mind, and no need to worry about other places.

The meeting was brief, and Cao Cao dispersed after a few words of advice.

Liu Ping led his soldiers to his "defense area", which was a tall fortification about five or six miles long to the west, and a tower built on a tall mound of earth by Yuan's army on the opposite.

Wet cowhide was hung in front of the building, and Cao Jun's bow and arrows could not be penetrated, and the stones would be bounced down when they hit it, which would not have any effect on the building.

On the contrary, Yuan Jun was able to shoot bows and arrows through holes in wet cowhide.

Because it is condescending, it is extremely lethal to Cao Jun.

Liu Ping felt a toothache about the situation.

To put it mildly, the morale of his entire army is not high, and even this terrain is not good for him.

Now it is so easy to withstand the "crossfire" of the air and the ground, and to defend?

The opponent's turret is protected again, and if you want to attack, you can only shoot through the cowhide hole to cause effective damage, which is too inefficient.

What's more, although his artifact "Giant High Divine Crossbow" is powerful, it is a gold-devouring beast that can fire fifty crossbow arrows at a time.

However, the arrows prepared by the Cao clan could not support such a huge consumption.

These things hurt my tooth when I think about them.

The plan for the future is to find a way to find arrows for the "Giant High Divine Crossbow", otherwise, it will be in vain to spend a lot of effort to build a crossbow machine.

Liu Ping recruited Tao Qing and other middle- and low-level generals.

In fact, both their generals and soldiers are worried about the future situation.

After all, they can also see that Yuan Qiang and Cao are weak, and the resulting low morale is inevitable.

"The grass and trees here are lush, you should immediately bring someone to pick and cut the thatch, there must be no mistake," Liu Ping indifferently ordered.

"To mow the grass?" Tao Qing asked puzzledly, "The general wants to consolidate the fortifications?" ”

Cao Jun was shot for so long, and he also did certain "air defense" measures, and putting a thick thatched umbrella cover on the top of his head was one of them.

Tao Qing felt that since Liu Ping ordered them to mow the grass, it must be to strengthen the umbrella cover.

"No," Liu Ping shook his head and said, "I want to be a straw man, and there is another wonderful use." ”

Straw man?

Tao Qing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be surprised, what is this straw man doing for no reason?

But he didn't dare to ask any more, so he silently led a group of about 1,000 soldiers to mow the grass, and after transporting it back, another soldier secretly tied it into a straw man.

The straw men were about the size of a real person, and they were connected in a row of twelve and dressed them in Cao Jun's uniform.

Side by side, if you don't pay attention, you suddenly see that it really looks like Cao Jun's military formation.

In the spring, it is easy to fog, and the next day is a heavy fog, and you can't see people's faces within two or three feet.

Liu Ping was overjoyed, and early in the morning, he ordered someone to fix the rows of straw figures that had been tied, and then ordered loudly: "Beat the drum!" ”

In this day and age, the beating of the drum is a signal to attack.

In this form, Cao Jun can only shrink into the fortifications, and it is good to be able to hold it, but Liu Ping actually wants to beat the drum to attack?

Although Tao Qing and the others were puzzled, seeing the many arrangements made by Liu Ping, they also knew in their hearts that the general would definitely not let them attack so simply, so everyone went to beat the drum with a smile.

Dozens of war drums sounded at the same time, and then Cao Jun hid behind the fortifications and shouted that the sound of killing shook the sky.

Xiahou Yuan, who was in the middle of the defense, was stunned, on this foggy day, did Liu Ping want to attack?

"Send someone over to see what kind of fame Ping'er is going to make."