Chapter 548: Attacking Yanzhou
After Cao Cao and Sun Ce reached an agreement, they began to prepare, all under the condition of concealing Liu Yu.
And Sun Ce planned to show favor to Liu Yu and wanted to confuse Liu Yu. In order to show that Liu Yu lost his vigilance against him.
Zhou Yu stopped him, because Zhou Yu felt that being attentive would make Liu Yu suspicious. Showing favor to Liu Yu at this moment is to add to the snake, and Liu Yu has always been cunning in this move, once Sun Ce shows goodwill, then he will definitely have some doubts, and it is better to spend time and energy on preparation.
In fact, although Cao Cao and Sun Ce were very secretive, there was no sign that Liu Yu could detect it.
But Liu Yu's previous offensive plan was already preventing Sun Ce's possible surprise attack.
Of course, this is also done in secret, and Liu Yu only wants to get vaccinated, lest Sun Ce be stimulated and fully throw himself on Cao Cao's side.
Liu Yu ordered the "dark department" to step up intelligence collection in Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou, and that any suspicious movements in these three places must be immediately reported to the Military Aircraft Department and Liu Yu's side.
After Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong were defeated in Xiapi, they fled back to Daliang City in Yanzhou.
Xiahou Yuan's mood was very low, and he blamed himself for his mistakes.
Xiahoudun knew Xiahou Yuan's character, and also gave him time to calm down, hoping that he could recover as soon as possible. The situation was urgent, and Xiahoudun didn't want any trouble.
But Xiahou Yuan has been immersed in his own depressed world.
Cao Cao ordered Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Hong, who were in Yanzhou, to defend Yanzhou to the death.
As soon as this order came, Xiahou Yuan couldn't sit still, and took Xiahou Lan to Xiahou Yuan's front and scolded: "Miaocai, how long are you still low here!" ”
As if he hadn't heard it, Xiahou Yuan was in a stupid daze.
After a long time, Xiahou Yuan said, "Yuan Rang, you let me be quiet." ”
Xiahou was angry, this Xiahou Yuan was too angry, he simply lost the face of the Xiahou family.
"Do you still have the bloody nature of the male son of the Xiahou family, and you will be so depressed at a little failure!" Xiahoudun grabbed Xiahou Yuan.
Xia Houlan immediately came over to be a good person and said, "General Yuanrang, don't do this!" General Miaocai just blamed himself a little. ”
After some tugging, Xiahoudun let go of Xiahou Yuan, threw Cao Cao's order in front of Xiahou Yuan, and said, "I don't care about you now." This is the Lord's order! Liu Yu may want to attack our Yanzhou on a large scale, and the lord ordered us to defend it no matter what. If you continue like this, you can do it yourself. ”
Xiahou Yuan picked up Cao Cao's order, and after looking at it for a while, his face became firm.
"Yuan Rang, I was wrong!" Xiahou Yuan stood up directly and admitted his mistake to Xiahouyuan.
Xiahou Yuan recovered, and only Cao Cao's order could make Xiahou Yuan cheer up in the shortest possible time.
Xiahoudun hammered Xiahou Yuan's shoulder and said, "That's right!" The boy of my Xiahou family can afford to take it and put it down, and we will take it back this time after the last failure. This time, we must let Liu Yu know that we are amazing! ”
Xiahou Yuan nodded fiercely and said, "Go!" Let's go and prepare now, doesn't Liu Yu want to eat Yanzhou? We're going to make him pay a terrible price! ”
Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan went shoulder to shoulder to prepare for the defense work, and Xiahoulan felt that as long as the two generals worked together, it would not be so easy for Liu Yu to take Yanzhou.
And Liu Yu's troops and horses have all been mobilized. With a stroke of Liu Yu's pen, the entire plan to attack Yanzhou officially began.
Zhang Liao gathered 30,000 elite troops in Jizhou, prepared hundreds of warships, and quickly crossed the Yellow River to land in Dongjun. and the Cao army in Yanzhou launched a fierce beach landing battle. There was a huge disparity in the military strength of the two sides, and Zhang Liao was familiar with the topography of Dongjun, so Cao's army could not resist Zhang Liao's attack at all, and retreated one after another. Zhang Liao successfully landed in Dongjun and quickly stabilized his footing.
Lu Bu led 20,000 wolf horsemen to rush into Yanzhou. This guy is simply a killing god, as long as he encounters someone who dares to resist, he will kill them all. In addition, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is one of the strongest troops under Liu Yu's command, and his combat power is strong. Before the wolf cavalry fought in Bingzhou, he liked to cry like a nomad in the grassland, which caused Cao Jun to choose to flee as soon as he heard the cavalry on the opposite side crying wolf. 20,000 wolf riders rampaged inside Yanzhou, causing Yanzhou wolf smoke everywhere, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan were anxious and unable to control the situation.
The biggest action is Ma Chao who is entrenched in Daliang City, this guy is holding back the fire in his belly, and now there is a place to vent.
Ma Chao left a part of the defensive forces, raised a large army, and comprehensively attacked Cao County and Shangxian County, which were heavily defended by Cao's army, and prepared to break through the defense line set up by Xiahoudun in the west of Yanzhou.
Ma Chao was very well prepared this time, and made a lot of various siege machinery, which improved the combat effectiveness of his troops in attacking cities and grabbing land.
Ma Chao has been blocked in the west of Yanzhou and cannot advance an inch. During this time, Ma Chao did not waste time, and with the help of Jia Xu, he made a lot of preparations for attacking. This time Liu Yu attacked Yanzhou from many sides, Yanzhou did not have too many troops to defend, the reason why Ma Chao could not break through the defense line before was that Xiahoudun arranged heavy troops, and now Yanzhou's troops can not be concentrated in one place because of Liu Yu's multi-faceted flowering, if Ma Chao does not break through, then there is no need for Liu Yu to punish him, he has no face to lead the troops to fight in all directions.
Ma Chao gave his troops a death order, and if the siege failed this time, then he would resign from Liu Yu. Of course, he will definitely shoot his subordinates before leaving. So if you still want to eat around your neck, do it well. Otherwise, when the head falls to the ground, don't blame him, Ma Mengqi is ruthless and unsympathetic.
Ma Chao's troops knew from top to bottom that they could no longer hold their heads up among all of Liu Yu's troops. Others are making contributions, and they are also facing this lot of difficulties, some of them are much more difficult than them, why others are successful, they are stagnant.
Ma Chao's troops broke out with strong combat effectiveness, and it took Cao County in less than a day, and the irascible Liu soldiers slaughtered all the defenders of Cao County.
Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan continued to deploy troops, hoping to stabilize the western defense line, but they could not stop Ma Chao's continued advance.
On the second day, Ma Chao captured Shangxian, and the general of the Shangxian garrison was killed. The defenders were also all killed.
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun chose to launch last, because Liu Yu was very worried that Sun Ce in Xuzhou would make a move, so they chose to stand still and wait for the best time before marching.
Cao Hong led a heavy army and stationed it in Xiaopei, waiting for Cao Cao's reinforcements.
The whole of Yanzhou was caught in the flames of war.