Chapter 137: The Cold Night Begins

In the battle of Guandu in history, Cao Cao was able to win Yuan Shao, thanks to Xu You's betrayal, and told Cao Cao where his old master's grain was, and Prime Minister Cao personally led the army to raid, killing Chun Yuqiong who was stationed in the grain tun, and burning Yuan Shao's grain, just like the Qin army defeated the Zhao army in the Battle of Changping, and the Yuan army that had no food was surrounded in Dongjun by the front and rear attacks.

It is said that Zhao Kuo is on paper and full of straw bags, but Zhao Kuo faced Wu Anjun Baiqi, at least held on for more than 40 days, launched several breakthrough battles in a row, and even fell on the battlefield, and also gave the Qin army the same devastating blow, Yuan Shao was simply inferior to him, he only held on for nine days, and the whole army collapsed under hunger, frantically broke through to the north, and the whole army was defeated under the pursuit of the Cao army, and fled back to Hebei with more than 100 cronies, and the whole army was annihilated.

Just because he knows this history, Wang Hou also regarded the grain land of Wuchao as a killer feature, however, it is only December 199, the first month of the Guandu War, and Xiahou Shang has already poked out the grain land of Wuchao!

For a while, Wang Hou felt that his brain was buzzing, as a traverser, his biggest honor guard was his familiarity with this period of history, the control of the future, Xiahou Shang's sentence was equivalent to subverting everything he knew! It made him feel full of confusion about the future.

The battle of Guandu is just going to be won?

But in his blank expression, Cao Cao was not surprised at all, nor did he have the slightest surprise, he just looked at the map indifferently and nodded.

"Have you ever heard out which general of the Yuan army is stationed in the black nest?"

"Look at the banner written Chun Yu, when it is the captain of the first West Garden, the Yuan army of Huaxian County led by the general Chun Yuqiong!"

"Got it! Let's go down! ”

That's it? Seeing that Xiahou Shang was holding his fists again and turning around to leave, he couldn't bear it, Wang Hou crossed out of the court with his fists in his hands, and couldn't help but hurriedly hug his fists and bow down.

"Prime Minister! Now that we know the location of Yuan Shao's grain, why don't our army concentrate its forces, raid and burn Yuan Shao's grain, and then attack from the north and south, as Wu Anjun did when he broke Zhao, and destroy the main force of the Hebei army? ”

But stunned, Cao Cao shook his head with a wry smile helplessly, and slapped him with a smile.

"Tuqiu, you're still too young, go down!"

Xun Yu, Xiahoudun and other generals and civil officials also looked like people who had come over, looking at Wang Hou with two hundred and five general eyes, fortunately, Guo Jia was his good friend, and pulled Wang Hou behind him, and whispered in his ear urgently.

"Tuqiu, you are also concerned about it, and it is messed up! Yuan Shaotun has a lot of grain, how can he not defend it with heavy troops? The 30,000 people brought by Yan Liang before Huaxian County were gathered in Wuchao, you want to rob grain, how many troops does the prime minister need? 30,000 out? How did the army return to Wuchao in front of Yuan Shao's more than 70,000 soldiers? How is Guandu Camp good here? Let Yuan Shao's army break through here and approach Xuchang? ”

"Yuan Shao is in Wuchao to store grain, the prime minister has long expected it, after all, it is a hundred miles away, and it is convenient for Wuchao Lake to transfer grain from Hebei! But even if you know, there's nothing you can do! ”

"Forehead ......"

Listening to Guo Jia's whispered and hurried explanation in his ear, the corners of Wang Hou's eyes couldn't help but beat violently, through the black nest to rob grain, he knew that the only way to end this Guandu battle, this strategy was rejected, even he didn't know how to defeat Yuan Shao's army three times his own with the Central Plains infantry in his early 30,000s!

Unconsciously, sweat broke out on his forehead, Wang Hou's brain was blank and stood behind Guo Jia, and the generals of the Cao Army were buzzing in his ears to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy, but he was deaf to him like a passing cloud, I don't know how long it took, Cao Cao's voice made him suddenly come back to his senses.

"Tuqiu!"

"Oh!"

Looking left and right, the Wenchen generals around him didn't know when they would go down, even Guo Jia didn't know where he went, the two candles were dimly shining on the big case of the Chinese army, Cao Cao looked at himself with a stunned expression, and he could be regarded as a reaction, and he opened his mouth in annoyance and reprimanded.

"The big husband walks in the world, when Mount Tai collapses in front and the face does not change, as the head of the rear camp of the army, you are so chaotic, what kind of system!"

"The father-in-law is right, the son-in-law is out of shape!"

If you know your mistakes, you will be a good comrade! Seeing that Wang Hou hugged his fists and admitted his mistake, Cao Cao didn't continue to scold him, and he didn't collapse in front of him for a while, but asked with curiosity on his old face.

"I've heard Liu Ye say a few times these days, you can run to the prisoner camp in Zhongmu County if you have nothing to do! But what's the expensive idea? ”

No matter what you say, even if the road of Wuchao is blocked, Wang Hou still has to do his best to help Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shao, who let the grasshopper who is now he and Cao always tied to a rope retract from the shock just now, Wang Hou reported with a solemn face.

"Father Hui, the son-in-law recruited some people among those Yuan army captives, and just used them to purge a group of officers who disregarded the court's plots and intended to rebel!"

As soon as he heard this, Cao Cao suddenly lost interest, and waved his face a little indifferently: "Although you watch and deal with those captives, if there is an accident, you will kill them all!" ”

"But the captive, the trifle! The big enemy in front of him is still Yuan Shao, a fierce tiger! This time, the whole army went into battle, defeated his eight troops, and beheaded him around 6,000, but this Yuan Lao'er is really rich! In the evening, when the prime minister withdrew his army, he was stunned that he had already completed the collection of the defeated soldiers, and continued to dig up the earth and mountain fortifications overnight! ”

"In Cao Ying, there is no one who is more proficient in the way of civil engineering operations than you! The whole nature of Yanzhou's people's requisition is handed over to you! These days, as many fortifications as you can build, you will build as many fortifications as you can for the prime minister! It is estimated that if you solve it, you have to fight with him Yuan Shao Lao'er for this national strength! ”

"The courtier's command! However, the prime minister, after disposing of the Zhongmu prisoners of war, the son-in-law still wants to release these recruited spies back to the Yuan camp, so that they can continue to listen to intelligence in Yuan Shao's army, and they may ......, and may sacrifice some of the officers and soldiers of our Cao Ying army to create the illusion of breaking through and returning for them! ”

"A bunch of untrustworthy and unrighteous people, unreliable! Rather than wasting time on them, it's better to be on your own ......"

"Prime Minister!"

"Forget it, the back camp and the people are all handed over to you, if you want to toss, toss! Just don't miss the deployment of the Guandu camp! ”

Originally, it was difficult to pit his own people, but in Wang Hou's opinion, it was extremely difficult, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to care so much, in the eyes of these heroes, human life is really so worthless! However, with his Shang Fang sword, Wang Hou could rest assured, and he also bowed with a heavy fist.

"Thank you, Father!"

"Go down and get busy!"

"The son-in-law obeys!"

Life is like a strong fork, no matter what kind of changes, you can only grit your teeth and get through! Holding his fist and pushing back, he threw off his sleeves suddenly, Wang Hou was full of fighting spirit again, and ran out quickly with a muffled hum.

It's just that Wang Houxing was in a hurry, but he didn't pay attention, after he left, he turned around and looked at the thick sheepskin map, Cao Cao's pupils suddenly appeared with an indescribable killing intention, and he pulled out the dagger with a buzz, and stabbed it on the map with a pop.

Black Nest!

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Sun Wuzi said that the elements that affect the military are divided into three parts: the time and the place are not as good as the people, and the time is not as good as the people! But this most inconsequential time is enough to affect the direction of the war.

Next year is expected to be a famine year, from Xuzhou back that year, only in September, the sky is still falling goose feather snow, but this year, until this December, the first heavy snow this is colorful, Cao Cao launched this large-scale raid on the night, pieces of feather-sized snowflakes are finally late, will be Guandu camp on both sides of the cover of layers of pure white.

It is said that man will win the day, but in the face of nature, manpower is still exhausted after all, so the snow has been falling non-stop, Cao Cao dispatched more than 20,000 people, more than 1,700 dead and wounded, beheaded more than 7,000 soldiers and civilians, did not stop the Yuan Shao casting earth mountain action, but was delayed in this colorful snow, Yuan Shao's plan, at this time his 110,000 male division, 300,000 troops have broken through Cao Cao's Guandu camp, at this time should spend the winter in Xuchang, for the severe cold of the snow, Yuan Shao's preparation is obviously insufficient, The mighty array that had been spread out was taken back by him, and the army gathered in three large camps to keep warm, while harvesting nearby combustible materials, and on the other hand, hurriedly mobilized wood from Hebei to keep the army warm.

On the side of the Guandu camp, Wang Hou also moved the focus of his work back to the construction and defense of the camp in accordance with Cao Cao's instructions.

This heavy snowfall throughout the Central Plains provided convenience for him.

At noon the next day, the heavy snow was still overwhelming, and the daylight was as dark as dusk, but the strong men in the rear camp of the Cao army had been tossed up, under the supervision of Zang Hong, he hurriedly ran to the edge of Jishui with a bucket to draw water, and then splashed the water on the official road that was covered with heavy snow, and the cold and biting river water was splashed down, and the snow quickly dissolved, and the colder temperature was a layer of thick ice.

Woohoo! Barking!

In the falling snow, unlike people shivering from the cold, and shivering like their grandsons, relying on their oily and slippery fur, more than a dozen big yellow dogs barked excitedly, and their tails wagged in the snow, looking at them, Wang Hou shook his head a little embarrassed.

In these years, there are no Erha, Samoyed, Alaska, who are known as the three fools of sledding, and I don't know if these big yellow dogs can do it if they want to be dog sledders!

But it's all about trying! After doubting for a moment, Wang Hou shouted with a cold face: "Put on the holster!" Get on the sled! ”

A wooden frame, and the kind of climbing plow car with an iron bar as a track commonly used in the Northeast in later generations pulled a stone of two or three stones, and was pushed onto the ice road, and several dog breeders also made up some harness and made up the leather holsters and hung them on the chests of these big yellow dogs, the first two, the middle and the second and the second in three rows, sitting on the sled, the dog keeper shook the reins violently, dragged the heavy climbing plow, and the six big dogs dragged up on the ice with difficulty.

But in Wang Houxin's carrying, after the first few steps of difficulty, the big yellow dog's galloping speed was faster, and faster and faster, running with inertia, and the heavy sleigh under their pulling, even faster than the carriage, galloped on the ice road.

The ice road of several hundred meters was finished in a blink of an eye, and seeing this scene, Wang Hou couldn't help but shout loudly with joy.

"Pass on the order of the envoy, from Xuchang to the Guandu camp, the officials and people of each county will all splash water on the official road, within two days, the envoy will see an ice road leading to the Guandu camp, and at the same time send the plow drawings back to Xudu, so that the craftsmen of Xudu will copy a large number of them! Within three days, the passage from Xu Du to the Guandu camp must be established for this envoy! ”

"In addition, more than half a meter of dogs will be recruited from all over Yanzhou!"

"Go quickly!"

It's really the charm of power, as Wang Hou waved the flag violently and shouted an order, Wang Congge, Wang Hu, Zang Hong and other generals and staff members hugged their fists and promised, and immediately turned over and galloped out.

After experiencing Lu Bu's Yanzhou Rebellion and killing a large number of native scholars, Cao Cao's control over Yanzhou has obviously reached a higher level, and the most obvious withdrawal is in this administrative efficiency, to be honest, the construction of this ice road in two days is already an unattainable goal for the efficiency of the Han Dynasty, but under the order of the messenger carrying the red flag, all counties along the way have complied, in the early morning of the fifth day of December and still drifting in the heavy snow, Wang Houyao is five meters wide and two or three centimeters thick, The smooth high-speed ice road on the field from Xudu to Guandu froze out spectacularly.

At the same time, the collection of dogs is also quite smooth, dogs for the Han Dynasty people also have a special meaning, dog meat was once one of the main meat in the Han Dynasty, just like the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty Fan Hao is born in dog slaughter, it can be seen, as one of the six animals, the land of Yanzhou also raised a large number of dogs, on the third day, Guandu brought together more than 3,000 various yellow dogs and black dogs, and Xuchang was gathered to more than 5,000 dogs.

The war is also the most promoting industrial development, in order to cope with the Guandu War, under Cao Cao's order, and in the vicinity of Xudu excavated more than 40 large and small coal mines, more than 20 iron mines, the number of people engaged in coal and iron industry from more than 10,000 people before Wang Hou's arrival exploded to more than 70,000 people, on the fourth day, the steel bars that had just been built, or the coal mines that were made into baskets, under Wang Hou's drinking order, rode these galloping dogs to pull the plow, and rushed to the front line of Guandu.

Facing the confrontation of Yuan Shao's camp, wisps of pitiful light smoke ethereal into the air, almost invisible, but this one, Cao Jun's camp, a stream of black smoke hated by later generations of environmental activists is like a thick demon, rolling and steaming to the sky, in the grass shed, and in the tent, the frozen Cao Jun leaned on the stove of the mound with hot air, and roasted his front chest hot, and then hurriedly turned around, his butt was against the stove, and then he roasted his back, the back was hot, but his chest was cold, and in the cold snowy weather, It's just tossing and turning over and over again.

The soot falling from the sky stained the white snow with black ash.

War is a contest of national strength, although on national strength, Cao Cao will certainly not be the opponent of the densely populated and socially developed Yuan Shao Hebei four states, but the national strength is not enough technical remuneration, under the continuous supply of raw coal, this cold war, Cao Jun still won, at least the coldest days, even the wounded barracks of the rear army did not freeze to death, in this era, it can be regarded as a miracle.

It's just that seeing the subordinates busy, building a brick and cement burning shed under his own order, shivering from the cold, and having to return to the stove to roast the fire in the snow before he dared to do more than ten minutes, Wang Hou still shook his head regretfully.

"It would be nice to have cotton clothes at this time!"

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