Cao Cao's eyes glanced at the generals, then pinched his beard, and said with a worried face: "Now my fortifications will take at least ten days to complete, and Yuan's army is preparing to cross the river at Baima.

If it is not interfered with, it will be able to kill this place within five days, and then we will be in danger. ”

All the Wenwu nodded when they heard this.

According to the time calculation, there are still five days left in this, and we need to find a way to delay the march of Yuan's army.

Cao Cao paused, and ordered in a deep voice: "The soldiers have the saying of 'hitting its half-crossing', and now I order Miaocai, Zihe, and each to lead 10,000 horses to take advantage of the opportunity of Yuan's army crossing the river to attack and disturb."

Remember, the enemy is strong and we are weak, don't fight with Yuan's army easily, just sneak attack its grain and grass baggage, and delay its crossing time. ”

"No!"

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun immediately clenched their fists at the same time to receive the order, and ordered their respective armies and horses to go north.

The rest of the men and horses continued to work day and night, building fortifications on the sand piles.

At this time, the pedestal, which has stretched for dozens of miles, needs to be continuously heightened to play a role.

Since the two armies of Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun were not fighting a decisive battle with the Yuan army, they did not join forces together, but marched separately on the left and on the right.

In the end, Xiahou Yuan was good at running and was the first to reach the crossing of the Yellow River.

But where the ferry can be made, the flow of water must be gentle, Xiahou Yuan stood in the distance, looking into the distance, only to see dozens of ferries on the calm river, slowly coming.

Each boat carried soldiers and baggage.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, a lot of baggage has been piled up, and there are thousands of foot soldiers who have crossed over to guard it.

"Attack!"

Xiahou Yuan was overjoyed, the Yuan army in front of him was unguarded, it was an excellent opportunity for a sneak attack.

Of course, this is the fighter plane he created for his long and rapid march.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Tens of thousands of Cao soldiers had hideous faces, and they roared loudly and killed the banks of the Yellow River.

The team of this army was the original captured Pengcheng army, and now under Xiahou Yuan's training, it has already become the elite main force with combat power no less than that of Qingzhou soldiers.

When they saw the enemy, they were not afraid to fight, but like a hungry wolf seeing a fat sheep, their eyes flashed with the desire to win.

Now the more than 1,000 Yuan troops on the shore are just a piece of cake for them, and they can be easily eliminated.

At that time, they were in charge of the pass and held this ferry, and no matter how many Yuan troops could not rush over, they could only find other ferries to cross the river.

Isn't that a waste of time?

When Cao Jun was close to the front and was about to slash and kill, he suddenly felt that the ground was trembling slightly, and then there was a shout of killing.

I saw countless cavalry killed from the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

It turned out that this was the 8,000 elite horsemen led by Gao Lan.

They had already crossed the Yellow River and set up an ambush, and the military horses and baggage on the bank were the bait to lure Cao's army.

Under the leadership of Gao Lan, the eight thousand elite cavalry was violent, and directly rushed into the infantry army array led by Xiahou Yuan, and instantly turned the people who were impacted by the Cao army on their backs, wailing again and again.

"I've been tricked, retreat, retreat!" Xiahou Yuan shouted loudly for the withdrawal of troops.

It's just that in such a chaotic and noisy environment, few people can hear his military orders.

Even if they heard it, how could the infantry outrun the cavalry?

Xiahou Yuan was deeply encircled, and seeing that the soldiers he had trained with his own hands were trampled to death by war horses and stabbed to death by spears for a while, countless of them, he couldn't help but feel discouraged in his heart, and he was going to find Gao Ran to fight hard.

"Miaocai, don't do stupid things, go quickly!"

At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting behind me, and it turned out that Cao Chun led the army to kill.

Although Cao Chun usually fights with Xiahou Yuan, he actually has no personal grudges, and when he saw that Xiahou Yuan was in danger, he rushed over to rescue him without hesitation.

However, Cao Chun's team is not a tiger and leopard, and its combat effectiveness is not very amazing.

And Gao Ran led the most elite cavalry of the Yuan army, and there were 8,000 people, against the 20,000 foot soldiers of the Cao army, it was still crushing.

Soon, the cavalry of the Yuan army defeated Cao's army.

In the end, under the desperate protection of their own soldiers, Cao Chun and Xiahou Yuan finally fought their way out, broke out of the encirclement, and escaped with their lives.

"I didn't expect that the Yuan army had such elite cavalry, let's go back and report to the eldest brother as soon as possible, so as to take precautions as soon as possible."

The grizzled Cao Chun looked around him, and only a dozen or so soldiers on horseback escaped with them.

The 20,000 military horses he brought with him when he came had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Compared with the loss of military horses, what worried them even more was that the cavalry of this Yuan army was too many and too powerful.

If they don't borrow the fortifications and let them kill Guandu, how can their eldest brother resist?

What's more, this is only the vanguard of Yuan's army, followed by 100,000 enemy troops who are crossing the river.

However, although they lost all their men, they did not buy much time for Guandu's eldest brother......

……

Liu Ping led the army back to Xudu, and immediately ordered Zhang Liao to be the main general and Zhou Cang to be the deputy general, and led an army of 5,000 to crusade against the rebellious Liu Pi.

As long as Liu Biao does not send troops to help, the more than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops under Liu Pi will be vulnerable at all.

Liu Ping is familiar with the trend of history, and knows that although Liu Bei persuaded Liu Biao in Jingxiang at this time, just counting on the Yellow Turban Army under Liu Pi could not succeed at all, and if he wanted to level the Cao family in one fell swoop and snatch the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, he also needed Liu Biao's Jingxiang soldiers under his hands.

It's just that Liu Biao's courage only stayed, sending some lobbyists to lobby the county guards of Zhuzhou and county, and made up his mind to oppose Cao.

provided some grain and grass to Liu Bi, and encouraged Liu Bi to cause chaos for the Cao family.

Want Liu Biao to send Jingxiang's troops into the Central Plains?

There are no doors.

In this case, Zhang Liao and Zhou Cang went to crusade against Liu Pi, who had no backup, and he could wipe out this golden remnant without much effort.

Of course, at the same time, there are thousands of people led by Han Xun who take a long detour to the hinterland of the Central Plains to disgust people.

Liu Ping asked Xu Huang to bring 3,000 men to deal with it.

And since Liu Ping and Cao Hong returned to Xudu, the original state and county guards who were ready to move have gradually stabilized.

After all, the county guards are in charge of civil affairs, and they do not have military power in their hands, and they have no ability to resist if they want to.

And the Yitian Sword in Liu Ping's hand can cut off their heads at any time, and no one dares to gamble with their own lives and the lives of the whole family.

After returning to Xudu, Liu Ping could finally live a luxurious life again, with fine clothes and food, and beautiful concubines.

But less than two days after this good day, the bad news of Guandu came......

The study room of Sikong Mansion was used by Cao Ang at this time.

There were only three of them in the room.

"Uncle, virtuous brother, this is a battle report that has just been recovered from the front line."

Cao Ang pushed a letter to Liu Ping and Cao Hong, and said in a heavy tone: "I didn't expect the cavalry under Gao Ran to be so elite, and the 20,000 military horses of the two uncles were wiped out in a snap of a finger.

Now that the Guandu fortifications have not yet been built, my father is in danger, how can this be good? ”

As he spoke, his brow was already twisted into a pimple, and his fingers pinched his temples vigorously.