In the fifth year of the reign of Huang Chu of Wei (228), December.

Cao Rong, the son of heaven, thought for a long time, and once again used the king of Rencheng, and Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, who had once threatened Saihu, was the governor of the eastern capital, and ordered the three thousand Youyan knights of Yecheng and the second battalion of the Praetorian Guards to go south to Xu Du under his command, with a total of 7,000 elite soldiers.

Due to the relationship between the northern Hus, the Wei State also had to gather heavy troops in the Hebei area as a deterrent, otherwise once too many troops were transferred and the ambitious Xianbei tribes attacked south, it would be even worse for the current war situation!

In recent days, the rebellion south of Xudu has not weakened, but has continued to intensify.

Cao Rong was worried that Cao Zhang would not be able to support him alone, so he quickly sent the cavalry generals Qin Lang and Langzhong Wang Ji to follow his subordinates.

After Cao Zhang regained control of more than 7,000 foot cavalry, he once again gave full play to his advantage of daring to fight and dare to fight.

The rebels were unable to react and were broken one after another.

Every gram and place, Cao Zhang did not stop at all, and continued to lead the crowd to the next city, as for the endgame behind, Qin Lang and Wang Ji led the elite of foot soldiers to clean up.

According to Cao Zhang's order, every gram and one city were slaughtered to deter the rest of the lands.

For a time, the butcher's knife of the Wei army rose again and set off in the counties south of Xudu, as if the heads of people were rolling, the corpses were mountains and the sea of blood, and the blood flowed like a river.

Not only that, when Zhu Haoqiang saw the Wei army slaughtering the city, they spontaneously joined in to help, which couldn't help but make the relationship between ordinary people and local Haoqiang fall into the freezing point more and more.

However, with the high-pressure policy and Cao Zhang's super strong blow, the scene of rebellion in the hinterland of the Central Plains fell into a short period of calm, and the people of all parties were afraid to calm down, and did not dare to challenge the powerful Cao Wei again.

The counties of the Central Plains entered a brief period of tranquility.

Quickly quelled the rebellion in the hinterland, Cao Zhang led his troops to enter Biyang City, and used Bishui as a convenient logistics food route.

"General, now that the rebellion in the Central Plains has been put down, let's go to the front line of Huainan as soon as possible to help Da Sima resist the large-scale attack of the Shu army."

For a while, Qin Lang took the lead in hugging his fists.

"Aid Cao Wenlie? Ben would not have been willing to use troops in this way. ”

Looking at Cao Zhang's sworn expression, Wang Ji asked cautiously on the side: "Then I don't know what the general's next plan is?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Zhangcai stood in front of the screen, cruising back and forth on the hanging map with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Our army is only more than 7,000 people? If you go to the front line of Huainan to deploy defenses? In fact, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for the operation of a large corps, and it is of little significance. ”

"What does the general mean?"

Hear that? Wang Ji and Qin Lang feel that Cao Zhang has made a decision? I couldn't help but ask each other at the same time.

"Over the years, when the enemy general Guan Ping repeatedly commanded the troops? Almost all of them are to harass the hinterland of our army's rear with partial divisions, and often have the effect of surprise? Disrupting the entire deployment of our army? In order to create the conditions for breaking the enemy, Ben will think why not use the way of others to govern others? ”

"There are 7,000 elites under the command of Ben Jiang, if he suddenly follows Guan Ping and sweeps the hinterland of Jiangnan like Guan Ping swept my Qingxu land, can he be invincible? And break the strategic layout of the Northern Expedition of the Shu Army? ”

In a word? Cao Zhang chuckled.

The plan has been decided.

Cao Zhang then did not hesitate too much, and led his troops to quietly turn south along the water to lift the water, seize the mouth, and drive all the way to the junction of Jing and Yang, such as Lianpo Chaisang and Hukou.

However, in just a few days, Jingzhou and Yangzhou were completely cut off under Cao Zhang's blow? Subsequently, the Wei army was divided into more than ten divisions, each of which was about 1,000 people and began to scatter and plunder the surroundings? to destroy the logistics system in the hinterland of the Han army.

Due to the Northern Expedition strategy of "three fronts together", the main forces of Jing and Yang Prefectures have been fully assembled on the front line? The rear is mostly county soldiers with average combat strength, and it is barely feasible to be responsible for maintaining law and order and suppressing bandits on weekdays? How can they resist the thousands of tiger and wolf divisions of the Wei army that are deep behind enemy lines?

Because of the destruction of several cities? The officials of the counties and counties of the Han army did not dare to try to gather troops to attack the Wei army in vain? On the one hand, he had to recruit the people to repair the city defenses, and on the other hand, he immediately sent a letter to the front-line camp.

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The front-line battle in Huainan.

The great Sima Cao Xiu stationed more than 50,000 troops in Shouchun and Pingyu respectively, and used the two cities as logistics transit stations to echo each other to ensure the smooth flow of grain routes, and then fought a decisive battle with the Han army on the Jianghuai Plain.

On the other hand, as the Cao army abandoned the front line of Hefei and Chaohu, the general Guan Ping also personally led the main force to sit in the town, and as for Guangling, Shi Bao was appointed as the main force to continue to attack the Wei defenders with Lu Xun's troops.

In the Huaidi Plain, major wars have broken out frequently in the past few days, and layers of corpses have been piled up, and the tributaries of the Huai River seem to be dyed red.

But the tragic aura of slaughter still continues.

The Huainan War showed what is the real ancient battlefield and what is the real strategic place for soldiers to fight.

Those who defend the river must defend Huai, and those who seize the Central Plains must occupy Huainan.

This is the most intuitive factor that the Han and Wei sides are unwilling to give up after years of fighting the army.

this day.

Inside the Han camp.

The battle report of Wei general Cao Zhang's elite killing to Jing and Yang's hinterland has been passed to Guan Ping, and after looking at it slightly, he can't help but frown, and his face can't help but be a little worried: "This ......"

"Cao Zhang, this person is indeed worthy of being a good general, and more than 7,000 people dare to follow the example of this general to attack the hinterland, and he is indeed my fierce enemy!"

Looking at the battle report in his palm, Guan Ping also had a tricky look on his face.

From the side, Fa Miao, the son of Fa Zheng, who joined the army, pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "What the general said is reasonable, if Cao Chang leads the elite to assist Cao Xiu in a decisive battle with our army, even if 7,000 elites are added, our army will not be afraid!" ”

"But now these 7,000 troops and horses are attacking and disturbing Jing and raising the hinterland, and the county soldiers between the states and counties cannot compete at all, but can bring great trouble to our army."

Fa Miao paused for a moment, and then slowly analyzed: "If our army is left alone, then our army will not only suffer a serious blow to the logistics and grain routes, but also bury disasters......

"But if you send troops to encircle and annihilate, the army is too small but you can't help the enemy army, after all, according to the report, Cao Zhang commanded the three thousand Youyan knights he had personally trained and formed, but if you send too many troops, the front-line war will inevitably be tight."

"With Cao Xiu's personality, if our army's offensive slows down, then he will inevitably crush the whole army and put pressure on our front-line army."

For a while, Fu Wei and Chen Shi, the governors of the navy, analyzed their own opinions.

For a while, the generals were also in trouble with Cao Zhang's attack and didn't know how to deal with it.

At this time, when they were subjected to such tactics, they realized how helpless this tactic was.

The once great general Guan Ping used this tactic to gallop across the hinterland of Cao Wei and created too many miracles.

Now it is also replaced by the generals of the Han army to feel this kind of unbearable taste.

"How do you break it?"

For a while, Guan Ping also pondered, although he is the best at using such tactics, the essence of this tactic is that as long as the front-line troops can hold back the enemy army, it is insoluble!

Obviously, now Cao Xiu, the commander of the Wei army, will not sit idly by and ignore his own side, and send troops to encircle and annihilate Cao Zhang's department.

However, if the military force is less, there is a possibility of being annihilated by Cao Zhang.

And if you want to deal with Cao Zhang, I'm afraid only he will come out in person.

After thinking about it for a long time, Fa Miao mentioned with some unconfidence: "It would be nice if I could win more with less." ”

"Less is more?"

Hearing this, the general Song Qian was a little unconfident and said: "How easy is this, our army and the Wei army have fought several battles, and the combat power of the Wei soldiers is almost equal to our army." ”

"That Cao Zhang, who is the commander of the seven thousand elites, must have extraordinary combat power, I'm afraid that if you want to annihilate it, you have to dispatch superior forces."

Song Qian's words also made the generals second.

"Huh?"

"Win more with less, win more with less......

For a moment, Guan Ping muttered, as if thinking about something.

"General, ...... are you?"

"There it is!"

Guan Ping pondered for a long time, and a tall figure suddenly appeared in his mind, Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty.

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