"Cross the river!"

On the bank of the Huangshui River, Gongsun Du stared at the ferry opposite for a long time and waved his hand.

"The Ming Duke has an order, and the army crosses the river!"

The order was passed on, and Guo Jia saw that Gongsun Du was showing signs of leaving, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Ming Gong, let's let the others cross the river first!" ”

Gongsun Du was quite displeased when he heard this, but he also knew that if he really crossed the river first, although it would boost morale, it would also increase the pressure, so he nodded and agreed.

Amazingly, the river crossing was smooth, and Baimajin was easily occupied.

"Cao Cao didn't leave anyone to garrison?"

Gongsun Du and Guo Jia both showed a heavy face, "half-crossing and attacking", "relying on the ferry to intercept", whether it can be done or not, but at least it can delay time and cause some damage!

Why did Cao Cao just give up?

In order to prevent fraud, Gongsun Du did not follow closely across the river, but waited until the 20,000 army had passed, and completely occupied Baimajin and a radius of several miles, before crossing the river with Guo Jia and coming to Baimajin.

After taking a turn in Baimajin, Guo Jia said with certainty: "Duke Ming, Cao Cao didn't think about guarding here at all, there was no sign at all. ”

Gongsun Du thought for a while and said, "Do you think it's because we sent something to Jingzhou before, and the warship was exposed, which scared Cao Cao?" ”

Guo Jia was silent for a moment when he heard this, and said: "It shouldn't be scared, after all, there weren't many things that were detected at that time, and most of them were false, but Cao Cao has always been seriously suspicious, and there are not many soldiers and horses under him, so it is likely that he gave up here in order to reduce damage." ”

Gongsun Du was also silent for a while when he heard this, before he slowly exhaled and said, "This is reasonable!" However, I am afraid that there is also a fear that encountering our warships will lead to a massacre and directly scare off his allies. ”

Guo Jia nodded.

By the time the 80,000 troops had crossed the river, the scouts had already explored the White Horse City, which was more than ten miles to the south.

The villages within a few miles of White Horse City are uninhabited, and the same is true for those who want to come further afield, that is, the strong walls and clear fields!

The seven gates of White Horse City are all closed, leaving no gaps, and the flags are displayed at the head of the city, and it is impossible to see how many people there are. The scouts were also unsure of the situation, so they didn't dare to approach easily.

In this regard, after discussing with Guo Jia, Gongsun Du decided -

"Stay at the east gate and attack the city directly!"

"Where is Huang Zhong?"

"The last general!"

"You will lead an army of 20,000 to attack Ximen, and you must do your best to conquer the city!"

Huang Zhong instantly understood that he was asking him to attack, and immediately responded: "Yes, Ming Gong, the last general will definitely attack the city!" ”

"Where is Zhao Yun?"

"The last general!"

"Order 30,000 men and horses to assist the city at the south gate!"

Zhao Yun understood that this was to ask him to feint and attract Cao Jun's attention, and responded: "Yes, Ming Gong, the last general will definitely make Cao Jun feel the pressure and defend it strictly!" ”

After the two generals led the troops to leave, Gongsun Du also led the troops to the north gate of White Horse City. Gongsun Du did not attack the city immediately, and he always felt that he had missed something, and he was a little uneasy in his heart.

Guo Jia didn't know what was going on, but he still reminded him loudly: "Ming Gong, is it time to order the siege of the city?" ”

Gongsun Du's heart became more and more uneasy, and he frowned and said, "Wait! ”

"Huh?"

Guo Jia shouted in surprise, and then said, "Is that a fight?" ”

Heads-up, in addition to the two sides to compete and show bravery, can also delay time. At least for now, it's the best to use!

"Good!" So Gongsun Du had no reason to disagree, and then ordered a person.

"Xu Yi, it's up to you to fight!"

Xu Yi was stunned and said, "Yes, Ming Gong." ”

Xu Yi, the son of Xu Rong, has to have a bit of his father's true heritage, and now he is known as the pillar of the younger generation with Zhang Bao and others in the army. This time, Gongsun Du took him with him, just to sharpen his life.

Sharpening, why should it be sharpened, naturally it is to increase the ability to take on a heavier burden.

Xu Yi raised his gun and shouted: "Liaodong Xu Yi and Xu Qingyuan are here, who dares to come to fight?" ”

The head of the city didn't react at all, if it weren't for the shaking figure that could be seen clearly in the telescope, Gongsun Du would have wondered if Cao Cao had even given up the important place of the White Horse City directly.

"Kill...... Kill......"

In the distance, the sound of shouting and killing came, and it should be Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun who did it.

"Liaodong Xu Yi is here, and he has the courage to come out to fight!"

The battle was fought again, but still no one answered. Xu Yi turned around and returned to the battle without hesitation, and said, "Duke Ming, General Huang and General Zhao have begun to attack the city, and I think that the Cao army will not go out of the city to fight." However, his subordinates felt that Cao Jun's abandonment of Baimajin and the clearing of the wilderness would inevitably lead to deception. ”

"Fraud?"

When Gongsun Du heard this, he also felt that he had fallen into a misunderstanding before, and since he felt that there was a problem, he should gather his subordinates to discuss it together, instead of thinking alone.

"Tell me what you think!"

Guo Jia also had some thoughts when he was said, but he didn't speak, just looked sideways at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi thought for a while: "The Cao army gave up Baimajin, the most likely is to shrink the force, as for the strong wall Qingye, it is likely that it is just to release a smokescreen and cover up the true purpose." ”

"Go on." Gongsun Du nodded noncommittally.

Xu Yi paused and replied: "If the subordinates' guess is right, Cao Jun will definitely defend the white horse." It's just that although the city of White Horse City is high and strong, it is only a small city after all, the north and south city walls are only two miles, less than three miles, and the east and west city walls are no more than miles. ”

"In this way, since the Cao army wants to hold on, there must be another way, either there are reinforcements or ambushes." When Xu Yi said this, he was very confident.

Not only him, but Gongsun Du and Guo Jia all agreed with this very much. With the strength of the Ming army, even if it can't take White Horse City in one fell swoop, it is absolutely impossible to break it in more than three days. And if the previous speculation is correct, Cao Cao will not give up, and it is impossible to give up the white horse, it can only be ......

Ambush?

Gongsun Du's mind lit up, his breathing suddenly became urgent, and he said, "Quick, quickly go to the northeast and southwest to investigate!" ”

"Yes, Ming Gong."

Guo Jia understood in an instant, hurriedly responded, and then turned around to arrange. When the Tancai was dispatched, he turned around and asked, "Ming Gong thinks Cao Cao's backhand will be an ambush army?" ”

"Qiao Yanglou has indeed been noticed by many people, but until now he has not been able to touch the temple gate, and can only cover it up by hiding his traces. In this way, it is obviously impossible for Cao Cao to wantonly mobilize reinforcements without being known, and when the time comes, he only needs to send people to block it, and the white horse can only become a certain white horse! ”

Gongsun Du's frowning brows finally relaxed, and then turned to Xu Yi and praised: "I have to thank you kid this time, you should take the first credit for winning the white horse this time!" ”

"Ming Gong praised it falsely, and his subordinates are just talking nonsense. The first merit was General Huang or General Zhao. Xu Yi hurriedly replied, wanting to justify, after all, not to mention Zhao Yun, even Huang Zhong is a figure on the same level as his father, and he can't be arrogant.

"Hahaha!"

Gongsun Du laughed and said, "If you say you can, you can!" ”

Immediately, he didn't give Xu Yi a chance to speak again, and said: "Okay, there is no need to say more, since Cao Jun should not fight, then you can attack the city directly, so as to relieve the pressure on Hansheng and Zilong." ”

"Yes, Ming Gong!" When it came to business, Xu Yi had a straight face and responded.

Although Xu Yi was not as unsmiling as his father, his obedient nature was not bad at all, and he immediately moved forward and ordered the army to attack the city.

Gongsun Du led his own soldiers and 10,000 cavalry troops to press the rear formation.

"How? Qingyuan is not bad! Gongsun Du looked at Xu Yi, who calmly commanded the siege, smiled, and said to Guo Jia.

"It is worthy of being the general, and there are already five or six points of General Xu's real ability." Guo Jia nodded and said quite approvingly.

Gongsun Du watched for a long time, the siege was orderly, nodded, retracted his gaze, and turned to Guo Jiadao: "By the way, how is your kid now?" How much do you have a true biography? ”

For Guo Jia's descendants, Gongsun Du really didn't have much impression in his original memory, after all, although Guo Jia was powerful, he died too early.

"Although they are not as good as General Huang and General Xu, Yi'er still has the true inheritance of Jia San or Sifen, and now he is doing well in Donghai County, and the letter sent back some time ago made his father-in-law happy for a while." Guo Jia's face was filled with relief.

Gongsun Du naturally couldn't pay attention to the juniors from time to time, his face was a little surprised, but he immediately felt that it was right, glanced at Guo Jia, and said: "I see, no wonder I saw you so proud a while ago!" ”

"Uh...... Nothing to do, nothing to do! Guo Jia's face froze, and he hurriedly waved his hand to deny.

Gongsun Du didn't want to care about this...... Rake the ears!

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