Chapter 445: Advance and retreat freely
Liu Yi and Yuan Shao in Jizhou are both mobilizing troops, although the appearance of the forbidden Qingzhou battalion is not unexpected by everyone before the war, but it is a situation they do not want to see, so the whole battle situation has variables, Cao Cao's response to Gan Ning's surprise attack can be described as extremely fast, he will never sit back and watch Liu Yi gain an advantage in the battle situation, and Lang Sheng naturally has to deal with this.
Shortly after the forbidden Qingzhou battalion advanced into Jizhou, Zhang Hu, the assassin of Sizhou, personally led the 100,000 soldiers of the second battalion of Yanyun Yellow Shirt out of the Tiger Prison, and the Fengqiu guard Xia Houen immediately sent the information of this army to Chen Liu, Cao Cao immediately ordered the army to meet the battle, and he sent Yu Wen to reinforce Jizhou, although Liu Yi's pressure increased sharply, but the attack of Zhang Hu's army was also what Meng De did not want to see, but it was inevitable that both sides would have come to this point, and the smoke of Yanzhou also made this northern war gradually enter the **.
The strategy of attacking Yanzhou Zhang Hu this time is to advance steadily and slowly, and no longer let Cao's army have a soldier to join the Jizhou battlefield, fighting in the opponent's territory can also bring a huge blow to his people's livelihood, and Cao Cao also wants to annihilate all the enemies in the future and his own territory, and then he can take the tiger prison.
The two sides launched a series of battles in the suburbs of Fengqiu, Zhang Zicai and the first independent leader in this battle showed a strong ability to unify the army, coupled with Zhang Liao, Zhang Yan and other generals fought hard, and Cao Cao came to meet the men and horses lost the attack, the battle was evenly divided, and also paid huge casualties, the war fell into a stalemate for a while, no one could defeat the other party in a short time, confrontation became an inevitable choice, although Zhang Hu was difficult to do an inch of advance, but Cao's army failed to repel the enemy.
In the camp of Cao's army under Fengqiu City, Cao Cao was discussing with the generals about the method of breaking the enemy at this time, and the fierce battles of the past few days made Meng De have some tiredness on his face, and he went all out to attack again and again but was resolved by the other party one by one, which was a rare situation in his army commanding career.
"In the West Garden of Luoyang, I have seen this Zhang Zicai, Liu Yi is extremely important to this person, almost obedient, Cao Su knows that he is resourceful, very good at governing the law, and the state is also flourishing in his hands, but unexpectedly it is also full of changes in the battle array, except for Liu Yi, he has never met such an opponent, and he is really a national warrior." Cao Cao's words were full of appreciation, he had already paid enough attention to Zhang Hu, but after this battle, his evaluation of him has improved, Liu Yi called him an all-rounder back then, and it really deserves its reputation.
"The lord's words are true, if it weren't for that, how could Liu Yi entrust Sizhou to this person? Although he fought with Yuan Shao in Jizhou this time, but the vigilance of the lord did not relax for a moment, and now the general Yu Ban took action against Gan Ning, with Liu Langsheng's temperament will never sit idly by, this is also expected by the lord, although this Zhang Hu has a handsome talent, the war has just begun, on the strength of our army is still above Sizhou, and the geographical advantage is also on our side, it is expected that this person sent troops to contain our army can not be distracted by other things, if the lord is eager to win, it will be calculated for it, and it is a good strategy to confront and seek an opportunity to break the enemy. Xun Yu said on the side, at present, hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides are gathered, but this victory and defeat are still in Jizhou, annihilation of the enemy army in front of you can occupy the tiger prison and the subordinate division, this temptation is too big for Cao Cao, when the army is not in absolute superiority, it is not easy to annihilate the enemy, with Zhang Hu's ability, he will definitely use Cao Cao's psychology to set a trap, as a strategist Xun Yu of course has to remind the lord.
"In Wen Ruo's opinion, it is difficult for Cao to defeat Zhang Hu with the military strength in his hands at this time?" Cao Cao asked when he heard this, he had already heard the meaning of Xun Yu's words, but he would not give up easily in the face of such huge interests, in fact, although it was not easy for him to defeat the enemy army in Sizhou, it was not difficult to retreat, just transfer men and horses from Yuzhou and Qingzhou, and form a two-wing outflanking trend for Zhang Hu's army, and the enemy army would retreat into the tiger prison if he was encircled! But in this way, although the enemy army retreated, the purpose of sending troops was achieved, and the transfer of his own men and horses back and forth was afraid that the gains outweighed the losses, so he was bent on annihilating the other party with the forces in front of him, and it was extremely difficult to see it now.
"When Xuzhou was in that year, Feng Xiao was entrusted by Liu Yi to send a letter to my camp, and Zhang Hu was also quite respected in his words. Now that the enemy is defeated and difficult to retreat, it is easy for the lord to not know, and now Yu also thinks that it is good, but he can't be in a hurry. Xun Yukankan's analysis of the current situation can be described as extremely accurate.
"What Wen Ruo said is that it's just that the fighter plane in front of him is rare, and Cao is really anxious, so it should be a safe way to follow Wen Ruo's words." Cao Cao is also as good as flowing, Zhang Hu's troops will bring great consumption to Yanzhou, which he does not want, but it is also a good fighter, giving him the opportunity to annihilate the enemy, but this fighter will change with the battle situation in Jizhou, whether Liu Yi wins or loses, this person will definitely retreat to the close, and it is almost impossible to break it by then! However, Cao Cao is a master of the art of war, and he must not be impatient in the face of an opponent like Zhang Hu.
"Mr. Xun said that it is not easy to defeat the enemy, but it is not difficult to retreat from the enemy, but why is it? If we can repel Zhang Hu's army, our army can save a lot of losses, wouldn't it be the best policy? Cao Cao and Xun Yu's answer also aroused the interest of the generals present, looking at his words, the lord and the military advisor know the way to retreat from the enemy, so why fight against it? For a while, everyone also thought about it, and after a while, Cao Renle would have hidden something, but Cao Hong was difficult to understand, so he simply asked.
"The lord and Wen Ruo have both said that this Zhang Zicai has always acted to plan and then move, he set out this time to lead the army of 100,000, must have a little knowledge of the details of our army's strength, confident that he can be invincible only by the current combat strength of our army, and once the lord from Yuzhou Qingzhou mobilized men and horses to encircle him will retreat to the tiger prison, but our army is tired of moving back and forth, and it is difficult to reinforce Jizhou, then Zhang Hu has achieved the goal of sending troops this time, and the lord at this time is not to let him retreat, so as to find an opportunity to annihilate it and Yanzhou, and then the tiger prison can be down in one fell swoop, The two states are under threat from our army at any time, and it has become our side that can be attacked and retreated. On the side, Cheng Yu explained.
"I see, the main public army division is really high." Cao Hong suddenly realized when he heard this, and Cao Ren also had a clear look on his face, and they also thought about it, but they didn't have what Cheng Yu said.
"From this point of view, this Zhang Hu is extremely confident in his use of troops, and Cao wants to see if he can always be as stable as Mount Tai!" Cao Cao said that he had completely calmed down here, and after a pause, he said again: "Since Miaocai Tiger and Leopard riding, Yuan Rangwen has successively waved troops to Jizhou, and Yuan Benchu is no longer at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and Cao has already done his best to be benevolent and righteous... ”
Seeing that Cao Cao's words were still unfinished, Xun Yu continued: "If Yuan Benchu is going to lose at the hands of Liu Yi this time, the two generals can also act according to the plan." Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes flashed, but he bowed slightly, but he stopped speaking.
When Zhang Hu sent troops to Yanzhou to fight with Cao Cao, the second battalion of the Tiger Guard Beiping under Nanpi City had already left here at night, and the remaining empty battalion thought that it was a suspicious plan, and only Gao Shun's Liaodong Battalion and Li Tieniu's Vermilion Bird Battalion were left to really monitor the movement of the city. Zhang He led the Tiger Guard Battalion to the vicinity of the Qinghe River to take over the responsibility of the Xuanwu White Tiger Second Battalion to clamp down on the Gaolan defenders, while Liu Yi personally led the Beiping Battalion and the Guards Battalion to the Vortex to meet Yuan Shao's army from the Bohai Sea.
At the same time, the defenders of the two cities of Liyang and Qinghe have not seen the Youzhou cavalry army that usually cruises under the city, and the camp of Xu Huanglongxiang's camp is reinforced day and night, with a posture of strict defense, Yuan Tan's 50,000 troops from Yecheng are only a day's journey away from Liyang, and the Jizhou cavalry led by Yan Liangwen Chou and Xiahou Yuan's tiger and leopard cavalry are also difficult to find in general with the Youzhou cavalry, and eighty miles behind Yuan Tan, Xiahoudun's 40,000 Yanzhou infantry soldiers are also advancing to Liyang City at great speed...