Hearing Cao Hong ask about his march, Cao Cao was a little curious, and he also had the idea of taking the test for his younger brother, he pointed his finger to the west and asked:

"Do you know what the cities to the west are called?"

"Huh?"

"Do you know who the enemy will defend the city be?"

“···”

Cao Hong didn't say anything, he lowered his head a little ashamedly, he began to regret that he rashly asked this question about what he was going to do, his brother's answers were simply asking himself in reverse, but where did he know this, could it be that their military discussions had been secretly discussed these days, or was it just that he was not paying attention for a while, and he missed it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cao Cao looked at his subordinate brother and lowered his head in shame, and then began to say in a deep tone:

"There are two important cities in the west, one is called Xingyang, connecting Bianshui and Aocang, and the other is called Chenggao, legend has it that King Zhou Mu of the Zhou Dynasty once raised the captured tigers there, so the local head of Qiantou called it the Tiger Prison Pass, these two cities, is the important place where the Chu and Han fought for that year, Emperor Gaozu guarded the dangerous places of Chenggao and Xingyang, and fed the soldiers with the grain of Aocang, which was able to choke Xiang Yu's soldiers every time, so that he was powerless to take care of him, and finally Han Xin, Peng Yue, Yingbu's generation, rose up and attacked, Only the first battle reached the world of the Han family! ”

"And the person who is stationed in Chenggao right now is Xu Rong, the general under Dong Thief, this person has followed Dong Thief to fight for many years, knows about military affairs, and most of the soldiers and horses under his command are sharp men from Xizhou, and Yangcheng was defeated by him!"

Cao Hong listened to Cao Cao's teachings, nodded hurriedly, and admired his own talent and strategy in his brother's chest, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to run to Cao Cao, at this time, he did not dare to speak out when Cao Cao said this, only when Cao Cao said this, he suddenly came to his senses, and said:

"I've heard of this person's name recently, and I heard that he was scared to death by the assassin of Yuzhou!"

"What scared to death, don't talk nonsense, Kong Yuzhou is too old to bear state affairs, and he is sick in bed."

Although Cao Cao also had contempt for Kong Ling's high-minded talk and only dragged his feet when things were done, Kong Ling was a person in the camp of the Dong Alliance after all, so Cao Cao naturally would not grow the enemy's ambition and extinguish his prestige, so he quickly corrected Cao Hong's mistakes.

Cao Hong immediately said yes, Cao Cao sighed in his heart, although Cao Hong and Cao Ren and Cao Chun are all young people of the same generation in the clan, but each other's talents still opened up the gap, among them, Cao Ren's military attainments are the strongest, Cao Chun is better than studious and thoughtful, and his own progress after joining the army is also very fast, only Cao Hong, among the brothers of the Cao family, can only be regarded as the middle and lower, and there is not much growth for the time being.

Therefore, Cao Cao deliberately spoke again, reminded him and said:

"Zilian, you said, since we all know that Chenggao and Xingyang are so important, they are the key places for the East and West to compete, whoever gets it will be invincible, and at the same time block the enemy at the door of the house and can't move, how can the enemy general Xu Rong who is deployed not know, how can he hold Chenggao, but leave Xingyang in vain?"

"Oh, what the eldest brother means is that Xu Rong is luring us to march and attack Xingyang, so that he can take the opportunity to attack our army!"

This time, Cao Hong's reaction was very fast, and as soon as Cao Cao's words were finished, he immediately answered.

Cao Cao saw that Cao Hong was finally not stupid enough to be incompetent in military affairs, he nodded again, and then continued:

"Now the counties of Kwantung Prefecture have crusaded against Dong thieves, Cao Yun is not working, the grain in Ao Cang is quickly eaten up, Xu Rong is guarding Xingyang, and he can't use the grain in Ao Cang to feed the soldiers, so he is unwilling to defend it, and instead garrisons Chenggao, which is more dangerous."

"And the void of Xingyang, is to lure our lone army to the west to attack Xingyang, the journey from Chenggao to Xingyang is much shorter than the distance from Zhongmu to Xingyang, and the Xiliang soldiers are mostly elite cavalry. When the time comes, as soon as we march, we will easily fall into his trap, he can ambush in advance, half-crossing, or echo with the inside and outside of Xingyang City, jointly attack our army, and can also give an empty city in Xingyang to our army, and wait until our army enters the city, and then suddenly come to it with a large army, besiege us and other groups. ”

"Shhhh

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Cao Hong couldn't help but gasp, and he said with some fear:

"I didn't expect this Xu Rong to be so powerful, this virtual Xingyang City move can lead to so many killing moves later."

Speaking of this, Cao Hong paused again, and then said with a smile:

"But no matter how powerful this Xu Rong is, he can't compare to the eldest brother with soldiers, the eldest brother hasn't entered the army yet, doesn't he just see his little trick!"

In the face of Cao Hong's flattery, Cao Cao sneered, he shook his head, and said:

"This is just a soldier's military strategy, you can see what it can do, we want to march into Luoyang, this Xingyang is destined to be unavoidable, and it is bound to take a city, Xu Rong is waiting in Chenggao, just because he is not afraid that I will not be able to wait!"

"Huh? So how about I? ”

Cao Hong had never seen a soldier's battle, and he had heard heroic stories such as Gaozu's founding of the country and Han Xin's soldiers, but when it came to the end, he heard that the enemy had laid out a yang scheme, and he was not afraid that his side would not be fooled, and depending on his brother's intentions, he still wanted to attack this Xingyang City, he couldn't help but scream.

Hearing Cao Hong scream, Cao Cao suddenly glared at him, Cao Hong immediately withered, lowered his head and closed his mouth and didn't dare to speak, this is a secret in the army, and it is really not what he should ask at this time.

Cao Cao didn't say anything to reprimand himself, a younger brother who still needs to be sharpened, he turned his eyes to the direction of the west, since he had seen Xu Rong's intentions in this arrangement, and he intended to march to seize Xingyang, he naturally had already planned many countermeasures in his heart.

And when he thought of countermeasures, Cao Cao naturally thought of the two brothers of the Yuan family. The best way to break Xu Rong's conspiracy is for Yuan Shao to launch a huge feint attack from Hanoi or Yuan Shu from Luyang, even if he can't successfully mobilize Xu Rong's troops and horses in Chenggao, at least he can share a lot of the enemy's forces on the opposite side.

It's a pity that Cao Cao knew that at this time, even if he repaired a letter to the two brothers of the Yuan family at this time, the two would never send troops to help him, the early experiences of the three of them were similar, and they were all known for their "chivalrous" things, but in detail, the "chivalrous" style of the three people was very different.

Yuan Shao's "chivalry" wants a well-known chivalrous skin, so he folds the corporal, self-denial and courtesy, and has a great reputation, which can make the soldiers at home return to him like flowing water after the army is raised.

Yuan Shu's "chivalry" wants to be arbitrary chivalrous, so he doesn't matter whether he is right or wrong, he is amiable and sincere to those who are kind to him or the people he values, but for those who are alienated from him or he despises, he is arrogant and domineering, and he can also get the refuge of some scholars and generals.

And Cao Cao's "chivalry" is the kind of chivalrous bone that destroys the family and relieves the difficulty, when the country is peaceful, he can fly eagles and dogs, and be idle, but once the country has something, he must take advantage of the situation to save the country and save the people.

In the final analysis, the "chivalry" of the Yuan brothers is ultimately for themselves, and Cao Cao's "chivalry" is for himself and for his family and country.

Fortunately, Cao Cao's road is not a one-man to the dark, he has the help of the Xiahou brothers and the Cao family brothers, colleagues like Wei Zi, confidants like Bao Xin, and local talents like Ren Jun.

Because, with these, Cao Cao is also confident that even if he does not have the help of the Yuan brothers, he can lead the soldiers and horses alone, and he can enter Luoyang City, even if he can't save the Son of Heaven, but he must suppress the arrogance of Dong thieves and show the world the righteousness of the Kwantung volunteers raising the flag.

With these, Cao Cao is also confident that he can defeat a battlefield general like Xu Rong, Cao Cao once served as a cavalry lieutenant when he was in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he was fortunate to see Huangfu Song's use of soldiers like a god, plus he himself is also a talented and intelligent person, familiar with Sun Wu's art of war, so although in terms of command, he may not be as skilled as Xu Rong's Dong Ying general, but in the battle of troops, he still has the confidence to break Xu Rong's plan.

He pointed in the direction where Zhongmu City was located and said softly:

"It's going to be clear!"

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"It's going to be clear!"

Yan Xing, who was also inspecting the barracks after the rain stopped, spoke, and his footsteps inspected the stables in the army, and the soil in the stables should also be kept dry, and there should be no low-lying stagnant water, which would soak the hooves of the war horses, and even make the horses get a strong epidemic.

Horseshoes are the most susceptible to wear and injury of a war horse, although there are now leather horseshoe, but the formed horseshoe has not yet appeared, protecting the horse's hooves of war horses, is something that every seasoned cavalryman knows.

And the war horse is one of the most important resources in the army, and it is also the key to the reason why the Xiliang soldiers were able to win by surprise and defeat the Kwantung soldiers and horses.

"Captain, why is this? Didn't the previous group of scouts in the army have already returned, and they all said that the rebels of Zhongmu have no intention of marching at all, and they are still constantly strengthening the camp to prevent us from attacking them! ”

"You fool, this military dispute, how can you see it clearly with a piece of intelligence, don't forget, how did the Yangcheng of the Yuzhou soldiers be lost!"

After finishing speaking, Yan Xing asked Ma Lin to immediately send twice as many scouts, this matter is the first thing in front of him, if it is about knowing oneself and knowing the other, I am afraid that no one in this Dong army, including Xu Rong, will know Cao Mengde's potential and power better than himself.

Yan Xing stood with his hands in his hands, also looking at the direction of Zhongmu County in the east, although he couldn't see what he wanted to see, but he might as well look forward to the arrival of the war in his heart.