Chapter 1792: The Battle of Shouchun (73)

Before Cao Cao's words fell, another person came out to ask for battle: "The last general is also willing to lead the headquarters and go to the dog city to ask for thieves!" ”

Cao Cao looked at the person who invited him to fight, it was none other than Cao Ren, this time the conquest was solid, if only Shi Jian recommended himself, then Cao Cao might only be able to assign one more person to lead the team, but it was difficult to choose who to assign, but now that Cao Ren took the initiative to ask Ying, then he didn't have to worry about who to shoot.

Both of them looked at Cao Cao eagerly, and Cao Cao said with a smile: "Since the two generals took the initiative to ask for help, then go together and be sure to take the Dog City!" "The primary consideration of today's plan is how to deal with Zhenggu, and whether it is Shi Jian or Cao Ren, they go alone, they are not superior in terms of troops, but if they send two generals to Dog City at the same time, they dare not guarantee that they will win, but at least they will not worry about the possibility of rout, and the reason why this matter is so anxious to raise the account is to avoid worries, it will not be possible to be an hour late, and it must be raised as soon as possible, so as not to have many dreams at night, otherwise it will be a long time, and when they go to Dog City, they have already left for Jizhou, Then it was too late, so it was necessary to destroy the Gugu as quickly as possible and with lightning speed.

And this is why Cao Cao sounded the drum of raising the tent at the fourth watch, because he had realized the urgency of this matter, and he could not delay for a moment, so he immediately issued an order, Cao Ren and Shi Jian were the main generals and deputy generals, and went to Dog City.

How many troops does Dog City have, although Cao Cao said that it was 30,000 people, but conservative estimates that the number will only be above 30,000 and it is absolutely impossible to be less than 30,000, but Yuan Jian and Cao Ren's troops add up to only 10,000 people.

After Cao Ren and Yuan Lian left, Cao Cao retreated, although the generals left one after another, but he himself has been in the inner tent to pick up the lamp to study the map, he gave Cao Ren an order, as long as he stopped the solid, then take advantage of the situation to take Hanoi, although this move is dangerous and abnormal, but it must be taken, only out of this step, in order to truly ensure the safety of the Central Plains, of course, once this step is out, Yuan Shao will inevitably be dissatisfied, so it will lead to a series of troubles, these Cao Cao need to take into account.

Cao Cao didn't know what the final result of such a decision would be, but if it was Liu Lan, he would not be a stranger at all, and he who knew a little about the history of the Three Kingdoms should still have some understanding of this matter, not that he knew anything about Zhenggu or Zhang Yang or even Yang Chou, but because he had some understanding of the Battle of Guandu, and the real reason for the Battle of Guandu was the death of Zheng Gu.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's killing of Zhenggu and occupying Hanoi, perhaps Yuan Shao's time to go south would have been much back, and he would not even consider a direct head-on decisive battle with Cao Cao, but would have adopted the strategies of Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others to gradually encroach southward.

But Cao Cao's behavior was already a complete offense to him, such a naked provocative move was not tolerated by Yuan Shao, and he had to give his own response, so from this day on, he began to prepare for the southward conquest of Cao Cao, and then the Battle of Guandu broke out.

Therefore, the consequences of this incident for Cao Cao should be very serious, of course, the result is definitely the best result in terms of the result, but aside from the final victory, under the circumstances at that time, Yuan Qiang and Cao were weak, such a result must be controversial, and the consequences and costs are relatively greater than that of a Hanoi county.

But when everyone thinks that this step is a risky move, stinky chess, Cao Cao does not think so, this is a place to die and then live, he and Guo Jia in the occupation of Hanoi through the conquest of the solid matter is well thought out, occupy Hanoi is absolutely harmful and no benefit, on the contrary, once Hanoi is occupied by Yuan Shao, then the Yang is just a Yellow River, and from Hanoi to Luoyang and then to Xudu, such a short route, it can be said that Xu Du is under the threat of Cao's army at any time.

Especially in the environment where Yuan Shao's troops are large and can attack everywhere, with Cao Cao's current troops, he can't fortify everywhere at all, and can only finish his work in one battle.

In this matter, although the incident happened suddenly, but after getting the letter from Yang Chou when he took refuge, Cao Cao and Guo Jia had already had a negotiation, and it was in that negotiation that the decision to take Hanoi was determined, so there is now when he learned that Yang Chou was killed by Su Gu, he sent troops to Dog City overnight, but now after Cao Ren and Yuan Jian left, Cao Cao was a little worried, after all, Su Gu was aware of Yang Chou's situation with them, once the news leaked, then let Zhen Gu be prepared early, Will you encounter an ambush by the Hanoi Army on your way to Dog City?

Although these worries are unnecessary, after all, Cao Ren is on the attack, and he has not given Zheng Gu any time to react, but as a commander, he can't have such an idea, he has to think of all possibilities, only in this way can he quickly respond to any possibility that may arise.

And the perennial campaign, of course, for the attack on Cao Cao, he knew that this might bring unexpected effects, once he succeeded, he could completely lay the battle situation, but the reverse was the same reason, and this result may be unbearable for Cao Cao, at that time, he could only go to be a sinner in the whole world and could only withdraw his troops from Ping'a first, otherwise, the result after that he couldn't bear it at all, so he could only sacrifice Shouchun such a favorable situation, and even sacrifice Liu Lan, Even if his departure may deal a heavy blow to the Xuzhou army in the Battle of Shouchun, there is no way, his own safety is much more important than these.

Sometimes, the victim is not that he really wants to hurt others, but he is forced to choose between himself and his friends, which must only make his friends unlucky, and this is the truth that dead friends are not dead and poor, not to mention that between him and Liu Lan, if he used to feel guilty, but now he really doesn't have any burden to do anything, let alone blame himself, it is natural, I can't put my own safety and consider you.

After thinking of this, Cao Cao got on the marching couch and began to rest, although he thought very well, and even kept finding all kinds of excuses to convince himself, but deep down in his heart, could he really be so calm?

Cao Ren and Shi Lian's troops went all the way north, since it was a rapid march, the main thing was to grab time, so it was difficult to do it in concealment, and such a large-scale military operation, if you want not to be discovered, it is actually very difficult, and when they are about to arrive in Dog City, they can see a long black line pressed by the black in front of them, and as they continue to move forward, the black line becomes thicker and thicker, until they can clearly see the Hanoi army in front of them.

In fact, when the front party found out about such a situation, Cao Ren and Shi Lian, who had been in battle for a long time, had already guessed what the black line meant, not to mention that there was no news from the scouts sent out, which showed something, at least there was a possibility of being found killed or even captured, so the more news there was from the scouts, the greater the possibility of an accident possibly.

And his and Shi Lian's judgment can be said to be completely correct, and it can even be said that they have predicted the current situation, and because of this, Cao Jun was able to react at the first time.

The Cao army quickly formed a formation, and the Hanoi army would not give them such sufficient time, that is, to seize the moment when they came from afar to gain a firm foothold, and give a fatal blow, the Hanoi troops began to charge rapidly, relying on the advantage of the terrain, the troops were deployed in turn, echelon attacks, it can be seen that this is a well-trained army, if it is possible to avoid this battle as much as possible, but is it possible to avoid the battle now?

No, Cao Ren and Shi Lian had no choice but to fight. He raised the golden spear with the horns in his hand and commanded the Cao army to meet the enemy head-on.

He believed that this attack would be able to completely defeat them, even if it was the Cao army, they would not be able to resist, the Hanoi army would destroy the defense they formed, even if the general of the opposing army was the famous general Cao Ren, he could not stop the advance of the Hanoi army.

Zheng Gu was convinced of this, no one could stop them from going to Jizhou, and his eyes showed a bloodthirsty light: "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

The Hanoi army roared in unison, such a crazy shout resounded in the wilderness sky, exploded in the wilderness, but all this was not moved at all in the eyes of Cao Jun, they are all elite soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time, what kind of enemy has not seen, what kind of battle has not been energetic, the enemy's performance like this, in their eyes, is more to drum up for themselves, it is completely a bluff, if they are frightened, then this battle is really impossible to fight, but if it is not taken seriously, it is different, to deal with them, it is not simple?

Hanoi County was killing like a tide, and the crossbowmen of the Cao army were already ready to go, waiting for the captain's order, and every minute and second passed, just as they were calmly waiting, just as the captain's instructions were being transmitted, they suddenly saw one after another arrows like locusts flying in the sky, swishing, shooting into Cao Jun's troops, and hundreds of people were wounded and killed in an instant.

It was only then that Cao Ren discovered that there was a Hanoi army on their flank, and this force was their archers, and as the enemy crossbowmen fired arrows, the two wings instantly slaughtered countless Hanoi counties and rushed towards them.

Faced by the enemy on three sides, seeing the enemy army rushing towards him, Cao Ren roared loudly, and the crossbowmen returned fire.

The crossbowmen, who had been waiting for the order before, saw the order flag waved, and when they received the order, they instantly raised the bow and arrow in their hands, shot out from their backs, and shot at the rushing Hanoi County.

The arrows thrown by the 5,000 crossbowmen were too insignificant for the tens of thousands of Hanoi troops, and it was impossible for the crossbow arrows to stop their pace, and they rushed to be the first to come one after another.

Although the troops of the Hanoi army have never clashed with the Cao army, but when they began to fight, they found that they were not as strong as they imagined, of course, their combat effectiveness is not weak, at least stronger than the Shouchun army, but to say strong, not to mention that it cannot be compared with the Xuzhou army, it may not even be as good as Zhang Xiu in Wancheng.

It was after the head-to-head confrontation that the Xuzhou army, which had some confidencelessness, had confidence and was not afraid, because they all began to believe that it was a very simple battle to be able to defeat the enemy in front of them, but for them who had been on the battlefield for a long time, they could quickly distinguish the strength of the opponent, and this is where their experience lies, if they fight at this moment, they feel that the Hanoi army is very strong, plus their numerical advantage, although they will not give up resistance, But I also understand that it is unlikely that this battle will be won in the end.

And once there is such a heart, the final result is obvious, many of them will die in battle, even if they are lucky enough to escape, this battle is considered a complete defeat, and now it is clear that they have hope to win the final victory, so many people start to fight to kill the enemy.

The tragic hand-to-hand combat began, and in such a non-ending confrontation, people fell in pools of blood every second, and as the Cao army began to counterattack, the corpses of the Hanoi army became more and more numerous.

Originally, he had a great advantage, but he didn't expect the battlefield to become so stalemate, and at the same time, Cao Ren directly entered the battlefield, only to hear him roar and enter the Hanoi army.

Cao Ren's strength is amazing, the tiger and tiger dancing with the horns of the steel spear, there is no skill at all, the gun is a quick blow, a shot pierces the deadly part of the enemy, piercing the heart cold, whether it is the throat or the face, the head of the gun passes through directly, one hit will kill, no one can live.

Cao Ren's horrific murderous methods dumbfounded all the Hanoi troops, and wherever he looked, he saw that all the Hanoi troops turned their heads and ran.

It's really scared, scared of being killed by Cao Ren, and in the two wings, Shi Lian is also ruthless, the performance of the two instantly made Zheng Gu extremely ugly, and he roared again and again to change the current unfavorable situation, but he couldn't change it at all, this ending made Wei inherently a little similar when he met Liu Lan in Youzhou during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the feeling of powerlessness at that time deeply stimulated him, seeing such a big advantage, but the result was a failure, this sense of powerlessness made him unforgettable.

And today the same scene appeared in front of him again, he was really a little helpless, looking at Cao Jun such a solid formation, how could he break through?

It is too difficult to break through this line of defense, and if there is hope, the only hope now may be to break through the defense line of the Cao army from the flank, otherwise it will be too difficult to break through their encirclement from the front.