Chapter 710: The Action Begins
Cao Cao is not a saint or an immortal, and at this critical juncture, he naturally can't turn into a soldier who can fight well. However, the 50,000 troops currently under Luoyang City really exist.
In fact, Cao Cao undoubtedly heard something when he returned to Luoyang from Yingchuan County. This is about the army of 50,000.
In fact, the origin of these 50,000 people is a bit unbelievable. They were soldiers who had been brought back from Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Yuzhou, and when they heard that the war on the front line was tight, they spontaneously walked into the already empty camp. So, when Cao Cao rushed back to Luoyang, the empty camp was once again filled with soldiers. And during the days that Cao Cao stayed in Luoyang, he was actually preparing battle armor and swords for these soldiers.
Cao Cao held high the banner, divided his troops into two routes, and set off from Luoyang again. Among them, 30,000 people went straight to Yingchuan to aid Xu Huang, while Cao Cao personally led 20,000 people straight to Kaifeng.
Just as Cao Cao was leaving, Cao De's order suddenly came out of the Prime Minister's Palace.
"Order, the Green Dragon Cavalry, the White Tiger Cavalry, and the Flying Wolf Army immediately go to Taiyuan County, Bingzhou!"
"Order, the Vermilion Bird Cavalry, the Wuwei Battalion, and the Tianxiang Army immediately rushed to Tongguan!"
"Order, Xuanwu Cavalry, Five Elements Battalion, and Tianrui Army are stationed in Nanyang County, Jingzhou!"
Cao De finally made a move, and Cao De used almost all his troops in this move.
When Liu Bei and Liu Biao received this news, the breath in their hearts finally fell. can be regarded as seeing Cao De's movements. However, there was another breath that followed, Cao De began to send troops, so after Cao De and Cao Cao converged, could he still stop it?
Just one Cao Cao, or after suffering the ravages of natural disasters, is still so difficult, plus a bloody Cao De, this war does not seem to be too optimistic!
When Liu Bei and Liu Biao were thinking nonsense, Cao De's side also summoned all the generals under his command.
"Xu Shu, Cao Ren, Wei Yan, Ma Zhong, Gao Lan, Duan Wei, with Cao Ren as the main general, Xu Shu as the military advisor, and Wei Yan as the deputy general, immediately go to Nanjun to take charge of the Xuanwu Cavalry, the Five Elements Battalion, and the Tianxiang Army!"
"Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Yan Yan, Cheng Lian, Hao Meng, with Zhao Yun as the main general, Guo Jia as the military advisor, and Huang Zhong as the deputy general went to Tongguan to take charge of the Vermilion Bird Cavalry, the Wuwei Battalion, and the Tianrui Army!"
"Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Zang Ba, Pang De, Hou Cheng, go to Taiyuan County!"
"Xiahou Yuan, lead the five-weapon battalion, and enter Nanyang!"
This time, it depends on Cao De's plan to divide the troops into three ways. According to Cao De's current strength, there is no problem with dividing the troops into three ways. However, this is a huge test for Cao De's logistical supply.
The 340,000 troops under Cao De's command, except for the 44,000 people of the Wuqi Battalion, were all divided into three routes by Cao De. Even the smallest army of the North Road numbered 90,000 men. 90,000 people, the supply team it needs is not one to one, for example, the 90,000 cavalry of the Northern Road Army, the supply team it needs must also need at least 100,000 people. Therefore, Cao De's courage is also huge.
When Zhang Fei and Lu Bu hurried to the designated meeting place in Taiyuan County, they were greeted by General Anbei Ma Yu. And when the horse play welcomed them into the camp, they were surprised to find that all kinds of facilities in the camp had already been built, and all kinds of military supplies in the camp were piled up.
"Although the generals have arrived, the Blue Dragon Cavalry, the White Tiger Cavalry, and the Flying Wolf Army have not yet arrived, so you still need to wait with peace of mind."
Although Cao De's orders to the army and generals were deliberately separated by a day, the marching speed of the army was still much slower than that of the generals.
"That ......" When Lu Bu heard the words of the horse, he couldn't help but look at the soldiers patrolling around him. Only then did Lu Bu realize that these soldiers seemed to be a little different.
Ma Yu smiled slightly, "General Right, these are the last general's state army." As early as ten days ago, the last general received an order from the prime minister, and the prime minister ordered the last to build a large camp here. After that, countless people transported these military supplies here, but the last general didn't expect that it was the generals who came! ”
It turned out that Cao De had already made arrangements, and it had been a long time. When Zhang Fei heard it, ten days ago, wasn't it when Cao De convened Jia Xu, Zhu Jun and others to discuss matters.
Although Cao De's army had been drawn and Cao De's generals had begun to rush to the barracks, the most critical problem was that Cao De had not assigned any tasks.
What are you going to do? I don't know! Who is the enemy? I don't know!
But this did not stop the excitement of the generals. Cao De finally started to act, and finally he didn't have to be a melon-eating crowd!
Cao De's generals had already come to the border, and as high-achieving students who graduated from the Chang'an Military Academy, they sent their guards to the border to find out the news without any orders. This time, there was a lively scene in the three camps in the north, middle and south. Every day, mighty knights in large red cloaks whistle back and forth. And the appearance of these red knights did make Liu Bei, Liu Biao and others raise their throats again.
After three or five days of waiting, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei received the news almost at the same time that the White Tiger had arrived and was riding with the White Tiger, Cao De!
Cao De personally came to the army of the North Road. Zhang Fei showed enough surprise at this fact, but Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others looked like this.
In fact, this is also a matter of the bright side. Both the Central Route Army and the Southern Route Army both had Guo Jia and Xu Shu as military advisors, and they also divided the main general and deputy general, but only the Northern Route Army, Cao De did not appoint anything. Therefore, it is obvious that Cao De will personally come to lead the Northern Route Army.
After Cao De arrived in Taiyuan County, the camp built by Ma Play became even more lively. Countless sentinels come in and out every day.
"Prime Minister, Suzaku rode to the meeting place."
"Prime Minister, the Flying Wolf Army is here to standby."
……
"Prime Minister, the Wuwei battalion has arrived at the meeting place."
After the Wuwei battalion that finally arrived at the destination came to report, Xu Shu and Guo Jia, who were in the camp of the Middle Route Army and the camp of the South Route Army, handed a bag to their commander.
And with the opening of the bag, it also marks the beginning of Cao De's attack!
Zhao Yun's first task was to arrive in Kaifeng as quickly as possible and assist Cao Cao in breaking the siege of Kaifeng.
Since Zhao Yun is stationed in Tongguan, after passing through Tongguan, it will be Cao Cao's Luoyang. Therefore, for this task, Zhao Yun had already expected it.
As for Cao Ren, Cao Ren's task is more arduous, with only four words. "Take Jingzhou"!
Cao De is finally going to make a move on Jingzhou. In the past, neither Cao Cao, Cao De, nor Liu Bei = or Sun Ce looked at Liu Biao. But who would have expected that Liu Biao's army's attack in Yuzhou would go so smoothly. And Cao De's order to Cao Ren to take Jingzhou can be regarded as a siege of Wei to save Zhao.
Just when the Middle Route Army and the Southern Route Army began to act, Cao De's big hand waved, and the North Route Army also began to act, crossing Huguan and reaching Qingzhou!