Chapter 1880: Three Victories

The cavalry of the Jiangdong Army won another victory in the face of Cao's heavy cavalry, and the Jiangdong Army erupted in bursts of shouts.

"Shameless!" Cao Ren said with a low face, but what he had to admit was that the vanguard army did fail two times in a row, and Cao Ren could even feel that the soldiers in the army were emotionally depressed, and the capture of the two cities boosted the morale of the army.

That night, Cheng Pu led 500 cavalry to raid Cao's army camp, Cao's army was negligent in taking precautions, and Cheng Pu led the cavalry to kill is wailing all over the field, until dawn, the army gradually stabilized, after this incident, Cao Ren was much more cautious in the face of the Jiangdong army.

The Jiangdong Army has a big gap in the strength of the heavy cavalry compared with its own side, but the enemy generals are not weak in resourcefulness, and it can be seen from these battles that the enemy generals are extremely good at controlling the fighters, and Cheng Pu's name is also spread among the Cao army.

The three victories made the morale of the Jiangdong army like a rainbow, and they suddenly felt that the Cao army was nothing more than that, and this kind of mentality would make them burst out with more powerful combat effectiveness when facing the Cao army.

After Jiangxia's good news reached Jiangdong, Sun Quan was overjoyed, and it was needless to mention that he rewarded meritorious soldiers.

And after Cao Cao learned of this situation, his heart was a little dignified, the vanguard army failed three times in succession on the battlefield of Anlu, the first failure was excusable, his own side did not know much about the terrain of Jiangxia, and the second time made the generals in the army a little confused, but Cao Cao understood that the heavy cavalry can play a huge role in the large-scale battlefield, because of its strong charging ability, if it is against ordinary cavalry, ordinary cavalry is bent on dodging, it is very difficult to defeat it, Heavy cavalry fought with large armies on the battlefield.

"I don't want Zhou Yu to be such a powerful character." Cao Cao Dao, through Zhou Yu's performance on the battlefield, it can be seen that his planning is powerful.

At the same time that Yundu and Nanxin were conceded one after another, their own vanguard army would definitely relax their vigilance, and after setting up an ambush on the way, they must have deliberately let their own army find that there was such a strong existence as heavy cavalry in the vanguard army, and it was common sense to lead the pursuit, and the pursuit fell into the calculation of the enemy, and the charge of the heavy cavalry on the plain had great might, but after taking advantage of the terrain, it made the heavy cavalry a lamb to be slaughtered.

After the weakness of the heavy cavalry was highlighted on the battlefield, Cheng Pu led the cavalry to fight, and then used the advantage to defeat the heavy cavalry, and then attacked the camp, which can be described as a chain of tightly linked, three successive defeats, needless to say, and the morale of the army is extremely low today, and the vanguard army suffered a setback, which is extremely fatal for a large army, but the three defeats also made Cao Cao pay more attention to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu's holding of the power of the Jiangdong Army will definitely attract Sun Quan's jealousy, and if he can start from this aspect, the chances of success will be much greater.

Capturing Jiangxia is not as simple as it seems, the Jiangdong army has 50,000 people in Jiangxia, and it is extremely difficult to break the army with 50,000 people with 100,000 soldiers and horses, unless the Jiangdong army opens up troops and horses outside the city to fight with their own army, but will the Jiangdong army be so stupid.

"Summon, let Cheng Yu and Sima Yi come." Cao Cao said.

"Prime Minister, Lord." The two saluted.

Cao Cao said in a solemn tone: "The defeat of the vanguard army in Jiangxia, you must have heard about it, the Jiangdong army has won three victories in succession, which has greatly shocked the morale of the Jiangdong army, and this situation is extremely unfavorable for our army to break through Jiangxia." ”

Sima Yi nodded and said, "Prime Minister, Zhou Yu's strategy is extremely powerful, so the vanguard army should be cautious. He naturally understood the reason why Cao Cao asked him to come, and it can be seen that the previous words have now attracted Cao Cao's attention.

In the past, Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce to fight on the battlefield, but he didn't let others see Zhou Yu's strength, but now through the battlefield in Jiangxia, he showed extraordinary strategy, Zhou Yu is the biggest threat to Cao's army in Jiangxia.

"In Zhongda's words, how likely is it to succeed?" Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi and asked.

"Prime Minister, the lord of Jiangdong is the king of Wu, the three of them become tigers, as long as Sun Quan hears more news, how can he have no other ideas, Sun Quan has been in charge of Jiangdong for a short time, on the surface Jiangdong is stable, but in fact, if the Jiangdong army is defeated in the war in Jiangxia, it will inevitably make Jiangdong fall into turmoil." Sima Yi said.

"Zhongda's words are very true, and Zhongda and Zhongde are responsible for this matter." Cao Cao said.

After the two left, Cao Cao looked at the topographic map of Jingzhou and fell into contemplation, Jiang Qin led the soldiers and horses to attack Wuling County, which is a big threat, Wuling County is an important county in Jingzhou, if it is broken by the Jiangdong Army, it will greatly affect the battle of Jiangxia.

"Kuaima told Xiahoudun, who was stationed in Xiangyang, that after the arrival of Xudu's soldiers and horses, he would lead a large army to threaten the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang." Cao Cao ordered that for the sake of the war in Jingzhou, Cao Cao invested an astonishing 130,000 troops, which was more than the number of troops invested by LΓΌ Bu in attacking Yizhou.

Although Zhou Yu defeated the vanguard army of the Cao army one after another, the mood was not as relaxed as the generals in the army, the number of soldiers and horses used by the Cao army this time was too much, and if he was not careful, it was possible to make Jiangdong's advantage in Jingzhou come to naught, Cao Cao led the army to fight for many years, and the strategists under his command were extremely powerful, and to deal with such an enemy, it was necessary to be more cautious, the key was that the Cao army was absolutely crushing for Jiangxia's Jiangdong army in terms of strength.

The situation in the world was once again kicked off because of the war between Lu Bu and Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan, whether it was Liu Bei or Cao Cao, they all occupied a certain righteousness, mainly in their hands with the imperial court, which made the soldiers and horses of the two sides have a certain advantage in the face of other princes.

This advantage was greatly weakened in the army under Lu Bu, and the generals in the army would not disobey Lu Bu's orders because of the imperial court, but it was different in Jiangdong, among the courtiers in Jiangdong, there were many who hoped that the Han family could be revitalized, and Sun Quan was provoking the majesty of the Han Dynasty by separating Jiangdong as king, but more people still didn't want to lose everything in front of them, and they wanted to try their best to fight against Cao's army and make Jiangdong stable.

And Chang'an and other places appear to be stable, the mobilization of the army, does not affect the normal life of the people under the rule, over the years, the people under Lu Bu have been accustomed to these, and they believe that the war will not come to Lu Bu's land, what they have to do is to support Lu Bu and always stand on Lu Bu's side.