Guandu lost the first battle, Cao Ying in order to reverse morale, a few days after the banner died down, when the dark wind was high at night, he suddenly dispatched at least more than 50,000 elite soldiers, with Cao Hong and Le Jin as the vanguard, each leading a thousand dead soldiers to open the way, and he himself led the Chinese army to follow, intending to take advantage of the paralysis of He Jun's arrogant soldiers to rob the village overnight. Fortunately, although the state army was a little arrogant, the homework that should have been done was not pulled down at all. The soldiers patrolled and the guard tower was on duty at night, and the generals did their duty, and soon discovered Cao's intentions.

The sneak attack failed, and it turned into a strong attack. Under the personal leadership of Cao Ying, the three armies took their lives, regarded death as home, and launched wave after wave of tidal offensives. The Cao army, which was dominated by Qingzhou troops, burst out with huge energy in this battle, and they all fought hard and were extremely fierce. Strive to defeat He Chen's main village in a battle, and take the early advantage.

But how could He Chen's front army be so easy to repel it? Yan and Dai Zhirui, Qiang and Di Zhiyong, plus the strong Dazhai, Zhao Yun commanded calmly, and also launched a strong and powerful counterattack.

The two sides began to fight all night, and the entire Yangwu turned into a sea of lights, and the sound of tearing and killing resounded in the sky.

He, Cao soldiers fought each other for their lives, and soon there were many casualties, and when it was dawn, Cao Ying saw that Dazhai was still as stable as Mount Tai, so he was unwilling to stop the army.

In the following two days, several large-scale melee broke out between the two sides, but Cao's army won fewer and lost more, the battle was somewhat unfavorable, and morale inevitably went into a downturn. Cao Ying saw that He Jun was high-minded and well-organized, and he couldn't plan for a while, so he listened to the strategy of the strategists and began to close the village and hang up the battle card.

This is also in line with He Chen's mind, happy and comfortable. However, it is most taboo to do nothing in battle, which will make the soldiers slack off and affect morale. Therefore, although the main force held each other at Guandu, it still sent troops to insult and provoke every time. Even in his spare time, he was extremely arrogant and arrogant in training soldiers a few miles away from Guandu Dazhai.

General Cao Bing wanted to lead the troops to attack many times, but was stopped by Xi Zhicai, so he gave up.

Although Guandu did not ignite the flames of war, small groups of troops continued to fight in private. He Chen also followed Cao Ying's example, and asked Yue'er and Kariel to each bring 5,000 cavalry, and began to penetrate deep into Yanzhou from both sides, using the mobile surnames and sudden surnames of light cavalry to harass the rear in a large area. Although Cao Ying is a master of grain robbery, he is only a thief, where is there a thousand reasons to prevent thieves, even if they have many soldiers escorted along the way, and their spirit is highly concentrated, they are still accidentally burned by these two cavalry Hundreds of wagons and lose a lot of food. This made Cao Ying very angry, but due to the lack of a large number of cavalry, it was impossible to form an effective interception, so there were not many obvious methods, and he could only be escorted by heavy troops, which was extremely suffocating.

In Dong'e, Wei Yan and Cao Ren engaged in a new round of fierce battles. Wei Yan used the "Hurricane Legion" to drag Cao Ren's brigade, but secretly made Ma Dai lead 5,000 soldiers around Licheng and capture Mount Tai at lightning speed. Mount Tai was broken, Tai'an was in danger, and there was a faint tendency to outflank Dong'a from the back road, and the frightened Cao Ren hurriedly let Taishan County guard Zang Batun soldiers Juping, protect his side at the same time, in order to fight back, repel Ma Dai, and recapture Mount Tai from the new.

Yu Ban was not so lucky, he was killed by Xu Huang in Hanoi and retreated, although the main force was intact, but Xiuwu and others fell one after another, and had to retreat strategically in the direction of Xingyang. And after Guo Huai took back the Baima ferry from Xin, he didn't stay long, first notified Zhang He to let someone come to receive it, and he moved from Xinxiang to Liyang non-stop, preparing to surround the Xiahou clan.

Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun deserved to be the famous generals of the Wei State, and seeing that their intentions had been exposed, countless forces of He troops were pressing up from all directions. Liyang's granary obviously couldn't be burned, and when it was about to be when He Jun was weaving a net of heaven and earth, the light cavalry suddenly broke through hundreds of miles overnight, and even jumped out of the encirclement in one fell swoop, and approached Puyang, making He Jun a little embarrassed, at least tens of thousands of troops were led by the nose and jumping around. Fortunately, after Hao Zhao's 30,000 horses received the news, they hurried to avoid being attacked by Xiahou Yuan.

Although Xiahou Yuan was not burned into grain and grass, it also achieved a certain strategic goal, and the Yellow River defense line was made of rumors, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. It's just that the Xiahou brothers were also caught up in the chickens, flying dogs, and jumping because of the abundance of war horses in Hebei, there were too many cavalry, and the back and forth cavalry kept sweeping, and there were local people as eyeliners, if they were not careful, they could attract a large army to encircle and suppress, and they would all be disgraced, and the supply of food had become a big problem.

It is said that in July, the heat is unstoppable, even the wind blows, it is also hot and makes people feel sick, and once the scorching sun is exposed, it can almost roast people Chengren dry. In such a hot weather, even the water level of the Yellow River dropped a lot, soldiers on both sides suffered from heat stroke, and the attrition of non-combat combat forces began to increase. In this case, neither Cao Ying nor He Chen had any intention of launching a decisive battle. It's just that no one dares to be careless, and they are deeply concerned about the other party's use of military methods.

He Chen gritted his teeth and insisted, and Cao Ying also frowned.

It was under these circumstances that the confrontation between the two officers had unknowingly entered September.

Cao Ying's grain and grass have decreased, and it is difficult to continue to follow-up. On the other hand, after He Chen sat in the Great North, his innate advantages began to appear. And the state year after year to recuperate, Jizhou land is vast, in addition to a series of wasteland tuntian, the grain truck is mighty, every ten days and a half months, it will be from the party out of the cauldron caliber, a steady stream of Chaoge transported to Liyang; On the one hand, he asked Ju Yi to continue to strengthen the fortifications in Youzhou to prevent foreign races and sweep and fight the remnants of Gongsun; On the other hand, let the general Ma Yu mobilize manpower and material resources, arrows, weapons, armor, including grain and grass, batch after batch to Liyang.

All this made Cao Ying, who learned the news, envious, jealous and hateful, but helpless.

As for the Xiahou brothers, they have long been brought back to Chen Liu, and if they can save their lives, they are already considered lucky. As for the 8,000 cavalry when they set out on the expedition, they were finally bitten by the Huchuquan Hun cavalry, and the Hun horses, although they dare not say that they were the best war horses in the entire Han Dynasty, were much stronger than the horses produced in the Central Plains. After several fierce pursuits, the Xiahou brothers lost 2,000 elite horsemen, and they were able to get rid of Hu Cook's pursuit. Later, when preparing to cross to the south, he was attacked by Gan Ning's "scaly sailors" and lost most of his combat strength. Leaving less than 3,000 cavalry on the way back, because of injuries, illness, heat stroke, food and other reasons, hundreds of corpses were thrown away, and when they returned to Guandu, the 8,000 cavalry who went out on the expedition were already less than 1,000 people, which can be described as a heavy loss.

As time went on, the war became more and more unfavorable.

In order to break this passive situation, Cao Ying held on to it head-on, and at the same time, he began to actively look for fighters in private.

First of all, he asked Li Tong to lead 10,000 troops and horses to support Yu Ban, trying to break through Xu Huang's garrison, and then sent troops from the flank to cut off one of the important grain routes of He Huang's army. It's just that Xu Huang understands that he has a heavy responsibility, and he has already been ready for battle, and he can't attack the forbidden number, but he has suffered heavy losses. Seeing that Xiuwu still couldn't open the situation, Cao Ying could only bite the bullet and strive to fight with He Chen's main force.

This time, Cao Ying was in the camp.

I wanted to look at the ancient war examples for a while to find inspiration, but I felt absent-minded, and I couldn't read a word. Cao Ying couldn't help but throw away the book, stood up, pinned his hands behind his waist, bowed his head slightly, and stomped back and forth. Seeing him frowning tightly and his steps heavy, he was obviously in an extremely depressed mood.

Cao Ying has been under a lot of pressure recently, and he has reached the point where he can't eat and can't sleep. Although He Chen only has 200,000 troops to confront Guandu with him, he is not able to mobilize the men and horses that can be dispatched, once the war is unfavorable, under a paper order, at least three or four hundred thousand horses can be gathered in a short period of time, in case he really wants to make a heart, with a million armor, it is definitely not a myth. Whenever he thought of this, Cao Ying felt that his scalp was numb, and he couldn't breathe. Several times, he wanted to return the promised land.

"Lord ......" At this moment, a voice sounded outside the door.

"It's a military advisor, come in." Cao Ying stopped, and his voice was a little low and hoarse.

The camp curtain was raised, and the ordinary-looking drama Zhicai stepped forward gently.

"Did the military advisor think of a good solution?" Cao Ying looked at Xi Zhicai with a slightly expectant expression.

Xi Zhicai's face was calm, although he knew that Cao Ying had been very anxious recently, but as a strategist, he must not mess up, in this dangerous battle situation, if he is not careful, it will be a situation where the whole situation is inked. He shook his head and said: "He Chen is not so clever about the overall situation, but Guo Jia under his command is extremely powerful, and he has no flaws in the Yellow River defense line and Guandu Dazhai defense. Therefore, the lord must not be in a hurry, and he must wait patiently for the fighter. ”

"Oh." Cao Ying responded, and his little pupils couldn't help but show disappointment.

"But my subordinates received a message today." Xi Zhicai took Cao Ying's look in his eyes and said softly.

Cao Ying perked up a little and asked, "What's the news?" ”

"Today, the scout came with news that He Chen thought that the grain and grass were piled up in Liyang and were not conducive to the front line of transportation, so he moved the granary to Wuchao. Then he sent Chun Yuqiong to lead 30,000 soldiers to guard it. Zhang He of Yanjin and Wu Qiu Yi of Baima protected the left and right wings, and Guo Huai and Hao Zhao were ready to support at any time in the rear. Xi Zhicai's tone was calm, as if he was telling a fact, without some emotion.

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Cao Ying's face froze, and he asked tentatively: "The military advisor thinks ......"

"This is our only chance to beat He Chen, but again, this is very likely to be a bait." Xi Zhicai said lightly.

"This place is less than a hundred miles away from Guandu, and it takes two hours to arrive by light ride, no matter how convenient He Chen is, it is impossible to risk moving the granary to this place. Even if it is protected by the He army in all directions. ”

(To be continued)