Chapter 190: Standing still
Guo Jia broke Yuan Shu's army in several cities, although there was some grain and grass left in the city, but not much, after all, at this moment, the princes were divided, whoever had grain in their hands was the boss, and Yuan Shu naturally concentrated all the grain and grass together.
What's more, Yuan Shu was preparing to raise troops to attack Chenliu, so he naturally raised grain and grass in the territory, so there was not much grain and grass left in the few cities that Guo Jia broke.
At this moment, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Yuan jointly led 35,000 Cao troops to Weishui Pass, and tens of thousands of troops could consume the grain and grass in several cities in only a few days, so the supply of grain and grass still needed to rely on Cao's army to transport it from Yanzhou.
In fact, Guo Jia can also rob the people's grain and grass to support the army, but what is the difference between this practice and thieves, if the people's grain and grass are robbed, this winter, those people will starve to death, and Guo Jia will not be able to do such a beast.
"Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zu Mao." Guo Jia suddenly said these names lightly, then turned around and smiled, and said: "These six people are all outstanding people, you should not be underestimated, although this battle is difficult, our army also has a three-tier victory rate, even if our army is annihilated, it will not hurt the vitality of Yanzhou, when the war starts, you should fight bravely to kill the enemy!" ”
"Remember!" Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong immediately replied.
Guo Jia smiled faintly, turned around and looked outside the pass again, although Sun Cejun should not be underestimated, the generals led by Guo Jia are not bad, and when Xun You leads 10,000 partial divisions to arrive, his strength will be even better.
"Cao Ren listened to the order and led 10,000 soldiers to guard Weishui Pass, and the grain and grass in the rear and the support in the front are all decided."
"Cao Hong listened to the order, led 7,000 soldiers to camp on the north bank of the Weishui River, if he saw the enemy's reinforcements coming, he could attack it halfway, and then he would defend it, and he would lead troops to help."
"Xiahou Yuan listened to the order, led 5,000 soldiers to attack Cai County, not to attack, just outwit, if you can't conquer, you need to besiege the city and defend, Cai County, Ancheng, Weicheng, you can make a decision and gallop between the three cities."
"Xiahoudun listened to the order, led 15,000 soldiers, poured out of the nest, and went straight to Weicheng."
Guo Jia stood with his hands in his hands, and did not look back, but said lightly, his tone was casual, but the layout made it impossible to find a flaw.
"The last general commands!" The four generals behind him gave up their hands, and immediately turned around and ordered the generals to go.
After the generals left, Guo Jia put his hands on the wall battlements, feeling the cold brought by the snow seemed to make his mind calm, although so, Guo Jia said to himself in a playful tone: "Guo has been on the right path to control the army, I want to see what you can do to break my army......
It has been combined, it has been a miraculous victory, the strength is superior, it must be a steady and steady battle, and it has been foolproof, crushing the enemy army like Mount Tai.
Moreover, Guo Jia knew that the total number of defenders of the three cities of Sun Ce and Yuan Shu was less than 10,000, not to mention that they still needed to divide their troops to guard the three cities, as long as they did not die, the chance of heavy losses was very small.
Not long after, Xiahou ran behind Guo Jia and immediately arched his hand and said: "The three armies are ready, waiting for Mr. Shuai's order!" ”
After a short silence, Guo Jia did not turn around but frowned and pondered, he was thinking about what loopholes there were in the layout at the moment, if he was Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, how would he have broken Cao Jun.
After a while, Guo Jia smiled faintly, turned to face Xiahoudun and whispered: "The three armies go out of the city and go to the battlefield. ”
"The last general is willing to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard and go straight to Weicheng!" Seeing Guo Jia looking back, Xiahoudun immediately gave up.
Guo Jia smiled faintly, gave Xiahoudun a trusting look, and said: "Xiahoudun listened to the order and led 3,000 soldiers to take Weicheng directly. ”
"The last general commands!" Xiahoudun's face was happy, and he immediately turned to leave, in the past, he followed Cao Cao around, every time he did the work of the vanguard, now he follows Guo Jia's side, almost useless, all the enemy troops are defeated by Guo Jia's strategy, it has been a long time, at this moment to attack the city, but there is no chance of sneak attack, Cao Jun can only attack, and Xiahoudun suddenly felt that it was time for him to show his skills.
Guo Jia saw Xiahoudun leaving, sighed lightly, and knew in his heart that among the four generals of the Cao family now, only Cao Ren can be used, and the other three are still far behind, although this is the case, but Guo Jia cannot take them to fight for a lifetime, not to mention that in the future, there will be a big war, with many troops and a long battle line, and he can't turn the tide by himself, relying on these generals who can take charge alone.
Such as Xiahoudun, although he is not born handsome, but Guo Jia is slightly cultivated, at least the ability to take charge of the army is still there, not to mention that the soldiers and generals are the same, they need to practice, the soldiers do not see blood and do not know the cruelty of the war, the generals are not defeated, and they cannot grow quickly, and the generals can only learn from the experience of the war if they fail more.
Just like Guo Jia's strategy, whether it is an ant-attached siege city, or a surprise attack by Tibetan soldiers, if it is used against the generals of Yuan Shujun, the enemy army may not be able to hit the plan, this is experience.
Guo Jia turned around and went down the pass, turned over and got on his horse, led the army out of the pass, and went straight to Weicheng.
The Weishui River traverses the east and west, and the three cities of Hebei are from east to west, Weicheng, Ancheng, and Caixian.
Ten miles outside Weishui Pass is Weishui City, Guo Jia could have taken Weicheng in one go, but he encountered Sun Ce leading the army to attack, Guo Jia was afraid of ambush and gave up.
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Half a day later, outside Weicheng, 15,000 soldiers of the Cao army were all encamped, beating drums and shouting, and the morale of the Cao army was high, as if they were going to push Weicheng down as soon as Guo Jia gave an order.
After all, Guo Jia led Cao Jun to break through Yuan Shujun's three cities and one pass, killing tens of thousands of enemy troops, and under Guo Jia's command, Yuan Shujun's already low combat strength of the soldiers seemed even more vulnerable......
On the other hand, the two thousand defenders of Weicheng were demoralized and frightened, and the timid were frightened and cried silently, although so, they clenched the blades in their hands, because they all knew that the Cao army was like a wolf, and they had killed tens of thousands of soldiers by the Cao army just a few days ago.
The soldiers defending the city of Yuan Shujun had such a belief, which was definitely bad news for the Cao army, if the enemy army fought to the death, the difficulty of breaking the city could be imagined.
But such a cruel style of using troops is also Guo Jia's helpless move, if he wants to weaken the strength of Yuan Shujun's army, he must behead his pawn, and if he wants to surprise him, he must have taken the army by surprise, not to mention preventing the rebellion of the enemy city that has fallen.
Not long after, the Cao army camp, the Chinese army in the big tent.
There are four people in the tent, Guo Jia is sitting on the main seat, and the three people in front of him are Xiahoudun, Yu Ban, and Li Dian.
At this moment, Cao's army has all set up camp and has been prepared for the enemy army to rob the camp, Xiahoudun came here, and he also asked the whole army for the next plan, Xiahoudun immediately surrendered his hand and said: "Sir, when will our army attack the city?" ”
"Don't worry, does Sun Cejun have any moves?" There are many things in the army, Guo Jia has just finished being busy at the moment, and he is eating with a bowl, when he saw Xiahou Tang coming to ask, he did not answer, but raised his head and asked.
"The horse has not returned, and there is no news yet." Xiahoudun was helpless, and immediately replied.
"Oh?" Guo Jia frowned slightly, suddenly smiled faintly, and said, "I'll just hold the bowl quietly, what can you do to me?" ”