Chapter 1042: The Wrath of Cao Cao in the Decisive Battle of Kanto
The imperial capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, the city of Luoyang.
The decisive battle between the Eastern Wu and Cao Wei dynasties in the Kwantung region has involved this magnificent capital, because of the problem of logistics and grain, Cao Cao with his son Cao Zhang as the main general, did not hesitate to kill in the city, raid the family and exterminate the clan.
After a lot of killing, the capital city calmed down on the surface.
But in secret, many forces began to surge around, especially the class of wealthy families, in the face of the court's forced expropriation, dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and could only vent their grievances on ordinary tenants or the people.
At this time, the battle report on Youzhou in northern Xinjiang finally came belatedly at this time, and it directly entered Cao Cao's ears from the channel of the ghost pawn.
"Xu Yi, what did you say?"
Above the main hall, Cao Cao's eyes widened, and he looked at one of the hall masters of the ghost pawn in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, the main force of soldiers and horses led by General Zhang Liao has been attacking Jicheng for a long time, and now they have been besieged in Youzhou by the Wu army and the Xianbei army!" The master of the Ghost Hall trembled and bowed his head to the ground.
"Poof!"
When Cao Cao heard this, his face turned pale, and under his anger, a mouthful of blood spit out, and his whole spirit became pale: "How can this be? This is simply impossible, it must be your news that is wrong! ”
Now the decisive battle between Cao Wei and Eastern Wu in Guandong, the north and south have opened a large-scale battle, northern Xinjiang, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, forming a tripartite battlefield, but the situation in Youzhou has always been Cao Cao's most optimistic one.
Because this was a battle that Cao Wei took the initiative to start, Cao Wei sent troops, first annexed Bingzhou, and then directly entered Youzhou, which has been very smooth, and caught Dongwu off guard.
Good news came. The victory is in hand, and taking Youzhou is already a sure thing.
However, Cao Cao never imagined that the situation in Youzhou would take place at the last moment.
Xianbei tribe?
Damn, why didn't he think of the soldiers and horses of the Xianbei tribe?
This is also a large army in Youzhou.
Whether it's Zhang Liao on the front line. They are still in the rear, and they have forgotten this group of soldiers and horses under their instinctive thoughts, because the Xianbei tribe and Dongwu have always had a feud.
There have been countless battles between them, and one of them once fought to the death, so they came together?
One son's mistake and losing everything?
No!
Cao Cao didn't believe it.
With Zhang Liao's ability, plus the Wei army, the main force of five guards was now mobilized, and Yu Ban was dispatched. Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Xu Huang are fierce generals, how can they lose this battle?
"Your Majesty, this news is a battle report sent back by General Zhang Liao through the ghost spies!" Master Xu was prostrate on the ground, word by word, and said very resolutely.
"Why is this happening?"
Cao Cao shuddered all over. He was still in disbelief.
The Wei army made such a big move, dispatching nearly half of the soldiers and horses under its command. Just wanted to win a big victory, but he didn't expect to be defeated in the end, not only was the entire army of Lejin Zuoshanwei annihilated, but Zhang Liao's main force was also besieged in Youzhou.
This sudden blow made him a little unbearable, and his body suddenly shook, and he had a splitting headache. The whole person seemed to be about to fall.
"Your Majesty, you need to take good care of your dragon body!"
At this time, Prime Minister Xun Yu, who had been standing next to him, hurriedly stepped forward, helped his body, and said admonishingly.
"Zhang Wenyuan!"
Cao Cao stood firm, his eyes red. Some angry roared: "I believe in you so much, and I handed over hundreds of thousands of Cao Wei's main forces to you, but you let me down!" ”
He has an absolute trust in Zhang Wenyuan, so he completely handed over this battle to him, but he didn't expect Zhang Wenyuan to be defeated and defeated.
"Your Majesty, this battle is not the fault of the general, none of us thought that the feud Xianbei tribe invited by Eastern Wu would cause us to fall short!"
Xun Yu said calmly: "At the beginning, we befriended Budugen, and we thought that even if we couldn't win them over, we could suppress them, but none of us could have imagined that it was our fault to underestimate Ke Bi Neng!" ”
A Xianbei tribe, whether it is Eastern Wu or Cao Wei, is not actually taken into account in peacetime, but in the end it has become the key to this battle.
"Prairie barbarians, they shouldn't have been trusted!"
Cao Cao gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, calmed down, looked at the ghost pawn hall master Xu Yi in front of him and asked, "Hall Master Xu, how is the situation of the main force under Zhang Liao's command now?" ”
The success or failure of Youzhou, he can not care, but he can't not care about the main force of the four guards under Zhang Liao.
This is the foundation of the Wei army.
"Your Majesty......"
When Hall Master Xu heard this, he thought about it, his face struggled for a moment, and it was a little difficult to start.
"Say!"
Cao Cao suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, glared angrily, and shouted at him.
"Your Majesty, after General Zhang Liao knew that the Xianbei army was dispatched, he immediately changed his strategy, intending to storm Jicheng and stabilize the situation in Youzhou before the Xianbei soldiers and horses went south, but he also did the backhand, he let the prince Cao Pi lead the army into Zhuoxian County and defend his own back road, so even if Youzhou is defeated, he can retreat with his whole body, but ......"
"But what?" Cao Cao's eyes were slightly cold.
"But when the prince of Cao Pi was in Zhuo County, he was frightened back by Pang Tong's empty city plan, Pang Tong took the Xianbei cavalry as the momentum, and then the grass and trees as the soldiers and horses, forming a strong attack of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and scared the prince of Cao Pi back a hundred miles away, and the prince of Cao Pi gave up Zhuo County, and now Zhuo County is guarded by the Xianbei army, and General Zhang Liao led the main force of the four guards, which has been surrounded by the Wu army in Youzhou!"
Hall Master Xu said a word.
"Son of !!!"
When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but be angry, and he shot the case directly, he never imagined that his son would single-handedly bury the most elite soldiers and horses of Great Wei, and the whole person trembled.
"How so?"
Under his anger, the headache was severe, and the whole person fainted.
"Cao Leng, go and call Imperial Doctor Hua!" Xun Yu hurriedly stood up and shouted.
"No!"
The eunuch Cao Leng quickly invited Hua Tuo.
"Wake up!"
Hua Tuo used a silver needle to stabilize Cao Cao's headache, and gently pinched the human middle to wake him up from the gloom.
"Imperial Doctor Hua, how is Your Majesty doing?" Xun Yu hurriedly asked.
At this time, if Cao Cao falls, Great Wei will be finished.
"Your Majesty is fine, it's just angry!" Hua Tuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a trace of doubt in his heart, in medicine, he was an authority, and Cao Cao's body was obviously several times weaker than before, this should not be his delusion, then there must be something wrong.
Is it a drug?
He couldn't help but didn't say it, this matter still needs to be investigated, after all, every bowl of Cao Cao's medicine was prepared and personally tortured by him.
"You all go out, Xu Yi, block all the news of Youzhou, don't spread it, if there is any leakage, I will ask for you!"
After Cao Cao woke up, his expression became calm, but there was a cold air in his eyes: "Prime Minister Xun stays!" ”
"No!"
The crowd nodded and left the palace.
"Wen Ruo, what do you think of this battle?"
Cao Cao got up from the soft collapse, he took a deep breath, and forced himself to keep a calm spirit.
The more critical the moment, the more he has to be calm.
"Your Majesty, the change in the situation in Youzhou has exceeded our expectations, and now it is hopeless to take Youzhou, but we can't let the main force led by Zhang Liao have any problems!"
Xun Yu thought for a while, worded it, and said, "So what we have to do now is to save their main force!" ”
"How to save it?"
"Ma Chao!"
"Ma Chao?"
When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes moved slightly: "You mean to let him attack Youzhou, open the stalemate, and then give Zhang Liao a chance to break through, right?" ”
"That's right!"
Xun Yu said in a deep voice: "Ma Chao has now taken Yanmen, the situation in the entire state has been stabilized, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command is the best at surprise attacks, as long as they attack Daijun and attract the main force of the Wu army, they can open a gap, and with Zhang Wenyuan's ability, they can definitely lead the breakthrough out." ”
"That's all there is to it now!"
Cao Cao stood up, walked to the bookcase, wrote a holy decree, stamped it with the national seal, and handed it to Xun Yu: "Let Xun Yu go in person, I originally wanted to use him to stabilize the court, but now that the military is in a hurry, I can only use him as a military advisor to stabilize Ma Chao's heart!" ”
"No!"
Xun Yu nodded, although Xun Yu is good at government affairs, but military strategy is no longer a problem, and he is good at stabilizing people's hearts.
"Cao Pi's whole son, what should I do?" Cao Cao asked suddenly.
"Your Majesty, this matter can be big or small, and it should not be taken lightly!" Xun Yu said in a low voice: "Cao Pi is the prince after all, and if he is not careful, it will inevitably cause civil strife in our Great Wei!" ”
"Civil strife, he is not worthy of it, let Jia Xu go to Jizhou!"
Cao Cao smiled coldly, and his eyes became unusually cold: "Take him down directly, bring him back to Luoyang, if he resists...... Kill! ”
When it comes to the Great Wei River, he will never be soft.
"No!"
Xun Yu's heart trembled, and he hurriedly bowed to the leader's order.
Cao Cao stood up, his hands couldn't help rubbing the severe headache, and only after half a ring did he raise his head and look at Chaoyang: "The situation in Northern Xinjiang has collapsed, and in the contest in the eastern part of the country, I have already lost one hand, and in Qingzhou, we were originally at a disadvantage, and there must be no good news, but now we can only look at the decisive battle in Yuzhou, this battle is related to the victory or defeat of Great Wei!" ”
Youzhou was originally a victory, but I didn't expect it to become a defeat.
Qingzhou was originally in a disadvantaged situation, and it was already good to be able to stabilize, but it was simply whimsical to turn defeat into victory.
Now only the situation in Yuzhou can turn the tide.
"Your Majesty, this battle is not over yet, we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory!" Xun Yu said in a deep voice.
"I hope Feng Xiao can fight for Da Wei!"
Cao Cao gritted his teeth, the cold sweat on his forehead flowed drop by drop, I don't know if it was his direct illusion, he felt more and more that his headache was getting worse, and he was being intense day by day. (To be continued.) )