Chapter 268: Dissuade Cao Cao
Xun You and Cheng Yu found many problems.
First of all, the most obvious problem was that the New Han Army learned that Liu Yi was plotted, seriously injured, and fell into the Yellow River where his life and death were unknown.
Under such circumstances, the New Han Army should be equivalent to losing a spiritual pillar, a backbone, and a soul all at once. In this way, the New Han Army should be disheartened, the six gods have no master, there is no will to fight, and the people's minds are scattered and panicked.
But it was in this situation that Xun You and Cheng Yu saw the results that Cao Jun had just counted now, but found that there seemed to be a strange problem.
You must know that now hundreds of thousands of troops can fight, and under the deliberate and unintentional attack of the Cao army, several large battalions of the New Han Army have been captured in a row, and the Yellow River crossings taken by the New Han Army have been recovered. It can be said that after these hundreds of thousands of troops, after this series of battles, the casualty figures of the two armies should be relatively large, at least, there must be a certain proportion of casualties. However, the casualties of the New Han Army were pitiful. Moreover, in comparison, the cost of casualties on the side of his own Cao army is frighteningly high.
When they saw the comparison of the number of soldiers killed in battle, Xun You and Cheng Yu saw the problem at a glance.
The army of the New Han Army outside the Tiger Prison Pass had an army of 200,000, and the military horses that Cao Cao sent out to attack were said to be 300,000 troops, but in fact they had reached more than 400,000 horses.
In these hundreds of thousands of melees, the final battle loss ratio of the Xinhan army was not more than 10,000, while the casualties of his own Cao army actually reached 50,000.
This shocked Xun You and Cheng Yu. Are they attacking the New Han Army? Or is the New Han army attacking their Cao army? Such a large number of casualties, or rather, if they had known that there would be such a large number of casualties. They can either directly sacrifice these 50,000 soldiers and directly forcibly attack the Tiger Prison Pass, or they can break the Tiger Prison Pass in one fell swoop, and they don't need to plan so hard and make so many twists and turns to plot against Liu Yi.
Just when they saw the proportion of casualties, Xun You and Cheng Yu immediately noticed that it was a bit weird, and there was a smell of conspiracy.
Just ask. Who's military horses, in the panic of the people, without the will to fight. Under attack by a large army of enemies, can you maintain such a low casualty figure?
Of course, there is one more point, if it is said. Their Cao army can capture a large number of soldiers of the New Han Army. Well, that's okay. However, they immediately summoned the broken Cao Cao generals, and when they reported how many New Han prisoners they had captured, the generals reported that there were only a few thousand, and they reported that the New Han army was under siege by them. Even when they are alone, they fight to the death. Rarely will surrender. Moreover, those soldiers of the New Han Army who died in battle have been counted into the total number of New Han Army killed.
Hearing these reports, Xun You and Cheng Yu couldn't think that there was a problem in this, so they would be in vain as super military divisions.
Therefore, they simply did not want to look at the other reports of those complacent generals.
Another report is nothing more than how many barracks of the New Han Army they have captured in one succession, how many war materials they have harvested from the New Han Army, how many military rations and how many war weapons they have harvested. Among them, what only surprised Xun You and Cheng Yu was that there was only a large number of brand-new and sophisticated weapons and equipment that were enough to equip their Cao army's 100,000 troops, which they wanted to develop and build but did not succeed. In addition, there are a large number of trebuchets and bed crossbows of the New Han Army, etc., with these, or they can be used as a reference for their Cao Army to develop and create the same weapons and equipment as the New Han Army.
And these are just a little unexpected surprises for Xun You and Cheng Yu. But it also made them even more alarming. I am surprised that if this time it is a conspiracy of the New Han Army, then the bait laid by the New Han Army this time is really quite big, then its plan will definitely be big.
As for what the New Han Army is drawing? The answer seems to be on the horizon.
Because, thinking about the situation when their Cao army was in Xiangcheng and planned to wave the army to join forces with the Jingzhou army, they were alert, and faintly thought in their hearts that this time, what Liu Yi wanted was nothing more than their army of hundreds of thousands. This is already what the New Han Army has always done.
They always have a clean plan to get the best of the enemy.
In the past, with Dong Zhuo, the Huns, Yuan Shao, and even their Cao army, it was the same, and they could always accurately fight at a good time and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Xun You and Cheng Yu only thought at the moment that they had to do their best to tell Cao Cao what they had discovered, so that Cao Cao must be careful, and he must not fall for the tricks of the New Han Army. If you want Cao Cao not to be seduced by the superficial victory, you must maintain a sense of vigilance against the New Han Army.
In fact, Xun You and Cheng Yu were really very anxious, because, judging from all kinds of signs, it doesn't matter if this is a conspiracy of the New Han Army, but Cao Cao must be a little carried away.
Think about it, their military horses launched an attack on the New Han Army, and they won successive battles, and the momentum was like a bamboo, killing the New Han Army as if they had lost their armor. In the pursuit of this company, they were sure that Cao Cao at this time must not have asked about the proportion of battle losses between the two sides, and in their hearts, they must have thought that now that their military horses had won the battle in a row, and finally killed his great enemy without the power to fight back, they were afraid that they were complacent at this moment.
Therefore, Xun You and Cheng Yu hurried to the Tiger Prison Pass.
But I don't want to, even the Tiger Prison Pass is so smooth, and it has been taken by Cao Cao and his army. A qiē, it seems that all shun lì is a little weird.
In fact, the flaw that Xun You and Cheng Yu saw, Liu Yi and Xun Yu had already considered. For this flaw, Liu Yi and Xun Yu thought about it, but there was no way for you to make up for it.
Judging from the ratio of casualties between the two armies, it is easy to see that there is a problem in this, and people will wonder if this is a plan by the New Han Army to lure the enemy. However, Liu Yi and Xun Yu even considered this aspect of the problem. However, it is impossible to deliberately let the New Han army suffer a large number of casualties to make up for this plan, right?
Actually, for Liu Yi and Xun Yu. The casualties of the New Han Army were more than 10,000 people, which made them feel very distressed. The casualties of the 10,000 horses and horses are mainly to let them stay and break the queen, and when they are attacked by the Cao army, they stay to contain the Cao army, creating a false impression that the New Han army is invincible to Cao Cao. Most of them were under the impact of Cao Cao's army, and under the siege of Cao's army, there was no way to escape again. He was killed by Cao Jun again. Otherwise, the proportion of casualties of the New Han Army would have been much lower.
But even so, Liu Yi and Xun Yu still decided to implement this plan. They didn't hope that no one in Cao Cao's army would see this flaw. Rather, they all think. At that time, his own New Han army was defeated in successive battles, creating an illusion for Cao Jun that the New Han Army had been defeated by them, and finally made Cao Jun unable to stop their pursuit even if he knew what conspiracy there might be. Let Cao Cao know that there may be a conspiracy in this, it was Liu Yi who dug a pit for him, and he also had to jump down.
In fact, the situation is really as deduced by Liu Yi and Xun Yu.
The current Cao Jun. Since Cao Cao and below, they have all become arrogant soldiers. The whole army was filled with a sense of pride and pride.
Just imagine, the New Han Army, which has never been defeated, crisscrossed the desert, and made all the princes of the world feel frightened, and the New Han Army, which made all the princes of the world have no power to fight back, was defeated by them like this, and was beaten by them without the power to fight back, isn't this worthy of their pride?
Also, when Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, the heroes of the world discussed together, but they failed to break through the Tiger Prison Pass in a dignified manner, or Dong Zhuo took the initiative to retreat, and they broke through the Tiger Prison Pass. Now, the New Han Army, which is more powerful than Dong Zhuo, has already broken through in the division of their Cao Army, and these are not worthy of the pride of their Cao Army soldiers?
Now, Cao Cao is facing Luoyang's Tiger Prison Pass North Gate Tower, looking at the Tiger Prison Pass that seems to have been raged again, full of messes, Cao Cao is proud of the spring breeze, in his mind, he has imagined that he is in Luoyang, and after he broke through Luoyang, the whole Luoyang is trembling under his feet. Of course, the time that made his heart most hot was the dozens or hundreds of stunning beauties who were taken into the golden house by Liu Yi in his home in Luoyang.
Think about it, those are all stunning, there is the Zou Mrs. Zou who he never forgets, and the Lai Ying'er who makes him feel distressed, and the Bian Yu who has almost gotten his hands. Also, the princesses of the previous dynasties...... Well, if you can get all that He Wan and Queen He, then, hehe, this life is really wonderful.
Although those are already the shoes that Liu Yi has worn, Cao Cao prefers this taste, and he doesn't care at all that those women are Liu Yi's women. As long as you get those women, it's good to get your hands on them.
Only in this way, taking all the women he dreamed of into his own account, Cao Cao felt that he had nothing left in his life, otherwise, he thought that even if he won the Han River and the world in this life, what was the meaning?
Life must be full of joy, don't make the wine bottle empty to the moon.
Well, this sentence, Cao Cao remembers, it seems that it was also said by Liu Yi, right? I don't know how it became popular, but now, everyone often talks about this sentence at the banquet. Cao Cao thought, after he broke through the New Han Dynasty and sat on the stunning beauties of Liu Yi, it seems that he can also say such a sentence loudly, right?
A group of Cao Cao's generals were also around Cao Cao at this moment, accompanying Cao Cao to look at the tiger prison that had been broken by them.
A group of military generals, their faces also seemed to reveal a look of yearning for the new Han Dynasty, looking in the direction of Luoyang, with a look of fascination.
Suddenly, Cao Cao threw the wine bottle under his feet, and with a snap, the wine splashed everywhere, making a crisp cracking sound.
"Soldiers, now that the Tiger Prison Pass has been broken, our Cao Army, the destruction of the New Han Army is just around the corner. At this time, we should chase the poor bravely! ”
Cao Cao shouted with a red face: "Listen to the order, my Cao army of 300,000 troops, at this time, will go out of the customs, and we will attack Luoyang before dark, and tomorrow, we will be in Luoyang City to celebrate the merit together!" ”
"Whoa!"
"Please rest assured! We will swear to destroy the New Han Dynasty! ”
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A group of generals responded loudly and bowed to Cao Cao in unison. Then Huo Di turned around and gripped the handle of his saber hard. Go down from the castle class.
"Yuan Jean! Where do you want to go? Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, who rushed over, hurriedly stopped the generals.
"Two military advisors. We were about to launch a pursuit of the fleeing army of the New Han Army, and we had already been ordered by the prime minister to attack and kill Luoyang before dawn. ”
"No, by all means, wait until we see the lord......"
Exactly. It was only then that the two military advisors rushed to see Cao Cao had a conversation.
It's a pity that although Cao Cao listened to what they said, it made sense. Be cautious, wait until you see the shape clearly, and then attack Luoyang, this is not a big deal.
But. Cao Cao's heart. I can't wait.
This seems to be an arrow on the string and has to be sent.
If Cao Cao hadn't captured the Tiger Prison Pass, Xun You and Cheng Yu rushed to stop Cao Cao, Cao Cao might still be able to hear it. But now, the Tiger Prison Pass is already in the hands of his Cao Cao. Can he still listen to the two military advisors?
This is when you can pick a peach from a tree when you see it. Can he not be tempted to retract his hand?
Plain as day. This is unlikely.
Cao Cao said noncommittally: "Two military advisors, what you said does seem to make sense, and it seems that there is really a bit of conspiracy in this. However, you can talk about it, even if Liu Yi wants to seek the 300,000 troops of our Cao Army, do you think it is still possible with the current situation of the New Han Army? Or rather, what are they going to do? ”
"This, lord, I waited for a while, but I really can't say, I can't figure out the next move of the New Han Army for a while."
"Huh, action? What else can the new Han army do now? Now, the 200,000 elite of the Xinhan army led by Liu Yi has been defeated by us, and they have long been defeated and have fled to the point where they are gone. According to our intelligence, there are not many military horses in Luoyang now, and the regular garrison, as well as some recruits, will never exceed 200,000 in total. ”
"Lord, even if it is 200,000 troops and horses guarding Luoyang, we are afraid that we will not be able to capture it for a while."
"No, now that the New Han Army is disheartened and has lost Liu Yi, its army is no longer terrible. As soon as our troops arrive, they will surely come down from the wind. Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Military advisor, you must know that we are really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity now, if we can't take Luoyang in time, in the future, we are afraid that we will have to spend more time and feet." If the New Han Dynasty is a big thing, if we can't give him a tiger in time to dig out his heart and destroy Luoyang directly, once the military horses of the New Han Army wake up and return to Luoyang one after another, then we are afraid that we will lose a good opportunity to destroy the New Han Dynasty. Even if the New Han Army loses Liu Yi, but there are still those generals, as well as those cloud-like advisers, if they twist into a rope and continue to run the New Han Dynasty, it will not be easy for us to destroy the New Han Dynasty in the future. ”
"It's not easy, but even if we want to destroy the New Han Dynasty, we have to send troops to attack Luoyang when we are not in danger. Now, we can't guess what the New Han Army will plot against us. Lord, haven't you considered the comparison of the casualties of our two military horses? Don't you think it's suspicious? Xun Yu said a little anxiously.
"Suspicious? This is indeed a bit suspicious. However, we can't give up attacking the New Han Dynasty just because we are suspicious, right? Cao Cao didn't want to listen to Xun Yu and Cheng Yu's persuasion.
However, Cao Cao still said patiently: "Two military advisors, in fact, what you are worried about can also be explained. ”
"Oh? How does the lord explain it? Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao seemed to have made up his mind, and he couldn't help but feel a little cold in his heart, let's listen to what Cao Cao could explain.
"Well......" Cao Cao sighed for a moment and said: "Actually, Cao has always noticed these military information, and Cao Cao also personally rushed to the front line to inspect it, and let our people have a detailed understanding of the situation of the 200,000 New Han Army led by Liu Yi." The truth is that among Liu Yi's 200,000 New Han troops, there are 100,000 military horses, which are cavalry composed of those aliens. Two military advisors, you should also know and know, right? The Rangers of the Outer Race, what they are best at is ranger combat. To put it bluntly, he is the best at escaping. Although our army also has hundreds of thousands of cavalry, it is really not easy to pursue those foreign cavalry. What's more, in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, in a short distance, when our army launched an attack on them, they could immediately escape back into the Tiger Prison Pass with the strength of their horses. In this way, the casualties of the New Han Army were few, which is understandable. ”
"As for the other 100,000 New Han Army, it is Liu Yi's most elite pro-army, almost everyone can block ten with one, and most of them are cavalry, at least, among the New Han Army, there seems to be no shortage of war horses now, even if it is a foot army, they are also equipped with a lot of war horses, and at critical moments, they can also flee like ordinary cavalry. Therefore, under our attack, the casualties of the New Han army do not seem to be large. This is also a helpless thing. As for our casualties, the main problem is that the New Han Army is too fierce and cunning. They were so trapped that the soldiers suffered relatively large casualties, which seemed to be unavoidable. ”
"Oh? Is this really what the lord sees? That's how it's explained? Cheng Yu couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied with Cao Cao's self-deceptive explanation, and couldn't help but ask Cao Cao with a hint of mockery. (To be continued......)