Faced with such an unfavorable situation, although Cao Cao was panicked for a while at first, he quickly calmed down. Even if the current situation is unfavorable, he still makes full use of the existing strength at hand and stubbornly resists the siege of Zhao Guojun from all sides.

In Linyi City, there is the Chun Yuqiong Department that defected two years ago. Although Chun Yuqiong was once defeated in the hands of the Zhang Madman, it was a "non-war crime", and Chun Yuqiong's own ability was still extremely strong. Cao Cao believed that Chun Yuqiong stayed in the area of Stubble, and as long as there were no more than 20,000 enemies in that direction, Chun Yuqiong would be able to hold on steadily.

Of course, when conveying the order to stick to the stubble, Cao Cao did not forget to remind Chun Yuqiong and asked him to drink less during this time. In the past few years, in order to suppress the sequelae caused by the lightning split, Chun Yuqiong has completely become a wine jar.

For the attack of Zang Ba and Xie Xun from the east of Yanzhou, Cao Cao sent his henchmen Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan brothers to deal with it.

Xiahou Yuan acted steadily and defended, Xiahou Yuan used his military opportunities to become good at attacking, with 10,000 military horses in the hands of the two, it was unlikely that he would repel Zang Ba and Xie Xun, but it was not difficult to block them. After all, Zang Ba and Xie Xun were both partial divisions, not the main force attacking Yanzhou.

As for the area around Puyang and Baima, it was one of the most convenient ferries for the enemy in Jizhou to attack south. The enemy who appeared there, with the banner of arrogance, was obviously the main force of Zhao Guojun.

Therefore, in the face of the main force of the Zhao [] army, Cao Cao must personally go out and lead the main force of the Yanzhou army to resist. Although the Yanzhou army was smaller, it had a geographical advantage in defense, and Cao Cao did not feel that he would not be able to resist the other party.

There are also Liu Pi and Gong Du who came from Runan, and a group of wandering people, even if they are powerful, they are scorned by Cao Cao. Not to mention anything else, there was news a few days ago. Liu Pijun, who claimed to be 200,000 people, besieged the city father city, which was only defended by more than 2,000 county soldiers, but after several days, thousands of dead and wounded could not be conquered, so they had to make a detour.

For a homeless army with such a level of combat power, Cao Cao only needs a letter. Ask Liu Chong, the king of Chen, to send troops, and he will be able to easily defeat the enemy. Therefore, this group of people doesn't need to worry about Cao Cao.

Now there is still something that is difficult to deal with, which is the Zhao army that suddenly conquered Chen Liucheng. Maybe this army doesn't seem to be many in number, but judging by the speed of the march of this army, they are definitely an elite main force in the hands of insolence.

You must know that Cao Cao appointed Wang Bi, who stayed in Chenliu, and followed Cao Cao for many years, and his ability may not be too strong. But acting cautiously is not a mediocre person who neglects his duties. To be able to capture Chen Liu in the hands of Wang Bi, not only must the soldiers be fine, but the generals must also be strong.

Due to Chen Liucheng's unexpected loss, Cao Cao's situation became quite troublesome. Whether this elite Zhao army stuck to Chenliucheng or advanced westward or northward, it would pose a huge threat to the hinterland of Yanzhou.

However, due to the limitation of the number of troops at hand, Cao Cao had to face the onslaught of enemy troops in several other directions. There is absolutely no army enough to deal with this enemy army. Cao Cao was able to do at most, and at most he could barely draw a few thousand people from all over the country. Hold back the enemy's movement a little.

Fortunately, Sun Jianzheng in Yuzhou was in alliance with Cao Cao, and his territory followed Chen Liu. Although he was afraid that Sun Jian would take the opportunity to enter Yanzhou, Cao Cao still resolutely wrote to Sun Jian for help, asking Sun Jian to send at least 10,000 elite soldiers to the area of Chenliu to destroy the enemy army in the city, so as to prevent this enemy army from causing greater harm to the entire Yellow River defense line.

After making the above arrangement. Although Cao Cao was still uneasy in his heart, he could only wait for the next development of the situation. Who made him have fewer troops and be in a passive position?

In the face of Cao Cao's rapid response, he prepared to garrison white horses and threaten the arrogance of Cao Cao's main force of Yanzhou army head-on. It means that Cao Cao is really a difficult enemy.

This time, Zhao Guo's [] army made a big move, and Zhang Qiang was ready to swallow Yanzhou in one fell swoop, and even took advantage of the victory to attack Yuzhou. In order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, Zhang Qi did not mobilize troops on a large scale before the war and collected grain and grass. Several units involved in the operation also suddenly moved south from a place far away from the border.

In order to cover up the mobilization of his army, horses, and grains, Zhang Qiang spent a great deal of money to plan. Fortunately, through the continuous hoarding of grain and grass in the counties of Jizhou near the border for more than a year, Zhao Guojun was able to maintain 100,000 people and carry out a three-month war. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhang Qi to go south this time.

Not only that, but even Liu Pi and Gong Du's troops and going north were actually part of the entire plan formulated by think tanks such as Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and Chen Gong.

Liu Pi and Gong Du were the subordinates of the "divine envoy" Zhang Mancheng. In addition to the two of them, among the remnants of Zhang Mancheng, there was originally a Huang Shao.

A few years after Zhang Mancheng's death, these three people jointly launched an uprising and formed the Gepi Yellow Turban Army, which also shook the world for a while. At that time, Huang Shao and others also wrote a letter to Zhang Mao, asking him to obey their orders and raise troops to respond, and his tone was quite arrogant.

However, the good times of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army did not last long, and they were defeated first and then defeated, and were soon defeated by the Han army. The defeated three fled into the Dabie Mountains and became first-class bandits, barely supported by the dangerous terrain.

Due to the past and insolence in some festivals, these old yellow scarves have always firmly refused to admit the status of insolence in the Taiping Dao. It wasn't until even Guan Hai, the marshal of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, expressed his obedience to the insolence that Huang Shao, Liu Bi and Gong Du squirmed and expressed their willingness to serve the insolence as the mainstay.

A few years ago, when Huang Shao was attacking the place, he was beheaded by the local powerful private soldiers. It is said that the leader of the powerful private army is called Xu Chu, and with this great achievement, he was favored by Yuzhou Mu Sun Jian and became a fierce general in the Yuzhou army.

The remaining Liu Pi and Gong Du, under the pressure of Sun Jian's soldiers, became more and more difficult. In desperation, the two had to take the initiative to send their families to Xuzhou, expressing their sincerity to surrender to insolence. And Zhang Mad also took a fancy to the location of the Dabie Mountain area, so he supported the two of them with a sum of money, grain and grass, and let the two stay in the Dabie Mountain area to carry out activities, thinking that they were ambushing.

At the beginning of the year, Liu Pi and Gong both openly raised troops in Runan County under the insolent military order, with the intention of only wanting to hold back part of Yuan Shu's troops and share some pressure for the subsequent actions of the Zhao army. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu had no way to govern the country, and the territory was full of displaced people. As a result, Liu Bi and Gong unexpectedly coerced more than 100,000 people and made a lot of noise. This is obviously more beneficial to the arrogant plan.

Liu Pi and Gong can only be regarded as an idle chess game played by arrogance, and it is good to succeed, but it is not a big problem if it is not successful. However, as for the elite soldiers who suddenly crossed the Yellow River from Hanoi and inserted Chen Liu, it was an important chess piece that successfully achieved the goal under the arrogance and painstaking arrangement.

If you don't look at anything else, just by the commanders and generals of this army, you can see how much this elite army is taken by insolent attention. You must know that this medium-sized army of 8,000 people is composed of Xu Huang as the main general, Tai Shici as the deputy general, plus Gao Shun and Yin Gang.

Xu Huang was in the Zhao army, although he had not yet made dazzling achievements, he was famous for his ability to govern the army. Tai Shi Ci is good at cavalry and shooting, and although his cavalry is not suitable for frontal breakthroughs, he is good at attacking and harassing guerrillas. Since Gao Shun surrendered to Insolence with Lu Bu, he has been treated differently by Insolence, and the trapping camp in his hand has also broken through the establishment of 700 people for the first time, and his combat effectiveness is only stronger than when he was in Xuzhou. And Yin Gang, as the head of the "Bingzhou Eagle" who is still alive, is known as the "White-eyed Eagle King", and he is obviously not an idle person.

These four generals were boldly sent to the rear of Cao Cao's forces to launch a surprise attack on Chen Liu, with only one purpose, that is:

Don't let Sun Jian send troops to reinforce Cao Cao!

In other words, don't the arrogant subordinates have a brigade of mobile cavalry led by Le Jin, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others?

Why didn't he send these tens of thousands of cavalry troops in this battle?

On this point, Insolence has his own plans and arrangements.

All in all, this time to send troops, Zhang Qi planned to rely on his superiority in strength to forcibly crush Cao Cao. As for the use of tactics or something, it is mainly aimed at the foreign aid that Cao Cao may get. If he wanted to deal with Cao Cao, with Cao Cao's careful defense of Yanzhou, Guo Jia evaluated the most likely strategy, and the success rate was less than fifty percent. This made Zhang Mad feel that he could still be crushed by the general trend to deal with Cao Cao.

You must know that stratagems are meant to be used as auxiliaries, and cannot be used as the main thing. In most cases, the contest between the two sides still depends on the comparison of strength.

In order to ensure the suddenness of this dispatch and cover Xu Huang's action of inserting himself behind enemy lines, the general mobilization of the Principality of Zhao began openly only after Xu Huang's army was launched. This also led to a consequence, that is, the main force of the arrogant commander, after forcibly crossing the Yellow River and occupying the White Horse City with certain casualties, was stranded in the local area for about half a month in order to establish a stable supply line.

This more than half a month was enough for Cao Cao, who had been prepared, to establish a solid defense line directly opposite White Horse City. But at this time, Zhang Mad was not in a hurry to attack. While he was at ease waiting for the mobilized troops in the rear to move south one after another, he ordered his subordinates to launch a small-scale and continuous tentative attack on Cao Cao unhurriedly.

The reason why Zhang Huang is so leisurely is that the news that Xu Huang's department successfully took down Chen Liu. As Cao Cao's rear area, Chen Liu hoarded a lot of military rations and ordnance from Jingzhou. With the number of troops under Xu Huang's command, even if the enemy uses 50,000 troops to forcibly besiege him, he may not be able to defeat it under the condition that he has no worries about food and grass.

As for why Xu Huang was able to conquer it so smoothly, Chen Liu, an important town located in the rear of Cao Cao's main force, also thanked one person for his great contribution.

This key figure is Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai. (To be continued......)