The disheveled and embarrassed Cao Chun came to Cao Chun surrounded by Guo Jia and others, Cao Chun hurriedly turned over and dismounted and knelt down and said, "The last general Cao Chun, see the lord!" ”

Cao Ying also turned over and fell off the horse, stepped forward to help Cao Chun and said, "Zihe, please get up quickly." ”

Cao Chun straightened up and choked up: "The last general is too late to save the car, please forgive the lord." ”

"That's it." Cao Ying sighed and said, "Zihe didn't follow Brother Ling in Shouchun, how did he come to Nanyang?" ”

Cao Chun said: "Back to the lord, the Xuzhou army and the Wu army have withdrawn from Huainan, Huainan has been decided, and the elder brother then left Shouchun with Lei Xu and Mei Cheng, and led 20,000 troops to Nanyang to meet the lord. ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying was overjoyed when he heard this, "Zixiao is also here, and he also brought 20,000 troops?" ”

"Exactly." Cao Chun said, "The elder brother's army should have arrived in the Yuyang area at this time, which is at most a hundred miles away from here. ”

"Hahaha~~" Cao Ying was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "It's really heaven to help me, hahaha." ”

Everyone was sweet in their hearts, and they were speechless.

Cao Ying laughed for a long time, his voice suddenly lowered, and a sad look suddenly appeared on his face, and he sighed: "Alas, I don't know how Xuangao and Zixiu are doing now?" Have you ever stood out of the encirclement? ”

Guo Jia said: "Lord, this place is not a place to stay for a long time, it is advisable to quickly move to the Yuyang area, and join the army of General Cao Ren and then make plans." ”

"Hmm." Cao Ying nodded and said, "Order, immediately transfer to Yuyang." ”

"Report~~" Cao Ying's voice fell, and suddenly a horse galloped from the mountain road, and said loudly, "Prime Minister, the Liang army was found chasing horses in the rear, and there were about four or five hundred horses." ”

"Horse butcher!" Cao Ying gritted his teeth and said, "It's too much to deceive people!" ”

Guo Jiamu showed a cold look, and said in a low voice: "Lord, the Liangjun chasing cavalry did not know that Zihe and the general had already led two thousand light horsemen to respond, so they could take this opportunity to kill him by surprise, and they could also strike at the arrogance of the Liangzhou cavalry, so that they did not dare to pursue rashly." ”

"Hmm." Cao Ying nodded and said, "According to what Fengxiao said, Cao Chun listens to the order!" ”

"The end will be."

Cao Chun hurriedly stepped forward and stood proudly in front of Cao Ying.

……

It's dawn.

The Danshui battlefield was finally cleaned up, Cao Jun and Nanyang Army totaled more than 13,000 people, only more than 2,000 people broke through and fled, and the remaining more than 10,000 people were all annihilated, of which more than 5,000 were captured and more than 4,000 were killed! The Liangzhou army also suffered more than 3,000 casualties, of which more than 800 were killed and more than 600 were seriously wounded.

In particular, the 500 dead soldiers led by Li Meng all died heroically.

The only thing that made the horse butcher feel a little regretful was that he still failed to kill Cao Ying in this battle.

The sky was slightly bright, Li Su came to Cao Ying's Chinese army tent with a tired face, but at this time it had become Ma Yue's Chinese army tent, the horse butcher had just woken up and was about to have breakfast, Li Su bowed his hand to Ma Yue, and said respectfully: "Lord, it has just been confirmed from the mouth of the Cao army prisoners that General Dian Wei beheaded Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Ying, and the general of the Cao army who died with General Li Meng is Li Dian." ”

"Li Dian?" Ma Yue Huo Ran said, "But Li Dian, who succeeded in the sneak attack on Hangu Pass? ”

Li Su nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

"It's a pity." Ma Yue muttered, "It's a pity that such a wise and brave general died like this." ”

Ma Yue's voice fell, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded from outside the gate, Ma Yue turned his head in shock, only to see Xu Chu leading more than a dozen cavalry from outside the gate to rush in, to the front of the Chinese army's big tent, Xu Chu turned over and fell off the horse, knelt down on one knee in front of Ma Yue, and said with a ashamed face: "Lord, the last general was incompetent and fell into the ambush of the Cao army, let Cao Ying run away, and lost more than 300 cavalry brothers." ”

"What?" Ma Yue was surprised, "What's going on?" ”

Xu Chu said: "The last general followed the instructions of the military division, led five hundred elite cavalry to pursue from the champion path, and when he was about to reach the championship, he really caught up with the remnants of the Cao army, and when he saw that he could intercept Cao Ying, two or three thousand Cao cavalry suddenly killed in the dense forests on both sides of the valley. ”

"Two or three thousand cavalry of the Cao Army?" The chopsticks in Ma Yue's hand fell to the ground with a pop, and he lost his voice, "Where did Cao Apu get so many cavalry?" ”

"My lord, the situation has changed."

When Ma Yue was in shock, Jia Xu came to the tent surrounded by Jutu and several generals, Jia Xu took a breath and said in a condensed voice: "Lord, I just received a detailed report, Huainan Taishou Cao Ren led an army of 20,000 to Yuyang, and his brother Cao Chun led 2,000 forward light cavalry has already passed through Yuxian, and the ambush of General Xu Chu must be Cao Chun!" ”

"Cao Ren, Cao Chun?" Ma Yue said awe-inspiringly, "So Cao Jun has pacified Huainan?" ”

"That's how it should be!" Jia Xu said in a deep voice, "It's not difficult to guess, Lu Bu is now busy with the Shi clan gate valve in Xuzhou, and the focus of Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian is to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong and accumulate strength to attack Lujiang in Jiangbei, so the two families will not be too entangled with Cao Jun in Huainan, and there is a more important point~~"

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Speak." ”

Jia Xu said: "There is a more important point that neither Lu Bu nor Sun Jian wants to see Cao Ying defeated at this time, because in the end, whether Yuan Shao occupies Yan and Henan Prefectures, or the lord enters the Central Lord's Yuan, the threat to Lu Bu and Sun Jian will be far greater than that of Cao Ying, so they will not pull Cao Ying's hind legs at this time." ”

"That's where things get tricky." Ma Yue said, "With Cao Ren's 20,000 fresh troops, Cao Apu can regain a firm foothold, and in terms of troops, our army must at least divide 3,000 troops to escort Cao Jun's prisoners and escort the wounded soldiers back to Guanzhong, so that our army's strength is not as good as Cao's army, and it is not so easy to take Nanyang in a hurry!" ”

Jia Xu said: "Yes, it seems that a protracted war of attrition is inevitable. ”

"That's it!" Ma Yue gritted his teeth and said, "A war of attrition is a war of attrition, fortunately, our army's grain and grass are enough to support more than half a year, if you save a little food, you can even last for more than half a year, if this year's autumn grain can be harvested again, it will be even more of a problem!" General Ben didn't believe it, Cao Apu could spend more than half a year with our army in Nanyang! Hmph, after all, Yanzhou is the land of the four wars, but it is not as good as Guan, Liang, and Hetao without worries. ”

……

In July of the eighth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (195).

The Liang army and the Cao army fought fiercely in the east of Danshui, defeated the Cao army, beheaded thousands, beheaded Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Ying, and the general Li Dian, Cao Ying only led hundreds of remnants of the army to flee to the champion in panic, and Cao Chun responded to lead the army to retreat to the county, and before long, Huainan Taishou Cao Ren led an army of 20,000 to rush to the county to join Cao Ying.

In mid-August, Ma Yue led more than 4,000 cavalry and more than 14,000 infantry to arrive in Yuxian.

Cao Ying urgently ordered Cao Ren to lead 5,000 troops to the left of the city of Suixian, and to lead the army of 5,000 tun to the right of the city of Yuxian County, and the county of the county was a horn to resist the front of the Liang army! At this point, the Cao army, with the help of the Nanyang army, had the advantage of troops, and had more geographical advantages and people, while the Liang army had sufficient soldiers and absolutely strong cavalry, and the two armies began to have a protracted confrontation.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies of Liang and Cao had been facing each other in Yuxian for two months.

Time quietly came to October of the eighth year of Jian'an, a strong cold current swept south from the north, and the land of Nanyang became cold overnight, dripping into ice (that is, the current cold air invades south, and the weather can often become cold suddenly). Due to the continuous conquest of Cao's army, the consumption of money, food and materials was extremely great, and the two prefectures of Yan and Henan under Cao Ying's rule were already barren, and due to the large consumption of young and middle-aged people, agricultural production and handicraft workshops had been seriously damaged, and there was no longer enough winter clothing.

Due to the lack of winter clothes, the soldiers of the Cao army could only rely on thin cloth clothes to resist the cold, and every day the soldiers died silently, but it was this bad weather that replaced the Liang army and became the biggest enemy of the soldiers of the Cao army!

Liang Jun's situation was much better than Cao Jun's.

After the end of the battle of the 23rd Route Alliance, the horse butchers adopted a policy of recuperation with the people, made every effort to restore agricultural production in Hetao, Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and vigorously supported the handicrafts and commerce in Guanzhong.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, after three years of restoration, the treasury of Guanzhong, Liangzhou and Hetao was gradually enriched, and the stable life under Ma Yue's rule also had a fatal attraction to the people of Guandong, and every month thousands of people in Guandong migrated thousands of miles to Guanzhong.

The restoration of agricultural production made the people under Ma Yue's rule worry-free about food and clothing, and the prosperity of industry and commerce greatly enriched the materials in Ma Yue's territory, such as livestock and furs from Mobei, pottery and porcelain from Hetao, carpets and jade from the Western Regions, and tea and silk from the south of the Yangtze River, all of which converged in the Sanfu area of Chang'an, and this area quickly became the commercial center under Ma Yue's rule.

With the help of dynamic commercial channels, Fu Zhi easily bought a large number of fur coats from the market, relying on these fur coats, the Liangzhou army that went out to fight was able to avoid the suffering of wind and cold, compared to Cao Jun's starvation and cold, it was really much luckier.

……

Wancheng, too guarded mansion.

Chen Zhi entered the hall angrily and said to Chen Ji: "Big brother, Cao Apu has sent another envoy to beg for food, and in addition to this, he also asked for cold clothes. ”

"Third brother!" Chen Ji hurriedly said, "How many times have I told you for my brother, I want to be honored as Prime Minister!" ”

"Humph!" Chen Zhi snorted and said unhappily, "Right now, our army is short of food, why should we give Cao Jun food and grass?" ”

"You know what?" Chen Ji shouted, "Cao Jun is not here to help us defend Nanyang, if the entire Nanyang County is occupied by the horse butchers, we will have nothing, what is the use of leaving grain and grass?" ”

Chen Zhi said: "I knew this earlier, it was better to vote for the horse butcher with the surname Suo!" ”

"Shut up!" Chen Ji said angrily, "What's the use of talking about this now? ”

"But big brother." Chen Zhi said, "Cao Apu ordered to release arrows at my soldiers, little brother, I can't swallow this evil breath!" ”

Chen Ji said angrily: "Then you can only blame yourself, who made you competitive and in the limelight?" In the end, I lost the battle and ran in the wrong direction? If you really want to talk about it, you are half of the responsibility for the defeat of Cao Jun Danshui, and the prime minister is already tolerant if he does not hold you accountable, do you still have to be indomitable, ashamed or not? ”

"Big brother, why are you hiding everything from Cao A?"

"Being a brother is just a matter of facts!" Chen Ji's face sank, and he said coldly, "You have to listen carefully, and don't mention gossip that is not conducive to the unity of the two armies in the future, otherwise, Hugh blames the brothers and six relatives for not recognizing it!" ”

"Big brother!?"

Chen was awe-inspiringly silenced.

……

The county government of the county.

Cheng Yu hurriedly walked into the lobby and said to Cao Ying: "Lord, the grain, grass and warm clothes escorted by the Nanyang army have arrived, as expected by the lord, the horse butcher really sent Ma Chao to rob the grain, fortunately, there were 3,000 Nanyang soldiers who Chen Zhi desperately guarded, and General Cao Chun's 2,000 cavalry responded in time, so Ma Chao did not succeed." ”

"Ugh." Cao Ying sighed, his face was full of joy, and he said worriedly, "But this little bit of grain and grass is only enough to last for half a month, what should I do after half a month?" Wen Ruo just sent an urgent letter, Dongjun and Jibei have suffered locust plagues, and there is no harvest of autumn grain, and Huainan and Runan have suffered heavy snowstorms, and the people have frozen to death. ”

Saying this, Cao Ying's expression became more and more gloomy, and then said: "I just made a detailed return, but the Guan, Liang, and Hetao under the rule of the horse butcher are smooth and rainy, and this year's autumn grain is a rare bumper harvest!" This is the third consecutive harvest year under the rule of the horse butcher, alas, even God is facing the horse butcher, how can this battle be fought? ”

"Lord, it's not that God is biased." Guo Jia said, "As far as I know, the horse butchers have spent a lot of money on the management of Guan, Liang and Hetao, and hundreds of thousands of people have been invested in digging the Beidi canal, so that there are thousands of hectares of fertile land in the north to ensure the harvest of drought and flood, and it is no better to come to Guanzhong and Hetao." ”

"Why don't you know what you are?" Cao Ying said gloomily, "The horse butcher is located in the land of Guanzhong, Liangzhou and Hetao, the Xianbei and Huns in Mobei were almost killed by him, the Wuhuan people and the Qianghu people have completely become his minions, and even the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions have been cleaned up by the horse butcher and Ma Chao's uncle and nephew, and the horse butcher has no worries, so he can recuperate." ”

"I also want to build water conservancy and recuperate with the people, but Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, surrounded by ambitious places, and it really can't stop for a moment. When did our army have enough time to rest and train? ”

"Yes, due to the lack of necessary rest and sufficient training, the gap between the combat effectiveness of our army and the combat effectiveness of the Liang army is getting bigger and bigger!" The general said with emotion, "The soldiers of the Liangzhou army are getting more and more trained, and the battles are getting more and more spicy, but the soldiers of our army are constantly consuming, and they are constantly replenishing new soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is always standing still, and it cannot be significantly improved. ”

"Lord!" Guo Jia said, "It seems that we must find a way to improve the surrounding situation, otherwise, our army will eventually become weaker and weaker in the endless attrition, and eventually completely disappear." ”

"This has long been the intention of the prime minister, but the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes." Cao Ying said helplessly, "Others may be easy to do, but the horse butcher will never give up, after so many years, the grievances between the prime minister and the horse butcher are not said to be resolved, this is a never-ending dead end." ”

"As the saying goes, things are done by people." Guo Jia said in a condensed voice, "The horse butcher regards the lord as a fierce rival in life, although he must put it to death as soon as possible, but there is no absolute in everything, if the horse butcher's old nest is threatened, will he continue to be the enemy of the lord?" Or go back to the division to rescue the old nest of the Hetao? ”

Cao Ying said: "How do you say this? ”

Guo Jia said: "My lord, since the rule of the horse butcher has begun to recuperate, it will not be easily interrupted without suffering a large-scale invasion, otherwise, the three years of recuperation and recuperation will be wasted!" From this, it can be judged that under the premise that the foundation is not threatened, the horse butcher will never make a big move, at most, like the current battle of Nanyang, sending 20,000 to 30,000 people into the war. ”

Cao Ying said: "Go on." ”

Guo Jia said: "Only these two or thirty thousand troops are not enough to deal with two wars at the same time, please think, if Yuan Shao of Hebei suddenly attacked and merged with the state at this time, and threatened to capture the Hetao, will the horse butcher return to the army to stick to the Hetao, or will he continue to entangle with our army in Nanyang at the risk of losing his nest?" ”

Without waiting for Cao Ying to answer, Yu Ban hurriedly replied: "Needless to say, of course the horse butcher has to go back to the division to stick to the Hetao!" The Hetao is the lifeblood of the horse butcher, and the horse butcher will never dare to take this risk. ”

Cao Ying said: "Feng Xiao is saying that Yuan Shao will attack Zhang Ji?" ”

Guo Jiadao: "Exactly, the lord can promise Yuan Shao's seal to make his division famous, if Yuan Shao sends troops to attack Zhang Ji, General Zilian (Cao Hong)'s 20,000 elite soldiers will no longer have to be stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River to guard against Yuan Shao, with 20,000 troops, the lord can do a lot of things." ”

Cao Ying said: "But Feng Xiao has not thought about it, once Yuan Shaoshi is famous and conquers Bingzhou, the whole of Hebei will become Yuan Shao's territory, Yuan Shao is ambitious, his ambition is not small, after the unification of Hebei, he will inevitably set his sights on Yanzhou, and it will be inevitable that there will be a war between the prime minister and Yuan Shao." ”

Xun You suddenly said: "Lord, I understand the meaning of filial piety a little. ”

Cao Ying said: "Oh, Gongda might as well speak up. ”

Xun You said: "If Yuan Shao attacks and merges the state on a large scale, the horse butcher is worried about the safety of the Hetao and will never dare to entangle with our army in Nanyang again, so that the danger of Nanyang can be solved without a fight, in the same way, if Yuan Shao sends troops to attack the state, our army no longer has to worry about the defense of the north, if it can conclude an alliance with Sun Jian and Liu Biao, it will be able to gather all the troops to the east and attack Xuzhou!" ”

"Xuzhou has been peaceful for many years under the rule of Tao Qian, and has not suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the sword soldiers, the people are rich, the gentry are solid, if the lord can capture Xuzhou in one fell swoop, he can alleviate the lack of money and food. Moreover, Tao Qian is newly dead, Lu Bu is new, and the hearts of Xuzhou are undecided, which is an excellent time to attack Xuzhou. ”

Guo Jia said: "There is another benefit to attacking Xuzhou. ”

Cao Ying said: "What benefits? ”

Guo Jiadao: "As long as our army does not hurt its vitality in the Xuzhou crusade, we will be able to train an elite soldier comparable to the Liang army through this battle!" At that time, the soldiers under the command of the lord will have enough food, so that the general can hold Nanyang, and then choke the danger of Hangu, which is enough to block the Liang army, even if Yuan Shao raises the people of Hebei to attack, it is enough to deal with it! ”

"On the other hand, if our army continues to confront the Liang army in Nanyang, Yuan Shao will send troops to merge with the state sooner or later, and our army will not be able to prevent the end of Zhang Ji's demise.

Cao Ying was quite moved when he heard this, but he still asked with some concern: "Jingzhou Liu Biao is not a problem, but Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian is also ambitious, will he agree to form an alliance?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Sun Jian will definitely agree to form an alliance, because the Wu army has just pacified the four counties of Jiangdong, and now it is facing the attack of Shanyue and South Vietnam, even if Shanyue and South Vietnam are pacified, the next target of the Wu army can only be Liu Xun who has seized the Lujiang River, and before Liu Xun is destroyed, the Wu army will not turn against our army." ”

Xun You said: "There are many capable people under Sun Jian's command, Xu Shu, Zhou Yu, and Zhang Zhao are not lacking in people, and they should know the truth of easy first and then difficult, and near and then far." ”

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