At the beginning of Cao Ying's alliance with Yuan Shao in Luoyang, the 50,000 soldiers and horses he brought were indeed elite generals, and they were Cao Ying's elite divisions based in the Central Plains.

The purpose of this is also to paralyze Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao also hopes to consume Cao Ying's military power through the Battle of Guanzhong, Cao Ying let Yuan Shao get what he wants, what kind of situation Yuan Shao wants to see, Cao Ying will create what kind of situation for him.

The surprise attack on Wuguan was Cao Ying's plan to withdraw from the distance, and he expected that Yuan Shao would not dare to lead the army south to attack Wuguan when he did not find out Zhang Xiu's movements.

This consideration is not a problem at all in Cao Ying's case, not to mention Zhang Xiu's sneak attack, I'm afraid his situation is even more worrying than Guo Jia's.

Guo Jia Youxiongguan resisted the enemy, and Zhang Xiu had nothing but tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Zhang Xiu was also worried that Yuan Shao and Cao Ying would not make a sound, and the soldiers would come to Wancheng.

To lead the army to attack Wuguan, Cao Ying had already planned well, and the Xiahou brothers left Luoyang with 50,000 elites, and in a hundred miles east of Wuguan, there were already 50,000 miscellaneous troops recruited by Cao Ying.

After one night, the golden cicada came out of its shell, stole beams and changed pillars, and the number of soldiers and horses in the hands of the Xiahou brothers did not decrease, but the combat power plummeted.

Cao Ying is the person who set up the situation behind the scenes, but it is difficult to accurately grasp the process and outcome of the Guanzhong War, what kind of consequences and what kind of accidents, no one can predict.

As the saying goes, the gambler's victory is not in knowing when to leave the table, but in not being seated the whole time.

Nine out of ten bets lose, not participating, relative to the dealer, is the winner.

Cao Ying is a banker, but he is using Yuan Shao as a gambling book, and he doesn't want to put a penny into the gambling game with his own chips.

The 50,000 miscellaneous army was defeated, destroyed, and the piece of armor was gone, Cao Ying didn't care, but his elite, the blood capital he had saved through years of painstaking management, could not be moved.

It is true that Cao Ying has the confidence to be a hero, but he also has to admit that in this three-family game, he cannot completely dominate the overall situation, Yuan Shao, Guo Jia, they will always make unexpected moves.

And as long as he doesn't put his main elite soldiers and horses into the battlefield, no matter what the result is, it will not be him who loses his troops.

Cao Ying, who was sitting on the main seat, was in a surprise now, he never expected that the generals stationed in Wuguan would dare to surprise Cao Ying.

The comparison of the number of soldiers and horses is obviously Cao Qiang and Guo weak, the other party does not defend but risks to attack, if the Xiahou brothers have been prepared, the possibility of the fall of Wuguan is very large.

The soldiers are dangerous, and they win with the right combination, Cao Ying thought about it, and it seems that this is also in line with Guo Jia's consistent strategy of using troops.

After pondering for a long time, Cao Ying asked Cheng Yu to loosen the ties of the Xiahou brothers, and then said: "You take the rest of the soldiers and horses to continue to return to Wuguan, this time be cautious, and retreat as soon as possible when the situation is not good. ”

The Xiahou brothers were puzzled, they were left with nearly 20,000 weak brigades, and this little bit of soldiers and horses could defeat the martial arts?

"My lord, in addition to the original defenders of Wuguan, there are now four generals under Guo Jia, Gan, Gao, Xu, and Dian, and I am afraid that there are no less than 30,000 soldiers and horses."

Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to ask Cao Ying directly for soldiers and horses, if he gave them 50,000, no, even if he was 30,000 elites, they would have a six-point chance of winning if they conquered Wuguan.

The confidence of the general comes from the army.

With a group of rabble of old and weak soldiers to fight, coupled with the fact that they had just returned from a fiasco, the morale of the army was low, and the Xiahou brothers came to Wuguan again, which was simply an egg hitting a stone.

"Ridiculous, if Gao Shun, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei arrived at Wuguan with Gan Ning, you would already be dead! That's the other party's suspicious tactic! ”

Cao Ying sneered disapprovingly.

Although he was not physically present, he had an insight into the reality of the enemy army in Wuguan based on inference alone.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan suddenly realized.

Cao Ying's words are very reasonable, if they fall into the camp, the Tiger Guard, and the Jinfan Army will all arrive, and the two brothers will definitely have no place to bury themselves when they rob the camp that night.

A military order is a military order, a hundred, a thousand are unwilling, as a general, you have to take it.

The Xiahou brothers were originally guilty of binding themselves, but they were praised by Cao Ying for their contributions.

Coming to Wuguan again, it is probably impossible to take revenge and resolve grievances, the Xiahou brothers have a heart this time, no matter whether Wuguan is false or real, they have 20,000 weak brigades, they can only take it step by step, and if there is a slight disturbance, they can't underestimate the enemy.

After the Xiahou brothers left, Cao Ying took a sip of tea with a smile and looked refreshed.

Xun You stroked his beard and asked, "Why didn't the lord go to Yuan Shao for help?" ”

Before, Xun You thought that Cao Ying would take this opportunity to let Yuan Shao divide his troops and weaken Yuan Shao to the greatest extent.

Cao Ying closed his eyes, smiled at the corners of his mouth, and said lightly: "Yuan Benchu was wary of me, and he will not take off his guard against me until all the soldiers and horses in Wuguan are buried." Besides, I'm going to ask for help now, Yuan Benchu was seven points suspicious, three points happy, he would think, Cao Apu has always been able to fight, why did he lose so quickly? Will there be fraud? Hehe, as long as Miaocai and Yuan Rang defeated the 50,000 soldiers and horses in a month, Yuan Ben would be overjoyed at the beginning, because I suffered heavy losses, and he must have divided his troops to take Wuguan at that time, so that after he captured Guanzhong, it doesn't matter if there is an edict from the Son of Heaven to seal Wuguan to him, only his soldiers and horses are stationed in Guanzhong, and no one can interfere. ”

In the end, Xun You is not as good as Cao Ying to understand Yuan Shao, and Xun You agrees with Cao Ying's explanation after thinking about it.

When the news of Cao Jun's defeat in Wuguan reached Yuan Shao's ears, Yuan Shao laughed several times, and said to the frustration around him, Xu You, Guo Tu: "A few years ago, when Cao Apu was crusading against Dong Zhuo, he underestimated the enemy, suffered a fiasco in Xingyang, and almost lost his life, today, he underestimated the enemy again, Guo Jia is not comparable to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo can set up an ambush to beat Cao Apu and flee, if you underestimate Guo Jia, wouldn't the end be even worse?" Hahaha. ”

Yuan Shao is actually a bit of an atmosphere, but as the leader of the princes in the world, he wants to fall into the ground, he has to be sneering, and he also depends on the object, such as Cao Ying, the hero who coerced the princes of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Yuan Shao couldn't help but have the idea of gloating about his fiasco.

If Sun Ce, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others were replaced, Yuan Shao would not even have a ** rating.

Look at a person's strength, look at his opponent.

Yuan Shao listed Cao Ying as a hidden danger in the future, at least it shows that Cao Ying's strength is strong, and the princes that Yuan Shao despises, he doesn't bother to pay attention to their movements.

None of the three strategists echoed Yuan Shao.

Xu You also knew Cao Ying as a teenager, and before he defected to Yuan Shao, he had a closer relationship with Cao Ying than with Yuan Shao.

When he and Jizhou Mu Wang Fen plotted to kill the monarch and support the new emperor, Xu You hoped to get Cao Ying's support, but was opposed by Cao Ying, Jizhou Mu Wang Fen was ordered by Emperor Ling to raze the three clans, Xu You could only go away to take refuge in other places, if there was no such thing, maybe Xu You's object of refuge would be Cao Ying, not Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao always had a domineering attitude towards Cao Ying, so it was difficult for Yuan Shao to see Cao Ying's true strength.

On the contrary, Xu You can be regarded as looking up at Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, the son-in-law in the Luoyang Imperial City, the flying eagle lackey, Xu You has not yet reached the level of the gentleman's son, he belongs to the bystander, and he can see it more clearly than Yuan Shao.

Who is Cao Ying? grew up playing intrigue and trickery since he was a child, especially Cao Ying, who hit a wall several times in his career, and after the ups and downs, he was even more hidden.

Today, Cao Ying can already be called a scheming man.

Cao Jun was defeated at Wuguan, and Xu You didn't believe it very much.

But the military situation does not allow for child's play, and if there is a slight mistake, the person who transmits the information will lose his head, so the intelligence must be true.

Since Xu You was suspicious, he could only speculate that Cao Ying was using a plan.

"Lord, no matter how careless Cao Ying is, this defeat is too strange."

Xu Yu has no real evidence, only speculation and assumption.

Yuan Shao sneered and said, "I also know that Cao Ying can't be defeated so quickly and so miserably. Hmph, this battle report is estimated to be exaggerated, he just wants to use the defeat as an excuse to withdraw the army, and wants to preserve his strength. Guess when, when will Cao Apu come to me for help? Let me send troops to attack Wuguan? ”

Hearing Yuan Shao say this, Fu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and put his mind at ease.

As long as Yuan Shao is clear-headed, things will be easy to do.

Cao Ying wants Yuan Shao to fight Guo Jia to the death, which is a tacit thing for everyone.

Whether the defeat of Wuguan is true or not, anyway, as long as Cao Ying wants to withdraw his troops, Yuan Shao will definitely not agree.

If Cao Ying insisted on doing this, Yuan Shao's next move would be to negotiate peace with Guo Jia, and then either fight Cao Ying in turn with Guo Jia, or he would also withdraw his troops.

In Wuguan, Guo Jia has already had a confrontation with Cao Ying.

Hanguguan has not yet started fighting, and Yuan Shao still has room to regret it.

Moreover, as long as Guo Jia and Cao Ying have been hostile and there is no possibility of union, the consumption of Yuan Shao running back and forth with the army is nothing.

"According to the following opinion, Cao A can't hide it, and he will come to ask the lord for help. Since the lord has a bamboo in his chest, he will inevitably not fall for Cao Agui. ”

Guo Tu saw the stitches and slapped Yuan Shao on the back.

The frustrated teacher on the side sneered.

Can't be overly full of words.

After all, Cao Ying is a hero in the world, and it is commonplace to act unexpectedly.

For three days, Yuan Shao did not wait for Cao Ying to ask for help.

Their assumption that Cao Ying would take advantage of the defeat and withdraw his troops was frustrated.

On the contrary, Cao Ying sent the Xiahou brothers to knock on the Wuguan with the remnants of the defeated soldiers, and put on a posture of swearing to the death, as if they were going to fight to the point that the last soldier was gone.

After the battle report of Wuguan reached Zheng County, Guo Jia read the battle report and looked up to the sky and sighed: Yuan Benchu, when will you wake up?

Yuan Shao's knife was used by Cao Ying unconsciously, and Guo Jia had no choice but to fight back.

When two tigers fight, one will be injured.

Cao Ying's wishful thinking, even before Guo Jia, guessed wrong.

He really didn't expect that Cao Ying would steal the dragon and turn the phoenix and use 50,000 weak brigades in exchange for Yuan Shao's 200,000 soldiers and horses and Guo Jia's 80,000 soldiers and horses in a fierce battle in Guanzhong.

In this transaction, Cao Ying will make a steady profit.

After the battle of Wuguan, the smoke of Hangu Pass rose again.

Open jaw led 30,000 troops.

Chun Yuqiong led 30,000 troops.

The two generals knocked on the Hangu Pass at the same time!

(To be continued)