"My lord, General Cao's front army has been stationed thirty miles away from Chang'an to build a military village."

"Thirty miles? Passed on our military order, ordering General Cao's front army to advance to a place twenty miles away from Chang'an and station, build a military fortress, and encircle Chang'an. ”

"No!"

In the military tent of Cao's army, Cao Cao sat on the top of the handsome position, and the civil and military were divided on both sides.

"Zihe, how far is it from Chang'an City?"

"Back to the lord, this place is thirty miles away from Chang'an City."

"Thirty miles? Don't Zihe know that my military order is to advance to a distance of twenty miles from Chang'an and besiege Chang'an? Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, he had obviously passed the order, and Cao Chun was still stationed here.

"Returning to the lord, Chun personally led people to the vicinity of Chang'an to investigate, and found that twenty miles away from Chang'an were built by the Xiliang army, and the javelin cavalry of the Xiliang army relied on the cover of the trenches to block our army's advance."

"Oh? The Western Liang army built trenches? Zhong Kang, take the Tiger Guard and follow Ben Sikong to see the trenches of the Xiliang Army! ”

"Lord, it's getting late, are you going to test the reality of the Xiliang Army tomorrow?" Guo Jia arched his hand and returned to Cao Cao.

"Oh?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, only to find that it was dark now, and oil lamps were lit in the military tents.

"It's because I'm in a hurry, tomorrow you will go with me to meet the Xiliang Army."

"No!"

On the second day, Cao Cao took Wenwu and the tiger and leopard to the front of the trenches of the Xiliang army.

The trenches of the Xiliang Army are trenches built on the basis of ice and snow, in short, ice walls.

The Xiliang Army took advantage of the ice and snow in the Guanzhong Plain to construct countless ice walls about one meter high outside Chang'an City. Each wall of ice encloses Chang'an. There is a distance of about ten meters between the two ice walls. The snow in the middle has been cleared, which is suitable for the Javelins to accelerate their throwing.

"It seems that this Sikong underestimated Ma Chao, Ma Chao knew that in the land of ice and snow would weaken the power of his javelin cavalry, he actually used ice and snow to strengthen the city defense of Chang'an."

"Lord, although Ma Chao has strengthened the city defense of Chang'an, the cavalry of the Xiliang Army has been greatly weakened, as long as our army is a battalion step by step, it will be able to approach Chang'an in less than three months." Xun You looked at Ma Chao's formation. smiled, as long as Ma Chao's cavalry could not exert its might, the advantages of Cao's army could be highlighted.

"Oh? It seems that Gongda has a plan, okay! Go back to the camp and let Ben Sikong see Gongda's strategy. Cao Cao also had a plan in his heart, and decided to return to the barracks to discuss countermeasures with Xun You.

"Gongda, this division also has a countermeasure against the Xiliang army in the hollow heart, I don't know if Gongda's strategy is in line with the hollow mind of the company?" Cao Cao touched his beard and glanced at Xun You.

"My lord, if you want to know whether the policy is in line with the lord's policy. We can write the strategy on the bamboo slips for you to see. It is a matter of the Lord's policy, which is better or worse? ”

"Good! Someone came and took two portions of Hsinchu slips. ”

Soon, Xu Chu took two copies of Hsinchu Jane and handed them to Cao Cao and Xun You. Cao Cao and Xun You used a carving knife to carve words on the bamboo slips.

"Extraordinary?"

"Yes, my lord!" Lü Rui placed Cao Cao and Xun You's bamboo slips on the table in the center of the military tent.

"Extraordinary, look at the strategies of this Sikong and Gongda, is there anything in common?"

"No!"

Lu Rui opened the bamboo slips of the two, read them, smiled, arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, the lord and Xun Junshi really have the same mind, and the strategies they think of are all the same. ”

"Oh? Hahahaha! It seems that the one who knows me is Gongdaya! Extraordinary, let you see our strategy. ”

"No!"

The core of Cao Cao and Xun You's strategy is: step by step, advance with equipment, and storm Chang'an.

To build an ice city as a stronghold and give full play to the advantages of Cao's infantry. Ice city is the Three Kingdoms period of the northern people in the winter using ice and snow as raw materials, wood as a supplement, built into a stronghold, this stronghold is not only can be built into the appearance of the city, but also can be a fixed arrow tower, high platform, and even a giant ice shield for defense, later generations have a very beautiful name, ice sculpture!

Instrument advancement is to use Cao Jun's various siege equipment, such as flying bridges, ladders, nest cars, Linchong Lu buses, catapults, and stone-throwing vehicles to destroy the ice wall trenches of the Xiliang Army, and advance step by step until the ice sculptures are built under Chang'an City.

Storming Chang'an is Cao Cao's step-by-step camp, besieging Chang'an, and then using siege equipment to use infantry to storm Chang'an, as long as the Xiliang army leaves the horses, the elite of foot combat is definitely not as good as the Cao army, and the Cao army has an absolute advantage in numbers, and the Xiliang army will be defeated!

"See the general!"

"Ling Ming is here? What is the situation of the battle between the two armies today? ”

"Back to the major general, our army is engaged in a battle with the Cao army, our army is defeated, and the Cao army has advanced to five miles away from Chang'an City."

"Ling Ming, if you have anything else, say it."

"Yes, Major General, if it is at this speed, the Cao army will be able to attack the city of Chang'an in less than half a month, and if the Cao army attacks strongly, my army may be difficult to hold Chang'an."

"Hehe, Ling Ming, you see it very thoroughly, our army's elite soldiers are only 20,000, and Cao Cao has more than 100,000 elites, if our army defeats Cao's army, it will be God bless our army." Ma Chao understood very well that the Cao army had an absolute advantage in strength compared with the Western Liang Army, and the Western Liang Army could only rely on javelin cavalry to close the gap between the two armies. Chang'an City, Ma Chao doesn't want to defend it at all!

"The major general means that our army is going to give up Chang'an?"

"Yes, Ling Ming, after the winter, heavy snow falls in Guanzhong, and now the snow outside the city is probably a few zhang deep, and our army has no advantage, how to fight against Cao's army? In General Ben's opinion, our army had no choice but to retreat to the north bank of the Wei River. ”

"The Major General is wise!"

"Ling Ming passed on the order of our army, ordering all the cavalry of our army to cross the Wei River to the north, camp on the north bank, and build a military village."

"No!"

"Ling Ming, and send this letter back to Tianshui."

"Major General, what is this?"

"This is a letter asking for reinforcements, so let's do it quickly."

"No!"

Outside the city, Cao Cao was roasting a fire in his tent.

"Subordinates, see the lord!"

"Bong-hyo is here? Have a seat! ”

"Thank you, lord!"

"Fengxiao, seeing that you look happy, is there any good news to tell this Sikong?"

"Back to the lord, according to reliable information, Ma Chao sent people to Liangzhou to ask for help, and Cheng Yin, one of Han Sui's eight strong generals, led the army to support Chang'an."

"Oh? Ma Chao actually transferred the elite stationed in Liangzhou to Chang'an? ”

"Exactly, my lord, what is even more gratifying is that Ma Chao has united some Qiang tribes, and this time he will send troops together to rescue Chang'an."

"Hahahaha! Ma Chao actually increased his troops in Chang'an, it seems that the day of the destruction of the Xiliang Army is not far away! Cao Cao touched his beard and laughed, the reason why Ma Teng and Han Sui were able to dominate Xiliang, even Dong Zhuo, who was the first in the world back then, could not be eliminated, a big reason was the mobility and dispersion of Ma Teng and Han Sui's army, and they were good at fighting guerrilla warfare.

"The lord is wise!"

Above the tower of Chang'an City, Ma Chao was dressed in military uniform, looked at the ice sculpture of Cao Jun not far away, and smiled slightly, Cao Mengde, you have been tricked, I will use the way you are best at using soldiers to defeat you! (To be continued......)

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