Cao Cao dragged Zhao Yun up and said to everyone: "What are you doing kneeling?" Worship heaven and earth? Get up! ”

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The atmosphere was relaxed.

Ma Chao, Dian Wei, and Zhang Liao came to Zhao Yun and patted Zhao Yun's arm heavily, and the friendship between the generals was in this self-evident.

Back at the office, Cao Cao listened to Zhao Yun's detailed report and scolded angrily: "This Karen Sa really deserves to be killed!" ”

Ma Chao said angrily: "Let me see that he will take his head!" ”

Zhang Liao frowned and said: "Kill or not kill Karen Sa, fall second!" Now the question is, now that Karen has surrendered, what do we do next? ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Not bad!" According to common sense, we were invited by Karensa, and he has surrendered, so why do we need to fight? ”

Ma Chao was taken aback, "No!" Your Majesty, are you planning to retreat!? ”

Cao Cao smiled, "No! Karen Sa is just an excuse for us! Whether he surrenders or not has no effect on us now! ”

He frowned, "What I'm worried about now is, should I give up Susa?" He turned his head to look at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yundao: "Although Susa is located between the deserts, the land is extremely fertile, and the light is abundant, and more importantly, it is close to the bay, which can become a reliable sea transit base for our army!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, "If we don't give up Susa, then can we hold it with our current situation?" ”

Ma Chao wanted to say, 'With grandpa here, everything is fine!' ’

Zhang Liao pondered: "If part of the army at the junction of the northern front and the Rus is transferred, there will be no problem!" ”

Zhao Yun objected: "No! At present, the situation on the northern front is still grim, and if troops are deployed, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no situation! At that point, we're in for a long time!! ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Zilong has a point!" But will we be able to hold on to these two places in our current situation? ”

The generals frowned.

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh and muttered, "Maybe I have to give up Susa!" ”

Just then, a herald rushed into the lobby. "Your Majesty, General Xu Huang raided the Roman army's grain transport team and burned 300,000 loads of grain and grass!"

Everyone was stunned, and Cao Cao laughed and said, "Okay! Good job! It seems that we don't have to give up on Susa!! ”

After the Roman army occupied the Bluestone Ridge, Caracalla ordered a section to build a direction on the Bluestone Ridge, and at the same time sent Schneider to lead 200,000 main forces south to Susa.

Caracalla intended to take Susa first and then advance westward.

On the day that Schneider left with an army of 200,000 men, Caracalla received the most undesirable piece of information for her: a day earlier, 300,000 quintals of grain and grass from Dura Europos had been raided by the Wei army's iron cavalry on the way to Qinxifeng, and the 300,000 quintals of grain and grass were burned, and the 15,000 Roman soldiers who had been escorted were all wiped out.

Caracalla was shocked and immediately summoned Schneider to turn around.

That night, Schneider hurried back to Qinxifeng City with dozens of horsemen, while his 200,000-strong army temporarily stayed in the wilderness more than ten miles south of Qinxifeng.

"Your Majesty, why are you summoning me back so urgently?" Schneider asked with a worried expression.

Caracalla handed the book to Schneider.

Schneider glanced at Caracalla's solemn expression, quickly read the book in his hand, and was shocked, "Careless!" It's too careless!! We even thought that Xu Huang's cavalry was far away!! ”

"General, how many days can we have grain and grass here?" Caracalla asked.

Schneider frowned and said, "There are still 500,000 quintals of grain and grass here, which is only enough for half a month of 750,000 troops!" ”

Caracalla pondered, "The safest thing to do now is to garrison Qinxifeng and Qingshiling to the east with 200,000 troops, and the rest of the army will immediately return to Dura Europos!" In this way, the other party has no chance to take advantage of it! ”

Schneider frowned and said, "But in this way, it is equivalent to giving up the plan to advance eastward!" ”

Caracalla frowned and asked, "Is there a way to deal with this Wei cavalry in a short period of time?" ”

Schneider shook his head in thought, "It's hard! The most elite Spartan regiment of our army is only good at positional warfare and storming fortifications, not at field warfare! The combat power of the cavalry team cannot be compared with that of the Wei army, and it is possible to lose themselves! ”

Caracalla's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said in a deep voice, "In this way, there is no way?? ”

Schneider thought for a long time, and suddenly had an idea, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, since the other party aims to intercept our army's grain and grass, we can do so!" Schneider then elaborated on his plan.

Caracalla's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Good! General, you have full authority to carry out this battle plan! Don't worry about this side, I'll take charge of this side! ”

"Yes!"

Two days later, on the desert edge of Dura Europos, more than sixty miles northeast.

A cavalry team of about 50,000 people was resting here, although there were many of them, but they were not noisy at all, and there was a faint smell of cold and murderous aura.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped out of the woods to the west and headed straight for the camp.

The fast horse came to a sharp stop outside the camp, and the scout jumped down from his warhorse, ran in front of Xu Huang, and reported excitedly: "General, another army of the enemy has left Dura Europos!" ”

Xu Huang's eyes lit up, he stood up, and laughed: "Okay! We've got something to do again! How many people are on the other side? How much grain and grass are being escorted? ”

"About 30,000 protectors, including 10,000 Spartans! There are at least 400,000 quintals of grain and grass! ”

"Thirty thousand protectors! And 10,000 Spartan troops! This bone is hard enough! General Xu Tie was a little worried.

Xu Huang said proudly: "The 10,000 Spartan army is just a sand embankment in front of my Great Wei Iron Cavalry!" Pass the order, and the army will march! "No!"

Two quarters of an hour later, nearly 50,000 Wei cavalry left their temporary garrison and headed southeast.

In the evening of the same day, the Wei army came to the midpoint between Dura Europos and Qinxifeng, a grassland, a small river meandering from the north, the water of the small river is very shallow, the deepest part is no more than a man's chest, on both sides of the river there are a few sparse woods, this is not a good place to ambush, nor a good place to defend.

Nearly 50,000 Wei troops lurked in the depression between the two hills, and immediately sent several teams of scouts.

Late at night, the sentries stationed outside the hills did not find any signs of the enemy.

At this time, a team of scouts rushed back.

"How? Where is the enemy now? Ma Chao asked impatiently.

The scout replied: "The enemy has set up a camp more than ten miles to the west!" ”

Xu Huang couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and then relieved.

He Xu Huang had only recently raided the Roman army's grain convoy, and it was normal for the enemy to be cautious.

"General, do you want to take the initiative?" The general Duan Gang asked.

Xu Huang thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No! The enemy must be on high guard at this time! Although our army can break through its defense line with its combat strength, it will definitely pay a lot of unnecessary costs! Our army is lurking here, waiting for them to pass through here before attacking! Scouts must keep an eye on each other's every move! ”

"No!"

In the middle of the night that night, a gust of wind suddenly broke a flagpole standing not far from Xu Huang.

Xu Huang, who was leaning against the tree and sleeping, was awakened and woke up.

At this time, an officer rushed to Xu Huang and reported: "General, a sudden gust of wind has broken the flagpole!" ”

Xu Huang frowned and came to the broken flagpole.

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers were discussing on the side, and when they saw Xu Huanglai, they clasped their fists and saluted together, "General! ”

Xu Huang glanced at the flagpole on the ground, and couldn't help but have some bad premonitions in his heart.

Thinking that Caracalla, Schneider and the others were all resourceful, he was slightly shocked in his heart, and asked urgently, "Are there scouts in the east?" ”

Duan Gang, who was standing next to Xu Huang, replied: "There is only a team of patrol scouts!" ”

Xu Huang frowned, and hurriedly ordered: "Immediately send a scout to investigate the east side!" ”

Duan Gang was stunned for a moment, promised a promise, and walked down quickly.

"General, what's going on?" Xu Tie asked puzzled.

Xu Huang pondered: "This time the action is different from the past, I always have a faint feeling of awkwardness!" ”

"Awkward!?" Xu Tie looked dazed.

Xu Huang frowned and said, "I always feel that the enemy's food team's action this time came too fast and too hasty!" There's always a feeling of being led by the nose! ”

Turning his head to Xu Tiedao: "Let the soldiers be ready to attack at any time!" ”

"No!" Xu Tie promised and retreated.

Five teams of scouts, each with seven cavalrymen, quickly left the hollow where they were located.

After leaving the hollow for about a mile, the five teams of scouts split up and searched eastward from five directions.

At this time, the night is thick, the bright moon is high in the sky, the sky and the earth are silent, only the night owl in the distance occasionally makes a creepy chirp.

"That's weird!" One of the scouts couldn't help but ask.

The companion next to him rebuked, "What are you talking about? ”

The scout said, "I always feel that something is wrong! It's so quiet all around!

The companion frowned, "As soon as you say it, I think it is!" ”

The scout suddenly reined in the war horse, and the six scouts around him also reined in the war horse, and one of them asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" ”

The scout pointed to the moon in the sky and said, "Look! What is that? ”

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and saw many dark shadows hovering in the moonlight.

One said: "It's a bird!" ”

Then he was stunned, "It's so late, why don't these birds return to the nest!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a sharp and abnormal sound suddenly from the northeast, which was the warning arrow of the Wei army.

Everyone's faces changed, "Not good! It must have been the third team that had an accident! (To be continued.) )