In the big tent, Cao Ren paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking quite distraught, he had just received the news that the Han army had mobilized 50,000 troops from Yizhou and Hanzhong to Nanyang, that is, the total strength of the Han army finally invested in the Central Plains campaign would reach 250,000 people.

And they only have 150,000, after the 20,000 elite army was annihilated by the Han army, only 130,000 troops remained, and the Han army was twice as large as themselves, how to fight this battle?

Cao Ren really felt very passive, he didn't understand why Cao Pi came, and after he came, he interfered with his strategy, so that all his previous layouts were wasted, and he was in a great passivity.

The annihilation of Yu Ban's army is the best example, of course he knew that Yu Ban's northern retreat was likely to be intercepted by the Han army, so he ordered Yu Ban to withdraw to Xuzhou to avoid the main force of the Han army advancing eastward, and at the same time when he ordered it to be sent to Yu Ban's camp, Cao Pi's order was also sent to Yu Ban's hands, ordering Yu Ban to immediately go north to reinforce Qian County.

This made Cao Ren so angry that he almost vomited blood, even if he wanted to persuade Cao Pi to give up this order, it was too late, it would take a few days to go back and forth, in desperation, Cao Ren had to carry out the order that Cao Pi gave him, not allowed to lose Qian County, he led an army of 80,000 to rush to Qian County, and at the same time sent people to inform Yu Ban, suspend the march, and wait for his main force to arrive in Qian County, and then join him.

This was Cao Ren's only chance to avoid the total annihilation of Yu Ban's army, although Cao Ren marched quickly, he was still one step late, Yu Ban's 20,000 troops had been completely annihilated by the Han army, so that his plan was completely disrupted, which made Cao Ren have a deep sense of powerlessness, and he was at a loss for a while.

Strategist Man Pet stood aside, silently watching Cao Ren pacing back and forth, he knew Cao Ren's helplessness, originally Cao Ren was sitting in Xuzhou, commanding the overall battle, but now it has become Cao Pi sitting in Xuzhou, Cao Ren has become a general, which makes the early preparations and the actual combat behind the disconnect.

"Governor, the most important thing now is to be calm, since it is too late to save the forbidden army, then the governor should not be disturbed by this matter, once the governor loses his calm, the entire Cao army will face great danger."

The persuasion of full favor finally made Cao Ren slowly calm down, Cao Ren himself also knew that he could not be impetuous at this time, although Cao Pi took over the decision-making power, but he was the executor of the Central Plains War, and the key to whether the Central Plains War could achieve the final victory was still on him Cao Ren.

Cao Ren walked to the sand table, looked at the sand table, pondered for a moment and asked, "Where does Mr. think the Han army will go next?" ”

Man Zhong picked up the wooden pole and pointed to Qian County: "If I am not mistaken, the Han army will not rush to attack Qian County, but will besiege the city to send reinforcements, what they really want to deal with is the 80,000 army of the Governor, so the Han army will definitely set up a large camp near Qian County, waiting for the Governor army to approach Qian County." ”

"Mr. is right, Liu Jing has always been good at strategy, he knows how to take advantage of the opponent's weaknesses, this time the prince went south and seized the command, he doesn't know, he will definitely make full use of this."

Cao Ren took two steps with his hand in his hand, and said to Man Chong: "I want to order Niu Jin to give up Qiaoxian, lead the army back to Xuzhou overnight, and gather troops to deal with the Han army, do you think it is appropriate?" ”

Man Zhong pondered for a moment and said: "This is indeed a good strategy to change from passive to active, but the status of Qian County is very ordinary, after giving up Qian County, the governor has to consider how to explain to the prince that if he can recapture Qian County in the future, of course, it is good, but once he can't take back Qian County, the governor will have to bear a responsibility, and Qian County is lost, if it is known by Wei Gong, I am afraid that Wei Gong will not be able to bear this blow." ”

Full of favor's words made Cao Ren in a dilemma, marching into the army, he felt too passive, but he could retreat, and he could not bear the responsibility of losing Qian County, after thinking for a long time, Cao Ren finally made up his mind and said: "It's okay!" I will first persuade the prince to wait for his consent before withdrawing the army, and I will not rush this time. ”

Cao Ren immediately revised a letter and ordered a team of cavalry to be sent to Pengcheng as quickly as possible, hoping to persuade Cao Pi to agree to his withdrawal plan......

Night fell quietly, the heavy night shrouded the vast plain, on the official road south of Yuxian, there was a Han cavalry of more than 10,000 people, which was led by Pang De 12,000 Guanlong cavalry, the Han army trained a total of 30,000 cavalry, the Central Plains War invested 15,000 people, the other 5,000 people led by Leng Bao, stationed in Hanoi County, and 10,000 cavalry stationed in Chang'an.

After Liu Jing decided to implement the strategy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, he immediately began to deploy, and the cavalry led by Pang De was the vanguard, which was a containment tactic adopted to prevent the Cao army from retreating, and once the Cao army withdrew, the cavalry would launch an attack on the logistics of the Cao army.

Pang De's cavalry walked slowly on the official road about two miles away from Yu County, and the cavalry of more than 10,000 people was large enough to be discovered by the Cao army, and soon, the Han cavalry passed through Yu County and went around to the southeast of the county seat, and Pang De sent several teams of scouts to the vicinity to investigate the movements of the Cao army.

At this time, a cavalryman from behind rushed over and shouted from afar: "General, there is an order from His Highness!" ”

Pound hurriedly reined in the war horse, turned the horse's head and asked, "What order?" ”

The soldier took out a copy of the Han king's edict and presented it to Pang De, who quickly opened it and hurriedly looked at the torch, Liu Jing ordered him to make a noise east of Yuxian, and Pang De understood the intention of the Han king, which was to dispel Cao Ren's attempt to withdraw his troops back to Xuzhou.

He immediately ordered: "The team comes with me!" ”

Pound suddenly quickened his horse's speed and led 12,000 cavalry to the east of Cao's camp.

The 80,000 main forces of Cao's army arrived in Yuxian County for a short time, only three days, because they were in a hurry to rush to Qiuxian, and most of the baggage was left behind, although in three days, a large amount of grain and military materials had been transported into Cao's camp, but there was still a part of the grain and grass still on the way.

When the cavalry of the Han army suddenly killed to the east of the Cao camp, it was also a coincidence, just a Cao army baggage team came from a distance, the baggage team was composed of thousands of carts, mainly transporting grain and forage, this baggage team was only ten miles away from the Cao army camp, they wanted to go back to the camp to rest, but they did not expect to encounter the Han cavalry.

Both sides were surprised, but this surprise disappeared in only a short moment, and the five hundred Cao soldiers of the guard food team shouted, and they raised their crossbows to shoot at the Han cavalry in front, and a group of Han cavalry was caught off guard and was shot by dozens of people by Cao Jun's crossbow arrows.

Pound was immediately furious, and instead of fleeing, the other party dared to shoot his cavalry with a crossbow, and he immediately shouted: "Surround them and kill them all!" ”

The sound of shouting and killing on both sides of the official road shook the sky, and the cavalry of the Han army came from all directions, and the Cao army guarding the grain team knew that they were not encountering the Han scout team, but the main cavalry of the Han army, so frightened that they ignored the cart and fled in all directions.

But at this time it was too late, 3,000 cavalry took the lead in killing, rushed into the guard Cao army, slashed with swords, spears stabbed, killed Cao soldiers crying and screaming, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.

But Pang De had already given the order to kill, and the Han cavalry was merciless, slaughtering back and forth, and all the five hundred Cao soldiers were killed in a moment, leaving only groups of coachmen who were so frightened that they squatted on the ground, they were not slaughtered by the Han cavalry, and the killing order did not include them.

At this time, the cavalry brought a dozen coachmen to Pound, and they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy, and Pound asked, "How many cavalry do we have?" ”

"Villain...... Ignorance! ”

"Say! How many are there, exactly? ”

Pound shouted loudly, which frightened several people, and one of the coachmen plucked up his courage and said, "There are about a few thousand." ”

"It's not a few thousand, it's more than 20,000 cavalry, do you see it clearly?"

Under Pound's order, more than a dozen coachmen trembled and looked at it again, sure enough, there were countless cavalry, estimated to be twenty or thirty thousand, they nodded, "The villain sees clearly?" ”

"Let them go, let them go to Cao Ying to report the news."

More than a dozen coachmen were taken by the Han army not far from the Cao camp, and a cavalry marquis pointed to the Cao army camp in the distance and shouted: "Go to the Cao army camp!" ”

More than a dozen coachmen were so frightened that they stumbled towards the Cao army's barracks, and soon ran to the front of the camp, shouting to the guards: "We are the grain truckmen, come to report the news." ”

The soldiers of the Cao army had already found that there was an abnormality outside, and more than 10,000 crossbowmen had entered the battle position, ready to meet the sneak attack of the Han army, when more than a dozen people ran and shouted that they were the grain drivers, so that the soldiers of the Cao army looked at each other, and a general waved his hand, and some soldiers rushed out and brought the coachmen into the camp.

Cao Ren also heard the news of the discovery of the Han army, hurried to the gate of Dongying, and asked in a loud voice, "How many Han troops are there?" ”

The general on duty bowed down and said, "The patrol scout said that there are at least tens of thousands of people, and they can't be seen clearly in the night." ”

Cao Ren was furious, "I don't even know how many enemies there are, what's the use of patrolling scouts?" ”

At this time, a tooth general rushed over and said: "Governor Qiyu, more than a dozen coachmen came and said that they were from the grain transport team, and their grain team was intercepted and killed by the Han army. ”

Cao Ren was like being hit head-on, his grain team was actually intercepted and killed by the Han army, he was very painful in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Bring them to me!" ”

In a moment, more than a dozen coachmen were brought up by Cao Jun's soldiers, and they knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, Cao Ren was distraught and shouted, "Shut up for me!" ”

More than a dozen coachmen were so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath, Cao Ren pointed to one of the older drivers and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

The coachman stammered and encountered them to the Han army, and all the Cao soldiers were killed by the other party, and they were sent back by the Han army to report the news, and explained it in detail, Cao Ren's brows were already furrowed, and he asked: "Are you mistaken, there are 20,000 cavalry?" ”

"I really don't know how many there are, but there are really a lot, at least more than 10,000 people, and we don't dare to deceive the general."

Cao Ren knew that what they said was true, and he didn't have the courage to deceive himself, and the grain and grass were snatched away or secondary, the key was that nearly 20,000 Han cavalry appeared behind him, which was extremely unpleasant, and he would not be able to return to Pengcheng.

At this moment, Cao Ren suddenly understood that the Han army made a move, in fact, to let himself know that it was impossible for him to evacuate except for a decisive battle, but even if he was willing to fight to the death with the Han army, there was an extra enemy cavalry behind him, how could this battle be fought?

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