Chapter 425: Both armies are heavily defeated

In fact, just when Cao Zhi was leading the army to rush to the camp, Wei Tao was also leading the army, and the movement of the 200,000 army was not small, and it was impossible not to alarm the other party.

In fact, if Cao Cao hadn't focused on the affairs of the large camp in Wei Tao's army, it would have been impossible to ignore Wei Tao's army.

So Wei Tao was very simple and ordered directly.

"The whole army will immediately attack the place where the army grain and grass are hoarded, and once it rushes to it, it will be burned immediately, and it must not leave an extra grain of grain for the Cao army!"

"No!"

With the sound of Qi Qi responding, all the soldiers under Wei Tao's command immediately began to rush to kill the Cao army's camp.

Unlike Wei Tao, Cao's camp had 100,000 soldiers left, and the defense was extremely tight, and the guards were discovered by them as soon as they made a move, and then each sent people to defend the four sides to resist the attack.

"Kill! Kill it! ”

Although Wei Tao was in the rear army at this time, there were also Wei Tao's generals in the front army, Zhang He, Xu Sheng, Lu Meng, Jiang Wei and other dozens of generals were all pioneers, although more than a dozen Cao army generals who stayed in the camp also came to fight, but after all, Cao Cao himself had brought many generals to attack the camp, and he couldn't stop it.

Soon he was killed by Wei Tao's generals to the place where grain and grass were hoarded, and then set it on fire, and suddenly there was thick smoke.

At that time, Cao Cao was puzzled by the sudden fire in Wei Tao's army.

"Although Wu'er has literary talents, he has never seen bravery, let alone Zhang'er, how can he penetrate the camp and directly attack Wei Tao's grain storage place? Could it be that God blesses our army, and Wei Tao's army happens to be unable to go out of the water? ”

Rao is Cao Cao is wise, and he didn't expect Wei Tao to be so decisive for a while. So looking at the billowing smoke of the camp is puzzled. But he didn't do anything.

After all, Wei Tao's military camp was on fire. In fact, it was beneficial to Cao's army that attacked Wei Tao's camp, and Cao Cao naturally couldn't stop it.

I have to say that Wei Tao's move still attracted the attention of Cao Jun very much, and he originally noticed that Wei Tao directly detoured to attack his camp until Wei Tao was already leading the army to attack Cao Jun's camp, but he did not notice Wei Tao's army's move.

It wasn't until Wei Tao also set Cao Jun's grain and grass on fire that Cao Cao came to his senses.

At this time, Cao Ren also happened to send someone to summon him, saying that Wei Tao's camp was empty and 200,000 troops were missing.

"Not good! Won Wei Tao's plan! ”

As soon as Cao Cao came to his senses, he immediately understood completely. And once he understood, Cao Cao was also resolute.

"Give the order to put out the fire immediately, and at the same time grab as much rations as possible, and definitely not let all the guards burn down! At the same time, the rear army turned into the front army, and immediately followed the old man back to the camp and attacked Wei Tao back and forth! ”

"No!"

The rear barracks were attacked, and they had already seen it in the eyes of everyone, and at this time, as soon as they heard Cao Cao's order, they immediately led their own troops.

So. Cao Jun suddenly had the appearance of chaos in the troops.

But at this time, Cao Cao couldn't control so much, and directly led people to rush back to the camp.

The distance between the two armies was several miles. But in the blink of an eye, seeing that the guards were indeed attacking the camp, Cao Cao also gave an order.

"All the soldiers obey the order! Immediately divided into two teams, one team to contain Wei Tao's army and prevent it from destroying our army's food, and the other team immediately went to fight the fire and rescue grain and grass at the same time! ”

I have to say that it is worthy of Cao Cao, a generation of heroes, although he is in a plot for a while, but he understands what is the most important thing.

"Withdraw!"

At this time, more than half of Cao's grain and grass had been burned, and it was not easy to rescue the rest, Wei Tao was not greedy for merit because of this, nor did he fall in love with war, so he immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army.

This time, the two armies fought for only a moment, but both armies spent a great deal of mental strength and were extremely exhausted.

It's just that it really counts, and Wei Tao does have a slight upper hand in this moment.

Walking slowly in the camp that had become a piece of ash, Cao Cao couldn't help but shake his head secretly, such a result was really not what Cao Cao thought.

"I didn't expect Wei Ziyu to dare to be like this, and directly pushed this battle to the decisive battle. How much food does our army still have? ”

Cao Cao asked directly, although he gave the order decisively and timely, he also knew in his heart that there was probably not much food in the army.

"Qi Lord, most of our army's grain reserves have been burned, if the lord does not order the rear to raise grain to be transported, now the grain storage is only able to hold on to the 200,000 army for five days, after five days, I am afraid that even if Wei Tao does not attack, our army will be defeated!"

Hearing what Cao Cao heard, Cheng Yu, who had been busy all night with red eyes, just gave up.

"I'm afraid that the lord will have to plan early, although in order to prevent our army from discovering it, Wei Tao did not mobilize much food, but this is his plan after all, I am afraid that he has already hidden the food in the secret for several days, in this way, if our army is far behind, not to mention, it does not need to be much more, as long as it can have more food than our army, then if it is delayed, it will definitely be a big defeat for our army, so now Wei Tao has taken the initiative."

Hearing what Cheng Yu said, Cao Cao also nodded slightly, he also thought of this matter, but he sighed secretly in his heart.

After this battle, this is indeed the case, Wei Tao's strategy has fully prevailed, although Cao Cao does have something in his heart, but when he faces this matter in person, he still can't help but feel bored secretly.

"Pass the order, immediately reorganize the army, and then immediately order all the armies to rest, and at the same time, immediately bury the pot and cook, so that all the soldiers can rest well!"

I have to say that Cao Cao is worthy of Cao Cao, he is also good at battle, if he is eager to move at this time, then it is easy to make people panic, and in the end it is to make the army feel disturbed, which is even more unfavorable to himself.

"No!"

Seeing that Cao Cao was still calm, Cheng Yu understood that he didn't need to say anything more, with Cao Cao's ability, he must have made a decision in his heart.

In fact, with Cao Cao's order, the army, which was still a little flustered, finally calmed down, as if there was no grain and grass burned.

In the hearts of ordinary soldiers, Cao Cao led the land of several states, and it was easy to transport grain and grass to arrive, and with grain and grass, naturally there was no need to be afraid of Wei Tao.

Only in the hearts of the major generals can they understand that Cao Cao did not have the slightest intention of transporting grain and grass, and was really preparing to fight with Wei Tao on this.

At this time, Wei Tao was also examining the situation of his own army.

"Gong Jin, how are the injured people? And what's going on with our army? How many days of food are left? ”

"Your Majesty, our army took advantage of the surprise in this battle, although there were casualties, but it was not big, compared to the Cao army, it was much better. As for all the food. In addition to the three days' rations for each of the lords, our army still had five days' rations in advance, and now all of them have been set up, which can support a total of eight days. ”

Hearing what Zhou Yu said, Wei Tao couldn't help but nod slightly, the matter of storing grain in advance was also done by Zhou Yu and others, but it was already known when he told him about his plan that day, so Wei Tao was not surprised at this time.

However, Wei Tao also understood one thing in his heart, the few things Zhou Yu did were actually far beyond the scope of the ministers, even if he had the heart, after this battle, it was impossible to let Zhou Yu take charge of the army.

It's not that he doesn't trust Zhou Yu, but as the king of a country, it is impossible to be so subject to his subordinates, if not, everyone is like this, and in the end, it will only lead to the fall of power, and even the whole country will fall apart.

Of course, with Zhou Yu's wisdom, I am afraid that he would have thought of this a long time ago, and even the worst situation was already prepared.

But fortunately, no matter what, Wei Tao didn't want to do that.

This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the monarch and the minister.

"Gong Jin, how is our army now?"

The thought in his heart turned, and Wei Tao asked softly.

"Your Majesty, although the Cao army seems to have a way to retreat now, but this retreat is to admit defeat, if it keeps the alliance, it is no different from direct surrender, if it does not keep the alliance, then it will lose the trust of the world, and its subordinates will definitely be confused and fall apart. Therefore, Cao Cao will definitely not retreat, but fight with His Majesty. ”

Wei Tao nodded slightly, what Zhou Yu said was similar to what Wei Tao thought, Cao Cao would never say that he would retreat because of a little setback.

What's more, Cao Cao still has 200,000 troops in hand, and he is not without the strength to fight back.

"However, since our army occupies the grain is, then it is natural to maintain this advantage, dare to ask the lord to defend first, as long as the initial wave of offensive is supported, then the momentum of the Cao army is weak, our army will launch a counteroffensive, even if it cannot win in a battle, it can also make it impossible to get out, and once a few days pass, the victory should belong to our army."

Hearing what Zhou Yu said, Wei Tao couldn't help but nod slightly, as for what kind of advantage, Wei Tao didn't have any moral cleanliness, not to mention that this advantage was also created by his own army.

"On my order, all the soldiers took turns to rest, and at the same time immediately built a simple camp, one of which should be placed behind tents and other things, and first built a fence to prevent the Cao army from raiding! Then he ordered all the sentinels to closely monitor the movements of the Cao army, and if there was a move, no matter what it was, they would report it immediately! ”

"No!"

Just as Cheng Yu believed in Cao Cao, Zhou Yu was naturally full of confidence in Wei Tao, and immediately responded, and then gave Wei Tao's order.

With Wei Tao's order, the camp that was originally destroyed by Cao's army and the fire only took half a day to rebuild, but compared to the endless camps in the past, it is now much simpler.

However, looking at the fence protection that was already faintly formed, Wei Tao couldn't help but smile slightly, and then looked at Cao Ying's location in the distance, and said secretly in his heart.

"Brother Mengde, I'm waiting for you to fight!" (To be continued......)