"Xu Rong is not dead, it is difficult to own Yanzhou!"

In Jiyin County, Cao Cao's army counterattacked the Yanzhou coalition army, but Li Dian, who was responsible for transporting grain, was ambushed by Xu Rong, the cavalry captain of the Yanzhou coalition army, losing 7,000 units of grain and killing more than 1,000 soldiers.

Li Dian fought and retreated, so he was not captured by Xu Rong.

In the summer, Liang worshiped Xu Rong as the cavalry captain and came to support the Yanzhou coalition army to suppress Cao Cao, with great success.

Xu Rong performed outstandingly, using superior forces to add a lot of trouble to Cao Cao, greatly delaying Cao Cao's march.

In particular, Xu Rong's special sneak attack on the grain road made Cao Cao, who was in the position of the attacker, fall into passivity.

The current Cao Cao is no longer the stunned young man he was at the beginning, and has gradually become a hero, and at the same time has a team of elite veterans.

Even so, Cao Cao was still tortured by Xu Rong and restrained everywhere.

The Yanzhou coalition army, with Pang Juan as the infantry commander, confronted Cao Cao head-on, while Xu Rong and other cavalry generals attacked Cao Cao's flanks or grain routes, trying to force Cao Cao to retreat and prevent Cao Cao from unifying Yanzhou.

Gongzi Wen, the Taishou of Jiyin County, still did not give up the idea of competing with Cao Cao for Yanzhou.

During this period, Zhou Yafu and Zhou Cang led an army of 40,000 people, with the Xiliu Battalion as the core, starting from Pengcheng to attack Pei County (Yuzhou Peiguo) and Feng County (Yuzhou Peiguo), which were the two counties of Xuzhou Pastoral Expansion and opened up the passage between Xuzhou and Yanzhou Jiyin County.

Xiaopei belongs to the country of Yuzhou Pei, but it is sandwiched between Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou, which can threaten the three states and is a battleground for soldiers. Therefore, many battles in the Three Kingdoms revolved around Xiao Pei, and Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lü Bu, and Yuan Shu all attacked Xiao Pei or garrisoned troops in Xiao Pei.

Xia Liang realized the importance of Xiao Pei, so he sent Zhou Yafu to capture Pei County in the name of supporting the Yanzhou coalition army, and by the way, Feng County was captured, and a bridgehead was obtained to attack Yanzhou or Yuzhou.

After Zhou Yafu's army captured two counties, it established a supply line and then waved its army into Jiyin County.

Cao Cao is under unprecedented pressure.

His forces were always at a disadvantage, and with Zhou Yafu's 40,000 Xuzhou soldiers supporting the Yanzhou soldiers, Cao Cao had to use the strength of one county against the soldiers of two states.

"In this way, our army will be destroyed."

Cao Cao marked the routes of his troops and horses on the map, with Zhou Yafu's army posing the greatest threat.

Zhou Yafu's army is a full new force, there is no loss, once Zhou Yafu arrives in Dingtao, Cao Cao's strategic intention to capture Dingtao will undoubtedly be crushed.

Reinforcements from the encirclement point are ineffective. First of all, Dingtao's Yanzhou coalition army was numerous, and Cao Cao did not have the extra troops to send reinforcements while besieging the city. Secondly, he may not be able to defeat Zhou Yafu in the division of troops.

Zhou Yafu fought steadily, and the probability of being ambushed, stratagem, and chaotic was extremely small.

If you want to defeat Zhou Yafu, then you can only fight Zhou Yafu head-on.

Xu Rong's Yanzhou cavalry made up for Zhou Yafu's disadvantage of having only a small number of Xuzhou cavalry.

Therefore, Cao Cao's situation was worse than expected.

"Maybe this fashion is not a good opportunity to conquer Dingtao. The lord can divide his troops to attack Chenliu County. Chen Liu lacks Taishou, and the Inhuman Lord is weak. According to Dongjun, Chen Liu, Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shu in the south, Liu Dai and Bao Xin in the east, Chu Zimou can be broken. ”

The mastermind Xun You proposed the technique of combining vertical and horizontal.

"Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are mortal enemies, how can they come and go at the same time?"

"Yuan Shao was dissatisfied with Chu Zimou in the Tiger Prison Pass, and he had long hated him. Moreover, Chu Zimou was the pastor of Xuzhou at a young age, and he was on an equal footing with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who was unhappy and would definitely be willing to send troops to attack Chu Zimou. ”

Not only Cao Cao and Xun You and other think tanks are thinking of ways to break the game, but players in high positions in Cao Cao's camp are also trying to turn the tide for Cao Cao.

"It is said that the next Pi Xiang is preparing to go to Dingtao and command the Yanzhou coalition forces to launch a second attack on us."

"Zhou Yafu's army will arrive soon, and our chances of victory are slim."

"How's the discord meter?"

"The dispersion meter is basically useless for the lower pi phase. She is a player, and she knows that the probability of Zhou Yafu's defection is very small, and she will not be tricked at all. This kind of stupidity is something that only some incompetent princes would do. ”

"How about sending assassins to assassinate Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, Yuan Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang, and Liu Chong, the king of Chen, and seize their armies? In this way, we can at least get Jibei Kingdom, Shanyang County, and Chen Kingdom, and have the ability to compete with Chu Zimou. It was just a waste for these counties to fall into the hands of that group of incompetent Taishou. If these forces are controlled by Cao Cao, they can fully exert their tremendous combat effectiveness. ”

The player who had assassinated Chen Liutai and guarded Zhang Miao once again offered to use the unconventional method of assassination to seize control of nearby states and counties.

The rest of the core players who had defected to Cao Cao had never thought of carrying out such a large-scale assassination operation.

This time, the target is a few Taishou and even assassins and royal relatives!

The purpose of the assassination was to allow Cao Cao to legitimately control the above-mentioned counties and expand Cao Cao's territory.

The reason why Cao Cao was dragged by the Yanzhou coalition army was mostly because the territory was too small and the troops were insufficient. With the strength of one county, he fought against several counties at the same time, which is already the limit.

If Cao Cao could control half or even most of Yanzhou, this would not be the case at all.

"Cao Cao has a good relationship with Bao Xin, and if we assassinate Bao Xin, it may cause Cao Cao to be dissatisfied or distrustful of us."

"You're overthinking. Cao Cao is a heroic figure, and now he is suffering from the inability to break the game, if he can win by means of assassination, it is not impossible. What about sacrificing a Bao Xin? After Bao Xin's death, Cao Cao could also justifiably obtain Yu Ban's allegiance. He will only turn a blind eye, and maybe he will promote me afterwards. ”

"The pressure brought by Zhou Yafu's army is too much, maybe your assassination plan can be tried."

The interests of this group of players are tied to Cao Cao's forces, and they serve as officials under Cao Cao, or command the troops, and consider the problem from Cao Cao's point of view.

If they can successfully help Cao Cao expand through assassination, they may be able to rise as a result.

"It's better to send assassins to assassinate Zhou Yafu or that Xia Pi Xiang Xia Liang, as long as they die, Xuzhou will be in civil strife, and the situation will be broken immediately."

Some players have come up with more risky assassination plans.

The puppet was furious, and blood splattered five steps. Assassins can sometimes change the course of history.

Now it is Xia Liang who is in charge of Xuzhou's internal affairs, and it is Zhou Yafu who is going to Yanzhou, as long as these two people are assassinated, the pressure brought by Xuzhou will naturally be lifted.

"No. Our battle with Chu Zimou is just a regular battle for hegemony. We are Cao Cao's subordinates, not lords, and even if we are defeated, as long as we surrender, he will let us go. But if we use unconventional means to provoke Chu Zimou, once he gets angry after he comes back and slaughters the city when he crusades against Yanzhou, then we will be miserable. Moreover, Xia Liang and Zhou Yafu must have a large number of guards around them, and it will be difficult for the assassins to succeed, but they will be hated by the other party. ”

Soon, this group of players who were still quite sober gave up the idea of assassinating the top leaders of Xuzhou.

The Assassins had a limited success rate and turned normal rivalry into mortal enemies.

They chose to become Cao Cao's courtiers rather than stand on their own, and most of them cherished their own lives.

When one force falls, they can change another force, and once the lords and princes are defeated, it is difficult to say what will happen.

They didn't know that their decision had avoided bringing a massacre to Yanzhou.

Cao Cao's army began to change the strategy of storming Jiyin County, and led a partial division led by Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan to quickly take Chenliu County, clean up the alien lords of Chenliu County, and turn Chenliu County into their own territory.

Players who defected to Cao Cao also began a large-scale assassination operation.

Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei who trusted Cao Cao, was defenseless, and while patrolling nearby, he was attacked by more than a dozen powerful disciples and assassins, and was killed on the spot.

It is said that it was done by a small group of cavalry of Xu Rong, the cavalry commander of the Yanzhou coalition army.

When Cao Cao learned of this, he declared martial law for the whole army, and at the same time did not eat for a day.

He had already sensed who was responsible for Bao Xin's assassination, but instead of punishing those behind it, he acquiesced to the act. Because the military general he favored lost his allegiance and officially defected to Cao Cao. At the same time, Cao Cao annexed Bao Xin's soldiers and horses, and gained control of most of the territory of Jibei.

His power expanded from Dongjun to Chenliu County, Jibei County, and several counties of Jiyin County, greatly improving his living space, and the previous situation of imminent collapse of his power was reversed.

Cao Cao also became more aware of the importance of land and population. Only by having more territory can you recruit more soldiers and horses.

After Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, was ambushed and killed, the news came that Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, had been assassinated.

"Your Excellency, the latest information, Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin were attacked and killed, and Cao Cao claimed to the outside world that it was our Xuzhou army. Cao Cao obtained tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, was able to recover his vitality, and actively expanded outward while besieging Dingtao. ”

At this time, Xia Liang, who was in Xiapi City, learned that Cao Cao had changed his strategy and was not in a hurry to eliminate Gongziwen, but actively expanded, and his eyebrows frowned.

She immediately understood that it was either Cao Cao himself or Cao Cao's subordinates who really instructed the assassination of Liu Dai and Bao Xin.

She couldn't turn a blind eye to Cao Cao's active expansion: "When Zhou Yafu lifts the siege of Dingtao City by Cao Cao's army, I will personally go to Dingtao City to command." Cao Cao had to be attacked in order to force him back to Dongjun. ”

……

On the battlefield of the National War, Chu Tian successfully joined with Taiyuan County Taishou Huma, and now his camp has seven cities, and the anti-Eastern Han League on the opposite side is also the strength of seven cities.

The two sides are almost the same in terms of the number of troops.

The only thing that caused a headache for the Eastern Han camp may be the war elephant troops of Kshatriya, the first lord of the Mughal Empire.

Several lords of the Eastern Han camp defeated the enemy in the merchant council in the city.

"The opposing side has heroes who specialize in bonuses to war elephants, and their war elephants are invincible, and even fire arrows can't make them berserk. You still give up the idea of fighting him, and defend the city well, the war elephant will not climb the wall. They were unable to break through the city and would soon retreat. Also, let me go. ”

Catherine poured cold water on the three lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"If your cavalry encounters a war elephant, how will you respond?"

"Cutting off their supply lines, of course. War elephants move slowly, consume a lot of food and grass, and if I come to the Great Plains of Eastern Europe and delay until winter, 100,000 war elephants will die. ”

"Winter in Moscow, no solution."

Chutian and the other two Eastern Han lords knew how terrible the winter in Moscow was.

Countless conquerors fell in Moscow.

The Mongols suffered great losses in Moscow, and even more so Napoleon.

And the local people are fierce.

"Destroying the other side's food routes may be an effective way," Huma said. But in order to siege the city, they had already transported food from the surrounding cities to their camp, enough for them to consume for more than a month. Are you willing to delay more than a month to confront them? The war was not long, and other lords might come from behind during this time. ”

Huma's considerations are not unreasonable.

During the confrontation between the Roman lords and Chutian, there was already a tendency to come from behind.

The lords of the Arab Empire and the lords of the Persian Empire are also taking advantage of the opportunity to overtake.

If Chu Tian used a war of attrition and confronted the anti-Eastern Han alliance for a month, his ranking would fall out of the top ten.

"Maybe we don't have to think too much about it, just use normal fire attacks. You should understand what I mean, my servant Catherine. ”

Chu Tian knew that she also had the characteristic of suppressing foreign races.

The characteristics of the two people are enough to terrify the war elephants on the opposite side, plus the fire attack......

Ekaterina was seen to have characteristics, but she just snorted coldly and did not answer Chu Tian.

What she gets is the characteristics of a tsar. The tsar drove the Cossacks, as well as some nomadic tribes, to serve the empire, and more or less had the ability to suppress the aliens.

The Kshatriya Alliance, as the leader of the alliance, is trying to lure Chutian into a head-on battle.

He wants to defeat the combination of Chutian and Catherine as soon as possible and obtain the seven cities in the west, and then he will be the first in this national war.

His war elephant troops can only exert real destructive power in a head-on battle.

"My advice is to steer clear of head-to-head showdowns. As long as I wait and see what happens, Chu Zimou and Catherine will definitely have infighting. ”

The lord of Hirado City, Taira Yoshimori, and the Takeda retainer Takeda Tadayoshi learned that Kshatriya wanted to fight Chutian head-on, and came to dissuade him.

"I have sent to the Grand Duchy of Moscow to persuade Catherine to betray Chu Zimou, but my envoy was killed in the barracks of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and has not been heard from. Catherine was obviously firmly on Chu Zimou's camp. ”

Kshatriya couldn't help but be annoyed when he mentioned this.

He didn't know that Catherine was captured by Chutian, and the adjutant Sophia ordered the killing of the Indian Mughal envoy in order to protect Catherine's safety, and Catherine became the one who took the blame.

"If Catherine firmly stands in the camp of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is even more unsuitable for a head-on decisive battle."

"I have made up my mind, you will see me defeat the Eastern Han Legion."

Kshatriyas were indifferent to the advice of the lord of Dongying.

"You don't have a chance to fight for the first place, so you don't rush to fight. But I have a chance to hit the first place, how can I delay here. ”

Kshatriya watched as the two Eastern Lords left.

Taira Yoshimori and Takeda Tadayoshi came out of Kshatriya's tent.

"It is a waste of fertile soil for such a group of people to rule the Indus, the Ganges plain. Sooner or later, he would become Chu Zimou's captive. ”

"If the situation is not right in battle, we will retreat immediately."