The goal that Cao Cao wants to find for the players in the three northwestern counties of Qingzhou is obvious and very simple, that is, Linzi!

The only stronghold of the Yellow Turban camp in the northwest of Qingzhou is Linzi City, Linzi City is a first-class city, the walls are high and the city is thick, if you want to capture the city, the price spent must be huge, and in Linzi City, there are also a large number of Yellow Turban camp player troops who have nowhere to stay, which is an absolute nightmare for the besieging side.

At the beginning, Lian Fang Zhiwen and Lu Bu were so strong that they were not interested in challenging Linzi, but Cao Cao dared to challenge Linzi, of course, there is a fundamental difference in this, that is, the difference in strategic purpose. It's just that many people can't see this clearly, and simply think that Cao Cao dares to do what Lu Bu and Fang Zhiwen dare not do, that is, Cao Cao is stronger than the combination of Lu Bu and Fang Zhiwen!

Of course, it's hard to say whether Cao Cao himself thinks so, anyway, Fang Zhiwen, who heard this rumor, just grinned, and Lu Bu snorted disdainfully.

Cao Cao's strategy was very simple, besiege the four acropolises of Linzi, and then defend the acropolis and trap Linzi.

The simpler it is, the more difficult it is to break this law and fulfill it again, Cao Cao led the troops that had not been trained for a long time, and with the Xiahou brothers, they appeared ten miles away from Linzi City, with a clear goal, that is, to capture the Acropolis outside Linzi City. Now everyone is concerned about whether the players in Linzi City can hold the Acropolis?

Xiahou Yuan's troops stood on the side of the road between the Acropolis and the main city, staring at the reinforcements who tried to go out of the city to help, and Cao Cao even placed the front of the attack on the right side of the Acropolis, ready to join forces with Xiahou Yuan at any time to annihilate the new force that came out of the city to help.

The player's troops, on the other hand, are responsible for frontal attacks. Of course, you don't have to do too much, as long as you can contain the defenders in the acropolis. At this moment, the players in Zicheng were a little numb.

This is not to say that there is a problem with the setting of the acropolis, but that the defenders in the city are strong. Even if you can barely fight the enemy, the situation will be completely different. Under normal circumstances, the main city's support for the Acropolis would be a nightmare for attackers, and trying to cut off the connection between the main city and the Acropolis would be flanked from both sides, and the defenders of the city still had the initiative in the timing of the attack.

But when the defenders of the city are weak, this tactic will not work, and it is better to hold the city and simply consume the enemy army than to do so.

Of course, if someone insists that relying on the fortified city and the acropolis to go out of the city to harass will have a greater effect, it is entirely possible to give it a try. The brutal results will tell you the right answer.

The fact is that when Cao Cao led the player troops to attack the city in a big way, the players in the city did not dare to come out, which greatly boosted the morale of the players who were besieging the city.

"Lord, let me go1

Xiahoudun looked eagerly at the five or six zhang high city wall, the wall of the acropolis of the first-class city was high and thick. The difficulty of the attack was not small, but Cao Cao did not plan to attack forcefully, at least not so far.

"Don't worry, let's kill the morale of the enemy first, the enemy army in the city has just received the enemy, and the morale is high. It's good to grind for a few days and then go to the city, and today you can only fight with a bow and crossbow, and you can attack the city and feint. ”

Cao Cao rode on horseback, moved his somewhat paralyzed buttocks, stroked his beard and said unhurriedly, and looked up at the sun in the sky, as if estimating how far away it was to eat lunch.

"Uh" Xiahoudun's enthusiasm suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke: "Isn't the lord worried that those strangers say that we can't help?" ”

"How could it be! With such a high city wall, how can it be achieved overnight, I am here to let them get used to it, it will be a long process to capture Linzi City, just get used to it, hehe"

Xiahoudun's eyes flashed, and he didn't continue to discuss this topic, Xiahoudun has a straightforward personality, but he is not stupid, he can naturally hear the meaning of Cao Cao's words, that is, Cao Cao is not in a hurry to capture Linzi.

"Yuan Rang, if you come to defend the city, will you go out of the city to harass?" Cao Cao squinted his eyes at the main city on the right, and seemed to be able to see the crowd of onlookers on the main city wall from a distance.

Xiahoudun thought for a while and said: "I must attack, at least let the besiegers have some scruples, of course, I may not attack on the first day, it is good to numb the opponent first, and then find an opportunity to give the opponent a hard blow." ”

"Well, I think so too, since the strength is not enough to fight strongly, then it is also a good way to fight skillfully, paralyze the enemy army, and show weakness and arrogance, so it is not a good way to capture the Acropolis, and then storm the Acropolis after defeating the troops attacking in the city and crushing the morale of the enemy army, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort1

Cao Cao subconsciously grabbed the reins in his hand, as if he was cheering on his decision, but Xiahou Tang didn't notice this small action, but nodded suddenly.

"The Lord is thoughtful, and he will be able to accomplish success in one fell swoop.1

In fact, the players in the city do have the intention of showing weakness and arrogance, the problem is that Cao Cao does not increase the intensity of the attack on the Acropolis, and if he has always kept a vigilance, the effect of the attack of the troops in the city is not guaranteed, rather than being defeated after the attack, it is better not to rush to attack, anyway, Cao Cao's attack is very weak, the pressure on the Acropolis is not very great, and the defenders there in the Acropolis do not strongly ask for the assistance of the main city, therefore, both sides have some fake fists.

Follow Cao Cao to attack Linzi, is the result of the joint discussion of the players of the three northwestern counties of Qingzhou, Linzi is the only first-class city in the three northwestern counties of Qingzhou, and the only city that is still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, this city can not be taken, not only seriously affects the safety of the three northwestern counties of Qingzhou, but also the city itself has huge interests.

Therefore, under the instigation of Cao Cao, the player forces of the three northwestern counties of Qingzhou quickly agreed to the proposal to attack Linzi. As for Cao Cao's careful thinking behind this proposal, it is impossible to hide from the shrewd Inhuman. It's just that Cao Cao took the opportunity of the siege to divert the attention of the player's forces, and took the opportunity to temper his middle and low-level generals, which did not conflict with the interests of the player's strength, on the contrary, it was also conducive to the development of the player's power, so this military operation was quickly implemented.

As for Cao Cao's painless attack under Linzi City, the player forces can naturally figure out Cao Cao's plans more or less. Some things are meant to be like this, Cao Cao chooses tactics for his own benefit, and so can the players. Cao Cao wants to refine his middle and low-level cadres, and players also need it.

Therefore, the battle under Linzi City has become a textbook-like exercise. Of course, this is only a relative statement, in fact, thousands of soldiers are killed and injured on the battlefield every day, and this is still a brutal war in the truest sense of the word.

The war is fought in this normal way, which has a huge pressure on the players in the Yellow Turban camp in Linzi City, and for the players outside the city, although the war will consume a lot of money and food, it will also fully refine the team, and it can also earn merit points and task rewards.

The players in the city were depressed once the war was lost. Not only did the generals, troops, skill levels, and so on all become empty, but also lost a lot of material benefits, which was really not cost-effective, and I knew that I should have withdrawn directly into Mount Tai at that time, or transferred to Chengyang, Donglai and other places. It's better than being caught in an urn here.

In fact, the battle of Linzi did not besiege the city, and the players in the Yellow Turban camp in the city can run if they want to, but it is difficult to say whether they can finally escape, after all, the territory around Linzi City is now the territory of the players of the imperial court camp, even if you throw away the troops and abscond alone, it is still very problematic whether you can pass through the enemy-occupied area alone. What's more, Cao Cao still has a lot of cavalry.

Therefore, with the prolongation of the war, the different voices in Linzi City naturally gradually became louder, everyone knew that there was no hope of escape, but the irritability in the heart was even worse, and the backlog in the heart, there would eventually be a time when it could not be suppressed, and then it would break out, triggering some small internal strife incidents, which hit the morale of the defenders even more seriously.

After countless meetings, everyone finally came up with a solution that was not the way out, if we wanted not to lose nothing in this seemingly hopeless war, it was necessary to fight the war long enough to grow high enough to offset the punishment of death.

Another way is to get compensation from the Yellow Turban Army, as a reward for sticking to Linzi, which the Yellow Turban Army will presumably agree, the longer the battle of Linzi is delayed, the greater the benefit to the Yellow Turban Army in Mount Tai.

As soon as the ideas were unified, it was immediately manifested in the daily routine of battle, and the defenders began to become more active, paying more attention to defensive efficiency, paying more attention to the exchange ratio, and even calculating how to achieve the same goal with the least consumption, and the war began to rise to the outskirts.

Cao Cao soon discovered this change, and finally breathed a sigh of relief without being noticed, Cao Cao has actually been worried these days, worried that he will put too much pressure on the other party, which will lead to the collapse of the defenders in the city, if the defenders in the city abandon the city and flee, Cao Cao's plan will be completely lost!

Now the morale of the city has suddenly risen, and they have begun to participate in the war very actively, which shows that the enemy army in the city has finally chosen the right path, and the whole development of the situation has finally returned to the correct path of Cao Cao's budget.

Cao Cao's offensive began to intensify and a certain scale of attacks were carried out every day, and the defenders of the city also sent cavalry from time to time to attack from other gates or acropolis to harass the rear of the official army or the logistical route.

Although the threat is not great, it is also a kind of containment, and more importantly, it is a serious attitude towards war.

Cao Cao also began to make changes in due course, inviting player representatives to participate in military discussions every day, discussing the next day's combat matters, and putting forward opinions on their own shortcomings, Cao Cao even sometimes went to observe the player's attack, and then put forward the corresponding opinions, this approach, naturally welcomed by the player forces, although they also did not understand the purpose of Cao Cao's doing, but anyway, there is only benefit to their side, there is no harm, then accept it first, and these things can not be refused!

The two sides fought wits and courage under the city of Linzi, and gradually played the war out of the flavor, and even the player's forum began to analyze and introduce the Linzi offensive and defensive battles in a row, and everyone seemed to be immersed in learning the art of war of attacking and defending, and forgot the purpose at the beginning.

This may be Cao Cao's purpose! To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.