Chapter 1112: Advantage
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According to Cao Cao's previous inference, the biggest purpose of the two fleets of Baiyun City entering the lower reaches of the Yellow River was to contain the armies of himself and Yuan Shao, so that they could not attack Changyi City with all their might. In Cao Cao's view, once he and Yuan Shao's troops withdrew from Shanyang County, the two major fleets of Baiyun City should also leave the Yellow River area, the reason is that the battle in Xuzhou was fierce at this time, and it was more beneficial for Baiyun City to intervene in the Xuzhou war.
However, the current situation is completely out of his expected goal, although he has withdrawn his troops, the two fleets of Baiyun City not only did not leave the Yellow River, but took him as a key target, and even occasionally threw one or two boulders at the coastal city, putting on a posture of attack.
Although Cao Cao guessed that the probability of the White Cloud City fleet actually attacking was very low, most of them were just some harassment. However, he did not dare to take any chances, so he had to draw some of the troops withdrawn from Sanyo-gun to fill in these slightly weaker fortifications, especially the upper Onozawa area. Previously, Cao Cao was relatively relaxed about the deployment of this area, because all this time, the White Cloud City fleet had not crossed the Onozawa. But now the situation is different, and the White Cloud City fleet has passed directly through Onozawa, threatening this large area of land.
There is no doubt that the harassment of the Baiyun City fleet will affect his next strategic layout, although there is still a lot of spare power to defend Yanzhou, it is unlikely that he will expand to the northwest. Therefore, Cao Cao was very worried, and he kept thinking about how to drive the Baiyun City fleet out of the Yellow River, so that he could have a safe rear and expand boldly outward.
But. Strength is sometimes a real flaw, in terms of the navy, the Baiyun City fleet has thrown off a few streets of other domestic forces, even if Cao Cao fights hard, I am afraid that he will not be able to wipe out the two fleets of Baiyun City.
Cao Cao only hoped that the Baiyun City fleet was only hot-headed for a while, and in order to demonstrate to himself, he would continue to let the fleet wander around the Yellow River for a while, and when they felt that their majesty was enough, they should leave.
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The Yanzhou Rebellion is coming to an end, but the melee in Xuzhou has entered a white-hot state. Whether it's the White Cloud City army. It's still Yanhuang City. All of them took out their strongest posture and attacked every inch of Xuzhou. Although the Xuzhou army also resisted hard, the effect was not very obvious.
On the eastern front of Xuzhou, Mi Zhu spent a lot of financial and material resources. Only then did a solid defensive line be laid on the front line of the attack of the Baiyun City army. It was a line of defense consisting of tens of millions of troops. If the White Cloud City army crashes headlong into it. It will definitely hit the head and bleed, and the Xuzhou side can also turn the tide of the battle on the Eastern Front.
However, the world is unpredictable. The Baiyun City side knew the movement of the army in Xuzhou well, and had no idea of fighting hard with the other party at all, seeing that the two sides were about to collide, the Baiyun City army directly turned around and attacked south.
At the same time, the two Baiyun City legions in the south did not continue to advance after the initial victory, but withdrew from the occupied city and left by boat. Of course, they did not leave empty-handed, and all the materials and people in the city were taken away, and the entire city became an empty city of little value.
Since the withdrawal of these two legions, the Xuzhou side has completely lost the trace of the other party. However, Tao Qian did not dare to transfer all the troops on the southern front to the east or north, in case the enemy army attacked again, it would be really overwhelming.
Three days later, a fleet patronized a coastal city east of Xuzhou, this time there was a strong and perverted army in this fleet, this army was not many in number, only about 15,000 people, but they rode golden eagles, all of them flew to the city lord's mansion in a volley, and forcibly seized the control of the city lord's mansion in an irresistible attitude, and then destroyed the city stele in a very short time. This also directly led to the complete collapse of the resistance of the entire city, and in less than three hours, the entire city was declared to have fallen, and most of the troops in the city chose to surrender.
This powerful army is naturally Yang Tian's direct legion, the Iron Eagle Legion. Some time ago, the Iron Eagle Legion had been looking for traces of the portal to the Ice and Fire Peerless Realm on the Floating Island ship, and later went to the Crescent Peninsula with Gan Ning. Now that the war in Xuzhou is urgent, Yang Tian ordered the Iron Eagle Legion to be transferred back.
The Iron Eagle Legion in Baiyun City has been established for a long time, but it is really famous in the Wa Kingdom region, and there are very few large-scale uses in the country, perhaps in order to subdue Diao Chan to attack Luoyang City once, it was also used during the Xiliang Rebellion, but the number of Iron Eagle Legions at that time was only a thousand, and the strength was also in the ninth order, which was completely incomparable with the status quo. This also causes most of the NPC forces in the country to not know much about this legion. And this time, the Iron Eagle Legion has taught them a thorough lesson, letting them know that there is still such a perverted legion in White Cloud City.
After taking the city, the Baiyun City army chose to abandon the city again, and this time they also took away the people and supplies of the whole city.
After Tao Qian learned the news, his heart suddenly fell to ashes, he had already guessed the tactics adopted by Baiyun City, and at the same time, he also thought of the results that Xuzhou was about to face.
In fact, Baiyun City's tactics are very simple, that is, relying on the strong mobility of the fleet, concentrating superior forces to attack the city near the waters of Xuzhou in a leaping manner, and then plundering the soldiers and civilians and materials in the city. The result of this is obvious: to strengthen oneself and weaken the enemy. Unless Tao Qian gave up a large area of land near the waters, he could only be in a passive situation all the time. However, the remaining land in Xuzhou is surrounded by water on both sides, and there are also many rivers in the hinterland, although these rivers are not as wide as the Yellow River and Huai River, but they can also accommodate thousands of kilometers of sea kings. Therefore, the difference between giving up the land near the water area is not very different from giving up the whole of Xuzhou.
After receiving this blow, Tao Qian's already weak body was even worse, and it was worse day by day. Although Mi Zhu had the heart to persuade him, he couldn't come up with a means to make Tao Qian regain his confidence, so he had no other way than to watch Tao Qian become depressed and thin every day.
In the following days, Baiyun City played this kind of jumping raid tactics to the gods, and in a few days, eight cities in the coastal areas of Xuzhou were attacked, and none of the cities could hold on to Baiyun City for half a day under the strong attack, and the result was very clear, all the cities captured by Baiyun City became an empty city. Xuzhou paid nearly 10 million ordinary soldiers and more than 10 million people for this, but it failed to form an effective clamp on Baiyun City, and even the other party's vital force was not substantially reduced. If this situation continues, Xuzhou's defeat is absolutely doomed.
The army that first invaded Xuzhou immediately divided into two ways and wreaked havoc on the land of Xuzhou with its own strong strength. These guys are also very cunning, knowing that with their army of hundreds of thousands of people, the probability of breaking through the city is very low, and the most important thing is that they have no siege equipment, so they don't set their sights on those cities at all, but at those villages and towns.
Compared with the Baiyun City army that attacked from the waterway, the way the men and horses on this road fought was completely different, their goal was to destroy the villages and towns, as for the people on the ground, they did not take any of them, and of course they did not harm these people. However, after the villages and towns were destroyed, these people all became displaced people and began to live a wandering life, which also made Xuzhou, which was already a mess, even more chaotic.
By this time, Xuzhou had basically become meat on the chopping block, and although it looked huge, it had no power to resist. For Baiyun City's attack, their reaction always felt so sluggish.
However, it does not mean that Xuzhou is completely impossible, if it were not for the strong mobility of the Baiyun City army, so that the Xuzhou army would not know where to defend at all, the current war may still be in a stalemate. Don't you see that the army of Yanhuangcheng has been stopped by the army of Xuzhou?
Originally, the Yanhuangcheng army attacked the Lang Evil Country very smoothly, and although they gave up Beihai County because of Tian Kai's relationship, they also occupied most of the land of the Lang Evil Country, so that the players who moved out of Beihai County had a place to stay.
However, with the occupation of the Lang Evil Kingdom, the Baiyun City army also began to attack the vicinity of Xuzhou waters, which also made the iron bucket-like defense of the eastern and southern lines of Xuzhou useless. In this case, no amount of troops remaining on either side will play a big role. Especially in the fall of several cities along the eastern front, a large number of soldiers became surrendered troops, making the Baiyun City side stronger, which made Mi Zhu more vigilant, and he mobilized a part of the army from the eastern front to the northern front, specifically to resist the attack of Yanhuang City. Although this failed to completely reverse the situation on the northern front, it also slowed down the speed of Yanhuangcheng's advance.
For the shape of Xuzhou, several surrounding princes can see it. There is no doubt that Xuzhou has now become a big piece of fat, and anyone who meddles in it will definitely be able to get a piece of it. But the situation now is that all the people are standing still and in a wait-and-see mode. The reason why this situation occurs is very simple, because this form is caused by Baiyun City, that is to say, this Xuzhou has been marked with the mark of Baiyun City, if it meddles in Xuzhou at this time, it is tantamount to taking food from the tiger's mouth. The strength of the army in Baiyun City, the entire Han Empire knew that in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they felt that it was better not to interfere.
Of course, people from farther away want to intervene, but they can't do it. As for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, they are also very greedy for the large land in Xuzhou, but they have just fought a battle with the Baiyun City army, and they have not taken the slightest advantage, and at the same time, they have other deployments for the time being, so they can't spare their hands to expand to this side for the time being. (To be continued)