Chapter 537: Looting the hinterland of the Cao army
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After hearing this, Cao Ang's eyes flashed with a determined look, and he arched his hand and said to Cao Cao: "Father, the child is willing to lead the troops to defend Xiangcheng to prevent Zhang Xiu's Nanyang army from counterattacking and ensure that his father's army is worry-free!" ”
Cao Cao saw Cao Ang asking for battle, and his heart was even happier. (.) This eldest son is the most similar to him, Cao Cao himself has the talent of strategy, military strategy, and poetry. And Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi inherited Cao Cao's three talents respectively.
Only the eldest son, Cao Ang, has all three, and what is even more rare is that Cao Ang has a benevolent heart. It gives people the feeling that Cao Ang has inherited Cao Cao's ability to rule the world, and after several years of tempering, Cao Ang's experience has also grown a lot, and in Cao Cao's eyes, Cao Ang needs greater tempering.
And Cao Ang's tolerance is also reflected in the brotherhood, Cao Zhang loves martial arts, and it is Cao Ang who lays the foundation for his martial arts, so Cao Chang is in awe of Cao Ang's brother. As for Cao Pi, the person who inherited Cao Cao's scheming, he also rarely showed the truest side of his heart to Cao Ang. The so-called knowing son Mo Ruo's father knows Cao Pi's temperament very well, and Cao Pi does not dare to show his true temperament even to himself. Cao Ang can do this, I have to say that he does have a benevolent mind.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao nodded and smiled: "Zixiu is willing to take on this great responsibility, which is very good." After the war, the halberd of Xiangcheng was broken, and my father left 40,000 troops to guard Xiangcheng with you. With this sentence alone, it can be seen that Cao Cao has long regarded Cao Ang as his heir, and the generals and strategists are optional, so I am afraid that Cao Ang has this power.
Cao Ang heard this, and arched his hand and said, "Father, the child wants to ask General Yu, General Le, and Mr. Fu to help the child." ”
After Cao Cao listened, he groaned for a while, Cao Ang's point to these three people was actually not unreasonable. Yu Ban is good at commanding troops, happy to be good at foot combat, and frustration is no less than Xun You. Cao Cao wanted to fight Zhang Xiu, but Le Jin's role was not to stay in Xiangchengda, and there were many generals under him, which was not worse than banning one, plus a frustration who did not have much chance to make a plan after voting for Cao Cao. I have to say that Cao Ang chose a very good candidate, which not only did not damage Cao Cao's strength, but also selected the best candidate to stick to Xiangcheng. Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and said, "Yes!" After a pause, he suddenly shouted: "Dian Wei! Gongwei, who had been guarding Cao Cao behind, heard this, and immediately crossed his hands and said: "The last general!" ”
Cao Cao pointed at Dian Wei to Cao Ang and said: "Zi Xiu, Dian Wei is extraordinary, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, and he will stay by your side for his father." ”
When Cao Ang heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Father, no!" Seeing Cao Cao frowning, Cao Ang immediately explained: "General Dian does have the courage of ten thousand people, and there are few enemies in the world. However, my father was going to fight with Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu's martial arts had surpassed Lu Bu, and such a fierce general could not be defeated. Moreover, Zhang Xiu's subordinates are supplemented by Ma Chao and Hua Xiong's two minions, and it is better for his father to stay by his side.
Cao Cao heard this, knew that Cao Ang was thinking about him, and he was relieved in his heart, and laughed loudly: "This is a battlefield confrontation, not a battle. There are as many generals as many as stars in the sky, and he is not afraid of Zhang Xiu. After speaking, he added a sentence in a firm tone: "This matter is deceived." ”
Cao Ang heard it, so he could only reluctantly agree. Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang and smiled slightly, and then said to Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, you only need to treat the eldest prince as usual." ”
Dian Wei Hanhan nodded: "My lord, rest assured, I will ensure that the eldest prince is unscathed!" ”
Cao Cao nodded, and then shouted: "Li Dian, full of favor, ordered you to lead an army of 30,000 to the north to meet Fengxiao and Xuangao, everything can be arranged by Fengxiao!" The rest of the people went north with their own photos to face Zhang Xiu! When everyone in the camp heard this, they arched their hands in unison: "Promise ......"
On the other side, Xu Yang slowly woke up more than five hours after he was sent out of the city, and it can be seen that Huangfu Li's knife was extremely heavy. Of course, it is also possible that Xu Huang did not rest for three days and three nights, and his body was extremely tired, and he was knocked out by Huangfu Li at this time, and his body instinctively rested, so it took so long to wake up.
When Xu Huang woke up, he found himself lying on the couch. After being confused for a while, he immediately came to his senses, remembered the reason why he fainted, and was shocked, only thinking that Huangfu Li had defected to the enemy, and he was already in Cao Ying at this time.
Looking around, he found that there was no one in the tent, and the two figures standing outside the tent were obviously guarding him. Xu Huang immediately rushed down to the tent and walked towards the door of the tent. Seeing that the two soldiers did not react, Xu Huang suddenly pounced, his left and right hands reached out together, and the two hand knives slashed down on the back of the two soldiers through the marching tent.
The two soldiers fell to the ground without making a sound, and Xu Yan immediately pulled the curtains. When he opened his head, he was stunned. But when I looked at it, all I saw were soldiers wearing military uniforms that I was very familiar with, and it was Zhang Xiu's army.
This is not Cao Ying? When Xu Huang was stunned for a moment, there were already patrolling soldiers outside who saw the two soldiers outside Xu Huang's tent fall to the ground. When Polonium rushed over, he saw Xu Ming, and the leader immediately bowed his hand and said, "The last general has seen General Xu." ”
Xu Huang nodded, and asked in a condensed voice: "The general will ask you, who is in charge of the camp now?" Where are they? ”
The general obviously recognized Xu Huang, and immediately replied respectfully: "Back to General Xu, the people in charge of the camp now are Li Taishou and Mr. Chen, and they are both in the main account. ”
Hearing Li Taishou, Xu Huang knew that it was Li Yan coming, so he immediately pulled Na Dong and said, "Quick! Take Ben to see Li Taishou! ”
The general heard this, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led Xu Huang to the main tent, as for the two soldiers who were hunted by Xu Huang and knocked unconscious, they could only consider themselves unlucky. However, they are also the most fortunate in misfortune, Xu Yang just stunned them, if they changed to a more tyrannical general, they would directly pick up what they could use and stab them.
Xu Yang had just entered the main tent, but he saw that Li Yan and Chen Gong had already greeted him. Xu Huang didn't care about it, grabbed Li Yan and asked, "Zhengfang, how is Xiangcheng now?" ”
Li Yan sighed, shook his head and said, "Gongming, Yan is half a day late, and Xiangcheng has already ...... Lost! ”
Hearing that Xiangcheng was lost, Xu Huang's head "buzzed" and turned into a blank. After a long time, his eyes returned to clarity, and he grabbed Li Yan again and asked, "What about the others?" ”
Li Yan said: "Wencai's legs were broken, and Yan has arranged for someone to send him back to Wancheng. As for the emperor, he ......"
Xu Min heard it and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with him?" Did that kid defect to the enemy? After saying that, he looked angry. Li Yan shook his head and said, "He has already died in Xiangcheng!" Only then did Cao Jun send his head back. Xu Huang heard it and exclaimed, "What ......?"
Li Yan sighed: "Wencai has already told Yan what happened, but it was Huangfu Li who deliberately knocked Gongming unconscious, and sent someone to send you out, and he went to cut off the queen himself." And Yan also asked the soldiers who sent you out, but it was Huangfu Li who was afraid that the entrance to the tunnel would be discovered, so he personally cut it off and ordered the entrance of the tunnel to be buried. ”
When Xu Min heard this, his always tough body shook unconsciously, and his face became extremely ugly. Li Yan saw it, and said with annoyance: "This is not Yan's, if the army arrives half a day early, Xiangcheng will not be broken by the Cao army!" ”
Xu Min heard this, waved his hand, and said, "Don't blame Zhengfang for this matter. Even if the Zhengfang army arrived, with the situation in Xiangcheng at that time, it would not be able to hold on for long, just bury 30,000 more people. ”
Li Yan heard this, shook his head and said, "Definitely." Gongming didn't know that the lord had already defeated Cao's army in Yanzhou, and now Cao Cao only left his eldest son Cao Ang to guard Xiangcheng, and he personally led the army north to meet the lord. This incident was only half a day after Cao's army captured Xiangcheng. ”
After hearing this, Xu Min was surprised and could only sigh: "Sure enough, it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen!" Xiangcheng is lost, and the time is also! Fate! ”
At this time, Chen Gong next to him persuaded: "Gongming doesn't have to be like this. Now there are only 40,000 Cao troops in Xiangcheng, and Xiangcheng has experienced a major battle, the city wall is broken, and General Chang'an Gao has also led the army to Nanyang. We can build siege equipment here first, and as soon as General Gao's army arrives, our army can attack Xiangcheng in a big way! When Xu Yan heard this, he sighed helplessly and said, "It can only be like this." ”
Let's say that Zhang Xiu has found out the news here, Li Dian and Man Chong led the army to meet Zang Ba and Guo Jia's army, and Tanma also sent a message that Cao Cao's army had gone north to meet him.
Along with the news of the enemy, there was also news from their own side, the Ganning Navy won a great victory, and the Jingzhou Navy that defeated the Han River, now except for the Xiakou area, the entire Han River Basin is controlled by the Ganning Navy Army. However, there was also unfavorable news from Nanyang, Xiangcheng was lost, and Huangfu Li died in battle.
Hearing that Xiangcheng was lost, Zhang Xiu was shocked and worried that something would happen to Xu Huang. Later, I was relieved when I heard that it was the emperor's chair Xu Yang who sent it out, and it was fine. But when he heard that Huangfu Li died in battle, Zhang Xiu was also concerned. After thinking about it, I felt that I couldn't tell Huangfu Song the news for the time being, after all, the old man was old and lost his son in old age, and he didn't know if he could bear this stimulation.
After arranging everything properly, Zhang Xiu asked everyone in the account: "Cao Cao's army has turned north, and his army plus the remnants of Zang Ba has a total of 150,000 troops, and our army may not be able to resist at this time." ”
Chinatown heard this, nodded and said: "What the lord said is not bad, I think that we should shrink the scattered forces and work together to resist the Cao army!" Zhang Xiu nodded when he heard this, and said, "Yes, so let Shoucheng and them all come back 0 bar."
At this time, Jia Xu suddenly said: "My lord, I think that I don't need to recruit all the troops in Yanzhou back, but I can leave 5,000 soldiers and horses to continue to harass Yanzhou." When the five thousand soldiers and horses came back, the role of Zhao was not too great, and if the five thousand soldiers and horses were left in Yanzhou, Yanzhou, which was not defended by cavalry, would definitely be in chaos. ”
Zhang Xiu touched his chin and said: "What Wen He said is reasonable, there are only 5,000 people, and even if the back road is cut off in the future, the general can send a naval army to respond." ”
Jia Xu nodded and said, "What the lord said is reasonable. And after such a long time, Shoucheng and their dozens of large and small counties in Yanzhou should have taken a lot of grain and grass. It is thought that the lord can leave a naval army to answer, responsible for transporting the grain and grass they collected back to Luoyang, and after robbing Yanzhou, he can enter Qingzhou to rob Qingzhou, as long as it is the south bank of the Yellow River, it can be looted! Not to mention pardoning our chief, if the two states alone are so harassed by the army, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. In this case, Cao Cao must be anxious, so that Cao Jun may be able to show flaws, and our army can give a thunderous blow! ”
When Zhang Xiu heard this, her face was even more happy, and what Jia Xu said was very reasonable. The mere 5,000 soldiers and horses played a limited role on the frontal battlefield, and now leaving them in the hinterland of Cao's army can be described as extremely significant. Zhang lured his hands and laughed, "Okay! In this way, let Wang Shuang and Pang Zhen lead the army back, leaving Ma Teng alone to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to continue to invade the hinterland of Cao's army! ”
Zhang Xiu left Ma Teng to lead the cavalry, but it was the best. First of all, Ma Teng was born as a cavalry leader, and secondly, Ma Teng was experienced, no young people were impatient, and it was not easy to be ambushed by the enemy.
Jia Xu listened, nodded, and then said: "Now that the lord is determined to face Cao Cao, it is a waste to leave a large number of troops in the Tiger Prison and Bishui. The lord can let Wen Yuan and Ling Ming each lead the army to come, and leave Shen Tan and Shen Yi to each lead 5,000 soldiers to guard the two passes. ”
Zhang Xiu felt that what Jia Xu said was reasonable, and nodded in agreement. After shrinking his forces in this way, Zhang Xiu had 50,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry per year, and 70,000 troops to meet Cao Cao's 150,000 army, and he still had the strength to fight. You must know that among the 150,000 troops, the real battleable at this time is the 100,000 army under Cao Cao, and the other 50,000 are the remnants of Zang Ba's jaw, and the combat power will definitely not be too high after the defeat.
At this time, Zhang Xiu secretly calculated that the elite of Cao's real combat power was actually the 200,000 army led by Cao Cao, of which 60,000 were consumed in the battle of Xiangcheng, and 40,000 were now led by Cao Ang to guard Xiangcheng, and there were still 100,000 troops in his hands. In addition, there are cavalry in Xiahou's hand, and as for the elite such as tiger and leopard cavalry in Cao's army, the number is not too much. The second-class elite of Cao's army is the Qingxu army led by Zhang Shao before, these can be regarded as the troops in Cao's army worthy of a war, and most of them are from the lineage before the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
Among them, due to the continuous war, there are naturally increases and decreases, so I will not go into details. As for the more than 200,000 foot soldiers in Xiahou Wei's hands, most of the combat power did not dare to compliment, so it was the reason why Xiahou Wei did not dare to fight Zhao Yun head-on with such a large army.
Now as long as Zhang Xiu breaks Cao Cao's main force in one fell swoop, then Zhang Xiu will basically have the upper hand in this battle. And for fighting with Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu is also very confident, 70,000 Zhang Xiu elite against 100,000 Cao army elite and 50,000 Cao army remnants, how to look at this battle Both sides are only mixed winners.
And Zhang Xiu sent Ma Teng to invade Yanzhou and Qingzhou, after this battle, even if everyone fought and lost. The foundation of Cao Cao's two states was greatly damaged, and in the next few years, Zhang Xiu could completely take an offensive against Cao Cao!
"Snap ......" I saw Zhang Xiu slap his palm on the long case, and then stood up and shouted confidently: "Our army will go to Guancheng first, set up a large camp there, and gather the army to meet Cao Cao."
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