Chapter 41: Strange Formations

The high-spirited Liu Dai led the sheep into the mouth of the tigers, and soon, in a division of troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Dai fell into a heavy siege, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army easily cut off his head, and the remnants could only retreat to Yanzhou to hold on.

Yanzhou has no owner for a while, the chief officer is dead, the remnants of the army are in danger, and no one in Yanzhou has the ability to break the Yellow Turban Army, can only sit and wait for death?

The Yanzhou general Bao Xin remembered Cao Cao, so he asked the imperial court for help and recommended Cao Cao to destroy the Yellow Turban Army.

This Cao Cao from the Black Mountain Army a battle, famous all over the world, Bao Xin admired this Cao Cao back then, but now Cao Cao is just right, so the holy decree, Bao Xin and personally as a lobbyist, to invite Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Cao after the southern expedition and the northern war, the surrender and expansion of the army, is worried about the small army in the territory, Bao Xin's arrival is the snow to send charcoal, not to mention the holy decree has been issued, there is no reason to refuse, so he readily agreed to come to Gunzhou to beg for thieves.

This Cao Cao came to Yanzhou Chen said that it was very powerful, and he said that it was a good strategy to break the enemy, but he also fooled many people, of course, in fact, he didn't have to fool himself, Zhang Miao of Yanzhou was Cao Cao's friend, and naturally he also supported Cao Cao, plus Bao Xin's help, it was really effortless, and he ruled Yanzhou, and this place became his foundation in the future.

Bao Xin is undoubtedly his reborn parents, Cao Cao is really grateful to Bao Xin, and he is thinking about how to take care of Bao Xin in the future to repay this great virtue.

Cao Cao commanded Yanzhou, the first thing is naturally to clean up the Yellow Turban thieves, this Cao Cao has a habit, all battles, must first look at the terrain, and then make decisions.

This time the main force of the enemy army is gathered in the Shouzhang area, so Cao Cao will be stationed in Shouzhang not far away, this day, Cao Cao led the troops to explore the terrain, Cao Cao and Bao Xin horse head parallel, talk very happily, Cao Cao asked while looking at the terrain: "Yunjie, the difference between the enemy and our strength, you have dealt with the thief army, but what is the best way to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Bao Xin thought for a moment when he heard this, and said: "I see that the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou has brought its family and mouth, but the troops have no baggage, it seems that they can only loot and raise troops, it is better to withdraw our troops to divide the city and hold it first, so that the enemy army has nowhere to fight, and it is difficult to attack, the enemy can only coax the retreating troops, and then, we will set up an ambush in the dangerous terrain with the elite new force, and we will definitely win." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Yunjie's words are indeed reasonable, the enemy's tail is difficult to fall, but it is seven inches, however, our army is short of horses, and it is difficult to hold on to so many cities at the same time, if the enemy concentrates superior forces, it will be overstretched." ”

Bao Xin heard this: "Cao Gong is a high opinion, so according to Cao Gong's opinion, what should I do?" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "I, Cao Cao, am good at riding and fighting, fighting on the plains is my strength, but I can't defend the city and fortify the pond...."

The two were chatting, and suddenly saw a large assembly of soldiers in front of them, Cao Cao and the two were shocked, it turned out that Cao Cao was too confident in the strategic analysis of the Battle of Shouzhang, and just one was willing to listen and the other was willing to speak, so Cao Cao was talking about spitting and flying, overinvested, but unconsciously beyond the infantry for a long distance, only a few hundred cavalry followed.

This Cao Cao pointed and pointed that, and Chen said how to arrange the troops, but unknowingly crossed the defense line and entered the enemy's camp, and even more unfortunate was discovered by a small team of the enemy.

This is also Cao Cao's calamity, Yuan Shao waved his arm, and this Cao Cao stood in this team, and was listed as the second largest public enemy led by Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao only woke up from the excitement at this time, and realized that he had fallen into the trap of the Yellow Turban Army, but this time there was no way out, so he had to hastily confront the enemy army.

This Bao Xin guarded Cao Cao, rushing left and right, how could he not break out of the encirclement no matter what, fortunately, the enemy has not yet formed an encirclement, but this has to turn the horse's head and withdraw the army, it will definitely be annihilated, at the critical time, Bao Xin said: "Cao Gong, go quickly, I will lead the cavalry!" ”

How could Cao Cao not know that this is Lu Bu here, and it is impossible to escape, not to mention the Taiping Dao technique taught by the Yellow Turban soldiers, the demon beasts are still afraid, not to mention the formation here, which is very mysterious. Cao Cao couldn't see through the weakness of this formation at all, how could Bao Xin be able to resist it? Cao Cao was sure that Bao Xinruo would have no return, so he couldn't live or die, Bao Xin said in a deep voice: "The 100,000 people of Yanzhou have to rely on Cao Gong, how can they die here, Cao Gong should not lose a big one because of a small one." ”

In fact, this time Bao Xin is gambling, the Han dynasty no longer exists, the blessing is quite deep, Bao Xin is hopeless in cultivation, only to join the troubled times, naturally for the glory of this life, for the wealth of the next life, at this time I know that I will die, but even if I don't stop it, I will die with my own way, so I have this word.

Cao Cao had an epiphany from time to time, how could a person who has become a big thing be so childlike, and patted Bao Xin's shoulder deeply: "Take care!" ”

Protected by a few guards, he retreated, while Bao Xin led the cavalry back into battle.

Not long after the trip, I only heard a scream from Bao Xin behind.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy soldier ate Bao Xin's team and chased after him again.

Cao Cao drove the shadow backwards, and the shadow he rode was not an ordinary horse, this was given by Dong Zhuo in the past, and it was the best in the sweat and blood BMW, and at this moment he was even more concerned about the lord, moving forward like lightning.

In the distance, the Yellow Turban soldiers and horses chased after him, and they were catching up with Dian Wei's infantry, and with this knowledgeable ancient evil god, the other party did not dare to make a mistake, so Cao Cao was saved.

Cao Cao returned to the camp under the protection of the infantry, and couldn't help hating in his heart, before he had time to repay Bao Xin, Bao Xin generously went to Huangquan, can he not hate?

Seeing that Bao Xin's body could not be recovered, Cao Cao asked a skilled craftsman to carve fragrant wood for his body according to Bao Xin's appearance, and personally helped the spirit to mourn, Cao Cao stabbed his fingers in front of Bao Xinling and swore that he would sacrifice the martyrs with the blood of the enemy, and comfort the heroic soul with the thief Kou to repay his great kindness.

Although Cao Cao swore a clear will, but the formation of the Yellow Turban Army was too strange, Cao Cao was indeed very suspicious in his heart, you must know that none of the cavalry who were guarding him that day survived, with his own ability, if he did not have the help of a master, he would also die here, how not to be afraid?

This is the situation that we have to face now, the Yellow Turban Army has millions of people, how can they have experienced several battles, and the soldiers available to them are only forty or fifty thousand people, in the face of such hardships, Cao Cao and others have no good strategy, the soldiers are limited, and the battle line is too wide, how to resist the enemy?

On this day, Cao Cao was at a loss for what to do, and when he walked outside the tent, he suddenly saw a group of pigeons flying by, and Cao Cao looked at this group of pigeons, thoughtful.

Suddenly, he had a plan, for the Yellow Turban Army, the large number of people is certainly an advantage, but it is also his weakness, more people are inconvenient to move, and the consumption of grain and grass is very large, and he only needs to trap these Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, so that they can fight for food, food and grass are not enough, and they will naturally be defeated.

That night, Cao Cao immediately raised his tent, and the herald general instructed all the mobile cavalry into a group of five hundred cavalry and two cavalry teams.

The two groups were divided into two groups, day and night, one for sunrise and one for night raids, with only one purpose: to trap the Yellow Turbans and leave him without a chance to fetch food.

If the Yellow Turban Army is dispatched in small units, its combat strength is limited, it is easy to be annihilated, and if the brigade is dispatched, it will directly attack its battalion, and the family will not be protected. There are many people, but the food and grass are scarce, and Cao Cao obviously grasped this point.

His own troops, on the other hand, were mainly cavalry, which was the most suitable for this kind of blitzkrieg, which was mainly to harass the enemy and cut off the enemy's family and family members to contain the enemy, so that the enemy would be easily contained.