Gulai conquest of a few people back to 88 Battle of Wudu (1)
I don't have time to think about the impact of Yuan Shao's move on the future, how to retreat from the enemy is an imminent matter!
This completely disrupted Xu Shu's previous plan, after all, it was impossible for Xu Rong and Li Wenhou's troops to return before Cao Cao.
How to arrange Xu Shu here and don't show it first, an hour later, Cao Cao looked at the distance and faintly saw Wudu, for some reason, but there was no joy or sorrow in his heart, although Yuan Shao's actions indirectly led to Wudu facing an unprecedented predicament at this moment, but for Cao Cao, it was also like a fish in the throat, like a mang on his back! Even last night, when I first got this news, even with Cao Cao's city mansion, it was in chaos!
At present, Cao Cao's biggest enemies have two, one of which is naturally He Si'an, who has royal blood, and the other is Yuan Shao!
If He Si'an is only a threat to Cao Cao in righteousness, then the current Cao Cao is no different from He Si'an's Cao Cao! In addition to righteousness, regardless of power or strength, Yuan Shao comprehensively suppressed Cao Cao!
And Yuan Shao's move is equivalent to openly tearing his face with Cao Cao, unlike He Si'an's future threat, Yuan Shao occupies the entire Hebei, if he defeats Gongsun Zhan, he will have no worries, and his younger brother Yuan Shu occupies the fertile land of Runan, and he is also strong!
In this way, a pincer attack will be formed against Cao Cao! In addition, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, his father Yuan Cheng and his uncles Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui also have a lot of influence in the court and the people! Originally, Cao Cao planned to immediately withdraw his troops and return to Xuchang, but was stopped by Guo Jia and Cao Ang on the side. The two glanced at each other, Guo Jia arched his hand, and motioned for Cao Ang to speak first.
Cao Ang nodded, and said with a straight face: "The timing of Yuan Shao's launch is very ingenious, firstly, to put my father in a dilemma, and secondly, to move out of Liu He, which directly makes the identity of His Majesty and King Hongnong questioned, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone."
But if my father withdraws at this time, not to mention the entire Liangzhou, he will give it up, and let us use 200,000 troops in vain without any gain! When the time comes, let Yuan Shao publicize it, and we will be even more passive!
But if the power of King Hongnong is completely wiped out, it is not a moment's work, rather than this, it is better to temporarily give up attacking Hanzhong, take Wudu first, and leave troops to garrison Wudu and Tianshui, so that even if King Hongnong really convinces Liu Yan to unite with him, we can trap it and make it impossible to leave Sichuan!
In this way, we can also be regarded as a phased victory, and when my father returns to the DPRK with the power of a great victory, he will definitely be able to deter Xiaoxiao and stabilize the situation in the DPRK! ”
At this time, Cao Cao also calmed down, looked at Guo Jia and asked, "What does Feng Xiao think of?" ”
"What the eldest prince said is very true, but ......"
"Sir, but it doesn't matter! In terms of strategy, Mr. is already much higher! Seeing that Guo Jia wanted to speak and stopped, Cao Ang arched his hand and said modestly.
Seeing this, Cao Cao admired this eldest son even more, he was brave and strategic, and he was not arrogant. And although he is not as old and spicy as he is in terms of winning people's hearts, he is also convincing!
Guo Jia also nodded, secretly praised in his heart, and then said: "First of all, Jia agrees with the eldest prince's statement, martial arts must be fought, and the sooner the better, but although now is the best time to conquer Liangzhou, it is not the best time to occupy!" After all, Liangzhou is quite resistant to us, there is no need to waste our soldiers here, after defeating Wudu, hand over the entire Liangzhou and Wudu to Ma Chao, and we will return immediately! ”
Hearing this, before Cao Cao could speak, Cao Ang took the lead in asking: "Why didn't you hand it over to Han Sui?" ”
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Han Sui is quite sleek, although he welcomes Lord Sikong on the surface, but behind his back, he will inevitably have both ends of the first rat, but Ma Chao is different, brave and greedy, for his own interests, he will definitely defend the martial capital, one of them, and the other ...... Looking at the previous response of the martial capital Xu Shu, I am afraid that Han Sui has already been defeated at this moment......"
Cao Cao also agreed with this, pondered for a moment, and said loudly: "Pass my order, immediately let Yu Ban lead his 50,000 men and horses back to Xuchang, and remember to leave some of the men and horses to cooperate with Zhang Xiu to garrison Chang'an!"
Cao Anmin (Cao Cao's nephew), you lead 5,000 men and horses to garrison Meiwu, responsible for protecting grain and grass! The rest of the people rested for a while, brought enough food rations for three days, and set off overnight after half an hour, and be sure to arrive in Wudu before midnight tomorrow! After a little hesitation, Cao Cao whispered to Guo Jia on the side: "Wen Ruo and Ziyang are capable of being strong, but after all, they all have families behind them, and they will inevitably be constrained in their actions. ”
Guo Jia hesitated slightly, as if he felt that he had missed some key points, but he couldn't remember it for a while! At this time, the situation was urgent, and Guo Jia also knew that what Cao Cao said was true, and after saying goodbye to Cao Cao, Cao Ang and others, he turned around and got on his horse and ran towards the forbidden army with the heralds!
An hour later, Wudu!
Xu Shu looked at the soldiers in front of him who couldn't see the edge, and his heart couldn't help but sink!
I know my own affairs, and when these days come, although I have won battles and victories, most of them are dangerous, and a mistake will bring disaster to the military capital! Now, there has been a scene that I don't want to see the most!
At this time, in Wudu, because the troops of Xu Rong, Dong Yue and others were not in the city, it can be said that there was a real shortage of major generals, counting the wounded soldiers, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers, and as for the generals who defended the city, there were only three people: Yang Ang, Liao Hua, and Zang Ba. And he must rely on the only cards in his hand, and drag Xu Rong and others back at night, so that he may usher in the opportunity to turn the tide of the battle.
Thinking about it, there was a change under the city, the soldiers separated to both sides, a path was exposed in the center, a team of people came to the front of the military formation unhurriedly, Xu Shu looked at it, the first person was short and thin, covered in armor, sitting on a horse, Xu Shu recognized at a glance, this person was Cao Cao, one of the heroes at that time, Cao Mengde!
A young man next to Cao Cao who was also wearing armor, although Xu Shu didn't recognize it, but his appearance was somewhat similar to Cao Cao, according to the information that came, this person should be Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang! Dian Wei, Xiahou brothers and others guarded left and right.
Soon, Cao Cao and his party came to the city, Cao Cao's eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the city one by one, and when he saw one person, his eyes froze, but he quickly shifted to the past and looked at the others as if nothing happened.
'Why is he here?' ’
Cao Cao couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, this person was Duan Xuan, the general under Li Dao who defected not long ago!
A few years ago, when Cao Cao and Li Dao Guo Yan and others worked together under Dong Zhuo, they naturally saw this person, Li Dao Guo Yan's subordinates were all reckless and had a murderous personality, but Duan Xuan was an exception! This person is not only a corporal of Lixian on weekdays, but also one of the few people under Li Wei who is proficient in government affairs, so he left a deep impression on Cao Cao!
The news from the sentinel sent earlier, Li Dao was in the army when he attacked Lu Bu, but he didn't expect to appear in Wudu today, and the reason is intriguing.
And the reason why Xu Shu arranged for Duan Xuan, who had just come to defect, to stand in a conspicuous place beside him was also because of his own considerations!
On weekdays, he often accompanies He Si'an, and I have also heard him analyze Cao Cao's character, Cao Cao is suspicious, and it has his own intentions to arrange Li Wei's generals by his side!
Cao Cao's eyes stagnated for a moment, and naturally Xu Shu was also captured, and whispered a few words to Liao Hua Duan on the side, and soon the two bowed down and retreated, leaving only Xu Shu and Yang Ang in place!