Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 151 Unfavorable Time for Cao Cao to Retreat

When Zhang Yi led his army westward, Cao Ren also woke up. After eating a little food, he began to inspect Zhang Liao's barracks.Zhang Liao's barracks is located four or five miles east of Gushi, which is a more suitable place to stop Zhang Yi.However, this camp was too crude to stop Zhang Yi's attack at all.Zhang Liao and himself combined only had 3000 people. How could they stop Zhang Yi's army?
Cao Ren called Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan, it's not suitable to stay here for long, we will leave immediately. Once Zhang Yi catches up, we will not be able to leave easily."

Zhang Liao asked, "Can't you stay here?"

Cao Ren said: "This camp is too simple to resist Zhang Yi."

Seeing what Cao Ren said, Zhang Liao didn't ask to stay behind, "I'll let the soldiers prepare to retreat now!"

Zhang Liao and Cao Ren each organized their own soldiers and withdrew to the west again.

Cao Cao also received Zhang Liao's military report in the early morning. After reading it, he couldn't help sighing: "Liu Bei will not perish this day!" He looked at the map and seemed to think of something, so he called Xun You and asked: "Cao Renbing If you are defeated, if you set up another camp near Gushi, will it be able to resist until I capture Gushi?"

Xun You shook his head: "This is not easy! General Zixiao has experienced many battles and is known for his persistence. He was still defeated by Zhang Yi, which shows the victory of Zhang Yi's army. It took some time for our army to attack Gushi, and Zhang Yi belonged to Yibing. The army is in an unfavorable position. In You's opinion, the lord should withdraw to Pingyu, give way to the south of the Huai River, and stick to the north bank of the Huai River. Then it is the best policy to return to defeat Yuan Shao. As long as Yuan Shao is defeated, My lord will be able to rule the north, and he only needs to rest for three years, and he will be able to bring peace to the world."

Cao Cao had some concerns, "I'm worried that Zhang Yi will become bigger!"

"Although Zhang Yi has become powerful, Yangzhou is vast and sparsely populated. It is not a land of kings and hegemons. The wealth accumulated in the north in three years may not be able to gather in Yangzhou in 30 years. Moreover, Zhang Yi's family background is not high. The lord only needs to invite a few With the imperial edict, Zhang Yi can be weakened."

Cao Cao took a deep breath and said, "I'm just not reconciled! Son Zhang Yi, kill my general, but I can't help it!"

Xun You said with a smile: "The Lord can call Fengxiao to discuss this matter. It is not the director of You!"

Cao Cao also smiled. Xun You is a benevolent elder, and indeed he is not very good at calculating people.

At noon, Di Qing came to the outside of Gushi City, chose a high ground, and began to build a camp.Zhang Yi also arrived in the evening and entered Di Qing's camp.

Cao Cao's siege camp also retreated, and Zhang Yi suddenly realized that his visit seemed to be in vain.Of course it wasn't for nothing. If he didn't come, Cao Cao would definitely not retreat.

Cao Cao withdrew, and Zhang Yi planned to withdraw.But Zhu Zhi said: "My lord, when I come to Runan once, I have to see Liu Bei anyway. Liu Bei is more than willing to live under others for a long time. My lord can see him, and he will be at ease."

Zhang Yi was also worried. He said to Zhu Zhi: "I know Liu Bei will not stay under others for a long time, so I want to trap him in Runan. Firstly, it will block Cao Cao for me, and secondly, it will not affect my strategy towards Jingzhou. Before I pacify Jingzhou, I don't want Liu Bei to appear in Jingzhou."

When Zhu Zhi heard this, he also found it difficult. It may be easy to trap a wild beast, but it is very difficult to trap a hero like Liu Bei.

But Zhu Zhi was right. When he arrived in Runan, it was really inappropriate not to see Liu Bei.However, he is not planning to enter the city. He must not have the intention of harming others, nor must he have the intention of guarding against others. The city is Liu Bei's territory. Who knows what Liu Bei thinks?What if I give myself a Hongmen Banquet?
Di Qing has already collected the movements of Cao soldiers around, and Cao soldiers seem to have retreated. "My lord, it seems that Cao Jun has really retreated, should we pursue it for a while?"

Zhang Yi waved his hand: "Cao Cao is cunning, how can he not guard against pursuers? Besides, I sent troops this time only to rescue Liu Bei. Now that Liu Bei has been brought out, don't make troubles."

"I just think it's a pity!" Di Qing said with some regret: "If the opportunity to hit Cao Cao like this is missed, I don't know if there will be another chance in the future."

"There are plenty of opportunities! Not bad this time! I still need to hide my strength from Liu Bei. If I scare Liu Bei away, the loss outweighs the gain."

Di Qing said with some confusion: "Why does my lord value Liu Bei so much?"

Zhang Yi put down the book of war in his hand, and said to Di Qing: "Liu Bei, a hero! He is a figure who can stir up the situation wherever he goes. I am not afraid of the current Liu Bei. Now Liu Bei is trapped in Runan, between me and Cao Cao In the middle, it is difficult to do anything. What I am afraid of is that he will jump out of the gap between me and Cao Cao. At that time, Liu Bei will be the tiger returning to the mountains and the dragon returning to the sea! It will be difficult to deal with him.”

Only then did Di Qing know why Zhang Yi helped Liu Bei so much, he was building a cage for Liu Bei!

Cao Cao's army retreated, deliberately left some belongings on a trail, and then ambushed troops on both sides.Zhang Liao was in charge of the ambush, and this was Cao Cao's compensation to Zhang Liao.Cao Cao regretted that Zhang Liao rushed to help Cao Ren before, but his work was useless, so he handed over the ambush that might have contributed to it.

This trick was used by Cao Cao when he killed Wen Chou, and it was indeed a more useful strategy.As long as you can't control your soldiers, you will definitely fall into the trap.Guo Jia said when he offered his plan at the beginning, as long as Zhang Yi sent troops to pursue him, he would probably be caught. If he was lucky, he could kill one or two of Zhang Yi's generals.

But Guo Jia also said that whether Zhang Yi pursues or not is the key to this strategy.

Zhang Yi chose not to pursue, and this strategy failed.Zhang Liao waited for a long time, and then sent scouts to investigate, and found that Zhang Yi had never sent any pursuers.Obviously this strategy failed, Zhang Liao could only withdraw his troops regretfully, and had to pack up those belongings and take them away.

Xue Li also appeared near Cao Cao's army when Cao Cao was retreating, but it was a pity that Cao Cao was too defensive and had no chance to take advantage of it. Xue Li could only pick his partial teachers to attack.When Cao Cao retreated, he ordered the people from Qisi County, Fubo County, Yuanlu County, Yiyang County, Xinxi County and other places to move north. These soldiers who moved to the emigration were attacked by Xue Li and successfully destroyed Cao Cao's army The emigration strategy of the five counties kept the people in the five counties.

Zhang Yi learned of Xue Li's contributions, and greatly appreciated Xue Li. With the people of these five counties, Liu Bei had the possibility of making a comeback and continued to stay in Runan.Without these people, Liu Bei would not be able to support too many soldiers, and it would be almost impossible to stay in Runan!He was really afraid that Liu Bei would go to Jingzhou. You must know that Runan is next to Jingzhou, Yiyang County is next to Jiangxian County in Jiangxia, and Langling County is next to Fuyang County in Nanyang County.

　Thanks to the vast world for the reward
　　
　
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