Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Ji Ling's army crossed the Huai River to the north, and then went northward along the Ying River. After crossing the Ying River from Ruyin, they went west.

Ji Ling is Yuan Shu's general. He is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in military tactics. He did not despise Cao Cao because he has twice as many soldiers and horses as Cao Cao.

He marched cautiously and sent scouts to explore the way ahead. It took him three days to arrive at Zhipingyu, Runan County.

At this time, the four counties of Liqiang, Dingying, Xihua, and Zhengqiang also fell into the hands of Cao Cao.

However, Runan County is the largest county in the world, with 37 counties under its jurisdiction. Now only 6 counties near Yingchuan County in the west have been captured. The situation is not too bad.

However, the prefect of Runan has only [-] troops under his command, and there are still troops stationed in various counties, so there are not many troops that can be used to resist Cao Cao's army.

The arrival of Ji Ling's army relieved a lot of pressure on the prefect of Runan.

This Runan prefect was none other than Yuan Shu's cousin Yuan Kang.

Runan is the hometown of the Yuan family. There are also a large number of Yuan family members in Runan, and there are many talents among them.And Yuan Kang can not only govern the local area, but also lead troops to fight.

But after all, he has few soldiers and is not Cao Cao's opponent.

After Ji Ling's army arrived in Pingyu, they began to build defense lines in Shangcai, Xunyang, Wufang, and Nandun counties to prevent Cao Cao's army from continuing to advance eastward.

As for himself, he led [-] main forces to station troops in Pingyu, waiting for the opportunity to fight.

Although Ji Ling has 10 people under his command, most of these 10 people are recruits, and many of them were recruited by Yuan Shu forcibly, so the morale of the army is unstable.

Although Cao Cao has only 5 people, he is an elite, and there are [-] Qingzhou soldiers among them.

These Qingzhou soldiers fought fiercely, but their military discipline was a bit poor. Their predecessors were Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.

Cao Cao accompanied the army counselors Guo Jia and Xun You to make suggestions. Cao Cao first ordered Cao Ren to lead 2 people to attack Nandun.

When Cao Ren attacked, Yuan Shu's army stationed in Nandun resisted for three days and asked Cai Hepingyu for help.

Cao Hong and Yu Jin deliberately spared Nandun's distress messenger so that they could reach Shangcai Hepingyu smoothly.

Sure enough, after Shangcai Hepingyu received the Nanton distress messenger, he immediately sent troops to rescue them day and night.

When the two armies arrived at the ambush circle, Cao Hong and Yu Jin marched out together to drive them back.

Only half of the soldiers who came out of Shangcai survived. They returned the same way and wanted to go back to Shangcai to recuperate.

But when I first arrived at Shangcai City, I found that the flag on the top of the city had changed to "Cao!"

The generals at the top of the city are not the same as before.

It turned out that Cao Cao personally led [-] troops to attack Shangcai after he knew that Shangcai had sent troops to Nanton for rescue.

The general of Shangcai didn't investigate, but Cao Cao broke through the city gate.

After Cao Cao captured Shangcai, he waited in the city. Seeing the return of Yuan Shu's army sent by Shangcai, he immediately opened the city gate and attacked them.

This group of remnants had just experienced a defeat two hours ago. They were exhausted and had no combat power. However, they were killed by Cao Cao's army after a while, and half of them surrendered on the spot.

Although Nanton is a small county in Runan, it is not easy to capture it with 2 people.

Moreover, Cao Cao did not intend to attack Nanton by force, and the strategy he adopted was simply to surround the points and fight for reinforcements.

First, he acted as if he wanted to take down Nanton, and drew Yuan Shu's troops from other places to help, and then ambush the troops by the roadside, defeating the reinforcements.

In Shangcai City, there were only [-] defenders, and after [-] were sent to rescue Nandun, there were only [-] left.

Originally, with 1 people, it was very difficult to capture a city guarded by 5000 people, but Cao Cao made a sneak attack.

In such a short period of four days, Ji Ling lost [-] soldiers and horses.

The rest rescued the remnants, returned to Pingyu, and told Ji Ling about the situation on the front line.

Ji Ling was furious, and ordered Chen Lan and Li Feng to lead [-] troops in order to retake Shangcai.

But when they first arrived at Shangcai City, Cao Cao was already prepared and ordered the army to go out of the city to fight.

Chen Lan thought that she was superior in force, so she challenged Cao Jun single-handedly. Dian Wei rode his horse and galloped forward. After two rounds with two halberds, Chen Lan was cut off from the horse.

Yuan Jun was in chaos, Li Feng commanded the army to cover up and kill him, and wanted to get back Chen Lan's body, but he was caught by Le Jin in the midst of the chaos, and was stabbed off by him after [-] bouts.

Cao Cao drew out his saber and slowly pointed forward.

"The whole army rushes to kill, leaving no one in reserve!"

Immediately, 2 troops outside the city went straight to Yuan Shu's army, and [-] people were leaderless, but they were defeated within two hours.

Of the 2 people, [-] were killed on the spot, [-] were captured, and [-] escaped.

After these two battles, Ji Ling's 3000 troops were left with only [-] troops.

The defeated army returned to Pingyu, and the news of Chen Lan and Li Feng's defeat came, Ji Ling was so angry that he cursed at them.

The superiority of Shangcai's geographical location was revealed at this time.

It is located in the southwest of Pingyu, on the east bank of the Ru River, and on the west bank of the Ru River are the counties of Qiyang and Wufang.

When Cao Jun occupied Shangcai, it was tantamount to cutting off the connection between Pingyu and Xunyang and Wufang counties.

If Cao's army attacked Xunyang and Wufang counties, and Ji Ling sent reinforcements to rescue them, it would be easy to be hit by Cao's army from Shangcai.

If it is not rescued, how long will the defenders of the two counties have [-] troops each?

After all, Ji Ling is Yuan Shu's general, so he still has some skills.When he finished venting, he immediately ordered the cavalry to notify the defenders of Xunyang and Wufang counties, ordering them to stick to their positions and not to go out of the city to fight without authorization.

In just four days, more than 2 soldiers and horses were lost, which made Ji Ling have to be cautious.

After Shangcai and Nandun were lost, he did not dare to send troops to seize them, but ordered the surrounding counties to be vigilant.

Cao Cao won the victory. On the one hand, he sent a letter of war to Ji Ling and made an appointment to fight. On the other hand, he sent Cao Ren and Yu Jin to lead 5000 men each to attack Xunyang and Wufang.

The defenders of Xunyang and Wufang counties received Ji Ling's military order, and they really stood firm in the city and did not go out of the city to fight.

Cao Ren and Yu Jin each used their own strategies, but the defenders of the two counties just followed Ji Ling's military order. For three days, Cao Ren and Yu Jin could only order to attack the city one after another.

However, although the two counties are small, they each have [-] defenders. With the troops under the command of Cao Ren and Yu Jin, they stormed the city and it was difficult to break through.

In just three days, the two left more than a thousand corpses, and the two counties were still intact.

Cao Ren and Yu Jin reported the situation to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao just ordered them to postpone the siege and look for opportunities.

But when it comes to Shangcai, after Cao Cao moved the main force, he planned to attack the two counties of Qiyang and Wufang in the same way, but within six days, he could not make an inch.

Cao Cao was a little anxious because the army was out and wasted food and money.

He ordered people to recruit a number of counselors, and asked him what plan he had to solve the predicament at this time.

If Ji Ling really kept guarding the city, it would be very difficult for them to continue to advance eastward. If they forcibly attacked the city, they would only lose troops and generals.

Guo Jia suggested that the partial division invade Runan to harass, firstly, he can plunder Yuan Shu's territory to enrich himself, secondly, he can threaten the other party's food supply, and even intercept the other party's food and grass for his own use.

Cao Cao adopted it, took Li Dian, the prefect of Chen Guo who had just been appointed not long ago, as his general, and led three thousand troops to attack Runan in the south.