The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 411
The commander of the Cao army in the Huainan theater is Cao Ren, and the generals in command include Zhang Liao, Li Dian and Le Jin, all of which are not fuel-efficient lamps.But just based on them and the [-] defenders in the city, they are definitely not Zhang Wu's opponents.

Cao Ren was defeated by Zhang Wu many times, and was captured alive twice. From the bottom of his heart, he was a little afraid of Zhang Wu.Li Dian and Cao Ren were defeated by Zhang Wu at the beginning, but now they dare not take the initiative to go out to fight, mainly because they are afraid of being arrested by Zhang Wu again.

Therefore, when he heard that Zhang Wu personally led troops to attack Hefei, Cao Ren had already planned to stand firm and wait for reinforcements.

Zhao Yun led [-] cavalry forwards to the vicinity of Hefei to inquire about the military situation. Zhang Liao knew Zhao Yun's strength well, and he was afraid that Zhang Wu had planned some kind of plan, so he didn't plan to go out of the city to fight. .

As a result, Le Jin led [-] cavalry out of the city to face Zhao Yun, but was defeated by Zhao Yun in ten rounds. Le Jin fled in a hurry. Fortunately, Zhang Liao responded and fled back to the city.

Although Zhao Yun's cavalry is small in number, they have gone through many battles and are commanded by Zhao Yun, the top cavalry general. Their strength has long been comparable to that of the Wei army's cavalry.Moreover, the establishment of these two thousand cavalry is in the Wuwei Battalion, the quality of the soldiers is top-notch, and the equipment is considered the most advanced in the world.

Each of the two thousand cavalrymen wore armor. In order not to burden the war horses, the two thousand cavalrymen in the Wuwei camp wore fine cowhide armor, with iron sheets protecting key parts.Each person is equipped with two repeating crossbows, fine iron machetes, a pack of poison smoke bombs and a sealed can of kerosene bombs. Each person also carries a sheepskin bag of spirits, gold sore medicine, and sterile gauze.

Zhang Wu also assigned Zhao Yun a deputy general, Chen Dao, the guard commander around Liu Bei.Liu Bei felt that it was too wasteful for Chen Dao to stay with him. He had already retired and was not going to the battlefield. No one would assassinate him. It was enough to keep a dozen guards around him.

Although Chen Dao's martial arts were not as good as Zhao Yun's, they were still top-notch, and he was also very brave in combat.Zhang Wu knew Chen Dao's true abilities, so although Chen Dao was not well-known and had no great achievements, Zhang Wu still awarded Chen Dao the rank of general as Zhao Yun's deputy.

Seeing that Zhang Wu had properly arranged the people around him, Liu Bei was very satisfied. The guys who accompanied him all the way are now in high positions, and he finally gave them an explanation.

Chen Dao is also very satisfied with the current treatment. Although he is only a deputy general, the two thousand cavalry are all the cavalry under Zhang Wu's command, and they still belong to the Wuwei Battalion, the absolute main force in the field.

Chen Dao also believed in his own abilities, as long as he had the opportunity to go to the battlefield, he would definitely make a contribution.

Zhang Wuliu Dingfeng led [-] sailors on the water to watch the warships and food and supplies. The army set up camp with their backs on the fat water, and then personally led the troops to the city of Hefei.

According to the art of war, it is very dangerous to camp with your back to the water. If the enemy forces rush in from the front and have no way to retreat, they may all be drowned.Xiang Yu fought his last battle with the intention of dying, which in turn aroused the morale of the soldiers, but Zhang Wu was not afraid of Cao Ren's attack either, because there were his own warships on the water behind him.

Seeing that Cao Ren could not defend, Zhang Wu ordered the soldiers to start building catapults and other siege equipment.Although Cao Ren can be called a thousand-year-old tortoise in defense, and he also has famous generals such as Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin, but if the opponent does not have reinforcements, Zhang Wu is confident that he will win Hefei within a month.

Hefei is a small city. There are not many people in the city, and there is not much food and grass. It all depends on Shouchun to transport food and grass.As long as Hefei was besieged for three months and Shouchun's reinforcements and food were intercepted, the defenders in the city would basically starve to death.

In history, when Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong, Sun Quan led an army of [-] to attack Hefei.At that time, Cao Cao really couldn't come back to rescue, and there were not many defenders in Hefei.As long as Sun Quan can fight steadily, use the superiority of his troops to besiege Hefei, and then continue to consume the defenders, there is still a great chance to take Hefei.

It's just that Sun Quan's ability to command the troops was not good, and he led the troops too far ahead, and the Jiangdong Army's land combat capabilities were really poor. As a result, Zhang Liao and Li Dian led [-] cavalry directly to the front, and Zhang Liao almost executed the plan of beheading.

Now Zhang Wu is not afraid of Zhang Liao coming to attack his central army. First of all, the combat effectiveness of the infantry of the Chu army is comparable to that of the Wei army. crossbow.

Secondly, with Zhang Wu's force, he is not afraid of any enemy generals daring to attack him. He also has powerful generals such as Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, etc. by his side.

However, the attack on Hefei was to attract Cao Cao's main force to Huainan, and the Hanzhong battlefield was the ultimate goal, so of course Zhang Wu would not sacrifice a large number of soldiers to storm Hefei.

Cao Cao led the main army from Yecheng, and after arriving in Xudu, he was still worried about Hanzhong, so he left [-] troops in Xudu, ready to support Huainan or Hanzhong at any time.

At this time, the battle in Huainan was already at a disadvantage to Cao's army. In addition to Zhang Wu leading the army to besiege Hefei, Cao Cao also received the urgent information sent by the scouts. .

Shouchun is the most important city in Huainan and an important military town that controls the waters of the Huaihe River. If Shouchun is captured by Gan Ning, then the entire Huainan will no longer be owned by Cao Cao.Even if Gan Ning couldn't take down Shouchun, with the [-] sailors watching over him, the defenders in Shouchun would not dare to support Hefei.

Fortunately, although Cao Jun's navy is not effective in combat, he has finally accumulated some navy over the years and occupied the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, echoing with Shouchun City, and temporarily ensuring the safety of Shouchun.

In Cao Cao's eyes, Zhang Wu is the number one enemy. No matter what conspiracy Zhang Wu has, as long as Zhang Wu appears, Cao Cao must come to deal with it himself, because he knows that Cao Ren and others are not Zhang Wu's opponents at all, let alone Zhang Wu came with an army of 12 this time.

After the Chu army smashed the city with catapults for several days, Xu Huang's reinforcement forward finally arrived.With these [-] elite soldiers of the Cao army participating in the battle, the Chu army could no longer surround Hefei, but Xu Huang also knew Zhang Wu's power.

At the same time, Xu Shu, commander of the Chu army on the western front, also began the battle to capture Hanzhong.Although there are not many Cao troops in Hanzhong, the terrain is dangerous. Zhang Yun leads the army to guard Yangping Pass in the west, and Xia Houyuan leads troops to guard Dingjun Mountain in the south.If Xu Shu sent a large army to attack, he would end up with the same heavy losses as when Cao Jun attacked Jiameng Pass.

Xu Shu knew that if he wanted to win Hanzhong, the key was not to kill how many generals and soldiers of the Cao army, nor to capture any dangerous passes and hills, but to kill Xia Houyuan, the commander of the Cao army in Hanzhong, by surprise.

Therefore, in order to further confuse Xia Houyuan, Xu Shu ordered Li Yan and Lei Tong to lead [-] troops to occupy Ningqiang and form a confrontation with Xia Houyuan in Dingjun Mountain, while he led the rest of the troops to join Ma Chao to attack Zhang Yun who was stationed in Xiabian. The main force of the army is going to attack Yangping Pass.

(End of this chapter)