Great Wei Nengchen

Xiao Yi received the Jun Order, checked it several times, and finally saw the clues. They all said that "words are born from the heart", and from the structure and charm of the words, one can see a person's personality, age, status, Physical conditions!

Cao Cao held great power, commanded the world, and had profound literary attainments, so his handwriting was flamboyant and full of heroism. However, after old age and frailty, his wrist strength was slightly insufficient, and his handwriting became vain!

The counterfeiter is very skilled, but he can imitate the traitor's handwriting, but he can't imitate the traitor's aura, and the writing is slightly heavy, which shows that this person is young, in good physical condition, and his wrist is even more powerful!

Xiao Yi's second wife, Cai Wenji, is a master calligrapher. After listening to her comment on various famous artists, she thinks that the number one calligrapher today is none other than Duke Pang De of Jingzhou.

It can be inferred from this that Pang Tong secretly observed Cao Cao's handwriting during his undercover period, imitated the order to dispatch troops, and took advantage of his position to steal a token when the plague was prevalent and people were panicking!

Then Pang Tong escaped from Cao Ying, handed Jun Ling and the token to Zhou Yu, and helped the Jiangdong Army go upstream, captured Hongcheng in one fell swoop, and cut off Cao Jun's water transportation!

Although Pang Tong left a letter saying that he would not attack Cao Jun's camp, he did not say to let Cao Jun go back. He wanted to trap hundreds of thousands of Cao Jun and kill Cao Cao, Xiao Yi and others. What a vicious strategy!

"Pang Shiyuan--I hate you so much, I will kill you a thousand times sooner or later-cough cough!"

"Master Prime Minister—Master Prime Minister!"

After hearing Xiao Yi's deduction, everyone finally realized it, and realized that Pang Tong's harm was indeed ten times worse than malaria. Cao Cao gritted his teeth, blamed himself for being blind, and passed out again!

Everyone was startled, and hurriedly went forward to check, and found that Cao Cao was just fainted from anger, and there was no serious physical problem, so they asked the doctors to take care of him and rest in peace in the big tent. The civil and military officials found another place to discuss the withdrawal of troops way!

Cao Jun has hundreds of thousands of people, who eat horses and feed them every day, and consume a lot of food and grass. Although there is some food in the camp, it can only last about 20 days. Therefore, the best way is to retake the important town of Hongcheng and reopen the waterway transportation!

In this way, the supplies from Jiangling City can be continuously delivered. If Cao Jun retreats, he can also carry naval warships, go upstream along the Yangtze River, and return to Jiangling and Xiangyang smoothly before making further plans!

However, according to the investigation, Zhou Yu personally led 6 troops, stationed inside and outside Hongcheng, and commanded thousands of warships, arrayed on the water of the Yangtze River. How easy is it to reopen the waterway?

The combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Navy is far inferior to that of the Jiangdong Navy, and the commanding skills of Cai Hao and Zhang Yun are much worse than that of Zhou Yu. Barely a tie!

The problem is that the cable warship is huge, stable, and powerful in combat power, but also has the weakness of slow speed and difficult steering. It must occupy an upstream position and use strong wind power to exert its combat power!

Now going up against the current and attacking Hongcheng, the cable warship is useless. If a single ship competes, I am afraid that after a big battle, there will be no scum left by others. If the Jingzhou navy is defeated, Cao Jun will be in a bad situation It's even more dangerous!

Some people must have doubts. Cao Jun went down the river, advancing both by water and land. Since the waterway was cut off, wouldn’t it be enough to go by land instead? Why worry so much... The answer is: the land road is also impassable!

The area between Jiangling and Wulin used to be the "Yunze" in ancient times. Due to the accumulation of sediment in the Yangtze River and Han River, the area of ​​the water area has been continuously reduced, and it has become a large swamp with four hundred miles from east to west and three hundred miles from north to south. , The stars are densely covered, and the population is extremely sparse!

When Cao Jun marched eastward, it happened to be the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the lakes and swamps were all frozen, allowing people and horses to travel unimpeded. Now it is midsummer, and there have just been several heavy rains. How can the army walk without chariots and horses?

Even if Cao's army of 10 troops forcibly passes through the swamp area, don't forget that there are nearly 20 Sun and Liu Lianjun not far from Wulin. Will they remain indifferent?

As long as Cao Jun retreats across the board, Sun and Liu's coalition forces will take advantage of the situation to pursue them. At that time, the road ahead will be difficult, and the pursuers will cover up and kill Cao Jun. If Cao Jun is not completely wiped out, he will die seven or eight out of ten, right?

There is another way, that is to leave a part of the army behind and entangle the Sun and Liu Lianjun. As long as it takes seven or eight days, the main force of Cao's army can retreat to Jiangling, but the remaining troops will surely die. Can the general of strategy take on this important task?

Numerous problems were posed, and the important ministers looked at each other in blank dismay. No one had a good solution. They could only turn their attention to Xiao Yi. The lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the rise and fall of the Cao Ying Group all depended on Da Sima alone!

"If Hongcheng is lost, the waterway is cut off, and if we go up against the current to break through, our army will have no chance of winning at all. We can only retreat from the land. The army will take the ancient Huarong Road, retreat westward to Jiangling City, and then turn into Xiangyang City!

The land roads are muddy and it is difficult for vehicles and horses to travel, so you can give up all the bulky things. The soldiers only take ten days of rations, and then let the diggers be the vanguard, bring more straw, planks, ropes, etc., at least pave a passage!

As long as our army retreats to the west, the enemy army will surely pursue and kill them. We must leave a part of the army behind, stick to the Wulin camp, and deal with Liu Bei and Sun Quan. As for the candidates to stay behind..."

Xiao Yi was ordered in the face of danger, and took charge of the overall situation, making the decision to withdraw troops on land and the specific methods, but when it came to the choice of successor, he couldn't help but pause, and looked at the generals of Cao Ying...

Wherever they looked, all the generals in Cao Ying trembled, and no one dared to take the initiative to ask for orders. It was not that the generals were greedy for life and fear of death, but that the responsibility was too heavy and the difficulty was too high!

Because the person in charge of cutting off the rear must not only have the courage to fight to the death, but also have an extraordinary strategy in order to delay the Sun and Liu coalition forces, so as to buy enough time for the main force of Cao's army to retreat to Jiangling!

If the ability is insufficient, let Sun and Liu Lianjun break through the defense line, the hundreds of thousands of Cao soldiers will become lambs to be slaughtered, and the generals who are responsible for the end will become sinners through the ages. Just ask such a heavy responsibility, who? Dare to bear it?

"The matter of the post-mortem is very unusual. I personally took charge of it. The Xuanjia Army, the Suppression Camp, the Danyang Army, the Xuezi Army, and the Jingzhou Navy stayed behind, and the rest of the troops retreated westward!

It is a matter of life and death, and I hope that everyone will work together to tide over the difficulties. Let’s go back and prepare. Two days later, in the middle of the night, all ministries will begin to retreat in an orderly manner. Please keep in mind:

Anyone who leaks military plans and shakes people's hearts - beheaded!

Those who disregarded order and disturbed the marchers-cut!

Those who are timid and run away in private--cut!

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Xiao Yi thought over and over again, no one would be at ease entrusting this arduous task to anyone, so he should take it on himself. At the same time, strict military discipline was promulgated, and everyone who heard it was shocked!

"I would like to follow the order of the Great Sima - withdraw to Jiangling in two days!"

Chapter 1301 The waterway is cut off, and there is no way to retreat!

The tenth year of Jian'an - summer, July 22 - the weather was clear and the breeze was blowing. After careful planning, Cao Jun began a large retreat - with half-rolled flags, returning north to the Central Plains!

During the day, everything in Cao Ying was normal. Taking advantage of the sunny weather, the soldiers washed clothes, dried bedding, and carefully cleaned the inside and outside of the camp. After more than half a month of treatment, the malaria was basically eliminated, and the soldiers also recovered. Not only health, but also develop a good habit of hygiene!

If there is anything special, it is that the Huotou army is busier, and the smoke in the camp is also denser. They are cooking day and night, as if they are rushing to make dry food for the march!

At dusk, after eating and drinking, the soldiers were about to go back to their tents to rest, when they suddenly received an order: "Dress neatly, line up in the camp, and don't take anything with you except for personal use!"

The generals of the Cao army were well-trained. Although they didn't know what the situation was, they quickly completed the assembly, and then received the second military order: "The whole army retreats westward and returns to Jiangling. During the retreat, no one is allowed to make noise!"

Since the Eastern Expedition, the soldiers have fought hard and been poisoned by malaria. They are already exhausted. They all hope to return to the Central Plains and reunite with their relatives.

Unexpectedly, the order to retreat was conveyed suddenly. Many people were stunned for a while before they realized it. They didn't dare to cheer loudly, so they could only gag their mouths with their sleeves, or rolled on the ground, or paused. Beat your chest!

Under the leadership of ground squirrels, more than 1 soldiers of the Digger Army left the Wulin camp first. Everyone carried straw, planks, ropes and other things. !

The members of the Digger Army were all from grave robbers with superb civil engineering skills. The valleys in Xiliang, the swamps in Wuchao, the sandy land in western Liaoning... were all trampled under their feet. What a problem!

Afterwards, each army received dry rations and left the camp one after another. In summer, the weather is hot and humid, and ordinary food is difficult to preserve. Therefore, fried noodles are distributed: "Use animal fat to fry wheat and broomcorn flour, and add a small amount of Refined salt, dried vegetables, and beans are then put into a long cloth bag, which can be eaten directly or taken with water! '

The fried noodles made in this way not only have a good taste, but are also extremely convenient to carry and store. Even in the midsummer season, they can guarantee that they will not deteriorate for 20 days. Long-distance raids, repeated battles and repeated victories, fried noodles are absolutely indispensable!

In order to supplement nutrition for the soldiers, each person also received three catties of dried meat, a large piece of pickled vegetables, and twenty catties of fried noodles, enough to eat for ten days. Rice, will not delay the march!

The army also prepared a lot of ropes. Soldiers in groups of 30 were connected in series with ropes. One is convenient for walking at night, so as to avoid people falling behind; the other is for timely rescue if someone falls into the swamp!

There are also incense to repel mosquitoes, realgar to repel venomous snakes, herbs to prevent eczema...everything is available. For the retreat of the whole army, Xiao Yi racked his brains and made the best preparations.

Because on the battlefield, retreat is much more difficult than attack. If there is a little carelessness, the retreat will become a retreat, and the retreat will become a defeat.

"At the end of the day, I will see Da Sima--the kindness of saving my life, I will never forget it!"

"Tiger Marquis is safe and sound, not only because of his profound blessings, but also because of the blessings of the heavens. I dare to take credit for it, Sima An!"

"Da Sima take care of your health, and will wait for you in Jiangling City at the end!"

"Huhou also take care all the way, don't worry about the divorce, we will meet soon!"

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