Great Wei Nengchen

"There is a saying in the art of war: what is false is real, what is real is false, what is false is true, and what is true is hard to distinguish. Laojunfeng is an empty camp, but Wancheng is not necessarily an empty city. If there is really an ambush in the city, wouldn't our army fall into a trap?" ?

What's more, the army has traveled a long distance, and the soldiers are quite tired. If they forcefully attack the city at this time, they will lose three points of victory before fighting. "

After several contests, Cao Cao became more and more suspicious, fearing that he would fall into a trap again and make the world laugh out loud, so he ordered his men and horses to set up camp outside the city first, and take the method of steady killing and steady fighting!

The prime minister's military orders were difficult to disobey, so the army had to retreat for more than ten miles, and chose a place close to mountains and rivers - building barriers, digging ditches, burying pots for cooking... and cutting down the surrounding trees, and ordered the artisans accompanying the army to build ladders and nest cars for the coming For daily siege!

After three days of busy work, the generals of Cao Jun finally gained a firm foothold, and after resting for another two days, they recovered enough mental and physical strength. Then the whole army came out and prepared to attack Wancheng!

And for a few days, Wancheng was very strange, only the sound of drums and horns was heard, but no guards were seen. This also made Cao Jun more and more suspicious. What was in front of him was an empty city!

Even Cao Cao was restless. If he made a mistake in his judgment and was frightened by an empty city and wasted five days of precious time, he would really lose face... Is there an ambush in the city?

"Boom! -boom! -boom!"

"Kill! -kill! -kill!"

Everything was ready, Cao Jun began to attack, encircled from all sides, provocative and cursed, suppressed by arrow rain... Thousands of elite warriors quickly broke through the city gate, and then rushed in without any resistance... Sure enough Another empty city!

The city was empty, and there was no one. They all went south with Liu Beijun to take refuge, and before leaving, they wiped out all the food and livestock in the city, and even buried the wells!

Wancheng is the seat of Nanyang County, and it is also a battleground for military strategists. Liu Bei was able to abandon it to the enemy without hesitation.

"Huh... order the army to go south, continue to pursue Liu Bei, chase him to the Heavenly Palace, and go down to the ghost gate. He must capture the big-eared thief alive, and he will cut him to pieces before he can relieve his hatred!"

Clay figurines are still three-point fire, not to mention Cao Cao, who was defeated twice and deceived twice. The angry traitor was so angry that he was going to lead an army of 20 south to continue chasing Liu Bei's team. move!

It turned out that in order to speed up, Cao Jun went into battle lightly, and the Zi heavy truck was still behind. He only took a few days of rations with him.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei's army was superior, and he withdrew all the people and stored food ahead of time. Cao's army was about to run out of food and grass. How could soldiers with an empty stomach chase the enemy?

In desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to order to gather the remaining food and grass, and hand them all over to Xu Huang and Yu Jin. Let them command [-] elite soldiers and continue to pursue Liu Bei southward.

The brigade stayed in Wancheng, rested and rectified, while waiting for food and grass. By the way, a military meeting was held to discuss countermeasures. Now there are more and more difficulties!

"Get rich... Brothers, hurry up and grab it!"

"Fast hands have it, slow hands have it... whoever grabs it will get it!"

All the people in Wancheng fled, but the houses were not destroyed, and a lot of furniture, utensils, and belongings were left behind. After the soldiers of Cao Jun entered the city, they immediately began to loot wildly!

The big guy fought north and south, died thousands of lives, didn't he just want to get promoted and make a fortune, even many generals of the army joined the plundering team. In order to compete for the houses of the rich and powerful, several groups of Cao troops even fought , was beaten badly!

Regarding this matter, Cao Cao turned a blind eye and closed his eyes. He made a few miscalculations earlier, which greatly damaged his prestige. Now let the soldiers loot and vent their grievances, which can also stabilize the morale of the army, right?

Chapter 1217 Cao Amo, you've been fooled again!

"The army has been defeated in battle, what can I do... what can I do?"

Late at night - in the Wancheng prefect's mansion, Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Mao Jie, Hua Xin... a total of more than ten people sat around and discussed military plans. Uneasy!

The Caoying Group’s family has a big business, and it’s nothing to lose a few battles or lose tens of thousands of horses. What really worries everyone is Liu Bei’s tactics—abandoning the city, relocating the people, and burning the rice in the fields. This is typical’ Strong walls and clear fields'ah!

Cao Jun's large-scale southern expedition had two fatal weaknesses. One was the acclimatization of the soil and water, and he was not good at water warfare; the other was the lack of food and grass and the difficulty of transportation.

Xiao Yi sat in the rear, changed land transportation to water transportation, and continuously transported grain, grass, ordnance, and medicinal materials... It was a solution to the urgent need, but the hundreds of thousands of troops - people eat horses and feed them, consume a lot, and the inventory in the rear will soon bottom out. !

I thought that Jingzhou is rich, rich in rice, and has a large population. After Cao Jun came here, he could collect food, recruit soldiers, and pull civilians to make up for the losses in the war. Instead of weakening, the army will become stronger and stronger!

Unexpectedly, the Liu Bei Group was so powerful that it implemented the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, so that Cao Jun could not get a grain of food, a common people, or a livestock. Even the wells in the city were buried. Lift water in the moat!

At this point, Cao Jun continued to pursue southward, the supply line would continue to stretch, and the logistics supply would become more and more difficult. Once the food, grass and ordnance could not be supplied, the hundreds of thousands of troops would starve to death like weaned babies!

"The current strategy is to fight quickly. Once Liu Bei's army is allowed to retreat across the Han River, or even to the south bank of the Yangtze River, our army will be beyond our reach!"

"It's easy to say, but hard to do. The big-eared thief is extremely cunning, and his deployment of troops is erratic. We have failed several times in pursuit, so how can we fight him decisively?"

"If you want to capture the cunning rabbit, you need to use the greedy wolf, there is no other way!"

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Counselors, you and I, analyzed the current battle situation, but the meaning inside and outside the words was to tactfully persuade Cao Cao to use Xiao Yi to lead the army immediately, so as to save the unfavorable situation!

Xiao Yi used his troops like a god. He has [-] mysterious armored cavalry under his command. They can cover hundreds of miles in a day and night. He is best at long-distance raids and striking the enemy by surprise. If he is allowed to lead the army, he will definitely be able to catch up with Liu Bei's army and defeat the enemy!

But everyone also understands that the Prime Minister has concerns and dare not let Xiao Yi command the troops anymore, because commanding the troops will make meritorious service, and deeds will be rewarded, and Xiao Yi really has nothing to reward!

On official position: Xiao Yi is Da Sima, one of the three princes of the Han Dynasty. He is already an extremely human minister and cannot be promoted any more, unless he is made the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty or the Great General!

On the rank of title: Xiao Yi is the Marquis of Wuchou County, the land of the three prefectures in Shiyi, crowned with civil and military officials, and if he adds more titles, he can only be a Duke, equal to Cao Cao!

In terms of real power, Xiao Yi is in charge of 10,000+ elites, and he is also in command of the Youzhou pastoralists. He also has a huge influence on Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Xuzhou, Guanzhong, and Huainan, and the generals with different surnames follow suit!

Such a rebellious general, who would dare to let him be rewarded for his meritorious deeds? He can no longer be the governor of Jingzhou. This is a state with thousands of miles of land and a population of more than 200 million. Once it falls into Xiao Yi's hands, it will be able to rival Cao Cao. !

But without Xiao Yi's words, who can deal with Liu Bei, Xu Shu, and Kong Ming? If the Southern Expedition fails, the great cause of unifying the world may be abandoned halfway!

"My lord, Prime Minister, when the soldiers searched the mansion, they found this thing in the secret room at the back!"

In the middle of the meeting, Xu Chu walked in suddenly, holding a wooden box in his hand, with a few words on it--Please open it personally, the Prime Minister!

"Bring it to me quickly... what is the meaning of this, are you playing tricks on the old man?"

Cao Cao took the box in his hand, and quickly opened it to look at it. Inside was a small note - "Cao Aman, you have been fooled again!"

The handwriting, tone, content... are almost exactly the same as that of Lao Junfeng. Is this a deliberate ridicule of Cao Cao, or is there another hint?

Cao Cao is also a resourceful person, and immediately had a premonition that something was wrong, but in a hurry, he couldn't think of the problem, and the advisers passed it on to each other, and fell into deep thought... What did the prime minister fall for?

"It's on fire—the West City is on fire, everyone hurry up and put out the fire!"

"It's not good, the North City is also on fire - the East City is also on fire!"

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In the middle of the night, shouts came from outside, and there was a flicker of fire. Everyone didn't pay attention at first, thinking that the soldiers accidentally knocked over the candle and caused the disaster of Zhurong. They just need to put it out with water!

But after a while, instead of extinguishing the fire, it became bigger and bigger, and the fire was ignited in several places. It was obviously not an accident, but someone deliberately set it on fire!

"Order the officers and men of all ministries - don't panic, get water to put out the fire!"

"This is the enemy's trick. They deliberately set fire to the city. Let's get out quickly!"

The crowd finally couldn't sit still, surrounded Cao Cao and walked out of the lobby. They were shocked by the scene. They saw thick smoke billowing, fire snakes running wildly, and flames were everywhere in Wancheng, illuminating the whole sky!

In the middle of the night, Cao Jun was sleeping soundly. Unexpectedly, a fire broke out suddenly, and he couldn't care about putting on his clothes and armor. He ran out desperately, and the burned ghosts cried and howled, rolling all over the ground...

There were also generals who reacted quickly and wanted to summon their subordinates to put out the fire, but all the wells in Wancheng were buried by Liu Beijun, where they could get water, so they couldn't put out the fire, but burned more people to death!