Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

"Feng Xiao, how should we fight this battle?" Cao Cao looked at the military map, then at Guo Jia, and asked with a sad face.

Guo Jia also looked at Cao Cao, and then at the map. Our Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao's expression couldn't be more relaxed.

What is Cao Cao's biggest problem now? The biggest problem is the lack of troops.Today there is an enemy everywhere, and defense is everywhere.Guo Jia is a strategist, not a magician, and there is no way to conjure hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air.During the march and war, I was cooking with the cook. I didn't have many materials in hand, so how could I cook a table of good dishes.

Guo Jia looked at the map for a long time, and then slowly said: "My lord, it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers. We have to pick the soft persimmons. My plan is to ignore Yuan Shao first and hit Yuan Shu first."

Yuan Shu has nothing to say, and he is very ignorant of himself.He is very self-sufficient, and he doesn't know how to employ people.It can be said that the people whom Yuan Shu used highly, at least seven or eight out of ten were traitors.It is hard to say whether the remaining two or three loyal ministers are really capable.

You know, Yuan Shao is from a concubine, and Yuan Shu is from a descendant.In this era, people are very particular about their backgrounds. When the Yuan family was supporting the forces, they mainly poured resources on Yuan Shu.But gradually the members of the Yuan family discovered that Yuan Shu was really useless, and compared with Yuan Shao, he was really far behind.It is precisely because of this that Yuan Shizai slowly adjusted the angle of inclination and gave Yuan Shao a large amount of resources.

This time Yuan Shu brought troops here with Yuan Shu's general, and also Yuan Shu's right-hand man, General Ji Ling.

The fifty-jin three-pointed double-edged knife in Ji Ling's hand was extremely brave, and he was quite proficient in military tactics.He is the only general under Yuan Shu who can fight, and this is the only seedling under Yuan Shu.

Following Yuan Shu's order, Ji Ling led his lieutenants Lei Bo, Chen Lan and a hundred thousand troops to Yingchuan by water.The county of Yingchuan is an important place for Cao Cao. Once Yingchuan is lost, it can be said that a nail was planted in Cao Cao's heart.

Yuan Shu's general, Ji Ling, is not just for nothing. The most important point is that Yuan Shu has a navy, although it is not as powerful as Jiangdong's navy.But in the land of the Central Plains, Yuan Shu is the only one with a navy.

Yuan Shu has a navy, but Cao Cao does not have a navy, which shows that Yuan Shu can use water for supplies.In this way, Yuan Shu doesn't need to care about the danger of Liang Dao.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Ji Ling is not a simple person. He has played his own role and used ships to transport military rations.What is the most feared thing when marching and fighting? What I fear most is that my food road will be robbed by others.For Ji Ling, the food road is by water, which is the most reassuring.

In a blink of an eye, it was another few days.

At this time, Ji Ling's army was not far from Yingchuan.Now the prefect of Yingchuan has sent several letters asking for support.At this time, in one county of Yingchuan County, the county soldiers of each county were only a few thousand people.Relying on these thousands of people trying to block Ji Ling's [-] army, this martial art is just a dream.

Because of this, the prefect of Yingchuan County also wrote very clearly in the letter of appeal for help.For the safety of Yingchuan County, for Yingchuan County, and for the people of Yingchuan County.If Ji Ling arrived at Yingchuan city first, he could only order to open the city gate and surrender.

After Cao Cao received this half-request, half-threat letter for help.The fire that had been in my heart for a few days suddenly came up, what did the letter say.If someone gets to your Yingchuan city first, they will surrender without firing an arrow.

After Cao Cao yelled "Niang Xipi" a few times angrily, he immediately ordered people to beat the drums to raise the account, and called his subordinates to discuss matters.

Yingchuan County is an important place, once Yingchuan County is really lost.Then it will inevitably involve the deployment of the entire Cao army.Once Cao Cao's deployment is messed up, for Cao Cao, the winning rate will be even lower.

Xuchang, Prince Wei's Mansion, the meeting hall.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao's subordinates, civil servants and military generals to gather in this meeting hall.

These civil servants and military generals gathered together in twos and threes, and everyone discussed how they should fight if they were allowed to fight.If he resists Ma Teng, how should he fight.If you let yourself fight Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao will fight.

There are quite a few generals under Cao Cao. Those who can lead troops to fight and command large armies to fight, except Cao Ren who has already been sent out at this time.Then there is Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Dun is no worse than Cao Ren, the most important point is that Xiahou Dun is much more ruthless than Cao Ren when he uses troops.

Cao Cao's generals are mainly divided into two types, one is generals with foreign surnames such as Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Yu Jin, Le Jin, Li Dian and so on.The other type is clan generals. The so-called clan generals are generals surnamed Xiahou and Cao, such as Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun and so on.

Chapter 255 Xiahou Dunli's Military Order

The members of the Xiahou family and the Cao family are all Cao Cao's own people, let's not talk about which of these clan generals and generals with foreign surnames is more capable.But there is no doubt that Cao Cao must have more trust in his clan.

Under normal circumstances, when encountering a big battle, Cao Cao's most important ones are generally Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun.Of course, this is not Cao Cao's cronyism. Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun are indeed capable.

While the generals under Cao Cao were muttering in the conference hall, they heard a loud singing from outside.

"His Royal Highness Wei Wang said."

Just listen to the loud singing and shouting, all the generals who had been muttering immediately shut up one by one.In the originally noisy hall, needles could be heard immediately.

"Speak, why don't you speak?"

"I'm far away, and I heard you talking here."

"Okay, I won't say it, you say it, I want to see who of you has a plan to defeat the enemy." Cao Cao glared at the generals under his command, and said angrily.

Although Cao Cao is not tall, he is just a little black and thin.But no matter where Cao Cao stood, he was full of aura. When he spoke, none of these generals dared to speak.Not to mention talking, not even one dared to pant loudly.

Why did Cao Cao lose his temper as soon as he came in? Was it because these people were muttering about the battle situation?Discussing the battle situation is actually not afraid of them discussing the battle situation, but Cao Cao heard everything they said just now.

It is a good thing to discuss the battle situation. Cao Cao was also happy when he heard them discuss the battlefield situation at first.But as he listened, Cao Cao realized something was wrong.There was a sense of pessimism in their tone, that is, the battle hasn't started yet?Everyone revealed a lack of self-confidence, how could this make Cao Cao not annoyed.

It is precisely for this reason that Cao Cao became furious as soon as he entered the hall.Damn, the battle hasn't been fought yet, the victory is said to be defeated, and the morale is gone, so how can we fight this.

After being scolded by Cao Cao, the mood of the generals under his command finally improved a little.

"Generals, don't be discouraged. It seems that we are at a disadvantage now, but in my opinion, Guo Fengxiao, our army has ten victories, while Yuan Shao has ten defeats."

Speaking of this, Guo Jia shared his theory of ten victories and ten defeats with all the generals.Counting carefully, how could Yuan Shao have ten defeats, and how could his side have ten victories.

Needless to say, this scholar can just fool around.Guo Jia's words simply turned black into white, and good into lame.According to Guo Jia, Yuan Shao's strength became a reason for his defeat.

These words were spoken by Guo Jia, and he just made people feel very reasonable.After Guo Fengxiao's ten victories and ten defeats were finished, the morale of Cao Jun's generals immediately rose.

When Yuan Shao fought Cao Cao in the previous life, when Cao Cao was at a disadvantage, Guo Jia uttered this theory of ten victories and ten defeats, which inspired Cao Cao and gave Cao Cao the courage to fight.Today, when everyone's morale was low, Guo Jia still uttered the theory of ten victories and ten defeats, which boosted everyone's morale.

I have to say that Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao is a capable person.This person is good at everything, the only shortcoming is that he died too early.

Of course, the reason why Guo Jia died too early can be said to be his own death.Drinking all day long, whoring prostitutes and taking drugs, no one's body can bear it.

"Humph!"

"Forgive me that you can't think of any good strategy to defeat the enemy, Feng Xiao, you assign tasks." Cao Cao sat in the center of the hall and said to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia received the order and came to the map.

Guo Jia looked at the map, then looked at the generals and said, "It's not just Xiahou Dun."

"The last general is here." Xiahou Dun got up immediately when he heard Guo Jia calling him.

"Yuan Shu General Ji Ling has one hundred thousand elite soldiers, and I have one hundred thousand elite soldiers with you. I ordered you to face the enemy Ji Ling head-on. I will recognize you as a general in this army. But, there is one thing, this battle can win but never lose. " Guo Jia looked at Xiahou Dun and said seriously.

One hundred thousand against one hundred thousand, and it is still possible to win but not to lose.This task is not easy, Ji Ling is also a well-known general in the world.Others might not dare to take on this task, but Xiahou Dun is different.

Xiahou Dun is a ruthless person who can eat his own eyeballs, how could he be afraid of a little Ji Ling.

"Military commander, don't worry, if I, Xiahou Dun, can't defeat him, Ji Ling. You don't need to say too much, the army commander, when the army is defeated, it will be when I, Xiahou Dun wipes my neck." Xiahou Dun said solemnly.

When Xiahou Dun said this, all the generals looked sideways.You know, once Xiahoudun said this, it was equivalent to issuing a military order.If he couldn't beat Ji Ling in this battle, he would have to come back with his head held high.

Seeing what his brother said, Xia Houyuan thought, this won't work, I have to help him.So he hurriedly challenged Guo Jia to be Xiahou Dun's lieutenant general.

Xiahouyuan is Xiahoudun's old partner. As soon as Xiahouyuan asked for a fight, Guo Jia agreed.In addition to Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun ordered Li Dian and Le Jin's generals.

It stands to reason that Xu Chu and Dian Wei are stronger.But Xiahou Dun didn't want to use them, firstly because they had to be responsible for protecting Cao Cao.Another reason is that these two are lawless masters.Except for Cao Cao, few people can restrain the two of them.

This battle was about Xiahou Dun's head. Xiahou Dun could not make any mistakes. For the sake of his own head, Xiahou Dun didn't choose Xu Chu and Dian Wei as generals.

Xiahou Dun was ordered to deal with Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling, so someone had to deal with Yuan Shu.Guo Jia told Cao Cao that if he hurt his ten fingers, it would be better to cut off one.Of course, there is a prerequisite for breaking one finger, that is, the persimmon must be picked softly.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, whoever is the soft persimmon, there is no doubt that Yuan Shu is the soft persimmon.It is precisely because Yuan Shu is this soft persimmon that Guo Jia gave Xiahou Dun 10 horses to face the enemy Ji Ling head-on.

Xiahou Dun is such a ruthless person. When he confronts Ji Ling, it must be a life-and-death bloody battle.

Here and Yuan Shu are mainly attacking, so Yuan Shao can't attack here.If Yuan Shu's side attacks, Yuan Shao's side must defend.Therefore, this time Guo Jia had to find a defender who was good at defending.

On Cao Ying's side, whoever is the number one guard will definitely be banned.Yu Jin was originally responsible for guarding Zhuojun and guarding against Li Chen.But now it seems that there is no need to guard against Li Chen, so Cao Cao transferred Yu Jin back, and even brought back most of the army stationed in Zhuo County.

Yu Jin is the most defensive general in Cao Ying. If you let Yu Jin fight the offensive, he will lose nine out of ten battles.However, where you let Yu Jin defend, if he defends there, you don't have several times the strength, and it is impossible to defeat Yu Jin.

Xiahoudun is like a tiger under Cao Cao's command, while Yu Jin is a big turtle. It may not be easy for Yuan Shao to break Yu Jin's shell.

Chapter 256 The Pioneer Official Lei Bo

Guo Jia pondered, among his own generals, if he were to talk about defense, he would be the number one.After thinking about it for a while, Guo Jia decided to use Jin to defend Yuan Shao. Although Yu Jin was accidentally stolen by Li Chen from Zhuo County last time, it can't be said that Yu Jin can't do it, it can only be said that Li Chen is too powerful.At that time, if it was someone else, it would be worse than the ban.

"Where is Yu Jin?" Guo Jia asked.

"The end will be here." Yu Jin bowed his hands and went out.

"You and I will have [-] soldiers and horses, stationed in the area around Hangu Pass, to defend against Yuan Shao's attack." Guo Jia ordered.

Xiahou Dun, the attacking Guo Jia, gave [-] soldiers and horses, and Yu Jin, the defensive Guo Jia, still gave [-] soldiers and horses.This is because Yuan Shu is different from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu only has more than [-] soldiers and horses in his full battle, and the number of troops he can use is at most a hundred thousand.

But Yuan Shao is different. Yuan Shao has an army of no less than 50.Military strength is just like women's ditches, there is always something to be squeezed.Yuan Shao's 50 army, if squeezed, can squeeze out 30 to [-].If Yu Jin is not given enough soldiers and horses, he may not be able to defend Yuan Shao.

A few days ago Yu Jin lost Zhuojun, but Cao Cao not only did not punish him, but today the military advisor Guo Jia actually entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.This moved Yu Jin's heart again, and he secretly swore in his heart that he would smoke, drink, and perm his head for the Cao family all his life.

Ah, bah, I have to go through fire and water for the Cao family all my life, and I will not hesitate to do so.

"Military commander, don't worry, if I can't hold Hangu Pass at Yujin, the day when Hangu Pass is broken is the day I jump from Hangu Pass." Yujin said solemnly.

Come on, Xiahou Dun just issued a military order just now, and Yu Jin here also issued a military order.As the saying goes, generals have the heart of mortalism, and scholars have no greed for life.Today, although Cao Cao is at a disadvantage, these generals under Cao Cao still have the idea of ​​daring to fight in their hearts.

After Guo Jia gave some instructions, the meeting was dismissed.Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin each ordered a few lieutenants, after the general.So he took Cao Cao's command arrow and went to dispatch troops.

On the official road to Changshe County, Ji Ling's generals Lei Bo and Lei Xu were marching forward with [-] troops.

The [-] soldiers and horses were all wearing gold helmets and gold armors, silver helmets and silver armors, bronze helmets and bronze armors, and iron helmets and iron armors.All in all, these [-] soldiers and horses are fully armored, even the fire-headed army is wearing armor.

The soldiers under Yuan Shu, you can say that these soldiers are not elite, after all, these subordinates of Yuan Shu have not experienced many battles.However, you cannot say that Yuan Shu's army is not well equipped.

Yuan Shu worked in the area of ​​the Huaihe River, in ancient times, the Huaihe River and the Yellow River generation, that is, today's Jiangsu, Henan, and parts of Anhui.It is located in the basin of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River.The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation, the river that gave birth to the Chinese nation.

Sitting in the richest and most prosperous place in the world, how could Yuan Shu be without craftsmen.Therefore, Yuan Shu's general's weapon is the greatest enemy of the soldiers in the world.

The official roads of this era are all rammed with loess, and a [-] army walking on the official roads is called a dusty one.In the midst of the dust, with the banners unfurled, Yuan Jun soldiers stood in formation, always ready to prevent someone from attacking and sneaking.

The [-] soldiers and horses were the vanguard sent by Ji Ling, and the lieutenant general Lei Bo was appointed as the front Zhengyin vanguard.

Under the flag of the Chinese Army, two people sat on two big horses. Both of them were big men with strong stature. Judging from their appearance, these two people were unexpectedly so similar.

These two people were riding two war horses. If you looked closely, you could see that one of them gave way to the other by half a horse's head.The one walking in front of this horse is the elder brother, Lei Bo, the pioneer official of Zhengyin.The one behind the horse was Lei Bo's younger brother, Lei Xu.

Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses were very strict during the march, and they seemed to be well-organized, and they seemed to be always elite soldiers.Of course, you can’t just rely on your eyes to see whether it’s an elite soldier, whether it’s a mule or a horse, can you go to bed to see if you can beat it or not?

Bah, whether you can fight or not will not be known until you go to the battlefield.

Lei Bo, this is Ji Ling's front part Zhengyin vanguard officer.Now it has been Cao Cao's base in the past, and now Yuan Shu and the others are borrowing his brother Yuan Shao's place, and want to fight this battle with Cao Cao.Whether they can win or not depends on the situation on the battlefield.

The reason why Ji Ling let Lei Bo be the vanguard officer of Zhengyin in the front part also shows that Ji Ling has a good method of using troops.He let Lei Bo be the vanguard officer, in fact, he also meant to use Lei Bo to test out the deployment of Cao Jun's troops.

This Lei Bo is now like a bait thrown by Ji Ling. The 2 soldiers are coming straight to Changshe County. Do you want to fight the [-] people or not.If it is to fight, the preparations are a bit hasty, but if not, I am afraid that there will be no chance later.

Changshe County is also a very famous place in Yingchuan County.When the Yellow Turbans were in war, it was once a major battlefield against the Yellow Turbans.Of course, the Yellow Turban Rebellion also destroyed Changshe County. Now there are only a thousand households in Changshe County, and it is simply dilapidated and dilapidated.

When Xiahou Dun came to Changshe County, he ordered his men to drive away the people and told them that there was going to be a war here.However, even so, there are not many people who are really willing to leave Changshe County.

The people in Changshe County are too poor. Everyone thinks that the most terrible thing in the world is poverty. There is nothing more terrible in this world than being poor.In the face of the word poor, military disasters have to be delayed.

Changshe County is not big, and there are not many soldiers and horses to hide, so Xiahoudun can only hide outside Changshe County with soldiers and horses.

When Lei Bo, Lei Xu's brother Langru led the vanguard to Changshe County, Xiahou Dun had already received the news.

"Report to General Xiahou, Lei Bo's [-] horses are thirty miles away, and they will arrive in Changshe County in a short time." I saw Cao Jun's scouts from afar came to report.

When Xiahou Dun heard that there were only thirty miles left, he couldn't help being shocked, and then lifted his spirits, and immediately ordered: "Investigate again, report again."

On the battlefield, in the process of marching and fighting, this information can be said to be life.It is even said that it is something more important than life. Whoever's scouts scouts have weight, then whoever is one step closer to victory.

Cao Jun sent out scouts to scout horses, and Yuan Shu's army naturally sent out scouts.Lei Bo is Ji Ling's old partner, and has served as Ji Ling's lieutenant for many years.After so many years, Lei Bo is still alive, which shows that he has some skills.The ability is not great, only a few points, but it is not a big problem to command thousands of soldiers and horses.

Chapter 257 Fire Attack

After the scouts sent by Lei Bo went around Changshe County, they didn't find anything abnormal in Changshe County, nor did they find any danger in Changshe County.In the entire Changshe County, there is only one Cao Jun camp that is empty.

This Cao Jun camp is empty, and there are still some unimportant items left in some places.From the ashes in the chef's room, the scout found that the Cao army in Changshe County had not been withdrawn for a long time, at most a day or two.

When Cao Jun evacuated, in order to prevent open flames from igniting nearby things, under normal circumstances, they would cover the fire source with soil.After the open fire is smothered by the soil, it will also burn in the soil for one to three days.So if you touch the fire with your hand, if there is temperature, it means that the time for the enemy to leave is within this time limit.

The scouts searched Changshe County for a long time, but found nothing except this deserted camp, so they hurried towards Lei Bo's army.

Outside Changshe County, on the official road.

"report"

With a long shout, a scout came from a distance.When he came to Lei Bo, the scout quickly got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the general, there is no abnormality found in Changshe County. Cao Jun has already evacuated Changshe County. Now there is only one deserted empty camp in Changshe County."

Lei Bo raised his head and looked at Changshe County not far away. It was already evening, and the surrounding area was surrounded by wilderness. Since there is Cao Jun's deserted camp in Changshe County, this is the best place to set up camp nearby. The place.

"Go fast, we will set up camp in Changshe County tonight. Cao Jun is afraid of our prestige, and this is to avoid his edge. Today, I, Lei Bo, will live in Cao Jun's camp." Lei Bo waved his hand, high-spirited Said.

"promise."

After receiving Lei Bo's order, all the generals and lieutenants in the front vanguard battalion under Lei Bo hurriedly urged their subordinates to go to Changshe County.

Not long after, Lei Bo brought the [-] vanguard battalion to Cao Jun's deserted camp.Judging from what Cao Jun left behind, they should have been in a hurry when they left.

It is said that the walls made of logs have not been dismantled, and even the tents have not been dismantled.There are two to three thousand soldiers and horses in these densely packed tents.