Chapter 84 Opportunity and bait

In order to reverse morale, Cao Yan suddenly dispatched at least 50,000 elite soldiers one night when the wind was high one day after a few days of night. With Cao Hong and Le Jin as the forerunners, he led a thousand dead men to open the way. He led the Chinese army to follow, intending to rob the village overnight when the arrogant soldiers of the army was paralyzed. Fortunately, although the Bingzhou army was a little arrogant, the homework that should be done was not pulled down at all. The soldiers patrolled and the sentry tower were on duty at night. Each general Qu Ke did his duty and soon found Cao Jun's intention.

If the sneak attack fails, it becomes a strong attack. Under the leadership of Cao Wei himself, the three armies used their lives and launched waves of tide-like offensives. The Cao army, which was mainly based on the surrender of troops in Qingzhou, sent out huge energy in this battle, and they all worked hard and were extremely fierce. Strive to defeat He Chen's main village in the first battle and get an early advantage.

But how can He Chen's front army be so easy to repel? Yan, Dai Zhirui, Qiang and Qiang's bravery, coupled with the strong Dazhai, Zhao Yun commanded calmly and also launched a strong counterattack.

The two sides began to fight all night, and the whole Yangwu turned into a sea of lights, and the sound of tearing and killing resounded through the sky.

He and Cao soldiers fought for their lives, and soon there were many casualties. When it was dawn, Cao Jian saw that Dazhai was still as stable as Mount Tai, so he was unwilling to stop the army.

In the next two days, the two sides launched several large-scale scuffles, but Cao's army won less and lost more, the war was a little unfavorable, and morale inevitably went down. Cao Jian saw that He Jun was tall and organized in an orderly manner, and he couldn't plan for a while, so he listened to the plan of the counselors and began to close the village and hang up the war card.

This is also in line with He Chen's heart and is happy. However, war is the most taboo to do nothing, which will make the soldiers slack off and affect morale. Therefore, although the main force is in Guandu, they still send troops to abuse and provoke each other. He even had nothing to do in his spare time and trained soldiers a few miles away from Guandu Dazhai.

Cao Bingbu's general tried to lead the army to attack many times, but was stopped by Xi Zhicai, so he gave up.

Although Guandu did not start the war, a small group of private troops kept fighting. He Chen also followed Cao's example and asked Yue Yaer and Khalier to bring 5,000 cavalry each, and began to go deep into Yanzhou from both sides, using the mobile surname of the light horse and the sudden surname to harass the rear in a large area. Although Cao Qian was a grain robber, only Qian said to be a thief. There was no reason for Qian said to prevent thieves. Even if they had many soldiers escorted along the way and were highly concentrated, they were still accidentally burned hundreds of bridging carts by these two cavalry and lost a lot of food. This made Cao Zhen very angry, but due to the lack of a large number of cavalry, it was impossible to form an effective interception, so there were not many ways to show that he could only take over the escort, which was extremely suffocating.

In Dong'a, Wei Yan and Cao Ren fought a new round of fierce battle. Wei Yan used the "Hurricane Legion" to drag Cao Ren's brigade, but secretly made Ma Dai lead 5,000 soldiers around Licheng and capture Mount Tai at lightning speed. Ma Dai even cut down the yellow scarf and surrendered the general's vest, Shen Cheng and others. After the guard Sun Li dropped hundreds of corpses, he fled in panic. Mount Tai was broken, and Tai'an was in danger, and there was a faint tendency to invade Dong'a from the back. Cao Ren, who was scared, hurriedly let the soldiers of Zangba, the guard of Mount Taishan County, and protect his side at the same time, in order to fight back, repel Ma Dai, and recapture Mount Tai.

Yu Ban was not so lucky. He was defeated by Xu Huang in Hanoi. Although the main force was intact, Xiuwu and others continued to fall and had to retreat strategically in the direction of Xingyang. After Guo Huai took back the White Horse Ferry from the new one, he did not stay for long. First, he notified Zhang Yan to let people receive it, and he kept moving from Liyang to the new one, ready to surround the Xiahou family.

Xia Houyuan and Xia Hou Dun are worthy of being famous generals of the State of Wei. Seeing that their intentions have been exposed, countless troops of He have been forced to come up in all directions. Li Yang's granary obviously could not be burned. When He Jun was about to weave a net, the light horse suddenly rushed hundreds of miles overnight, jumped out of the encirclement in one fell swoop, and approached Puyang, making He Jun a little embarrassed, and at least tens of thousands of troops were led by their noses and jumping around. Fortunately, after Hao Zhao received the news, he rushed to avoid being attacked by Xia Houyuan.

Although Xia Houyuan did not burn into grain and fodder, he also achieved a certain strategic goal. The Yellow River defense line was made full of wind and cranes, and the grass and trees were soldiers. However, the Xiahou brothers were also kicked out. Because Hebei is rich in war horses, there are too many cavalry, and the riding back and forth keeps sweeping. In addition, there are local people as the eyeliners. If they are not careful, they can attract large troops to encircle and suppress them, making gray-headed soil, and the supply mouth food has become a big problem.

It's July, and the heat is unstoppable. Even the wind blows over, which is so hot that it makes people confused. Once the poisonous sun is exposed to the sun, it can almost roast people sincerely and dry. In such a hot weather, even the water level of the Yellow River has dropped a lot. Soldiers on both sides have suffered from heatstroke, and the number of non-combat forces has begun to increase. In this case, neither Cao Wei nor He Chen intended to launch a decisive battle. It's just that no one dares to be careless, and they are deeply concerned about the other party's military use.

He Chen gritted his teeth and insisted, and Cao Chen also frowned.

In this case, the confrontation between the two officers has unconsciously entered September.

Cao's grain and grass are decreasing, and it is difficult to continue at the beginning. In contrast, after He Chen sat in the north, his innate advantage began to appear. Bingzhou has been recuperating for years, and Jizhou is rich in land and resources. In addition, it is adding a series of wasteland fields. The grain trucks are vast. Every ten days and a half months, it comes out of the caliber from the upper party and continues to be transported to Liyang through the Chaoge. Zhang Liao, the governor of Jizhou, also has no free time. On the one hand, let Juyi continue to strengthen fortifications in Youzhou to prevent alien races and sweep. Crack down on the remnants of Gongsun's forces; on the other hand, let General Ma Yu raise manpower and material resources, arrows, weapons, armor, including grain and fodder, and go south to Liyang one after batch.

All this made Cao Hen, who learned the news, envy and hate, but he was helpless.

As for the Xiahou brothers, they have long been kicked back to Chen Liu. If they can save their lives, they are already lucky. As for the 8,000 cavalry at the time of the expedition, they were finally bitten by the Huchuquan Xiongnu cavalry. Although the Xiongnu horse did not dare to be said to be the best war horse in the whole Han Dynasty, it was much better than the horses produced in the Central Plains. After several fierce chases, the Xiahou brothers lost 2,000 horsemen, so they could get rid of the pursuit of the cook. Later, when he was preparing to cross the south, he was sneaked up by Ganning's "scale armor sailor" and lost most of his combat strength. On the way back, less than 3,000 cavalry were left. Because of injuries, heatstroke, food and other reasons, hundreds of corpses were thrown away. When they returned to Guandu, the 8,000 cavalry who went out to the expedition were less than a thousand, which can be said that the losses were extremely heavy.

With the deepening of time, the war is becoming more and more unfavorable to Cao.

In order to break this passive situation, Cao Jian held on to the front and began to actively look for fighters in private.

First of all, he asked Li Tong to lead 10,000 troops to support Yu Ban, trying to break through Xu Huang's garrison, and then sent troops from the flank to Chaoge to cut off one of the important grain roads of He Jun. It's just that Xu Huang knew that he had a great responsibility and had been ready for a long time. He couldn't attack the forbidden number, but suffered heavy losses. Seeing that Xiuwu still couldn't open the situation, Cao Hen could only work hard and strive to fight with He Chen's main force.

According to this, Cao Yan is in the camp.

I wanted to see the ancient battle examples for a while and find inspiration, but I felt absent-minded and dry, and I couldn't read a word. Cao couldn't help throwing away the book, stood up, put his hands behind his waist, lowered his head slightly, and stamped back and forth. Looking at his frown and heavy footsteps, he was obviously extremely depressed.

Cao Yan has been under a lot of pressure recently. He has reached the point where he can't eat and can't sleep. Although He Chen only had 200,000 troops to confront him, the people who could be dispatched. Once the war was unfavorable, under a paper order, he could gather at least 300,000 to 400,000 horses in a short period of time. In case he really wanted to go down and bring millions of armor, it was definitely not a myth. Whenever he thought of this, Cao's scalp felt numb, which made him breathless. Several times, he wanted to return to Xu Di.

"Lord..." At this moment, there was a sound outside the door.

"So it's a military division. Come in." Cao Yan stopped, and his voice was a little low and hoarse.

The camp curtain was pulled up, and the ordinary-looking actor stepped forward gently.

"Does the military division think of a good strategy?" Cao Shen looked at Xi Zhicai with an expectant expression.

Xi Zhicai's face is calm. Although he knows that Cao Wei has been very anxious recently, as a counselor, he must not mess up. In this dangerous situation, a careless move is the whole situation. He shook his head and said, "He Chen is not so smart, but his Guo Jia is extremely powerful. There is no flaw in the Yellow River defense line and Guandu Dazhai. Therefore, the lord must not be too hasty, but should wait patiently for the fighter.

"Oh." Cao Yan answered, and the little pupil could not help showing disappointment.

"But I received a message today." Xi Zhicai received Cao's look in his eyes and said softly.

Cao Zhen asked, "What's the news?"

"Today, there was news from the reprimanding Hou that He Chen thought that the grain and grass were piled on the front line of Liyang's unfavorable transportation, so he moved the granary to the black nest. Then Chunyu Qiong was sent to lead 30,000 soldiers to guard. Zhang Hao of Yanjin and Yu Qiu Yi of Baima are protected by the left and right wings, and Guo Huai and Hao Zhao are ready to support at any time in the rear. Xi Zhicai's tone was calm, just like telling a fact, without some emotion.

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Cao Shen's face condensed and asked tentatively, "The military master thought..."

"This is our only chance to defeat He Chen, but it may also be a bait." The actor said lightly.

"This place is less than a hundred miles away from Guandu, and it takes two hours to get there. Even if He Chen is greedy for convenience, it is impossible to take the risk of moving the granary to this place. Even if it is protected by He Jun on all sides.

(to be continued)