Chapter 415 Cao Mengde's Three-way Attack

Xun Yu's words are true: In the first round of attack on Sun Liu's allied forces, Cao Cao's side damaged 40,000 soldiers. He was sunk two buildings by the enemy, captured two, and removed the four buildings that were damaged by the enemy and were being repaired in the dock. At this time, Cao's army only had two buildings to use... Even if the ferry is enough, Cao's soldiers are not good at water. War, if you forcibly attack the enemy, won't you hit the stone with an egg?

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao said to Jia Xu, "Now he can only bother Jia Jijiu to go to Jiangxia County and personally command the siege... Jia Jijiu, if the situation is not right, you can order the army to station in place and withdraw half of the equipment troops..."

Jia Xu readily agreed, and then got up and left. The rapid march must be tiring, but it's better than facing Cao Cao, who is depressed. In the past, Cao Cao had a pimple in his heart and liked to chat with Guo Jia. Every time Guo Jia could easily solve Cao Cao Cao's problem. Now, as soon as Cao Cao has troubles, he likes to talk to Jia Xu all night, and Jia Xu can also help Cao Cao solve his happy knot... Of course, Jia Xu is not as free and casual as Guo Jia, because Jia Xu is also afraid of being unintentional. It's not a legend that a sentence offends Cao Cao and accompanies you like a tiger.

After a night's urgent march, Jia Xu arrived in Jiangxia County earlier than Cao's equipment troops. When Jia Xu saw Taishi Ci and Gan Ning standing on the gate of Jiangxia County, he knew that Changshi Xunyu's speculation had become a reality, and Cao Jun's siege plan could not be successfully implemented.

So, Jia Xu then conveyed Cao Cao's order to Zhang Liao and other generals: 100,000 troops were stationed in place, half of the equipment troops were left, and half returned to the Chibi Ferry...

When Tai Shici and Gan Ning wanted to lead their soldiers to rush out of the city and occupy the moat, they found that the Cao army's neat cavalry policy began to retreat in an orderly manner. Five miles away from the city, Cao Jun began to camp. At this time, Taishici and Gan Ning also knew that even if the main generals on both sides were of equal strength, there were only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses on their side. If there were 60,000 horses, they could directly attack Cao's camp and defeat the enemy at once! In particular, Cao Jun is camping... Due to the limitations of reality, they can only imagine it in their hearts.

Even if the casualty ratio is 1 to 3, and finally defeat the strong enemy, Tai Shici and Gan Ning can't afford it. If there are too many ants, you can also gnaw on elephants! What's more, there are more than 300,000 follow-up troops of the Cao army. If your own soldiers and horses are all in the first battle, what else can you take to resist the next round of attacks of the Cao army?

Therefore, Tai Shici and Gan Ning could only watch Cao Jun camp under their own eyes anxiously. Of course, Cao Jun had to give up the strong attack and retreat five miles out of fear of them.

As a result, Cao Caoyi confronted Sun Liu's allied forces in Jiangxia County and Chibi Ferry. In this case, the two sides are not fighting for force, but patience, endurance and logistical supply capacity. Although in the winter when there is no harvest, because Jiangdong Group usually pays attention to the reserve of grain and fodder, there is no problem with the supply of grain and fodder of Sun Liu's allied forces for the time being, and it is okay to support it for a year and a half; while hundreds of thousands of Cao soldiers have no problem with the supply of grain and fodder due to the resource-rich Jingzhou. What's more, there is Cao Cao's vast rear?!

In terms of comprehensive comparison between the two sides: it is still the Cao army in the away game. What Cao army lacks, such as ships, such as the skills of soldiers and water warfare, can be trained and cultivated; compared with it, the Sun and Liu allied forces have a fatal weakness - the source of Sun and Liu allied forces is strict. At the same time, due to internal infighting, part of the troops were taken away by Sun Hao.

In this way, Sun Liu's allied forces can only passively defend against the strength of Cao's army; while Cao Cao's side is constantly dispatching troops and training the water combat ability of soldiers and soldiers.

In order to completely defeat the Sun and Liu allied forces, Cao Cao made up his mind and used all his old skills: he transferred Xia Houyuan from the direction of Yizhou, and sent Yu Jin and Lejin, the five tiger generals, to the south of Qingzhou, so that they could lead Cao's army to attack Jiangdong from the south of Qingzhou; Cao Hong, who guarded the capital, Cao Cao also transferred him to Hefei, at the same time Zhang Liao was also sent to the Hefei battlefield, and Cao Cao asked them to attack Jiangdong from the direction of Hefei. In order to enhance the strength of the front-line battlefield, Cao Cao also transferred Xiahou Chun, Cao Ren and Cao Zhang, who served as mobile troops, to his eyes.

In just one month, although the Cao army made no progress on the front-line battlefield, in the Qingzhou battlefield and the Hefei battlefield, the Cao army defeated the Jiangdong army. It was not until the Jiangdong army retreated to the south of the Yangtze River that the Cao army stopped attacking because it was not good at water warfare.

This month, under Cao Cao's personal supervision, Cao's ability to fight water on the Red Cliff Front has been qualitatively improved and leaped. In order to make his subordinates participate in cruel training without complaint, Cao Cao himself leads by example: every morning, Cao Cao is naked and pours a basin of cold water on his head.

Cao Cao can do it to a real level. What else can other soldiers say? They can only practice the skills of controlling boats and water battles in various situations regardless of the frozen river. Originally, the generals and soldiers of the Cao army were all experienced in a hundred battles. In close combat with the enemy, they would not be as bearish as the sailors of Jingzhou. Water is easy to cultivate, and the ability of water warfare can also be improved through cruel training, but the combat effectiveness that is not afraid of death can be improved casually...

Therefore, the newly recruited Jingzhou soldiers, under the almost abnormal training of Zhang Mao and Cai E, several soldiers died tragically in the training every day! Some new soldiers ran away, but when they were caught, they were dismembered by five horses. His family and relatives had to be punished for sitting together! In this way, Jingzhou soldiers who have no way out can only train desperately. They are looking forward to defeating Sun Liu's allied forces as soon as possible, so as to gain freedom...

Looking at the soldiers who have changed a lot every day and ten days, Cao Cao himself defeated the confidence of Sun and Liu's allied forces in his heart and climbed up little by little! The failure of the previous first attack and the sense of powerlessness in the face of Jiangxia County gradually disappeared from Cao Cao's heart.

Cao Cao never believes that with his more than 400,000 generals and strong generals, he can't defeat the Sun-Liu allied forces with less than 100,000... Defeat the Sun-Liu allied forces, take Jiangdong, and once and for all, it has become Cao Cao Cao's greatest wish.

In the tangible battlefield, Cao Cao's side has an advantage, and the invisible battlefield has also developed towards Cao Cao's side: First, Cao Cao's side took Xu Shu's mother, a super counselor, to the Chibi battlefield. As a result, Cao Cao took Xu Shu to Cao's camp. Second, under strong pressure and crisis situation, Sanpin General Sun Hao met Sun Quan in person and asked Sun Quan to contact the Sun Liu Alliance and take the initiative to surrender to Cao Cao. As a result, of course, it was reclusively rejected by Sun Quan. As a result, Sun Hao, who was so angry, began to secretly unite with some evil forces to murder Sun Quan...

The suffocating pressure from Cao Jun and the infighting within the Jiangdong Group, so the Jiangdong Group had many unresolute civilian generals and began to secretly contact Cao Cao... Especially after Liu Bei's subordinate Xu Shu went to Cao's camp, he never came back. Under the influence of this incident, many civilian generals also began to absconded out of Jiangdong and secretly surrendered to Cao Cao!

The changes in Jiangdong Group are expected by Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and others. In order to improve the cohesion of the army, at Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei finally agreed to marry Kui Yue's sister as his concubine. In order to get closer to Liu Bei, Kui Yue proposed marriage to Liu Bei many times.

Liu Bei's wedding celebration also sends a message to everyone: Sun and Liu's allied forces resolutely resist the invasion of Cao's army, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan will never surrender to Cao Cao...

Let's talk about Xu Shu. Xu Shu was forced to enter Cao's camp alone. Of course, Cao Cao himself treated Xu Shu warmly. No matter how good Cao Cao showed his goodwill, Xu Shu didn't say a word. Waiting for Cao Cao's order for people to lead Xu Shu's mother into the military camp, Xu Shu's calm face calmed down a little.

Xu Shu's mother is also everyone's demeanor. It seems very common for the mother and son to meet. After Xu Shu stayed in Cao Ying's building for a few days, he suggested to Cao Cao at a party, "King of Wei, I and my mother can't stand the shaking of the hull. I wonder if the King of Wei can gather the ships together with chains? ..."

Xu Shu's proposal immediately brightened Cao Cao, Jia Xu and others: Yes, why didn't they think of this idea? Lock the big and small boats together with chains, and the boats will not shake in the north wind? In this way, many Cao soldiers can get rid of the symptoms of seasickness...

Therefore, even if Cao Cao accepted Xu Shu's suggestion, he tied the building boat together with a chain. At this time, Cao Cao's side had 12 building ships, 200 medium-sized warships, and 500 small warships. So on the cold river, there was a new change in the formation of Cao's fleet: dozens of medium-sized warships were at the forefront, 12 large building ships were close to the shore, and other small warships were between them, either swimming continuously, carrying Cao's soldiers patrolling; or directly tied under the hull of the big ship to prevent Jiangdong. The sneak attack under the military...

A few days later, Xu Shu asked Cao Cao for instructions on the grounds of his mother's elderly body: he accompanied his mother back to his hometown Cangzhou... Cao Cao immediately agreed to Xu Shu's request and let Xu Shu serve as the governor of Yingchuan County. Xu Shu did not refuse either. From then on, Xu Shu no longer paid attention to the struggle between all forces and became the governor of Yingchuan County. Under the governance of Xu Shu's justice, wisdom and integrity, Yingchuan County has gained decades of peace and stability.

Xu Shu's life is full of legend. In troubled times, he shines a unique light and shows a different demeanor! It can be said that there is no prince to manage his own territory, and Xu Shu has achieved "a job as an official for the benefit of one side". Few officials can compare with Xu Shu's achievements, from ancient times to the present!

Cao Cao used his strategy to make Xu Shu surrender, which immediately had an immediate effect. After that, every few days, civilian generals from Jiangdong fled to Cao Jun's camp. Although Cao Cao is extremely disgusted with such people, he can only accept these people for the sake of the overall situation! Cao Cao saw through this kind of person at a glance: they can betray Sun Quan in a critical moment, and they can also betray themselves in a critical moment in the future. In the eyes of this kind of person, there is only survival, only interests, and there is no sense of noble sentiment and firm position at all. Even if there is, it is still in the mouth to attack the opponent...