Chapter 271 Battlefield
Cao Jian suddenly jumped up, opened his eyes angrily, and looked around at the civil and military ministers in the account.
The anger rolled in his cavity for a long time, and he said in a low voice, "I'm going to die with Liu Feng's son."
Decisive battle!
Most of the people in the account have changed their looks.
Now that the east of the river has fallen and the east has been defeated, the situation on the east and west lines is in danger, and the morale of the army has been greatly shaken.
Under such an unfavorable situation, Cao Jian actually chose to take the initiative to fight with Liu Feng.
There was hesitation in everyone's eyes. Obviously, they all thought that Cao Yan was stimulated by the death of his beloved son, and made such an impulsive decision for a while.
No one dares to hinder. Who dares to provoke him when he is angry?
At this time, Cao's expression gradually calmed down after his anger.
He glanced at the people and said silently, "I know what you are thinking, but I want to tell you that at this point, only by fighting to the death and defeating Liu Feng first can we get out of the danger of Hebei. We have no choice."
After, the ministers fell into silence.
They are all understanding people, and they soon realized Cao's good intentions, or they had no choice but to do it.
Hebei is empty, and the situation in Henan has deteriorated. Even if they do not choose to fight with Liu Feng's main force on the front line of Xuchang, Ganning's partial army can also take a detour behind them and directly attack Luoyang.
The current situation is that they have no more troops to adjust, and they can only choose to fight with the enemy.
If this battle is won, the forces of the Cao family will be reborn in the fire.
If you lose... No one dares to imagine what failure will be like.
Glory and wealth, status and power, everything, the achievements of a lifetime of struggle, may be annihilated.
There is only one war.
##########Two days later, a decisive invitation letter was sent to Liu Feng.
Seeing Cao Jian's handwritten challenge book, Liu Feng really sighed a lot.
This is not only a challenge, but also a formal recognition of Cao Jian, admitting that Liu Feng has reached an equal position with the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.
After so many years of struggle, Liu Feng has finally come to this point.
Although Liu Feng understands, in fact, his current strength has surpassed Cao Jian.
"It seems that our Prime Minister Cao is desperate and wants to be reborn from me, hehe..."
Liu Feng showed the battle book to everyone. All the generals were eager to try, and their blood was excited, and they all demanded a decisive battle with the enemy.
Pang Tong held the war book in his hand and smiled, "Liu Bei really attacked Hedong. At present, Hebei is empty. If not, I'm afraid our Prime Minister Cao will disdain to fight with us."
Pang Tong originally stayed in Jianye as the governor of Yangzhou, but because of the war on the front line, he had entered a critical moment of surname. In order to ensure the correct surname of the soldiers, Liu Feng had to transfer Pang Tong from the rear.
After listening to Pang Tong's words, Liu Feng knew that his chief adviser was also in favor of fighting with the enemy, so he said, "In that case, I will repair a book. If he wants to fight, I will fight with him."
Pang Tong put down the battle letter and waved his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry to reply. We might as well go to the decisive battlefield selected by Cao Xian to inspect it first."
Liu Fengshen thought so, so on that day, he led hundreds of elite riders to explore with Pang Tong and others.
In the evening, when the last trace of blood red in the distant sky became dim, Liu Feng and his party arrived at the predetermined battlefield.
At this time, when night was approaching, the bodyguards took out the flint and lit up all the torches they had brought. The firelight beat at the top of the pine oil torches. First, it was weak, and then gradually brightened up, illoating a place with a radius of hundreds of meters.
The battlefield selected by Cao Yan, called Lejia, is a small plain located in the east of Xihua County.
This place is located in the central area of the confrontation between the two armies, and it is understandable that Cao Wei chose this place as the place of the decisive battle.
However, in this plain area with a radius of dozens of miles, there is a small swamp, which separates the right wing from the left wing of both sides and cannot fight directly.
"Old General, you have rich experience. In your opinion, if our army fights with Cao's army here, how should we arrange troops?" Liu Feng asked Zhang Ren, who was accompanying him.
Zhang Ren looked at this vast land, and after a long time, he slowly expressed his tactics.
With Zhang Ren's arrangement, in this decisive battle, most of the elite Jingzhou Army and Yizhou Army, which are good at step-by-step warfare, should be placed on the left-wing plain battlefield, and some of the Yangzhou Army, which are not good at land warfare, should be arranged behind the swamp.
Although the number of Liu Feng's troops has an advantage, the number of Cao Jian's cavalry is double that of his own side. The Yangzhou Army, which is weaker, can use the swamp terrain ahead to resist the attack of Cao's cavalry. If a small group of enemy troops come, they can easily eliminate the enemy.
With such an arrangement, the right wing of Cao's army is equivalent to being abolished. It can only rely on the left wing and Liu Fengjun, who concentrates most of the main forces.
Although Cao's cavalry has a considerable advantage in the plain battle, Liu Feng's army can completely offset the advantage of Cao's army by virtue of the advantage of the number of people and the assistance of some cavalry.
Zhang Ren believes that Cao's morale at this time is low, but his own morale is high. This plain war will definitely succeed.
As long as the left-wing battlefield wins, the overall battlefield will also be under your control.
From the bottom of my heart, Zhang Ren's platoon is very good at using troops. Both the terrain and the support and control of troops reflect the rich experience of a veteran.
Some of the other generals accompanying him also seconded Zhang Ren's battle plan.
After hearing his analysis, Liu Feng couldn't help nodding slightly to express his approval. Even so, Liu Feng still had a trace of worry.
The battlefield of Lejia is high in the west and low in the east, but Cao's army is in the high ground and its own army is in a low place. Although the height difference is not very large, Cao's cavalry will also be greatly improved.
In this case, even if their morale is high and the number of people is superior, at most they can only compete with Cao Jun on the left.
There is also the right wing. The generals all trust the swamp very much, believing that Cao Jian can never break through from the right wing, but in Liu Feng's heart, he feels that the most safest right wing that the generals think may be the most dangerous part.
Cao Wei is a soldier. Like himself, he has always liked to win by surprise.
Even if it is a decisive battle, it is impossible for Cao to choose the battlefield here just to occupy the high ground.
Liu Feng can't say why. He just feels so instinctively.
Liu Feng turned around and found Pang Tong in the middle of the crowd.
He is short, so mixed with many tall generals and guards, which looks very funny.
However, in those eyes, the eyes were extremely sharp, as sharp as a blade.
"Military, what do you think of this battle?" Liu Feng asked how he could not listen to the advice of the chief counselor in such a big war of success or failure.
Pang Tong looked at the wilderness for a long time and said slowly, "Lord, I don't think this battle can be fought like this."
Pang Tong's eyes looked into the distance, the night was low, and a few stars flashed in the sky. His eyes penetrated the silence, as if he could see the hundreds of thousands of enemies who were ready to move under the starry sky not far away.
Liu Feng looked directly at Pang Tong's eyes, from which he seemed to see some kind of coincidency.
##########The moon is approaching the west, and it is time for the soldiers to fall asleep.
The Cao army's camp, which lasted for more than ten miles, was silent.
Suddenly, the sound of drums protruding and rolling in like thunder. In the dark night, the sound of shouting and killing suddenly rose, shattering the silence in an instant.
Several southern knights came out of the army, ran like the wind, and flew past before Cao's camp. In a sound of shouting, countless rockets rushed into Cao's camp like flying locusts, wooden grids, tents and so on.
All the soldiers of the Northern Army, who were sleeping, were shocked. The generals of each battalion quickly gathered troops and horses to prepare for the enemy's sudden night attack.
The general was forbidden to run between the battalions, roaring fiercely, subduing the people's hearts of the panic, and ordered the battalion not to move, and could only fight back against the enemy at night.
Not long after, the rapid assembly of 3,000-step riders was completed. In front of the ban on the flying horses, they led the army out of the camp and prepared to counterattack the enemy's attack.
However, when the Northern Army stepped out of the camp, the enemy's attacking Southern Army had long been hidden in the night. Under the firelight, except for a few empty dust, half of the enemy's shadow could not be seen.
"Mother, it's another false alarm."
Yu Jin quenched his saliva, cursed, and ordered the whole army to return to the camp.
The golden sound sounded, and the army that had just rushed out of the camp even retreated back.
There are still three days left before the decisive battle.
Since Liu Feng agreed to Cao Yan's decisive battle, these days, the Southern Army has used the advantage of the number of people to divide into several teams and harass Cao's camp day and night. Drums are beating during the day and cold arrows are fired at night, making it difficult for tens of thousands of northern soldiers to sleep.
Obviously, Liu Feng wanted to hit Cao's morale as much as possible before the decisive battle began.
After returning to the camp, Yu Ban rode straight to the tent of Cao's camp.
At this time, Cao Yan was also woken up by the night attack of the enemy soldiers, as if he had gotten used to it. He was not annoyed at all. Instead, he picked up the lamp and read the military book.
As soon as he entered the account, Yu Jing arched his hand angrily and said angrily, "The Prime Minister, the thief army attacked repeatedly, which made it difficult for our army to sleep. I asked the Prime Minister's permission to send troops to fight back by the same means."
"Wen Ze, you have always been calm, but now you are also disturbed by the enemy's tricks." Cao put down the book and said with a smile. In his tone, there was no intention to blame.
Yu Ji's anger, silently said, "The decisive battle is coming. I just want the soldiers to have a full spirit before the decisive battle."
Referring to this, Cao Wei turned around and asked, "Since we have talked about the decisive battle after three days, I would like to ask you, Wen Ze. What do you think we have a chance of winning this decisive battle?"
Yu Bin was silent for a moment and said bluntly, "With all due respect, I thought that our army had no chance of winning the decisive battle after the third day."
As soon as this statement came out, the appearance of the guards on the left and right changed, and the frankness of the ban annoyed Cao Yan.
At this time, Cao's face was not angry at all, but showed a strange smile.
(to be continued)