Chapter 1577: The Battle of Xuzhou (174)
Cao Cao must figure out what the origin of this suddenly emerging army is, after the experience of Guan Yu's sudden appearance in the great situation of Pei County, Cao Cao will never allow this kind of thing to happen again, Cao Cao stared at the map, this distance is not far from them, more than ten miles away, if they suddenly kill, they can completely make them unable to react.
And the most important thing must be the enemy army in this ambush, the scouts can't find out their identity, and even the number of enemy troops is a mystery now, how many people are there? Fifteen thousand or ten thousand or more?
Cao Cao didn't dare to think about it, he was used to thinking about the worst results in many things, what was he worried about now, naturally it was the main force in Liu Lan's Xuzhou City, if they had arrived, then they had to be careful, once they attacked the city on a large scale, Zhao Yun suddenly killed, it is likely that all their efforts will be in vain, and they will even be defeated and flee, this situation has not happened before, Gao Ran of the Battle of Jizhou was not only defeated in the hands of Zhao Yun because of this?
At the same time, as Cao Jun's scouts appeared more and more frequently, Zhao Yun naturally expected that their whereabouts had been discovered, although this was a dense forest, but the dense forest after late autumn had no advantage over the hiding of large troops, and it was not strange to be discovered, Zhao Yun chose this place entirely because he was relatively remote, and he hoped that Cao Cao would not search here even if he sent scouts.
But this kind of heart did not make him safe, he was still discovered, and now there are not many options in front of him, either withdraw or set up an ambush, solve the scouts first, force Cao Cao to send troops over, and then set up an ambush to calculate Cao Cao, if it can succeed, Peixian will be completely safe.
The dragoon army was continuously sent out, for a whole day, dozens of waves of scouts who came to Cao Jun were killed, to this, Zhao Yun believed that Cao Cao would not and did not dare to send scouts over, even if they were sent, no one dared to come, at this time, even if Zhao Yun's goal was achieved, it was up to Cao Cao to dare to lead the army.
Zhao Yun ordered the troops to rest and recuperate, and waited patiently for Cao Jun, time passed little by little, the sun set quickly, a bright moon rose, sprinkling the clear light, the temperature began to gradually drop, and the bonfire was lit, illuminating the surroundings exceptionally brightly.
Zhao Yun is not afraid of exposure, compared to Cao Cao, he has been in Xuzhou for so many years, he knows the terrain around him well, even if he closes his eyes, he will not take the wrong path, but can Cao Cao? When the time comes, if Cao Cao comes at night, it will not be at his mercy? However, judging from the situation of Zhao Yun and Cao Cao's fight, this person is still more cautious in using troops, so the possibility of running over after dark is almost zero, so instead of worrying about Cao Cao's sneak attack in the middle of the night, it is better to wait for Cao Cao's attack after dawn.
Time passed little by little, exactly as Zhao Yun expected, Zhao Yun didn't have any way to do this, he couldn't be Cao Cao's master, let alone command him whether to send troops, maybe Cao Cao didn't plan to pay attention to himself at all?
With the scouts having nothing to do, and unable to judge their numbers, Cao Cao would definitely not rush here, so it would be better to wait for himself to go over to surround the point to send reinforcements, wouldn't it be the safest measure? At this time, compared to the possible failure, Cao Cao has patience, these considerations Zhao Yun has already thought of, and now it is up to Cao Cao to choose.
Night after day, it passed quickly, but Cao Cao never appeared, and even the information sent back by Zhao Yun sent scouts was not moving, as if everything was being installed Zhao Yun expected, but he didn't understand the situation, if Cao Cao really didn't have any ideas, why didn't he continue to attack Peixian?
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Cao Cao actually knew the situation of Zhao Yun for a long time, because they were dragoons, easy to identify, and who their main generals were, naturally there was no need to say much, but it was not clear how many enemy troops there were, whether Zhao Yun was personally in charge, so Cao Cao was unable to find out the situation of the enemy army at close range, Cao Cao just asked a few small details, and judged the general number of dragoons and the main general was Zhao Yun.
Quite simply, that is the size of this dense forest, and how much of the enemy occupies the dense forest, so it can be judged that the number of enemy troops should be at least 5,000 to 10,000 people, because in such a dense forest of more than ten acres, the situation described by the scouts can only have such an effect of 5,000 to 10,000 people.
After knowing the general situation of Zhao Yun's troops, Cao Cao hesitated in the choice of sending troops to attack and waiting for Zhao Yun to take the initiative to come, after all, this is a dragoon, they faced each other in Pei County, and they also had a chase with them in Yanzhou Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, but they did not get any benefits, plus they were cavalry, and they went rashly, there was no chance of victory, so Cao Cao simply set up an ambush, as long as Zhao Yun dared to appear, then let them have no return.
Cao Cao's plan began, but what he didn't expect was that Zhao Yun did come as scheduled on the third day, but the troops who came were much smaller than he expected, less than two thousand.
2,000 people are coming, what is he going to do? Cao Cao couldn't understand Zhao Yun a little, if it was a temptation, then the number of people was obviously too large, but if it was an attack, the number of people was bound to be too small.
But there is one thing, if they are tempting, then the attention will definitely not be heard, this is two thousand people, even if it is exposed to his ambush, it does not hurt, leaving them behind can be regarded as a small victory. Especially the number of dragoons is not large, if they are solved, even if they still have the remaining dragoons, it will not be in the way, it can be said that as long as he wins this battle, it is equivalent to the battle of Xuangaopei County, they have won the battle.
Cao Cao didn't leave any chance for Zhao Yun, and when the dragoons were getting closer and closer, and the moment they were close to Peixian, the ambush soldiers suddenly came out from all directions, and a steady stream of them surrounded and killed the two thousand dragoons.
The dragoons began to retreat in a hurry, and the two thousand dragoons retreated, almost at the moment when the Yanzhou army was encircled, they rushed out, and the shortest distance between the two sides was only a hundred paces, which was exactly the range of the archers, and the only pity was that they did not have the opportunity to shoot arrows, and the dragoons disappeared in a gust of wind.
But at the moment when everyone was about to return to the main camp, they suddenly received an order from Cao Cao to pursue, although they were escaped by the dragoons just now, but the sharp-eyed Cao Cao saw a familiar face in the dragoon team, Zhao Yun, although they were a few hundred meters apart, but the previous confrontation in Peixian, Zhao Yun's impact on her was too profound, and when she suddenly saw him here, could Cao Cao not be excited?
Especially Zhao Yun came with two thousand dragoons, what does this mean, it means that the dragoons are likely to only have two thousand, otherwise a lord like Zhao Yun will come to die by himself: "The one who rides a white horse in a white robe is the commander of the enemy army, whether he is caught or killed, the official is promoted to three levels, and the reward is a thousand gold." ”
Cao Cao's order was passed down in an instant, and the news of capturing and killing Zhao Yun alive was everywhere, and every Yanzhou army desperately chased after him, that was Zhao Yun, it was equivalent to Huang Cancan's gold to them, and what did Zhao Yun come from, that was the second person in the martial arts list, the governor of Xuzhou under Liu Lan, and the tiger general who Guan Zhang's name could capture or kill him, then he would be famous.
Being promoted and making a fortune can also be famous and well-known to the world, this is the biggest temptation for everyone, every soldier and even the general, including the main general of this battle, Xiahou Yuan's eyes are red, he dances his weapon, and waves forward, "Chase!" ”
The Yanzhou army pursued in the direction of the dragoon's escape like a tiger descending from the mountain, although they knew that it would be difficult to catch up with the cavalry on horseback in a short time, but under such a huge temptation, who cared?
However, they pursued for a short time, Xu Shu, who heard the news, rode out of the camp on a fast horse to find Cao Cao, and begged him to withdraw his troops in a hurry, not to chase, although Guo Jia only suspected that this was the conspiracy of the enemy general, but after all, there was no convincing evidence, but he was strange, two thousand people were killed like this, and they ran away without doing anything, which absolutely didn't make sense, so he guessed that this was most likely Zhao Yun's trick, and he used himself as a bait to lure our army to pursue him.
Guo Jia's rhetoric is not convincing, because for the time being, there will be no results to prove whether what he said is right or wrong, but Guo Jia's reminder made Cao Cao nervous, and immediately withdrew the Xiali troops.
Although Guo Jia did not explicitly say that this was a conspiracy, Zhao Yun's plan was too inferior, and he could deceive Cao Cao but could not deceive him, and Cao Cao was also really scared under his reminder, and he made the mistake of being thoughtful, and almost put the troops in a forbidden place from which they could never recover.
But Cao Cao didn't expect that just when he ordered the troops to withdraw and they turned around and lined up to prepare to withdraw to Peixian, a dragoon army who had fled far suddenly appeared, they galloped over, the crossbow machine in their hands was wound early, one hand controlled the Maller reins, and the other hand held the crossbow machine aimed at the Yanzhou army, and at the moment when the enemy entered the range of the crossbow machine, the crossbow arrows were shot towards the Yanzhou army.
Their hand crossbows were replaced by crossbows early in the morning, and in an instant, the arrows rained down, and the Yanzhou army that did not react was shot and killed.
Although the Yanzhou army formed a formation, it was facing away from them, and after the chaos of crossbow shooting, although Xiahou Yuan changed the rear team to the front team, but at this time, the dragoons had already killed them, and they launched a brutal killing of Yanzhou in an instant, and the dragoons were all murderous veterans.
In the Liaodong period, they were already hundreds of people, thousands of people, hundreds of generals, for killing, each has their own experience, if they can kill a person more accurately and faster, they have a thousand strange methods, but no matter what the means, they are just to kill, and for these veterans, when killing, there will be no novice-like soft situation, either do not shoot, or must kill.
The sharp Pu knife stabbed at the brother of the Yanzhou soldier, but without exception, it was a fatal blow, the means were simple, and it was not bloody and cruel, it was a real murderous butcher, and they would make it easier for their opponents to die than a new pawn.
However, they pursued for a short time, Xu Shu, who heard the news, rode out of the camp on a fast horse to find Cao Cao, and begged him to withdraw his troops in a hurry, not to chase, although Guo Jia only suspected that this was the conspiracy of the enemy general, but after all, there was no convincing evidence, but he was strange, two thousand people were killed like this, and they ran away without doing anything, which absolutely didn't make sense, so he guessed that this was most likely Zhao Yun's trick, and he used himself as a bait to lure our army to pursue him.
Guo Jia's rhetoric is not convincing, because for the time being, there will be no results to prove whether what he said is right or wrong, but Guo Jia's reminder made Cao Cao nervous, and immediately withdrew the Xiali troops.
Although Guo Jia did not explicitly say that this was a conspiracy, Zhao Yun's plan was too inferior, and he could deceive Cao Cao but could not deceive him, and Cao Cao was also really scared under his reminder, and he made the mistake of being thoughtful, and almost put the troops in a forbidden place from which they could never recover.
But Cao Cao didn't expect that just when he ordered the troops to withdraw and they turned around and lined up to prepare to withdraw to Peixian, a dragoon army who had fled far suddenly appeared, they galloped over, the crossbow machine in their hands was wound early, one hand controlled the Maller reins, and the other hand held the crossbow machine aimed at the Yanzhou army, and at the moment when the enemy entered the range of the crossbow machine, the crossbow arrows were shot towards the Yanzhou army.
Their hand crossbows were replaced by crossbows early in the morning, and in an instant, the arrows rained down, and the Yanzhou army that did not react was shot and killed.
Although the Yanzhou army formed a formation, it was facing away from them, and after the chaos of crossbow shooting, although Xiahou Yuan changed the rear team to the front team, but at this time, the dragoons had already killed them, and they launched a brutal killing of Yanzhou in an instant, and the dragoons were all murderous veterans.
In the Liaodong period, they were already hundreds of people, thousands of people, hundreds of generals, for killing, each has their own experience, if they can kill a person more accurately and faster, they have a thousand strange methods, but no matter what the means, they are just to kill, and for these veterans, when killing, there will be no novice-like soft situation, either do not shoot, or must kill.
The sharp Pu knife stabbed at the brother of the Yanzhou soldier, but without exception, it was a fatal blow, the means were simple, and it was not bloody and cruel, it was a real murderous butcher, and they would make it easier for their opponents to die than a new pawn.