"What? Lu Bu actually! A day later, Cao Cao received a letter from an envoy sent by the Yangzhou Legion, only to learn that Lu Bu had actually taken advantage of her inattention and secretly ran to the Yangzhou Legion, still through cavalry and night attacks.

However, this time it was different from her side, Lu Bu actually succeeded in defeating the Yangzhou army led by Cao Ren. Cao Ren had already returned to Guangling County with his soldiers, and he was afraid that he would not be able to provide support in this battle.

"Fifteen thousand soldiers, thirty thousand auxiliaries, and they were defeated in one day?" Cao Cao couldn't believe it.

"The enemy is under fire!" Guo Jia reminded, "The front army opened the road, the Chinese army threw the oil pot, and the rear army ignited the fire, and cooperated tacitly." ”

"The problem is that the other side doesn't have many torches to draw fuel and grease, as long as the soldiers are careful, they can avoid it. At the same time, even if you can't use water, the dirt on the road can actually extinguish the fire! Cao Cao sighed, Cao Ren was too unprepared for the fire attack.

Wang Yong doesn't know how to evaluate it at the moment, in the romance, Cao Ren went south to attack Jingzhou, and Xu Shu, who had just invested in Liu Bei's command, defeated Xu Shu with a fire attack, and at the same time recaptured Fancheng, which led to the follow-up battle of Bowangpo.

"Lord ......" Sima Yi stepped forward, "According to the envoy, when the enemy army suddenly appeared, the commander of the Cao army sent a group of soldiers to the rear army to protect the baggage troops. But with the rear army being routed and the baggage troops in disarray, this is the key to everything. ”

"Indeed, it is impossible to expect a group of baggage soldiers to have a high level of military literacy." Wang Yong also stepped forward to persuade him, can he become a baggage soldier and a firehead army, isn't it just the one who picks the leftovers?

"30,000 people were in a mess, and the soldiers outside couldn't help even if they wanted to, the fire spread quickly, and it was too late for rescue, so we could only rescue the supplies to the maximum...... The key question is, what is the situation with the night raid at night. Sima Yi quickly got to the crux of the matter.

"It seems that tens of thousands of Lu Bu troops appeared in all directions, and there was a lack of materials at that time, so there was no way to effectively defend, so they had no choice but to evacuate temporarily. For this reason, the remaining supplies and wounded soldiers of the battalion were abandoned, and only more than 20,000 of the 45,000 men finally returned, of course, the scattered soldiers were collected one after another, and at least 12,000 soldiers were saved. Guo Jia replied.

"If that's not the case, then she'll have to pay a big price for it at the very least!" Cao Cao complained directly. Because of this matter, she, the commander of the legion, is afraid that she will not be able to do it at all, but she has no idea who to replace.

Generally speaking, Cao Hong can, but Cao Ren comes down, Cao Hong goes up, which is a bit unreasonable. Now the imperial court is no longer the Cao family's hall, which means that others will definitely find fault with this matter, not to mention the newspaper.

"Lord ......" Sima Yi stepped forward, "My subordinates don't think that there are more than 10,000 cavalry under Lu Bu's command." ”

"Yes, I know." Cao Cao nodded, "I have also sent people over this year to investigate Lu Bu's situation. Lu Bu did get a lot of horses, but the cavalry he formed would not exceed 10,000 at most, after all, daily training would also be attritional. If she came to attack us before, and the cavalry she brought with her was not all, then I believe it. But at most, I think the wolf cavalry is no more than six thousand, and at the same time the light cavalry is no more than four thousand! ”

"There is one more thing, the lord didn't find ......out," Guo Jia stepped forward, "We almost didn't meet the elite of Lu Bujun along the way!" Wei Xu and Song Xian's subordinates, the elite troops were only those taken away by the two of them, and the others were all recruits! His subordinates thought that Lu Bu had transferred all the elite soldiers back to Xiapi City, at least in this vicinity. ”

"Then how many soldiers do you think Lu Bu has?" Cao Cao asked after hearing this, thinking for a while.

"At least 20,000 soldiers, thousands of cavalry!" Guo Jia replied, "And just defeated the Yangzhou Army!" ”

The Yangzhou Army was defeated and could not continue to support in the north, while the Yuzhou Army was still attacking Donghai County, and there was no way to solve it in ten days and half a month.

In the case of 10,000 people of the Central Army against 30,000 soldiers, especially thousands of cavalry, it is obviously too difficult. Let's just say that the siege of the city, the comprehensive encirclement is a bit reluctant, if you attack from all sides, it is estimated that it will be less than an hour, and these 10,000 people will be consumed.

"Did the other party expect that we would plot against the civil and military forces in Xuzhou, so they moved in advance and transferred all the soldiers back?" Cao Cao couldn't help frowning, for a moment, she suspected that Wang Yong had leaked the secret to the other party, but then denied the result.

From the dispatch order to the replacement of the defenders, it was impossible to do it in ten days and half a month, and it was only three or four days at that time, and they began to send troops, during which there was no large-scale military movement in Xuzhou! In other words, the other party was transferred like this earlier!

"Lord, a large number of people is not necessarily a good thing!" Seeing that Cao Cao was embarrassed, Sima Yi immediately stepped forward, "Just like the Yangzhou Army, with 30,000 heavy soldiers, it turned out to be a burden at a critical moment." Lu Bu's army has 30,000 elite soldiers, but there is definitely a lack of officers who can command these soldiers, so we only need to target the officers, then the other party's ordinary soldiers are not to worry! ”

Indeed, it is also a fact that a large number of Xuzhou civil and military officials were instigated to rebel. Even if Lu Bu's army had 30,000 soldiers, there was a very short number of generals to lead the army, and they had Song Xian, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu as internal responses. 30,000 soldiers, on the contrary, will become a burden!

"What Zhong Da said makes a lot of sense, and it's true that I'm a little too nervous." Cao Cao nodded and praised him.

"As a subordinate to join the army, it is the duty of the Lord to give advice!" Sima Yi replied modestly.

"That's it!" Cao Cao immediately turned around, the dissatisfaction in his heart had decreased a lot, and since Lu Bu was not nearby, there was no need to continue to worry about anything, "The whole army will advance and arrive in Xiapi City today!" ”

"No!" The four captains responded one after another, and in the previous two days, the large army was advancing at a rapid pace, and they also felt a little embarrassed.

In fact, even if there was no matter of the Yangzhou Army, with Cao Cao's IQ and the help of Guo Jia and others, it would only be a matter of time before this situation was discovered. Chen Gong did not underestimate Cao Cao from the beginning, so the time set for Lu Bu was that he had to go back and forth within two days, in other words, if he missed one of the hits, he had to flee immediately, so as not to suffer the enemy on his back.

It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't know this, she only thought that she had been fooled, and she was very dissatisfied. At the moment, I just want to go to Xiapi City as soon as possible and have a good meeting with Chen Palace. Speaking of which, I haven't seen her for a while.

A day later, or less than a day, that evening, a large army came to the vicinity of Xiapi. It's just that it's late at night, so I stationed twenty miles away from Xiapi County and rested for one night.

"Xiapi ......" Cao Cao looked at the city, not as good as Pengcheng, but it is also a high city, here was once the capital of Xiapi State, except for the country, this is the county seat of Xiapi County, prosperity is inevitable.

The key is that this is also the first city that Peng Chengguo encountered when he entered Xiapi County, which can be said to be the gateway to Xiapi County. As long as you lay down here, then there is nothing else to worry about. At the same time, considering that Cao Ren had already marched to Xiaxiang County before, then Lu Bu's stronghold, excluding Xiapi, would only leave Liangcheng County in the north at most.

"Xiapi is the key!" Looking at Picheng from afar, Cao Cao slowly muttered. Originally, it should have been like this, but now that Lu Bu can't beat it, he can still run to Guangling County, which is a very bad situation.

At this time, a single horse from afar came from afar, and came to the front of the army while Cao Jun was on guard. Wang Yong recognized it at a glance, and the person who came was actually Zhang Liao.

"General Cao!" Zhang Liao bowed his hand to Cao Cao, "My lord proposed to exchange Li Tong for the major general, how about it?" ”