Late at night - in the big tent of the Chinese army, the lights are bright, as bright as day, Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Zhang He...... More than 20 civil and military officers are discussing the number, route, and specific tactics of troops!

A map hangs in front of him, marking the mountains, rivers, and cities of the 'two Liaos...... There is also a thin red line on it, which is the 'Fengxiao Canal' that has just been completed, through this winding waterway, ordnance, grain and grass are constantly transported, and the logistics of the army do not have to worry!

Speaking from the heart, 'digging ditches, transporting grain by water' is definitely a clever plan, every step forward in the ditch, the Cao army forces will push further, if connected to the big and small Ling River, and then dig to the 'Han four counties', then the city in the two Liao areas, it will also go down without a fight - this is Mount Tai pressing, to break the clumsy!

The problem is that although it is a good plan to camp step by step, it is also too time-consuming and energy-consuming, and most of the 180-mile 'Fengxiao Canal' makes use of natural waterways, and 400,000 soldiers and civilians rush to work day and night, and they also dig for two or three months, and thousands of craftsmen and people are tired to death!

More than 500 miles from Linyu to Liucheng, the mountains along the way are vertical and horizontal, the hills are undulating, the soil is quite hard, there are clever craftsmen who have estimated that with the current strength of Caoying Group, if you want to dig a ditch in the past, it will take three years in short terms, five years in length, and it will cost countless manpower and material resources!

Qin built the Great Wall for more than ten years, enslaved millions of people, more than half of them died, and the national strength was almost exhausted, but it blessed the descendants for more than 2,000 years...... This proves that some major projects that benefit the country and the people, even if they are costly, are worth doing!

Once the 'Fengxiao Canal' is completely completed, it will have a ...... on the military, political, transportation, and irrigation of the Liangliao region. It will have a huge impact, it can really be said that the merit is in the present and the benefit is in the future, no matter how much manpower, material and financial resources Cao Ying invests, it is also worth it!

Such a move to benefit the country and the people, but failed to continue digging, is not the lack of wisdom of the traitor, nor is it not the lack of courage, on the contrary, Cao Cao also wants to make some big projects, so that he will go down in history and be famous for centuries, but it is a matter of time before he is really hindered!

Cao Cao didn't have three years and five years, not even a year, he had to eliminate the Karasuma people, the Xianbei people, and the Gongsun family before the winter, and end the war in the Liangliao region, otherwise, he could only strike the army and negotiate peace, because the rear was unstable!

First, the princes of Jiangdong, Jingzhou, Hanzhong, and Yizhou are eyeing the Central Plains, and once the Cao army has been trapped in the two Liao battlefields for a long time, they are likely to unite and attack Xuchang City from behind.

Although Liu Zhang, Liu Biao, and Zhang Lu are useless people, Liu Bei is ambitious, quite heroic, and it is likely to thread the needle and form an alliance of princes, Sun Quan is also young and promising, completely controls the six counties of Jiangdong, and is ready to send troops for revenge!

Second, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to control the name of the righteousness of the world, which is also one of the reasons for the rise of the Cao family, but the Cao army's northern expedition has been more than a year, and there is no one in the court, and there is instability!

News came from Xuchang City that some die-hard ministers of the Han family privately recruited dead soldiers and built weapons, preparing to take advantage of Cao Cao's absence, to launch a palace coup d'état, snatch the little emperor out of the palace, and then flee to the area of Jingxiang Nine Counties, calling on the subjects of the world to jointly crusade against Cao Thief!

The above two hidden dangers made it difficult for Cao Cao to sleep and eat, and he had to fight quickly, go back to the imperial court, kill all the political enemies who opposed him one by one, and then wave a million heroes to the south to level the rest of the princes!

The environment of the two Liao regions is complex, the climate is harsh, the east and spring are cold and windy, the ice is three feet, the autumn is lewd and rainy, there are no cars and horses, the army is extremely difficult to move, only in the three months of summer, it is suitable to mobilize men and horses, and fight on the battlefield, so the Cao army must seize the opportunity to fight at the top!

"The key to pacifying the battle between the two Liaos lies in logistics, Linyu is the base camp of our army, only the prime minister himself can ensure that nothing goes wrong, as for the detour to attack Liucheng, it can be handed over to other generals!"

"The last general is not talented, he is willing to lead the army to Liucheng, surprise attack the lair of the Karasuma people and the Xianbei people, if this battle is not won, I will never return to see the prime minister!"

"The last general is also willing to make a military order, if he can't annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop, he will kill himself on the battlefield, and the prime minister will sit in the camp and wait for the good news!"

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The strategist Cheng Yu stepped forward and advised Cao Cao to stay in the base camp in a very tactful way, because the battle that was about to start was too dangerous!

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Gao Ran...... A group of brave generals also stepped forward to ask for orders, hoping to undertake this arduous task, and the life and safety of the prime minister are much more important than the battle situation!

The western Liaoning corridor - the road is rugged, the lack of water is not conducive to the advance of the army, and the city has already been prepared, and the seventy or eighty thousand cavalry of the Karasuma and Xianbei clans are stationed on the line of the Daling River, ready to come to wait for work, if the Cao army crashes head-on, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat!

After repeated discussions, everyone accepted the suggestion of the guide officer-Tian Chou, and the army turned around and marched north, exiting the Lulongkou fortress from the small road, walking east along the White Wolf River Valley, going around to the northwest of Liucheng, and then attacking from behind the enemy.

The plan sounds good, but the implementation is extremely difficult, on the vast prairie outside the Saiwai, there is no city, no road, and no people, logistics and supply are very difficult, and it is easy to lose their way, the Han army gets lost in the Sai, but it often happens, a generation of famous generals Fei General - Li Guang, because he lost his way, killed himself in shame!

Besides, the terrain of the White Wolf River Valley is dangerous, there is a canyon in the middle, and there are mountains on both sides, after the large group of people and horses enter, they can only march in a long snake formation, if they are discovered by the Karasuma people, and thus set a trap, the Cao army will inevitably be wiped out!

"The kindness of the generals, the old man really understands it, but the mountains are high and the road is far away, the thieves are stubborn, this battle is not the old man's personal conquest, and he can't win the victory, so you don't have to persuade him anymore!

This battle is related to the safety of northern Xinjiang, as well as the world's great plan, and I hope that you will work together to achieve this great achievement, the old man's strategic arrangement is: frontal feint attack, side sneak attack, front fist and back hand, all aspects............"

Cao Cao knew the danger of a sneak attack, and it was precisely because of the difficulties of the battle that he had to personally command, so as to strengthen the morale of the three armies and take the enemy's nest - Liucheng in one fell swoop!

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Huang, Zhang He...... Although they are brave and loyal, they have no talent for improvisation, and they cannot control the entire battle situation, to put it bluntly, they are only strong generals, not excellent commanders, and they cannot afford to carry such a heavy burden!

The only person who can share his worries, and live in seclusion in the mountains, in desperation, Cao Cao can only personally lead the army, go into battle and fight with the enemy, the feeling of loneliness in his heart, words are difficult to express, of course, the treacherous man Wen Tao Wu strategy, tactics are also quite exquisite!

Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan led 100,000 horses, along the line of the Liaoxi Corridor, advancing with great fanfare, making the Karasuma people mistakenly think that the main direction of the Cao army's attack is still the area of the Great and Small Ling Rivers, this is the plan of the suspicious soldiers!

At the same time, Cao Cao took Cheng Yu and Liu Ye two strategists, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Zhang He, Gao Lan four generals, and 80,000 elite men and horses, and carried another month's grain and grass to the north out of Lulongkou Fortress, and made a detour to attack Liucheng!

80,000 soldiers are carefully selected, divided into 10,000 cavalry, 10,000 archers, 20,000 infantry, this is the main force in the battle with the enemy, Karasuma, Xianbei are all nomads, cavalry is the best for cavalry, but the White Wolf River Valley is too narrow, the cavalry is difficult to pass, 10,000 is the limit!

The remaining 40,000 people are auxiliaries, responsible for paving roads, transporting grain and grass, and in the event of a decisive battle with the enemy, they can be used as reserves, but compared to the 40,000 elites, the combat effectiveness is much worse!

Linyu, as the base camp of the Cao army, hoarded countless ordnance, grain and grass, which is the lifeline of 300,000 soldiers, so it is natural to guard it closely, otherwise once it is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Zhang Xiu, Gao Shun, and Jiang Qi each led 30,000 horses, deployed on the line of the Old Yan Great Wall, and firmly guarded the Linyu camp from the east, north, and west, and built hundreds of beacon towers to prevent the enemy from coming to sneak attack, which can be described as foolproof!

With the three-way army guarded, Linyu is very safe, only Mao Jue, Li Dian, and Le Jin are three people, leading 20,000 horses and horses, and 50,000 craftsmen and people, who are responsible for carrying grain and grass for the army.

"Xiao Lang, Feng Xiao, what do you think of this strategic arrangement...... Rattle! ”

After dividing the troops and sending generals, Cao Cao habitually asked, wanting to hear the opinions of Xiao Yi and Guo Jia, but found that both sides were empty, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart.

Armageddon begins...... Ha ha!

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