"Boom! --Boom! Boom! ”

"Roar! --Roar! Roar! ”

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Outside Xinye City - flags fluttering, war drums rumbling, 30,000 Jingzhou elite soldiers and horses, under the command of Liu Bei and Xu Shu, practiced various queue formations, simulated the method of attacking and killing, and a hot scene, so that the surrounding villagers came to watch one after another, and from time to time let out a sound of admiration!

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Jingzhou originally belonged to the Chu State, the people were fierce, the soldiers were brave, and they constantly launched wars of aggression, annexed more than 60 large and small princes, and became the most extensive one among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and the combat power can be seen!

Since the Western and Eastern Han Dynasty, the country's great enemies are the Huns and the Xiqiang people, the war in the north has continued, and many elite soldiers and strong generals have been trained, and the south is relatively peaceful, coupled with the mild climate and abundant products, the people are far away from the battlefield and hungry, and the folk customs have become weak!

Liu Bei and Xu Shu trained their soldiers and horses day and night, not afraid of cold and hardship, blood and sweat, which was to stimulate the spirit of bravery, enhance their combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and meet the invading Cao army, in addition, they also did two things:

First, remove the generals and colonels at all levels, replace them with confidants, break the original structure, reorganize into three troops, and hand them over to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun respectively, and firmly control the military power!

Jingzhou Mu-Liu Biao lent troops to Liu Bei, he wanted to repel the Cao army and then take back the men and horses, but unfortunately he didn't know that this big-eared brother of the same sect had a good habit: no matter the soldiers and horses, the territory, there was never a loan!

In addition, taking advantage of the large-scale invasion of the Cao army and the panic in Jingzhou, Liu Bei took more than 20 counties of Nanyang County under his command in the name of 'leading troops to resist'!

Second, from among the 30,000 horses, 2,000 men who were skilled in archery and horses and strong in martial arts were selected and put on white armor and white flags...... As Liu Bei's personal guard, there is also a resounding name - Bai Yubing!

Liu Bei traveled all over the world, repeatedly defeated, and also increased a lot of knowledge, and found that in the hands of all the princes, there was an elite army, Gongsun Zhan's 'White Horse Yicong', Yuan Shao's 'Euphorbia', Cao Cao's 'Tiger and Leopard Cavalry'...... Especially Xiao Yi's Xuanjia Iron Horse, running thousands of miles, fast as lightning, making people unguardable!

Therefore, Liu Bei made up his mind to form an elite team, to be a guard in peacetime, to be a vanguard in wartime, to fight in the south and in the north, and to expand the territory, even if it is not as good as the tiger and leopard cavalry and the Xuanjia army, when he is defeated and flees in the future, he can have a little more grasp of his life!

"Report! - Cao Hong led 30,000 horses, selected a good day and an auspicious day, and set off from Wancheng to kill Xinye, and the clan general - Xiahou Jie is the vanguard officer! ”

After a few more days, the meticulous workers sent back the news, and after more than half a month of preparation, the Cao soldiers and horses finally went south, and it was with great fanfare and swept in!

"Haha! -Surprise, attack unprepared, the way to win, that there is a delay for half a month, a big fanfare, although Cao Hong is a battlefield general, in fact, he is a stupid talent, Xiahou Jie's son, it is not to worry! ”

After learning about the military situation, the military advisor-Xu Shu laughed loudly, he had just emerged, and he met a stupid opponent, who happened to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and become famous!

"Cao Hong is brave and good at fighting, he is Cao Cao's confidant, so he is entrusted with the important task of soldiers and horses, why do you lead the troops alone, but you make many faint moves?"

Liu Bei is not good at using soldiers, but he is good at using people, and he also feels very disdainful of Cao Hong's method of using soldiers, isn't he much smarter than himself?

"Cao's army fought in the south and the north, and never lost the war, so that the soldiers and generals were arrogant, and they had the heart to despise Jingzhou, in addition, Cao Cao must bow down to everything, and over time, the generals and schools are all dependent on the heart, and they have lost the ability to think independently!"

Xu Shu pointed out Cao Hong's weakness, or the weakness of Cao Ying's group - 'strong poles and weak branches, soldiers and generals are arrogant!' ’

Since Cao Cao took power, he has purged the rule of officials internally, encouraged farming, and fought in the south and north externally, pacified the princes, leveled the Yellow Turban, destroyed Lu Bu, collected Yuan Shu, and defeated Yuan Shao...... In all the major battles, all of them personally commanded the troops, and the advantage of this is that it can inspire the morale of the army, fight bravely, and also establish its own prestige!

The things of the world, there are advantages, there must be disadvantages, Cao Cao is too diligent, too strong, over time, the generals only know how to obey orders, will not think independently at all, once they lead the troops alone, it must be full of loopholes!

According to Xu Shu's opinion, although there are many generals in Cao Ying, there is only one real handsome person - Xiao Lang, who is both civil and military, resourceful, that is, he can go on the horse to unify the army, and he can also get off the horse to calm the people, he is an all-round talent!

Ma Liu, Zhang Liao, Cao Ren, and Xiahoudun are proficient in strategy, calm personality, and can take charge of themselves; The other generals are brave and unscrupulous, restless, and can only charge into battle, not lead the army independently!

In addition, since the start of the army, the Cao army has been invincible, conquered everything, almost unified the Central Plains, steadily suppressed the princes from all walks of life, and the generals were inevitably proud, looking down on the weak southerners, and even more down on Liu Bei, who had been defeated repeatedly, so they entered the army with great fanfare!

"Since ancient times, the arrogant army will be defeated, stay in the next little arrangement, you must kill the enemy army without leaving a piece of armor, it won't be long before Wancheng is owned by the lord!"

While speaking, Xu Shu unfolded a map of Nanyang County, and invited Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to secretly instruct, and the three of them nodded again and again, and led the troops to prepare to go!

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"Boom! --Boom! Boom! ”

"Woo! --Woo! Woo! ”

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Two flowers bloomed, one for each table, after some preparations, Cao Jun also began to act, Xia Houen led 10,000 soldiers and horses, continued to garrison Wancheng, Cao Hong with 30,000 main forces, mighty to kill Xinye, ready to capture Liu Bei alive, deter Liu Biao!

Cao Jun went south this time, it was greedy for military merits and money, so the military discipline was extremely poor, burning, killing, looting, and harassing the people along the way, which was very unpopular with the people, and the people of Nanyang County hid in the mountains and wilderness, and they were quite resentful of Cao Jun!

In addition, the soldiers of the Cao army plundered private property, carried gold and silver in their arms, carried goods on horseback, and hid women in the carriages, which affected the morale of the whole army, not to mention, and delayed the speed of the march, and the daily advance was only more than 20 miles!

Fortunately, Cao's army made extremely smooth progress, and the cities and passes along the way fell from the wind, and even Fancheng, an important town in the south, was abandoned by Jingzhou soldiers, leaving a lot of property!

The army was progressing smoothly, and Cao Hong's heart was full of joy, while sending people to Yecheng to show his merits, hoping to be praised by the prime minister; While dispatching men and horses to garrison the occupied city, the army continued to advance and came to the north bank of the White River!

The Baihe River is forty miles away from Xinye, the river is wide, the water is turbulent, it is a natural military defense line, there were originally several wooden bridges on it, which have been burned down by the Jingzhou soldiers, leaving only broken piers and some charred black wooden planks!

"Haha! --Liu Bei's repeatedly defeated generals, gathering a group of rabble, how can he fight against the army of tigers and wolves, I heard that this general has been killed, I am afraid that he has fled! ”

Looking at the broken bridge, Cao Hong looked up to the sky and laughed, the other party did this, indicating that he did not dare to send troops to meet the battle, and could only rely on destroying the road to slow down his own advancement, what a group of brave people!

"Uncle is brave and good at fighting, he is a famous 'victorious general', the Jingzhou soldiers are frightened, how dare they offend the tiger, the prime minister will receive good news, and he will be rewarded heavily!"

Some people brag indiscriminately, and some people slap their horses, Xia Houjie followed aside, bragging vigorously for his uncle, hoping that the army would go south quickly, and he would rob some more property and mix up a little military merit!

The uncle and nephew had the same idea, thinking that the enemy was frightened, and the army should take advantage of the victory to pursue, so as not to have Liu Bei flee to Xiangyang, the big-eared thief is a famous escape general!

At this time, it is the midwinter etiquette, the rivers and lakes in the north have been frozen, and the ice is quite thick, Jingzhou belongs to the south, the climate is relatively mild, although the water surface is frozen, but the frozen is not very strong, it is okay to bear three or five people, and it can't withstand the trampling of thousands of troops and horses!

So, Cao Jun cut down trees, weaved ropes, built more than a dozen pontoon bridges, and laid them on the ice.

Cao Hong's expectation was not bad at all, the gate of Xinye City was wide open, it was empty, the defenders had already fled, and even the people were nowhere to be seen, it was estimated that they went into the mountains to hide, but they left a lot of things, gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, furniture and utensils...... Everything you need!

"The opportunity to get rich has come, what are the brothers waiting for—rob it!"

"Rob! -There are those who are fast, and those who are slow are not, whoever grabs it will belong to whom! ”

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Cao Jun rushed in, smashed open the treasury, destroyed the houses, and began a crazy looting, everyone carried a few big burdens, and it was a little difficult to walk!

Cao Hong, as the general of the unified army, naturally got the largest share, he was not ashamed of it, but was complacent, Xiao Yi unified the army to fight in all directions, that time was not a full load, the gold and silver in the house were piled up, what is it to grab a little property by yourself?

Cao Hong forgot that Xiao Yi killed first and then robbed, so he was naturally safe; If you only care about robbery and forget about the lurking enemy, I'm afraid you're going to suffer a big loss!

Next, Cao Hong slept beautifully, and the next day left 5,000 men and horses, stationed in Xinye County, and led 15,000 men and horses to kill nearby Bowangpo, because the rangers reconnoitred, there were traces of the enemy, and they also carried the banner of Liu Bei!

Some people can't help but ask, Cao Hong led an army of 30,000 to go on the expedition, why there are only 15,000 left, the reason is also very simple, along the way to attack the city and plunder the land, all need to be divided into troops to garrison, only Fancheng, Xinye will be divided into 10,000 horses, plus the rest of the county, Cao's mobile strength has been sharply reduced, less than half of the time when the expedition was launched!

At the same time, Liu Bei shrank his forces \ waited for the battle, set up an ambush on ten sides, and waited for the Cao army to get in!

(End of chapter)