Chapter 70: When things go weird, there must be deception
But any minister with a normal mind can predict what kind of disaster it will be for Xu Du and the Han if he really allows the 200,000 Wuhuan army to break through Baimadu and cross the Yellow River.
This will be a bigger disaster than the Yellow Turban Riot and Dong Zhuo's chaos!
No matter what you say about the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo's rebellion, it is only the civil strife of the Han Dynasty, but Wuhuan has 200,000 iron horsemen, which is a foreign rebellion.
Liu Xie was furious.
Doesn't Yuan Shao have a brain?
If this battle is not fought, it would be good, Wuhuan was blocked by the dangerous Yellow River, so he could only obediently retreat to Liaodong, and wait for Liu Xie to pacify the thirteen states of the world one by one, and then free up his hands to clean up Wuhuan.
But if Yuan Shao really crossed the Yellow River and the Wuhuan army swung south, at that time, the situation would be completely chaotic, not only Xu would be impacted, but even Yuan Shao's own nest would probably be served by Wuhuan!
The hearts of those who are not of my race must be different, this is the eternal truth since ancient times!
Yuan Shao's move was basically to lure the wolf into the house, open the door to thieves, and treat the entire Han as a gamble to gamble on his own fate.
Stupidity! Mediocre person!
Originally, Liu Xie still felt that Yuan Shao was also a hero in this troubled world, but now it seems that it is a big mistake.
"Yuan Shao is as stupid as a guinea pig!" Cao Cao's face also changed greatly, shocked and angry, and immediately roared, "Wuhuan has always looked at the Han Dynasty with a hawkish eye on the wolf, and he is not satisfied with that area of Liaodong at all, how could Yuan Shao not even see through this, and dare to join forces with Wuhuan Iron Cavalry to cross the river!" ”
"How is the battle in Hakuba now?" Liu Xie looked at Yuhuatian and asked in a cold voice.
Fortunately, there is an intelligence system from Xichang, otherwise I am afraid that when the Wuhuan army crosses the Yellow River, Xu Du will still be kept in the dark.
"The ghost genius Guo Jiaqin led all the garrison troops in Baimadu and fought the front line."
"Because Yuan Shao's 20,000 vanguard troops were allowed to cross the river first, Yuan Shao's army and Wuhuan Iron Cavalry had a buffer area, and the firepower was mainly concentrated on the south bank of Baimadu, and the situation was stalemate."
"If no reinforcements arrive, even if Guo Jia is a ghost, I'm afraid he will become a real ghost tonight."
Yuhuatian respectfully bowed his head and reported.
Although Cao Cao was solely responsible for the garrison on the south bank of the Yellow River, Yuhuatian's spying on the intelligence was more detailed than Cao Cao had learned, which inevitably surprised Cao Cao, and he almost thought that a general had betrayed himself and revealed all the information to Yuhuatian.
"How is this good, if even Guo Jia can't hold it, the Yellow River defense line may collapse!"
"The only way to do this is to send reinforcements to the rescue as soon as possible, otherwise, the defenders of Baimadu will all be killed!"
"All the prime minister's troops have been transferred to the defense line on the south bank of the Yellow River, and there are only some troops left to guard the border passes, even if they are dispatched now, it is too late!"
"It's better to transfer all the troops from other ferries to Baimadu, first hold Baima Ferry, and block the Wuhuan Iron Cavalry."
"Yes, there are 200,000 Wuhuan iron cavalry in Baimadu, Yuan Shao will definitely deploy most of the army at Baima Ferry, just wait for Wuhuan iron cavalry to break through the defense line, and then the whole army will cross the Yellow River and approach Xudu!"
Above the court, the hundred officials couldn't care about their duties at this time, and they all talked anxiously, regardless of party affiliation and party members, they were all thinking about their own lives.
Cao Cao's brows tightened, he made thousands of calculations, but he never calculated that Yuan Shao would find Wuhuan iron horses to cross the river together, which made Yuan Shao increase 200,000 iron horses out of thin air, and his combat effectiveness directly doubled.
His strength is already weaker than Yuan Shao, and now with the Wuhuan Iron Cavalry, this battle has just begun, and it is already a life of nine deaths!
"Prime Minister, Baimadu is in great danger at the moment, it is better to transfer the troops of several other defense lines to rescue, leave the self-protection troops to defend to the death, and get through the difficulties in front of you first."
Cheng Yu stepped forward and proposed to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's eyes flickered, and Cheng Yu's strategy was exactly what he thought in his heart.
At present, he has no other troops to draw from, and there is nothing else to do but this plan.
"The order went down, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and Li Dian led the commanders of the department, and quickly rushed to Baimadu to rescue, and the rest of the defense line was on the defensive, and it was dragged until the siege of Baima was lifted!"
"Yes!" Cao Hong and Cao Chun received orders one after another, and turned around to give orders.
"Wait!"
Above the main hall, there was a majestic shout, which made Cao Hong and Cao Chun stunned, and they couldn't help but stand on the spot.
All the officials looked at each other and saw Liu Xie sitting on the dragon chair, with a majestic momentum and a cold expression.
"Your Majesty, the front-line border troops are the Prime Minister's headquarters, and the current military situation is urgent, and I hope that the Emperor will give the Prime Minister the right to dispatch and transfer power, otherwise, the Han Dynasty will be in danger!"
Cheng Yu thought that the emperor wanted to hold Cao Cao accountable for transferring troops without authorization, so he hurriedly stood up and explained.
Cao Cao also looked at Liu Xie coldly, his face cloudy.
"How many troops does Yuan Shao have?"
Unexpectedly, Liu Xie did not mean to be held accountable, but asked the hundred officials.
"The claim of 800,000 troops, although it is suspected of exaggeration, but in terms of the forces under the control of Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou, it is more than 500,000 at least."
Cheng Yu didn't know what the emperor meant by asking this for a while, frowned, and replied patiently.
"Let's count it at 500,000, plus 200,000 Wuhuan troops, for a total of 700,000 troops." Liu Xie didn't pay attention to the doubts of the hundred officials, but continued to speak on his own.
"As far as I know, Baimadu is just a crossing of the Yellow River defense line, although the terrain is flat, but it is not very wide, 700,000 troops, you say, can it be accommodated?"
Liu Xie's words settled, and among the hundreds of officials, although there were still some ministers who didn't understand what it meant, Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and other important ministers had already woken up at the first time, and their faces changed suddenly.
Yes, how can a white horse ferry accommodate an army of 700,000?
What's more, there are Cao Cao's defenders, if all of them are transferred over, there will be nearly 100,000 or more than 800,000 troops crowded into a small ferry, and this battle has not been fought like this!
But whoever acts strangely will be deceitful!
Cao Cao's expression was complicated, and he looked at Liu Xie with a strange look.
For some reason, he suddenly realized that Liu Xie'er had begun to make him unable to see through, and the people who could think of such problems at the first time were definitely people who were familiar with the art of war and used soldiers like gods!
"Among the Yellow River defense lines, where is the largest ferry crossing and the most open terrain?"
Liu Xie didn't pay attention to the shock of the hundred officials, and then asked, his eyes swept over everyone's faces.
"It's Guandu!" Xun Yu was suddenly shocked, and Huo Ran was cheerful.
Cao Cao and the others were also like being empowered, looking excited, "Could it be ......?"
"Yuan Shao's army is set in Guandu!"
"The onslaught on Baimadu is just a pretense, the purpose of the Wuhuan army is to attract the strength of the entire Yellow River defense line, so that Yuan Shao's army can cross Guandu in one fell swoop and go straight to Xudu!"
Xun Yu's expression was excited, and his voice was excited.