Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 688

However, the Liangzhou army did not attack the Xuexian city wall. Instead, it circled around the Xuexian city wall a few times, hunted and killed some Cao soldiers who had not had time to escape, and then retreated like a tide. .

Cao Junmenhou breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, okay."

While Xiahoudun was chased by Liangzhou Army in the process of escaping and shot him in the shoulder, he was temporarily unable to fight in person, but he still went to the front line to supervise the battle. Therefore, although the Liangzhou Army was on a fierce offensive, Cao Jun was able to continue.

After the failure of the night attack, Xiahou Dun's personality has changed drastically since then, and he has learned more art of war, and has gradually grown into a famous general under Cao Cao.

Not only Xiahoudun was leading the army to fight the Yanzhou army in Jin, Cao Hong also led the army to join the Youzhou army led by Yan Liang to attack Jizhou in coordination.

However, Xu Huang is a famous general with both wisdom and courage, and Liu Ye specially left Liu Ziyang as Xu Huang's mastermind.

After analysis, Xu Huang believed that although Youzhou Army was newly defeated, he was cautious because of the new defeat of Youzhou Army. Moreover, Yuan Shao probably absorbed the advice of Jushou in the past to assist Yan Liang with his ministers. Deal with.

"Speaking of which, our army must first attack Cao Jun?"

Xu Huang said to Liu Ye.

Although Liu Ye left Xu Huang to guard Jizhou, he was left with only 20,000 troops. If he were to face Yan Liang and Cao Hong at the same time, it would not be possible to form a crushing advantage on either side. He had to defeat the enemy all the way. Sending troops to attack another route is the best policy.

Moreover, this time Cao Jun and Yuan Shaojun joined forces to attack, maybe as long as one of them can be broken, the other will automatically retreat.

In fact, Liu Ye said to Xu Huang that he could ask for help from Lv Bu in Bingzhou with the handwriting left by him if he needed it. Although in the previous battle of Jinyang, Lu Bu suffered a lot of losses, but it was not a big problem to put together a cavalry of thousands.

However, Xu Huang was confident that with the 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hand, he was able to repel the two attacking enemies.

"Yes." Liu Ye nodded and said, "I heard that the commander of the Cao Jun who came from Qingzhou this time was Cao Hong, the younger brother of Cao Cao. This man is brave and brave, but he is brave and innocent."

"Mr. Ziyang means that our army can use a plan?" Xu Huang looked at Liu Ye's eyes.

Liu Ye smiled and nodded: "General Gongming sure enough, no wonder he can be entrusted with the important task of being alone."

Currently in Liu Ye's army, there are only four generals who can stand alone: ​​Yu Jin, Zhang Jaw, Ma Teng, and Xu Huang.

Among the four generals, Yu Jin and Zhang Jai need not say much. They are the veteran generals who followed Liu Ye to fight during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. They have been with Liu Ye for more than ten years, so one Guarding Yanzhou, one is in Nanyang.

And Ma Teng has long-standing prestige among the Qiang people, and the eldest son Ma Chao and nephew Ma Daiju are important generals in the army, so they guard Liangzhou.

And Xu Huang is the youngest senior among the four generals, but Liu Ye can entrust him with important tasks. Originally Liu Ye couldn't understand it, but today, Xu Huang is indeed extraordinary.

"Yes, please see General Gongming."

Xu Huang and Liu Ye stood before the sand table representing the entire Jizhou. Liu Ye had already ordered the army to change the marching map into a sand table. He also specially trained a group of scouts. In addition to investigating the enemy, he also had to survey the terrain. Collect them to be responsible for making sand tables.

The ancient map of the march is very different from the modern map. It is from the north to the south, and the painting is extremely abstract. Therefore, the sand table has been popularized in the army and immediately became popular.

Liu Ye’s palm points to a field in the lower right corner of the sand table, which is Qinghe County in the southeast of Jizhou. There are several gaps around Qinghe County. The black gap represents the county boundary, and the red gap on the east represents the state boundary. , To the east of Qinghe County is the Pingyuan County of Qingzhou.

"Cao Jun occupies half of Qinghe County, east of Bian's River."

Liu Ye's finger reached Qinghe County. There were two small rivers in the undulating land above, both of which were tributaries of the Yellow River. The Bian River to the east and the Zhangjia River to the west.

"Cao Hongbing attacked me in Jizhou, and he must send his troops across Zhangjia River before he could send his troops to the west. And our troops can be stationed in Liao County on the west side of Zhangjia River, waiting for work." Liu Ye showed a mysterious smile on his face.

Having said this, Xu Huang has already understood, and squeezed his fist fiercely: "When Cao Hong crosses the river, our army will hit him halfway, and beat him with a falling flower and flowing water!"

"Our army can order Zhongshan, southern Zhending and other counties and counties not to engage in battle with the enemy. They only need to defend the city and delay Yan Liang's advance. After defeating Cao Hong, the general will lead his army north again."

"Youzhou Army has been newly defeated and morale is low. If you know the news of Cao Hong's defeat, I am afraid that the army has no intention to fight, and it is possible to retreat when the time comes."

Liu Ye smiled and stroked his beard.

Xu Huang nodded, and suddenly said gloomyly: "Don't order the embankment to block the river, just come and flood Cao Jun!"

Liu Ye was taken aback and nodded: "General Gongming is a good plan. You can try it."

Xu Huang said sternly: "This battle is the first since the general guarded Jizhou. You must play beautifully so that the general can feel at ease!"

Liu Ye frowned slightly. In fact, Xu Huang's flooding of Cao Jun's plan would not be possible with his resourcefulness? I just thought of it and didn't say it, because this strategy is really too vicious. The ancient water attack strategy would generally harm the pond fish and cause serious harm.

For example, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, almost the entire Fancheng was submerged, and the surrounding large tracts of fertile fields were submerged in it, causing tens of thousands of casualties and casualties.

In modern times, in order to prevent the Japanese army from going south, President Jiang ordered the use of explosives to explode the garden mouth. Although the Japanese army was prevented from going south, the millions of soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City were soaked in the water. Many of them died..

If the Cao army is ordered to be flooded, the people and fields around Zhangjia River will inevitably suffer.

Therefore, Liu Ye thought for a while and said, "How about a certain ordering the relocation of residents around Zhang Jiahe?"

"No!" Xu Huang flatly refused.

"Although Cao Hong is brave and intrepid, he is not a reckless man. If he sees that there are no other houses around, wouldn't he feel that something is wrong? What if there is a loss to our army's plan?"

Seeing Xu Huang's resolute look, Liu Ye couldn't help but frown, and his affection for Xu Huang dropped a lot. It is a good thing to be competitive, but if it is to kill the people.

"The army can be organized to carry out relief after the war." Xu Huang said again: "The disaster-stricken people can be supplied afterwards, but this time the military aircraft must not be delayed. The fighter aircraft is fleeting and cannot be let go!"