Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 232 One Night City
The "frowning in the river" in Han Sui's mouth meant that after the opponent crossed the river, they lined up with their backs in the water, and the Kansai coalition army then cavalry rushed into the formation, and drove them into the Yellow River before Cao Jun had a firm foothold.

After all, not everyone is Han Xin, and not everyone can play the last stand.

Han Sui's idea is wonderful, but it is extremely difficult to implement. Ma Chao, Cheng Yi, and Liang Xing have their own selfish intentions, and they gradually miss the opportunity because of prevarication and attack. harassment.

After Cao Cao's entire army crossed the river, he ordered people to use chariot fences to make a movable protective wall, forming a marching corridor between the Yellow River and the protective wall.

Han Sui, Ma Chao and other coalition forces were lightly armed infantry, and as the defensive side, they had no equipment to attack. Therefore, facing Cao Cao's tortoise shell tactics that did not confront them head-on, they were as helpless as they were facing hedgehogs.

There was nothing the coalition forces could do to pursue them all the way, and they had to worry about Cao Jun taking advantage of the situation to launch a sneak attack. They sent Cao Jun north of the Weishui River as if they were performing an escort mission.

Cao Cao camped safely in the Weishui River, but the Kansai Allied Forces were unable to fight, so they led their troops across the river and confronted Cao Jun across the river in Weinan.

The width of the Weishui River is much narrower than that of the Yellow River. It is difficult for the coalition forces to defend and the defense line is extended infinitely. Because Cao Cao has a history of smuggling, Han Sui, Ma Chao and other Kansai generals stationed troops in Weinan, and each sent cavalry to implement the semi-finals. The strategic thinking of crossing and attacking.

The Guanxi Allied Forces defended Cao Jun with three barriers: Tongguan, the Yellow River, and the Weishui River. Now Cao Cao has passed two passes at a very small cost, so everyone is working harder on the defense of the Weishui River.

Cao Cao divided his troops to attack everywhere to confuse the coalition forces, and sent powerful troops to erect pontoon bridges overnight. Although he succeeded in crossing the river, because there was only sandy soil in Weinan, it was impossible to build a solid fortification to resist the attack, and there were cavalry harassed by Ma Chao and others. Unable to build.

Cao Cao and the Kansai Allied Forces just came and went, and there were nearly a hundred small-scale attrition battles within 20 days. Seeing the weather gradually getting colder, it was a great test for the psychological quality of the generals of the two armies.

At this time, Cao Cao occupied the land of Hexi, and the grain road was transported to the front line through the Yellow River. The conditions were much better than those of the Kansai Allied Forces who had no food, but Cao Cao was not satisfied with the current situation.

Although I guessed that the Kansai coalition forces are now in danger of running out of food, this group of warlords is not a good person. For example, Han Sui, the governor of the coalition army, had been a giant bandit in Liangzhou before he surrendered to the court. When this group of people really had no food, You can also plunder the already desolate Guanzhong area.

Cao Cao was drinking hot porridge in the camp of the Chinese army, when suddenly the cool wind outside the tent blew in the gravel by the river, he hurriedly pulled on his robe to protect the bowl of porridge, but because he didn't cover it up in time, the porridge bowl was blown in Into a lot of sediment.

Cao Cao scooped up the mud and sand on the ground with a spoon, and when he finally sent it to his mouth, he always felt rusty.

It is necessary to establish a firm foothold in Weinan as soon as possible, otherwise the follow-up plan cannot be carried out smoothly.

Cao Cao then summoned Jia Xu and Xu Huang, who were familiar with the situation in Guanzhong, to ask for advice, and said: "Our army has crossed the river several times but was unable to set up camp. The Kansai coalition army has consumed thousands of my elite troops, especially the Xiliang cavalry of Ma Chao. Do you have a clever plan to help Gu get a foothold in Weinan?"

"My lord, these days we are using small groups of soldiers to smuggle across the river. Why don't we use Pubanjin's method of crossing the Yellow River to cover each other and cross the river in a roundabout way?" Xu Huang tasted the sweetness and made a suggestion.

The tactic of smacking east and west can work wonders, but the key is to pick a smart and suspicious opponent. If the opponent is a group of reckless people, it will not work at all.

This is like playing a game. There are all kinds of calculations between the king's game, but it is better to be reckless when you meet a silver player.

Cao Cao frowned and found Jia Xu standing aside indifferently, so he asked, "What do Wen He think of Gong Ming's plan?"

"General Xu's plan is feasible, but the Kansai coalition forces are too scattered now, and it is too difficult to attract the opponent's main force like Tongguan. If they march up the Weishui River and make a big detour, the difficulty of military supply and transportation must be considered."

Jia Xu is not a nice guy, but he doesn't like to make enemies either. Although he doesn't agree with Xu Huang's strategy, he doesn't directly dismiss it in front of the opponent, but only points out the difficulty of implementation.

Cao Cao is well versed in the way of using troops, and Jia Xu knows that it is difficult to execute as soon as he mentions it.

"Wenhe has a clever plan to help me?"

Jia Xu nodded slightly, "The Kansai coalition forces have been spent in Tongguan for half a year. They are short of winter clothes to keep out the cold and food and grass. I suggest continuing to confront the rebels in Weishui. If they can't collect food in Guanzhong within half a year, then Han Sui , Ma Chao is self-defeating."

When Cao Cao heard it, he said good guy, this is to encourage the Kansai Allied Forces to plunder the people. The Li Jue Chang'an rebellion last time was also planned by you, and it really lives up to the name of "poisoner".

In ancient wars, productivity was the focus of population. If the Guanzhong area was robbed again, I am afraid that the people would all run away. Wouldn't the tens of thousands of soldiers I lost in the early stage be in vain?

Thinking of this, Cao Cao quickly shook his head, "Liu Bei and Sun Quan are still staring at the south, how can I delay the sun and the moon here? I have to take the initiative to attack Yongliang early, so that I can free my hands to deal with them."

"Liu Xuande led troops into Sichuan a few months ago. Jingzhou has not many troops. With General Zixiao guarding Xiangyang, it should not be a big problem. As for Huainan, there is no problem. After Zhou Yu's death, Jiangdong has no one to send. Sun Quan has missed several times. , my lord can take back Yongliang with peace of mind." Jia Xu analyzed.

"Jiangdong is strong outside the middle, and I want to attack Sun Quan first and then attack Liu Bei. Wenhe's consumption and confrontation plan took too long. If I can build a camp in Weinan, I can defeat Han Sui and Ma Chao within ten months." Cao Cao sighed tone.

The river beach on the south bank of the Wei River is full of sand, how could it be possible to build strong fortifications?Cao Cao crossed the river with a small force and lost a lot of troops.

Jia Xu and Xu Huang didn't leave in time after offering advice, and stayed with Cao Cao in the big tent to continue thinking.

"Prime Minister. Prime Minister is overjoyed" a cheerful voice came from outside the tent.

"Is Zibo here? What's the happy event?" Cao Cao looked up and saw Lou Gui, the counselor, and asked casually because he was depressed.

"Isn't it a happy event for the sudden drop in temperature outside?" Lou Gui asked suspiciously.

"Oh? Please ask Zi Bo to clarify my doubts." Cao Cao immediately became interested. He knew that Lou Gui would not say that for no reason, so he crossed his legs on the Hu bed and turned around.

Lou Gui scratched his head and looked at the crowd, thinking that you don't understand the common sense of the weather?Then don’t blame me for showing off. He clasped his hands and explained: “The weather is cold now, and the night is even more icy cold. Why don’t the prime minister build a city with sand? Just pour water into the sand, and the water will freeze at night, and the sand will be as hard as iron. A city can be built overnight.”

Cao Cao jumped up when he heard this, "Uncle Zi's plan is really feasible?"

"Everything grows and restrains each other. At this time, the weather will continue to turn cold. The prime minister will build a sand city in Weinan." Lou Gui nodded.

"Very good, Gongming will act according to the plan, and you will lead your troops to cross the river and build a sand city at night." Cao Cao ordered.

"Wei." Xu Huang walked up to Cao Cao and stood in front of him. After accepting the order with fists folded, he walked out of the big tent to prepare.

(End of this chapter)