The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

"How is the situation in Yanzhou?"

Due to the obstruction of Xuzhou's unruly people, the original planned withdrawal to Juancheng was delayed for three days, and Cao Cao was extremely anxious.

"Lord, although most of the places have fallen, our main force has not suffered much losses, but the situation is still not very optimistic."

During the days when Cao Cao was away from Yanzhou, Xun Yu suddenly became very haggard. He was frightened and walked with difficulty every day.

Now that Cao Cao is back, he is facing a huge mess. Before his return, Lu Bu sent troops to attack Juancheng once, but was repulsed by Xun Yu and returned to Puyang.

Cao Cao didn't intend to rest either, "I already know that the whole Yanzhou is rebelling, let me tell you what happened in the past few days."

"Here." Xun Yu gave a detailed explanation of the battles between the two sides in the past few days. "The most important battle was when Jin Yun, the magistrate of Fan County, pretended to surrender to Siyi and then ambushed and killed him."

In other words, Fan County is temporarily under our own control.

"Where's Hu Zhao?"

"Hu Junshi used a tiger and leopard cavalry force to cut off the Cangtingjin ferry of the Yellow River. Chen Gong led his army on the other side of the river, but could not cross the river."

Now that he had secured his own flank, Cao Cao was determined that the only ones he would face next were the main force of the rebels headed by Lu Bu and the rebels from other southern counties.

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu, his eyes blazing, and he saluted immediately: "Thanks to you for this battle, sir! If you don't have sir to garrison Juancheng, we will be in danger!"

Xun Yu was also shocked by Cao Cao's move, "No, my lord!"

To be honest, Cao Cao is not the best choice for the Xun family, but the Xun family has no choice, because the best choice will cost their lives, and the Xun family can only retreat and choose Cao Cao.

Now that you are on Cao Cao's ship, you must guard the ship. Once the ship capsizes, not only will Cao Cao die, but no one on the ship will be able to escape.

Today, just because Cao Cao dared to lower his body like this, Xun Yu knew that he had seen the right person.

In order to boost morale, Cao Cao laughed and said: "Hahaha... Lu Bu suddenly gained a territory in a state, but he was unable to occupy Dongping, cut off the main roads of Kangfu and Taishan, and used the dangerous terrain to prevent us from returning to the army. Instead, he went back to defend Puyang. No, it’s pointless and unwise!”

The two roads Kangfu and Taishan are indeed the two main routes between Yanzhou and Xuzhou. "Dunjia Kaishan Picture" records: Taishan is on the left, Kang's father is on the right, Kang's father knows life, and Liang's father knows death.

The Taishan Mountains are a large mountainous area, with the Taiyi Mountains and the Yimeng Mountains to the north, and the Nishan Mountains to the south. Among these mountains, sandwiched between Yimeng and Nishan is the Taishan Road, which passes through Liangfu County, Fei County and Hua County, and finally enters the Langya Kingdom in Xuzhou.

There is a large area of ​​water in the south of the Nishan Mountains, namely Nanyang Lake, Dushan Lake, Huishan Lake and other areas. However, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it was a flat lowland suitable for marching. This road starts from Kangfu County, passes through Hulu County, briefly passes through Peiguo in Yuzhou, and then enters Pengchengguo or Donghai County in Xuzhou.

If Lu Bu occupied Dongping, it would indeed be possible to block Cao Cao's return to Xuzhou from both the north and south directions. Then everyone only needs to capture Juancheng, Fan County and Dong'a respectively. Then the effective forces left in Yanzhou will be gone, including relatives, who will be captured or even killed.

However, this failed. Lu Bu first captured Puyang and seized the baggage and equipment left by Xiahou Dun just to be on the safe side. After losing many battles, I gained some combat experience.

The most embarrassing part now is that Lu Bu failed to take Juancheng in one go and eliminate Cao's main force in Yanzhou. The original encirclement and annihilation war was changed into a war of attrition.

There is no way, Juancheng is not broken, and the grain road is blocked. Whether Lu Bu cuts off the Taishan Line or blocks the Kangfu Line, the grain road needs to go through the Surabaya Line, and Xun Yu is stuck at the key point of the grain road and can be cut off from Juancheng at any time. His waterways and foodways.

The form of warfare becomes subtle again.

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Since he never met Liu Han, Cao Cao had an advantage no matter who he fought, so even if he met Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers, Cao Cao would win. After a consecutive victory, the army will surely become arrogant, and if the troops are distracted, they will inevitably suffer defeat.

Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou ushered in the first real revenge in his life, and he ushered in another disastrous defeat.

Lu Bu was able to fight his way out of the chaos in Chang'an and pacify the local snakes in Nanyang, not only because of his own bravery, but also because he had a group of confidants who were no less elite than Liu Han's.

It was them who followed Lu Bu through life and death time and time again, creating such a cavalry with extremely high combat effectiveness. This was the root of his ability to settle down in troubled times.

However, Cao Cao did not notice or completely underestimated the combat effectiveness of Lu Bu's army, and suffered a defeat.

Cao Cao led the Qingzhou soldiers brought back from Xuzhou and went straight to Puyang to kill them. Lu Bu was just angry because of the failure in the attack on Juancheng. He didn't expect that he had nowhere to vent his anger, and the punching bag came on his own!

"Since you are in such a hurry to deliver it! Don't blame me!"

Cao Jun asked Qingzhou soldiers to line up in front, but Lu Bu led his troops to rush out of the city. Cao Cao was definitely no match for Lu Bu in the use of cavalry tactics. Therefore, Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers were not only defeated, but also dispersed, directly breaking up Cao Cao's own formation.

Once the army formation is scattered, it will be difficult to reorganize in a short period of time. Now that the two armies are fighting, time is even more precious. If you can't defeat Lu Bu, you can only run. Cao Cao not only fell from his horse during the escape, but also burned his left hand. It wasn't Cao Hong who saved him for the first time, it was Lou Yi who tried his best to save him and then ran out.

After the defeat, Cao Cao reflected in time and learned from the painful experience that he had always been invincible mainly because his opponent did not have cavalry, or that the cavalry was incompetent.

Think about it when you faced the Xiliang cavalry at Hulao Pass and Luoyang. Did you win once?

No!

Not to mention facing Liu Han's tens of thousands of cavalry, the battle formation is just a piece of paper in front of the elite cavalry, which can be broken with a poke.

After the Qingzhou soldiers followed him, they often broke out with strong combat effectiveness on other people's territory, because they could fight for their lives and the place was unfamiliar and they couldn't run away.

But before they became Liang, they were also cut down by Gongsun Zan's cavalry. They faced the cavalry again. Although the number was not as large as Gongsun Zan's, their momentum was terrifying enough, so they ran away before they could fight and threw Cao Cao out.

"Ugh!"

Cao Cao sighed deeply. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry could not move because they were holding back Chen Gong's main force. Once they were mobilized, the pressure on Dong'a would increase sharply, and his flanks would be in danger.

After gathering the remaining troops, Cao Cao was not discouraged and once again personally led a team to sneak attack Lu Bu's troops fifty miles west of Puyang City, preparing for a night attack. No one would have thought that the enemy would launch another offensive just after losing a battle. Cao Cao did just that!

Only by surprising can you win!

By daybreak, the situation became clear, and Cao Cao came back to win a small victory. But before they could retreat, they encountered Lu Bu's support and were surrounded on three sides.

Cao Jun, who had been fighting all night, continued to fight Lu Bu until the afternoon. The two sides fought for dozens of rounds. Cao Cao's army's physical strength gradually dropped to freezing point. Cao Cao knew that he could no longer fight, otherwise he would all die here, so he decided to recruit the trapped troops to open the encirclement!

Conquer riding with foot!

This kind of almost lifeless thing can only be done by one's own elite.

Xia Houyuan!

He took the initiative to lead dozens of elite men as the vanguard and faced off against Lu Bu's cavalry. When Lu Bu's cavalry rushed forward and threw their spears to attack them, Lu Bu was caught by surprise. Seeing Cao Cao's desperate posture with him, he gave up.

After following his heart, he opened a gap, and Cao Cao then led his army to fight out.

After two battles, Cao Cao suffered much greater losses than Lu Bu, but he regained his momentum and the two sides were evenly matched. (End of chapter)