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In the big tent, Cao Ren paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking quite upset. He had just received the news that the Han army had mobilized 25 troops from Yizhou and Hanzhong to Nanyang. The total force will reach [-].

And they only have 15. After Yujin's 13 elite troops were wiped out by the Han army, there were only [-] troops left, and the Han army was twice as large as their own. How to fight this battle?

Cao Ren really felt very passive. He didn't understand why Cao Pi came here, and after he came, he interfered with his strategy, making all his previous arrangements go to waste, and he was in a great passive state.

The annihilation of Yu Jin's army is the best example. Of course, he knew that Yu Jin's retreat to the north was likely to be intercepted by the Han army, so he ordered Yu Jin to withdraw to Xuzhou to avoid the main force of the Han army advancing eastward. At the same time as the battalion, Cao Pi's order was also sent to Yu Jin, ordering Yu Jin to immediately go north to reinforce Qiao County.

Cao Ren was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Even if he wanted to persuade Cao Pi to give up the order, it was too late. It would take a few days to go back and forth. In desperation, Cao Ren had no choice but to carry out the order Cao Pi gave him, not to lose Qiao County. He led an army of [-] to Qiao County, and at the same time sent someone to inform Yu Jin to suspend the march, and wait for his main force to arrive in Qiao County before joining him.

This was Cao Ren's only chance to avoid the complete annihilation of Yu Jin's army. Although Cao Ren marched quickly, he was still one step too late. Yu Jin's [-] troops had already been wiped out by the Han army. As a result, his plan was completely disrupted. , which made Cao Ren feel a deep sense of powerlessness, and he was momentarily at a loss.

The counselor Man Chong stood aside, watching Cao Ren pacing back and forth silently. He knew Cao Ren's helplessness. Originally, Cao Ren was in Xuzhou and commanded the overall battle, but now Cao Pi was in Xuzhou, and Cao Ren was reduced to a general. The preparations in the early stage were out of touch with the actual combat later.

"Captain, the most important thing now is to stay calm. Since it is too late to save Yu Jin's army, then the governor should not be disturbed by this incident. Once the governor loses his calm, the entire Cao army will face great danger."

Man Chong's persuasion finally made Cao Ren calm down slowly. Cao Ren himself knew that he should not be impetuous at this time. Although Cao Pi took over the decision-making power, he was the executor of the Central Plains War. The key to the final victory of the Central Plains War lay in him. On Cao Ren.

Cao Ren walked to the sand table, stared at the sand table, pondered for a moment and asked, "Where do you think the Han army will go next?"

Man Chong picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Qiao County, saying: "If I guess correctly, the Han army will not be in a hurry to attack Qiao County, but will besiege the city and fight for aid. What they really want to deal with is the [-] army of the governor, so the Han army We will definitely set up a camp near Qiao County and wait for the governor's army to approach Qiao County."

"Mr. is right. Liu Jing has always been good at strategy. He knows how to take advantage of the opponent's weaknesses. This time, the son went south and seized the command. How could he not know that he will definitely make full use of this point."

Cao Ren took two steps with his hands behind his back, and said to Man Chong, "I want to order Niu Jin to abandon Qiao County, lead the army back to Xuzhou overnight, and gather troops to deal with the Han army. Do you think it is appropriate?"

Man Chong pondered for a moment and said: "This is indeed a good strategy to change from passive to active, but the status of Qiao County is very ordinary. After abandoning Qiao County, the governor has to consider how to explain it to his son. It would be good if he could regain Qiao County in the future, but once If Qiao County cannot be taken back, the governor will have to bear all the responsibilities, and if Qiao County is lost, if Duke Wei finds out, I am worried that Duke Wei will not be able to bear the blow."

Man Chong's words put Cao Ren in a dilemma. He felt too passive when he marched, but retreated, and he couldn't bear the responsibility of losing Qiao County. After thinking for a long time, Cao Ren finally made up his mind and said: "Forget it! I will convince the prince first, and wait for him to agree. Withdraw the troops again, don’t rush this moment.”

Cao Ren immediately wrote a letter, ordering a team of cavalry to send to Pengcheng as quickly as possible, hoping to persuade Cao Pi to agree to his withdrawal plan...

The night fell quietly, and the heavy night shrouded the vast plain. On the official road south of Feng County, there appeared a cavalry of more than 1 Han cavalry. This was 5000 Guanlong cavalry led by Pang De. The army trained a total of 5000 cavalry, and invested [-] in the Central Plains War. The other [-] were led by Leng Bao and stationed in Hanoi County, and another [-] cavalry were stationed in Chang'an.

After Liu Jing decided to implement the strategy of besieging the city and fighting for aid, he immediately began to deploy. The cavalry led by Pound was the vanguard. This was a containment tactic adopted to prevent Cao Jun from retreating. Once Cao Jun retreated, the cavalry would launch an attack on Cao Jun's logistics. .

Pang De's cavalry walked slowly on the official road about two miles away from Feng County. The cavalry of more than 1 people was large enough to be discovered by Cao Jun. Soon, the cavalry of the Han Army passed Feng County and circled to the southeast of the county. , Pound sent several teams of scouts to investigate Cao Jun's movement nearby.

At this moment, a cavalryman rushed over from behind and shouted from a distance: "General, Your Highness has orders!"

Pang De quickly reined in the horse, turned the horse's head and asked, "What order?"

The soldier took out a copy of the King of Han's letter and presented it to Pound. Pound quickly opened it and looked it over in front of the torch. Liu Jing ordered him to create momentum in the east of Feng County. Pound understood the intention of King Han, which was to dispel Cao Ren's attempt to withdraw his troops back to Xuzhou.

He immediately ordered: "The team follows me!"

Pang De suddenly speeded up his horse and led 1 cavalry to the east of Cao Ying.

It didn’t take long for the [-] main force of Cao’s army to arrive in Feng County, only three days. Due to the rush to get to Qiao County, most of the supplies were left behind. There is still some food and grass still on the way.

When the cavalry of the Han army suddenly rushed to the east of Cao Ying, it was also a coincidence that a Cao army's transport team came from a distance. The transport team consisted of thousands of carts, mainly transporting grain and forage. The big camp was only ten miles away. They wanted to go back to the big camp to rest, but they didn't expect to encounter the cavalry of the Han army.

Both sides were surprised, but this surprise disappeared in a short moment. The five hundred Cao soldiers of the food guard team shouted and raised their crossbows to shoot at the Han cavalry ahead. Turned over dozens of people.

Pang De was furious. Not only did the opponent not run away, he even dared to shoot his own cavalry with a crossbow. He immediately ordered: "Surround them and kill them all!"

The shouts of killing on both sides of the official road were loud, and the cavalry of the Han army came from all directions. Cao Jun, who was guarding the grain team, knew that what they encountered was not the scout team of the Han army, but the main cavalry of the Han army. They were so frightened that they ignored the cart and scattered. flee.

But it was too late at this time, three thousand cavalry rushed to the guard Cao's army, slashed with swords and stabbed with spears, killing Cao's soldiers crying and crying, kneeling down and begging for mercy.

But Pang De had already issued the killing order, and the cavalry of the Han army mercilessly massacred back and forth, killing all five hundred soldiers of the Cao army in a short while, leaving only a group of coachmen squatting on the ground in fright. The cavalry slaughtered, and the extermination order did not include them.

At this time, the cavalry brought more than a dozen coachmen to Pound, and they knelt down and begged for mercy. Pound asked, "How many cavalry do we have?"

"Little man... I don't know!"

"Say! How many are there?"

Pound yelled loudly, causing several people to tremble in fright. A coachman mustered up his courage and said, "There are about a few thousand people."

"It's not thousands of people, it's more than 2 cavalry, see clearly?"

Under Pound's order, more than a dozen coachmen watched it again tremblingly. Sure enough, there were countless cavalry, and there were estimated to be 3 or [-]. They nodded, "Did you see it clearly?"

"Let them go and let them report to Cao Ying."

More than a dozen coachmen were taken not far from Cao's camp by the Han army. A cavalry officer pointed to the Cao's camp in the distance and shouted: "Go to Cao's camp!"

More than a dozen coachmen stumbled and ran towards Cao Jun's barracks in fright, and before long they ran to the camp. They shouted to the guards: "We are grain carters, come to report."

The soldiers of Cao Jun had already noticed something unusual outside, and more than 1 crossbowmen had already entered the combat positions, preparing to face the sneak attack of the Han army. The general waved his hand, and soldiers rushed out, leading the coachmen into the camp.

Cao Ren also heard the news of the discovery of the Han army, hurried to the gate of Dongying, and asked loudly, "How many Han troops are there outside?"

The tooth general on duty bowed and said: "The sentry scouts said that there are at least tens of thousands of people, and they cannot be seen clearly in the dark."

Cao Ren was furious, "You don't even know how many enemies are there, so what's the use of patrolling and scouting?"

At this time, a tooth general rushed over and said: "I have reported to the governor that more than a dozen coachmen came and said they belonged to the grain transportation team, and their grain team was intercepted by the Han army."

Cao Ren seemed to have been hit head-on, and his grain team was intercepted and killed by the Han army. He felt extremely pained, and immediately ordered: "Bring them to me!"

After a while, more than a dozen coachmen were brought up by Cao Jun soldiers. They knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Cao Ren was upset and shouted, "Shut up, all of them!"

A dozen or so coachmen were too frightened to take a breath. Cao Ren pointed to one of the older coachmen and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

The coachman stammered when they met the Han army. All Cao soldiers were killed by the enemy, and they were released by the Han army to report. After explaining in detail, Cao Ren frowned and asked again: "You Did you read it wrong, are there [-] cavalry?"

"I really don't know how many there are, but there are indeed many, at least more than [-] people. We dare not deceive the general."

Cao Ren knew what they said was true, so he didn't have the guts to lie to him. The robbing of food and grass was the second most important thing. The key point was that nearly [-] Han cavalry appeared behind him. This was an extremely bad thing, and he would not be able to return to Pengcheng.

At this moment, Cao Ren suddenly understood that the reason why the Han army made such a move was to let him know that he could not evacuate except for a decisive battle, but even if he was willing to fight to the death with the Han army, there was an extra enemy cavalry behind him , how can we fight this battle?

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