The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 327 Cao Cao's Deployment
Chapter 330 IX Cao Cao's Deployment

"Military division, Cao Cao's vanguard general Xia Houyuan came to me with [-] cavalry. After half a day, he will stand in front of us. What should we do?" In order to ensure the smooth retreat of the army, Tai Shici sent countless rangers, and The hidden guards also helped, and Tai Shici soon learned about Xia Houyuan's army, and immediately came to ask Zhuge Liang for advice.

"Xia Houyuan's coming is just to prevent me from waiting for one or two soldiers so that Cao Cao's army can come. The general only needs to send a team of soldiers to entangle him. After I wait for the army to pass, I can withdraw the army. Zhuge Liang thought about it, but gave up his plan to eat Xiahouyuan.

After all, Xia Houyuan led the cavalry, and they were all elite, and they would not be able to deal with it for a while. Cao Cao's army had already rushed here. Once Cao Cao's army arrived, it would be difficult for them to get away.

Tai Shici obeyed Zhuge Liang's wishes and ordered General Shi Huan to lead [-] cavalry to contain Xia Houyuan's troops and horses, so that Xia Houyuan would not disturb the army's advance.

As Zhuge Liang said, under Shi Huan's restraint, Xia Houyuan could only watch Tai Shici's army go away from a distance, powerless. Although the cavalry he led were all elite, Shi Huan's cavalry was not bad. After one or two, Xia Houyuan gave up his plan to attack by force, and could only send someone to report the situation here to Cao Cao while following Tai Shici's army closely.

"Hey, Liu Xuande has a lot of capable people around him." Cao Cao sighed after hearing this. Chen Ziming, Guo Jia and others are already troublesome enough. Liu Bei also has Xu Shu, Chen Gong, Liu Ye and other top counselors, and now there is another Zhuge Liang. Cao Hong kept asking Cao Cao for help, and destroyed nearly [-] soldiers of Cao Cao.It is understood that Pang Tong, who was fighting with Sun Ce, was also very powerful beside Xu Huang, who actually made Zhou Yu, who had been famous for a long time, suffer a lot.

Looking at Cao Cao himself, although there are many advisers, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Hua Yun, etc. are all different from ordinary people. , none of the counselors on his own side can keep up with Liu Bei's side.

Now Liu Bei doesn't need to go out in person, he and Sun Ce can cope with it by sending troops at will. If one day Liu Bei leads an army in person, how will Cao Cao resist it.

Cao Cao learned that Tai Shici's troops would leave Hanoi in a short time and enter Jizhou from the east, so he had to give up his plan to wipe out Tai Shici, leaving Xia Houyuan with [-] troops in Hanoi, and himself with [-] troops back to Luoyang.

After returning to Luoyang, Cao Cao suddenly felt that he was short of troops, and immediately sent an order to recruit another 20 soldiers and horses for emergency needs.

Now Cao Cao is sitting in the land of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, and Silizhou, all of which are wealthy and prosperous places in the Central Plains with a large population, especially the vast and fertile Jingzhou, which directly doubled Cao Cao's strength.

After several battles, Cao Cao’s soldiers and horses were reduced to more than 20. If another 80 soldiers and horses were recruited, the number would reach 1000. , is already the limit.

If Liu Bei hadn't put too much pressure on him, he would not have done such a radical thing. You must know that Liu Bei now has a population of more than 2000 million and only supports more than 100 million troops, a ratio of almost [-] to [-].

However, if Cao Cao's army reaches 80, the ratio of his army to the people will reach [-] to [-], and because a large number of young and strong people are recruited, local production will come to a standstill or even regress, which is very unfavorable to his long-term development.

"Prime Minister, don't continue to recruit soldiers and horses, otherwise it will be detrimental to farming everywhere." Xun Yu, who is in charge of internal affairs, persuaded Cao Cao earnestly, wanting Cao Cao to let go of this self-destructive behavior.

"Wen Ruo doesn't need to persuade, I will make a decision. Liu Bei has too many troops. If Jiangdong and Sun Ce did not send troops to contain them this time, our army would have been completely defeated." Cao Cao suffered enough from the lack of troops, and this time he was determined. To conscript.

"If the prime minister insists on conscripting troops, he should adopt the system of garrisoning fields and implementing military garrisoning so as not to affect the development of the people under his rule." Seeing that Cao Cao was unmoved, Xun Yu had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and propose a solution to the local labor shortage.

"In this way, it will not affect the training of soldiers, and the combat power will be insufficient?" Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei's soldiers had been trained strictly, and their combat power was very strong, and their weapons were much better than Cao Cao's. If the soldiers in hand go to farm, it will reduce a lot of training time, and will widen the gap in combat power between Liu Bei and Liu Bei's soldiers.

"But if the army is not stationed, the prime minister will fail due to insufficient food and grass in the event of a major war." Xun Yu continued to persuade helplessly.

In the end, Cao Cao compromised, but only allowed some soldiers to participate in the army, and the rest of the soldiers strengthened their training to increase their combat effectiveness.

When Cao Cao had an army of 80 in his hands, he made a comprehensive deployment of defense in various places.

Cao Ren commanded [-] troops in Yanzhou, Lejin commanded [-] troops in Yuzhou, Cao Hong commanded [-] troops in Jingzhou, Cao Chun commanded [-] troops in Tongguan, Xiahou Dun commanded [-] troops in Hongnong County, and Xiahouyuan commanded [-] troops in Hanoi County. .

The remaining soldiers and horses are all distributed in Luoyang and Nanyang, under the command of Cao Cao himself, and they will reinforce the Quartet at any time.

Today's Jingzhou is very important to Cao Cao. It not only provides Cao Cao with a large number of soldiers, but also provides Cao Cao with a large amount of money and food. One Jingzhou can completely withstand the effects of two Yanzhous.

That's why the number of soldiers in Jingzhou was increased to [-], and even Li Dian was transferred back, and Cao Hong, a more capable and prestigious general, was sent to sit in the town.One is to guard against Sun Ce in Jiangdong and Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and the other is that Jingzhou soldiers and horses can also reinforce Yuzhou and other places at any time.

Now Luoyang is definitely the political center of Cao Cao. No matter where there is a change, he can quickly lead an army to reinforce it. This is why Cao Cao would rather give up Liangzhou than keep Luoyang. important.

When Cao Cao returned to Luoyang, stepped up to strengthen his strength, and adjusted his deployment, Chen Ziming led a mighty army into Liangzhou.

Feng Ling County was voluntarily surrendered by Cao Cao, and Chen Ziming took over easily. At the same time, he ordered General Qu Yi to lead 15 troops to defend, while he himself led [-] troops to take Liangzhou.

Han Sui of Liangzhou received Cao Cao's order to gather the entire Liangzhou army and prepare to block Chen Ziming's army in Anding County. However, Han Sui still knew himself. Even the mighty Cao Cao was no match for Chen Ziming. Without the most powerful Ma Jiajun, how could they resist Chen Ziming's attack.

Han Sui sent someone to ask Cao Cao for help, and at the same time sent someone to contact Chen Ziming, trying to get Chen Ziming to withdraw his troops on the grounds that the entire Liangzhou had joined Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)