Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 380 Where will Cao Cao escape from?

The sun has set and the curtain is coming.

At Guandu, a mile away from Cao Jun's camp, three thousand Xiliang cavalry regiments surrounded a hill.

On the top of the hill, Luo Zheng stood straddling his horse, Jia Xu, Fazheng and others were accompanying him, looking at Cao Jun's camp a mile away.

"My lord, I'm afraid the situation will change."

Jia Xu only took a few glances, and said to Luo Zheng: "Although there is smoke rising in the camp, there are no soldiers walking around in the camp, and the soldiers in front of the camp are not too dull, but order the scouts to come closer and check. after all!"

"good!"

Luo Zhengji said: "Quickly condemn the fast horse to approach Cao Jun's camp to spy."

"As ordered!"

The officer on duty responded quickly and passed the order quickly.

Soon, dozens of scouts and scouts rushed over and approached Cao Jun's camp.

Until within a hundred steps of Cao Jun's camp, there was still no movement.

A bold scout cavalry continued to approach until they were within fifty steps, only to find that the soldiers in front of the camp were all wooden grass figures, only wearing Cao Jun armor, so they couldn't be seen clearly if they were too far away.

"Quick, go back!"

A squad leader greeted them, and the scout cavalry immediately urged their horses back.

"Lord!"

The scout cavalry rushed up the mountain bag and shouted: "Cao Jun has disappeared, and the soldiers in the camp are all straw people!"

Luo Zheng was stunned, then frowned again, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Jun is missing, is it possible that the Battle of Guandu is over?"

"This one……"

Jia Xu didn't quite believe that the Battle of Guandu would end so soon, but Cao Jun didn't know where he was going, so he thought a little bit and said, "Your Majesty, you can order the army to set up camp first, and then reprimand the Marquis to explore dozens of miles around."

"Forget it, just follow Wen He's opinion!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand, lightly clamped the horse's belly and said: "Go!"

The sweat-blooded horse raised its head and neighed, and rushed into the hill first.

Jia Xu, Fazheng and others hurriedly urged their horses to follow.

That night, [-] troops set up camp at Guandu to rest, and [-] scout cavalry came out in full force, scoured the fields for dozens of miles all night, looking for Cao Jun's movements, and found out the news early the next morning.

In the early morning, the Chinese army tent.

Cheng Ying hurried into the tent, bowed to Luo Zheng and said: "Master, there is news."

"Oh, where is Cao Jun now?"

Luo Zheng asked in a deep voice while putting on a stomach under the service of his own soldiers.

Cheng Ying said: "The whereabouts of Cao Jun have not been found yet, but our army captured a few Yuan Jun soldiers hiding in the mountains at the ferry, and only after interrogation did we know that the Battle of Guandu was over. It is said that Cao Cao personally led [-] fine horses to attack Wuchao. After burning the food and grass that Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Wuchao, Yuan Shao stormed Cao's camp and retreated back to Hebei."

Luo Zheng's eyes froze for a moment, and after a long while he let out a long breath, and said: "As expected by this general, the battle of Guandu is really over, and it was Cao Aman who defeated Yuan Shao, hey!"

Cheng Ying was also extremely shocked. Up to now, she still can't believe that the Battle of Guandu ended so soon.

What is even more unbelievable is that Cao Cao actually defeated Yuan Shao, and was predicted by the lord.

This is really unbelievable. When Jia Xu and Fazheng who rushed to hear the news, they were also surprised.

Fazheng was the first to say: "My lord, since the battle of Guandu is over, Cao Cao has probably led his troops south."

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "This is for sure, the question is where Cao A has gone."

Jia Xu said: "The scouts haven't found the trace of Cao Jun yet, so we can only wait."

Fazheng said: "I have already inspected Cao Jun's camp. Judging from Cao Jun's pot stove, Cao Jun left at most not more than two days. Even if Cao Jun traveled lightly, he would not run two hundred miles at most. There will be news within a few days!"

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound, waved his big hand, and said: "Hurry up and find Ma Cao Jun!"

"As ordered!"

Everyone bowed their hands and quickly went down to make arrangements.

Early the next morning, the scout sent back news that he had indeed found Cao Jun's trace.

Chinese army tent.

Cheng Ying said: "My lord, the scouts found more than ten thousand Cao troops ten miles north of Fengqiu, it's just..."

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "Just what?"

Cheng Yingdao: "According to the news sent back by the scouts, although the Cao army heading south was under the banner of Cao Cao, their behavior was very suspicious. Camp outside the city."

Luo Zheng frowned, "What does Cao Aman want to do?"

Jia Xu caressed his willow beard and said in a deep voice, "Xuchang has been broken, so Cao Cao must have gotten the news. From what I've seen, Cao Cao has only two options. Either go south quickly and recapture Xuchang, or give up the Central Plains. Although Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, But the casualties will certainly not be small, and it is not realistic to recapture Xuchang, after all, General Zhao Yun has an army of [-]!"

Fazheng heard the words and said harshly: "What the military adviser said is very true, and I think so too."

Luo Zheng said 'Oh' and said: "What do you think of Xiaozhi?"

Jia Xu also gestured with her eyes, and asked Fazheng to continue.

Fazheng first bowed his hands to Jia Xu, and then said loudly: "As the military adviser said, Cao Cao has only two ways to go. But it is impossible to recapture Xuchang, Cao Cao could not have thought of this. Therefore, I think that Cao Cao It is very likely that we will abandon the Central Plains and avoid the other side, so as to temporarily avoid the front of our army, and then we will gather troops and horses, Xu Tu plans later!"

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "Where will Cao Aman go?"

Fazheng said decisively: "I thought Cao Cao would go to Xuzhou!"

Luo Zheng stroked his beard and pondered for a while before saying: "What is the reason?"

Fazheng said: "After the destruction of Xuchang City, the Central Plains has nothing to defend. I heard that Sun Ce of Jiangdong has just captured Huainan and Lujiang counties under Cao Cao's rule. I heard that Shouchun has been attacked by Sun Ce, and Cao Hong has retreated to Anfengjin. Maybe I will go back to Yuzhou again. Otherwise, Cao Cao can only go to Xuzhou, so that he can avoid the front of our army and wait for the opportunity to gather troops!"

Luo Zheng looked at Jia Xu, "What do you think of Wen He?"

Jia Xu said: "Xiao Zhi is right, Xu fully agrees!"

"it is good!"

Luo Zheng patted the table and said: "The remaining question is which way Cao Cao will go."

Fazheng said: "I think that the Cao army who went south to Fengqiu should not be the main force of Cao army!"

Luo Zheng said in surprise: "Why is this?"

Fazheng said: "My lord, please think about it. Cao Cao is cunning and wise. We could have imagined that Cao Cao would abandon the Central Plains. Cao Cao has no reason not to guess that our army will follow and pursue. Cao's army is mostly infantry. If we want to retreat to Xuzhou smoothly, we will definitely try to get rid of it. Our army's pursuit. Going south to Chenliu Zhe Road and heading east to Xuzhou is the closest road, but if you take this road, you will definitely not be able to escape our army's pursuit!"

Luo Zheng thought for a while, nodded and said: "Xiaozhi's analysis makes sense, then where do you think Cao Aman will enter Xuzhou?"

Fazheng got up and walked to the military topographic map, stared at the map for a long time, then pointed to the direction of Puyang, and said loudly: "I think that Cao Cao will most likely lead his army north to Chenjun, turn east from Puyang, and pass through Rencheng. country entered Xuzhou."

(End of this chapter)