Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 173

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The Cao family in Pengcheng County had the most foundations, so where did Cao Bao look at Zhang De's rampage, so he led an army of [-] to intercept Zhang De's vanguard, Zang Ba.

The relationship between Zang Ba and Cao Bao is not very good.Back then Zang Ba and Cao Bao were both generals under Tao Qian, but because Cao Bao came from a wealthy family, his official position was higher than Zang Ba's.Zang Ba made many military exploits in the process of destroying the Yellow Turban Army, and was jealous of Cao Bao. Cao Bao joined forces with Xuzhou generals to slander Zang Ba in front of Tao Qian many times, which led Zang Ba to leave Xuzhou and go to Langya County to become a bandit.

Later, Tao Qian decided to conquer Zang Ba, Cao Bao took the initiative to invite Ying, and went to Langya to fight against Zang Ba. As a result, he went several times, but was defeated by Zang Ba and returned with heavy losses.For this reason, Cao Bao felt a great loss of face, and many people secretly laughed at Cao Bao's defeat by a group of robbers.

And when Zang Ba heard that Cao Bao blocked him this time, he was not happy in his heart. After all, Zang Ba knew something about the little tricks Cao Bao did to him back then, so Zang Ba hated Cao Bao very much in his heart, so this time Cao Bao met Cao Bao. It can be said that Zang Ba is an enemy to meet, and he is extremely jealous.

Zang Ba is a general after all, and he has fought against Cao Bao many times, and the two also know each other well.Zang Ba knew that although this Cao Bao was not very capable, he had led soldiers for so many years and was very experienced in marching and fighting, so he was not so easy to deal with.So immediately sent someone to investigate the situation of Cao Baojun.

This time Cao Bao led an army of 1, of which 8000 were elite soldiers from Danyang.Zang Ba, who had stayed in Xuzhou, knew the Danyang elite soldiers very well, and that was Tao Qian's trump card.The folk customs of Danyang are tough, so Danyang has always been the place where the imperial court recruited soldiers.Back then Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, led 1000 Jiangdong disciples across the river and swept the world. Most of these [-] people came from Danyang.In history, Tao Qian once gave Liu Bei a thousand Danyang elite soldiers. Later, these [-] people followed Liu Bei and traveled thousands of miles. This was also the framework for Liu Bei's white-eared elite soldiers in the later period.Later, Chen Deng used the [-] Danyang soldiers left behind by Tao Qian to repel Sun Ce's army.

And Tao Qian himself is from Danyang, so Tao Qian was worried about many soldiers in Danyang back then, and many Danyang people who hoped to join the army would naturally go to seek refuge with Master Tao Qian Tao, after all, he is a fellow villager, so he can take care of him. .

Zang Ba had stayed in Xuzhou for a while, so he naturally knew how powerful the Danyang soldiers were, but Zang Ba believed that the Qingzhou soldiers under him were not much worse than the Danyang soldiers.After all, Qingzhou soldiers are also elites selected from dozens.

Danyang soldiers are Tao Qian's hardcore. If they want to occupy Xuzhou, they must be killed. So Zang Ba decided to kill Cao Bao here, or at least disable him. In this way, it will be much easier to capture Pengcheng.But Xuzhou is located in the plains, and it is not easy to find a place to lay an ambush, so Zang Ba ordered people to set up camp, wait for work, and wait for Cao Bao to come.

When Cao Bao heard that Zang Ba had set up camp, he ordered his men to go down to the camp ten miles away from Zang Ba. Zang Ba decided to attack Cao Bao when Cao Bao had just arrived and had not yet settled down.

Although Cao Bao had 1 more horses than Zang Ba, Zang Ba waited for work with leisure, so in this battle, Cao Bao was beaten by Zang Ba and lost two to 3000 men, and Cao Bao had to retreat five miles to the village.

The next day, Zang Ba set up a formation in front of Cao Bao's camp, which was the formation of the three talents of heaven and earth.This formation was given to Zang Ba by Zhang De, and it was also the first formation that Zhang De learned from Zuo Ci after Zuo Ci accepted Zhang De as his disciple.But Zang Ba also knows such a formation, but fortunately he is more proficient in learning it, and with the usual training of soldiers, he is proficient in using it.

It has to be said that in the era of cold weapons, formations are still relatively useful.There are generally three types of formations: one is the marching formation, which is usually used during the march, mainly to deal with emergencies during the march, such as being ambushed by a surprise attack; the other is the battle formation, which is used when the two armies fight The formation formed at the time is like a fish scale formation, a sharp arrow formation, and a hook formation; the third type is the most difficult to master, called a diagram formation. Those who rely on the formation map, and soldiers also need special training to form combat effectiveness, Zang Baba today's Heaven and Earth Trinity Formation, and Cao Ren's Eight-door Golden Lock Formation are all this type of formation.

Although the Heaven and Earth Trinity Formation is not a very advanced formation, there are not many people who know how to use it in this era, and the general generals also memorize the formation diagram. After all, it takes a long time to train a formation, and there are many formations. It is used to defend trapped enemies, but the effect of attack is average.

The formation of the three talents of heaven and earth may be nothing in front of people like Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, but it is a big problem in front of Cao Bao. Cao Bao did not know this formation of three talents of heaven and earth, so Cao Bao ordered 1000 men to go to test it out, and the result was natural. It's meat buns beating dogs, and there will be no return.

This trio of talents from heaven and earth can hardly destroy Cao Bao.Cao Bao knew that in the face of this kind of thing, unless the number of people is several times larger than the opponent, and risking heavy losses, a strong attack can be effective. If the two sides have the same number of people, then they must find a way to break the formation.But Cao Bao had no choice but to send someone to Pengcheng to find Chen Deng for help.

A day later, Chen Deng came with a pile of cowhide in his hand.When Zang Ba had set up his formation, Chen Deng began to turn over the cowhide.Only then did Cao Bao realize that these cowhide were covered with formations.

The Chen family is the largest family in Xuzhou with a history of hundreds of years, and it is said that they are the descendants of Chen Ping, the founding hero of the great Han Dynasty. The array diagram, however, is a bit outrageous.How did Cao Bao know that although Chen Deng was well-educated and proficient in the art of war, he didn't know how to fight at all, so he turned over the map before the battle.

The formation of the three talents of heaven and earth is not a very difficult formation. Chen Deng finally came to a conclusion that this is the formation of three talents of heaven and earth.However, if you want to break the formation, you need a strong general to go, so Chen Deng told Cao Bao how to break the formation.

It's a pity that Cao Bao has no strong generals under him. Although he knows how to break the formation, Cao Bao has no way to break the formation.In fact, when you think about it, when Zhao Yun broke through the eight-door Golden Lock Formation, every time a hundred or ten people went in, he came out alone. This was through the so-called "Shengmen". The Wagang Army has no strong generals in the long snake formation, so Luo Cheng has to be asked to break through the formation from thousands of miles away.

Cao Bao sent several generals to lead the army in, but his ability was limited, and Guan Hai was the one holding the line, so Cao Bao lost several generals in vain and returned without success, so he had to lament that there were no generals in the army.

Two days later, the [-] army led by Zhang De arrived, and the Beihai Navy had become twice the size of the Xuzhou army. Cao Bao and Chen Deng discussed it, and it seemed that the wilderness could not be bargained for, so they had to lead the troops back to Pengcheng to defend.

In August of the second year of Chuping, Zhang Debing approached the city of Pengcheng, preparing to attack the city.

(End of this chapter)