Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 145

The news that Cao Cao had begun to attack was soon discovered by Di Qing. While Di Qing was preparing to attack Cao Ren, he was also preparing to notify Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi got the news, thought for a while, sent someone to call Xue Rengui, and then asked him to take his troops, that is, a thousand soldiers from Xiacai, to Yangquan Kingdom to serve under Di Qing.

After Xue Rengui received the order, he rushed to Yangquan country immediately, and rushed to Yangquan country before Di Qing sent troops.

Di Qing summoned all the generals, the school lieutenant Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, and Xue Li who had just been sent by Zhang Yi.

"Liu Bei strictly guarded Gushi, Cao Cao occupied Qisi County, and Cao Rendong rejected Liao County. We have several ways to save Liu Bei. One is to attack Qisi directly, the other is to attack Cao Ren, and the third is to bypass Liao County. Go straight to Gushi." Di Qing pointed to the map and asked, "What do you guys think?"

Gushi, Qisi, Liao County, Yangquan and other places are very close to each other. Gushi is now Gushi County.Gushi is the most southeast county of Runan County. It is a strong city and has been a thoroughfare between the north and the south since ancient times.Qisi (now Qisi Town) is about 60 miles northwest of Gushi, Liao County is more than 60 miles east of Gushi, and Yangquan is more than [-] miles north of Liao County, a hundred miles away from Qisi.

Therefore, to rescue Gushi from Yangquan, only the three roads mentioned by Di Qing are the shortest.Why did Di Qing not garrison Liao County, but only garrison Yangquan and Anfeng?Because firstly, he had to guard against Xiahouyuan in Shen County, and secondly, he wanted to leave a buffer zone between himself and Cao Cao.Cao Cao has been famous for too long, and Di Qing still has a certain fear of Cao Cao.

Hua Rong said: "Cao Cao has been famous for a long time. He is not an ordinary person. It is not advisable to think directly. And Cao Ren is also a veteran in the army. He is famous for his good defense. If he attacks Cao Ren, I am afraid it will be useless. If he is not in Liao County, he will fight for nothing. It is a good place, and it is on the verge of forming a corner with Gushi."

Yang Zhifa replied: "Brother Hua is too conservative! Cao's army is brave, but our army is not bad either! Cao Cao attacked Gushi fiercely, with many troops and many generals, it was not easy to attack. But Cao Ren only had [-] troops. As long as Cao Ren is defeated, Cao Cao must be afraid."

After hearing what the two said, Di Qing also nodded, both of them had some truth in what they said, Hua Rong was cautious and Yang Zhi was aggressive.But these were not his ideas. He had tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, all of whom had been trained for more than a year.Moreover, he has suppressed countless bandits in Lujiang County for more than a year, and he is invincible, so he thinks he can do more.

At this moment, Xue Li stood up, cupped his hands and said, "What Lieutenant Yang said is true, as long as Cao Ren is defeated, Cao Cao will be terrified! But if a surprise attack on Cao Cao is made, Cao Cao will be even more afraid!"

Hua Rong frowned a little, this Captain Xue is too courageous, he likes to take risks, if he has the ability, it's fine, if he doesn't, he might implicate the whole army.Yang Zhi had a certain liking for Xue Li, after all, Xue Li agreed to his proposal just now.However, he also felt that Xue Li was too bold, "This plan is too bold, I'm afraid Cao Cao will see through it."

Di Qing was very interested, and asked Xue Li, "What specific strategies can Captain Xue have?"

Xue Li knew that his chance to perform was coming, so he said: "Our army can be divided into two groups, one to contain Cao Ren, and the other to attack Cao Cao. Those who contain Cao Ren must ensure that Cao Ren does not move in the camp and cannot be allowed to attack Lujiang. , nor allow him to return to defense. As long as the raid on Cao Cao is based on deterrence, cavalry should be the main force, and Cao Cao should be raided quickly. If he can win, he will drive Cao Cao to the north. "

Di Qing's eyes sparkled, and he asked Xue Li, "If Captain Xue led troops to attack Cao Cao, what would you do?"

Xue Li said: "If I attack Cao Cao, I will go straight to the battlefield. I will overcome its sharpness and show my strength! Then I will swim behind Cao Cao and send heavy troops to escort the grain and grass. By the way, I will attack the counties and destroy the farmland, so that Cao Cao will not take Runan. We will force them to divide their troops to ease the offensive of Gushi."

"Okay!" Di Qing applauded and praised, "I have three thousand cavalry under my command, and I will hand it over to Captain Xue to raid Cao Cao!"

Hua Rong stood up and said, "Your Majesty, think twice, my lord only has [-] cavalry, if the [-] cavalry are lost, my lord will definitely blame me!"

"It's time to raise soldiers and use them for thousands of days. Why do you regret it?" Di Qing handed the cavalry's tiger talisman to Xue Li, "Captain Xue, the cavalry is the army that my lord values ​​most. You must be careful. !"

Xue Li calmed down and assured him: "Don't worry, General, Li will definitely bring them back safely."

In this way, Xue Li led [-] cavalry, went west along the Huai River into Qisi County, crossed several branches of the Huai River, and came to a place near Qisi County.

After resting for a day, Xue Li began to send a large number of scouts to inquire about the situation of Cao Cao's army and the surrounding counties to see how many Cao troops are around.

Cao Cao himself is good at attacking others, so he is also afraid of being attacked by others.This may have been a disadvantage when he asked for Dong ten years ago, so he will remember it forever.

So Xue Li's troops were quickly caught by Cao Cao's Tanma. Cao Cao recruited Xun You and Guo Jia, and asked: "Tanma found a cavalry unit nearby. It should be Zhang Yi who sent troops to harass our army. What is the way to capture this cavalry?"

The enemy in the open is not scary, only the enemy in the dark is the most dangerous.Naturally, the two counselors knew Cao Cao's thoughts, but Xun You was not very good at this kind of thing. He was better at some rough strategies. This kind of thing was tactical, and Guo Jia was better at it.Speaking of which, Cao Cao's counselors have talents at all levels. There are Xun Yu and Zhong Yao in the national plan, Xun You and Jia Xu in strategy, and Guo Jia and Cheng Yu in specific tactics.

Of course, it doesn't mean that they can only be at one level, but that they are better at it.

Guo Jia said: "If you want to rob grain and grass, you must detect the grain road. My lord can use it to transport a batch of grain and grass, and let the enemy army go and rob it!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed immediately, called Cao Chun, and whispered something to him.

Cao Chun found some troops and returned to Pingyu County, which is now guarded by Li Tong and is Cao Cao's logistics base.After arriving in Pingyu, Cao Chun found some grain carts, but instead of grain, they filled them with soldiers, and then marched towards Qisi in a mighty manner.

Xue Li didn't know Cao Chun's actions.But Xue Li never thought of robbing the food this time, he has to do more!
He finally found out the approximate strength of Cao Cao, and then gradually approached the Gushi battlefield!Cao Cao's camp was well-defended. It would be foolish to use cavalry to attack the camp. Cavalry is a field unit. Cao Cao's siege troops can attack. Why not attack directly?Instead, attack the camp?

(End of this chapter)