The Nameless of the Common Clans

Han Shou Year 3, January.

The battle of Yecheng has been completely over. Liu He and his family were sent to Luoyang. Although the title has been decided, Liu Neng is the one who can really confer the title. If Chen Mo gives him a title, it would be a bit overstepping his authority. In terms of etiquette, Chen Mo never oversteps the boundaries, which can be said to give the royal family enough face.

At this time, the armies of Yuan Shang and Cao Cao were also beginning to approach Yecheng. The two families seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. Yuan Shang took the initiative to let Jiang Yiqu and Sui Yuanjin withdraw from Liyang and prepare to gather heavy troops to retake Yecheng. Cao Cao's original plan was to take advantage of Chen Mo's empty rear, advance westward from Liyang, capture Henei, cut off Chen Mo's retreat, and if possible, take the opportunity to capture Luoyang.

But Chen Mo had obviously been prepared for this. Now Yecheng has no shortage of food, but if the retreat is cut off, Chen Mo can't retreat from Heishan to Luoyang even if he wants to. Therefore, Chen Mo had Wuyi train troops in Chaoge long ago.

After learning of Cao Cao's intention, Wuyi quickly occupied Yanjin and Wuchao and began to build defenses to prevent Cao Cao from crossing the border and occupying Henei.

The surrendered troops in Jizhou, plus the 20,000 troops that Chen Mo later brought over, and the troops that were transferred from Heluo, there were nearly 50,000 people in Wuyi alone.

Cao Cao was also a little frightened by the speed of the Guanzhong army's mobilization.

More than ten miles north of Yanjin, under the dim sky, several Cao army scouts rode forward. This place was close to the Wuyi army. Several scouts were very vigilant and did not stay too far away to avoid being ambushed.

The sound of hooves seemed to wake up the birds in the forest. A group of birds suddenly flew out of the forest and flew away.

"Be careful!" The older scouts noticed something was wrong. Such places were most likely to be ambushed. They quickly reined in their horses and shouted at the same time.

As if it was a signal, several cold lights flashed by in the next moment, which seemed a bit dazzling in the dim forest road.

Draw the sword, block the arrow, some blocked it, and some did not.

A few short groans, the habit of scouts has been integrated into their bones. Even if they were injured and must die, they would suppress their voices to avoid making a louder sound.

Several Guanzhong scouts emerged from the forest. There was no shouting or cursing. The communication between scouts usually did not take too much time. The tool they communicated with was usually the knife in their hands.

"Bang~"

"Puff~"

There were not many people on both sides. After a short fight, the bloody smell filled the forest path. After everyone fell down, the two Guanzhong scouts supported each other to stand up. They did not look at the bodies of their companions on the ground. Naturally, someone would come to deal with them.

Such small-scale ambush and counter-ambush are the main theme between Yanjin and Baima now. The main forces of the two sides have never met, but there are dozens or even hundreds of clashes between small scouts of the two sides every day. The main purpose is to explore the surrounding terrain and explore the details of the enemy army when possible. However, Wuyi is cautious by nature. There are sentries everywhere in the Yanjin area, and the generals in Cao Cao's army are also good at counter-reconnaissance. Both sides have not been able to gain an advantage in this tentative attack.

Baima, Cao's army camp, handed the casualty report sent back by the front-line scouts to everyone for circulation. Cao Cao sighed: "Wuyi, when I saw him in the past, he was just a child, but now he is a general."

The old generation of famous generals have not yet retired, and the younger generation of generals have begun to emerge. As Chen Mo's confidant and a general under his command, Cao Cao is naturally familiar with Wuyi. It is not necessarily true that he is powerful, but it is very troublesome. Wuyi's use of troops can be described in one word... stable!

But this word is the most difficult to break. As long as the logistics supply can keep up, there are few flaws.

Cao Cao seemed to see the young man who was with Chen Mo most of the time and rarely spoke. He sighed that time makes people grow old.

"My lord, I know a little about Wu Yi. He is just a young man. He may not be able to control an army of 50,000. I think we can try to attack him and defeat him." Cheng Yu put down the bamboo slips and looked at Cao Cao.

Commanding thousands of troops sounds like a very impressive thing, but commanding troops is not about who is more impressive, especially for the coordinated operations of tens of thousands of troops, the ability of the commander is particularly important.

If it can be properly dispatched, just like Chen Mo defeated Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops with 60,000, the weak can defeat the strong. On the contrary, if the commander is incompetent, no matter how good the soldiers are, they will not become a mob, but they will definitely not be strong.

Wu Yi and Chen Mo are about the same age, but there are definitely not many people of this age who can reasonably command an army of 50,000. Not everyone is as evil as Chen Mo, but most people in this world are ordinary people.

"That's right." Cao Hong stepped out from his tent and saluted Cao Cao, saying, "My lord, you are just a junior. I only need 5,000 soldiers and horses. Go and ask him to lead the troops!"

"Don't underestimate him. Han Qiong is known as the spear king of Hebei, but he was defeated by Wu Yi?" Cao Cao felt a little headache when he saw Cao Hong's confident look. Who said that young people can't fight? Cao Cao believed that Chen Mo would not be partial to people in this matter. If Wu Yi didn't have this ability, he would not be arranged in this position by Chen Mo.

"He is just an old soldier. Besides, Wu Yi only won by trickery, which is not a fair victory. I will try him for my lord." Cao Hong said with a smile.

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll challenge you with 10,000 elite soldiers. Don't be careless. Yuan Rang, you lead the cavalry to patrol the flanks. If Wu Yi sends out troops to fight, we'll wait for an opportunity to defeat them."

"Yes!"

Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong stepped out and took the order. They each assembled their troops and headed for Yanjin.

Yanjin, Wuyi Government Office.

Cheng Fang quickly came in from the door, saluted Wu Yi and said: "General, the scouts are here to report that two troops of Cao's army are coming to Yanjin."

"Do you know who is commanding the troops?" Wu Yi raised his head and asked.

"Look at the flags, they are Cao Jun generals Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong." Cheng Fang cupped his hands and said.

"Strictly guard the city. Do not go to war without my order!" Wu Yi said in a deep voice.

"Here!" Cheng Fang agreed, followed the order and left.

Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong!

Wu Yi put down the bamboo slips in his hands. These two were generals of Cao's camp. Wu Yi silently spread out a map of the Yanjin area. His mission was to guard the east of Hanoi and prevent Cao's army from cutting off his lord's return. Yanjin was an important place. , as long as they hold here, Cao Jun will not be able to invade Hanoi.

At noon, Cao Hong led his army to Yanjin and sent people to call for formation. He saw a general coming out of the formation and said loudly to the defenders at the top of the city: "Where is Wu Yi? Do you dare to go out of the city to fight?"

Wu Yi climbed up to the enemy tower, watched the formation of Cao's army, looked at Cheng Fang aside and said with a smile: "This Cao Hong is worthy of being a general of Cao's army. The formation is orderly, and he marches like an arm in command."

"General, are you going to fight?" Cheng Fang looked at Wu Yidao.

"No need, Cao's army came in two groups, but now we only see Cao Hong's group." Wu Yi looked around outside the city and said, "I think the other group of people must be nearby. They just wait for our army to leave the city. I'll wait here." It’s to stop Cao’s army and don’t strive for temporary prosperity.”

"You will finally understand." Cheng Fang understood.

The generals of Cao's army outside the city called several times in succession, but when they saw that no one responded, they frowned and returned to the army.

"This Wuyi is somewhat self-aware!" Cao Hong glanced at the city, sneered, turned around and ordered the soldiers to set up camp in a swaggering manner.

"General, Cao's army is in disarray. Why don't we take the opportunity to send troops to attack it?" Cheng Fang watched the enemy's formation on the side and felt there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he looked at Wu Yidao.

"Cao Hong is a general of Cao's army. He has experienced hundreds of battles. I met him for the first time. I shouldn't be so careless. I'm afraid this is to lure me out of the city. Don't fall into the trap. Let's wait and see for a few days before talking." Wu Yi shook his head and changed places. And here, he will do the same.

Cheng Fang stopped talking.

On the other side, Cao Hong didn't see Wu Yi sending troops until the camp was set up. He curled his lips in frustration and looked at Niu Jin beside him: "I don't know if this person is timid or if he really sees through my plan."

"General, do the soldiers have to wait any longer?" Niu Jin looked at Cao Hongdao.

"No need, let them go back to the camp to rest. Arrange manpower to patrol the camp. Don't let this junior take advantage of it." Cao Hong shook his head. Seeing that the other party was not ready to take action, a strong attack was the next best option. Now we can only see how long Wu Yi can stay like this.

"Here!" The generals agreed upon hearing this and returned to their camps to rest. Cao Hong glanced at the city again, snorted coldly, and turned back to the Chinese army's tent.

"Be on strict guard. Divide the soldiers into four teams and patrol day and night. Don't give the enemy any chance to take advantage of it. Send more scouts to investigate the surroundings. Be sure to find me the location of Cao Cao's army hiding in the dark. Come out!" Wu Yi looked at Cao Jun's camp in the distance and said solemnly to the generals around him.

"Here!" The generals bowed to receive their orders.

In the next few days, there were many conflicts between the scouts of the two sides, but there was no real collision between the main forces. Cao Hong called people to call for formation outside the city every day, but Wu Yi could not hold on. As for forcibly attacking the city, Cao Hong was not impulsive to that extent yet. Ten thousand Soldiers and horses went to attack the city garrisoned by tens of thousands of people.

For several days in a row, Cao Hong even directly exposed his flaws several times to lure Wu Yi to attack, but Wu Yi remained unmoved and just continued to strengthen his defense and consolidate the defense line.

"I have never seen such a courageous person!" Half a month later, Cao Hong's patience was finally worn out. It felt so uncomfortable. Even a defeat would be better than this. It felt like he was fighting against the air. .

He was now sure that Wu Yi didn't see his own flaw at all, but simply didn't dare to go out of the city to fight.

"General, don't get angry, or you may fall into that Wuyi plan." Niu Jin quickly advised.

"This is a bullshit plan. It's clearly a fight without courage. Send someone to scold me, scold him hard, and scold this guy!" Cao Hongheng roared angrily, looked at Niu Jin and said: "Kill those... scum in the army. Find them for me, now is the time to use them, scold me severely!"

Niu Jin quickly bowed and said: "General, take your orders!"