Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2799 Wei Wu raises his whip and burns Guandu

Chapter 2795: Wei Wu raises his whip and burns Guandu

Yuan Jiuling's departure, coupled with the fall of Baima City, these two bad news that couldn't be worse, forced Cao Cao to give up Guandu.

After all, Guandu's position was too far ahead, if Le Yi couldn't defend Puyang, then Cao Cao might not even have a chance to escape.

Cao Cao still had great confidence in Le Yi, thinking that even if he was not Bai Qi's opponent, he could at least hold Dongjun for a few months.

However, with the fall of Baimadu, Dunqiu, Baimacheng and other half of the East County, Cao Cao obviously did not have much confidence in whether Le Yi could hold Puyang.

This is why Cao Cao chose to abandon Guandu to minimize the loss, but with Zhang Liao and Jia Xu around, it is not easy to retreat from Guandu safely.

Just as Cao Cao was planning how to withdraw his troops from Guandu, Zhang Liao also received news that Baiqi had defeated the white horse and was about to march into Puyang.

This made Zhang Liao happy for him, but at the same time, he felt a little impatient. After all, among the three major battlefields in Yanzhou, the central army had the most troops, but the progress of the attack was the slowest.

On the Yingchuan battlefield on the South Road, the Qin army led by Ying Hao almost crushed the Wei army all the way. With extremely low casualties, they easily reached the city of Xuchang, and Cao Wei had only Xuchang city left in the entire Yingchuan.

Apart from Jia Fu being tricked by Le Yi and being defeated for a while, the battlefield in Dongjun on the North Road went smoothly on the whole. Except for Puyang and Yan County, other cities were also captured by Bai Qi.

Only the Chenliu battlefield in the middle road, two months since the start of the war, still failed to break through the three major defense lines on the western front, and even failed to break into Chenliu's territory.

The Central Route Army led by Zhang Liao had the most troops, but the progress of the attack was the slowest, and there were three reasons for this:
First, Cao Wei was the most prepared in the middle, and Chen Liu's defensive line was already the strongest. In addition, Cao Cao was personally in charge, so it was naturally the most difficult to fight.

The second is that the Chenliu battlefield involved the most cities, with 35 counties in eastern Henan and [-] counties in Chenliu, making a total of [-] counties.

You know, Dongjun has fifteen counties, and Yingchuan has only seventeen counties. The combined number of cities in these two battlefields is not as many as that in Chenliu Battlefield.

The third is that the purpose of the Qin army in the middle road was not to quickly attack the city, but to hold Cao Cao in here. That's why Zhang Liao fought so steadily.

Zhang Liao naturally knew what the mission of his army was, but seeing the successive victories of the northern and southern armies, he still felt a little anxious in his heart, wondering if he could have a plan and at the same time severely injure the Wei army.

But Zhang Liao gave up after thinking about it. After all, the combination of Cao Cao and Fan Li is also difficult to deal with.

"Military division, the general breaks through the white horse, and if he breaks through Puyang again, he will be able to threaten Cao Cao's rear. Do you think Cao Cao will give up Guandu?" Zhang Liao asked with a smile.

Jia Xu smiled and said, "With Cao Cao's suspicious personality, he will definitely give up Guandu."

"Okay, since that's the case, then the governor can't let him escape."

After saying that, Zhang Liao was ready to give the order to be ready for pursuit at any time, so as to prevent the Wei army in Guandu from escaping.

But Jia Xu shook his head at Zhang Liao and said: "This time Cao Cao retreats, our army can pursue, but we can't seriously damage the Wei army."

"Forehead……"

Zhang Liao was startled, and asked puzzledly, "Military Master, why is this?"

The opportunity to seriously injure Wei Jun was right in front of him, but Jia Xu told him to give up, Zhang Liao really couldn't understand this.

Jia Xu did not answer, but asked instead: "The governor thinks that after Cao Cao abandoned Guandu, should he retreat to Chenliu County, or should he abandon the western front and directly retreat to the eastern counties of Wei State?"

After thinking for a while, Zhang Liao replied: "It should be to give up the west and retreat to the east directly."

Jia Xu didn't answer, but took out a map of Wei State from his bosom, which marked the strength of troops in various parts of Wei State, as well as the distribution of food and grass.

Even such confidential information, Jia Xu knew very clearly, it can be seen that Wei Guo has been infiltrated into a sieve, and there is no secret at all in front of Da Qin.

Jia Xu pointed to the distribution of grain and grass on the map, and said: "In order to resist our army's attack, Cao Cao moved [-]% of the country's grain and grass to the west before the war for scattered storage, so as to facilitate the supply of food to the frontline battlefield.

Cao Cao could give up the west and retreat directly to the east, but the army could withdraw, but the food and grass could not be moved.

Once the Wei army on the western front is all withdrawn to the eastern front, only [-]% of the grain and grass reserves on the eastern front will not be able to support the consumption of Cao Wei's army. "

"Cao Cao can borrow from the Ming and Song Dynasties..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Liao knew that this would not work. After all, what Cao Cao lacked was not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of shi, but millions of shi of food and grass.

The transportation of millions of stones of grain and grass is not so easy even in peacetime, let alone during war.

In addition, the Song and Ming Dynasties are too busy to take care of themselves now, so how can they lend a million stones to Wei Guo?

After Jia Xu's reminder, Zhang Liao almost understood what he meant, but he still asked tentatively, "What does the military division mean by setting a long line to catch big fish?"

"Yes."

Jia Xu nodded and said, "The grain and grass in the eastern part of Wei State are limited and cannot support the consumption of the Wei army. Cao Cao will never give up the western front unless it is absolutely necessary.

So this time, Cao Cao at most gave up Guandu and retreated to Chenliu to prevent the retreat from being cut off in case Puyang fell, so there was no time to react.

However, if there is too much loss of troops, Cao Cao may give up Chenliu and retreat directly to the east, and our army's early preparations will be in vain. "

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Zhang Liao couldn't help but nodded. He deliberately fought steadily and dragged Cao Cao to the forefront, because he didn't want Cao Cao to lead his army back to the east.

The State of Wei has ten counties in total, including eight counties in Yanzhou, one county in Yuzhou, and one county in Xuzhou.

Dongjun and Chenliu in Yanzhou, and Yingchuan in Yuzhou are all outside the attack of the Qin army, but there are still seven counties in the east with a strategic depth.

If the main force of the Wei army on the western front can be completely wiped out, then the seven counties in the east can be dispatched. Otherwise, the attack one by one will obviously waste a lot of time in Wei.

"The military adviser's words are reasonable, but after chasing the Wei army, they can't seriously injure them. I'm afraid it's difficult to control the speed. If the performance is too obvious, I'm afraid Cao Cao and Fan Li will see it through." Zhang Liao pondered.

"Governor, please rest assured. Cao Cao and Fan Li are not ordinary people. They will definitely come up with a plan to safely retreat to Chenliu under our army's pursuit. Our army only needs to follow the trend."

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, a soldier came to report: "I am reporting to the governor, the military adviser, that Cao Cao personally led nearly ten thousand Wei troops, and came to attack the camp before night."

After hearing this, Jia Xu and Zhang Liao looked at each other and smiled. They both knew that Cao Cao's attack on the camp was not really for the purpose of attacking the camp, but to cover the retreat of the main Wei army in Guandu.

"Pass down the order to summon [-] archers and guard around the camp. Once the Wei army approaches, just shoot them back."

After Zhang Liao gave the order, Jia Xu added: "In addition, order the camps in the rear to immediately prepare sand and other fire extinguishers.

After dawn, Cao Cao will definitely burn Guandu to prevent our army from pursuing.

There were still a lot of supplies in Guandu, all of which were set ablaze by Cao Cao, so it might be possible to salvage as much as possible. "

"Just do as the military advisor tells you." Zhang Liao said in a deep voice.

"promise."

At the same time, Cao Cao, who led the army pretending to attack the Qin army's camp, was actually covering the retreat of the main force. Seeing that the Qin army did not go out to fight, but only retracted the defense line, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Did Cao Cao know that Zhang Liao would not fight? He had practiced such harassment tactics many times. If Zhang Liao had fought every time, the Qin army would have been exhausted.

"Pass down the order and divide into five batches to beat the drums outside the Qin camp, so as to interfere with the Qin army's rest."

"promise."

After giving the order, Cao Cao went back and handed over the army to Xia Houyuan. After all, he still had a lot of things to deal with, such as retreating. Naturally, it was impossible to leave the exhausted soldiers all night.

After returning to the camp, Cao Cao couldn't help feeling distressed when he saw the list of materials that could not be transported from Guandu by his subordinates.

As the core of the three major defense lines in the west, Guandu needs to transport supplies to the two front defense lines, so it naturally hoards a large amount of food and grass supplies, even accounting for a quarter of Cao Wei's western supplies.

Naturally, it is impossible to transport all these materials away. Even if Cao Cao ordered them to be transported overnight, at most only a part of them could be transported away, and the rest would naturally be burned and would not be cheap for the Qin army.

"My lord, everything has been arranged, the only thing left is to choose the next general." Fan Li said in a deep voice.

After a long silence, Cao Cao said, "Order Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun to lead [-] infantry, [-] tiger and leopard cavalry, a total of [-] troops, and four generals Tantai Yu, Kagutu, and Xiahou Dun."

Both Cao Cao and Fan Li obviously knew that it was impossible to hold back the main force of the Zhang, Liao and Qin army by raiding the camp and setting fire to it, so it was still necessary to leave behind the remaining troops.

It was obviously very dangerous after this breakup, but Cao Cao left Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, and three warriors at the God of War level, so of course it was not for them to die.

After Li Cunxiao was transferred away, the strongest person under Zhang Liao's command was Zhang Dingbian. Now that the Wei army's three warlords are coming together, at least they are guaranteed to be stronger than the Qin army in terms of generals. Break out by yourself and return to Chenliu.

Of course, with the fighting power of the tiger and leopard cavalry, unless the Qin army sent an elite battalion to pursue them, it would be impossible for the entire army to be wiped out, and at most they would be severely injured.

[Ding dong, effect 2 of Cao Cao's skill 'Wei Wu' is activated;

Wei Wu: Heng Leng composes poems, Wei Wu swings his whip; this is Cao Cao's unique fusion technique, which is formed by fusing "encouragement" with "treacherous hero":

Effect 1...

Effect 2, you can designate a general of the camp to temporarily replace the combination of "Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry" and launch a combination skill;

……

Currently, effect 2 of Cao Cao's skill 'Wei Wu' is activated, and Tan Taiyu is designated to temporarily replace him as one of Cao Wei's Eight Tiger Cavalry. 】

In the three Central Plains Wars, although Cao Cao failed to defeat Daming, he and his generals have grown a lot, and the fusion skill 'Wei Wu' is the best proof.

Before dawn, the Wei army responsible for making the noise retreated, and then retreated to Fengqiu City under the leadership of Cheng Yu. As for Cao Cao and Fan Li, they had already withdrawn.

When the sky was gradually turning white, Cao Chun, who was holding a torch in his hand, looked at the mountains of supplies in Guandu, his eyes full of reluctance. After all, these were all the blood and sweat of the people of Wei State.

Although the land reform policy of the State of Wei allowed the people to obtain land, the agricultural tax was the highest among all countries. In addition to other miscellaneous taxes, most of the people's harvests were taxed, so they could barely maintain food and clothing.

"It's time, let's set fire."

Xia Houyuan sighed, he was actually reluctant, but he had to, because otherwise he would not be able to cover the retreat of the main force.

Cao Chun reluctantly threw the torches into the grain depot, and then a large number of torches were thrown all over Guandu. In an instant, the entire Guandu was ignited, but the fire was not too big due to the gap.

This was naturally done by Cao Cao on purpose. After all, Zhang Liao would do his best to put out the fire and rescue supplies only if the fire at Guandu was likely to be extinguished. This would undoubtedly hold back part of the Qin army's strength.

What Cao Cao didn't know was that even if he didn't do this, Zhang Liao would still put out the fire. After all, his goal was to cast a long line to catch big fish. If he didn't put out the fire, it wouldn't be good for Cao Cao.

Of course, even if Zhang Liao ordered to put out the fire, the Qin army still had enough troops to pursue it, but there were traps arranged by Cao Cao in advance on the road, which slowed down the advancing speed of some of the chasing Qin army.

(End of this chapter)