The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 110 Cao Cao's Choice
There are still tens of thousands of troops stationed in Qingzhou. The big deal is to let Zhang Liao's army who entered Mount Tai go north to defend. Anyway, Cao Cao is now unable to attack Qingzhou.

In Pengcheng, Cao Cao was discussing with Xi Zhicai and others, when he suddenly received the news of Xiapi's victory, Xia Houyuan occupied Xiapi, just like Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others were stunned when they received the victory.

"Hahaha, Miaocai is really my lieutenant general." Cao Cao's laughter spread throughout the hall. Cao Cao, who had just been defeated and was not in a good mood, suddenly felt refreshed.

"Report!"

"My lord, the spies have come to report that Guan Yu, stationed in Lu County, led an army to Pengcheng."

Another urgent report that stunned Cao Cao and others. Xi Zhicai and others had said long ago that Guan Yu's army in Lu County would not come to attack. Come.

"What is Liu Bei's intention at this time, to fight to the death with me?" Cao Cao frowned, and asked Xi Zhicai and other counselors in puzzlement, now is not a good time to fight to the death with Liu Bei.

"Liu Bei didn't fight the lord to the death, but forced the lord to give up Xiapi and withdraw from Xuzhou." Xi Zhicai immediately reacted, and then said: "If Liu Bei wants to fight the lord to the death, he will never send Guan Yu's [-] troops to attack. No advantage, if my guess is right, Liu Bei did not want to attack General Miaocai guarding Xiapi, and deliberately made way for General Miaocai to go north to join the lord, but he was afraid that the lord's army would go south to Xiapi, so he sent Guan Yu's army to approach, not to let go My lord moves lightly."

"If the lord insists on leading the army south, Liu Bei will attack Xiapi with all his strength, and let Guan Yu's troops block the lord's army. After he breaks through Xiapi, Liu Bei will fight the lord's army in a decisive battle."

"Zhicai, the walls of Xiapi are high and the city is strong, and the food and grass are abundant. My army is going forward. Can I fight Liu Bei and take the land of Xuzhou?" Cao Cao saw a new change in the situation, and his heart that slowly calmed began to burn. stand up.

"My lord, Liu Bei's army in Xuzhou is almost the same as our army, and they have Chen Ziming and others as their conspirator. There are many strong generals. If there is a battle, it will be difficult to tell the winner. Even if he wins, the lord's army will suffer heavy losses, and it will be difficult to protect Yan and Xu. In the land of the prefecture, Yuan Shao will be taken advantage of.” Xi Zhicai’s meaning is very simple, Cao Cao can’t completely crush Liu Bei now, so he should give up Xuzhou, after all, Cao Cao now has a stronger enemy, Yuan Shao!
"Hey, this is not the time to fight to the death with Liu Bei. If Yuan Shao hadn't threatened the north, why would I have had Liu Daer." Cao Cao also reacted. Liu Bei was reminding him that it is time to leave and stop causing trouble. The two of them I don't even want to fight anymore.

"Hey! If Liu Bei can be annihilated at this time, it won't matter if I temporarily borrow Yanzhou from Yuan Benchu. It's a pity..." In Cao Cao's view, Liu Bei is his great enemy. Liu Bei's potential is too great, but it's a pity He doesn't have the strength to completely kill Liu Bei now, it's useless.

"My lord, there is an urgent report from Mount Tai!" Entering the hall with a messenger, he passed the news from Mount Tai County to Cao Cao.

"Mount Tai has been lost, I should withdraw my troops." Cao Cao said desolately after reading the contents of the letter.

"My lord, order General Xiahou to return quickly!" Xi Zhicai's face changed drastically after hearing Cao Cao's words. The western gate of Yanzhou in Mount Tai was now empty, and it was time for Cao Cao to return to defense.

"Send the order! Xiahou Yuan's troops go north immediately and join our army!" Cao Cao immediately made a decision that Yanzhou would never allow any mistakes.

"Decree Miaocai, Tu Taoqian's family, burn down the food and grass in Xiapi City, abandon the city and go north." Cao Cao's eyes flashed sharply. Although he failed to occupy Xuzhou, since Tao Qian's family has already been in his hands, it is also considered to be against him. Levy has an explanation.

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Five days ago, Yanzhou and Taishan counties.

"Military division, General Taishi Longshan ambushed Juping City and returned Fenggao's soldiers and horses. He won a big victory. He killed three thousand enemies and captured four thousand!" win news.

"Military Master, now there is only Fenggao in Taishan County and Cao Cao has more than [-] soldiers and horses. If Fenggao is taken down, the entire Taishan County will be the land of the lord." Zhang Liao rode beside Guo Jia, listening to Tai Shici's successful ambush of Juping's enemy, Said to Guo Jia with a smile on his face.

"If it wasn't for Cao Cao's late arrival of reinforcements, we would have lost the battle of Mount Tai. It is God's will. If Cao Cao had left [-] more soldiers and horses with Xun Wenruo, he would not have lost Mount Tai." Guo Jia felt that winning the Battle of Mount Tai was really a fluke Well, defeating the defenders of Bo County and taking Juping quietly is the key. Fortunately, because Xun Yu didn't have a large army in his hands, he had to recruit from various places, which wasted more than a month, otherwise Guo Jia would not have been given a chance.

"Military commander, although Fenggao now has only [-] soldiers and horses defending, Fenggao is the seat of Taishan County. The city is high and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now our army is only more than [-], and it may be difficult to attack by force." Zhang Liao is the defender. City expert, and he has also been in Fenggao for a while, of course he knows that Fenggao is very difficult to fight.

"Hehe, since our soldiers and horses can't attack by force, let the soldiers and horses in the city give up Feng Gao by themselves. Why do we need to attack by force?" Guo Jia said confidently to Zhang Liao.

"The military master already has a clever plan to defeat the enemy?" Zhang Liao admired Guo Jia's ability very much. After hearing Guo Jia's words, he knew that Guo Jia already had a clever plan to break the city.

"On the border between Yanzhou and Xuzhou, there are only Taishan and the southern city of Jiyin. The southern city is the place where Cao Cao's army hoarded food and grass, and it is also a retreat route. Now it is empty. If our army captures this place, Cao Cao's army attacking Xuzhou will be defeated." Guo. Jia didn't say Feng Gao, but the target looked at Nancheng, the soft help of Cao Cao's army.

"As a military adviser, we don't need to pay attention to Feng Gao's enemies. The army is attacking Nancheng, but Feng Gao has [-] Cao Cao's troops. If they attack our army from behind, how should we defend against it?" Zhang Liao knew very well about marching formations. , Leaving the back of the army to the enemy is the way to seek death.

"No, although the southern city is empty, if Xun Wenruo and that Xi Zhicai are both great talents, how can they be unprepared? Our army will only increase casualties. Attacking the southern city is false, and it is false to lure the high-level enemy. Really." Guo Jia had no intention of attacking Nancheng at all, and he would not think that Xi Zhicai and others had no defense against Nancheng.

Guo Jia's guess is right. Cao Cao has already sent Cao Chun to lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Nancheng. Horses, the soldiers and horses brought by Guo Jia will be swallowed by Cao Cao in one gulp.

In this way, not only will Mount Tai be taken back by Cao Cao, but the entire Qingzhou will not be able to stop the attack of Cao Cao's army.

Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou, but lost Qingzhou. The gain outweighed the loss. How could Guo Jia not have thought of this, so he would never attack Nancheng.

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