The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 326
Chapter 330 Eighth Empty Battalion

Murderous intent flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, and he ordered coldly: "Order Cao Hong and Xun Yu to entangle Tai Shici's soldiers and horses for ten days, and not let Tai Shici's soldiers and horses escape."

Then he ordered: "Xia Houyuan led [-] soldiers and horses as the vanguard, entered Hanoi within three days, cut off Taishi Ci's soldiers and horses retreating, and the rest of the army followed. I want Taishi Ci to stay in Henan County forever."

"promise!"

Then the army set out, Xiahou Yuan led [-] cavalry to Hanoi quickly, Cao Cao led the army to follow behind, and Xiahou Dun's army who stayed behind in the Hongnong Camp took the initiative to attack and approached Chen Ziming's camp.

Just as Xiahoudun's army was approaching Chen Ziming's camp, Zhang Fei led his soldiers and horses out of the camp, Zhao Yun came from the left, and Huang Zhong came from the right.

Seeing this, Xiahoudun was terrified. Fortunately, the military commander Cheng Yu acted decisively and ordered the three generals to lead [-] soldiers and horses to block the incoming enemy, and then led the army to retreat.

Xiahou Dun's soldiers and horses did not fall into the siege of Chen Ziming's army, otherwise they would have suffered heavy losses.

After Cao Cao learned of this, he ordered Xiahou Dun to stick to the camp and not to send troops at will.

After Xiahoudun's army retreated, Chen Ziming led the army to withdraw from the land of Hongnong and set up camp in Hedong. Then he ordered Huang Zhong to lead an army of [-] to stay in the Hedong Camp, while he personally led the rest of the troops to head north to Feng Ling.

"Feng Xiao, you stay here to recuperate with peace of mind. Cao Cao's army has already gone south, and he will never invade the east of the river again. As for Hanoi, it is the gateway of Luoyang. Cao Cao will never let it fall into our hands. Now it is not a decisive battle with Cao Cao. At this opportunity, the land of Hanoi will be handed over to Cao Cao."

Chen Ziming arranged for Huang Zhong to guard the east of the river, and after Guo Jia served as the military adviser, he led Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao's army to the north.

"Mr. Feng Xiao, the prime minister seems to have forgotten Ziyi and others who are still outside Luoyang." After Chen Ziming and others walked away, Huang Zhong suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked Guo Jia for advice.

"Hehe, with Kong Ming's wisdom, he will be in a dangerous situation. Ziyi's army is safe, and the general doesn't have to worry." Guo Jia knew that Chen Ziming had sent someone to send a letter to Tai Shici and Zhuge Liang early on, telling them to be careful. Cao Cao cut off his retreat, so neither Guo Jia nor Chen Ziming worried about Tai Shici's army.

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"Mr. Wen Ruo, the prime minister ordered me to hold back Tai Shici's troops and not let him escape." After receiving Cao Cao's letter, Cao Hong immediately called Xun Yu to discuss the matter.

"It seems that the Prime Minister has given up the land of Liangzhou, and wants to take Hanoi County, cutting off Taishi Ci's retreat." After hearing this, Xun Yu immediately formed a map of Sili Prefecture in his mind.

The south of Luoyang is Nanyang County of Jingzhou, the southeast is Yingchuan County of Yuzhou, the east is Hanoi County of Sili Prefecture, the northeast is Hedong County of Sili Prefecture, the north is Hongnong County, and the north of Hongnong is Fengling County. Now that Hongnong is in the hands of Cao Cao, Chen Ziming's army wants to attack Liangzhou, but Feng Ling has to go.

And Hanoi is the gateway to Henan. As long as Hanoi County is taken, Henan can be protected from worries, and Luoyang can sit back and relax. At the same time, as long as Cao Cao takes Hanoi, the Taishici army outside Luoyang will be cut off.

Both Nanyang County in the south and Yingchuan County in the southeast were defended by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. When Cao Cao's army came from Hanoi, Tai Shici's army could not escape.

"Has there been any movement from Taishi Cibing recently?" Xun Yu was relieved after thinking everything through. He was not mistaken. Although Cao Cao was at a disadvantage now, he did not give up and kept working hard.

If Cao Cao had been fighting with Chen Ziming's army in Hongnong and constantly dispatching troops from various places to rescue Luoyang, this would have disappointed Xun Yu, because now Cao Cao is not qualified to fight Liu Bei in a war of attrition.

It is better to just give up Liangzhou, turn around and take Hanoi to ensure the stability of the existing territory. After all, no matter whether it is Yanzhou or Yuzhou, there are not many troops stationed now. If Cao Cao continues to fight Chen Ziming in Hongnong, Liu Bei will lose his patience. Send a large army from the rear to attack Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and Cao Cao will be passive.

"According to the spy reports, Tai Shici's soldiers and horses came in and I didn't make any changes. Apart from sending troops and horses to collect food and grass occasionally, he didn't do anything." Cao Hong thought for a while, and according to the information collected recently, Tai Shici still stayed in Dashi as before. in the camp.

"Well, collect food and grass? Tai Shici's army is short of food?" Xun Yu asked suspiciously.You must know that Liu Bei was rich under his rule, and he also formed a special transportation team to transport food and grass for the army. Generally speaking, the various soldiers and horses in Liu Bei's hands should not be short of food.

"That's unknown." Cao Hong said helplessly, "The spies dare not approach Taishi Ci's camp at all. There are rangers patrolling around Taishici's camp. As for what is going on inside the camp, it is even more impossible to find out. Know."

"Mr. Wen Ruo, is it possible that Tai Shici wants to use this trick to lure our army out of the city and then ambush them?" Cao Hong thought that Tai Shici sent people out to look for food for him to see, and the purpose was to lure him out of the city.

"No, with Zhuge Liang's wisdom, wouldn't he do such a useless trick?" Xun Yu immediately objected, Cao Hong could see that this might be a trick, and he wouldn't send a large army out of the city, so Zhuge Liang wouldn't use such a low-level trick to attack him. Lure the enemy.

"Not good!" Xun Yu thought a lot about Zhuge Liang's purpose, and finally the only thing he could explain was that Zhuge Liang used this trick to hide the truth and lead the army away.

"General, quickly send someone to check Taishici's camp. If my guess is correct, Taishici and others have left quietly with the army. At this time, the camp outside the city is just an empty camp." Xun Yu immediately said to Cao Hong.

"Come here..." After Cao Hong heard this, he immediately sent someone to check it out. After a while, the person he sent came back and told him that the Taishici camp was indeed an empty camp. They're just straw men.

"Come on, send out cavalry as soon as possible to investigate the movement of Taishi Ci's army, and inform the Prime Minister at this time." After Cao Hong heard this, his face was ugly. Taishi Ci's nearly [-] troops ran away under his nose.

However, a [-] army cannot run away if they want to. The rangers Cao Hong sent quickly found the traces of Tai Shici's army, and took advantage of the opportunity to find Tai Shici's soldiers and horses.

"Tai Shici's army has reached eighty miles away. I am not in a hurry to chase after him. I will send someone to inform the prime minister immediately and ask him to send troops to intercept him in Hanoi." When Cao Hong learned that Tai Shici's army was now , sighed helplessly.

And he didn't dare to send troops to pursue rashly, otherwise Tai Shici would kill Luoyang with his carbine, and Luoyang would be in danger.

When Cao Cao received that Taishici's soldiers and horses had fled outside Luoyang City and rushed towards Hanoi, he ordered Xiahouyuan's vanguard soldiers to rush up to bound Taishici's soldiers and horses, so as to buy time for him to mobilize an army to encircle and suppress Taishici.

(End of this chapter)