Wang Ping's swordsmanship was neat and he fought with Wei Yan for more than 20 rounds, but there was still no flaw. However, at this time, hundreds of spear troops in the Han army had already arrived ashore. They held shields and spears in their hands, effectively resisting Cao's bow and arrows.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Wang Ping sold a flaw, turned his head and fled, shouting: "Retreat quickly!"

The Cao army crossbowmen in the woods followed Wang Ping to retreat. Wei Yan was worried that the other party would have ambushed in the woods, so he stopped his men from chasing them, and then ordered the soldiers to cross the river. This time there was no enemy disruption, and the Han army only took a quarter of an hour, two

The Thousand Spears all crossed the Yangshui River and quickly assembled a whole team on the shore.

Wei Yan led two thousand troops to rush towards Cao Cao's defense line on the north bank. At this time, a fierce archery battle broke out on both sides of the Yangshui River. Three thousand Han archers and crossbowmen fired arrows at once, and Cao's army who were left behind the bunker were sent.

Suppress the Cao army cannot fight back.

At this time, Wang Ping led the five hundred Cao troops back and shouted: "Retreat back to the camp immediately!"

The Cao army hid behind the bunker ran north one after another, dozens of people ran a little slower, and were shot by the Han army's arrows and fell to the ground screaming. The other soldiers ran desperately and followed Wang Ping to retreat to Heipongzhai.

At this time, Wei Yan led his army to quickly arrive from the east and caught up with some Cao army soldiers. More than a hundred Cao army soldiers were so scared that they were lost and kneeled down to surrender. Wei Yan was extremely hated and refused to accept the surrender and ordered the soldiers to massacre. It took only a moment,

More than a hundred Cao's soldiers were corpses everywhere, and all of them were stabbed to death by spears.

Wang Ping was also frightened and did not dare to stop. He led the remaining 800 soldiers to escape to Hei Songling.

The ambush on the other side had been cleaned up, and Zhao Yun ordered the bridge to cross the river again. In just one hour, the Han army built three floating bridges. Eight thousand soldiers quickly crossed the Yangshui River, merged with Wei Yan's army, and continued to go to Heipongling.

Departure.

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Just the day before Liu Jing's army began the Northern Expedition, Cao Cao also led 60,000 troops to Jicheng, Tianshui County. Although Han troops were also found in Chencang Road, Cao Cao still transported supplies from the Han army to Wudu County on a large scale.

It was judged that the main force of the Han army must have taken Qishan Road north.

To conquer Guanzhong, at least more than 100,000 troops are needed, which requires mobilization of a large amount of food and supplies. There may be some small strategies in specific operations, but in terms of strategy, Liu Jing cannot use a plan and go to Qishan Road to confirm

undoubtedly.

At this time, Cao Cao had deployed 120,000 troops on the front line of Qishan Road, and almost all his elite troops were mobilized here. Moreover, Cao Cao had a strong sense of confidence in this battle.

In the Yaneitang of the State, Cao Cao was discussing the battle strategy with his advisers Xun You and Chen Qun. In front of them was a medium-sized sand table, one zhang long and one zhang wide, clearly showing the terrain of Guanzhong and Hanzhong. This was also the purpose of Cao Cao to seize it.

It took half a year to produce Hanzhong and finally came in handy.

"I'm considering whether we will continue to march and capture Hanzhong in one fell swoop if we defeat Liu Jing's army in this battle."

Chen Qun has always been known for his honest speaking. Although he was punished for angering Cao Cao several times, Cao Cao immediately pardoned him after his anger dissipated and apologized to him. From beginning to end, he attached great importance to Chen Qun. This time

During the battle of Guanzhong, Chen Qun actually served as deputy military advisor.

When Chen Qun heard that Cao Cao wanted to continue to take Hanzhong, he immediately said, "If some prerequisites are met, I think it is not impossible to seize Hanzhong, but the most urgent task now is to improve the defense of Qishan."

The implication is that it is too early to conquer Hanzhong. Cao Cao was a little unhappy and asked, "What conditions should be met? You might as well explain it clearly in the long article."

"Weichen refers to the condition that we completely defeat the Han army and at least more than half of its troops must be annihilated. If this condition is not met, we will rashly go south and will be surrounded and counterattacked by it, which will eventually affect the gains and losses of Longxi."

Cao Cao was silent and asked Xun You again, "What do Gongda think?"

Xun You smiled slightly, "Frankly speaking, I support Changwen's opinion. If this battle reaches a certain point, there is indeed a possibility of seizing Hanzhong, then it is not necessary to continue to fight with the flow, but now... the Prime Minister does

I thought a little too far."

Cao Cao respects Xun You's opinion very much. Since even he said this, maybe he really thought too much. He laughed dryly and then asked Chen Qun: "I just said that I should improve the defense of Qishan. Is there any loopholes in my defense of Qishan?

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Chen Qun said openly and honestly: "The current Qishan defense is planned by Mr. Zhang, and there is not much soliciting the opinions of the general. Moreover, I firmly oppose it, but Mr. Zhang does not listen. Now I hope the Prime Minister can find the problem."

Cao Cao's face immediately became gloomy, "What's wrong with talking about the long article?"

Chen Qun picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the Qishan area: "Now the Qishan defense deployed by Zhang Gongzi is divided into four pieces. Yu Jin is responsible for the south of the Qishan Mountains, Zang Ba is responsible for the east of the Qishan Mountains, Li Dian is responsible for the west of the Qishan Mountains, and Hao Zhao led 10,000 troops.

It was deployed north of Qishan, but not to support the south, but to defend the front line of Jicheng. In this way, 40,000 troops were thrown out, but can it really prevent the Han army from heading north?"

Before Chen Qun finished speaking, Cao Cao punched the sandbox hard, "This evil deed almost ruined my big deal!"

Cao Cao has experienced many battles, and he could see at a glance the problem in this kind of deployment, that is, it is easy to be defeated by the enemy's concentrated forces. It can be said that this kind of deployment is a taboo for military strategists.

Chen Qun continued: "Of course, there is a reason for Mr. Zhang to deploy like this, because General Xiahou had deployed this way before, and it was difficult to garrison large-scale troops in the dangerous areas of Qishan. This is also the truth, so the Weichen did not say that it was wrong.

Instead, it still needs to be improved.”

Cao Cao also knew that Chen Qun was giving him face, after all, he was his son. Xiahou Yuan deployed this way to prevent the small-scale army in Hanzhong from going north to support Ma Chao. It was OK to deal with about 10,000 troops, but now they are facing seven or eight.

The main force of the Wanhan Army, it is obviously impossible to deploy like this.

Cao Cao waved his hand, "You don't have to talk for him. My stupid son is okay to go to the north to fight the Huns. He is not suitable for commanding such a large-scale battle. I know it well, so I rushed to Tianshui County in person."

Cao Cao was slightly angry and asked Chen Qun again: "Tell me about your plan?"

"Weichen's plan is to cancel the defenses on all sides of Qishan, but to set up a defense point with 20,000 people north of Qishan. No matter how many troops Liu Jing has, he would not be able to go north without pulling out this defense point, otherwise his logistics will be

There will be problems with support."

Cao Cao nodded. He realized very early that the biggest weakness of Liu Jing's army in the north was logistics and food support, and he had to use the other party's weakness to make a fuss.

He glanced at Xun You again, and Xun You smiled slightly, "Actually, the Prime Minister blamed the second young master for his mistake. The second young master was my advice to him."

Cao Cao and Chen Qun were both stunned. How could it be Xun You's suggestion? Cao Cao asked in confusion: "Why did Gongda teach him such a military force? It's clear...?"

Xun You smiled faintly, "The so-called soldiers are never tired of cheating, and don't give Liu Jing some sweetness, how could he be so excited about going north? He would think that the Prime Minister changed the deployment of the second son on the spot, and Cao's army was very passive, which would make him feel underestimated by the enemy. The Prime Minister understood me

Does it mean?"

Cao Cao nodded, "I understand, Gongda is indeed clever, what should I do now?"

“It’s very simple!”

Xun You stroked his beard and smiled, "I ordered Yu Jin to burn all the food and supplies, and immediately withdrew the troops north to go north to lengthen the Han army's grain supply line, especially Yu Jin, and ordered him to immediately abandon Hei Songzhai and go north to go north."

Cao Cao knew that if Yu Jin abandoned the camp at this time, he would definitely be pursued by the Han army and would be wiped out by the entire army, but Xun You's strategy was very clear that Yu Jin's army was just a bait. Cao Cao made a quick decision and said, "Send Xiahou Yuan to see me quickly!

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Zhao Yun launched two tentative attacks in Hei Songling, both ended in failure. The terrain of Hei Songling is easy to defend and difficult to attack and the five thousand defenders have made Cao's army firmly occupy a defensive advantage, requiring at least 20,000 people.

Conquer Cao's camp.

After losing nearly a thousand attacking soldiers, Zhao Yun stopped the attack and set up a camp on the north bank of Yangshui, waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Han army. Three days later, the 60,000 main army led by Liu Jing crossed the Yangshui and entered Da.

camp.

So far, Liu Jing is still very satisfied with Zhao Yun's record, especially the capture of Licheng at the cost of not killing a soldier. It is even more admirable for his brilliant strategy. Of course, this is mainly due to Pang Tong's contribution, and Zhao Yun did not make any contribution.

The first credit was given to Pang Tong.

In the central army tent, Liu Jing was discussing military information with everyone and listening to Zhao Yun's report. Zhao Yun praised Yu Jin's deputy general Wang Ping, praised him for being brave and resourceful, and was a very promising young general. Zhang Ren smiled beside him.

: "When it comes to Wang Ping, I know him. He was from Ba County. He was once a famous swordsman in Ba County. He later wanted to join the army as a general, but Liu Zhang did not like his identity as a ranger, so he did not allow him to join the Yizhou Army.

, Later I heard that I went to the north and probably joined Cao's army."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "Since he is from Bajun, you can fight for it. Liu Zhang doesn't want it. I, Liu Jing, want it. This matter takes time. Let's take a moment to slow it down. Now I want to see the deployment map of Cao Cao's army in Qishan.

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Zhao Yun quickly took out a drawing and handed it to Liu Jing, "This is a summary of the information from several scouts, and please check it out."

Liu Jing took it and looked carefully for a while. He walked to the sand table again, and according to the map sign, he inserted several blue flags on the corresponding seats of the sand table. He looked for a moment and couldn't help but smile and said to everyone: "Look at Cao Jun's."

Deployment is very interesting.”

Everyone gathered up, and Fa Zheng smiled and said, "Stationed in four places, at least dozens of miles apart. Isn't this for us to defeat each one?"

Pang Tong also said on the side: "As far as I know, this should be Cao Zhang's deployment, continuing the previous practice of Xiahou Yuan, but only increasing the number of troops. I think if it were Cao Cao, he would never have made such arrangements. It is said that Cao Cao had arrived in Longxi.

, So is there any possibility of Cao's army redeployment?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a personal guard reported at the door: "You have reported to the governor of the state, and the scout has important information!"

"Let him in!"

After a moment, a scout tent leader quickly walked into the big tent and knelt down on one knee to report: "Qi Bingzhou Governor, just this morning, the Cao army stationed in the east and west routes of Qishan had retreated north, and all the materials that could not be taken away

All the food and grass were burned."

This news made Liu Jing laugh at Pang Tong and everyone and said, "This news came too timely. It seems that Cao Cao had the power to defend and denied Cao Zhang's deployment."

Pang Tong pondered for a moment and said, "This must be Cao Cao's shrinking the defense line, so the camp in Hei Songling is no exception. Yu Jin should have received the order. If I was not wrong, Yu Jin will withdraw his troops tonight, and it is

Retreat quietly.”

Zhao Yun next to him hesitated and said, "But Cao's camp in Hei Songling is indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack. It would be a pity to give up like this. Perhaps Cao Cao would consider Yu Jin's truth and order him to stick to the camp."

Liu Jing shook his head and smiled, "Zilong, you are wrong. Hei Songling camp is indeed difficult to capture for your 10,000 vanguard army, but what if it is a 40,000 army? I won't attack the mountain road, but

Attack from the other side of the ridge, the Hei Songling camp will be broken in at most two hours, and the five thousand Cao troops will be wiped out. But I know that Yu Jin will never put himself in a desperate situation, so I agree with the military commander Pang

Opinion: Yu Jin will inevitably withdraw his troops at night tonight.”

Zhao Yun did not insist anymore, and he was not sure. After pondering for a moment, Zhao Yun said again: "Since that's the case, I will immediately send a scout to investigate the information and keep abreast of the movements of the imperial army at any time."
Chapter completed!