Cao Cao's county guard in Yingchuan County was Su Zhe, and the general responsible for guarding it was Xiao Hui.
These two people are characters in the film and television summoning cards. One person's prototype comes from Zhang Liang, while the other person's prototype is Han Xin.
Of course, these two people cannot reach the level of Zhang Liang and Han Xin. The prototypes are these two people, but that does not mean that they have the abilities of these two people.
In fact, these two people have not even entered the god level. However, if these two great men can be used as prototypes, even if they have not entered the god level, they cannot be too far apart. They are all at the same level among peerless people.
Quite high, one's intelligence reached 99 points, while the other's commander reached 99 points.
Yingchuan County is just behind Runan County. These two have been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield. Tian Dan and Sun Bin mainly spent their energy on deceiving Cao Ren. Compared with the two behind them, they did not spend as much money.
strength.
After careful investigation again and again, the two men finally discovered some flaws, but by this time it was too late. Cao Ren had already started a decisive battle with Tian Dan. The two of them had no time to stop Cao Ren. The only thing they could do was
Only Cao Ren's troops were left.
It was precisely because these two men set up an ambush on Cao Ren's retreat to Yingchuan that Zhao Sheng, who had been chasing him all the way, was defeated, and even returned in defeat. Here, he lost a total of 10,000 soldiers.
horse.
"It's really a centipede insect, dead but not stiff. There is such a person under Cao Mengde?" Tian Dandang's expression was full of surprise when he saw Zhao Sheng returning from the defeat.
Although Xiao Hui and Su Zhe were not completely unknown people under Cao Cao, they were definitely not in the forefront. Compared with Tian Ji, Cao Ren's first-rate reputation was far behind.
But judging from this ambush battle, Tian Dan was even more afraid of these two people than Tian Ji and Cao Ren.
Zhao Sheng is also a top-ranked talent among the Zhao Kuangyin clan, but this time he was defeated so miserably.
Zhao Sheng is not an ignorant person, and it is impossible to deceive him with an ordinary ambush. Regardless of the time or location of the ambush, Xiao Hui and Su Zhe can speculate on Zhao Sheng's heart, even Tian Dan
During review, no obvious flaws could be found.
No matter how strong Tian Ji and Cao Ren's first generals are, they are not terrible. After all, among Cao Cao's forces, these are the most active generals. Generals like Tian Dan also have more research on them.
, the style of military use is almost guessed.
However, the activities of Xiao Hui and Su Zhe in Cao Cao's forces were limited, and Tian Dan's understanding of these two people was mostly unknown. The more unknown, the more uncertainties there were.
After thinking of this, Tian Dan sent Bi Zaiyu and Zhong Shiheng to divide into three vanguard groups to attack Yingchuan County.
What makes Tian Dan even more surprised is that among the three vanguards, except for Bi Zaiyu who retreated unscathed, the remaining two are more or less bruised. Moreover, this is still the case when Xiao Hui's main force has not moved, and only with weak troops
Hit it.
After all, Tian Dan's main force also did not take action, and only sent out three vanguards. If Xiao Hui dispatched his main force in the face of the three vanguards, Tian Dan would probably be able to take advantage of it.
Xiao Feng wanted to use all his strength to completely capture the three vanguard armies, not just defeat them. However, the actual situation did not allow him to do so. There were not enough troops, what could he do?
However, although the three-way vanguard army suffered a setback, the losses were not huge. Tian Dan's purpose of sending these three-way vanguard army was more to test the capabilities of Xiao Hui and Su Zhe, and to learn from the opponent's use of troops.
Let’s take a look at the opponent’s style to see what kind of person he is! Before sending troops, Tian Dan and Sun Bin had already made arrangements. Even if they were defeated, there were still ways to protect themselves. Therefore, although Xiao Hui won consecutively, he did not attack Zhao Kuangyin.
Power causes effective damage.
Tian Dan wanted to test these two people, but when this result fell into Cao Cao's eyes, it was enough to boost the military morale of Cao Cao's forces.
At this time, Xiao Hui won several great victories in succession, which had a great impact on the morale of the army.
In fact, for this reason, Cao Cao quickly promoted Xiao Hui to the position of Governor of Yingchuan. Xiao Hui took charge of the war in Yuzhou, which made Xiao Hui's position in the Cao Group jump several levels in one go.
Even if Cao Cao trusted Cao Ren again, at this critical moment of life and death, Lao Cao would still be more sober.
Cao Ren's performance since the beginning of the war will always disappoint Cao Cao. In comparison, Xiao Hui's performance is definitely an unexpected surprise.
Of course, Lao Cao's character cannot be changed just like this. Although Xiao Hui was established as the Governor of Yingchuan, Cao Ren was demoted from the previous Governor of Yuzhou to the Deputy Governor of Yingchuan on the grounds of defeat. To put it bluntly, he still had to
Use Cao Ren to check and balance Xiao Hui.
However, this kind of thing is normal. When Li Jing was conquering Shu, Lao Li stepped forward to check and balance. As a monarch, this is how he treats his clan, let alone a general with a foreign surname.
However, no matter how powerful Xiao Hui and Su Zhe were, they still received help from defeated generals like Cao Ren. However, Cao Ren lost most of Yuzhou's troops in that battle.
No matter how good a general is, if he has no soldiers, it will be just nonsense in the end!
What's more, Tian Dan and Sun Bin have not really taken action yet. The previous three-way vanguard army was just a test. If they repelled the three-way vanguard army, does it mean that Tian Dan and Sun Bin were repelled?
Next, when Tian Dan and Sun Bin take action again, that will be the real test for Cao Jun.
Not only the situation in Yuzhou, but also in Yanzhou, where Zhao Kuangyin faced off, he himself was not optimistic.
The government was in chaos, and there was not enough food and grass on hand. Lao Cao had nothing to do with his energy!
For this reason, Cao Cao even voluntarily gave up the entire Chen County and violently confiscated every grain and grass in Chen County. However, he threw all the people who had lost all the food and grass together with Chen County to Zhao Kuangyin. In this way, Cao Cao
It not only gave him a chance to fight, but also threw Zhao Kuangyin into a big prison.
However, this method is only a drop in the bucket. It can alleviate the temporary emergency, but it is far from solving the problem fundamentally. After all, Lao Cao is already very distressed when he loses a county. He cannot continue to solve the problem by losing territory.
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Therefore, when he could no longer protect himself by relying solely on himself, the only way Cao Cao could think of was to seek help from external forces.
