When the news reached Cao Cao's camp before Hulao Pass, and when he heard that his sons and clan brothers had been killed one after another in battle, Cao Cao couldn't hold it back, and he was so stimulated that he had a headache at this time.
stand up.
Previously, when Liu Rengui sent the message, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already sent troops to support. However, Liu Rengui was cooperating with Cao Shen to attack Xiaopingjin, and their remaining ships were not enough to support too many reinforcements from the waterway to Xiaopingjin.
Pingjin.
In desperation, their reinforcements could only set out by land. Starting from the land route, they had to pass through Hanoi, and even if they didn't capture all of them, they had to capture several major cities.
Although there were only a few second-line county soldiers left in Hanoi, and many of them surrendered, it still took a lot of time for Cao and Yuan's reinforcements. Even before their reinforcements arrived, the news of Cao Shen's entire army being annihilated had already spread.
return.
"Quickly, call the doctor!" Cao Cao's appearance made those around him anxious. The generals and counselors immediately called for the doctor one by one, fearing that Cao Cao's illness would cause some ill effects.
As the leader of a force, Cao Cao is their core. If anything happens to Cao Cao, their force will suffer the greatest blow.
After a long period of turmoil, Cao Cao's situation finally calmed down.
"If I don't take revenge for this, I swear that I will not be a human being!" Cao Cao, who had regained consciousness, thought of the death of one of his sons and several clan brothers in the war, his heart was as sharp as a knife, and his eyes were red and he said with hatred.
"Go and ask the King of Yecheng to come over!" After calming down a little, Cao Cao ordered Cheng Yu beside him.
Cao Cao knew very well that even if he was just trying to break through the Hulao Pass in front of him, his current military strength would not be enough, let alone dealing with the entire Li Xiang force to avenge his son Cao Ning and other clan generals who died in the battle.
Among the 30,000 Cao and Yuan coalition forces that attacked Xiaopingjin, although Yuan Shao accounted for the majority and Cao Cao only sent 10,000 troops, Cao Cao only stationed 30,000 troops at Hulao Pass.
His remaining 20,000 troops alone were not as large as the number of Jin troops stationed at Hulao Pass, let alone his ability to defeat Hulao Pass on his own.
Therefore, Cao Cao knew that if he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take revenge, he would probably have to rely on Yuan Benchu's help.
Fortunately, the two of them have not had any conflicts of interest in the past few years. Although their relationship has begun to weaken after becoming princes, they can still talk to each other.
What's more, it was not only Cao Cao who suffered heavy losses this time, but Yuan Benchu also suffered heavy losses. The second most powerful general under his command was also killed in this battle.
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Liangzhou.
"General, the enemy has really come out of the city to fight our army!" Yuwen Chengdu said with some surprise. After all, the enemy has been hiding in the city for quite a long time.
"The general has placed these 70,000 troops in front of the enemy. How could the enemy not come?" Obviously, Bai Qi was very confident in his arrangements. Therefore, he was not surprised at all when the enemy troops went out of the city to conduct field battles.
At the beginning, when Su Lie annihilated Han Sui and led an army of 100,000 to join Bai Qi, Bai Qi and Su Lie had already reached 170,000 troops.
Among the three enemy forces, there are only 130,000 troops in total, and the rest are the newly recruited recruits. Those recruits have no combat effectiveness at all, so they can only use one to defend the city.
use.
If they really dared to use these new soldiers in field battles, they might not be able to withstand a few charges from the Jin cavalry and would be scattered and flee.
Precisely because there was no hope of victory in the field battle, Fu Jian, Ma Teng, Yu Juluo and others, after discussion, simply huddled in the city and started the defensive battle peacefully.
Bai Qi, Su Lie and others have made plans several times to lure each other out of the city, but Fu Jian, Ma Teng, and Yu Juluo have many talented people under their command, so naturally they will not easily fall into Bai Qi, Su Lie and others' schemes.
After several attempts to achieve fruitless results, Bai Qi and Su Lie also knew that these little schemes alone would probably not succeed. If there were not enough benefits and temptations, the enemy would never leave the city.
Thus, the scene designed by Bai Qi today came into being.
"Have you confirmed that Su Dingfang really went to Beidi County?" Looking at the army leaving the city, Fu Jian asked to the left and right.
In fact, this is the third time Fu Jian has asked this question today. It is related to the safety of the entire army and the outcome of this battle. Even though his subordinates have given him affirmative answers many times,
Fu Jian still couldn't help but ask a few more questions. They really couldn't afford to lose this battle today.
"Lord, Su Lie has arrived in Beidi County for three days." Fu Jian's subordinate replied cautiously.
Although Fu Jian had asked this question several times, he did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction with Fu Jian due to his insignificant status as a subordinate. He still had to answer Fu Jian's questions carefully.
"What's the difference between walking and riding?" Fu Jian still asked worriedly.
"My lord, I have seventy thousand foot soldiers and thirty thousand horsemen."
After hearing this and confirming the situation again, Fu Jian breathed a sigh of relief.
Previously, Bai Qi ordered Su Lie to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Beidi County, and he continued to lead an army of 70,000 to deal with the enemy's main force in Hanyang County.
Bai Qi believes that his 70,000-strong army has already arrived. How can the other side not be tempted? What's more, if the enemy doesn't take advantage of Bai Qi's division of troops to attack Bai Qi's army with all their strength, then their territory will only be destroyed.
He was devoured step by step by Su Lie.
Su Lie's army was also very particular about the deployment of troops. Most of the 100,000-strong army were infantry. Even if the cavalry could gallop thousands of miles back to Bai Qi's side, the infantry definitely did not have this ability.
And even if these 30,000 cavalry can attack thousands of miles back, Bai Qi is still the laggard in terms of military strength, and Fu Jian and the others still have a great chance of winning.
This was a conspiracy. Bai Qi was not afraid that Fu Jian and the others would not go out to fight. In other words, if Fu Jian and the others wanted to find a chance to win this battle, he had to go out of the city to fight.
At the same time, Yuwen Chengdu and Bai Qi also discussed this issue.
"General, our army only has 70,000 troops. At this moment, the enemy's army has 130,000 troops. Its strength is nearly twice that of our army. Our army..." Yuwen Chengdu did not say any more. Obviously, in this situation,
Given the huge disparity in military strength, Yuwen Chengdu actually had considerable doubts about the outcome of this battle.
"Who said our army only has 70,000 troops? Our army clearly has more than 100,000 troops!" Bai Qi looked ahead and said slowly.
Although Bai Qi asked Su Lie to lead an army of 100,000 and retained only 70,000 troops to lure the enemy into battle, he would not really use only 70,000 troops to fight against the enemy's 130,000 troops.
If the enemy generals were just incompetent, let alone using 70,000 to defeat 130,000, even if 70,000 were used to defeat 200,000, Bai Qi would not be that scared.
However, in the current situation, among the enemy generals, it is clear that there are many talented people, commanders, wise men, and fierce generals. They are not much worse than our own side.
Under this comparison of strength between the two sides, even if Bai Qi uses 70,000 to fight 130,000, it is still too risky, and the 30,000 cavalry under Su Lie are Bai Qi's back-up men.
