Chapter 278 Difficulties (thanks to [Feifei Feiyangyang]
Bingzhou?
Many people were confused after hearing Lu Yan's words, "Why is this suddenly related to Bingzhou?"
Some people who had a good relationship with Lu Yan, including Cao Cao, quickly figured out the link.
Lu Yan mentioned Bingzhou because of his wife, Lu Lingqi.
Cao Cao smiled in his heart and said: "Mr. Lu is trying to show off in front of his wife. Also, if the aliens in Bingzhou can be driven out, Lu Lingqi and Lu Bu will definitely be the happiest."
Lu Yan handed over his hand and explained to some colleagues who didn't know why: "Yan once promised his wife that he would give her father a satisfactory betrothal gift. Marquis Wen was born in Bingzhou, and he had seen too much cruelty when foreign races were raging.
Marquis Wen's original intention of raising the army was also to expel the barbarians, but he did not want to be assigned a civilian position, and he has been depressed. Although he lost himself for a period of time, now he has found his original intention."
Zhang Liao, who was standing not far from Lu Yan's attack, couldn't help but nodded slightly. He had always been loyal to Lu Bu in the past because of Lu Bu's heroic ambition.
"I also want to please my father-in-law." Guo Jia suddenly muttered from behind.
Lu Yan turned around and glared at Guo Jia. The guy quickly covered his mouth and made a shut-up gesture.
"Okay, I promise you!" Cao Cao replied readily.
"So, thank you very much, Mr. Cao."
"Why are you and I so polite...Come on, there is another problem, how about you solve it together?"
Boss Cao's evil capitalist face was clearly revealed at this moment.
But the second problem is really difficult to solve.
The reinforcements from Bingzhou Gaogan, Youzhou Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan and Wuhuan probably totaled more than 100,000 people.
In addition, they are fighting locally, and supplies are very easy.
The supply line of Cao's army is long, and if you are not careful, you will be dragged into the quagmire, and it will be difficult to escape unscathed.
It may be difficult to encircle the area for reinforcements. Yuan Xi from Youzhou is likely to go south together with Yuan Tan and the Wuhuan people. If Cao Cao allocates too many troops to intercept them, Yuan Shao may directly attack them here.
If Ye City is captured in a short time, Yuan Shao will surely die; if Ye City cannot be captured before reinforcements arrive, Cao's army will be in a dilemma.
Seeing that Lu Yan was silent, Cao Cao thought that even Lu Yan had nothing to do for the time being.
In order not to make Lu Yan look embarrassed, Cao Cao immediately turned around and asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, I remember that when Shouchun was conquered, Mr. Lu and the shadow guards cooperated to open the city gate. Can we repeat the same trick?"
Guo Jia thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not..."
Seeing the confusion on Lao Cao's face, Guo Jia explained: "The reason Chang Sheng was able to complete the plan of internal and external cooperation was because Yuan Shu's general Lei Bo was already dissatisfied with Yuan Shu. The Shadow Guards successfully instigated the rebellion after receiving Chang Sheng's order.
Lei Bo opened the city gate, and it was not something that the shadow guards could do alone.
Although Yuan Shao's subordinates now have people who are seeking fame and reputation, it is undeniable that these people are all loyal to Yuan Shao." Therefore, this approach does not work.
Cao Cao nodded slightly and said: "So... now we can only take one step and see what happens."
Seeing Cao Cao's frown, Xia Houyuan strode out, cupped his fists and said, "Brother, give me 50,000 troops, and I will attack Ye City tomorrow and capture and kill Yuan Shao!"
When Yang Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but snarled, and thought to himself: "Is it possible that these warriors have all the muscles in their heads? Forcibly attacking the city will consume a lot of money, so it is not the best choice...
Cao Cao thought to himself, "No matter what, we still have to try the city defense.
So he opened his mouth and said to Xia Houyuan: "In that case, tomorrow you attack from the south gate and test the defense of Yecheng." Xia Houyuan did not expect that Lao Cao would actually agree. After a slight pause, he clasped his fists and responded: "Here!
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After Xia Houyuan returned to his position, Cao Cao looked at the others and shouted: "Le Jin, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan!" "Wei Jiang is here!"
"Let the three of you attack at the same time from the other three gates! Remember, we are just testing, don't make a desperate move."
"The last general takes command!"
Yecheng.
It has been almost a month since Cao's army besieged Yecheng, and the siege continued continuously.
During this month,
Lao Cao piled mountains of earth, dug tunnels, and lost nearly half of his trebuchets, but still could not break Yecheng. The tenacity of Yuan's army exceeded the imagination of everyone in Cao's camp.
Today, just as Cao Cao was preparing his generals to continue to grind the city, a spy suddenly came to report that the rear general Jiang Qi, who had previously reported the battle in Wei County, was now leading 15,000 troops towards Yecheng.
, should have entered Ye County at this moment.
Cao Cao hurriedly ordered Cao Chun and Cao Xiu to lead five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to delay Jiang Qi's attack. He also ordered Cao Ren to lead ten thousand people to intercept Jiang Qi.
At the same time, Cao Cao ordered people to dig ditches around Yecheng day and night to divert water to surround Yecheng so that the defenders in the city could not leave the city and reinforcements from outside could not enter the city.
It seems that Lao Cao wants to trap Yuan Shao until he runs out of ammunition and food and gives up resistance.
On the second day of the excavation, Cao Chun was only more than ten miles away from Jiang Qi's troops.
After the scout reported Jiang Qi's exact location, Cao Xiu suddenly came up with a plan and said: "General, we might as well pretend to be Yuan's defeated army and approach Jiang Qi's army.
If we take advantage of Yuan Jun's battle with General Pingbei (Cao Ren) and catch them by surprise from behind, we might be able to throw them into chaos and defeat Yuan Jun in one fell swoop!"
Cao Chun felt that Cao Xiu's idea was good, so he said: "Wen Lie, this is a good plan. Let's go back and discuss with General Pingbei first. He should have many captured Yuan Jun uniforms and flags."
Cao Ren was leading his army in a hurry when suddenly a scout came to report that Cao Chun and Cao Xiu had returned with their troops.
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When Cao Ren was surprised, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu had already arrived hand in hand.
"Brother!" Cao Chun greeted from afar.
When he arrived, Cao Xiu also clasped his fists and said, "I've seen General Pingbei!"
Cao Ren first patted Cao Chun's arm, then helped Cao Xiu up and said, "Why are you two back so soon? What happened?"
"It's not that there's anything wrong, but Wen Lie thought of a plan." After Cao Chun said this, he expressed Cao Xiu's thoughts.
Cao Ren turned to look at Cao Xiu and couldn't help but laugh and said: "As expected of being called my Cao Clan's Thousand Mile Horse by eldest brother. It's a good habit to use your brain more!"
Although Cao Xiu was very happy to receive the praise, he still behaved very humbly, "Thank you uncle for the compliment!"
"We happen to have quite a few Yuan Shao banner armors in our army. You can go and get them."
"Here!" Cao Chun clasped his fists in agreement and then asked, "Brother, do you think we can conquer Yecheng this time?"
Cao Ren seemed to be confident and replied: "Don't worry, there will never be any obstacles that my eldest brother and my husband can't overcome!"
Seeing that Cao Ren was so confident, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu felt reassured.