Chapter 17 Cao Cao's family change tactics! (Thanks to [I am from Tianli]
Early the next morning,
Cao Cao received a rather unusual piece of information.
"Yu Du personally leads fifty thousand elite Yellow Turban troops and is slowly marching towards Dunqiu!"
Cao Cao half-squinted his eyes, looked around at the civil and military officials in the central army's tent (Zhao Yunlejin hadn't come back yet, but it was actually the Xiahou brothers, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu) and asked:
"Everyone, what do you think Yu Du is trying to do?"
Hearing this, Xiahou Dun was the first to speak:
"No matter what his mother's intentions are, he came at the right time!
We just need to kill him in one go and regain Dongwuyang.
Then the entire East County is ours!"
Xia Houyuan agreed with his brother's words and raised his hands in approval.
But Cheng Yu and Xun Yu always felt that something was wrong.
"My lord, I feel that Yu Du's actions may not be as simple as he appears." Xun Yu said aloud.
After hearing Xun Yu's words, Cheng Yu couldn't help but nodded and agreed, "Wen Ruo's words make sense."
At this moment, Cheng Yu suddenly thought of the Yellow Turban troops who had left the city at night.
To say that Sui Gu does have some abilities,
Leading 20,000 people, Cao Jun's spies failed to find any trace of them.
Thinking again of Yu Du's uncharacteristically fast march,
Cheng Yu vaguely seemed to have thought of something,
At the same time, Xun Yu seemed to have caught something,
After a while, they both said at the same time:
"Could it be..."
"Could it be..."
The two top counselors noticed something fishy at almost the same time.
Cao Cao saw that they had an idea, so he asked aloud: "Wen Ruo, Zhongde, what did you two think of?"
Xun Yu cupped his hands and replied: "My lord, do you still remember the battle when we killed Bai Rao?"
When Cao Cao heard this, he leaned forward slightly and said, "What do you mean..."
"Secret Chencang!"
"Secret Chencang!"
Xun Yu and Cheng Yu answered in unison.
At this time, Cao Cao also connected the situation of the Yellow Turban partial army and Yu Du's swaggering and slow advance.
He laughed and said: "I didn't expect these yellow scarves from Montenegro to be quite easy to learn, haha."
Cheng Yujian said: "Lord, in this case, we only need to set up a bury..."
"No!"
Cao Cao suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Cheng Yu's words.
In the puzzled eyes of Cheng Yu and Xun Yu,
Cao Cao slowly stood up and said with a domineering look on his face:
"If he wants to attack my camp, I will give him my camp!"
"This...brother, what do you mean?" Xiahou Dun asked, clasping his head.
Xun Yu and Cheng Yu came back to their senses.
Seeing that Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were confused, Xun Yu explained to them:
"What my lord means is,
Before the Yellow Turbans attacked us,
We can suddenly use the entire army to defeat Yu Du, and then take the opportunity to capture Dongwuyang!"
Xia Houyuan had some doubts, "But the Yellow Turbans attacked our camp. There is no guarantee that they will not attack Puyang!"
Cheng Yu explained for Cao Cao:
"The Yellow Turban Division only has over 20,000 men, and they are traveling lightly and simply, so they certainly don't carry any extra food, grass, or baggage.
In addition, the people from Dunqiu to Puyang have almost migrated. They cannot get food and pose no threat to Puyang."
Xia Houdun and Xia Houyuan looked like they were suddenly enlightened and said: "So that's it!"
Cao Cao made the final summary: "Most of the Yellow Turban Army are still hiding in Dongwuyang for the winter.
As long as we defeat Yu Du's elite soldiers and take the opportunity to capture Dongwuyang, the Black Mountain Yellow Turbans will no longer be a threat if they lose their city and food!"
Xun Yu stood up, bowed his hands to Cao Cao and said, "Yu only wants to defend the victory, but my lord has already understood the strategy of defeating the enemy. Yu is not as good as him!"
Cheng Yu also bowed his hands to Cao Cao sincerely and said: "My lord is wise, Cheng Yu is not as good as him!"
Cao Cao came to Cheng Yu and Xun Yu, helped them up one by one, and said:
"Without your peeling off the cocoon and analyzing it layer by layer,
How could I, Cao Cao, think of a strategy to defeat the enemy so quickly? Hahaha!"
...
The Black Mountain elite led by Yu Du,
It took three days to reach Cao Jun's camp, which was ten miles away.
Count the time,
Youshi today is the time agreed upon with Sui Gu to attack the camp.
So Yu Du led the army in advance to look for a fight in front of Cao's camp.
At the same time, he also wanted to attract the attention of Cao Jun and create favorable conditions for Sui Gu to attack Cao Jun's camp.
Cao Cao's secret sentry finally detected the traces of Sui Gu's army the day before.
No wonder Cao Jun’s spies could not find Sui Gu south of Dongwuyang.
It turns out that although this guy came from the south of Dongwuyang,
Then he turned back around to the north and came to the rear of his camp.
I have to say that White Rabbit is quite capable of tossing people around.
Cao Cao saw that Yu Du had finally arrived, and he estimated that Sui Gu was about to start his attack.
Although he didn't know the specific time of the attack, Cao Cao didn't need to wait for Sui Gu to appear.
After leaving an empty shell for Sui Gu, Cao Jun quietly marched out with his entire army.
Carrying only a few days of rations, Cao Jun abandoned the already small food baggage.
When the army slowly approached the Poison Army Formation and was only three to five miles away,
Cao Cao suddenly drew his sword and shouted loudly: "The whole army attacks!"
Xiahou Dun rushed out of the army formation with a spear in his hand and shouted angrily: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"Kill the enemy!!!"
"Kill the enemy!!!"
Yu Du was stunned by Cao Jun, who charged with his entire army as soon as he saw him.
When the two armies are fighting, shouldn't they test each other first before arranging their troops in a targeted manner, and then the final attack?
As soon as they came up, the whole army charged,
What's the difference between this and putting all A's in the frame?
Do you understand micro-management? Do you understand the art of war?
When Yu Du woke up from his confusion and shock, Cao Jun was already less than a mile away from them.
Xun Yu was riding on his horse and running behind the army.
He turned to Cheng Yu beside him and said:
"It's a pity that Zilong and Wen Qian's cavalry are not here, otherwise this battle would have been cleaner!"
"Calculating the time, Zilong and Wen Qian should be back soon.
Wen Ruo, do you think Zilong and the others will just run into the Yellow Turbans coming to attack the camp?"
Xun Yu was stunned when he heard this, then he laughed and said:
"Zhongde, Zhongde!
If you are really right, those yellow scarves will be in trouble!
Hahaha!"
Although Yu Du's 50,000 Yellow Turbans are elites, they are not fully prepared.
When facing Cao's army with high morale, the Yellow Turban Army had a small commotion at the beginning.
After all, it is not a regular army,
Although the group of Yellow Turbans under Yu Du are elite, they are limited to personal combat capabilities.
Whether it is discipline or obedience, the Yellow Turban Army cannot compare with the regular army.
Weak discipline and obedience,
It means that the ability to withstand stress is not good,
When the wind is favorable, they can even use their bravery and bloody spirit to unleash a combat effectiveness that is stronger than that of the regular army.
But when the wind goes against them, they will collapse faster than the regular army!
The two brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan,
One left and one right,
One person acts as the arrow of a team,
He directly inserted into the flanking formation of the Yellow Turbans.
The Chinese army was led by Cao Cao himself, and they fought fierce hand-to-hand combat with Yu Du's Chinese army.
In terms of force, Cao Cao was barely a second-rate general, but facing the Yellow Turban Army, which even lacked armor, he was considered a "master" who could fight ten of them one by one.
Sui Gu was lying in ambush a few kilometers away from Cao's camp.
I guess it's almost time for You.
"Bah!" spit out the dogtail grass in his mouth,
Sui Gu suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted excitedly to the yellow scarf soldiers behind him:
"Brothers, capture Cao Cao's camp and kill Cao Cao. Dongjun will be ours from now on!"