On the official road from Chenliu County to Puyang City.
Three thousand Qiao Pei cavalry are galloping. They are the most elite troops under Cao Cao's command... led by Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan, and Li Dian respectively. They must rush to Puyang immediately to stop the 300,000 moth thieves in the territory from marching north to plunder.
"Send the order for the whole army to rest for half a quarter of an hour!"
Cao Ren gave an order, and the three thousand cavalry dismounted, some went to replenish the water supply, and others went to relieve themselves. Chenliu County leads to Puyang City for more than 300 miles, and even if they marched in a hurry, it would take a day and a night to get there.
After half a day's driving, all the knights' faces were full of fatigue.
But at this moment.
The advance scout returned from the official road. "General, general..."
The voice was urgent, as if there was an emergency report.
"Ahead... Fifteen miles ahead, there are hundreds of thousands of moth thieves stationed. The place where they are stationed is close to the lake. I waited for the scout team to search for an hour, but no hidden sentry was found."
As soon as these words came out, Cao Ren suddenly became energetic, his eyes shone brightly, and his tired face was filled with color: "Are you sure it's a bandit army?"
"We can be sure that there are a large number of women, children, old and young... Such a large force, with a mix of old and young, must be the group of yellow scarf thieves from Qingzhou!"
Cao Ren's brows suddenly furrowed. Good fellow, they were going north, and the Moth Thief was also going north. They were riding horses, but the Moth Thief could only walk, so... they actually met on the way!
"Zixiao, this is a God-given opportunity." Xia Houyuan on the side reminded hurriedly. "The three of us can go forward in three directions and work together to hit the moth thief hard!"
Li Dian nodded, as if he agreed with Xia Houyuan's words...
After all, it was a sneak attack late at night, and the enemy was unprepared. If the strategy was properly organized, a big victory could be achieved!
As they spoke, Xia Houyuan and Li Dian were already eager to give it a try and planned to gather their own troops!
"Two generals, wait a minute..."
Cao Ren quickly called them to stop. "Did the two generals forget Meng De's explanation?"
At this point, Cao Ren repeated what his elder brother Cao Cao said before leaving.
"Meng Deyan, this battle must not face the enemy head-on. The main purpose is sneak attacks and harassment. Every sneak attack does not seek a big victory, but only a small victory. The three teams of cavalry take turns to rest and attack day and night!"
A sonorous and powerful voice…
These are the tactics and strategies that Cao Cao formulated based on the theory of "On Guerrilla Warfare" proposed by Lu Yu. They were repeatedly deduced after weighing the pros and cons.
hiss…
After hearing this, both Xia Houyuan and Li Dian recalled that Cao Cao had indeed made such arrangements.
Li Dian didn't know why, but Xia Houyuan knew that this was Lu Yu's unique plan.
Before coming, he was still thinking about how to implement it, but he forgot all about it along the way.
"Zixiao? How do you think we should fight?" Xia Houyuan asked immediately...
Cao Ren narrowed his eyes slightly and replied loudly: "Remember the sixteen-character mantra - 'When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we pursue; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack'. Since our three teams are taking turns to harass, then
I'll take the lead!"
Speaking of which.
Cao Ren immediately yelled at everyone. "All our cavalry should gather around and listen to my general's orders."
Qiao Pei's army received orders like a mountain, and a group of cavalry rushed over quickly. Not only Cao Ren's thousand knights, but also the cavalry under Xia Houyuan and Li Dian followed.
Cao Ren jumped on a huge stone, looked solemn, and said excitedly: "Fifteen miles ahead is the camp of the moth thieves. If the defense is lax, more than a thousand of our cavalry will attack immediately and invade!"
"Listen carefully, this battle is just a sneak attack. Once the moth thief reacts and organizes a counterattack, everyone will evacuate immediately. Do not indulge in fighting. Violators will be punished under military law!"
These words blurted out... Suddenly, the soldiers' eyes released a bloodthirsty cold light!
The moth thieves were burning, killing and looting in Yanzhou, and their Qiao Pei Legion had long been eager to attack them head-on, but... this military order seemed to be just a small-scale sneak attack and harassment... but it lacked the pride and domineering spirit of working hard and never ending.
However, military orders are like mountains, and they will fight as the general orders!
"Get on your horse..."
Following Cao Ren's instructions, more than a thousand Qiao Peixiao cavalry roared towards the end of the official road.
The two thousand knights who were left behind looked at each other in shock. General Cao Ren's team killed them? Then... what about them?
"General?" A deputy general asked Xia Houyuan, "What about us? Aren't we going to cover General Cao?"
"Hahaha..." Xia Houyuan said with a wisp of beard. "Tell the brothers to stand still and give me a good rest. In two hours, it will be our turn to take the stage!"
At this point, Xiahou Yuan looked at Li Dian, and Li Dian immediately understood. "Since General Xiahou said this, I will attack again in four hours!"
"These moth thieves are going to have a hard time tonight!"
As soon as these words came out, Xia Houyuan and Li Dian both laughed out loud in tacit understanding. Tonight, the guerrilla war officially started.
Speaking of which, this is the strategy proposed by Lu Yu, the "genius of heaven". Is this strategy... just an idea on paper? Or is it feasible? Tonight, we will see the outcome!
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During the autumn and winter of the third year of Chuping, it seemed to be colder than before.
The moon is above my eyebrows, and it’s a night when I can’t see my fingers with my hands.
"Da da da…"
Countless horses' hooves roared towards them...
"They are officers and soldiers... They are officers and soldiers."
The bright sentry in the Yellow Turban Army noticed that the cavalry was coming, and hurriedly... shouted loudly, trying to wake up the strong men from their sleep.
But... Cao Ren led more than a thousand cavalry, galloping towards them, too fast.
Before the Yellow Turban Thieves could react, countless arrows roared towards them, and the endless halberds were like death's scythes, mercilessly taking away the lives of more than a hundred Yellow Turban Thieves.
Within half an hour, a large number of strong men among the moth thieves had woken up from their sleep and were about to fight back with their weapons.
But... when they rushed towards the officers and soldiers, they found that the officers and soldiers' cavalry had already "spineless" slipped away... Their horses were so fast that they had long since disappeared at the end of the official road, slipping away without a trace!
"Officers and soldiers! A bunch of cowards!"
"Are these Cao Cao's subordinates in Yanzhou a bunch of losers?"
"Humph, slip away...coward!"
Looking at the dust and smoke on the official road, the yellow scarf sergeant cursed, immediately put down his weapon, and went back to comfort the frightened old, young, women and children...
After quite an hour, I finally finished soothing myself and fell asleep again.
But, only two hours later...another group of knights and soldiers roared towards them, and countless arrows shot toward the gathering place of the Yellow Turban Army, like locusts!
In just a few moments, another hundred people were shot and killed.
The entire Yellow Turban Army is in chaos...
There were women screaming and children crying everywhere, and the entire camp suddenly became panicked and chaotic!
The strong men in the Yellow Turban Army... cheered themselves up, opened their sleepy eyes, and quickly rallied again, wanting to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers.
But... the officers and soldiers' horses were so fast that they had already ridden away the dust and disappeared without a trace!
"What the hell..."
"You have the ability to fight head-on!"
"I am your ancestor."
He cursed again and roared angrily again, but what could be done? Faced with the officers and soldiers' tactics of "the enemy is stationed while we harass, the enemy advances and we retreat", the Yellow Turban sergeant could only curse and complain endlessly...
After the officers and soldiers retreated, they dispersed to comfort the old, young, women and children, and then... they lay down to sleep with their tired bodies.
Can…
Two hours later, Nima, the brave cavalry of the officers and soldiers came over again and again... again.