The Yuan army they faced this time was a truly large-scale, grand battle. When Cao Jun fought in Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places before, whether it was Liu Biao who had hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou troops or horses, or the 50,000 men he had pieced together.
Jiangdong Sun Jun, none of them
Today's Yuan army is coming with a huge force. Liu Biao, Sun Ce and others are either dispersed and will not be able to mobilize into one force in the future, or they are not as powerful and have sufficient soldiers as Cao's army. Therefore, Cao's army has more or less advantages in the previous battles.
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But things are different today. Yuan Shao is the one who can really command hundreds of thousands of troops. Moreover, he took advantage of Cao Zhi after he defeated Jiangdong and the overall power was at its weakest, and launched an attack on him. The situation was terrible for Cao Zhi's army.
Just imagine.
Moreover, Yuan Shao made a big move and really displayed 200,000 troops and horses in front of Cao Jun's soldiers. The pressure this kind of formation put on Cao Jun's soldiers can be imagined. As people on Cao Zhi's side, they were beating drums in their hearts and silently weighing them.
Our own chances of winning are also within reason.
Cao Zhi also knew that he was not convincing enough now. He said a few more words of encouragement and asked about the situation inside and outside the camp. Then he turned his head and stood on the camp and looked north alone. Where the sky and the earth met, there was a white line.
The vast river was originally the dividing line between Yuan and Cao's armies. Now Yuan's army has already crossed this dividing line and is approaching Guandu in front of Cao's army's defense.
Facing the cold wind, Cao Zhi could only silently look forward to when he could push Yuan Jun back to the white river.
Cao Zhi was thinking about it, when suddenly a gust of cold wind came straight towards where he was standing, and penetrated into Cao Zhi's neck like a poisonous snake. This cold wind stuck to Cao Zhi's back, like a sucking sound
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Cao Zhi, who had been pretending to be in high spirits at the camp, was immediately defeated by the cold wind again. Cao Zhi couldn't resist the dizziness that might have been caused by a high fever, and suddenly his feet softened and he fell down.
"Azhi!"
"Lord!"
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At this section of the camp, Cao Zhi's civil servants and generals who were accompanying Cao Zhi to inspect the enemy's situation were in a panic. Cao Ren, Xu Chu and others grabbed Cao Zhi and supported his fallen body.
He said that Cao Zhi should be carried back to the military tent immediately. Anyway, there was a commotion for a while. After everyone brought Cao Zhi back to the tent, the place calmed down and returned to its former peace.
Most of the soldiers on both sides inside and outside the camp did not know what happened to Cao Zhi, but the next day negative news spread from the barracks of Cao's army that their lord had fainted.
The rumor spread until finally everything was revealed. The version that later became the mainstream was that Cao Zhi fainted because he saw Yuan Jun's huge power and felt inferior to the opponent.
A few days later, after Cao Zhi learned about the rumors in the army, he began to give up the treatment of recuperating in the military tent. He would walk around the camps every day, inspecting the camp defenses, and showing off in front of his subordinates.
To appease the morale of the troops, and go to various places twice a day in the morning and evening
Patrolling the camp, the most junior soldiers saw with their own eyes that their lord was still in high spirits, could ride a horse, and could speak loudly. Cao Zhi even had a meal with them in the most ordinary soldier's camp, which was a good way to calm down and harmonize.
Containment rumors continue to spread.
Cao Zhi knows that rumors are terrible, and sometimes they can influence the minds of most ignorant people, leading to heavy losses and failures.
Cao Zhi did not allow himself to be ruined by a few rumors in the most important battle of his life, so Cao Zhi insisted on swaggering through the market like a star every day. But in private, Cao Zhi completed these things every day
, the clothes inside the armor were often soaked with sweat, and several times when they arrived at the door of their tent, they collapsed from exhaustion.
Fortunately, Xu Chu and Zhao Yun, two trusted generals, have been taking care of Cao Zhi these days. Whenever Cao Zhi faints, they have already received Cao Zhi's strict order and immediately drag him into the camp without disturbing anyone.
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People who practice martial arts like Cao Zhi seldom get sick. But once they get sick, they recover more slowly than ordinary people. In addition, in ancient times, there was a lack of necessary anti-inflammatory antibiotics, so they only relied on traditional Chinese medicine to slowly recover.
, and Cao Zhi's poor self-cultivation for military affairs, which caused Cao Zhi's illness to linger for a long time.
Although Cao Zhi's relatives and confidants who were close to him were heartbroken and moved when they saw Cao Zhi's behavior regardless of his health, at present, Cao Zhi's army really needs Cao Zhi, the pillar of support, to comfort and support them. They can't think of anyone who can do this more often than Cao Zhi.
Appearing in public is the best way to appease the morale of the soldiers and eliminate rumors. We can only cooperate and let him go.
Just when Cao Zhi ignored his health and actively eliminated the negative impact of his illness, Yuan Jun learned of Cao Zhi's illness from somewhere and launched a new round of psychological warfare.
That evening, Cao Zhi just finished patrolling the camp and returned to his tent. He asked the guards outside for a basin of hot water. As soon as he soaked his feet in it, he let out a long sigh of comfort when he suddenly heard the sound of war drums outside.
The alarm bell of an enemy intruder in the military camp also rang.
Cao Zhi immediately picked up his newly wet feet, put on a pair of shoes, and followed him, Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, out of the tent together. Looking outside the tent for the sound, he found that the sound came from Li Dian's Western Camp.
Cao Zhi immediately mounted Jueying, who was being led by his bodyguards. Cao Zhi got on his horse, gave a shout, and led several hundred of his bodyguards to the foot of Xizhai.
Li Dian sent people to wait for Cao Zhi below the stronghold. Cao Zhi and others were led up to the stronghold wall by a military general, and Li Dian came to see them.
After Cao Zhi waved his hand and told Li Dian not to be polite, he hurriedly looked down the camp and saw a large army coming from the far end of the west camp facing Cao Ying. They were waving flags and shouting all the way to capture Cao Jun's camp.
When Cao Zhi saw this situation, he said that Yuan Jun had finally launched an offensive against them. At the same time, he immediately became nervous. Thousands of Cao Jun sergeants were already standing on the wall. Under the strict orders and supervision of officers at all levels, they did not dare to do anything.
He lazily held his bow and arrow tightly, preparing to face the enemy's first siege attack.
Seeing that the enemy army was about to reach the point where Cao Jun could effectively attack, Cao Jun who was guarding the city, with a wave of Li Dian's big hand, a shower of arrows shot out, falling far into the vanguard of Yuan Jun.
Many Yuan officers and soldiers were injured.
Just as Li Dian was shouting to his subordinates to prepare for the second round of arrows, Yuan Jun, who was halfway through, suddenly waved a flag leading the army. All the officers and soldiers of Yuan Jun behind him stopped, and their formation changed.
The cavalry returned to the cavalry and the infantry to the infantry. They no longer charged forward. Instead, they took a few steps back unscrupulously in front of the Cao Fang defenders in the camp, and then began to practice humming and haha on the spot.
Cao Jun, who was on the defensive side, did not dare to slack off at all. He watched Yuan Jun's actions nervously, not knowing what tricks they were planning to pull. Unexpectedly, after an hour or three, the Yuan troops in front of them finished their training and lined up neatly to return to camp.
But before the drill ended, everyone suddenly lined up, stood up straight, and shouted in unison toward Cao Jun's camp: "Cao Laoer, how are you sick?..."
When Yuan Jun learned about Cao Zhi's illness, Cao Zhi and the people around him were surprised. Then after hearing "greetings" about Cao Zhi's condition three times in a row, Cao Zhi was so angry that his face turned green.
Nothing happened the next night. Cao's defenders, who had been on high alert all night, breathed a sigh of relief in the early morning. Suddenly, there was another earth-shattering drum beating. When the beating of drums for gathering troops to attack, which Cao Jun was also familiar with, stopped,
Another wave of troops, led by a general under Yuan Shao's tent, rushed out from the north of their camp. However, it was the same as last night. Halfway through the attack, they changed formations and started practicing on the spot.
The Cao army led by Yu Jin, who was still the top general in command of the North Camp, was at a loss before Cao Zhi arrived, but did not dare to slack off and was on high alert. Because no one knew when this false drill would turn into something.
The attack on the fortress became a real battle. Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound in Cao Jun's camp, but the sergeants of Cao Jun were extremely agitated by Yuan Jun's fake attack.
What's even more annoying is that Yuan Jun never forgets to ask about Cao Zhi's condition several times before and after each drill, as if to remind Cao's army that Cao Zhi, the general, is about to be too ill to command them. Even the third time he was "on the verge of approaching the city"
During the training, they also brought out the campaign against Cao Zhi, and sent more than a hundred loud and literate soldiers to read it aloud to Cao's army camp.
When Yuan Jun outside Cao Ren's camp in the middle of the third time came up with this move again, Cao Zhi, who was on the wall, pointed at Yuan Jun who was practicing unscrupulously outside the camp and said angrily: "This damn person is imitating me! This is what I am doing
Shouchun used it
Psychological warfare, encirclement without fighting, puts us under huge pressure. The blatant offensive and defensive drills under the nose of our army want us to panic first, and then attack our army after our combat power has naturally weakened!"
Cao Zhi's curse immediately brought back the memories of many veterans who had followed Cao Zhi for many years. Indeed, Yuan Jun is now using the same tactics that Cao Zhi used when he besieged the current father-in-law Qiao Xuanshou Chuncheng: surround without fighting.
, but they come to you every day to conduct offensive and defensive drills. Chen Yu and Qiao Xuan were struggling at that time.
It is hard to live in peace every day. But now Yuan Shao has taken this psychological warfare to the extreme based on Cao Zhi. Not only did he come to ask about Cao Zhi's condition when he was fine, he made people who didn't know the situation think that Cao Zhi was terminally ill.
The person also wrote a propaganda article, focusing on promoting the disgraceful history of the Cao family's ancestors and family history.
Cao Zhi was so angry that he cursed in the camp. Strangely enough, Cao Zhi suddenly burst into flames and broke out in a sweat. His body felt a lot more relaxed, and his condition was getting better.
But just when Cao Zhi was furious, Yuan Shao, who was also in the army of 200,000, seemed to have a tacit understanding with Cao Zhi. When Cao Zhi got angry, he laughed proudly: "I heard that this boy Cao Zhi is sick.
, just in time for him to get up and warm himself up. I have plenty of soldiers and horses, and I just want to send people to visit you day and night.
His illness is harassing you, Cao Zhi, and making you unable to stop. Ziyuan ordered the soldiers from all walks of life to be divided into three waves, and they took turns to go forward and practice to see whether Cao Zhi was afraid or not, and whether he was on guard or not. Damn it, don’t say I have more people.
, you talk too much, I’m just bullying you because you don’t have enough people, how about that? Who made you sick and have a eunuch grandfather, haha..."