In the end, Cao Cao did not listen to Guo Jia's advice and decided to send troops to Xuzhou.
Gao Shun was left in Dongjun City in Yanzhou. When the camp was first established, it had a strength of 1,000 troops. After this period of development, it now has a total of 1,500 Xiaorui. Although the quality of the newly recruited 500 soldiers is
It is not as good as the former veterans, but it has also experienced the same rigorous training as hell, so its combat power is also first-rate. This time to attack Xuzhou, Cao Cao mobilized all the veterans of the thousand trapped camps and put them under the command of Xia Houyuan
, leaving only the five hundred recruits for Gao Shun to continue training.
Cao Cao has been serving as the herdsman of Yanzhou ever since, and he has continued to strengthen his troops. At this time, there are 70,000 troops in total. This time to attack Xuzhou, Cao Cao mobilized 50,000 troops in one fell swoop. He ordered Xiahou Yuan, Zhao Yun, and Le Jin to lead 20,000 people as the front. He led Cao Ren and Cao Hong to lead 20,000 people.
For the central army, Xu Rong, Li Dian, and Yu Jin commanded 10,000 people for the rear army. Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Liu Ye, Man Chong, Lu Qian and other counselors all joined the army.
As for the rear of Yanzhou, Xiahou Dun and Cheng Yu led 3000 troops to guard Puyang, Gaoshun and Xunyu led 3000 troops to guard Dongjun, Mao Jie and Xunyou led 3000 troops to guard Chenliu, and the remaining troops were composed of some unknown troops.
The dragon set commanders were scattered and guarded in the other counties and cities in Yanzhou.
Gao Shun was upset at first because Cao Cao didn't take him to Xuzhou, but he soon felt relieved. Because he quickly figured it out, he might also gain military exploits by staying in Yanzhou. You know, Lu Bu was taking advantage of Cao Cao.
When they attacked Xuzhou and the defense was empty, they suddenly launched an attack with the help of Chen Gong and Zhang Miao. If they could defend Lu Bu's offensive by then, the credit would be no less than the bloody battle on the front line of Xuzhou. It was just the result of their own hard work.
The trapped camp was so easily assigned to someone else's command. Although this was just a temporary loan and would be returned to her sooner or later, Gao Shun still couldn't accept it.
In fact, Cao Cao really wanted to bring Gao Shun with him on this expedition. After all, the combat power of the trapped camp under his command should not be underestimated. Although he transferred a thousand veterans to Xiahou Yuan, Gao Shun single-handedly brought up the trapped camp, so there was no guarantee that he would not be replaced suddenly.
Inconvenience in command leads to loss of combat effectiveness.
The reason why Gao Shun was not allowed to go with the army this time was largely because of his sister. Since Cao Cao promised Cao Ming to help bring her and Gao Shun together, he must give Gao Shun a chance. The so-called opportunity does not mean giving
Instead of giving him the opportunity to get close to Cao Ming, he was given the opportunity to get close to his father, Cao Song. Although he was the shepherd of Yanzhou and the supreme ruler of a state, Yanzhou's father could not interfere in the political affairs. But in his own family, everyone's parents
It's still Cao Song. Cao Ming's marriage is a family matter and is entirely decided by Cao Song. Only when Gao Shun truly gets Cao Song's approval can the relationship between the two be possible. Otherwise, no matter how much he loves his little sister, his father will never agree to it.
If so, I can't bear the charge of being unfilial and arrange a marriage for my sister.
Therefore, the only way is to get Gao Shun and Cao Song to get to know each other well. If Gao Shun is taken to Xuzhou, even if his achievements are the first in the army, it is impossible for him to promote him to a particularly high position all at once.
In Cao Song's eyes, the military exploits he had made were just a superficial concept, and they had no role in promoting the marriage. Instead of doing this, it would be better to let Gao Shun stay in Yanzhou so that he could have more opportunities to have a relationship with Cao Song.
The intersection allowed him to accumulate more and more impressions in Cao Song's mind, which made the effect more practical. As for attacking Xuzhou, Cao Cao had great confidence in his own military strength. Although the combat strength of the trapped camp was somewhat compromised,
Its number is only one thousand, so it is not known how effective it can be compared to the 50,000-strong army. Moreover, even if the strength of the trapped camp has declined, the decline will not be that big, at least it will definitely still be possible.
It deserves to be called an elite. Cao Cao firmly believed that with the military strength he commanded, he would be able to conquer the entire Xuzhou.
Therefore, no matter from any aspect, Cao Cao can rest assured to keep Gao Shun in Yanzhou. What's more, Yanzhou really needs someone to stay and guard it. I didn't see that in addition to Gao Shun, Xiahou Dun, the most prestigious among Cao's troops, also stayed as a guard. Responsible?
Before leaving, Cao Cao specially hinted to Gao Shun: "Visit my father more often."
It's just that Gao Shun had the previous misunderstanding. He felt something strange about Cao Cao's words, and he had some resentment. On the surface, he agreed respectfully, but as soon as Cao Cao left, Gao Shun immediately ignored these words. At most, visiting Cao Song every few days was just a way to deal with it. When Cao Cao asked about it later, he said that he was busy with training. Presumably he would not be too entangled in this kind of thing. superior.
———————————————————————————— Tao Qian heard that Cao Cao led an army of 50,000 to attack Xuzhou. On the way, small and large county towns were lost one after another. Unexpectedly, Tao Qian was extremely frightened. On the one hand, Tao Qian hurriedly sent Chen Gui to negotiate peace; on the other hand, he ordered Sun Qian to immediately go to Beihai to ask for help.
Chen Gui looked forward to Cao's camp, but returned in vain. Kong Rong in Beihai had just recently destroyed the bandit army led by Guan Hai, the remaining member of the Yellow Turban party, with the help of Liu Bei. He did not have much spare power to support Xuzhou, but under Sun Qian's hard work After pleading, Kong Rong and Liu Bei finally forced together 5,000 people to rescue Xuzhou.
Outside Xiapi City, war drums were beating loudly. Cao Cao's army entered Xuzhou and was invincible. Xiahou Yuan's 20,000 former troops have now fought all the way to Xiapi City. As long as Xiapi City is breached, Xuzhou will completely become Cao Cao's. What's in the bag.
Tao Qian did not adopt a city defense strategy at the beginning, but chose to fight with Cao Cao outside Xiapi City for a while. On the one hand, he had confidence in the combat power of Danyang soldiers, and more because he saw Cao Cao. The army has not all arrived at this moment. Only 20,000 Xia Houyuan's front troops appear outside Xiapi City now, so they have the idea of fighting them. As long as Cao Cao's front troops are defeated for a while, the morale of the opponent can be greatly reduced, and Cao Cao waits When the main army joins the front army, your situation will be slightly better.
Driven by the sound of war drums, the soldiers of the two armies strangled each other violently. On the battlefield, human life is as cheap as an ant. Maybe you just cut off the head of an enemy soldier one moment, and at this moment there will be a wooden gun. penetrate your chest.
Now that things have come to this, Tao Qian still dares to hold back. All Danyang soldiers have been thrown into the battlefield to withstand Cao's army's flood-like offensive.
Kong Rong and Liu Bei's reinforcements had already arrived, and they saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei leading the charge into the rebel army. Wherever the horses passed, only the corpses of Cao's army were left in a mess.
With the support of Danyang soldiers and Beihai reinforcements, the situation on the battlefield was barely stalemate and did not tilt to Cao's army.
Xia Houyuan naturally knew the two generals who charged and killed them in the chaotic formation, and they had killed enemies together as allies before, so they were deeply impressed by their bravery.
"Archers, shoot!" Xia Houyuan pointed his right hand in the direction of Guan and Zhang, and gave an order to the archers behind him.
Xia Houyuan knew very well that he must curb the momentum of these two people as soon as possible, otherwise, once they are jealous of them, the next battle will be difficult to fight.
The archers received the order and fired a volley at Guan and Zhang.
When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw this, they didn't care about killing the enemy. They hurriedly danced the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and Zhangba Snake Spear in front of them, knocking down the flying arrows one after another.
On the battlefield, bows and arrows are undoubtedly the most effective killing weapons. Especially for an enemy like Guan and Zhang, sending fifty soldiers to surround them is far less effective than sending fifteen archers to shoot them from a distance.
It's better to come.
The last time they chased Dong Zhuo, luckily the opponent also set up an ambush in a hurry and did not prepare all the necessary equipment. If the Xiliang army had been equipped with crossbows, wood, and rolling stones at that time, the losses of the coalition forces would have increased significantly.
Maybe there will be losses among the generals as well.
But now hundreds of archers were shooting arrows at Guan and Zhang. No matter how skilled they were, they could not cope with the array of arrows coming from the sky. They could only retreat while waving their weapons to block the arrows.