Chapter five hundred and sixty-ninth disturbing the enemy's strong walls and clear fields
After Kong Rong was sent away, the tense atmosphere at Hulao Pass returned again, and Cao Cao also sent Zhong Yao back to Shouchun, but did not arrange a position. Zhong Yao understood Cao Cao's thoughts, but he had no complaints. Without an official, he feels light.
He enjoys leisure time. With this time, he can study calligraphy, read and learn, and he is quite comfortable!
Zhong Yao was at ease, but Cao Cao was full of anger. In his opinion, he had been tricked by Liu Zhang again! Some things were so helpless, and he could only hope that Zhong Yao's loyalty to him would not change! Of course, Zhong Yao's loyalty was originally
He never wavered, otherwise Liu Zhang would not have put him back!
As a prince, Cao Cao suffered such a big loss, how could he not want to take revenge? But his only way to retaliate was to attack the pass where Liu Zhang belonged. However, before Cao Cao could take action, Liu Zhang's army had already started moving. They had been in a stalemate with Cao Cao's army for more than half a year.
Liu Zhang also felt a little bored.
Harassment, with the support of Liu Zhang, Ma Chao and Pang De also led their troops out of the pass and joined Pang Tong. With nearly 200,000 troops, Pang Tong immediately launched a crazy attack on Cao's army. Whether it was food routes or supplies, everything with Cao Tong
If the words are related, there is no way to escape the vicious hands of Pang Tong. Cao's army was in emergency again and again, so Lu Bu led Hua Xiong, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou to become a fire brigade. They rushed to where there were police.
However, due to Pang Tong's elusive appearance and the speed of the cavalry, Lu Bu and others often missed. Cao Cao received battle reports every day, either being burned here or being robbed there. What is even more annoying is that Pang Tong and others never harmed the people.
They even encouraged the people of Jingzhou and Yanzhou to go to Chang'an. The loss of resources already filled Cao Cao with anger, and the loss of people made him even more furious. The unlucky Lu Bu and others became a punching bag and were often reprimanded by Cao Cao!
"Lord, this is not the fault of General Lu Bu and others!" After receiving the battle report again, Cao Cao was already furious. He picked up his pen and was about to write a letter to reprimand Lu Bu and others, but Cheng Yu stood up and stopped him!
"It's not their fault?" Cao Cao said angrily: "Lu Fengxian is known as the most powerful general of the Han Dynasty. He always boasts about his experience in cavalry. Now he met Liu Zhang's army. He was intimidated. He couldn't even touch the shadow of the enemy. It was not his.
Wrong, is it the truth’s fault?”
"Prime Minister, calm down!" Cheng Yu said with a bitter smile: "Although General Lu is quite good at cavalry command, his wisdom is really a bit... That Pang Tong is known as Mr. Fengchu. There was a rumor that: Wolong, Fengchu, you can be at ease.
In the world, how can General Lu be Fengchu's opponent? If the prime minister always reprimands General Lu, I'm afraid he will be disappointed, and you also know his character. You should focus on comforting him!"
"Hmph..." Cao Cao snorted coldly and threw the pen in his hand on the table. He understood what Cheng Yu meant, which was simply that Lu Bu's brain was not strong enough. However, if Lu Bu's brain was strong enough, it would not be his turn to use it.
Maybe, he had been killed by Lu Bu a long time ago! After calming down the anger in his heart, Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Zhongde, now Pang Tong is harassing everywhere under the rule of the prime minister. Although he has not invaded the city, some small villages have disappeared.
Now, the truth and Liu Zhang are confronting each other. The people are the foundation, and we must not allow them to be lost again. What do you think the truth should do?"
"The best way is to destroy this enemy force. But..." Cheng Yu shook his head. If Pang Tong could be killed, he wouldn't have to worry!
Cao Hongdao: "Prime Minister, you don't have to worry so much. Although Pang Tong has caused a lot of trouble to our army, most of the places they harassed are in Jingzhou, which belongs to Sun Quan's territory!"
"Stupid!" Cao Cao was furious. He pointed at Cao Hong and said, "Can you learn from Zi Xiao? If you don't understand, just listen! Pang Tong is indeed harassing Jingzhou, but the problem is. He can appear at any time.
Behind the army! If our army and Liu Zhang are in full battle, and an army of 200,000 suddenly appears behind us, do you think we can survive?"
"This..." Cao Hong touched his head and retreated. It wasn't that he didn't want to learn from Cao Ren, but he dozed off as soon as he picked up the book. For military generals, holding a pen is much harder than holding a weapon!
"Alas..." Seeing Cao Hong's performance, Cao Cao sighed, and then he looked at the Xiahou brothers. Only when he saw Xiahou Yuan did he feel slightly comforted. Among the clan generals, apart from Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan was the most talented
Motivated, other clan generals always have some flaws, either lack of martial arts, lack of resourcefulness, or character flaws!
"Prime Minister, although Pang Tong is elusive, he has an army of 200,000 after all. Even if it is broken into pieces, it is easy to find him. It is better to use the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, moving all the people outside the city into the city, and then letting the beacons be used between the cities.
Contact Taiwan, as soon as Pang Tong's army is discovered, he will immediately light a beacon fire, and with the support of General Lu Bu, he will surely be able to contain it!" Xun You thought for a long time and finally came up with a clever plan, but his clever plan cost Cao Cao a lot of money and food!
"If the walls are fortified and the wilderness is cleared?" Cao Cao said with a bitter smile; "Gongda, do you know how much food our army will lose if the walls are fortified and the wilderness is cleared? Not to mention the cost of relocating the people, all the rice planted outside the city will be destroyed, otherwise it will be destroyed.
They are supporting the enemy! Although there are only Jingzhou and Yanzhou, the losses involved are immeasurable! Those people who have lost their land and food are likely to fall into the arms of Liu Zhang after we strengthen the walls and clear the country. This kind of loss is something our army cannot bear!"
"Lord, a blunt knife cuts flesh, and the more you cut, the more painful it becomes!" A cold light flashed in Cheng Yu's eyes. Apart from not destroying a country with a vicious plan like Jia Xu, he was no worse than Jia Xu in other aspects, especially in terms of insidiousness.
! Just listen to his gloomy words: "If we don't strengthen the walls and clear the country, Pang Tong will continue to plunder. At that time, we will still have to settle the people, and they will still have nothing! Now, if we strengthen the walls and clear the country, although it hurts a little bit of vitality, it can make Pang Tong unable to gain anything.
Supplies are coming! More than 100,000 soldiers have to eat horse chews, which is not a small amount!"
"This..." Cao Cao hesitated a little. He could tell that Cheng Yu's opinion was correct. After thinking about it for a long time, he slapped the table and said: "Zhongde, just follow Gongda's wishes. Don't hear the truth again. Which one?"
Villages and towns were attacked by Pang Tong!”
"Yes!" Cheng Yu bowed and went down to deliver the order!
"Wait a minute!" Cao Cao frowned and said, "Don't forget to ask each town to prepare a large number of horses to resist. Pang Tong can use cavalry to attack the city!"
"Prime Minister, do you need to dig a moat?" When he heard the cavalry attacking the city, Xun You suddenly reacted. He thought it would be better to have a deep ditch and a high fortress!
"Dig the moat to get people!" Cao Cao frowned, he didn't want to launch a large-scale corvee.
"No problem!"
How about renovating the city and digging a deeper moat? It doesn’t cost too much, just provide a meal and distribute some corn, and I think the people will flock to it! In this way, we can also prevent the idle people from violating the law and discipline!"
"This is a wonderful strategy, let's do it!" Although he was somewhat repelled by Liu Zhang's idea, Cao Cao still agreed. After all, this matter was beneficial to him.
"My subordinates understand!" Cheng Yu immediately bowed out of the tent and issued Cao Cao's order. The gates of Cao Cao's camp were wide open, horses were galloping in all directions, and the order soldiers carried the order to various cities!
After Cao Jun strengthened the walls and cleared the country, Pang Tong began to struggle. Although Pang Tong also tried to attack the city, Cao Jun, who was prepared, moved his horses and ground spears to the top of the city. There were even more spearmen and spearmen waiting on the top of the city.
After several failures, he gave up his plan to attack the city and only harassed outside the city.
Pang Tong wandered around Jingzhou aimlessly, harassing every city he saw. But those cities ignored him at all. As soon as they saw him, everyone would shrink back! He followed Pang Tong and had no contact with him for nearly half a month.
The enemy fought. After another failed attack on the city, Zhang Fei grinned and said: "Brother also said that Cao Cao is a tyrant. Why are all his men wimps? They ran away before they could fight. How annoying!"
"Bullshit, if you dare, go attack Cao Jun's camp. Use these small towns to vent your anger, you are really promising!" Although they belong to the same army, Ma Chao still likes to quarrel with Zhang Fei. Now, Ma Chao has only two goals, one is to kill Xu Chu,
The other is to bully Zhang Fei! Unfortunately, Zhang Fei is a little better than Ma Chao in terms of martial arts and knowledge, so that until now, Ma Chao has not achieved his wish!
Zhang Fei curled his lips and said: "Why do you guys always have trouble with me? I also want to attack Cao Jun's camp, but will the military advisor give in? If you can convince the military advisor, I will immediately lead troops to deal with Cao Cao!"
"Tch..." Ma Chao said disdainfully: "I will use the military advisor as a shield to see how promising you are!"
"As far as you are concerned, if you can't even beat Xu Chu, you will make noise in front of me!" Zhang Fei curled his lips disdainfully, but Ma Chao was furious. He hated to hear others say that he was inferior to others!
"Who says I can't beat Xu Chu, it's just..." Ma Chao's eyes widened, as if he wanted to eat someone, but Zhang Fei waved his hand to stop him from talking!
"Don't be just, you have fought with Xu Chu, and there was no winner, so you can't beat him? If you can beat Xu Chu, that kid will either run away or die. You are so arrogant!" Zhang Fei said
When he opened his mouth, he always made people angry to death, but he blocked Ma Chao back with just one sentence!
"Zhang Yide, if you have the guts to fight me for three hundred rounds!" Ma Chao couldn't stand it and wanted to kill Zhang Fei with a spear.
"Whoever is afraid of whom? If you have the guts, come here!" Zhang Fei is not a vegetarian, and he will not let Ma Chao be arrogant.
"That's enough!" Seeing that the two men were about to fight, Pang Tong said with a headache; "If we use our strength against Cao's army, how can we fight against it? Let's check how much ration each army has. If the ration is not enough, we will
Just retreat first!"
"Yes!" Zhang Fei and Ma Chao glared at each other and left together. Seeing that the two of them acted like children, Pang Tong shook his head helplessly. However, fortunately, the two of them were still very measured!