The Kuangting Cavalry Battle can be regarded as a turning point in the early stages of the war. Cao Cao, who suffered heavy losses in this battle, gave up his established strategy and began to gradually shrink his troops. Without the containment and harassment of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Qingzhou Army's advance speed increased significantly.
Soon it swept across the north bank of Pu River and began to advance towards the hinterland of Chenliu.
Standing in front of the army, the first one to bear the brunt is Fengqiu Ancient City!
"Cao Cao has suffered a lot. It seems that he does not intend to carry out the cavalry battle to the end and changes to fortress tactics. However, he is changing the soup without changing the medicine. He is still trying to delay time." Wang Yu rubbed his chin with one hand.
He stood there, pondering endlessly. The strategy adopted by Cao Cao was obvious, but he didn't know what he was waiting for.
"Perhaps this is an opportunity to drain our army's strength and attract you, my lord, to come up with more trump cards." Zhuge Liang reminded from the side.
Wang Yu nodded. What Cao Cao adopted was a strategy that the weaker side often adopts in wars. The odds of a head-on battle are too low, so they can only trade space for time. Especially in the current situation, Qingzhou has to face five forces at the same time.
Princes, if any flaw occurs in any link, it may become a fatal flaw, thus forming a chain effect.
While delaying time, it is of course best to have some additional effects.
"Wenyuan, is there any news from Han Sheng?" Wang Yu did not discuss this topic in depth. He only guessed Cao Cao's true intentions. Not to mention that the information was limited and it was difficult to piece it together completely. Even if he really guessed it,
It will not have much impact on the current war situation. The most important thing now is to see the actual progress of the various troops and whether they can keep up with the established plan.
"The main force of the Thunder Army invaded Dongping territory on November 28th. Guo Gong refused to accept our army's conditions and did not dare to go out of the city to fight. He only sent orders to all the city fortresses to guard and defend to the death, and at the same time asked Cao's army Xiahou Yuan for help. Wen Yuan
After discussing with Han Sheng, it was decided to divide the troops into two groups. Han Sheng would lead the main force to attack Shouzhang from Fucheng, Zhangxian and Wuyan, while Wen Yuan would lead the light cavalry to attack the counties in the southeast of Dongping..."
Jia Xu, the military advisor, is equivalent to the intelligence hub of the entire army. All intelligence will be gathered into his hands, sorted out, analyzed and then passed on to Wang Yu.
Nowadays, wars are raging in all directions in Qingzhou, and the Northern Xinjiang side has not completely stopped. All kinds of information are coming in like a sea, and Jia Xu has no time to take the initiative to report. Unless it is a major military situation, he can only ask what Wang Yu asked.
Summarize and report relevant information.
The progress on the eastern front can be described as smooth, and there are no obvious hidden dangers. This kind of information is far from important. Wang Yu's attention has been focused on Cao Cao recently, and Jia Xu will naturally not take the initiative.
Use these idle things to distract him.
Wang Yu chuckled and said: "It's really Wenyuan's style. If I guessed correctly, Dongping Kingdom should not be able to stop them. No matter how fast Xia Houyuan rescues them, I'm afraid they can only build a defense line in Rencheng and even Shanyang."
"My lord is wise." Jia Xu agreed with a smile: "Guo Gong has no long-term plans, ambitions, and little vision in military strategy. He is not even considered the lord of defense. He just relies on his family background and reputation to take advantage of the lord.
Confronting Cao Cao, he just took advantage of a loophole. The strategy he adopted seemed similar to Cao Cao's army, but in fact it was very different. He evenly deployed his troops in various key passes..."
"He may have thought that this would slow down our army, but he did not expect that Wenyuan's elite troops would stand out and directly attack the rear in a roundabout way. As a result, the counties in the rear were confused by his deployment and were not prepared to meet the enemy at all.
Wenyuan's attack on key towns such as Kegang County and Ningyang in three days caused an uproar in Dongping County, which in turn shook the morale of the frontline defenders. This Guo Gong can be regarded as a man who is very popular with enemies."
It was rare for Jia Xu to make a joke at the military meeting, which made all the generals smile and Wang Yu also shook his head.
No wonder I have never heard of Guo Gong's name. He is really useless. As long as he is a general above the level, if he encounters this opponent, it will be purely a bonus.
Cao Cao's strategy of trading space for time is not to defend passively, but to lead the attack while defending. Whether in the early cavalry battle or now preparing to rely on city defense to resist, Cao Cao's main army is always within a distance of two hundred miles.
The distance could be said to be close or far, and a three-day march would be enough to cover it. If you weren't careful, he would pounce on you and bite you.
The step-by-step retreat of Cao Cao's army will certainly damage morale, but his side must not only conquer the fortified city, but also be wary of Cao Cao's main force, which also consumes a lot of energy. The current advantage is still far from victory.
But Governor Guo was just delivering food. From the beginning, he held his head and was beaten, waiting for rescue. He gave up all the initiative. This made the soldiers weak in morale and momentum, and he also gave up his own power.
The weakness is completely exposed.
If such a mediocre man encounters a general who is so good at grasping the opportunity of fighting in Zhang Liao, of course there is only a dead end. When entering the country, he decisively divided his troops. Zhang Liao obviously had a complete understanding of this opponent, and even the test felt like a waste of time.
I don’t know if Governor Guo has any attributes other than being good at cheating his teammates. If he does, then Xia Houyuan will probably be in trouble too. Speaking of which, Huang Zhong and Xia Houyuan are also a pair of enemies in history. Before the veteran went on the expedition,
I didn't use the method of provoking generals, and I wonder if the drama at Dingjunshan will happen again?
Putting aside these miscellaneous thoughts in his mind, Wang Yu looked at the map hanging on the left side of the commander's case. The situation on the eastern front was very favorable. Zhang Liao's light troops took a roundabout route and swept half of the Dongping Kingdom. By the way, they also captured the easternmost part of Shanyang County.
The Xiaqiu City on the other side controlled the front line of Surabaya and cut off the enemy's route from the south to the north for reinforcements.
The northwest area of Dongping Kingdom was originally under Lu Bu's jurisdiction. As long as Huang Zhong captured Shouzhang, the Eastern Front Army could move south in a large scale, echoing the Puyang Army that was attacking Dingtao. At that time, Xiahou Yuan would be faced with enemies on three sides.
An embarrassing situation.
Wang Yu flexed his fingers, tapped the table a few times, and said in a relaxed tone: "It seems that the Eastern Front is likely to become the first decisive point."
The army currently assembled by Cao Cao to fight is said to be 500,000. It sounds scary, but in fact it is certainly not that many. The intelligence department's judgment is that the number of truly combat-effective soldiers in Cao Cao's army should be around 100,000.
Because of Cao Cao's strategy of targeting Qingzhou and forming allies, on the eve of the war, he could basically not think about his retreat and concentrate all his forces on the confrontation on the Yanzhou battlefield.
One hundred thousand soldiers were generally distributed in a three-to-five distribution. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses, led by Xiahou Dun, were gathered at Hulao Pass. Cao Cao's fifty thousand soldiers and horses were gathered at Chenliu. Then there were the twenty thousand soldiers from Xiahou Yuan's eastward march.
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It seems that Luoyang's military strength is relatively weak, but the current Guanzhong is in ruins, Luoyang is already the most powerful city in the world, and there are powerful passes such as Hulao Pass to rely on, and the Jingzhou army can go north for reinforcements at any time, so it is difficult to take lightly.
Therefore, Wang Yu initially decided to attack Chen Liu mainly and force Cao Cao to engage in a decisive battle. Otherwise, he would completely cut Cao Cao's territory from Chen Liu into the east and west, causing him to lose sight of the other and mess up his position.
But until now, Cao Cao's determination and fighting skills have been very strong. Wang Yu is worried that even if he attacks all the way, Cao Cao may endure it to the end. As a last resort, he may simply give up the territory east of Chenliu and directly surrender the territory to Chenliu.
Xiahou Yuan retreated south and took refuge in Yuan Shu's territory.
If that's the case, things will get a little tricky.
Wang Yu's strategic concept is to focus on the defensive in the two battlefields of Bingzhou and Jianghuai, and then defeat them one by one after the decisive battle in the Central Plains. But if Cao Cao is determined and refuses to fight decisively, he will just waste it, even if the losses of the hussars are always higher than
Cao Cao's army was much lower, which inevitably made the war protracted and protracted.
The longer the battle lasts, the greater the damage will be to the Central Plains, and the higher the possibility of unpredictable variables in the battle situation, which cannot be tolerated by Wang Yu without careful consideration.
"In this case, we should be able to change our strategy..." Wang Yu's words resonated with the staff. Everyone stood up, gathered around Wang Yu, and stood in a circle around the map. A new plan slowly took shape.
The next morning.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,, yeah, was that, that's it, the bleak horn sounds echoed across the Heluo Plain.
"What's going on?" Li Tong woke up suddenly and looked around hurriedly. The leaves of the fish scale armor collided and rubbed against each other, making bursts of gold and iron sounds.
It had been six days since the cavalry battle in Kuangting. After that battle, Li Tong was transferred out of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry by Cao Cao and sent Fengqiu as the guard.
On the surface, this is an opportunity to make atonement, but Li Tong has been fighting on the battlefield for so many years and has experienced many kinds of battles. How can he still not know that this opportunity is for him to survive in death?
Although Fengqiu City has a long history, which can be traced back to the Huangdi era, no matter how long the history is, it will not help improve its defense. Compared with Luoyang and Hulao Pass in the west, Puyang, Rencheng, and Fengqiu City in the east,
Qiuyuan cannot be called a majestic city. The city has been in disrepair for a long time and is somewhat dilapidated. Many of the new weapons of the Qingzhou Army can be used to attack the city.
If Cao Cao's order hadn't been to hold on for half a month instead of not retreating, Li Tong might not even have seen the last glimmer of hope.
Of course, holding on for fifteen days is also a very difficult proposition. After Li Tong entered the city, he also worked hard. He patrolled every corner of the city defense almost without sleep for the first three days. After taking a short rest, he was still fully clothed.
They lived on the city wall and prepared for war with all their strength. When the Qingzhou army came to the city, Li Tong could even sleep with one eye open, not daring to make any negligence.
He reflected many times afterwards and came to the conclusion that he had no chance at all in that cavalry battle. The tactics of the Galloping Cavalry were traceable. If one had the discerning eye, even if he could not win a complete victory, he would not be able to win.
Will fail so miserably.
If your eyesight is not good enough, make up for it with diligence. Holding on to the task for fifteen days is a doom. Once it is over, the sea and sky will be brighter, and you can't make it. At most, you can just exchange the life you picked up, and there is nothing to regret.
"General...General, Qingzhou's army is about to attack the city!" The guard's reply was trembling. It didn't sound like he was frozen, but it sounded like he was frightened.
"Wait for someone to come!" Li Tong pushed his guards away and looked far away from the city. His body suddenly stiffened. It took him a long time to relax. When he turned to look at his son Li Xu, his face was full of sorrow: "Today **My father and son died here!" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)