December 30th is the traditional Chinese festival - New Year's Eve. The Central Plains has many celebration methods such as drumming to drive away the "ghosts of plague". It is a very important festival.
However, people on the battlefield do not have the time or interest to celebrate the festival. Especially for Cao Cao, the incoming intelligence alone is enough to give him a headache. Where can he think of celebrating the festival?
"Report..."
"speak!"
"To inform my lord, the Qingzhou Army launched a full-scale attack on Fengqiu City two days ago in the early morning. The army was huge and went all out. It must have been determined to win! General Li was not afraid of danger. He launched a cold arrow attack to show his determination and led the entire army.
Fight vigorously among the strong prisoners!"
He quickly entered the city and went straight to the city guard's mansion. The news he brought made Cao Cao relaxed. What he was most worried about was that Li Tong saw that the situation was not good and surrendered the city to the enemy. However, he was reluctant to send Le Jin, who was good at defense, and Li Dian, his confidants.
Putting them on the front line for consumption can only be done as a last resort, but it is unavoidable to feel uneasy in the heart.
Li Tong's talents and martial arts skills are known to Cao Cao. As long as this person is willing to fight hard, even if he cannot block Wang Yu's front, he can still cause a lot of damage to the Qingzhou Army.
Cao Cao did not expect Li Tong to create a fighting opportunity for him. At this time, he led the army to station in Junyi. It was the combination of Xiahou Shang and Zang Ba who built the backup defense line. After Fengqiu was greatly consumed, the Qingzhou army was likely to attack Junyi City.
, Sun Ce has almost sent out troops by then, are you still worried that there will be no fighters?
Before Cao Cao could express his views or make arrangements, he heard another noise outside, accompanied by the sound of rapid horse hooves, and someone shouting loudly and approaching quickly.
"Report..."
"speak!"
"The Qingzhou Army's offensive was extremely fierce. The arrows covered the sky and the shouts of killing were loud. The soldiers at the top of the city suffered heavy casualties. I'm afraid it's difficult to hold on! General Li ordered his subordinates to risk their lives to break out to report the enemy. Fengqiu was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on for three days.
Please make preparations early, my lord!"
"..."
The meeting hall suddenly became so quiet that you could even hear a pin drop on the ground. Fengqiu City is indeed not as good as Luoyang and Puyang, but it is not made of clay and paper. There are five thousand elite soldiers in the city.
Moreover, the city relies on the geographical advantage and only needs to defend two walls at most. Even this cannot stop the Qingzhou Army for three days?
Cao Cao frowned tightly. Before the war started, he had already expected the difficulty of the battle, but he never imagined that it would be so difficult!
The cavalry battle was just a surprise at the beginning, and I got some advantages from the recruits of the Gale Force Army... It was said to be a bargain, but in fact it was just a one-to-one battle loss ratio. After the Youzhou War, the Gale Force Army nearly doubled its army, about half of it.
All the soldiers are new recruits, and taking advantage of them is not a great achievement at all.
When Qingzhou gradually strengthened its strength, statistics after the war showed that the battle loss ratio between the two sides was nearly three times higher!
Of course Cao Cao was unwilling to give in, but as Guo Fengxiao said, strong soldiers are made by fighting, not training. His expectations for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were too high, and they were inevitably too precious, so he never dared to put them into the fiercest battles.
Among them, the tactics seemed rigid, and the personal combat power was also inferior.
He endured this tone and did not rush into a battle. He gave up his face and asked all the allies for reinforcements. Even at the beginning of the war, he made a drastic move that might shake the morale of the army while sacrificing his chariot to protect his commander.
However, no matter how he tossed and turned, he could not even delay the Qingzhou Army's advance. Even though Cao Cao was as determined as stone, he would still feel flustered and hesitant.
In desperation, he sent an order again, summoned all the civil and military officials, and held a military meeting to discuss countermeasures. The civil servants were all in Chenliu City, but the military generals were in some trouble. Many of them were leading troops outside. They waited for more than an hour before they were finally ready.
All here.
As a result, Cheng Yu had just finished reading the latest information. Before everyone could recover from the shock, the updated information came again!
"Report... Lord, something bad happened. Feng, Fengqiu City has been breached!" Cao Cao didn't just throw Li Tong into Fengqiu and call it a day. His strategy was to defend and counterattack, and set up sentries around Fengqiu.
The purpose of scouting was to grasp the battle situation in a timely manner. These scouts did their duty and reported back immediately as soon as they had the latest information. However, Cao Cao suffered multiple blows.
"What!?" Cao Cao stood up in shock, his lips trembling a little. The previous intelligence had already told him that the situation was not good, but he always felt that there was still a day or two of buffer time, who would have thought of sealing the deal?
Qiucheng was thus broken.
"Where is General Wenda now? Was the city captured that day? How did the war proceed?" Guo Jia didn't care anymore and took a few steps forward to ask quickly.
"Reporting to the military advisor, the city was broken before noon that day. The Qingzhou Army also had lunch in the city and set off immediately after eating it!" I don't know whether he was tired or frightened. The messenger was in a very good state of mind.
Sorry, after I finished speaking, I remembered that I didn’t answer the military advisor’s previous question.
"General Li and his son were killed on the spot... His subordinates were too far away and did not see carefully. At the beginning, the Qingzhou Army gathered hundreds of crossbows, thousands of crossbows, oars, ladders and other equipment, and then
Just when we marched in, the ballistas started firing in turns at a distance of three hundred steps, and the city was so heavy that they couldn't even raise their heads. With the crossbowmen approaching, they fired in turns again..."
The messenger's story was somewhat inconsistent, but no one cared about it at the moment. Everyone, including Cao Cao, was frightened and shocked, so he just listened to what he said.
In fact, this messenger has worked very hard. The key is that this battle is not a process at all. It lasted more than an hour. The defenders were first suppressed and beaten by the Qingzhou Army from a distance. After getting closer, they seemed to gain some momentum and burned Qingzhou.
The army set up more than a dozen ladders, and then somehow the city wall collapsed with a loud noise.
Li Tong and his son probably died when the wall fell, so when the Qingzhou Army invaded Fengqiu City and started street fighting, there was almost no resistance in the city, and the remaining stubborn resisters were completely eliminated in less than half an hour.
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Throughout the entire battle, the Qingzhou Army's losses in terms of personnel were minimal, but the five thousand defenders either died or surrendered, and the entire army was destroyed. This is not a siege war, it is almost the same in reverse, and it completely violates the principle of using troops.
Common sense.
Cao Cao and all the civil and military officials were stunned and didn't know how to evaluate this battle. Didn't Li Tong work hard? Wasn't he incompetent? Absolutely not. If he was such a waste, how could he die on the city wall? I can only say that the enemy
It's too strong, it's too unreasonable.
Guo Jia was the one who reacted the fastest. He did not just be surprised, but accurately captured an important message: "You said that the Qingzhou Army set off immediately after breaking the city. Where did they go?"
"We crossed the river and headed west!"
"To the west?" Guo Jia was shocked, and Cao Cao also reacted. He gasped immediately and hurriedly took a map to look at it. In fact, he didn't even need to look at it. He knew what it meant that the Qingzhou Army named Qiu Xiang Xiang. Fengqiu was fifty miles away.
It's Yangwu. About a hundred miles west of Yangwu is Hulao Pass!
Yangwu is just a small county, not worth mentioning, and it is true that Hulao Pass is the most powerful pass in the world. However, the Qingzhou army performed too powerfully in the Battle of Fengqiu. Who can guarantee that Wang Yu cannot win Hulao Pass?
Although Luoyang is located in a plain and is well connected in all directions, Hulao Pass is the only way to connect to the counties of Yanzhou in the east. Once captured by Qingzhou, Luoyang and Chenliu will completely lose contact, but Qingzhou can use
With the power of the great victory, Zhang Yang was completely intimidated and the entire front was expanded outwards without any hidden dangers.
This is obviously an attempt to turn against customers and force a showdown!
"How about encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and marching the whole army north to cut off the return route from Qingzhou? Although the people on both sides of Zhang Yang's head are now submitting to Wang Yu on the surface, there is no substantive restraint on both sides. Seeing that the momentum is not right, he will definitely not be there.
Wang Yu will be hanged on this rope." Cheng Yu took the lead in proposing a countermeasure.
"That's inappropriate!"
Pressure. Now as long as he leaves one general to garrison Fengqiu, our army will have to go through a hard battle before going north. It is hard to say whether it can be done before Hulao Pass is lost. Moreover, in addition to dividing the troops and staying behind, the Hussars
Xun You's tone was full of doubts: "It is true that the Puyang army is still in Dingtao at the moment, but Dingtao is an accessible place, and the Puyang army is very good at attacking and fighting. If our army goes north, we will not be able to fight with those stationed in Fengqiu.
When the army is fighting, there is no guarantee that Lu Bu will not attack us. In addition to Lu Bu, the cavalry of Qingzhou cannot be underestimated. The worst case scenario is that our army will be attacked from three sides!"
"Gongda is very worried." Guo Jia nodded and agreed: "Wang Pengju changed his strategy, but his original intention remained the same. He just wanted to force the lord to make a quick decision and use his hands to reinforce other battlefields as soon as possible. If our army gives up stability,
If you use a steady strategy and follow his lead in using troops, you can easily fall into a crisis!"
"Then what do you want to do?" Cheng Yu spread his hands and said helplessly: "Is it possible that Yuan Rang can only defend Hulao Pass alone while everyone watches? Or should we abandon Chen Liu and march westward for reinforcements? What a wonderful idea.
General Cai is still in Shanyang County, if he gives up Chen Liu, wouldn't it be..."
Cao Cao's army experienced fewer battles and encountered fewer significant opponents, so that the army's combat strength was weaker than that of the Qingzhou Army. Therefore, Wang Yu could divide his troops, but Cao Cao could not. Without dividing his troops, at least he would be on the battlefield where the main force was.
You can still have some advantages, but once you divide your troops, you will be passive everywhere.
Not to mention that the Qingzhou Alliance has more high-mobility troops and is stronger. Splitting the troops is a recipe for death, so Cheng Yu doesn't mention it at all.
"This is the purpose of Pengju." Cao Cao suddenly sighed, with a dejected look on his face, and said: "One step behind, every step behind, I am not as good as Pengju."
Cao Cao saw deeper than Cheng Yu, and he didn't know that Lu Bu's troops were moving slowly in Jiyin on purpose. It was a sharp sword hanging above his head. Not only could Lu Bu rush to attack Feng
Qiu could quickly advance eastward at any time and flank Xiahou Yuan with Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong.
The situation has become extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose everything. After thinking hard for a long time, he could not think of any good strategy. In the end, he could only look at Guo Jia helplessly and said helplessly: "It seems that the only way is to use that strategy."
It's a ploy... It's a pity, it's a pity that all the hard planning is for someone to get married." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)