Chapter 2798 Wei Wu raised his whip and burned Guandu


    Chapter 2795: Wei Wu raised his whip and burned Guandu


    Yuan Jiuling''s departure, coupled with the loss of Baima City, these two bad news that cannot be worse than bad forced Cao Cao to give up Guandu.


    After all, Guandu’s location is too high. If Le Yi can’t defend Puyang, Cao Cao would probably not even have a chance to escape.


    Cao Cao was originally very confident in Le Yi, thinking that even if he was not Bai Qi''s opponent, he could at least hold Dongjun for a few months.


    However, with the fall of most of the eastern counties such as Baimadu, Dunqiu, and Baimacheng, Cao Cao obviously did not have much confidence in whether Le Yi could defend Puyang.


    It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao chose to give up Guandu to minimize the losses. However, with Zhang Liao and Jia Xu here, it is not easy to retreat safely from Guandu.


    Just as Cao Cao was planning how to withdraw his troops from Guandu, Zhang Liao also received news that Bai Qi had defeated the White Horse and was about to march into Puyang.


    This made Zhang Liao happy for him, and he felt a little impatient. After all, among the three major battlefields of Yanzhou, the Central Army had the largest number of troops, but the progress of the strategy was the slowest. In contrast, the two routes of the north and south were even about to end.


    On the battlefield of Yingchuan on the south road, the Qin army led by Ying Hao almost crushed the Wei army all the way, and easily fought under Xuchang City with extremely low casualties, while Cao Wei only had Xuchang City in the entire Yingchuan.


    In the battlefield of the East County of North Road, except for Jia Fu being plotted by Le Yi and being defeated for a while, the overall situation was basically very smooth. Except for Puyang and Yan County, other cities were also captured by Bai Qi.


    The Chenliu battlefield, which is only in the middle, has not been able to break through the three major defense lines on the Western Front for two months since the war started, and has not even been able to break into Chenliu''s territory.


    The central army led by Zhang Liao obviously had the largest number of troops, but the progress of the strategy was the slowest, and there were three reasons:


    First, Cao Wei was most prepared in the middle lane, and Chen Liu''s defense was the strongest, and Cao Cao was in charge, so it was naturally the hardest to fight.


    Second, Chenliu''s battlefield involves the most cities, with the 18 counties in eastern Henan, plus the 17 counties in Chenliu, a total of 35 counties.


    You should know that there are fifteen counties in Dongjun and only seventeen counties in Yingchuan. The cities on these two battlefields together are not as many as those on Chenliu battlefield.


    The third is that the purpose of the Qin army in the middle was not to quickly conquer the city and territories, but to restrain Cao Cao here, so Zhang Liao fought so steadily.


    Zhang Liao naturally knew where his army was, but seeing the successive victory of the two armies in the north and south, he could not help but feel a little anxious, wondering if he could have both plans and severely damage the Wei army.


    But after deep thought, Zhang Liao gave up. After all, the combination of Cao Cao and Fan Li is also difficult. Even the Jia Taifu, who is fully calculated, will no longer be able to make plans when facing them.


    "Military advisor, the general will break through the white horse. Once he breaks through Puyang again, he will threaten Cao Cao''s rear. Do you think Cao Cao will give up Guandu?" Zhang Liao asked with a smile.


    After Jia Xu smiled, he said, "With Cao Cao''s suspicious personality, he will definitely give up Guandu."


    "Okay, since that''s the case, then the governor can''t let him escape."


    After saying that, Zhang Liao was ready to order to be prepared to pursue at any time to prevent the Wei army from escaping.


    But Jia Xu shook his head at Zhang Liao and said, "This time Cao Cao retreats, our army can pursue it, but it cannot severely damage the Wei army."


    "Forehead…"


    Zhang Liao was stunned and asked in confusion: "Military advisor, why is this?"


    The opportunity to severely damage the Wei army was right in front of us, but Jia Xu asked him to give up, and Zhang Liao really couldn''t understand this.


    Jia Xu did not answer, but asked back: "The Grand Governor thought that after Cao Cao gave up Guandu, should he retreat to Chenliu County, or give up the western front and directly retreat to the eastern counties of Wei?"


    Zhang Liao thought for a while and replied, "It should be that he gave up the west and retreated directly to the east."


    Jia Xu did not answer, but took out a map of Wei from his arms, marking the troops from various parts of the Wei State and the distribution of food and grass.


    Even Jia Xu knew such confidential information clearly. It can be seen that the Wei State had been infiltrated into a sieve and there was no secret in front of the Qin Dynasty.


    Jia Xu pointed to the distribution of food and grass on the map and said, "In order to resist our army''s attack, Cao Cao moved 70% of the food and grass in the country to the western part for reserves as early as before the war to facilitate the supply of food to the front battlefield.


    Cao Cao could give up the west and retreat directly to the east, but the army could withdraw, but the food and grass could not be moved away.


    Once all the Wei army on the Western Front retreated to the Eastern Front, 30% of the food and grass reserves on the Eastern Front could not support the consumption of the Cao Wei army. ”


    "Cao Cao can borrow from the Ming and Song dynasties..."


    Before he finished speaking, Zhang Liao knew that this would not work. After all, Cao Cao lacked not tens of thousands of stones or hundreds of thousands of stones, but millions of stones of food and grass.


    The transportation of millions of stones of food and grass is not so easy even in peacetime, let alone during wartime.


    In addition, the Song and Ming dynasties are now too busy to take care of themselves, so how can they borrow millions of stones of grain to Wei?


    After Jia Xu''s reminder, Zhang Liao almost understood what he meant, but he still asked tentatively: "What does the military advisor mean is to fish for big fish with a long line?"


    “That’s right.”


    Jia Xu nodded and said, "The food and grass in the eastern part of Wei State are limited and cannot support the consumption of the Wei army. Cao Cao will never give up on the Western Front unless it is absolutely necessary.


    So this time, Cao Cao gave up Guandu at most and retreated to Chenliu to prevent the retreat of Puyang from being cut off in case Puyang fell, so there was no time to react.


    But if the troops were too much lost, Cao Cao might give up Chen Liu and retreat directly to the east, and then our army''s early preparations would be in vain. ”


    Hearing Jia Xu''s words, Zhang Liao couldn''t help but nodded. He deliberately took action and dragged Cao Cao to the front line, just not wanting Cao Cao to lead his army back to the east.


    The Wei State had ten counties, including eight counties in Yanzhou, one county in Yuzhou, and one county in Xuzhou.


    Dongjun and Chenliu in Yanzhou and Yingchuan in Yuzhou are all outside the attack of the Qin army, but there are seven counties in the east. If the main force of the Wei army on the Western Front can be wiped out, the seven counties in the eastern region can be declared. Otherwise, the attacks one by one would obviously waste a lot of time in the Wei State.


    "What the military advisor said is reasonable, but he can pursue the Wei army, but he cannot damage it severely. This degree may be difficult to control. If it is too obvious, it may be discovered by Cao Cao and Fan Li." Zhang Liao pondered.


    "Please rest assured that the Grand Governor, Cao Cao and Fan Li are not ordinary people. They will definitely come up with a plan to safely retreat to Chenliu under the pursuit of our army. Our army just needs to follow the trend."


    As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, soldiers came to report: "Report to the Grand Commander and Military Advisor, Cao Cao personally led nearly 10,000 Wei troops to attack the camp at night."


    After hearing this, Jia Xu and Zhang Liao looked at each other and smiled. It was obvious that Cao Cao''s attack on the camp this time was not really for the attack on the camp, but to cover the main Wei army of Guandu to retreat.


    "Send the order to summon 10,000 archers and guard the camp. Once the Wei army approaches, shoot it back."


    After Zhang Liao gave the order, Jia Xu added: "In addition, he ordered the camps in the rear to prepare sand and other fire-fighting objects immediately.


    After dawn, Cao Cao will burn Guandu to stop our army from pursuing.


    There are still a lot of supplies in Guandu, all of which were burned by Cao Cao. It''s okay, but it''s okay. How much can you save? ”


    "Just do what the military advisor said." Zhang Liao said in a deep voice.


    "No."


    At the same time, Cao Cao, who led his army to pretend to attack the Qin army camp, but in fact, was to cover the retreat of the main force. When he saw that the Qin army did not go out to fight, he only contracted the defense line, he felt relieved.


    Cao Cao knew that Zhang Liao would not go to fight, because he had implemented such harassment tactics many times. If Zhang Liao fought every time, the Qin army would have been exhausted.


    "Send the order and divide it into five groups to beat drums outside the Qin camp to interfere with the rest of the Qin army."


    "No."


    After giving the order, Cao Cao went back and handed over the army to Xiahou Yuan. After all, he still had a lot of things to deal with, such as many matters of retreat, so it was impossible for him to stay and carry out the exhausted soldiers all night.


    After returning to the camp, Cao Cao felt distressed when he saw the list of supplies that Guandu could not be transported away by his subordinates.


    As the core of the three major defense lines in the west, Guandu needed to transport materials to the two major defense lines in the front, so naturally hoarded a large amount of food and grass, and even accounted for one-quarter of the total amount of supplies in the western part of Cao Wei.


    Naturally, it is impossible to transport all the materials away. Even if Cao Cao ordered to transport them overnight, he could only transport some of them at most, and the rest would naturally not be cheaper if they were burned.


    "Lord, everything is ready, and the candidate for the final election is just a matter of time." Fan Li said in a deep voice.


    After a long time of silence, Cao Cao spoke, "I ordered Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun to lead 5,000 infantry, 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, a total of 10,000 troops, as well as four generals Dan Tai Yu, Jia Jutu and Xiahou Dun, to cut off the rear."


    Both Cao Cao and Fan Li obviously knew that it was impossible to hold back the main force of Zhang Liao and Qin army by attacking the camp and setting fire, so we still had to leave behind the troops.


    This time the rear was obviously very dangerous, but Cao Cao left behind Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun, as well as three war god-level generals, which naturally was not to let them die.


    After Li Cunxiao was transferred, the strongest person under Zhang Liao was Zhang Dingbian. Now the three war gods on the Wei army have all appeared, and at least they are guaranteed to be stronger than the Qin army in the general lineup. Even if the troops cut off the rear are exhausted, the generals can break out on their own and return to Chenliu.


    Of course, with the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, except for the Qin army sending elite battalions to pursue it, it is naturally impossible to wipe out the entire army, and at most it will be severely damaged.


    [Dingdong, Cao Cao''s skill "Wei Wu" effect 2 is activated;


    Wei Wu: He writes poems with a spear, and Wei Wu waves his whip; this is Cao Cao''s unique fusion skill, which is composed of "inspiration" and "treacherous heroes":


    Effect 1…


    Effect 2, you can designate a general in this camp to temporarily replace the combination "Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry" and activate the combination skills;


    …


    Currently, Cao Cao''s skill "Wei Wu" effect 2 is activated, and Dan Tai Yu is designated to temporarily replace him as one of the Eight Tiger Cavalry of Cao Wei. 】


    Although Cao Cao failed to defeat the Ming Dynasty in the three Central Plains Wars, he and his generals grew a lot, and the fusion skill of "Wei Wu" is the best proof.


    Before dawn, the Wei army, who was responsible for making noise, retreated and then retreated to Fengqiu City under the leadership of Cheng Yu. As for Cao Cao and Fan Li, they naturally retreated long ago.


    As the sky gradually turned white, Cao Chun, holding a torch in his hand, looked at the mountains of supplies piled up in Guandu, and his eyes were full of reluctance. After all, these were all the blood and sweat of the people of Wei.


    Although the land reform policy of Wei State allowed the people to obtain land, the agricultural tax was the highest among the countries. In addition to other miscellaneous taxes, most of the people''s harvest was taxed, so they could only barely maintain food and clothing.


    "It''s time, let''s set fire."


    Xiahou Yuan sighed, he actually couldn''t bear to let it go, but he had to do so, because if he didn''t, he would be unable to cover up the retreat of the main force.


    Cao Chun threw the torch into the grain warehouse reluctantly, and then a large number of torches were thrown into Guandu. In an instant, the entire Guandu was ignited, but the fire was not very large because of the gap.


    This was naturally done by Cao Cao. After all, only if the fire in Guandu is likely to be extinguished, Zhang Liao will do his best to put out the fire and rescue materials, and this will undoubtedly drag down some of the Qin army''s forces.


    What Cao Cao didn''t know was that even if he didn''t do this, Zhang Liao would still put out the fire. After all, his goal was to fish big fish in a long line. If he didn''t put out the fire, it would be really hard to give Cao Cao a step.


    Of course, even if Zhang Liao ordered the fire to be put out, the Qin army still had sufficient troops to pursue it. However, there were traps arranged in advance by Cao Cao on the road, which delayed the speed of some pursuit of the Qin army.


    (This chapter ends)