Chapter 2876 Cao Cao''s cumbersome tactics, Kong Xuan sneaked and killed Fan Li


    Chapter 2873: Cao Cao''s cumbersome tactics, Kong Xuan sneaked and killed Fan Li


    To deal with the 100,000 Cao''s army that cut off the retreat, there is naturally no need to dispatch 200,000 Qin army and so many powerful generals to act at the same time. Cao Ren is obviously not worthy of such treatment.


    But this time, Daqin gave Cao Ren. The purpose of such a super high-standard treatment is naturally not just to wipe out the entire annihilation, but to force the 100,000 Cao troops to surrender.


    Cao Ren was loyal to Cao Cao. He might not surrender even if he died, but Chenliu Cao''s army had a total of 100,000 people. When the retreat was cut off and there were no reinforcements outside, it was only a matter of time before he was defeated. It was impossible for everyone not to be afraid of death.


    Bai Qi used the cage encirclement tactic to squeeze the activity space of Cao''s army to death until he finally trapped the lonely city and ran out of ammunition and food. Even if Cao Ren did not want to surrender, his men would tie him up and Xiancheng to surrender.


    The advantage of doing this is naturally that it will be to defeat others without fighting, which can minimize casualties in this battle, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, it will take a lot of time.


    To be honest, the Qin army has established an absolute advantage. Even if we directly attack Chenliu, it will not take long to force the city to break.


    But facing Cao Ren, who has the "Iron Wall" skill, is very good at defending the city, and has a strong city Chenliu, and has 100,000 defenders, the casualties will definitely be quite serious when he directly attacks.


    In order to prevent the situation of trapped beasts fighting, and Ying Hao was also worried about the casualties, he chose a time-consuming and labor-intensive method, but could defeat others without fighting, that is, Bai Qi''s cage encirclement tactic.


    The second day after Bai Qi occupied Dingtao, he ordered Qu Yi and Wei Rui to lead an army of 10,000 each to attack the Angry Jucheng and Zhuzaocheng in the western part of Jiyin County. At the same time, he sent Xiao Yan to lead an army of 10,000 to sweep the city abandoned by Cao Cao in the eastern part of Jiyin.


    Under the persuasion of Liu Tichun and Zhang Nai, the two garrisons of the Ancient Jucheng and Zhuozao City did not dare to develop any resistance after learning that Dingtao had been lost and directly opened the city to surrender.


    The Qin army captured two cities without bloodshed, and then Qu Yi led his army to continue to attack Changheng County in the northeast of Chenliu, while Wei Rui was responsible for attacking Jiyang County in the east of Chenliu.


    As for Xiao Yan''s situation, on the surface, the previous two people looked similar, but the actual situation was very different.


    After Cao Cao retreated from Dingtao, he transferred all the soldiers of the eight counties in the eastern part of Jiyin to Changyi. At the same time, he took away all the money, grain and equipment that could be taken away. He burned all the fire, leaving only eight empty cities with no strategic value and hundreds of thousands of people who were about to lose food to the Qin army.


    The people of Wei were really unlucky. In order to support the 30 front-line army, Cao Cao forced a wartime supply system and forcibly confiscated the food and grass from the people and provided centralized supply, which resulted in the people''s grain storage at their homes being only available for up to seven days.


    Such a system can only be implemented in Wei State, because Wei State is used to being poor and the people are used to eating but not having a meal. In addition, they did this during the Great Famine and rely on centralized supply to overcome difficulties, so the people are willing to voluntarily hand over the rations.


    In this case, once the city falls and the granary is burned, once the food in the hands of the people is eaten up, the people in the whole city will be out of food.


    The Cao army generals had a bottom line before. Except for the fact that Le Yi ordered the burning of the Puyang granary before committing suicide, and the fact that Cao Bin was prevented from burning the Xuchang granary after the city was broken, most of the Cao army generals did not burn the grain warehouse because this crime was too great.


    In addition, the Qin army''s offensive was too fierce. Nearly 200,000 Cao''s army was wiped out in just two months, and a large number of cities on the western front were quickly occupied. It did not give Cao''s army too much opportunity to react, and it also seized a large amount of food and grass.


    Therefore, the people in the Qin-occupied areas were not short of food, and the seized food and grass were enough to supply, and they could still make some surplus.


    But as Chen Liu''s 100,000 Cao''s army was about to be wiped out, Cao Cao naturally didn''t care about so many. In a crazy way, he was ready to use the people to divert the conflict.


    I have to say that although Cao Cao was a little irrational after losing, he was still quite vicious when he calmed down.


    Cao Cao would not be able to take away less food and grass, which would only cause two consequences:


    First, the Qin army provided food to the people, which would undoubtedly increase the logistics pressure of the Qin army, which Cao Cao was happy to see.


    Second, the Qin army did not provide food to the people, and even did not accept these empty cities. Then Cao Cao asked the people from the Demon Sect to go over and guide the hungry people in Jiyin to launch an uprising, and then use the rebel army to cause trouble for the Qin army.


    The Demon Sect''s uprising in Yingchuan and Dongjun was basically the believers of this religion, and the hungry people were obviously better bewitched than believers. They dared to do anything in order to have a bite of food.


    Faced with such a situation, Xiao Yan did not dare to enter the city rashly. First, he did not bring so much food and grass, and second, if he really took over the city, he would be responsible to the people in the city.


    If you don’t give the people food to provide disaster relief, the people will rebel if they are hungry.


    The Demon Sect Rebels in Dongjun have not been completely wiped out yet. If an uprising broke out in the eight eastern counties of Jiyin County, it would undoubtedly delay some of the Qin army''s forces.


    Faced with this dilemma, it was obviously difficult to make decisions at Xiao Yan''s level, so Fei Ge sent a letter and reported it to Bai Qi, so he asked Bai Qi to make decisions.


    After receiving Xiao Yan''s letter, Bai Qi saw through Cao Cao''s sinister intentions at a glance.


    Compared with the increased logistical pressure, the hungry uprising is the most troublesome thing, because it will cause great damage to local production.


    After solving Chenliu''s 100,000 Cao troops, the Qin army completed the victory of the first phase of the Eastern Expedition. At that time, the four counties of Dongjun, Chenliu, Yingchuan and Jiyin will resume production and become the front-line logistics supply points for the Qin army.


    The reason why Ying Hao and Bai Qi were both eager to rebel army in the Demon Sect was that they were worried that the rebel army would cause too much damage to the local area, and the Qin Dynasty would have to spend a greater cost to manage and restore it.


    Please take the least of the two harms. Just paying some disaster relief food can avoid an uprising. In this way, the Qin army will definitely make a profit.


    So, Bai Qi directly wrote back to Xiao Yan, asking him not to take into account the food and grass, and to accept as much as the empty city. As for the food and grass, he would order another batch of grain from Jizhou to respond to the emergency.


    After receiving the reply, Xiao Yan had no more worries. In the next three days, he received eight empty cities including Chengshi, Chengwu, Chengyang, etc., and personally came forward to appease the people who were about to lose food, and took out the military rations to the people who had lost food.


    "Don''t worry, fellow villagers, Daqin will not ignore you. The subsequent disaster relief grain is on the way to transport it." Faced with the surging crowd, Xiao Yan shouted loudly to promote it. Under his comfort, the people who were restless because the food was about to be out of stock really believed his words and calmed down.


    Bai Qi was not allowed to choose Xiao Yan to accept the eight eastern counties of Jiyin, but he really chose the right person. If this were replaced by Qu Yi Gaolan, who had low political attributes, he would really not be able to deal with such a situation.


    At the same time, Hao Zhao and Wu Wenhua led a 5,000 infantry and cavalry army to wipe out the Dongjun Uprising Army. After more than ten major battles, they finally wiped out all the demonic rebels in Dongjun.


    Like the rebels in Yingchuan, the rebels in Dongjun were also mobs. Hao Zhao''s five thousand troops were in hand, and Wu Wen, the **** of war, was like a crushing massacre in the face of the rebels who used agricultural tools, kitchen knives, and even bamboo as weapons.


    In this battle, Hao Zhao and Wu Wenhua killed a total of 6,000 rebels and captured 31,000 prisoners, but their own casualties were less than 500. It was a great victory, and the rebels were basically wiped out 90%.


    As for the remnants of the rebels who fled to various parts of Dongjun, Hao Zhao naturally did not use Hao Zhao to take action. It was enough to rely solely on the local county soldiers to wipe out them.


    After the war, Hao Zhao first took prisoners of war to Puyang, and with tens of thousands of Cao''s army captives, the number of prisoners in Puyang''s prisoners of war camp had reached 40,000.


    After solving the problem of prisoners of war, Hao Zhao immediately took his troops south and was about to meet with Bai Qi, but he met Li Cunxiao, Qin Niu and other generals who failed to pursue Lan Yu.


    Not only Niu Mowang in Lan Yu''s army, but also Yuan Jiuling. It was these two who joined forces to block Li Cunxiao, which led to the failure of the first pursuit. However, Li Cunxiao and Qin Niu and others obviously would not let Lan Yu go, so they soon launched the second pursuit, and thus missed the Dingtao Battle.


    Li Cunxiao''s second pursuit failed without any surprise, but this time it was not because of Niu Mowang and Yuan Jiuling, but because of Lan Yu.


    Previously, Bai Qi easily beat Le Yi Lan Yu to join forces, so Li Cunxiao did not think that Lan Yu was powerful, but when he led his army alone against Lan Yu, even if the opponent led the morale and defeated army, the difficulty still made Li Cunxiao feel a headache.


    Li Cunxiao originally thought that Lan Yu would not stop and flee directly to Dongping County to repair it, but he did not expect that Lan Yu would go the other way and directly repair it after escaping into Juancheng.


    Li Cunxiao also learned the news and decided to pursue the second pursuit. After all, with the mobility of the 2,400 cavalry he led, he could completely block Lan Yu''s remaining troops in Juancheng, making it impossible for him to escape. However, he unexpectedly fell into Lan Yu''s plan and was attacked by Niu Mowang and Yuan Jiuling.


    If Li Cunxiao hadn''t reacted quickly enough and broke out before siegeing the opponent, the loss of this battle would have been great, but even so, the Qin army would have lost 400 cavalry.


    Of course, Lan Yufang must have died in battle.


    The two pursuit battles failed, and the morale of the Qin army inevitably declined. I guess I could not get Lan Yu even if I fought again. In addition, I only carried food and grass for ten days, so Li Cunxiao had to retreat to Puyang to replenish food and grass, but happened to encounter Hao Zhaowu''s cultural headquarters.


    After Li Cunxiao and Hao Zhao met, a total of 6,500 infantry and cavalry troops were formed. The two armies went south together to meet with Bai Qi. With their arrival, the shortcomings of Bai Qi''s powerful generals will be compensated.


    Return to Kong Xuan, who was pursuing Cao’s army alone.


    Kong Xuan rode Ying Hao''s snow dragon horse. He traveled thousands of miles a day. In just one day, he caught up with Cao''s army in Changyi.


    Kong Xuan originally thought that Cao Cao would enter the city. After all, Changyi was not only the capital of Shanyang County, but also the large granary of Cao''s army. It was also the first fortress for Cao Wei to fight against the Qin army next. Cao Cao should have made arrangements for entering the city for reason, so he was not in a hurry to take action immediately.


    Kong Xuan was chasing with injuries. Although he was also using secret techniques to heal his injuries while rushing, the effect of healing in the running state was obviously good for concentration. He was preparing to find a hidden place to heal the wound first, adjust his condition and find an opportunity to catch Cao Cao.


    But what Kong Xuan did not expect was that Cao Cao and his troops did not enter Changyi, but only replenished food and grass, and then divided the troops into three groups, of which a thousand cavalry remained in Changyi.


    As for the remaining 13,000 cavalry, three thousand cavalry with fewer people retreated eastward, while ten thousand cavalry with more people retreated southeastward.


    Kong Xuan didn''t know which army Cao Cao was in, but he felt that Cao Cao was likely to go southeast, and the reason was that Qiao County, the new capital of Cao Wei, was in the southeast.


    But when Kong Xuan caught up, he realized that he had pursued the wrong one. Cao Cao did not return to Qiao County, but instead took Yin Shou and other generals to Taishan County. This was obviously going to the Demon Sect to bring reinforcements!


    Kong Xuan was also very helpless in this regard and could only turn around and continue chasing.


    According to the distance, Kong Xuan was able to catch up with Cao Cao before he arrived at Mount Tai, but he was no longer sure, because after so long, the three generals of Yin Shou had definitely recovered. If they were entangled at that time, it would definitely be another battle.


    Kong Xuan knew this, but he still decided to continue chasing because he was not going to force himself this time, but planned to launch a sneak attack.


    After another day and a half, Kong Xuan finally caught up with Cao''s army in Liangfu County, western Taishan County, and quietly sneaked into Cao''s army camp under the night.


    After some search, Kong Xuan finally found outside Cao Cao''s tent, and through the candlelight, the figure of the person inside was similar to that of Cao Cao.


    Kong Xuan was originally going to sneak in and confirm it, but was noticed by Yin Shou, who was guarding outside the camp.


    "Who? Come and catch the assassin."


    After hearing Yin Shou''s voice, Kong Xuan decisively gave up the idea of ??capturing alive and directly used the Souge of the Golden Evil to slash it down with all his strength. The tent and Cao Cao inside were all cut into two pieces by the golden sword energy, and he could not die any more.


    Seeing this, Yin Shou didn''t care about the assassin anymore, and rushed into the ruins and shouted, "Military advisor..."


    Um?


    Kong Xuan was stunned, military advisor? Why is Fan Li the person inside?


    Then where did Cao Cao go?


    (This chapter ends)