The horse wobbled a little, and Cao Cao marched all the way holding a map in his hand.
The sound of cars and horses echoed on the road, and Cao Cao frowned slightly. The situation of this battle was not optimistic for him. The three prefectures where Yuan Shao lived were rich in food and grass, and there were plenty of soldiers and armors. There were more than 100,000 troops going south.
Under him, apart from Qingzhou Shanghao, Yanzhou has been in turmoil, and has just recovered some vitality in recent years. Needless to say, Yuzhou has just passed the drought and famine, and can't mobilize many soldiers and horses. Xuzhou, just after World War I a few years ago, Liu Bei drew another 20,000 horses when he withdrew, and now it is also empty inside.
Counting all the men and horses under his command, there are only about 100,000 troops, which is not much different from Yuan Shao's troops going south.
But he was in the hinterland, and Yuan Shao was by no means the only one to guard against.
In the west, an army is required to defend important places such as Mengjin and Aocang to ensure stability.
Qingzhou also needs an army, one is to contain Yuan Shao, and the other is to consolidate the right.
There are also Liu Biao and Sun Ce, all of whom must be on guard. Just because they are sitting on the sidelines at this moment, it does not mean that they have no plans to use troops. Therefore, both Yingchuan and Guangling need to garrison troops.
One is needed for staying in Xuchang, and one is needed for grain and grass transshipment.
Calculated in this way, Cao Cao could mobilize at most 60,000 troops to Guandu to fight Yuan Shao, only half of Yuan Shao's.
Wanting to defeat Yuan Shao with such a force is by no means an optimistic situation.
The morale of the army has been a little unstable these days. He asked about the strategy earlier, and Guo Jia said a ten wins and ten defeats in class. But he also understands that these ten victories and ten defeats are just a plan to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale.
In a real war, the outcome cannot be determined by comparing the superior and inferior.
In another day, you can go to Guandu.
Cao Cao rolled up the map and put it on the horse's side.
Yuan Benchu, you should be here soon.
It was getting late, and the army horses stopped, preparing to rest for the night. Just when they stopped, a man came running on a horse from afar.
By the campfire, Cao Cao was sitting facing the campfire, with Guo Jia, Gu Nan, and Xun You on one side. It seemed that all three had just arrived.
Cao Cao's face was a little dignified. It was obvious that what he wanted to tell the three of them this time was not good news.
"Xiaoqi came to report, Yuan Shao sent general Yan Liang to lead the army to besiege the white horse." Sighing, he looked at the three and asked.
"Can the three gentlemen have a solution?"
The white horse is an important place. If Yuan Shao is allowed to take it down, Yuan Shao's main force can easily cross the river and trap Guandu at a disadvantage.
There was silence by the fire for a while, Guo Jia's brows tightened, and then quickly relaxed.
Gu Nan was wearing a bamboo hat and couldn't see his expression clearly, but he didn't speak immediately.
Xun You thought for a while, and seemed to have some countermeasures. Seeing that Guo Jia and Gu Nan hadn't spoken yet, he said.
"General, I have a plan that may be available."
But as soon as his words fell, the other two nodded and said in unison.
"Attack the east and attack the west, you can send troops to Yanjin, lead Yuan Shao's troops to block, and then break the siege of the white horse."
Xun You's body shivered, and he sighed with a smile.
He thought of making a fuss, and the two of them had finished their countermeasures. What else could he do
He should know that when these two people are around, he should keep his mouth shut.
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It happened to be summer time, and a scorching sun hung high in the sky, making the ground hot.
Outside Baimajin, Yuan Shao's army was stationed. In the camp, a big man was sitting astride a military chariot, with a ring-headed broadsword beside him. With a bit of pride, he looked at Cao Jun stationed in Baima in the distance.
Among them, Cao Jun was helpless and his morale was declining. Originally, it would take only a few days to conquer Baima.
It's a pity that a few days ago I heard that Cao Jun wanted to cross the river from Yanjin. My lord was worried that they were going to attack the rear, so I divided an army to stop it. The current strength of his men is not enough to capture this place quickly.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Just as the big man was thinking about countermeasures, the war drum on the left side of the camp suddenly beat. The sound of drums echoed in the camp under the scorching sun, and the soldiers in the camp hurriedly prepared for battle.
The big man stood up, frowned and looked around, and asked loudly, "Why are you beating the drum?"
A man dressed as a scout ran over and half-kneeled in front of the big man.
"General, just now, a group of light cavalry from Cao's army galloped over ten miles away!"
The big man stared, his beard shook, Cao Jun's reinforcements
How come you are here already
But it was too late for him to think about it, the ten-mile journey would not take long for Qingqi, and it was difficult for military horses to line up so quickly.
But he had no choice but to rush into the battle, and raised the ring-shouldered sword at hand.
With vicious eyes, he got out of the car and walked towards his war horse.
After moving his wrist, he ordered in a deep voice to both sides.
"Prepare for battle."
Not long after, a cloud of smoke and dust came rushing in the distance, and in the smoke and dust was a Qingqi in Cao Jun's armor.
The big man was fighting in front of the camp, sitting on the back of a horse, holding a long knife in his hand and looking into the distance, behind him were soldiers and horses still in a hurry to line up.
The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer. The big man turned his eyes and looked at Mali. He saw that the leader was dressed in white.
is her.
The big man's pupils are bunched up. This white-robed general in Cao Cao's army has been famous for a long time, and he has heard the lord mention it several times.
Since Cao Jun's reinforcements are here, Yanjin must have been tricked.
Taking a deep breath, the big man settled down and said loudly into the distance.
"The person here is Mr. Gu Nan Gu, this is Yan Liang, can you tell me!"
The voice carried a deep breath in the distance. He wanted to talk to Gu Nan because Yuan Shao had told him that if he met this person, he would ask her if she would like to come to the army to catch up.
In addition, he also wanted to delay for some time, so that the army horses on his side would not rush into the battle. This light cavalry came too fast, and he hadn't had time to mobilize all the soldiers and horses.
Seeing that the cavalry had no intention of stopping, Yan Liang said again.
"Mr. Yuan often mentioned that Mr. Hulao should not be too hasty. If Mr. Yuan is interested, Mr. Yuan would like to invite him to be a guest in the army!"
"Tap Tat Tat!!"
The sound of galloping horses kept shaking, covered by smoke and dust, and the cavalry had rushed to the front of the camp within a few hundred steps.
The leading man in white waved his hand, and the cavalry raised their blades. The blades of the blades reflected the sunlight, and flickered as the horses galloped.
Yan Liang stopped talking, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stared fixedly at the cavalry rushing forward, and clenched the ring-headed broadsword in his hand.
The next moment, a crimson shadow suddenly rushed out of the cavalry.
Taking a closer look, it was a crimson war horse. Standing on the horse, it was a young general in black armor.
What made people stunned was that the young general was actually a woman, with long hair like a ribbon raised up, her face was pure and beautiful, without any makeup, her eyes were like peaches and plums, her lips were tightly closed, and she looked heroic.
In this beauty, there is no delicacy that an ordinary woman should have, but it has the determination that only a man on the battlefield has.
The woman was holding a long halberd, riding on a red war horse, and came across the dust.
Yan Liang was stunned for a moment, but he lost the opportunity in a moment of stupefaction.
The red horse rushed very fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had already rushed in front of him.
Yan Liangcai woke up suddenly, hastily raised the long knife in his hand and chopped it down.
The woman lowered her body and raised her left hand to catch Yan Liang's wrist.
That beautiful face at this time made people feel cold all over, Yan Liang wanted to use force, but found that the palm under his wrist was no weaker than him, and his own knife couldn't cut it at all.
And in the woman's right hand, the long halberd has been stabbed out.
"Puff!" The blood splashed down and landed on the battlefield.
Yan Liang looked down at the halberd blade piercing his chest, with blood overflowing from his mouth, he asked weakly.
"Who are you?"
"Lu Fengxian's daughter, Lu Lingqi!"