Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 831 Forced to retreat 1
The news that Liu Bei continued to march completely disrupted Yuan Shu's arrangement. The defense line in the west of Yuzhou was already unstable, and the reinforcements from his side had not been dispatched in time. If we continue to move forward, I am afraid that the entire west of Yuzhou will be unstable.

What worried Yuan Shu the most was Cao Cao's [-] troops in the north, and Ji Ling could barely hold back Cao Cao's troops so far. If Cao and Liu joined forces to attack at this time, then Yuzhou would be in a dilemma.

In the north of Yuzhou, in Cao Cao's camp, the morale of Cao's army was a bit low due to the thwarted attack for several days. Ji Ling was determined not to fight at this moment, even if Cao Cao sent someone to call him a coward, he would not care. Facing such an opponent , Cao Cao could only insult the other party for being cowardly.

But timid is timid, the opponent's strategy is really good, otherwise, he wouldn't have entangled Cao Cao for so long.However, compared to Cao Cao, Ji Ling is still too far behind. In addition, Cao Cao has so many advisers and generals. If Ji Ling had not had an army of 20, Cao Cao would not be so afraid of him.

"General Xia Houyuan has led a detour of [-] cavalry to the south for fifty miles." Sima Yi reported to Cao Caohui who was reading the information: "Ji Ling arranged the elite troops in the cities closest to our army, and placed the food and grass in the rear. If General Xia Houyuan can sneak into the enemy's rear secretly, find the enemy's food and grass and burn it in one fell swoop, the enemy will surely collapse without fighting."

"Our actions are too slow." Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Before our army was not prepared enough, that's why we fought so hard. Ji Ling has the advantage in numbers, and fighting him hard will definitely not lead to good results. It takes only a few seconds. Good at raids, and at this time the main force of the enemy army has been attracted by us, I believe that Miaocai will definitely make great achievements.

However, mere Ji Ling is not enough to cause us to make such a big commotion. What I want is to attack Shouchun in one fell swoop and take down Yuan Shu. Heh heh, Liu Bei is a man in front of him and a man behind his back. He obviously has an excellent fighting opportunity But I am not sure, and I have to wait for me to make a promise before sending troops. This person is not wary of making up lessons. "

"Liu Bei is very good at concealing himself, and he is especially good at building his own reputation." Sima Yi nodded and said: "Most of the sergeants captured by him will be deceived by his hypocrisy. It is not impossible to seek refuge with him, and at this time there is Zhuge Liang. Helping him is like adding wings to a tiger.

It is definitely not a coincidence that Liu Bei was able to defeat and surrender Chen Lan's army before. Zhuge Liang is a man of great talent. We must be careful, otherwise we will be tricked by him. According to my estimation, Liu Bei's strength has greatly increased after rectifying the army. It is to take advantage of the opportunity that we are blocked in the north.

However, it may be very difficult for him to fight Yuan Shu desperately. My lord, from my point of view, we must add fire to Liu Bei, and it is best to arouse the conflict between him and Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu asks him to fight desperately, he will We have to send troops to risk our lives. Only in this way can our pressure be reduced. "

"Hmph, this move is exactly what I want." Cao Cao sneered and said, "I have ordered him to attack Ji Ling's rear and pretend to be Liu Bei's soldiers, and then burn, kill and loot near Shouchun. Yuan Shu If you want to defend Yuzhou, it is naturally impossible to let such an army stay near Shouchun. At that time, the second will lead Yuan Shu's pursuers to Liu Bei. It will be difficult for them not to fight. After defeating Ji Ling, you can go straight in and win Shouchun in one fell swoop."

"My lord's ingenious plan, the villain admires it." Sima Yi cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Zhuge Liang is the most scheming person. He wants to use us to attract Yuan Shu's main force. Hehe, now we are also using him to attract Yuan Shu's anger."

After Cao Cao decided on this strategy, he quickly implemented it. At this time, Xia Houyuan had already led [-] cavalry to the north of Suiyang. Ren reported the situation here to Cao Cao, and at the same time, he also began to prepare to destroy the enemy's food and grass.

Ji Ling's work is still safe. Although he is not comprehensive enough in consideration of things and does not pay enough attention to details, it is not bad that he can do this under great pressure. If he stores all the food and grass in the same place, I am afraid At this time, Xia Houyuan had already led people to attack by force.

This method of decentralized storage is equivalent to not putting all the eggs in the same basket. If Xia Houyuan wants to destroy Ji Ling's food and grass, he only has one chance. Even if Xia Houyuan succeeds, Ji Ling can still save most of the food and grass.

Facing such a situation, Xia Houyuan made a decisive decision. No matter how comprehensive Ji Ling thought about it, he would always miss a lot of things. If he wanted to break the deadlock, he had to first make Ji Ling's army mess up and destroy the enemy's food and grass. Way, even if Ji Ling thinks he has preserved the grain and grass well, things will always change.

"We can't wait any longer." Xia Houyuan walked back and forth in the big tent and said, "The news that has been inquired so far shows that Ji Ling has at least three storage places, and we can't divide our troops, so we can only attack one of them.

If this is the case, then we don't need to wait any longer. If the whereabouts are exposed and the enemy's attention is drawn, we can do nothing. Come and pass on my general order. Attack, destroy the nearest food storage location, and then we will continue south to avoid the enemy's pursuit. "

Xia Houyuan was quite decisive in his actions, and he was a bit resolute. He didn't want to wait here for Cao Cao's orders. The messengers would have to wait for many days. If there was an accident on the way, he would have to wait even longer. The victories were fleeting, and Xia Houyuan didn't bother to rest. He believed in his subordinates. The more difficult the environment was, the more he believed that his soldiers could display their own characteristics.

An hour later, Xia Houyuan first led two thousand cavalry to attack quickly, and the rest of the troops then detoured to wait behind the enemy's grain store. Ji Ling never dreamed that Cao Cao would send people south from Chenliu, let alone himself. The arrangement of food and grass before will come in handy.

That night, Xia Houyuan led his army into Yuan Jun's camp. Yuan Shujun, who was behind the battlefield, never thought that there would be a war here. The loosely guarded Yuan Shujun was so vulnerable to the fierce Cao Jun, and the good camp was gone.

After succeeding, Xia Houyuan replenished the food and supplies of his army, and used the battle to support the war, and rewarded all the captured materials and money to his subordinates, but now the situation is critical, and it is very troublesome to carry these gold and silver money on the road. Bury these things in the ground first and dig them out later.

The highly morale Cao Jun continued to go south after resting overnight. This time, their targets were Runan and Ruyin. What they wanted to do was to disrupt the situation in Yuzhou and force Yuan and Liu to fight.

(End of this chapter)