Chapter 658
"The whole army rests for a stick of incense!" Ma Chao stopped Xianglong Xiaohei, patted Xianglong's strong body sweating like water, and said loudly.

With an order, the more than five thousand horse cavalry seemed to be falling apart, and then got off their horses in extreme exhaustion. Regardless of other things, they lay on the ground and gasped for breath.The other soldiers who still had some strength hurriedly took out the dry food from the back of their backpacks and took a few bites to restore their strength.It's just that there is no river around, and the dry and hard pancakes make people roll their eyes.

Seeing this, Ma Chao felt helpless.At this time, his throat was burning like fire, and his whole body was severely dehydrated.However, after he dismounted, he still tried to stand upright, waiting for the report of the single.Before the song could reach Ma Chao, he shouted loudly: "My lord, news from Dashou City has arrived!"

Ma Chao's face darkened again: Sure enough, as he expected, Dashoucheng probably belongs to Cao Cao at this time!The treacherous heroes of the Three Kingdoms use their soldiers like gods, which is really overwhelming.

"The day before yesterday, 5000 troops of Cao's army cut off the upper reaches of the Ju River, and Yuan Shu's army in Dashou City was terrified. Yuan Shu was even more frightened, at a loss, and panicked. As a result, within a day, he ordered the army to retreat to the top. Mausoleum City was firmly defended, and then ordered to return to Dashou City, and then ordered to take the initiative to attack, etc... A dozen orders that contradicted each other were issued in succession. The morale of Yuan Jun's troops was not high, and they were at a loss when they received such orders. Rumors spread everywhere in the army, and people panicked, so I lost my position first." The information obtained by Single Song's investigation is very detailed.At this moment, Ma Chao seemed to be able to imagine Yuan Shu's frightened look in Dashoucheng.

"As a result, before Cao Jun dispatched troops, Yuan Shu didn't hold out for a few days, so he retreated on his own initiative?" Ma Chao asked, licking his dry lips.

"That's right." Single was also full of hunger and thirst. After licking his blistered lips like Ma Chao, he reluctantly continued: "Yuan Shu led his army to flee to the higher-lying Ningling City. I can't give up chasing. Presumably at this moment, Cao Jun is chasing Yuan Shu's army..."

"En." Ma Chao nodded, frowned and said, "With Dashoucheng, the main force of Cao's army will no longer have any worries, and Yanzhou's army will definitely move southwest. Yuan Shu doesn't have the upper hand at the moment, so he will naturally be defeated all the way. In this way, It only took three or two days to lose to Cao Cao. But looking at Cao Cao's posture this time, I am afraid that he will never give up until Yuan Shu is driven back to Yangzhou!" After dispatching troops to Hangu, Ma Chao was always thinking about the overall situation of the battle, deducing With all the changes, this situation is already in his expectation.

However, thinking back carefully on Cao Cao's use of troops, from Zhencheng to Ningling City, chasing Yuan Shu for six hundred miles, from the beginning of summer to the end of summer, he beat the leader of the Southern Kwantung Army into such a mess. The most colorful stroke in the first year of Xingping shocked the entire Han Dynasty.

It can be seen that from the very beginning of this war, Cao Cao basically did not open up a face-to-face confrontation. If this is the case, Ma Chao feels that the outcome is really divided between [-] and [-].However, Cao Cao didn't give Yuan Shu this opportunity at all, and started to advance with a small number of troops, forcing Yuan Shu to have no chance to think calmly, forcing Yuan Shu to have no time to set up his formation, and to use psychological warfare to the extreme.The purpose is not to destroy the opponent, but to force them to collapse themselves.Every time they encircle, they leave a way for the opponent to retreat, which not only preserves their own strength, but also allows the opponent to weaken their strength while escaping. Cao Cao's war talent has really been brought into full play.

Ma Chao even felt that Cao Cao's use of troops this time has the shadow of the greatest military strategist of later generations, whose military speed and mastery of psychological warfare have really reached the pinnacle of this era!Compared with the pure battle between himself and Lu Bu, which can be said to be a pure battle between warriors, Cao Cao's use of troops fully embodies the essence of "soldiers, tricks".

In Ma Chao's view, the wars in the Three Kingdoms era were actually divided.In the era of feudal lords, such as Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and even himself when they conquered outside the Great Wall, they relied on unparalleled force and bravery to break through the enemy's blockade time and time again, relying on their keen sense of battlefield, Tear out a total winning result with a tiny margin.And when the world was divided, with the maturity of various wars, especially after the emergence of military geniuses like Cao Cao, Kong Ming, and Sima, various military branches and various tactics were brought to the extreme by them.At that time, fighting became an art, a dazzling spark produced by the collision of thoughts and thoughts, emitting a variety of splendor.

I am in this era, and I still have something to learn... Don't talk about various military thoughts in the future, just say that the battle with Lu Bu just happened. If it weren't for the bloody battle of the Ma family army and the low morale of Lu Bu's men, I might not know It was defeated by Lu Bu.

However, thinking of Lu Bu, Ma Chao thought of his own treatment of Lu Bu.And thinking of the variables that the disposal brought to this increasingly chaotic era, Ma Chao couldn't help frowning again...

"My lord, the time for a stick of incense is over, so it's time to go on the road!" Zhang Xiu got up angrily, shook off the fatigue on his body, and said to Ma Chao with his fists clasped.

But Ma Chao turned his head and saw the Ma family cavalry looking extremely thirsty.The eyeballs couldn't help turning around, and after getting on the horse, he raised his gun and pointed out: "Shadow single has brought news, there is a plum forest fifteen miles ahead. This is the time when the plums are ripe, sons and daughters, hurry up!" Get up, wait for the capture of Yangren County, and then go to have a full meal of green plums!!"

When the soldiers of the Ma family army heard the words, their eyes lit up involuntarily.Thinking of the sour, sweet and juicy taste of plums, I couldn't help salivating, my throat was lubricated, and my whole body seemed to be full of strength again. After echoing, I struggled to get on the horse.

But even though Single was also very greedy, she frowned and murmured softly, "My lord, there is no Merlin fifteen miles ahead!"

"Of course I know!" Ma Chao smiled with his mouth open, and said with a hint of cunning: "Let me ask you, are you thirsty now?"

"I'm not thirsty anymore..." Ma Chao asked Ma Chao about the song, and suddenly, I really felt that when I thought of the taste of plums, I was really not thirsty anymore.However, he still asked worriedly: "But if the soldiers find out that you are lying to them, my lord..."

"After capturing Yangren County, do you still worry about running out of water? What kind of plums are you eating?!" Although Ma Chao said in a low voice, he still couldn't help laughing after finishing speaking.Afterwards, no matter what the single was, I took the lead in leaving.

And the single song touched his head, and then patted himself: "What's wrong with me? My lord is right. After conquering Yangren County, I still worry about having no water to drink? How did this IQ get mixed into the Shadow Camp in the first place?" ?..."

At the same time, Cao Cao, who was marching in the dense forest, looked at the soldiers on their backs, scrambling to squeeze the juice from the branches to quench their thirst. His brows were wrinkled, and his scorched face was much darker from the sun.

"Duke Ming, soldiers are precious, and Yuan Shu's army is running for their lives in a hurry. You must go forward with all your strength!" Cao Ren looked at the listless looks of his soldiers, and really wanted to whip them a few times.But after he licked his chapped lips, he put down the whip again.

After Cao Cao closed his eyes and thought for a while, he shouted loudly: "Cao has been here before, and ten miles ahead is a forest of plums. All the troops quickly follow Cao and have a meal of green plums!!"

When Cao Jun heard Cao Cao's words, his expressions were shocked, he couldn't help swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, and responded loudly.And Cao Cao seemed to be unable to wait for the soldiers, as if he wanted to eat plums earlier, so he drove away regardless of the troops.

Cao Jun didn't know what was going on in the follow-up. After spreading the story ten to ten times, everyone threw away the bitter and unpalatable branches in their hands, and rushed forward like a mad dog that had broken free from its chain.After traveling less than five miles, they saw Yuan Jun retreating in a panic...

Quenching Thirst by Looking at Plum Blossoms: An allusion, two princes, but both won their battle against each other...

(End of this chapter)

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