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Chapter 825 Cao Cao's Tactics

Autumn is high and the air is crisp, the grass is long and the horses are fat. It is the best time of the year to use troops.

Especially for the entire Yanzhou, which has always been a place of great contention for military strategists, this season is even more difficult for it to calm down.In fact, in just over a year, the situation in Yanzhou has been turbulent and ever-changing.

Yanzhou has a total of eight prefectures, with fertile land and rich products.Viewed from west to east, Chenliu County in the southwestern part of Yanzhou has a radius of more than [-] miles. The two cities of Suanzao and Fengqiu in the territory are opposite to Yuanwu and Yangwu in the border of Henan Yin, Sili Xiaowei, in the west; Fugou City in the southwest is near the south. The two cities of Yanling in Yingchuan County of Yuzhou, Fule in Chenjun, and Kaocheng in the southeast corner guard the main road from Liang State to the capital in Yuzhou.Dongjun, Dongping Kingdom, and Jibei Kingdom in the north face Jizhou across the river (Yellow River); Taishan County in the east has magnificent mountains and dangerous terrain, which is the only way to Xuzhou in the east; The three counties of Shanyang and Rencheng intersect with Liang Guo, Pei Guo, and Lu Guo in Yuzhou.

From the map, the entire Yanzhou is shaped like a wide belt, slanted in the middle of the four prefectures of Hebei, Henan, Xu, and Sili. Any princes who enter the Central Plains and compete for the deer all over the world must compete.

In such an important state, the princes from all over the world want to get involved but have many scruples.The main reason is that this state is not only a strategic location, but also a dangerous and taboo place.In the whole world, only Cao Cao is the most shrewd and capable, and he got the advantage of the right time. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yanzhou, he fought several times and finally became the actual ruler of the entire strategic hub.

However, ever since he took the position of Yanzhou Mu, he has been restless.Until now, Yanzhou has become a battleground for Ma Chao and Yuan Shao.The two sides are fighting wits and courage here and using their own means, which makes Yanzhou, which had just extinguished the war, once again be in flames of war.

At this time, Ma Chao led [-] soldiers, and Gan Ning, Lu Qiling and others were on the expedition to the wild and desolate land of Yanzhou.This time, the purpose of their expedition is to fulfill the bold words that Ma Chao said in the military council hall before.

The situation Lu Bu is currently facing is extremely dangerous.But as Ma Chao said, the entire battle of Yanzhou was actually a battle of food and morale: after Lu Bu took advantage of Cao Cao's unpreparedness and almost captured the entire Yanzhou in the early stage, the battle of food and grass started.Afterwards, no matter how many times Cao Cao used tricks, Lu Bu only insisted on the principle of having food in hand and not panic, and calmly solved Cao Cao's several attacks.

However, after Zi Dingtao was taken away, Cao Cao quickly recovered his strength with the help of Liu Xie and Yuan Shao.In contrast, Lu Bu, who had to be rescued from a long distance by the Ma family, was getting thinner and thinner day by day, so Cao Cao beat the shit out of him in one go.

If they want to regain this disadvantage, Ma Chao, Chen Gong, Lu Bu and others all realize the most important point: food and grass!

But where is the grain and grass in Yanzhou now, except in those fields that are not harvested?

The answer is naturally: Cao Cao's camp!
As long as a victory is won and the morale of the soldiers is stimulated, like Cao Cao, several strategic centers of gravity of the enemy can be broken one after another, and the food and grass can be regained, turning the tide of decline in one fell swoop!
Therefore, after dispatching Hou Cheng and Xue Lan to harvest the grain and grass in Shanyang and Jiyin counties as soon as possible, Ma Chao led a surprise army out and waited for Cao Jun's reaction.

After discussing with Lu Bu and Chen Gong, Ma Chao believed that Cao Cao, who had the Pan Snake Camp serving him, would definitely discover Lu Bu's actions.As for Cao Cao's tactics, Ma Chao and others have gained a lot of experience: Cao Cao's use of troops has always been unconstrained, without traces.But there is one habit that Cao Cao can never give up.

"Although Cao Cao's use of troops is ever-changing, he never departs from his principle. The way he uses his troops is nothing more than the combination of odd and positive, and the combination of yin and yang. He often leads a large army by himself, and then sends an army as a side division, or he leads an army to attack a city or break a stronghold. Let the partial division attack the enemy's flanks, and now that Cao Cao has enough food and supplies, we often end up in a situation where we are bullied by Cao Cao." Although Chen Gong in the military council hall said that Cao Cao's methods were broken in his mouth.But for Cao Cao's military talent, he was full of admiration, and even at the end, he directly praised Cao Cao as: "Smart tactics are unique to others, and his military skills are like Sun and Wu!"

Hearing these words, Lu Bu's expression was extremely gloomy. If it hadn't been for the fact that he had experienced many ups and downs and his mood had greatly improved, and Liu Xiu and Lu Qiling were secretly comforting him, maybe Lu Bu would have spoken out angrily right away.However, Ma Chao has his own opinion on this.

At that time, after consoling Chen Gong and Lu Bu respectively, he said impartially and objectively: "Every time Cao Cao uses troops, he either sends Yu Jin, Le Jin and others to evade the enemy's left and right, or simply lets Xia Houyuan run thousands of miles away. As a result, the enemy always deals with Cao Cao. Don't dare to divide the troops easily, but even if it is like this, if there is any slack, Cao Cao will often take advantage of it. However, the two of you have never thought that Cao Cao always has his own goals when he sends troops. In order to accomplish his established goal!"

"Of course!" Chen Gong was the first to wake up. He followed Ma Chao's guidance and his memory came to life. He wanted to take back Puyang with all his strength... In these two battles, we were able to defeat Cao Cao because we knew his intentions, and Cao Cao had nothing to do. But after the army reversed, we could no longer guess Cao Cao target, and thus was led by the nose by Cao Cao..."

"That's right! And up to now, we still don't know how Cao Cao will deal the cards. But there is one thing..." When he said this, Ma Chao couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, and a strange brilliance appeared in his eyes, and said: "One thing at this moment is that food and grass are the top priority of the two armies. We can't figure out Cao Cao's mind, so can't we create an opportunity for him?"

Just like that, the poor Hou Cheng and Xue Lan thought they were just performing ordinary tasks, so they led two thousand soldiers and horses into Juye County, Shanyang County to collect grain.But in fact, they didn't know that they had been sold by Ma Chao, Lu Bu, Chen Gong and others as bait to lure Cao Cao to attack...

However, although the two of them didn't know about it, their lives should be safe: half a day after they dispatched troops, Ma Chao led Gan Ning, Lu Qiling and others; while Lu Bu led Wei Xu, Cheng Lian, etc. They led [-] soldiers and horses each, and sneaked in two routes to ambush at both ends of Juye County.Afterwards, Chen Gong personally led all the troops, and set off as a rear guard!

With such all-round and three-dimensional protection, Hou Cheng and Xue Lan, not to mention just collecting food, even if they want to cut their wrists to commit suicide, then Lu Bu and Ma Chao can also arrive in time to save them!As for Cao Cao, who has the Pan Snake Camp as his eyeliner and knows the essence of the Yanzhou War, Ma Chao couldn't believe it. After seeing Lu Bu's "last struggle", he couldn't help but not to fight!
As long as Cao Cao sends troops, he will fall into the net of heaven and earth laid by Ma Chao!And once Cao Cao falls into the net, no matter how hard he struggles, he will inevitably suffer a big defeat.Thus, the entire situation in Yanzhou can be changed in one battle!
Walking with such thoughts, it was night before he knew it. Ma Chao looked up at the sky and saw that the whole sky was like an overturned inkstone. dead black.The night wind was humid and dull, although it was slight but not soft, it was very uncomfortable to blow on the face.It seems that there is a chilling air permeating the world, floating in the night wind, or lurking in Ma Chao's heart:
"Cao Cao, this is the first real contact between us. Let me, Ma Mengqi, see what you, the number one soldier in the Three Kingdoms, have done!"

(End of this chapter)