Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 401

"I'm so angry! I'm so close, I can take down Ji County! That damned steppe tartar, dare to spoil my good deeds!"

After Cao Cao returned to Daying, he cursed angrily.

"My lord, if we continue to attack the city tomorrow, we will definitely be able to take down Ji County!"

Xu Chu said to Cao Cao.

"Oh, it's impossible. The morale of our army has been exhausted. It is even more difficult to win Ji County than to reach the sky!"

Cao Cao sighed.

"Ugh!"

Hearing what Cao Cao said, all the princes present sighed.

Is this the end of this discussion with Liu Daye?
Everyone present couldn't help but have such a thought.

"No, we must attack the city again tomorrow. Although our morale is exhausted, Liu Wei's army suffered heavy losses today! We may not be able to take Ji County!"

Yuan Tan who was sitting on the side suddenly stood up and shouted loudly.

"Hmph! If you want to go, you Yuan Jiajun can go by yourself, we Xiliang Army will not accompany you!"

Ma Chao on the side snorted coldly.

In this battle, their Xiliang army was the first to fight, and they suffered heavy losses. Even the most elite Ma family lion army of their Xiliang army lost more than half, but they returned without success.

In Ma Chao's view, the most important reason for the defeat of this battle was Cao Cao's command error. If Cao Cao left tens of thousands of troops and horses by his side, he would not be attacked by foreign cavalry who came to support him and lead to retreat. If they can persist In half an hour, the Liaozhou army will definitely be unable to resist, and then they will be able to drive Liu Wei off the city of Jixian, and they will definitely win the battle of Jixian.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao stood up and pointed at Cao Cao and shouted: "And you, if you hadn't sent all the soldiers and horses to the city of Jixian County because of your command error, how could we be defeated? Now we can all be defeated in Jixian County. It's in the city!"

"What did you say?"

As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, Xu Chu who was behind Cao Cao glared at Ma Chao. If Ma Chao said anything else, Xu Chu would most likely strike.

Cao Cao's face was also dulled by Ma Chao's words, and he did not stop Xu Chu's behavior.

"Meng Qi, don't be unreasonable, back down!"

Ma Teng reprimanded Ma Chao.

"Humph!"

Ma Chao snorted coldly, glanced at Cao Cao, then retreated to Ma Teng's side, and stopped talking.

"Prime Minister Cao, the dog is young and speaks outspokenly. If there is any offense, please bear with me!"

Ma Teng bowed his hands to Cao Cao and said apologetically.

Cao Cao glanced at Ma Teng, did not answer him, and then said: "Everyone, now is not the time to pursue who is responsible, but to discuss what we should do next! Whether to fight or retreat!"

"Fight? How to fight? Liu Wei's grandson won't come out of Jixian City. We had a chance to break the city yesterday, but we lost the chance. Now we are afraid that we really have nothing to do with Liu Wei!"

His good brother Han Sui who was sitting opposite Ma Teng also spoke.

"Report!"

At this moment, a coalition soldier walked into the big tent, knelt on the ground on one knee, and said: "Yesterday our army braved the wind and rain to attack the city. A soldier with a weak constitution has a high fever, and the physicians in the army are helpless because of the lack of herbs!"

"You... this!"

Cao Cao stood up and frowned at the soldier in front of him.

Originally, their morale was a little low after they failed in the battle yesterday, but now that many soldiers are sick, how can they fight like this?

"It's not a problem. Since our soldiers have caught the wind and cold, and Liu Wei's soldiers are not made of iron, they must also be sick. It won't be too late for us to attack Ji County for a few days!"

Xin Ping next to Yuan Tan spoke.

"Hmm! It makes sense, order the doctors in the army to treat the soldiers as soon as possible. It won't be too late for us to attack Ji County in a few days!"

Cao Cao also spoke.

They all thought that the soldiers of the Liao Army in Jixian County were like them, all contracted the wind and cold and lost their combat effectiveness, but this was not the case.

After the coalition soldiers were defeated, Liu Wei ordered all the battalions to boil water for the soldiers to drink to remove the chill in their bodies.

At the same time, Liu Wei ordered new dry clothes to be distributed to the soldiers, and asked them to change into dry clothes. When celebrating at night, the wine they drank was warm wine heated on the fire. Take the chill out.At night, the soldiers slept with sheepskin quilts. After covering them like this, they would sweat a lot, and they would recover even if they were about to get sick.

Even if there are special soldiers with weak physiques, they will still catch wind and cold, but they are still a minority, not as many as the coalition forces.

Eighty percent of the soldiers in the coalition army were infected with wind-cold to varying degrees, and only [-]% of the soldiers were not sick, while less than [-]% of the soldiers in the Liao army were infected with wind-cold, and [-]% of the soldiers were still alive and kicking.

"My lord, I guess the enemy army will definitely not take precautions against wind and cold like we do, and they don't have the supplies to prevent wind and cold, so after any heavy rain yesterday, most of the soldiers of the coalition army will definitely get sick!"

Xu Shu spoke to Liu Wei.

"Well, it's natural. The medicines in their army are definitely not enough. Even if they want to save the soldiers, they won't be able to save them! What if we send troops to attack them now? How?"

Liu Wei asked.

"No, no, we can't send troops now!"

Xu Shu said.

"Why?"

Liu Wei asked suspiciously.

"My lord, the wind-cold disease is contagious. Let's wait for a few days until all of them are infected with the wind-cold, then they will all lose their combat effectiveness, and our soldiers will almost recover after these few days of treatment. Now, when the time comes, we will fight against a sick brigade with a full-blown army, how can we be invincible! Hahahaha!"

Xu Shu opened his mouth to answer.

"Oh? Hahahaha!"

Liu Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"Yuan Zhi, Yuan Zhi, I thought you were a kind and honest person, but I didn't expect you to be so cunning!"

Liu Wei pointed at Xu Shu and said with a smile
"My lord, this is the way to win! Hahahaha!"

Xu Shu also laughed heartily.

"My lord, Yuanzhi, what are you two talking about, are you talking so happily?"

Guo Jia came in from the outside at this time, seeing the two smiling so happily, he couldn't help asking.

"Secret, this is a secret! I can't tell you!"

Liu Wei pretended to be mysterious and said.

"Hey, if I'm guessing right, it should be when the two of you discussed how to counterattack, right?"

Guo Jia also smiled, and then asked.

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Liu Wei and the three looked at each other, and then all laughed.

(End of this chapter)