Chapter 2697: Yin Zhou fights against Huang Feihu, Niu Mo forgets to defeat Wu Wenhua
Although Niu Mowang's first victory seemed easy on the surface, it was actually carefully planned by Le Yi.
During the Baiqi period of Dongjun's strategy, only Puyang, Baima, Yanxian and other counties were left to be conquered, while the rest of the counties had been captured by the Qin army.
Puyang City is the last barrier in the west of Dongjun. Once it falls, Bai Qi's army can directly attack Jiyin County.
Jiyin is located to the east of Chenliu County and belongs to the rear area of Cao Wei. Dingtao, where the government was established, is also the location of Dingtao Cang, one of the four major granaries of Cao Wei.
Cao Cao had considered the issue of food and grass before the war began. After all, if Qin and Wei started a war, the three counties of Dongjun, Chenliu, and Yingchuan in the west of Cao Wei would definitely become battlefields. In the early stages of the war, it would be difficult for Cao Cao's army to stop the Qin army.
Cao Cao was worried that the Qin army would seize a large amount of grain and grass, and then use Cao's army's grain and grass to attack Cao Wei, so after discussing with his advisers, he decided to set up four granaries to centrally store grain and grass.
The locations of these four granaries, from west to east, are: Chenliu Jujube Granary, Jiyin Dingtao Granary, Shanyang Changyi Granary, and Peiguo Qiao Granary.
Among them, the jujube warehouse at the forefront is responsible for supplying grain to the three major battlefields on the Western Front, so it naturally stores the most grain. It stores nearly one-third of Cao Wei's grain reserves, which is enough to support hundreds of thousands of Cao's troops on the Western Front for eight months. Use.
It can also be seen from this that Cao Cao was not very sure about whether he could hold the Western Front, otherwise he would not have left only eight months of food and grass on the Western Front.
If Cao Cao's army could defend the western front for more than half a year under the fierce attack of more than 400,000 Qin troops, it would be enough to show that the war between Qin and Wei had entered a stalemate.
By that time, even if the grain in the jujube warehouse is not enough, it will still be enough to transport grain from the Dingtao warehouse in the rear. After all, Jiyin is right next to Chenliu.
It must be said that Cao Cao's calculations were very shrewd, but he did not expect that Le Yi, who he had high hopes for, would be so vulnerable to Bai Qi after the fall of Baimadu.
At this time, the main force of Cao Wei was dragged on the western front by Zhang Liao, and the defense force of Jiyin County was relatively weak.
If Bai Qi's army really attacks Jiyin County, it may be difficult to defend Dingtao City relying solely on Cao Wei's defense force in Jiyin.
This is also the main reason why after Zhu Di learned the news, he decisively sent Lan Yu and his army to Dongjun for rescue without much thought.
The fall of Dongjun and even Puyang City is nothing, but once the Qin army invades Jiyin and eventually causes the fall of Dingtao, the consequences will be really disastrous.
Zhu Di knew very well that this sixth Central Plains War would affect his whole body. No matter how well he fought on the Eastern Front, it would be useless. If Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin on the Western Front could not hold on, the Ming Dynasty on the Eastern Front would still have to finish. Therefore, naturally we cannot turn a blind eye while watching Bai Qi invade Jiyin.
Zhu Di gave Cao Cao the greatest assistance within his capabilities. Not only did he send a full 40,000 elite troops as reinforcements, but he also sent Lan Yu, the commander-in-chief after Xu Shiji and Xu Da, and Niu Mowang, the most powerful general in the Central Plains.
But no matter how strong the reinforcements are, Le Yi must be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive.
If Puyang City is captured by the Qin army before Lan Yu arrives, with such a large border as Jiyin County, Lan Yu's 40,000 troops alone will not be able to stop Bai Qi from attacking Jiyin County.
Le Yi naturally knew this, so when Baimadu had just fallen, he was already preparing for the defense of Puyang City.
In the battle of Baimadu, Le Yi was tricked by Bai Qi's conspiracy, allowing the Qin army to easily break through the Yellow River defense line and invade Dongjun. However, Le Yi's subsequent actions also stabilized Cao Wei's decline in Dongjun.
While Le Yi retreated to Baima City, he ordered Yin Zhou to abandon important places such as Yanjin and Wenshijin and retreat to Yan County. These two measures directly protected the northern gate of Zizao and Chenliu.
Yin Zhou is worthy of being the most powerful general of Cao Wei. He has made many outstanding performances in the previous battles in the Central Plains. Although he did not play a role in the battle of Baimadu because he guarded Yanjin, he could stabilize Yan County after , but he personally led the elite to attack from all sides, harassing the Qin army's rear, and achieved remarkable results, which disturbed Huang Feihu, Deng Jiugong and other troops and could not concentrate on attacking Baima City.
It's not that Bai Qi never thought of solving Yin Zhou's problem first, and then concentrate on conquering Baima City, but Yin Zhou's strategy is not weak, and there is Cheng Yu who advises him, so ordinary strategies will not be fooled at all. .
Bai Qi's plan failed twice, so he ordered Huang Feihu to lead 30,000 infantry and cavalry, as well as Deng Jiugong and other generals, specifically to target Yin Zhou to death, preparing to restrain Yin Zhou so that he could attack Baima City without any worries.
But as a super general, how could Yin Zhou be so easy to restrict?
The battle between Huang Feihu and Yin Zhou was also extremely exciting.
Huang Feihu, who has merged with the Yellow Wind Monster, has further improved his combat power and future potential. Although he is still only the God of War at base 106 and has not yet reached the peak of 107, his overall strength is already comparable to the God of War at base 107.
But even such a powerful Huang Feihu, even if he teamed up with Deng Jiugong, was still no match for Yin Zhou.
Each super general has its own characteristics, such as: Lu Bu's superior ability in group combat, his instant explosive power when favored, Jia Fu's super explosive power after being injured, etc.
But among the many super generals, Yin Zhou's presence is not strong. His record is not good, and his ranking on the general list has never been high. It seems that Yin Zhou is the weakest super general. .
But this is not the case.
Yin Zhou was actually very strong. The main reason why his performance was not impressive was because the opponents he encountered were too strong.
Before Yin Zhou became a super god, the opponents he encountered were either Xiang Yu, Li Yuanba, Hou Yi, or Luo Shixin. After he became a super god general, he was overwhelmed by Niu Mowang, so Yin Zhou's record seemed very poor. Poor, but in fact his strength is no weaker than other super generals, and he also has his own characteristics.
Yin Zhou became a super general when his base strength was 106. Now after so many years, after many hardships and hard battles, his base strength has also improved a bit, reaching 107 (+2). Otherwise, how can he save his life with Niu Mowang's men?
Bai Qi just asked Huang Feihu to restrain Yin Zhou, but when Yin Zhou faced Huang Feihu, his tactics were completely different from before, and he did not actively avoid the battle.
Since Yin Zhou dared to fight, Huang Feihu naturally had no reason to avoid fighting. But what he never expected was that the Cao army led by Yin Zhou was much more powerful than the ordinary Cao army. The two sides fought many times, and unexpectedly A one to one battle loss ratio.
This is not to say that the combat effectiveness of Cao's army is weaker than that of Qin's army. The two elites, such as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Tiger's Ben Army, are not even weaker than the elite of Qin's army. However, in terms of conventional troops, we know that the casualty ratio of Cao's army is higher than that of Qin's army. Much bigger.
Although the comprehensive combat power of Yin Zhou's troops was strong, it was not at the level of an elite battalion. It was able to train the regular army to a level comparable to that of the Qin army with very few resources, which clearly shows the strength of Yin Zhou's training and leadership capabilities.
Huang Feihu was naturally not afraid of fighting for consumption, and he even wished that Yin Zhou would compete with him for consumption. After all, the number of elites in Yin Zhou's hands was limited after all, and if one died, one would be lost, but he did not want to fall into Cheng Yu's scheme.
Huang Feihu's attention was focused on Yin Zhou, but he ignored Yin Wugeng, the son of Yin Zhou.
Huang Feihu was attracted by Yin Zhou all the way to Yan County. When he was far away from Bai Qi's large army, he discovered that Yin Wugeng had been leading a partial division, but continued to interfere with the Qin army's offensive in the rear.
Huang Feihu actually did this intentionally. He wanted to find Yin Zhou's flaws and see if Cao Jun would ambush him. He pretended to fall into the trap and ambush Cao Jun, but he underestimated the wisdom of Yin Zhou's military advisor Cheng Yu. .
Cheng Yu took advantage of Huang Feihu's psychology to lure Huang Feihu and Deng Jiugong to Yan County, and entangled each other so that they could not retreat. This way, there would be a hollow in the rear of the Qin army in the Baima City area, and the partial division led by Yin Wugeng launched a sneak attack.
Bai Qi was personally in charge of Baima City, and Yin Wugeng's sneak attack was destined to be impossible to succeed. However, Yin Wugeng also learned the true skills of Cao Cao in his military use. He was very clean and neat, and escaped immediately if he missed a hit.
Firstly, Bai Qi wanted to divide his troops to catch this loach, and secondly, he wanted to be prepared for Yin Wugeng's return, so he was naturally at a loss to attack Baima City. In addition, Le Yi was extremely strict in defense. Bai Qi's several attacks failed to achieve much results. , and voluntarily gave up the attack on Baima City.
Before Bai Qi attacked Baima, he had already sent Jia Fu to capture Puyang. Now that Baima City would be difficult to capture in a short time, he was ready to wait for news from Puyang. Once Puyang was captured, the morale of Cao's army in Baima City would be greatly reduced. , the difficulty and casualties of storming will also be greatly reduced.
At the same time, Bai Qi also ordered to recall Huang Feihu, and all his generals were sent out. Li Cunxiao had not arrived in Dongjun yet, so there was no one available for the dignified general, and even Yin Wugeng could show off his power.
After Huang Feihu received the order, he naturally led his army to retreat, but how could Yin Zhou let him leave so easily? After many entanglements, more intense conflicts broke out between the two sides.
Huang Feihu judged that Yin Zhou was stronger than him through several brief battles before, so he prepared to join forces with Deng Jiugong to defeat or even kill Yin Zhou.
As for the specific plan, it was to pretend to retreat first, wait for Yin Zhou to pursue him, and then launch a counterattack.
The facts were indeed as Huang Feihu expected. Yin Zhou led his army to pursue him, but Yin Zhou only followed but did not get close. He obviously saw through Huang Feihu's intention, so he was not fooled.
Seeing this, Huang Feihu decisively commanded the army to counterattack, but he and Deng Jiugong still failed to capture Yin Zhou, and instead were defeated by Yin Zhou.
106 Huang Feihu + 105 Deng Jiugong, although he is defeated by 107 Yin Zhou, he still has the ability to protect himself.
But with the defeat of Huang Feihu and Deng Jiugong, the morale of the Qin army naturally dropped sharply, and the number of casualties was higher than that of the Yin and Zhou army for the first time.
Huang Feihu couldn't win, and he couldn't retreat. For a while, the war in Yan County came to a stalemate.
Bai Qi didn't know what to think, so he suspended his attack on Baima City and turned his attention to Puyang City. Winning this way could also break the deadlock, but variables still appeared.
Le Yi was well aware of the importance of Puyang City. When Baimadu had just fallen, he sent Le Cheng, Lejian and his son, and Le Jin to lead 8,000 elite troops to station in Puyang City.
Le Cheng's performance in the Battle of Baimadu was not good. He allowed the Qin army to attack the water stronghold he defended several times, causing a lot of casualties to Cao's army. However, Ke Leyi ignored the opposition and was still willing to reuse him.
This made Le Cheng ashamed and extremely moved at the same time, and he vowed to defend Puyang City.
This is what Le Cheng said and what he did. After Jia Fu led an army of 40,000 to besiege the city, he took his son to live at the top of the city, as if the city was alive and people were dying in the city.
Under the strict defense of Le Cheng, Le Jian, and Le Jin, Jia Fu attacked the city with all his strength for ten days. Although the city was filled with blood and a mess, he still failed to break Puyang City.
Seeing that Puyang City had run out of ammunition and food and was no longer able to defend it, Lan Yu arrived with 40,000 elite Ming troops.
Although Jia Fu was unwilling, he could still order a temporary retreat. After all, the Qin army had been attacking the city for ten consecutive days and had consumed a lot of money. It would be too much of a disadvantage to start a war with the Ming army directly.
Jia Fu ordered to retreat thirty miles and set up camp, preparing to take a rest and regroup before coming back to compete with Lan Yu.
Lan Yu marched hastily for half a month, and the army was extremely exhausted, but he only rested in Puyang City for two days before leading the county to the west. He was extremely eager to fight because he knew that the earlier he attacked, the more advantage he would have.
Naturally, Jia Fu would not go to war now, and Lan Yu, in order to force the Qin army to go to war, sent people to scold him day and night, with all kinds of filthy and slanderous words coming out one after another.
At first, Qin Jun didn't care, but after hearing it for a long time, he couldn't help but become upset and angry.
Wu Wenhua couldn't hold it back and went into battle against the order, and even defeated Niu Hong, but this also attracted the big BOSS Niu Mowang.
Although Wu Wenhua defeated Niu Hong with a base strength of 105, facing Niu Mowang with a base strength of 109, even if he broke through before the battle, he was still beaten without the ability to fight back.
The originally strong camp was in danger of breaking under Niu Mowang's offensive. No matter how Hao Zhao commanded, he could not reverse the decline.
In their second battle after joining the army, Hao Zhao and Wu Wenhua were brutally beaten by the world's top combat forces. If Jia Fu had not led Qin Niu and Yu Yuan to rescue them in time, Hao Zhao and Wu Wenhua would have died at Niu Mowang's death. in hand.
"Senior Niu Kui, long time no see."
After Yu Yuan saw Niu Mowang, he did not take action, but even said hello.
Seeing this, Niu Mowang didn't take any further action, but still said with a cold face: "Yu Yuan, if I remember correctly, you are Senior Sister Jin Ling's apprentice, shouldn't you call me Uncle Senior? "
(End of chapter)
