"It hurts me too!"
When the news reached Cao Cao's camp before Hulao Pass, and after hearing that his sons and clan brothers had been killed in battle, Cao Cao couldn't hold it back, and he was so stimulated that he had a headache at this time. stand up.
Previously, when Liu Rengui sent the message, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already sent troops to support them. However, Liu Rengui was cooperating with Cao Shen to attack Xiaopingjin, and their remaining ships were simply not enough to support too many reinforcements from the waterway to Xiaopingjin.
In desperation, their reinforcements could only set off by land. Starting from the land route, we must pass through Hanoi. Even if we don't capture all of them, we still have to capture several major cities.
Although there were only a few second-line county soldiers left in Hanoi, and many of them surrendered, it still took a lot of time for Cao and Yuan's reinforcements. Even before their reinforcements arrived, the news that Cao Shen and his entire army had been wiped out had already been sent back.
"Quickly, call the doctor!" Cao Cao's appearance made those around him anxious. The generals and counselors immediately called for the doctor one by one, fearing that Cao Cao would become ill.
As the leader of a force, Cao Cao is their core. If something happens to Cao Cao, their force will suffer the biggest blow.
After a while of turmoil, Cao Cao's situation finally calmed down.
"If I don't take revenge for this, I swear that I will not be a human being!" Cao Cao, who had woken up, thought of the death of one of his sons and several clan brothers in the battle, his heart was as sharp as a knife, and his eyes were red and he said with hatred.
"Go and invite King Yecheng to come over!" After calming down a little, Cao Cao ordered Cheng Yu beside him.
Cao Cao knew very well that even if he just broke through the Hulao Pass in front of him, his current strength was not enough, let alone dealing with the entire Li Xiang force to avenge his son Cao Ning and other clan generals who died in the battle.
Among the 30,000 Cao and Yuan coalition forces that attacked Xiaopingjin, although Yuan Shao accounted for the majority and Cao Cao only sent 10,000 troops, Cao Cao only stationed 30,000 troops at Hulao Pass.
His remaining 20,000 troops alone were not as large as the Jin troops stationed at Hulao Pass, let alone the ability to break through Hulao Pass on his own.
Therefore, Cao Cao knew that if he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take revenge, he would probably be unable to do without Yuan Benchu's help.
Fortunately, the two of them have not had any conflict of interest in the past few years. Although their relationship has begun to weaken after becoming princes, they can still talk to each other.
What's more, it was not only Cao Cao who suffered heavy losses this time, but Yuan Benchu also suffered heavy losses. The second most powerful general under his command also fell into this battle.
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Liangzhou.
"General, the enemy has really come out of the city to fight our army!" Yuwen Chengdu said with some surprise. After all, the enemy has been huddled in the city for quite a long time.
"I have placed these 70,000 troops in front of the enemy. How could the enemy not come?" Obviously, Bai Qi was very confident in his arrangement. Therefore, he was not surprised at all when the enemy troops went out of the city to engage in field battles.
At the beginning, when Su Lie annihilated Han Sui and led an army of 100,000 to join Bai Qi, Bai Qi and Su Lie had already reached 170,000 troops.
Among the three enemy forces, there are only 130,000 troops in total, and the rest are the newly recruited recruits. Those recruits have no combat effectiveness at all, and can only be used to defend the city. use.
If they really dared to use these new soldiers for field battles, they might not be able to withstand a few charges from the Jin cavalry and would be scattered and fled.
Precisely because there was no hope of victory in the field battle, Fu Jian, Ma Teng, Yu Juluo and others, after discussing it, simply huddled in the city and started the defensive battle peacefully.
Bai Qi, Su Lie and others had made plans several times to lure each other out of the city, but Fu Jian, Ma Teng, and Yu Juluo also had many talents under their command, so naturally they would not fall for Bai Qi, Su Lie and others' schemes easily.
After several attempts to make plans to no avail, Bai Qi and Su Lie also knew that these little tricks alone might not succeed. If there are not enough benefits and enough temptations, I am afraid that the enemy will never leave the city.
Hence, the scene designed by Bai Qi today.
"Have you confirmed that Su Dingfang really went to Beidi County?" Looking at the army leaving the city, Fu Jian asked to the left and right.
In fact, this is the third time Fu Jian has asked this question today. It is related to the safety of the entire army and the outcome of this battle. Even though his subordinates have given him affirmative answers many times, Fu Jian still couldn't help but ask a few more questions. They really couldn't afford to lose this battle today.
"Lord, Su Lie has arrived in Beidi County for three days." Fu Jian's subordinate replied cautiously.
Although Fu Jian had asked this question several times, he did not dare to be dissatisfied with Fu Jian in the slightest due to his insignificant status as a subordinate. He still had to answer Fu Jian's questions carefully.
"What's the difference between walking and riding?" Fu Jian still asked worriedly.
"My lord, I have seventy thousand soldiers on foot and thirty thousand horses on horseback."
After hearing this and confirming the situation again, Fu Jian breathed a sigh of relief.
Previously, Bai Qi ordered Su Lie to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Beidi County, and he continued to lead an army of 70,000 to deal with the enemy's main force in Hanyang County.
Bai Qi believes that his 70,000 troops have already arrived at his door. How can the other party remain unmoved? What's more, if the enemy army doesn't take advantage of Bai Qi's division of troops to attack Bai Qi's group with all their strength, then their territory will only be swallowed up step by step by Su Lie.
Su Lie's army was also very particular about the deployment of troops. Most of the 100,000-strong army were infantry. Even if the cavalry could gallop thousands of miles back to Bai Qi's side, the infantry definitely did not have this ability.
And even if these 30,000 cavalry can attack thousands of miles back, Bai Qi is still the laggard in terms of military strength, and Fu Jian and the others still have a great chance of winning.
This is a conspiracy, Bai Qi is not afraid that Fu Jian and the others will not fight. Or in other words, if Fu Jian and the others wanted to find a chance to win this battle, he had to go out of the city to fight.
At the same time, Yuwen Chengdu and Bai Qi also discussed this issue.
"General, our army only has 70,000 troops. At this moment, the enemy's army is 130,000 strong. Its strength is nearly twice that of our army. Our army..." Yuwen Chengdu did not say any more. Obviously, in this situation Given the disparity in military strength, Yuwen Chengdu actually had considerable doubts about the outcome of this battle.
"Who said our army only has 70,000 troops? Our army clearly has more than 100,000 troops!" Bai Qi looked forward and said slowly.
Although Bai Qi asked Su Lie to lead an army of 100,000 troops and only retained 70,000 troops to lure the enemy into battle, he would not really use only 70,000 troops to fight against the enemy's 130,000 troops.
If the enemy generals were just incompetent, let alone using 70,000 to defeat 130,000, even if 70,000 were used to defeat 200,000, Bai Qi would not necessarily be that scared.
However, in the current situation, the enemy's generals are clearly talented. There is no shortage of commanders, wise men, and fierce generals. They are not much worse than our own side.
Under this comparison of strength between the two sides, even for Bai Qi, it would be too risky to fight 130,000 with 70,000, and the 30,000 cavalry under Su Lie are Bai Qi's back-up men. one.
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