The only advantage Chi You had was that he had Fan Li, a god-level counselor, who stood out from the crowd.
Although Zhao Kuangyin also had two god-level counselors, Yi Yin and Sun Bin, under his command, Zhao Kuangyin did not use his main force to deal with Chi You.
Yi Yin still helped Zhao Kuangyin perform the work of stabilizing the rear area, while Sun Bin participated in the war against Cao Cao with the army, and no one participated in dealing with Chi You.
It’s just that Liu Bei obviously took the route of insufficient quality and relying on quantity to make up for it in this regard. Each of the two groups of soldiers and horses has arranged several military advisors to provide military staff.
With almost all being in a weak position, how could Chi You not be at a disadvantage across the board?
Of course, Cao Cao and Chi You were brothers in need. The situation on Chi You's side was not very good. Although Cao Cao's side was slightly better, it was not much better.
Cao Ren is good at guarding and is Cao Cao's brother. Among all the generals under his command, Cao Ren is one of the most trusted by Cao Cao.
Therefore, Cao Cao made Cao Ren the governor of Yuzhou to resist Tian Dan's troops. As for him, he was facing generals, kings against kings, and personally faced off against Zhao Kuangyin's troops.
Cao Ren is indeed good at defense, and the overall quality of Cao Ren's forces is much stronger than that of Chi You's forces. Cao Ren is also assisted by famous generals such as Lu Su, Le Jin, Li Dian, Wang Nan, Cao Wei, and Wei Wuji.
At the beginning, even Tian Dan, as a god-level commander, did not take much advantage of Cao Ren, who was determined to defend.
However, when Sun Bin also started to intervene, it was obvious that Cao Ren was no longer an opponent.
Sun Bin's implanted identity was that of the Sun clan. Originally, he had always been silent among Zhao Kuangyin's influence and was not prepared to stand out.
However, this time, Zhao Kuangyin hit Cao Cao, so they had to intervene. Cao Cao was largely responsible for the demise of Sun Ce's power.
Although he was helping Zhao Kuangyin to fight Cao Cao, it was equivalent to avenging the Sun family. Not only Sun Bin, but other Sun generals such as Sun Luzhen had also been prepared to kill more Cao family members.
Cao Mengde is inherently suspicious. Although monarchs have more or less problems in this area, Lao Cao is definitely among the many monarchs in this regard and can be regarded as famous.
Sun Bin also heard that other Sun clan members mentioned some of the previous situations of Yuan Shu's power, and people like Wang Mang and Jiang Xiaobai made a big impression on Sun Bin. The first strategy Sun Bin set up for Zhao Kuangyin was to start with Wang Mang and set up a countermeasure for Cao Mengde.
At the same time, Sun Bin presented Tian Dan with plans to increase and reduce stoves, pretending to temporarily bypass Cao Ren and divide his troops to attack.
Cao Ren can be trusted by Cao Cao, and he naturally has a cautious side in his character. However, as Xuzhou's soldiers and horses, the daily smoke from cooking is getting less and less. Instead, the scouts come to report, and the single soldier and horse that are separated have enough smoke from cooking every day. It is twice as much as the smoke from soldiers and horses in Xuzhou here.
Sitting down with such an attitude, Tian Dan and Sun Bin worked together to confuse Cao Ren. With Cao Ren's ability, he couldn't detect any obvious flaws at all.
Fearing that Tian Dan would really detour to their rear, Cao Ren had no choice but to take the risk. Of course, Cao Ren also had his own small thoughts in mind when he attacked. If he could defeat part of the enemy while the enemy was dividing his forces and achieve the goal of dividing and defeating them, then this battle might not be without a turn.
Cao Ren gave up his previous decision to defend, and instead took the initiative to attack after Tian Dan divided his troops. This was considered to have completely fallen into Sun Bin's plan.
When the real battle began for Cao Ren, something happened that made him desperate.
Judging from the smoke from the previous kitchen, the number of soldiers and horses here is now only one-third of the original number. However, when they started fighting, they found that the number of enemy soldiers and horses had doubled than they expected. .
This also completely knocked Cao Ren into the abyss.
In this battle, Cao Jun's generals Su Long, Wang Xun, Wei Shuyou, Wei Shuye, Wang Xiong and many other generals were all killed in the battle. Even Man Chong, one of the early counselors of Cao Cao's group, did not escape this disaster and was captured alive by Tian Dan. And dedicated it to Zhao Kuangyin.
As one of the early counselors of the Cao Cao Group, Man Chong is quite capable, and he can barely be considered a generalist, and can even move wherever needed!
Zhao Kuangyin had a certain intention of conquering this person, but unfortunately, Man Chong's character was too tough, and others were even more loyal to Cao Cao and were not willing to switch to the second master. Zhao Kuangyin scolded him for what happened on the spot. He was so bloody that he also reduced the cultural relics under Zhao Kuangyin to be worthless, which was quite similar to the original style of Miheng.
Zhao Kuangyin also tried hard to suppress the thought of throwing Man Chong directly into the oil pan and frying him. He planned to put him in the prison first and then slowly deal with him. As long as the person is not dead, there will always be a chance to subdue him. .
However, Man Chong did not give the other party this chance at all. When the other party was not paying attention, he directly touched the pillar and died on the spot, directly killing all Zhao Kuangyin's thoughts.
In addition, Cao Cao's general Heipao was also deeply trapped by the enemy in this battle. Faced with the joint siege of Sun Luzhen and the four generals Bichen, Bihan, and Bishu on the battlefield, he could not escape at all. Opportunity.
The three generals Bichen, Bihan, and Pishu were already at the peak level individually. With the increase in combined skills, each person's combat power reached the level of a junior general. After the three people join forces, even high-level generals can compete with them. Although the final result is likely to still be a loss, it may not be easy for the high-level god to defeat the three of them together!
There are so many strong generals in General Tian Dan, all of them are used to deal with Heipao, obviously they have the intention of capturing the opponent alive.
However, it was precisely because there were so many strong generals gathered here in Heipao that many generals such as Cao Ren and Hei Lian were given the opportunity to escape.
With this great victory, Tian Dan worked hard to capture the half of Runan County controlled by Cao Cao. On the other hand, General Zhao Sheng led the army to pursue the remnants of Cao Ren who had fled, hoping to capture Cao Ren's army in one go. All the remaining soldiers were wiped out and they took advantage of the situation to invade Yingchuan County.
However, what Tian Dan did not expect was that Zhao Sheng's pursuit of the troops not only retreated in defeat, but also suffered a huge defeat. If General Yao Xing hadn't fought tooth and nail to save him, Zhao Sheng himself probably wouldn't have been able to return alive.
(End of chapter)
