Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 889

Under the leadership of Li Yan, the Three Thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry is like a pack of wolves hunting together. They are not eager to attack their prey. Instead, they are a stone’s throw away from Cao Renjun’s place, slowly walking around, observing the “prey” "The action, once a flaw in the prey is discovered, it will rush forward without hesitation.

At the same time, Cao Ren was also observing his opponent. This Xiliang iron cavalry is one man and two horses. The knights on horseback have superb eyes. Obviously they have been fighting for a long time. He himself has brought cavalry. He naturally knows the cavalry. Sharpness.

"Retreat, the enemy is in a strong position. If our army is forced to attack, I am afraid it will fall into it and it will be difficult to extricate itself."

Li Yan shook his head. Anyway, the purpose of his three thousand cavalry was to rescue Jiangling City. As long as he could save Jiangling City, he would have done a great job. He still didn't have such a big appetite and swallowed Cao Ren's nearly 20,000 army.

"Return to the camp and call the generals for discussion."

Cao Ren looked at the three thousand cavalry standing on the opposite side, his face was uncertain, snorted, and then he waved his hand, and the 20,000 army remained unchanged and slowly returned to the camp.

After seeing the enemy returning to the camp, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Someone will go down to the city to report to Lieutenant Wei Yan, and the rest will follow me to the woods in the west of the city to take a rest."

The envoy sent by Li Yan flew to the city and yelled to the city, "Can Captain Wei Yan be here?"

"I will be here, I thanked General Li Lang for me." Wei Yan shouted.

"It's okay. Our army is stationed outside the woods in the west of the city. We will not enter the city for the time being. Please forgive me, Lieutenant Wei."

Logically speaking, now that Jiangling City has few soldiers, Li Yan should enter the city. However, Li Yanjun is a cavalry. The key to the use of cavalry lies in mobility. Three thousand cavalry stationed outside the city can attack Cao Renjun at any time, effectively restraining Cao Ren's 20,000 army.

Once in the city, Cao Ren swept his army around the gates on all sides, and the three thousand cavalry would not be able to leave the city, and their mobility would be restricted, which was equivalent to abolishing.

Therefore, after hearing that Li Yan's three thousand cavalry were stationed outside the city, Wei Yan was relieved. It seemed that Jiangling who had come for reinforcements at least knew how to fight with cavalry.

"Okay, say hello to Li Langjiang for me."

After sending off the messenger, Wei Yan was still very busy. He wanted to visit the wounded soldiers and refurbish the city defense. A lot of horrible things were waiting for him to deal with.

In Cao Ying, Cao Ren had a calm face.

"Damn, I didn't expect Xiliang Iron Cavaliers to come to support me, and I would take down Jiangling, at most only half an hour, I can't think of a loss, alas!"

Niu Jin let out a long sigh and smashed the table in dissatisfaction.

Cao Tai also sighed and shook his head.

Cao Ren didn't say much, but looked at Man Chong: "Bo Ning, is there any strategy to take down Jiangling City?"

Man Chong shook his head: "It's impossible for the enemy army to only send iron cavalry. It must have followed the army after the iron cavalry. By then, our army will be surrounded by the enemy."

"How can it be?"

Man Chong’s eyes shone brightly: "The reason why our army attacked Jiangling was to cut off the Xiliang army’s grain road, so that Jingzhou was divided into two. Now our army is surrounded by Jiangling, it is not impossible to cut off the enemy’s grain and grass. transport."

Cao Ren understood what Man Chong meant, and nodded: "Well, in that case, our army will be exhausted with the enemy in Jiangling City!"

Since Li Yan led the iron cavalry and stationed outside the city, forming a serious threat to Cao Ren's army, Cao Ren did not continue to attack Jiangling, but stationed outside Jiangling city, and at the same time sent troops to intercept the transportation of grain and grass to Jingnan.

Cao Ren casts nets on all sides, and the soldiers and horses of the grain transport team are naturally inferior to him. It is impossible to send an army to **** the grain and grass, right?

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Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

Cao Cao spent most of his time in Shouchun because he fought in Jiangdong. Shouchun is connected to Jiangdong in the south and Qing and Xuzhou in the north. The geographical position is very important.

Therefore, Xun Yu, Cao Cao's most trusted counselor, has always been in Pengcheng personally, acting for Cao Cao in government affairs.

"Prime Minister, why are you here?"

Xun Yu, who had just handled political affairs in the government office, returned home and couldn't help being surprised, because an unexpected person suddenly appeared at his home.

"Wen Ruo, ha ha, the court has worked hard for you these days when you are away."

Cao Cao smiled and patted Xun Yu on the shoulder, with a few words of comfort.

"The prime minister returned to Pengcheng, but is he going to see the emperor?"

"No, I have already mobilized Jiangdong Heqing and Xuzhou Erzhou soldiers and horses to attack Liu Ye!" Cao Cao said ambitiously.

Xun Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded him: "The prime minister listens to me. The strength of our army is far from Liu Ye. Why would the prime minister want to start a full-scale war?"

An all-out war is extraordinary. Once it is launched, it will be endless. You have to use all the power of the whole country to determine a victory or defeat. It was just like the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping. After hearing that Bai Qi blocked the 400,000 Zhao army, King Qin Zhaoxiang went to the front without saying a word and mobilized all men over the age of fourteen in Qin to participate in the battle. Only then did he win the battle of Changping. victory. It can be said that Bai Qi's command level is high, but without the strong support of King Qin, it would be difficult to win a big victory.

The same was true in the three years of Chu and Han fighting for hegemony. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought against each other, fighting endlessly, killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers. As a result, when the Western Han Dynasty was founded, the national power was severely depleted. According to the rules, Emperor Han Gaozu required four horses of the same coat color to travel, but he couldn't find it. This shows that the battle for hegemony between the Chu and Han Dynasty caused a serious loss of national power.

Now the Xiliang Army is far stronger than Cao Jun in terms of territory, population, and strength. If it starts a war rashly, the pressure that Cao Jun will face is naturally conceivable after the war is turned into a war of attrition.

Cao Cao waved his hand: "Don't worry, Wen Ruo, I have arranged for Zixiao to raid Jiangling in order to attract Liu Yuqing's attention. This time I will send troops personally to attack Yanzhou!"

Xun Yu frowned and seemed to guess it: "The prime minister is planning to raid Luoyang?"

Cao Cao nodded and laughed loudly: "Wen Ruo deserves to be my son, I really know what I want!"

Yes, Cao Cao’s strategy is to mobilize troops and horses everywhere, order Cao Ren to attack in Jingzhou, attracting Liu Yuqing’s attention, and he returns to Xuzhou secretly, leading the elite troops to launch an offensive against Yanzhou, digging through Yanzhou all the way, and finally rushing to Luoyang to break through. At Hulao Pass, capture and kill Liu Xie!

Like today, the two emperors are standing side by side, and Cao Cao and Liu Ye each support an emperor, and attack each other, thinking that they are orthodox, and the people of the world are also confused.

What if there is only one emperor left in this world?