The Three Kingdoms: Zhaolie, the strategist, and the rise of the Han Dynasty
Chapter 8 Cao Bao is on the first level, Cao Cao is on the second level, who is on the third level?
Chapter 8 Cao Bao is on the first level, Cao Cao is on the second level, who is on the third level? (Please read on!)
"Zhang Miao had already shown his rebellious intentions a few days ago. Sima Xun had already seen through it, so he transferred General Xiahou Dun from Dongjun."
"General Xiahou has led his troops from Dongjun to Juancheng. He will surely be able to stop Lü Bu before Cao Gong returns to Yanzhou."
The person who was speaking was Xi Zhicai, a strategist and military advisor in Cao's camp.
This man was recommended by Xun Yu. He was resourceful and Cao Cao often consulted with him when he was on his campaigns in various directions. Cao Cao benefited greatly from his advice.
After hearing this news, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel relieved and sighed:
"Wen Ruozhen is my son's wife."
As soon as he finished speaking, a scout came on horseback to report.
"Report to Lord Cao, the pursuing troops from Xuzhou are coming!"
Hearing the news, everyone smiled.
"It's good that he came. If he hadn't come, I wouldn't have been able to rest easy."
Cao Cao stroked his beard and laughed loudly.
In order to guard against pursuit, he had been slowly moving his camp.
Such a retreat is very inefficient, but as long as the pursuing army is defeated and the people of Xuzhou are frightened, they will not dare to pursue again.
Then Cao Cao could return safely in a light vehicle.
Cao Cao ordered the scouts to continue investigating and learned that the person pursuing them was Cao Bao, a general under Tao Qian.
He turned around and said to the generals:
"Danyang is a place of dangerous mountains and rugged people, who are resolute and strong, fond of martial arts and war, and have noble spirit and strength. It is a place of elite soldiers."
"Tao Qian relied on him, so he was able to dominate the state."
"Don't underestimate the enemy when you engage him in battle."
All the generals bowed and replied, "Yes!"
The overall quality of Danyang's generals was relatively low. As the saying goes, one incompetent general can lead to the death of the entire army.
Therefore, even though the Danyang soldiers were brave, they were repeatedly defeated by Cao Cao.
Cao Bao led his troops to chase them all the way and finally caught up with them. He said happily:
"Fortunately, we are running fast and are finally one step ahead of Liu Bei!"
He then ordered the entire army to charge. The Danyang soldiers hated Cao's army deeply and rose up to move forward.
Cao Cao was well prepared and calmly commanded his soldiers to turn around and fight.
The two armies were locked in a fierce battle, with the sound of war drums beating and the mountains seeming to collapse.
In the valley, the strong wind came and went straight in.
The crisp sound of weapons colliding and the dull sound of blood and flesh splattering flew towards the mountains, rivers, and earth, and flew towards the vast sky.
Water has no constant shape, and soldiers have no constant position.
Although the Danyang soldiers had been defeated repeatedly by Cao Cao before, that was mostly because Cao Bao was incompetent and had poor command, and Cao's army was too powerful, so they were defeated.
But now in the valley, the brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road.
The Danyang soldiers fought hard with blood dripping from their bodies, filled with hatred for Cao's army.
The two sides fought until noon. The Danyang soldiers repeatedly broke through Cao's defense line but were eventually beaten back.
On the other side, Cao Bao was covered in wounds and most of the Danyang soldiers were also killed. Finally, he realized that something was wrong.
"Cao's army was well prepared, I fell into their trap!"
Cao Bao realized belatedly that this retreating Cao army was extremely difficult to deal with.
The entire army was on high alert, as if waiting for their arrival. How could they look like they were going to retreat?
"Quick! Pass my military order, retreat immediately!"
The overall strength of the Danyang soldiers is far inferior to that of Cao's army. It is not easy for them to resist for so long.
Cao Bao quickly prepared to withdraw his troops. On the other side, Cao Cao saw that the Xuzhou troops had withdrawn and did not pursue them.
He immediately ordered the camp to be broken up, and the entire army could return quickly.
This is a risky move. Slowly moving the camp forward can help prevent pursuit.
But if they abandon the baggage now and return quickly with light vehicles, it will be difficult for Cao's army to resist if pursuers come again.
Cao Ren was still a little worried and reminded:
"Lord Cao, our army should return quickly with light carriages. If the people of Xuzhou come back with an assembled army, our army will not be ready. What should we do?"
Cao Cao laughed loudly and said:
"Soldiers who, deception also."
"The people of Xuzhou have just been defeated. How dare they chase our victorious army with their defeated army?"
"We have now won the battle and repelled the pursuing troops. If we withdraw our troops slowly, Yanzhou will be lost!"
Xi Zhicai also echoed beside him:
"It's a risky move, but there is no one among the generals in Xuzhou who can see through our army's tricks." "You can evacuate without worry."
Seeing that both Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai, two super brains, said so, Cao Ren felt a little relieved.
He immediately turned around and prepared the army, and ordered the entire army to return as soon as possible.
On the other side, Cao Bao led the defeated troops to retreat eastward.
They returned in defeat, having abandoned their baggage and run out of food and fodder, and were in great distress along the way.
Unfortunately, Pengcheng was massacred by Cao Cao, and now they can't even get supplies locally.
Seeing that the soldiers were starving, Cao Bao had no choice but to order the horses to be killed to satisfy their hunger.
"Did you find any food?"
Cao Bao sat down on the ground exhausted, feeling his eyes go dark and the world spinning around him.
I think he was exhausted after fighting for half a day without any supplies.
Xu Dan shook his head helplessly, "We have sent out more than ten teams, but we can't find any food or even a single person anywhere."
Bones are exposed in the wild, and no rooster crows for thousands of miles.
It is the most appropriate word to describe Pengcheng at this moment.
"You thief, you've done something really big!"
At this moment, Cao Bao had never hated Cao Cao so much.
It would have been fine if he had been defeated by Cao Cao, but now his army couldn't even find a place to resupply.
Because they were all slaughtered by Cao Cao.
Could it be that Cao Cao is on the third level, and that’s why he massacred the city?
Thinking of this, Cao Bao hated Cao Cao even more. He thrust his sword into the ground and swore:
"If you survive today, I will repay you tenfold tomorrow!"
After saying these harsh words, Cao Bao felt a little depressed again.
Given their current condition, I don’t know if they can get back to Xia Pi safely.
Because many counties in Xia Pi were also massacred, if they still couldn't find supplies by then, they would probably have no choice but to "eat each other" to protect themselves.
Soon the horse meat was cooked. Xu Dan handed a piece of horse meat that was still stained with blood to Cao Bao and said:
"There is no other way at the moment. General, please eat first."
Perhaps because everyone was extremely hungry, the horse meat was not processed very finely and there was blood and lymph on the meat.
Cao Bao didn't care much about it. He picked up the horse meat and started to gobble it up.
Just then, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds suddenly came from all directions.
Cao Bao and others were like frightened birds, pale with horror.
"Could it be that Cao's army is chasing us?"
It seems that Cao Bao was really frightened by the killing. Now Cao Cao is rushing back to save Yanzhou, so how could he possibly take a detour to chase him?
But Cao Bao's mind was buzzing, and he quickly ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.
Soon, the army appeared, and there were soldiers from Danyang among them.
Cao Bao narrowed his eyes and looked carefully. It turned out to be Zhang Fei, a general under Liu Bei.
Zhang Fei was preparing for war in Cheng County. After receiving Liu Bei's order, he immediately began to dispatch troops westward.
They ran head-on into Cao Bao's defeated army.
Zhang Fei laughed and asked:
"Didn't General Cao go after Cao Cao? Why are you here?"
When Cao Bao saw Zhang Fei, he said unhappily:
"Cao Cao was well prepared, and our army was no match for him, so we were defeated."
Zhang Fei said loudly:
"You were too eager for merit and didn't listen to my brother's orders, so you suffered this defeat."
When Tao Qian gave Liu Bei the Danyang troops, he did ask Cao Bao to cooperate with Liu Bei in the deployment.
However, because Cao Bao was not on good terms with Liu Bei, he completely refused to obey orders.
The army is not in the same strength, hesitates and walks wildly.
So even with the elite Danyang soldiers and the bravery of Guan and Zhang, they were still defeated by Cao Cao.
When Cao Bao heard this, his face immediately turned red and he said loudly:
"Your brother and I both served Lord Tao, but now I have been defeated by Cao Cao."
"It would be fine if you didn't help me, but why do you turn around and ridicule me?"
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