The Wei army battalion.
"Last night, Qiang General Yueji led 5,000 light cavalry to rob my third grain transport team, 50,000 grains and grass were burned, 1,000 soldiers Ding Fu was killed and wounded, and a lieutenant was killed in battle."
"In the evening of the day before yesterday, the enemy general Yadan led the Qiang cavalry to attack my fifth grain transport team, fortunately Luo Cheng led the reinforcements to arrive in time, but half of our grain and grass have been burned, and only less than 30,000 Hu grain and grass have been transported to the camp."
In the imperial tent, Zhang Yi read the battle reports of the defeat of the grain road, and every word made the generals present indignant and gritted their teeth with hatred.
In the big tent, angry flames were surging, but only the potter on the dragon throne was indifferent, only calmly listening to the report.
As soon as the intelligence party finished reading it, Fan Xu was already furious and scolded: "His grandmother's, these Qiang dogs are so hateful, I have to destroy them."
Chen Qingzhi, who had always been calm, couldn't help but scold: "These Qiang people are really rampant, let's sit back and watch the grain road being attacked and robbed by them, it's really not a way, we have to think of a way, and hit the enemy thieves hard." ” In the tent, the scolding was incessant, and it was full of anger.
It's just that the generals scolded and scolded, but they were a little powerless against the harassment of the Qiang people, even Han Xin Baiqi, and even Zhang Liang, a hundred-level figure, couldn't think of any way to deal with it for a while.
There is no way, who let Cao Cao's tactics deeply hit the weakness of his own army's cavalry.
Without enough cavalry, there is no way to effectively protect the grain route, and the grain route is not guaranteed, and the front line will sooner or later fall into the predicament of insufficient military rations, and the army's morale will be in turmoil at that time.
The army's heart moved, and Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to attack with an army of 100,000 cavalry, at that time, although there were many 200,000 troops, I am afraid it would be difficult to resist.
"If you want to get rid of the predicament in front of you, you must lure the Qin army into battle, fight quickly, and break through the Qiang cavalry in one fell swoop" The pottery merchant who was silent suddenly took a few shots.
In the big tent, there was a sudden silence, and everyone's eyes were on the potter.
They suddenly remembered that their Son of Heaven had said earlier that they had a clever plan to crack the Qiang people's iron horse, and when they thought of this, they suddenly became curious again.
"Your Majesty is reasonable, only by luring the enemy to take the initiative to fight and destroying the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop can we resolve the dilemma of our grain route being cut off."
Han Xin also nodded in agreement.
Bai Qi said: "Cao Cao lost 20,000 elite soldiers before, and it was because he was afraid of our army that he did not dare to confront him head-on, so he withdrew into Tongguan, and wanted to use Qiang cavalry to attack our grain road, and this attack tactics forced us to retreat, but I am afraid that he will not go out of the customs so easily to fight with us." ” The potter nodded slightly, what the two hundred generals said was all reasonable, which was also something that the potter had not thought of before.
At this time, Fan Xu suddenly thought of something, and shouted: "Your Majesty, didn't you say before that you have a clever plan to break the Qiang people's iron cavalry, why don't you use it?"
"Of course I have a plan."
The potter gave him a blank look, "However, the premise for the success of my clever plan is that Cao Cao led his army to fight a decisive battle with me, and now that he is cowering in Tongguan, even if I have a brilliant plan, it is useless." ” "Your Majesty, our army is now in front of Tongguan, the momentum is mighty, of course Cao Cao has some scruples, and he doesn't dare to take the initiative to fight, so why don't we withdraw our troops and retreat, just put on a posture of retreat, just to lure Cao Cao out of the pass."
Zhang Liang, who had been silent, suddenly offered a plan.
The potter's eyes lit up, and suddenly he realized that Zhang Liang's plan was reasonable, and he was ready to agree on the spot.
At this time, Bai Qi said: "Cao Cao is very ambitious, he sent Qiang cavalry to disturb my grain and grass, not only to cut off my grain and grass and force us to retreat, but also to take advantage of the unstable situation of our army, to break my 200,000 army in one fell swoop, so as to get involved in the Central Plains, now we will plan and withdraw our troops to the east, but we can indeed lure Cao Cao out of the pass to pursue, but" Before Bai Qi could finish speaking, Han Xin said: "It's just that once our army retreats, it will enter the wide terrain in the middle of Hongnong from the narrow terrain of Tongguan, which is suitable for the enemy's superior cavalry to exert its mobility, although the minister does not know what His Majesty has to break the enemy, but it is indeed not an easy task to defeat more than 50,000 Qiang cavalry in the wilderness." ” As soon as these words came out, Xiang Yu, Chen Qingzhi, Luo Cheng and other generals all nodded yes.
At this time, the potter's heroic face raised a playful expression, and sneered: "You don't have to worry about this, as long as you can lure Cao Cao's army out of the pass, lure the snake out of the hole, and break the Qiang horse, I have my own unique skills." ” Seeing that the Son of Heaven was so confident, the curiosity of the ministers was suddenly hooked again, but they couldn't figure it out if they wanted to break their scalps, in addition to the fire bull array, the decisive battle in the wilderness, what kind of tricks could the potters have, and they could break through as many as 50,000 Qianghu iron horses.
For a while, all the ministers fell into suspicion and curiosity.
Just when Fan Hao just wanted to ask again, what was the potter's clever plan, the potter waved his hand and said happily: "Spread my will, tomorrow the army will pull out the camp and retreat eastward, and lure Cao Cao out of the pass for a decisive battle."
The order was handed down, and the 200,000-strong army immediately set off and retreated towards the front line of Huangchi in Shaanxi County.
The Wei army pulled out the camp and slowly retreated eastward, and within a few days, even abandoned several cities, even Shaanxi County, and retreated all the way to the direction of Huangchi.
As expected by the potter, Cao Cao's goal was not only to force the Wei army back, but also to use the hands of the Qiang army to step into the Central Plains in one fell swoop.
However, Cao Cao was obviously frightened by the tricks of the pottery merchants, and did not chase after him arrogantly, but took the main army as the rear army, and the Qianghu iron cavalry as the forerunner, followed behind the Wei army, and followed cautiously.
Moreover, Cao Cao also ordered the Qianghu Iron Cavalry to only attack and harass the Wei army, but he was never allowed to engage in a decisive battle with the Wei army without authorization, so as not to fall into the formation of the pottery merchant's fire bull.
Qianghu's iron cavalry army was nominally Cao Cao's subordinates, but in essence it was ambitious, and it was far less disciplined than Cao Cao's regular Qin army.
Therefore, while pursuing the Wei army, the Xiqiang people ransacked the Hongnong counties all the way, and wantonly plundered the people who had not had time to follow the Wei army to withdraw.
After Cao Cao followed the Qiang people, he witnessed the tragic scene of being sacked by the Qiang Hu, and although he was unhappy in his heart, he could only endure it temporarily.
After all, Cao Cao knew the temperament of the Qiang people, and if he wanted this group of thieves to work for him, he had to give them corresponding benefits, and it was their nature to burn, kill and rob, and only by satisfying them would the Qiang Hu people fight with all their might.
Therefore, in the face of the Qiang people's misdeeds, Cao Cao could only choose to open one eye and close one eye.
West of the pond, thirty miles.
The 200,000 Great Wei divisions walked endlessly on the avenue, the battle flag was high, the soldiers were in a state of retreat, but the fighting spirit was still high.
The potter in gold armor, with his head held high, marched through the ranks, listening to Zhang Yi's latest intelligence report.
"Two days ago, the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry broke through Shaanxi County, and 500 soldiers and people were killed by the Qiang people before they could retreat."
"The Qiang people pursued our army all the way, and when they passed through Wuting, they slaughtered three hundred villagers."
The potter listened to Zhang Yi's report and listened to the slaughter of the Qiang people, his brows furrowed deeply, and in the eyes of the eagle, the angry killing machine burned like a raging fire.
As the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, when he heard that Hu Lu slaughtered his own people, how could he not be angry The war knife in his hand has been clenched, the hand holding the knife, the bone joints clicked, and the potter hated and said: "The hateful Qiang thief, dare to slaughter the people of Great Wei, if I don't kill you all, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart."
"Your Majesty, the Qiang thieves are really too hateful, what are we going to retreat, stop and fight to the death with the Qiang thieves, Lao Fan, I have to kill them all" Fan Xu also shouted angrily.
As soon as Fan Hao shouted for battle, all the generals also shouted for battle, and the anger of revenge raged, and the battle became loud.
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The potter was silent, although his hatred had filled his chest, he still maintained a little calm, and did not blindly order a decisive battle.
He glanced to the east and looked in the direction of Yecheng, as if he was waiting for something.
Suddenly, he saw a scout coming galloping towards him in front of the east side of the avenue, and his eyes lit up, and a premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.
He had a premonition that what he was waiting for was coming.
The scout galloped over, arrived in front of the pottery merchant horse, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, General Li Guang has arrived, and the front army has arrived at Huangchi." ” "It's finally here," the potter's eyes suddenly burst into light and he burst out laughing.
The laughter was full of slaughter and furiousness.
The generals on the left and right were at a loss for a while, thinking that it was not Li Guang who came, at most, he brought the Divine Shooting Battalion to come, with the current situation, it was obviously unrealistic to want to defeat the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry with the Divine Shooting Battalion alone.
"Your Majesty, the clever plan you are talking about to break the enemy is not Li Guang's magic shooting battalion," Fan asked with a look of disappointment.
The potter's smile stopped suddenly, but he didn't answer, only whipped and shouted: "The whole army is encamped on the spot, stop retreating eastward, I will fight the enemy here to the death, and destroy the Qiang dogs."
The 200,000 troops camped west of the pond, camped for seven or eight miles, dug a trench to the west, set up antlers, and posed as if they were about to fight a decisive battle.
The day after the camp, the pottery merchant repaired a letter and sent someone to send it to the Qin camp in the starry night, and asked Cao Cao a challenge letter for the decisive battle.
Fifteen miles west of Wei Ying, Qin Ying.
In the imperial tent, Cao Cao sat on the top and looked at the war book in his hand with a sneering expression.
In that war book, the pottery merchant sarcastically ridiculed Cao Cao, scolded him for colluding with Qiang Hu, harming the people of the Central Plains, and scolding Cao Cao's ancestors for eighteen generations, and finally asked Cao Cao if he had the courage to dare to compete with him.
"This war book, you all take a look, this kid of the potter, this time he is a little angry" Cao Cao sneered, and showed the war book to the ministers in front of the tent.
The ministers read the war book, and the generals immediately became angry and scolded the potters for being arrogant and daring to humiliate their emperor in such a way.
Cheriji was even more angry and wanted to blow it up, because the potter said in the war book that he would never forgive the revenge of the Qiang people for slaughtering the people, and vowed to kill all 50,000 Qiang Hu, leaving no one behind, and to feed him, the leader of the Xiqiang Qiang, to the wild dogs.
"Your Majesty, this dog surnamed Tao is really crazy, what are we waiting for, let's fight him, I will lead my Xiqiang warriors, step on their army, and capture that kid alive and sacrifice it to Your Majesty."
Cherrigi roared and shouted.
Cao Cao's eyes looked at Fa Zheng and asked, "Xiaozhi, in your opinion, this battle is not a battle." ” Fa Zheng didn't answer, looked at Liu Ye, and asked, "Brother Liu, in the Tao Thief Army, are there any troops that threaten the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry?"
Liu Ye, who was in charge of intelligence work, thought for a while and said: "In order to prevent our army from attacking from Hedong, the Wei army has transferred the crossbow battalion of the broken army of Yang Yuji to Puban, and has not yet come to meet with the pottery thief, I only heard that the pottery thief transferred Li Guang to come, and it should be his sharpshooter battalion to come, if it is a threat, I am afraid that only this sharpshooter battalion will pose a threat to our army." ” Fa Zheng nodded slightly, and said: "Then how much of a threat does this bow and arrow of the Divine Archery Battalion pose to our Xiqiang Iron Cavalry?"
Liu Ye sneered: "The advantage of this sharpshooter battalion lies in its accuracy, not penetration, it should still be quite a threat to deal with small-scale cavalry, but if you want to deal with tens of thousands of iron cavalry, I am afraid that it will be a little powerless." ” "Well, that's fine."
Fa Zheng's expression was very satisfied, and he asked again: "Has the pottery thief collected any ploughing cattle recently, and has there been any signs of setting up a fire ox formation again?"
"Nope."
Liu Ye shook his head, "The formation of the Fire Bull Formation can only be used once, and the pottery thief should not be so stupid, thinking that we will not guard against it." ” After listening to Liu Ye's various information about the Wei army, Fa Zheng closed his eyes and groaned slightly for a moment, and when he opened his eyes, his eyes were already burning with confidence and slaughter.
He bowed his hand to Cao Cao, and said with confidence: "Your Majesty, the pottery thief proposed a decisive battle with us today, and the minister speculated that it must have been harassed by us to the point that the morale of the army was frustrated, the face was damaged, and there was no way out of the decision, and there was no sharp weapon in the army to restrain my Xiqiang iron cavalry, and the minister thought that this battle was feasible." ” Cao Cao was silent, and his sunken eyes were also flowing with excited but hesitant eyes.
Of course, he knew that if he wanted to get involved in the Central Plains, it was impossible not to destroy the 200,000 troops of the potters, and only by eliminating the main force of the potters could he enter the Central Plains unimpeded.
Now the potter took the initiative to challenge, which can be said to be in his arms.
But with the experience of various failures before, Cao Cao was jealous of the potter, for fear that he would have any intrigues and tricks in his challenge this time.
But after listening to Fa Zheng's questioning to Liu Ye, Cao Cao racked his brains and couldn't think of what tricks the potters could play in addition to the fire bull array, it seemed that this time, luck was really on his side.
After thinking about it, Cao Cao suddenly raised his head, and only the murderous revenge was left in his eyes.
With a wave of his hand, Cao Cao resolutely said: "The pottery thief is arrogant, and finally made a fatal mistake, such a heaven-sent opportunity, how can I miss it, pass the order, tomorrow the whole army will go out, and fight to the death with the pottery thief This time, I must turn things around" isjgy: