Cao Tai, who was in Changping, seemed to have noticed something was wrong these days, but he didn't know where this uneasiness came from.

In the past two days, a batch of important supplies have been delivered here and need to be transferred to Huguan Lejin.

But the New Year is here...

No matter what, we still have to celebrate the New Year?

Even in these barren mountains, deserted cities and ruined villages.

No one would be so mean, why should we still fight in the New Year?

New year, new hope.

Cao Tai hoped that this war would end soon. He really didn't want to stay another day.

Before the war started, Cao Tai was more confident than anyone else.

Isn't it just a hussar?

Isn’t it Guanzhong?

What's so amazing, there are so many people in Cao's army, even if one person spits, it can drown the three assistants!

He really thought so, so he rushed to the front eagerly, fearing that if he was a step too late, he would lose a share of his merits.

As the eldest son of Cao Ren, Cao Tai regarded himself as the first person of the second generation. In the early years, Cao Tai followed Xiahou Dun and always felt that the war was nothing more than this, the strategy was nothing more than this, and the world's heroes were no more than mediocre. He felt that he was good at everything in astronomy and geography, and his people's hearts were

There is no one who is ignorant of worldly sophistication, no one who is ignorant of literature, Taoism and martial arts...

But now, there are too many problems before Cao Tai, giving him a headache.

Then I realized that leading the army alone and serving as a partial general under Xiahou Dun were two completely different concepts.

When leading an army alone, you have to take care of everything, ask questions about everything, arrange everything, and make decisions. But as a partial general under Xiahou Dun, you only need to do the part you are responsible for well. The rest of the time is easy.

And because of his status, there can be no complicated and difficult things to do.

Cao Tai, who had patrolled the camp, returned to the Chinese military tent with a frown on his face.

At this time, Cao Jun's situation was not very good.

The group of Cao troops he led were the first troops to march.

At the beginning, the morale of Cao's soldiers was, needless to say, very high. It seemed that even if there were tens of thousands of mountains in front of them, they would be able to level them, and even if they were extremely dangerous passes, they would be able to conquer them. But then slowly, "attack"

After defeating Changping, a logistics camp was established here. Everything seemed to be going smoothly at first, but I just didn't know where to start, something was wrong...

The city wall here in Changping has been in serious disrepair due to years of disrepair and wind and rain erosion. In fact, many sections of the city wall were seriously damaged. Some of the original blue brick protection on the city wall have now collapsed into earthen ridges. These city bricks may not all be

Natural damage was actually caused by man-made damage, which was demolished by local residents to build their own houses. In the absence of effective government order, this kind of behavior that harms public and private interests has always been a tradition.

As an attacker, facing such a situation was naturally very satisfying, but when Cao Tai captured Changping and was stationed here, he had a headache.

Even the county government office is crumbling, the beams are rotten, and the cracks in the adobe on the wall can be stretched directly through...

Is it possible to live in such a place?

Most of the residents of Changping and Gaoping fled, leaving behind these ruins. For the soldiers, they could barely live, but Cao Tai felt uncomfortable, so he simply camped outside the city. Living in a tent is better than that.

The house that will collapse when the time comes is comfortable and safe.

The housing problem was barely solved, and then there was the food problem.

If you stay stationed for a long time, you will need more food and grass.

Cao Tai was originally intended to be a bait to lure Shangdang, or the hussars from Hedong couldn't help but attack, so in the early days Cao Tai did not bring many soldiers, nor did he carry much food and grass, but Shangdang's Jia

Qu defended Huguan and could not get out. A force that finally came out from Hedong was defeated by Xia Houyuan, and then Xia Houyuan rushed into Hedong with a roar...

So what has Cao Tai become now?

All original plans were scrapped and needed to be repositioned.

Le Jin could not attack Huguan for a long time, could not retreat, could not advance, and Cao Tai changed from a bait to a transit base for advancement.

But it is not easy to garrison here in Changping.

The Changping area is surrounded by mountains, and the terrain is completely different from that in the Central Plains.

As more and more grain and grass were sent from Hanoi, the number of laborers increased, and the camp continued to expand, the difficulty of Cao Tai's management also increased rapidly.

Take the simplest hygiene as an example. Cao Jun's soldiers can still meet the requirements of the soldiers, but for those hard laborers, it is common to urinate and defecate at will, and they can't even tell the left and right. Well, maybe they can tell the difference in normal times.

, but when you get nervous, you can't tell these people apart at all. Even if they are beaten, scolded or even chopped to death, they may not be able to make these people remember anything...

So as time passed, Cao Tai stopped doing such futile and ineffective things.

The soldiers of Cao's army belong to the soldiers of Cao's army, and the laborers belong to laborers, which immediately relieves worries.

The longer Cao Tai stayed in Changping, the heavier things weighed on him.

Originally, the most important thing about him as bait was that he was "light". He could be transferred in at any time. Regardless of the soldiers or materials he brought, he would not feel a pity whether it was destroyed or discarded...

But now Cao Tai is becoming more and more "heavy".

Because it has now become a transit base, where food, grass and labor are stationed, there is gradually more fireworks here, but it also brings more flaws...

This made Cao Tai feel more and more uneasy, but he didn't know what he was going to do.

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In a valley not far from Cao Tai's camp, Wei Yan sat quietly on a stone.

The felt blanket above the head retained some warmth and blocked the firelight from leaking out. The bonfire was jumping excitedly, just like the mood of the surrounding soldiers.

They are guests of the Taihang Mountains, but they are familiar with everything in the mountains and forests.

Holes in rocks, dead wood, bushes.

Spring water, yellow mud, and white smoke rising from the military pot.

The Taihang Mountains are very large, and there are no people in most areas, but it does not mean that these areas are really unsuitable for human habitation.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Human needs can be so big that the whole world cannot satisfy their desires, or they can be so small that they only need a little food and a simple shelter.

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Wei Yan planned to first deal with Cao Tai's troops stationed in Changping and Gaoping.

Total annihilation is relatively difficult, but it is still possible to be directly disabled with a stab in the back...

Cao Tai extended his tentacles into Taihang from Hanoi and stationed himself at Danshui in the Changping and Gaoping areas. Because it is sparsely populated all year round, it is difficult for Cao Tai and others to get any supplies. They can only build temporary warehouses as Lejin,

As well as Xiahou Yuan's support base. If this support base is disrupted, it will have a very important impact on the entire Cao army's strategy of marching into Taihang.

Wei Yan didn't know the specific arrangements of Cao Jun, but he instinctively felt that Cao Tai's current node here was very important.

This seems to be like a real martial artist who may not know the name of the move performed by the opponent, but with one punch, he can directly hit the core vital point. Wei Yan has this kind of instinct, like a beast's intuition.

The main problem now is that Wei Yan did not bring many soldiers into the mountains, only a little over a thousand, while Cao Tai's side had close to ten thousand people. Although Cao Tai's troops were mixed, the core soldiers were about three thousand. If they accidentally fell into

, even if he could win, he would still suffer a huge loss. Wei Yan should not even think about continuing to infiltrate into Jizhou and cause trouble.

So there is no need to rush now.

It's like trying to catch a sheep. If you go straight for the sheep's head, you might be kicked by the sheep, but if you find the sheep's belly...

In the past two days, the scouts have been constantly investigating the situation around Cao Tai.

There is good news and there is bad news.

The good news is that these Cao Tai soldiers seem to feel that they are safer in Changping and Gaoping, and are actually preparing to celebrate the New Year.

According to the scout, the camp was cleaned and the cattle and sheep were cooked...

The bad news is that reinforcements from Cao Cao's army are constantly arriving here. Not only people from Hanoi, but also people from Yanzhou appear. People with different accents from all over the place gather together. It seems that Cao Cao is not making good progress in Tongguan, Guanzhong, so there are

Maybe Cao Jun is preparing to increase his power in the Changping and Gaoping areas...

In Pang Tong's strategy, the Huguan area is the key defense core of the Shangdang, while the Changping and Gaoping area has a poor original foundation and a lack of personnel, so the return on investment in the defense system is very low, so it is just an empty shelf.

It can be regarded as a dug animal trap. It was originally expected to trap some big prey, but now there is only one Cao Tai here. It is obvious that Cao Jun also feels that something is wrong here in Changping and Gaoping and is not willing to get involved easily.

Taihang Mountain is like a trap stone wall. It is easy to walk in but difficult to get out.

However, even if a beast falls into a trap, there will still be a fight between the trapped beasts. If you are accidentally injured, it will be bad.

Wei Yan gently drew a line on the map.

An offensive line.

Wei stretched his waist, like a tiger stretching its muscles.

Starting from Shaanxi and Jin, we went all the way over mountains and ridges, and now it was time to replenish our supplies.

Supplies, of course, come from Cao Jun...

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Because more and more people from Cao's army gathered here, Cao Tai divided the place into three parts. One was the central military camp, which was located under the stone wall of a hill and was surrounded by stone walls on both sides. The other was built with a village wall.

The defense is tight. Outside the Chinese military camp, there are two camps. One is the supply camp, which covers a large area because it has to store important grain, grass and supplies, and is also heavily guarded around it. The other is the labor camp, which is messy.
To be continued...