The reason why Cao Chun ran away was simple: he was anxious.
Dogs jump over the wall when they are anxious, and people go crazy when they are anxious.
As the art of war goes, surround an enemy tenfold.
Zhao Yun's military strength is not ten times that of Cao Chun. And the most critical point is that Zhao Yun discovered that Cao Jun seems to have been consciously engaging in a war of attrition with the Hussars recently, so in order to effectively target the Youzhou Army and himself,
He adopted the strategy of siege but not attack, or in other words, he did not attack by force, but carried out attacks and raids on Cao's troops who came for reinforcements from the surrounding areas.
At the same time, he took advantage of military equipment in an attempt to force Cao Chunlai to fight outside Yuyang City.
To put it simply, it is a battle that maximizes the advantages of hussar cavalry in combat and avoids its disadvantages.
Therefore, when Zhao Yun launched the Youzhou offensive, this strategy just restrained Cao Chun's plan and dealt a heavy blow to the entire Youzhou Cao army.
If Cao Chun fought for his life with Zhao Yun from the beginning, then there is no doubt that he could really fight for his life and consume some of Zhao Yun's troops.
But Cao Chun couldn't let go, so he naturally tied his hands and feet. The longer he was dragged behind, the more Cao Chun's troops lost their fighting spirit...
Cao Chun's strategy was not a complete failure.
However, among the four counties he prepared to encircle, Cao Chun was the most certain and entrusted Xia Houheng of Jixian County with an important task. Instead, he ran away first. Then, the Juyong County soldiers in the upper valley were defeated by Zhang He and half of them retreated to Juyong County.
Yong, a small number of them fled to Changping.
Although Zhang He did not lead his troops to Changping, Changping's soldiers did not dare to come.
Juyong doesn't have to think about it now, it's probably going to be over.
The reinforcements from Lu County hesitated, took two steps, stopped one step, and ran away as soon as there was any disturbance.
On the contrary, it was the most remote Wuzhong County, which Cao Chun didn't care much about at first, and was even somewhat marginalized, and he arrived with his people.
The reason is very simple. The guard general of Wuzhong County felt that Cao Chun promoted him, so he wanted to repay the favor.
As for whether he will die...
It just so happened that Wuzhong County was located in a remote area, so he didn't care about those things outside of him.
People are always a little different.
It is a pity that the number of soldiers in Wuzhong County is only a few thousand. Although they are not unbrave, they still cannot defeat the hussars led by Zhao Yun. They are soon suppressed in a small area, unable to move, and in danger.
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It was at this moment that Cao Chun ran away...
Perhaps if he had escaped a moment earlier, the people in Wuzhong County would not have lost their lives.
But Cao Chun really didn't accept the failure of his plan until the people from Wuzhong County arrived...
Reinforcements from the other three counties have been slow to arrive, and the troops that finally came were only from the most remote county, Wuzhong County!
Cao Chun's face was burning with pain.
Some people suggested retreating to Jixian and then continuing to fight against the Hussars, but Cao Chun rejected this suggestion.
Xia Houheng of Jixian County didn't even know where he went, and he didn't even see half a person.
To evacuate Jixian under such circumstances would be like throwing yourself into a trap!
So Cao Chun planned to retreat directly to Jizhou...
Cao Chun made a decision, and immediately took advantage of Zhao Yun's besieging the soldiers in Wuzhong County, bluffing and holding out torches, as if he was going to fight in one fell swoop. In the end, with a bluff, he led the cavalry to escape Yuyang, and ran away in one breath.
After traveling forty or fifty miles, he stopped for a while to rest. As a result, Cao Chun found that three to four out of ten of the escaped soldiers did not know whether they had fallen behind or escaped. He was so angry that his head was buzzing, but there was nothing he could do.
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For a moment, Zhao Yun really didn't expect that Cao Chun would be so "ruthless and unjust".
According to Zhao Yun's own understanding, he felt that Cao Chun would at least try to rescue the Wu Zhong County soldiers. Even if the attack failed, he would still be trying his best...
Everyone has different views. If Zhao Yun were to do what Cao Chun did, he would definitely not be able to do it. Naturally, he would not be able to predict the enemy according to Cao Chun's ideas, so he would react a little too late, waiting until he sensed that something was wrong.
When people looked around, they discovered that Cao Chun had escaped.
After all, Zhao Yun still focuses on the series of generals, not counselors.
Xinpi was a little annoyed.
If he had known that Cao Chun would escape tonight, he should have made more preparations under Yuyang City, or negotiated an emergency contact signal with Zhao Yun...
When he found out that Cao Chun had escaped at the foot of the city, he sent people to look for Zhao Yun. He came and went, but was naturally delayed.
It is useless to talk more now. Zhao Yun gave Xin Pi a few words of comfort. After all, seeking stability on the battlefield is the right choice. Risky advancement may succeed, but as long as it fails once, it may be catastrophic.
Zhao Yun is indeed right. The battle situation is ever-changing and no one can predict everything.
The conclusion that Zhao Yun and Xin Pi had discussed before was to surround the point for reinforcements. Then the reinforcements came in a wave, and Cao Chun ran away...
The person who can predict everything and has the world at his fingertips is probably either Brother Pig or the keyboard warrior.
However, Cao Chun was a cavalryman, and Zhao Yun also led cavalrymen.
Zhao Yun asked Xin Pi to station in Yuyang, extinguish the flames, handle related matters, and take precautions against all possible escape routes. At dawn, he followed the horseshoe marks left by Cao Chun and pursued him.
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Cao Chun fled all the way, and when he passed through Changping, he also brought the soldiers from Changping County with him. Although the number increased, the Changping soldiers were mostly infantry, so the speed was not as fast as before.
This is also an impossible move.
On the one hand, the number of soldiers was not large, and Cao Chun could not control the escape of the soldiers in the army. He could not rush back to Jizhou. Now there were only a few hundred people left in the cavalry unit of two to three thousand people. It would be impossible to make up for it even if he committed suicide and apologized.
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On the other hand, there were some supplies in Changping. When Cao Chun fled Yuyang, he was in such a hurry that it was naturally impossible to carry much dry food supplies. And after taking the supplies from Changping County, it was impossible to say that the people in Changping County would be taken away.
Throw down...
If you throw it away again, there will really be no one left.
To the south of Changping is Jixian County.
The more Cao Chun thought about it, the more unwilling he became. At the same time, he also wanted to know what was going on in Jixian, so he sent scouts to Jixian to investigate.
The scouts came back from the investigation and said that there was indeed a tricolor Hussars flag above Jixian County.
Cao Chun and Changping guard Chen Bin were both in disbelief.
When did the hussars emerge from the rear and capture Jixian?
And it was still silent, and Jixian was taken away without any sound?
Could it be that he mistakenly blamed Xia Houheng, who also died in the Hussars' raid?
This is not completely impossible. After all, Yuyang has been besieged for several days. It is indeed possible for Zhao Yun to send soldiers south...
"That's not right..." Changping guard Chen Bin said, "General, I haven't seen the hussars crossing the city southward in the past few days! If the hussars were crossing the city southward, my subordinates would raise the beacon alarm...
Could it be that he's just disguising himself? It's not right. It's been a chaotic period of time, and there aren't many people either on the road or in the wilderness..."
"During the day and coming out at night..." Cao Chun said halfway before shaking his head, "That's not right. There are also traces of staying up during the day and coming out at night..."
The two looked at each other, still confused.
Unless Jizhou also fell?
this……
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
The scout team leader looked a little hesitant on the side.
"Is there anything left to say?" Cao Chun asked.
"General, look at Ji County... there is something strange..." the scout team leader said, "the city gates are wide open in all directions, and there are no soldiers stationed... and there is only a three-color flag on the top of the city, and there are some small... No
It looks like a serious hussar flag...it's a little smaller than this one..."
The scout team pointed at the general's flag beside Cao Chun.
"Smaller than this? Does the cavalry recognize the flag?" Cao Chun asked.
"No." The scouts shook their heads.
In order to reduce wind resistance, the cavalry did not use large flags, but mostly used long, small flags, or triangular flags.
"Only one tricolor flag? No general flag?" Chen Bin asked.
The scouts shook their heads.
"Strange, indeed strange." Cao Chun thought deeply.
"General, could it be that... Ji County is an empty city?" Chen Bin said.
Cao Chun waved his hand at first, "How is it possible... hmm? It's really possible!"
This group of "hussars" appeared out of nowhere and beat Xia Houheng away, and then pursued him all the way, leaving no manpower to guard Jixian County!
"Captain Chen!" Cao Chun thought of this and immediately ordered, "I order you to lead an army of five hundred and go to Jixian immediately to check the truth and report!"
Chen Bin swallowed his saliva and thought to himself, I might as well give him a thousand, since there were only five hundred people...
If we really encountered the Hussars, they wouldn't be able to fill their teeth.
But looking at the looks on Cao Chun's side, he could only admit it, lower his head and follow the orders.
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Yishui, Yijing.
"Angel?!"
Wei Yan's eyes widened.
Yan Rou sighed and nodded, "Angel."
"Are you sure?" Wei Yan asked again, "What is this angel doing here?"
Yan Rou sighed again, "What else can we do... mediate... both sides, cease fighting."
"Pfft!" Wei Yan slapped the table, "Don't even think about it!"
Yan Rou frowned.
"It's better..." Wei Yan smiled and tightened his grip on the handle of the knife, "This war is in chaos..."
Yan Rou shook her head, "That's not right..."
This angel didn't come here secretly. How many people saw it along the way, and then encountered a horse thief near Yi Jing and disappeared?
Even if you really meet a horse thief, others won’t believe it!
"Then stop him! Stay in Yi Jing and don't let him leave!" Wei Yan said again, but soon he shook his head, "It's useless... To them, we are just hussars, stay here."
Being here means they have already arrived! This won’t work, that won’t work either, what should we do?!』
If Yi Jing was not in the hands of Wei Yan, then the Angel would definitely have to move forward. But now that Yi Jing is under the control of the Hussars, it means that the Angel has arrived at the place where the two sides are fighting. Whether they stop him or not, he cannot leave.
None of them are too important issues.
The important thing is whether to accept mediation...
For Wei Yan, of course he was unwilling to accept it.
Just kidding, after finally occupying Yi Jing, I was able to wrap up Youzhou soldiers and horses and eat them. I saw that the stuffing was almost wrapped in the skin, but an angel came and wanted to make a hole...
Wei Yan suddenly thought of something, his heart suffocated, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.
If General Hussar takes Youzhou now, judging from the current situation, he will definitely become what people in Shandong consider as the second "Dong Zhuo" and the second "rebellious minister and traitor".
Whether it is an angel, the emperor, Cao Cao, or officials from various prefectures and counties, they obviously do not think that the general Hussar occupied Youzhou to revitalize the Han Dynasty and for the sake of the people of the world.
So what kind of angel is this? He has evil intentions!
If you accept it, you will be beaten in vain in the early stage. Now you have finally counterattacked, but you have to stop it.
If you don't accept it, then the people in Shandong will use the Hussar General to cause trouble to the country as an excuse. Even if the Hussar General takes control of the court in the future, it will leave an indelible stain on these guys.
Just like Er Yuan.
Moreover, in addition to the Jingxiang sect, Guanzhong now has many officials and military academies from other places. How will they view this matter?
Even if we don’t say it now, what about the future?
When General Feiqian of the Hussars was born, no one might make a fuss about it, but...
These people from Shandong have really evil intentions!
Seeing Wei Yan gritting his teeth, Yan Rou quickly said: "This matter must be decided by the Qiaoqi... General, please don't do anything wrong!"
Wei Yan sighed, "I know this... but have you ever thought about two questions... One is how long will it take to go back and forth like this? If it doesn't work out in the end, wouldn't it be possible to fall into Cao's thief's delaying scheme? The other is Even our son is holding his breath, no matter what the angel is, now that he stops, his breath is relaxed..."
"Yes," Yan Rou nodded, "Then what do you want to do?"
Wei Yan wandered around twice and suddenly clapped his hands, "Yes! Find a way to hold it off first! Angel...isn't it just the edict and the scepter...What will he do without the edict and the scepter? What will we do?" If you don’t beat him or kill him, just let him go back and make another one. Then won’t time come out?!」
Yan Rou's eyes widened, "You mean... no, no, even if we grab the scepter... we can't even steal it! This will also have an impact on the hussars..."
Wei Yan smiled and said, "Of course we are not going...don't forget, we still have Cao Jun here!"
Yan Rou blinked and said, "I understand. Then... let's try it first?"
"Definitely have to try it!"
Wei Yan snorted.
Seeing Wei Yan touching the handle of the knife again, Yan Rou had a headache, "Let's just say it first, no matter what, you can't make your own decisions and hinder the great cause of the Hussar!"
Wei Yan waved his hand, "I know, I know!"
Seeing this, Yan Rou didn't say much and left the hall to deal with military affairs.
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Ji County.
The horse thieves in the city smashed open the restaurants and shops, dressed in red and green, and set up banquets on the cross streets, where they ate meat and drank wine.
I don't know which one of them heard from whom, saying that the Hussars were coming and Cao's army was about to run away, so they rushed to make a three-color flag overnight, hoping to fish in troubled waters.
After all, in this age of war and chaos, fishing in troubled waters is almost a must-have skill for horse thieves.
They almost started fighting over what the tricolor flag looked like.
The original plan of the horse thieves was just to wander around Jixian County and scare the defenders of Jixian County. Generally speaking, when the defenders saw this situation, shouldn't they close the suspension bridge and guard the city gate? So they gave it to the horse thieves. Off to plunder the countryside.
In the end, no one expected that Cao Jun in Jixian County saw the horse thieves and ran away without saying a word!
this……
So the horse thief naturally rushed into Jixian, like a mouse falling into a rice vat!
Things that I couldn’t eat or wear on weekdays are now being poured into my mouth like crazy and draped over my body!
It doesn’t matter if you vomit after eating too much, or whether it looks good when worn on your body, or whether it is contaminated with oil.
At the beginning, these horse thieves were still worried about whether Cao Jun would come back, but after waiting for a day or two and not seeing Cao Jun, these guys naturally relaxed their vigilance, and even the sentries on the top of the city came down to eat and drink. .
In China, being a stalker is not something worthy of glory.
That's right, according to the official announcement of the Han Dynasty, there are no "thieves" in the world.
How can there be a "thief" in this clear world?
Even if there is one, it can only be called a "stalker" and definitely not a "thief", otherwise it will fail the official review.
But the official is not allowed to call "thief", so is there really no more "thief"?
The more wars and chaos there are, the more unstable the order is, the more "stalkers" there are, either actively or by force...
Basically, these people are the lower class people.
Even if the descendants of the gentry clan have lost their family status and become a poor family, they can still make a living in the clan. Even if they don't live comfortably, and sometimes they have to endure the ridicule and scolding of the clan's descendants, at least they can't survive.
Problem, you can even drink a little wine from time to time to improve your life. But these horse thieves basically have no guarantee at all, and there are no extra rooms and vehicles for rent. If they want to fill their stomachs, they have to work hard...
Just change the name and pretend it doesn't exist. Perhaps only a big man can do that.
"In my opinion, we...we are right here, raising the flag of justice here!" A horse thief said with a loud tongue, "right here! The flag of justice! Who cares...what about the Hussars...We, we are...
…What kind of army is this?”
"Heaven...Heavenly King's Army!" Another shouted while holding up a wine bowl.
"Hahaha! The Heavenly King's Army!"
"I did this for the Heavenly King's Army!"
"Oh oh oh..."
A group of people were laughing and shouting, as if no one else was around. They didn't even notice the arrival of some people at the city gate.
When Chen Bin led his people into Jixian County, they saw this scene...
He couldn't help being stunned.
Even the men he brought with him widened their eyes and opened their mouths.
this……
Is this a group of thieves who occupied Jixian County?
What about Xia Houheng?
What is going on?
A horse thief who was drunk from eating and drinking had to urinate urgently and left the street. He swayed a few times in the direction of Chen Bin and others, and almost fell to the ground. He finally stopped and lifted up his lower skirt to reveal his work.
Looking in the direction of Chen Bin and others, he raised his eyes and saw Chen Bin with a dark face and Cao's soldiers occupying the street.
The horse thief tilted his head and seemed to be trying hard to identify Chen Bin and others. Then he seemed to be stabbed and suddenly shouted, "Ah...ahhhhh!"
Chen Bin had a dark face and waved his hand, "Kill me!"
