Seeing Tian Zhong's cautious expression, Xu Yuan immediately asked, "Brother Tian, is there anything else in this that I don't know about?"
Although Xu Yuan and Tian Zhong are actually about the same rank and title, Tian Zhong is an old man who has been a centurion since the Yellow Turban years. Even if he was not a rebel in the early Yellow Turbans, as Huangfu Song said, he was not born in the Yellow Turbans.
Yes, that is, someone who was born in Three Rivers and Five Schools, and can survive to this day, the difference is not big. After all, whatever level your opponent is, you are almost at the same level.
Therefore, in terms of experience, Xu Yuan has always believed in Tian Zhong's judgment. After all, Tian Zhong's judgment on the battlefield has not been wrong once so many times, just eight times out of ten. This imperial war has been going on for ten years.
Tian Zhong is still alive and kicking, so this judgment is trustworthy.
"Ardashir may want to run away." Tian Zhong said with a solemn expression.
"Ah?" Xu Yuan was shocked when he heard this, "Then what should we do if the other party wants to run away? No, no, no, no, we are at a disadvantage now. If the other party wants to run away, it will only be good for us, not bad. This is a good thing, Tian
Brother, what do you mean by being so solemn?"
"Before I leave, I will make a cut." Tian Zhong expressed his judgment directly, "Are you sure that when you observed before, they were preparing for war?"
When Xu Yuan heard this, he took a breath of air and quickly recalled it to confirm that what he observed was indeed true. Then combined with Tian Zhong's words, Xu Yuan instantly realized that the legion led by General Yan Xing was the target of Tian Zhong's so-called cutting!
"Then let's report it quickly. I ran fast. I'm afraid the soldiers over there haven't even been reorganized now." Xu Yuan grabbed Tian Zhong's hand and said. Although the relationship with the bastard in Liangzhou was not very good, after all, they were all
Brothers who have been on the same battlefield for almost ten years, and when that bastard Lao Cao went on a killing spree, the brothers under General Yan Xing also faced it with them. In any case, they are brothers in life and death.
"No, that's not the problem." Tian Zhong shook his head and said, but he didn't say much. He just told Xu Yuan, "You can take this thing to the eldest son and tell him my judgment.
The advisers under my command will naturally understand."
Tian Zhong was somewhat worried that he would not have enough time. On the other hand, Tian Zhong also doubted Lao Cao's character. However, Tian Zhong agreed with Cao Ang. He was a character and a very powerful one.
"I'll go now." Xu Yuan nodded. It would be difficult for someone else to pass the news to Cao Ang, but who made Xu Yuan really want to say that he and Cao Ang can be considered brothers-in-law? Everyone is married to the Wei family.
Daughter, it's just that Cao Ang married a legitimate daughter and he married a concubine, but it doesn't matter. Cao Ang, who is open-minded and cheerful, recognizes this relationship, so the special channel is somewhat useful.
After Xu Yuan left, Tian Zhong quickly wrote a letter and called to Ma Pin, "Xiao Ma, take this letter to inform General Xiao Cao. He should make a decision after reading the letter."
Ma Pin didn't say much after receiving the letter, and quickly took the letter to find Cao Zhen. Again, Tian Zhong, a veteran, although his rank was not very high, he still had connections in the army.
When Xu Yuan went to see Cao Ang, Cao Ang's guards did not stop him. When Cao Ang saw Xu Yuan coming, he accepted the letter in front of Cao Cao, as if he was dealing with all matters in the Prince's Mansion. However, after opening it, Cao Ang's expression changed.
Shen couldn't help but glance at his father, but he didn't say much. It was good news to receive this news in advance, and Cao Ang believed in Tian Zhong's judgment and Xu Yuan's investigation.
During the tea break, Cao Ang handed the token directly to Xu Yuan and asked Xu Yuan to go directly to the military camp. He did not come to attend the meeting. Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba, who were stationed in the military camp, both had the task of patrolling the defense area. Now Cao Ang saw this situation
There is no point in talking directly to Cao Cao. First, send someone to ensure the safety of Yan Xing and his army. As for the bait plan, based on Cao Ang's understanding of his father, there is nothing to doubt.
"Young Master!" Cao Ang summoned Mao Jie and told Mao Jie Tian Zhong's analysis. Mao Jie was not moved at all and thought it was very normal.
"Ardashir is coming out in full force. General Yan can't stop it no matter what." Cao Ang said calmly, "Doctor Mao have something to teach me?"
"The regiment patrolling the north of the city can serve as support." Mao Jie said slowly.
"I have sent my third brother and my cousin there, but it's not enough. We know very well what kind of strength Ardashir is. In terms of killing efficiency and breaking formations, the Holy Death Cavalry is at the absolute top." Cao Ang looked solemn.
He opened his mouth and said, "And what is my father's attitude?"
When he said this, Cao Ang looked at Mao Jie indifferently.
"Sikong needs a war to judge the current situation of the Holy Death Cavalry." Mao Jie did not mean to hide it. Cao Ang had already determined that Yan Xing was the bait, so there is no need to say anything else. After all, Yan Xing's legion was the most powerful under Cao Cao's command.
Suitable for doing this.
"A large-scale battle under such a heavy rain?" Cao Ang looked at the pouring rain outside, "Aldashir can arrange it outside, but I can't arrange it inside. So fight out and fight Aldashir in Helmand like this?"
When fighting around the river, what should we do if the opponent directly blows up the barrier lake upstream with the courage to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred?"
The most important point that Cao Ang does not support going out to fight is that Ardashir is outside, and people can preset the battlefield, while Cao's army is inside the city. It is difficult to conduct full-scale reconnaissance in such heavy rain. It is inevitable that there will be omissions. In case of Ardashir
Hill built a large barrier lake where they couldn't see it, and waited for their army to rush out. He used water as a trick to lure the enemy and replace the troops with water.
After all, such heavy rain has made the world gray. With Cao Ang's eyesight, he can't even see clearly the figures more than ten meters away. Under such circumstances, Aldashir braved the rain and made it in advance on a certain mountain road.
It is not impossible that Cao Jun’s scouts did not detect the barrier lake.
In today's environment, even a top scout like Xu Yuan can only go out to investigate a distance of more than 30 miles, and it cannot cover all the areas. Who knows what Aldashir has prepared outside during this time, in case it really happens.
What if it was a killing move that would kill both of them!
"It is possible, but the possibility is very small." Mao Jie shook his head and said, "Tavasdes will never implement such a strategy until he is in dire straits."
After experiencing what happened the year before last, Cao Ang became extremely sensitive to many things. After hearing these words, Cao Ang's originally gentle eyes suddenly became cold, "What this means is that we have the killing move to perish together.
, No, our killing move is ineffective against Ardashir who is on the high ground, just wait for Ardashir to come down!"
When he said this, Cao Ang's expression became extremely ferocious. If this matter was really as Cao Ang judged, then Yan Xing would be an abandoned son.
"Are the recent disaster relief efforts of General Le and General Li to store water in the northern mountain road?" Cao Ang asked sternly, Mao Jie remained silent, and Cao Ang reacted instantly, "Good means, ruthless enough, really ruthless, no wonder
I said that Mr. Sang and the others who were in the city a few days ago were nowhere to be seen. I thought they were inspecting the dams to prevent floods. Now that I think about it, if they were really doing this kind of thing, they wouldn’t have needed so much.
People, they went to build the temporary dam as technical supervisors, right?"
Although it was in a questioning tone, Cao Ang had already made up his mind.
"So, it's not that Bakza was there to blow up the mountains and create a barrier lake that forced my father to deal with it, but that you found a suitable battlefield from the beginning. Bakza was just a hunter who thought he was pretending to be prey, Yan
The general's so-called expulsion of Bakza was just to attract attention. You have already judged that Ardashir might have to withdraw?" Cao Ang looked at Mao Jie and asked sternly.
"The water will not flood Yanming. You can rest assured. This plan is just to determine the ultimate combat effectiveness that Ardashir's generals can display in the current environment." Mao Jie said slowly and admitted.
They did build a temporary dam, and they admitted that Yan Xing was indeed a bait, and they even admitted that they had predicted Ardashir's choice.
Cao Ang's chest was filled with a sigh of relief. He wanted to ask Mao Jie if he didn't know that there was an obvious estrangement among Cao Cao's subordinates, and even some alienation to a certain extent. Under such circumstances, if Yan Xing was still calculated in this way, what else would happen afterwards?
What should people think.
"Because only General Yan is suitable." Mao Jie said seriously, "No other legion can withstand the killing attack launched by the main force led by Aldashir when they are preparing to retreat. No one can take it.
Maybe you can withstand it, the only difference is how ugly the death is."
Aldashir is the commander of a large army, and he is the kind of commander of a large army who has the ability to conduct judgments and analyzes on the battlefield in an instant. In other words, Aldashir is among the best in the world when it comes to fighting troops.
Fifth, if you include the Holy Death Cavalry established by Aldashir, there is absolutely no possibility that a normal legion can withstand such a blow.
Not to mention the elites under Cao Cao, things like the Tenth Knight Legion and the First Auxiliary Legion would suffer heavy losses if Aldashir came here.
This is also the reason why Zhang Xiu and Cao Zhen raised their hands to express their willingness to expel Bakza, but Cao Cao directly refused, because if they fight head-on, they will never be defeated, and they can only play other games.
Cao Cao specifically told Yan Xing that he was providing cloud energy to Yan Xing. In fact, he was telling Yan Xing not to worry and to maximize the talents of his legion. As for not telling Yan Xing the reason, it was very simple. He knew that the enemy was coming and was prepared and unprepared.
Knowing that the enemy is coming and taking precautions are two different things.
Tavasdes is a very cautious person. If there is any trouble, he may directly abandon the current plan to kill Yan Xing. Even if Aldashir's entire army attacks, in the current environment, even if he falls into Cao Cao's plan, he will not
If there is too much loss, Tavasdes will repeatedly confirm Yan Xing's army. In this case, Cao Cao cannot be cautious.
"I have sent people to chase General Yan." Cao Ang said slowly.
Mao Jie took a deep look and said nothing. Cao Ang's power under Cao Cao has actually developed to this extent.
"The problem is not big, and Sikong may not cause trouble for you, eldest son." Mao Jie said slowly, "After the tea break, Sikong will dispatch the general to go to the rescue. According to Ardashir, they should have been dispatched by now.
, we should also make preparations here."
On the other side, Xun Youxu was working on several cases. When the situation has developed to this point, the next thing to see is whether Chen Gong's judgment is correct. Anyway, what Xun You should do has been done, at least until now, Aldashir
Still unaware that Ardashir was not the only one to build a barrier lake on the mountain valley road, Cao Cao was also building it here.
"Ardashir has already summoned the entire army." Mao Jie came over and said to Chen Gong, who was sitting aside and seemed to be meditating.
Upon hearing this, Chen Gong opened his eyes and looked at Mao Jie, then turned to look at Chen Qun. Chen Qun shook his head. The intelligence personnel on his side did not report.
This is why sometimes the speed of Guo Jia's professional intelligence personnel in delivering news is not as fast as Liu Bei's receiving the news, because there really are some gods who saw some shocking situation at the scene, and then ran back overnight to tell Liu Bei what they had seen.
As a scout, Xu Yuanyi was brave enough to use his special talent and wander around in the rain outside the Aldashir camp. He saw the summoning of Aldashir with his own eyes. After seeing this scene, he ran as fast as possible
He ran back to inform Tian Zhong, and then Tian Zhong was responsible for Cao Ang and passed the information directly to Cao Ang. There was no intermediate link and the analysis process was all intuitive.
The intelligence personnel under Chen Qun were actually the people under Cheng Yu in the past. This group of people did not have the spirit of Xu Yuan. They were able to hide in a location where they could see the Ardashir camp in the rain for observation.
Despite their best efforts, in order to be sure that Ardashir will attack, they really have to wait until Ardashir's army leaves the camp, so until now, not a single piece of information has been passed back.
Because the purge of Ardashir’s men has only been completed now, and they haven’t launched an attack yet! How could there be any intelligence personnel who could pass on this news?
"The channel for the eldest son has been confirmed." Mao Jie sighed and said.
When several people present heard this, they were all silent. The eldest son had all received the news, but none of them had received it. It was self-evident what that meant. In other words, Lao Cao's subordinates had gone to work.
The problem of inefficiency is getting more and more serious.
"But the problem is not that big. It's not that the scouts under his command didn't work hard, but that the scouts under the eldest son worked too hard, and even made sure of the camp of Ardashir." Mao Jie said helplessly, "He is sure
At the time of this news, Ardashir was convening the entire army, so the troops should not have been sent out yet, so it is normal that we did not receive it."
This is just like Huang Tao sometimes bringing an interesting story from Central Asia to Liu Bei, and Guo Jiade has to wait a few days to get it from the intelligence organization, especially if it is important, it is not very important, but it is worth mentioning.
But it's not information worth rushing.
"Actually, there is no shortage of elite veterans in each ministry. If we really want to say it, the backbones at all levels are no weaker than those on the Ganges River in terms of smelting level alone." Xun Yu said slowly.
It's useless. It's just working for Lao Cao. What's the cost of working as a worker? That's pretty much it.
"The eldest son is actually quite good." Mao Jie said leisurely. He actually admired Cao Ang very much. He must be moral, capable, and willing to take responsibility. He is very good. If Cao Ang were not still alive, Cao Ang would
He has been in power a long time ago, maybe he will be prosperous now.
"It makes no sense to say this now. We should first determine what level Ardashir's current strength is and whether we can use this to implement plan two. We will consider these things after we have completed plan two." Chen Gong said blankly.
He spoke with an expression on his face.
"The resources I have reserved here are enough." Xun Yu said with a gentle face. He has hardly improved over the years. Cao Cao's current situation has left him with no energy to deal with these. Now there is room for improvement. For Xun Yu
Words are also a good thing.
"I want to mention something here. Whether you accept my discussion in front of everyone depends on whether you are willing to accept it. Anyway, I am just a microphone." After seeing the group of people getting ready, Chen Qun said
I told you the news I received here.
"What's the matter, you are actually asked to be the microphone?" Cheng Yu said with a frown.
"In matters within the family, my uncle said that they have a road to the interior of Kabul and asked us if we are willing to accept the proposal of letting the Chen family attack Kabul when necessary." Chen Qun said calmly. This was Chen Zhong asking Chen
Qun asked, "There is no other meaning. It's just three poles if there are no dates. If Cao Cao disagrees, there is no loss. Cao Cao agrees. Chen Zhong still has to study how to repair the road that he completely blew up."
"If that road was still usable, Ardashir would have rushed over and decapitated the elder of your family. After all, if the Chen family hadn't burned Kabul's grain and grass at that time, Oswin wouldn't have needed to be so anxious.
As for the flaw that was missed, the imperial scepter was destroyed here." Xun You said calmly, and then changed the subject, "So I think I can accept this proposal. I want to see how your family can build on that kind of cliff.
There will be a road that even the Kushan Empire cannot build."
"I'm also curious about how your family built a road in a place like that." Xun Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
The reason why Ardashir didn't rush over and pluck off the heads of the old Chen family was because the mountain road from the mountain town of Bactra to the Kabul Valley was destroyed by several kilometers of bombing.
The mountain roads in these two places are almost cliff-like plank roads, the kind that cannot be repaired after being destroyed.
So much so that Aldashir had no way to retaliate against Chen Zhong afterwards. After all, the road was cut off. Unless he was willing to climb over mountains and ridges in the Beigui Mountains, it would take an extra six months to get around to Bactla Mountain City. The problem was such a super complicated one.
In the mountainous terrain, how much food, grass and water would be needed for such a detour? How many civilians would be needed if the situation were changed?
This is also the reason why Ardashir still has not taken revenge on Chen Zhong to this day, because it is not cost-effective. If he could really spend such a large amount of food and supplies, it would be enough to fight a war of attrition against Cao Cao. He would take a detour to fight against Chen Zhong.
Zhong, at most, is the kind of person who calms down his anger. Isn’t that a lunatic?
"I don't know. Anyway, my uncle asked me to mention that if you are willing, the Chen family will help when necessary." Chen Qun said nonchalantly. He was just a microphone. As for how the Chen family could do such a thing.
, and when to do such a thing, there is no mention.
"We can take it to the meeting to discuss." Xun Yu thought for a while and said. He was really interested in the Chen family. Of course, the most important point is that if the Chen family can really rush over from Bactla Mountain City,
When necessary, it can really achieve amazing results.
Of course, this record does not mean how many enemies were killed, but when Cao Cao's forces were in a stalemate with Ardashir, he rushed in and burned Ardashir's food and logistics, causing large-scale turmoil. In this way, Cao Cao could
Be victorious!
In the afternoon, the meeting of Cao Cao's forces started again. Recently, Cao Cao gathered most of his generals together so that in the event of an emergency, he could instantly designate suitable people to deal with it.
"Zixiao, how are you doing with the work that was arranged for you?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren and asked.
"We have sent key personnel to deal with the scouts arranged by Ardashir outside Kandahar, but the effect is not good. We have only captured more than ten people so far. Most of the others were driven away and have not been captured." Cao Ren bowed his hand and saluted, Al
Dashiel's scouts are difficult to take down. If there is no cloud energy, it will definitely not be a problem to kill most of them by using inner energy to separate from the body. But now the army is densely covered with cloud energy and suppressing each other. They can only join the small team, and those who can be scouts are elites.
Under such circumstances, being able to capture more than ten people is already an effort.
"Deported them all?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren and asked.
"After repeated confirmations from both sides, they have all been expelled." Cao Ren replied calmly.
"Okay, all the troops have been mobilized. Except for Cao Ren's troops who are staying in Kandahar, the generals and commanders present will attack with me to prepare for a decisive battle with Ardashir." After hearing Cao Ren's answer, Cao Cao immediately stood up and ordered. Cao Cao had already received Chen Gong at noon before.
After waiting for the report from others, it was confirmed that Ardashir was preparing to withdraw as they expected, and that he was also preparing to make a cut before withdrawing, just as they estimated.
All the generals were puzzled, but they did not inquire. Even though it was still raining heavily outside, since Cao Cao gave the order, he could only attack. As for whether he could win or not, that was another matter.
After all the generals stood up, Cao Cao rarely gave an explanation to all the generals beforehand, so that they could clearly understand what the plan was.
.
On the other side, although Yan Xing did not understand his position in this battle, he still accumulated enough cloud energy, relied on the shadow Xuan Xiang to create an entire legion of soldiers, and then used the legion talent to project them in front, while he hung
A few miles away.
The National Day has ended like this. I haven’t felt anything yet and I have already gone to work. This is probably the worst National Day I have experienced in the past thirty years. Sigh.
