Chapter 1,171 Attack Xudu and decisive battle with Cao Cao
Immediately, Ling Feng summoned Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and other civil servants and counselors to discuss how to attack Cao Cao.
Xu Shu said: "To destroy Cao Cao, we need to first send heavy troops to defend Hanzhong and several strategic locations in Wancheng to guard against Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao."
Everyone nodded. With Ling Feng's military strength, the chance of winning against Cao Cao was 100%. However, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Dong Zhuo would not sit back and watch Ling Feng destroy Cao Cao.
Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others all nodded.
Ling Feng looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "What do Kong Ming think?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, the key to this battle is not how much territory to capture, but how many enemy soldiers are destroyed. If all the enemy soldiers are destroyed, then the vast territory will be ours. If we fail in this battle,
No matter how much territory we occupy, we still have to spit it out along with the profits. Therefore, our army needs to use a trick to lure the enemy's army to attack and seize the opportunity to destroy them. If we win this battle, the world will be in jeopardy!"
Ling Feng nodded. Kong Ming's views were consistent with those of Taizu of later generations. Territory is empty, and strength is fundamental. However, there are still many considerations on how to implement this tactic of luring the enemy. Ling Feng did not discuss it further.
, but planned to quietly discuss it with Kong Ming alone after the meeting was over.
Although most of the people here are confidants, there is still a possibility of leaks. This battle is the most critical one and there is no room for failure. Therefore, the only thing Ling Feng can do is to narrow the scope, and after the plan is confirmed, Kong Ming also
I will go on an expedition with the army so that I can keep it a secret.
The next day, Ling Feng led Zhuge Liang and went out with the army.
Afternoon, Xudu, Prime Minister's Mansion.
Cheng Yu said: "My lord, according to the intelligence from the front line, King Lingfeng of Chu sent General Huang Zhong to lead 500,000 Shura Blood Guards and 5 million elite troops to attack Xuzhou. In addition, he sent General Wei Yan to lead 400,000 Shura Blood Guards and 4 million troops to attack Yanzhou.
Come towards Chenliu Road."
After hearing this, Cao Cao was not surprised but overjoyed. He smiled and said: "The Chu army divided into multiple groups, intending to lead us to divide our forces, and then take the opportunity to send troops to attack Xudu, but unexpectedly, we fell into our trap and were defeated by each of us!"
Next to him, Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said: "My lord, I heard that Nanyang Kongming is proficient in military strategy and is as wise as a demon. He is known as Wolong and is as famous as Fengchu Pangtong. There are rumors in the world that one of the two can bring peace to the world. Although the rumors are exaggerated.
But I expect that Kong Ming is an extraordinary person. Since he is serving under Ling Feng, he will not reveal such a big flaw. There may be fraud in this!"
Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, I expect that the number of Tao soldiers in Ling Feng's two armies is at most half of what they claim to be. If I allocate too many troops to deal with them, Xu Du's defense will inevitably be empty and fall into his trap.
If I ignore it, he will surely bloom everywhere in Yanzhou and Xuzhou and destroy my foundation."
Xun You said: "That's true! Our army can send troops to stop the enemy near Xiaopei and save Yanzhou. As for Xuzhou, it doesn't matter if we hand it over to them temporarily."
Cao Cao nodded. As long as this battle is successful and Ling Feng is destroyed, the lost Xuzhou will soon fall into his hands again.
Later, he ordered Xiahou Dun to lead 400,000 Taoist troops and station them near Xiaopei to stop Wei Yan's army.
However, Wei Yan's army seemed to be out of strength and did not attack Xiahou Dun. The two sides faced off near here.
On the other side, Huang Zhong's army was conquering the city and territory in Xuzhou with overwhelming force. All the way down, most of the prefectures and counties they belonged to surrendered in defiance of the wind.
Two days later, Ling Feng finally sent troops from Runan to attack Xudu as Cao Cao expected.
This time, Ling Feng sent out troops with great momentum, dispatching 1 million Shura Blood Guards and 10 million elite troops. It was obvious that he wanted to destroy Cao Cao's forces in one fell swoop and occupy Yanzhou.
However, Cao Cao's measures were to shrink his troops and take away food. The people in various prefectures and counties only had seven days of food rations left, and they had no choice but to flee to nearby Chenliudao.
This is an extremely disgusting method. If Ling Feng captures the city, not only will he not be able to get food rations, but he will also have to take care of refugees who may starve.
Ling Feng didn't care either. He had been implementing the farming system and had already accumulated enough food. Even if he farmed for ten years, he would not be short of food. As for the lack of food in various prefectures and counties, it could be transferred from Jingzhou and Yuzhou and distributed according to households.
Selling at a low price is enough to tide over this year's difficulties. In this way, you can win over people's hearts without spending too much.
In this way, Ling Feng's army advanced steadily, detaching ordinary elite troops to occupy various states and counties. After three days, they reached 30 miles away from the south gate of Xudu.
Because the large army could not be deployed, Ling Feng only used one million Shura Blood Guards to attack Xudu, followed by one million ordinary troops responsible for collecting prisoners, transporting food and grass, and other tasks.
At this time, Cao Cao also led 200,000 tiger and leopard cavalry and 300,000 Yanzhou soldiers, a total of 500,000 Taoist soldiers, out of the city to fight.
The two armies were ten miles apart, and they had already set up a battle formation, quickly condensed their fighting spirits, and then merged them with their souls.
After Cao Cao fused the battle souls condensed by half a million Tao soldiers, his cultivation level skyrocketed to the level of a heavenly being close to the ultimate soul.
And Ling Feng's increase was even greater, with his majestic cultivation increased by 50%.
At the same time, a large number of troops poured out from the left and right sides of the Shura Blood Guard, flying banners with Liu characters and Yuan characters respectively. They were obviously Liu Bei and Yuan Shao.
At this time, behind both of them were all Taoist soldiers, each with 500,000 Taoist soldiers. Together with Cao Cao's 500,000 Taoist soldiers, the number was already more than half of Ling Feng's.
The Taoist soldiers under their command quickly condensed a black dragon and a yellow dragon battle spirit. Yuan Shao and Liu Bei used their souls to fuse their battle souls, and their cultivation Qi quickly rose to the peak of heavenly beings, which is close to the best souls.
Obviously, all of this is a game that leads Ling Feng into a trap!
However, this was not the most difficult situation. Then, another 500,000-level Flying Bear Army and Xiliang Iron Cavalry came out from behind Ling Feng, led by General Hua Xiong. However, Hua Xiong’s cultivation at this time
His aura has rapidly risen to the middle stage of the Heavenly Realm, which is no worse than Lu Bu's before. As he merged with the battle souls gathered by his Taoist soldiers, his cultivation level surged to the peak of Heavenly Humanity, which is close to the ultimate soul.
"They're all here, it seems I don't need to go look for them one by one!"
However, a smile appeared on the corner of Ling Zifeng's mouth, and he immediately used his finger as a sword. Suddenly, the majestic blood evil magic turned into a mighty river of blood, sweeping towards Cao Cao.
Cao Cao activated the Yitian Sword and struck three swords in a row before defeating the Blood River Sword Intent.
At the same time, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao launched attacks at the same time. A green sword energy a hundred feet long and a spear-shaped energy a hundred feet long were like heaven-shattering divine weapons, attacking at the same time.
Ling Feng used the Shura Blood Demon Technique to swallow the sky and the earth, swallowing up the two terrifying attacks.
At this time, Hua Xiong suddenly slashed with his sword, and a thick black sword energy struck Ling Feng.
However, at this moment, 800,000 of the million-strong army behind Hua Xiong suddenly stood up, quickly set up the blood dragon battle formation, and condensed the blood dragon battle spirit. Huang Zhongyuan Shen came out of his body and fused
The blood dragon fighting spirit immediately activated the blood evil divine light magical power, and the blood dragon turned into blood light all over the sky and rushed into Hua Xiong's army.