Chapter 403 You can give it a try, Cao Mengde who lost first and then won
Cao Shuang's envoy pretended to be calm and said: "There is no person like Cao Mengde in the Wei State today. The only person who can be compared with Zhuge Liang has fled to Shu. Even if the Wei State has millions of troops,
Without a suitable general, they are just a bunch of rabble.
I'm afraid it's not as good as the long-trained believers of my religion. After all, the believers of my religion can sacrifice their lives for the leader without hesitation.
With such a group of warriors who are not afraid of death, no one in the world will not be afraid of my teaching. If the Prime Minister doesn't believe it, he can come to Shu and give it a try!"
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "The envoy said this, I would like to see the power of the Five Dou Rice Sect, if your sect also wants to do this." Cao Shuang thought that the strength of the Five Dou Rice Sect is probably very high.
Like the million-strong Yellow Turban Army at the end of the Han Dynasty, if they were determined, even if they were defeated first and then won, they would be able to defeat them like Cao Mengde did, and even take them for his own use.
Cao Shuang personally believes that Bao Xin is actually one of the most outstanding wise men in the early troubled times of the late Han Dynasty!
Liu Dai did not listen to Bao Xin and led his army into battle, but died.
Then it was Cao Cao's turn. For Cao Cao, he had to absorb the essence of Bao Xin's strategy, but he couldn't copy it.
In terms of the overall situation, Cao Cao's strength at this time was weaker than that of Liu Dai at that time, and it was more difficult to directly defeat the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. At the same time, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans still had the fatal weakness of having no rear operations and relying on looting for supplies.
Therefore, it is still wise not to rush for victory, but to stabilize first and then fight.
But at the same time, Cao Cao couldn't just "stick to it".
Cao Cao was not Liu Dai. He was temporarily invited in by the local rich to expel the Yellow Turbans.
There was no problem with Cao Cao "showing weakness to the enemy", but "showing weakness to himself" would subject him to unbearable political pressure and questioning.
Moreover, after Liu Dai died in battle, the Yellow Turbans had penetrated deep into Dongping and seemed to be continuing their westward march.
Further west is Cao Cao's Dongjun!
We know that while Cao Cao was in Dongjun, he had been fighting against the Black Mountain Army. Although the Black Mountain Army suffered continuous attacks, it still had strong strength at this time, and the Black Mountain Army and Qingxu Huangjin had a history of alliance before!
Therefore, if the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans continue to advance westward and respond to the Black Mountain Army, not only will Cao Cao's takeover of Yanzhou be empty, but even his only base, Dongjun, will be in trouble again!
Therefore, Cao Cao cannot stand firm and can only take the initiative to attack. However, due to the disparity in strength, Cao Cao cannot defeat the enemy in one battle like Gongsun Zan. He needs to attack the enemy with a small number and attack the strong with the weak, which is a wonderful attack!
Without delay, Cao Cao quickly fought in Dongping.
Whether the Qingzhou Yellow Turban can be restricted to Dongping is of decisive significance.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans used plunder as their main means of supply. The key to plundering was to "walk" and plunder this place and plunder that place.
During the Han Dynasty, there were many lakes and wetlands in the east county of Yanzhou, including large swamps such as Ohnoze and Leize. At this time, it was basically inconvenient for the Yellow Turbans to continue moving. It was most advantageous to go west to the central and western areas of Yanzhou.
After leaving Dongping, the terrain is open, making it very convenient for Chenliu to raid Dongjun or Jiyin.
Even if you hold on to the city, you can't stop the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans from plundering farmers! In this way, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans will become more powerful, and Cao Cao will be even more passive!
To avoid this catastrophic possibility, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban must be restricted to Onozawa and east of Dongping Lake.
At this time, most of Dongping had been destroyed by thieves. Fortunately, the Yellow Turbans moved westward, and the main route was along the Wenshui River to the west.
Therefore, it is imperative to enter Dongping and block its westward advance at Wenshui River.
Blocking the enemy in Dongping will bring peace to the central and western parts of Yanzhou, especially Dongjun and Chenliu, and enable Cao Cao to obtain sufficient food and material support. However, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, which is restricted to one place, cannot last long! In this case, time will only
Good for Cao Cao!
At the same time, the Dongping area has depressions, hills, plains, rivers, and lakes. The terrain is relatively complex (in terms of the Central Plains), which is surprisingly beneficial to Cao Cao.
What else is there to say? There was no inauguration ceremony, welcome ceremony, and no inspection and adaptation. The month after Cao Cao took office, he immediately went straight to Dongping.
Cao Cao was determined to take advantage of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban's repeated victories and become arrogant, and "wanted to set up a surprise army to challenge Shouzhang."
Cao Cao and Bao Xin led more than a thousand people on foot and cavalry to "arrive at the bandit camp", luring the enemy troops, fighting and leaving.
However, the infantry in the rear did not arrive as scheduled! I made a bait to lure the enemy, but after the enemy was lured, there was no ambush... I originally pretended to deliver myself to the opponent's mouth, but now I really delivered it to the opponent's mouth.
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Even a first-rate warrior would be in danger in this situation!
Later, Yang Ye, the general of the Yang family, was killed in the battle against Chen Jiagu under such circumstances! Sure enough, Cao Cao's situation was also very dangerous!
At this time, Bao Xin stepped forward and "Xin fought to the death to save Taizu, but Taizu had to be defeated and surrounded, and Xin was killed." The first battle was a disastrous defeat!
After losing the first battle, Cao Cao "led back" and "moved forward".
There is a small city called Hecheng in Shouzhang ("Shui Jing Zhu"). Therefore, after Cao Cao "returns", he will have a city to rely on. Although the Yellow Turbans have many troops, their "army has no baggage" and lacks the ability to attack fortresses.
Durable combat capabilities.
Therefore, relying on Hecheng, Cao Jun has the material conditions to repel the enemy and stabilize the situation. At this time, the most important thing is morale.
The Yellow Turbans have rich experience and have won consecutive battles, but "Taizu's old soldiers are few and the new ones are not trained", and "the whole army is afraid"!
At this time, Cao Cao showed his true nature as a hero. Taizu was wearing a armor, patrolling the soldiers personally, and clearly exhorting rewards and punishments, and everyone rose up! In the face of adversity and despair, he can inspire morale, which is the true nature of a hero.
For people who don’t have this kind of nature, even if I read a speech to you, you won’t be able to get the feeling out of it!
This is also the difference between heroes and “wise men”!
After the morale of the army was unified, Cao's army fought hard, but the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans could not win and lacked the ability to continue fighting, so they could only "defer".
At this time, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans came to persuade Cao Cao to surrender, and took the initiative to bring up an old relationship. Naturally, most of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were from Qingzhou.
At that time, when Cao Cao was the Prime Minister of Jinan, he was also in Qingzhou. Cao Cao vigorously implemented reforms and eliminated corrupt officials, so that "politics and religion were prosperous and a county was peaceful", which was very popular.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In particular, "the matter of eradicating evil spirits, ghosts and gods", so that "the temples of obscenity in the world will be eliminated", is similar to the proposition of Taiping Dao.
Therefore, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had a good impression of Cao Cao. They took the initiative to advise Cao Cao: When you destroyed the altar in Jinan, "you followed the same path as Zhonghuang Taiyi."
Now that "the Han Dynasty has ended, the Huang family must be established." The great fortune of the world cannot be reversed by Cao Cao.
It means to persuade Cao Cao to join the cause of "Huang Tiandang Li".
Naturally, it was impossible for Cao Cao to join the Yellow Turbans, but since everyone had a good impression, then if you can win over me, I can win over you! So Cao Cao wrote back to refute, and "suggested ways to surrender", and the fight and talks began!
Of course, the key to fighting and talking at the same time is fighting! If the fighting is not good, it will be meaningless no matter how good the reasoning is.
This period of Cao Cao's battle: he then set up a surprise ambush and fought day and night. In the battle, the enemy was often captured, but the thieves retreated.
"The thieves retreated" rather than "defeated", which means that the main force of the Yellow Turbans was not defeated.
In this case, what kind of battle was fought in the "Day and Night Battle"? In this case, why did the Yellow Turbans withdraw?
Cao Cao did not fight a big battle, and the "day and night battles" were not the main battles. Cao Cao conducted a series of small-scale raids and ambushes.
The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had a large family and no baggage storage, let alone rear supplies, so they could not be concentrated in a small area for a long time. Otherwise, they would not be able to survive just by plundering the surrounding areas.
They could only obtain sufficient living supplies from the surrounding areas by being dispersed over a wide area.
To disperse and plunder, movement is necessary. Therefore, Cao Cao can "set up surprise ambushes" under favorable conditions. If the enemy is dispersed and stationed, Cao Cao can harass and attack the dispersed enemy through frequent and intensive raids. This is called "day and night battles.
"Fighting is a waste of time."
It can be said that this is the ancient version of guerrilla warfare.
By the way, the Dongping and Juye Ze area were the most suitable places for guerrilla warfare in ancient times.
Back then, during the Chu-Han war, Peng Yue was guerrilla in this area. He was as strong as Qin, and the overlord of Western Chu was helpless!