Chapter 56: Catching Tigers and Leopards

Cao Zhen and Cao Zidan, the general of Cao Wei, died when the Wei army crossed the river.

Cao Zhen was loved by Cao Cao since childhood and kept him in the mansion. He was in love with Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi.

He was arrogant and both civil and military. He shot tigers himself when he was young and was famous. As for growing up, he was promoted step by step, and finally became a general in charge of the country's military and horses. He was the chief important official who was entrusted to his or her orphans, and was above tens of millions of people.

When he led the Central Army to confront Zhang Fei, he once thought that although Ji Han had developed rapidly in recent years and his military strength was among the top three countries, with Cao Wei's strong strength for decades, it was the largest state in the world, with the rich people and strong country, and strong soldiers and horses. Although he had no confidence in the fight with Ji Han, he could only be a long-lasting war of attrition, and finally ended with the retreat of Ji Han's entire army.

Even if you lose a few initially, you will not be able to change this overall situation in the end.

However, I never expected that things would change so much.

First of all, Cao Rui's move to the capital prevented the kings from coming to Jizhou. However, this was nothing. Even if no one came to support him, with his ability, as long as there was enough food and supplies, he would not be defeated by Zhang Fei, who was brave. What's more, with Yecheng as a backing, even if nothing could be held back, he could drag the Han army to death when he returned to Yecheng.

However, unexpectedly, it took only more than three months for him to persevere to failure. His failure was completely defeated by a shameful betrayal. He was victorious in front of him, but the capital Yecheng was sold by Wei Ji. At the same time, the accumulation of Cao Wei for decades, all the food, grass, weapons, ministers and families left behind in Yecheng...

Such failure is so thorough and so straightforward!

He could not accept his miserable defeat and could not believe in Wei Ji's betrayal. The strong blow was something that Cao Zhen, who had always been arrogant, could not bear.

When he saw the huge rocks launched by the catapult, when he saw the huge rocks launched by the scatterer fell from the top of the city of Yecheng, wherever he fell, there was a broken limb and corpse. When he saw countless soldiers of Wei who were defeated by the Han army as if they were chopping melons and vegetables because they had no food in their stomachs, his heart was broken.

All of this is Wei Ji, but if he could see through Wei Ji's plan, why would he reach this point today? To be fair. As early as when Zhang Fei was attacking the west, many advisers suggested not to trust Wei Ji too much, but what did he say at that time? He said Wei Ji was him, suspected that Wei Ji was him, Cao Zhen, was to alienate the relationship between generals, destroy the Great Wei Kingdom, and Ji Han's spy.

As a result, it turned out that those people were not Ji Han's spies, but Wei Ji was the one. Those people had excellent eyes, and he performed like a pig on this! It was his trust in Wei Ji that caused the irreversible defeat of the Wei army. The central army with the strongest combat ability of Cao Wei and the bravest New Fifth Battalion were defeated by the Han army because they had no food and grass and had no strength to starve.

At this time, no matter what kind of excuses are, we cannot relieve Cao Zhen's regret and hatred. As early as the beginning of learning about this, Cao Zhen vomited blood and fell to the ground. In this way, the poor Cao Zhen was always entangled in regret and hatred, drowsy and unable to get rid of it. This situation continued until he was a little awake when he crossed the Yellow River.

But he would rather not be awake at that time. He saw that the Han army had already prepared the land fleet from the upper reaches, and in less than a meal, it defeated the vulnerable Wei navy. Faced with the blockade of the Wei army, the Han army lowered a large number of pointed giant trees from the upper reaches. These giant trees used the rolling river waves to break the floating bridge on the Yellow River, trapping tens of thousands of soldiers north of the Yellow River. Then the Han army forced into the Wei army trapped in the dead, and shot Cao Zhen's rear army without mercy.

Seeing this scene, Cao Zhen poured out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"General!"

"Father!"

Everyone's emergency rescue did not bring back Cao Zidan's regretful soul that had left his body. An hour later, Cao Zhen stopped breathing.

Cao Shuang was in pain and secretly decided to avenge this. The think tank Huan Fan proposed that Cao Shuang not be able to publicize the news that Cao Zhen was dead. He quickly reorganized the army and left. The Wei army did not dare to stay across the river. They knew that the Han army might attack them at any time. They immediately led the remnants to flee south, hoping to avoid the Han army from afar.

The Han army opened its doors and let the remnants of the Wei army go away. The actual situation is that the Han army is now the largest state in the world, with more than 100 counties and a population of millions. Ji Han has only occupied Yecheng at present. He must take advantage of the great victory in Yecheng to quickly pacify the remnants of the Wei army in various places in the shortest time, and civil resistance forces are occupied and counties. In contrast, pursuing Cao Zhen is not so important and necessary.

Speaking of which, Kong Ming's plan to pacify Jizhou was too successful. He concentrated all the food and grass in Yecheng, so that Cao Wei could not even have the power to counterattack. However, it was precisely because of this plan that there was a grain shortage in other places in Jizhou except Yecheng. The hungry scattered soldiers rushed into various towns and villages, turning into robbers who plundered the people. Some prefects and county magistrates pushed all the reasons for this to Jihan and incited the people to hate Jihan. At this critical period, an early occupation meant the surrender of Jizhou and a later occupation. When Cao Wei officials understood from panic, they might set off heavy resistance in Jizhou, and using war in Jizhou was the least unwilling to see. A complete Jizhou and a rich Jizhou were the necessary conditions for Jihan to maintain further pressure on Cao Wei and Dongwu.

Therefore, the remaining affairs in Qingjizhou must be handled in the shortest time.

It has been long since time been settled. Officials with management experience from Chang'an will work with the army to complete the governance of Jizhou in the shortest time, ensuring that the people will not experience large-scale dangers and riots, and will resume production and cannot miss the harvest of this year.

Since Ji Han chose to attack appropriately, the seeds had been sown when Cao Wei recruited military soldiers, and the harvest of this year was not delayed by the war.

Military, the main force of the Wei army in Jizhou was defeated, but this never meant that Jizhou was completely pacified.

At present, in Jizhou, at least two teams pose a powerful threat to Ji Han.

Among them, the first one was Qin Lang's cavalry and the two guerrilla battalions. This cavalry unit ranked first in both Cao Wei and the world of the Three Kingdoms. This ace weapon that Cao Cao started his career and defeated powerful enemies several times finally came to Longyouxiaodi, trapped north of the Yellow River, and was in the midst of many sieges of Ji Han. How could he escape again?

From Zhang Fei, strict orders were issued at all levels, and these two cavalry units must be eliminated in Jizhou - of course, it is almost impossible to surrender. One is the son of Qin Yilu, one is the son of Cao Ren, and the other is the son of Cao Hong. If they are willing to surrender to Ji Han, they are afraid that even God will not believe it.

However, these two troops are indeed too powerful.

Since Qin Lang, Cao Tai, Cao Fu were blocked by Ma Dai, Pang Hui and Deng Ai and could not go south to support Cao Zhen, they have lost contact with the main force of the Cao Wei army. They have sought opportunities several times and have not succeeded.

It is impossible to encounter such a strict defense that makes them helpless, for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, a glorious tradition of fighting. However, this kind of impossible has become possible today.

First of all, in almost every battle in the ground, the tiger and leopard cavalry is a surprise soldier, which only appears in the most deadly moments and the most deadly part. For example, a top assassin hits with one blow and then retreats untied. But in this way, as the main force, attacks Youzhou in the north, then returns thousands of miles to support, and then attacks the opponent's position that had already formed. In Deng Ai's words, this combat method is to use the sword of the Gan Jiang to plow the fields.

Secondly, although the combat effectiveness of Ma Dai and the other two cavalry were far inferior to that of the guerrilla battalions, which were predecessors of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, their strengths were that the generals were all outstanding in their talents. Ma Dai and Pang Hui had the ability to be inappropriate, and Deng Ai was even more intelligent and capable of controlling the generals. Even with a small amount of troops, he could block the cavalry of Cao Wei head-on, and his ability to form formations and defend the ground was strong. Almost no one in the world could be the right person. Fighting against these three generals, Qin Lang and the other three had never gained the upper hand.

Under this circumstance, Qin Lang gradually felt the crisis.

Although Ji Han had been keeping secrets strictly. He did not want to alert the enemy, and let the two battalions of the cavalry and the failure of Cao Zhen. However, Qin Lang was not a stupid person. He could be valued by Cao Pi and Cao Rui, not just because of his mother's relationship. When he felt that the crisis was coming, he finally gave up joining the main force of Cao Wei and chose to leave. Just when Zhang Bao and Guan Xing were ordered by Zhang Fei to lead the elite troops to surround them, Qin Lang suddenly turned and returned to the east, crossed Anping Kingdom and Hejian Kingdom, entered Bohai County, and rushed for more than 300 miles to break through the six defense lines of the Han army.

The battle of attacks is no longer carried out, and the soul of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is resurrected. The flexibility of the guerrilla battalion and the strengths of the Knight Cavalry battalion are fully utilized.

They plundered all the way and successfully robbed Guan Xing's military rations. Although they were surrounded by the Han army, they were always unable to use the strongest net to trap them.

Along the way, Deng Ai was unable to catch up with the cavalry due to the speed of the marching, and guerrillas the Second Battalion. He also found that the marching route of the second battalion was strange and unpredictable. He looked at the map of Jizhou for a long time and suggested that Ma Dai that if the Wei army wanted to return to the territory of Wei, he would definitely go to Nanpi City. Therefore, the Han army was not going to chase him like this. Don’t follow the Wei army and eat dirt, but wait directly in front. Ma Dai adopted Deng Ai’s opinion, and the Han army left Zhang Bao and Guan Xing to chase him behind, and the rest of the troops joined the army to surround Nanpi City as quickly as possible.

Under the strong attack of the Han army, Nanpi City made a strange move overnight. Then, the Han army seemed to be informing the Wei army and sent someone to contact Qin Lang to inform them that the Nanpi Guard was still facing Wei, and asked them to contact him quickly.

Qin Lang was deceived and led his army straight to Nanpi, preparing to go south to the plains after a simple rectification in Nanpi, enter the Qingzhou border, and return to Cao Wei.

The Han army was ambushing nervously, and Deng Ai's talents were valued. Everyone, including Ma Dai and Pang Hui, followed Deng Ai's command, obeyed other people's will, and regarded them as two charge generals.

Deng Ai knew that it would be difficult to capture the tiger and leopards when they entered the deep mountains. This time, the trap was set up on the road where the wild beasts could return to the mountain, and they were waiting for the Wei army to come. As long as the tiger and leopard cavalry entered Nanpi City, they would have nowhere to escape. The power of the cavalry would disappear, just like a tiger and leopard falling into the trap. No matter how hard they struggled, they would not be able to escape the fate of being arrested.
Chapter completed!