"What? Lu Bu actually!" A day later, Cao Cao received a letter from an envoy sent by the Yangzhou Legion, and only then did he know that Lu Bu had taken advantage of her inattention and secretly ran to the Yangzhou Legion, and was still running through cavalry raids and night raids.

However, this time unlike her, Lu Bu successfully defeated the Yangzhou Legion led by Cao Ren. Cao Ren had already brought his soldiers back to Guangling County, and he was afraid that he would not be able to provide support in this battle.

"Ten thousand combat soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, but they were defeated within one day?" Cao Cao couldn't believe it.

"The enemy used fire attack!" Guo Jia reminded, "The front army opened the way, the central army threw the oil pot, and the rear army ignited the fire, and cooperated with tacit understanding."

"The problem is that the other party does not use many torches to ignite grease. As long as the soldiers are careful, they can avoid it. At the same time, even if they cannot use water, the soil on the road can actually be put out the fire!" Cao Cao sighed. Cao Ren was too unprepared for the fire attack.

Wang Yong didn't know how to evaluate it at this moment. In the Romance, Cao Ren went south to attack Jingzhou. Xu Shu, who had just joined Liu Bei's command, defeated Xu Shu with fire and took back Fancheng at the same time, which led to the subsequent Battle of Bowangpo.

"Lord..." Sima Yi stepped forward, "According to the envoy's words, the enemy suddenly appeared at that time, and the commander of the Cao army sent a group of soldiers to the rear army to protect the baggage troops. But as the rear army was defeated, the baggage troops were in chaos, which was the key to everything."

"Indeed, it is impossible to rely on a group of baggage troops to have a high military literacy." Wang Yong also stepped forward to persuade him that those who can become baggage troops and fire-headed troops will be the ones left?

"Thirty thousand people are in a mess. Even if the soldiers outside want to help, the fire spreads rapidly. The rescue is too late, so they can only rescue the supplies to the greatest extent... The key question is, what is the situation of the night attack at night." Sima Yi quickly talked about the key to the matter.

"It seems that tens of thousands of Lu Bu troops appeared from all directions. There was a shortage of supplies at that time, so they could not effectively defend themselves. They had no choice but to temporarily evacuate. For this reason, they gave up the remaining supplies and the soldiers in the injured camp. The 45,000 people finally returned only more than 20,000. Of course, they were also gradually gathering up the collapsed soldiers, and at least 12,000 combat soldiers were saved." Guo Jia replied.

"If this is not the case, then she will at least pay a great price for it!" Cao Cao complained directly. Because of this, the commander of the legion, she was afraid that she could not continue to do it at all, but she had no idea who would come.

Generally speaking, Cao Hong can do it, but Cao Ren came down and Cao Hong went up, which is a bit unreasonable. The court is no longer a one-man rule of the Cao family, which means that others will definitely make trouble for this matter, let alone newspapers.

"Lord..." Sima Yi stepped forward, "I don't think that Lu Bu has more than 10,000 cavalry under his command."

"Yes, I know." Cao Cao nodded, "I have been sending people here this year to investigate Lu Bu's situation. Lu Bu did get a lot of horses, but the cavalry formed will not exceed 10,000 at most, after all, there will be losses in daily training. If she came to attack us before, not all the cavalry she brought, then I believe it. But at most, I think the wolf cavalry will not exceed 6,000 at most, and the light cavalry will not exceed 4,000 at the same time!"

"There is one more thing that the lord did not discover..." Guo Jia stepped forward, "We almost never encountered the elite troops of Lu Bu's army along the way! Wei Xu and Song Xian's subordinates, only the elite troops they took away, and the others were recruits! The subordinates thought that Lu Bu had transferred all the elite troops back to Xia Pi City, at least in this area."

"Then do you think how many soldiers Lu Bu has?" Cao Cao asked after he thought for a moment.

"At least 20,000 combat soldiers and thousands of cavalry!" Guo Jia replied, "and he just defeated the Yangzhou Legion!"

The Yangzhou Legion was defeated and could not continue to go north to support. At the same time, the Yuzhou Legion was still attacking Donghai County. It was impossible to solve it for ten days and half a month. It is still a matter of whether it could go south to support it later.

Just the Central Army's 10,000 people dealt with 30,000 combat soldiers, especially with thousands of cavalry, it was obviously too difficult. Just say that the attack was a bit too difficult to siege the city, and if it was a big siege, it would be a bit too difficult to attack from all sides. If it was an hour to consume the whole siege.

"Did the other party expect that we would instigate the civil and military officials in Xuzhou, so they took action in advance and transferred all the soldiers back?" Cao Cao couldn't help but frown. For a moment, she suspected that Wang Yong leaked the secret to the other party, but immediately denied the result.

From issuing the transfer order to replacing the defenders, it was not possible to do it in ten days or half a month. At that time, they started to send troops in just three or four days. During this period, there was no large-scale military mobilization in Xuzhou! In other words, the other party was mobilized in this way even earlier!

"Lord, a large number of people may not be a good thing!" Sima Yi saw Cao Cao in a dilemma, and immediately stepped forward, "Just like the Yangzhou Legion, 30,000 baggage troops, it became a burden at the critical moment. Lu Bu's army had only 30,000 elite soldiers, but it was definitely lacking in officers who could control these soldiers. We only need to attack the officers, so the other party's ordinary soldiers were not worth worrying!"

Indeed, it is true that a large number of civil and military officials in Xuzhou were instigated. Even if the Lu Bu army had 30,000 soldiers, there were very few generals who led the troops. They also had Song Xian, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu as internal supporters. The 30,000 combat soldiers would become a burden!

"What Zhongda said makes sense. I am indeed a little too nervous." Cao Cao nodded and praised him.

"As a subordinate, he is the duty of giving advice to the lord!" Sima Yi replied modestly.

"Well!" Cao Cao turned around and his head turned, his dissatisfaction had decreased a lot. Moreover, since Lu Bu was not around, there was no need to continue to worry about anything, "The whole army is moving forward and arrives at Xia Pi City today!"

"No!" The four lieutenants responded one after another. In the past two days, the large army advanced rapidly and felt a little cowardly.

In fact, even without the Yangzhou Legion, with Cao Cao's IQ and the help of Guo Jia and others, it would be only a matter of time before discovering this situation. Chen Gong did not underestimate Cao Cao from the beginning, so the time set for Lu Bu was that he had to travel back and forth within two days. In other words, if he failed to hit the attack, he would immediately escape to avoid being attacked from both sides.

Unfortunately, Cao Cao didn't know this. She just thought she was fooled and was very dissatisfied. At this moment, she just wanted to arrive at Xia Pi City early and meet Chen Gong well. Speaking of which, there was a while since she saw her.

One day later, or less than a day, the large army came to Xia Pi near that night. It was late at night, so it was stationed twenty miles away in Xia Pi County and rested for one night.

"Xia Pi..." Cao Cao looked at this city, which was not as good as Pengcheng, but it was also a high city. It was once the capital of Xia Pi. Except for the later country, this was the county seat of Xia Pi County, and prosperity was inevitable.

The key is that this is also the first city that Peng Chengguo encountered when he entered Xiapi County. It can be said that the gateway to Xiapi County. As long as we capture this place, other places are not worth worrying. At the same time, considering that Cao Ren had marched to Xiaxiang County before, then Lu Bu's stronghold, except for Xiapi, only Liangcheng County in the north will be left at most.

"Xia Pi is the key!" Looking at Xia Pi City from afar, Cao Cao slowly muttered. It should have been like this, but now Lu Bu can't beat him and can still run to Guangling County. This is a very bad situation.

At this moment, a single rider came from afar. While Cao's army was on guard, he came to the front of the army. Wang Yong recognized it at a glance, and the person who came was Zhang Liao.

"General Cao!" Zhang Liao bowed to Cao Cao, "My lord suggested that Li Tong exchange for the major general, how about?"
Chapter completed!