Chapter 14 Thirteen. The Dizzying Battle of Dingtao

This time Cao Cao was not simply preparing to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements. Even the main force that defeated Lu Bu's army was preparing to feint a shot, and of course he was not preparing to storm Dingtao.What is the real purpose?In fact, it was what the counselors and generals had guessed before: to support war with war and to seek food for the army. But the peach he wants to pick is not Dingtao, and there is no need to keep it secret now, because even the enemy Lu Bu already knows: Lu Bu, who swung his army towards Cao Cao, just received an emergency military report, and Juyang is in danger!Cao Cao's General Cao Ren has surrounded Juyang with heavy troops, and the attack is very urgent. That Juyang is the gate of Dingtao.Also, where is Cao Cao now in Dingtao?Still in Juyang?

To say it was a heavy army was just an exaggeration by the Juyang defenders in order to ask for help. The only ones who attacked Juyang were only more than 5,000 people from Cao Ren's headquarters. It is a fact that the defenders are hard to resist. Let me take some time to explain the geographic locations of Juyang, Dingtao, and Shanyang, so that everyone can more easily understand the general battlefield situation and detailed development of the battle between Cao Cao and Lu Bu Dingtao. The three cities are roughly like an equilateral triangle with a distance of more than a hundred miles. Juyang is in the north, Dingtao is in the southwest, and Shanyang is a little further away in the southeast.

Juyang in the north is close to Juancheng occupied by Cao Cao's Qingzhou army. If Cao Cao sends troops from Dongping to attack Dingtao directly, the left wing of the troops will be threatened by Shanyang Lu Bu's army; This relatively safe route of entry. It turned out that when Cao Cao led his troops to bypass Juyang to attack Dingtao, he secretly left the general Cao Ren behind. As soon as the news that Lu Bu's army was dispatched from Shanyang came out, Cao Ren began to attack Juyang. Compared with Yang's defensive strength, it would not take much time for Cao Ren to conquer Juyang, but I don't know whether it was because Cao Jun endured hunger for several months, or because of the desperate resistance of Juyang defenders, Cao Jun's siege operation did not go smoothly. It's been two days, and I haven't been able to take the first half step to the city.

This just made Lu Bu in the movement feel embarrassed: which side should be saved first?It is said that Gouyang and Dingtao are dependent on each other, and neither side can be lost, but it is not clear where the main force of Cao army is concentrated, and it is not appropriate to rashly divide troops to rescue. The other side wants to pounce in vain, and sit back and wait for the other side to fail. Why fight it in this battle?Why does it seem that the battle has already been defeated? Chen Gong urgently sent a letter to suggest: It is not too late to attack Juancheng. Our army attacked Juancheng, and Cao Cao had only two ways to go: one is to return the whole army to rescue Juancheng, the general can bluff against Juancheng, The main force was deployed between Juyang and Juancheng, waiting for an opportunity to ambush Cao Cao to rescue the army of Juancheng; second, Cao Cao made a desperate plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and the whole army invaded Shanyang. , Breaking Cao must also!

It should be said that Chen Gong set up a trap for Cao Cao that Cao Cao had to jump into. It was a real great skill in using troops. Unfortunately, Lu Bu had Lu Bu's opinion: is it the right way to use troops to take risks?We should first gather troops from the three routes to save Dingtao or Juyang. Even if one city is destroyed, the other can be used to encircle and wipe out part of Cao's army. Even if he won the lottery, he might not lose the two cities, and he could beat Cao Cao in one fell swoop-now Lu Bu is really gambling. Which city to save first?Lu Bu secretly turned a copper coin, and shouted: "God bless me too!" When I looked carefully, there were characters on the upward side, and then I remembered: I forgot to secretly determine which city the flowers and characters represent-two The rep fell short.Then let the literal represent Juyang again, and try again, it turned out to be flower noodles. Are you sure that the flower face upwards represents Dingtao?Forget it, how can it be such a trifling matter for military aircraft?Let it be empty.

It is reasonable to analyze it factually: if you hit Tao, Juyang will be lost, but there is a possibility of counterattack and recovery in the future; Of course, it cannot be said that it is a bad strategy to make the enemy embark on a road of no return.So be it, the whole army turned to Juyang. Juyang city was in sight, but there was no battle. When the county magistrate asked him urgently, he found out that Cao Ren's army was afraid of the general Huwei, and had already retreated a day ago. Could it be that they retreated to Juancheng? While wondering, Dingtao's urgent army reported: It turned out that Cao Cao and Cao Ren had gathered under the city of Dingtao and had already begun to attack the city. .

There is no need to hesitate now, the whole army rushes to Dingtao. There has always been a saying in the ancients: All good things take time.After so many days of sending troops this time, it seems that what is about to happen must be a good thing. It's not that Cao Cao didn't want to conquer Dingtao in one fell swoop, but he knew that it was impossible at the moment. In order to lure Lu Bu to rescue him, he also attacked the city for a day, and found that Wu Zi, the prefect of Jiyin who was guarding Dingtao (Dingtao) Tao Nai Jiyin Junzhi) is not an easy character to deal with, and the political mobilization work in Dingtao City is very good: "When Cao Jun attacked Xuzhou, there was a clear rule: Danfan besieged the city, and surrendered the city, and the whole city will be slaughtered! We will abandon it The code must die, and if you stick to it, you can survive, everyone, fight to the death with me to survive!"

There is no need to do more mobilization. Cao Cao put them to death and survived. Naturally, they are fighting against each other. Xuzhou's killing atrocities got their retribution here.