Chapter 96 Ninety-five, Zhan Aocang Cao Cao greedy for small profits

Aocang is located in the west slightly north of Guandu, basically in the middle between Guandu and Mengjin. The Yellow River flows through the north side of Aocang, which is the south bank of the Yellow River from west to northeast. One of the Yellow River Ferries. Attacking Xudu from here is slightly farther than Guandu, but due to the barrier of Songshan Mountain, it is not suitable for marching with a large army. Therefore, when Cao Cao gathered troops at Guandu and abandoned Aocang, he only sent troops to occupy this important strategic location. , Han Song's Thousand Qingqi crossed the Yellow River from here, and took actions against Cao Jun's grain road, except that Yuan Shao did not make any major moves here.

But now it is different. Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu, and the counties and cities east of Guandu have been wiped out by Cao Jun. Aocang has become Yuan Jun's only existing military stronghold on the south bank of the Yellow River. Going west here can cut off the connection between Hanoi and Xudu. Going east can threaten Guandu's back, especially the important point: Ao Cang, as the name suggests, was an important place to store grain in ancient times. From here, you can control the vast grain-producing area north of Songshan Mountain and south of the Yellow River. It was actually built in Caocao A bridgehead within the home.

However, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu, he was busy recovering the lost cities eastward in the early stage. By the end of the year, the Yellow River was frozen and the army food was insufficient, so he was unable to send troops to Aocang. In April of the sixth year of Jian'an (201), Cao Jun, who lived in Dongping, Yanzhou, survived the last spring and collected some military rations with all his strength. It was time to attack Ao Cang.If Ao Cang can't overcome, Cao Jun will never be able to cross the Yellow River north and take an offensive against Yuan. Yuan Shao has also come to Aocang early now. After more than four months of rectification and restoration, Yuan Shao has initially regained his military strength. After all, he is gathering the strength of the four states to rebuild a mobile force. Competing is not delusional.

It is not so easy to accept a lesson, and it often changes from case to case and from person to person.The counselor Jushou had been abandoned by Yuan Shao and died, so what about the fate of another counselor Tian Feng who judged his opponent in the war? Has been killed by Yuan Shao! That Yuan Shao usually has a generous appearance, showing no worries and joys, but in fact he has an aloof personality and a very high self-respect.Guandu was defeated and fled to Liyang. When he saw the guard Jiang Yi, he was very panicked, held his hand and said sadly, "My Yuan Shao's head will be handed over to you from now on!" After leaving the tent of the Chinese army, he never dared to enter again without Yuan Shao's call.

The defeated subordinates heard that Yuan Shao was still there, and later returned to Liyang. Yuan Shao was safe and secure, but he was worried about seeing Tian Feng when he returned to Yecheng, especially when he went out to patrol the camp and heard some soldiers crying and talking: "If Tian Feng was here, we would never have fallen into this situation!" These words became Tian Feng's reminder! At that time, Fengji, the guard of the army, happened to be by his side, so Yuan said what was in his heart to Fengji: "The soldiers and civilians in Jizhou heard that our army was defeated. Most of them would appreciate my usual kindness and give me understanding. Only Tian Feng had warned me before the war. Me, now that the situation of the battle is being told by him, it's time for Tian Feng to see my joke! I'm really ashamed to see him!"

It's just that Feng Ji Su has always been jealous of Tian Feng's intelligence, and has always been at odds with Tian Feng. Now that he finally has the opportunity to make trouble, why not take the opportunity to get rid of his political enemies? As long as you pay a little attention to this kind of immoral thing, you will find that it is common around us today, it is not surprising! This time, Feng Ji built a big stone out of thin air that was enough to put Tian Feng to death: "I heard that Tian Feng heard the general's defeat, he clapped his hands and laughed, and said to people like some kind of celebration: 'How is it? I, Tian Feng Say what you say!’”

In fact, Tian Feng in Yecheng Prison knew his fate well. When the jailer congratulated Yuan Jun on defeating Guandu as he had advised, and that his husband must be reused, Tian Feng sighed: "My lord is broad in appearance but jealous in heart. I will be grateful for my loyalty; I have said to you many times: 'If our army wins, the lord will be happy, and he will forgive me; With our army defeated, I have no hope of living." Sure enough, as Tian Feng expected, Yuan Shao heard Feng Ji's words, so he just took advantage of the topic and was furious: "I don't use Tian Feng's words, because I laughed at them!" The order was first issued to the prison, and Tian Feng died calmly.How can it not make people of the time and future generations sigh!

Taking advantage of the absence of war in the late winter and early spring, Yuan Shao resisted the desire to punish the counties of Cao Cao, and mobilized troops from the counties of the four prefectures. up. In any battle, there is a clear campaign goal.However, Cao Cao had difficulty deciding what he wanted to achieve in the battle of Aocang that was about to begin: If it's just to regain the lost ground and appease the rear, then there is no need to worry too much. The combat power of Yuan Shao's regrouped troops cannot be compared with the elite troops in the Guandu battle last year.Even if we fight hard, we will definitely be able to pull out this nail in Henan.

The question is, what if Yuan Shao doesn't fight you hard?Take a defensive position, fight with you at the head of Aocang City to occupy the consumption of land, and then retreat across the Yellow River at an appropriate time, so that Cao Jun will pay a huge price, and finally get an empty city. Definitely not good. Can Yuan Shao's vital forces be wiped out to the north of the Yellow River?It's a tempting idea, all in one effort!Northern China will be settled soon! However, the gamble of the Battle of Guandu really made Cao Cao afraid. How many one-offs, how many one-offs, Cao Cao spent like walking on thin ice, but it was a helpless move to put himself to death and survive!Is it still worthwhile to use troops to take risks now?

In fact, if you are determined to take the risk of a battle, the battle plan is not difficult to formulate: divide the troops into three groups, the left army secretly crosses Mengjin, cut off its food road and return route; Ao Cang, take advantage of his retreat to hide and chase across Hebei, so that Jizhou can be settled in this battle! Just worry about one thing: Yuan Shao’s resentment towards Guandu, don’t go to the rear, and send out the whole army to attack my frontal troops. I can’t compete with one-third of my troops. In the south, Liu Bei's Runan bandit army will take advantage of the fire to loot, if this situation really happens?The previous achievements of Guandu will be discarded in Ao Cang!

Is there a surefire solution?Taking both sides into account, we can annihilate Yuan Jun without any risk, so I will reward him heavily! Cao Cao, who was about to fight, forgot his own past battle examples: when he was seeking perfection, he was invincible, and when he was desperate, he basically won! It is estimated that Cao Cao now needs Lao Sun to teach him the art of war!Lao Sun Xing may have several ready-made modern battle examples to tell Lao Cao that he does not want your heavy reward, but only one condition: from now on, we will stop massacring cities and killing prisoners! The way to use soldiers is to care about one heart! The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army used a weak brigade to fight against the National Army's invasion of Jinggangshan: Show weakness first and lure the enemy to advance lightly; Later, it was set up in Longgang natural danger. Taking advantage of the fog, the army surrounded; Cutting forward and blocking back, echoing each other from afar. When the sound of killing is everywhere, the dragon sees the head but does not see the end; As soon as the two armies met, the tiger opened its teeth and became more powerful. Thousands of peaks and dark clouds descended; Wan Shuming shook the grass gun. When bombing the village wall in front of the hole; When the enemy chieftain is bound and captured! This campaign: Lin Biao is commanded by the enemy in front, and the rear is tented and run. The poet once left a sentence: "...the fog is all over Longgang and the thousands of peaks are dark, and they call out in unison: Zhang Huizan is caught ahead!" Liaoshen Campaign: The master of strategy, Mao Zedong, focused on gathering the national army outside the pass, and telegraphed the former enemy commander Lin Zong: We must ignore the poor soldiers in Changchun and the strong enemy in Shenyang, and gather the main force in Jinzhou, the throat of the northeast. Jinzhou, close the door and beat the dog.The Northeast was decided. Afterwards: The war in the south of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains swept across the mainland of China like a broken bamboo, and a new dynasty was established, all of which laid the foundation for this battle.Blocking the elite of the national army and preventing them from returning to the pass is really a great use of troops! However, Cao Cao was incapable of predicting the future for thousands of years, and he could not listen to the whimsical ideas taught by Lao Sun. He hesitated again and again, and made a strategy of using troops to avoid current losses and future troubles, greedy for small gains in the present, and stalling to win good opportunities.