Chapter 55 Chapter 7 Incorporating Qingzhou Army to Compete for Yanzhou Land (7)

Ten wooden boats had already been prepared on the edge of the Pu River, and Cao Cao had already organized the troops directly under him into 20 ferry groups, and they crossed the Pu River in two batches in an orderly manner.Even when crossing the water, it is cool and quiet, and there is no noise.A soldier fell in the middle of the water, and the soldiers on the same boat were not panicked. They only sent two soldiers with good water skills to jump into the water to rescue them, and the boat continued to sail.And such a small accident, Cao Cao had already thought of it and made such arrangements in advance before this surprise attack, which shows how carefully Cao Cao considered this key action.

After the troops crossed the water, they were assembled in four groups according to the original plan.Cao Cao rode on a tall horse and inspected the troops. Seeing that all the soldiers were full of energy and looked ready to fight at any time, he was very satisfied, so he waved his horsewhip, and the troops advanced quickly. Kuang Ting was right in front, and Liu Xiang's battalion flag could already be seen.At this time, it is impossible to advance in concealment. Cao Cao shouted: "Soldiers, Kuangting is in front of you. You can conquer it with all your strength. According to the original deployment, divide into four groups and surprise it. Charge! !"

When Liu Xiang's defenders discovered the army with the "Cao" banner, Cao Cao's troops had already covered the city like dark clouds.Followed by shouts of killing like a storm.The sound was like the roar of the tide, shaking the entire barracks. Liu Xiang, who was waiting for Yuan Shu's further instructions in the camp, heard the sound of the surging army and didn't know what was going on. He was about to send someone to ask him, but the guards rushed in and shouted: "It's not good! , Cao Jun is coming!" Liu Xiang was shocked, but couldn't believe it was true.The reason why he was stationed in Kuangting was to stay away from Cao Jun for a while, and he did not dare to approach the brave Cao Cao easily.He was waiting for Yuan Shu's instructions to cooperate with Yuan Shu's main force to attack.

However, Cao Jun has already appeared in front of him. What is going on? He murmured to the guards in panic, "How is this possible? How is this possible?" The guards reported again: "Cao Jun is really coming!" Liu Xiang had no choice but to believe this was true, and hurriedly called on the soldiers to fight.But it was too late, Cao Jun was already like a sharp spear, piercing the barracks from several directions.Completely cut Liu Xiang's troops, only for escape, how could he have the strength to fight? Liu Xiang rushed out with only a few followers.He ran away desperately, and was not relieved until far away.However, all his troops had been wiped out. He didn't know whether he should return to Yuan Shu's headquarters or go elsewhere?Now, he has seen Cao Cao's combat ability with his own eyes. Until now, he still couldn't understand how Cao Cao suddenly appeared. He couldn't help but think of the words "heavenly soldiers and generals".From this point of view, could Yuan Shu be Cao Cao's opponent? Liu Xiang could only shake his head and sigh...

Cao Cao didn't chase Liu Xiang either, because Liu Xiang's army had completely disintegrated, and Liu Xiang himself was not important to him. What he needed to concentrate on dealing with now was Yuan Shu's main force. Therefore, after Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to quickly clear the battlefield, he set up a formation at Kuangting, ready to wait for the arrival of the main army of Yuan Shu's headquarters, and Xun Yu, who stayed in Zhencheng, also led most of the assembled Yanzhou troops to Kuangting. rush to the rescue. This was also arranged by Cao Cao long ago. He knew that Yuan Shu's main force would come to attack Kuangting after he obtained it. It was not enough to rely on surprise troops to guard Kuangting, and reinforcements had to be sent in time.It was this step of the plan that Cao Ren led his troops to help.

Yuan Shu was also surprised when he learned that Kuangting had fallen.But it is inevitable to think about it. With Cao Cao's cunning in using troops, how could he not attack Kuangting? It's just that he didn't expect this at the beginning, or he was careless and ignored it. However, Yuan Shu judged that the main force of Cao's army was in Cao Ren's army, and Cao Cao would definitely follow the main force, and it was impossible to be in Kuangting.After making this judgment, Yuan Shu led his army across the four rivers slowly, preparing to fight to the death with the main force of Cao's army.Yuan Shu believes that currently occupying Kuangting is only the general vanguard of Cao's army. Due to the huge disparity in numbers, Cao's army occupying Kuangting must wait until the main force arrives before launching an attack.

The astute Cao Cao quickly saw through Yuan Shu's intentions according to Yuan Jun's direction, and was very happy.Therefore, he first strictly guarded Kuangting, pretending that there are too few people and he is afraid of being attacked, intending to confirm Yuan Shu's wrong analysis. At the same time, Cao prepared a strategy to deal with Yuan Shu. He decided to use the method of surprise attack again. According to his own analysis, Yuan Shu focused his attention on Cao Ren's troops. He almost dismissed Kuangting's defenders. He planned to annihilate Cao Ren's main force, and then deal with the small Kuangting defenders.He never expected that there was Cao Cao in Kuang Ting, let alone that Cao Cao would use surprise attacks again, and he never expected that the surprise attack troops would come from Kuang Ting.

In order to deal with Cao Ren's main force, Yuan Shu led most of his troops across the Beiji River, but when he hadn't set up his formation, he quickly rushed out a powerful force from the direction of Kuangting. Yuan Shu was almost stunned. Didn't he find out that the Kuangting army was cautious for fear of being attacked? How did they become such an active army instead of being passive? And they swept over with their murderous aura? Soon he saw that the leader of the Kuangting army It was Cao Cao, but Cao Cao rode on the horse and swung his troops forward. Although Yuan Shu far surpassed Cao Cao in terms of numbers of soldiers and horses, when he realized that he had made a serious mistake, he became confused for a while, and no longer wanted to fight, so he quickly ordered the army to retreat westward.Under the protection of the guards, Yuan Shu took the lead in retreating, leaving some behind and most of them accompanying him.Yuan Jun retreated all the way to Fengqiu City next to Wuze, before he recovered his breath.

Yuan Shu recounted the troops before deploying the battle line.During the deployment, another flying horse came to report that Cao Cao had caught up again.Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's army, with such a small number, would pursue Yuan Shu's army so closely. Yuan Shu scolded: "This man is really crazy!" He hurriedly boarded Fengqiu City to wait and see, it didn't matter if he didn't look at it, but he was shocked again, Fengqiu City was actually surrounded.Cao Jun was besieged along the city, and the soldiers ready to fight sang battle songs. Yuan Shu, who had completely lost his confidence, could not judge how many people Cao Jun had.It seemed that he could no longer underestimate the enemy and be careless. Right now, he had to avoid Cao Jun Fengrui as soon as possible, and save himself first.