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    Chapter 160 "Ma Chao's Expedition"

    Under Cao Cao's eager gaze, Jia Xu looked at the map for a while, thought about it for a while, and then shook his head and said: "No! Not to mention being indecisive and changing orders at night is a taboo in the army. It's why we mobilize our troops in such a hurry.  Hundreds of thousands of people walked quietly without them noticing, but once the battle started, it was impossible to keep it secret. *1 (1) Among the two cities of Qingshui City and Lueyang City, at most one city could be successfully attacked by sneak attack."

    Cao Cao laughed self-deprecatingly: "This is my whim. Has Wen He thought about what would happen if we occupied a city?"

    After listening to Cao Cao's words, he still didn't completely give up the idea of ??a sneak attack. Jia Xu said: "Occupying one city is of little significance to us. It can dampen some of their morale, but if we drive their troops into two cities, we  The difficulty in occupying the remaining two cities will definitely not be small. What Xu is most worried about is whether we will be harassed by Liu Jia and the others if we stay in the newly occupied city like this."

    "Our troops are stronger than theirs. If we don't harass them, how can they harass us?" Cao Cao asked matter-of-factly.

    "When we asked General Zhang He to resist Liu Jia, we ordered to rob the property of the people outside the city and kill almost all the cattle and sheep. Now the locals are probably scared to shit when they see us. Hear this  When our army arrives, they must have rushed to Liu Jia's side. When our army goes out of the city to harass them, we must bring enough food. And if they want to harass us, not only do they have people who are not afraid of death to deliver food and supplies to them  , and there are common people who are not afraid of death to send them news. When we go out, we are blind. But they can dive into water like a fish. In this way, they can hit us and run away, and there is no problem in running in any direction.  After our ground soldiers go out, we can only return to the city honestly, so we have no flexibility. Because the harassment route is fixed, we are easily intercepted or ambushed by the Yizhou soldiers," Jia Xu said.

    Cao Cao nodded, sighed and said, "Then let's do it as before."

    Jia Xu smiled and said: "King Wei, don't underestimate our original strategy. Liu Jia can see that this step will not do any harm to us. The only thing is that it will cost them less money and energy. For us  There is no loss. As long as our following strategy is successful, it will not be difficult to defeat Liu Jia. Aren't they still staying in Long County Chengli? Now they are also half-convinced and unsure whether we are going or not. Wait  They understood, and our strategy was one-third successful."

    Only then did Cao Cao's expression soften, and he smiled and said, "Haha, Wen He is right. Just let us wait here for them to come."

    Liu Jiazheng, who was sitting in Longxian City and chatting with Pang Tong, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and others, was asking about the customs of Xiliang when a scout came over and said: "Report to the King of Shu, Cao Jun has set up camp since yesterday.  There was no preparation to leave after that. Instead of preparing to march as a whole group, the soldiers were divided into many small groups and went around. Most of these people carried the tools used by ordinary people to harvest grain and grass."

    Liu Jia and Pang Tong wanted to look at each other and said oh in unison.  Several generals also looked puzzled: Is Cao Jun really not coming?  Are you willing to be a coward?

    Liu Jia was about to ask.  Pang Tong said: "This must have been decided by Cao Cao when he left Chang'an. They came out this time just to take back all the grain and grass in Yongzhou close to us, hoping to trap us to death."

    Before Liu Jia could answer, Huang Zhong laughed: "Haha, are we trapped to death? Although we can't get food from the surrounding farmland, we can transport it from Hanzhong and Yizhou. Are you afraid of ghosts?"

    Pang Tong said: "Although we can transport food from the mainland, the quantity is still not enough. It can basically only meet the needs of the army. However, after several battles in Xiliang and Yongzhou, especially the wanton burning and killing by Cao's army, the people nearby are in great need."  Grain. And winter is coming soon. Farmers without grain reserves are in urgent need of grain to feed horses and livestock. At most, it is not difficult for us in Yizhou to fully guarantee food. What's more, in our southern states of Nan Myanmar and Northern Wu, there are also wars in the first half of the year.  Need relief"

    Liu Jia also said: "There are two problems that restrict our grain and grass transportation. One is that the roads are difficult to travel. The other is that the loss of grain on the road is too large. If we can raise grain and grass locally, one hundred kilograms raised here is equivalent to 100 kilograms of grain and grass."  Three hundred catties were shipped from Yizhou."

    Ma Chao also said angrily: "Thief Cao's move is really vicious. He has taken away the people's food and grass. The people will definitely come to us looking for food, which will increase our burden even more."

    After finishing speaking, Ma Chao said to Liu Jia: "My lord, let's just rush over and catch him off guard so that they can lose a handful of rice instead of stealing the chicken."

    Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are also gearing up.

    Liu Jia also looked atTong said: "What do you think, Shi Yuan? Jia thinks this method is good."

    Pang Tong nodded and said: "This is also a way. Since we can't get it, we have to make their lives uneasy. Let's send the cavalry and let our cavalry blow up a strong wind here. Kill them several times.  Take a look with your head."

    When Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao heard this, they all rushed to say: "Let the general go!"

    Pang Tong smiled and said: "If you want to go, of course you should go with General Ma. General Ma is more familiar with the terrain here than General Huang and General Zhao." Then he turned to look at Liu Jiadao, "How about it?"

    Ma Chao looked eager.

    Liu Jiadao: "Then it's settled. General Ma, General Pang De, and yes, General Zhang Ren. He has always said that he wants to go to battle in person. After a while, Cao Jun will let him go." Upon hearing this, Ma Chao narrowed his eyes with joy.  It became a crack, and Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong were naturally reluctant to give up, but they didn't say anything more.

    Pang Tong nodded knowingly after listening to Liu Jia's words, and said to Ma Chao: "General Ma must be careful, there is no need to kill many people, as long as you can scare them, prevent them from going too far out of the city, and let the local people grab more."  Yes. This operation focuses on disturbing the enemy, not killing the enemy. If there is any big operation, the three of you should discuss it. Don't surround yourself with Cao's army. When you are absolutely sure to eat the opponent, you will eat it. There is no absolute  Give up when you are sure, and don't let your anger fall into Cao Cao's tricks. Even if you camp, stay away from Cao's army and send more exploring horses"

    Ma Chao said loudly: "General, I understand! Ma promises to take as many people out as possible and as many people as he brings back. He will not withdraw his troops until Cao's thieves are killed."

    Seeing that Pang Tong had said so much, Liu Jia said nothing more. After all, Ma Chao was a general of the Five Tigers. If the handsome man passed by his mother-in-law, everyone would dislike it.

    On the third day after the plan was made, three generals, Ma Chao, Zhang Ren, and Pang De, led 20,000 cavalry and quickly headed east with some of their own provisions.

    Chapter 160 "Ma Chao's Expedition"
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