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Volume Three: Dong Zhuo's Chaos, Chapter 340

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    At this time, Zhao Yun's 100,000 new soldiers had already arrived in Guandu.  And a hundred miles of joint camp was set up next to Gan Ning's navy stronghold.

    Cao Ying on the south bank of Guandu inspected the horses and hurriedly reported to the generals of Guandu - Wen Chou and Yan Liang: "General, there are soldiers and horses from Youzhou arriving on the north bank of Guandu."

    Yan Liang asked hurriedly: "How many more troops did they increase? Have they ever found out?"

    "General. We only know that he has set up a joint camp for more than a hundred miles. The camp is densely covered with banners. The shouts of killing are shaking the sky. We have never ascertained the specific strength of his troops."

    "Get lost, you useless thing." Wen Chou shouted angrily.

    Yan Liang advised: "Brother, don't be angry. Now that the Yellow River has been blocked by Gan Ning's navy, our detective horses cannot cross the river to investigate. It's good to know this. There is no need to blame them. It's still you and me.  Climb up and take a look."

    Wen Choutou agreed.

    Yan Liang and Wen Chou then climbed up to watch across the river.  At this sight, the two of them took a breath of air.  I saw countless banners at the Baili camp opposite.  The figure shakes.  It can be heard across the river.

    Wen Chou said in horror: "Brother, how come there are so many soldiers and horses on the opposite side suddenly? Look at this, there are not even five or six million soldiers and horses. Do they want to come and attack us again?"

    Yan Liang sighed: "I'm afraid that's it. A few days ago, I heard rumors that the Commander-in-Chief of Youzhou was kidnapped by assassins sent by our Prime Minister. I didn't believe it at the time, but it seemed like this was the answer.  "

    Wen Chou said worriedly: "Brother, if that's the case, these soldiers and horses must have come from Youzhou Taiwei to raise troops for revenge. They have six to seven million soldiers and horses here. But we only have 200,000 soldiers and horses. We  How are they their opponents?"

    Yan Liang said calmly: "It doesn't matter. We have built countless high platforms along the coast. All of them are equipped with thunderbolt chariots. It is enough to control their ferries from docking. And the fortresses and fortresses built here by Mr. Ziyuan are also quite powerful.  Strong. In addition to our 200,000 elite soldiers, let alone 6 to 7 million soldiers and horses, even if they come with a million soldiers, we can still let them all sink into the Yellow River. It's just a pity.  Mr. Ziyuan can¡¯t see this scene.¡±

    Yan Liang was originally very confident, but when he thought of the deceased Xu You, he couldn't help but sigh.

    Wen Chou is also a person who values ??friendship and justice.  Hearing Yan Liang sighing at Xu You, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Mr. Ziyuan was extremely talented and accomplished great things, but he lost his life in the hands of that stupid man. God is really jealous of talented people. Sooner or later, I will kill this beast to repay Mr. Ziyuan for his good fortune."  A life-saving grace."

    Yan Liang quickly stopped him and said, "Dear brother, don't say stupid things. Although Mr. Ziyuan is highly intelligent and has extraordinary achievements, he is aloof and harsh in speech. He is also a little greedy for money. This cannot be faked. Therefore, it is inevitable that he will be killed.  . Moreover, the reckless man who killed Mr. Ziyuan was the prime minister¡¯s favorite general. He was highly regarded by the prime minister. If we kill him, it will be no different than treason. You and I have received great favor from the prime minister. How can we not distinguish between public and private matters?  Never mention it again!"

    Wen Chou silently nodded in agreement.

    Yan Liang sighed.  He changed the topic and said: "Although we are not afraid of Liu Bin and his army coming, this matter is not trivial after all. We should still report it to the Prime Minister. Let the Prime Minister be prepared."

    Wen Chou nodded in agreement again.

    So after Yan Liang returned to camp.  In addition to ordering active preparations for war, Liu Bin was also asked to increase troops on the north bank of Guandu, and he heard that Liu Bin was going to take revenge because he was kidnapped.  He wrote a detailed battle report and sent someone to send it to Cao Cao quickly.

    Waiting for Cao Cao to receive the battle report from Yan Liang.  It was learned that Liu Bin was about to send 600,000 to 700,000 troops to attack Guandu, and was kidnapped by Cao Cao in revenge.  Most of the civil and military officials were frightened and uneasy.  Some civil and military officials even complained in their hearts. Cao Cao was well fed and had nothing to do. Why did he kidnap Liu Bin?  Now he has caused all the trouble.

    But just when he was feeling sad, Cao Cao suddenly laughed.

    The civil and military officials on both sides were all shocked.  Prime Minister, what happened?  Could it be that because he knew that Liu Bin had sent so many soldiers and horses to come for revenge, he was scared crazy?  If even Prime Minister Cao is crazy.  What should we do?  It's better to think of getting away quickly.

    At this time, loyal people on both sides asked: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, Liu Bin is about to come with a large army to attack us. We are still afraid of being defeated with all our troops and horses, and our civil and military forces are afraid. Why are you laughing, Prime Minister?"

    Cao Cao laughed and said: "I laugh at Liu Bin, although he knows how to use troops, but he is sparse. He has the reputation of being the best army in the world, but he does not understand the weather and geography. He can only achieve our hegemony and reputation."

    All the civil and military officials were puzzled and wondered where Cao Cao got such confidence.  You must know that people like you were defeated by Liu Bin.  That's not just once or twice.  These people all know the strength of Liu Bin's soldiers and horses.?.  Even if his lord Cao Cao wanted to improve his morale by belittling his enemies, there was no need to be so exaggerated.

    As soon as Cao Cao saw the appearance of this group of people, he knew what they were thinking.  So he smiled and said: "Don't believe me. Let me tell you what you know. You must know that agriculture is the foundation of a country. If the food is sufficient, the people will be stable and the soldiers will have peace of mind. Therefore, military and horse expeditions are mostly after the autumn harvest. And now is the time.  The spring equinox is the busy time for farming. The benevolent Lord should encourage farmers and mulberry trees at this time and call off the war. But Liu Bin did not care about the importance at this time. For his fictitious desolate affairs, he sent out large armies at the expense of people and money.  . At this time, if they miss the busy farming season, their autumn grain production will inevitably decrease. The common people, officers and soldiers will definitely complain. This can be said to be ignorant of the timing."

    All the civil and military officers under Cao Cao heard this.  Everyone nods!  Yes, what the Prime Minister said makes sense.  Everyone's morale was greatly boosted.

    And Cao Cao went on to say: "Then Liu Bin is ignorant and wants to attack us. But he is not easy to attack, but he doesn't know how to adapt and comes to attack our Guandu. Our Guandu was poorly prepared and sparsely defended.  Forget it. But now my Guandu has both the natural danger of the Yellow River and strong city walls. Like iron barrels. With 200,000 elite soldiers defending it, it can defeat an enemy ten times stronger. But Liu Bin only sent six to seventy  Thousands of soldiers and horses came to attack there. Wouldn't that just scratch our itch? I'm afraid that all his 600,000 to 700,000 soldiers and horses would sink into the Yellow River. He would not be able to attack even half a step on the bank of the Yellow River. In this case, wouldn't Liu Bin be like this?  Don¡¯t you know the location?¡±

    All the civil and military officials were impressed.  Confidence soared.

    But Cao Cao said: "Liu Bin does not know the weather and geography, and he will be defeated sooner or later. We don't need to pay attention to him. We can just let Liu Bin consume our troops in Guandu. We only need to take care of our internal affairs and spring plowing."  . When the autumn harvest comes, one will wax and wane and the other will grow. Liu Bin¡¯s troops are exhausted and his horses are trapped, but we have well-equipped troops and food. We can defeat Liu Bin in one fell swoop and achieve our hegemony."

    After hearing this, all the civil and military officials under Cao Cao were even more delighted.  The attack on Liu Bin was ignored.

    Cao Cao immediately gave Yan Liang an eight-character reply: Stay safe and secure, and it is strictly forbidden to attack.

    Yan Liang understands this.

    And Zhao Yun had been training his troops and horses on the north bank of the Yellow River for many days, but did not see any troop movements on Yan Liang's side, so he felt that this strategy of attracting the opponent's troops might not be achieved.  So he invited Gan Ning and said, "General Gan. Your lord ordered us to train our troops and horses here to attract Cao Cao's main force. But in the past few days, there has been no movement of troops and horses on the opposite side. It seems that if we can't give them some practical help,  I'm afraid they won't fall for the trap. I wonder if General Gan has the guts to help me take the initiative?"

    ¡°Zhao Yun is really courageous. He has grown up with his lord as expected.  Sure enough, he has a bit of a lord-like demeanor.  Gan Ning couldn't help but admire him secretly.

    You must know that although Zhao Yun also led 100,000 troops here.  However, Zhao Yun's 100,000 troops and horses were all recently recruited and had not yet formed a strong combat effectiveness.  Just these 100,000 troops crossing the river to attack Cao Jun's fortress, which looks like a hedgehog, is no different from committing suicide?  And it was a careless move.  It may also expose the fact that the military strength here in Guandu is empty.  Therefore, Zhao Yun proposed an attack, which was definitely a bold idea.

    However, Zhao Yun is very courageous, but Gan Ning is not a timid winner either.  At this time, Gan Ningna was also worried that he could not satisfactorily complete the task assigned by his master.  I was very interested when I heard that Zhao Yun was preparing to make some big move.

    Gan Ning smiled and said: "General, you can serve your lord without fear of life and death. How can I, Gan Ning, lag behind? Just tell me what plans you have, general."

    "Good! What a good man." Zhao Yun praised happily: "Since General Lao Gan lends me three thousand sailors, I will cross the river to attack Cao Jun."

    Good guy.  Although Gan Ning was also a bold leader, he was still stunned by Zhao Yun's words.  Gan Ning frowned and said: "General, is this all your plan? Is this a bit hasty? Although the strength of Cao Ying's soldiers and horses is not as good as our main force, it is still much stronger than our new army. And we  The number of soldiers and horses is not dominant. Cao Ying even built fortresses along the river, and high platforms were built densely on the city walls. There were thunderbolt stone chariots on each high platform. Although those thunderbolt stone chariots have a throwing distance longer than our stone chariots  They are much closer, but they occupy high places and are numerous. Their coverage area is enough to cover the entire coast of the Yellow River. Even my navy can gallop on the Yellow River, making it impossible for Cao Cao to send boats across the river. That is also  I dare not approach the south bank of the Yellow River easily. Now the general wants to borrow my three thousand naval troops to blatantly cross the river to attack Cao Cao. Isn¡¯t that like child¡¯s play? If so, I cannot agree. It¡¯s not that I am timid, but  I can't live up to my lord's trust. It has exposed the strength of our place."

    Hearing this, Zhao Yun chuckled and said: "General Gan, please rest assured. Although I am eager to make contributions, I am not a reckless person. Of course I know the meaning of this.Harmful to joints.  How could it be possible for our brothers to attack the fortified Guandu head-on?  "

    When Gan Ning heard what Zhao Yun said, he immediately became interested and said, "I heard that the general has a great opinion."

    Zhao Yun is not pretentious either.  Then he led Gan Ning to the battlefield and said, "General Gan, come and see, this is the trend of the Yellow River Basin. This is Guandu where Cao Cao is entrenched. If we capture Guandu, we will immediately threaten Cao Cao's hometown Yanzhou.  Cao Cao's foundation is Chenliu and Xudu. Then they are all under our iron body. That's why Cao Cao is so nervous about Guandu. That's why he built such strong fortifications here in Guandu. We want to  If you attack Guandu by force, you will definitely pay a heavy price. With your military power alone, we cannot take Guandu. Moreover, this is not the purpose of my lord. "

    Gan Ning nodded in agreement.

    Zhao Yun continued: "According to the combat intention of our staff, our purpose here is not to storm Guandu. It is to attract Cao Cao's attention and let Cao Cao mobilize all his troops to Guandu to take precautions.  . In order to facilitate the implementation of the staff's subsequent operational intentions. In this case, it doesn't matter whether we attack Guandu or not. As long as we let Cao Cao's troops mobilize. Let them follow us, then our  The goal has been achieved. Now, since we can't attract Cao Jun's attention by training our troops here with great fanfare, why don't we attack here instead."

    Gan Ning looked in the direction of Zhao Yun's finger and saw that it was Mengjin, another crossing of the Yellow River.  Gan Ning somewhat understood.

    At this time, Zhao Yun said with great pride: "Although this is also an important place leading to Sili. However, due to the current ruin of Sili, the population in the wilderness is sparsely populated, and Cao Cao and the Xiliang army have formed an alliance. And here is adjacent to  Then at the boundary of the Xiliang Army, Cao Cao did not gather many soldiers and horses here in order not to cause misunderstandings with the Xiliang Army. As long as we scoop up Mengjin as fast as lightning, the entire Sili will be at my mercy. And as long as we completely  They occupied Sili. The connection between Cao Cao and the Xiliang Army was severed, and it would be impossible for Cao Cao not to mobilize his troops. What's more, the Xiliang Army has actually surrendered to our Youzhou Army!"

    Gan Ning applauded the case.

    However, Gan Ning's Jiao Ting asked in confusion: "General! With our strength, if we attack Sili by surprise, I believe that the two generals can scoop up the entire Sili, but with our small strength, it is absolutely impossible."  It is not enough to defend Sili. It is even less likely to deal with the counterattack of all Cao Cao's troops. Although the Xiliang army has surrendered to our Youzhou army, the lord has not made it known to the world, which means that the lord does not want these princes to know about it.  , so as not to attract their attention! So I¡¯m afraid the Xiliang Army won¡¯t give us any support!¡±

    Before Zhao Yun could answer, Gan Ning laughed and scolded: "You idiot. Why are we defending the city? If Cao Cao sends troops, won't our goal have been achieved? Could it be that in the past few years, you have been a soldier and thought you were stupid?  Have you forgotten all about it?¡±

    Jiao Ting suddenly understood, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Hehe! In the past few years, we have been training navy troops with the master! We have really forgotten our old profession."

    Gan Ning laughed and scolded him and ignored him.  Turning to Zhao Yun, he said: "General, this is a very good plan. Xingba will give you full support. But after you and I leave, who will hand over the Guandu camp? What should Cao's soldiers on the other side do if they see a flaw?"

    Zhao Yun smiled and said: "We don't need many soldiers and horses to attack Sili. That Sili has been in war for a long time and the city is in ruins. I have three thousand fine cavalry, which is enough. General Gan only needs to send some naval troops to help me transport these soldiers and horses."  Meng Jin is enough. I would like to ask General Gan to put in more effort here."

    Gan Ning shook his head and said: "This is not possible. How can you defeat me by attacking Sili? And if you want to attack Mengjin by surprise, the big ships under my command are useless. As soon as those big ships move, the Cao soldiers on the opposite side will know it immediately.  They quickly sent the message. When the time comes, your surprise attack on Mengjin will definitely take a lot of effort. Otherwise, you will steal the chicken and lose the rice. Therefore, you can only take my Mengchong battleship and sneak up at night when the Cao camp on the opposite side cannot observe.  Out. As for this night boating on the Yellow River, although my soldiers are all veterans, they still need my personal command to be foolproof. And using Mengchong battleships to plunder cities along the river is also mine.  I¡¯m good at what I do. I should be able to help the general.¡±

    Zhao Yun thought for a while.  He felt that what Gan Ning said had some truth, so he nodded and said: "That's okay. It's just that after I leave, my army can be entrusted to my marching commander, Mr. Liu, to manage it. Anyway, these soldiers and horses are just doing routine work every day.  Training, without my three thousand cavalry, it won't have much impact. On the contrary, General Gan's navy camp protects our safety on the north bank of the Yellow River. After General Gan left, I didn't know anyone who could entrust this important task."

    Gan Ning smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if the general only wants your camp. MyThere is no need to consider the military Dazhai.  Not to mention that Cao Ying does not have a large-scale naval force that can fight against me.  Even if he has a navy, my navy stronghold only has 50,000 sailors.  But there are forty invincible battleships that can carry three hundred people, and two hundred giant ships that can carry a hundred people.  There are countless other boats.  Moreover, my sailor sons are also veterans who have been operating in the waters for many years.  There is no rival above the Yellow River.  I only need to leave Jiao Ting to conduct daily patrols on the water, and everything will be safe.  "

    Once the strategy was decided, Zhao Yun immediately wrote his battle plan into a battle report and sent it to the staff headquarters in the rear.  Then that night, he quietly set out on Gan Ningde's warship.

    Two days later, there is still no news about Cao Cao.  Zhao Yun and Gan Ning had already arrived near Mengjin.

    To say that Gan Ning was more experienced, when Gan Ning led the navy to the vicinity of Mengjin, it was also dark at night.  Under Gan Ning's command, Gan Ning's 3,000 navy troops and Zhao Yun's 3,000 cavalry landed ashore without anyone noticing.

    After landing, Gan Ning arranged for a thousand naval troops to sail the ships to the other side and wait for his signal to meet him.  Then he discussed with Zhao Yun: "General! Although your cavalry is very fast, the movement of running in this night is too loud. According to the information given to us by our intelligence department, it is ten miles away from Mengjin Ferry.  There is a camp of Cao Cao's who is monitoring this place. If your movement wakes them up, as long as they stick to the camp and report our news, then our operation may be destroyed. Why don't you go first?  Wrap the horses' hooves in thick cloth and then move forward slowly. I will lead the people to block the exit of their camp and kill all their security personnel. Open the gate of the camp and you will lead the troops to attack. In this way,  We can catch them all in one fell swoop. What do you think, General?"

    Zhao Yun thought for a while and felt that such action was against his original intention.  But as long as Cao Cao's Mengjin camp is taken away without anyone noticing, it will be much easier to attack Luoyang and conquer the entire Sili, and the surprise and blow to Cao Cao will be even greater.  So Zhao Yun nodded in agreement.  He stared at Gan Ning and said, "General Gan, be careful."

    Gan Ning didn¡¯t talk nonsense. He held his fists and led his troops to take the lead.  But when Gan Ning arrived at Cao Cao's camp in Mengjin, Gan Ning took a closer look and was shocked.

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