Vol 2 Chapter 2876: Cage tactics, hunting Cao Ren

Chapter 2876: Cage tactics, hunting Cao Ren

Chapter 2872: Cage tactics, hunting Cao Ren

After all, Bai Qi still didn't know Kong Xuan well enough. He didn't know that Kong Xuan could quickly recover from his injuries, so in his opinion, Kong Xuan's behavior of pursuing Cao Cao with injuries was somewhat exaggerated and irrational.

After all, Kong Xuan was the foreign aid invited by Bai Qi, and he was also one of the top combat forces of Great Qin. If something happened to him due to injury, Bai Qi would not be able to explain it to Ying Hao.

 So, after Bai Qi learned the news, he immediately sent Fu Youde and 3,000 cavalry to respond, just to prevent Kong Xuan from having an accident.

“Each one makes me worry-free and always disrupts my plans.”

Bai Qi sighed helplessly. In his original plan, he would start the follow-up plan soon after occupying Dingtao.

Dingtao is the only way for Chen Liu to retreat eastward. The occupation of Dingtao by the Qin army is equivalent to completely cutting off the retreat route of Chen Liu's 100,000 Cao army, but it does not mean that Chen Liu's Cao army has no room for movement.

 So, next Bai Qi will implement a cage and encirclement tactic to Cao Ren's army to completely trap Cao Ren's 100,000 troops.

When the prison is complete, whether it will be completely annihilated or forced to surrender will depend on the mood of Great Qin.

Bai Qi originally planned to wait for the return of Wei Rui's 1,000 cavalry, plus Fu Youde's 3,000 cavalry, and use these 4,000 cavalry together. However, in order to prevent Kong Xuan from having an accident, he had to send Fu Youde to lead 3,000 cavalry forward. to support him, which will naturally affect his subsequent plans.

Of course, the impact is not big. Cao Ren is already a caged bird, so what kind of trouble can he cause? As long as Bai Qi slightly changes the plan, there will basically be no impact.

After Fu Youde took the order and left, Bai Qi cast his gaze downwards. Standing behind Liu Tichun was the young general Zhang Nai with a reserved look on his face.

Even Bai Qi was extremely surprised when he learned that there were still people alive among the remnants of the army trapped and dead in the city.

The city gate is completely closed, our own army is disorganized and has no intention to fight, but the enemy army in the city has a large number of elite soldiers and generals. In such a desperate situation, according to common sense, it is impossible for anyone to survive.

But what is outrageous is that not only did some people survive in the city, but more than a hundred people survived, and the one who played the biggest role in this was Zhang Nai.

Had he not called for joining the army for street fighting and commanding those who were still alive to fight guerrillas, it would have been impossible for anyone to survive.

This made Bai Qi interested in it, and he was also curious about how Zhang Nai escaped from the encirclement and killing of Yin Shou, Tantai Yu, Xia Houyuan and other fierce generals when Cao Cao entered the city.

After some inquiries, Bai Qi learned the true story of the matter. While he was surprised by this tenacious desire to survive, he couldn't help but sigh that the other party was really lucky.

 “Zhang Nai, Zhang Nai…”

Facing Bai Qi’s call, Zhang Nai seemed not to hear him. It was not until Liu Tichun reminded him that he finally recovered from his distracted state.

Zhang Nai was originally only a middle-level person, but after the surrender, his level was even lower. Logically speaking, he was not qualified to participate in meetings at the Qin Army general level, but Bai Qi specifically asked him to participate by name, which made him nervous at the same time. He was a little confused, so he didn't hear Bai Qi's call.

 After Zhang Nai reacted, he quickly stood up and responded loudly: "My subordinate is here."

"Zhang Nai, if you hadn't commanded it properly, the soldiers who failed to evacuate the city would have been annihilated. Now, you will be transferred to the governor's guard as a military commander." Bai Qi said calmly, and directly promoted Zhang Nai's military rank. class.

Zhang Nai was shocked when he heard this. It was gratifying to be promoted to a higher rank, but the real surprise was being transferred to Bai Qi's guard. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Seeing that Zhang Nai was stunned again, Liu Tichun slapped him on the back of the head and reminded him: "Silly boy, why don't you thank the general for your support."

 “Oh, oh, thank you, General.”

Zhang Nai thanked him with a happy face, which meant that Da Qin was not interested in worshiping his adoptive father, otherwise he really wanted to recognize his father on the spot.

Looking at Zhang Nai, Liu Tichun showed a hint of envy in his eyes. After all, he could follow the Great Qin War God Bai Qi. This was an opportunity that no one could ask for, but this boy got it so easily. He really accepted it. As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later.

Although Liu Tichun was envious, he would not be jealous of Zhang Nai. After all, after Ma Shouying's death, the credit that should have belonged to him was attributed to him. In addition, Bai Qi had agreed to perform Liu Tichun's performance in addition to his contribution to the pottery. As the prefect of Dongjun.

Liu Tichun received a reward that was much higher than his own merits, so naturally he would not be jealous of Zhang Nai. Of course, the most important thing was that he was on the line of Da Qin. From now on, he no longer had to worry about being in danger. The reason why Bai Qi rewarded Liu Tichun so highly and promoted Zhang Nai was not only due to their own merits, but also because he wanted to use these two people to win over the Yellow Turbans, one of the five major factions of Cao Wei, so as to further divide them. Disintegrate Cao Wei's internal affairs.

Other generals of the Yellow Turban line, such as Wang Junke, Niu Jinxing and other generals, were heavily rewarded after learning that Liu Tichun had surrendered. Even Zhang Nai, a junior, was valued by Bai Qi, and he would definitely prepare for his future. Make plans.

After Cao Wei's repeated defeats, the main force on the western front has been completely lost, and the last 100,000 troops are already on the plate. If the internal situation is not stable at this time, perhaps there will be no need for the Qin army to suppress the border, Cao Wei himself will Get into chaos.

At this thought, Bai Qi began to look forward to it. After all, he wanted to see Cao Cao's expression when he betrayed his relatives and left, rather than leading his army to attack Wei.

Early the next morning, Wei Rui led a thousand cavalry to Dingtao, and Bai Qi immediately began to implement the cage tactics.

 At the same time, news of the fall of Dingtao and Cao Cao's flying pigeon message reached Chenliu almost at the same time.

 When they learned that Cao Cao failed to rescue Dingtao and had to abandon the city and retreat eastward, both Cao Ren and Cao Hong closed their eyes in pain, because this meant that they had been abandoned.

 “Brother Ren, what should we do now?”

Cao Hong asked with a blank look on his face. He had actually been prepared to fight to the death for Cao Cao, but when that day was about to come, he found that he seemed unwilling to die like this.

A flash of determination flashed in Cao Ren's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Follow what the military advisor said."

 In fact, there is only one choice before Cao Ren:

 One is to go all out to fight the Qin army and try their best to cause greater losses to the Qin army.

As for the second one, it is to block the news and defend Chenliu until the last moment, trying to gain as much preparation time as possible for Cao Cao on the eastern front, as well as the new army and the Demon Sect rebels who are still training.

Cao Ren naturally chose the latter for no other reason than Cao Ren's army now has strong enemies on three sides: east, west, south, and west. The result of a head-on confrontation will definitely be a flanking attack from three sides.

Looking at the latter, due to the fall of Dingtao, the retreat was cut off. Although Chenliu was already an isolated city and its fall was only a matter of time, the strategy Fan Li left behind before leaving might delay this time longer.

“Military advisor, did you expect this day to come?” Cao Ren couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

 Cao Wei now needs time, not only to enhance the combat power of the new army, but more importantly, to prepare for the complete fall of the western front and the loss of the main army.

 At the same time, Yingchuan County, Xuchang City

After receiving the news that Bai Qi had successfully occupied Dingtao, Ying Hao was naturally overjoyed. He immediately ordered Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, who had defeated Yanling, Weishi, and Fugou cities, to lead their 20,000 infantry and cavalry troops to attack The three cities of Yuxian, Yongqiu and Xiangyi further compressed Chenliu Cao Ren's activity space.

At the same time, Ma Chao and Xu Chu were ordered to lead a thousand light cavalry, pretending to be five thousand cavalry, to pursue Cao Wei who had escaped from Xuchang, and also led the army back to Xuchang.

After Ma Chao and Xu Chu pursued into Chen County, they soon encountered the Song army who came to rescue Cao Wei. However, the 17,000 infantry and cavalry army led by Arthur, who was responsible for containing the 30,000 Song soldiers to support Cao Wei's army, were killed because of the attack. Zhao She's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain failed to come to the rescue in time. Ma Chao and Xu Chu were isolated and had no choice but to withdraw to Xuchang.

Of course, all this was done intentionally by Ying Hao. Chen Gong's lurking was not over yet. In order to allow Cao Wei to escape reasonably, he deliberately asked Ma Chao, Xu Chu and Arthur to cooperate with Chen Gong in this escape drama. .

As soon as Ma Chao and Xu Chucai returned, Ying Hao ordered them to lead an army of 20,000 people and go north to join Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, and cooperate with Zhang Liao and Bai Qi to hunt Cao Ren.

As for Ying Hao himself, the protagonist will definitely appear last. Besides, he still has unfinished business in Xuchang. When he appears in Chenliu, the war will definitely be over.

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 Guandu, the camp of the Qin army

Zhang Liao, who was about to lose his patience, after receiving the news that Bai Qi had captured Dingtao, immediately led all his troops to march eastward. However, the target was not Chenliu, but the two strong cities of Jujube and Fengqiu. The purpose is self-evident, which is to cut off Cao Ren's wings.

In this way, as Dingtao was occupied by the Qin army, Bai Qi, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun, three armies with nearly 200,000 troops, all joined the ranks of hunting Cao Ren.

 (End of this chapter)