Chapter 695 Assassination at dawn(2/3)
He can make military plans, but he cannot command the arrogant and powerful generals.
After all, Jia Xu is a counselor.
Cao Peng, on the other hand, was a real person and built his prestige.
Therefore, Jia Xu is the most suitable candidate to take charge of Chang'an; and to fight in Liangzhou, Cao Peng is undoubtedly the best candidate.
In June of the 14th year of Jian'an, Liangzhou was extremely hot.
But the war in Bingzhou changed again. After Deng Ji occupied Shangdang County, he stood still.
Li Dianze marched his troops under the Great Wall, preparing to go out at any time.
Gao Gan and Liu Mao were gathering troops and horses to prepare to resist the Cao army's attack. Cao Cao issued an edict, ordering Cao Zhang to be the envoy of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General and lead his troops to attack. Cao Zhang immediately gathered troops and horses, and even recruited 20,000 Wuwan from Loufan.
Liu Mao obviously did not expect that Cao Cao would use a boy who was only 19 years old as the main general. He concentrated all his energy on Deng Ji, Yang Yamen and Li Dian. How could he have expected Cao Zhang?
He was actually the main force? Caught off guard, Liu Bao hurriedly accepted the challenge.
Thirty thousand Xiongnu troops gathered on the west bank of the river.
When Cao Jun arrived, Liu Bao ordered the boats to be burned in an attempt to use the river water to block Cao Jun's attack.
Little did he know that Cao Zhang had already prepared.
When the troops approached the east bank of the river, Cao Zhang launched an attack all night.
Thirty thousand sheepskin rafts that had been prepared carried Cao Jun across the river by force.
It was summer, and the river was not very fast. Even so, Cao Jun suffered thousands of casualties and suffered heavy losses. However, the result of such heavy losses was that Cao Jun forcibly crossed the Yellow River and captured Shanan.
Immediately, Cao Peng ordered Niu Gang and Diancun to garrison Shanan, and spent five days commanding the troops to cross the river.
By the time Liu Bao realized it, it was too late.
He immediately dispatched troops to recapture Shanan.
A bloody battle ensued, followed by the Battle of Shanan, which was also the most brutal battle in the entire Battle of Bingzhou. The Huns soldiers attacked wildly, but Niu Gang and Dian Cun responded calmly and withstood the Huns army.
Five days later, Karasuma successfully crossed the river on horseback. Under the command of Cao Zhang, he attacked from both wings.
The Huns' 30,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out.
Liu Bao fled back to Meiji and regrouped his troops.
However, the fall of Shanan also caused the natural barrier of the Yellow River, which the southern Xiongnu regarded as a natural barrier, to cease to exist.
Cao's troops continued to march from Shanan into the southern Xiongnu.
At the same time, Deng Ji of the Shangdang took action again, with Huang Zhong as the vanguard, and crossed the Great Wall to capture Baitu County and almost pacified it.
Pingding is only eighty miles away from Guluo City.
Xiahou Lan led his troops to conquer the great fortress of Shuofang, opening a huge gap in the Hetao area.
Qubei led the Southern Xiongnu from Dacheng to Hetao, leaving Liu Mao vulnerable to enemies on three sides.
Gao Gan sent people to ask Cao Cao to surrender. However, he did not want the news to leak out, causing Liu Bao to lead his troops in a sneak attack. Internal strife broke out between the two sides in Guluo City. Gao Gan was cut into pieces by the Huns and died tragically in Guluo City.
When Cao Cao heard the news of Gao Gan's death, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and say, "This bloodline will be cut off from now on!"
Immediately, Cao Cao ordered that the concubine and his army must march together to end the battle of Bingzhou before August.
At this time, Bingzhou's resistance was almost completely gone. The Southern Xiongnu themselves fell into chaos, and Liu Mao was seriously injured when he fought against Bing Gaogan. Facing Cao Jun's attack, Qubei's troops pressed forward step by step.
Liu Bao had no choice but to make the same choice as the senior cadres, asking for surrender!
In the past, this was the only magic weapon for the Southern Xiongnu to survive.
If they lose, they surrender; if they win, they attack the city and seize the territory. Anyway, Shuofang is always the territory of the southern Xiongnu.
Only this time, Liu made the wrong decision.
Cao Cao showed an unprecedented toughness.
In his letter to Cao Zhang, Deng Ji and Li Dian, he used the folk saying "Losing my Yanzhi Mountain will make my six animals unable to live; losing my Yanzhi Mountain will make my women lose their beauty."
Don't feel pity for this. The Xiongnu's wolf nature cannot be tolerated.
In the past, Huo Guqi failed to achieve full success. Today, I will not repeat the same mistake. Order the three armies to attack without stopping. Anyone who resists, men, women, old and young, will be killed regardless of today's mercy. It will be a disaster for the future!
This letter is a secret letter.
Only Deng Ji, Cao Zhang and Li Dian received it.
It means: kill me cleanly...
In history, there was a time when Ran Yue killed Hu Ling and was praised by later generations. But in fact, Cao Cao's letter was no less powerful than killing Hu Ling. As the secret order came out, Deng Ji was the first to respond...
The city was pacified, and blood flowed like a river.
Sixty thousand Huns were massacred by Deng Ji.
Even when Li Dian crossed the river and arrived in Pingding, he was overcome by the strong smell of blood and felt like vomiting.
Deng Ji, who was wearing fluttering white clothes and standing with one arm, looked a bit scary to Li Dian.
Previously, there was a King of Hell named Cao who went on a killing spree in Xudu. He looked at more than two thousand heads and his face did not change, his heart did not beat.
Li Dian felt at that time that Cao Peng was ruthless.
But if compared with Deng Ji in front of me, Cao Peng is ruthless, then what does Deng Ji mean? No wonder before I went to the battle, Cheng Zhongde sent someone to tell me not to offend Deng Ji. This guy has one less arm, but he is better than Na Cao
The King of Hell is even more vicious. This guy is clearly a murderer!
Originally, Li Dian was a little unconvinced that Deng Ji took the lead in capturing Pingding.
But now, after seeing Pingding City dyed red with blood, Li Dian's inner discomfort suddenly disappeared.
Forget it, it's just a trivial matter, why bother taking it to heart?
Anyway, Cao Youxue and his family are not normal people.
After Deng Ji sacrificed the butcher's knife in Pingding, Xiahoulan immediately sacrificed the butcher's knife in the big city fortress. In just a few days, twelve Xiongnu tribes were wiped out one after another, killing nearly 30,000 people.
Be reserved. Otherwise, I don’t know how many people will be killed in this killing.
After Deng Ji and Xia Houlan took action, Li Dian immediately killed 50,000 Huns in Guluo City.
Within ten days, the Xiongnu population in Shuofang dropped by one-third. Many Xiongnu fled to Xianbei one after another and asked for Xianbei's asylum. Seeing this situation in Xianbei, how could one still not know Cao Cao's true intention?
At the end of June, an envoy was sent to Bei to implore Cao Cao to convert the Southern Huns.
All the Xiongnu who were naturalized in the south of Shuofang moved to the interior, such as Jizhou, Qingzhou and other areas. Those who refused to be naturalized had nothing to do with their removal from humiliation.
In July of the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao accepted the request to go to Bei.
Immediately, Cao Zhang ordered the three armies to move together and launch the final attack on Wudu. The end of Leopard is coming!
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Perhaps it was because Cao Jun beat him so hard that Ma Chao felt inexplicable fear and did not dare to act rashly.
At this time, Cao Peng suddenly secretly ordered Zhao Yun to send troops from Longqi City to attack the Yanchi of the West Sea.
The West Sea Salt Pond is where Poqiang is located.
Facing the sudden order, Zhao Yun was also very doubtful.
Could it be that Cao Peng wanted to cut off the arm of Di King Dou Mao first, and then destroy the Di people?
Thinking about it, it was possible, so Zhao Yun did not react too strongly. After bidding farewell to his wife, Zhao Yun set off overnight.
The defense of Longqi City will be temporarily taken over by Chief Longqi.
In fact, there is no need for Chief Long Qi to take over. Cao Peng is in Mucheng Valley, thirty miles east of Long Qi City. If anything happens, Cao Peng will take over the military affairs of Long Qi City as soon as possible.
Long Qi Chang, no pressure at all!
On the third day after Zhao Yun left Longqi City, Cao Peng suddenly received news from Chief Longqi: There were traces of bandits outside Longqi City, and Cao Peng was asked to go to Longqi City to discuss whether to send troops to exterminate them.
Cao Peng immediately replied to Chief Longqi: He would take over the military affairs of Longqi City.
That night Cao Peng took Sun Shao and Wang Shuang to Zilongqi City.
At this time, there was a tense atmosphere in the city. The sudden appearance of bandits made the people living in Longqi City and those doing business in Longqi City feel a sense of inexplicable depression. The city was heavily guarded!
"Have you ever found out who the bandit is?"
Elder Long replied: "I don't know yet. Just by looking at its movements, it looks a bit like a horse or a bandit in the wind."
"Ma Rufeng, are you here?"
Cao Peng narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Pass my military order, the gates of Longqi City will be closed immediately, and the whole city will be under curfew.
Tomorrow, I will lead my troops to attack, look for Ma Rufeng's traces, and eliminate him in one fell swoop.
Even a mere horse bandit dares to invade my city. I really don’t know whether to live or die, but I want to see what the capabilities of this ruthless bandit Ma Rufeng, who is frightening Hehuang, are really capable of."
Cao Peng's words were understated, with a hint of disdain for the horse Rufeng.
Long Qi Chang heard this and felt relieved.
He exited the official post and took a deep breath.
To be continued...