Ye Zhao stationed grain in Luoyang, which was speculated by Cao Cao, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Zhong Yao, Chen Qun and others. Now, according to Cao Cao's scouts, Ye Zhao's troops are mainly concentrated on the three passes of Hulao, Yique, and Xuanyuan. As for the Arc departing, the terrain is the same as Mengjin, but it is not suitable for garrisoning troops due to its narrow terrain.

To ensure that these three grains and grass are usually the best choice, Luoyang is undoubtedly the best choice. Now Ye Zhao has all the five gates in the southeast of Luoyang. These barriers are not broken, and Luoyang is as stable as Mount Tai. There is no need to worry about the danger of being trashed. Therefore, Luoyang is a very likely place to store grain.

Thinking of this is actually true, but although Ye Zhao used countless things throughout his life, he has never made any dangerous moves in his past battles? Luoyang is the most suitable, but it is definitely not the safest one.

The city walls were pushed down and rebuilt, and there was almost no defense. If someone attacked, it would definitely be accurate to hit one shot.

Although there is no accident under normal circumstances, under normal circumstances, there is nothing absolute on the battlefield. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan was stunned. However, his reaction was very fast. Since Luoyang was not a place to store grain, the significance of this surprise attack was not great. He could not find an accurate place to store grain before the army stationed nearby Ye Zhao reacted.

After being shocked, Xiahou Yuan responded as quickly as possible and quickly returned to Mengjin, preparing to defend Mengjin to the death. At the same time, he sent troops to harass Ye Zhao's grain transport team. If he could determine where Ye Zhao was stationed, it would be the best.

Hulao Pass, the Commander's Mansion.

"Xiahou Yuan!" Ye Zhao placed a chess piece in Meng Jin's position, shook his head and smiled: "It was only a little short of that, Brother Meng De turned the tables!"

After receiving the news, Guo Jia and Li Ru also breathed a little relieved. Fortunately, Cao Cao and his advisers all used habitual thinking to speculate where Ye Zhao was stationed in the food. Ye Zhao was best at reverse thinking. Although Luoyang was the most suitable, it was not the safest. Ye Zhao chose the safest between the most suitable and the safest. Now it seems that it is not an unfair worry.

"Lord, Xiahou Yuan continues to raid our food route, and Mengjin is destroyed, and Cao's army will continue to enter from Mengjin. If we cannot retake Mengjin as soon as possible, our army will occupy Hulao, Yique and other heroic passes without any meaning!" Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and bowed.

"I always feel that I can use some tricks!" Guo Jia suddenly spoke and looked at Ye Zhao and said, "I dare to ask my lord, don't take back Mengjin first. Of course, in order to avoid the situation being too serious, a general can be sent to coerce Mengjin and compress Xiahou Yuan's troops so that he cannot hinder our army's food route."

"I wonder what tricks are there to worship filial piety?" Ye Zhao looked at Guo Jia and smiled.

"It's not clear yet, I just ask my lord to mobilize the troops in Hedong." Guo Jia bowed.

"Is it because Fengxiao is going to send troops to Hanoi and cut off his way back?" Li Ru frowned.

Although this plan is good, how could Guo Jia think of it?

When Ye Zhao heard this, he looked at Guo Jia silently. He probably knew what Guo Jia was going to do, but at this moment, he was a little hesitant.

"Lord, this battle is about whether the lord can pacify the north!" Guo Jia bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "As for the sins, Jia... bear them alone, please forgive me."

"Fengxiao, we don't have to be so anxious!" Ye Zhao closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"The world has been in chaos for twenty years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The people are determined. This battle may be a temporary pain. However, from the perspective of the overall situation, it can quell the chaotic disputes as soon as possible." Guo Jia bowed to Ye Zhao and said solemnly.

When Li Ru heard this, he suddenly woke up and said with a gaze: "Wonderful!"

After Ye Zhao was silent for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Meng De is not so easy to deceive."

"That depends on the ability of the lord!" Guo Jia said with a smile.

Ye Zhao nodded silently and handed a talisman to Guo Jia without saying anything.

Guo Jiasu Rong ordered Fu to bow to Ye Zhao and said, "I will leave!"

"Sorry Zhao Yun to lead his army to attack Mengjin." Ye Zhao closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then looked at Guo Jia's back as he left, and said, "Let him ensure that our army's food supply is worry-free!"

A personal soldier came in, took the arrow from Ye Zhao's hand and ran out quickly.

"I ordered a thousand soldiers to stay in Yique Pass, and Guan Ping guarded the Pass, and Guan Yu led the rest of the troops and horses, carried Yanmen on his back, and went to war from Dai County. Within two months, Youzhou will be captured."

"Sorry Xu Rong to station troops in Tianjing Pass to wait for an opportunity to occupy the land of Hanoi and Jizhou!"

"I ordered Ma Teng, Ma Chao, and Ji Ling to order all their troops and prepare to attack Xingyang, Guo Huai and Hao Zhao to lead three thousand troops and guard the Huzhu!"

As military orders were issued from the commander's mansion, a large number of Guanzhong soldiers and horses were mobilized within the Sili area.

The next morning, Ye Zhao, who had not been out of camp for several months, suddenly turned out to be abnormal and led his army to fight with a strong force, heading straight to Xingyang.

"Ye Zhao sent troops!?" In Xingyang City, due to the dangerous obstacles, Cao Cao had not yet obtained the exact news about Xiahou Yuan.

"Not bad!" Xun You hurriedly ran back and bowed.

"It seems that Miaocai has succeeded!" Cheng Yu said happily.

If it weren't for this, there was no way to explain why Ye Zhao changed his normal behavior and sent troops suddenly. And depending on his posture, this time, Ye Zhao directly brought out a 30,000 army. Now, there are probably not many soldiers in Hulao Guanzhong.

"Lord, at this moment, Ye Zhao's army may have no food. At this time, we just need to resist the city and defend the enemy. If we send troops, we will definitely fall into Ye Zhao's will!" Zhong Yao bowed and said.

"Why do I always feel that this matter is not that simple?" Cao Cao frowned. It sounded like everything was reasonable. Xiahou Yuan burned Ye Zhao's food and grass. After Ye Zhao cut off his food, he wanted to fight quickly and even rob the grain from Xingyang. But compared to Xingyang, Ao Cang, as the largest granary near Luoyang, shouldn't it be more targeted for attack? When he came to attack Xingyang at this time, he seemed to want to cut off his way back.

Cao Cao always felt that this matter was a bit strange.

"Lord, the matter has come to this point. No matter what conspiracy Ye Zhao has, we should resist the city and defend it!" Cheng Yu bowed and said, "General Zidan will come to rescue him after hearing the news. But while Ye Zhao has not yet surrounded him, he will send someone to inform Zidan that he should not take charge of Xingyang, and he can take advantage of the situation to attack Hulao Pass!" Cheng Yu bowed and said.

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and he would rescue the enemy. At this time, this should be true. Even if he could not break through Hulao Pass, he could still cut off Ye Zhao's food route.

At this moment, someone was sent to inform Cao Zhen, and Cao Cao led Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other generals to the city to prepare to fight Ye Zhao.

Outside Xingyang City, Ye Zhao did not rush to start the attack. This time, he was preparing to break through Xingyang, so he brought a lot of large-scale siege equipment and was assembling outside the city at this moment.

Seeing this, Cao Cao naturally could not let Ye Zhao succeed. Cao Cao had heard of the benefits of Guanzhong's siege equipment. Xiahou Dun led cavalry out of the city several times, and Ye Zhao ordered Ma Chao to lead cavalry to fight. Both sides fought more than a dozen battles under Xingyang City, but they both lost more and won less.

Ye Zhao's cavalry were mostly recruited from the Qiang people in Xiliang. Not only were they superb riding skills, but they were also equipped with saddles and stirrups. When fighting, their resistance was much stronger than that of Cao's army. Even though Xiahou Dun was so strong that he was almost swept off the horse by Ma Chao. Seeing that the cavalry suffered heavy losses, he could only lead his army to retreat to Xingyang, outside Xingyang City, but he saw corpses everywhere, which was terrible.

Ma Chao chased the defeated army all the way to the city of Xingyang. Cao's army closed the door and bent his bows, waiting for the battle. A burst of arrows shot in. Ma Chao saw that there was no way to take advantage of it, so he led his army back.

"Lord, the last general is incompetent!" Xiahou Dun came to Cao Cao in a dilemma, and his head was almost buried in his armor. He was not only a powerful general under Cao Cao, but also a general in command of military command. He used to conquer Yuan Shao and attack Liu Bei. Wen Chou, a powerful general under Yuan Shao, and Zhang Fei, a powerful general under Liu Bei's tent, was not necessarily his opponent. Today, he was at the city, facing a young boy, Ma Chao, who was beaten and fled in a panic. Such a defeat was definitely a shame for Xiahou Dun.

"The thief army is fierce, not a crime of war!" Cao Cao shook his head. He had seen all the battle formations before. Xiahou Dun fought well, so he could only blame his opponent for being too strong. The elite soldiers of Guanzhong had known before. This time, although Xiahou Dun's defeat was a bit ugly, Cao Cao could still stand it.

"Why are the Guanzhong cavalry so powerful?" Zhong Yao frowned.

If an ordinary army was defeated against Ye Zhao, then he had nothing to say, but the cavalry was among the elite among the Cao army. Not only were they selected as the North who were good at riding and shooting, but their training was almost the same as Ye Zhao. Xiahou Dun commanded the troops for many years, and whether they had experience or tactics, among the cavalry generals, as long as they did not encounter such a change like Lu Bu, they would definitely be first-class. And the opponent's general, just a young man, could he defeat Xiahou Dun so easily?

In the Cao army formation, a scholar suddenly said, "Have you ever discovered how different the Guanzhong cavalry is from our army?"

"Different?" Cao Cao was slightly stunned, but he didn't notice it. He looked at the literary scholar in confusion and said, "Did Ziyang see the mystery?"

"Mysterious, if you stand on the other party's harness, the lord can discover that the other party's war horses have strange objects on both sides!" The scribe bowed and said.

After hearing this, Cao Cao frowned and looked at it for a while, nodded and said, "What Ziyang said is good."

"What if our soldiers were matched with similar things?" Ziyang smiled.

Cao Cao looked at the other party with complicated eyes. Zi Yang was the name of this person. His name was Liu Ye, a relative of the Han Dynasty. It was precisely because of this that although he was recruited by Cao Cao, he had never been valued. Cao Cao obviously did not want such a person to appear in the imperial party, but at this time, he didn't care about so many. He ordered people to try to change the remaining cavalry to the double-sided stirrups.

Stirrups actually had a prototype in the Han Dynasty, but they were not used to fight on horseback, but were used to facilitate horse riding. They could also be called single-sided stirrups. However, at this time, they were not called this, but just a triangular bracket, either made of iron or wooden, so it is not difficult to make them. Just combine the two pairs of horse harnesses. Soon, a new cavalry appeared.
Chapter completed!