Chapter 490: Cao Cao laughed
The Wuling Army's successful attack on Cao's camp greatly inspired morale. Now the soldiers are enthusiastic, and the calls for continued attack are very high.
"Lord, Cao's army has retreated, what are our army's plans?"
Fa Zheng asked Wu Shun.
"Cao Cao has retreated and will definitely defend Hangu Pass. There is still Yuan Shao's army there, so it is impossible to pursue the victory. Well, I will send an order to clean up the battlefield and camp."
Wu Shun said.
"Lord, Hangu Pass is strong and can only be reached in one or two days. You can camp and guard the supply line. It is too long, which is not conducive to our army."
Fa Zheng felt that the Hangu Pass was defended by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's army, and could not attack for a while, so he could temporarily retreat. The Yuan and Cao coalition forces were still in strength and had enough strength to hinder their food routes.
Originally, the Wuling Army had the upper hand, and it was very likely that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would equalize it. Fa Zheng also considered it based on the full consideration.
"It's okay, we have elite cavalry here. Whether it's Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, we have to think about it."
If Wu Shun doesn't have the enemy coming out, he is afraid that the enemy will be huddled in Hangu Pass, which will be really troublesome.
"What the lord said is very true, my subordinates are not thinking well."
Fa Zheng is ashamed of Tao.
He was very depressed. His head was very useful. But in front of Wu Shun, he always thought about the problem and didn't think about it.
As a famous counselor in Yizhou, he rarely made insightful suggestions to Wu Shun on the battlefield.
"Xiaozhi, you are still not confident in the strength of the Wuling Army. Look carefully. Just Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are not enough to make the Wuling Army retreat!"
Fa Zheng does not have any thoughts. Most of the things he thinks about are things that Wu Shun doesn’t think about or doesn’t expect.
Checking for shortcomings and filling in the gaps is what their strategists should do. It is not what strategists should do like to steal the lord's limelight.
Wu Shun also knew that what Fa Zheng was worried about was not unreasonable. Is the coalition weak? It is not weak, but it is strong. Don’t think that he is easy to defeat Cao’s army, as long as he is accidentally defeated, the one who will be defeated will be the Wuling army.
Cao Cao had only 50,000 soldiers, which was only part of Cao Cao's troops. And what Wu Shun used to attack Cao's camp was more than two-thirds of the entire Wuling army.
It is natural to easily break through Cao's camp. If Wu Shun could not defend the land of Guanzhong, Wu Shun would definitely not be able to defend the land of Guanzhong.
"We are here, waiting for the enemy to fight! After the rest and replenishment is completed, we will attack Hangu Pass in one fell swoop!"
Wu Shun cut off the railway decisively.
"yes!"
All the generals responded.
Their Wuling Army was never afraid, and now they are the victorious side, so why are they afraid of the enemy?
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In Hangu Pass, Xu Chu and Cao Chun fled back after the war. None of the generals of the coalition forces dared to laugh at them. It took courage to intercept the Wuling Army alone.
Moreover, in this battle, Wu Shun invested many generals, and Cao Chun and Xu Chu were able to escape unscathed, which was considered a powerful person.
However, this time, only half of Cao Cao's Tiger Guards remained. The tiger and leopard cavalry suffered one-third of the casualties. A large part of them were lost when fighting against the personal guards.
"Lord, the reason why Wuling Army attacked was the last general believed that it was because of that personal guard camp! The heavy cavalry had too strong impact, and even the tiger and leopard cavalry could not stop it!"
Cao Chun said to Cao Cao.
He was not shirking responsibility, but seeking truth from facts. Among the Cao army, except for the Tiger Guard, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are the most elite. Even they can't stop them, let alone others.
"You are right. Facing a head-on battle, that personal guard camp is our biggest threat. You can have a way to deal with it."
Cao Cao asked everyone for advice.
Even if they can rely on the tall and dangerous places of Hangu Pass to block the Wuling Army and avoid fighting with the personal guard camp, one day, they will still fight to the death.
There is no way to restrict the heavy cavalry of the Wuling Army. No matter how to fight, Cao's army will suffer.
"Lord, the last general believes that heavy cavalry cannot fight for a long time and are not good at pursuing! Our army can use speed to harass it so that it cannot play a role."
Xiahou Yuan said.
The timing of heavy cavalry fighting is very important. On the battlefield, there are still many ways to target heavy cavalry.
"Wu Shun will not let the personal guard camp fight alone! The personal guard camp attacks, and there are Yizhou cavalry guards on both wings."
Li Dian retorted.
The Wuling Army not only has the personal guard camp but also the Qinglong Cavalry. It is basically not feasible to use the speed advantage to drag down the personal guard camp. Because Wei Yan is there, you have to pass Wei Yan's test first.
Now the Wuling Army has an additional Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which is even stronger!
"Lord, since you cannot suppress it head-on, you can use a trick to pull out Wu Shun's personal guard camp, then set up an ambush and attack them in groups! The personal guard camp is not fast, and after being surrounded, you can use fire to attack!"
Xun You came out and said.
Surround the people and burn them with fire! The guard camp is covered with iron armor and flames, and the people inside cannot bear it.
"What Gongda said is reasonable, but Wu Shun's personal guard camp will not leave Wu Shun easily. It is difficult to lead him out."
Ambush? Cao Cao is quite optimistic about this strategy. However, the people of the Wuling Army are not stupid. Moreover, the personal guard camp is Wu Shun's personal guard and will not be too far away from Wu Shun. How easy is it to ambush?
"Then let Wu Shun out too!"
Xun You insisted on the Tao.
Wherever Wu Shun goes, the guard camp will go. Since this is the case, why not directly design an ambush Wu Shun?
"Does Gongda have a clever way to teach me?"
When Cao Cao's eyes lit up, Xun You said this, there must be a certain plan in his heart.
"I don't care about it. My subordinates have a plan. Wu Shun may fall into the trap!"
Xun You said proudly.
"Gongda, come on."
Cao Cao hurriedly pulled Xun You up and urged anxiously.
"Lord, this plan may require Yuan Gong to send troops to assist. Yuan's cavalry will be dispatched, and together with our Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and Tiger Guards, we will defeat the Qinglong Cavalry led by Wei Yan head-on. At this time, the Wuling Army's personal guard camp will inevitably be dispatched. After the war, our army will be defeated and lured them to pursue... In this way, Wuling Army will inevitably fall into the trap."
Xun You said a long passage, and Cao Cao became more and more excited as he listened.
"Okay, Gongda's plan is very good. I'll go to Benchu to discuss it now. Hahaha..."
After listening to Xun You's plan, I felt that it was difficult to distinguish between true and false. If I met him, I might not be able to distinguish clearly.
There is great potential for this matter, and Cao Cao is confident!
"Meng De, you just returned to Hangu Pass and don't have a good rest. What's the point of coming to me?"
Seeing Cao Cao coming, Yuan Shao said in confusion. Yuan Shao did not mock Cao Cao's defeat.
"Benchu, I have a way to defeat the Wuling Army."
Cao Cao said.
"What? Take it seriously?"
When Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao had a way to defeat Wu Shun, he unconsciously raised his tone a lot.
"Benchu, you and I only need to defeat Wei Yan head-on, attract the attack of the personal guard camp, and they won half of the victory!"
"Catch out of Wu Shun's personal guard camp, could it be Meng De, you want to destroy the personal guard camp first?"
Yuan Shao is not stupid, Cao Cao will understand just by one point.
"That's right, without the personal guard camp, the Wuling army will have a way to deal with it. Wu Shun will definitely be defeated!"
Cao Cao said firmly.
"Yan Liang and Wen are ugly!"
"The last one will be here!"
"All my Hebei cavalry are under your command, and we will cooperate with the operation of Cao Gong's army!"
"The last general will receive the order!"
Chapter completed!