Chapter 541 Yuan Shao and Cao Cao compete for military power(1/2)
Qiao County of Pei State is bounded by Jiujiang County. The elite soldiers of Danyang are the Southern Barbarians. Jiujiang Barbarians are also the Southern Barbarians. They are all the same mountain forests and southern barbarians. There is no difference between the two in essence, but they live in different places.
Cao Ren knew what kind of existence the Shanlin Nanman was, and how could he be willing to give three thousand elite troops to others? But it doesn’t matter that Chen Liubing, the "Nanying" was. Anyway, there were tens of thousands, so it was nothing to give three thousand old and weak.
The invasion of Zhang Liao, Pang De, Sun Niu and Hu San frightened the entire Chenliu County. The soldiers that were originally difficult to recruit were originally difficult to recruit, and with the strong support of various major families, Cao Cao recruited tens of thousands of soldiers in a short time. As for the quality...
Cao Cao sent Sun Jian away with great enthusiasm. The generals all bowed their faces until Sun Jian and his son left, and the upright Xu Chu was dissatisfied first.
"Lord! Xu Chu is not convinced!"
"Don't accept it? Why don't you accept it?"
"Xu Chu just dissatisfied! The brothers finally recruited soldiers, why should they give it to Sun Jian?"
Cao Cao smiled and said, "I knew you would be dissatisfied, so he had to speak like that."
"ah?"
Xu Chu suddenly didn't understand, and Xi Zhicai, who had not spoken, smiled and nodded.
"The lord is wise. One can temporarily stabilize the morale of the army, and the other can be sold to Sun Wentai. Perhaps... the lord may not be able to add another tiger general."
Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, and then shook his head and sighed softly.
"Sun Wentai... that was a rebellious Jiangdong tiger. How could he surrender to me?"
Xu Chu said dissatisfied: "The lord will increase the ambition of others. That tiger baby is much better than him. Wouldn't he surrender to Dong Zhuo?"
Cao Cao stared at him, but Xu Chu seemed not afraid and turned his head away and got angry secretly. Seeing him like this, he was both angry and funny.
"No matter how fierce the Jiangdong tiger is, it is only in the Jiangdong land! And what is Dong Hu? That Dong Hu is the Western Liangzhong Tiger! How can the two be compared?"
Seeing that Xu Chu was still disregarding him, Cao Cao patted his shoulder and sighed.
"Although it is a tiger in the tomb of Xiliang, if he is willing to surrender to me, I will treat it like my brothers and sisters, but Sun Wentai is different. He is a tiger with a rebellious head in the mountains and forests, how can he surrender to others easily?"
"The tiger in the east of the Yangtze River is good at water, the tiger in the west is good at shooting, one in the south and one in the north, but you are crazy about the tiger... but you live in the middle!"
Cao Cao patted Xu Chu's shoulder hard, but Xu Chu felt embarrassed, which made everyone laugh.
"Bang!"
Cao Cao patted Xu Chu hard again on the shoulder.
"Brothers are gathering together. When I go to see Yuan Benchu, I will not return until I get drunk when I come back!"
"Follow me to enter the city!"
Cao Cao waved his hand, and the generals held their fists and agreed, and they all turned over and stepped into the city.
There was nothing unusual about it, but Cao Cao was worried. He just gave a simple instruction to the brothers. Then he rushed to find Yuan Shao and came to the coaching platform. He was just seeing a group of princes drinking and laughing.
Anger and disappointment arose in his heart for no reason. But there was nothing unusual on his face. Instead, he was like others. Cao Cao raised his glass and laughed until all the princes left staggeringly...
"What--"
Yuan Shao suddenly woke up and looked at Cao Cao with a dull look on his face.
"Is Sun Jian defeated?"
"How is this possible?"
"How is this possible-"
"Then Dong Hu had only 30,000 to 40,000 troops in total, and our army was only a hundred miles away from Yuanling. How dare he take the initiative to send troops?"
Facing Yuan Shao's anger, Cao Cao only pointed in the direction of Nanying.
"Sun Wentai is in Nanying. If you want to see him in a mess, you can go now."
Cao Cao sat on a chair and stool, and did not look at Yuan Shao's appearance.
"Sun Wentai was defeated, and the life and death of the Prefect Li was unknown. The 40,000 troops were lost. The morale in the army must be frightened... These are not the things Cao is most worried about. What Cao is most worried about is... he can quickly attack Runan, attack Peiguo, attack Dongjun, Shanyang... attack Yanzhou counties. By then, all the princes will collapse!"
"For the sake of the present, we can only temporarily stabilize the morale of the army, and we must not let the soldiers know about Sun Wentai's defeat..."
"Yuanling is only a hundred miles away from our army, so how can we hide it from others?"
Yuan Shao sighed and sat heavily on the handsome chair. He never expected that the damn child would tear open the ambushing lines on all sides.
"Bang!"
"Come on! Immediately capture the damn Liu Sheng. If he hadn't said that the farthest march would have been ahead, this would have been the case!"
Yuan Shao was furious, Cao Cao's pupils suddenly shrank, and suddenly realized his mistake in his plan. There were four groups involved in the approaching step by step, and the strongest one was theirs, with a total of 150,000 troops, while Dong Hu attacked Sun Jian and Li Min, and attacked two armies with their superior forces.
Cao Cao opened his mouth, but in the end he did not stop Yuan Shao from arresting people. He knew that among the princes, only Liu Sheng was the most familiar with Dong Hu, but the current dilemma was real...
"Benchu!"
"This is the time for the lives and deaths of all the princes, and they were defeated by Dong Hu. Only when we work together and gather all the cavalrymen, can we avoid the Liangzhou cavalry scattered and plagued the counties!"
Yuan Shao was stunned and nodded in agreement again.
"Meng De's words are right. I have General Yan Liang and Wen Chou, so I will definitely prevent the thieves in Liangzhou from acting rashly!"
"Come here, go and call Yan Liang immediately, Wen Chou..."
"Slow down!"
Cao Cao suddenly spoke, and said so hard, how could he be willing to let Yuan Shao occupy thousands of cavalry and horses?
"This is the critical moment. If the cavalry commander is not chosen by the cavalry commander, how can he resist the cold and the iron cavalry?"
"I can't be talented, I'd like to personally take over the position of Cavalry Commander!"
Seeing Cao Cao clasping his fists, Yuan Shao felt a little unhappy and frowned and said, "Although Meng De served as the cavalry commander, he was finally taken away by Dong Zhuo and Dong Hu... This matter is too serious and concerns the life and death of all princes. It should be carefully considered."
Cao Cao felt anger in no time and said coldly: "Benchu is right. Compared with Dong Zhuo and Dong Hu, Cao is indeed not as good as Liangzhou people. However, who is Yan Liang and Wen Chou? He was just a civilian half a year ago, so how could he suddenly hold a key position in life and death?"
Yuan Shao frowned and said, "If Yan Liang, Wen Chou is not enough to take on the great responsibility. I also have the right lieutenant Chunyu Qiong and the former lieutenant Liu Sheng in the south of Longxi!"
Cao Cao stepped forward and said angrily: "Chunyu Qiong is arrogant and arrogant, and Liu Sheng is timid and cowardly. How can he compare to you and me?"
Cao Cao suddenly shook his sleeves and said angrily: "If I had led the cavalry commander to fight with the thief, Cao would not have fought!"
At this moment, there was a commotion outside the commander's platform. Several soldiers dragged Liu Sheng, who was struggling, in. Yuan Tan, with a gloomy face, followed behind him. As soon as the two of them came in, Yuan Shao smelled a strong smell of alcohol and was furious.
"Damn it!"
"The enemy dares to drink too much!"
"Come on! Just pull down and fight thirty military sticks first!"
Liu Sheng struggled and cursed outside, but was honest in front of Yuan Shao. But when he heard the "Thirty Army Sticks", he was so scared that he fell to his knees on the ground.
"General, please spare me, I dare not..."
Just now, everyone was still together, and I was drinking together. How long has it been? I have to "drink" and beat the board for a quarter of an hour. This is too unfair, but he dared not cry and shout for justice. He kept begging for mercy. Cao Cao was speechless and Yuan Shao became even more angry.
"Come on, drag it down!"
Cao Cao just said that Liu Sheng was timid and timid, but Liu Sheng looked like a bird, so how could he not anger Yuan Shao? Just when the soldiers were about to pull Liu Sheng down and beat the board, Yuan Tan was not happy.
"Please think twice, father!"
Yuan Tan stepped forward and said, "Liu Sheng is not a big mistake. If his father is punished for alcoholism, what should the princes in various ways think about it? Please think twice..."
"Shut up!"
Yuan Shao was furious, but he knew that he was impulsive. No matter how Liu Sheng came to Chenliu County, he was still a prince with 20,000 troops. It would be fine if he took the other party's troops. If he beat the board with "drunk" again, who would dare to believe him in the future?
"snort!"
"You ask him, what did he do?"
"If it weren't for him, how could Sun Wentai be defeated-"
Yuan Shao was furious, Yuan Tan, and Liu Sheng were stunned.
"How is this possible? Father, this is true? The spy didn't say..."
"Sun Wentai is in Nanying!"
Yuan Shao suddenly looked at Liu Sheng, which scared him to tremble.
"Say! Did you deliberately make our army lose its troops?"
Liu Sheng felt sorry for Dong Hu to kill Yuan’s father and son, but how could he dare to show any slightest? He cried and begged again.
"The last general is wronged... the last general will never dare to betray it--"
Seeing his generals so miserable, Yuan Tan suppressed his panic and said, "What if Dong Hu defeated the Changsha Army? Our army still has 200,000 troops, how could it be afraid of others..."
"Damn it!"
Yuan Shao scolded coldly: "Then Dong Hu was full of fast horses and horsemen, and he could run thousands of miles in just one day. What if he attacked the counties of Qingyan, Yu and Xu?"
Yuan Tan was shocked and finally understood, and was worried all the time, and Cao Cao spoke coldly again.
"Today is the time for our lives and death. Only all the princes will take out their own cavalry. Only in this way can Dong Hu not dare to attack the counties."
"As long as he dares not move around, our army has many soldiers and generals, and the old thief Dong Zhuo has moved the people into Guanzhong. The land of Luoyang is empty and there is no money, food and supplies to support tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. When the two armies confront each other, how can he confront our army for a long time? The one who wins in the end must be our army!"
Just as Yuan Tan was overjoyed, he wanted to capture thousands of elite cavalrymen in one fell swoop...
To be continued...