Three Kingdoms: The Eighteen Riders of Yanyun are Summoned at the Start - Chapter 493
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The night wind was blowing lightly, watching the fire in the mouth of the gourd burn more and more vigorously, Yuwen Cheng knew in his heart that it was time to leave here.
Qu Yi stared straight ahead and asked, “General, what should we do next? We destroyed the place where Cao Cao’s grain and forage were transported, which means that even if he wants to continue mobilizing grain and forage, it will take a certain amount of time. Are you going back to Jiangling?”
Yuwen Chengdu pondered for a moment: “We don’t have much to do when we go back to Jiangling, why don’t we move closer to Xiangyang? At least we can know when they are escorting grain and grass. 35
“What we can do now is to cut off their food supply and do our best to disperse the pressure on Jiangling City.
“If we are facing Cao Cao’s army, our role will be even smaller.
Qu Yi naturally had no opinion, he nodded slowly.
Cao Cao’s camp.
It was almost midnight, but the lights were still on in his tent.
The flickering of the candle seemed to represent his mood at this time, erratic.
Xi Zhicai sat opposite him, and after reading the small note in his hand, the surprise on his face became even stronger.
After a long time, he sighed: “Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry is really the strongest army in the world, I have already overestimated their strength, but I didn’t expect more than 4,000 elites to be wiped out like this.
“I thought it would be enough to lose some food and grass, but I didn’t expect that they did it thoroughly, but this further proves that Feng Xiao and I had planned on the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun and the first to board the army.”
“These two teams are Liu Bian’s outright trump cards. We must take this opportunity to eliminate them, otherwise the harm will be even greater in the future.”
Cao Cao felt the same way. To tell the truth, if he hadn’t seen this note with his own eyes, and it was the news brought back by his cronies, he couldn’t believe that there were such people in the world.
“What shall we do now? Or as planned?”
Xi Zhicai shook his head: “Absolutely not, this team is more powerful than we imagined, and if we continue to transport food from Xiangyang at this moment, it can be said that it will be even more difficult, even if we send tens of thousands of people to protect, I am afraid that Yanyun’s Eighteen Riders and Xian Deng also dared to attack.99
“We have to attract them back to Gangneung again, and we even need to create a situation where Gangneung City will soon be unable to bear it.
“In this way, the food and grass can reach the predetermined place, otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be able to be delivered at all.
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.
He is not a stupid person and naturally knows the meaning of Xi Zhicai’s words.
After a while, he opened his mouth and said, “But doesn’t this mean that we want to take Jiangling down with real swords and guns? If we really take this place, not to mention our losses, the bait is gone, how can these two teams find it? get?
“Not to mention the design!”
A confident smile appeared on Xi Zhicai’s face: “Although they guessed that we would continue to transport grain, they never imagined that there were two months’ worth of grain in our army, plus the hundreds of carts of grain delivered today, Enough to last us three months.”
“That is to say, as long as we don’t escort grain for a month, they will definitely be anxious, and even think that we are transporting grain in other ways, but they don’t know this way. 99
“At that time, they will definitely be worried about Jiangling City, and they will come back on their own initiative.
“kindness?”
Cao Cao’s brows wrinkled: “But apart from the grain we hoarded in Xiangyang City, where else do we have grain? If we want to collect it again, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?”
“There is not much time left for us. When spring starts next year, Liu Bian will definitely come out in full force. After a winter’s rest, who knows how much his power will expand?
Xi Zhicai said with a smile, “Did you forget, my lord, that we have a lot of grain in our camp, so wouldn’t we recreate a grain transshipment area? (cdbi)”
“Ah! 35
Cao Cao’s face also showed surprise.
He did not expect that Xi Zhicai would actually pay such a large amount of capital this time.
It can be said that these grains are all the savings of Cao Cao’s army today. If he loses it, he has no choice but to withdraw his troops, which means that his goal of coming out this time has not been achieved.
Of course, if the eighteen cavalry of Yanyun were eliminated, and the Xian Deng soldiers were eliminated, then everything would be worth it. Even if the food and forage were burned, they would still be able to afford a battle.
It’s just that this blockage is a little big, so Cao Cao is very surprised.
The biggest difference between Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia is that, although Xi Zhicai also has fantastic plans, there are very few adventures here. Everything he has foreseen is absolutely certain.
But no one can be sure whether he can achieve his goal this time, but under such circumstances, Xi Zhicai still resorted to this trick, which made him somewhat unable to understand.
Xi Zhicai also seemed to see the doubts in Cao Cao’s eyes.
There was a complicated look on his face.
“Fengxiao likes to take risks, and sometimes risks can indeed bring greater returns, but the risks they may bear are even greater.”
“And I have always been smart and like to control the overall situation, and I don’t want any surprises.”
“So I don’t like dangerous tricks, but if I don’t like it, it doesn’t mean I can’t do it. If the reward is very large, enough for us to take a risk, I will not refuse.
“Originally, although I attached great importance to Yanyun’s Eighteen Cavalry and Xian Deng soldiers, I can think that these people are just good physical and powerful troops.
“As long as it is carefully designed, it will be able to be completely wiped out.”
“But the Hulukou battle made me understand that although the number of people in this team is not large, they really have the ability to disrupt the progress of the hundreds of thousands of troops, have the ability to disrupt our overall plan, and even play an unimaginable role. change.”
“This is something I can’t stand, so they have to get rid of it. Even if Jiangling City is compared with them, it can’t be compared at all. I have a hunch that this may be the best time for us to take action against these two teams. If this time passes, I am afraid that everything will be too late!
What Xi Zhicai said was very solemn, and Cao Cao listened even more seriously.
After listening to Xi Zhicai’s explanation, Cao Cao nodded slowly.
“Since that’s the case, everything obeys Mr.’s orders, and I will definitely support it!”
“Thank you Ming Gong!!
The corner of Xi Zhicai’s mouth showed a smile, and his eyes were also looking into the distance.