Chapter 313: Fighting for the Emperor

Chenliu, Cao's army camp.

Liu Ye hurried into the big tent and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, Zhongde has raised the first batch of military rations."

Cao Cao muttered softly, and suddenly realized that Liu Ye looked strange in a blink of an eye. He couldn't help but smile and asked with a wry smile: "Does Ziyang feel that he is too cruel?"

"Oh." Liu Ye sighed softly and said, "I just hope that such a thing will not happen again in the future."

Cao Cao said in a faint voice: "Don't worry, Ziyang, I will miss this kind of thing again if I missed today!"

"Report~~" As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, the young general Cao Chun suddenly stepped into the tent and knelt down and said quickly, "Lord, it's not good!"

"Zihe!" Cao Cao asked anxiously, "What happened?"

Cao Chun cried and said, "Military advisor, military advisor..."

A trace of haze flashed through Cao Cao's eyes and his face turned pale.

Liu Ye asked anxiously: "What happened to Mr. Guo Jia?"

Cao Chun said sadly: "Military advisor~he was killed in Ye County!"

"well!"

Cao Cao did not cry loudly, nor did he exhaust himself. He just remained silent for a while and then sighed for a long time, closed his eyes and shed two lines of clear tears. Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, and Cao Ren died in the battlefield one after another. Now... it was Guo Jia's turn. Cao Cao suddenly felt a trace of loneliness, loneliness from the depths of his soul.

"Master!"

"Master!"

Cao Chun and Liu Ye saw that Cao Cao's expression was different, so they couldn't help but take a step forward and reached out to support Cao Cao.

Cao Cao waved his hand gently and said to Cao Chun and Liu Ye: "Zihe, Ziyang, you go out first, I want to be alone and be quiet."

Cao Chun and Liu Ye bowed and turned around and left the tent.

Amid the chaotic footsteps, Xun You, Zangba, Cao Xiu, Yin Li, Sun Guan, Lu Qian and others also came to hear the news. Xun You saw Cao Chun, and when Liu Ye was about to ask, he was blocked by Liu Ye's gesture. Then he led everyone away from Cao Cao's tent and said sadly: "My lord heard that the military advisor was in a bad mood, so everyone doesn't have to disturb him."

Guandu heads to the official road in Xuchang.

Fang Yue and Gan Ning were leading an army of 20,000 to the south. When he was still more than a hundred miles away from Xuchang, he suddenly received a quick horse: "Two generals, a large group of Cao's cavalry were found thirty miles east, with more than 5,000 cavalry!"

"Five thousand cavalry!" Gan Ning suddenly widened his eyes, and his murderous intent was revealed in his eyes, and he said sternly, "Good guy, Cao Cao finally couldn't calm down and sent cavalry to intercept him!"

Fang Yue calmly glanced at the surrounding terrain and ordered decisively: "Come here!"

A personal soldier had already stepped forward and said quickly: "What are the general's instructions?"

Fang Yue said: "Repay General Gao Shun immediately, and the main force of Cao's cavalry was found a hundred miles north of Xuchang!"

"Abide by the order!"

The personal soldiers agreed and galloped away.

Fang Yue stretched out his hand and pointed to a bare earthen mountain not far away and said to Gan Ning: "General Gan Ning, please lead the elite troops of our headquarters to line up on the earthen mountain. The last general will lead the troops of our headquarters to line up below the mountain. If the cavalry of Cao's army dares to attack, please ask the general to support it with bows and arrows, then Cao's army will be defeated."

Gan Ning said dissatisfied: "General, how about you guard the mountain?"

Fang Yue frowned and said, "General Gan Ning should not act voluntarily. Most of the navy soldiers are good at shooting, and most of them carry bows and arrows. They can kill and injure Cao's army from a distance! Most of the soldiers led by the last general are infantry. Wouldn't it be a decoration for them to be listed on the mountain? What's more, the general's 10,000 naval troops are the treasures of the lord. If the losses are too great, how can the lord spare someone?"

"It makes sense." Gan Ning nodded, clasped his fists and said to Fang Yue, "Since that's the case, we will lead the army up the mountain!"

"Precaution, General." Fang Yue also hugged his fists, and when he turned back, his face had turned cold and stern. He shouted to Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang and other surrendered generals in Hanzhong, "Send the order, the entire army is in line under the mountain!"

In the desolate wilderness, Zhang He was leading five thousand light cavalry to roll forward.

These five thousand light cavalry were not Cao Cao's old subordinates, but the surrendered troops in Jizhou. Since Zhang He served under Han Fu's tent, this cavalry has been following Zhang He to fight against the Black Mountain bandits. Later, he participated in the Battle of Zeguo, the Battle of Gongsun Zan and the Battle of Hetao, and defeated Ma Teng's army in Yunzhong and made great achievements.

Therefore, this cavalry can be regarded as a real army of war.

During the Battle of Guandu, Zhang He led an army of 30,000 to attack the front of the Cao army camp. Due to the limitation of terrain, it was not conducive to cavalry assault. This cavalry did not enter the battlefield. As a result, Cao Cao took a big advantage. Not only did he get Zhang He, a famous general in a hundred battles, but he also obtained 5,000 elite cavalry out of thin air.

A fast horse suddenly appeared on the empty wasteland ahead, galloping back like a wind swept away the broken clouds.

"General, you will find a large group of Liang troops ten miles ahead!"

Zhang He gently shouted at the battle horse and slowly raised the spear in his hand. The cavalry surging behind him began to slow down and then spread to the wings. Until the five thousand cavalry completely set up their charge formation, Zhang He then urged the horse to move forward and asked, "How many troops are there in the Liang army?"

Tanma said: "At least 20,000 people!"

"Twenty thousand people?" Zhang He said, "It seems that it is Fang Yue, Gan Ning's army is undoubtedly!"

A Hebei general stepped forward and said to Zhang He: "General, Gao Shun's army is at least fifty miles away. Should we take the opportunity to defeat these 20,000 Liang troops first?"

"Don't be careless!" Zhang He said, "Although Gao Shun's army is still fifty miles away, Xu Huang's eight thousand iron cavalry and Ma Dai's three thousand light cavalry are still unknown. If our army is in a tough battle, these two cavalry suddenly break out and cut off our army's retreat, the consequences will be unimaginable."

The general said, "What should I do?"

Zhang He said: "Our army's mission is to delay Fang Yue, Gan Ning army, and give the Prime Minister's army time to return to Xudu. Therefore, there is no need to fight with the Liang army at all. Just find a way to hold them back! The entire army is sent to advance slowly. Without the general's military order, everyone is not allowed to act without authorization."

Fifty miles north, Gao Shunzheng led an army of 20,000 slowly heading south.

"Report~~ General Fang Yue condemned the Malay newspaper and found the main force of the Cao army's cavalry fifty miles south, with 5,000 cavalry."

"Report~~Fang Yue, the two armies of Gansu and Ning are confronting the Cao army's cavalry!"

"Report~~ Cao's cavalry launched a tentative charge, and was hit by the navy head-on and retreated."

The probe sent the news to Gaoshun's army like flowing.

Gao Shun pondered for a moment and said to the dozen generals behind him: "The main force of the Cao army's cavalry was found fifty miles south? Moreover, the purpose of these 5,000 Cao army cavalry is very obvious, which is to delay Fang Yue. Gan Ning's 20,000 army. Could it be that Cao Cao's army is nearby? The task of these 5,000 cavalry is just to drag Fang Yue and Gan Ning's army, waiting for Cao Cao's army to arrive before surrounding and annihilate them?"

A general said: "The Cao army has only less than 30,000 troops in total. Even if they win a fierce battle with the Hebei army, they will suffer a lot of casualties. Now there are only about 20,000 troops left. Just because these 20,000 troops are in order to swallow Fang Yue, it is probably unlikely that the 20,000 troops of the two generals of Gan Ning, is it?"

Gao Shun said: "Cao Cao is cunning and wise, and there are countless wise men under his command. Our army should not underestimate the enemy's carelessness! He sent an order to let Fang Yue and Gan Ning camp on the spot to stand firm, and then make a decision after this general personally led the army to arrive! Then let Major General Ma Dai lead two thousand cavalry to go south quickly to support Fang Yue and Gan Ning."

Runan.

"Well!"

Ma Chao gently shouted at the war horse, lifted the broken tree that was lying in front of him with the Tianlang gun in his hand, and turned around and asked Fa Zheng: "Xiaozhi, where are you here? Why do this ghost place look like a ghost? If the sun does not appear on this day, I can't even tell the difference between the south, south, west and north."

Ma Chao grew up in the northwest since childhood. He was used to the dryness and wind and sand in the north. The coldness and humidity in the south made him feel very uncomfortable. In addition, the mountains and rivers in Huainan area were almost the same in Ma Chao's opinion. After walking around the east and west in the middle of the mountain for half a month, he could no longer distinguish the direction.

The Eight Hundred Iron Cavalry are all men in the northwest, so they are naturally not much better than Ma Chao.

Fa Zheng competed against the map for a long time, shook his head and nodded, and after a while, he said in a not sure tone: "In theory, there should be Gepo nearby, but the map shows that there should be an official road here, but there are mountains and waters here, so there is no official road."

"Hand!"

Ma Chao turned around and roared, Han De rushed forward and said loudly: "What are the major general's instructions?"

Ma Chao said: "Take a dozen brothers to explore the way, and if you want to meet woodcutters and hunters, you will all be caught by this general!"

"Abide by the order!" Han De agreed and turned around to greet the cavalry behind him and said, "You, you, and you, all of you, will go with me."

Outside the dense forest where Ma Chao eight hundred iron cavalry is located, there is an official road.
Chapter completed!