In the tent, Cao Ren was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking quite upset. He had just received the news that the Han army mobilized 50,000 troops from Yizhou and Hanzhong to Nanyang. In other words, the total number of troops that the Han army finally invested in the Central Plains Battle would reach 250,000.

And they only have 150,000, and after the 20,000 elite troops were annihilated by the Han army, there were only 130,000 troops left, and the Han army was twice as good as themselves. How can this battle be fought?

Cao Ren was indeed very passive. He didn't understand why Cao Pi came. After he came, he interfered in his strategy, leaving all his previous layouts to waste, and put him in a huge passive state.

The annihilation of Yu Jin's army is the best example. Of course, he knew that Yu Jin would probably be intercepted by the Han army, so he ordered Yu Jin to withdraw to Xuzhou and avoid the main force of the Han army advancing east. At the same time when he ordered to be sent to Yu Jin's camp, Cao Pi's order was also sent to Yu Jin, and ordered Yu Jin to go north to reinforce Qiao County.

This made Cao Ren so angry that he almost vomited blood. Even if he wanted to persuade Cao Pi to give up this order, it would be too late. It would take several days to go back and forth. In desperation, Cao Ren had to implement the order Cao Pi gave him, not to lose Qiao County. He led an army of 80,000 to Qiao County, and sent people to notify Yu Jin to suspend the marching. He would meet with him after his main force arrived in Qiao County.

This was the only chance that Cao Ren could avoid the complete annihilation of Yu Jin's army. Although Cao Ren was quick to march, he was still one step late. Yu Jin's 20,000 troops had been completely wiped out by the Han army. In this way, his plan was completely disrupted, which made Cao Ren feel a deep sense of powerlessness, and he was confused for a moment.

The strategist Man Chong stood aside and looked at Cao Ren silently paced back and forth. He knew Cao Ren's helplessness. He was originally Cao Ren was in charge of Xuzhou and commanded the overall battle, but now he became Cao Pi in charge of Xuzhou. Cao Ren became a general, which made the early preparations disconnect from the actual combat later.

"Governor, the most important thing now is to calm down. Since Yu Jinjun's army has no time to save it, then Governor should not be disturbed by this incident. Once Governor loses his calmness, the entire Cao army will face great danger."

Man Chong's persuasion finally calmed down Cao Ren slowly. Cao Ren himself knew that he could not be impetuous at this time. Although Cao Pi took over the decision-making power, he was the executor of the Central Plains War. The key to whether the Central Plains War can win the final victory lies with him.

Cao Ren walked to the sand table, stared at the sand table, pondered for a moment and asked, "Sir, where is the next step for the Han army?"

Man Chong picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Qiao County and said, "If I was not wrong, the Han army would not rush to attack Qiao County, but would siege the city and attack aid. What they really wanted to deal with was the governor's 80,000 troops, so the Han army would definitely set up a camp near Qiao County and wait for the governor's army to approach Qiao County."

"Sir, right, Liu Jing has always been good at strategy. He knows how to take advantage of the other party's weaknesses. This time the prince went south and seized command power. How could he not know that he would make full use of this."

Cao Ren took two steps behind his hands and said to Man Chong: "I want to order Niu Jin to give up Qiao County, lead his army back to Xuzhou overnight, and gather troops to deal with the Han army. Do you think it's appropriate?"

Man Chong pondered for a moment and said, "This is indeed a good strategy from passive to active, but Qiao County's status is very ordinary. After giving up Qiao County, the governor should consider how to explain to the prince. It is certainly good if Qiao County can be recaptured in the future, but once Qiao County cannot be recaptured, the governor will have to bear all the responsibility. Moreover, Qiao County is lost. If it is known by Wei Gong, I am worried that the Wei Gong will not be able to bear the blow."

Man Chong's words made Cao Ren feel embarrassed. He felt that he was too passive to advance, but he could not bear the responsibility of losing Qiao County. After thinking for a long time, Cao Ren finally made up his mind and said, "Well! I will convince the prince first and withdraw the troops after he agrees. There is no rush to do so."

Cao Ren immediately wrote a letter and ordered a team of cavalry to send it to Pengcheng as quickly as possible, hoping to convince Cao Pi to agree to his withdrawal plan...

Night fell quietly, and the deep night covered the vast plain. On the official road south of Qing County, there was a Han cavalry of more than 10,000 people. These were 12,000 Guanlong cavalry led by Pang De. The Han army trained a total of 30,000 cavalry, and 15,000 people were invested in the Central Plains Battle. The other 5,000 people were stationed in Hanoi County, and 10,000 cavalry were stationed in Chang'an.

After Liu Jing decided to implement the strategy of besieging the city and attacking aid, he immediately began to deploy. The cavalry led by Pang De was the vanguard. This was a restraining tactic adopted to prevent the Cao army from retreating. Once the Cao army withdrew, the cavalry would launch an attack on the Cao army's logistics supplies.

Pang De's cavalry slowly walked on the official road about two miles away from Qing County. The cavalry of more than 10,000 people was enough to be discovered by the Cao army. Soon, the Han cavalry passed Qing County and went around the southeast of the county town. Pang De sent several teams of scouts nearby to investigate the movements of the Cao army.

At this time, a cavalryman rushed over from behind and shouted from afar: "General, your highness has the order!"

Ponde quickly pulled the horse down, turned his head and asked, "What order?"

The soldiers took out a handwritten order from the King of Han and submitted it to Pang De. Pang De quickly opened it and hurriedly looked at the torch. Liu Jing ordered him to create momentum east of Qing County. Pang De understood that the King of Han was to dispel Cao Ren's attempt to withdraw his troops back to Xuzhou.

He immediately ordered: "Follow me in the team!"

Pang De suddenly accelerated his horse and led 12,000 cavalry to the east of Cao's camp.

The 80,000 main force of Cao's army did not arrive in Qing County for a long time, only three days. Because of the rush to rush to Qiao County, most of the baggage was left behind. Although a large amount of grain and military funds had been transported into Cao's army camp within three days, some of the food and grass were still halfway.

When the Han cavalry suddenly rushed to the east of Cao's camp, it was coincidentally that a Cao's baggage team came from a distance. The baggage team consisted of thousands of large trucks, mainly transporting food and fodder. This baggage team was only ten miles away from the Cao's battalion. They wanted to go back to the camp to rest in one go, but they did not expect to encounter the Han cavalry.

Both sides were surprised, but this surprise disappeared in a short moment. The five hundred Cao troops in the escort team shouted, and they raised their crossbows to shoot at the Han cavalry in front. A team of Han cavalry was caught off guard and dozens of people were shot overturned by the Cao army's crossbow arrows.

Pang De was furious. Not only did the other party not run away, he actually dared to shoot his cavalry with a crossbow. He immediately ordered: "Around them and kill them all!"

The shouts of killing on both sides of the official road were shocking the sky, and the Han cavalry came from all directions. The Cao army, who was guarding the food team, realized that they were not meeting the Han army scouts, but the main cavalry of the Han army. They were so scared that they fled in all directions regardless of the big cart.

But it was too late at this time. Three thousand cavalrymen came first and rushed into the army guarding Cao. They slashed with swords and stabbed spears, killing Cao soldiers so much that they cried and shouted, knelt down and begged for mercy, begging for mercy.

But Pang De had issued a killing order. The Han cavalry was merciless and massacred, killing all five hundred Cao soldiers in a moment, leaving only a group of coachmen who were squatting on the ground. They were not massacred by the Han cavalry, and the killing order did not include them.

At this time, the cavalry brought more than a dozen coachmen to Pang De. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy. Pang De asked, "How many cavalry do we have?"

"The villain...I don't know!"

"Say! How many are there?"

Pound shouted loudly, scaring several people to tremble all over. A coachman mustered up the courage and said, "There are about a few thousand people."

"Not a few thousand people, but more than 20,000 cavalrymen, have you seen it clearly?"

Under Pang De's order, more than a dozen coachmen looked at it again tremblingly. It turned out that there were countless cavalrymen, and there were probably 20,000 to 30,000 people. They nodded, "Did the villain see clearly?"

"Let them go and let them go to Cao's camp to report the news."

A dozen coachmen were led by the Han army not far from Cao's camp. A cavalry marquis pointed to the Cao's camp in the distance and ordered: "Go to Cao's camp!"

More than a dozen coachmen were so scared that they stumbled into the Cao army's camp. Soon after, they ran to the front of the camp. They shouted to the guards: "We are the grain truckers, come and report the news."

The Cao army soldiers had already discovered something abnormal outside. More than 10,000 crossbowmen had entered the battle seat and were preparing to fight the Han army's sneak attack. At this time, more than a dozen people came to shout that they were the grain transport drivers, which made the Cao army soldiers look at each other. A general waved his hand and soldiers rushed out and brought the drivers into the camp.

Cao Ren also heard the news of discovering the Han army, rushed to the gate of Dongying, and asked loudly: "How many Han army are there outside?"

On the day of the fangs, he bowed and said, "The patrol scout said that there were at least tens of thousands of people, and it was impossible to see clearly in the darkness."

Cao Ren was furious, "I don't even know how many enemy situations are. What's the use of a scout to patrol the patrol?"

At this time, a fangs rushed over and said, "Report to the governor, more than a dozen coachmen came over and said they were from the grain transport team. Their grain team was intercepted and killed by the Han army."

Cao Ren felt like he was hit by a blow. His food team was intercepted by the Han army. He felt extremely distressed and immediately ordered: "Bring them to see me!"

After a moment, more than a dozen coachmen were brought up by Cao's soldiers. They knelt all over the ground and begged for mercy. Cao Ren was upset and shouted loudly, "Shut up all!"

More than a dozen coachmen were so scared that they didn't dare to take a breath. Cao Ren pointed to one of the older coachmen and asked, "What's going on?"

The coachman stuttered and encountered them in the Han army. All the Cao army soldiers were killed by the other party, and they were released by the Han army to report the message. After explaining it in detail, Cao Ren frowned and asked again: "Have you read it wrong? Are there 20,000 cavalry?"

"I really don't know how many of them are, but there are indeed many, at least tens of thousands of people. We dare not deceive the general."

Cao Ren knew that what they said was true and had no courage to deceive him. The food and grass were stolen was second. The key was that nearly 20,000 Han cavalry appeared behind him. This was an extremely bad thing, and he would not be able to return to Pengcheng.

At this moment, Cao Ren suddenly realized that the Han army was causing movement, in fact, to let himself know that he could not evacuate any longer except for a decisive battle. But even if he was willing to fight the Han army to the death, there was an enemy cavalry behind him. How could he fight this battle?
Chapter completed!