landbeastnovel Chapter [205] Cao Cao's Withdrawal
Chapter [205] Cao Cao's Withdrawal
Cao Ying.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, all the civil and military personnel of Cao Cao gathered together.
"How are you preparing for the withdrawal of troops?" Cao Cao asked.
"My lord, the boat and the raft have all been built." Cao Ren replied with cupped fists.
"The food, grass and luggage are all packed," Xia Houyuan said immediately.
Cao Cao nodded, "Since it's the same as before,
"My lord." Guo Jia interjected and interrupted Cao Cao, asking, "How should those peasants be treated?"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help looking at Cao Cao, waiting for Cao Cao to make a decision.
Cao Cao's 200,000 troops came to Hangu Pass this time, and the civilian troops who transported supplies and food and grass brought hundreds of thousands of people.
Obviously, the rafts and boats built will not have the role of civilian husbands.
If you really take these civilian husbands to the north bank of the Yellow River, you will definitely be slowed down, and you will not be able to make the army rush.
And Cao Cao didn't want to stay in Yuan Shao's territory for too long, so as not to cause any trouble.
Hundreds of thousands of troops ran to Yuan Shao's territory. Yuan Shao must have thought that Cao Cao was planning to go to war at the first moment. If the army was in a hurry and retreated to the south bank of the Yellow River before Yuan Shao arrived, Cao Cao could explain it later.
If you stay in Yuan Shao territory for a long time
Think about it differently, if Yuan Shao brought an army of hundreds of thousands across the river to his territory, Cao Cao would also think that Yuan Shao was here to start a war.
"The peasants will definitely not be able to take 873 with them." Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "Let's leave them here and leave them food and grass so they can survive on their own.
"If Lu doesn't slaughter them, that's bad luck for them, and if Lu doesn't want to let them die, naturally we don't have to worry about it.
Everyone acquiesced after hearing the words, but Cao Jun was really powerless to deal with these civilian husbands.
It is unrealistic to leave with the civilian husbands, and starting from the heart, Cao Cao is unwilling to abandon these civilian husbands.
The people who can be selected into the army and serve as transport are all young and strong under Cao Cao's rule.
These young and strong can not only serve as supply troops, but also serve as a source of soldiers. Recruits are selected from young and strong.
Even if these young adults do not enlist in the army, they are still the main labor force at home, and farming depends entirely on these young adults.
The abandonment of hundreds of thousands of young and strong will even indirectly affect the grain harvest under Cao Cao.
But in order to preserve the army, these 'burdens' must be discarded, otherwise the army will not be able to leave even if it wants to.
The lesser of two evils, one side is the army, the other is the civilian husband, Cao Cao will naturally give up the civilian husband and take the army.
"Let's do it like this." Cao Cao waved his hand, "Do you have any questions?"
"My lord, crossing the river to the north bank is still a bit dangerous, why don't you go by land. (aebd)" Guo Jia said.
"What do you mean by filial piety?" Cao Cao didn't understand.
"When we cross the river, Lu Bu will definitely shoot arrows on the bank. This is an inevitable thing." Guo Jia worried: "There is a saying that swords and arrows have no eyes, and the Lord can only stand on the raft when crossing the river."
Can't dodge at all. "
"In case some Liuya hits the lord..." Guo Jia didn't continue, but the meaning was obvious.
To cross the river and leave, one must bear the rain of arrows, and the rain of arrows is a probability. Cao Cao may be fine, but he may be hit by an arrow. No one can guarantee that Cao Cao will never
As for arranging a circle of shield soldiers for Cao Cao to protect Cao Cao, it is actually unrealistic.
A circle of people plus shields, such a large weight, boats and rafts simply cannot bear it.
"Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, and there is a danger of shipwreck when crossing the river, the safety of the raft is too low." Cheng Yu also interjected: "It's no problem for the army to go to the Yellow River, but the master can't make any mistakes, it's better to go by land. "
"Our tiger and leopard cavalry has hundreds of horses left. My lord can return to Yanzhou on horseback. Even with cavalry, Lu Bu can't catch up. It's much safer to go by land." Cao Ren also said.
"The army crossing the river is equivalent to attracting Lu Bu's attention. This is the lord leaving by land, so it must be safe and secure." Guo Jia continued: "This is the safest way for the lord.
"If that's the case, then everyone should go by land." Cao Cao said with a smile: "You all follow me to go by land. Anyway, there are still hundreds of horses, enough for us to ride and let the army cross the river to the north bank."
"If that's the case, we need to send a general to lead the army, or else the army will have no leader." Cheng Yu said immediately.
When Cao Cao heard the words, he immediately looked at the princes of Cao Xia. The hundreds of thousands of troops were entrusted to pay, and Cao Cao could only entrust it to his own family.
Among the Cao Xiahous, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, and Xiahouyuan were the first choice, and the rest were juniors, so Cao Cao was worried about them.
"My lord, let me go." The four immediately pleaded for orders at the same time.
"Zi Lian, Zi He, you two lead the army across the river." Cao Cao casually ordered the two men, and asked Cao Hong and Cao Chun to lead the army across the river.
"No." The two embraced their fists and accepted the order.
"Master, can you lend me your clothes?" Cao Hong said suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Cao Cao looked bewildered.
"I'm pretending to be you!" Cao Hong said with a smile: "In this way, it will be safer for my lord to travel by land, and Lu Bu will definitely not pursue him.
"Then you are in danger?" Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Let's forget it."
"Hey! I'm the best at running for my life, so I'm sure nothing will happen." Cao Hong came to Cao Cao as he spoke, and pulled off Cao Cao's clothes without any explanation, making Cao Cao dumbfounded.
"Okay, let's start withdrawing troops. Cao Cao gave the order immediately.
Hangu Pass.
Lu Bu was practicing in the courtyard with a two-foot-long Fangtian painted halberd.
One inch long, one inch strong.
At the critical moment, the weapon grows a foot longer, which is undoubtedly a huge advantage.
But the weapon is suddenly one foot long, and most people really can't handle it. Even Lu Bu needs to get used to the two-foot-long weapon.
Since Fang Tian's halberd came back to him, with the function of self-adaptive size, Lu Bu swung Fang Tian's halberd in the yard every day to adapt to the limit length of Fang Tian's halberd, so that he could use it flexibly on the battlefield.
"King!"
As soon as Jia Mu came to the courtyard, he saw the tip of Fang Tian's painted halberd hanging in front of him, he stopped immediately and couldn't help swallowing.
Whoosh!
In a blink of an eye, Jia Mu saw that Fang Tian's painted halberd became three inches long and was inserted directly into Lu Bu's waist.
Lu Bu also considered for a long time where to put Fang Tian's painted halberd after it was shrunk down, and finally thought of using the unicorn.
Fang Tian painted a halberd and a unicorn armor, the former is sharp in killing, and the latter has amazing defense.
Pin Fang Tian's painting halberd to the waist of the unicorn armor, so that you don't have to worry about accidentally stabbing yourself.
In the static state, Fang Tian's painted halberd could not break through the defense of the unicorn armor.
Of course, if Lu Bu took Fang Tian's painted halberd and slashed at Qilinjia with all his strength, Qilinjia still couldn't hold Fang Tian's painted halberd.
After all, the unicorn armor has been strengthened once, and Fang Tian's painted halberd has been transformed four times.
Seeing this miraculous scene, Jia Mu felt even more in awe of Lu Bu, thinking that Lu Bu was the man of destiny.
It is also for this reason that Lu Bu will not avoid his subordinates on purpose for some miraculous things. Anyway, after seeing these miraculous deeds, his subordinates will only be more loyal to him.
"What's the matter?" Lu Bu asked.
"Your Majesty, Cao Cao's army has moved, and hundreds of thousands of people are heading for the north bank." Jia Mu immediately reported.
"The whole army is united!".