Chapter 1022: The Battle of Jie Bridge, Six Years Delayed

Everyone in Cao Cao's army at the top of the city looked at the tens of thousands of troops below the city. There were many banners and majestic soldiers. Everyone in Cao Cao's army knew that this was another elite army.

"Lord, if I'm not mistaken, those who came should be the two generals Huangfu Li and Wang Ran sent by the Eastern Expedition Army to Yuzhou to reorganize. In this case, these two armies should be the two war armies of Yingchuan and Chen after reorganization. Barracks." Du Ji, who was in charge of intelligence, explained to Cao Cao and everyone;

"It seems that Huangfu Chaobo left Huang Zhong's Runan soldiers in Lujun and Peiguo to defend our Xuzhou army." Sima Yi said;

Everyone nodded slightly after hearing this. As a result, the Eastern Expedition Army under Changyi City had reached 150,000. Although there were 80,000 troops in Changyi City, 20,000 of them were ordinary soldiers. There are also 20,000 county soldiers from Changyi. Although they are slightly stronger than ordinary county soldiers, they are only slightly stronger. The only real elites are Cao Cao's 40,000-strong Chinese army, and 10,000 of them are The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry cannot yet be used to attack the city, so there are only 30,000 elite Qingzhou soldiers.

The Eastern Conquest Army's military barracks outside the city had already reached 80,000 people. Such a huge gap made everyone feel a little uneasy.

The reaction of everyone under his command fell into Cao Cao's eyes. Although he was a little unhappy, he had nothing to do. He snorted and said: "It is true that Huangfu Chaobo's generals are good at training troops, but with his army of hundreds of thousands, he can't do anything about it." It would be too fanciful to capture my city of Changyi. Do you really think that my 80,000-strong army is a piece of paper?"

"Yes," Ren Jun said loudly: "My lord, the general is not incompetent and has lost his army and the city. But if he hadn't fallen for his tunnel siege strategy, his tens of thousands of troops could only attack Dingtao for two or three times. In a matter of months, my lord has personally led an army to occupy Xiongcheng. With this army of hundreds of thousands, Huangfu Chaobo really can't do anything to defeat our Changyi city."

When the generals heard this, they were all relieved. Yes, they have the advantage of a fortified city. As long as they are properly defended, they are really not afraid of Huangfu Chaobo's hundreds of thousands of troops. Is it possible that they really regard this city wall several feet high as nothing? . For a time, morale increased a lot.

Seeing this situation, he nodded secretly in his heart. Although Ren Jun lost his Ding Tao, it was not a crime of war. He didn't keep it if he didn't see Cao Hong. In fact, after understanding the detailed process of the entire war, Cao Cao knew that even he might fall for Huangfu Chaobo's tricks, so he just lightly scolded him and left it alone.

"Okay, everyone, since their reinforcements have arrived, they should be attacking the city soon. Let's go back and prepare." Cao Cao waved to everyone. After saying that, he left the city wall without looking back and returned to his home. Fu Yuan.

In the main camp of the Eastern Army of the Western Expedition in Changyi City, Huangfu Chaobo was meeting with Huangfu Li and his group of generals in the Chinese army's tent. Huangfu Chaobo still liked his two brothers, even though they were both middlemen. There is nothing outstanding about whether he leads the army to fight or works for the political side, but one thing he does well is that he is good at accepting words. Just like this time Huangfu Li led the troops into battle. With Huangfu Li's long experience in the battlefield, He was able to follow the advice of Lu Ling, who was fighting with the army for the first time, so he achieved a great victory.

"Brother, you are quite a famous general in this battle?" Huangfu Chaobo said to Huangfu Li with a smile;

Huangfu Li bowed and replied: "The success of this battle is all thanks to my lord Hongfu. With Lu Zhonglin's ingenious plan and the sacrifice of the soldiers, we were able to capture the Liang Kingdom so easily for our lord. Li really dare not take credit."

Huangfu Chaobo for a while, with his current status, it seems that except for the two unruly little guys Pang Tong and Guo Jia, no one dares to act as usual in front of him. This may be the helplessness of the superior. Bar. Huangfu Li's answer made Huangfu Chaobo instantly lose his mood to joke with them. After calming down his emotions, Huangfu Chaobo discussed the next war with the generals.

In the early morning of the 15th, the siege of Changyi City officially began. As expected by both sides, the battle became tense at the beginning. Although the Eastern Army did not quickly break through the defenses at the top of the city,

However, the ordinary soldiers of Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses, and the two sides fought fiercely on the top of the city.

On the 20th, after a day of fierce fighting, the Zhengdong Army once again withdrew its troops and returned to camp. After several days of fighting, both sides suffered losses. Huangfu Chaobo had already received the news that the river flood season was about to pass and the water surface would return to calm in the near future. , the mood is already very good. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped into his Chinese army tent, a system notification sounded in his ears.

"System news, there is a conflict between the princes Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan led the troops to invade Jizhou, and a war broke out between the two sides at Jieqiao!"

"Hold the grass!" The system message stunned Huangfu Chaobo for a moment. It took him a while to wake up, and then he burst out with a curse word from his mouth: "Worilima, wasn't the Battle of the Boundary Bridge supposed to have broken out in 191? Now it has already It’s 197 years, it’s been six or seven years, why did it suddenly break out at this juncture? I’m really not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs!”

"Come here, please send Shi Alai to see you immediately!" Huangfu Chaobo took off his helmet, threw it to the ground, walked quickly to the tent, and shouted the order;

Everyone accompanying them looked at their lord with blank faces, wondering why he was so angry.

After a moment, Shi A quickly walked to the tent and said: "My lord is summoning the general, what are your orders?"

"Why did Gongsun Zan's army suddenly go to Jieqiao?" Huangfu Chaobo asked; "Isn't he sending troops to attack Zhongshan Kingdom? Why did he suddenly run to the southern part of Julu, hundreds of miles away?"

Shi A was also stunned, but Guo Jia reacted quickly and quickly remembered a piece of information from Shi A in early March. Gongsun Zan had dispatched 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to attack Yuan Shao's Zhongshan Kingdom. Among the 30,000 cavalry, there were 20,000 white horse volunteers and 10,000 ordinary cavalry. At that time, I reported it to Huangfu Chaobo myself. At that time, no one took it seriously. The war between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao had long been expected by the army. Now, after hearing what Huangfu Chaobo meant, Gongsun Zan actually attacked the hinterland of Yuan Shao's army in more than a month, and was actually very close to his own territory, Handan City.

"My Lord, do you mean that Gongsun Zan has actually reached less than 200 miles north of Handan?" Guo Jia asked;

Huangfu Chaobo nodded with a sullen look on his face, and Guo Jia said in surprise: "When did Gongsun Zan's army become so strong, and when did Yuan Shao's army become so weak?"