Chapter 983 Cao Cao's Arrangement

As for the rest of Cao Cao's army, Xiahou Dun, the governor of Dongjun, Cao Ren, the governor of Donghai, and Manpang, the governor of Xiapi, all arranged 10,000 troops from Cao Cao's headquarters to assist them in guarding the place.

As for the nearly 20,000 troops in Taishan County, Cao Cao had other uses, so he did not explain it to everyone during the discussion.

Subsequently, Cao Cao ordered the 3,000-strong Chinese army from Pei State to enter Suiyang and put it under the command of Liang Guoxiang Jia Kui. As a result, in addition to the 3,000 elite Chinese soldiers from Jia Kui's headquarters, there were a total of 6,000 elite Chinese soldiers in Suiyang City. and eight thousand county soldiers for defense.

Then he ordered the 5,000-strong Chinese army from Shanyang to be transferred to Dingtao and put it under the command of Ren Jun, the prefect of Jiyang. In this way, Ren Jun had his own 5,000-strong Chinese army, plus 10,000 central battalions and county soldiers. Ten thousand, Dingtao City has a total of 30,000 defenders.

As a result, Cao Cao only had 40,000 elite Chinese troops left in his hands, including 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers and 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry. In addition to the 20,000 county soldiers already in Changyi City, Cao Cao He led the 60,000-strong army to provide support in the center.

Like Huangfu Chaobo, it took Cao Cao almost a day to finalize all strategies. Then Cao Cao left only Cheng Yu, Sima Yi and Xia Houyuan, the general of the Western Expedition, and let everyone else withdraw.

After everyone left, Cao Cao stood up, looked at Sima Yi thoughtfully, and said, "Zhongda, will we succeed this time?"

"Reporting to my lord," after several failures, Sima Yi no longer had the high spirits and blind confidence he had before. Hearing Cao Cao's question, he bowed and replied: "Everything is planned by man and accomplished by God. We have repeatedly discussed with several gentlemen Confirmation, although it is not foolproof, it is indeed 60% sure. Besides, we have backup, and if we are there, we should be 70% to 80% sure that we can capture Qingzhou. "

Xia Houyuan looked at their riddle-like conversation with a confused look on his face, but he did not ask any questions, knowing that his brother must have something to arrange for him to stay, so he just watched the two of them quietly from the side.

"Are everything arranged?"

"Absolutely no problem!" This time, Sima Yi replied confidently;

"Well, it's up to you to give Miaocai a detailed explanation. After all, he is the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition."

Sima Yi bowed to accept the order, led Xia Houyuan to the map, and introduced it to him in detail. After Sima Yi finished speaking, Xia Houyuan was already extremely pleasantly surprised. When he looked at Sima Yi, he no longer had the previous contempt.

After listening, Xia Houyuan said to Cao Cao: "Don't worry, Meng De, I will get the two counties of Qingzhou for you this time."

"Excellent people work, I always rest assured. This time to capture Qingzhou, there is another important purpose." Cao Cao nodded, slowly walked to the front of the map, pressed hard on two places, and said: "These two cities , are all the lifeblood of Huangfu Chaobo, especially this place, which is very important. The talented people must find a way to capture this place and capture all the craftsmen here. "

Xia Houyuan looked towards where Cao Cao was pointing and immediately understood that what Cao Cao was pointing to was the location of Huangfu Chaobo's two port cities: Shuanghe City and Qingdao City.

Indeed, as Cao Cao said, these two places are Huangfu Chaobo's destiny. As far as Huangfu Chaobo is concerned, the entire two counties of Qingzhou can be dispensed with, but these two cities must be preserved, especially the craftsmen inside. Top priority.

Seeing that Xia Houyuan had understood, Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi and Cheng Yu again. After thinking for a while, he then said: "Mr. Cheng has a plan and can handle big things. In this western expedition, Mr. Cheng will go to Miaocai's army." Become a military advisor!"

"Your Majesty, take your order!" Cheng Yu accepted the order with a calm face. After saying that, he turned to Xia Houyuan and said, "Please take care of me, General Miaocai!"

"Thank you, sir. With your help, Yuan feels more at ease." Xia Houyuan quickly returned the greeting;

A trace of disappointment flashed across Sima Yi's face, but it passed by briefly.

A few days later, Liu Ye, another military advisor of Cao Cao's army, accompanied by Cao Anmin, Cao's general, and 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers, appeared in Fenggao City, the headquarters of Taishan County. Faced with the sudden appearance of 5,000 troops and Liu Ye,

Charlie Cao was surprised, but he was relieved that there were only 5,000 soldiers and horses. Moreover, after Cao Anmin led the army to arrive, he did not enter the city immediately. Instead, he stationed the army outside the city and then led a hundred personal guards. Guard Liu Ye into the city.

After entering the prefect's residence, Charlie Cao asked Liu Ye, "I wonder what important business you have here?"

Liu Ye said: "Your Excellency, please retreat. I have brought my lord's military order!"

Although Charlie Cao felt strange, he still followed his request and pushed out everyone else, leaving only Xu Zhu by his side.

After everyone had retreated and only the four of them were left in the room, Liu Ye handed the letter hidden in his arms into the hands of Cao Charlie and said: "Prefect, please open it in front of your subordinates now, and after reading it, immediately take it away." destroy."

Charlie Cao thought to himself: "Which drama is this Cao A'hao singing in? This Shen Shen Nao Nao is singing."

Although he thought so in his mind, his hands were not slow. He quickly opened the letter Liu Ye handed him and read it at a glance.

"Ah!" Even though Charlie Cao was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the contents of the letter.

"Prefect, do you understand?" Liu Ye said solemnly;

"Yeah, ah! Oh, I understand!"

"In the following time, Ye and General Anmin's 5,000 Qingzhou army generals will be working with the prefect to execute the following military orders!"

"Great! With the five thousand elite soldiers of you and General Cao, I don't have to worry about Zang Ba's demise. I'll trouble you and General Cao later!" With the help of five thousand Qingzhou soldiers, how could Cao Charlie not be happy? As for the following matters, he could not say anything else except admiration.

After saying that, he immediately ordered to entertain the Qingzhou soldiers outside the city, and then he personally hosted a banquet for Liu Ye and Cao Anmin, and discussed the matter of sending troops to pacify Zang Ba.

In fact, he had long wanted to deal with Zang Ba's Taishan Army as soon as possible, but he did not have enough elite troops. Facing Zang Ba's Taishan Army, a mountain army, he was willing but unable. Now with the five thousand Qingzhou soldiers led by Cao Anmin, things are much easier. The Qingzhou soldiers are also elite soldiers from Mount Tai. Although their ability to fight in the mountains cannot be compared with Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers, they are more than several times stronger than Cao Charlie's own Tiger Guard Army.

According to Cao Cao's request, Cao Charlie must pacify the entire Taishan County before March after the beginning of next spring, and then withdraw a large army to participate in the war to attack Qingzhou. That's why he sent Liu Ye and Cao Anmin to lead 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers to help.