Chapter 158 Cao Cao worries about his son

Author: Zimu Feiyang

Chapter 158 Cao Cao worries about his son

Cao Cao asked who was willing to lead the troops to take over the siege of Yecheng.

Naturally, everyone among the generals present wanted to go.

Su Ming set fire to Wuchao, made a surprise attack on Yecheng, and beheaded Yuan Shao. These three things were completed.

Su Ming alone took 70% of the credit for the Battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Su Ming took all the credit for this achievement. The other generals also had to find ways to make contributions, right?

Therefore, the greatest achievement now is to relieve the siege of Yecheng.

Whoever can lead the troops to break the siege of Yecheng and rescue Su Ming can be regarded as having made a great contribution.

Less meat and more wolves.

This is a great achievement, and all the generals under Cao Cao are watching.

As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, he saw all the generals in the hall falling to their knees like dumplings.

"I will go there eventually."

"I will go there eventually."

"I will go there eventually."

Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Li Dian, Le Jin, Xu Huang, Yu Jin and so on, one after another, the generals knelt down and begged for orders.

When Cao Cao saw it, everyone wanted to go.

"Then let's go together!"

"Everyone is going. If there are too many people going, can they scare Zhang He away?" Cao thought in his mind.

Cao Cao just wanted to give an order, saying that everyone should go together.

Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's thoughts and quickly stopped him: "My lord, it is important to send troops to rescue the young master."

"But before you send troops to rescue the young master, you have to send out two groups of troops first."

Guo Jia is Cao Cao's number one military advisor, and he will never act without aim.

So Cao Cao quickly asked for advice: "Fengxiao, what do you think?"

Guo Jia strode to the military map, pointed to the location of Yecheng and said: "Lord, if we want to save Yecheng, you must first send out two groups of troops."

"On the way, be on guard against the high-ranking cadres in Bingzhou leading their troops to support you, and on the other hand, be on the lookout for Yuan Tan in Qingzhou to support Yecheng."

"Only by sending troops to block the reinforcements from the Qing and Erzhous can we rescue the young master."

Guo Jia thought to himself, we can't rush straight to Yecheng with our troops!

Just like this, we rushed to Yecheng, beat Zhang He away, and rescued the young master.

At that time, senior officials will come from Bingzhou to outflank, Yuan Tan will come from Qingzhou, and Yuan Xi will come from Youzhou.

Even if he rescued the young master and captured Yecheng, he would be surrounded by others.

Cao Cao was also a master in the art of war. When Guo Jia said this, Cao Cao understood what he meant.

Therefore, Cao Cao immediately issued an order: "Order Xiahou Dun as the chief general and Xiahou Yuan as the deputy general. They will lead 100,000 troops and horses, and be responsible for blocking the troops and horses of Bingzhou high-ranking officials."

"I appointed Cao Ren as the chief general and Cao Chun as the deputy general, responsible for blocking Yuan Tan's troops in Qingzhou."

After sending out these two groups of troops first, Cao Cao no longer had to worry about his retreat being outflanked and being surrounded by others.

After the Xiahou brothers and Cao Ren were sent out, Cao Cao decided to personally lead the Chinese army to rescue Su Ming.

Cao Cao is now eager to save his son, and he is worried about whoever goes there. He can only feel at ease when he goes there himself.

It is true that Cao Cao personally led the troops to rescue Su Ming, but he had to send vanguard officers!

The vanguard officers took the lead in the front, which meant opening roads over mountains and building bridges across rivers.

After eliminating any ambush ahead, Cao Cao and his army could proceed with peace of mind.

Cao Cao had a cloud of counselors and a rain of powerful generals under his command. He looked around to find the most suitable vanguard officer.

After looking around, Cao Cao decided to let Cao Hong be the pioneer officer.

The most elite cavalry under Cao Cao's command is the five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry.

These five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry are divided into three thousand leopard cavalry and two thousand tiger cavalry.

Tiger cavalry are heavy cavalry and are not good at traveling long distances. Therefore, Cao Cao decided to let Cao Hong lead three thousand leopard cavalry as the vanguard and rush to Yecheng to rescue Su Ming.

"Cao Hong, I order you to lead three thousand leopard cavalry as the vanguard officer."

"You have one man and three horses, march to Yecheng day and night!" Cao Cao gave the order.

After this order was issued, Cao Hong raised his hand and accepted the order: "The last general takes the order."

From Cao Cao's camp to Yecheng, it would take at least five or six days for Cao Cao's army to arrive.

If Cao Hong's three thousand leopard cavalry were to march day and night, they would have arrived first before Cao Cao's army.

Although the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are elite, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to defeat Zhang He's 50,000-strong army with only 3,000 Leopard Cavalry.

Therefore, even if Cao Hong arrived at Yecheng first, it could only relieve Su Ming's pressure and attract the attention of some Zhang He's troops.

After thinking of this, Cao Cao felt that it was inappropriate to only let Cao Hong lead three thousand leopard cavalry as the vanguard.

If Zhang He captured Yecheng before he led his troops, Su Ming would be in danger.

After thinking of this, Cao Cao glanced at the generals under his command.

Soon, Cao Cao set his sights on Li Dian and Le Jin.

Last time, although Le Jin was captured alive by Ju Yi because of his rashness.

However, rashly advancing also shows that Le Jin is a general who dares to fight and kill.

At this time, what Cao Cao wants to use is this kind of general who dares to charge and kill at all costs.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao issued another order: "Li Dian, where is Le Jin?"

"I appoint the two of you as the vanguard officers of the second route. I will give you 20,000 cavalry, and I will give you 60,000 horses from the whole army. You will also have three horses each, and I will drive to Yecheng day and night."

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are Cao Cao's elite troops, originally composed of one man and three horses.

However, ordinary cavalry are different.

Ordinary cavalry consists of one man and one horse.

There were not many cavalry under Cao Cao's command. After gathering one man and three horses for Li Dianlejin, it can be said that basically all the good horses in the army were given to them.

It can be seen from this that Cao Cao also tried his best to understand the siege of Yecheng.

"The last general takes command!"

"General, take the order!" Li Dian and Le Jin also accepted the order.

After sending two groups of pioneer officers one after another, Cao Cao ordered all his troops to set up camp and cook pots.

Cook now and set out when you're full. Don't waste a moment.

Before the meeting ended, Cao Cao looked solemn again and asked his generals in an extremely serious tone: "Do you know the first priority of this operation?"

The generals thought to themselves, my lord, please stop being so secretive. Just tell us what you want us to do.

"My lord, please speak, we will definitely keep it in mind!" all the generals said in unison.

Cao Cao walked up to the generals and said in a serious tone: "The first priority in this battle is to rescue my son Su Ming."

"I can leave Yecheng, but Su Ming must live."

"In this battle, I want Su Ming to live, not to die."

Before the war, Cao Cao said these words.

At this moment, Cao Cao is not so much the prime minister of the Han Dynasty as he is a father who is worried about his children.

Cao Hong, Li Dian, and Le Jin, the three pioneer officers, also thought about it. This time, their burdens were particularly heavy.

If there was anything wrong with Su Ming, the three pioneer officers would not have come back. They would have hanged themselves on a crooked tree outside Yecheng!
Chapter completed!