Zheng County.
Cao Cao led a large army and recaptured the place in just three days.
Now, all the generals in the camp are discussing the next battle.
Cao Cao looked around at everyone and said solemnly, "Send scouts to Zhicheng as quickly as possible and tell Cao Ren to hold out for seven days!"
Everyone knew that facing the enemy general Xiang Liang's army, Cao Ren was in great danger.
Including the original defenders of Zhicheng and the army under Cao Ren's command, there were only 30,000 people.
The rest of the soldiers were transferred to Zheng County by Cao Cao.
At this moment, he had 70,000 soldiers under his command, ready to fight a decisive battle with the enemy general Xiang Chao's 200,000 troops.
Both sides are under tremendous pressure.
But they had no way out.
If Zhicheng cannot be defended, the entire war situation will change drastically.
By then, no one will be able to reverse the defeat and turn the tide.
"Everyone, for His Majesty, for the Great Qin, we must fight to the death!"
Cao Cao made the final decision and smashed his fist hard on the map.
And the place he hit was Weinan.
Two days later.
Cao Hong and Xu Huang led 20,000 elite troops to besiege Chongquan.
At this time, Xiang Bo had already arrived at Chongquan.
Cao Hong and Xu Huang failed to capture the city after a long siege and decided to divide their forces.
Xu Huang also led 5,000 elite troops to attack Luoyin.
Cao Hong led the remaining troops and tightly entangled Xiang Bo.
A day later, Pan Feng led 20,000 elite troops to attack Liyang.
The battle was extremely brutal, with casualties on both sides.
On that day, Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin led their troops to withdraw from Tong County.
He rushed hundreds of miles to support Pan Feng.
While Cao Cao was attacking Zheng County, Xiang Chao had crossed the Wei River and was facing off with the former's army.
South of the Wei River.
Cao Camp.
Cao Cao said to the crowd, "The enemy has a full 200,000 troops, while we only have 70,000! I know that many of our generals lack the confidence to win. But in my opinion, the enemy's 200,000 are just scattered guerrillas and are not worth worrying about!"
Xu Chu, I will give you 10,000 elite soldiers. Set off immediately to Wucheng County and burn the enemy's food supplies.
The Chu army is short of food and has been frugal these past few days. I estimate that few of the soldiers have even had a full meal. If you could burn all of the enemy's food and grass at this moment, the enemy's morale would surely be in chaos."
Hearing this, Xu Chu suddenly stood up and clasped his fists, saying, "Please rest assured, Lord Cao. Within a day, I will burn all the enemy's food and supplies!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he left.
Now, all the generals in the camp are on full alert.
They knew very well that the real decisive battle was about to come.
"Tomorrow, we will prepare dinner at twilight hour, and march out at twilight hour to fight the enemy to the death!
Our army relies heavily on the enemy for food and fodder. If the enemy does, they will surely burn our granaries. To prevent the soldiers from losing their morale, we will prepare all the meat and good grains at twilight hour so that the soldiers can have a full meal.
Placing the granary close to the enemy is to let the soldiers know that after eating this full meal, if they want to have the next full meal, they must defeat the enemy.
If we want to win this battle, we have to fight to the death.
The next day.
The two armies faced off.
Cao Cao and Xiang Chao looked at each other across the river.
Neither side was in a hurry to take action.
Because they were all waiting to burn down each other's granaries.
As the saying goes, food and supplies must be sent before troops move out. Food and supplies often play a key role in a battle.
Chu Army.
Xiang Chao stood on a chariot, closed his eyes and concentrated.
Suddenly, a scout came to report that Cao's granary had been burned.
Xiang Chao suddenly opened his eyes and saw smoke rising from the southwest of the army.
At that moment, he laughed and said, "Order the three armies, attack!"
Cao's army.
Cao Cao and his soldiers saw the smoke of gunpowder in the southwest.
But no one showed any intention of retreating.
The batch of grain burned by the enemy was only a part of it.
Some of the grain was hidden elsewhere by Cao Cao.
The enemy is about to charge.
Just then, a piece of news came.
Our own army's food and supplies were also burned!
For a moment, the soldiers around Xiang Chao looked at each other in confusion after hearing the news.
They are not like the Qin army, who have had full meals every day these days.
They haven't had a decent meal for a long time.
Now that I hear that the food supplies have been burned, how can I remain calm?
Immediately afterwards, the entire army will be in turmoil.
At this moment, Cao Cao thought the time had come, and he shouted to the soldiers around him:
"After today, history books will record that Cao Cao and you defeated 70,000 enemies at Weinan, achieving a resounding victory!"
In an instant, all the soldiers roared in unison: "We must win! We must win!"
The sound was earth-shaking.
"kill!"
Following Cao Cao's order.
The 70,000-strong army attacked the enemy.
At this moment, the enemy army knew that their food and grass had been burned, and their morale was unstable. Suddenly, they saw Cao's camp attacking in large numbers, and they were already thrown into disarray.
By the time Cao's army rushed into the enemy camp, many Chu soldiers had already fled in all directions.
"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy! Charge! Don't panic! Don't panic! As long as we defeat the enemy, our army will have enough food to eat!"
Xiang Chao is trying his best to save the situation.
A chaotic war officially broke out.
This battle lasted for a whole day.
Cao's army won a great victory with the loss of 20,000 soldiers and horses.
The enemy's army of 200,000 suffered at least 70,000 casualties.
Late that night.
Xiang Chao gathered his troops, withdrew from Weinan, and set up camp.
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