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735. Take the initiative to attack Liu Zhe?

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    Cao Cao was stunned. He had not considered this for a while. After Man Chong said this, he realized that Xu Rong had done nothing wrong. Xu Rong had done his best under the circumstances at that time, but it was a pity that he did not  It was expected that Liu Zhe would personally intervene to hold him back, and secretly send people to attack Tongguan.

    From this point of view, it seems that the biggest fault is Cao Cao himself. In order not to irritate Liu Zhe, he did not build a fortress at the ferry.

    Even the ferry camp was built by Cao Cao after he learned that Liu Zhe was setting off with his army, so he hurriedly sent a message to Xu Rong and asked him to build it.  A camp built in a hurry has insufficient defense, so it is normal for it to be attacked by a sneak attack.

    Cao Cao said with a final expression of pessimism and pity: "This is all my fault!"

    At this time, Mao Jie suddenly said with joy: "Lord, this matter is not a bad thing for us. If the operation is good, capturing Liu Zhe will not be a problem."

    What?

    Capture Liu Zhe?

    Cao Cao was stunned again. He had never thought about the idea of ??capturing Liu Zhe since the ceremony. He didn't even dare to dream about it while sleeping.

    Before the grand ceremony, he had such a dream. He cooperated with Wang Yun, an old man, and wanted to trick Liu Zhe into coming to Xudu, and then capture Liu Zhe.

    "It's a pity that Liu Zhe came at that time, but he came with an army of millions. He failed to realize his dream of catching Liu Zhe. Instead, he kept having nightmares during that time.

    Now when I heard Mao Jie saying that it was possible to capture Liu Zhe, Cao Cao's first reaction was that he couldn't believe it. He was not overjoyed, but had doubts in his heart. He hesitated and asked Mao Jie: "Xiao Xian, how do you say this?"

    "My lord, Liu Zhe's surprise attack on Tongguan must be small. My lord can use all his troops to attack Tongguan. As long as Tongguan is captured, Liu Zhe will be unable to fly." Mao Jie said.

    He suggested that Cao Cao immediately send troops to attack Tongguan.

    Cao Cao said: "Liu Zhe has fifty thousand troops and horses."

    After the spies inquired about the report, Cao Cao already had information about how many troops Liu Zhe currently had.  There are a total of 50,000 people, and they are also black scale troops, with enough combat power to withstand 100,000 people.

    Cao Cao did not think that the 100,000 troops and horses in his hands could defeat the 50,000 troops and horses in Liu Zhe's hands, not to mention that some of the 100,000 troops in his hands were surrendered, and their combat effectiveness was worrying.

    With the 100,000 troops and horses that he had formed in his hands, he didn¡¯t dare to defeat Liu Zhe, let alone these troops who had surrendered.  And Liu Zhe still has Tongguan in his hands, so it doesn't mean that he can capture it just because he captures it.

    How difficult is Tongguan to defeat? Cao Cao has never defeated it, but he is at Hangu Pass now. Just by looking at it, he knows how difficult it is to defeat Hangu Pass. There are tens of thousands of people defending it, but there are not hundreds of thousands of people taking turns to attack the city day and night.  , is difficult to capture.

    Cao Cao has a clear understanding of his soldiers. More than one-third of the 100,000 troops he brings are surrender troops. He brings them here to bluff people or to put them behind to do the work of the county soldiers. He wants to  Letting them go to the battlefield will not work without a period of training.

    After excluding the surrendered troops, Cao Cao had less than 70,000 soldiers who could fight. If he asked them to attack Tongguan, they would probably all die. Tongguan was still in Liu Zhe's hands.

    Therefore, Cao Cao shook his head. Mao Jie's suggestion was not adopted by him. He said: "Ten times are to encircle it, and five times are to attack it. The number of troops is still too small."

    This is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War, which means that if you have ten times more troops than the enemy, you can surround it; if you have five times more troops, you can attack the enemy directly.

    "It's a pity that Cao Cao's soldiers are not much more than Liu Zhe's soldiers. If they are anxious, Liu Zhe may just add more troops, and Cao Cao has no chance of winning.

    However, Mao Jie did not give up. He continued to advise: "My lord, this opportunity cannot be missed. The time will never come again. This is the best time to capture Liu Zhe. Liu Zhe has 20,000 soldiers and horses in Tongguan, and they are at the ferry.  The main camp has 30,000 people. The lord can divide his troops into two groups, attack the Dukou camp along the way, and attack Tongguan along the way, dividing them and annihilating them."

    Still dividing the troops?  Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat. He disagreed with this even more. The strongest one under him now was the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, which played a huge role in defeating Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei.  The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was also formed by him after Liu Zhe's Black Scale Army.

    But Cao Cao didn¡¯t think that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry could match Liu Zhe¡¯s Black Scale Army. After all, they couldn¡¯t compare to the war horses.  The war horse that Hubao rides is a war horse obtained from Liu Zhe. It doesn't take a second thought to know that it is inferior goods. As for Liu Zhe's Black Scale Army, their war horses are definitely first-class.

    It is possible to form such a powerful team with low-quality war horses, not to mention Liu Zhe's Black Scale Army. I heard that the selection of the Black Scale Army is more stringent than that of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the elimination rate is very high.  Not to mention armor, weapons, training, etc.Cao Cao once made a comparison and believed that his Tiger and Leopard Cavalry only had 70% of the strength of Liu Zhe's Black Scale Army.

    In other words, seven thousand black scale troops can be worth ten thousand tiger and leopard cavalry.

    Now Liu Zhe has 50,000 soldiers, and they all appear to be black scale troops. In other words, Liu Zhe has more than 70,000 tiger and leopard cavalry.

    Cao Cao felt that there was no way to fight.

    Cao Cao shook his head again. The soldiers he has now are all infantry, and there are not many cavalry. He will use infantry to deal with cavalry, unless he is crazy.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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