The next day, Bai Xiaowen led thirty thousand elite troops and set off. Before they reached Liyang, they received a piece of bad news.
Xiahou Dun had taken down Liyang!
General Jiang Yiqu had been killed!
Bai Xiaowen asked about the process and found out that Jiang Yiqu was not to be blamed for this battle.
Jiang Yiqu knew that he was no match for Xiahou Dun and the other generals, so he guarded the city and did not engage the Cao army.
However, at night, the gates of Liyang City were opened by Cao spies.
Cao Cao's fourth son, Cao Xiong, was really courageous, leading an army to charge into the city and killing three generals. As for Jiang Yiqu, he also fell under the encirclement of Cao Xiong and his generals. Hence, the Liyang camp fell, and the defeated soldiers all fled north.
Luckily, Jiang Yiqu made a wise decision when the city fell, which was to burn the grain and not give it to the enemy.
Bai Xiaowen revealed a sad expression, "Although General Jiang lost this battle, it wasn't his fault. When the city fell, he fought to the death and even burned the grain to not give it to the thief army. He tried his best. "
After a short mourning, Bai Xiaowen gave Jiang Yiqu the title of Country Supporting General, Marquis Lie, and his son.
Commander Shi Dongzhao said, "Although Liyang fell, there are still tens of thousands of troops there. We only need to send one general to gather up the defeated troops."
Qiao Rui said, "The defeated troops have low morale. Even if we gather them up, we won't be able to use them temporarily. We should bring them to Yedu to raise their morale before using them. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded, "Tian Yu and Murong Ping are reorganizing the troops in Yedu. After gathering up these defeated troops, we can send them to Tian Yu and put them into a new division. "
This time, Bai Xiaowen chose 30 thousand elite troops to fight. The remaining 100 thousand plus troops in Yedu were trained and organized by Tian Yu, Tian Feng's nephew.
The goal of this reorganization was to break up the Qingzhou army and merge them into the Jizhou army.
Just as the discussion was settled, the second piece of bad news spread over.
After Xiahou Dun took over Liyang, he sent Cao Xiong to lead three thousand elite troops towards the northeast direction, heading straight for Fanyang City. Xiahou Dun himself led the remaining troops to invade Anyang.
On the map, Xiahou Dun's troops split into two and drew a '7' formation.
Xiahou Dun's 7,000 troops were going in a straight line to attack Anyang. Cao Xiong's 3,000 troops were going in a roundabout way to attack Fanyang and Weixian before attacking Yedu.
Dong Zhao said in alarm, "Anyang is the gateway to Yedu. My lord must be on guard. Furthermore, when Cao Xiong led his troops to attack Fan Yang, he would need to split his troops to defend the city. Once Fan Yang fell, Wei County would be next. After the enemy breaks through Weixian, they will be able to follow the Zhang River to the west. Yedu will be in danger. "
Tian Feng frowned and said, "Xiahou Dun's troops are no more than ten thousand men and horses, a vanguard. Why did he divide his forces? Isn't this weakening his own momentum? "
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and laughed.
Dong Zhao joined in the fun. "My lord, the current situation is not good. Why are you laughing?"
Bai Xiaowen laughed. "I'm not laughing at anything else. I'm just laughing at Cao Mengde and his son's falling out and scheming against each other. Who would have thought that the Cao family would be so cold! "
Dong Zhao and Tian Feng didn't understand what he meant.
Bai Xiaowen didn't explain much. "Cao Xiong's 3,000 troops are nothing to worry about. Weixian's walls are high and thick. As long as we send more generals who are good at defending the city, Cao Xiong will definitely return empty-handed. "
Tian Feng said, "My nephew, Tian Yu, is good at the art of war and has courage. My lord, as long as you send him to defend the city, nothing will go wrong. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded and smiled. "That's exactly what I was thinking."
Then, Bai Xiaowen asked Qiao Rui to return to Yedu and arrange for the defense of the city.
There was also a discussion in the team channel.
Li Shuyi: "This Richard is really fierce."
Qiao Rui: "How is he fierce? It's obvious that the Awakened planted in our camp by the Divine Court has played a role. Logically speaking, the design of the ancient Hua Xia city is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Awakened of the Divine Court hadn't secretly opened the city gate, no matter how powerful Richard is, he wouldn't have been able to enter the city so easily. "
Although the Awakened had powerful tools and varied means, it didn't mean that they could crush the people of the Spirit Realm.
For example, Bai Xiaowen's large-scale deterrence and long-term control of the mind force field wasn't invincible in many cases. This was because the ancient Hua Xia military drum had the effect of boosting the morale of the army and interrupting the opponent's continuous control skills.
After taking control of the Hebei army, Bai Xiaowen had a better understanding of military drums.
There were three types of military drums in the ancient Hua Xia: the Ox Drum, the Snail Drum, and the Kui Drum.
All three types of drums had the effect of boosting morale. Among them, the Snail Drum also had the effect of interrupting the enemy's continuous control skills, with an additional priority of 2 points. In addition to interrupting skills, the Kui Drum also had the special effect of clearing the abnormal status of allies, with an additional priority of 3 points.
Of course, military drums weren't played casually. As the saying went, the first drum boosted morale, the second drum weakened morale, and the third drum exhausted morale. The first drum boosted morale the most, the second drum halved morale, and the third drum basically didn't increase morale at all. Beating the drums after that would reduce morale instead, and the gains wouldn't make up for the losses.
Previously, Bai Xiaowen's deterrence had a total priority of 6 points. As long as the opponent had a commander-level general and beat the Snail Drum, they would be able to break his mind force field.
But now, Bai Xiaowen's basic priority had increased by 1 point because of Xun Yu's Wang Zuo skill. The total priority of deterrence had also risen to 7 points!
It wouldn't be so easy to break it again. Commander-level generals had to be equipped with the highest-level Kui Drum to break it. Or, they could just let a Lord-level general beat the Snail Drum.
There were very few Kui Drums, and the Yuan family's camp only had one. However, there were as many as six Snail Drums.
After hearing Qiao Rui's words, Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "Sister Qiao is right. Therefore, it is imperative to investigate the spies of the Divine Court in the camp. Sister Qiao, after you return to Yedu, you have to follow Tian Yu to Weixian County and gather all the generals and leaders, including the city gate officials, to see if there are any awakened ones among them. Once you find them, no matter who they are, kill them all! "
"Not Fanyang? Do you think that Fanyang can't be saved? "Qiao Rui asked.
Bai Xiaowen said, "Cao Xiong is eager to make contributions and improve his reputation in the Cao family, so he came prepared for this battle. Although he doesn't have many soldiers and horses, the Divine Court awakened ones gathered together on a scale of a dozen or more. Their destructive power is indeed strong enough. The defensive forces of Fanyang City are very weak, so they definitely won't be able to resist. I think you will hear the news of Fanyang City's fall when you arrive at Weixian County. "
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said, "Ask Tian Yu to bring a Snail Drum, just in case."
Qiao Rui said, "What if the hidden awakened ones are very powerful and kill Tian Yu in desperation?"
Bai Xiaowen said, "I'll send Murong Ping to go with you. This general is good at archery. Like Cecilia, he has the ability to enhance the archery team. With him leading an archery team and you providing control, even Richard himself won't be able to escape unscathed. "
Qiao Rui agreed and immediately returned to Yedu to pass on the order.
Bai Xiaowen continued to lead the army forward. Although Xiahou Dun said that he wanted to attack Anyang City, Bai Xiaowen didn't believe it.
A mere 10,000 vanguard troops were divided into 3,000 soldiers. The remaining 7,000 soldiers wanted to attack Anyang City, the southern gate of Yedu. Xiahou Dun would be crazy to do this.
If Xiahou Dun really dared to do this, Bai Xiaowen couldn't be happier. Before the main force of the Cao army arrived, they could wipe out Xiahou Dun's vanguard army. It would be best if they could kill one or two of the lords.
Due to the popularity of the Cao army, most of the Cao generals left their names in history, so there were too many lords. If they didn't get rid of one or two of them first, Bai Xiaowen wouldn't be able to fight them head-on.
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