Chapter 174: Cao Cao Lacks Confidence
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Afterwards, Cao Hong learned about the situation in Bai Ma from Cai Yang. It seems that it was Liu Yan's so-called "trump card." Cao Hong then withdrew his troops and returned to Puyang.
It's not that Cao Hong is heartless, but he is not seeking revenge for Liu Yan. To be honest, even with his formidable army, the Battle Bear troop, the odds against Wenchou's 50,000-strong army are at best fifty-fifty.
Why?
It all relies on Wenchou alone!
In this era, it is still a time when military commanders can single-handedly determine the outcome of battles. After the Battle of Xuzhou, Sun Ce formed his own independent camp and separated from the War Bear Army. Among the War Bear Army, the only warrior with respectable martial skills was Cao Hong himself. In this battle, Cao Hong's main objective was to defend Dongjun, especially the city of Puyang, so Cao Cao did not assign him any particularly brave generals. After all, in a siege battle, as long as the preparations are sufficient and the bed crossbows are well set up, even fierce generals like Wen Chou will be defeated.
However, once Puyang City is breached, the two parts of the Cao army's front line, east and west, will be severed by the Yuan army, making mutual support impossible. Even the transportation of supplies will become extremely difficult. Therefore, Cao Hong must return to defend Puyang in a timely manner and be prepared. Translated content:
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"Liu Yan killed in battle! Bai Ma Cheng conquered!"
Cao Cao looked at the letter sent by Ming Jing Tang and Caohong's letter, feeling somewhat angry.
Liu Yan had been following him for many years, and it was precisely because of Liu Yan's abilities that he was able to govern a county with ease and showed exceptional command skills. In Cao Cao's opinion, it should have been easy for Liu Yan to cooperate with Caohong and defend Dongjun. However, who could have imagined that Wen Chou would quickly break through Bai Ma Cheng, and that Liu Yan would perish so easily. Although he died heroically and inflicted heavy casualties on Yuan's army, causing a significant blow to their morale, Cao Cao would rather have Bai Ma Cheng be easily taken by Wen Chou than see Liu Yan die like this.
Can the value of Bai Ma City and Liu Yan be compared?
However, this did make Cao Cao more alert.
Although the defense on the eastern front of Cao's army is sufficient and Cao Hong and Li Dian have decent command abilities, just like the outcome of Bai Ma City, they lack some highly skilled warriors. This is a major loophole on the eastern front that Cao Cao will not allow any minor mistakes to cause problems.
“孟德，东线交给我吧，我带君明、子丹、文烈、伯仁去濮阳城，调伯符和公瑾去泰山郡助曼成。”郭嘉也瞧出了曹军的问题，开口道。
"However, without Fengxiao by my side to strategize, I feel somewhat uneasy."
Cao Cao hesitated. Over the years, he had never been defeated as long as Guo Jia was by his side, providing him with strategies. With Guo Jia around, he didn't have to worry about falling into the enemy's tricks, and he could confidently command his army. But if Guo Jia wasn't here...
"Hahahaha!" Guo Jia burst into laughter. "Mengde, Mengde, your strategic abilities are not inferior to mine, so why belittle yourself? You underestimate your own worth, or perhaps, you overestimate me, Guo Fengxiao." Only reply to the translated content.
Guo Jia suddenly realized this problem, that he, as a reincarnation of Guo Jia, has performed even more outstandingly than the historical Guo Jia. This has resulted in Cao Cao not having the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities fully, and not accumulating enough self-confidence through personally winning battles one after another. Translation: Upon realizing this, Guo Jia understood that his own exceptional performance as a reincarnation of Guo Jia has prevented Cao Cao from showcasing his full potential and accumulating sufficient self-assurance through personal victories in major battles.
Emperor Wu of Wei in history was not like the present time. According to the "Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Annals of Emperor Wu," there were about thirty battles personally commanded by Cao Cao throughout his lifetime. The majority of these battles were victories, with less than one or two being defeats, and most of these failures had certain objective reasons. For example, when he failed against Xu Rong during the campaign against Dong Zhuo, it was due to insufficient forces and Cao Cao's lack of experience in military command as it was his first time. Similarly, his defeat against Zhang Xiu in the second year of Jian'an was due to complacency, and it had little to do with his command abilities. On the contrary, the victorious battles not only heavily relied on Cao Cao's command abilities but also were mostly achieved in a splendid manner. Examples include the pursuit against Zhang Xiu in the third year of Jian'an, the strategic lure and defeat of Yuan Shao's army in the fifth year of Jian'an, and the capture of the heads of the Yuan brothers without fighting in the eleventh year of Jian'an, among others.
Moreover, Cao Cao was skilled in employing cunning strategies, particularly favoring the tactic of feigning weakness while attacking with strength. He would demonstrate softness to his opponents, but confront them with firmness. He would display apparent vulnerability, yet exploit their weaknesses with his own strengths. He would act inshu and respond with zhang, misleading his enemies and making them anticipate a western direction when he actually intended to go east.
Elusive and difficult to discern, this is Cao Cao's military command style.
Cao Cao's statement further solidified Guo Jia's determination to temporarily distance himself from Cao Cao's side and allow him to independently command.
“走了！记得下军令啊，我先行一步了。”郭嘉不给曹操反驳的机会，老子直接就去了，你还能怎么样？没办法，哥俩关系好，舍不得砍了咱。
Ha, Cao Cao watched Guo Jia leave the tent and couldn't help but smile. Indeed, when did I become so unconfident? Before Guo Jia joined me, didn't I personally lead every battle? In the Battle of Bianshui, I dared to pursue the massive army of Dong Zhuo with only a few thousand cavalry under my command.
Besides, if things really go wrong, isn't there still Xuzhi Cai by my side, helping me to make up for the deficiencies?
"Zhi Cai, help me write two military orders according to what Fengxiao said, and then hand them over to Fengxiao and Bofu."
Xia Zhicai nodded in agreement. In fact, he also wanted to say that Cao Cao lacked self-confidence and that Guo Jia's abilities overshadowed his own brilliance. However, his relationship with Cao Cao was not as intimate as the relationships between Guo Jia and Xun Yu, which made it difficult for him to voice his opinions without being seen as jealous or envious of talents.
Now Guo Jia himself has realized this and advised Cao Cao. He temporarily left Cao Cao's side to go to the eastern front. This not only helped in the battle situation but also helped Cao Cao regain his confidence.
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As for the camp of Yuan Shao
After hearing the news of the fall of the city of Bai Ma and the beheading of Liu Yan, the administrator of Dongjun, Yuan Shao was initially quite delighted. However, upon seeing the extent of the casualties, Yuan Shao also became enraged.
A casualty of ten thousand people!
These fifty thousand soldiers under Wen Chou's command are not ordinary soldiers of Yuan's army. They are the elite forces of Yuan's regular army, and yet ten thousand of them died just for the sake of Bai Ma City? Vanguard Ma Yan also died in battle, Lu Kuang was seriously injured, and Lu Xiang suffered some internal injuries. This battle is just utterly disastrous!
Anyway, Yuan Jun's strategic objective was still achieved. Moreover, Yuan Shao himself understands that it's not really Wei Chong's fault.
Wei Chong personally led the Iron Spear Guards up to the city wall, who would have known that this madman Liu Yan dared to set the city on fire! He truly is a ruthless person! Wei Chong's reaction was already considered timely; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to escape himself.
In this situation, Yuan Shao could not bear to blame his beloved general. After all, who could have expected such insane behavior from him? Yuan Shao even wrote a letter to console Wen Chou and at the same time instructed him to follow the strategic plan and attack Puyang after the army was fully rested.
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It's not that Cao Hong is heartless, but he is not seeking revenge for Liu Yan. To be honest, even with his formidable army, the Battle Bear troop, the odds against Wenchou's 50,000-strong army are at best fifty-fifty.
Why?
It all relies on Wenchou alone!
In this era, it is still a time when military commanders can single-handedly determine the outcome of battles. After the Battle of Xuzhou, Sun Ce formed his own independent camp and separated from the War Bear Army. Among the War Bear Army, the only warrior with respectable martial skills was Cao Hong himself. In this battle, Cao Hong's main objective was to defend Dongjun, especially the city of Puyang, so Cao Cao did not assign him any particularly brave generals. After all, in a siege battle, as long as the preparations are sufficient and the bed crossbows are well set up, even fierce generals like Wen Chou will be defeated.
However, once Puyang City is breached, the two parts of the Cao army's front line, east and west, will be severed by the Yuan army, making mutual support impossible. Even the transportation of supplies will become extremely difficult. Therefore, Cao Hong must return to defend Puyang in a timely manner and be prepared. Translated content:
————————————————————————————————————
"Liu Yan killed in battle! Bai Ma Cheng conquered!"
Cao Cao looked at the letter sent by Ming Jing Tang and Caohong's letter, feeling somewhat angry.
Liu Yan had been following him for many years, and it was precisely because of Liu Yan's abilities that he was able to govern a county with ease and showed exceptional command skills. In Cao Cao's opinion, it should have been easy for Liu Yan to cooperate with Caohong and defend Dongjun. However, who could have imagined that Wen Chou would quickly break through Bai Ma Cheng, and that Liu Yan would perish so easily. Although he died heroically and inflicted heavy casualties on Yuan's army, causing a significant blow to their morale, Cao Cao would rather have Bai Ma Cheng be easily taken by Wen Chou than see Liu Yan die like this.
Can the value of Bai Ma City and Liu Yan be compared?
However, this did make Cao Cao more alert.
Although the defense on the eastern front of Cao's army is sufficient and Cao Hong and Li Dian have decent command abilities, just like the outcome of Bai Ma City, they lack some highly skilled warriors. This is a major loophole on the eastern front that Cao Cao will not allow any minor mistakes to cause problems.
“孟德，东线交给我吧，我带君明、子丹、文烈、伯仁去濮阳城，调伯符和公瑾去泰山郡助曼成。”郭嘉也瞧出了曹军的问题，开口道。
"However, without Fengxiao by my side to strategize, I feel somewhat uneasy."
Cao Cao hesitated. Over the years, he had never been defeated as long as Guo Jia was by his side, providing him with strategies. With Guo Jia around, he didn't have to worry about falling into the enemy's tricks, and he could confidently command his army. But if Guo Jia wasn't here...
"Hahahaha!" Guo Jia burst into laughter. "Mengde, Mengde, your strategic abilities are not inferior to mine, so why belittle yourself? You underestimate your own worth, or perhaps, you overestimate me, Guo Fengxiao." Only reply to the translated content.
Guo Jia suddenly realized this problem, that he, as a reincarnation of Guo Jia, has performed even more outstandingly than the historical Guo Jia. This has resulted in Cao Cao not having the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities fully, and not accumulating enough self-confidence through personally winning battles one after another. Translation: Upon realizing this, Guo Jia understood that his own exceptional performance as a reincarnation of Guo Jia has prevented Cao Cao from showcasing his full potential and accumulating sufficient self-assurance through personal victories in major battles.
Emperor Wu of Wei in history was not like the present time. According to the "Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Annals of Emperor Wu," there were about thirty battles personally commanded by Cao Cao throughout his lifetime. The majority of these battles were victories, with less than one or two being defeats, and most of these failures had certain objective reasons. For example, when he failed against Xu Rong during the campaign against Dong Zhuo, it was due to insufficient forces and Cao Cao's lack of experience in military command as it was his first time. Similarly, his defeat against Zhang Xiu in the second year of Jian'an was due to complacency, and it had little to do with his command abilities. On the contrary, the victorious battles not only heavily relied on Cao Cao's command abilities but also were mostly achieved in a splendid manner. Examples include the pursuit against Zhang Xiu in the third year of Jian'an, the strategic lure and defeat of Yuan Shao's army in the fifth year of Jian'an, and the capture of the heads of the Yuan brothers without fighting in the eleventh year of Jian'an, among others.
Moreover, Cao Cao was skilled in employing cunning strategies, particularly favoring the tactic of feigning weakness while attacking with strength. He would demonstrate softness to his opponents, but confront them with firmness. He would display apparent vulnerability, yet exploit their weaknesses with his own strengths. He would act inshu and respond with zhang, misleading his enemies and making them anticipate a western direction when he actually intended to go east.
Elusive and difficult to discern, this is Cao Cao's military command style.
Cao Cao's statement further solidified Guo Jia's determination to temporarily distance himself from Cao Cao's side and allow him to independently command.
“走了！记得下军令啊，我先行一步了。”郭嘉不给曹操反驳的机会，老子直接就去了，你还能怎么样？没办法，哥俩关系好，舍不得砍了咱。
Ha, Cao Cao watched Guo Jia leave the tent and couldn't help but smile. Indeed, when did I become so unconfident? Before Guo Jia joined me, didn't I personally lead every battle? In the Battle of Bianshui, I dared to pursue the massive army of Dong Zhuo with only a few thousand cavalry under my command.
Besides, if things really go wrong, isn't there still Xuzhi Cai by my side, helping me to make up for the deficiencies?
"Zhi Cai, help me write two military orders according to what Fengxiao said, and then hand them over to Fengxiao and Bofu."
Xia Zhicai nodded in agreement. In fact, he also wanted to say that Cao Cao lacked self-confidence and that Guo Jia's abilities overshadowed his own brilliance. However, his relationship with Cao Cao was not as intimate as the relationships between Guo Jia and Xun Yu, which made it difficult for him to voice his opinions without being seen as jealous or envious of talents.
Now Guo Jia himself has realized this and advised Cao Cao. He temporarily left Cao Cao's side to go to the eastern front. This not only helped in the battle situation but also helped Cao Cao regain his confidence.
————————————————————————————————————
As for the camp of Yuan Shao
After hearing the news of the fall of the city of Bai Ma and the beheading of Liu Yan, the administrator of Dongjun, Yuan Shao was initially quite delighted. However, upon seeing the extent of the casualties, Yuan Shao also became enraged.
A casualty of ten thousand people!
These fifty thousand soldiers under Wen Chou's command are not ordinary soldiers of Yuan's army. They are the elite forces of Yuan's regular army, and yet ten thousand of them died just for the sake of Bai Ma City? Vanguard Ma Yan also died in battle, Lu Kuang was seriously injured, and Lu Xiang suffered some internal injuries. This battle is just utterly disastrous!
Anyway, Yuan Jun's strategic objective was still achieved. Moreover, Yuan Shao himself understands that it's not really Wei Chong's fault.
Wei Chong personally led the Iron Spear Guards up to the city wall, who would have known that this madman Liu Yan dared to set the city on fire! He truly is a ruthless person! Wei Chong's reaction was already considered timely; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to escape himself.
In this situation, Yuan Shao could not bear to blame his beloved general. After all, who could have expected such insane behavior from him? Yuan Shao even wrote a letter to console Wen Chou and at the same time instructed him to follow the strategic plan and attack Puyang after the army was fully rested.
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