Chapter 345
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w Although Liu Bin's propaganda army has always been in good condition, the people have always praised the slaves in Youzhou and have lived better than the people in other places. But no matter how good they are, they are still slaves. They cannot see and know how the slaves in Youzhou live. They can only listen to some legends. But it is real to encounter slaves around them.
Moreover, under Cao Cao's governance, although both the officers and soldiers and the people cannot be rich, they can always make ends meet and have hope of survival. Since they can survive, who is willing to take the risk of being caught and become a slave?
In this way, both the officers and soldiers and the people were particularly afraid of being captured by Youzhou troops and being slaves. Of course, they were very dedicated when fighting. But now all of these people don’t know how many troops have come to Youzhou. Of course, people will run away in panic.
But no matter what, Gan Ning is now firmly controlled by the city gate. Zhao Yun, who is waiting for the signal in the distance, is also coming quickly.
At this time, Luoyang's city guard general Che Wei was eating breakfast voraciously. He heard the chaos outside. Without waiting for Che Wei to ask, he ran into a small school outside in a panic and reported: "General, the big thing is wrong, the soldiers from Youzhou are fighting."
The Che Wei was so angry at that time. The soldiers and horses in Youzhou came to fight? This is impossible. Didn’t they be in Guandu and Yan Liang, and Wen Chou and others hold on to each other? How could they fight to Luoyang?
"Please give orders, General."
The request from the primary school made Che Wei wake up. No matter what, since he came, he had to face it quickly. He finally got the advice of Lord Cao Hong, and he was able to achieve his current status and must not be lost.
Veteran Che shouted loudly: "Send me an order quickly and let the troops gather for me."
One by one, he kept shouting from the mouth of the lieutenant Che, organizing troops to prepare for the battle. The lieutenant Che was also hurriedly wearing a helmet and fucking the guy and rushed out.
But how could it be too late to deal with this hasty?
Zhao Yun and Gan Ningde's troops had all rushed into the city, and they had the support of the intelligence department. The key areas of each barracks in the city were familiar with each other. Cao soldiers from the four barracks in Luoyang had just left the camp gate, but before they could gather together, they met Zhao Yun's horse team.
A dense rain of arrows and a burst of stomping on horseback, and the intention to make up for more and less. Cao soldiers from four barracks, with 8,000 troops, had not had time to exert their strength, and were defeated and fled in a hurry.
The city guard Che Wei had just rushed to the street and encountered Gan Ning coming towards him. When Gan Ning saw Che Wei's dress, he didn't wait for Che Wei to call him. He went up and cut off Che Wei's head and shouted loudly: "The Luoyang City Guard is dead, and you will be captured!"
Hula, the hundreds of officers and soldiers who followed the chariot, fled to their lives in one go.
At noon, the entire Luoyang was already in the hands of Zhao Yun and Gan Ning. In addition to following the plan of the General Staff, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning left a hundred soldiers with the cooperation of the intelligence team to release the positions to open the warehouse and release grain. Zhao Yun and Gan Ning raised their troops again and slowly chased the deserters to Hulao Pass.
According to the intelligence provided by the intelligence team, Cao Cao's deployment of troops across the Sili ground was three points and one line.
As a sentry camp, the Mengjin barracks had five thousand soldiers stationed, and they could be warned or requested support. However, Luoyang was the underworld of Sili, and there were eight thousand soldiers stationed in the center of Sili. They could support Mengjin or defend the city. If they really didn't work, they could lead the troops back to Hulao Pass. They met with the three thousand defenders in Hulao Pass to guard the throat. They gave Cao Cao enough time to come from Yanzhou to rescue. In addition, Hulao Pass had three thousand defenders in the dangerous pass. In addition, the retreated defenders from Luoyang and Mengjin. As long as they could not stand, even hundreds of thousands of soldiers could stand for ten days and half a month.
Such a defensive deployment is rigorous and meticulous. Unfortunately, all the mistakes are lost. After Mengjin's outpost was quietly pulled out, Luoyang became a blind man. Before he could react, he was taken down by Zhao Yun and Gan Ning. Now, as long as Hulao Pass is taken down, Cao Cao's troops on the entire Sili ground will be unstoppable. The remaining cities and counties in Sili have only dozens or hundreds of guards to maintain public order. Naturally, they can be dispersed and easily taken down.
That night, a group of defeated soldiers from Luoyang called Cheng came to the gate of Hulao Pass.
This is not the first batch. Hulao Pass and Luoyang are only one day away. As soon as the sky was running fast, it was already here. Che Zhou, who was guarding Hulao Pass, had already received news. He was guarding here without even sleeping. The defeated soldiers gathered batch after batch. However, they were small troops with dozens or hundreds of troops before. However, this batch was a large army of about two thousand people.
Che Zhou was somewhat relieved. With these people and his three thousand soldiers, there would be six or seven thousand. With these soldiers guarding Hulao Pass, they should be able to withstand for a while. As long as he could persevere until Prime Minister Cao's troops arrived, he would be a great achievement.
Che Zhou ordered the suspension bridge to be lowered, the city gate opened and the people sent to gather the defeated soldiers into the city.
But when all of these defeated soldiers were about to enter the city, the two big men who were walking in the last suddenly swung the steel knife in their hands and cut off the rope of the suspension bridge. The other one shot a rocket into the sky.
Che Zhou realized that something was wrong at that time. He hurriedly shouted: "Close the city gate!"
But how could this be locked up? All the two thousand soldiers and horses who had entered the city roared and shouted to kill.
This was a mess all of a sudden. The military uniforms of the defeated soldiers were the same as those of the Hulao Pass, and the defeated soldiers had their own ways to identify them. But those of the Hulao Pass had no defenses. In the melee, the soldiers and horses of both sides were entangled together. There were many defenders who were killed by Hulao Pass.
Before Che Zhou could command, he was killed by a big man who rushed to the top of the city with a halberd. The big man cut off Che Zhou's head casually and shouted loudly: "The general of Hulao Pass is dead, who dares to come here in Gan Ning, Youzhou here!"
All Cao soldiers were afraid of hearing this. At this time, the sound of horse hooves in the distance was deafening. All the Hulao soldiers had already been able to run until the general situation was over. They could run away immediately. Even if they could not run, they all had no choice but to put down their weapons and surrender.
Although these Cao soldiers were still afraid of being slaves in Youzhou, they could still be alive as slaves, right? At least it would be much better than being killed after surrendering.
Zhao Yun and Gan Ning took the Huzhu at night. At this point, there was no more Cao soldiers to stop the Sili area. All the villages and civilian sites that Cao Cao opened in Sili were destroyed by Zhao Yun and Gan Ning, and all the villages and civilians were released by Zhao Yun and Gan Ning. All the food Cao Cao accumulated over the days was also distributed to the people by Zhao Yun and Gan Ning.
And the news of Sili's occupation also spread.
Although Sili had all fallen, the spread of news was still relatively slow in this era. Xu Du was still calm at this time. All the people and officials were still busy with their respective work. Spring plowing was a busy season. However, Cao Cao's scream came from the meeting hall in Prime Minister Cao's mansion.
"What? Sili was occupied by Youzhou?" Cao Cao asked in a daze.
"It's true that the Prime Minister is."
Cao Cao said silently.
"Prime Minister Sili is the important place where we connect with the Xiliang army to fight against Liu Bin. We must not lose money. The last general is not talented, and I am willing to seek a general to lead 100,000 elite troops to retake Sili's important place for the Prime Minister." Xiahou Dun saw Cao Cao silent, so he stood up and shared the worries for Cao Cao. After the Youzhou army occupied the territory of the Xiliang army, he has been strictly preventing the news from leaking, so Cao Cao and the others still don't know that the Xiliang army has all surrendered to the Youzhou army!
"Let's wait!" Before Cao Cao could speak, Cheng Yu quickly stopped him and said, "General Yuan Rang, please calm down! This matter is still to be discussed."
Xiahou Dun was not very angry at first. It was just that the master was worried about the humiliation of the minister. Seeing Cao Cao a little lost, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but share the worries for Cao Cao. Seeing Cheng Yu's words, he asked, "What does Cheng Shangshu mean?"
Cheng Yu clasped his fists at Xiahou Dun and spoke to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister! Although Sili is an important area for us to connect with the Western Liang army. It has immeasurable strategic significance, for Liu Bin of Youzhou, there is not much strategic or economic value. Sili has suffered wars for years, and the millions of people in Luoyang were moved by Liu Bin. Now, although it has improved under our governance in the past two years, and some people have gathered again. However, it is still very desolate. If Liu Bin occupied the place, it will not only require a lot of manpower and material resources to support it, but also face us and the Western Liang army at the same time.
If he really occupied it on both sides for a long time, he would be like being crushed by two millstones. Even if he had many elite troops, he would be consumed there. This is not taken by wise men. And Liu Bin's army is known as the world's number one army. He is famous for his novices. Then Liu Bin would not be so blind. Therefore, Liu Bin occupied Sili. He was trying to make tricks while we were unprepared. Liu Bin's real purpose was actually in Guandu. He must have seen that our Guandu's garrison was strict and impeccable, so he made a fuss to attack the east and west. The occupation of Sili led us to divide our troops to rescue him. Then he could raid Guandu and attack our Yanzhou."
Cao Cao nodded when he heard this.
Cao Hong asked hesitantly: "Shangshu Cheng, according to your words, can we let Sili take over? Then, if Liu Bin mobilizes troops and fights from Sili to our Yanzhou, what should we do? It would be better to let me lead the troops to conquer." Cao Hong was a straightforward person and could not hide the matter. Especially the dead Che Wei, who was a confidant general who saved Cao Hong's life. Cao Hong couldn't help it.
Cao Ren glared at Cao Hong and said, "Zi Lian, don't hesitate too much. Didn't he listen to Shangshu Cheng's statement that this matter needs to be discussed? The Prime Minister has his own decision on this. We will obey the order."
Although Cao Hongtian is not afraid of being afraid, Cao Hong has been controlled by Cao Ren since he was a child. Cao Ren became a little depressed when he glared at Cao Hong.
The reason why Cao Ren said this was that Cao Ren was afraid of being beaten by Liu Bin and the others. Moreover, Cao Ren had been hospitalized by Liu Bin and the others and released him. Cao Ren also felt sorry for Liu Bin and Zhao Yun and the same favor, so Cao Ren did not want to fight Liu Bin and the others so unclearly. However, if Cao Cao really made up his mind to fight Liu Bin, Cao Ren would never go against Cao Cao, so Cao Ren was waiting for Cao Cao's final decision.
At this time, Dong Zhao said, "Sili is occupied. We cannot ignore it. Let's ignore it. Then Liu Bin is really likely to drive troops to Sili continuously and bypass our Guandu defense line. From Sili attacking us. The public opinion influence caused by Sili's occupation alone is enough to destroy the popularity and prestige accumulated by the Prime Minister over the past two years. If the heroes of the world return to Liu Bin, then we will be passive. And even if Liu Bin withdraws from Sili afterwards, Sili is still adjacent to the Xiliang Army. If the Xiliang Army takes the opportunity to accept Sili, then our detour is
It was even smaller in the past. And our heartland of Yanzhou was exposed to the jealousy of the Western Liang army. We were at risk of being annexed by the Western Liang army at any time. Therefore, even if we knew that Liu Bin occupied Sili, it was a strategy to attack the west, but we had to fight back. However, with our Guandu's defensive strength, as long as we do not use Guandu's troops and horses, but only our Xu Du's current troops, it should not be a big problem. But this depends on how determined Liu Bin has made to attack us. If Liu Bin sent more than 500,000 troops to Sili, then we would be in danger."
Everyone on both sides was so cold that Dong Zhao said. Liu Bin's plan was too cruel and too amazing. This was not a conspiracy to attack the east and west. This was a blatant plot that forced you to openly plot.
After pondering for a while, Xi Zhi finally spoke, "Prime Minister, where is Sili? Liu Bin cannot send too many troops to attack us. After all, it is the handover between us and the Xiliang army. From there, his soldiers must be attacked from both sides. His retreat is always threatened by the Xiliang army. With Liu Bin's military strategy, he cannot take this risk. Moreover, the more troops he invests in Sili, the greater the pressure on the Xiliang army. This will also cause equal trouble for Liu Bin. Therefore, we have 100,000 troops to counterattack Sili. But I am afraid that Liu Bin's plan is not in Guandu, but in his
The defense in other places, Guandu, is obvious to all. If you want to attack head-on, it is a solution. But Liu Bin first trained his troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, and made an attitude of attacking us. Later, he attacked Sili and asked us to divide his troops to rescue him. It would be strange to attack Guandu so blatantly. He might be to disperse our troops and then seize other places. It is very likely that he would go straight to Xuzhou along with Qingzhou! Xuzhou is rich in real estate and has a large population. It can also threaten our heartland of Yanzhou. It is the key place of military strategists. If Liu Bin thinks like this, we must be careful."
Cao Cao frowned when he heard this. The possibility that Xi Zhicai said was indeed very likely.
However, before Cao Cao could think more, Man Chong said from the side: "Prime Minister, I don't have a plan to withdraw Liu Bin's troops."
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this. Now all his subordinates were either speculating where Liu Bin was going to attack him or thinking about how to deal with Liu Bin's attack. No one dared to say that he could let Liu Bin retreat. Cao Cao quickly asked Man Chong happily: "What are the opinions of Boning? Tell me quickly."
Man Chong said confidently: "Prime Minister. If you want Liu Bin to withdraw his troops, then we must know why Liu Bin came to attack us. It must be noted that Liu Bin raised troops to attack us the last time was an excuse to launch a military force on the pretext of wearing an edict. Afterwards, Liu Bin also apologized for the revenge of Youzhou. Then he also agreed to the current government of the court. Therefore, if Liu Bin now raises troops for no reason, he must be despised by the world. Then Liu Bin is a person who is extremely fond of fame and honor, and he will never be able to do anything in the world. However, I heard that the reason for Liu Bin's attack on us this time was because Liu Bin was assassinated, and it was rumored that the assassin was sent by the Prime Minister.
The people in the state are angry. Liu Bin is not allowed to send troops. But this is a private matter and is not a good thing. Liu Bin's troops are not very legitimate. Therefore, Liu Bin's army trains military horses on the north bank of the Yellow River and poses an attacking posture. But there is no attack. As Mr. Xi said, he may have been to attract our attention and disperse our troops. But it may have been to make a fool of themselves for their surprise attack on Sili. It may also be to allow us to react and make concessions and delay time. After all, as long as our estimates, Liu Bin could mobilize 500,000 troops at the same time.
The team will separate the troops to deal with our and the Xiliang army, and he still has troops to deal with the barbarians outside the frontier, so his strength will be no less than two million. If he really wants to fight us and fight us, why must he have to identify Guandu? He only needs to set up 500,000 troops in Bingzhou to prevent the Xiliang army. Then send troops from Xuzhou to directly seize Xuzhou, and then either attack our Yanzhou or our Xuzhou. We can only let it go. Although Liu Bin will suffer some losses in such an attack, we will definitely not be able to deal with such a dignified soldier. Why should Liu Bin use those small means? Therefore, Liu Bin is extremely fond of his reputation.
The person who likes the voice certainly does not want to attack because of this small matter, so that he has left a bad reputation in history. That is why he acted as an attacking ferry and did not really take action. The purpose was to ask the Prime Minister to give him an explanation and give him a step. However, we did not respond to this at that time. Liu Bin was under the pressure of the people of Youzhou, afraid that he would weaken his fearless reputation. Therefore, he attacked Sili again. After all, Sili was just an irrelevant desolate area for us. So as long as the Prime Minister could give Liu Bin a reasonable explanation and send someone who Liu Bin trusted to persuade Liu Bin, Liu Bin would definitely withdraw his troops."
Man Chong's words opened up a new idea for everyone. Everyone thought what Man Chong said made sense. Even Xi Zhicai was a little confused, was he guessed wrong?
Cao Cao asked with a desk in hand: "In Boning's opinion, who can go and persuade Liu Bin?" To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.
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