Chapter 1156: Cao Cao and Yuan Shu

Chenliu County, Chenliu County.

Cao Cao stood on the city wall with a serious face, overlooking the enemy army under the city, and his heart was extremely solemn.

However, in just ten days, among the 17 counties in Chenliu, 5 more counties have fallen, and this has also made the intrusive army have a great momentum and momentum.

Now Li Zicheng has sent his nephew Li Guo to divide his troops to attack the sour dates, and once the sour dates at the west gate of Yanzhou fall, the connection between Yanzhou and Sizhou will be completely cut off, and Xun You can only return by detouring to Yuzhou.

However, Cao Cao was not worried that Suan Zao would fall, because he not only placed 5,000 elite defenders in Suojube, but the defender was his most trusted brother Cao Ren.

There are really a lot of talents under Cao Cao's command.

The strategists are: Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Chen Gong.

The generals of this clan are: Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Xuan, and Xiahou Yuan.

There are generals with foreign surnames: Yin Xun, Evil Lai, Yin Hong, Yin Jiao, Su Hu, Su Quanzhong, Yang Jizhong, Yang Jikang, Wang Junke, You Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Shi Danai and others.

However, in the previous battle of Li Zicheng's sneak attack on Mount Tai, You Junda was killed by Li Guo after leading the army, while Shi Danai was ambushed on the way to retreat and died under the attack of He Jin and Gao Yigong.

Of course, Li Zicheng's side was not without losses, and his henchmen ambushed Liu Fangliang Yin Xu, but Yin Xuan was killed on the way to break through.

Although Cao Cao lost two generals, the lineup of generals under his command is still huge, and it is precisely because of so many generals that Cao Cao can rely on his own strength to fight against the five major forces without falling behind.

Cao Cao was not afraid of Li Zicheng in terms of marching and fighting, but he was only afraid of his ability to bewitch the people, and it only took a long time to stir up the hearts of the people in the entire Yanzhou, and I am afraid that the alliance of Yanzhou princes who attracted Li Zicheng did not expect it.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's face couldn't help but become a little ugly, the reason why Li Zicheng was able to seize the land of Chenliu Wuxian so quickly was mainly because of the chaos of the people in the city.

Cao Cao didn't expect that the people under his command would rebel against him, after all, he was one of the few princes who fully implemented the "Great Han Tianmu System", and most of the people under his command also supported and loved him very much.

However, the "Dahan Tianmu System" is a castrated version of the "Heavenly Country Tianmu System", as a broken and pirated product of picking up people's teeth and wisdom, the people naturally support Li Zicheng who represents the comeback of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yanzhou finally recovered a little vitality from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Ben Hou wanted to unify Yanzhou as soon as possible to minimize the losses of the civil war, but he didn't want Li Zicheng to target Yanzhou with 500,000 Taishan people, and the people were restless under Li Zicheng's bewitchment, even if Li Zicheng could be expelled in the end, I am afraid that Yanzhou would definitely be greatly injured."

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, he could already predict that the future Yanzhou would definitely be full of holes.

Bigan on the side saw that his lord sighed, and immediately said: "Lord, in fact, there is a way to stop loss." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Sir, do you have a plan to teach me?" ”

Although Qin Hao poached Xun Yu in advance, Cao Cao also got a blessing in disguise and obtained Bigan's assistance.

As the Shang Dynasty's entrusted orphan minister, Bigan went through two dynasties, more than 40 years in politics, advocated encouraging the development of agricultural and animal husbandry production, advocating smelting and casting to enrich the country and strengthen the army, he was loyal to the monarch and patriotic, asked for life for the people, dared to speak out and advise, and had the reputation of "eternal loyal minister".

Bigan's military ability may be inferior to Xun Yu, but his political talent is stronger than Xun Yu, and it is under Bigan's governance that Yanzhou's vitality can recover so quickly.

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Bigan immediately said: "Li Zicheng has moved all 500,000 Taishan people into Yanzhou, and when the lord defeats Li Zicheng, he can seize the Taishan people from Li Zicheng, and with 500,000 Taishan people as a supplement, Yanzhou's losses can at least be minimized." ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this, he had been thinking about how to defeat Li Zicheng as soon as possible to reduce the loss, but he forgot that the 500,000 Taishan people were already Yanzhou people, and maybe Yanzhou's losses would not be so big if they increased and decreased.

"The words of the gentleman have won my heart."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Maybe what we should think about is not only defeating Li Zicheng, but how to completely take away the Taishan people, after all, it is a full population of 500,000." ”

"Li Zicheng's command is really difficult, but the 50,000 elite soldiers are only, and the rest of the newly recruited army, no matter how many they are, are just like the original Yellow Turbans, it is difficult to pose a threat to our army." Cheng Yu said.

"But Li Zicheng is an extremely cautious person, and with the assistance of Li Yan, a famous man, with the current strength of our army, it is difficult to hit Li Zicheng hard." Chen Gong frowned.

Cao Cao and the others all nodded in agreement, after all, what Chen Gong said was also the truth, and there was nothing that could not be admitted.

"I hope Qin Hao agrees to borrow troops." Cao Cao sighed.

At this time, Cao Qiudao ran over with a serious face and said, "Lord, the flying pigeon of the military advisor has come back. ”

Cao Cao took the letter from his hand, and after reading it, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Qin Hao rejected our army's request for help on the grounds that the war in Sizhou had not ended, but he promised to support a batch of materials and grain and grass to solve the urgent need.

There was a statement in the public platform before, saying that Qin Hao would never send reinforcements before he unified Sizhou, but Ben Hou had luck in his heart, and now it seems that it is better to ask for others than for himself. ”

After Cheng Yu, Chen Gong and Bigan glanced at each other, Cheng Yu said: "Lord, Li Zicheng is not only a threat to our family, he is a big disaster for the entire Yanzhou, maybe we can consider peace talks with the Yanzhou Alliance, and first join forces to expel Li Zicheng to determine the lord of Yanzhou." ”

Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, and Chen Gong stood up decisively when he saw this, and said: "I have some personal relations with Zhang Miao, and I am willing to go to persuade him." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately grabbed Chen Gong's hand and said solemnly: "Gongtai, don't be reluctant on this trip, it's good if you can succeed naturally, if you can't, your safety is the most important." ”

"No."

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At the same time, Yuan Shu of Yuzhou was also furious, he thought that in the case of occupying an absolute superiority in troops, this crusade against Li Mi would definitely win a big victory, but he didn't want to stumble along the way, and he also paid a lot of casualties.

"What the hell is he Ji Ling doing, Li Mi only has an army of 50,000, Ben Hou gave him an army of 150,000, and he can't take a Li Mi with three times the strength, it's just a fool......"

Yuan Shu was so angry that he scolded, and the ministers below looked at me, I looked at you, and they didn't know how to intercede for Ji Ling, after all, an army of 150,000 couldn't take an army of 50,000, which was indeed a bit too incompetent.

Yan Xiang couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, as the mastermind of Yuan Shu, he naturally knew Ji Ling's ability, and it was barely possible to command an army of 50,000, but an army of 150,000 was too reluctant for him, but his own lord just didn't listen to persuasion, and let Ji Ling, who was incapacitated, take the position of the main general.

"Lord, let's change generals." Yan Xiang stood up and said in a deep voice:

Yuan Shu glanced at Yan Xiang and sighed: "I regret the words of the military advisor, who does the military advisor think can be replaced as the main general?" ”

Yan Xiang glanced at Zhao Kuangyin, who was not far away, and after a little contemplation, he said in a deep voice: "General Lian Po, you can take on this heavy responsibility with your troops calmly."