Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 30 Although a nightmare can't explain anything, it is enough to make Yuan Shu's uneasiness in his heart more and more serious, and he even smells the bloody smell of defeat and sees the shadow of death approaching him step by step.

The three armies of Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, and Sun Ce have not yet arrived in Yanzhou for various reasons, and the plan that the three armies and their own troops in Yanzhou at the end of August seems to continue to be postponed, and the development of the situation is too different from their expectations.

Fortunately, the situation in Hebei is developing in its favor. Thinking of this, Yuan Shu felt very bitter in his heart, regardless of whether the general Li Hong believed in himself or not, but at least so far, the general Li Hong kept his promise.

If the capture of the Central Plains fails this time, you can only blame yourself for not being capable. Am I really inferior to Yuan Shao? Am I not even the descendant of that eunuch?

There are more than 30,000 troops in Xuzhou, Liu Bei took 20,000 people with him, and he used 30,000 troops to attack from three directions at the same time, but he was continuously blocked, why?

Is it because the attack time is too short? There is not much time left for him, it has been more than ten days since the attack was launched, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei should have gotten the news and started to retreat.

If Cao Cao and Liu Bei had safely evacuated the Yellow River by the end of the month, and had been slow to capture Xuzhou and Yanzhou, their defeat would have been inevitable.

When Yuan Shu was thinking nonsense, Li Ye, Yan Xiang, and Ji Ling walked into the big tent one after another.

"Any news?" Yuan Shu wiped the sweat from his face and motioned for the three of them to sit down and talk.

"Xuzhou's grain and grass are still being transported to Dongwuyang." Li Ye was in a low mood and said weakly,

"It's been more than half a month, and Sun Ce hasn't taken Guangling yet, it's really unimaginable. In order to prevent our surprise attack, Liu Bei stationed heavy troops in Pengcheng and Xiapi, so Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui could not attack for a long time, which is understandable, but why did Sun Ce not attack for a long time? Did Liu Bei have heavy troops stationed in Guangling? According to our investigation, Chen Deng only has 3,000 people, and Sun Ce also said that Chen Deng only has 3,000 people and can go down in one go, but why hasn't he taken Guangling yet? Yuan Shu barely squeezed out a smile,

"This kid may be in trouble." Li Ye sneered,

"I told you a long time ago not to entrust such a big matter to him, but you didn't listen. Sun Ce has won a lot of battles in the past few years, but these victories are not his credit alone, if there are no Sun Ben, Zhu Zhi, Cheng Pu and these people, would he have won the battle? You feel guilty about Sun Jian's death and have been looking at Sun Ce differently, which we understand, but you can't ......"

"Okay, okay......" Yuan Shu shook his hand at Li Ye again and again,

"I believe in Bo Fu (Sun Ce), he will soon take Guangling. As long as Guangling is taken, he can quickly go north to rendezvous with Qiaorui to take Xiapi, rendezvous with Zhang Xun to take Pengcheng, and then rush to Yanzhou to join us and take Dingtao. Whether or not he can go north is directly related to whether or not we can occupy the Central Plains. Bo Fu is not a child, he knows the seriousness of the matter. Li Ye wanted to say more, but Yan Xiang, who was sitting on the side, grabbed him,

"It's come to this point, it's useless to talk about it, let's think of a remedy."

"How can I remedy it? We tried to attack Dongping and Jibei and cut off the grain route from Xuzhou to Hebei, but Xiahou Yuan somehow came out with 10,000 horses and horses, and instead beat us to the ground. Li Ye said angrily,

"Cao Cao and Liu Bei have already taken precautions against us, and if we delay like this, we won't be able to last long." Then he looked at Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang, and asked very solemnly: "You don't expect Li Hong to annihilate Cao Cao and Liu Bei in Hebei and give us the Central Plains, right?" Ji Ling smiled bitterly.

Yan Xiang sighed lightly. Yuan Shu's eyes lit up, and he said without hesitation: "This is completely possible. Once the Northern Xinjiang Army went crazy, Cao Cao could only die. Li Ye scoffed.

Yuan Shu didn't care, waved his hand and said: "It's better to ask for others than for yourself, and we will win half of the Dingtao." "On the ninth month, Wei County, twenty miles southeast of Qingyuan City.

When Cao Cao heard that Ma Teng was back, he could hardly believe his ears. He was stunned for a moment, and then rushed out of the camp.

Ma Teng was embarrassed, and the smell of blood and sweat on his body was disgusting. Cao Cao didn't dislike it, hugged him and yelled, very excited.

So far, only Ma Teng has escaped with more than 100 horsemen in the East Road army, and the whereabouts of the others are unknown.

Cao Cao asked carefully, and was surprised to find that Ma Teng didn't know much about the situation on the Dongguang battlefield as well.

Ma Teng told Cao Cao that Tian Kai broke up with him after escaping from the siege to Pingyuan City. He returned to Ganling to join the army, and Tian Kai felt embarrassed to say goodbye to Cao Cao, and returned to Qingzhou directly with one hundred and ten people.

Cao Cao couldn't hide his disappointment. He originally thought that Ma Teng would bring back the final ending of the Dongguang battlefield, but he still liked it.

He estimated that Xiahoudun and Wenpin had been defeated, and the only one who could escape back to Qingzhou was probably Zang Ba's army.

The unexpectedly rapid defeat of the Eastern Route army completely disrupted Cao Cao's deployment. Now the army that the Northern Xinjiang Army has put into the Dongguang battlefield is coming at a rapid pace, and the Northern Expeditionary Army can no longer escape the fate of being surrounded.

Cao Cao was remorseful and heartbroken. However, what made him regret was not that he had divided his troops and caused the entire army of the Eastern Route to be annihilated, but that he regretted that he had not retreated two days earlier.

If he retreated south immediately after receiving the news of Yuan Shu's betrayal, the Northern Frontier Army would not be able to surround him no matter what.

One wrong step, one wrong step. According to Ma Teng's account, the Northern Frontier Army used to encircle and annihilate and block the army in the Battle of Xiaoliangting was at least 80,000 to 90,000 people, so there is no doubt that Li Hong must have drawn troops from the Western Road battlefield in order to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In other words, at present, the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Wei County is weak, and Cao Cao's strategy of calling for the army to withdraw westward, and then join Yuan Shao and withdraw to the Central Plains from the direction of Liyang and Puyang is correct.

At this time, the scouts found the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry in the direction of Ganling City, and this news further confirmed the intention of the Northern Frontier Army to encircle the Northern Expeditionary Army in the vicinity of Ganling City.

After Cao Cao discussed with Liu Biao and Liu Bei for a while, he immediately wrote to Yuan Shao, asking him to immediately withdraw his troops from Yecheng and withdraw to the southeast to the area of Weicheng, so as to join the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army and withdraw to the Central Plains together.

Cao Cao was worried that the northern iron cavalry would return to the Guantao area to cut off his retreat, so he ordered the army to march overnight, striving to reach Weicheng as soon as possible.

On September, Wei County, ten miles southeast of Yecheng, Pingyang City. Yuan Shao gently fanned the pu fan in his hand, with a leisurely expression.

Tian Feng, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xin Ping and others gathered around the case for several weeks and debated fiercely.

"Now the situation in Hebei is no longer profitable for us, and we should withdraw as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams and suffer unnecessary losses." Feng Ji looked very excited, and kept pointing and pointing on the map with both hands.

The main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army is currently encircling and annihilating Tian Kai on the Dongguang battlefield. Tian Kai had 45,000 men, and if the Northern Frontier Army wanted to eat them, it would need at least twice as many troops, and it would take a while.

Even if the Northern Xinjiang Army used the terrain to successfully divide Tian Kai's army and shorten the time to annihilate the enemy, it was still very difficult to turn back and surround Cao Cao after Tian Kai was resolved.

However, our goal has been achieved. Now whether it is Li Hong in Hebei or Cao Cao and Liu Bei of the three alliances, or even Liu Biao in Jingzhou, their strength has suffered a heavy blow.

Yuan Shu has achieved nothing in Yanzhou now, neither being able to hold the Son of Heaven hostage, nor occupying the entire territory of Yanzhou. In this case, Cao Cao, of course, would withdraw to the Central Plains at all costs.

After Cao Cao returned to the Central Plains, he would immediately fight with Yuan Shu. We just need to wait patiently for a while, and when they are both defeated, we can start attacking the Central Plains.

Feng Ji's opinion was supported by Xin Ping and others. Tian Feng raised objections. Since the main forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army were all on the Dongguang battlefield, why didn't Cao Cao go south to Ganling and withdraw to the Central Plains from the direction of Dongwuyang?

Why did he want to go far and near, to join us, to retreat from the direction of Liyang and Puyang in Wei County?

There are only two possibilities for Cao Cao to do this. First, Tian Kai on the Dongguang battlefield has been defeated, the 45,000 army has been annihilated, and the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army has rushed to Ganling City in front of Cao Cao, blocking Cao Cao's retreat.

He had no choice but to turn to us for help and withdraw to the Central Plains together after joining us. The second is that Cao Cao saw through our intentions, and in order to ensure that he could continue to occupy the Central Plains after defeating Yuan, he wanted to lead the Northern Xinjiang Army to the battlefield of Wei County through this method, hoping that the Northern Xinjiang Army would surround us and eat us.

In addition, there is another question we must consider, if we withdraw now and leave Cao Cao in Jizhou, will Li Hong do what we want and continue to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao at any cost?

Li Hong is not an idiot, he will not kill Cao Cao for us and give the Central Plains away. I can say with certainty that as soon as we withdraw, the Northern Frontier Army will put Cao Cao back in the Central Plains.

In this way, we are bound to have a grudge against Cao Cao, the Central Plains will be full of war, and in the end, Li Hong will be all right, and he can easily take the Central Plains.

Therefore, not only can we not retreat now, but we must make a full posture to respond to Cao Cao's retreat, so as to plan and drag Cao Cao in Hebei and let the Northern Xinjiang Army eat them.

In this way, we can take advantage of Yuan Shu's failure to occupy Yanzhou so far, quickly defeat Yuan Shu, take Yanzhou, and then occupy the entire Central Plains.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army had annihilated Tian Kai, then Cao Cao would now have only more than 50,000 people left. The strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army has been damaged after the total annihilation of Tian Kai, and if Cao Cao is encircled and annihilated again, its strength loss will be even greater, which will give us enough time to stabilize the Central Plains.

Although Tian Feng's opinion was supported by Guo Tu, there were three key issues that were very thorny.

If these three problems are not handled well, Yuan Shao may suffer heavy losses and even be in danger of being wiped out.

The first question is whether Tian Kai has been defeated. If Tian Kai has been defeated, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army has been outflanked from both flanks, and at this time, Cao Cao can only turn to Yuan Shao for help in order to escape the fate of being annihilated.

But once Yuan Shao launched a rescue, it was very likely that he would also fall into the encirclement of the Northern Xinjiang Army. The second is whether the Northern Xinjiang Army is determined to annihilate Cao Cao.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army, in the case of encircling Cao Cao, saw that Yuan Shao had run away, and deliberately withdrew from the encirclement and released Cao Cao, then the matter would fall short, and there would be endless troubles in the future.

The third is to force the Northern Frontier Army to make up its mind to eliminate Cao Cao, Yuan Shao himself will have to sacrifice part of his troops, but is Yuan Shao willing to sacrifice this part of his troops?

How to ensure that Yuan Shao could quickly defeat Yuan Shu after sacrificing this part of his troops? Because Tian Feng's suggestion contained too many uncertainties, Yuan Shao weighed it for a long time and it was difficult to make a decision.

But Tian Feng was right, if he ran away, Li Hong would most likely put Cao Cao back. Li Hong putting Cao Cao back and Cao Cao breaking out with his own help are completely different things, and they will produce two completely different results on the battlefield in the Central Plains.

Just when Yuan Shao was at a loss, a shocking news suddenly came from Yanzhou. Yuan Shu captured Dingtao and snatched the Son of Heaven.

The loss of Dingtao was not fought by Yuan Shu's army, but by the rebellion of the defenders in the city. In order to avenge his teacher, he suddenly turned against the battle, opened the city gate, and let the Yangzhou army enter.

Yuan Shu controlled the Son of Heaven and occupied most of Yanzhou, and the situation changed dramatically. Yuan Shao had no way to retreat, so he could only go to Weicheng to meet Cao Cao first.

At this time, no matter what Cao Cao's purpose was to retreat westward from Wei County, he had to first make a gesture to respond to Cao Cao in order to maintain the alliance between the two.

On the ninth day, Julu County, Gwangjong City. After Sima Yanzhi got the urgent report from the various armies, he immediately explained to Lu Yi the current position of the various armies.

Lord Zhang Yan reported urgently that Yuan Shao was retreating. He will lead four battalions of 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Army in pursuit.

The armies of Wang Dang and Xu Huang had reached the north bank of the Qing River, forty miles away from Guantao. Since Cao Cao's vanguard army had already arrived at Qingyuan City, the two adults decided to insert themselves into the Daliuxu thirty miles in front of Guantao City to block the rebels.

After receiving the general's order, Lord Zhao Yun had already led his army to the front line of Guantao and Weicheng, preparing to meet Jiang Wu, Wei Jun and Liu Ming, and gather 30,000 iron cavalry to block the rebels.

In the next three days, there will be 20,000 northern troops of Lord Zhang Yan, 20,000 infantry troops of Lord Wang Dang and Xu Huang, and 30,000 iron cavalry of Lord Zhao Yun on the front line of Guantao and Weicheng, a total of 70,000 troops.

These 70,000 troops will undertake the heavy task of blocking the rebels from breaking through and outflanking Yuan Shao. Lord Wenchou's 10,000-strong army had already chased to Linqing Pavilion and had a fierce battle with the rebels.

Later, they would make a detour back to the northwest of the Qingyuan and Guantao lines to surround Cao Cao. The two Karasuma chieftains, Loulu and Lu Huanyang, had been ordered to rush to Fagan and Yuancheng to cut off Cao Cao's southward retreat.

Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi have already led their troops to Ganling City, and they will be ordered to outflank Cao Cao in the southeast direction of the Qingyuan and Guantao lines.

Yan Liang and Gao Lan will arrive at the first line of Beiqiu and Linqing Pavilion tomorrow and surround Cao Cao from the east.

Lord Gao Shun's army will join Yan Liang in three days. In the next three days, there will be 45,000 troops on the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao to surround Cao Cao.

After receiving the order, Lord Lu Bu will lead 10,000 iron horsemen to gallop 500 miles and rush to the Yin'an, Fanyang, and Neihuang lines in the south of Wei County to surround Yuan Shao.

Zhang He and Zhang Liao were leading their troops across the boundary bridge, and in two days, they would reach the line between Guantao and Weicheng and surround Yuan Shao from the north.

In mid-September, when Lord Yan Rou's 20,000 southern troops arrived in Wei County, we would gather 120,000 troops to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao.

After beating Yuan Shao, we turned around and surrounded Cao Cao. According to our expectations, in the second half of September, we will end the battle of Jizhou.

Koji Yi and Tian Chou carefully looked at the locations of the various armies on the map, and their expressions were extremely solemn.

"We were worried that the intention to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao would be exposed too early, so he would run away after discovering it, so we did not arrange for the army to outflank him on the west side of the line of Guantao and Weicheng." Yan Zhi continued,

"The iron horse of Lord Lu Bu was arranged on the front line of Neihuang and Fanyang, just in case. Once Yuan Shao wants to run, we will let Lord Lu Bu rush to the area of Montenegro first to block Yuan Shao's retreat to Hanoi County. ”

"When will Yan Rou's army arrive in Yecheng?" Koji Yi's hand kept tapping on the black mountain on the map, and he was worried.

Yan Zhi shook his head,

"It is nearly eight hundred miles from Jinyang to Yecheng, and it will take eight days to travel a hundred miles a day, but because the army has to cross the Taihang Mountain, it will take at least ten to eleven days, so it will ......" Lu Yi shook his head,

"It's too long, Yuan Shao will definitely run. If it really doesn't work, 100,000 people will fight 60,000. Tian Chou smiled bitterly,

"The terrain in the area of Guantao and Weicheng is not good, here is the big river on the right, the Qing River on the left, the widest point between the two is less than fifty miles, and there are more than a dozen small rivers in the middle, which is very unfavorable for iron cavalry combat. If Yuan Shao's army is huddled together, it will be difficult for us to inflict heavy losses on them. Therefore, we must ensure the absolute superiority of the army in numbers, first tear through his defenses with an army of foot soldiers, and then charge it with iron cavalry. ”

"If we can make sure that Yuan Shao is surrounded, why don't we fight Cao Cao first?" Yan Zhi asked. Tian Chou smiled,

"If we can't completely annihilate Yuan Shao, we can't completely annihilate Cao Cao, so we must fight Yuan Shao first." Yan Zhi looked at Tian Chou suspiciously, and then at Lu Yi, wanting to ask but not daring to ask.

Koji Yi patted his head gently,

"Think about it, and you'll know why." At this time, a fast horse sent an urgent letter from the general. After reading it, Koji Yi's face immediately changed,

"Yuan Shu took down Dingtao." Tian Chou was startled, and hurriedly took the letter from Ko Yi's hand,

"Really?"

"The news sent by the disciples of Dazhitang will not be fake." Koji scolded indignantly,

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