But this was not enough, it was not enough to give Li Yi a fatal blow, so Liu Biao proposed a strategy of containing the middle and attacking on both wings. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The stalemate in the Nanyang battlefield on the middle road can at least drag the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army by more than 100,000, so on the Qingyan battlefield on the east road and the Longnan battlefield on the west road, the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army is not much, and it is an excellent opportunity for the southern coalition army to break through from the battlefield on both flanks.

Liu Biao suggested that Cao Cao of Xuzhou and Zhou Yu of Jiangdong gather all their forces to attack Yanzhou, while Sun Quan gathered all the naval divisions of Jiangdong to go north by sea to attack Qingzhou and contain the northern Xinjiang army in Qingzhou, so as to respond to Cao Cao and Zhou Yu's attack on Yanzhou.

At the same time, Liu Bei of Yizhou gathered the armies of Bashu and Hanzhong, attacked Longnan all the way to contain it, attracted the attention of the Northern Xinjiang army, and took the road from Hanzhong all the way to kill Guanzhong. After the success of attacking Guanzhong from the Baochuan Road, Chang'an must draw troops from the Longnan battlefield to reinforce, and at this moment the Bashu army took the opportunity to capture Longnan, through Chencang, and once again entered Guanzhong.

The situation in Guanzhong is precarious, and the gate lords in the northern Xinjiang will definitely rise up and respond, and it is very likely that the land of Sanfu will be successfully recovered.

If Guanzhong is in danger, if Yanzhou is in a hurry, the stalemate on the battlefield in Nanyang is bound to be difficult to maintain, and the Northern Xinjiang Army will definitely retreat, and the preferred direction is Luoyang, so that Yuzhou can be successfully recovered. The three battlefields in the south were once again connected, and the armies of all walks of life could support and respond to each other, and attack Luoyang at the same time.

Whether Luoyang can be conquered or not, the key is not a decisive battle by force, but whether there will be chaos in the north. Under the attack of our three-way army in the crisis-ridden north, the financial endowment is unsustainable, and the contradictions accumulated for many years will definitely break out, and rebellions will rise one after another.

This is also the reason why he is completely in control of the Jicheng Imperial Court, he has lost his self-confidence, and he is already thinking about a comeback after defeat. This tiger that once swept the way is old, and he no longer has the courage to move forward in the past, let alone the invincible spirit of the former blockers. Li Yi's defeat was just around the corner, and he, like Dong Zhuo, finally embarked on the road of destruction.

After many days of discussion, Liu Biao's method was basically agreed by all parties.

At the end of February, Zhou Yu and others said goodbye and left, and the Son of Heaven and Liu Biao and other Xiangyang civil and military ministers sent each other to the Shili Changting.

On the way back to the city, Cai Mao and Liu Biao rode in the same car, and he was worried about the battle situation, believing that Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others might not obey the holy decree and make an appointment to send troops.

"Each family has its own interests, and it is obviously impossible to expect them to do their best to revitalize the society." Liu Biao said calmly, "But the current situation is very favorable to us, if we can take this opportunity to defeat Li Yi, or drive Li Yi back to Hebei, and maintain the confrontation between the north and the south, the families are still very willing." ”

"Actually, I don't expect Cao Cao and Zhou Yu to hit the Yellow River in one go, nor do I expect Liu Bei to conquer Guanzhong, and I don't expect Sun Quan to command the sailors to enter Qingzhou. I only hope that Cao Cao and Zhou Yu can work together to garrison Jianghuai and drag the forces of Qingyan and Yuzhou on the battlefield on the east road, and I only hope that Liu Bei can threaten Guanzhong, intensify the contradictions in northern Xinjiang as much as possible, and make Chang'an chaotic, I only hope that Sun Quan will not be treacherous and turn against each other at this time. If he can put the overall situation first and maintain stability on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, I will be grateful. ”

Cai Mao sighed: "What these three can really count on is Liu Bei." Liu Bei's foothold in Bashu is not stable, he is respectful to Xiangyang, and has always kept his promise to share Yizhou with Jingzhou, and also reused Gan Ning, Li Yan, Pang Tong, Ma Liang and other Jingzhou civil and military officials. If he can do his best to enter Guanzhong, it will quickly change the situation in the north, which will be very beneficial for us to go north to recover the Central Plains. ”

"Xuande has the difficulties of Xuande." Liu Biao shook his head and said with a wry smile, "He first killed Zhao Wei and offended a large group of Bashu clans. Then he forced Liu Zhang away, and almost offended all the Gaomen clans and Dongzhou scholars in Bashu. At this time, he was able to win over a group of Bashu people to stabilize the situation in Yizhou, which was already commendable. I didn't accept Xuande's resignation and let Liu Qi go west, because I was worried that our mutual suspicion would lead to the deterioration of the situation in Bashu. At this moment, if Xuande commanded the armies of Bashu and Hanzhong to launch a large-scale northern expedition, who would dare to guarantee that Bashu would not be chaotic? Who dares to guarantee that Yizhou's army will not defect? ”

Cai Mao's face showed disappointment, and said with a depressed face: "In this way, if we want to stabilize the situation between the north and the south this time, it depends entirely on whether the north is in chaos and destroys the Great Wall." ”

"Yes, Li Yi even made a faint move, which exacerbated the contradictions between the various forces in the north, and it is difficult to be undefeated." Liu Biao said, "We can only sit on the sidelines and see if we can pick up a bargain, as for the big march, it is just a bluff." ”

Cai Mao hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "I heard that Li Yi is sending envoys to Xuzhou and Jiangdong. Sun Quan is in a safe corner, has the risk of the Yangtze River, and has the capital to bargain, he will definitely step on two boats and benefit from both sides. But Cao Cao can't do it, Cao Cao has had a hard time in the past few years, there is Li Yi in the north, Sun Quan in the south, and Yuan Tan in the middle has repeatedly been unable to get along with him. Now, although he has annexed Yuan Tan, if Sun Quan and Zhou Yu take the opportunity to ......" Cai Mao wanted to speak and stopped.

"Are you worried that he will take refuge in Li Yi in a fit of rage?" Liu Biao thought for a moment and said, "He and Li Yi have too deep a grudge, and Li Yi will never spare him." If he takes refuge in Li Yi, he will die faster. I'm not worried about his defection, but about his head wind. Recently he had been getting sicker, and his head stroke had tormented him to death, and if he died suddenly, it would be all over......"

"Cao **, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu will rob Xuzhou soon." Cai Mao's face changed suddenly, "At this moment, the north is too busy to take care of itself and can't afford to go south, how can they miss such a good opportunity?" ”

"Yes, Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji were snatched away by Li Yi, although Zuo Ci of Lujiang was caught by Cao Cao, he fled in a blink of an eye, Hua Tuo's two disciples Wu Pu and Li Dangzhi are also nowhere to be heard, and now only a few disciples of Zhang Ji in the south can barely be regarded as masters. But I heard Cao Pi say that they could only barely stabilize Cao Cao's condition and reduce some pain for him, and they couldn't stabilize his condition like Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, so what I'm most worried about at the moment is what to do if Cao Cao dies suddenly......"

Cai Mao couldn't help but give a cold war.

"You immediately send someone to Chang'an......" Liu Biao leaned on the seat of the car and thought for a while and said, "No matter whether Cao Cao will die or not, and no matter what happens on the battlefield on the East Road, as long as Jicheng is in chaos, the north will be in danger, and we will have a chance to defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army on the battlefield of Nanyang." If the battle of Nanyang is won, even if Li Yi has the talent of heaven, he will not be able to save the situation of confrontation between the north and the south. ”

"But he still has Kou Zhun, this person is too powerful." Cai Mao said, "Even if Li Yi dies, with the strength of ordinary Li Yi's loyal generals such as Yue Fei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei, the talents of ordinary strategists such as Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, and Jia Xu, plus Kou Zhun, a minister who helped Li Yi control the imperial court, can still assist Li Yi's son to stick to Hebei, which has become the biggest obstacle to our pacification of the world." ”

"Those generals and strategists are in the army at any time, and it is difficult to have a chance to get rid of them, but Kou Zhun can." Liu Biao said sharply, "Kill Kou Zhun at all costs, if you don't get rid of this person, the society will be unsafe." ”

Cai Mao said: "Okay. I immediately asked Wang Jian to go to northern Xinjiang to seek refuge with his brother Wang Kai, and let Ma Jian and Zhang Yun take the assassins to lurk in Jicheng. ”

"Send the best warriors in the Jingxiang area to Jicheng, send ten batches if one group is not enough, and if one hundred is not enough, one thousand people, and be sure to kill Xu Maogong." Liu Biao waved his hand vigorously and made a gesture of cutting off his head, "As long as Kou Zhun is killed, there will be chaos in the northern Xinjiang, and the confrontation between the north and the south can be achieved." ”

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On the first day of the third month of the seventh year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Li Jing led the army to the south and successively conquered the northern cities of Nanyang County, such as Luyang, Pheasant County, and Xi County.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, Li Jing left Gao Changgong, Yuwen Chengdu, Lu Wenlong and other generals to lead the cavalry to cruise outside Wancheng to contain Zhang Xiu's troops and horses in Wancheng, so that they could not help the surrounding cities.

Subsequently, Li Jing personally commanded the infantry army to attack Shuyang.

Located in the north of the water, it is just a small city. However, in another plane, there was a great war here. That was a battle that took place in 197 AD between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu. In this battle, Zhang Xiu won, and Cao Cao was defeated and fled. Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, and his eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and general Dian Wei were all killed by Zhang Xiu.

However, this time and space changed the trajectory of history because of Li Yi's appearance, and this war did not happen.

However, five years later, the troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army arrived here.

On the eighth day of the first month of March, Tai Shici, Xie Xuan, Li Xuan, Lu Yi, Yang Ye and others led an army of 100,000 to launch a fierce attack on Yuyang. Huayang is just a small county town, how can it withstand the attack of 100,000 elite infantry troops in northern Xinjiang?

In just two days, on the 10th day of the first month of March, the Northern Xinjiang Army conquered Shuyang.

On March 11, the army moved to Niyang. The main force of Nieyang City broke through overnight under the command of Song Zhong, the commander of Nieyang.

Li Jing ordered him to break through the siege, and ordered Tai Shici to lead an army of 20,000 to cover up and kill him, forcing him to flee to Wancheng.

On March 12, the army conquered Neyang.

On March 13, the Northern Xinjiang Army surrounded Wancheng on all sides.

On the same day, Liu Cong and Cai Mao led an army of 40,000 and went north to rescue. Tai Shici immediately led an army of 10,000 infantry soldiers and 10,000 cavalry troops on the front line of Xinye and Chaoyang to block the reinforcements in the direction of Xiangyang.