After many analyses, Yuan Shao and the others finally determined that the real purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Pinggao City was to prevent themselves from seizing the Central Plains. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Tai Shici's strength is limited, and it is difficult to last." Gao Rou said, "In order to attract our main force, Li Yi is bound to quickly recruit other troops in Jizhou to support Tai Shici when the counterinsurgency war in northern Xinjiang has not yet begun. In this way, our defensive forces in Hanoi will be insufficient, and the three cities such as Binh Gao may be lost. Once the Yellow River threatens Luoyang, our main army will have to cross the river to the north and fight for Hanoi with the Northern Army. ”

"At this time, even if the Northern Xinjiang Army does not fight a battle and slowly retreats, he can drag our army in Hanoi, and we lose the best opportunity to capture the Central Plains." Gao Rou looked at the map on the desk, and kept clicking on a certain location with her fingers, "Judging from Yuan Shu's current situation, he may be defeated at any time, so our main army can't go north to support Hanoi now." ”

How to use the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to conquer the border fortress, the opportunity to quickly capture the Central Plains in the short term, and at the same time recapture Hanoi and hold Luoyang, has become a difficult problem in front of Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's advisers, such as Fu Zhu, Xu You, and Feng Ji, repeatedly discussed, carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to counterattack Jizhou from the direction of Baima and Puyang in Chenliu County, Yanzhou.

"Everyone, please look at ......," Fu Zhi said, pointing to the map, "The main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army has been released, and Jizhou only has 110,000 soldiers and horses. Gao Shun and Li Jing were in Gaotang in Pingyuan County and Dongwuyang in Dongjun County, guarding against Zang Ba in Qingzhou and Cao Cao in Yanzhou respectively, and they did not dare to move easily. Zhang He was stationed in Qinghe Country and responded in the center. Tai Shi Ci Hanoi is fighting with us. Once Zhang Fei's army entered Hanoi, the defensive forces in the direction of Wei County in Jizhou were quite small, and at this time, our main army could attack from the direction of Baima and Puyang and go straight to Yecheng. ”

"We quickly cut off the connection between Jizhou and Hanoi, cut off the grain and grass of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and trapped the army of Zhang Fei, Tai Shici and others in Hanoi." He looked at everyone excitedly, and said with a smile, "The Northern Frontier Army can only withdraw at this time. ”

"We won't let them withdraw, drag them in Hanoi." Xu You's big hand slapped on the map fiercely, "Tens of thousands of troops are trapped in Hanoi, and Li Yi has no choice but to recruit the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to rush south to rescue." When the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army moves south, we will withdraw our troops. The main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army tossed back and forth, and the time for counterinsurgency this year was delayed. While Hebei lost Hanoi, it not only lost a lot of money, but also greatly delayed its southward struggle for the Central Plains. ”

"In addition, crossing the river to attack Jizhou can help us quickly seize the Central Plains." Judging the short beard and smiling slightly.

Chen Lin raised his own question: "At present, the armies of Cao Cao and Liu Bei are fighting against Yuan Shu in the Qicheng area, and Yuan Shu's defeat is only a matter of time. After Yuan Shu was defeated and returned to Shouchun, would Cao Cao and Liu Bei continue to attack Yuan Shu and completely defeat Yuan Shu to occupy Jiujiang County? ”

Judging the match stretched out his index finger, shook it gently, and said, "Cao Cao will not continue to attack, because our army is eyeing the gate of the Central Plains. If the Northern Xinjiang Army does not come to Biansai to quell the rebellion this year, we will not pose much threat to him, but the current situation is completely different, and we will pose too much threat to him. ”

"Yuan Shu has nothing left, he will fight back, Cao Cao wants to take Jiujiang County, the loss will definitely be great. His loss was too great, which was equivalent to giving the Central Plains to us. Cao Cao wasn't stupid enough to do that. ”

"In order to eliminate Cao Cao's vigilance against us and let Cao Cao attack Yuan Shu with all his might, we have designed to requisition a large army to attack the Northern Xinjiang Army from the two directions of Pinggao and Aocang, but this strategy has an Achilles' heel, we can't requisition too many troops, so as not to arouse Cao Cao's suspicion."

The judge spread his hands and smiled happily: "Now it's okay, the initiative of the Northern Frontier Army has helped us solve this problem." We can pretend to be taken by surprise, abandon Pinggao City, stick to the area of Wenxian and Heyang, lure the Northern Xinjiang army to the bank of the Yellow River, and then requisition the armies of Luoyang and Yuzhou, and quickly enter Chenliu County in Yanzhou, and divide the troops into three routes, crossing the river from the direction of Yanjin, Baima, and Puyang to attack Wei County in eastern Hanoi and Jizhou. ”

"The three cities of Hanoi have been lost, and tens of thousands of troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army are about to attack Luoyang, so we have every reason to transfer our troops, and there are also good reasons to take the opportunity to march into Chenliu County in Yanzhou. At this time, even if Cao Cao was still suspicious, but after we crossed the river and attacked, he didn't have time to think about it, he, like us, had to rush for time. ”

"If he defeats Yuan Shu before us and returns to the Central Plains, it will be very difficult for us to capture the Central Plains, but if he falls behind us, he will not be able to come back, so he can only stay in the Jianghuai area honestly, and never want to set foot in the Central Plains."

After Yuan Shao discussed the details with everyone, he immediately wrote to Guo Tu and Zhang Nan in Hanoi to temporarily hold on to Pinggao City, and immediately abandon it after the follow-up army of the Northern Xinjiang Army arrived at the city.

Yuan Shao also wrote to Yuzhou Gaogan and others, each with a large army, and immediately rushed to Zhongmu City, Henan Province to assemble.

Yuan Shao urgently told Jiang Qi, Wei Zhan, Fu Hu and others, the commanders of the armies of Luoyang and Henan, and each led his army to Zhongmu City.

The next day, Yuan Shaoliu sat in Luoyang, and he took Gao Rou and others to the Central Plains battlefield.

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In mid-March, Yuzhou Peiguo, Qicheng.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei commanded a large army to storm Qicheng, and the two sides fought a bloody battle.

Li Ye, Yang Hong, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others swore to hold on, and the battle was very fierce.

Although the generals under Yuan Shu were all scraps, in the battle to defend the city, the defects of this personal ability were not as obvious as they appeared. These people are all battle-hardened people, plus Yuan Shu has a lot of troops in his hands, but they also guard the city well.

However, Cao Cao is not an ordinary person after all, and he is the best at using tricks. He saw that it was difficult for the army to conquer the city in a hurry, so he sent a small work to spread rumors in the Jianghuai area.

As time went on, rumors about Yuan Shu killing the monarch and usurping the throne, and Yuan Shao wanting to kill his relatives and lead the army to attack and kill Jiujiang County spread all over the Jianghuai area. The soldiers were panicked, and their morale was getting lower and lower.

At this time, a shocking news suddenly came from Shouchun. Yuan Shu fled Jiujiang County with his family and many cronies, and was sailing out to sea to Hebei.

Although Li Ye and others repeatedly refuted the rumors, and even did not hesitate to kill dozens of officials who took the lead in confusing the army's morale, they still could not stop the dissipation of the army's morale.

Liu Xun, Mei Gan, Lei Bo, and Chen Lan secretly got in touch with Cao Cao, and after getting Cao Cao's promise, the four of them led their troops to surrender, opened the city gates, and put Cao Cao's army into the city.

The soldiers, who had long since lost their fighting spirit, dropped their weapons one after another. Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui broke through with their personal guards, but they were outnumbered and all died. Li Ye and Yang Hong led the army to defend the government and resisted stubbornly. Soon Li Ye was killed by an arrow, and Yang Hong was hacked to death by Cao Jun's knife.

Cao Cao successfully captured Qicheng, killed 3,000 enemies, and captured nearly 10,000 prisoners.

At this time, the news of the Central Plains reached Qicheng.

The Northern Xinjiang Army gathered heavy troops to attack Hanoi, and Yuan Shao was gathering troops and horses to prepare for a counterattack.

Cao Cao believed that the attack on Hanoi by the Northern Xinjiang Army was only a diversion strategy, the purpose was to ensure the stability of Jizhou, so that the main army of Northern Xinjiang could concentrate on quelling the rebellion in Northern Xinjiang, but Yuan Shao was very likely to make a plan, taking advantage of Hebei's inability to look south, and he sent troops to the Central Plains when Jianghuai attacked Shouchun.

Cao Cao wrote to Xun Yu, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and others stationed in Yanzhou to take precautions, and at the same time ordered the army to rest on the spot, temporarily abandon the attack on Shouchun, and wait for Yuan Shao's movements to be determined, and then plan for the future.

Xi Zhicai put forward a different opinion, he said: "Now everyone thinks that Hebei will continue to quell the rebellion in northern Xinjiang this year. There are many facts to prove this point. For example, at the end of last year, Hebei requisitioned a large army out of the fortress, dug a ditch connecting the Juma River and the Gushui River in Youzhou in order to transport grain and grass by sea, at the beginning of the year, Jizhou transported grain from both land and water to the north, and now the Northern Xinjiang Army is attacking the three cities of Hanoi to threaten Luoyang, etc., but there is a question I don't know if the lord has thought about it carefully, how big is the scale of the rebellion in Northern Xinjiang? ”

"The earliest news we got was that Yuan Shao sent Xu You north to the desert and contacted five alien races, including Ding Ling and Jiankun, and then a rebellion broke out in the east of northern Xinjiang. This is actually Yuan Shao's trick, wanting to consume Li Yi's strength. And Ding Ling and other aliens took advantage of the fact that the Northern Xinjiang Army was greatly injured and unable to look north after the Jizhou War, and deliberately provoked the border war. The area of this rebellion was confined to the west and north of Yanran Mountain, from which we can infer the scale of this rebellion. ”

"According to the information we received, after the rebellion broke out, Li Yi immediately went north to pacify Zhuhu. With the prestige of Jizhou's great victory and his own great reputation, no one in the desert dared to oppose Li Yi except for Ding Lingren, who did not know whether he was alive or dead, in other words, Li Yi stayed in the desert for more than half a year last year, and he could completely defeat Ding Lingren. ”

"Are Ding Ling people as powerful as Xianbei people? Do you have the strength of Xianbei people and other strong people? The Xianbei people were all defeated in the hands of Li Yi, why did Ding Lingren confront Li Yi? With the disparity in strength between the two sides, how long can Ding Lingren hold out in the hands of Li Yi? ”

"Even if Ding Lingren's strength is strong, even if Li Yi's attack is blocked, but with Li Yi's consistent principle, he is bound to fight Hu with Hu and take the opportunity to vigorously weaken the strength of the Hu people, is it necessary for him to travel thousands of miles to recruit the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to the desert? The Jizhou War had just ended, was it necessary for Hebei to exhaust its scarce wealth for a small rebellion? ”

"Therefore, I personally believe that Li Yi had put down the rebellion in northern Xinjiang as early as last year, and everything we see now may be fake, it was all deliberately done by Hebei to show us, and their real purpose was to attack the Central Plains."

Xi Zhicai was shocked by his words, and the officials in the tent were dumbfounded. (To be continued.) )