Yuan Shao retreated so quickly and gave up his plan to attack Jizhou, apparently because Zhang Fei and Tai Shici's army had already crossed the river to attack Henan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Judging from the schedule, the time for the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack Henan was only three to five days at most. In such a short period of time, the Northern Xinjiang Army will definitely not be able to take Xingyang. If Xingyang can't be taken, the Northern Xinjiang Army will have no foothold, as long as Yuan Shao's reinforcements rush back, plus the reinforcements from Luoyang, the Northern Xinjiang Army will soon be defeated under the attack from the east and west. As a result, the strategy to drag Yuan Shao's army on the battlefield in Henan failed.

The top priority at the moment was to immediately hold back Yuan Shao's army and give the Northern Xinjiang Army in the Henan battlefield enough time to capture Xingyang.

If you want to hold Yuan Shao back, you can only change your strategy and immediately cross the river to the south, approaching Baima and Puyang.

He only has an army of 16,000, but Yuan Shao on the opposite side has 50,000 or 60,000 horses, can he hold Yuan Shao back?

Li Jing waved his hand and said to the herald: "You go and tell Pan Wenqi to prepare a boat and cross the river to the south immediately." ”

Li Jing hurriedly walked into the military tent, wrote a letter urgently, and ordered 800 miles to ride quickly, and immediately send it to the general of Handan. Later, he wrote a letter to Wei Yan, who was stationed in Liyang, ordering them to prepare their ships and immediately cross the river and fight south as soon as the Yuan army in the direction of Liyangjin retreated from Baima.

"General, we only need to take the three cities of Pinggao, Wenxian and Heyang in Hanoi to directly threaten Luoyang, why does the lord have to mobilize the army, not only to recruit the two major armies into Hanoi, but also to order them to open up the Henan battlefield?" The adjutant general looked at the map on the desk and asked puzzledly.

After Li Jing instructed his personal guard to protect the safety of the messenger, he walked to the side of the case.

"The main purpose of the lord is not to capture the three cities of Hanoi and threaten Luoyang, but to use the Henan battlefield to drag Yuan Shao's main force so that he cannot capture the Central Plains." Li Jing scratched his forehead and whispered, "But I always feel that this method is a stupid trick, and if you are not careful, the Northern Xinjiang Army that goes south to Henan may suffer heavy losses." ”

The adjutant general hesitated and said, "Does the lord have another purpose?" ”

"Maybe ......," Li Jing said with a smile, "There must be a reason why the lord secretly rushed to Handan." ”

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Yuan Shao's proposal to withdraw his troops was strongly opposed by some of his advisers. Among them, the trial is the most intense.

"The news from Jicheng and Yizhou, especially the fact that Hebei spent a huge amount of money to build a channel connecting the Juma River and the Gushui River in Zhuo County, Youzhou, can basically confirm that Hebei's attack this year is aimed at the rebellious Hu people in the northern frontier. Our past judgments still seem to be correct. At present, although the Northern Xinjiang Army is aggressively attacking the hinterland of Henan, their goal is still to hold us back, so as to maintain the situation in which the Central Plains is full of smoke, restrict the development of all forces in the Central Plains, and prepare for their future southward conquest of the Central Plains. ”

"After the Northern Xinjiang Army moves south into the hinterland of Henan, it will be besieged from three sides. At this time, if Hanoi Guotu can lead the army to launch a counterattack from the area of Ha Yang and Wen County in time to recapture Pingao City, the Northern Xinjiang Army will be surrounded on all sides. Although they are large in number and can support them for a while, as long as we quickly enter Wei County in Jizhou and cut off the grain routes of the Northern Xinjiang Army, they will be defeated immediately. ”

"The Northern Frontier Army was clearly aware of its situation, and their offensive was very sharp in the early days, in order to gain a quick foothold in Henan. However, as the battle continues, their situation will become very awkward. If the attack continues, the situation in Hanoi on the north bank of the Yellow River will become more and more critical, and the grain route from Jizhou to Hanoi will also be cut off by us at any time, and the Northern Xinjiang Army attacking Henan will immediately find itself in a predicament. If they withdraw to Hanoi, they will not be able to hold back our army and prevent us from capturing the Central Plains. In addition, if they do not choose the right time to retreat, they are very likely to face the danger of losing Hanoi and suffering the annihilation of their entire army. ”

"My lord, the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Henan is simply a defeat, we don't need to worry, let alone come back to help." The judge said very confidently, "Let them attack Xingyang, with the solidity of Xingyang City, we can completely hold them back." The farther the Northern Army was from the Yellow River, the closer it was to defeat. Taking a step back, even if Xingyang is lost, with the risk of the Tiger Prison, we can still annihilate this lone enemy army in the Tiger Prison. ”

Yuan Shao, Feng Ji, Gao Rou and others could not accept the suggestion of the trial and resolutely advocated the withdrawal of the army.

Feng Ji believes that the eyes of the trial are only limited to Hanoi and Henan, and do not look at Guanzhong and Guanxi.

There are two major armies of Yue Fei and Xu Da in Hedong, totaling more than 60,000 troops from Northern Xinjiang, who have always been looking at Guanzhong and Guanxi. At present, the troops of northern Xinjiang in the direction of Hanoi are divided into two routes, one is attacking Henan, and the other is attacking the areas of Wen County and Ha Duong. If the Northern Xinjiang Army in the east of the river suddenly enters Guanxi at this time, Luoyang will inevitably fall into a three-sided attack. Once the situation evolves into this pattern, Luoyang's troops can only hold the eight passes of Gyeonggi. In the case of Kansai losing support, the troops are at an absolute disadvantage, and Kansai will lose it.

As soon as Guanxi was lost, the connection between Guanzhong and Luoyang was cut off, and Guanzhong was immediately in danger. At this moment, our main forces are in the battlefields of Henan and the Central Plains, and they cannot be rescued. Guanzhong was flanked by the two armies of Northern Xinjiang and Xiliang, and it would be overturned in the blink of an eye.

"Li Yi has always been dangerous with his troops, and this time he asked the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Hanoi to cross the river to attack Henan at the risk of annihilation, and his purpose is obviously not as simple as preventing us from capturing the Central Plains." Feng Ji said worriedly, "In my opinion, his main targets should be Guanzhong and Guanxi, so I think we should quickly withdraw our troops now, drive the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hanoi, stabilize the situation in Henan, and completely crush Hebei's vain attempt to occupy Guanzhong and Guanxi, and then consider attacking the Central Plains." ”

The review was immediately refuted.

"With Hebei's current financial situation, does Li Yi have the ability to fight on two fronts at the same time?" The judge shook his hand again and again, "It's impossible." Unless there was no war in the northern frontier, unless the Hu people in the desert were forced to take the initiative to negotiate peace with Hebei, Li Yi would never use a large army to attack Guanzhong and Guanxi. In addition, even if there was no war in the northern frontier, Li Yi's primary target was the Central Plains, not Guanzhong and Guanxi. Because now that the Central Plains is in flames, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are not strong, and they can't compete with Li Yi at all. ”

"If that's the case, we can't even quit Chenliu." The judge said excitedly, "Once we fall into the battlefield in Henan, the Northern Xinjiang Army will inevitably leak down from the north bank of the Yellow River, and the Central Plains will become Li Yi's bag in a blink of an eye." As soon as the Central Plains was lost, Luoyang became Li Yi's next target. At that time, not only Luoyang was in danger, but Guanzhong and Guanxi were also in danger. ”

"The army must not leave the Central Plains." The judge said loudly to Yuan Shao, "We must immediately launch an attack on Jizhou, and there can be no delay for a moment." ”

Yuan Shao shook his head vigorously, his attitude was very resolute, and he insisted on withdrawing the army and returning to Henan.

Xu You and Chen Lin seemed hesitant on this matter. Regardless of whether Hebei attacks the Biansaihu people this year, the Central Plains is Hebei's preferred target to pacify the world. If Li Yi wants to attack the Central Plains this year, it will not work with the strength of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and the forces south of the Yellow River must meet again and join forces to resist the enemy.

At present, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce joined forces to fight with Yuan Shu between Jianghuai and Huai, and had no time to take care of the Central Plains, and Yuan Shao's army entered the Central Plains at this moment, not only could they wait for the opportunity to capture Yanzhou, but also blocked them when the Northern Xinjiang Army went south, delaying the speed of their attacks, and winning valuable time for Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army to return to the Central Plains and for the states and counties of the alliance to join forces to attack Li Yi.

Xu You explained his thoughts in detail, and finally said to Yuan Shao: "Lord, it's better for you to be cautious." After all, at present, this southward Northern Xinjiang army has not threatened the security of Luoyang. ”

Although Yuan Shao didn't believe that Li Yi would attack the Central Plains this year, Xu You's words still made him a little worried.

Chen Lin proposed a compromise solution at this time, he said: "Considering the safety of Luoyang, let Jiang Qi lead an army back to help the army left in Henan to block the Northern Xinjiang Army." At the same time, he ordered Guo Tu of Hanoi to immediately launch a counteroffensive against Binh Gao City, striving to cut off the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army. The main army temporarily stayed in the Baima and Puyang areas, neither crossing the river to attack Jizhou, nor returning to Henan to rescue as soon as possible, but waiting for changes in the situation before making corresponding measures to control the enemy. ”

Yuan Shao thought about it for a long time and adopted Chen Lin's suggestion. At the same time, he ordered many scouts to scout along the river and pay close attention to the movements of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

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Mid-March, Luoyang.

After receiving Guo Tu's letter, he was very angry.

When Yuan Shao was not in Luoyang, everything was represented by Fu Zhi, which has been a practice for many years. This time, the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly attacked Henan, and Fu Zhi immediately made a countermeasure, he ordered Guo Tu to recapture Pinggao City at all costs, attack Huaicheng, and completely cut off the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Guo Tu refused without hesitation, the reason was very simple, he suspected that the Northern Xinjiang Army crossed the river and headed south, which was simply a plan to lure the enemy, and the purpose was to deceive his army between Pinggao City and Huaicheng, so that the camera could encircle and annihilate and seize the two cities of Wenxian and Heyang.

There are only 30,000 troops in Hanoi, and once the plan is hit, Wenxian and Heyang are bound to be lost, and the army in northern Xinjiang will directly threaten Luoyang with the Yellow River. If the Northern Xinjiang Army in Hedong took the opportunity to attack Guanxi at that time, and the enemy in the direction of Hujiao was contained, Luoyang would be in danger.

In the letter, Guo Tu said: "I cannot obey your orders. After the loss of the two cities of Hanoi, it is not only the lives of me and 30,000 soldiers that we will lose, but also the hegemony of the lord, and the Han Sheji may also be overthrown because of this. ”

In his reply, he said in a very stern tone: "Today's crisis is directly related to your premature abandonment of Pinggao City. If you do not obey the military order, delay the military plane, and cause Luoyang to be in danger, I will severely punish you. (To be continued.) )