Chapter 1154: Chuang Wang Li Zicheng

Li Zicheng knew that among the major princes of Yanzhou, Cao Cao was his biggest enemy, so he decisively decided to help the alliance of the princes of Yanzhou.

Li Zicheng took the initiative to lend a helping hand at this time, which naturally made the alliance of Yanzhou princes overjoyed, after all, they had been made unsustainable by Cao **, so there was no reason to refuse at all, and the two sides quickly finalized the alliance to join forces to deal with the powerful Cao Cao.

Since ancient times, Han and thieves have not been opposed.

I think that at the beginning, the princes of the Eighteenth Road of the Han Dynasty worked hard and sacrificed countless times to finally drive all the Ming forces into the Three Mountains, and now the princes of Yanzhou actually took the initiative to let Li Zicheng enter Yanzhou, and this kind of behavior of luring wolves into the house is simply rebellious.

Cao Cao didn't expect that the princes of Yanzhou, in order to deal with him, would join forces with the 'bright and upright' Li Zicheng, a 'thief', and was unintentionally attacked by Li Zicheng, not only all the twelve counties of Taishan County fell, but also lost 20,000 or 30,000 troops.

The Central Plains region has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty for many years, and under the governance of the Ming Dynasty, although the people of the Central Plains have lived a hard life, but there is still hope in their hearts, but it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty was defeated by the Han Dynasty in the end.

After the Central Plains was recovered by the Han Dynasty again, although the lives of the people improved, they were not much better than before, which also made many people still yearn for the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

After Li Zicheng's army invaded Mount Tai, the people spontaneously gathered to support the Ming army.

Seeing that his army was so popular with the people, Li Zicheng also had the confidence to win in his heart, so after taking all of Taishan County, he moved out of the remnants of the Ming Department that had hidden in Mount Tai, a total of 500,000 soldiers and civilians, and then called the king of Fenggao County in Taishan.

Li Zicheng also has a heart of self-reliance, and although he claimed to be the king without authorization, he not only directly betrayed the Ming Dynasty, so he still used the banner of the Ming Dynasty to gain the support and support of the people of Yanzhou.

After becoming king, Li Zicheng personally led 50,000 troops to break into the army, and continued to attack Cao Cao's territory in Yanzhou under the slogan of 'Juntian is exempt from taxation'.

The people of Yanzhou were looking forward to the arrival of King Chuang, and sang folk songs such as 'open the city gate, welcome the king, and the king will not accept food when he comes'.

Originally, the strength of the coalition army of the Yanzhou princes was above the Cao army, but after several defeats, it was surpassed by the Cao army, and with the addition of Li Zicheng's foreign army, and directly hit the Cao army, which also made the Cao army in Yanzhou occupy again into a weak position.

Under the joint attack of the Yanzhou princes' coalition army and the Chuang army, the Cao army, which had just suffered a heavy loss, had to switch from attack to defense, but the disparity between the enemy and our forces, coupled with the continuous rebellion of the people under his command, made the city defended by the Cao army chaotic before the battle.

Soon, the Cao army retreated to Chenliu County, and was still shrinking the defensive line, and if it continued to retreat like this, I am afraid that the Cao army would really withdraw from Yingchuan County.

Cao Cao knew that the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us was too great, and if he wanted to defeat the alliance of the four princes of Yanzhou and Li Zicheng, it was too difficult for him to rely on his own strength, and only the addition of external forces could he win quickly.

There are not many forces for Cao Cao to borrow, and there are only three, Xuzhou Tao Qian, Yuzhou Yuan Shu, and Sizhou Qin Hao.

Tao Qian is already too busy to take care of himself, even if he defends with all his strength and does not go out of the city to fight with Zhu Yuanzhang, it is still difficult to prevent the loss of the city and land, and Xuzhou has now been eaten up by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Yuan Shu is attacking Li Mi in order to unify Yuzhou, and although Li Mi is afraid of Yuan Shu's strength, he is not afraid of war, and the competition between the two sides has its own winners and losers, and in general, Yuan Shu's victory is greater.

As for Qin Hao in Sizhou, regardless of the personal relationship between the Qin and Cao families, with the capture of Hangu Pass by the Qin army, although Sizhou has not yet been unified, the situation is already clear.

Therefore, only Qin Hao of Sizhou had the possibility of sending reinforcements to support, while Cao Cao sent Xun Yu as an envoy to ask for help.

Cao Cao's writing is excellent, and between the words of the letter asking for help, it seems that the Cao army is already in danger, and if the Qin army does not send reinforcements, the Cao army may not last long.

After Qin Hao read the letter of request for help in his hand, he asked Liu Bowen with a smile: "Military advisor, is the battle situation in Yanzhou really ruined to this point?" ”

Liu Bowen nodded and said: "After Cao Cao experienced a great defeat, the strength under his command has dropped to 80,000, the alliance army of the Yanzhou princes has 70,000 troops, and Li Zicheng only dispatched 50,000 troops. ”

As he spoke, Liu Bowen took out a piece of paper, glanced at it, and continued with a solemn face: "But according to the intelligence of our army, most of the people in the Central Plains are interested in thieves, so Li Zicheng can expand his army rapidly at any time.

Even as long as Li Zicheng is willing, he can expand his army by 200,000 in a short period of time at any time, and he has already recruited 50,000 new troops to stay in Taishan County. ”

"Hiss......"

Everyone gasped when they heard this, and Qin Hao chuckled: "Hey, it's really a lot." "It looks like he doesn't care.

Liu Ye stood up with a serious face and said: "My lord, with the strength that Cao Cao has, it is difficult to even protect himself without external interference, let alone defeat Li Zicheng and the princes of Yanzhou.

Once Li Zicheng completely occupies Yanzhou, even if there is a tiger prison in the eastern front of our county, it will be a great threat to our army. ”

"Is it difficult for Cao Cao to even protect himself?"

A hint of discoloration flashed in Qin Hao's eyes, and he smiled: "I can't see it."

The battle situation in Yanzhou seems to be unfavorable to Cao's army, but it has not reached the point of exhaustion, Cao Cao should not be underestimated, and he will not be defeated by Li Zicheng so easily.

Moreover, although the princes of Yanzhou lured the wolf into the house this time, they would not let Li Zicheng become bigger, once Li Zicheng really grew to the extent that they were jealous, the princes of Yanzhou would probably turn against him, and in turn help Cao Cao. ”

Liu Ye and Liu Bowen glanced at each other, they didn't expect the lord guild to be so optimistic about Cao Cao, but what the lord said did make sense.

The battle situation in Yanzhou seems to be clear, but in fact it is extremely complicated, and there will be absolutely no winner or loser in the short term.

Yanzhou is next to Sizhou, whether it is Cao Cao or Li Zicheng to unify Yanzhou, it is a threat to the Qin army, and it will definitely contain part of the Qin army.

Therefore, for Qin Hao, who aspires to dominate the world, the best situation is actually to let Cao Jun and Chuang Jun fight endlessly, and it is best to fight until Qin Hao unifies Hebei.

As soon as he thought of this, Qin Hao immediately summoned Cao Cao's envoy Xun You, and politely refused: "Although the Qin and Cao families are good friends, but now our army is also trapped in Sizhou and it is difficult to extricate itself, and even our own affairs have not been resolved, so I really don't have the energy to divide troops to help others, and I ask your envoy to forgive me." ”

Seeing Qin Hao's refusal, Xun You couldn't help but feel anxious and wanted to persuade him again, but Qin Hao didn't give him a chance to speak.

"Although my father can't help Cao Gong in terms of troops this time, he can give a batch of materials and grain and grass to Cao Jun for free, I hope Cao Gong can get through this difficulty as soon as possible."