Chapter 1399: Yanzhou and Beihai

On the surface, the Qin army's upright disarmament and army reorganization were actually aimed at attracting the attention of the princes of the world, so as to hide other actions in the shadows.

At the same time that the Qin army was disarming and reorganizing the army, an army of 20,000 was quietly assembled towards the Tiger Prison Pass in several ways, and it was Qin Hao who was preparing to support Liu Bei's army.

This army was all composed of Yuan and Mongolian slaves in the prisoner of war camp, so even if they were all wiped out on the way to support Xuzhou this time, it would not have much impact on the Qin army.

Although the army has been assembled, due to the need to pass through Yanzhou, and the negotiations with Cao Cao are still ongoing, the army is already only training in the Tiger Prison Pass, and the specific start time has not yet been determined.

This time, Qin Hao sent Kan Ze as an envoy to Yanzhou and negotiate with Cao Cao.

Although all the states in the world are fighting, the situation in Yanzhou is definitely the most chaotic.

Qiao Mao and other princes of the three roads were still invincible to Cao Cao when they united, so they led Li Zicheng into Yanzhou, wanting to use Li Zicheng's power to deal with Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao and Li Zicheng would fight and lose.

What kind of hero is Li Zicheng, and how can he be used by the three of them? The princes of Yanzhou wanted to use him to get rid of Cao Cao, so why didn't he use them to enter Yanzhou.

It was under this mutual use that the Yanzhou War broke out completely.

Cao Cao single-handedly fought against the princes of the Three Routes of Yanzhou and Li Zicheng's Ming army, and under the persecution of these four forces, Cao Cao's situation can be described as extremely difficult.

At the most dangerous time, Cao Cao even used it as a bait himself;

In the most difficult time, Cao Cao even adopted Cheng Yu's strategy to use human flesh as military food.

Most......

No matter how difficult it was, Cao Cao finally survived, and the situation in Yanzhou changed again, and the princes of Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xin all became cannon fodder for the dispute between Cao Cao and Li Zicheng.

Jibei Taishou Bao Xin, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, and Dongping Taishou Zhang Miao, the forces under the command of the three of them were divided by Cao Cao and Li Zicheng respectively.

Bao Xin himself died directly in battle, Qiao Mao and Zhang Miao came to Qin Hao, becoming the fourth and fifth princes who took refuge in Qin Hao after Zhang Yang, Wang Kuang, and Wang Lang, and Kong Rong was the sixth way.

Since then, there have been fewer princes in the world.

When Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang had just surrendered, Qin Hao, in order to reassure them and the stability of the southern region, did not completely seize their military power, but still ordered them to defend the original county.

And after winning the battle of Hetao, Qin Hao naturally didn't have so much encouragement, and directly transferred them all to Luoyang to give them higher official positions, but he also deprived them of military power in disguise, but in general, it was also a good treatment for them.

After Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, and Wang Lang took refuge, Qin Hao did not treat them lightly, and still gave them high-ranking officials, although they certainly did not have the power when they were princes, but it was not easy to be a lost dog.

After Qiao Mao and other princes of the Three Routes withdrew, Yanzhou became the stage for Cao Cao and Li Zicheng, and now Cao Cao occupies the southern and central parts of Yanzhou, while Li Zicheng occupies the northern and eastern regions.

Generally speaking, the elite soldiers under Li Zicheng are fighting fewer and fewer, while Cao Cao is facing difficulties and constantly expanding his power, if this trend continues, the person who will unify Yanzhou must be Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao had an advantage in the war with Li Zicheng, his life was still not easy.

The long-term war has caused a large number of refugees to become refugees, and Cao Cao certainly wants to provide disaster relief, but all his financial and material resources are used to confront Li Zicheng, and he is unable to provide relief to the victims at all, so he can only let the victims leave Yanzhou, and this also makes Yanzhou's foundation thinner and thinner.

Most of these refugees who escaped from Yanzhou fled to Qin Hao's territory, after all, except for Qin Hao's rule, which was not fighting, the other three reverses in Yanzhou were all at war, so there was no other place to go except to go to Qin Hao.

If this continues, even if Cao Cao defeats Li Zicheng and dominates Yanzhou, he will only get a mess, and he will not be able to participate in the next princes' struggle for hegemony.

Therefore, Cao Cao naturally wanted to obtain assistance from the outside world, so as to speed up the pace of unifying Yanzhou, and at this time, Qin Hao's envoy came to talk about cooperation, which was simply in Cao Cao's arms.

Luoyang

After Kan Ze came back from the envoy, he immediately reported to Qin Hao and said: "Lord Qi, although Cao Cao did not refuse to borrow the way, but his subordinates went to Yanzhou this time, Cao Mengde has been crying with his subordinates, and said that he hopes that the lord will not favor one over the other, and the people who patronize Xuzhou ignore Yanzhou, and hope that the court will also give Yanzhou some support, obviously wanting to take advantage of this excuse to extort some benefits from the court." ”

After Qin Hao pondered for a while, he asked, "How much does Cao Cao ask?" ”

"Uh...... He shall have five thousand horses. ”

"Five thousand?"

Qin Hao was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "Just by borrowing a way, I dare to ask my father for five thousand war horses, Cao Cao really dares to open this mouth." ”

Supporting Liu Bei and delaying Zhu Yuanzhang's unification of Xuzhou is related to Qin Hao's plan to unify Hebei, so Qin Hao has to suffer this loss.

In addition, before the start of the Hetao War, it was also the most difficult time for Cao Cao, but in order to support Qin Hao, Cao Cao saved money and scraped together 20,000 stones of grain and grass to support the Qin army, so Qin Hao also owed Cao Cao a favor.

"That's it, it's just a favor to Cao Cao, but five thousand horses are too much."

Speaking of this, Qin Hao looked at Kan Ze and continued: "Mr. Kan Ze, I bother you to go to Yanzhou and tell Cao Cao that there are at most three thousand horses, if he still wants it, but spend money, food or materials to buy it, but it is only limited to ten thousand horses." ”

The Qin army now has no shortage of horses, 200,000 cavalry, even if it is one person and three horses, at most only 600,000 war horses, and the total number of war horses owned by the Qin army can exceed one million.

Taking out the war horses that cannot be used for the time being in exchange for valuable development resources is also a win-win situation for the Qin army.

"No."

The matter of supporting Xuzhou is still in preparation, and Li Jing, who went to Beihai to replace Kong Rong, has already arrived in Qingzhou with 3,000 elite horsemen.

The Qin army's Yellow River naval army, in which 3,000 elite cavalry, 5,000 infantry equipment, and 5,000 strong crossbows, went down the river from Mengjindu, all the way through Jizhou and Yanzhou, and finally stopped in the middle of Qingzhou.

The land of 65 counties in the two counties of Qingzhou and the four countries was directly divided into two by the Yellow River, the southern and part of the central part was occupied by Huangchao, the northern part was Yuan Shao's territory, and Song Jiang and Kong Rong were sandwiched between the two.

The place Li Jing chose to go ashore was only a few dozen miles away from Beihai County, so after going ashore, he immediately ordered three thousand elite horsemen, with all the supplies, all the way to the Northern Navy.

At the same time, the major princes of Qingzhou also knew for the first time that a cavalry appeared on the land of Qingzhou.