"Rejected?"

After Cao Cao whispered, he fell completely silent.

Because almost at the same time, he received the news of Cao Hong's death, and it was very specific. Cao Cao knew that this was deliberately given to him by the Ming army, and there was only one purpose, that is, to attack his message and force him to surrender. It's just that......

"Died so easily? Or die at the gates? ”

"It seems that the Ming army's night combat ability is even more powerful than imagined, and the bow and crossbow I saw before are not the most powerful bows and crossbows in the Ming army!"

After Cao Ren's death, Cao Cao secretly protected Cao Fan and Cao Chu, and then protected Cao Fu, and at the same time sent his henchmen out of the city secretly to recall Cao Kai and Cao Zhen.

His people are all after Cao Ren and Cao Hong, or sons or grandchildren.

……

Fluttering ridge~

The pigeon fell, the initial pigeon keeper did not care, but saw the mark on the pigeon's wings, his complexion changed suddenly, and then quickly stepped forward to grab the pigeon, quickly removed the small bamboo tube on his feet, and pinched it in his hand, and then threw the pigeon out: "Good life waiting." ”

When the others saw it, they knew why, and hurriedly caught it and picked the best bugs to feed......

"Governor, Zhuo County is urgent!"

The guard at the tent door saw a man rushing towards him, and he drew his sword, but when he heard this, he hurriedly opened the tent curtain

"Governor, Zhuo County is urgent!"

Gao Shun had already heard it, stood up and hurriedly stepped forward, "Where are the things?" Quick, to Pontus. ”

"Here." The person who came didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed over the small bamboo tube in the palm of his hand.

"Your Majesty is coming, the governor of Gaoshun must take the two states of Yanyu as soon as possible, so as not to put Your Majesty in danger."

Not many words, only three sentences.

There is no inscription, but there is a stamp pattern on the back of the letter. Gao Shun turned around, took out an object from the box in the corner, and carefully compared it before nodding his head to make sure.

"No problem!"

Gao Shun then quickly wrote a reply letter and handed it to the visitor. When the visitor left, Gao Shun shouted: "Come on!" ”

"Governor!"

"Go and ask for ......"

"No, Deng is already here."

"Did Changshi hear the news?"

Gao Shun responded, and at the same time motioned to the guards who came in, telling him to retreat.

"Hmm!" Chen Deng nodded, and then asked, "But Your Majesty wants to go south?" ”

Gao Shun's face showed a different color, and he said quietly: "How did you know about Changshi?" ”

Chen Deng said with a smile: "The destruction of the Cao army is imminent, and Your Majesty has a great relationship with Prime Minister Cao Cheng, so it should be narrated." And...... The affairs of the Han Emperor are not easy to deal with either Deng or the Governor, only His Majesty can do it. ”

Gao Shun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and agreed: "That's right, the Liu family is deeply rooted, and what will happen in the end still needs to be decided by His Majesty." ”

In recent years, no, it should be said that in the past hundred years, what Liu has done has actually done great harm to the people. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was not accidental, but a long-term hardship that made their lives unsustainable, and only then did they choose to resist when someone stood up.

After all, the people don't fight with the officials! It is only when they have to do so that they have to rebel.

For people like Gao Shun and others, they were actually affected a lot, and it is impossible to say that they have no hatred for the Liu family. But it was not so easy for them to behead Liu Xie.

This is the power of Liu's rule for four hundred years! It is not explained by a simple sentence "freezing three feet is not a day's cold".

Chen Deng nodded and said, "However, it is time for us to step up our offensive." ”

"The strength of the Praetorian guards is indeed very strong, but they are too few in number, and they have to take care of the palace guards, and the number of people who can be divided is only three or five thousand. Maybe you can still protect Your Majesty, but everything has a contingency, and if there is an accident, no one can afford it. ”

Gao Shun agreed: "That's right, so the first thing is to notify Gao Ran's deputy governor, and at the same time speed up the deployment of troops." ”

Chen Deng nodded and said, "Okay, the deputy governor of Gaolan will be notified by the governor, and the issue of troop transfer will be handled by Denglai." ”

The southern army has a huge total of 550,000, but now it is only more than 300,000 who have been engaged in the war, and even if some of the soldiers who are used to defend various places are excluded, there are still 100,000 horses. 100,000 people is enough to greatly speed up the pace and become the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Gao Shun thought about it and agreed: "Okay, that's it." ”

Subsequently, Chen Deng suggested: "At this time, the morale of Cao's army is declining, and the governor may be able to go out with a large army, enter Xuchang, and divide troops to besiege the city. ”

Gao Shun's eyes lit up and said, "And you can cut off the continuity of Xuchang and Chen Liu first, or you can force Chen Liu's remaining cities to surrender." ”

The next day, Gao Shun led 100,000 troops, drove straight in, pounced on the Fugou northeast of Xuchang, went down to the village, threatened Xuchang, and did not directly besiege Xuchang, so as not to fall into the situation of siege on all sides.

However, Chen Deng did not accompany him, but stopped at Waihuang, responsible for the deployment of troops, and the military affairs of besieging other cities. Almost every time Gao Shun went south, a city was besieged. Chenliu, Yongqiu, Yuxian, Xiangyi, Weishi, Fugou, etc., all failed, stabilizing the situation in the rear of Gaoshun.

This move was very risky, but the 100,000 army divided the troops to besiege the cities, as few as thousands, and as many as 15,000 people left by the county ruler Chen, coupled with the previous defeat, and the fall of Waihuang and other cities, it also made the Cao army in each city dare not act rashly.

When Cao Cao got the news, he had to send an order to transfer troops from Chen and Runan, reinforce Xuchang, and set up a camp on the west bank of Weishui in the east to prevent a surprise attack. This is also the main reason why Gao Shun finally chose to threaten instead of besieging Xuchang.

At this time, the follow-up reinforcements arrived one after another, divided into two parts. A group of 20,000 people, from Hanoi, Thanh Chau and other places, through Dong County to reinforce Chenliu; A group of 80,000 people reinforced Gaolan from Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Gao Ran led his army to attack the city father according to Zhang Hong's plan before parting, and then went south, penetrating directly into the hinterland of Runan, and disturbing the situation in Yuzhou. The reinforcements went north from Qiaoxian County, attacked Yanxian, blocked the connection between Liangguo and other places and Xuchang, and at the same time made contact with the southern army besieging Jiwu, and after stabilizing the situation in Yanxian, they continued to attack the rest of the cities in Liangguo in the north, completely isolating Jiyin, Shanyang and other counties.

During this period, Cao Cao's subordinates were not without people who asked for orders to send troops, but they were all rejected by Cao Cao, and in the end they could only watch the fall of the Liang State and the complete division of Yanyu and the two states.

The study of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After Cao Cao rejected the advice of his subordinates, Cheng Yu thought twice and asked to see Cao Cao again.

"The prime minister has really decided?"

Cao Cao knew that this old subordinate had seen his thoughts, and he didn't mean to hide it, so he nodded directly.

Cheng Yu couldn't help but be a little distracted, and had the heart to leave directly, but in the end, he couldn't help but ask: "Does Your Majesty not agree to retreat south?" ”

Everyone knows that Liu Xie is a disguise, and it is useless for him to disagree, the key is what Cao Cao thinks.

"It's useless."

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "We can't leave at all!" If it was when the Wing King retreated, it might still be possible, but now, he couldn't leave if he wanted to. ”

Cheng Yu was thorough at one point, and said thoughtfully: "The prime minister means that the Ming army has been prepared?" ”

"If you want to retreat south, you must pass through Nanyang, and Nanyang is located in the west and south of Tongbai and Funiu two mountains. And we are separated from Nanyang by mountains, and it is difficult to get there! If nothing else, it's just a place of Bowang, I'm afraid it's not easy to pass! Cao Cao shook his head indifferently. It's not that he doesn't pay attention to it, but after making up his mind, he has a broad vision and sees through the situation.

"This is also easy to do, as long as the road is opened with a large army, it is still easy to retreat." Cheng Yu still didn't give up, and gave another suggestion.

Cao Cao shook his head and asked, "Zhong Deke still remembers the reason for the retreat of the Wing Army?" ”

"Hanzhong was taken down?"

"No, no, no, whether Hanzhong was taken by the Ming army or not, it actually doesn't matter. The prime minister thought that even if there was no matter in Hanzhong, the wing army would have already had the intention of retreating. ”

Cao Cao said: "Most of the sergeants in the wing army are southerners, not to mention the serious unadaptability of water and soil, and there are few cavalry troops, so it is difficult to resist the Ming army. ”

Cheng Yu was silent for a moment and nodded.

Cao Cao said again: "Besides, the eastern barrier of the wing army has been broken, and it is difficult to attack the hinterland of Luoyang, so naturally we can only withdraw our troops." ”

Cheng Yu's face moved, and he said: "The prime minister means that those who defeated Ma Liang are now in ......."

"That's right!"

Cao Cao affirmed: "Benxiang received news that there were changes in Bowang, Duyang, Yexian and other places, and it is very likely that they are them. ”

Cheng Yu couldn't help but be curious: "Throughout the ages, it has been all ships from the south to the north, and it is just that the cavalry of the Ming army is powerful, but there is still such a powerful infantry army that can defeat the wing army in the mountains and forests, it is really incomprehensible." ”

Cao Cao said: "The north is also mountainous, as long as you train more, it is not impossible." ”

"So-"

Cheng Yu exclaimed: "Emperor Ming has actually been preparing for a long time? Isn't that too confident? After all, such a soldier can't be trained overnight! ”

"Yes! When we also set our sights on Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou and other counties and states, he already had his eyes on the entire Han Dynasty. It's more than a cut above us! ”

Cao Cao also sighed, and then said: "Also, don't forget that when the Yellow Turbans were exterminated, they were not all destroyed, and the most important of them was the Black Mountain Army in Taihang Mountain, which finally served Gongsun Du." ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao had a lot of irony on his face.

Cheng Yu also looked dissatisfied when he saw it.

Looking back on the year when Zhang Jiao raised troops in Julu, the court suppressed it and dispersed. However, the family is strong and powerful, and the relatives of the eunuchs have no intention of pursuing the victory, the former is to support their own dignity, and the latter is for their own status. To this day, he has really raised the dragon Gongsun Du, which can be described as extremely ironic!

"Oh, sad, ridiculous!"

Cheng Yu sighed in his heart.

Cao Cao didn't know what he was thinking, anyway, Cheng Yu didn't persuade again, but his steps were a little vain when he left.