Chapter 380: The North Ends
At the arrangement of Tianwang, Jiang Chuan stepped into Jizhou before the end of the seventh year of Chuping. I thought that this guild would be very difficult, after all, it was Yuan Shao's ministers who wanted to meet, but as soon as he arrived in Yecheng, Xun Kan found them by himself, and after reading the preferential conditions given by Long Jun, Xun Kan readily agreed. With the help of Xun Kan, who was resourceful and not under Frustration, Skynet didn't make much effort at all, so Yuan Shao switched Frustration and Xu You to a different position.
When Xu Yu arrived in Jingcheng, it was around the Lantern Festival in the eighth year of Chuping. At this moment, Zhao Yun and others have already led the army to arrive here in Shangai, and the Guanzhong army has been joined by the new force, and Long Jun is no longer continuing to play hide and seek with the Jizhou army, but swaggering to put the main force Chen Bing in front of Jingcheng.
At first, Long Jun thought that even if Xu You was a brain-dead, he would not be so bad that he would take the initiative to attack. But he didn't expect that in order to achieve political achievements for Yuan Shangbo, Xu You did not listen to the dissuasion of Zhang He and Gao Ran when his own military strength was not slack, and brazenly killed Tumen Pass, and crashed into the encirclement of Longhuwei, Chang'an Army and Liangzhou Army, and directly surrendered Tumen Pass.
In this battle, the Guanzhong army killed 30,000 enemy troops, captured 40,000 Jizhou soldiers and horses, and the rest were wounded or fled. Zhang He and Gao Ran of Hebei Sitingzhu were forced to surrender, after which the Guanzhong army marched unhindered in Jizhou, and by the time the army reached Yecheng, Yuan Shao had fled to Youzhou with a group of his family. Upon learning of this, Long Jun drove his troops to chase after him all the way to Zhuo County, but at this time, Tian Feng had already abandoned the defense line of Daijun and withdrew his army to Zhuo County to block the continued pursuit of the Guanzhong army. Without Tian Feng's obstruction, Ma Chao and Zhang Liao swept their troops into the secluded world, killing all the way to Juyong Pass, and were finally blocked by the trial and Xiao Ji who fled back from Jizhou.
The first battle of the war ended with Yuan Shao retreating to western Liaoning, ceding the three counties west of Beiping in exchange for the Yuan clan, and the Guanzhong army won an unprecedented victory. However, in order to suppress Cao Cao's ambitions, Long Jun directly ordered the main force of the Guanzhong army to go south to occupy Leling County after receiving Yuyang County, and the Guanzhong naval army moved from the river to Quanzhou in Yuyang, thus gaining control of the Bohai Sea, forming a situation of rejecting Yuan Shao in the north and suppressing Cao Cao in the south.
Cao Cao was furious at first about Long Jun's capture of Leling, but after Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu analyzed the situation for him, Cao Cao suppressed the anger in his heart. Then he stood at the head of Gaomi City, looked at the north of Qingzhou, and said in an unkind tone: "I regret that I didn't follow Zhicai's suggestion to create a navy!" Now that Long Jun has gained control of the river, we will have to go through at least ten years of dormancy if we want to go north. ”
After taking Xuzhou, through the clues provided by Cao Bao, Cao Cao learned Yin Zhao's true identity. So Xi Zhicai, who was standing beside Cao Cao, said helplessly, "This is also a helpless thing, who made Guanzhong rich!" I didn't expect Long Jun to put Yin Zhao outside when he raised troops in Xuzhou to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yin Zhao has been friends with all the princes of all parties over the years, if it weren't for Cao Bao and us mentioning the Guangling Long family, I'm afraid we would still be kept in the dark. ”
Hearing this, Cao Cao glanced at the direction of Chang'an, now that Qingzhou is about to fall, Liu Bei has no danger to defend, as long as he breaks through Zhuge Liang's blockade line in Zhuxu, Yingling, Chunyu Daoduchang and Xiami, Cao's army can drive straight into Linzi. But all this joy was diluted by Yin Zhao's news. So Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "Send someone to inform Liu Bei, as long as he is willing to surrender unconditionally, I can let him flee south, whether to take the water route or the land route is up to him!" ”
It is clear that Cao Cao was forced to be cornered by Long Jun's means, the north seems to be calm now, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging, and Yuan Shao, who has no power to return to the sky, is now in a state of competition between the two heroes in the north, unless they can unify their goals at this time, otherwise the north will definitely enter an endless war. And Cao Cao chose to let Liu Bei go south, this is the way he thought of breaking the game, Liu Bei is full of ambition, if he is allowed to escape to Jiangdong or Jingzhou and Yizhou, the south is not only a battle between Jiangdong and Liu Biao, he will also involve Yizhou, as long as the south is not unified, the north will divide the victory and defeat, then the overlord of the north must be the new lord of the world.
After pondering for a while, Xi Zhicai turned to Cao Cao and said meaningfully, "If Duke Ming wants to let Liu Bei flee south, we must not interfere in this matter, don't forget that since Yin Zhao can hide for so many years, then Long Jun's subordinates must have a huge secret force, if this matter is detected by the other party, no matter what the result is, the Guanzhong army will definitely go south with the general trend, and it will be difficult for our army to resist at this time!" And according to the estimation of his subordinates, after the Guanzhong army annexed Jizhou, the soldiers and horses in Long Jun's hands will reach an unprecedented number, not three times as much as ours, but also twice as much, and the most important thing is that our defense against Guanzhong is congenitally insufficient, and there is no danger to defend in many places. ”
"In that case, let's suspend the attack on Liu Bei and send an envoy to meet Long Jun of Leling, since he is involved in my side and does not pursue Yuan Shao, then why does he have to give me an explanation, right? In addition, let Ziheng send someone to contact Yuan Shao, I estimate that after this battle, my old friend will be almost angry! Promise Yuan Shao, if he is willing to give his subordinates to me, as long as my Cao family is alive, I will ensure that he will have no worries for the next three generations of the Yuan family! There are also Wei Feng's people, from today onwards, they will start to expand their recruitment, strictly screen, and never allow any people in Guanzhong to infiltrate, on the contrary, I want to master everything in Guanzhong, you know what I mean, right? ”
"My subordinates understand!"
Cao Cao is planning a countermeasure against Guanzhong, and at this moment Long Jun has already returned to Chang'an and handed over the battle ahead to Xu Rong to take care of, for Cao Cao's enemy, maybe someone else may not be his opponent, but Xu Rong has studied Cao Cao's art of war over the years, and is well versed in the other party's path, so it is Long Jun's best choice to hand over the Guanzhong army to Xu Rong.
Returning to Guanzhong, the first thing Long Jun had to do was to prepare the soldiers and horses, starting from the princes to ask for Lu, the Guanzhong army after two years of uninterrupted campaigning, the number of soldiers was reduced by two percent, and the military reclamation was delayed for a whole year, and many of the military tuns that had already been done have now become wasteland. So Long Jun discussed with the seven people of the Military Aircraft Department and decided to keep the Guanzhong Army at 25 standing troops and 50,000 reserves
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Unless there is a place where there are bandits, the rest of the local garrisons will be reduced to 1,000 people, and the total number of troops will reach about 400,000.
"The Blazing Sky Army keeps 5,000 soldiers and horses unchanged, the Dragon and Tiger Guard has increased its troops to 20,000, the two cavalry armies of the Dragon and Tiger Roar are also 20,000, the Wuji Battalion, the Liangzhou Army, and the Chang'an Army are maintained at 30,000, and the Beiying Camp is 10,000, the trap camp is 5,000, and the Wolf Cavalry of Bingzhou is 40,000, and the integrated Jizhou soldiers and horses are handed over to Commander Zhang He Gaolan, and the men and horses are maintained at 30,000, named the Hebei Army! After everyone screened the source of troops, Pang De fell to Hanzhou to serve as the commander of the Hanzhou Governor Tiger Roaring Cavalry, Zhao Yun was transferred to Xiqiang to command the Wuji Battalion, Tai Shici was transferred to the commander of Helan County to Beiying, Yan Xing was transferred back to Chang'an to command the Longyin Army, Ma Chao was transferred to the Liangzhou Army to garrison Youzhou, Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu went to Leling to assist Xu Rong, and the Hebei Army was stationed in Yecheng! ”
After arranging the new defense, Long Jun walked to the sand table of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, looked at Yuan Shao's remnants in western Liaoxi, the corners of his mouth were slightly provoked, and he sneered, "When Cao Cao sends someone to question Qingzhou, Zhong Da, you go to receive it, and tell them that occupying Leling is just to facilitate the eastward movement of the navy, and if the Cao army is not satisfied, let Xu Rong mirror Bohai!" Anyway, our navy has already arrived in the Bohai Sea, and there is no need to think about who this Leling will belong to at that time! ”
When Sima Yi just wanted to accept this matter, Long Jun continued, "In addition, about Yuan Shao's side, you might as well mention it to the envoy of Cao Jun, if they want to take the four counties of Liaoxi, Xuansu, Liaodong, and Lelang, then let Cao Cao exchange Hanoi and Luoyang, aren't they short of cavalry?" Tell the messenger that as long as Cao Cao is willing to agree, all the war horses purchased by Cao Jun from the north of Liaoxi will be allowed by our army when the alliance is formed, and if he wants to create a naval army, we can also help! ”
Finding that Long Jun had offered such generous conditions, several people from the Military Aircraft Department immediately looked at each other, the war horse and the remnants of Yuan Shao were rare treasures, if Cao Cao obtained these, wouldn't it be equivalent to being an enemy? So Guo Jia hurriedly asked, "Lord, why is this?" Our army now maintains an advantage over Cao, even if they choose to form an alliance with Yuan Shao, we are not afraid, on the contrary, if Cao Cao is given time, with this Yanyu, Qingxu, and Xu Prefecture, he can completely form a strong momentum with us. ”
Long Jun smiled treacherously when he heard this, pointed in the direction of Qingzhou, and explained with a smile, "Do you believe it or not, my old father-in-law will not completely annihilate Liu Bei at all?" On the contrary, they will let the other party flee south and let it disturb the south! If we choose to go to war with Cao's army, although our army is strong, once Liu Bei gains a firm foothold in Jingyi and connects Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, can we continue to go south after the battle with Cao's army? ”
After listening to Long Jun's explanation, everyone fell into deep thought, and Guo Jia groaned and said, "But let Cao Cao go, we must pick out a target, otherwise Cao Cao may not accept the lord's kindness." ”
"So! I let Tong Fei, Qu A, Yan Nai and Mo Lan have already gone south to Jingyi! As soon as Liu Bei arrives, I will help him take Jingzhou and Yizhou! And Liu Bei, as the new master, wants to gain absolute control of the two states in a short period of time, even if Zhuge Liang is difficult to succeed! On the contrary, at this time, we will tell Cao Cao the news, do you think Cao Cao will easily start a war with us and let Liu Bei gain a firm foothold? ”
This time, everyone understood what Long Jun's back hand was, and used the situation in the south to force Cao Cao to make a choice. So everyone didn't say much, and began to implement Long Jun's arrangement.
As Long Jun guessed, Cao Cao did send someone to come, but the person he sent gave Long Jun a headache. It is okay that the deputy envoy is Cao Ang, and the main envoy is actually Cao Zhi, a half-grown child. Fortunately, Sima Yi is also not very human, after understanding Cao Cao's deep meaning, he took the Cao brothers to travel all over Chang'an, and it was not until the return date that he made it clear to Cao Ang what Long Jun had explained.
Knowing that his brother-in-law planned to exchange Yuan's family for Luoyang, Cao Ang hurriedly took Cao Zhi back to Puyang to tell Cao Cao, and at this time Liu Bei also fled south to Jingzhou.
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