"Listen to General Yuan, don't chase for the time being. The whole army cleaned up the battlefield and retreated to Chang'an. Fight again in the coming day. Ma Teng said after thinking about it.

"Yes."

Ma Chao went to give the order.

..............

Cao Cao, who was defeated to the southeast, received the report after running for a while, but Ma Teng did not chase after him.

Hey?

Cao Cao said suspiciously: "Ma Teng, Han Sui, etc., all of them are unscrupulous, they shouldn't know that the retreat of our army is to invite you into the urn, and the temperament of the Liang army in the west should be pursued to the end." ”

"Prime Minister, don't forget, Yuan Xi is in the Xiliang Army." Guo Jia reminded.

"Oh..."

Cao Cao thought about it and said, "It turned out that he was giving advice to the Xiliang Army, no wonder Ma Teng was not fooled." Feng Xiao, immediately ordered the army to retreat to Wuguan to rest, and when I thought of a strategy to resist the enemy, I would fight the Xiliang army again. ”

"Yes."

Cao Cao ordered.

All the Cao troops who were outside retreated towards Wuguan.

After the Xiliang army returned, they cleaned up the battlefield first.

Ma Chao came to report: "Father, the child just sent scouts to investigate, and indeed found a large number of ambushes five miles away. Cao Cao saw that our Xiliang army did not pursue him, so he withdrew the ambush soldiers and retreated to Wuguan. ”

"It's so dangerous..."

Ma Teng arched his hand at Yuan Xi and said, "If it weren't for the general's reminder, we would have lost the battle." ”

"What now? Is it really back to Chang'an? Han Sui was really unwilling.

"Hmm." Ma Teng said: "Cao Cao has retreated to Wuguan, and the city defense of Wuguan is solid and not easy to attack. We need to think in the long run, return to Chang'an first, and then mobilize men and horses to meet Cao Cao. ”

"Okay...."

I thought that the first battle could be won, but it turned into a protracted war.

Fortunately, Yuan Xi was willing to provide grain and grass, and the Xiliang army had no worries.

...............

The whole army retreated to Chang'an.

Yuan Xi was afraid that the army's morale would be weakened, so he immediately formulated a battle plan to attack Cao Cao.

"Generals, Chang'an has been captured by us, and the purpose of our trip has been achieved. But Cao Cao was unwilling to accept Chang'an to be captured, and wanted to gather troops and horses to come to capture Chang'an.... ”

Yuan Xi paused and said, "If we don't march, wait for him to finish his rest." Or if hundreds of thousands of troops are transferred from Jingzhou and the Central Plains, then our situation will be difficult. Therefore, I recommend taking the initiative. Defeat Cao Cao before his Yuan army arrives! ”

"I wonder what the general's plan is?" Ma Teng asked.

"I have formulated a battle strategy for you to attack the east and the west, and this strategy can not only defeat Cao Cao, but also capture Luoyang and even Nanyang County in Jingzhou." As Yuan Xi spoke, he hung a map behind him.

"Huh? Capture Luoyang and Nanyang? ”

Ma Teng, Han Sui, etc., didn't even dare to think about it.

Can the Western Liang Army really capture Luoyang and Nanyang?

After Yuan Xi hung up the map, he pointed and said, "Everyone, please take a look." Cao Cao's main forces are all in Wuguan, and the city defense of Wuguan is solid and difficult to attack. If we mobilize a large army, it will not be successful. You can only lure him out. How to seduce? I intend to attack Tongguan in the north first. Tongguan is a key point in the pass, and the defenders are less than 20,000, so we can easily capture it. After occupying Tongguan, my Xiliang army will be able to enter Sili, and then conquer Hongnong and Hangu Pass, and then arrive in Luoyang. Think about it, we are fighting in the north, attacking the city continuously, Cao's army is losing and retreating, can Cao Cao sit still in Wuguan? He's definitely going to come to the rescue. At this time, we mobilized another 100,000 iron horsemen to fight him in the field and annihilate him in one fell swoop. If it succeeds, it can take advantage of the situation to occupy Wuguan, enter Nanyang, and capture Xuchang. Cao Cao will die! ”

"What a plan!"

Ma Teng got up excitedly: "General Yuan, your plan is very good, I think you can put Cao Cao to death!" ”

Han Sui, who had no intention of fighting again, rekindled hope after listening to Yuan Xi's strategy.

"If he marches with this, Cao Jian will have three heads and six arms, and he will inevitably lose one or the other. Whether he goes out of the martial arts pass or not, Luoyang will lose! Good! General Yuan, we must not hesitate any longer, and we should march immediately, so as not to cause changes if we are late. Han Sui said.

"General Han should not be in a hurry, and let the soldiers rest for two days, and then send troops after two days. When the time comes.... Yuan Xi pointed to the map and said: "General Han led 70,000 troops and all the Qiang soldiers to ambush the only way to Tongguan in Wuguan." I, together with Ma Chao and General Pang De, led 50,000 iron cavalry and Yan Liang's 50,000 troops to attack Tongguan. General Ma Teng is responsible for guarding Chang'an, if General Han can defeat Cao Cao, he will jointly attack Wuguan with him, if he can't win, he can also retreat to Chang'an, deal with Cao, and wait for my army on the north road to win, and then forge ahead. ”

"Yes..."

Everyone gets up.

Yuan Xi glanced at it and smiled: "Of course, this is just my personal opinion. If you don't think it's good, you can change it again. ”

"The general is too modest, this ploy is brilliant, we don't have an opinion." Han Sui was the first to agree. It can be seen that he really likes this plan and is ready to lead his army to fight.

"We are all willing to obey the general's command..."

Ma Teng, Ma Chao, and the leaders of the Qiang people all said.

"Okay."

Yuan Xi nodded slightly.

At this time, he was thinking in his heart that the commanders of the Xiliang Army, except for Ma Teng, who was loyal to the Han family and wanted to support the Han family, Han Sui, Cheng Yin, candidates, and the leaders of the Qiang people only considered their own interests.

As long as they are given money, food, and territory, they will fight forever.

Ma Teng is the same, as long as Cao Cao holds the Son of Heaven hostage, he will attack Cao.

This is a great good thing for the Hebei Army.

When he fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao in the future, with the help of the Xiliang army, he would definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort. Cao Cao was attacked on many sides, and the situation was dangerous.

.....................

Wuguan.

Cao Cao's army was stationed here.

As soon as he returned to the city, he received an urgent battle report of 800 miles!

The battle report came from Yangzhou...

"Zhou Yu'er actually attacked Yangzhou. Liyang, Hefei, six counties and other places, all lost, only Huainan Shouchun is still holding on. General Li Tong asked for help, and Shouchun was in a hurry! Cao Cao clutched the battle report tightly, his face full of anger.

"This..."

The civil and military ministers in the hall were all shocked.

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "How is this good? Our troops are all in Wuguan, Wuguan is too far away from Yangzhou, and by the time we rush there, Huainan will have already been lost. And the transfer of troops from the Central Plains, there are no troops to adjust. Only Puyang has 30,000 troops, but you have to guard against Yuan Xi, not to mention that from Puyang to Shouchun, there are thousands of miles... ”

"Hehe..."

Everyone was in a hurry, but Guo Jia was laughing.

"Why did Bonghyo laugh?" Cheng Yu asked.

"I laughed at the wisdom of the princes, and I was confused for a while. How many soldiers and horses can Zhou Yu have? At best, there were 50,000, but most of them were sailors and foot soldiers, and less than 5,000 cavalry. Although we were taken by surprise and succeeded in the sneak attack, as long as we mobilized 20,000 to 30,000 troops to rush to the aid of Huainan, we would definitely win. Guo Jiadao.

"But we don't have any troops." Xun Yu Dao.

"How can there be no soldiers? Jingzhou, Nanyang and other places, isn't there an army of 100,000? It's not far from Huainan either.... ”

"Jingzhou has not yet been recovered, Liu Biao still has more than 100,000 troops, if the troops of Xiangyang are transferred, I am afraid that they will be counterattacked." Cheng Yu said.