0397: The time has come
This defeat did not make Cao Cao collapse, after all, this is just a defeat, although the defeat is a bit miserable, but if Cao Cao is hit by just one defeat, then it may be impossible for Cao Cao to survive until now, let alone the heroes of the world in the future.
In fact, people who can break out of the world in troubled times are not just defeated and can be hit, Cao Cao is like this, Liu Bei is like this, and Sun Jian is the same. So soon, Cao Cao re-discussed countermeasures with everyone again.
"According to the intelligence, Dong Thief has led his army out of Hangu Pass, leaving only Xu Rong and 50,000 troops to guard Hangu Pass." Zhang Miao said with a stern expression.
"What about Liang County?" Cao Cao asked in a deep voice when he heard this.
"Retired too." Zhang Miao shook his head and sighed.
"Really?" Cao Cao didn't say anything more, and the others were silent.
In fact, by now, they had already regretted that they had not followed Cao Cao to pursue Dong Zhuo. Although Dong Zhuo now seems to have completely given up on Henan Yin, what can he do even so? They're here to clear the king's side! I'm not here to occupy territory! What can you do even if you occupy Luoyang?
"Alas, let's go to Luoyang first to meet with Benchu......" Cao Cao said with a sigh after a long while. No one has any opinion on this.
And the situation here quickly reached Yuan Shao's ears, "Have they all withdrawn?" Yuan Shao muttered to himself, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed for a while. Because Dong Zhuo withdrew from Henan Yin, what should they do with these coalition forces?
"Lord, let's go to Luoyang first to meet Cao Fenwu and them, and then discuss the next matter." Feng Ji said respectfully.
"That's it......" Yuan Shao nodded and sighed helplessly.
And just when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao marched to Luoyang, Li Yi's army camp about ten miles outside the city of Pi's city in Hedong Army.
"Dong thief has withdrawn?" Li Yi touched his beard and said meaningfully.
"Yes, in addition to leaving Xu Rong and 50,000 soldiers to guard Hangu Pass, the soldiers of Hanoi and Henan Yin have all withdrawn into Hongnong County." Cao Xuan said respectfully.
Cao Cao's letters from Yuan Shao did not reach Li Yi's side, but Li Yi could not rely on Yuan Shao and Cao Cao alone to convey Dong Zhuo's movements, otherwise, he would not have asked Cao Xing to establish an intelligence force.
"I remember that Li Dao and the others seem to have asked Zuo Fengyi for help, is there any news from there?" Li Yi asked again when he heard this.
"Back to the lord, according to the inquiry, Dong Min's troops should be about to arrive in Jawyang, if you march in a hurry, I'm afraid it won't take a few days to reach Pi's City." Hearing this, Cao Xing said respectfully, "In addition, Dong Min's troops are about 30,000 people. ”
"Excellent! Pledge, you send someone to select dozens of soldiers with loud voices from the army, go to Liu Bao's camp, and shout at the three city gates, and say that Dong Zhuo has given up Hanoi County and Henan Yin, and the next step will be to give up Hedong County and Hongnong County. Let them surrender immediately if they do not believe. Li Yi turned his head to look at Cao Xing and said with a wicked smile.
He was waiting for this moment, as long as Dong Zhuo withdrew from the army, then no matter what, the morale of Pi City would be affected. As long as the speed is fast enough, it is completely possible to take Pi City before Dong Zhuo sends reinforcements. And more importantly, once Dong Zhuo retreats, he will definitely return directly to Chang'an, otherwise it will be meaningless to retreat. In this case, it was also a very big blow to the morale of the local defenders.
After all, for the vast majority of soldiers, they don't know what Dong Zhuo's withdrawal means, or what it is for, all they know is that Dong Zhuo has withdrawn, and Henan Yin and Hanoi County are occupied by the coalition forces.
"In addition, Zigang, Bowu, and Yun Chang, the three of you each led 20,000 people to attack Pishi City from the north, east, and west respectively." Li Yi looked at Dian Wei and the three of them again.
"No!"
Subsequently, Li Yi gave another order to Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others, and then waved his hand to signal that they could leave. Speaking of which, since attacking all the way from Puzi to Pi's, Li Yi has been stationing his troops from beginning to end, and has been stationed about ten miles outside Pi's city from beginning to end, and has not carried out a single siege at all.
When the tent regained its quietness, Xiaobai suddenly arched Li Yi from behind with his big head, and at the same time made a "whoosh" sound.
"Haha~ Xiaobai, from now on, I'm afraid we will basically have no chance to fight~" Li Yi laughed.
"Whew!" When Xiaobai heard Li Yi's words, he immediately arched Li Yi with his big head dissatisfied, obviously for Xiaobai, the battlefield full of flesh and blood was very attractive to it.
But don't talk about Xiaobai, why didn't Li Yi like the battlefield? Especially the kind of drama of leading the army to charge and taking the head of the enemy general in the army made him feel that his blood was boiling. It's just that...... As a general, and a general with more than a dozen future famous generals such as Lu Bu under his command, how can Li Yi have any chance to go into battle in person?
You must know that even the former classmate Xiang Yu basically stayed in the rear and gave orders boredly after his influence expanded. After all, at that level, if you still stupidly go into battle to kill the enemy, not to mention whether you will encounter any danger, just your own courtiers and subordinates will not agree.
Seeing Xiaobai's depressed appearance, Li Yi immediately laughed, and then asked people to summon Du Yue and Zou Qian to give two orders.
"This ......" Zou Qian and Du Yue looked at Li Yi with some hesitation, wanting to refuse but not daring.
"Haha~ Don't worry, it'll be fine~" Li Yi stepped forward and hugged the two girls into his arms one left and one right. In this regard, Zou Qian is okay, but Du Yue's body instantly became extremely stiff, although when he served Li Yi to drink in the past, he was also very close, but this situation has never been there.
Pitter's City.
After hearing the soldier's report, Li Dao, Han Sui and Liu Bao immediately rushed to the city wall, and then heard the shouts from the city. And after hearing these words, their faces suddenly changed.
"Bastard! What the hell is going on?! Li Wei scolded angrily, but it was a pity that neither Han Sui nor Liu Bao could answer his question, because they themselves were shocked.
However, whether it was Li Dao, Han Sui, or Liu Bao, they were all people with the talent of generals, and soon they regained their calm, and while sending people to appease the army, they ordered people to prepare to defend the city.
"As long as you hold on to General Dong's reinforcements, no matter what the matter is, Pi's City can't be lost!" Li Dao looked at Han Sui and Liu Bao and said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Han Sui and Liu Bao nodded, but judging from their expressions, they were obviously not very confident. But in this regard, Li Dao has no other way.
"Captain Li! Look! At that moment, the voice of a soldier drew the three of them over, and they immediately became angry when they looked at the soldier's point.
"Li Yi's erection! It's too much of a deception! ”