0393: The vanishing defenders of Wild King City
Wild King.
"Mengde...... You really ......" Yuan Shao shook his head and sighed as he looked at the letter in his hand, looking a little guilty and a little dazed.
In his letter to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao blamed Yuan Shao severely, believing that his immobility was the biggest reason why the entire coalition had not made any progress so far. At the same time, from the ambition and friendship of the two in the past, he talked about the tragedy of the Yuan family not long ago and the future of the Han Dynasty.
Speaking of which, if it was someone else who wrote this letter, Yuan Shao would definitely disdain it and scold him back by the way. But the person who did it was Cao Cao.
And the most important thing is that from the content of Cao Cao's letter, Yuan Shao has already felt Cao Cao's spirit of being willing to sacrifice himself for the court, and this spirit Yuan Shao also had, but it was a long time ago.
"Lord, now the lord is not as good as before, not only must he consider the court and the world, but also need to take care of the people under his command and the Yuan family......" Looking at Yuan Shao's expression constantly changing, although he didn't know what Cao Cao said in his letter, Xu You still vaguely guessed a little.
Although Ziyuan's words are reasonable, what Meng De said is not wrong. As the leader of the coalition, if I can't take the lead, how can the people of the world believe me? Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Xu You didn't say much, on the one hand, he knew that Yuan Shao had decided to go to war, and on the other hand, he didn't have too many worries about the upcoming war. After all, their opponents were only 40,000 enemy troops in Wild King Castle, and although it was difficult to handle, it was nothing more than that.
"Then, pass my order and start attacking Wild King City!" Yuan Shao said in a deep voice.
"No!"
Yuan Shao's army was only a dozen miles away from Yewang, because he had no intention of attacking, and he didn't want to waste his troops and energy to besiege the city, so Yuan Shao retreated directly to a place more than ten miles away and camped.
It's just that when Yuan Shao led his army to arrive at the city of Yewang, he suddenly found that something was wrong. But I can look at it, but I can't say anything wrong. Because at this time, in the Wild King City, it was still the same as at the beginning, and hundreds of soldiers were trembling with panic on their faces......
"That's not right! This unit is not Dong Thief's troops! Yuan Shao said in shock, when the previous attack on Yewang City was blocked, Yuan Shao's impression of the defenders was very deep. In addition to fighting bravely and not fearing death, the biggest impression is the soldiers who are full of alien costumes.
But now this unit, not only is its expression completely different from before, but more importantly, all the soldiers dressed in alien costumes are gone.
"Siege!" As soon as Yuan Shao gave the order, the army rushed towards Yewang City. But before they could cross the moat, the suspension bridge and gates of Yeo Castle were opened. Then, I saw more than 100 people dressed as Dong Zhuojun's soldiers running out of the city, kneeling on the ground and shouting something.
Soon, several of the leaders were brought to Yuan Shao, but after hearing their words, Yuan Shao was immediately stunned.
"You say...... What the?! They withdrew their troops a few days ago?! Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and glared at the person in front of him, as if every word was squeezed out of his teeth.
"Yes...... Yes......" The man kneeling on the ground saw Yuan Shao's hideous face and replied cautiously, "In fact, a few days ago, they began to leave the city in batches, and each time it was around the ugly hour. The last batch left last night. Before leaving, ask the villains and others to dress up as soldiers and pose on the city wall......"
"Got it, let's go down......" Yuan Shao closed his eyes and said lightly when he heard this, the reason why this was so was because he was afraid that if he continued to look at the person in front of him, he would not be able to help but kill him. But he knew that he couldn't do this, because this person was just an ordinary person in Wild King City, and if he killed him, it would inevitably attract the dissatisfaction of the people of Wild King City.
Although it was impossible for those people to do anything to Yuan Shaojun even if they were dissatisfied, once Yuan Shaojun left, they would definitely spread bad words about Yuan Shaojun. This is absolutely unbearable for Yuan Shao, who values fame.
However, when those people left, Yuan Shao opened his eyes and said with murderous intent, "The people who are in charge of monitoring Yewang City in the past few days have all been executed!" "The people can't move, but the soldiers are obviously not among them, not to mention that there is a very good reason." A bunch of waste that is not worth dying! There are 40,000 living people who can't stand it, what use do you want them?! ”
And in this regard, no one dared to open their mouths to persuade, just lowered their heads and remained silent. After a long while, Xu You estimated that Yuan Shao's anger should have almost disappeared, and then he said cautiously, "Lord, the enemy must have a plan for the sudden withdrawal of troops, and his subordinates think that they should immediately send someone to inform Meng De and them, and at the same time continue to march towards Bo County!" ”
Walking to Bo County, passing through Qinshui, and going south to Yi County, this is the strategy that Yuan Shaoshang has set when he has not yet sent troops in the Bohai Sea. Because if you go like this, you can directly bypass Mengjin Pass and Xiaopingjin Pass, one of the eight passes of Luoyang, and directly cross Pingyin to attack Luoyang in the south.
"Not bad! Immediately send someone to the Spiral Gate Pass to rule Mengde and them! Yuan Shao nodded and said in a deep voice. At the same time, his heart was full of worry, thinking, "Mengde, don't be impulsive!" ”
Yuan Shao had a very ominous premonition, but it was not so much a premonition as a guess obtained through Cao Cao's letter. Because judging from Dong Zhuo's abandonment of Yewang City, it must be impossible to continue to defend the Revolving Gate Pass, because Yuan Shao on the Hanoi side can easily go south from Mengjin Pass and other places directly after being held back by the enemy army in Yewang City, and go around to the back of the Revolving Gate Pass.
In this way, he was very worried that Cao Cao would not be able to resist sending troops to pursue. Although this approach sounds reckless, but in his heart, Cao Cao has always been a very impulsive guy, just like when he was the captain of the Luoyang Gate before, he executed Jian Tu's uncle Jian Tu according to the law, although he was refreshed for a while, but after that, he was not secretly lowered by Mingsheng? If it weren't for his father Cao Song and his friend asking for help from the family, I'm afraid Cao Cao would have been cold a long time ago.
"Then Li Wushuang's ......," Xu Yu asked when he heard this.
"Don't bother, you can't hide this from him, but when they get the news, I'm afraid it won't be of any use. Now, let's think about what will happen after we take Luoyang......" Yuan Shao shook his head and said.
From the matter of Dong Zhuo's withdrawal from Wild King City, he had already guessed Dong Zhuo's thoughts, so it didn't matter what happened to Li Yi.