Chapter 56: The Princes Cope
The war in Hetao broke out too quickly, when the princes just learned that the Huns secretly infiltrated Guanzhong to attack Chang'an, and then Ye Zhao detected it in advance, and planned to design an ambush, Ye Zhao's side had already taken the big walled city, and Xu Rong led the army to form a situation of pressing the royal court step by step.
It happened in Hetao, and it would take a while for the princes to know about it, but just the surprise attack and counterattack with the Huns in Guanzhong was enough to surprise the princes of the world.
Jinseong, Hanfu.
Han Sui threw the information aside, shook his head and laughed: "I don't know who came up with the strategy, although the Taiwei has just pacified Guanzhong, but the army is so strong, how can it be compared to these Huns, 10,000 people...... Heh~"
As a neighbor, Han Sui's side of Guanzhong's intelligence is naturally the fastest, for the Huns do not know whether to live or die, Han Sui is naturally scornful, although he is in a barren place like Xiliang, but he is quite concerned about the information of the Central Plains, for the youngest lieutenant of the Han Dynasty, Han Sui is very admired.
From the earliest Youzhou time to kill Helian, to the later Yellow Turban Uprising many times to turn the tide with less to win more, and then to Muye's rescue, calculating the princes, plotting Shuzhong and then to the recent forcible seizure of Guanzhong, Ye Zhao's status today is almost all killed by him with a knife and a shot, in terms of military strategy, Han Sui can be responsible for saying that looking at the entire Han Dynasty, there are few who can compare with it, and Chang'an is Ye Zhao's governing place, and the escort force is naturally not to be underestimated, 10,000 Huns, these Huns are really big-hearted, and they don't inquire.
"Lord, you said this, could it be that Zhong Yuanchang ......" Han Sui's subordinate Cheng Gongying looked at Han Sui and asked.
"It must be him!" Han Sui nodded, Zhong Xuan was looking for him and Ma Teng first, but Han Sui felt that this matter was not very reliable, and at that time, Ye Zhao had already obtained the absolute dominance of Guanzhong, and Ma Teng did not want to start a war with Ye Zhao, so he rejected Zhong Xuan's proposal, but now it seems that Zhong Xuan did not give up, ran to find the Huns, and gave the Huns Kuang over.
"Order Yan Xing, gather your troops and horses, and prepare to go on the expedition!" Han Sui said with a smile.
"The lord is going to send troops to Guanzhong?" Cheng Gongying was stunned.
"Of course not!" Han Sui said with a smile: "Now that the Tai Lieutenant has won a series of battles, he is actually prosperous, and now he is sending troops to Guanzhong, how unwise!" ”
"Then ......" Cheng Gongying looked at Han Sui and said uncertainly: "Huns? ”
"Not bad!" Han Sui said with a smile: "Back then, Helian washed Macheng with blood, but was destroyed by the Taiwei in a blink of an eye, how could the character of the Taiwei be willing to give up just after destroying the enemy who came to attack?" If what I expected, I'm afraid that the Taiwei has already begun to plan the Hetao at this moment, and we just happened to go over and get a piece of the pie! It can also be regarded as a good fate with Taiwei. ”
Han Sui knew very well that with his foundation in Xiliang, he was not qualified to dominate the world, so he chose to entrench himself in this Xiliang land, wait and see the changes in the world, and sell this Xiliang at a good price in the future, at first he was more optimistic about Yuan Shao.
However, before Ye Zhao came out of Shu strongly, the first battle was decided in Guanzhong, so that Han Sui changed his mind, Ye Zhao got the country of Tianfu in Shu, there is a stable rear, and then occupy Guanzhong, which is the phase of Longxing, and the Central Plains, although Yuan Shao is powerful, but there are Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Liu Bei and other princes coexist, far less stable than Ye Zhao's side.
The princes are fighting chaotically, and Ye Zhao's side will definitely pacify the rear first, and this Xiliang will definitely be decided first, and then send troops to Kanto.
Of course, Han Sui did not mean to surrender Ye Zhao immediately, he had to wait, the situation in the world is now in the most intense stage, the war between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei in the north has not yet come to fruition, but Cao Cao has already stationed troops in Dongjun and Mount Tai, it seems that Yuan Shao wants to fight on both sides, this battle, I'm afraid it won't be too long, no matter who loses or who wins, then the Central Plains will be a new pattern, and whether Ye Zhao has the energy to manage Xiliang is still a problem.
And this time to send troops to the Hetao, you can also plunder some of the population, now Han Sui took advantage of Ye Zhao's Xingshang wind, sucked a lot of blood from the Western Regions, but there was no population, it was difficult to turn these wealth into real strength, and now if he didn't take this opportunity to plunder fiercely, Han Sui didn't know where to start.
And this time he made a move, it can be regarded as helping Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao eats meat, gets the land of the Hetao, drinks some soup by himself, and plunders some people, anyway, he doesn't suffer.
Although according to the art of war, if the Huns are exterminated, the next one will be Xiliang's turn, and at this moment they have a cold relationship with the Huns, but the problem is that even if they really join forces with the Huns, they may not be able to fight, and the Huns can still pat their butts and leave, and go back to the grassland, Han Sui If they really make a move with Ye Zhao, then there is nowhere to run.
Therefore, after weighing it, Han Sui resolutely decided to deal with the Huns, as for Ye Zhao's side, it would be tempting to delay for a while, as long as he waited for the Kwantung princes to decide the victory, he may not have continued to sit and watch the success or failure of the princes, and be the emperor of the soil for a few more years.
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When Cao Cao got the information, the people were already in Puyang, Yuan Shao's two-way army attacked Youzhou, if Yuan Shao leveled Youzhou, the momentum of the four states was too great, and if it was jointly attacked with Yuan Shu in the south, Cao Cao could not be in danger to defend, it was Liu Bei who sent people to form an alliance with Cao Cao and divide Jizhou, Cao Cao rejected the proposal of the staff to take Qingzhou first, but directly led the army into Dongjun.
As long as Yuan Shao is defeated, Qingzhou is naturally his own, if he takes Qingzhou first, if Yuan Shao is defeated, he will not have enough troops to occupy Jizhou, when the time comes, Liu Bei will get a lot of advantages, if he can directly attack Jizhou with all his strength, if he can defeat Yuan Shao, he can take Jizhou first, and then he will definitely have to compete with Liu Bei, now Liu Bei has taken over all the forces of Liu Yu, and Liu Yu has tried his best to correct his name, and he can get the recognition of many He/Beishi people, if he can't seize the opportunity, it will be equivalent to making a wedding dress for Liu Bei at that time.
After Cao Cao sent troops, Yuan Shao sent people to inform Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, hoping that the two could help him contain Cao Cao, and urgently ordered Wen Chou, who was stationed in Yecheng, to send troops to stop Cao Cao, Yuan Shao is now the largest of the three families, although it is a two-line battle, but for a time it was not afraid of the Cao Liu Alliance, but with Cao Cao's troops, the focus of this battle has changed, leaving Zhang He to continue to attack Liu Bei, and he led Yan Liang to lead the army south to meet Cao Cao.
Compared with Youzhou, which is vast and sparsely populated, Cao Cao now holds Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yingchuan, and Liu Bei is not comparable to Liu Bei in terms of population and logistics, so after Yuan Shao discussed with a group of staff, he decided to retreat from Cao Cao first, and then make every effort to clean up Liu Bei.
"Although Yuan Chang's plan is good, I think it gave Xiuming the opportunity to send troops to Hetao!" After hearing the news, Cao Cao couldn't help but shake his head and said to Zhong Xuan.
"What do you mean by that?" Zhong Xuan looked at Cao Cao puzzled: "Then Ye Zhao has just won the pass, even if he can repel the enemy who came to attack the Huns, he shouldn't enter the Hetao at this time?" ”
"Wrong, this is the best time to enter the Hetao!" Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Although the Guanzhong is now fixed, but the Huns of the Hetao and the Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui are still there, if Xiu Ming wants to go out of the pass and enter the Central Plains, the rear must be stable, and now the Central Plains is in a melee, and the Sun family Shi'er has captured Wu County, Huiji and Danyang County, at this time it is already dissatisfied, and is competing with the lion, there is no time to look north, Lu Bu has just won the Hongnong people, is stabilizing the foundation, and the south has Liu Biao coveted, and the soldiers of Hanzhong can also enter Nanyang at any time, at this time they dare not rush to send troops, as for this side, our army is fighting with the beginning, It is also difficult to take care of Guanzhong, it is a good opportunity for him to sort out the rear, I think he will not only send troops, but also this battle will be fought quickly. ”
"There are more than 100,000 people in the Southern Huns, and they are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, Ye Hou is good at fighting, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight quickly, what does the lord say......" Zhong Xuan looked at Cao Cao puzzled.
"Hey, it's because they're all cavalry that this battle will be fought quickly." Cao Cao said with a smile: "I have studied Xiuming's past, since he first entered the career, in that Danhan Mountain, he defeated a large number of Hu cavalry several times, I once sent someone to inquire in that area, and learned that Xiuming had created a horse pit, which could make the cavalry stagnate." ”
"Trapped?" Zhong Xuan looked at Cao Cao, he really hadn't heard of this thing.
"It is to dig a small pit in the ground, the mouth of the bowl is so big and sufficient, in the course of the war horse's galloping, if the horse's hooves step into it, the horse's legs will be broken, there is this pit, you say that the Huns' cavalry, can they still run?" Cao Cao shook his head and sighed: "Xiu Ming likes to be a good object, but now it seems that it is indeed not useless. ”
Zhong Xuan thought about it carefully, but the truth in it was not difficult to understand, and he frowned and looked at Cao Cao and said: "If the Hetao is broken, only Ma Teng and Han Sui remain, I am afraid that they will not be Ye Zhao's opponents!" ”
"So, this time, we should fight with the beginning, and we should do it as soon as possible!" Cao Cao sighed, the Central Plains has been fighting for many years, and the population has decreased sharply, and Ye Zhao has ruled Shuzhong I heard that the population has nearly doubled, and now that he has won Guanzhong, Xiliang may not take long, and then Ye Zhao will be able to penetrate the north and south, and after a few years of cultivation, he will be able to send troops to Guandong, and at that time, if he is still in such an embattled situation as he is now, he can't go all out to meet Ye Zhao, at least, before Ye Zhao goes out, he will swallow Yuan Shao.
This is also the reason why Cao Cao took the initiative to attack directly this time, he wanted to take advantage of Yuan Shu's busy civil strife, and take the first step to eradicate Yuan Shao, when the time comes, the situation in the world will be clear, although he does not have an absolute advantage, but he has the fertile soil of the Central Plains, and the population and material resources will surpass Ye Zhao, of course, the premise is that Ye Zhao has not developed much during the period of his pacification of the north, but Xiliang and Hetao, although it will make Ye Zhao angry, but these two places, there is not much population, and the actual help of Ye Zhao is not much, just sound, sitting on the land of Sanzhou is just better, but in fact, Xiliang still has Qiang, and it takes a lot of energy to govern, even worse than Youzhou, as long as he can win Qingzhou and Jizhou, he can surpass Ye Zhao in terms of comprehensive strength!
However, this is only a speculation based on Ye Zhao's possible reaction, when half a month later, Guan Yu broke the big walled city, beheaded 100,000, and Xu Rongbing entered the Xiongnu royal court, whether it was Han Sui or Cao Cao, who had just led the army to the expedition, they still couldn't help but be surprised.
Although I thought that Ye Zhao would not just forget it, but I never expected that Ye Zhao's reaction would be so fierce, and so fast, from the time in the intelligence, this is almost the time when the Huns have not launched an attack, Ye Zhao's men and horses have already entered the Hetao, not only caught the Huns off guard, but also made the princes a little unacceptable.