Chapter 63: Conspiracy
No one expected that the first battle of the Yuan Cao coalition army would be so miserable, not only killing nearly 20,000 soldiers, but also losing all the way to the princes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although as soon as Yuan Tan died, the soldiers and horses he brought were naturally taken over by Yuan Shang, and it was not a completely bad thing, but the blow to morale was too serious, and more importantly, for Cao Cao, as soon as Yuan Tan died, even if he drove away Lu Bu, without Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's infighting, what reason did he have to enter Jizhou.
Although in this chaotic world, the reason is just an excuse, but not long ago he said that as long as he repelled Lu Bu, he would immediately withdraw the army, at that time, it was not any kindness, but the idea of letting Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan kill each other, now that Yuan Tan is dead, if Lu Bu retreats, Jizhou will soon be restored to unification, and when the time comes, Cao Cao will even if he wants to enter Jizhou, a complete river. North, I'm afraid a big war is inevitable.
In the tent, Yuan Shang had already retreated, went to appease Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses, and at the same time sent people to receive Qingzhou, leaving only Cao Cao and a group of strategists in the big tent without saying a word.
"How are Zhong Kang's injuries?" After a long time, Cao Cao raised his head and turned his head to look at Yue Xi on the side.
"The injury is not serious, Lang Zhong said that it was caused by excessive force, but if you want to go to the battlefield again, you need to repair for some time, and within a month, I am afraid that you will not be able to do anything with people." Yue Xi said in a deep voice.
"Then let him rest well, and we will fight the war." Cao Cao sighed, nodded and said: "You don't have to be frustrated, although Lu Bu is brave, but marching and fighting is not a one-man force can accomplish things, in the past, he walked two times, and his power was no worse than now, isn't he still beaten by us and fleeing in a hurry like a lost dog?" ”
"Lord, that Lu Bu's martial arts seem to have improved a lot, and I and Zhong Kang, Yuan Rang and Gongming's power were beaten by him, and those soldiers are really slave soldiers? How can you be so brave? Yue Xi looked at Cao Cao and frowned.
In fact, there is no need for him to say it, most of the generals in the tent have had a confrontation with Lu Bu, and they can all feel it, although Lu Bu was brave in the past, he was not so outrageous, and for a while, his mood seemed to be lower.
When Cao Cao heard this, he glared at this reckless man fiercely, even if it's true, don't you say it, don't you see that the morale is low now?
Xun You seemed to sense that everyone's mood was wrong, and hurriedly changed the topic: "But I don't know, how did the cavalry that came from the rear of our army go around to the rear of our army?" ”
It can be said that if it weren't for Ma Dai and people suddenly killed from the rear, the coalition army would not have been beaten by Lu Bu, the question is how to kill that army of soldiers and horses, before the three of them sent scouts to carefully explore the radius of nearly 100 miles, and did not find anything suspicious, how could they suddenly kill a soldier and horse, to say that Lu Bu sent it temporarily, it is even more impossible, the time is wrong, and it is really sent by Lu Bu, how can they not notice it at all?
Guo Jia didn't answer, just looked at the map carefully, and pointed to an area for a long time before saying, "Who is responsible for exploring this area?" ”
Hearing this, Xun You looked over, frowned, and said, "That's the area that Yuan Tan is responsible for." ”
His complexion changed suddenly, and he looked at Cao Cao: "On that day, Yuan Tan's pioneer Feng Li rushed forward lightly and laid an ambush early, as if it was this area. ”
"Lu Bu has an ambush here, but Yuan Tan thought that after the ambush vanguard, it had retreated, and he didn't investigate it thoroughly." Guo Jia clicked on the map, shook his head and said, "One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted!" ”
"Good death!" Yue Xi scolded hatefully, if Yuan Tan hadn't been able to find out the location of this ambush in time, they wouldn't have been defeated, and they died like this, it's really cheap for this guy.
"Yuexi!" Cao Cao glared at Yue Xi and asked him to pay attention to what he said, after all, this is still a river. In the northern realm, if Yuan Tan's subordinates heard it, they would not be able to get over it after all, after all, the dead were the greatest.
"Lord, at present, Lu Bu has established a rivalry with Yecheng, and it is difficult to plan it in a hurry, so he can discuss with Yuan Shang and divide two battalions, now Yuan Tan is dead, and his subordinates are all under Yuan Shang's subduation, and then a group of soldiers and horses can be mobilized, and then slowly figure it out." Guo Jia suggested to Cao Cao.
The most important thing is that although Yuan Tan died, Yuan Shang became the biggest beneficiary of this battle, as much as Yuan Tan's territory, the two brothers guarded against each other, and a lot of troops were used to guard against each other, but now that Yuan Tan is dead, there is no need to be vigilant, just use these soldiers and horses, otherwise it is not easy to deal with this Lu Bu's camp outside the city, not to mention, there are soldiers and horses in Yecheng echoing with Lu Bu.
Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully.
The current situation has undergone subtle changes with Yuan Tan's death, after Yuan Shang embezzled Yuan Tan's soldiers and horses, whether he is still willing to take Cao Cao as the leader of the alliance or whether he still hopes to maintain this alliance, if Yuan Xi in the north is willing to surrender, now Yuan Tan is fully capable and confident to be not inferior to Cao Cao and Lu Bu, the situation seems to have returned to the previous state of the three-legged north of the north, but it seems to be a little different.
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Lu Bu sat in the handsome tent, feeling the luck that lingered around him, it was the luck from Yuan Tan, but not all, but a small part of it, although Lu Bu beheaded Yuan Tan, but Yuan Tan's power was obtained by Yuan Shang, in the sky, the luck belonging to Yuan Tan was divided into two, only about one percent flowed to Lu Bu here, and most of the other half flowed into Yuan Shang's side, so that Yuan Shang's originally somewhat dim luck continued to expand, and faintly, it was no longer under Lu Bu and Cao Cao.
"As soon as Yuan Tan dies, between Yuan Shang and Cao Cao, I'm afraid it will be difficult to guarantee the birth of mustard!" Lu Bu fumbled with the stubble on his chin and thought.
"Even if there is a mustard, the alliance will remain until our army is repulsed." Li Ru stood behind Lu Bu and said indifferently: "This time the lord has frustrated the foundation of the family, even if Yuan Cao is secretly dirty, the two of them will not let the two of them turn against each other before repelling our army." ”
Lu Bu nodded, indeed, in the final analysis, this battle is not just a battle of the princes, but also involves the collision between two beliefs or two concepts, if Lu Bu is given ten years, he naturally has the confidence to sweep the north with a crushing momentum, but unfortunately, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shang, it is impossible to give Lu Bu this time, this battle must be fought.
"Lord, are you looking for me?" Ma Dai opened the tent door, stepped in, and looked at Lu Budao.
"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded: "Take your men and horses back to Yecheng, that cottage may have been exposed now, Cao Mengde is not simple, this kind of surprise attack can be done once, but if you want to make a contribution the second time, it is too unreasonable to take him seriously." ”
"Whoa!" Ma Dai bowed down in response, and seeing that Lu Bu had no other instructions, he retreated and left.
"What's going on with those families in Yecheng?" Lu Bu leaned on the handsome chair, he left Jia Xu in Yecheng, just to monitor the movements of those families in Yecheng, although on the surface, after being cleaned up by Lu Bu, these families have been obedient a lot, but Lu Bu doesn't believe that these people are willing to give up the rights in their hands and do things according to Lu Bu's rules, the reason why they didn't break out, they are just forbearing, they are waiting for an opportunity, I hope Jia Xu can watch these headache guys.
"There is no movement for the time being, but compared to the Yecheng family, the minister is more worried about the Jingxiang family." Li Ru shook his head, the Yecheng family was very honest during this time, and Jia Xu was also hidden behind the scenes, secretly monitoring the movements of these people.
"The Jingxiang family?" Lu Bu glanced back at Li Ru, thought about it, and his brows gradually wrinkled.
"Now the situation in Hebei is changing, coupled with the master's wrist, I don't know that everyone in the Jizhou family will be in danger, I am afraid that the world is a performance, Liu Biaotun's soldiers and horses stationed in Nanyang, not only will not help the lord to contain Cao Cao, on the contrary, it is more likely to send troops to attack Heluo, if so, my army may inevitably face the danger of being attacked by the enemy, only Gao Shun, Wei Yan two soldiers and horses, I am afraid it is not enough to resist Cao Liu soldiers and horses."
Gao Shun's troops plus the soldiers and horses brought by Wei Yan, there are 30,000 troops stationed in the Heluo area, these soldiers and horses, if they are just against Cao Cao, it is indeed enough, but if Liu Biao also comes to intervene, it is difficult to say.
"Our army is now without soldiers!" Shaking his head, Lu Bu smiled bitterly.
"Since Hedong is in a hurry, why don't the lord order Ma Chao to give up Hedong for the time being, and go south to help Heluo, as for Hedong, after the overall situation is stabilized, you can slowly figure it out." Li Ru suggested.
"That's all there is to it." Lu Bu nodded silently, he is now lacking in skills, Zhang Liao attacked Youzhou, Xu Rong sat in the Western Regions, Chang'an must also maintain a certain military strength, but Hedong, Ma Chao attacked for half a year, but Li Dian defended it well, and it was always difficult to capture, but now it is a bit of a chicken rib, it is better to take a step back and send the soldiers and horses of Hedong to Heluo, as for whether Li Dian will go out of the city to attack, Lu Bu hopes that he will come out.
"Jiang Yin, An is waiting to closely monitor Cao Cao's whereabouts, but if there is a change, report it immediately!" Lu Bu said loudly outside the tent.
"Don't worry, the arrangement has been made."
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Yuan Shang's camp, after returning to his camp with a serious face, Yuan Shang finally couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and waved his fist fiercely, Yuan Tan died, Jizhou returned to the situation of reunification, although he suffered heavy losses today, but in count, it was his own gain, Yuan Tan's army was under his control, and more importantly, Qingzhou also returned to his own hands.
It's just that......
Yuan Shang frowned, thinking of the next cooperation with Cao Cao, he felt unhappy for a while, the previous title had been set, and it would be difficult to regret it at this time, just to let himself listen to Cao Cao's command, it was okay before, but now it is ......
I have to say that in his bones, Yuan Shang is very similar to Yuan Shao, he can still endure when he has no ambition, and once he has his ambition, he will be a little satisfied. (To be continued.) )