Chapter 496: The Blade is Unclear
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In August, the occurrence of meteor showers is further reduced, and it is basically five or six days before a wave of meteor showers appears. If this trend continues, the meteor shower may completely fade out of the sky before the end of the year.
There are fewer meteor showers, and the corresponding proliferation of monsters and bandits is much less.
This made the princes of all walks of life, who had been busy suppressing bandits and destroying demons, breathe a sigh of relief. However, this breath was only delivered, and most of the few remaining princes in the Han world felt like they were being put around their necks, which made people breathless.
It was only in August, and Hao Meng in Jinan City actually began to dispatch troops!
What Hao Meng intended at this time was naturally self-evident.
In the past three months, monster bandits have been rampant, and the strength of all the princes has been weakened. Some of the princes' elites were almost completely destroyed, some of the princes only lost some soldiers and horses, and some of the princes were ruined by the source of grain and grass.
In short, after counting the princes from all walks of life, only Jinan Haomeng was almost completely undamaged.
So, while the other princes had not yet eased up, Hao Meng raised troops to level the world, which was necessary.
Not only Hao Meng thought so, but most of the princes from all walks of life also thought so after receiving the news of Hao Meng's deployment of troops.
For some reason, Hao Meng dispatched troops but did not block the news.
It must be known that at this time, the spies deployed by the princes from all walks of life in Jinan were mostly using flying eagles or flying pigeons to transmit messages. Hao Meng's five peacocks hovered over Jinan within a hundred miles, and it was really not too easy to put an end to flying eagles and flying pigeons.
However, Hao Meng did not block the news.
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After receiving the news of Hao Meng's dispatch of troops, all the princes panicked.
Cao Mengde of the new Chang'an immediately contracted all his strength at Hangu Pass; Even the newly recruited 30,000 recruits gathered at Hangu Pass. If Hao Mengmeng wants to take Guanzhong, he Cao Mengde will definitely fight to the death.
In the early days of the monster banditry flood, Cao Cao, who had just been driven to Guanzhong, suffered the greatest loss in strength. Especially under the Hangu Pass, with tens of thousands of bandits with unfathomable strength, Cao Cao's elite soldiers and generals were almost wiped out.
Moreover, due to the successive military disasters in Guanzhong and the ravages of bandits, almost one in ten people survived, either died under the bandits' swords or fled to other places. Therefore, after the battle of Hangu Pass, Cao Cao only recruited more than 30,000 new soldiers.
If you talk about the number of soldiers and horses, Cao Mengde at this time may not be able to catch up with Liu Xuande in Jiujiang!
Therefore, when Cao Cao wanted to come, Hao Meng dispatched troops, who was his purpose?
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After Yuan Shao from Jizhou received the news, he also panicked.
Some time ago, there was a storm on the Xianbei grassland, and Yuan Shao was worried that the Xianbei people would knock in. Especially in the early days, when Kirby was able to lead his 100,000 elites to the east, Yuan Shao mobilized heavy troops to defend the Great Wall several times to prevent the Xianbei people.
Later, the Xianbei people on the grassland themselves were bloody, and Yuan Shao knew that such a big movement on the Xianbei grassland was originally due to Hao Mengna's arrival in the four counties of Liaodong.
Then, Yuan Shao finally learned that the four counties of Liaodong, which he regarded as chicken ribs, actually fell into the hands of Hao Meng!
Therefore, when he knew that Hao Meng was deploying troops, Yuan Shao and the think tank under his command subconsciously thought that this was a sign that Hao Meng was preparing to attack back and forth, seize Jizhou, Youzhou, and even Merge Prefecture.
As a result, the heavy troops in Yuyang and Shanggu began to pull back to Shanhaiguan and Liyang. transferred troops to Shanhaiguan, which was to guard against the four counties of eastern Liao; Gather heavy troops in Liyang, which means that he is preparing to have a fight with Hao Meng by the Yellow River.
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After Jingzhou Liu Biao received the news, he panicked for a while, but after the analysis of several major dog-headed military divisions under his account, Liu Jingzhou quickly regained his composure.
No matter which direction Hao Meng mobilizes heavy troops, Yuan Shao of Jizhou in the north, Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the south, and Cao Cao in the northwest are all the first to bear the brunt and are the opponents that Hao Meng needs to solve in the first round.
And he, Liu Jingzhou, really doesn't have much to do with Hao Meng's territory.
If Hao Meng really wants to capture Jingzhou, he will have to gather troops to Wancheng. In this way, the first person who can't sit still is afraid that it is not him Liu Jingsheng, right?
After calming down, Liu Biao sat and watched Hao Meng stir up the storm, and only waited to join the battlefield at the right time. or help Hao Meng sweep the world, or help Hao Meng's opponent fight against Jinan, which is profitable, so what's the harm if he Liu Jingsheng is a fisherman?
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Liu Zhang of Yizhou was the latest to receive the news of Hao Meng's dispatch of troops, but he just smiled "hehe", and then ignored it, and instead thought about how to solve the Yunnan problem.
He Yizhou and Hao Meng's territory, there is really no junction.
If Hao Meng wants to attack Yizhou far away, let's solve Cao Cao in Guanzhong first! Or, it is okay to solve Liu Biao in Jingzhou first.
Relatively speaking, Sun Quan in Jiangdong and Liu Bei in Shouchun City are the ones who feel the most pressure.
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Of all the princes, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were the closest to the city of Jinan.
They had already guessed that Hao Meng's next direction of march would inevitably be Jiangdong.
Therefore, while arranging heavy defense, Liu Bei and Sun Quan all scattered many spies and meticulous works in Jinan City. There was a slight disturbance in Jinan City, and both of them could receive the news that night.
No, the military discussion in Jinan City had just ended, and the deployment of troops had just begun to act, and Sun Quan and Liu Bei had both received the news.
As a result, Liu Bei's remaining more than 10,000 elite soldiers and the 40,000 recruits he had just recruited shrank into Shouchun City, ready to defend Shouchun.
If Hao Meng goes south, he must march from Zhongli City, and Shouchun City, which is not far from the left wing of Zhongli City, is the first fortified city that Hao Meng must pull out when he goes south.
Liu Bei knew very well that if Hao Mengluo really went south, Shouchun City would definitely not be able to hold it.
However, if Hao Meng's elite can be consumed under Shouchun City, it can also delay Hao Meng for a while, even if Shouchun City eventually falls, Liu Bei feels that it is also valuable.
Of course, it is also necessary to ask for help from his ally Sun Quan.
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After receiving the news, Sun Quan of Chaisang immediately ordered the Hefei battalion to prepare for war. Then, let Cheng Pu provide some more grain and grass to Shouchun City, so that he could hold on longer.
Even, when necessary, Sun Quan will order to send a part of the elite into Shouchun City to defend the city.
In short, in Sun Quan's plan, if Hao Meng goes south, it is best to delay it until winter.
In winter, the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Naval Division is not comparable to that of the army that is shivering from the cold!
Of course, the Jiangdong Naval Division also began to assemble in Hefei at this time, and the infantry army also took various transport ships and sailed to Hefei to assemble.
Hao Mengruo went south to Jiangdong, and Shouchun City was just a touchstone. But Sun Quan set the location of the decisive battle in Hefei!
Hefei is backed by Chaohu Lake, the right is connected to the Yangtze River, the left is connected to the Huai River, here is the natural battlefield of the decisive battle of the water division!