Chapter 38: The Prologue to the Great War
Shen Yi returned to the camp and glanced at Han Sui, who was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head, sweating in his palms. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"What a good horse, hahaha!"
Shen Yi laughed, turned over and dismounted and walked in front of Han Sui, slowly pressed his hand to the hilt of the sword, and did not speak.
Han Sui lowered his head, feeling a sense of oppression that suffocated him.
"General, no one has ever surrendered to this horse, you are really mighty!"
Yan Xing hurriedly bowed down and congratulated.
Shen Yi suddenly laughed, his shoulders shaking from laughter. Then he turned around awe-inspiring and said to the soldiers of the Liangzhou army: "Brothers of Liangzhou, since you have returned to the imperial court, you will not be investigated for the past, General Ma Teng." ”
"Yes."
"The families of the soldiers who died in this battle must be generously compensated, and all the expenses required will be allocated by the imperial court."
"Yes."
Ma Tengchang breathed a sigh of relief, just now he was really afraid that Shen Yi would kill him. At the same time, he was quite unhappy with Han Sui for doing this despicable thing.
Shen Yi appointed Ma Teng as the pastor of Liangzhou, Han Sui as the Taishou of Jincheng, and Ma Chao was promoted to the general of Pingdong and led the Liangzhou army back to Beijing with Shen Yi.
The news of Shen Yi's pacification of Xiliang soon reached Cao Cao.
At this time, Cao Cao had defeated Liu Bei and completely captured Xuzhou, but Liu Bei actually changed the trajectory of historical development and went south directly to take refuge in Liu Biao. And the most surprising thing for Shen Yi was that Sun Ce was not dead.
Xuchang, Cao Cao's base camp.
In the conference hall, the civil and military were lined up on both sides, and Cao Cao sat in the middle, reading the newspaper that came, and his brows were slightly clustered.
Today, he has more than 300,000 troops, and there are many generals under his command, forming a north-south confrontation with Yuan Shao of Hebei Province and fighting for the world.
"Shen Yi Xiao'er actually subdued Ma Teng Han Sui! This person's ambition is not small, I want to take advantage of his fledgling wings to go west to Guanzhong again, what do you think? ”
Among the ministers on one side, there are Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and other strategists. These people are not idle people, they are all strategic, and they are good at judging the situation.
"Lord ......"
Hearing Cao Cao's question, Xun Yu immediately said: "There is Yuan Shao in the north and Sun Ce in the south." In the expedition pass, if there are few people, it will not help, and if there are many people, the rear will be empty. I thought that if I wanted to conquer Shen Yi in the west, I must first try to stabilize the Yuan and Sun families. ”
Cao Cao kept nodding, and what Xun Yu said was exactly what he was worried about.
Xi Zhicai raised his eyelids and said, "My lord, why don't you follow the example of the past, spread the word to the princes of the world, and unite to crusade against Shen Yi together?" ”
"Join forces to defeat Shen Yi?" Cao Cao twisted his beard and thought, now it is not the beginning, all the princes dominate one side, for the sake of a mere Shen Yi, will they choose to join forces?
"My lord."
Guo Jia, who had not spoken, finally spoke.
"I agree with what Zhicai said."
Cao Cao said with some doubts: "Although this method is good, will Yuan Shao and Sun Ce agree to ally with us?" ”
"I think it will."
Guo Jia is very determined.
"Yuan Shao has always believed in himself as the fourth and third dukes, and despised the princes of the world, how could he tolerate Shen Yi's generation sitting in the temple? Sun Ce was young and vigorous, regarded himself as a little overlord, and wanted to emulate his father and leap into the Central Plains. But the lord will pass the book to the two of them, and they will agree. ”
Hebei, Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao read the letter sent by Cao Cao, gently put it on the table, and then asked everyone: "Cao Mengde asked me to hunt in Guanzhong and fight Shen Yi together, what do you think?" ”
The judge said: "I thought that I could promise Cao Cao about this matter." ”
Guo Tu and Feng Ji also agreed. Fu Zhu and Tian Feng objected.
Tian Feng said: "Lord, your great enemy is Cao Cao, Shen Yiju in Guanzhong is not a threat to us, on the contrary, he can also contain Cao Cao, and the labor expedition to Guanzhong will do more harm than good, and I think it is not advisable to do it below." ”
"Xu You, what do you think?" Yuan Shao suddenly looked at Xu You, who had not expressed his attitude.
Xu You is dressed in a black robe, he never blindly expresses his position, and always waits until he finally sees the direction of the wind, and then puts forward an unconventional proposition to win Yuan Shao's appreciation, and this time is no exception. Based on his understanding of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao should be inclined to send troops.
"Lord, I thought I could agree to the alliance with Cao Cao, but the lord didn't have to go in person, didn't Cao Cao recommend you as the leader of the alliance, you just let him be the leader of the alliance and send a general to lead the troops."
Yuan Shao nodded slightly, and then said: "Shen Yi's generation actually claims to be a general, it is ridiculous, if I, Yuan, allow him to sit in the temple with the son of a county order, won't it make the world laugh?" Ziyuan, you immediately reply to Cao Cao, and say that I agree to form an alliance with him. ”
As Guo Jia expected, Yuan Shao and Sun Ce both agreed to form an alliance to defeat Shen Yi in Guanzhong.
Led by Cao Cao, the three families gathered an army of 450,000 in just two months, and came to Bentong Pass. Among them, Cao Cao raised 200,000 troops, Sun Ce brought 100,000 troops, and Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang to bring 150,000 troops.
The wind blows, and the flag covers the sun.
On the road leading to Tongguan, the army stretches endlessly, when the front troops enter the territory of Hongnong, the rear team has not yet left Luoyang, from a bird's eye view, the whole army is like a long dragon walking on the earth.
Li Ru and Li Su followed Yan Liang on the expedition, and the two walked in the middle of the team, and a sense of happiness arose spontaneously in their hearts.
"Fortunately, Mr. was prescient, and we took refuge in Yuan Gong early, otherwise we could only follow Shen Yi to accompany the funeral."
Li Su looked at the endless army and said to Li Ru quite happily.
Li Ru looked at the sky, seemed to be thinking about Shen Yi's appearance, and chuckled: "Shen Yi, Shen Yi, if you don't listen to me, now that the army is pointing out, it will be too late to regret it!" ”
"Li Dao, Guo Yan and other generations are blind, and they actually choose to follow Shen Yi? Hehe. ”
Li Su smiled and shook his head.
Li Ru said: "I have already repaired the book to Li Dao and Guo Yan, this is their last chance, I hope they can see the situation clearly this time." ”
When the news came, Guanzhong shook.
Every day, there are fast horses flying to report to Shen Yi's mansion, Shen Yi on the one hand ordered Zhang to raise food and grass, and on the other hand, gathered all the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, the entire Guanzhong, counting the attached Ma Chao Department, can only make up 150,000 people, and there are some recruits among them.
150,000 vs. 450,000, the disparity in strength is huge, and the pressure in Shen Yi's heart has never been heavier.
Cao Cao brought three of his five major strategists this time, only Xun Yu's uncle and nephew did not come, and the generals except Cao Ren and Cao Hong, the rest were all enlisted, and there were 30,000 tigers and leopards who had formed combat effectiveness.
These tiger and leopard cavalry were heavily armored cavalry formed by Cao Cao's blood, which could reduce the morale of the enemy when charging. It's terrifying, like a magic circle that is constantly being released. I don't know how Cao Cao condensed the soul of the soldiers.
Looking at the list of generals that came up in detail, Shen Yi was somewhat glad that he didn't see Zhou Yu's name.
Zhou Gongjin didn't come, it seems that he wants to see Zhou Lang's demeanor, and Shen Yi has to wait for another opportunity. In addition to rejoicing, Shen Yi also had a trace of regret. If the commander of the Three Kingdoms who can enter the top five is not present, won't this big battle be a little less beautiful?
Shen Yi didn't know that Zhou Yu was against Sun Ce's dispatch of troops this time, but Sun Ce didn't listen, he left Zhou Yu to assist his younger brother Sun Quan to guard Jiangdong, and brought Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Tai Shici and others to come.