Chapter 585: Abandoning Guangling, Li Yi Returns North
"According to Mr.'s words, I immediately divided my troops into four ways and struck with all my strength to give Cao Jun a powerful shock. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhang Ying smiled slightly.
The soldiers were fast, Li Yi, Zhang Ying, Yu Bing, and Fan Chan each led a group of men and horses, and attacked Jiangdu, Yuguo, Hailing, and Gaoyou respectively.
Sure enough, the four county towns were immersed in the joy of the victory, and when they learned the news of Li Yi's surprise attack, the divine soldiers had already arrived at the city.
Give someone a taste of their own medicine. How did Cao Jun break through Li Yi's city, and now he returned it to Li Yi as it was.
The strategic goal was easily achieved, and Ping'an, Dongyang, Tangyi, Sheyang, and Yandu were all greatly shocked, all of them were like facing a great enemy, and the four doors were closed, and they did not dare to easily let people enter and exit.
"What's going on? Yuguo is already an empty city! Three days later, Cao Ren of Tangyi was shocked when he received the report.
"Zhang Ying has always been scheming, Yuguo is the western gateway of Guangling, how can he abandon it out of thin air, I am afraid that there is fraud in this, it is better not to enter lightly." Li Dian reminded after groaning.
"Brother Mancheng has a point." Cao Ren nodded yes, and after a little hesitation, he said: "But the four gates of the country are wide open, if I don't enter the city, I am afraid that I will be laughed at by the world, what should I do?" ”
"I wish to lead a group of men and horses to the country to explore the truth and reality." Li Dian blinked and said.
"Just according to the general's words." Cao Ren handed out an arrow, but he was still relieved, and decided to lead a group of men and horses to follow Li Dian and answer him at any time.
But Cao Ren and Li Dian were obviously too worried, and when they entered the Yuguo, not only did they not suffer an accidental attack, but they received a report from the Guangling people who went to the city.
How is this possible? Li Dian, Cao Ren, and the senior generals were all dumbfounded, and they couldn't judge the truth of the news.
"Will Li Yi give up Guangling?" Li Dian said to himself.
"Li Qinggang abandoned Guangling and left, this is incredible. Even if he is afraid of the strength of my Cao army, then he must find a place to stay! Could it be that Li Yi fled to Jiangdong? Cao Ren showed a puzzled look.
"Whether Guangling has become an empty city, I wish to lead the troops to investigate!"
"According to the general's words, Ren still led the men to respond."
As Li Dian's army entered Guangling and passed the exact news to Cao Ren, the two generals were very surprised and puzzled, Li Yi did abandon the city and fled, but where he rushed to, there are different opinions, but it is true that he ran by boat.
"Be careful, Li Yi is making a comeback again!" Li Dian said worriedly, it seemed that he was really frightened by Li Yi.
"When Hailing and Jiangdu are recovered, send heavy troops to defend them strictly, even if Li Yi puts on his wings, he will never want to fly across the Yangtze River." After occupying Guangling, Cao Ren showed a complacent appearance.
Putting down Cao Ren and the others, it was just said that Li Yi and the others boarded the big boat, and they were spreading their sails and riding the wind and waves to the north. Because the ship sailed on the sea, it was easy to escape Cao Cao's sight, and soon came to Langya, put down the boat to find out that the city had not yet fallen, Li Yi gave an order, and thousands of troops docked on the shore.
When entering Langya, Li Yi learned that Chen Qi and Chen Deng, father and son of Donghai County, after resisting for a few days, saw that they were isolated and helpless, and were forced to surrender the city due to the huge pressure of Cao's army.
And Gao Shun was also defeated, losing all the cities south of Kaesong, and retreated to Ju County with the remnants of the defeated army.
"Cao Cao's army is in full swing, I should avoid its edge, but Xuzhou is almost lost, if you take another step back, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover the lost ground." Li Yi's face was full of sorrow, now he is a major general, and Cao Cao is the best of the best, the two are compared with the advantages and disadvantages of the judgment, not to mention a hard fight, it is impossible to talk about outwitting.
"General Gao is worthy of being a loyal man, even if he faces the old lord Lu Bu, he will refuse, there is Yan Ping to guard Ju County, which can stop the Cao army from 100,000 male soldiers." For Gao Shun's loyalty, Yu Bing did not hesitate to praise him.
"Although the city defense of Juxian County is strong, but Yan Ping only relies on thousands of remnants, I am afraid it will be difficult for a long time, how about I lead five thousand elites to the rescue?" Li Yi said after thinking about it.
"Five thousand men and horses can strengthen the military power of Ju County, but with the soldiers of his subordinates, it is difficult to enter the encirclement." Zhang Ying shook his head and said.
"Do you see Juxian City broken and don't care?" Li Yi's face turned gloomy.
"General Gao is not an ordinary person, with Zhang Ying only seeing it, he will be able to hold on for a few days, and we can take advantage of the respite of these few days to make us play a bigger game of chess."
What do you mean by that? Please don't beat around the bush. Li Yi frowned and said.
"If Qingzhou soldiers and horses are mobilized and put into the Xuzhou battlefield, will the situation take a turn for the better?" Zhang Ying no longer concealed it, and immediately revealed the heavenly opportunity.
"It turns out that Qingzhou soldiers are going to be used!" Li Yi was silent, there are not many soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, if most of them are transferred, I am afraid that Yuan Shao's old thieves will take advantage of the situation, and it will be even more impossible to clean up.
"I have 20,000 iron horsemen in Qingzhou, and I can take advantage of its strong mobility to go to Xuzhou to attack with lightning, and then retreat to Qingzhou, if Yuan Shao has any plans during this period, then he will pay a heavy price." Zhang Ying smiled faintly.
"What Wen Yuan said is right, Yuan Shao's cavalry has been exhausted, and in recent years, even if he tries his best, he can't recover his former strength." Li Yi said proudly.
Li Yi's battle line was too long, but the soldiers and horses were not recruited accordingly, and they all relied on the super mobility of the cavalry to make up for it.
Liu Bei guarded Qingzhou and transferred Guan Yu and Zhang Fei into Xuzhou. As soon as the order came out, Li Yi and the others did not remain idle, but gathered the people in the north of Langya at the same time, waiting for Guan and Zhang to arrive, and dealt a heavy blow to Cao's army.
The mobility of the cavalry was very amazing, and in only three days, Zhang Fei led 10,000 cavalry in the eastern part of Qingzhou to Zhuxian.
Another day, Guan Yu also arrived as scheduled, and Xuzhou had an extra 20,000 iron horsemen out of thin air. And Li Yi and others also gathered more than 10,000 infantry and more than 30,000 troops, and rushed straight to Juxian County with overwhelming momentum.
Li Yi had disappeared in the direction of Guangling, and the center of gravity of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses shifted to the south. But who would have thought that in just a few days, Li Yi appeared in Langya, sat in the center of the dispatch, and led the Qingzhou soldiers into Xu.
In only half a day's effort, the vanguard of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arrived outside Juxian County with lightning speed, and launched an attack without stopping for a moment.
Cao Jun was already exhausted after several days of bloody battles, his morale was damaged, his fighting spirit was weakened, his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and in the face of 20,000 fresh troops, after supporting for a while, he was torn apart by two big openings.