The battlefield is often changing rapidly, cutting off all the roads of Cao Ying, which is simply impossible, sending Dian Wei to interfere with Cao Ying, but Meng Ge did not expect it, Cao Ying's actions were completely unexpected, Cao Ying did not have the intention of going east, from a strategic point of view, Cao Ying thought that the significance of going north was greater.

Just arrived in Dongjun, before he had time to settle down, Cao Ying gathered everyone, now is the moment of life and death, Cao Ying does not dare to relax in the slightest, in the face of an enemy like Meng Ge, as long as there is a slight negligence, the consequences will be fatal, which Cao Ying knows very well.

After a while, Cao Hong ran to the back hall and hurriedly said, "Meng De, everyone has arrived, go over!" ”

Cao Ying, who was looking at the map, came back to his senses and immediately said, "Okay, go over immediately!" ”

After saying that, the two walked towards the front hall, in this temporary station, Cao Ying's generals were in place, although everyone had a tired look on their faces, but they were very energetic, which made Cao Ying very satisfied, and everyone saw Cao Ying come out, and stood up one after another.

"I've seen the lord!" Led by Xiahoudun, everyone saluted one by one, as the first meeting to arrive in Dongjun, everyone wanted to know, what to do next, Meng Ge has already launched an offensive, giving up Chen Liu has just begun, if you can't defeat Meng Ge, then I am afraid that the fate of defeat will be difficult to escape next.

At the moment when the surname is at stake, no one dares to be careless, after all, it is not a way to flee all the way, there will always be a time when Meng Ge catches up, once he is caught up, with Cao Ying's current strength, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape death.

Cao Ying waved his hand, and then said: "Okay, everyone sit down, I said that I have summoned you and others to come here today, but there is a matter to discuss, I don't know what you think about the whereabouts of our army?" ”

As the head of the current civil officials, Cheng Yu was the first to stand up and said: "My lord, now that the strength of our army has decreased sharply, it is impossible to confront Mongo alone, there is only one way to unite the remnants of the Kwantung forces, so that we can compete with Mongo like Zhongtian!" ”

Obviously, this sentence reached Cao Ying's heart, Cao Ying nodded with a smile, and agreed: "Zhongde's words have won my heart, but how to fight Menggo, I don't know what Zhongde's high opinion is?" ”

Cheng Yu then said: "Naturally, the Yellow River is a natural danger as a barrier, only here can block Meng Ge, there are two reasons, if you want to cross the river to fight, the navy is indispensable, but Meng Ge has just mastered Dongjun and other places, and it is too late to build ships, as long as I hold the Yellow River line, then Meng Ge will be insurmountable, and it can buy time for our army; Second, because there are Yuan brothers in the north, as well as Gongsun Zhan's generation, presumably they will not be reconciled, and the joint may have a big surname! ”

The people who said this sat deeply thought that it was not a matter of one person to fight against Menggo, with the current situation, if they did not unite, it would be a dead end, and the Yuan brothers were not enough to resist Menggo, if they proposed a further alliance at this time, the two sides would jointly defend the Yellow River, which was indeed the only opportunity.

Of course, in addition to this method, there is another way that may also be possible, that is, to go south to Jiangdong, relying on the Yangtze River to defend it, it is still a way, but this method takes too long, and it is thousands of miles away to go south to Jiangdong, and Meng Ge will not let it go easily.

Xiahoudun thought for a while before getting up and said, "What Zhongde said is right, my lord, it is better to send someone to Yecheng immediately to discuss the matter of unity." ”

Cao Ying nodded, but immediately worried: "Well, of course, but there is still a problem, this Yuan family has three brothers, namely Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, who will inherit the original foundation, I'm afraid it won't be a matter of a while!" ”

This point really has to be considered, everyone knows that this battle for the throne is very common, Yuan Shao has just died, who should succeed the Yuan brothers, this is obviously a problem, if the heir cannot be decided at this time, then in the face of Meng Ge's attack, this may be difficult to parry.

After all, in order to fight against external enemies, internal stability is necessary, if the Yuan clan has not yet decided on a successor, then this will be an unstable factor, and if the Yuan clan is in chaos, who should talk to about this matter, this is also a problem.

After pondering for a while, Cheng Yu said again: "Is this this, lord, why don't you send someone to take a look first!" ”

Cao Ying nodded, and said helplessly: "Well, it can only be like this, I hope that the Yuan family is stable now!" ”

There is another more important point that Cao Ying did not say, in the future, Meng Ge will gradually recover Dongjun, and then I am afraid that the fence will be lowered, and the Yuan brothers will not be offended for the time being, of course, he also thought about going east and south, but it was quickly denied, he knew that Meng Ge would not let him go easily.

Besides, whether it is going east or south, it will be a smooth road, it is difficult to have a place to stop Meng Ge, in the case of inferior mobility, it is easy to be defeated by escaping all the way, Cao Ying does not dare to take risks, because he has no extra capital, if even his men and horses are lost, then Dongshan is afraid that there will be no chance to make a comeback.

Immediately afterwards, Cheng Yu said: "Without further ado, my lord, why don't I set off immediately and go to find out the movements of the Yuan family!" ”

Cao Ying looked at it, and only Cheng Yu was the most suitable, so he had to say: "It's okay, the matter of the northbound union will be handed over to Zhongde, I hope you can go early and return early!" ”

"No, don't worry, my lord, I will definitely bring good news!" Cheng Yu saluted solemnly.

Going north to unite with the Yuan family, this step is within Cao Ying's plan, the only person he can trust is Cheng Yu in front of him, Xi Zhicai has left him, and now his life and death are uncertain, Cao Ying's civil officials are slightly insufficient, and now that he is defeated, I am afraid that those who come to vote will also be discouraged.

Before the situation is clear, I am afraid that many people are unwilling to take risks, not to mention that today's Mongo has shown the trend of swallowing the world, at this time, jumping out and going against Mongo, I am afraid that everyone has to weigh it.

After sending Cheng Yu away, Cao Ying began to be busy again, although it is a way to form an alliance in the north, but the power of the east, Cao Ying is not willing to give up, if the power of Xuzhou and Qingzhou can be included, the chips will increase by one point, and the current situation, the more chips, the better.

Soon Cao Ying drew up a plan, anyway, people with a little strength, Cao Ying thought of it, including Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, Kong Rong, the Taishou of Beihai, and the successor of Xuzhou, Cao Ying wrote a letter, hoping that they would go north, avoid Menggo's troops, and then rely on the Yellow River to defend themselves.

This is also lobbying in disguise, now that the situation is difficult, it is impossible for Cao Ying to go in person, only send letters, how many people can follow the advice, it depends on the will of God, not everyone will choose the difficult road, and Menggo is the enemy, it is far less easy than surrender.

Just as Cao Ying was preparing to unite the remnants, Mungo also launched an operation, recovering various places, which seriously hindered Mungo's march, but Mungo also had his own methods, according to the current situation, there was no one to stop the march of the army.

Then you can disperse part of the army and recover it separately, so that you can save a lot of time, after thinking of this method, Meng Ge divided the six battalions of soldiers and horses into six roads, and launched the recovery of the entire Yanzhou, of which Meng Ge acted with the pro-military battalion.

This method also greatly accelerated the progress, with Ma Chao and Zhang Liao as the arrows, the farthest goal of these two people was Shanyang, the farthest region in Dongjun, followed by Xu Huang and others.

With the implementation of this strategy, the entire Yanzhou was quickly captured, on the third day of the military order, Ma Chao had already hit the edge of Dongjun, Shanyang and other places have been recovered, Zhang Liao occupied Jiyin, in just three days, Mengge's army has approached Dongjun.

At the same time, Dian Wei was also entangled with Cao Ying, Dongjun had become a place of four battles at this time, facing the rapid Mongo, Cao Ying was obviously a little caught off guard, Cao Ying didn't expect that Mongo would come so quickly.

When he first discovered Dian Wei two days ago, Cao Ying knew that it was not good, but he didn't expect that Meng Ge's march was so fast, and in just three days, except for Dongjun, almost the entire Yanzhou fell into Meng Ge's hands, which Cao Ying never expected.

Originally, Cao Ying thought that it would take at least ten days and half a month for Meng Ge to recover all places, but now it seems that this time has been greatly reduced, and now Dongjun is being attacked from three sides, and it is bound to be difficult to stop with today's soldiers and horses alone, so Cao Ying has to retreat again.

At this time, Mongo was in the rear, gathering soldiers and horses from all over the country one by one, and joining the new battalion, this battalion was temporarily named the garrison battalion, in fact, the general way was to separate the battle and the recovery, send people to threaten it, and finally Mongo came to recover, it was such a simple way, but the efficiency was much improved.

Riding on the war horse, Chen Gong said with a relaxed face: "Lord, this hand is playing beautifully, I think Cao Mengde has to run again this time!" ”

Meng Ge said with a smug face: "Of course, two of the four roads have been cut off, plus Dian Wei is here, Cao Mengde can run away, this is still a problem!" ”

Seeing that Meng Ge was not worried at all, Chen Gong couldn't help but remind: "But my lord, if Cao Mengde unites with the Yuan brothers and Gongsun Zhan's generation, and relies on the Yellow River to defend it, then with the strength of our army, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture the other party, isn't the lord not worried at all?" ”

Meng Ge chuckled: "Relying on the Yellow River, this is the best way, and it is also what Cao Mengde and the Yuan brothers rely on the most, except for this, they don't have any capital to be my enemy, if we attack from the front, we are indeed not easy to attack, but we don't need to fight and rush, I said a little, now our task is to seize the Kanto, and Jizhou and Youzhou, I put it at the back, that is to say, our goal, for the time being, is Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Gongtai and then see, after seizing the three states, what will be the situation?" ”

"This!" Chen Gong immediately sketched out the map, and Chen Gong was stunned in an instant, it turned out that Meng Ge had already had a countermeasure, the Yellow River is so long, many places are not dangerous, there are too many places to cross the river, not only Baima and other places can cross the river, the other party can't defend it at all.

Seeing Chen Gong's expression, Meng Ge knew that he understood, talking to smart people is very simple, in fact, it is not in Baima to cross the river, cross the Yellow River from Qingzhou, and attack from the east is also a good way, with an army of 20,000, Meng Ge can do a lot.

Just like the coalition army at the beginning, they can choose to attack three points, but now Menggo has more than three attack points, defending the first line of the Yellow River is much more difficult than defending a Hangu Pass, unless the other side has 100,000 troops stationed on the first line of the Yellow River, then this line is considered strong, but now the other side does not have so many large troops.

After a while, Meng Ge said with a smile: "The next thing is Xuzhou, but Gongtai, you also have a task, but I don't know if you dare to take it!" ”

Chen Gong raised his eyebrows, and said without hesitation: "Please command!" ”

"Hehe, the place of the white horse, the public platform should know, do you think you can hold the white horse with the leadership of the garrison?" Meng Ge said a task that stunned Chen Gong, or rather an impossible one.

Judging from the map, it is obvious that Baima is an important stronghold, and will also be the bridgehead for the army to attack, such an important place, if Baima is captured by the enemy, the enemy army can drive straight in, cut off the connection between the army and Luoyang, and retake the land of Yanzhou.

However, in such an important place, only sending a garrison battalion, a new battalion that has just been established, with less than 2,000 men, how can this be defended, this is simply an impossible task.

Looking at Chen Gong's sluggish expression, Meng Ge said with satisfaction: "Gongtai, is this right, you can't talk too much, even if the garrison battalion is full, it may not be able to hold it, of course, it will take a while to get the garrison battalion full, but if you let Xu Huang join you, is there still a problem?" ”

Chen Gong immediately blurted out: "No problem, of course no problem, with General Xu Huang's help, there must be no problem!" ”

What is Xu Huang's ability, Chen Gong understands, and Meng Ge also understands it very well, this is a general's talent, with his battalion of soldiers and horses, it is enough to defend the entire Yanzhou.

Seeing that Chen Gong agreed so happily, Meng Ge ordered: "Okay, after driving Cao Ying out of Yanzhou, you will garrison Baima!" ”

Although it is still far from taking the white horse now, the two of them are already busy preparing for the next thing, if Cao Ying knows about it, I am afraid that the angry seven tricks will not be able to smoke.

For the battle of Kwantung, Meng Ge had already predicted, if Cao Ying did not die, there was definitely the possibility of a war, of course, even if Cao Ying was finished, Youzhou Gongsun Chan would not surrender easily, and the Yuan brothers would not compromise, if they wanted to remove these obstacles, they still needed to start a battle.

The battle of Hangu Pass decided the ownership of the Central Plains, so the next battle, that is, the battle to really win the Kwantung region, this battle is very important, and the most likely decisive battle location is on the Yellow River line.

In order to deal with the next battle situation, Meng Ge has roughly drawn up a strategy, taking Jizhou and Youzhou as the final goal, and solving Xuzhou and Qingzhou first.

The first line of Baima Yanjin will be a frontal containment stronghold, and Menggo's main force will advance eastward and continue to recover Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and after that, the decisive battle will be called.

(To be continued)