Chapter 68: The Verge
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This time Guo Jia sent troops, very hastily, but his strategic deployment has been for many years, from Chengdu to the north of Guanzhong only need to move troops and horses is enough, Hanzhong has amazing reserves of grain and grass, Chang'an is also because of the operation of the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce at any time to support Guo Jia's grain and grass in the way of tax deduction.
The army reduced the burden of transporting food, and it seemed that the army was mobilizing, but in fact it was much easier than usual.
Guo Jia wanted to fight Cao Cào from the north, and before he set out on the expedition, he also wrote a letter to Sun Quan in Jiangdong.
Two years ago, Cao Cào was preparing for the war against Wu Huan, and Sun Quan wrote a letter to Guo Jia to secretly provoke the war between Guo and Cao's two families.
As for whether Sun Quan dared or not, whether he was willing to send troops from the southeast to jointly attack Cao Cào, especially in the context of Liu Biao's serious illness in Jingzhou and no signs of improvement, Sun Quan's decision, Guo Jia didn't care, it was just to probe Sun Quan's intentions by the way.
The letter sent to Jiangdong sank into the sea, but Sun Quan did not express his position, neither replied to Guo Jia to make his position clear, nor did he take any military action.
This is expected by Guo Jia.
Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, what Sun Quan hopes most is naturally that Guo Jia and Cao Cào are both defeated, and the fight will be broken for a long time, so that Sun Quan is the weakest of the three but the most likely to sweep Jingzhou.
No one thought that Guo Jia's declaration of war on Cao Cào this time was a bluff, and his subordinates did their best, except for the new army, navy, and guards in Yizhou, almost all the other soldiers and horses gathered in Guanzhong, with nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses!
Yecheng
Cao Cào was deliberating, and suddenly there was an urgent and long announcement outside.
"Report~!"
The soldier walked into the hall and knelt down on one knee to present a piece of military information to Cao.
Cao Cào took it and opened it to take a look.
"There are 20,000 trapped camps, 20,000 Huwei, 20,000 Wudang troops, 30,000 Zhang Yantong, 100,000 Zhang Liao soldiers in Hangu Pass and Chang'an, plus nearly 60,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Yinling Fei Cavalry in Liangzhou, Guo Jia took out 250,000 soldiers and horses to gather in Guanxi at once, what does he want to do? Hehehe. ”
This is the number of soldiers and horses that can be put into the battlefield, plus some logistics and personal guards who are not in the establishment, Guo Jia dispatched nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses without any water.
The civil and military forces in the hall were stunned!
Guo Jia has more than 400,000 troops!
Cao Cào now has 400,000 troops!
If the two families start a war, the world will definitely change, the blood will flow like a river, and no one dares to guess the victory or defeat.
Cao Cào has always been the first to fight weak, and invincible and invincible, even if it is like Xuzhou, a three-fold war, in the end he still picked the final fruits of victory, but in the face of the strong, Cao Cào has never taken the initiative to provoke, the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao launched, Cao Cào passive, now Guo Jia to fight Cao Cào, he is also passive.
But in general, Cao Cào's situation and strength are a hundred times more calm than that of Guandu at that time.
During the battle of Guandu, the voices of surrender were endless, and now, no one dared to jump out and suggest that Cao Cào negotiate peace or concession with Guo Jia.
Cao Cào has become the Duke of Wei, and he has obviously begun to fight the world for his own family, how can there be a way out?
Looking at the civil and military forces under the hall, Cao Cào smiled slyly.
Guo Jia, you've finally taken the bait!
"Cao Xiu, I order you to lead 50,000 troops to the southern end of Bingzhou and shake the division. Cao Zhen, I ordered you to lead 50,000 troops to Wancheng and strictly guard against the military pass. ”
The two generals of the Cao clan came out to receive the order with their fists.
Cao Xiu is a thousand-mile horse that Cao Cào said personally, and Cao Zhen is the general who successfully resisted Zhuge Liang four times before Zhuge Liang came out of Qi Mountain!
Cao cào faced a whole face, and said in a deep voice: "Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Li Dian, Le Jin, Xu Huang, Xiahou Shang, Yu Ban, Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, all the generals listened to the order, ordered 200,000 soldiers and horses, and went to Luoyang with me to fight for life and death with Guo Jia!" ”
All the generals came out and clenched their fists in unison to receive their orders.
Looking at this posture, Cao Cào is going to have a decisive battle with Guo Jia.
Hangu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if Guo Jia wants to fight Cao Cào, he must get out of Hangu Pass by himself, and Hangu Pass is not far to the east, which is Luoyang, which will be a frontal battlefield.
If Guo Jia used the Yellow River or sent troops from Wuguan, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen's arrangement was to prevent this.
The Sili area has fallen into the hands of Cao Cào since the Battle of Guandu, but he has not managed it well, developed and resumed production, the reason is that this is the focus of the confrontation between Guo and Cao's two families in the north.
Liangzhou Jincheng
Ma Chao, who is the assassin of Liangzhou and supervises the military in the northwest, is very leisurely flipping through the military book in his mansion, and someone outside asks to see him, Ma Chao does not raise his head and asks his subordinates to invite, and after a while, outsiders come and give Ma Chao a respectful salute.
"Don't drive your lordship? What is the reason for coming to the Humble House? ”
Ma Chao saw that the person who came was Mi Fang, and asked casually.
After Mi Fang hesitated for a long time, he asked in a low tone: "The lord wants to crusade against Cao Thief, the soldiers and horses of Yizhou have all arrived in Chang'an, why hasn't the general moved yet?" ”
After the northwest was cleared, there was no external trouble, Ma Chao was very leisurely in the past two years, and occasionally there were thieves who came out to let him practice his hands, and more time was to go to Shandan Horse Farm to watch horses.
Still looking at the scroll, Ma Chao yawned lazily and said, "I'm not going if I'm sick, as for the cavalry recruited by the lord, I have asked Ling Ming to take 20,000 silver feathers to ride to the division." ”
Now the cavalry under Guo Jia's command has been given to Ma Chao, and the Yinling Flying Cavalry and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry are all cavalry, but they can be clearly distinguished from each other in terms of equipment and tactical utility.
Silver Feather Flying Riding Light Armor Silver Spear, suitable for quickly rushing to kill coming and going like the wind.
Xiliang Iron Riding Heavy Armor Javelin, suitable for medium and long-distance killing, and has good defensive power.
After hearing this, Mi Fang frowned and asked: "This, the lord wants all the cavalry to go to Chang'an to join the division, and the general only sent Yinling flying horses, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" ”
Ma Chao threw the scroll towards the table, looked at Mi Fang with his chin on his hand, and asked indifferently: "Don't drive Lord is questioning whether it is fake that I am unwell and cannot lead the troops?" ”
Excuse!
Not to mention that Ma Chao is alive and vigorous now, even if Ma Chao is really sick and dies!
Wouldn't it be okay to let Pound go to Chang'an with all the cavalry?
Mi Fang smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly said, "The general misunderstood, misunderstood, I'm just worried that the lord's side is not good." ”
Ma Chao leaned back, picked up the scroll again, moved his gaze back to his hand, and said softly: "This is not a matter of effort." ”
Mi Fang laughed a few times and bowed and retired.
Turning around and walking out, Mi Fang's face was gloomy, and at the same time, there was a disdainful glint in her eyes.
Young and vigorous, I don't know what to do!
Isn't it just that you want your son to marry the lord's daughter?
With this little blow, I feel that I can't hang on my face, hum, sooner or later, I will die.
Ma Chao is strictly disobedient and disrespectful, Guo Jia requisitioned all the cavalry, he only sent Yinling Fei Cavalry, Xiliang Tie Cavalry did not move, and he did this, disobedience did not reach the point of completeness, and there was still room for maneuver.
As for how Guo Jia would deal with this matter, Mi Fang was gloating in her heart.
We'll see.
The two great heroes of Kansai and Kanto are about to break out in Sili, where an earth-shattering war breaks out.
At this moment, Guo Jia can't take care of Ma Chao's side, because Cao Cào's soldiers and horses are all ready, and they are all ready in Luoyang, Shanyang, and Wancheng.
Changan
After Guo Jia arrived in Chang'an, he ordered the three armies to rest and recuperate, and Liangzhou only had 20,000 silver feathers brought by Pang De, which made Guo Jia full of anger, and the other generals were also puzzled and angry at Ma Chao's behavior at this time.
If Ma Chao is angry because Guo Jia refused to get married, it is just nonsense!
Is he still a child who has not grown up?
Can't tell which is more important?
But if it weren't for the marriage, Ma Chao refused to send troops, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
Lobby Meeting
Guo Jia suppressed his anger and hid his anger, listening to the reports of the generals on the situation of the whole army, and after Zhang Liao finished speaking, Pang Tong opened his mouth and said: "Lord, there are still 40,000 Xiliang iron horsemen under Ma Chao who have not come, please lead the army to Jincheng to deal with Ma Chao's disobedience before the decisive battle with Cao Thief." ”
Guo Jia's eyes were cold, he closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then shook his head, and said: "It's too late, Zhang Ji, I ordered you to go and question Ma Chao, if he can't say a convincing reason, then he just wants to rebel!" ”
Zhang calmly went out to lead the errand.
This errand is simply fatal!
If Ma Chao really has a different heart, Zhang will be sent to death if he goes.
But Guo Jia no longer had time to personally lead the army to Jincheng.
This war was originally initiated by Guo Jia, but Cao Cào prepared for the war one step ahead of time due to geographical advantages, and the momentum of confrontation has quietly become a trend, if Guo Jia leads his troops to Jincheng, it will not only give Ma Chao a kind of pressure, but even directly Bi Ma Chao rebelled, if Ma Chao really rebelled, would Cao Cào let go of this opportunity? When the time comes, it is not Guo Jia who fights Cao Cào first, but Cao Cào who comes to attack him.
Cao Cào thought that Guo Jiaxing's division should have nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses gathered, but he didn't expect to learn that Ma Chao did not lead Xiliang Tieqi to join Guo Jia in Chang'an, and got the fact that Ma Chao was rejected by Guo Jia for marriage.
In the Luoyang camp, Man Chong suggested that Cao Cào send someone to go down to plot against Ma Chao, and attack Hangu Pass first, so that Guo Jia was embarrassed in his hesitation.
Whether to deal with Ma Chao first or fight this battle first, Bi Guo Jia makes a decision.
Cao Cào listened to Man's suggestion and did not take it.
He and Ma Chao have a grudge against his father, Ma Chao will not be rebelled by him, if he goes to rebel now, it reminds Ma Chao who his enemy is, and it will be self-defeating, just wait and see, maybe there will be unexpected gains.
On the other hand, Cao Cào was suspicious, for fear that this was a ploy by Guo Jia's envoy, pretending to make Ma Chao have a bad heart, and you made him attack the Xiongguan of Hangu Pass.
If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move, Cao Cào put on a position, and waited for Guo Jia to walk out of Hangu Pass and start a war on the plains outside Luoyang.
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