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Chapter 54 is wonderful

Nine years of Jian'an

When Guo Jia's Taiping army overthrew Han Sui at Yumén Pass, Cao Cào personally led his army north and approached Yecheng!

The warm breeze was gentle on the Chun day, but there was a cold and murderous atmosphere outside Yecheng. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info// update fast //device: no ads, full text, more

Cao Cào's 100,000-strong army besieged the city on all sides, and after three days of siege, Cao Cào finally ordered the siege of the city, but it was not violent, but a temptation.

Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan fought incomprehensibly in Qingzhou, and it was the trial that Yuan Shang stayed in Yecheng.

In the camp tent outside the city, Cao Cào was wearing a green sè and holding a bamboo slip, tepid.

In the tent, there are strategists Cheng Yu, military generals Xu Huang, Yu Ban, and Xiahou Yuan waiting to be sent.

It was Li Dian who presided over the siege of the city outside, and Cao Cào only brought these four generals with him on this expedition, no matter how many he had, he couldn't use it.

The three generals sat in the tent and looked bored, looking at each other, not to fight, not to sit here, there was a feeling of suffering.

After noon, the temperature rose, Cao Cào's shoulders shook, Dayu fell from his shoulders, he put down the bamboo slip and sat back, closed his eyes and said: "Zhongde, what do you think of Guo Jia's killing in the northwest?" ”

This time, Guo Jia's subjugation of the northwest and the killing were far heavier than he had ever done.

Even in the face of Yizhou, which has a larger population, Guo Jia has never slaughtered more than 50,000, while the population of the Northwest Manchurian Communist Party of 600,000 has been slaughtered by Guo Jia Nearly 100,000, which is only Han Sui's territory, not counting Ma Chao's previous territory.

The three generals stared at Cheng Yu, and now there was a topic that could finally relieve their boredom.

As expected by the lower officials, there are two reasons, Guo Jia wants to quickly pacify the northwest and gain time to go out of the east of the Guandong. At the same time, Guo Jia wants to use this way to deter Kanto. ”

Cheng Yu stroked his gray beard and said lightly.

The princes are playing, each is staring at each other's movements, and Guo Jia's iron-blooded strategy for the northwest this time surprised Cao Cào, and this change seems to have changed Cao Cào's impression of Guo Jia's actions.

Guo Jia flaunts love for the people, governs the army rigorously, implements policies that are beneficial to the people, whether it is Guanzhong or Yizhou, they are open to treat those who flee to the people, and for more than ten years, Guo Jia has accumulated a good reputation and the image of a benevolent and righteous monarch.

But this time the slaughter of the northwest made everyone in the world stunned.

Cao Cào speculated about Guo Jia's thoughts, and after a while after Cheng Yu's voice fell, he closed his eyes and said, "The first reason that Zhongde said is not valid. If Guo Jia wants to go out of the Kanto and advance, he will not take the initiative to attack the northwest, since he has fought, he will not be able to get involved in the Kanto region in a short time, and he should know this very well. And I guess there are two reasons, one of which is what Zhongde said, Guo Jiayu used killing to deter foreign enemies. Second, Guo Jianian is young and ambitious, less than twenty years will already be the lord of the chéng people, enter Yizhou to take the pass in the northwest, he is now the first prince in the world, it is inevitable that there will be arrogance, this kind of person, now the most unaccustomed is the person who opposes him, so he wants to kill, Shunchang rebels. ”

Cao Cào's brows furrowed slightly, and a sense of worry suddenly lingered in his heart.

In the stage after the battle of Guandu, Guo Jia only had two choices, either to conquer the northwest, or to take advantage of Cao Cào's attack on Hebei to enter the Central Plains.

Because after sending troops to the west or east, the three armies will inevitably experience a big battle, and the chariots and horses will be exhausted and brutal, and after the battle, it is not suitable to fight again. Second, if you conquer the territories in the northwest, or if you have made any gains in the Central Plains, you must immediately start to recuperate and stabilize your rule after the war, so as to consolidate the fruits of victory in your hands, so as not to change your elbows and armpits.

In terms of the choice of going west or east, Guo Jia chose to go west, that is, because Guo Jia moved first, Cao Cào dared to wave his army north, if Guo Jia's soldiers and horses did not move, then Cao Cào still sat calm and watched the second son of the Yuan family consume in Qingzhou.

"There are no immediate worries at the moment, but there are long-term concerns. This joy and sorrow make me wonder whether to laugh or worry. However, if I say that Guo Jia's original intention of slaughtering the northwest is that there is no one in his eyes, then in the long run, it will be a good thing. ”

Cao Cào sighed.

In the near future, Guo Jia will not go out of the customs, and within a few years, the Kanto and Kansai will be safe.

Thinking far-sightedly, Guo Jia's unification of Kanxi is a foregone conclusion, and the next time he goes out of Kanto and east, he may sweep the Central Plains and Hebei with a vigorous posture, and even, it may be the whole world.

As for the good things in Cao Cào's mouth, it is just a symptom.

To put it more formally, it is class limitations.

Guo Jia's background is low, and he has been poor since he was a child, and now as the number one prince in the world, it is a test.

The test of whether he can stand at the top and lower his posture is a change in mentality.

If the slaughter of the northwest was a beginning, a precursor, then Cao Cào was not worried, and gave Guo Jia five years, ten years, or even longer, and Guo Jia's rule would be self-defeating.

Ordinary people can't resist the corrosion of glory and wealth, and many people with lofty ambitions have bowed down in front of the high-ranking officials of Jinyi and Yuyu, and Guo Jia is now, if he changes from the mentality of pioneering and starting a business to the mentality of enjoying the results, then this is Guo Jia's biggest danger.

Regardless of before the Qin and Han dynasties, not to mention after the Wei and Jin dynasties, just in the Three Kingdoms era, many heroes killed themselves before the hegemony was achieved, such as Dong Zhuo, who was originally a warlord, and after controlling Luoyang, his ambitions were instantly exposed, stealing from the Dragon Court and poisoning the dynasty, which caused the disaster of destruction. Yuan Shao, the fourth and third dukes sat on the four states of Hebei, and he could listen to the advice of the contrary on the road to lay the foundation, and there were few arbitrary and indecisive times, but he was blind and arrogant after he unified Hebei, and finally buried all the power of the Yuan family in Guandu for a hundred years, and even Liu Yan, who raised the Yizhou pastor, occupied the Yizhou Tiangao Emperor Yuan, and did the trespassing, and used the honor guard of the Son of Heaven to incur the dissatisfaction of the Hanchen.

In the past 20 years, many heroes have been arrogant and complacent at the slightest achievement, insisting on going their own way and not accepting advice, which eventually led to their demise.

If Guo Jia also repeats the mistakes of Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao at this time, then Cao Cào can even foresee that the regime in the southwest of Kansai, which was born out of thin air, will collapse in an instant in the middle of the glorious avenue!

Of course, this is just a guess on the part of Cao Cào, because Guo Jia's conquest strategy changed from gentle to iron-blooded, which made him think this way, whether Guo Jia would be as carried away as a villain, only Jiāo gave time to give an answer.

And Cao Cào himself can't just stare at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia has already unified Kansai, what he wants to do is to swallow Hebei before Guo Jia finishes recuperation!

At dusk, the offensive and defensive battle of Yecheng came to an end, and the two sides were in a stalemate, and it was imperative for Cao's army to temporarily retreat.

Cao Cào walked out of the camp tent with his hands in his hands, looked at Yecheng from afar, and then looked at the sky, and under the twilight, Cao Cào turned his head and asked Cheng Yu: "Feng Li said that the time is almost up, right?" ”

Cheng Yu arched his hand and said in a low voice: "It's today." ”

Cao Cào nodded and said: "Don't enter the city in a big way, first send a thousand people into the city to investigate the movement, if there is no ambush and then defend the city, our army can drive straight in." ”

After receiving the order, Cheng Yu went to give an order to Li Dian, who was presiding over the war.

At the head of Yecheng City, the trial was busy directing the fortifications, and the sound of killing outside the city shook the sky, and the soldiers at the head of the city were nervous, and the trial was out of breath tired from walking back and forth.

Fighting, he is not good at it.

Just at dusk and sunset, there was a general named Feng Li under the trial of subordinates, who secretly surrendered to the enemy when Cao Cào's army attacked, and promised to open the city of Cao Cào.

However, Cao Cào was not at ease with him, for fear that it would be a poisonous plan to invite you into the urn.

Cao Jun retreated like cháo water, and when he saw this scene with sweat, he looked at the sky and thought that Cao Jun wanted to fight again tomorrow.

But at this moment, a shocking change suddenly occurred!

The city beneath the city suddenly opened from within!

Among the troops withdrawn by Cao Jun, there were a thousand troops rushing straight to the city, and the judge was so shocked that his face was bloodless, and when he looked down, he saw Feng Li riding on a horse to meet Cao Jun's army at the entrance of the city, and his eyes were cracked with hatred, and his teeth were crushed.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

The judge shouted hurriedly.

The soldiers who had just relaxed at the head of the city hurriedly raised their bows and arrows and went down.

The power of the bow and arrow lies in the accuracy of the target, if the thousand soldiers of the Cao army are only outside the city, it will be enough, and more bows and arrows will definitely be killed, but the city has been opened, and the Cao army entered the city with a rain of arrows, and the archers on the city wall were helpless.

Seeing that Cao's army had entered the city and fought with the defenders in the city, the judge was so panicked that he looked left and right for a long time, as if he was looking for a solution.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a huge stone placed at the head of the city, and he immediately shouted to the left and right: "Move the stone!" Block the city mén! ”

The soldiers threw the big stone from the head of the city in twos and threes, and it happened to block the entrance of the city, and after a rumbling sound, the vanguard of the Cao army of 1,000 people was cut off from it, and the more than 600 soldiers who entered the city became a lone soldier and were killed on the spot in the city, while those Cao troops outside the city heard the order behind them and retreated back in the rain of arrows.

Feng Li was tried and killed on the spot, and Xiang Shang's head was hung at the head of the city as an example.

The sky sè darkness fell, and the judge breathed a sigh of relief.

At night, Cao Cào stood outside the barracks and looked at Yecheng from afar, and he didn't have a headache and helplessness about the impasse in front of him.

Cheng Yu came behind him and was silent.

If you want to break Yecheng, Cao Cào will definitely be able to break it under the onslaught, after all, the main forces of Hebei have been taken to Qingzhou by Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan to the death.

"In this battle, it is not advisable to have too many casualties."

Cao Cào sighed lightly.

He can't fight all the old guys in Hebei, if swallowing Hebei makes him hurt his muscles and bones, I'm afraid it will take a longer time to recover, and in that way, the gap between his strength and Guo Jia will become more and more disparity.

"Besiege but not attack, Yecheng will be the lord's sooner or later."

Cheng Yu said softly.

Cao Cào looks up at the night sky, starry, bright people, why is the sky of Hebei more pleasant to look at than the Central Plains?

Thinking of this, a sly smile appeared on the corner of Cao Cào's mouth.

"Zhongde, do you remember how Guo Jia's rebel general Zhang Baiqi died?"

Cheng Yu didn't react for a while, he was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized that he smiled happily: "This strategy is wonderful." ”

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