Qin Feng used a sewing needle to light up the oil lamp, and continued to ask Xu Shu: "What does Mr. Yuanzhi think about military affairs?" ”

Xu Shu arched his hand and said: "Lord, I have always had the idea of sending troops to attack the pass south of Luoyang City, but at that time, the Cao army was ready to go, and the lord used troops in Guanzhong, so I was afraid that our army would fight on two fronts, so I didn't make any move!" ”

"Now that the war in Guanzhong has subsided for the time being, and Cao Cao is busy receiving Runan, Zang Ba's tens of thousands of horses and horses came from Xuzhou, the road is far away, after this battle of Runan, they are already exhausted, and they can't stay in Runan all the time, they must return to Xuzhou as soon as possible!"

"Therefore, I want to take advantage of Cao Cao's truce to suddenly attack the passes south of Luoyang City, these passes are not many defenders, but they are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they have never fought the idea of these passes, presumably the guards and defenders of these passes are only afraid that they have already slackened and lost their vigilance, and at this time, they will be able to take these passes in one fell swoop!"

"After that, as long as we operate carefully and do not relax, it will not be easy for Cao Cao to take it back, and our army occupies these passes, which can cut off the connection between the west of Luoyang and Xudu at any time, and even deter Hedong!"

Qin Feng asked, "Is this a success?" ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "I have sent a detailed work to investigate the reality and reality, and now I am preparing for the implementation, and when the lord and others leave Nanyang, it will be officially launched in the next!" ”

Before leaving, Qin Feng sent people to escort Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi to Chang'an in advance to find a house to settle down, and three days later, Qin Feng took his wife and children and other ministers and civil officials and several military generals to Chang'an, accompanied by 5,000 soldiers and horses.

The total number of troops left in Nanyang was 20,000, all of which were commanded by Xu Shu, mainly infantry, and only 2,000 cavalry.

On the third day after Qin Feng and the others left, Xu Shu sent troops to launch a surprise attack.

Within one day, the Flame Army successively descended the three passes of Guangcheng, Yique, and Otani.

And the next day, when the guards and soldiers of Xuanyuan Pass had not yet received the news, the Flame Army attacked Xuanyuan Pass at dawn, and so far, the nearest passage from Yuzhou to Luoyang City was cut off.

Within a few days, the districts and cities where these passes were located were all captured by the Flame Army.

Luoyang City, a dilapidated city, although it has been more than ten years since it was burned down by Dong Zhuo, it is still very dilapidated, and there are still many sections of the city wall in a state of collapse, and it has not been repaired.

There were only 1,000 defenders in this city, and because the walls were in tatters, the 3,000 men and horses of the Flame Army raided under the command of Gan Ning, and the 1,000 men were killed before they had time to react.

At this time, Cao Cao, who was in Xudu, had just received that the four passes south of Luoyang had been captured by the Flame Army, and Cao's army could not go to Xuanyuan Pass to Luoyang, so he could only go around to the direction of Xingyang in person.

Sikong Province.

Cao Cao frowned, since the news came that the four passes south of Luoyang were raided and captured by the Flame Army, his joy of taking Runan and driving Liu Bei away had been washed away.

Cao Cao looked at the strategists and generals, "I finally won a battle, but now I was punched under the ribs by Qin Feng, which made Cao suffer a dumb loss, let's talk about it, how to deal with this matter?" ”

Before the strategists could think of a response, there was another report of the emergency military situation outside: "Report-"

A messenger ran in and bowed down: "Prime Minister Qiqi, the Flame Army should join forces to capture the Tiger Prison Pass, the guard general Bian Xi was killed on the spot, and the defenders were killed or captured by a thousand people!" ”

Cao Cao heard this, staring at his big eyes and pulling his hands: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" There are 1,000 elite soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass, how did the Flame Army mix in and join forces with the outside and the outside? Is Bian Xi a pig? ”

Tiger Prison Pass is an extremely important pass leading to Luoyang in the east of the Kwant, it is not a problem to garrison thousands of people, if this pass is bordered by the enemy's territory, at least 3,000 people must be stationed, just because Luoyang has been under the control of Cao Cao, and it is not directly against the enemy, so it is symbolically stationed 1,000 people, but I did not expect that the Tiger Prison Pass in the middle of Cao Cao's sphere of influence was captured by the Flame Army.

Xuanyuan Pass and Tiger Prison Pass were successively captured by the Flame Army, as a result, Cao Cao lost most of the control of the Sili region, and the east and west territories were cut off, Hongnong County must not be able to keep it, after being cut off, Hongnong County was alone, once attacked by the Flame Army, Cao Cao wanted to send troops to rescue and could not do it.

The Sili area is still under the control of the imperial court is Hongnong County, Hedong County and Hanoi County, and the northern state is now in a state of no official government, the Huns are rampant everywhere, burning, killing and plundering, all kinds of evil, even if there is an official government, they dare not manage the Huns.

Xun Yu stood up and arched his hand: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid this matter is true, Xuanyuan Pass and Tiger Prison Pass have fallen into the hands of the Flame Army, and it will be even more difficult for our army to take it back, and now it is necessary to strengthen the control of Hongnong County, Hedong County and Hanoi County!" ”

"As long as our army firmly controls Hangu Pass, we only need to guard against the enemy from Tongguan, Hongnong County can be saved, and the prime minister can send people to Bingzhou to appease the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, so that he will not attack Hedong County!"

Cao Cao stroked his thick beard and nodded: "Wen Ruo has won my heart!" ”

At this time, an official walked in quickly with two scrolls of paper and saluted Cao Cao: "I have seen the prime minister, I received urgent news, a month and a half ago, when Ma Teng and Qin Feng were fighting, the two sides suddenly stopped fighting and made peace, and then Ma Teng led the army back to Jincheng quickly, and at that time Jincheng was besieged by Han Sui with a large army······"

"What did you say?" Cao Cao loudly interrupted the official's report, "Qin Feng and Ma Teng made peace with the army?" Is this because Han Sui stabbed him in the back? ”

"Exactly!" The official said.

Cao Cao's brows tightened, "What about Fu Gan?" ”

"Fu Yancai has been given to Qin Feng by Ma Teng as a prerequisite for the resignation of the army, according to the entourage who followed Fu Yancai and fled back, he may have been killed by Qin Feng!"

Dying alone is nothing to Cao Cao, he didn't wrinkle every day, he was worried that the plan would fail, and raised his hand and said, "You continue!" ”

The official continued: "It is reported that after Ma Teng led his army back to Jincheng, he fought with Han Sui, was defeated and killed by arrows, and a few of his troops were killed, and most of them were annexed by Han Sui! His brother Ma Yi, Zi Ma Tie, wife and children were all killed by Han Sui, and only the eldest son Ma Chao and Cong Ma Dai led hundreds of people to Chang'an to join Qin Feng! ”

After the official finished speaking, the hall was silent.

The previous layout failed, Cao Cao was very unwilling, and the situation was completely out of control.

When Zhong Xuan was still in Chang'an, the imperial court still had a deterrent effect on Ma Teng and Han Sui, and now the Guanzhong region has been controlled by Qin Feng, and even the area west of Hujiao Pass will be obtained by Qin Feng.