"Let's say, there are 10,000 defenders in Liyang, even if there are 3,000 troops at the ferry, there are 7,000 people in the city, and the other side is Baimajin, with our heavy troops guarding it, and reinforcements can be sent at any time, how can it be lost?"

Cao Cao, who had just woken up, didn't dare to rest at all, and immediately summoned Le Jin to ask.

He couldn't figure it out, everyone knew the importance of Liyang, otherwise he wouldn't have left Lejin to guard, this was the general he valued the most besides the Cao family and the Xiahou family.

Everyone in the world knows that Zhang Liao is the first of the five sons, but Cao Cao's most trusted is Le Jin, and Zhang Liao as the main general of the battle of Xiaoyaojin guards Hefei, but he can't suppress the deputy general Le Jin.

It is precisely because Le Jin is extremely favored by Cao Cao that Cao Cao personally wrote to him and asked him to cooperate with Zhang Liao's affairs, otherwise how dare ordinary deputy generals not listen to the orders of the main general.

This is due to Lejin's straightforward personality and not good at disguise, which reassures people that he will not go behind his back, and he is loyal, brave and resolute, and he is a rare general.

"Lord, it's the last general who is incompetent, so that Zhang Xiu's thief has deceived him!"

Seeing Cao Cao asking, Le Jin, who had been kneeling there with a sad face, cried loudly, and everyone was stunned and immediately screamed. Only then did I remember that Zhang Xiu defected to the enemy and did not notify the rear.

Xiahou Yuan was defeated and returned, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, everyone only thought of informing Zhang Liao not to be copied from the back road, and selectively ignored the rear.

First, Liyang is located in the rear of the army, and secondly, he is worried that Liyang will soon report this matter back to Xudu, Cao Cao's army is outside, and Liu Xie is not a worry-free person.

Therefore, I thought that it would not be too late to notify after winning a big victory, but this time difference was caught by the opponent.

Le Jin, a person with an upright personality, saw Zhang Xiu coming back with troops, although he would ask carefully, he would not treat it cautiously.

Zhang Xiu is no longer treated by everyone, after all, he is his own person, and Jia Xu's old traitor's rhetoric taught him to deal with it, so Le Jin was deceived into opening the city gate.

"Zhongde sent an order, the whole army rested for one night, and the camp returned to Liyang tomorrow."

"Gongda ordered Ziyuan to withdraw his troops and reinforce Liyang."

"Gongming listened to the order, and after the handsome 5,000 steps were broken, he dragged the recruitment to reinforce Liyang."

"Wen Lie listened to the order and led the tiger and leopard to block Wei Yan's department."

Cao Cao did not hold Le Jin accountable, and after pondering for a while, he gave orders one after another.

Guo Jia suggested: "My lord, divide your troops to attack Shexian again, open up Fukou, threaten the flank of Huguan, and see if Yuan Xi can save and merge the state." ”

Cao Cao pondered, nodded and shouted, "Zhiyuan, give you three thousand steps to ride, can you capture Shexian for me?" ”

Gao Ran was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and said solemnly: "Dare not serve your life!" Rest assured, the last general will fight to take Shexian County! ”

This is sonorous and powerful, in fact, Gao Ran knows better than anyone that this battle is difficult to fight, and Shexian is one of the eight Taihang mountains, standing on the road, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Don't look at the configuration of just the county seat, but this is a strategic place, it is impossible for Yuan Xi not to send heavy troops to guard it, otherwise once it is breached, the waist and abdomen of the state will be exposed.

But he didn't dare to show embarrassment, Zhang Xiu voted for Yuan Xi, a general like him, at this time, he was the most suspicious, and if he was not careful, his head would fall to the ground.

Cao Cao saw that he agreed, nodded slightly, and added: "Don't be too reluctant, it's okay if you can't attack it, but you must put enough pressure on the other party to contain them from going south to reinforce Liyang." ”

"No!"

Gao Ran suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the momentum of this promise was different. At the same time, it can be seen that Cao Cao actually has no hope of winning this battle.

It's no wonder that even if Sun Wu is reborn, in the face of the war situation where the back road is broken, he doesn't dare to say that he will definitely be able to turn the tables, and the logistics can drag any strong army to death.

The next day, Cao's army withdrew from Quliang, and all the places that had been occupied along the way retreated, and after the assembly, Xu Huang commanded the battalion to defend against Yuan Xi's pursuit step by step.

"We have all been deceived by Yuan Xianyi, Hebei is not split, but has long been united, showing people to split is just to paralyze outsiders, this time we will not lose unjustly."

Cao Cao came back to his senses at this time, Yuan Xi went all out this time, it could not be because the alliance sent troops, and the entire strategy must have been set a long time ago in order to be so commanding.

It was precisely because of this that Cao Jun was deceived that he made a mistake in the strategic layout, thinking that the four divided states could not be coordinated and complete, and there would be a time lag to catch him off guard.

Xun Yu was full of chagrin at this time, the layout he was best at, he actually overturned the car this time, and when he heard this, he raised his head and looked at Cao Cao.

"Lord, I'm afraid that Yuan Xianyi started to lay out this battle last year, otherwise Jia Wenhe and Zhang Xiu would not have gone so smoothly, Xu Du came with news that his two families have been missing for a long time."

Xun You smiled bitterly: "It seems that Yuan Xianyi proposed to the lord that it was fake to kill Jia Xu, in order to eliminate our vigilance." ”

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Not to mention that Cao Cao's side was reviewing himself, Yuan Xi's side ordered the whole army to be taken on as soon as he received Liyang's recapture.

Gan Ning even led 3,000 foot soldiers to set off from Nanpi and go south on a small boat raft along the Qinghe River, which was the first large-scale march boat of the northern army.

The Qing River flows outside Nanpi City, all the way south to Anping County, Qinghe County, Guangping County and Wei County to flow into the Yellow River.

It just happened that he could get all the way to the vicinity of Liyang, but coincidentally, Qinghe was on the way to Wei County, and there was only one place around the river bank that was close to the county seat, and the rest of the places were wild.

Wei County was originally the territory of the Yuan family, and it was occupied by Cao Cao every two years, and there were many people in the Ganning army who were familiar with the terrain and road conditions.

Therefore, as long as the daytime is avoided when passing through the inner yellow, and after the night passes quietly, the possibility of being discovered by Cao Jun is greatly reduced.

In addition, Gan Ning, a hero in the water, and the light boats that had been prepared long ago, were only carried by five or six people, fast and small, and Yuan Xi was dumbfounded when he proposed to take the waterway.

After all, no one in the north has ever done this, and there are people who transport grain and grass, but they are all in their own defense areas, and how can they transport troops into the enemy's war zone.

Only a bold person like Gan Ning could come up with this strategy.

In April of the eleventh year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's army rushed to Liyang to begin the siege of the city, at this time Gan Ning had already arrived, and he was stationed in Liyang to take over the defense, which frightened Zhang Xiudu.

At the same time, it also made Zhang Xiu settle down, increased the 3,000 life force, and greatly increased the certainty of holding Liyang, and Cao Cao seemed to be about to lose the entire Wei County this time.

Once Yuan Xi's army pressed behind Cao Cao, it would be impossible for him to attack the city again, otherwise he would definitely be defeated by the enemy on his back.

"Lord, Gao Ran attacked Shexian, do you want to destroy him?"

Wei Yan came in to report excitedly, and Yuan Xi said with a smile: "Gao Ran is an outcast, what are you doing with that effort, Cao Cao's army has withdrawn to Liyang, and even Yecheng has less than 5,000 defenders left, and his back road has long been cut off." ”

Wei Yan frowned and disagreed: "No, my lord, even if he is alone, but our pursuit of Cao Jun will soon be in front of him, if he makes trouble in the back, it will affect the morale of the army." ”