In the second year of Taiwu, in July.

After the loss of Zhu'a, it was learned that the Cao army on the Jinan side moved north from Jishui to increase the plain, and launched a strategic offensive from Le'an and the plain, intending to encroach on the barrier of the Taishan army in the southeast of the river.

Guan Yu, the marshal of the left army of the Taishan Army, had his own judgment on this situation.

In order to alleviate the deterioration of the situation, Guan Yu decided to carry out an active offensive in order to relieve the pressure on Ding Sheng in Pingyuanjin.

In addition to ordering the lieutenants Guo Mo and Zhu Ying to snipe and intercept the Cao army in the direction of Jinan in the Taishan area, Guan Yu also ordered the garrisons in the area of Dongping to enter Thailand one after another.

Most of Dongping and Jibei have basically been under the rule of the Taishan Army for three years, and they have been full of soldiers and food, so they got Guan Yu's Nanfu order, and they were busy following Wenshui to Fenggao in Taishan County.

In the attack of most of the marshal's left army of Guan Yushuai, these garrisons took over the defense of the Fenggao area.

So Guan Yu, who had no worries, began to march to Zhu'a, followed by saving Tai Shici and aiding Guo Shu.

After defeating the ambush of the Han army, Guan Yu led the whole army with 7,000 feet and 2,000 cavalry to attack Zhu'a.

At that time, although the Zhu A Han army captured Zhu A City, in fact, there were still many Taishan troops with Zhu A battalion resisting in the vast countryside.

So most of the Han army went out of the city to level these dock walls.

So when Guan Yu led the army south, Zhu A was recovered by Guan Yu again with almost no resistance.

Guo Shu, who went south with Guan Yu, was still a little frightened at first, always worried that he would be punished by Guan Yu for losing the city. But Guan Yu did not deal with Guo Shu, and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

Guan Yu still took Guo Shu as Zhu Aling, and instructed him to collect the camp soldiers who were in the countryside and let them repair in Zhu A.

With Guo Shu's return in the Zhu'a area, the battalions who were originally scattered in the wilderness, such as Han Chang and others, returned one after another, and they continued to recruit and reorganize local officials in Zhu'a, intending to cooperate with Guan Yu's next stage of action.

Because with the emergence of Guan Yu's mobile force of 10,000 people, especially at the node of Zhu'a, the battle situation in the east has changed dramatically.

At that time, after learning that Guan Yu appeared in Zhu'a, after repeatedly confirming the news, he sent Li Du to lead 500 soldiers in Licheng to garrison the wall outside the city to control the traffic artery of Hetai.

There, Li Du will defend the west with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and the powerful tribes of Le'an.

On the other hand, Xiahoudun left most of his troops in the city to suppress them.

The news that Guan Yu appeared in Zhu'a spread into the city, and the family members of the city were confused and wanted to abandon the city.

At the same time, Licheng, as the hometown of Zhang Chong, the leader of the Taishan army, has a very huge influence. Xiahoudun was also unsure how many people in the city would have already colluded with the Taishan army, so he needed to keep most of his troops in the city.

Therefore, it was under such circumstances that Xiahoudun told Xun Yu in the rear:

"Qingzhou military affairs are only empty on the west road. Licheng is the gateway of Jinan, and Jinan is the throat lock of Qingzhou. However, it is difficult to keep the city, this place is a place where thieves thrive, and Li Shu is a thief. ……”

In short, Quan Shu means that it is to ask for reinforcements.

But Xiahoudun didn't know that Xun Yu didn't have any extra troops in his hands at this time.

After Cao Cao took 20,000 elite soldiers north to the plains and Jin, the defense of Cao's army in the hinterland of Jinan was already empty. In addition to the various arteries into Mount Tai, there are more than 1,000 officials in Shanghai, such as the eastern part of Jinan, and there is no even arrangement.

Therefore, in the face of Xiahoudun's letter of request for help, Xun Yu could only tell Xiahoudun on the front line of the current military situation in Qingzhou:

"As far as the overall situation is concerned, Licheng is related to the Qingzhou domain, so it must not be lost. However, the military strength of the county government is empty, and there are no reinforcements to send. At this time, the only way to do this is to stick to Licheng, and never be determined to win, and invite the heart to fight. And since ancient times, the city must be guarded, and the thief will go hand in hand if he goes west. Yuan let go of the first place to set up the pass, face to face, so that they can not wait for the gap to rush and respond to each other. ……”

On the one hand, Xun Yu emphasized the importance of Licheng, and on the other hand, he also gave Xiahoudun on the front line a military suggestion for fortification step by step.

Xun Yu's meaning is very direct, that is, to resist Guan Yu's department outside Licheng, and he must not let it break through, because now the hinterland of Jinan is empty, if Guan Yu's department is allowed to run vertically and horizontally, the situation will be very bad.

However, Xun Yu did not put the safety of Jinan on Xiahoudun's body, he first used the order of the shogunate to let Bian Bing, Zhao Yan, and Xu Ding, who were in the area of Qi State, withdraw their troops and return to Ji.

Bian Bing is Cao Cao's brother-in-law, who has been fighting with Cao Cao, and is now in charge of the war with Beihai in the Qi State.

After the Yellow Turban Incident in Qingzhou, the county was actually ruined, and the families of the powerful men formed a battle to protect themselves.

Therefore, when Bian Bing's expeditionary army appeared near Beihai Kingdom, the powerful surnames in China came to attach it.

For example, Wang Xiu, a native of Beihai Yingling, took 300 households with his family to defect to Cao Jun, and the county officials Sun Shao, Shi Yi, and Zhusheng Peng Xuan were all attached to Bian Bing.

In this process, Bingyuan, who is also from the North Sea, played a huge role.

Bing was originally the essence of Shilin in the county, and he was Zheng Xuan's subordinate, and there were letters and exchanges from Bing Yuan, so that the heroes of Beihai Kingdom knew Cao Cao's proposition.

Although there are different views on its policy of using talents in an eclectic manner, the force of its people can undoubtedly give Beihai families a sufficient sense of security.

So, for a while, the intelligence of Beihai was like a trickle, converging on Cao Jun.

In the face of Cao Jun's Bian Bing's army moving south, Guan Hai in Beihai was powerless to stop it, and at a specific conference, Guan Hai made a decision to move to Donglai in a comprehensive way.

The reason why this is so is because there is a base of the Taishan Army here in Donglai, and when you get there, you can meet with the Taishan Army and warm up together.

Therefore, when Xun Yu's order was dropped, Bian Bing's troops were already strong.

Knowing that the Taishan army was going to break through from the direction of Licheng, Bian Bing left Zhao Yan to stay in Beihai, and then the commander of the 8,000 troops went north to support Dongpingling.

But just when Xun Yu continued to draw troops from all sides and prepare to send them to Licheng.

The bad news came, and Licheng was lost.

At that time, Guan Yu, the marshal of the left army of the Taishan Army, was in Zhu'a, in addition to the 14 infantry battalions and two cavalry regiments in his headquarters, and Guo Shu's 2,000 men.

Subsequently, Guan Yu divided his troops and marched westward along the Hetai Pass to Licheng.

Li Du, who was guarding the first line of defense on the periphery of Licheng, was busy shrinking his forces and defending the most important barriers.

But when Guan Yu's troops appeared in front of Li Dubu, a Taishan army emerged from the rear of the camp wall.

It was Guo Mo's department, which had entered Mount Tai before, and its department went straight to the rear of the Han army camp along the inaccessible Mount Tai mountain road. In this way, when Guan Yu's main force appeared, Li Du in the barrier was actually in the middle of the front and back attacks.

At this time, the damage brought by the front and rear flanking attacks is not the actual result, but the psychological level.

The rear passage is the support channel between Li Dubu and Licheng, and once the rear is intercepted, the morale of Li Dubu plummets.

In particular, there are still a large number of Qingzhou soldiers and Le'an Haoqiang troops in Li Du's camp, and the morale of the army is not high. Now that the grain road is blocked, and Guan Yu, who is holding a heavy army, is on the opposite side, he directly collapses at the psychological level.

That night, there was a roar in Li Du's camp and it collapsed without a fight.

No, Li Du could only run east with the rebellious army, and was finally ambushed by Guo Mo and besieged at the foot of Jiaoshan Mountain.

Guo Mo is a fierce general of the left army, he only learned that this person is the chief general of this battalion after he got Li Du's military card, and then he decided to change his clothes into the Han army and attack Licheng at night after his mind turned.

Licheng originally had no city walls, and when Xiahoudun began to dominate Licheng, he began to build a large number of buildings, and successively built the city wall and the outer dock wall barriers.

When Guo Mo attacked Licheng, Xiahoudun also got the news that Li Du's outer walls were besieged, so he took 4,000 elite soldiers out of the city to rescue.

And Guo Mo went straight with his light soldiers, and took the trail again, just staggering away from Xiahoudun.

By the time Guo Mo approached the city, there were only more than 1,000 Han soldiers stationed in the city.

Guo Mo wanted to deceive the city as a rout of the Han army, but was immediately discovered by the Cao army. But something dramatic happened, the rangers and the officials on duty in the city gate of Licheng City turned against each other and opened the city gate directly after learning that there was the Taishan army outside the city.

The reason why Licheng is like this is because of the work done by Guo Shu before. He has been communicating with the heroes of Licheng, so that they understand what a great opportunity it will be to join the career of the Taishan Army.

On the other hand, the distrust of the heroes of Licheng by Xiahoudun, the commander of the Cao army, was also part of the reason for their rebellion.

Xiahoudun really found it difficult to trust these locals in Licheng, because whenever he grabbed any one of them and asked, he could ask about the inextricable relationship with the Taishan army.

So Xiahoudun knew that what he was sitting on was a crater that would erupt at any time, so how could he not over-suppress it?

And now, Xiahoudun also rashly sent most of his troops to rescue the outlying strongholds, which created an opportunity for this.

Licheng City was broken, Guo Mo did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but once again chose to set up an ambush in the area of Baizhangling in the east of Licheng City.

After learning from the mouth of the founder heroes in the city that the main force of the Cao army had just left the city to support the outside of the city, Guo Mo concluded that this Cao army would come to save Licheng later.

So, Guo Mo asked the head of Licheng to still hang the banner of Cao Jun, and then quietly set up an ambush circle outside the city.

After Guo Mo and they waited for a long time, Xiahoudun really hurriedly returned with an army of four thousand, and behind them was the cavalry army led by Guan Yu himself.

It was only because it was dark that the cavalry could not run, so Xiahoudun was allowed to retreat here.

In the dark night, Xiahoudun's face turned blue.

The soldiers in the back were constantly urging their subordinates to discard their armor so that they could get rid of the pursuers behind.

Xiahoudun still doesn't know why Li Du's barrier broke so quickly.

Seeing that Licheng was about to arrive, Xiahoudun's nervous heart was finally relieved.

But at this time, the Taishan army, which had no idea the number at all, suddenly came out from both sides, how could the Cao army, which had already discarded most of its armor, form resistance?

That night, Xiahoudun's troops were defeated, with nearly 1,000 casualties. Fortunately, Xiahoudun was really alert, and he didn't re-enter Licheng at all after breaking through, otherwise he would have been caught in the urn again.

Xiahoudun led the remnants to continue eastward and directly entered the Dongping Tomb.

Most of Guan Yu in the back finally arrived outside Licheng in the early morning of the next day and officially took over the gateway to Jinan.

For Guo Mo's interspersed ambush last night, Guan Yu gave a very high affirmation.

In this battle, Guo Mo really shined on the Eastern Front.

On July 4, the outer dock wall of Licheng was broken, and the next day, Guan Yu's army entered Licheng, and then did not rest, and the army continued to the east.

On the 5th, he followed the direction of Xiahoudun's remnants to pursue eastward and turned into Dongpingling. Successively swept through the six camps of Cao's army on the periphery of Dongpingling, and finally on the 10th, Guan Yu's army besieged Dongpingling.

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At this time, Dongping Mausoleum had been surrounded by Guan Yu's Marshal of the Left Army.

In order to guard against Cao Cao's rescue in the north, Guan Yu ordered his lieutenant Zhang Nan to lead 2,000 soldiers to attack Taixian County north of Dongpingling.

Taixian County is located in the south of Jishui, and it is also the grain of Cao Jun's northward rescue of the plain this time. The capture of Taixian County can not only build a defensive belt in the north with Jishui, but also cut off the grain supply of Cao's army in the north.

On the other hand, Guan Yu ordered the Taishan Army in the Tugu area to attack eastward, on the one hand, it was the eyes and ears of the army in the south, and on the other hand, it caused the pressure on the southeast prefecture and county of Qingzhou, so that it hesitated to support Dongpingling.

Tugu is located at the eastern foot of Mount Tai, most of the countryside in its territory is controlled by the Taishan army, and it is the earliest batch, although these field guards with Shanliao as the core are the most basic level of armament, but in fact the combat power should not be underestimated.

After they got Guan Yu's order, they quickly organized a force of nearly 1,000 people, many of whom were trained by the Golden Falcon back then, and they were very skilled in tactics and skills.

In addition, this is the first time in so many years that the Taishan army has issued a military order to attack behind enemy lines, which makes the morale of these field guards very high.

Gradually, they forgot the original Guan Yu's military orders, and began to move closer to the hinterland of Qingzhou more boldly.

At the same time, under the city of Dongping Tomb, Guan Yu was watching the city.

After looking around and returning to the tent, Guan Yu asked his generals to express their opinions, which has also been passed down from Zhang Chong's period.

The first thing to talk about is Guo Mo, the most dazzling in this battle.

I saw Guo Mohao say angrily:

"The marshal strategized and arranged it on both sides of the north and south, which is like opening his arms to take this Dongping Tomb into his arms. At this time, Dongpingling had no reinforcements. In addition, we fought down the Dongpingling Tomb back then, and we are very familiar with the defense of the city, and there are also a large number of beneficiaries of our army in the city, so there is no need to worry about this battle. ”

Guan Yu bowed his head, but when he glanced at the arrogant generals under his account, he was displeased.

There is a way to bring out what kind of generals, Guan Yu himself is the kind of arrogant character, and these fierce generals under his command are naturally no exception.

But since taking over as the master, Guan Yu has grown a lot, and this temperament is more precipitated than before.

So, on the contrary, he couldn't see the arrogance of the generals now.

He snorted:

"Do you think Cao Jun is afraid of us?"

None of them spoke, but that's clearly what it meant.

So Guan Yu continued:

"Yes, I also saw Cao Jun's fear of our army. But is Cao Jun afraid of me, Guan Yu? Are you afraid of you warriors? Or are you afraid of the armor we have in our hands? Yes, our army is indeed brave and invincible, and we are invincible in all battles, and we have been armed all the way from Fenggao, and it stands to reason that everyone should be afraid of me, so why is Cao Jun not afraid? ”

"But is that really the case? Is Cao Jun afraid of the more than 10,000 Taishan troops outside the city, or is it the proposition behind us? ”

"The king once said that we are destined to be tolerated in this world."

"I was like, why?"

"This is what the king said."

"Because they are afraid of us, they are afraid of an ideal society, they are afraid of a society where everyone is fair, they are afraid that the divine authority they boast of is just a lie, and they are even more afraid that thousands of leaders are starting to stand up."

"They doubt our ideas, denounce our ideas, and suppress our ideas, not because we are wrong, but because they are afraid. Because there is no one concept that can make tens of millions of people follow one after another, and death will not be spinning. Tens of millions of people sacrificed their lives and died, not for anyone's benefit, not for anyone's position, but for the justice of the world. Who has seen such a concept in thousands of rooms? ”

"Who is not afraid to oppose such a great and vast spirit?"

So, Guan Yu said something like that to everyone present:

"The enemy is afraid of me, not of swords and armor, but of justice in the hearts of the people. Therefore, please be careful not to be arrogant and rash. ”