Why did Cao Cao go north in a hurry?

Just because there is news from the direction of Jinan:

"The Tarzan army has gone south!"

A few days ago, Ding Shengbu, who was originally in Pingyuanjin, suddenly crossed the river and attacked Pingyuan County.

At this time, most of the troops in Qingzhou were taken by Cao Cao to attack Xu, and they could not organize decent resistance at all, which made Ding Sheng's Taishan army fight all the way to the Luoyin area, and the rest of the counties were shocked three times a day.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Ren, who stayed in Qingzhou, hurriedly flew to Cao Cao in Xuzhou and asked him to hurry back to help.

Cao Cao pretended to have a headache and thought about it alone for a long time.

He was not a fool, he knew that now was not the time for the Taishan army to go south for a decisive battle.

First of all, it was late autumn, and it didn't take long for winter to begin. At this time, no matter how arrogant the Taishan army was, they did not dare to think that they could take the Central Plains with just more than a month.

The second is that the Taishan army has just finished the war against Liao, and the soldiers and horses are tired.

Last but not least, that is, Cao Cao's own extreme suspicion, the Taishan army went south to mobilize him back.

What is the purpose? It's very simple, that is, to give Xuzhou a breath of air.

When he and Yuan Shao began to seek a broader depth to cope with the pressure of the Taishan Army, the Taishan Army was not stupid and began to take action.

And Ding Sheng's action was such a harassment that mobilized his troops to return to help.

But Cao Cao judged even so, but in the end he hurriedly returned to the division with the army of Van Xu.

Why? Because he didn't dare to bet.

At this moment, Cao Cao has a bunch of belongings in his hands, but he doesn't dare to be as single as in the past.

And sure enough, when he returned with a large army to help, Ding Sheng withdrew.

Cao Cao's inner grievances are not enough for outsiders.

He has realized that the current Taishan army completely occupies the initiative against him, just like this time, if he doesn't come back, then Ding Shengbu may unite with Guan Yu of Taishan and directly copy his rear.

And if he returns like this every time, then his main force will be limited here, and his power will never be able to develop.

When the main force of the Taishan Army in Hebei really went south for a decisive battle, he Cao Cao was still dead.

At this moment, Cao Cao realized that there was something wrong with his strategy, so he set his sights on Yuan Shao, who he believed should have the same worries as him.

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Indeed, Yuan Shao also faced the same predicament as Cao Cao.

When he ordered Ju Yi to go out of the three passes to attack Jiangxia, Guan Yu of Taishan and Heifu of Heji began to threaten Yuzhou from the northeast and east sides respectively.

It's just that he has three advantages over Cao Cao. First, Yuzhou is deep, and he can resist step by step. The second is that he has a large number of soldiers, even if he supplies the Juyi army to conquer the south, today's Yuzhou can still gather 20,000 warriors and 40,000 county soldiers. The third is that he has an ally, that is Zhang Miao.

Chen Liu's Zhang Miao can defend him against Heifu in the direction of Heji, and he only needs to deal with Guan Yu in the direction of Taishan.

But Rao also felt constrained by the strategic environment. He can now understand the role of Zhang Chong in opening up a base area in the Central Plains before.

These dotted bases are like-stirring sticks, and whenever he expands into a critical time, these bases will be given to him.

Who can stand this?

Therefore, Yuan Shao had the intention to destroy Guan Yu and Heifu, but at this moment, it was a critical moment in the Jingzhou war, and he could not divide his troops.

At this point, he is not as good as Cao Cao. Cao Cao completely took the initiative in Xuzhou, and he could fight if he wanted to, and leave when he wanted to. So it doesn't matter if you retreat once, you can kill it again next month.

But Yuan Shao is different, how much effort he has spent and how much effort he has prepared for this surprise attack on the three levels.

If he retreats this time, he Jingzhou won't want to fight again. Therefore, Yuan Shao could only grit his teeth and hold on, but in his heart, he already regarded Guan Yu as a target who must be eliminated.

However, when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both saw the first intention of the Taishan Army in the Central Plains to send troops to attack and disturb all parties, the news that came next suddenly silenced the two.

The Taishan army sent troops from Daibei and attacked and merged the state.

It turns out that this is the real intention of the people.

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In the second year of Taiwu, October 5.

The 20,000 Taishan Army rear army and 10,000 Zhonghu troops gathered in Daibei Takayanagi, with a total strength of 30,000, went south and merged with the state on this day.

These Taishan troops, who were ready to attack, soon followed the Fenshui Road and attacked Pingcheng.

Pingcheng is actually the future Datong, but compared with the attention of the Ming Dynasty, Pingcheng at this time was almost reduced to the sheepfold of the Hu people.

How can these tribes have an overall vision, when Zhang Chong's Daxu rushed into Pingcheng, these people were still ignorant.

As a result, Pingcheng, a border town on the boundary between Hu and Han, fell into the hands of the Taishan army effortlessly.

Entering Shanxi from Hebei, there are usually three Taihang Mountain tunnels, which are also commonly used in Hebei. But this time the Tarzan army did the opposite.

They took the passage of the Hu people to the south, that is, from Saiwai to Yunzhong, and then followed the Fenshui passage into Yanmen County. After breaking through Yanmen County, it crossed the Juzhu Mountain and entered the Taiyuan Basin.

Then you can continue south from the Taiyuan Basin, enter Hedong, and then point directly to Luoyang.

That's right, this time Zhang Chong is ready to take Luoyang.

In addition, there will be a route led by Ban, who will start from Ye Thanh and then enter Hanoi, and then the two armies will converge on the east side of the river.

That is to say, this time the Taishan army will follow the east and west foothills of Taihang Mountain, divide the troops and attack together on the two roads, and finally completely take Bingzhou and Luoyang.

The reason why Zhang Chong designed such a strategy was that he came up with a comprehensive consideration of the current situation in the world.

As a world-class strategist, Zhang Chong can always grasp a moving line from a complex environment.

When the news of the Kyoto Incident reached Zhang Chong, he was keenly aware that the balance of power among the forces in the world was about to be broken.

It was also this change in Kyoto's White Horse Temple that made Zhang Chong notice a force that he had never cared about before, that is, the Kansai court.

In the past, he would care about Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and the Yuan brothers. But I don't care about people like Liu Xie.

But this time the change of the White Horse Temple, from the news sent by the foreign army flying horses lurking in Kyoto, they determined that the forces of the Kansai Imperial Court had made a lot of moves in this White Horse Temple operation, and it can be said that this time He Jin was able to counterattack so quickly, and eighty percent of the reason was that the Kansai side made a force.

And when this information was sent to Zhang Chong, he suddenly realized that at this time, Kansai was faintly strong Qin.

According to the Longliang and Liang, it can be said that there are five in the world, and there is more war potential than the Taishan Army that occupies Hebei.

Previously, Zhang Chong had always looked at Kansai with old eyes, and since Liu Hong's frame entered the customs, he felt that Kansai was just a lingering breath. But who would have thought that it was also a coup d'état, and the Kanto court was killing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and in the end, the more they killed, the weaker they became.

And what about Kansai? But let the strongman Dong Zhuo out of position.

When the ministers of Kansai competed with the eunuchs, the little emperors Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo became the final winners. No one knows how they reached a tacit understanding, and the key figures may be Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Min.

Originally, Dong Zhuo may have thought about some things that he shouldn't have thought about at first, but after he successfully became a general as a relative, he found that with this name, everything was logical.

And what makes Liu Xie stronger than his brother Liu Wei is that he is more decentralized, or more tolerant.

His brother can't stand He Jin's domineering, but what about Liu Xie? I don't think Dong Zhuo is arrogant at all.

And after having legal principles and fame, Dong Zhuo no longer needs to prove his power as he did in history, so his means are more restrained and gentle.

In short, after the Kansai Warriors with Dong Zhuo as the core were fully authorized by Liu Xie, they burst out with tremendous energy.

This was reflected in the war, as they completely drove the Kwantung Army out of the Kuohan Pass and began a strategic counteroffensive.

It was also under this circumstance that Zhang Chong had to start taking action.

Originally, Zhang Chong wanted to wait a little longer, because Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's actions were exactly what he wanted.

Originally, what was Zhang Chong most worried about?

What he was worried about was to use Hebei to confront the princes of the world, and then he would be completely strangled between the mountains and the sea. Although historically, it has been difficult for this kind of combination to succeed horizontally, even if the probability is low, as long as it happens, it is very uncomfortable.

So Zhang Chong decided to wait.

And this waited for the opportunity.

As Zhang Chong expected, in the face of the pressure of the Taishan army, Cao Cao in Qingzhou and Yuan Shao in Yuzhou both chose to expand outward. And expansion has divided their alliances and added more enemies.

First of all, Qingxu completely turned against him, and Xuzhou was defeated by Qingzhou. Then Yuzhou and Jingzhou fought each other, so that Jingzhou, the only complete strength in the Kanto region, was also quickly consumed.

Zhang Chong's original plan was to attack back and forth with the Taishan army of Heji, Taizhou, and Pingyuanjin, and mobilize the main forces of Yuzhou and Qingzhou to make them exhausted.

This move was Zhang Chongxue's ruthless move in the future Manchu Dynasty.

Every time the main force of the Ming army was about to wipe out the Central Plains Liukou, the Manchu Qing began to enter the customs to attack Beijing, and then Emperor Chongzhen was impatient to recruit the main force of the court back to Beijing, and then the Liukou revived.

Relying on this means, the little Manchu Qing dragged the Ming Dynasty to death.

And now, the Taishan army is stronger than the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Cao and Yuan armies are weaker than the Ming court.

Therefore, Zhang Chong had already stabilized the Diaoyutai and was ready to continue to bleed Cao and Yuan, and finally struck a thunderous blow.

But these methods can only be used until now.

Because of the decline of Kantogi, it can no longer resist Kansai. And once Kansai is allowed to go out to Heluo, when the time comes, the two capitals will become one capital, and Kansai will be able to gather the hearts of the remaining people of the Han family together.

When the time comes, it will be difficult to control Kansai.

Therefore, Zhang Chong must strike first, go down and merge the state first, cut off one of the arms of Kansai, and then enter Kyoto, completely blocking Kansai in the Cuihan passage.

Therefore, it was precisely in order to accomplish this strategic goal that Zhang Chong took the 30,000 Taishan troops who had completed their rotations to the south again.

This time, his target is Shangluo.