Three Kingdoms: before lying flat, dragging Zhao Yun to defect to Cao

Hefei's defenders have changed one after another, from Jiang Ji to Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Li Dian to Man Chong, and then to Zhang Te, who is not very well-known, Soochow has never crossed the threshold.

But Sun Ce is different. This man has calmed down Jiangdong now, and he is looking to find something serious to do.

Yuan Shu has become a dead bone in the tomb, not a climate.

Therefore, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu must know in their hearts that the real enemy has become Cao Cao.

In addition, these two are small experts in making troubles.

If he heard the news of Cao Cao's large-scale northward march to a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, he would definitely not be able to sit still, at least he would come over and stir up trouble.

Moreover, a deeper point is that although almost all of Yuan Shao's army rushed to the Youzhou battlefield.

But if Cao Cao goes out to attack Yecheng, Yuan Shao can also go south from Qingzhou to Xuzhou and Xuchang!

Coupled with Sun Ce, Liu Biao and others, this is quite unfavorable for Cao Jun.

Therefore, Tong Fei supported Cao Cao's surprise attack on Yecheng, but he did not support a large-scale march northward.

If you want to fight, then select a part of the elite, take Yecheng in one fell swoop, and then make arrangements!

……Xi.

Chapter 162 The strategy of attacking Yecheng, the battle of Yijing

After hearing what Tong Fei said, Cao Cao frowned.

What a magnificent thing it is to march northward.

However, after Tong Fei's advice, Cao Cao also knew in his heart that it was not yet time to send his troops north.

Historically, after the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao chose to put down his banners and drums, and first went south to drive Daer, who was entrenched in Rangshan, to Jingzhou. This was also due to the deep-rooted Yuan family's rule in the north.

In history, after the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao still had tens of thousands of troops in the four prefectures of Hebei, and he was able to launch the Battle of Cangting two years later.

After the Battle of Cangting, Yuan Shao died and had no chance to go south.

But despite this, it took Cao Cao a full seven years to pacify the four northern states starting from the Battle of Guandu.

It was also full of hardships.

You know, Xu You, Zhang He, and Gao Lan had surrendered to Cao at that time.

Yuan Shao, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Ju Yi all died long ago.

The golden lineup of the Hebei Army has disappeared.

Instead, there are shrimp soldiers and crab generals and a bunch of dog-headed military divisions under the command of the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang.

But even so, relying on their old background, the two brothers of the Yuan family have been strong for such a long time.

Is this because they are awesome?

Obviously it's not because of their personal talents, but because of Yuan Shaozhuan's deep background.

In other words, the Yuan family's influence in the north was so huge that Cao Cao, who had won two consecutive battles at Guandu and Cangting, had to take it slowly.

Although Yuan Shao did not unify Youzhou now, his old background is still strong, which cannot be compared with that of Yuan Shu.

Thinking clearly about the gap between the enemy and us, Cao Cao sighed quietly.

It seems that the time for a decisive battle in the north has not yet come.

However, in an instant, Cao Cao's pupils shone brightly at the thought of attacking Yecheng.

Ahem, definitely not Yuan Shao's wife and concubine, definitely not.

Our Boss Cao just wants to clear up the world as soon as possible and clear up the universe.

"Chang Ping, do you think it would be better for me to bring the "One Two Three" troops to the north?"

Cao Cao asked Tong Fei.

Although it is impossible to go northward on a large scale for the time being, in any case, this battle to go north should be fought as beautifully as possible, right?

"My lord, if you want me to say, you just need to bring all the cavalry troops."

"As the saying goes, people come in a hurry, and they go in a hurry. When the time comes, Yecheng will be emptied. Even if Yuan Shao returns to Yecheng, what he will get is just an empty city!"

"In this way, the evacuation of Yecheng is simply a slap in the face of Yuan Shao."

"A fatal blow to his influence in the North!"

Tong Fei said with a smile.

Cao Cao nodded approvingly when he heard this proposal full of bad taste.

Tong Fei's plan was exactly what he wanted!

Soon, Cao Cao summoned a group of civil servants and generals into the meeting hall.

Finally, it was decided that Zhao Yun would command [-] cavalry as a partial division to contain Yan Liang.

Cao Cao personally commanded [-] tiger and leopard cavalry, [-] Bingzhou wolf cavalry (trained by Zhang Liaoxin), and [-] Cao cavalry, and went north to attack Yecheng.

Cao Cao had [-] cavalry under his command, and the whole army was dispatched, so that almost all the soldiers left behind were infantry.

As for the generals, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Chen Dao, and Tai Shici followed.

As for the advisers, Tong Fei, Guo Jia, and Xun You went out with the army.

In addition, two special forces will also participate in this battle.

These two troops will follow as Tong Fei's personal guards.

Yes, everyone Yan Zu guessed right, the special forces are the Tiger Guards riding tigers and the newly formed "Leopard Guards"!

With tigers and leopards, these two armies are worthy of their names.

In order to conceal the expedition, Cao Cao specially released a declaration, claiming that the [-] cavalry will be led by Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and other generals, starting from Xuchang, and attacking Chang'an City occupied by Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou!

In fact, after Cao Cao left Xuchang, he immediately led his soldiers and rushed to Yanjin Ferry.

Having said that, I have to talk about how Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou are doing recently.

After Zhong Yao embarked on the road to the west, he first came to Lantian County near Chang'an, and recruited Duan Wei, who was interested in surrendering to Cao Cao, under his command.

With Duan Yan's [-] soldiers, Zhong Yao also has the confidence to do things.

Afterwards, Hongnong Zhang Baiqi, Xuejiaoling Leixu and many other mountain kings and small princes in Guanzhong expressed their loyalty to Cao Cao under the influence of Zhong Yao's imperial edict.

This incident naturally alarmed Li Jue and Guo Si. The two of them still had some elite Feixiong soldiers under their command. After an agreement, they quickly joined forces to quell the rebellion.

Today, it is on the road to counter the rebellion.

But what the two of them didn't know was that their most solid ally, Fan Chou, was preparing for a wave of rebellion under Zhong Yao's instructions.

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south leather city

Yuan Shao set up his base camp against Gongsun Zan in this city.

Less than a hundred miles away from Nanpi City is Yijing City, the old nest that Gongsun Zan spent a lot of money to build.

Therefore, even though he was stationed in Nanpi City, Yuan Shao could still easily dispatch his generals and lead troops to form an encirclement circle around Yi Jing City.

In order to build this city, Gongsun Zan made Youzhou so mad.

Because of wantonly accumulating money and forcefully recruiting people's power, the popularity of him in Youzhou has almost fallen off a cliff.

In addition, Gongsun Zan had previously attacked and killed Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou.

Therefore, his situation in Youzhou is already precarious.

Fortunately, Gongsun Zan also has a deadly ally, the black bandit Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan is entrenched in Montenegro, and has been separate from one side since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and it has been more than ten years.

In addition, Zhang Yan also had the post of "Pingnan Zhonglang Jiang" bestowed by Hanling Emperor Liu Hong.

Don't underestimate this position, with the title of General Pingnan Zhonglang, Zhang Yan suddenly became a legitimate prince, with a party leader.

So here comes the question, Zhang Yan is so powerful, why does he only know how to live in the Taihang Mountains every day, and dare not go out to snatch the city?

This starts with the structure of the Montenegrin Army.

The Montenegro army is nice to say in name, with millions of armors, and a tiger watching the world.

But in fact, there are only more than [-] soldiers who can really fight, and most of them are the old Yellow Turbans.

In addition, those old and weak women and children with their families and children can only nest in the Taihang Mountains all day long, waiting for these young people to feed them.

It's not that Zhang Yan never thought of going out to fight for hegemony, but the conditions are too shabby and he doesn't have the capital.

Moreover, his neighbors are two fierce men, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, who firmly opposed the Black Bandits when they led their troops out of the mountains.

In fact, the relationship between Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zan is not good.

But Zhang Yan had a grudge against Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao wiped out Gongsun Zan, Zhang Yan speculated that Yuan Shao's next step would be to suppress the bandits on a large scale.

Therefore, Zhang Yan had no choice but to lead the Black Mountain Army to assist Gongsun Zan in resisting Yuan Shao.

Looking at the map on the table, Yuan Shao's pupils froze slightly.

"boom!"

With a sudden kick, Yuan Shao kicked over the table in front of him.

"Lord!"

"But something bad happened?"

All the counselors under the account hurriedly asked.

Except for the trial match to stay in Yecheng, Xu You was at home leisurely, and Ju Shou was sick and bedridden.

The remaining Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xun Chen, Feng Ji and others are all here.

Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang also followed Yuan Shao to fight together.

Seeing Yuan Shao suddenly lose his temper, everyone was surprised and asked quickly.

"Everyone, Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain bandit, once again led his troops southward from the Taihang Mountains, preparing to join Gongsun Zan in Yijing City and attack our army!"

Yuan Shao said angrily.

Mentioning Zhang Yan, Yuan Shao can be said to itch his teeth with hatred.

Whenever the Yi capital where Gongsun Zan was stationed was about to fall, Zhang Yan would always lead the Black Mountain bandits under his command to go south, and cooperate with Gongsun Zan to force Yuan Shao back.

Now, Yuan Shao has encountered this situation several times, and it can be said that he hates it to the bone.

"My lord, we might as well do the opposite."

"Before the Black Mountain bandits arrived, we released the news in advance, making Gongsun Zan mistakenly think that the Black Mountain bandits' army had arrived, and joined him in a counterattack against our army."

"With Gongsun Zan's belligerent nature, he must seize every opportunity to fight back."

"My lord personally leads a troop, and then asks all the generals to ambush north of Yijing City. Gongsun Zan will surely be defeated in one battle!"

The person who spoke was Xun Chen.

Compared with the other counselors under Yuan Shao's tent, Xun Chen's reputation is obviously lower in later generations.

After all, the names of rhythm masters Guo Tu and Duan Zishou Feng Ji are definitely not for nothing!

However, among contemporary scholars, Xun Chen's reputation is not low at all.

On the contrary, he may be the person with the highest starting point of Yuan Shao's counselors.

The three friends of the Xun family in Yingchuan, Xun Yu and Xun You.

In addition, there is another person who is Xun Chen.

Xun Chen has a low-key and introverted personality, does not form a party for personal gain, and only does practical things, so his reputation is lower than that of Guo Tu, Feng Ji and others.

But precisely because of this, Xun Chen's strategies can often get the most fair evaluation.

Rather than that, when Guo Tu and Xin Ping made a suggestion, Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others sprayed it vigorously, knowing that it was right, they would spray it to death.

The reverse is also true.

Another example is Tian Feng, Jushou and other clear streams, because it is not easy to be upright

He was collectively attacked by Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Shen Pei, Xin Ping and others.