Chapter 1158: Cao Cao and Yuan Shu
Chapter 1158 Cao Cao and Yuan Shu
Chapter 1156: Cao Cao and Yuan Shu
Chenliu County, Chenliu County.
Cao Cao stood on the city wall with a serious face, overlooking the swarming enemy troops below the city, and his heart was extremely solemn.
In just ten days, 5 more counties among the 17 counties in Chenliu fell, and this also made the invading army become more powerful and powerful.
Now Li Zicheng has sent his nephew Li Guo to divide his troops to capture the jujube. Once the jujube at the west gate of Yanzhou falls, the connection between Yanzhou and Sizhou will be completely cut off, and Xun You can only return by detouring through Yuzhou.
However, Cao Cao was not worried that Suanzao would fall, because not only did he place five thousand elite defenders in Suanzao, but the guard was his most trusted clan brother Cao Ren.
Cao Cao has a lot of talents under his command.
The counselors include: Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, and Bigan.
The generals of this clan include: Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan.
There are even more generals with foreign surnames: Yin Shou, Er Lai, Yin Hong, Yin Jiao, Su Hu, Su Quanzhong, Yang Jiliang, Wang Junke, You Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Shi Danai and others.
However, in Li Zicheng's previous sneak attack on Mount Tai, You Junda led the army and was killed by Li Guo, while Shi Danai was ambushed on the way back and died under the attack of He Jin and Gao Yigong.
Of course, Li Zicheng's side was not without losses. His confidant Liu Fangliang ambushed Yin Shou, but was killed by Yin Shou on the way to break out.
Although Cao Cao lost two generals, his generals were still huge. It was precisely because of the support of so many generals that Cao Cao was able to fight against the five major forces on his own without falling behind.
Cao Cao was not afraid of Li Zicheng when it came to marching and fighting, but he was only afraid of his ability to confuse the people. In just a short time, the people of Yanzhou were in turmoil. I am afraid that the alliance of princes in Yanzhou that attracted Li Zicheng did not expect it.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but look a little ugly. The reason why Li Zicheng was able to seize the five counties of Chenliu so quickly was mainly because of the rebellion of the people in the city.
Cao Cao did not expect that the people under his command would rebel against him. After all, he was one of the few princes to fully implement the "Han Land Acquisition System", and most of the people under his command also supported and loved him.
However, "The Land Acre System of the Han Dynasty" was originally a castrated version of the "Land Acre System of the Kingdom of Heaven". As a incomplete pirated product, the people naturally supported Li Zicheng, who represented the comeback of the Ming Dynasty.
"Yanzhou has finally recovered some vitality from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. I originally wanted to unify Yanzhou as soon as possible and minimize the losses of the civil war, but I didn't want Li Zicheng's 500,000,000 Taishan people to target Yanzhou, and the people were under Li Zicheng's control. Under the influence, I am restless. Even if Li Zicheng can be expelled in the end, I am afraid Yanzhou will be severely damaged. "
Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, he could already predict that Yanzhou in the future would be riddled with holes.
Bigan on the side saw his lord sighing, and immediately said seriously: "My lord, there is actually a way to stop the loss."
"oh?"
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this and said quickly: "Sir, do you have any advice for me?"
Although Qin Hao poached Xun Yu in advance, Cao Cao also got a blessing in disguise and received assistance from Bigan.
As an important minister of the Shang Dynasty, Bigan served in two dynasties and served in politics for more than 40 years. He advocated encouraging the development of agricultural and animal husbandry production, advocating smelting and casting to enrich the country and strengthen the military. He was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, petitioned for the people, and dared to speak out and advise. He has the reputation of "an eternal loyal minister". ” the reputation.
Bigan's military ability may be inferior to Xun Yu, but his political talents are stronger than Xun Yu. It was under Bigan's governance that Yanzhou's vitality could be restored so quickly.
After listening to Cao Cao's words, Bigan immediately said: "Li Zicheng has moved all the 500,000 Taishan soldiers to Yanzhou. After the lord defeats Li Zicheng, he can seize the Taishan soldiers from Li Zicheng, and there will be 500,000 Taishan soldiers as supplements. Yanzhou's losses can at least be minimized." Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had been thinking about how to defeat Li Zicheng as soon as possible to reduce the losses, but he forgot that the 500,000 Taishan soldiers were already Yanzhou people. Maybe Yanzhou's losses wouldn't be that big.
“Sir’s words deeply touched my heart.”
Cao Cao's eyes flashed and he smiled: "Perhaps what I should consider is not just defeating Li Zicheng, but how to completely take away the Taishan people. After all, it has a population of half a million."
"The only ones who are really difficult to deal with under Li Zicheng are the 50,000 elite soldiers. The rest of the newly recruited troops, no matter how large they are, are just like the original Yellow Turbans and cannot pose a threat to our army." Cheng Yu said.
“But Li Zicheng is an extremely cautious person, and he is also assisted by the famous scholar Li Yan. With the current strength of our army, it is difficult to severely damage Li Zicheng.” Chen Gong frowned.
Cao Cao and others nodded in agreement. After all, what Chen Gong said was true, and there was nothing they could not admit.
“I hope Qin Hao will agree to lend troops.” Cao Cao sighed.
At this time, Cao Qiudao ran over with a serious face and said: "My lord, the military advisor's flying pigeon message has been sent back."
Cao Cao took the letter from his hand and couldn't help but smile bitterly after reading it: "Qin Hao rejected our army's request for help because the war in Sizhou was not over yet, but he promised to support a batch of materials and grain to meet the urgent need.
Gongtai had previously spoken out, saying that Qin Hao would never send reinforcements until he unified Sizhou, but I had luck in my heart. Now it seems that it is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. "
After Cheng Yu, Chen Gong and Bigan looked at each other, Cheng Yu said: "My lord, Li Zicheng is not only a threat to our family, he is a catastrophe to the entire Yanzhou. Maybe we can consider Let’s negotiate peace with the Yanzhou Alliance, and then join forces to expel Li Zicheng and then decide who will be the leader of Yanzhou.”
Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, and when Chen Gong saw this, he stood up decisively and said sternly: "I have a personal relationship with Zhang Miao, and I would like to go as an envoy to persuade him."
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao immediately grabbed Chen Gong's hand and said seriously: "Gongtai, don't force yourself to do this. If it works, it'll be fine. If it doesn't, that's it. Your safety is the most important thing."
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At the same time, Yuan Shu of Yuzhou was also furious. He thought that with his absolute military superiority, this crusade against Li Mi would be a complete victory, but he did not expect that he would stumble along the way and suffer a lot of casualties.
“What does Ji Ling do for a living? Li Mi only has an army of 50,000 people, but I gave him a full army of 150,000 people. Three times the number of troops can’t defeat even one Li Mi. He’s a fool..."
Yuan Shu was so angry that he cursed loudly, and the ministers below looked at each other and didn't know how to plead for Ji Ling. After all, the army of 150,000 people could not win the army of 50,000 people. This was indeed too incompetent.
Yan Xiang couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. As Yuan Shu's mastermind, he naturally knew Ji Ling's abilities. He could barely command an army of 50,000, but an army of 150,000 was too much for him, but his lord just wouldn't listen. However, Ji Ling, who was incompetent, was allowed to take the position of commander.
“Lord, let’s change the general.” Yan Xiang stood up and said in a deep voice:
Yuan Shu glanced at Yan Xiang and sighed: "I regret not listening to the advice of the military advisor. Who does the military advisor think can be replaced as the general?"
Yan Xiang glanced at Zhao Kuangyin not far away, thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice: "General Lian Po is calm in his troops and can shoulder this important task.
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