Xuchang City has thick walls, a radius of dozens of miles, and more than 100,000 residents in the city.
Yang Su led 50,000 remnants of the army to quickly retreat into Xuchang, ordered the four gates to be closed, the suspension bridge was pulled, and no one was allowed to enter the city without his own permission.
At the same time, he asked Cao Zhen to write a letter to Cao Cao and Cao Renxiu, please try to solve the siege of Xuchang as soon as possible.
Yang Su knows that the current situation for Cao Wei is no longer how to expand the territory and go straight to Jinling, but how to avoid the collapse of the situation.
Chen Liu has been inexplicably taken by Lu Meng, and if he loses Xuchang again, the entire Central Plains region will inevitably be handed over.
If Yue Fei can get enough support, he can go all the way north, cross the Yellow River out of Baimajin, and within five days, he can reach Cao Cao's hometown Ye County.
When the time comes, before Cao Cao defeats Zhuge Liang's army, his wives and concubines and children will all become Yue Fei's prisoners.
"Stupid, a bunch of rubbish, Cao Wei's civil and military affairs are all rubbish" Yang Su stood in the mansion that once belonged to Cao Ren, staring at the defense map of Cao Jun's forces on the wall, and scolded angrily in front of Cao Zhen.
Before Cao Cao took the initiative to attack the Eastern Han Dynasty, all the dangers of Cao Wei were covered up, and everyone only saw the possibility of Cao Cao's troops coming to Huainan and attacking Jinling, but they didn't expect that once Cao Wei was counterattacked by the Han army, what kind of unfavorable situation Cao Wei would face And now, Yue Fei's army has put such a problem in front of Cao Cao Facing the huge defense map hanging on the wall, Yang Su became more and more frightened the more he looked at it, and sighed: "Once Xuchang is broken through, Cao Wei is full of loopholes, Yue Fei can completely drive straight in, and your Great Wei Kingdom will collapse."
Cao Zhen's face was like earth, and he stood in place in a daze and let Yang Su reprimand, but he didn't know how to refute Yang Su walked quickly to the front of the table and took a sip of the teacup, calming down his emotions, and then pointed to the map to analyze to Cao Zhen and the generals under his command: "I heard that Chen Liu's only 4,000 people were left to defend, it's ridiculous."
"General Cao Zixiao left 10,000 horses for the chariot at the beginning."
Cao Zhen explained expressionlessly, "Later, Xiahou Yuan let the general die in Xuzhou, and His Majesty transferred troops from all over the country and transferred four thousand from Chenliu.
A few days ago, Yu Ban drew another 2,000 from Chen Liu, resulting in only 4,000 soldiers and horses left."
Yang Su sneered: "Hmph, I don't care what the reason is, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that you Cao Wei only garrisoned 4,000 soldiers and horses in Chenliu, and it has been captured by Yue Fei's generals in one fell swoop."
Your Cao Wei has lost the initiative advantage established in the Eastern Han Dynasty before, don't say that you covet Jiangdong again, you can't make it clear that Yue Fei will cross the Yellow River and go straight to your old nest Yecheng."
"Ah, it can't be so serious," Cao Zhen was taken aback, and faint beads of sweat oozed from his forehead in fright.
"It won't be so serious" Yang Su sneered, his tone was full of disdain and helplessness, after all, it was not good for the Western Han Dynasty, and Yang Su didn't want to see this bad situation.
Yang Su picked up the brush and drew a black cross on Xuchang: "Xuchang is the gateway for your Cao Wei to defend against Yue Fei, and nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses of Cao Ren were stationed before Cao Cao's attack on Han, but with Cao Cao's attack, only 50,000 people were left to defend Xuchang." ” "Maybe the Great Wei Emperor counted our 100,000 soldiers and horses, so he unscrupulously drew and transferred troops and horses from Xuchang."
Deng stammered and stroked the saber in his hand and analyzed Cao Cao's mentality.
Yang Su raised his hand again and drew a black cross on Chen Liu: "Chen Liu left 10,000 horses for the chariot at that time, this is Cao Wei's second line of defense against Yue Fei, and now it has been taken by the Eastern Han Dynasty."
Yang Su continued to move his fingers upwards as he spoke: "Let's continue to look, one hundred and fifty miles north from Chenliu is Baima County, along the Baima Slope to Baimajin to cross the Yellow River, and one hundred and twenty miles to the north can go straight to the city of Ye County."
Cao Zidan, let me ask you, how many troops are you defending along the way" Cao Zhen's face was as pale as dirt, and he replied with an anxious face: "Back to Yang Gong, in addition to the three thousand defenders stationed in Baimajin on this road, only the troops of each county town are defending. ” "Three Thousand Defenders" Yang Su snorted coldly, and just as a flying insect landed on the map, he stretched out his finger and crushed it to death, "In front of Yue Fei's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, these three thousand defenders are mantis arms as cars" Cao Zhen was silent, even Yang Su's 100,000 Western Han troops and Yu Ban's 50,000 Wei troops were gradually defeated, and the 3,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Baimajin were not enough to stuff Yue Fei's teeth.
Yang Su's finger continued to move on the map: "Crossing the Yellow River from Baimajin, it is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Yecheng, how many soldiers and horses have you Cao Wei arranged?"
Cao Zhen saw that Yang Su was really anxious for Cao Wei, and immediately reported truthfully: "Back to Yang Gong, after passing Baimajin, I, Cao Wei, stationed 5,000 soldiers and horses in Liyang, guarded by the general Lu Zhao.
Then to the north of Dangyin, Anyang two counties have no garrison, can unimpeded to reach the city of Yedu, the city has General Zhu Ling and the crown prince Cao Ang led 20,000 people to garrison. ” Yang Su spread his hands and said to the full hall of civil and martial arts: "Look, look at everyone, it's only 270 miles away from Chenliu to Ye County, such a long defense line is only 3,000 men and horses of Baima and 5,000 men and horses of Liyang, if Xuchang is lost, Yue Fei can completely attack Ye County within five days." ” "Does Yue Fei dare to go deep alone" Cao Zhen's eyes flickered, and he raised his own questions.
Yang Su stroked his beard with his hand and said in a deep voice: "Your Cao Wei's forces have all been pinned down by the Han army, if Xuchang is lost, Yue Fei's 100,000 army will have no opponents, and the road will be empty, if there is anything that does not dare to go deep, just rely on nameless generals like Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao, not to mention Yue Fei, even if Lu Meng, Yue Yun and others can fight the two of them looking for teeth all over the place, Yue Fei can even continue to advance north after taking Ye County, and eat away all your Cao Wei's territory" Judging from the current distribution of Cao's army, the main force of more than 100,000 led by Cao Cao is confronting Zhuge Liang's corps in Shouchun, Cao Ren is planning to recapture Chenliu in Qiaoxian, Chen Ziyun in Xuzhou is competing with Xu Da, and Cao Bin's corps is defending Nanpi and monitoring Li Jing's corps.
Everything is mutual, before Cao Cao attacked the Eastern Han Dynasty, it seemed that all Cao armies had formed a containment of the Han army, but now after being counterattacked by Yue Fei, it has become a situation where all Cao armies are contained by the Han army.
As long as the Cao army retreats along any way, it is possible that the Han army will take advantage of the weakness and form a two-sided attack with Yue Fei.
The only thing that can be mobilized seems to be the Xiahou Yuan Corps stationed in the plain, but the distance from Yecheng is almost the same as Chen Liu, even if he rushes to help, he can only meet Yue Fei's army near Yecheng, and cannot block Yue Fei in Baimajin, Liyang and other fortresses.
Yang Su stared at the map and sighed non-stop: "Alas, I really don't know how Cao Mengde used his troops, and I don't know that Guo Jia, Fan Zeng, Jia Xu, and Sima Yi are strategists who are not water and wine bags, and they only think about attacking the Eastern Han Dynasty, but they don't think about what the situation will be if they are counterattacked by the Eastern Han Dynasty."
"Or perhaps, maybe the Great Wei Emperor thinks that Yang Gong, you and Yu Ban can completely stop Yue Fei, even if you can't win head-on, you will never lose Xuchang, even if Xu and Xuchang are lost, you will not lose Chen Liu" Deng Ai once again analyzed the psychology of Cao Cao and his staff.
Yang Su sighed: "Alas, I also thought that I would not lose to Yue Fei, but this opponent is too strong Chen Liu has been lost, if Xuchang loses it again, you Cao Wei will wait to perish, unless Han Xin is resurrected, or reincarnated in vain, can he turn the tide and help the building to fall."
Cao Zhen knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Su: "Yang Gong, please help Cao Zhen defend Xuchang, otherwise your lips will be cold, if the Great Wei dies, I am afraid that the Luoyang Imperial Court will cease to exist." ” Yang Su frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "The building will fall, it is difficult to support alone, I can only do my best to obey the destiny of heaven, whether I can stop Yue Fei, it depends on how Cao Mengde responds, otherwise I will wait for the capital to fall."
"At the end, I will repair the book to Your Majesty, inform Your Majesty of Yang Gong's analysis, and ask him to deal with it quickly" Cao Zhen got up from the ground and ordered his soldiers to study ink and prepare to write a letter to Cao Cao.
Yang Su waved his hand: "There is no need to repair the book, the situation has deteriorated to this point, if Cao Cao still can't see the crisis, then simply perish" Although Yang Su said this, Cao Zhen was not at ease after all, so he found an opportunity to write a letter and handed it to the scouts to go out of the east gate before the Han army besieged the city, and quickly whipped Shouchun to meet Cao Cao.
In the evening, as soon as the sun set, 100,000 Han troops approached the city of Xuchang, laid down a continuous fence, and besieged the city of Xuchang.
In the dead of night, two young men dressed as small maids walked in Cao Ren's mansion with lanterns, looking like they were patrolling the night, but no one knew that one of them was the world-famous Han Lujiang Liu Wuji.
While the two walked swaggeringly, they whispered from time to time, Ling Tong whispered to Liu Wuji: "Little prince, Sun Shangshu is really like a god, he said that Cao Zhen will recruit servants, and Cao Zhen will indeed recruit servants."
He said that Yang Su and Zhang Xutuo would settle in Cao Ren's mansion, and sure enough, they did."
Liu Wuji coughed and warned Ling Tong not to make a fuss: "What's so strange about this Cao Jun is nervous, so he will naturally draw the elite from various mansions, and after the elite is removed, there will be a shortage of manpower in the mansion, and the lack of manpower will naturally recruit servants.
Yang Su and Zhang Xutuo entered the city and had nowhere to go, so they naturally wanted to stay in Cao Ren's yamen temporarily, isn't this all a natural thing?"
"Okay, it's still the little prince's eyes like a torch" Ling Tong raised the lantern in his hand, indicating that he was convinced.
Liu Wuji patted the letter in his arms: "This is a letter written by Sun Shang, let's just throw it in Zhang Xutuo's room, and then try to tell Yang Su, hehe, Zhang Xutuo will either die or die." t1706231537: