Just after the fall of Chen Liu, before the loss of Xuchang, Cao Cao, who had been stationed in Shouchun and Zhuge Liang to confront each other, had already smelled the danger and hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.
"Alas, I really didn't expect it, Chen Liu lost it inexplicably, Xuchang was also pressed by Yue Fei's soldiers, whether he could hold it depends on Yang Su's performance, this war that lasted for a year, I am afraid that it will end with our Cao Wei fiasco" Cao Cao sat on the main hall and stroked his beard, lamenting repeatedly, with a look of unwillingness.
Fan stepped out of the ranks, and said with a serious expression: "With the counterattack of Yue Fei's army, the situation has become more and more unfavorable to our army, and now it is not a question of whether we can capture Hefei and attack Jiangdong, but whether we can hold the Central Plains region."
Listening to Fan Zeng's words, the full hall fell silent.
Anyone understands how dangerous the situation Cao Wei is currently facing, if Xuchang is lost, Yue Fei can completely swing his army north and go straight to Yecheng.
Compared with the deployment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei is simply full of flaws, Yue Fei from Chenliu troops from Ye County is only 270 miles away, along the way except for Baimajin stationed 5,000 soldiers and horses, Liyang stationed 3,000 soldiers and horses, completely unimpeded, these 8,000 soldiers and horses facing Yue Fei's command of more than 100,000 male divisions, it is simply a mantis arm as a car.
Moreover, the Yellow River has not yet entered the flood season, the river water dries up steadily, the narrowest place is only a few hundred zhang wide, the Han army can completely rely on bamboo rafts to cross the water, the barrier role of this river can not be compared with the vast Yangtze River.
In addition, the Central Plains is flat and has no danger to defend, unlike Bashu, which is full of mountains and rivers, and cannot be compared with Luoyang, which has mountains and rivers on the surface, and Chang'an, which has four major checkpoints, and the difficulty of attacking Ye County is even lower than that of attacking Luoyang.
The two weigh each other, if effective containment measures cannot be made, Yue Fei is likely to give Luoyang to attack Ye County, after all, the opportunity for Ye County to be empty is really rare, and Cao Cao will never make such a mistake again in the future "Withdraw the troops, the current situation can only be retreated" Xun You put his hands in front of his chest, and made a suggestion with a solemn face, "Now it's not even a question of whether you can hold the Central Plains, but whether Ye County can still hold it" At this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came to the door of the conference hall, and the scout turned over and dismounted and rolled to the ground: "Your Majesty, the Han army led by Zhuge Liang has left Hefei and is approaching Shouchun, and has now passed through Chengde, and there are still eighty miles away from Shouchun."
After listening to the scout's report, the hearts of the people in the hall suddenly tightened, and everyone understood that the situation had deteriorated a little.
Shouchun's Wei army has about 150,000, and there is no advantage in the face of the 130,000 Han army stationed in Hefei, once it is bitten by Zhuge Liang and Xue Rengui, it is not even a matter of losing Ye County, it is likely to be swept by the Yue Fei army without an opponent The entire Cao Wei land.
"Retreat, the army retreated quickly, rushed to the southwest to enter the Xuchang battlefield, galloped to the aid of Cao Zixiao, and fought a decisive battle with Yue Fei in Xuchang" At the time of life and death, Cao Cao made a decisive decision on the spot, "Cao Wei and Han Baohu led their troops to open the way in front, I and all the military divisions led the Chinese army, and Guo Ziyi, Jia Fu, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei were the four generals who broke off."
With Cao Cao's order, 150,000 Cao troops quickly evacuated Shouchun, and Cao participated in Han Zhuhu to open the way in front, Cao Cao took Fan Zeng, Guo Jia, Xun You, Liu Fu and other strategists, and sat in the Chinese army under the arch guard of Jing Si, Cao Chun and other generals, Guo Ziyi and Jia Fu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu The three fierce generals behind the palace, lined up in a mighty formation, all the way to the north.
"Your Majesty, Shouchun is a fortress in Huainan, it is better to move all the people to Hebei and set fire to the city, so that this important town in the Central Plains will no longer exist."
While urging the horse out of the city, Fan Zeng immediately made a vicious suggestion to Cao Cao.
Xun You immediately retorted: "No, no, you must not fight for the world since ancient times, the people's hearts are important, the city is light Cao Zhang's son slaughtered Luoyin in Qingzhou, which has caused the hatred of the people, so that His Majesty is saddled with the infamy of a butcher, if you treat the people of Shouchun like this again, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be lost, this move is absolutely impossible" Fan Zeng snorted on the horse: "Xun Gongda, you are pedantic, competing for hegemony in the world, the people are just chess pieces, the strong are kings, as long as the strength is enough, the people can't afford not to bow down to the ministers."
Shouchun will be returned intact to the Eastern Han Dynasty, firstly, this important military town will still become the gateway to defend Jiangdong in the future, and secondly, the sixty or seventy thousand people in Shouchun City will also provide manpower and material support for the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself."
"Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Fan said, Xun You dare not agree" Xun You turned over and dismounted in a hurry, knelt in front of Cao Cao and admonished, "If the city is lost, it can be regained, and if the people's hearts are lost, it will never be recovered, it is easy to burn a Shouchun, but what Your Majesty will lose will be the hearts of the people of the whole world" After listening to the argument between Xun You and Fan Zeng, Cao Cao thought for a moment and made a final decision: "What Xun Gongda said is reasonable, I can't lose the hearts of the people in the whole world for just one longevity.
Spread my order, the whole army rushed north, not to invade the people of Shouchun, violators of the order beheaded" With Cao Cao's order, Shouchun was preserved, Shouchun, who had been controlled by Cao's army for more than half a year, finally returned to the embrace of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the next morning Zhuge Liang's army came to the city, and ordered Chen Gong to temporarily act Huainan Taishou, and settle the people of Shouchun.
"General Zuo, Cao Cao is facing tremendous pressure, and he is retreating in a hurry, please send cavalry to pursue, and I am willing to serve the front" Wei Chi looked at the rut marks left by Cao's army, and proposed to send light cavalry to chase after him.
Zhuge Liang, who acted cautiously, shook his head and refused: "Cao Cao has used troops for many years, although he retreats, he will not be chaotic.
Jia Fu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and others are the champions of the three armies, Cao Cao's retreat must have made preparations, and the light cavalry will fall into an unfavorable situation of fighting more with less, at present, our army has a solid advantage, and must not easily make mistakes.
As long as the troops are used steadily, step by step, step by step, sweeping the Central Plains, it is only a matter of time before the Yellow River is crossed."
Although Xue Rengui also agreed with Wei Chigong's suggestion to send light cavalry to pursue, but the main general Zhuge Liang resolutely opposed it, and the generals had to give up the plan of a surprise attack, leaving Chen Gong to govern Shouchun, and the army marched northward to pursue it in the form of a group army.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang ordered Han Shizhong to lead the sailors to leave Shaobo Lake and follow Yingshui to the north to capture Chen County.
According to Cao Cao's instructions, Guo Ziyi and Jia Fu, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu took turns to set up an ambush behind the palace, intending to fight Zhuge Liang in an ambush.
Cao's army retreated north at a speed of 100 miles a day, and by noon on the third day, it had arrived at Feiting County in the territory of Qiao County, which was still 60 miles away from Cao Cao's hometown of Qiao County, when the bad news came.
Cao Zhen's scout came to report quickly, unkempt, and knelt down in front of Cao Cao with a dusty face: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, Zhang Xutuo turned against Yue Fei and took the initiative to sacrifice the city gate, Xuchang City has fallen" "Ahh When Cao Cao heard this, he was hit hard and accidentally fell off the saddle.
Although Cao Cao also imagined how to deal with Xuchang in case it was lost, he subconsciously thought that Yang Su could hold Xuchang for about half a month, wait for his own troops to rescue and repel Yue Fei head-on, and then surround the lone army deep into Chen Liu's Lü Meng and Yue Yun, then the situation would be completely reversed.
And now when the fall of Xuchang becomes a fact, all of Cao Cao's ideas have become a dream, how can Cao Cao not be angry and desperate "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you okay" Jing Si, Cao Chun and other generals moved more quickly, turned over and dismounted as quickly as possible, and helped Cao Cao up.
"Alas, Yang Su, this guy didn't even hold on for a day" Cao Cao was anxious and angry, wanting to scold and cry, drew his sword and cut off a tree as thick as a baby's arm on the side of the road, looking up to the sky and howling, wanting to cry without tears.
Xuchang fell, Cao Cao and Yue Fei's plan for a decisive battle against Xuchang was stillborn, the situation became more severe, and the strategy could only be reformulated again.
Standing on a mound and looking at his hometown of Qian County not far away, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel sad, drew his sword in his hand and said: "This land is the hometown that raised me and gave birth to me, but I am afraid that this time I will not be able to set foot on my homeland in my lifetime."
After listening to Cao Cao's words, Fan Zeng, Guo Jia, Xun You and others were silent, Cao Cao's words were not without illness and moaning, after the fall of Xuchang and Chen Liushendi, Cao Wei's top priority was to try to block Yue Fei's road to Yecheng, otherwise the national capital would fall, and the confidence of Cao Wei's hundreds of thousands of soldiers would be an immeasurable blow.
Compared with the two, the county that has no danger to defend is insignificant, even if it is Cao Cao's hometown where he grew up since he was a child, he can only be lost to protect the handsome.
After Cao Cao's army retreated, Zhuge Liang's soldiers and horses would inevitably follow, sweeping across the entire Qian County with a sweeping momentum, and Chenjun, Chen Liu, and Yingchuan were integrated, and then the entire Yuzhou would completely fall into the control of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao would never be able to set foot in his hometown again in his lifetime "The land of Yuzhou, three counties and four countries, ninety-seven county seats, and four million people, will no longer be owned by me from now on, and I am ashamed of the Sangzi of Qian County" Bathed in the breeze of his hometown, Cao Cao's generation of heroes couldn't help but cry.
Xiaoxiong has tears and does not flick, but he has not reached the sad place, and at this moment, in the face of a situation that is in a hurry, even a black-hearted Xiaoxiong like Cao Cao is also sad, and he has experienced the mood of Yuan Shao being hung and beaten in history "Ahem" Fan Zeng coughed and reminded loudly, "Your Majesty, the situation is critical, our army has not yet reached a situation where it is bound to lose, and it is not the time to complain, please cheer up Your Majesty, work together with your colleagues, plan a strange plan, turn the tide and help the building to fall, this is the true character of the hero" t1706231537: