Fu Youde was killed in an ambush, Mengjin Port was captured, the ships were burned, and the team led by Xu Shu could not return to Luoyang for a while.
The scout also reported that Cao Cao had broken through from Baimajin and returned to Hebei, and Cao Ren was currently leading his troops back to Hanoi County, Xu Shu realized that the army he led was likely to be encircled and suppressed by Sima Yi and Cao Ren, and that the only way to go west was to break through Yixian and Jiguan and join Xu Huang's army when he could not return to Luoyang.
Although Fu Youde died, the army commanded by Xu Shu was still nearly 37,000 people, and the soldiers and horses in the hands of Sima Yi and Cao Ren on the opposite side were only about 60,000.
But Xu Shu knows that the military general is the soul of a team, the courage of a team, if there is no main general to take the lead in the charge, there is no general to press the command, it is like losing the leader, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
After Fu Youde's death, neither Xu Shu himself, nor the deputy generals Zhou Ang and Deng Sheng, had the ability to carry this team and become the soul of this team, and only breaking through as soon as possible was the most correct choice.
"Zhou Ang opened the road in front, I led the troops in the center, Deng Shengdian behind, and the whole army rushed to Jiguan" Xu Shu immediately made a decision, led the troops to turn around and go north, rushed day and night, and arrived outside the Jiguan gate in the middle of the night.
After Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang set out on the expedition, there were only 1,500 defenders left in this checkpoint that held the choke point between Hedong and Hanoi.
Xu Shu, who was born as a ranger, carried a sword in his hand, risked arrows and stones, commanded the team to attack overnight, fought fiercely for most of the night, and finally conquered Kei Pass and opened the way to Hedong.
At dawn, the flag was unfurled at the head of the city of Jiguan, and the Han army cheered.
After opening the road connecting Hedong County, Xu Shu was no longer in a hurry to withdraw his troops, stationed his team in the pass, defended it with danger, and sent messengers to Hedong to ask Xu Huang for help, and at the same time sent scouts to secretly sneak back to Luoyang to spy on intelligence.
Xu Huang regretted when he learned the news of Fu Youde's attack and death, and left Zhang Liao to lead 30,000 horses to sit in Anyi City, and responded to Cheng Yanjin, Zhong Wuyan and others who attacked the counties, and he took Chen Ping and Nangong Changwan to lead 50,000 horses to leave Hedong and go to Jiguan to meet Xu Shu, waiting for an opportunity to attack Hanoi, or go north to harass and merge with Zhou.
Cao Ren led his troops to march at a speed of 130 miles a day, and when he arrived in Huojia County, Hanoi County, he learned that Xu Shu had conquered Kei Pass, jumped out of the encirclement, and made a comeback with Xu Huang, which made the situation of the Wei army tense again, and he couldn't help beating his chest and sighing.
Sima Yi, who came to answer, comforted: "General Zixiao doesn't have to regret it, it is difficult for a Qiao woman to be an immortal cook, our army's strength is far inferior to the Han army, and it is really difficult to complete an encirclement and suppression."
If you give me 10,000 horses to guard Keiguan, even if Xu Shu puts on his wings, he won't be able to fly out of Hanoi, but unfortunately he doesn't."
"I also know that Chung Tat has done his best, and I have no intention of blaming it, but I can't help but regret that the cooked duck flew away."
Cao Ren sighed and was sullen.
Cao Ren really had no reason to blame Sima Yi, this time in the battle of the Central Plains, including Cao Cao, Cao Ren, and Guo Jia, Fan Zeng, Jia Xu and other Cao Wei elites almost poured out, but they were beaten all over the ground by the Han army, and their vitality was greatly damaged, and they lost almost one-third of Cao Wei's military strength.
However, Sima Yi relied on less than 30,000 troops in his hands to block Fu Youde's attack on Hanoi, not to mention, but instead shot Fu Youde with attack as defense.
Although Hedong County fell and the 5,000 men and horses led by Hao Zhao were annihilated, this was not Sima Yi's mistake, but the reason why Hao Zhao disobeyed his orders.
It can be said that Sima Yi's performance during this period of time made the entire Cao Wei's Wenchen generals feel ashamed.
"If I, Cao Wei's civil and military forces, can be as far-sighted and improvisable as Zhong Da, why can't I expand my territory and reverse the decline" Cao Ren and Sima Yi rode their horses towards Hanoi, full of emotion.
While he was talking, Cao Cao's envoy Pegasus arrived, and Sima Yi was rewarded with a holy decree, and from now on, he was promoted to the title of general of Zhennan, and gave him the Marquis of Jueting, and enjoyed the real 2,000 stones.
After reading out the reward for Sima Yi, the envoy presented Cao Cao's edict to Cao Ren.
In his letter, Cao Cao asked Cao Ren to focus on defense for the time being, not to attack lightly until he was sure enough, and to wait for the dust of the Battle of Qingzhou to settle before taking action.
If the Tang army can inflict heavy losses on the Han army in Qingzhou, it will naturally be good news for Cao Wei to survive, even if the Tang and Han are both defeated, Cao Wei can also get a respite.
If the Tang army was unfortunately defeated, Cao Cao could only take the initiative to abandon Xuzhou, withdraw the 100,000 horses led by Le Yi and Chen Ziyun to Hebei, defend with all his might, and wait for a good opportunity.
"The only way to do this now is for the time being" Cao Ren sighed and forwarded Cao Cao's letter to Sima Yi for his opinion.
Sima Yi offered a plan: "With the Han army having the upper hand, it is naturally a wise move for our army to switch from attack to defense, but if there is a good opportunity in front of us, we must not let him slip out of the palm of our hand."
Fu Youde died in battle, Xu Shu led the army to Jiguan, Luoyang was empty, and our army could cross the Yellow River to storm Luoyang.
If the city can be broken, it will naturally open up the situation, and even if it can't break the city and loot, it can also shake the hearts of the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty. ” Cao Ren high-fived and applauded: "Zhong Da's words are very good, since the battle of the Central Plains, the general has been beaten dizzy and exhausted, and Zhong Da hit the nail on the head at the critical moment." ” Cao Ren immediately issued an order, Xu Chu led 10,000 horses as the vanguard, Cao Ren personally led Ju Wuba and Zhang Xiu to follow behind, and crossed the Yellow River in Chenggao; Ordered Sima Cuo to take Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang to cross the river from Mengjin and attack Luoyang on both sides.
Sima Yi continued to stay and hold Hanoi in case the Han army took the opportunity to attack.
As soon as the 30,000 Cao troops arrived at the crossing of the Yellow River in Chenggao, they received depressing news.
A few days earlier, Zhang Xun, Ma Dai, and Zhu Huan led 30,000 men and horses to conquer Puyang, Cao Wei's last important town in the Central Plains.
Since then, the south of the Yellow River, including Yuzhou and Yanzhou, has returned to the territory of the Han Dynasty.
The land is fertile, the population is dense, and the economy is prosperous, and the Central Plains will completely return to the embrace of the Han Dynasty, and the military towns including Chenliu, Xuchang, Wancheng, and Xiangyang will be exempted from military threats, and the Central Plains will bid farewell to the years of beacon fire.
Zhang Xutuo, who was guarding Chenliu, learned that Fu Youde was killed in Hanoi and that Xu Shu was forced to go west into Hedong, so he immediately made a decision, and immediately led 30,000 horses and horses with Huo Jun, who had not yet recovered from the arrow wound, to leave Chenliu, pass through the Tiger Prison Pass, travel day and night, and arrived outside Luoyang City yesterday evening.
As a result, the Han army inside and outside Luoyang City rose to 40,000 people, and if Cao Ren led his troops across the river to attack, there was no certainty of victory in a short period of time, but he would be attacked by Zhuge Liang and Xu Huang, and repeat the mistakes of the Central Plains War again.
In the face of reality, Cao Ren's dream of counterattacking Luoyang was finally shattered.
"Alas, there is no chance," Cao Ren sighed as he looked up to the sky, and a feeling of powerlessness spread throughout his body.
Sima Yi sighed: "The opportunity slipped away like this, the current Eastern Han Dynasty is too powerful, there are many soldiers, and they are advancing step by step, echoing each other."
It's almost impossible to catch their Achilles' heel."
Sima Yi didn't say anything more, if the world is compared to a chessboard, Cao Wei's demise is inevitable.
On this chessboard, the Han army has occupied the vast majority, leaving only Cao Wei with an insignificant corner, except for miracles, Cao Wei has no skills to return to the sky.
After completely sweeping the Central Plains, the Han army was able to dispatch nearly 500,000 troops to attack Hebei separately, and the fiasco in the Battle of the Central Plains made the weak Cao Wei even worse.
If the Tang army can win the battle of Qingzhou, Cao Wei can survive for two years; If the Tang army fails, Cao Wei is afraid that he will not be able to survive this winter.
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"Collect the troops and retreat to Hanoi" Cao Ren commanded weakly, and although he was beaten strongly, he still couldn't hide the frustration in his eyes.
Two days later, the Cao army of Hanoi County retreated to Huaixian County to camp down, Cao Ren took Xu Chu, Ju Wuba and others to practice soldiers and horses every day, to encourage the morale of the army, while confronting Xu Huang in the garrison Keiguan, and also had to guard against nearly 300,000 Han troops in the Baimajin area to cross the river to attack, which can be described as unprecedented pressure.
Cao Chun was ordered by Cao Cao to rush to Jiangyi County, Hedong County, with 300 cavalry, and under the leadership of the county order, he asked Xue Rengui's hometown, surrounded Xue Jiazhuang, prepared to slaughter the villagers, and crushed Xue Rengui's ancestral tomb to ashes.
Although Xue Rengui was summoned from the space by the system, he had his own identity after coming to this world, with villages, clansmen, and relatives.
Although some of the relatives of the family have moved to Jiangdong to make a living after Xue Rengui's meteoric rise, there are still many Xue clan people living in their hometowns, and even more ancestral graves are buried in the wilderness outside the village.
"Slaughter the village for me, whether he is surnamed Xue or not, leave no old and young, and kill all the chickens and dogs" Cao Chun, who was full of hatred, roared hysterically and slashed an old man with a knife.
Under the command of Cao Chun, the three hundred Cao soldiers and the three hundred soldiers were divided into two routes, one slaughtered the Xue clan, and some carried shovels and hoes to dig graves in the wilderness.
Just when the Cao army was wantonly killing, suddenly the dust in the south was flying, but it was Zhong Wuyan who led 5,000 Han troops to kill and came to attack the county seat of Jiangyi.
Knowing that Cao Bing was doing evil in Xue Rengui's hometown, he waved his troops to kill him and came to drive Cao Jun away.
Seeing this, Cao Chun could only hurriedly get on his horse, turn around and flee to the north in the direction of Shangdang, Zhong Wuyan led his troops to conquer the county seat of Jiangyi, while appeasing the people, rescuing the people of Xuejiazhuang, and reburying the grave, while flying pigeons to inform Xue Rengui of the bad news. t1706231537: