Cao Cao retired from the army, and retreated very simply, and when Liu Xie returned to Luoyang, according to the informant, Cao Cao had retired from the Wei clan.
"Continuing to monitor, including the remnants of Yuan Shu in Runan, the Chen clan in Xuzhou, and Jiangdong, I don't need to know what their monarch is doing, I just need to know that their army is there, as large as an army, as small as a single army, but there are signs of a large-scale build-up, and the imperial court must know in the shortest possible time."
In the Qiankun Palace, Liu Xie put the latest information on the table, looked at several dark guard commanders, and said solemnly.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, we will do our best," several Secret Guard Commanders bowed.
"It's not to do your best, but at any cost, this battle is related to the fortunes of the country, and there is no room for mistakes" Although according to Liu Xie, Jia Xu, and Guo Jia's speculation, after Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and the Xuzhou army returned, they would form a three-legged situation around the territory left by Yuan Shu.
But I am not afraid of 10,000 in everything, just in case, in this battle, Liu Xie tried his best to divide the princes, in order to be able to gather all his forces to deal with Yuan Shao, once a full-scale war started, no mistakes will be allowed, otherwise, if the imperial court and Yuan Shao are in full war, Cao Cao in the rear suddenly gives himself a moment, it is definitely not a joke, and therefore, Liu Xie gave a strict order to the secret guard this time, and the intelligence of the armies of all parties must be mastered to the most accurate point.
"Wow" several Dark Guard Commanders bowed down at the same time, and then left.
"Your Majesty, Mr.
Fengxiao and Mr.
Wenhe ask to see you."
Not long after the Dark Guard Commanders left, Wei Zhong came to Liu Xie's side and said softly.
"Invite them in."
Liu Xie nodded, and soon, Guo Jia and Jia Xu walked in side by side, came to Liu Xie, and bowed.
"It's all excused."
After waving his hand, Liu Xie looked at the two and said: "I just got the news, Cao Jun has retreated to the Wei family, please come to the two of you, and you should return to the land soon. ” "Your Majesty, now that Yuan Shaotun soldiers and sour dates, and the Hanoi army confrontation, the minister thinks, our army should take this opportunity to find a place to cross the river, if you can cut off Yuan Shao's retreat, then you can attack back and forth, even if you can't, our army can also camp on the riverbank, but this time there is no benefit of the city, our army and Yuan Shao, the strength does not occupy an advantage, when looking for an opportunity to fight with Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shao's main force can be defeated here, then clean up Jizhou Yiye" Guo Jia bowed.
Today's Liu Xie is not comparable to Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu in history, the princes of the Central Plains have been repelled by him, and there are no worries, the imperial court can go all out to deal with Yuan Shao, Hanoi now has 60,000 garrisons, Luoyang can also free up 20,000 people, and Zhao Yun brought 30,000 Nanyang elites, plus more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of Ao Cangguan Yu, Liu Xie can now draw 60,000 elite soldiers to fight against Yuan Shao.
Although even with the addition of Hanoi's army, it is nearly half less than Yuan Shao's 200,000 army, but this is all the soldiers and horses that the imperial court can quickly mobilize at present, and Liu Xie is not ready to mobilize more.
"Where should our army be stationed" Liu Xie took the two of them to a map, frowned, and said that he had found a few places to camp troops near Luoyang, but he was not very satisfied.
"I think that we should station troops here," Guo Jia pointed to a place along the Yellow River on the map and smiled.
"Guandu" Liu Xie couldn't help frowning when he heard this, isn't this the place where Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in history: "Will this place be too far away from Luoyang?"
Guandu is located in Chenliu, the local terrain is more complicated, it is near a corner of the Yellow River, in addition to the main stream of the Yellow River, there are many river branches, after the river, it is the territory of Dongjun, the population there has been moved into Hanoi, so now the population in the vicinity is barren, but it is nearly two hundred miles away from Aohu Prison, even if it is along the river to supply materials, it is also very troublesome, not to mention that once it is winter, the river is frozen, Liu Xie has to levy a large number of people to carry grain and grass, there is no track here.
"This is the best position the minister has found."
Guo Jia shook his head, pointed to the map and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, look, in addition to the Yellow River, there are several waterways here, which can be used as a barrier, our army is not as good as Yuan Shao, at least in the early stage, when with the help of geographical advantages, Yuan Shao's strength is limited, and since Hanoi, it is a land of flat rivers, which is not good for our army, and once our army occupies this place, Yuan Shao is equivalent to being attacked by the enemy on his back, and there are a large number of tributaries around, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses want to fight over, but our army can attack at any time to attack its grain route, even though Yuan Shao is strong and strong, Nor can we ignore the existence of our army. ” "If he wants to ensure that the grain route is unblocked, he can only retreat to Liyang, and then our army can join forces in one place, and have a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in the area of Baima" Guo Jia smiled, and at that time, Liu Xie can gather all the soldiers and horses to fight with Yuan Shao, although it is 100,000 to 200,000, but in a war of this level, the two-fold numerical advantage is not so obvious.
"As for the grain and grass, Your Majesty should not worry."
Jia Xu looked at Liu Xie with a smile and said: "There are many families left in this Chen Liu, Dongjun, among which the family assets are enough to support the supply of our army for half a year. ” The princes raised troops, with Cao Cao's retreat, in fact, strictly speaking, it was already a loss, after all, even the alliance leader Yuan Shu has been destroyed, as the original supporters, these families who were determined to drive Liu Bei out of the four counties, after contributing a lot of grain and grass to the coalition army, now as a loser, have to continue to cut meat, for this, Jia Xu does not have any psychological burden.
Since it is an investment, you can't only see the benefits after the success of the investment, but also bear the risks after the investment fails, if the court fails this time, I'm afraid they will have to face the oppression of Yuan Shao, after all, whether active or passive, these people can be regarded as supporting the court.
Liu Xie suddenly felt that these people were a little pitiful, and nodded funny: "Let's arrange this matter." ” "The minister obeys," Jia Xu bowed and said.
"Chuan I ordered, ordered Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and Pang De to lead the army, immediately set off, rushed to Guandu, Guan Yu led Ao Cang's soldiers and horses to join our main force, requisition ships along the way, for our army to cross the river, there must be no mistake."
Liu Xie stamped the jade seal of the country on the edict and handed it to Wei Zhong on the side: "On the day of the order, set off immediately, and there must be no mistakes."
Wei Zhong took the edict, bowed, and left in a hurry.
A day later, Huang Zhong's department of Tun Aid Yanshi, Zhao Yun's department outside Xuanyuan Pass and Guan Yu's department of Ao Cang, 60,000 troops sent troops, marched to Chenliu, the imperial court successively defeated Xuzhou, Runan soldiers and horses, and scared off the Cao army, the first official start of the counterattack, for a time, with the news of the imperial court sending troops to counterattack, the princes were shaken, and they were all paying attention to the movements of the imperial court.
"Cao Cao's retreat" sour dates, Yuan Shao's camp, and when Yuan Shao received a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses from the imperial court, he was shocked to realize that with the defeat of Yuan Shu and Chen Deng, Cao Cao had withdrawn without a battle, which made Yuan Shao very angry.
"Bastard" Yuan Shao slapped the table hard, and Cao Cao retreated, which means that the Jizhou army will face the full conquest of the imperial court, although Yuan Shao is not afraid, but the feeling of being betrayed still makes him very uncomfortable.
"In addition, a few days ago, news came from Qingzhou that Tai Shici, who had been cowering in the Jiaodong area, sent troops again, and now he is fighting with the eldest prince, and more than ten counties in Qingzhou have fallen."
The judge smiled bitterly.
"Ziyuan can have news," Yuan Shao said with an ugly face.
"Since the division of my coalition forces, there has been no news from Luoyang, I'm afraid that there will be more luck and less luck" Feng Ji shook his head and said bitterly.
"Hmph" Yuan Shao heard this, his face became darker, and he slapped the handrail fiercely and said: "There was no way to take the imperial court before, all because of the strength of the city, if today's son actually gave up the benefits of the strong city and took the initiative to send troops, how could I be afraid of him" "Lord" Tian Feng hung up the map, pointed to the map and said: "According to the detailed report, Guan Yu has begun to camp in the Guandu area, where the terrain is complicated, there are many waterways, the Son of Heaven may also want to take advantage of the location here, although he has few soldiers, but he and the Hanoi defenders form a flanking situation, if our army ignores the army of the Son of Heaven, the grain road may be disturbed by its attack, if the troops are divided to attack Guandu, the small number of soldiers may not be the opponent of the imperial army, but if too many soldiers and horses are divided, Xu Huang of Hanoi will definitely take the initiative to attack" When Yuan Shao heard this, he frowned and looked at the terrain, and his brows gradually wrinkled, Guandu is not easy to fight, Hanoi that Xu Huang does not fight at all, but the wall is clear, entangled with him, in a short time, it is difficult to win, once he goes all out to attack Hanoi, as Tian Feng said, Liu Xie sent troops to attack the grain road, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to have the opportunity to attack Hanoi with all his strength, and if he waves his troops to fight Guandu, can he not get in, if Xu Huang sends troops to his rear, Yuan Shao cannot really sit idly by.
This is an embarrassing situation, no matter who you fight, it is thankless, obviously your soldiers and horses are far superior to the imperial court, but you are restricted by the imperial court and have nowhere to go, that feeling is really embarrassing.
After a while, Yuan Shao looked at everyone: "I don't know what good plans the princes have."
"Give up the sour dates and retreat to Liyang," Tian Feng said categorically.
"Retreat to Liyang" Yuan Shao couldn't help frowning when he heard this, wouldn't he be showing weakness to the imperial court Frustrated and muttered: "It is better to advance than to retreat and continue to stay in the sour date, it is not good for our army, retreating to Liyang, not only can shorten the grain route of our army, if the imperial court wants to resolutely start a war with our army, it can only leave Guandu and give up the favorable terrain, although it is very likely to join forces with the Hanoi army, so that its strength will increase greatly, but it also makes our army no longer have to take care of it, if this battle is won, the imperial court will definitely be greatly injured, our army can take this opportunity to recover Hanoi and go straight to Luoyang" "It's okay, just according to your words" After pondering for a long time, Yuan Shao nodded fiercely. t1706231537: