Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 593: Inside and Outside the Great Wall 1
Ever since the news of Gongsun Zan's injury reached Youzhou, most of the soldiers in Youzhou were excited. They all asked to go to the front to defend against foreign enemies, but the imperial court never allowed it.Youzhou has not sent more troops to the frontier for more than a month, and there is no one in the army who is not worried about the situation on the frontier.

The [-] selected forward troops in Youzhou have no other activities except for practicing in the camp every day. Originally, these brave soldiers should go to the front line and go to the battlefield, but they have no choice. Youzhou stayed.

The battle in Jizhou was not over, because Yuan Shao was not prepared to fight the defenders of Jizhou from the beginning. All he had to do was to restrain the defenders of Jizhou so that Guo Jia could not leave Jizhou, and the soldiers of Jizhou could not rush to the frontier.

I have to say that Yuan Shao has worked so hard to contain the defenders of Jizhou so far, and he doesn't know who is better. Anyway, during this period of time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu have become the biggest beneficiaries, even if Yuan Shao has taken back Jizhou. territory, but the benefits he got were still incomparable to these two.

During this period of time, Cao Cao reorganized his army, then commanded his elite troops to recover Yanzhou, and then defeated Lu Bu and drove him to Xuzhou. Later, Lu Bu and Liu Bei had conflicts in Xuzhou. Although the two sides did not fight, the small friction was some.

In the end, the weak Liu Bei was forced to leave by Lu Bu and had to be sent to Xuzhou.After winning Xuzhou, Lu Bu hoarded supplies. It seemed that he had the idea of ​​continuing to send troops. However, under Chen Gong's suggestion, Lu Bu suppressed his eagerness and temporarily stopped to wait and see.

Cao Cao led the victorious army to wipe out the remaining forces near Yanzhou. Since Lu Bu's raid on Yanzhou last time caused him too much loss, he now understands how important a stable rear is to him, so Cao Cao is so big. Fei Zhouzhang cleaned up the small forces near Yanzhou.

When the eyes of the princes of the world were only focused on how Cao Cao wiped out the hostile forces near Yanzhou, Cao Cao himself led [-] elite troops westward to Xuchang and rushed into Luoyang. At this time, he was on his way to Chang'an.

Some things happened in Chang'an some time ago. The Xiliang army entrenched in Chang'an is now in a corrupt military discipline and is not considered an army at all. Liu Xie and several ministers secretly contacted the Baibo bandits outside. Liang Jun was caught off guard.

At that time, Liu Xie had almost successfully escaped, but at a critical moment, Li and Guo arrived with [-] elite cavalry under their command. The two sides fought four times.

Although this battle was a near-miss for Li Guo and other Xiliang generals, for a hero like Cao Cao, he had already seen an opportunity.How powerful the Xiliang army was back then, but now the [-] elite Xiliang army has not been able to seriously injure the opponent after four battles with the Baibo bandits, and even let the opponent's entire army withdraw.

This is undoubtedly an announcement to the world that the Xiliang army entrenched in Chang'an has now lived up to the courage of the past.Just thinking about it, the Xiliang Army fell apart from top to bottom, Zhang Ji led the elite to flee, and the remaining generals of the Xiliang Army had internal strife one after another, and many elites died in the internal strife.

The tens of thousands of the most elite were calculated by Li Guo and others, and sent to the north to cause trouble and die, but were besieged by Gongsun Xu's army and finally recruited to surrender.Since then, Chang'an's Xiliang army has actually been seriously injured.

In addition, the Xiliang Army has been no longer training, not engaged in production, only knowing to plunder the people and harm the village. They have become no different from bandits. Most of the Xiliang Army generals want to rob property. Who cares about the training of the soldiers? Under such circumstances, it would be really strange if the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army could be maintained.

"My lord, the [-] pioneers of our army have arrived in Luoyang." Le Jin rode his horse and ran over to report to Cao Cao, "It takes only a few seconds to lead the army, and with the assistance of Yuan Rang and others, they must arrive within four days Chang'an, when the time comes, give the bandit army a surprise attack, and Chang'an will definitely be breached."

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at the sky and said: "You underestimate Miaocai. If my prediction is correct, he must be leading the [-] elite troops from the headquarters to Chang'an soon. Miaocai is a rare fast general under my command." , How does he not understand the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast.

Now everyone in the world thinks that I am leading an army near Yanzhou. Who would have thought that the one in Yanzhou is just a part of our army. We don’t have much time left. Even after arriving in Chang’an, we can’t get too entangled with the Xiliang bandits. Therefore, we must adopt the method of surprise attack.

Miaocai is good at commanding troops, and his marching speed is the fastest in our army. The [-] cavalry under his command are all light cavalry in our army, so his marching speed must be faster than Yuan Rang and others.

Therefore, I conclude that Miaocai is about to arrive in Chang'an now. With him opening the way for our army, the Chang'an bandit army will be vulnerable, and the order will be passed on, and the army will speed up.

In order to increase the speed of the march, 5000 troops were left behind to escort the follow-up supplies and ordnance, and the rest of them had no three-day dry food to hurry on the road, and there must be no further delay. "

"The last general takes orders." Le Jin bowed his hands and retreated. He was not very satisfied with the current marching speed. After all, this raid on Chang'an was already very late and dangerous. Returning with success, so, I also desperately hope that my side will speed up the march.

Seeing the marching speed of the soldiers under his command gradually accelerated, Cao Cao was in a good mood, he turned his head to look at the north, and then said slowly: "This time, I will welcome your majesty back, hahaha, the Northern Xinjiang court is no longer orthodox. "

This time, Cao Cao's army came from the pseudo-Liu Xie. For a long time, the northern border has occupied the righteousness. In addition, the northern border's military strength is at its peak, and Gongsun Xu's actions are quite strong, so the other princes have to give up three points. Now, Cao Cao He has already started to fight for the right to speak for himself. If he is allowed to grab Liu Xie, there will be two courts in the Liu family.

In the south, in the territory of Yuzhou, Yuan Shu has not made any other major military operations since the last time he sent troops to Xuzhou. Jiangdong Sun Ce's wings are full, and now he is gradually getting rid of Yuan Shu's control.

But Yuan Shu is not so easy to deal with. Anyway, Yuan Shu is still Sun Ce's boss in name, so no matter how good Sun Ce is now, he can't do anything to Yuan Shu.

Moreover, Yuan Shu didn't want to take Jiangdong in the first place. To him, Jiangdong was a barren land with many powerful families.

Now that Sun Ce has acquired Jiangdong, Yuan Shu made a favor and asked Sun Ce to lead troops to guard Jiangdong to defend against Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Liu Biao is a deadly enemy, and the two sides will never reach a peace, so Yuan Shu is also very relieved that Sun Ce will guard Jiangdong.

Now, Yuan Shu has occupied Yuzhou, Yangzhou, Jiangdong, Jiaozhi and other places in name, and his territory is so large that he can be regarded as the largest prince today.

Coupled with the fact that northern Xinjiang is now under occupation, the imperial court in northern Xinjiang is unable to govern the affairs there, the most powerful Gongsun Xu in northern Xinjiang is now missing, and Gongsun Zan, who is in military power, is seriously injured and unconscious. No one in the world can control it anymore. Yuan Shu.

Therefore, he has been preparing for a major event recently. If you want to talk about Yuan Shu now, it is really amazing. If you want territory, you need soldiers and horses. Now he is almost ready to be an emperor.

Compared with other princes, he still has one treasure, that is, the Jade Seal of the Kingdom presented to him by Sun Ce. With this treasure in hand, Yuan Shu can proclaim himself emperor at any time. However, Yuan Shu also knows that proclaiming emperor is a big event, so he has Just make good preparations. Now, he is preparing for his proclaiming himself emperor in Yuzhou.

From the point of view of the territory, almost half of the Great Han Dynasty has indeed fallen into Yuan Shu's hands, but compared with the north, Yuan Shu's territory has a lot of water.

Although there are many prosperous towns in the south, the north has been more prosperous than the south since ancient times. No matter in terms of city size, population, productivity and food production, the north is better than the south. In such a large land in Yuan Shu's hands, there are Many are mountainous areas, which are still occupied by mountain barbarians.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu doesn't seem to be aware of this now. What he sees is that his territory is so large, his strength is so strong, and how many people can compare with him in the world.

In Xuzhou, Lu Bu was training his troops. Last time he fought Cao Cao in Puyang. Although he lost, Lu Bu did not lose many troops. He chose to retreat out of the need to preserve his strength. Otherwise, Cao Cao would It is impossible to take Puyang so easily.

After evacuating to Xuzhou, he obtained the ruling power of Xuzhou from Liu Bei. Now, he has more than 3 elite veterans and more than [-] newly recruited soldiers and horses, which can be regarded as strong and strong.

Recently, Lu Bu has been discussing a major matter with Chen Gong, which is related to Lu Bu's future and hegemony.

"Go north from Mount Tai, pass through the plains, and enter Shangdang." Lu Bu pointed to the map and said, "After entering the Bingzhou area, I will go straight to Jiuyuan, and then go out from Jiuyuan, so that I can enter the grassland."

"There is no problem with this route." Chen Gong looked at the map and said, "But can we get the permission of the Northern Border Army to enter the Northern Border? If they don't let us go, our retreat is very likely to be cut off." , so our army will be in danger."

"Hehe, there is no shortage of smart people in northern Xinjiang, and they will weigh the pros and cons." Lu Bu sneered, "The grasslands are in chaos, the Xianbei, the Huns marched southward, and within a hundred miles north of the Great Wall, there are 10 people who control the grasslands. people.

Now the northern border army is under a lot of pressure, they will no longer be our enemy, besides, we go out to resist the barbarians, they have no reason to refuse. "

"My lord, do you think it's really good for you to lead the troops out of the fortress?" Chen Gong asked, "Will our work be wasted?"

"Hehe, Gongtai, you haven't been to the grassland, so you don't know." Lu Bu smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as I can lead the troops out of the fortress, I can send back tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses within a month, haha, These are on the edge of the Great Wall, just waiting for me to pick them up, barbarians, how dare you stop me."

(End of this chapter)