Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 800
On the Xuzhou side, Lu Bu lost Pengcheng in the end. Cao Cao's plan to lure the enemy was successful, but he also paid a price of more than 7000 people. After Lu Bu joined forces, he retreated to Xiapi to rest. Yuan Shao's army and Cao Cao's army joined forces in Pengcheng, and then continued to pursue Lu Bu.

After all, Lü Bu is no match for the opponent's princes. It's not that he doesn't have brave generals, and it's not that he doesn't have brave soldiers. However, there are too many enemies, too many for him to deal with. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, no matter which one is easy to fight For the first generation, they sent troops together to attack Lu Bu, and Lu Bu had a few percent chance of winning.

Not long after Pengcheng was captured, the Northern Frontier Army stationed troops in Leling, Pingyuan and other places under the prestige of Yuan Shao’s private dispatch of troops. Zhao Yun and Tai Shici each led [-] cavalry to attack Yuan’s army one after another. To deal with the coercion of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the rest of the troops had to be dispatched to Le'an, Jinan and other places to deploy defenses. The confrontation between the two sides began like this.

At this time, Cao Cao commanded the army to surround Xiapi. In his opinion, the northern army only dispatched [-] troops, and this dispatch was a bit abrupt. It did not seem to be carefully prepared. Lu Bu, and then returned to the teacher to help Yuan Shao. No matter how powerful Gongsun Xu was, it was impossible for Gongsun Xu to attack at this time.

Cao Cao's biggest advantage now is Liu Xie in his hands. He has the imperial decree of the emperor, so he occupies this morality. If others dare to disobey him, he is against the court and will be cast aside by the people of the world.

As long as Lu Bu is destroyed, Yuan Shu in Yuzhou will basically have no allies. It is impossible for Gongsun Xu to risk the world's disgrace to support Yuan Shu at this time, and Yuan Shao will definitely leave nothing to do with his own reputation. At that time, Cao Cao will There is a chance to take the land of Yuzhou in one fell swoop, get Yuan Shu's elite soldiers, and receive Yuan Shu's money and food.

As long as this plan can be realized, Cao Cao's strength will increase several times. The territories occupied by Yuan Shu are very rich and have sufficient population. After Cao Cao obtains these territories, as long as he can rest for two years, he can have another 20 troops. In this way, it will no longer be a problem to compete with the northern army, and Cao Cao will not have to suffer from these angers.

In such a large Xuzhou, Lu Bu now only has the area of ​​Xiapi left. The 7000 troops he currently owns have gathered in the city. After successive fierce battles, Lu Bu also lost a lot of troops. Killed more than [-] enemy troops, but many of his own cavalry were also scattered.

Not many people actually died in battle, at least not more than Cao Cao's side, but on the chaotic battlefield, once Lu Bu's subordinates were scattered, it was difficult to reunite with him. After so many battles in a row, he had no chance to surrender prisoners or recruit sergeants, and those scattered subordinates basically failed to return, and Lu Bu's strength was gradually weakened. .

However, Xiapi is smaller than Pengcheng, and the soldiers under Lu Bu's command can get a rotation. In this way, Cao Cao's side is blocked by the city.Outside the city of Xiapi, Cao Cao's army, Yuan Shao's army, and Liu Bei's army combined no less than 10 people. So many people surrounded Xiapi, but they were still unable to break through.

The flames of war in Xuzhou have been ignited for several months, and there is a mess everywhere.Cao Cao. Three forces, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei occupy a large area of ​​Xuzhou's land, and what they have to do next is to drive Lu Bu to extinction, and never give him a chance to stand up.

Yuan Shao is now sitting in Qingzhou, and he led an army of [-] to the north to confront the Northern Army. Up to now, Yuan Shao has also figured out the situation of the Northern Army. Zhao Yun and Tai Shici led [-] cavalry to harass everywhere. The [-] infantry pressed on step by step, and many soldiers on the front line were defeated. Yuan Shao had to lead his army to block the attack of the northern army.

"A mere Guan Yu dares to fight against me." In the big tent, Yuan Shao smiled contemptuously: "Gongsun Xu is no one to use. Although Guan Yu has commanded the army to guard Jizhou for many years, he is not strong enough to lead an army alone." Let's go, besides, this time there are only 5 people, and the cavalry is only [-], does he really want to break into my Qingzhou?"

Others are used to flattery, besides, Yuan Shao is happy now, it is impossible for others to sweep away Yuan Shao's nature at this time, plus the Northern Frontier Army really only has 5 people this time, which is much bigger than his own. There are a lot fewer sides, and it doesn't look like you will lose.

"My lord, the northern border army has strict discipline and strong combat effectiveness." Gao Lan stepped forward and said, "Although there are only 5 people, it should not be underestimated. Besides, the northern border army is famous for its cavalry. Now we really only see 5 soldiers." Tens of thousands of cavalry, but if Gongsun Xu wants to increase his troops, it will only take three or four days, and tens of thousands of cavalry will arrive in a blink of an eye, so we should be careful."

"That's right." Ju Yi stepped forward to salute and said, "Who can guarantee that this is not Gongsun Xu's scheme, the cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army come and go like the wind, we should deal with it carefully."

"That makes sense." Yuan Shao nodded and said, "The cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army is superior in its mobility. We must not underestimate it. Ju Yi, you will lead an army of [-] to lead the vanguard tomorrow. You must defeat Guan Yu's vanguard." .”

"The last general takes orders." Ju Yi nodded and said, "My lord, the last general has a thousand dead soldiers ready to go, but our military equipment has not yet been delivered, and the food, grass, brocade and silk that the lord promised before are still missing. Half of it, there is a saying that the three armies go first without using food and grass. The general does not want to be dragged down by villains when they are desperately fighting on the front line. All the soldiers under my command have suffered from this kind of loss. The villain framed it, so I will ask for food and grass before sending troops."

"I'll have someone send it tomorrow, you go down and prepare first." Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "I already know about this, so I don't need to say more, now is a critical moment, and I don't want anyone to remember me at this time." If anyone disobeys orders and disrespects those interests and conflicts, I don’t mind being a bit harsher.”

"Thank you, my lord,,,,,," Ju Yi took the order to leave. In the past few years, he can be considered to have made a lot of military exploits for Yuan Shao. Back then, he led a small number of infantry to defeat the elite Baima Yicong of Northern Xinjiang, and wounded the Northern Border Tailor Wei Gongsun Zan, Ju Yi was famous all over the world in that battle. However, Ju Yi, who suffered a disastrous defeat later, did not receive any rewards after returning.

In fact, everyone understood what was going on. Except for some people who were jealous of Ju Yi's military exploits, some aristocratic families also held grudges against Ju Yi, because none of the descendants of the aristocratic families who followed Ju Yi in the battle came back alive, and they The soldiers under his command were either killed or captured by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

There are rumors that Ju Yi killed the children of those aristocratic families. Although there is no evidence, it is an indisputable fact that only Ju Yi's people came back alive from under Gongsun Xu's nose. There are even rumors that Ju Yi secretly He took refuge in Gongsun Xu, of course, these are just rumors.

(End of this chapter)