Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 947 Boss Cao's Persistence

Following Lv Bu's surrender and the news that the Qin army entered Runan, Cao's army was shocked and panicked.

Seeing Cao Cao spurting blood and fainting, everyone rushed to rescue him.

"My life is over..."

After Cao Cao woke up, he said this sentence in his weakness, and didn't say anything else.

Even, he turned a deaf ear to the information that came continuously afterwards.

However, these urgent military situations that continue to come seem to confirm Cao Cao's words.

If there is an electronic map, you can intuitively see that with the continuous arrival of emergency military situations, the red color representing the Qin army has drowned the blue territory belonging to Cao Cao like a sea.With the arrival of the last military situation, red is about to hit the front lines of Xuchang and Chenliu.

In other words, in Cao Cao's hands, only Xuchang and Chenliu will be left.

In fact, during this period of time, Cao Cao still had some other places in his hands, but Cao Cao had no time to deploy troops to defend them. Due to the time difference, he could only watch them being swallowed up by the Qin army.

In the past, Cao Cao was able to resist the attack of the Qin army with Guandu, an important military site. This came from the fact that he had Lu Bu on his side to help defend.

Now that Lu Bu surrendered, Cao Cao's empty flanks were completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Qin army, and his entire defense line became a sieve, and the Qin army could attack at will.

"My life is over..." Cao Cao said in a daze.

Guo Jia said anxiously: "My lord, don't be discouraged. It's too late to send troops to other places now. Send troops immediately to defend Xuchang City."

Cao Cao's face was like gold paper, and said: "Qin Zijin came from the southeast, southeast of Xuchang, a flat river, no dangerous place to stop the enemy..."

Now, the room is full, Xiahou Dun and other generals are panicked, but Guo Jia is outraged, and said: "My lord, this statement is wrong. Although the southeast of Xuchang is a plain, but the northwest of Xuchang is the [-]-mile Funiu Mountains in the southern branch of the Qinling Mountains. It is precisely because of this that Qin Zijin sits in Sili and dare not spy on me, Xuchang."

Guo Jia said again: "My Xuchang city is tall, it can be used as a barrier, and the mountains and rivers in the northwest to Guandu can be used as the rear. At this moment, it has not yet reached the end of the mountain."

What Guo Jia said makes sense. The Funiu Mountains are located in the southwest of Henan Province, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, stretching for more than 1000 miles, and belong to the Qinling Mountains.The altitude is about 400 meters, and it runs from northwest to southeast.It is connected to Xiong'er Mountain in the northwest, Nanyang Basin in the south, and Tongbai Mountain in the southeast.About [-] kilometers long, it is the watershed between Huaihe River and Hanjiang River.Covering Luoyang, Nanyang, Pingdingshan, Sanmenxia, ​​Zhumadian and other places in Henan Province.

This mountain range of nearly a thousand miles is the barrier to the northwest of Xuchang, stretching all the way to Guandu.The mountains are inaccessible, there are no roads, and the army cannot be used if food and supplies cannot be transported.

It is precisely because of this mountain range that Guandu has been achieved.

Because of these mountains, as long as Guandu in the north and Xuchang in the south are guarded, Cao Cao can persist.

However, Cao Cao and his generals were in turmoil of being overwhelmed.

At this time, Cheng Yu spoke, "More than 400 years ago, the five countries attacked Qi, and within half a year they captured more than [-] cities in Qi, leaving only the two isolated cities of Ju and Jimo."

Cao Cao, who had been lying on his back in a daze, sat up.

Cheng Yu continued: "Jimo is a relatively large city in the Qi State. It has abundant supplies and a large population. It has certain defensive conditions. At that time, the guard died in the battle, and the army and the people recommended Tian Dan as the general. Tian Dan took advantage of the opportunity when the two armies were at a stalemate. , Gathered more than 7000 soldiers, reorganized and expanded them, and added fortifications to strengthen defense. He shared joys and sorrows with the army and the people, "weaving scorpions (weaving grass tools) while sitting, and working with shovels (working with shovels) when standing", and personally inspected the city defenses. Make up wives and concubines, join the army, and distribute food and drink to the soldiers, which has won the trust of the army and the people."

"The army and civilians in Jimo City were led by Tian Dan to resist. The two sides fought for five years, but Le Yi was unable to attack."

Guo Jia took it and said loudly: "Tian Dan persevered, found an opportunity, recovered more than [-] cities in a row, recovered Qi, and achieved great things!" It’s not as tall as my city of Xuchang, nor is there the [-]-mile Funiu Mountain behind. Today, my lord has [-] soldiers, and there are fortresses like Xuchang and Guandu. Why did my lord give up before the last moment?”

Guo Jia drew out his sword and said to Xiahou Dun and the other generals, "Are the swords in your hands sharp?"

Xiahou Dun and other generals were greatly encouraged, and they all bowed together and said: "May I do my best for the Lord!"

Cao Cao finally cheered up.

So far, although the Cao Cao Group has not found a real way to break Qin, they are united as one and continue to fight against Qin.

At this moment, since Lu Bu had already surrendered to Qin Feng, Cao Cao's large territory was lost in a flash.Therefore, Boss Cao didn't think about other places, but focused on building a defense line in Xuchang.

"Since that's the case, I will go back to Xuchang in person and fight Qin Zijin to the death!" Cao Cao slapped the case.

Guo Jia thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, don't move lightly. Enemies Zhang Liao and Xu Huang came from the east, together with the enemy from Hulao Pass, a hundred thousand troops attacked our Guandu. The news at this moment may have shocked the whole army. If my lord If you move, it may have a great impact on morale."

Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's suggestion, and with Xiahou Dun as the main general, Yu Jin, Li Dian, Le Jin, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Man Chong and others led [-] troops back to Xuchang for defense.

"I'm afraid the troops are still insufficient." Cao Cao worried.After all, Qin Feng led an army of [-] to fight there. Cao Cao might not be afraid if he was in another army, but Cao Cao was worried about Qin's strong army.

Cheng Yu said: "Since my lord rectified the place, more and more gentry from the Central Plains have come to my Xuchang to live in peace. Today, there are eggs under the overturned nest, and the gentry can be mobilized." He hesitated, and said: "We still need to be vigilant to the people."

Cao Cao's face darkened when he heard this.Ever since, Qin Feng has always mobilized the masses, and Cao Cao mobilized the gentry.

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Xiahoudun led the army without stopping. After a whole day and night, he finally rushed into Xuchang City before the Qin army.Then news came that the eastern part of Yingchuan County had fallen into the hands of the Qin army, and the Qin army was less than half a day away from Xuchang.

Xiahou Dun was worried, and immediately called a meeting of the nobles in the city.

For a time, the 30 people in Xuchang city were buzzing with discussions.

"Duke Qin is coming!"

"I don't know what the outcome of General Cao will be."

Although the people hoped for Qin Feng's arrival, they regretted Cao Cao.

In the meeting hall of the official residence, a large group of old men gathered, all of them looked haggard and restless.

Xiahou Dun was generous and patted the table, "I intend to follow Tian Dan, and you should follow the example of the soldiers and civilians of Qi."

Liu Ye said from the side: "If when Qin Feng comes, the foundations of each family will be wiped out, and now we must use all our strength to resist Qin Feng together. I, Liu Ye, am not talented, and I am willing to confiscate my family's money and food, and all my family and relatives will be included in the army. .”

The foundation is wiped out!

The faces of the noble families changed, but as long as Cao Cao is here, they can still go on as usual.Whenever Qin Feng came, whoever didn't have blood in their hands, I'm afraid they would be wiped out after a while of liquidation.

The power of the gentry should not be underestimated, and each family is also desperate.They donated generously one after another, giving money and food and becoming monks.

As a result, the number of Xuchang defenders reached 5, and there was sufficient money and food for two years.

Xiahou Dun felt a little relieved, so he built more fortifications, strengthened the defense, and distributed all the money to the soldiers.As a result, morale recovered a lot, and they began to stick to Xuchang.

　Thanks to the chasing brothers for the reward of [-] starting coins, and the rewards of the brothers who are single.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)