Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 806 Launch of the Offensive Against Cao Cao
After the cavalry units of Ma Teng, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Liao and the Southern Huns were dispatched, Zhu Wei returned to Luoyang and began to arrange the next military deployment.

First of all, Pang Yan and Zhuge Liang led the main force of the Xiongba Battalion to cross the Hebei River at Yanjin on the Yellow River, marching towards Chaoge, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who followed Zhu Wei across the Yellow River, also led their troops to meet up.

Next, Zhu Wei asked Wenpin, Xu Huang, and Xu Shang who were stationed in Luoyang to send troops to Yuyuanguan to replace the Xiongba battalion led by Ling Cao.

So Ling Cao led a part of the Xiongba battalion, boarded Gan Ning's Jiangjiao battalion warship at the Yellow River ferry, and went north to join the main force of the Xiongba battalion led by Pang Yan.

Not long after, the first army under Zhu Wei's account, the Xiongba Battalion led by Pang Yan, with about [-] troops, gathered in Chaoge County, and then went to Liyang County between Dangyin County, Hanoi County, Wei County, Yizhou, and Dongjun County, Yanzhou. The posture of sending troops.

Zhu Weijun's military movements seem to be that Zhu Wei's army is going north one by one, and it seems that they are about to launch a large-scale counterattack against Yuan Shao in the north.

Zhu Wei also deliberately made a lot of false rumors, saying that his next strategy is to go north to capture Yecheng, and wipe out the northern enemy Yuan Shao in one go.

As for Cao Cao, the main force had already been wiped out anyway, so there was nothing to be afraid of. Zhu Wei even sent envoys to Xudu to persuade Cao Cao to surrender, which meant to use peaceful means to threaten Cao Cao to surrender without a fight.

With Zhu Wei's actions, the time has reached mid-September, and the weather is gradually cooling down.

So Zhu Wei formally swore to send troops in Luoyang. The army came out of Hulao Pass from Luoyang, and marched directly to the land of Rongyang. Following the original route of the Battle of Guandu in history, he went north to fight Yecheng where Yuan Shao was.

To be honest, Cao Cao was dubious about Zhu Wei's actions, but Cao Cao was not an ordinary person after all, so naturally he would not be easily deceived by Zhu Wei's tricks.

Previously, Cao Cao's defense against Zhu Wei was mainly based on the direction of Yingchuan facing Nanyang County, and then the northern line of defense against Xuzhou and Shouchun.

Now that the movement of Zhu Wei's army has been found out, Cao Cao has gathered the troops that were originally scattered in the south of Yingchuan, and formed a new line of defense on the front line of Changsha. Of course, Cao Cao also knows such defensive methods. A large-scale attack may not be able to stop it.

In fact, Cao Cao was already ready to evacuate in Xudu, and was ready to withdraw from Xudu to Chenliu at any time, and then to Puyang County, East County of Yanzhou.

Puyang County in the East Commandery is already close to Yizhou, and it is not far from Yecheng, Yuan Shao's old camp, so Cao Cao can continue to rely on Yuan Shao to resist Zhu Weijun's attack here.

Although in this case, Cao Cao basically gave up Yingchuan County, Chenliu County and other southern Yanzhou counties, but at least he can preserve the northern Yanzhou counties, and when necessary, he can also withdraw Yizhou and Qingzhou, directly relying on Yuan Shao's protection .

Anyway, now that the emperor Han Xiandi is dead in Xudu, Xudu is not of much value. Xudu without the emperor is actually just a small Xu County.

In fact, when Cao Cao was defeated at Guangcheng Pass and Dagu Pass, he already had such a military arrangement.

After all, the territory he originally occupied was surrounded by enemies, so tightening the territory he can actually control now can also reduce the enemy's surface and gather his remaining troops together for use.

On the eastern front line of Yanzhou, Cao Cao felt that the line of defense he constructed could also withstand the troops of Zhu Weijun Huang Zhong and Tai Shici who are now in Xuzhou.

In this way, Cao Cao gathered back the troops on the southern defense line of Yingchuan, and concentrated about [-] to [-] soldiers. Although many of them belonged to the second-line troops and the field troops, they were at least regular troops capable of fighting.

Then Cao Cao also began to relocate the people of Yingchuan. While migrating a large number of people to Yanzhou, he also recruited young and strong as a new army to supplement his strength.

Anyway, this can be regarded as a means of clearing the wilderness against Zhu Weijun. Even if these places are occupied by Zhu Weijun, they can only occupy land with no population, and it will not bring much practical significance to Zhu Weijun.

At the same time, the new army soldiers recruited from these common people will also move north because their families are controlled by Cao Cao. They are like being controlled by Cao Cao as hostages, and they dare not surrender at will on the battlefield.

Cao Cao is still very wise and knows how to give up. At this time, let alone Yingchuan, even the population of Chen Liu's side is already moving and mobilizing.

However, it is not easy to do all of this. After all, Yingchuan and Chenliu are the places where big families gather, and these people may not all listen to Cao Cao. over here.

This prevented Cao Cao from using force to coerce him. It can be said that ordinary people only need a mobilization order and they can only obey the order to relocate. However, many big families may not care about the mobilization order, and many people directly closed the docks. The fort is self-defended, no matter what the government orders are.

However, Cao Cao did not dare to let some families really stay here, otherwise Zhu Wei would occupy this side, and then use these families to hold hostage and threaten Cao Cao's officials from these families, so how can Cao Cao believe that he is suspicious? The officials under him will not have an affair with Zhu Wei.

For this reason, Cao Cao spent a lot of energy in these days on persuading people to move. Even if some people from these families were left to guard their original homes and mansions, the main figures in the families would have to move with Cao Cao. .

However, when Cao Cao sent troops to defend the possible attack of Zhu Weijun in Changshe, Xu Du encountered an unexpected attack.

It was the Liu Pi and Gong Du Yellow Turban forces who were secretly appeased by Zhu Wei before, and then supported and trained by the Shouchun Huangzhong Jingnan Camp. Now they both have an elite Yellow Turban force of nearly [-] people The troops, weapons, and armor were also equipped with the support of Huang Zhong.

Now, under Jia Xu's plan, Zhu Wei deliberately assembled his army in Rongyang to attract Cao Cao's attention, while Liu Pi and Gong Du led nearly ten thousand troops from the land of Shangcai in Yuzhou to attack Xudu.

As Liu Pi and Gong Du who have been active in Runan County, Yuzhou for many years, they are naturally very familiar with the mountain terrain here, so when they led their troops to the outskirts of Xudu quietly, they were discovered by Cao Cao's local garrison .

Alarm bells rang out in Xudu for a while, and Cao Cao hurriedly mobilized troops to guard Xudu first.

But in fact, Cao Cao's main force is now under the leadership of Xia Houdun, and is currently stationed in Changsha to defend Zhu Weijun, who has assembled troops in Rongyang, while other parts of the army are carrying out the affairs of relocating the people.

As a result, the Cao army in Xudu was only five to 6000 people. Suddenly facing the attack of more than [-] troops led by Liu Pi and Gong Du, the situation in Xudu was really a little critical...

(End of this chapter)