Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 808 Yuan Shao Regretted

Zhu Wei was not in a hurry to start a decisive battle with Cao Cao, so he was divided into two groups when the army attacked.

Along the way, the main force of his Chinese army went directly to Suanzao by land, as if he was going to face Cao Cao head-on. On the way, he transferred Ganning's Jiangjiao Battalion, and transported [-] Dongzhou troops to Fengzhou by the Yellow River waterway. The land of Qiu, thus cutting off Cao Cao's connection with Yingchuan and the land south of Yanzhou.

In this way, the southern areas of Yingchuan and Chenliu were basically swallowed by Zhu Weijing, and then the Dongzhou Army separated a partial army of more than [-] troops, led by Zhang Ren and Huang Quan, and began to conquer some areas in the southern part of Chenliu County. At the same time, the county seat is going to Xiangyi to deal with Hao Zhao's Cao Jun, so as to meet Tai Shici and Zang Ba's troops and continue northward.

At this time, the Huainan Battalion under Huang Zhong had easily surrendered all the counties and towns in the land of Chen Guo, and the army then turned north and marched towards Chen Liu.

Huang Zhong didn't know that Tai Shici and Zang Ba were blocked by Hao Zhao in Xiangyi. According to the original agreement between him and Tai Shici, they should go all the way north after Chen Liu joined forces, so that they could join the main force of Zhu Weijun together.

If you look at it from the map, it can be said that Zhu Weijun's several armies are all outflanking Cao Cao's place on the Suanzao side.

However, Cao Cao waited until the army of Changsha brought by Xiahoudun converged on Suanzao's side, gathered about [-] to [-] regular troops, and added nearly [-] to [-] young and strong new troops, and he did not stay any longer. Swing to Puyang City and retreat.

Because Cao Cao had already made military strategic arrangements, a lot of food, grass and supplies have been stored in Puyang City today, and with the nearly [-] troops brought back by Cao Cao, it seems that it has a good defensive force.

So as long as Cao Cao can use Puyang City to block Zhu Weijun's attack, then Cao Cao can completely persist in Puyang City for one or two years.

However, in the face of Cao Cao's retreat tactics, Zhu Weijun still advanced steadily step by step, which made Cao Cao's ambush and counterattack methods of staying behind all meaningless.

Zhu Weijun's main force stopped at Suanzao after Cao's army retreated from Suanzao, and at the right time separated the Hanzhong Army to capture the northern counties and townships of Chenliu County, ensuring that Chenliu County was in his hands.

Later, the Hanzhong Army was also ordered to attack Jiyin County to deal with Dong Heng's troops left there by Cao Cao. The Hanzhong Army's [-] troops were used to deal with Dong Heng's less than [-] troops, which was theoretically enough.

Then Zhu Wei waited for Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, and the Dongzhou army that had been separated before to come back to join. Zhu Wei was obviously not in a hurry for the battle, and only planned to gather all his troops before going to Cao Cao for a decisive battle.

In this way, around September 199th in [-] A.D., Zhu Wei gathered the Dongzhou Army that had been separated before, and gathered the troops of Huang Zhong and Tai Shici from Xuzhou in the land of Suanzao. An army of [-] to [-] soldiers slowly approached Puyang City where Cao Cao was stationed.

And when Zhu Wei's army attacked Cao Cao, Cao Cao naturally sent Yuan Shao a letter asking for help at the first time. After Cao Cao led his troops to retreat to Puyang City, he sent them to Ye City where Yuan Shao was located. More than a dozen letters for help were sent.

But at this moment, Yuan Shao was also regretting his previous withdrawal. If it hadn't been for his withdrawal, Zhu Wei would not have found a chance to wipe out the [-] troops he left on the north bank of the Yellow River.

If it hadn't been for his withdrawal, it would be impossible for Zhu Wei to send a few cavalry into Youzhou and Yizhou to harass his hinterland now, because Zhu Wei must concentrate his main force to fight him decisively.

In this way, he didn't have to worry about organizing an army to encircle and suppress the cavalry who entered his territory. He could completely fight Zhu Weilai face to face on the north bank of the Yellow River.

If he hadn't withdrawn his troops, Zhu Wei wouldn't have dared to attack Cao Cao with such fanfare. Now Cao Cao could help him contain Zhu Wei, and he wouldn't let Zhu Wei occupy a large amount of territory like he is now.

But Yuan Shao's regret is useless, he can only face the current situation.

The loss of the [-] army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the death of the general Chunyu Qiong, were a bit traumatic for Yuan Shao. Although he still had more than [-] troops in Yecheng at this time, the [-] army still occupied About a quarter of his total force.

At the same time, Zhu Weijun's Xiongba camp went north, which also created a great sense of threat to Yecheng. Even though the Xiongba camp still focused on defense, the best defense was offense.

Under Zhuge Liang's plan, and with Pang Yan's support, the Xiongba Battalion harassed the soldiers directly into the territory of Wei County in Yizhou, and even approached the outskirts of Yecheng.

This made Yuan Shao have to send troops to the border to deploy defenses to prevent the Xiongba camp from attacking Yecheng.

Now the whole situation has changed. Originally, Yuan Shao's army was threatening Luoyang City occupied by Zhu Wei, but now Zhu Wei's army was threatening Ye City, Yuan Shao's headquarters. If he knew this, how could Yuan Shao withdraw his troops.

And Zhu Wei sent to Youzhou and Yizhou Ma Teng's Fubo camp and Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao's Huyi camp, plus the Southern Huns cavalry, it made Yuan Shao feel like he had eaten flies.

It’s okay to enter the Fubo Camp of Ma Teng’s headquarters in Youzhou. Anyway, Youzhou is a border land, which is not a very rich place. After Ma Teng led his army into Youzhou, he could only occupy some counties first. Township, steadily expanding its influence in Youzhou, will not bring much loss to Yuan Shao for the time being.

But Zhang Xiu, Zhang Liao's Tiger Wing Battalion and the Southern Huns cavalry entered Yuan Shao's hinterland in Yizhou.

Perhaps the heavy cavalry and light cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion to which Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao belonged could still be restrained because of military discipline. At most, they would loot official supplies, but they would not cause much damage to the local area.

But those southern Huns were fighting solely for plunder. They were burning, killing and looting all the way.

Under Zhu Wei's instructions, after Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao brought the Southern Huns into Yizhou, they also divided their troops and moved. Therefore, the Southern Huns who lost their restraint completely regarded this trip to Yizhou as a Made one of their robbery trips.

According to the route given by Zhu Wei, the Southern Huns first directly entered Zhaojun, and then came towards Weijun, seemingly to assist Zhu Weijun's Xiongba camp, causing a north-south attack on Yuan Shao in Yecheng.

In fact, when Zhu Wei told the Southern Huns, he also said that this time he was going to conquer Yuan Shao first, so the Southern Huns really thought that they were going to help Zhu Wei's army attack Yecheng.

In fact, Zhu Wei was just fooling them into fighting Yuan Shao's main force, so the cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion led by Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao entered Changshan County, and then went to Zhongshan Country, Hejian Country, and Bohai County.

Zhu Wei hoped that they could contact Cai Mao's navy in Bohai County, so as to bring Cai Mao Zhu Wei's military order, and let Cai Mao be responsible for sending them supplies by sea.

Because this time Ma Teng, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Liao went deep into the enemy's territory to harass them, they could only obtain food and other supplies on the spot, and it was impossible for Zhu Wei to provide them with logistical support.

Therefore, if they want to fight in Yizhou for a long time, they must find a logistics supply line, so the Cai Mao navy, which has already explored the coastal route, can help them provide some supplies when necessary.

As for the Southern Huns, don't worry about them at all. Anyway, they came out to plunder, so they have long been used to robbing on the spot.

Under Zhu Wei's arrangement, the Southern Huns did not know the situation and went straight to Yecheng to loot all the way, and Yuan Shao was also annoyed by the actions of these Southern Huns, so he naturally sent troops to deal with the Southern Huns people.

In this way, Yuan Shaojun launched a big battle with the Southern Huns in Handan, Zhao State, and as a result, the Southern Huns hit the wall again...

(End of this chapter)