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After hearing Li Li's words, Wang Yue followed up and said: "This kind of weather is something that the common people wish for, but it is not a good thing for the marching soldiers. Marching in the rain. The roads are muddy, and it is difficult for vehicles and horses to move. Money, food and supplies are still needed. Sheltering from rain and moisture is not a good thing. Fortunately, our army set out three days ago, and by this time the front army should have arrived at Yangping camp to join General Huang Zhong, and the central and rear troops will also arrive tonight."

Li Li nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Everything has two sides, pros and cons. In the face of natural phenomena, there is no distinction between each other, and the opportunities are equal for both parties. Zhang Lu, who has been defeated again and again, retreats to Yangping Pass , mobilize heavy troops to guard the pass, avoid it without fighting; while our army will all go to Yangping Pass, and the army will press down on the border and wait for the opportunity to move."

While speaking, Li Li strolled to the tent and sat down, raised his hand to signal Wang Yue, Zhao Yun and Li Zhi to sit down, and then said: "Such a confrontational situation determines that the battle of Yangping Pass cannot be won at once, and it cannot be done quickly. The battle should not be rushed. What's more, it rained suddenly today. Judging by the speed of the rain, it should last for a few days. Raining for several days will inevitably lead to muddy roads and slippery city walls, which is extremely unfavorable for siege. There are many cavalry and few infantry in the army, so they are not good at attacking the city, and it is not appropriate to storm Yangping Pass. Therefore, we don't need to rush to the front line, and Gongjin is enough to guard Yangping Pass."

Zhao Yun was stunned when he heard the sound, and said softly: "My lord's implication is that we will stay in the Qiang Dao Camp for the time being, and won't we go to Yangping Pass?"

"Yes, we are stationed here right now, we will not retreat or advance, and we will not go anywhere." Li Li laughed.

"This..." Zhao Yun looked astonished, and said in surprise, "Why is this? Please tell me clearly, my lord."

Li Li smiled and said nothing, called his soldiers to take out a jug of fine wine, filled four cups with his own hands, and signaled Zhao Yun and the three of them to drink together.

After drinking a cup of wine, Li Li smiled lightly and said, "Although Zhanglu in Hanzhong has 10,000+ soldiers and horses, the territory is quite rich, and the money and food are sufficient, but after all, it is only a county. It is a small land, and I don't need to personally lead it." Conquest and suppression. Gongjin, Zilong, Hansheng and other battalion commanders will lead the army. As long as anyone leads the army, as long as they fight steadily, they will be able to capture Hanzhong sooner or later. come here?"

"Hehehe!" The voice paused for a while, Li Li smiled calmly, asked himself and answered: "Hanzhong County is the place where the Han Dynasty prospered, and it is the gateway to and from the Shu Road. Therefore, the capture of Hanzhong County is of far-reaching significance. I must lead the army in person, and I cannot do it to others. This is one of them.

"Secondly, Hanzhong County is located in the hinterland of Liangzhou, only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an. It poses a great threat to Chang'an. Therefore, I have long wanted to attack, but I have been suffering from no name, which has delayed me until now. This time Zhang Lu took the initiative to send troops To harass Liangzhou, it can be said that there is no way to find it without any effort. He sent it to the door himself. Such a good thing, how can I miss this opportunity? Naturally, I immediately sent troops to hold him back, so that even if he wanted to know the difficulty But retreating could not escape, and then mobilized heavy troops to attack. However, capturing Hanzhong is not the strategic focus of this Western Expedition. What we really need to do is to induce Yizhou Liu Zhang to send troops to assist Zhang Lu, and send Yizhou soldiers and horses to join us Army battle."

"Ah!" Zhao Yun and Wang Yue were astonished when they heard the sound, and Zhao Yun said in amazement: "Is it possible that Liu Zhang from Yizhou sent troops to help Zhang Lu? As far as the general knows, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang have always had a rift, and they have long since been at odds. The enmity is deep. This time Zhang Lu sent troops to attack our counties in Liangzhou. Liu Zhang did not take advantage of the fire to loot, which is considered as the best of humanity. How could he send troops to help Zhang Lu protect Hanzhong? Liu Zhang should know that once he sends troops to Hanzhong, it means openly fighting with our army The enemy. And Yizhou is not far from our Xiliang, if he dares to be an enemy of our army, it is tantamount to asking for death!"

Having said that, Zhao Yun paused.He breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Although the road of Shu is dangerous, it depends on who will attack it. For the princes of the Central Plains and the powers along the river, the road of Shu is dangerous. If one man guards the pass, ten thousand cannot open it. But for our Xiliang army, the road to Shu is not enough to stop our army from attacking. All that is needed is for Chen Bing to beat Jiameng Pass every now and then. A combination of feigned attack and strong attack will force the defenders of Yizhou not to relax for a moment. It is always tense, and there is no peace. In this way, there is a small attack every three days, and a strong attack every five days. If you can't do it for three months, you can stick to it for half a year, or even a year or two; Then take advantage of the situation to attack and seize the pass, and sooner or later we will be able to capture Yizhou."

"Zilong is right. It's exactly what I want. Hahaha!"

Li Li laughed happily, pouring a cup of wine for Zhao Yun, and said with a smile: "What Zilong said is the true intention of our army's westward expedition this time. Attacking Hanzhong instead of Xichuan is tantamount to picking sesame seeds and throwing them away." I got watermelon. Uh, I made a slip of the tongue, it should be courgette.” (Sesame and courgette were both brought back from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. In addition, there are many seeds of crops. Anything introduced to the Hu people or Western countries is often called "Hu" or "Xi" to show regional distinction.)

"Fighting in Hanzhong, taking Yizhou is the purpose of my expedition this time. However, Liu Zhang in Yizhou is the clan of the Han family. His father and son guarded Yizhou for two generations. They closed their doors and never participated in the wars of the princes. Yizhou gentry and powerful middle-class people, with lenient and benevolent governance, are quite supported by the people of Yizhou, and have a solid foundation. If there is no sufficient reason or excuse for sending troops to attack Yizhou rashly, it will definitely arouse the anger of the people of Yizhou, making them unite as one. ;If this is the case, even if we have millions of troops, we will never want to capture Yizhou. Therefore, we must find ways to let Liu Zhang take the initiative to send troops to Hanzhong, openly confronting my imperial army. The teacher is famous, the name is right and smooth, and he is not afraid of people's words.

However, Liu Zhang's skillful use of weapons will inevitably trigger a new round of power struggle in Yizhou, which will make some aristocratic families dissatisfied with him, and then people's hearts will fluctuate and the internal situation will be unstable.At the same time, the people of Yizhou will not follow Liu Zhang to be my enemy. Most people will choose to wait and see, and this is the prerequisite for us to attack Yizhou.Only when the people of Yizhou complained about Liu Zhang could they accept the power of other princes. "

As soon as Li Li finished speaking, Zhao Yun continued, "Last year when Liu Zhang succeeded to the state shepherd, he beheaded Zhang Lu's mother Lu and his younger brother, which made Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang have a great enmity. In this case Now, will Liu Zhang still send troops to help Zhang Lu? If Liu Zhang doesn't send troops, wouldn't our carefully planned plan come to nothing?"

Li Li nodded lightly, with an unpredictable and deep smile on his face, and said with a very sure smile: "Yes, Liu Zhang will definitely not help sending troops to Hanzhong, and join forces with Zhang Lu to resist our army!

First of all, in order to protect himself, Zhang Lu will definitely send envoys to Yizhou for help in a low voice.Secondly, Yizhou has many capable people and righteous people. It is natural to see that once Hanzhong falls into the hands of Li Li, Yizhou will be in danger, and sooner or later it will be captured by our Xiliang army. How can they not understand the truth?In the end, even if Liu Zhang didn't want to send troops, I still had a way to force him to submit; because he knew that the reason why I tried my best to send someone to escort him back to Yizhou to take over as the governor of the state was to capture Yizhou one day.

Therefore, Liu Zhang will definitely send troops, and he will mobilize heavy troops to try to keep our Xiliang army out of Hanzhong, so that he can drink in peace, sing and dance, draw pictures of ladies, enjoy the glory and wealth, and have fun Zai.But he should know that Yizhou is known as the "Land of Abundance", and all the princes of the world covet it for a long time, and I, Li Li, are among them. "

Seeing that their lord was so determined, Zhao Yun and the others said nothing more.At this time, Wang Yue said in a low voice: "I have been waiting for a day and a night, will she come again? If she doesn't come to the big tent, wouldn't the preparations I have made in the past few days be in vain?"

Li Li's expression changed slightly when he heard the sound, and he pondered thoughtfully: "Don't look at this woman who keeps claiming to be a grasslander, but in fact she is an extremely lonely person, and she doesn't pay attention to me and other 'ordinary people' at all. This time, Gongjin Zhang Wei was captured alive. According to this woman's proud personality, she will definitely come to rescue her 'nephew'. I have no doubts about this. Therefore, she will definitely appear again."

Chapter 852 Battle for Yanzhou

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Yanzhou, under the city of Puyang in Dongjun.

Xi Yuyu!

"Swish, swish, kill!"

The war horse neighed, the arrows rained like rain, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Amidst the loud noise of "Qiang Qiang", Fang Tian waved his painted halberd in the air, and swung two sabers and a long spear one after another, fighting against three without losing the wind.

The red rabbit horse moved left and right, and Lu Bu on the horse's back held a halberd with both hands, stabbing up and down, and rushing left and right, which is truly mighty.

The three generals who fought against him were also quite extraordinary. Two of them held knives and one wielded a long spear.The three riders circled the red rabbit horse back and forth, cooperating with each other, helping each other, attacking swiftly and in perfect harmony, combining the strength of the three of them forcibly fought against Lu Bu dozens of times.

And the identities of these three generals are self-evident, they must be generals under Cao Cao's command.

At present, the battle for Yanzhou is at a critical moment, and Cao Cao led an army to attack Puyang, the prefecture of Dongjun.

This city was once the place where Cao Cao made his fortune, and he has lived here since Chen Liu started his army.After that, Qingzhou Yellow Turban was pacified, Yanzhou was led by himself, and his troops were mobilized, and he developed step by step, and even became the second largest vassal power among the Central Plains vassals after Yuan Shao of Jizhou.It was such a city that carried Cao Cao's ambitions, but when he led the army to attack Xuzhou last year, he was successfully attacked by Lu Bu. It drove out of Yanzhou.

Just when Cao Cao was at the end of his road.The Sili War broke out.Yuan Shao of Jizhou united with the princes of various towns in the Central Plains to form an alliance in Hanoi County, and then formed an alliance army, and the princes combined the power of all the princes to attack Li Li in Xiliang.This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for Cao Cao who is in a desperate situation.It can not only prevent Lu Bu from continuing to pursue, but also take the opportunity to recharge his troops, regroup, and wait for an opportunity to regain Yanzhou.

Unexpectedly, the ten-month Sili war ended in a disastrous defeat for the alliance of princes, and Li Li of Xiliang won a complete victory.This is really not enough to beat a tiger but to be injured by a tiger.All the princes in the towns in the Central Plains were defeated, with heavy casualties and casualties.As a result, he fled from Sili in a hurry after the defeat.In this century-old Central Plains War, there were two winners, one was Li Li from Xiliang who won the battle, and the other was Cao Cao.

after the war.When the other princes ran for their lives in a hurry.Cao Cao retreated to Henan County with an army of [-] in a leisurely manner, and then stationed troops on the border of Chenliu.The reason why he made a profit in the Sili War is not to say how many soldiers and horses he recruited, on the contrary, he also suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with the Xiliang Army; what he really gained was that when the army retreated On the way to Henan County, they accidentally obtained a large amount of money, food and supplies that Yuan Shao had secretly hoarded at the valley entrance north of Feiyundu.

And these money and food supplies are exactly the most scarce and most needed strategic materials for Cao Cao.It was also his true intention to join the league in the first place.Because his old nest in Dongjun was taken over by Lu Bu, and he fought with Tao Qian in Xuzhou for several months before.As a result, the food, grass and supplies were exhausted, and thus they were defeated by Lu Bu.Therefore, after the foundation of Yanzhou was lost, Cao Cao had 10,000+ soldiers and horses, but he was chased by Lu Bu's army and fled around because he had no food, grass and supplies.Later, his original intention of participating in the alliance of princes was to obtain food and grass, and use the food and grass of the allied army to support his [-] troops under his command. After the crisis was over, he counterattacked Lu Bu and regained Yanzhou.

Facts have proved that Cao Cao's life should not be extinct, or that the sky will not destroy Cao.In the Battle of Feiyundu, the 20 elite Qingzhou soldiers under his command were wiped out, but in the Battle of Loudiyuan, he recruited [-] soldiers and horses as he wished.When the allied forces of the princes were defeated and fled, he led his army to withdraw from the battlefield ahead of time, but intercepted [-] shi of grain and grass and a large number of military supplies hidden by Yuan Shao privately at the Yellow River ferry north of Feiyundu.Later, on the way back to Luoyang, he led his troops to collect a lot of food, grass and weapons, and these materials were the biggest reliance for him to counterattack Lu Bu immediately without resting, laying a solid foundation for regaining Yanzhou.

Compared with Cao Cao, Lu Bu suffered heavy losses in the Sili War.At the beginning of the alliance, he had a total of [-] cavalry under his command. After Lou Diyuan was defeated, he finally fled back to Yanzhou with only [-] cavalry.Fortunately, those who escaped from Sili alive were all veterans who had fought with him for many years, and their combat effectiveness was unquestionable. Among them was the Wolf Cavalry Army on which he became famous.

However, Lu Bu never expected that Cao Cao would lead an army to attack Chenliu as soon as the Siliu war was over, and with the help of Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao, he captured the entire county of Chenliu in a few days without bloodshed.What made Lu Bu even more unexpected was that the remnants of the Cao army, such as Xun Yu and Cao Chun, who had been huddled in the small town of Dong'e for nearly a year, after receiving the food and supplies sent by Cao Cao, went all out to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, unstoppable .

Under the attack of the enemy, Lu Bu's troops were seriously insufficient, and he was caught off guard. He ignored his head and ignored his back.The truth is: Tigers are fighting at the front door, wolves are entering at the back door. The situation is becoming increasingly serious and precarious.

In desperation, Lu Bu went to the doctor in a hurry and sent Wei Xu to Chang'an with generous gifts to ask Li Li for help. He hoped that the Xiliang army would dispatch and Chen Bing would stay at the border, forcing Cao Cao to withdraw his troops and return for help.But he never expected that Cao Cao, who was advancing all the way, was also worried that the Xiliang army would send troops suddenly, so he had to send envoys to Chang'an with heavy gifts against his will to meet Li Li. Allies" and then "Front Edge".

On the other hand, Li Li received the envoys from both sides with great enthusiasm, accepted the gifts and gold, and then fully agreed to their requests, but actually stood still and watched them fight bloody battles.Li Li's move made Lu Buleting, who was in a dangerous situation, furious, but there was nothing he could do.However, the Xiliang army held back and did not move, which played into Cao Cao's arms, allowing him to use his troops boldly and aggressively, attacking violently, in an attempt to wipe out Lu Bu or drive him out of Yanzhou in one go.

Less than two months after the end of the Sili War, Cao Cao's army marched east and west, attacking Lv Bu back and forth, with overwhelming momentum, successive battles, and successive victories, regaining most of the lost ground in Yanzhou.One after another, compared with Cao Jun's triumphant advances, Lu Bu was defeated again and again. Cities fell one after another, and counties and counties fell into the hands of Cao Cao one after another.

Today, Lu Bu personally guards Puyang City, and all the soldiers and horses under his command have shrunk to Dongjun, trying to fight Cao Cao's army in a decisive battle under Puyang City.

small dividing line

There seems to be providence in the dark.

The battle of Puyang came as scheduled, and the start time was about the same as the battle of Chencang.

The difference is that the battle of Chencang started at night and ended in the early morning, while the battle of Puyang started in the early morning, and the battle continued for several days, but the outcome was still undecided, and the fierce battle was in full swing.

The sky was cloudy, and gusts of southerly wind swept past, rolling up dust all over the sky, causing the sky over Puyang City to be gray, but there was no rain for a long time. (At this time, it was raining in Liangzhou. It had been raining for two consecutive days, and the rain was still going on.)

"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"

Under the city of Puyang, Lü Bu, who had been behind closed doors for several days without fighting, finally led his troops out of the city to meet them today.

At the beginning of the war, Lu Bu went out to challenge, but no one responded. When he led the wolf cavalry to fight against Cao Cao's war cavalry, he unexpectedly encountered three generals, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Cao Xiu, and a fierce battle began.

Up to this time, Lv Bu had fought one against three, as brave as ever, and fought fiercely with Cao Hong for more than 70 rounds, and the winner had not yet been decided.

"In the past, Li Thief once said: Lv Bu is the scorpion of the world. Now it seems that although Li Li is cunning and cunning, his vision of seeing people is extremely accurate. Lu Bu has suffered repeated setbacks at the hands of Li Thief's generals. I thought he would just sink down and never recover, but I didn't expect him to be so brave, and the three of Zixiao joined forces and couldn't beat him. If Lu Bu is not eliminated, I, Cao Cao, will never have peace!"

In the rear of the Cao army, Cao Cao was wearing a dark red war robe and black armor, with a dark blue war horse under his crotch, which was somewhat similar to Xu Chu's mount, the big green dragon.At this moment, he reined in his horse and stared coldly at Lu Bu, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Cao Xiu, who were fighting fiercely with his small deep eyes. Seeing that eighty rounds had passed but the outcome was still undecided, he couldn't help feeling deeply moved. He pondered.

On both sides of him, on the left are Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Man Chong and Mao Jie and other civil servants and advisers, and on the right are Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, Le Jin and Cai Yang and other generals.Now, most of the counties and counties in Yanzhou have returned to Cao Cao's hands, and the civil servants and military generals he accepted have also gathered together again. With a large number of talents, the civil and military lineup is much stronger than that in the Sili war.

Although Cao Cao spoke in a low voice, he still heard a single word in Xun Yu's ears.Immediately, Xun Yu's expression changed slightly, and a complicated expression flashed in his eyes, thoughtful.At this time, he had learned that his fourth brother, Xun Chen, had served under Li Li's command after being captured, and was highly valued by Li Li, so he was appointed as the prefect of Hongnong.

In this regard, Xun Yu didn't have much thought, but was happy to see the results, because this is the usual method of the aristocratic family, and they never put all their eggs in one basket.What's more, his fourth younger brother Xun Chen was not under Cao Cao's command, but voted under Yuan Shao's tent. Now he has changed to Li Li, which is more promising, at least very beneficial to the future development of the family.