Chapter 99 - All-out attack
Tang Quan nodded to Aida and said:
"I ordered Le Jin to lead the 50,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry of Sizhou to attack Nanyang, and must attack Xinye within three days. Qingzhou army left behind 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, and the rest of the land troops moved to Runan, and waited for the battle in Jingzhou to settle, and the army took a transport ship to Yizhou to fight.
The inland warships began to gather in Jiujiang. I would personally go to command the last domestic water war. The General Staff Department is responsible for analyzing and studying the combat plan according to the intelligence records. The Logistics Department makes arrangements for logistics supplies, and officially starts the war on the first day of the winter lunar month..."
Even if Tang Quan's subordinates were in trouble, they would report spies. Moreover, such a large-scale military mobilization, after mutual annexation, there are even fewer princes left now;
Because Yuan Shu in Nanyang wanted to fight, even Cao Cao dared not take action easily, otherwise his door would be opened as soon as he fled Jingzhou. Liu Zhang in Yizhou simply closed down the door and cut off allies because Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou. Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou were still fighting;
At this moment, he suddenly heard the Tang Quan army start to mobilize, Cao Cao said with hatred after a burst of anxiety:
"It's a pity that Fengxiao died of illness. Who can share my worries at this moment?"
Cao ** gave Guo Fengxiao, without Cheng Yu, without Xun's uncle and nephew, and only Guo Tu, Xu Youfengji and others left by Yuan Shao, and at worst, there were a few sour scholars from Jingzhou.
Just as Cao Cao frowned, a middle-aged man with big white face and long ears under the tent walked out and said:
"I have a word from the King of Wei that although Tang Quan's son has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, he may not be able to win."
When Cao Cao heard the middle-aged man speak, he asked in surprise:
"What are the insights of Xuande?"
Liu Bei and Liu Xuande quickly fled when they saw Guan and Zhang killing and hid their traces all the way to Jingzhou. Because they had a miscellaneous general to protect Xinye because they recognized each other with Liu Biao, they did not expect that Liu Biao also brought Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to Jingzhou. In the end, Jingzhou belonged to Cao Wei, and he changed his mind to follow Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was nostalgic. Liu Bei surrendered to him, so Cao Cao appointed him as the general. Liu Bei, who had grand ideals, would be willing to be a subordinate, but no one helped him, had to work hard with Cao Cao. He hated Tang Quan to the core, and he could not help but think of revenge in his heart.
Liu Bei said with layers of fierce light in his eyes:
"King of Wei, this time Tang Quan's army attacked without any cover, which gave us a chance. As long as Nanyang could hold on for ten days, we could kill Tang Quan on the Yangtze River. Without Tang Quan, how could he be stable? You must know that Tang Quan has no descendants so far, so he actually took the risk of leading the navy alone.
In Jingzhou, the navy is much stronger than the Jiangdong navy. We just need to use a ship to smash his ship and shoot him to death with random arrows, so that we can subvert all forces controlled by the General of the Cavalry."
To capture the thief, the king was the first to capture the king. Liu Bei's idea was in line with Cao Cao's idea. Especially when resistance was not a solution, killing Tang Quan, who had no descendants, was the highest and best strategy.
Cao Cao said:
"The alliance two years ago had fallen apart, and Liu Zhang even cut off the passage into Yizhou. Even if Ma Teng and Han Sui joined forces, they probably wouldn't be able to withstand it for long, so this time we can only take a single bet.
Xuande said it well, but we have a chance to fight the water. Tang Quan was about to attack from the water. This way, Xuande led 60,000 infantry to Xinye. Once Nanyang was attacked, you immediately lead the army to support from the flanks. Be sure to hold the enemy back for ten days, and the rest of the troops followed me to the front line of Wulin;
The navy began to build a water camp. Once the Tang Quan navy attacked, there was only one target for all our ships. The one that Tang Quan was riding on must be killed with one blow. Once we missed the opportunity, it would be difficult for us to kill him."
When Cao Cao made the decision, there was more than a month before Dongyue. Ma Teng and Han Sui, who were fighting for hegemony in Liangzhou, hurriedly stopped the battle and went to Tongguan and Shangjun to defend the defense. However, they had just arrived at these two places. After Liangzhou, news came that Dong Zhuo's old subordinate Hu Zhen and Zhang Ji had rebelled.
Ma Teng hurriedly sent Ma Chao, who was only eighteen years old, to lead the army. Before he arrived in Jincheng, he was defeated by Zhang Ji's ambush. Ma Chao was captured, and Ma Teng's whole family was also captured. When he heard that the whole family was caught, Ma Teng didn't care, at this time, Zhao Yun's army had approached Shangjun and hurriedly withdrew the troops, but on the way, he received a letter of persuasion from Zhang Ji to him.
The persuasion of surrender was not to ask him to surrender to Zhang Ji, but to the Tang Quan army. Zhang Ji and Hu Zhen had long surrendered to Tang Quan under the persuasion of Jia Xu and Li Ru, but to force Ma Teng to surrender when the war began.
Ma Teng had to submit, and wrote a descent statement that he turned around and attacked Han Sui. Before Zhang He's army arrived at Tongguan to attack, Han Sui and his army had been half-defeated by Ma Teng.
On the first day of the winter moon, Tongguan, the flying stones in the sky forced Han Sui, who was attacked from both sides, to raise the white flag in just half an hour. This was the easiest place. After accepting Tongguan and entering Chang'an, Tang Quan's subsequent settlement team arrived. Zhang He sent Zhang Ji to send Ma Teng and Han Sui's family to Chang'an City, and then explained Tang Quan's request to Ma Teng and Han Sui.
Xiliang was approaching the Western Regions, and also approaching the Qiang and Hu. Tang Quan asked Ma Teng to persuade the Qiang and Hu tribes, otherwise he would take 100,000 troops out of the Qiang and Hu siege and kill, while Han Sui was asked to be a vanguard and fight all the way out of the Western Regions and then recover the nearby barbarians.
Ma Chao and Ma Dai, Ma Yun-Yu and others were sent to Chengyang to study. A few months later, Ma Teng and Han Sui and his army loyal to Tang Quan began to fight against foreign races.
The most critical battle in the Yangtze River also began on the first day of the winter moon. Tang Quan, as the commander-in-chief, sat on a special building ship, and there were only more than 30 warships following him. When their fleet appeared on the wide river from the dispersed morning mist, several soldiers on the watchtower high in the water village blew the horns.
"Woo...woo...woo..."
With the sound of horns, Cao Cao, who was washing his face, suddenly raised his head. He quickly put on his armor and rushed out of the camp with the Yitian Sword. Then he and a group of generals and advisers rushed to a mountain by the river.
In their sight, more than 30 warships Yang Fan came, and on the warship led by him, a man wearing purple-gold sculpted armor looked very eye-catching in the morning light.
"Is it him?" Cao Cao asked glaring at the warship that stopped hundreds of feet away.
The distance is too far. How could they know whether they have a telescope or not? Cao Ren, who was next to him, whispered:
"I've seen him and sent a small boat to inquire."
Cao Cao nodded and said:
"Be careful, don't anger him. Tang Quan has been silent and unrestrained, and no one understands what he will do."
Chapter completed!