Indeed, as Zhao Yun thought, what happened in Runan spread quickly and affected the situation in the world.
At this moment, it was the fifth year of Jian'an, when Yuan Shao went south and Cao Cao raised troops to resist.
Although Yuan Shao is strong and Cao Cao is weak, in the eyes of other princes in the world, both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are giants.[
The fight between these two is the fight between the first and the second. Whoever wins will become the overlord of the Central Plains. If you become the overlord of the Central Plains, you may unify the world and become the Ninth Five-Year Plan.
Therefore, before the news about Runan spread, the focus of the world's attention was on the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
When Yuan Shao continued to move south and Cao Cao led his troops to Guandu, Guandu became the focus of the world. This strategic location is two hundred miles away from Xudu and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Whoever wins the battle will directly become the right and left.
The key to occupying.
But when what happened in Runan became known to the princes, the eyes of the world immediately focused on the city of Runan.
Runan is very important.
In the war in the north, Guandu is definitely the top priority. Because it is at the strategic point, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. But for this reason, if Yuan Shao wants to attack Guandu, he will have to spend a lot of time and troops.
There may be a stalemate in the war. A stalemate means that the war will be prolonged and the soldiers will be treacherous. The longer the war lasts, the more various changes will occur.
This is extremely disadvantageous for Yuan Shao who has the upper hand. To break this stalemate, surprise troops are needed. Yuan Shao himself does not have the ability to deploy such surprise troops, so the burden of launching surprise troops falls on Runan Liu Pi.
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Liu Pi originally had thousands of elite soldiers and was very powerful. After joining Liu Bei, his army quickly expanded to the point where he had 10,000 elite soldiers.
And Runan is very close to Xudu.
Liu Pi was stationed in Runan, and under his command were Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other fierce generals, who were extremely tyrannical.
Because of Liu Pi's existence, Cao Cao had to set up 20,000 elite troops, including Xiahou Dun, in Xudu as an important force to defend Xudu.
But now Yuan Shao has the upper hand. If the war continues, Cao Cao has only two options. The first is to defend Guandu, and the second is to retreat to Xudu.
Facing Yuan Shao's fierce attack on the former route will inevitably involve huge casualties. Therefore, Cao Cao needs to mobilize elite troops from the rear for supplies.
Xu Du's elite troops may be mobilized at any time, in which case Liu Pi, Liu Bei and others will have the opportunity to take advantage of them.
The second way is to retreat to Xudu.
If Cao Cao retreats to Xudu, then Yuan Shao will attack Xudu. When Yuan Shao reaches Xudu, Liu Pi's army can be used as a weapon to attack from the rear.
They attacked Xudu from both front and rear and destroyed Cao Cao.
Therefore, Liu Pi is very important to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. He is an important person related to the war situation and the future.[
Runan City has become an important city.
For the people of the world, Runan City is also very important. This is related to whether Cao Cao wins or Yuan Shao wins. With Runan here, Yuan Shao has a much better chance of winning. Without Runan, Yuan Shao still has a certain chance of winning, but he has lost it.
Absolute chance of winning.
The success or failure of these two people is related to the ownership of the entire world. Whether their surname is Cao or Yuan.
Therefore, when the city of Runan was destroyed, Liu Pi was killed, and the news of Lu Su's sudden rise spread, the whole world was immediately shocked.