In the past half month or so, Liu Bao, the Zuoxian King of the Southern Xiongnu, was exhausted by a group of Han cavalry of unknown origin and felt like dying.
If Liu Bao defends the main camp, the surrounding smaller tribes will be raided; if he spreads his troops to help other tribes defend, his own base camp will be raided by the defenders again.
After going back and forth several times, Liu Bao realized that he had been led by the Han people...
Recently, spies on the north bank of the Yellow River sent back news that there were signs of troop mobilization and warship gathering in Hanoi County.
Liu Bao looked at the demoralized leaders of the small tribes and knew that nothing could be done. In the end, he could only frown and pinch his nose, and issued the order to withdraw to Hedong.
The Huns would have to retreat if they wanted to, but Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan couldn't let them evacuate easily.
Xia Houlan's body was dirty, and even the white horse he sat on became gray.
After discovering the Huns' strange movements, he came to Zhao Yun and said, "Zilong, the Huns have begun to break camp."
Zhao Yun's appearance is actually not much better than Xia Houlan's.
The handsome face was covered with dry and cracked dead skin, and the armor on his body was covered with dark red blood stains, but that was all from the blood of the Huns.
Zhao Yun rode to the front, looked at the Zuoxian King tribe with figures shaking in the distance, and said, "They are indeed leaving."
After watching for a while, Zhao Yun said again: "Those Han prisoners who were trapped will definitely become a burden. We must be careful to prevent the Huns from killing the prisoners in anger."
Xia Houlan used a branch to catch his itchy back and asked, "Then what should we do?"
"Let them move first, and then we will use the guerrilla tactics taught to us by our teacher and eat away at them bit by bit!"
"When the enemy is stationed, I harass you, or when the enemy is tired, I attack you?" Xia Houlan grinned and said.
The corners of Zhao Yun's mouth were also slightly raised, "Exactly! But the rhythm and frequency must be controlled well."
Xia Houlan threw away the branch and said with a smile: "It's time to compete in endurance again..."
The arrival of Liu Bei's envoy strengthened Cao Cao's idea of sending troops to Xuzhou.
After meeting with the Emperor, Cao Cao successfully persuaded the Emperor to let him send troops to attack Xuzhou Cao Bao.
But the emperor unexpectedly made a condition to Cao Cao, that is, before sending troops, Cao Cao must first send someone to receive Henan Yin.
Henan Yin, the governor of Luoyang!
Cao Cao knew that the emperor cherished his hometown, and that although Henan was in decline, it was not as useless as before.
Guo Si of Chang'an is dead. After Li Jue annexed Guo Si's power, he can only survive in a corner. The threat to the west of Luoyang has been reduced to a minimum.
In the south, after Zhang Liao and Li Tong stationed in Wancheng, they have almost completely controlled Nanyang County. Wuguan has also been occupied by Zhang Liao's army. There is basically no threat south of Luoyang.
Needless to say, the east side is our own territory.
Now it seems that Zhang Yang, Hanoi County in the north, is still a bit of a threat.
But Zhang Yang had no ambition or strength to expand, so Cao Cao estimated that it was time to capture Henan Yin.
After agreeing to the emperor's agreement, the court officials finally decided to send Sima Fang's son Sima Lang to take over Henan Yin.
Sima Fang did not appear much in the Three Kingdoms, but all his descendants are famous historical figures.
He had a total of eight sons, known as "Sima Bada", and the most famous was his second son, Sima Yi, who had the appearance of "an eagle watching a wolf"!
When he was young, Sima Fang served as the Luoyang Ling and Jing Zhao Yin successively. He was a typical loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.
By asking his son Sima Lang to take over Henan Yin, Emperor Xian wanted to cultivate his own power, and it was also a disguised gift to Sima Fang.
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At the end of April in the first year of Jian'an, Cao Bao, the former commander of Xuzhou's army, rebelled. Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou, fled to Guangling on his own initiative for fear of being attacked from two sides.
After Yuan Shu learned the news, he immediately sent generals Chen Ji and Lei Bo to reinforce Ji Ling, and then took advantage of Liu Bei's departure and Xuzhou's gate to open up to the north to attack Xuzhou!
Cao Bao hurriedly accepted the challenge and had no capable generals.
After several battles with Yuan Shu, he was finally defeated and lost almost half of Xuzhou, including Xiaopei.
In May of the first year of Jian'an, Taiwei Cao Cao went to the emperor and told Cao Bao of Xuzhou that he had harmed the imperial officials and committed rebellion. He asked for 50,000 troops and horses, pretending to be 100,000, and headed all the way to Xuzhou.
Cao Cao personally led the army to attack Xuzhou, but due to Yuan Shu's intervention, Cao Cao's army had to get through Yuan Shu first in order to deal with Cao Bao.
This battle was difficult and dangerous, so almost all of Cao Cao's 50,000 troops were elites personally selected by Cao Cao.
He even "borrowed" the Beiwei Army from Lu Yan. If it weren't for Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan training in Sizhou, this cavalry would certainly not have escaped the clutches of Lao Cao.
The family members of Lu Yan and Lu Bu were also in Cao Cao's army.
This trip to Xuzhou is just in time to escort Lu Bu's family back to Qingzhou.
Along the way, Lu Lingqi continued to study with Lu Yan as usual, acting as the commander of the personal guards, looking just like she did before the window was broken.
Since Diao Chan and Yan learned about the "flaws" caused by Lu Yan's technique, they no longer asked about Lu Lingqi's affairs. Anyway, they couldn't cause any trouble.
After arriving at the border between Taishan County and Xuzhou, Lu Yan bid farewell to Lu Lingqi and her party.
Looking at the Lu Bu family members who were slowly leaving under the escort of Cao Chun, Cheng Lian and others, Lu Yan could not help but think of the way Lu Lingqi usually behaved...
"What are you thinking about? You are a man who wants to become an immortal!" Lu Yan shook his head and threw away the budding worries in his mind, "Oh, you will only delay her..."
Sending back Lu Bu's family means that Cao Cao has completed the deal with Chen Gong.
The situation in Xuzhou has deteriorated to this point. If Cao Cao had been later, Yuan Shu might have taken it first.
But no matter whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shu who captures Xuzhou in the end, since they are not very popular with famous families now, Chen Gong can still make a lot of money in the end.
The only difference is that if Yuan Shu occupied Xuzhou, Chen Gong might earn more.
After deliberation, Cao Cao decided to divide his troops into two groups.
Along the way, the Taishan County Grand Administrator, Jianwu General Xiahou Dun was the commander, and the Military Advisor General Xun You was the military advisor;
With General Wei Yan of Yamen and General Xu Huang of Pingkou as deputy generals and General Le Jin as vanguard, they led 20,000 troops and marched towards General Ji Ling of Yuan Shu who was stationed in Xiaopei (Huang Zhong had to take care of his seriously ill son,
Did not go to war with the army).
On the other hand, Cao Cao himself led an army of 30,000 to Xuzhou.
This time, Cao Cao did not bring along his most trusted military advisors in the past, but instead used military advisor general Cheng Yu and Dianjun Sima Jia Xu as his left and right advisors.
Because of Xi Zhicai, I got sick.
Xi Zhicai did not listen to Lu Yan's advice. He worked too hard on weekdays and insisted on doing everything by himself. Finally, he fell ill due to overwork.
For the sake of his health, Cao Cao once again issued an order to Xi Zhicai not to participate in any military affairs, allowing him to recuperate at home in peace of mind.
Xi Zhicai's good friend Guo Jia stayed to take care of him, but in the end he did not go to Xuzhou with the army.
The composition of Cao Cao's army is quite interesting.
There are 3,000 Beiwei troops led by Taishi Ci and Dian Wei; 5,000 Tiger Guards formed by the newly joined Xu Chu; and 2,000 Tiger Guards trained by Cao Ang and Cao Chun, now temporarily commanded by Cao Ang and Cao Xiu
ride...
Of the 30,000-strong army, one-third are special forces!
During this trip to Xuzhou, in addition to attacking Cao Bao, Cao Cao also had the intention of training his troops.