Cao Cao accepted Guo Jia's suggestion and immediately ordered Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun and others to gather their troops to prepare for war with great fanfare and prepare for the attack on Suiyang.
Not only that, he also served as the prefect of Wenhe No. 1 Dong Zhao, who asked Dong Zhao to send troops together. He attacked Henan and Dong Zhao attacked Hebei, making it difficult for Yuan Shao to take care of the head and tail.
Taking this opportunity, he submitted a memorial to request the imperial court to allocate two thousand war horses to strengthen the cavalry to deal with the Xianbei and Wuhuan cavalry under Yuan Shao's command.
Cao Cao's momentum was very strong. Before the troops moved, the news had spread throughout Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuan Shao's ears.
Yuan Shao was very nervous and summoned Tian Feng as soon as possible. Didn’t you say that the emperor would not send troops within three years? It’s less than half a year before the emperor is about to go out, so how can he fight?
After reading the military newspaper he received, Tian Feng disagreed.
The emperor is still in Liangzhou, who said he wants to leave the east?
Even Cao Cao was just bluffing and could not be honest. He wanted to come to Pengcheng, and he had to conquer Suiyang first. Suiyang was strong and had ten thousand people left by Shen Pei, so it was not so easy to conquer. When he conquer Sui
Yang will happen at least half a year later.
Tian Feng finally said, "Don't worry, lord," he said that the emperor would not send troops within three years, based on the emperor's wise judgment. If one day's lord is not wise and he will lead his troops to the east within three years, it will not be a bad thing for the lord, but will be even more.
favorable.
Yuan Shao was puzzled and asked Tian Feng why.
Tian Feng said that before the army moves, food and grass will come first. The consumption of a hundred thousand troops is very amazing, especially when there are a large number of cavalry. To ensure sufficient combat effectiveness, war horses need to be fed with food. One war horse is equivalent to five or six.
Infantry, ten thousand cavalry is equivalent to the consumption of 50,000 or 60,000 infantry. This is not a small number, nor is it something the current court can afford.
To support such a large army in war, the court must first take over Jingzhou, Yizhou, and use the money and grain of Jingzhou and Yizhou as military funds.
Especially Jingzhou.
So, instead of worrying that the emperor has gone east, you might as well find a way to stabilize Liu Biao and let him not easily surrender to the court.
Secondly, the emperor's troops were mainly the people of Liang. When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Liang's army suffered the most in the Central Plains, Chenliu, Yingchuan and Runan. If Zi comes again today, he will inevitably send people to various counties to collect money and grain.
If the constraints are not strong, the chaos of the past will inevitably reappear.
At that time, who would still be willing to believe that the emperor was the Emperor of Han?
He is just another Dong Zhuo.
Even if he is the emperor, he is the emperor of Liangren, not the emperor of Shandong.
Anyone with knowledge would not support him and gathered under the lord's lord.
Therefore, the emperor's departure from the east is not a threat to the lord, but rather a helping force. He will drive those hesitant people to the lord.
After hearing this, Yuan Shao was happy, praised Tian Feng for a few words, and then asked again how to attack the city.
Since sending troops, Tian Feng’s plan has been perfect and has made no mistakes.
The only drawback is that after Pengcheng became an isolated city, it did not collapse as Tian Feng had expected, and Liu Bei did not surrender as Tian Feng had expected. On the contrary, Liu Bei was very determined and had the momentum to live and die with Pengcheng.
Not only that, Liu Bei also showed unprecedented combat power.
After completing the necessary preparations, Yuan Shao launched a tentative attack, hoping to force Liu Bei to surrender. Although it was tentative, it had a large number of troops, with a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, and almost all the main forces were on the battlefield. In the west of the city, Yuan Shao
On the south of the city, attacked fiercely on both sides, and launched a feint attack on the Sishui River in the north and east of the city. The attack was fierce.
But the result disappointed Yuan Shao and even caused dissatisfaction with Shen Pei.
Liu Bei guarded very tenaciously and outstandingly.
After two days of fierce fighting between the two sides, Yuan Shao paid nearly 3,000 casualties and nearly 100,000 arrows, but failed to break the city as he wished, and his morale was frustrated.
Shen Pei accused Tian Feng of not following his advice and delaying the opportunity to fight, giving Liu Bei sufficient preparation time. If he had listened to him at the beginning, he would not have been besieged Tancheng, but instead surrounded Pengcheng directly, Liu Bei would have no time to prepare.
The conflict between Shen Pei and Tian Feng was not made public, but was just a private quarrel, but Yuan Shao still received the news.
Faced with Yuan Shao's inquiry, Tian Feng was calm.
Why did Liu Bei fight to the death and refuse to surrender? It was because the emperor gave him a promise that as long as he could defend Xuzhou, he would restore his clan origin.
In fact, no one can tell whether Liu Bei was the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan. I am afraid that even Liu Bei himself will not know. Prince Jing of Zhongshan has too many descendants, and Liu Sheng's Zhongshan Kingdom has been abandoned for two hundred years, so no one knows that his descendants are all
Who is there?
The emperor made such a promise, just to make Liu Bei stick to Pengcheng.
Liu Bei would definitely not give up this opportunity easily, but he was alone and had limited strength and could not hold on for too long. I believe he knew this very well. The reason why he did not surrender was that he hoped to hold on until a hundred days later.
According to the imperial court system, if the city is guarded for a hundred days without reinforcements, the surrendered person will not be held accountable.
This is also the reason why Liu Bei sent someone to ask for help when Shen Pei was besieging the city. However, Shen Pei was kept tightly and did not send out his news, so he could only fight the beasts, hoping to persevere until the court received the news that Pengcheng was besieged.
Therefore, the lord doesn’t have to rush to attack the city, just stop reinforcements from approaching.
After a hundred days, at most six months, Liu Bei will surrender.
Tian Feng then analyzed the situation for Yuan Shao.
He estimated that although the emperor might not necessarily go east, he would definitely create a big situation, from south to north, from Jiangdong to Youzhou, there will be actions. However, these actions are loud thunder, small raindrops, and the actual threat is limited. As long as Yuan Shao
If you can stabilize your mentality and order all departments to stick to their jurisdiction, the situation will be clear in no time.
If there is anything to worry about, it is not Suiyang, but Jibei.
Summer is coming and autumn is approaching. If Xun You leads his troops to Youzhou, attacks Hejian from Zhuo County, or enters Zhongshan from Feihu Road, it may shake the situation in Jizhou. Once Yuan Tan cannot stop Xun You, Gongsun Zan was then
The scene of the soldiers heading straight to the boundary bridge will reappear.
As for Suiyang, Cao Cao was powerless to do anything with a 10,000 army of Shenmai.
He only has so many troops, even if the entire army is dispatched, it will be difficult to take Sui Yang in a short time. If he takes 10,000 steps back, even if Sui Yang is in danger of losing, it will be only three or four hundred miles away, and the main force can return to the aid at any time.
, not worth worrying.
Cao Cao would stop if he didn't come to attack Suiyang. If he dared to come, he would take this opportunity to wipe out him and take Ruying into his pocket.
After listening to Tian Feng's analysis, Yuan Shao felt relieved. He immediately sent someone to Jingzhou to contact Liu Biao, and sent someone to northern Jilin to remind Yuan Tan that he must defend northern Jilin and that Xun You should take advantage of the loopholes.
Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao ordered people to build a siege outside Pengcheng, and put on a stance that he would never give up until he broke through Pengcheng.
At the same time, Yuan Shao ordered Chen Lin to enter the city again to persuade him to surrender.
The battle in Xia Pi was an accident, a Xianbei, and the Wuhuan cavalry was so angry that it was not intentional. However, if Pengcheng did not surrender, there would inevitably be innocent casualties after the city was broken. I hope Liu Bei would not resist stubbornly, which would implicate the people of Pengcheng.