Yu Jin and Li Dian came one after another from Yanzhou. In this way, Cao Cao managed to gather 10,000 troops to resist Liu Bei and Liu Biao.
Yu Jin was very aloof, and after nodding and making contact with He Yan, he was considered acquainted.
Among these four, only Yu Jin followed Cao Cao in fighting in Nanyang, so Yu Jin was the first to give the strategy for this war——
"The main thing is to defend Bowang Slope."
"Bo Wangpo faces Funiu Mountain to the north, Yin Mountain to the south, and Baihe River to the west. It is a hilly area where Funiu Mountain extends. The terrain is dangerous and it is the thoroughfare of the "Xianghan Pass"."
"As long as we hold on here, Liu Bei will naturally retreat when Sikong finishes handling the war to the east."
Yu Jin was strict whether he was fighting a war or running an army.
He knows that Cao Cao has sent him to be the fire captain, so he should be his fire captain.
As for the remaining "counterattack against Liu Bei" and "counterattack against Jingzhou", they were never part of his plan.
"We can lead our troops to station on the east side of Bowang Slope to prevent Liu Bei from attacking Wanxian County easily. In this case, Wanxian County can naturally become horns with us and support each other due to its high city walls and thick walls."
After Yu Jin set up this line of defense, he discussed with Xia Houyuan about Liu Biao.
Yes, if only Liu Bei came with 3,000 men, Cao Cao would not be able to pull out Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, and He Yan all at once.
The most important thing is Liu Biao.
If Liu Bei succeeds, Liu Biao, the mastermind behind the attack, will probably send troops to take advantage of the situation.
It is just a false rumor that Jingzhou has one hundred thousand soldiers, or that these one hundred thousand soldiers cannot be mobilized by Liu Biao at will.
First of all, Huang Zu in Jiangxia had 20,000 soldiers to defend Jiangdong. Liu Biao would not touch this part of the army even if he was killed.
Even though Jiangdong was in a mess due to Sun Ce's death, and He Yan took the opportunity to cut off a piece of flesh, the defense line on the western front has never been in chaos.
In a sense, Taishi Ci who guards Chaisang is similar to Zang Ba who helps Cao Cao guard Xuzhou. His autonomy is quite high. If Jiangxia is empty, Taishici will probably take the initiative to send troops to capture Jiangxia in one fell swoop. Wei Lin
Jingzhou.
In addition to Jiangxia's troops, Liu Biao could not move the 20,000 soldiers who were used to suppress Jingnan. After all, Jingnan had just been pacified. Once Liu Biao's soldiers were withdrawn, no one knew whether Jingnan would rebel again, and Liu Biao did not dare to go.
Bet on this probability.
The rest are private soldiers in the hands of aristocratic families.
Families such as Cai Mao and Kuai Yue did not support Liu Biao's Northern Expedition. They only wanted to maintain the stability of Jingzhou and Jiangzhou, so Liu Biao did not want to give orders to these troops.
In this way, the only thing Liu Biao could move was Wenpin's 30,000 to 40,000 troops.
There are 10,000 sailors among these troops, which can't really help the Nanyang war. Therefore, if Liu Biao really launches the Northern Expedition, he can only use roughly 20,000 troops.
The defense line deployed by Yu Jin was actually not only against Liu Bei's three thousand soldiers, but also against the twenty thousand Liu Biao soldiers who might go north in the future.
"Fortunately, Ye County is quite close to Xuchang, so the supply of grain and grass is not a problem."
Xiahou Dun was quite satisfied with Yu Jin's strategic arrangements, and unconsciously began to think about logistics out of habit.
"I wrote to Ren Jun. He said that there will be a good harvest in Yuzhou this year. How can he help us persist for three or four months? If nothing happens, Meng De will be able to come back from Cangting by that time."
Yu Jin nodded: "I have also heard about this. It is said that the manure method developed by the Hongnong Yang family based on the new learning can increase grain production. The emergence of such a technique to benefit the country can be regarded as a blessing from the Han Dynasty."
Xiahou Dun seemed to suddenly remember something, so he turned to He Yan and asked: "Yulang, you have been in Xuchang for a long time, do you know Yang Xiu?"
"Yang Xiu? Not familiar..."
At this time, Li Dian also came up to him like a curious baby: "Marquis Shen, did you also read the newly learned scriptures and meanings in Xuchang?"
"New to learning? No..."
Li Dian was a rare Confucian general who was very interested in Confucian classics. When he heard that He Yan had not studied the new studies, he felt disappointed in his eyes.
When Xiahou Dun saw that He Yan was so "ignorant and ignorant", he immediately took on the airs of an elder and lectured: "Yulang, people always need to study more! I heard Meng De say in his letter that new learning is good knowledge.
, you should learn it."
"Ah, yes, yes."
After He Yan casually dealt with Xiahou Dun, he shifted the problem to the war at hand.
In fact, with the help of several big-name generals in the military, the military structure of this battle is already very clear.
Xiahou Dun was nominally the leader, but the strategy and tactics came from Jin. He Yan and Li Dian were responsible for paddling desperately.
Opposite Cao Jun's side was Liu Bei who had arrived near Ye County.
Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Ren, Man Chong and He Yan (Pailing Water) in Runan in the past. After fleeing to Jingzhou, he finally recovered after a year of recovery.
With the support of a wealthy family like Liu Biao, Liu Bei's soldiers were extremely well-equipped, no less than the elite troops Liu Bei had when he was the shepherd of Xuzhou.
However, Liu Biao was also a thief. The money and food he gave Liu Bei would never be enough for Liu Bei to build such a small army. No matter how much he gave Liu Bei, it would be less than five baht!
Zhang Fei, who had shared the joys and sorrows with Liu Bei in Xinye, was very dissatisfied with this. He complained to Liu Bei more than once during the march: "My lord, Liu Jingsheng is so short-sighted! Now Nanyang is empty, he only needs to prepare ten thousand for us... No! Seven thousand
With all our troops and horses, we can easily capture Nanyang! How can we accomplish great things with these three thousand men now, no more or no less?"
Liu Bei listened to Zhang Fei's complaint and shook his head slightly: "Yide must not be rude!"
"Brother Jingsheng must have his own difficulties! Besides, his willingness to take us in is already a huge kindness. We must not be greedy!"
When Zhang Fei heard Liu Bei's reprimand, he lowered his head in dissatisfaction and kept mumbling: "We are all members of the Han clan, and we will restore the Han clan together. In the end, the master is not the only one who is really fighting against the rebels."
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Liu Bei naturally heard Zhang Fei's words, but he did not scold him again.
From Youzhou to Jizhou, from Jizhou to Qingzhou, from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, and then from Xuzhou to Jingzhou...
Every time he left his hometown, it was actually a reshaping of his outlook on life for Liu Bei.
The battle between classmate Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao made Liu Bei realize that morality is not important in this world, and that the youthful arrogance of the past was simply vulnerable to reality.
Later, when he became Xuzhou Mu, Liu Bei saw for the first time a war without weapons and weapons from the upper class, and he also understood that only those who control the resources are the real masters of the world.
Later, from Lu Bu to Yuan Shu, from Yuan Shu to Cao Cao...
Along the way, the reckless Liu Bei of the past has long since died. The one who continues to fight now is Liu Bei who recognizes the truth, makes friends with famous families, and uses rules to achieve greatness.
If it had been before, Liu Bei might have joined Zhang Fei in scolding Liu Biao now.
But after experiencing so much and staying in Jingzhou for so long, Liu Bei was able to see clearly some of the struggles among the forces in Jingzhou and understand many of Liu Biao's actions.
"Liu Jingzhou cannot send troops easily now."
"Only if we win a big victory and let those in Jingzhou see that Cao Cao is tired, will they support Liu Jingzhou in sending troops."
"Otherwise, let alone the Northern Expedition, Jingzhou will probably suffer internal disasters!"
Speaking of this, Liu Bei also laughed at himself: "Just like Xuzhou back then..."
When Zhang Fei heard that Liu Bei mentioned Xuzhou, he did not dare to continue chattering there, so he had to ride on his horse and head on.
At this time, Liu Bei looked back at Guan Yu and Zhao Yun beside him: "Yun Chang, Zilong, why are you so not interested in this trip?"
Guan Yu still had a cold and arrogant face, but Zhao Yun had a somewhat unnatural smile on his lips.
After all, both of them came from Cao Cao, and now they are going to attack Cao Cao... This is somewhat unacceptable to Zhao Yun, whose moral standards are still online.
Liu Bei roughly guessed what they were thinking after seeing the wry smile on Zhao Yun's lips.
"Zilong, I heard that you get along well with that Marquis Shen."
"Actually, I have a very good personal relationship with Meng De, but..."
"Those are all small righteousness!"
"In the face of true justice, personal friendship is nothing!"
Liu Bei advised: "We want to help the Han Dynasty, but Cao Cao is a Han traitor who holds the emperor hostage! We and Cao Cao are destined to be enemies!"
I thought that Zhao Yun would immediately admit his mistake at this time and show his determination to help the Han Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun suddenly asked in a strange way: "General Liu, the support of the Han Dynasty you mentioned... is the Han Dynasty of the Liu family?"
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This question made Liu Bei frown, and even Zhang Fei was awakened. He raised his head and scolded Zhao Yun angrily: "Zilong! Are you confused? The Han Dynasty is not the Han Dynasty of Emperor Liu, then whose Han Dynasty can it be?"
When Zhao Yun saw Zhang Fei getting angry, he didn't know what to say, so he continued to ride on his horse absentmindedly.
Along the way, Zhao Yun was thinking about what He Yan once said to him -
"The Han Dynasty should not be the Liu family's Han Dynasty."
"Just like the world, it should not be the Liu family's world..."
The quarrel between Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei naturally fell into Guan Yu's eyes, but Guan Yu just used his lush beard to cover it up and sighed slightly.
Along the way, the atmosphere of Liu Bei's group army, which was in the stage of transformation, was a bit dull.
By the time Liu Bei's army rushed to Ye County, Cao Jun had already deployed a defensive line. The red flags made Liu Bei, who knew Cao Jun's generals, feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
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Liu Bei had fought against both Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin, and was quite familiar with them both.
But who is this [Li], [He]?
Guan Yu, who had been in Cao's camp for some time, finally spoke.
"[Li] should be Li Dian, the son of Li Zheng. This son is a young hero. He is often praised in the army and has the air of an elder."
"As for [He]..."
Thinking of the familiar figure in his memory, Guan Yu stroked his beard, his eyes bursting with fighting spirit: "He Yao, he is the young man that my lord met in Runan in the past!"