Half a month after Yuan Shao announced his conquest of Cao Cao, all the officials in the four prefectures started to operate. In half a month, the generals and strategists scattered around the country rushed back to Yecheng. With the return of these strategists, six were rushing back to the fullest.
A hundred thousand troops began to assemble near Jizhou...
A few days later, Yuan Shao issued a letter of confiscation and sent troops to attack Cao Cao. The 600,000 army headed towards the border with the force of Mount Tai, which made Cao Cao, who had just returned to Xudu, suddenly became nervous.
Almost at the same time, Cao Cao declared Yuan Shao a rebellion in the name of the emperor and gathered a large army to resist Yuan Shao. Compared with Yuan Shao's 400,000 troops, Cao Cao led only 200,000 troops, and the vanguard was led by his general Zhang Liao to go to the White Horse.
There were only 20,000 people rushing for assistance.
The white horse and Liyang face each other across the bank is the most important military fortress between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and it is also an important channel for communication between the north and the south. It can be said that as long as this channel is opened, Yuan Shao's army will be able to pour into Yanzhou and sweep over Cao Cao.
All forces. On the contrary, as long as they defend the white horse, they will prevent Yuan Shao's troops from invading Yanzhou on a large scale.
The huge gap in strength made Xu Du Nai in several states led by Cao Cao, and they were in panic. Although many ministers opposed it, Cao Cao still decided to lead his troops to resist Yuan Shao under the persuasion of Guo Jia and others.
The 20,000 troops were handed over to Zhang Liao to help Baima, and Cao Cao personally led more than 100,000 troops to follow.
The collision between the two major princes in the north attracted attention from everyone in the world. Some people were happy, some lamented, and some were regretful. Even the princes in the world began to prepare for troops at any time.
Just ten days later, the news of Jingzhou sending troops to Hanzhong spread all over the world again. Although Jingzhou sending troops to Hanzhong was already a foregone conclusion, no one expected that Liu Qi would send troops to Hanzhong at this time. However, they were just stunned and immediately understood Liu Qi's.
Intend.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are the two most powerful princes in the north and the two most powerful princes in the world. At this time, wouldn’t these two princes collide a great opportunity? If the princes in normal times expand their power, they still need to
He was concerned about the attitude of these two princes and was even worried that he would benefit from the two princes. Now neither of the two princes can be pulled away, which is the best opportunity to expand his power.
Almost at the same time, the two princes of Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou began to mobilize their troops and began to fight without warning. Sun Ce from Jiangdong had prepared a large army in a few days.
When Liu Qi announced his troops to Hanzhong, he sent troops to Jiujiang to attempt to take back Jiujiang County.
Xiangyang, after Yuan Shao issued the letter of the attack on Cao Cao, Liu Qi immediately ordered people to go to Hanzhong with great fanfare and take back his fiefdom. Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, declared that the world disagrees before the envoy arrived in Hanzhong.
Liu Qi entered Hanzhong.
Liu Qi was not surprised by this. If it were Yan Pu, he might have welcomed the envoys from Jingzhou openly and found an excuse in Hanzhong to drive the envoys from Jingzhou out of Hanzhong. In that way, even Liu Qi would look for them.
Without the excuse of sending troops, we could only send people to Hanzhong again.
However, at this time, Yan Pu had been temporarily transferred from Nanzheng by Zhang Lu of Hanzhong. By the time he received the news, it would probably be too late.
After Zhang Lu announced his refusal to enter Hanzhong, Liu Qi immediately released a letter of letter to formally send troops to attack Hanzhong, and 60,000 troops were divided into two groups to attack Hanzhong.
The commander of the army attacking Hanzhong from the north was Liu Qi. Although Liu Qi personally attacked Hanzhong, things were already foregone conclusion, and the affairs of Jingzhou were on track, even if Liu Qi was not in Xiangyang, nothing would happen.
Liu Qi has entrusted everything about Jingzhou to Jia Xu and Xinpi, and Wang Wei personally guarded Xiangyang, and no one dared to have any ideas.
Sixty thousand troops set out from Xiangyang. When they arrived in Nanjun, Zhuge Liang led 30,000 troops to separate from Liu Qi and turned to Yizhou.
"Lord, although Liu Zhang agreed to borrow the road this time, many people in Yizhou still do not agree to borrow the road. If Zhang Song had not stood up and spoke, this matter would have been difficult to achieve. Kong Ming might have gone all the way to Yizhou.
It won't be too calm."
Seeing Zhuge Liang's army leave, Jiang Wan beside Liu Qi's side looked worried.
"Don't worry, no one in the entire Yizhou area can pose a threat to Kong Ming. Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun have few rivals in Yizhou, and with Kong Ming's talent, these problems will definitely not be difficult for him. However, this Yizhou
Some people really have evil intentions towards the army, but it is not necessarily the ones who suffer heavy losses to me, Jingzhou soldiers."
Liu Qi shook his head. The generals in Yizhou who were famous were Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, and the imperial power, and these people were no match for Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. Moreover, Zhuge Liang acted cautiously and would not let Yizhou officials take advantage of it.
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"Qi reported to the lord, Nanyang Prefect Wei Yan asked for a meeting!"
Just as the two were talking, Wang Yi rushed over.
"Haha, Wei Yan is impatient, let him come over." Liu Qi shook his head. Wei Yan asked him for the position of vanguard. Liu Qi had agreed to this matter long ago and had never thought of replacing people.
A moment later, Wei Yan came over in armor and rode a fast horse. When he saw Liu Qi before he could salute, he spoke first: "Lord, when will my vanguard army set out?"
"Vanguard Army?" Liu Qi looked at Wei Yan in surprise. Where did the vanguard army come from?
"Lord, the last general is always ready to send troops in Wancheng. This vanguard army was picked out from the troops in Wancheng. Three thousand people are enough. Could it be that the lord is not keeping his word?"
"Haha, since the army arrived in Wancheng, you should lead the Three Thousand Pioneers to set off." Liu Qi smiled. He knew that he had trained three thousand soldiers after hearing this, and only today did he know what these three thousand soldiers were used for.
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"Thank you, lord, I will prepare for Wancheng." Wei Yan was overjoyed and immediately turned his head toward Wancheng.
"Slowly, what's the matter with Shangyong and Fancheng?" Liu Qi was a little funny. Wei Yan immediately became different when he heard that there was a war.
However, at this time, Liu Qi was concerned about the situation of Shangyong and Fancheng. Although Cao Cao would not have any conflicts with Jingzhou at this time, if Cao Ren and Cao Chun had any luck, it would be bad. The 30,000-strong army would have food and supplies.
They all had to be transported to Hanzhong through Shangyong and other places. If Cao Ren had a hot mind and cut off their retreat, and even worse, the situation with Zhang Lu to attack the army from front and back would be bad.
At that time, Cao Ren only needs to defend the city and block the road from Jingzhou to Hanzhong. His 30,000 troops will starve to death in Hanzhong.
"Then Cao Ren from Shangyong did not make any moves, but Cao Chun, who was stationed in Fancheng, often sent people to harass him near Wancheng. If the lord arrives in Wancheng, Cao Chun has to be on guard."
Wei Yan frowned and said, "I didn't expect it just now, but when Liu Qi said this, he was a little worried. If Cao Chunzhen had something happened during the army's attack on Hanzhong, then Cao Ren from Shangyong would definitely not be willing to save him."
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"Lord, why not take back Shangyong and Fancheng first, and then attack Hanzhong." Wei Yan thought for a while and said, although this method was delayed, it was extremely safe.
"Haha, when did Cao Ren and Cao Chun be the two generals under Cao Cao? These two are not comparable to Zang Ba and others. How can they conquer Shangyong and Hanzhong in a short time? And Cao Cao must have been prepared for it.
You can't deal with the Yong Chen Qun."
Although he knew that Wei Yan was good at fighting, if he insisted on two Chen Qun, neither of them was Wei Yan's opponent, but if Chen Qun had defended the city, Wei Yan would not be the opponent either. Although Chen Qun was not a military general, his wisdom was enough to defend Shangyong and Fancheng.
In addition, Cao Ren and Cao Chun might really teach Wei Yan a lesson.
If there was enough time, Liu Qi would naturally be able to conquer Shangyong and Fancheng step by step, but Liu Qi did not have so much time to stay here now, and this time was not the time to turn against Cao Cao.
Cao Cao is now attacked from both sides. Yuan Shao in the north is many times stronger than Cao Cao, and Sun Ce in Jiangdong is also a tiger. Under the attack of the two, Cao Cao still can win the battle of Guandu.
I don’t know, if he took the opportunity to attack Cao Cao, then Cao Cao would really have no chance of winning.
In history, Sun Ce was assassinated when he attacked Cao Cao. Although he didn't know if it was done by Cao Cao, Liu Qi hoped that the things in history were true at this time. It would take at least five or six years for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shaozheng and the northern forces.
, these five or six years are what he urgently needs, and he definitely does not want to be destroyed by others.
However, because of his arrival, many things have changed a lot. It is not known whether Sun Ce will be assassinated and killed like in history. It is really worth wasting time.
Shangyong can be taken back at any time, but Hanzhong is indeed different. If Cao Cao was given even a little breathing time, Cao Cao would not allow him to get Hanzhong. When Liu Bang got Hanzhong and then got the whole world, he would know the importance of Hanzhong.
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"If you send someone to Shangyong and tell Cao Ren, if he and Cao Chun dare to plot behind their backs during the process of conquering Hanzhong, I, Jingzhou, wouldn't mind adding a fire to Cao Cao's furnace."
Liu Qi's heart moved. Isn't Cao Cao an ant on the hot pan at this time? If Cao Ren and Chen Qun really thought it was as wise as history, they would not let Cao Chun make trouble in Fancheng again.
The most important thing is that he doesn't think that this reckless book that Cao Chun really wants to show. It seems that harassing Jingzhou at this time may provoke a great enemy for Cao Cao, but Cao Cao and Liu Qi are life-and-death enemies, as long as Cao Chun finds it right.
If you have the opportunity to capture Wancheng again, there is no lack of backhand power.