The plan was settled, and Qingzhou's huge war machine started to move.
Xu Huang's troops were the first to take action. After forming an alliance with Lu Bu, the Taishan Army had no enemies in front of them. Even if they did not carry out the Northern Expedition, they still had to consider the issue of moving their defenses.
After many expansions, the Taishan Army now has 22,000 soldiers. It is the focus of attention of the princes from all over the world. As soon as they take action, the information spreads as quickly as possible.
Luoyang.
"Continuing to cross the river at Cangtingjin? Where is the goal? Are we finally going north? Now I can breathe a sigh of relief." In Cao Cao's general's palace, the staff rushed to tell each other and celebrated each other. Even a stable man like Xun Yu was exposed.
An expression of relief.
During this year, although Wang Yu had many adventures and bloody battles, how could Cao Cao's army not be trembling with fear, walking on thin ice? The defense of Qingzhou and the Western Expedition were two major events that related to the fate of Cao Cao's army, and they were both extremely dangerous.
Hopes for the defense of Qingzhou are pinned on others. Xu You's conspiracy, Liu Bei's ambition, Lu Bu's pride, Yuan Shu's greed, Chen Deng and his son's resourcefulness, and even Liu Yu's reputation in the minds of the barbarians have all become Cao Cao's army.
Life-saving straw.
Only by being in the game can you know how hard Cao Cao suffered this year.
The Xiliang army, which was first beaten by Wang Yu and then tricked by Xu Shu in Hedong, was not as weak as the legend. Li Jue and Guo Si used their troops with great vigor, while Fan Chou and Hu Zhen's troops were fierce and fierce, even useless.
Similarly, Niu Fu also became extremely powerful after getting help from Li Ru.
In the Battle of Wuguan, Xiahou Yuan came to pretend to be defeated. He thought that Xiliang and Nanyang were so far away. As long as the news of the defeat spread and he made corresponding strategic adjustments, he could confuse Ma Teng and Han Sui.
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Who would have thought that Li Ru was smart in using his troops, and after discovering the flaw, he pursued and attacked fiercely without relaxing.
Xia Houyuan was also known as the Flying General within Cao's army because he used his troops quickly and came and went like the wind. He was allowed to fake defeat and lure the enemy out of the consideration of preserving his strength as much as possible. As a result, Xia Houyuan tried his best, but he couldn't get rid of it.
Li Ru's pursuit turned into a false defeat, and Xia Houyuan almost lost his life in Li Ru's hands.
When the bad news reached Luoyang, Cao Cao and his staff were shocked.
Cao Cao's family background was not as rich as Wang Yu's. As a result, Xia Houyuan lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in this battle, and his strength became even more disproportionate. If Wang Yu took the opportunity to attack after receiving the news, he really didn't know what he would get.
Resisted.
Ma Teng is too far away. Although there is a special person to deliver the news, it will have to wait until winter for the other party to get the news and take action. And it will have to wait at least until Dong Zhuo hears the news, fights with Ma Teng, exposes his flaws, and creates a fighting opportunity.
next spring...
During such a long period of time, Nanyang was besieged. Shaanxi County was in a confrontation. If the Qingzhou Army advanced westward, Cao Cao might not be able to bring out even a quarter of his troops. At the same time, Wang Yu had already arrived in Puyang. Lu Bu seemed to be willing to put aside his pride.
,joined forces with Qingzhou...
The fact that he didn't collapse on the spot is enough to verify Cao Cao's excellent psychological quality. However, this does not mean that nothing happened to him. The lights in his study stayed on until midnight that night, until Guo Jia came to visit. After a long talk between the two
, Cao Cao regained his confidence, and then had the far-reaching Puyang Rebellion.
As if things were going well, after Xiahou Yuan's disastrous defeat, the fortunes of Cao Cao's army suddenly improved.
The famous scholar Chen Gong, who has always regarded Cao Cao as his sworn enemy, is now in Guanzhong, trying his best to lobby Dong Zhuo in an attempt to mediate the battle in Guanzhong.
Liu Biao, who was trying to be an oriole and come to Nanyang to pick up bargains, was cut off by Sun Ce. Just two months after the war started, Jiangxia was already in danger. Huang Zu reported an emergency report on the third day and desperately asked for help from Xiangyang. Liu Biao had to go to the backyard to put out the fire first.
, no longer care about Nanyang, which is at your fingertips.
The even greater good news is that Li Ru suddenly fell ill, and Niu Fu, who had lost his support, was knocked back to his original shape. Although the Xiliang army still had the upper hand in Nanyang, Wancheng had turned from danger to safety and was no longer in danger.
If he were not afraid that Ma Teng would retreat again, Cao Cao could even mobilize Xiahou Dun from Yingchuan and Xia Houyuan to attack from inside and outside to defeat Niu Fu's troops.
There is also the decisive news that Cao Cao has been waiting for for a long time - after a long wait, Ma Teng finally raised his troops!
Immediately afterwards, the news of the Qingzhou Army's march north came even more unexpectedly, like the sound of nature.
Survival from desperate situation!
Spring comes out of dead trees!
There was great joy in Cao Cao's general's palace. The celebrities worked hard and spent their whole lives learning, but they could not describe this miraculous turn of events!
"Destiny! This is destiny!" Sima Lang raised his hands to the sky, tears filled his eyes with excitement, and he couldn't help himself.
Since the first year of Chuping, the Sima family in Hanoi has been trapped in what seems to be an endless nightmare. First, Wang Kuang's rebellious behavior forced them to move their family eastward to Wei County to avoid disaster. But even so, they could not completely avoid this.
This disaster caused the younger brother Sima Kui, who was reluctant to leave his hometown in Wen County, to somehow get involved in Han Hao's army and died in the rebellion.
After learning that the murderer was Wang Yu and Lu Bu, everyone in the Sima family wept and cried, determined to take revenge. But before they could find a chance, Wang Yu had already soared into the sky with unstoppable momentum.
Thinking that the Hebei War was an opportunity, Yuan Shao, who had many soldiers and generals, could not even hold on for a year and collapsed. Then the Sima family fled south again with their family, placing their hopes on Cao Cao. As a result, within a few days,
They found out helplessly that it was time for their family to move again. Facing Qingzhou's strength, Cao Cao also gave in.
Just like that, Sima Lang took his family to Luoyang.
During several migrations, his elderly grandfather Sima Jun could not bear the pain of being displaced and died on the way. Another blood feud between the Sima family and the Wang family started, but the hope of revenge was still extremely slim.
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Today, the light finally appears!
Sima Lang knew very well that as long as the current difficulties were overcome, Cao Cao's army would have a smooth road ahead, because there were famous families like them standing behind Cao Cao!
"Heaven will not destroy the Han Dynasty, and there is hope for the Han Dynasty to revive!" Sima Lang's cheers resonated with many people. For a time, the atmosphere in the general's palace was extremely enthusiastic, as if Dong Zhuo and Wang Yu had been destroyed, and the Holy Emperor had arrived in Luoyang.
Such an atmosphere made Cao Cao feel a little drunk. Without experiencing wind and rain, he would not see a rainbow. This feeling of a village with dark flowers and bright flowers is really wonderful.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and wandered among the cheering crowd, laughing. It wasn't until he glanced around the corner and saw the depressed Guo Jia that he stopped with a hint of surprise.
He frowned, walked forward, and asked in a low voice: "Fengxiao, today's events are all due to your planning, why are you acting like this? Is there anything wrong?"
Cao Cao knew that Guo Jia was not a very gregarious person. He was too proud and could not be looked down upon by ordinary people, and he himself never concealed this fact.
Cao Cao was not dissatisfied with this. He knew that this kind of unsociability was deliberately done by Guo Jia. As a military advisor who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, he must have the awareness to be a solitary minister, otherwise he will wait for the rabbit to die and the dog to be cooked.
, hide the bird behind the bow.
We are all smart people, and there is no need to criticize some of the things we say, as long as we understand them tacitly.
However, it is unusual for Guo Jia to act like this on an occasion like today. After overcoming the difficulties, wouldn't it be helpful for everyone to be happy together to enhance cohesion and confidence?
"My lord, do you think this is something worthy of celebration?" Guo Jia asked instead without answering. The question seemed redundant, but in fact it was sharp, and even the wily Cao Cao was stopped on the spot.
"Is there any mystery in this?" Cao Cao asked uncertainly.
This is not completely impossible. Wang Yu used the mobilization of the Taishan Army to confuse himself, and then used Lu Bu's army as the vanguard to cooperate with Wei Jun's Yulin Army to launch an attack on Luoyang. However, Cao Cao was not unprepared for this, and he also did not believe in his strength.
How much threat can the heavily damaged Lu Bu army pose to himself?
Guo Jia shook his head gently: "There is no strategy. General Wang's intention to march north has been determined, and it is like an arrow on the string. Unless Liu Bo'an surrenders, the battle in Youzhou will be inevitable."
"Then..." Cao Cao was completely confused about what Guo Jia meant.
"This Northern Expedition may also be a turning point for the Hussars..." Guo Jia sighed quietly: "Before this, General Wang used his troops blindly to take risks and seek speed. This certainly led to him defeating the weak many times.
Strong, quick victory, but taking risks is taking risks, and for both hostile parties, opportunities and risks coexist."
"What if Cao Bao did not rush forward in the battle of Maling, but went hand in hand with Que Xuan, what would be the outcome of that battle? What if he was more stable and connected with Liu Bei in advance? There is also the battle of Xiapi... and so on,
As long as Wang Yu is in danger for one day, our army will have a chance to easily defeat the powerful hussars."
"But now..." Guo Jia spread his hands and sighed: "Obviously, he is going to command the army step by step and carry out a long and large-scale war. From now on, he may disappear from the front of the battle.
, becoming princes in a pure sense, when the time comes, if our army wants to compete with the Hussars, it will have to fight head-on for strength."
"..." Cao Cao was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he raised his head, looked to the west, looked at the clear sky there, and asked spontaneously: "Does Fengxiao think that even if our army captures Guanzhong, it will still not be able to equal Qingzhou in terms of strength?"
What?"
"Our army captured Guanzhong and the Hussars pacified Hebei. As long as the losses in the battle of Youzhou are not too great... Haha, my lord, do you think it is possible for our army to be stronger than Qingzhou?"
Cao Cao felt a breath stuck in his throat, which made his face turn red. He wanted to say loudly, why not? He also cited the example of Qin's unification of the Guanzhong. But before he could say anything, he had already vetoed it himself.
This point of view.
The Qin State was able to occupy Guanzhong and sweep across it because the six kingdoms in Guandong could not fight against the enemy in unison, and Guanzhong had not experienced too many wars, so it was able to sit back and watch as the enemy's strength weakened day by day while its own side grew stronger, and finally sent out a large number of troops to establish the cause.
If it were two strong powers competing for supremacy, it would not be so applicable.
The previous ecstasy was gone. Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked humbly: "Can you teach me anything about being filial?"
Guo Jia spoke with confidence in mind. He raised three fingers and said softly: "I have three strategies, upper, middle and lower, for your lord's reference..."