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"In the summer of the third year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of the Han Empire, King Qin Yang of the Yellow Turban Ming Dynasty formed an alliance with his uncle Liu Bei. At the same time, King Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Cao Cao announced an offensive and defensive alliance. Liu Biao sent out all the troops in Jingzhou, totaling 350,000 land and water troops, with the navy commander
Cai Mao and the infantry commander Wen Pin led the troops and stationed on the front line of Fancheng to guard Xiangjiang. Cao Cao divided his troops into two groups, with Han Sui as the commander, the fierce general Pang De as the vanguard, Cheng Yu as the military advisor, and the horse infantry totaling 250,000 troops.
Heading to Hanoi, the two passes of Surabaya and Hulao were used to deter Luoyang. The other route was led by the generals Cao Ren and Xu Chu as the vanguard.
From the north, 400,000 troops were stationed in Xiangcheng and entrenched in Yingchuan. A shocking war was about to break out." - "The Biography of the Three Kingdoms"
After forming an alliance with Liu Bei, Qin Yang and others were treated like honored guests by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei naturally had no reason to keep Qin Yang in Xinye. After Qin Yang returned to Hanzhong, he immediately began to deploy troops to deal with the consequences of the alliance with Liu Bei.
This mess. After all, they were both enemies of the powerful Cao Cao and Liu Biao. This was something he had never expected.
In Luoyang, in addition to quickly adding 50,000 new troops led by Wang Ping to Ma Teng to increase the number of defenders on the front line of Hulao and Surabaya to 100,000, he also transferred all the 200,000 troops in the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si to Luoyang.
On the front line, coordinate Ma Teng and Wang Ping to defend Han Sui's army.
As for Yingchuan, he ordered Zhang Xiu of Wancheng to assemble 60,000 Wancheng garrison to stand ready. Together with the Yuzhou prefect Gongsun Zan's white-horse Yi Cong and the 100,000 Yuzhou army, they formed a horn to intimidate Cao Ren's 400,000 troops stationed in Xiangcheng.
And mobilized the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, the 3rd and 4th Yellow Turban Battalions to rush to aid Wancheng at night. According to Qin Yang's calculations, after adding the 3rd and 4th Battalions with a total of 60,000 troops, the number of troops on the Yingchuan front line in Xiangcheng has increased.
At 220,000, although they were defeated by Cao Ren's elite troops, it was not easy for Cao Ren to break through the defense line.
As for the main force of the Hanzhong Yellow Turbans in Qin Yang's hands, under Qin Yang's personal leadership, all Shangyong arrived at Fucheng and responded to the 50,000 soldiers and horses under Liu Bei's command in Xinye. A total of 300,000 elite troops were eyeing Liu Biao who was stationed on the front line of Fancheng.
Qin Yang's intention is very obvious: first defeat Liu Biao, and then concentrate all his strength to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop!
In addition, Qin Yang also asked Liu Bei to request an edict from Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, ordering the brothers Lu Bu of Xuzhou and Sun Ce and Sun Quan of Jiangdong to gather forces from the southeast to contain Cao Cao's unmobilized troops. He himself also sent a letter to Yuan Shu of Runan,
In the name of an ally, Yuan Shu was asked to send troops to assist Lu Bu and Sun Ce in their march north.
As a result, the battle for Jingzhou has gone far beyond the scope of Jingzhou. Except for Xichuan and Nanhuang, almost all the powerful princes in the entire Han Empire have joined the battle. Everyone can see
It must be clear that if the development is carried out according to Qin Yang's idea, the Qin and Liu coalitions will win this battle. Then Qin Yang will undoubtedly become the overlord of the world. On the contrary, the overlord position will be Cao Cao. And the most critical part of this battle is
.It is whether Qin Yang and Liu Bei can capture the Jingzhou Army before Cao Cao in the north decides to attack. Almost in an instant, all the eyes of the world were focused on Fancheng, an important town in Jingxiang.
Fucheng, the city lord's mansion.
"Generals, now that the plan has been decided, we will send out troops at dawn three days later according to the original plan, and launch an attack on Fancheng together with Liu Huangshu's troops! Military Advisor Guo stays, and the rest of you can go down and prepare first."
"Yes!" The yellow turban generals in the hall stood up and saluted Qin Yang, and then returned to their respective armies to prepare.
"Guo Jia, what were you trying to tell me just now?" After everyone left, Qin Yang turned his eyes to Guo Jia, who was frowning slightly.
"Your Highness, Yuan Shu's envoy is back..."
"Oh? So soon? Yuan Shu has already sent troops?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "No."
"What?! Does this guy Yuan Shu want to betray the alliance and join Cao Cao?! What's going on?" Qin Yang also frowned and asked.
Guo Jia said: "Your Highness, don't worry. Yuan Shu has not betrayed the covenant, but now his situation is very bad..."
Without waiting for Qin Yang to ask, Guo Jia said directly: "According to the envoy's report, the brothers Lu Bu of Xuzhou and Sun Quan and Sun Ce of Jiangdong have secretly formed an alliance. They did not follow the emperor's order to send troops northward, but unanimously targeted Yuan Shu."
"Oh? Do these two guys want to..." Qin Yang was slightly startled, and instantly understood the intentions of Lu Bu and Sun Quan. Although Sun Ce was nominally the master of Jiangdong at this time, almost all the decisions had already been made.
Sun Ce's deliberate actions were all made by Sun Quan. Sun Ce was only in charge of military affairs. In this way, he slowly pushed his younger brother Sun Quan to the position of lord of Jiangdong.
Guo Jia nodded and said, "Yes, Sun Quan and Lu Bu secretly formed an alliance to expand their own strength. Although it seems that only His Highness and Cao Cao are competing for hegemony in the world, they are not willing to do so. Their purpose is very simple.
Xuzhou joins forces with Jiangdong, and then takes down Yuan Shu's Yangzhou. With such strength, we will be able to compete with His Highness and Cao Cao."
"Huh, do you want to divide the world into three parts?" Qin Yang snorted. Xuzhou is a place where the Four Wars are fought and the people are fierce. Yangzhou is the richest in the world. Jiangdong is also very stable under the integration of the Sun brothers. If these three places
Together, they indeed have the strength to compete with Qin Yang and Cao Cao. If this tripod is really allowed to form, then neither Qin Yang nor Cao Cao will be able to dominate the world in a short period of time.
Guo Jia said: "Your Highness, Lu Bu and Sun Quan are very ambitious now. Yuan Shu has also asked us for help. It is up to Your Highness to decide whether to send troops to rescue them."
"Send troops..." Qin Yang fell into deep thought. It sounds simple, but now that the war is imminent, Qin Yang has used almost all the forces he can use. Although there are still 100,000 garrison troops in Hanzhong, that is Qin Yang's last
He did not want to use his strength unless it was a last resort. And according to his estimation, Cao Cao in the north still had at least 400,000 troops that he had not used, obviously to prevent Lu Bu, Yuan Shu and Sun Quan from sneak attacks. At this time, unless Qin Yang could
Sun Quan and Lu Bu were destroyed in a short time, otherwise Cao Cao would definitely take this opportunity to attack Qin Yang with all his strength. Qin Yang had absolutely no confidence that Ma Teng, Zhang Xiu, and Gongsun Zan could defend the north under the attack of a million troops.
Line of defense.
Thinking of this, Qin Yang's eyes flashed and he said: "Don't worry about Yuan Shu's request for help now, we don't have the energy to help him now... In addition, it would be better to send envoys to Sun Quan and form an offensive and defensive alliance with Jiangdong.
Even if they can't, they must sign a non-aggression treaty with them. Even if Sun Quan and Lu Bu really capture Yangzhou, they can't really work together. Instead, there will definitely be a war between them. In this case, let them fight first.
Wait, after we defeat Cao Cao, we can go back and deal with them!"
"Yes!" Seeing that Qin Yang had decided, Guo Jia immediately took the order and turned around to go down and deliver the order.
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Guo Jia paused and asked, "What else can you do, Your Highness?"
Qin Yang said: "What's going on with Zhuge Liang?"
Guo Jia suddenly said: "Reporting to Your Highness, Zhuge Liang has not appeared again since we went to Wollongong last time. I heard that Liu Bei went to Wollongong again after we left, but did not see him. But he seems to have left Liu Bei with him.
I wrote some words, and there is one sentence left for His Highness."
"Leave it to me?" Qin Yang asked in surprise.
Guo Jia nodded and said: "According to Uncle Liu's envoy, Mr. Zhuge asked Liu Bei to tell His Highness that the things he gave to Your Highness have been prepared. However, due to some unavoidable reasons, they cannot be handed over to Your Highness now. They just said that there will be great chaos in the world recently.
If he needs this thing, he will not hesitate to hand it over to His Highness after the chaos is over."
"The world is in chaos?! Isn't it already chaotic enough? He said it lightly, he can wait, but Yan'er..." Qin Yang said angrily with a cold light in his eyes.
Guo Jia said: "Your Highness, please calm down. There is another sentence in Uncle Liu's message that I don't understand..."
"What are you talking about?" Qin Yang's heart moved.
Guo Jia whispered: "Zhuge Liang said that this time the world will be in chaos, it will not be a human chaos... but a demonic chaos..."
"Devil..." Qin Yang's heart twitched violently, and he clearly felt that the memory hidden somewhere in his heart suddenly rushed out.
After a while, Qin Yang nodded slowly and said: "I understand... Since he said so, let him go. Mo Luan... Yan'er still has three years left, I hope I can still make it...
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Xuzhou City, the residence of the Marquis of Xuzhou.
"Chen Gong, how is your discussion with Sun Quan going? When will we send troops?"
The spacious and glorious hall, although it is summer, there is an inexplicable cold air hovering in the hall. The red-haired man is sitting on the high throne, and the surroundings around him are like an ice cave.
Senhan. I don't know when, Lu Bu suddenly fell in love with the feeling of being high above the people. He raised his seat high and looked down at the civil and military officials in the hall as if he were a king.
"Reporting to my lord, Sun Quan has made preparations. Jiangdong's army has assembled in Liyang. My subordinates have agreed with him that in ten days we will send troops to Shouchun at the same time to exterminate Yuan Shu." Chen Gong frowned and said truthfully, recently
For some time, he had clearly felt that the chill on Lu Bu's body was getting stronger and stronger.
"Ten days..." Lu Bu whispered solemnly on the high platform, and his voice seemed to come from the Nine Netherworld.
After a moment, Lu Bu suddenly laughed wildly: "Ten days is too long! Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others were ordered to be stationed on the front line of Lingbi. In three days, the entire army will attack and send troops to Shouchun!"
"Lord?! But Jiangdong..." Chen Gong's heart sank, and he raised his head in surprise and said.
"Those losers in Jiangdong also want to share Yangzhou equally with me? They are not worthy! Pass my order and ask Yuan Shu to surrender immediately after the army arrives in Shouchun! Otherwise, no chickens or dogs will be left when the city is broken!"