Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 447 Joining forces in Ye City
Cao Cao's three-way army made rapid progress, and the smoothness of the Northern Expedition exceeded everyone's expectations, including Cao Cao and Yuan Shao himself.

Yuan Shao never dreamed that Cao Cao would raise more than [-] troops just over a year after the war.What he didn't expect was that when he ordered Gao Gan to deal with Zhang Yan, he actually directly forced Zhang Yan to secretly seek refuge with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao felt so regretful.

But it was too late to regret.

Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Zhang Yan were coming so fiercely that Yuan Shao had to issue an urgent order, ordering Yuan Xi of Youzhou to lead an army of [-], and sent envoys to Wuhuan, the three counties, to ask them to send troops to reinforce Yecheng.

As for Yuan Tan from Pingyuan County and high officials from Hanoi County. Yuan Shao himself is already too busy to take care of himself, so how can he take care of the two of them?
When Youzhou resisted Wuhuan, Yuan Shao ordered Yuan Xi to examine and send away tens of thousands of people.

Later, Yuan Shao saw that the Black Mountain Army was not pleasing to his eyes, so he ordered the high officials guarding Bingzhou and half of Hanoi County to beat Zhang Yan.

As a result, Zhang Yan voted for Cao Cao in a rage, and Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to pull up the three armies to attack Jizhou.

Yuan Shao's troops in Jizhou were dispersed, while those in Bingzhou were dragged in Hanoi. Before he could mobilize the troops in Youzhou to come back to defend, he was attacked by Cao Cao's army into Jizhou.

In just over half a month, important towns such as Liyang, Chaoge, Neihuang, and Dangyin in Jizhou fell one after another, and Yuan Jun retreated steadily, while Cao Jun became stronger as he fought like a broken bamboo.

But as the front line deepened, Cao Cao also became cautious.

You must know that the deeper the battle line is drawn, the longer one's own supply line will be, and the easier it will be to be harassed by the enemy.

In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao burned the grain and grass that Yuan Shao transported from Yanjin and the grain and grass hoarded in Wuchao successively.
In the end, Yuan Shao was forced to take the risk and fight with his back, and finally defeated Yuan Shao dangerously and dangerously.

If Yuan Shao had enough food and grass, it would be very difficult for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao would definitely not want to make the same mistake, and his advisers would never allow Lao Cao to make such a fatal mistake.

After arriving in Jizhou, Cao Cao generously rewarded his soldiers every time he occupied a place. He also distributed the grain in the city and the surrounding fields to the people, and reduced taxes and corvees.

This is much more clever than Yuan Shao's method of forcing the local people to work for him after he invaded Yanzhou.

Although doing so would offend a large number of aristocratic families and gentry, with the approval and help of these common people, at least their rear and grain roads would be much more stable.

Moreover, Lao Cao has long been known as a vicious man. He has too many lice on his body and is not afraid of being bitten.
There are many wealthy families in Hebei, such as Pingyuan Huashi, Fanyang Lushi, Qinghe Cuishi, Taiyuan Wangshi, etc., there are simply too many to count.

Lao Cao's journey along the way may not have touched the core interests of these people, but with Boss Cao's current behavior, they will eventually fight with Lao Cao.

In the past, when these people raised their arms, officials and scholars would definitely join forces and attack Lao Cao, scolding him bloody, and he would never stand up again.

But now the largest public opinion organization of the Han Dynasty is in Chenliu and Xuchang. When it comes to understanding the public opinion war, these people may not even be qualified to give Lu Yan shoes.Do you know washing powder?I said it was a weapon of mass destruction, so it is!Since you have weapons of mass destruction, you are committing a crime, and I will beat you!Standing again and again, this is the power of modern public opinion in later generations.

Moreover, Cao Cao now has the Tai Academy and the imperial examination system that is being improved, and he will not worry about the lack of talents in the future, so the aristocratic family is now almost free from fear of constraints and threats to Cao Cao.

And in the current situation, the enmity between Cao Ao, Yuan Shao and the Hebei family can no longer be resolved.

Now that the feud between them can no longer be resolved, Cao Ao has only one word in his heart when facing these aristocratic families who are still daring to oppose him, "Gon! Fuck you stinky brothers!"

At the beginning of July in the fifth year of Jian'an, Lu Bu of Qingzhou captured Pingyuan County. Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, was unable to defend the lonely city. He finally abandoned the city and fled, leading nearly [-] defeated troops to retreat towards Qinghe County.

At the end of July in the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao fought all the way to Huanshui and captured Anyang; while Lu Yan led his army to the east, defeated the defenders of General Jiang Qi and captured Wei County.

So far, most of Wei County has fallen into the hands of Boss Cao.

On August [-]th of the third year of Jian'an, high officials in Hanoi persisted for more than a month under the siege of Cao Ren, Xu Huang, Zhang Yan, Yu Jin, and Le Jin.

In the end, because of flowers blooming on all sides and being alone, after several defeats, he was finally driven out of Hanoi County and returned to his own Bingzhou territory.

At the beginning of September in the third year of Jian'an, the three armies led by Cao Cao, Lu Yan, and Cao Ren successfully joined forces in Yecheng!

The three-way army added up to more than 20.

Today, the [-]-strong army has surrounded Ye City.

Yecheng is the capital of Yuan Shao's forces. The city is high and deep, and it is extremely strong.There are still nearly [-] regular troops in the city, plus the guards donated by countless aristocratic families, that is, private soldiers, there are nearly [-] defenders, and this is not counting the countless forced conscripts in the city.

With the cold weapons of ancient times, if you want to conquer the strong city through conventional means, you can only use human lives to fill it.

But this is not the way Cao Cao hopes to use.

Cao Ying, in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Although Cao Jun has now besieged Yuan Shao in Ye City, there is no relaxation or smile on the faces of Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others.

Cao Cao stared at the sand table placed in the center of the Chinese army's large tent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Although our army has besieged Yuan Shao in Yecheng, Yecheng is strong and difficult to take by force.

If we delay for a long time, when the reinforcements from Youzhou, Bingzhou and Hanoi counties arrive, our previous efforts will be wasted.

Everyone, do you have a plan to break the city? "Not only that, the longer the delay, the greater the pressure on logistical supplies, and the loss to oneself cannot be ignored.

At this time, Xu You, who was standing at the front of the queue of counselors, came out.

With a smile on his face, his chin was raised slightly, and he said to Cao Cao confidently: "Meng De, I have a plan, and the city of Ye can be destroyed at any time!"

Seeing this, Cao Cao was about to ask for advice, but Lu Yan suddenly stopped him: "Mr. Cao, no!"

I haven't even figured out this plan yet, so why don't you ask for something?The appearance of this gangster is very similar to those great figures in later generations who used keyboards to cultivate immortality.

Although Xu You was very dissatisfied and even a little resentful, he dared not speak out against Lu Yan because Lu Yan suppressed him to death no matter in terms of official position or ability.

Besides, there were fierce generals standing behind Lu Yan, how could Xu You have the guts to stretch out his head and chop them off?

Cao Cao looked at Lu Yan and said with a dumb smile, "Ziyuan's plan has not yet been revealed, Mr. Lu, what do you object to?"

Lu Yan glanced at Cao Cao, then turned to Xu You, and said, "Ziyuan wants to offer the strategy of digging water to flood the city?"

"Dig the water to fill the city?" Not only Cao Cao, but also the three trainees behind Lu Yan were stunned.

"Digging water?" Yang Xiu was still a little confused.

"Zhangshui!"

"Zhanghe!" After hearing Yang Xiu's doubts, Fazheng and Zhuge Liang answered softly for him one after another.

Hearing the voices of the three people behind him, Lu Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
"It is also because I am familiar with this period of history that I know that Xu Youxian's plan is to dig the Zhang River to flood the city of Ye.

As expected of Zhuge Liang and Fazheng, they guessed Zhangshui so quickly.
It seems that there is still a gap between hanging wall and genius in some places. "

(End of this chapter)