Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 871

As the news of Li Xiang's attack on Chang'an and Yang Jian's demise spread all over the world, it wasn't just the Xiang family who were unhappy. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who were still blocked from Hulao Pass, were equally depressed.

Not a few days later, when news of the situation at Huguan was reported, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were even more troubled. The current situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to them.Of course, Cao Cao just had a simple headache, but behind Yuan Shao's headache was the uncontrollable ecstasy.

Gongsun Zan died, and generals such as Gongsun Yang and Gongsun Ao also fell in that battle. Even Baima Yicong, who Gongsun Zan was most proud of during his lifetime, was beaten and disabled, leaving only the last few hundred people , the power of the Gongsun clan suffered heavy losses. This news is a good thing for Yuan Shao.

"My lord, I have news that the reinforcements of the Jin army are about to arrive at Hulao Pass!" Cao Cao's counselor Xun You and Yuan Shao's counselor Cui Hao came together and passed the news to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

"How many people are here?" Cao Cao's face darkened, and he asked Xun You gloomyly.

"My lord, there are about [-] troops!" Xun You replied without thinking.

The infantry and cavalry marched [-], mighty and mighty, this kind of news is not difficult to inquire about.In today's world, which princes have not arranged a few spies among other forces.

Hearing this, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao showed different expressions.

"Hey, Mengde, the Hulao Pass is extremely strong, and we have lost our troops. Now that the enemy reinforcements have arrived, we have no chance of winning this battle. It is better to retreat as soon as possible!" After a moment of silence, Yuan Shao seemed a little helpless Said.

What Yuan Shao said was right, after the enemy's reinforcements arrived, they really had no chance of breaking through Hulao Pass.Moreover, now that the Yong-Liang War is over, it doesn't make much sense for them to break through the Hulao Pass.Unless they can occupy Sizhou as quickly as possible after breaking through Hulao Pass, it is a pity that with their strength, they cannot accomplish this at all.

The most important thing is that Yuan Shao doesn't want to spend any more time here.What he wants to do most now is to take advantage of Gongsun Zan's death just now and when Gongsun Zan's forces are in chaos, take down the opponent as soon as possible and completely unify the entire Jizhou.

This time Yuan Shao sent troops, the purpose of which was to prevent Li Xiang from occupying Yongliang, and to use it to exhaust his so-called ally Gongsun Zan.

Judging from the current situation, although the first goal has not been achieved, he has achieved the second goal, and this second goal has been achieved better than he imagined. It can be said that the task has been overfulfilled.

"What you said at the beginning is reasonable, but it's a pity for the soldiers who died in battle these days!" At this point, Cao Cao also has the idea of ​​​​retiring his troops. If they continue to fight, it will not be of any benefit to them.Cao Cao is a rational person. Although he lost important generals such as Brother Xiahou and Cao Shen in this battle, he would not hesitate to withdraw his troops when things were impossible.

It's just that Cao Cao was very unwilling to retreat like this.In this battle, both he and Yuan Shao lost a lot, and killed several trusted generals, but the gains were not great, Hulao Pass was not breached, only half of Hanoi was taken.

Moreover, a mere half-county could not make up for the loss he and Yuan Shao lost this time.What's more, even in this mere half-county, it's not certain whether they can really hold it in their hands.Next, when the Jin army calmed down, how could they take back this half of the county without sending troops.

Cao Cao knew that they might not be able to hold this half of Hanoi for long.However, he also thought of a countermeasure.Next, he and Yuan Shao will move all the population of the half of Hanoi to Jizhou and Yanzhou.As long as the population moves over, the actual territory is useless, just give up!
Yuan Shao also has a weak Gongsun Zan that can be annexed, but he, Cao Cao, has no such good things.

Now, Cao Cao is already thinking about whether to attack the neighbors around him to make up for the loss of his own battle this time.Thinking about it, Cao Cao couldn't help but put his mind on Yuzhou. It's a mess there now, maybe he can't find a chance to make a move.It's just that, how to do it specifically needs to be planned again.

"At the beginning, the Jin army has already established its momentum, and no prince in the world can fight alone. Next, you and my two families need to move around more!" Cao Cao said with a dark face.

The Jin army will not stop expanding. This time they captured Yongliang, and it may be their turn in the near future.Therefore, although they decided to withdraw their troops in this battle, Cao Cao hoped that the alliance between the two of them could continue and they would jointly deal with the advance of the Jin army in the future!

The most important thing is that there is no conflict of interest between him and Yuan Shao.The target of Yuan Shao's expansion is the four prefectures of Hebei, while the target of Cao Cao's expansion is the three prefectures of the Central Plains. Naturally, there is no conflict in the alliance.

"Meng De's words are very kind!"

Yuan Shao has no objection to maintaining the alliance between the two parties.No matter how confident Yuan Shao is, no matter how big his heart is, he has no confidence that he can fight against the Jin army occupying the land of the five states by himself.

Coincidentally, at the same time that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were retreating, Le Yi, who was far away from Yanmen Pass, also received Liu Bang's order to retreat.

Liu Bang, an old rascal, is extremely shrewd. He asked Le Yi to send troops to Yanmen not to break through Yanmen and enter Bingzhou.

With the strength Liu Bang sent, Liu Bang never thought that there would be a possibility of breaking Yanmen.Besides, if Liu Bang really had any thoughts about Yanmen and Bingzhou, then he would send more than that little force.

In fact, compared to the fact that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao really tried their best to attack Hulao Pass, Le Yi, who was outside Yanmen Pass, had been paddling under Liu Bang's order.Except for a few occasional probing and feint attacks, Le Yi never really attacked the city.

Now that the battle of Yongliang has come to an end, although this result is not what Liu Bang wanted, there is no need to prepare to entangle at Yanmen Pass any longer.

In this way, among the princes of the world who had been eyeing Li Xiang, in a blink of an eye, there was only one Xiang clan left who was still struggling to support at the Guangchengguan site.

Moreover, it can be expected that the remaining Xiang clan will not continue to entangle for too long.Both Xiang Yan and Fan Zeng were not stupid, they knew very well that their family alone was powerless to fight against the Jin army, and it would be a matter of time before the Xiang family retreated.

(End of this chapter)