I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 251
Cao Ren, who had already killed Jiangbei at this time, had taken advantage of the situation and occupied the four counties in Jiangbei, and was about to continue going south to embrace the remaining five counties. At this time, the five counties had already fallen into Yuan Shu's hands. How could Cao Ren bear this? ?The cooked duck actually flew, so he prepared to mobilize soldiers and horses to teach Yuan Shu a lesson.

But at this time, Cao Cao's eight hundred miles urgent order came, asking him to immediately lead his troops back to Yanzhou, join him, and fight against Li Shimin together.

Naturally, Cao Ren knew the importance, so in desperation, although he was extremely unwilling, he had no choice but to give up occupying counties and counties, and immediately gathered his army and quickly retreated to Xuchang.

Following Cao Ren's rapid return to the north, Han Dang's [-] elite also set off from Jianye, and under the escort of the naval governor Zhou Yu, crossed the Yangtze River and rushed to Xuchang, but the distance was indeed too far, and it took half a month to estimate. It is impossible to make it.But what makes people suspicious is that Han Dang seems to be deliberately delaying time after crossing the Yangtze River, and the marching speed is not very fast, it seems to be watching while walking.

Liu Bei acted quickly, and quickly sent his brother Gongsun Ce to lead the troops northward, and within five days he would be able to reach the Qingzhou battlefield.

Liu Biao was not disappointed by Cao Cao, and he indeed sent troops. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun led a [-] navy army all the way to the north, directly threatening Xinye in the south of Nanyang, but they did not move for a long time and had no intention of attacking. Indeed, Li Shimin's troops were restrained, and it was a response to the request of Cao Cao, an ally, to send troops.

Cao Cao was not idle during this time. He secretly sent his general Xia Houdun to lead five thousand tigers and leopards to ride north secretly, preparing to sweep up the grain road from Sili to Chenliu, causing some troubles for Li Shimin, so that he did not dare to go south immediately. Tarsus ants, buy time for the army to assemble and the arrival of reinforcements from all walks of life.

At the beginning, Xiahoudun indeed wiped out several convoys transporting grain and grass, burned 10,000+ stones of grain, and caused a lot of losses to Li Shimin. As a last resort, Li Shimin had to send Qu Yi to lead [-] soldiers to cover the grain road and eliminate Xiahoudun .

Time is slowly passing, Li Shimin can afford it, but Cao Cao may not really be able to afford it, but with the arrival of other reinforcements, although the strength has not yet changed, the situation has indeed changed.

Liu Bei is indeed very courageous and farsighted. At this time, he decisively sent troops to support Cao Cao.At this time, because he decisively sent troops north to Qingzhou to aid Cao Cao, Cao Zhen on the front line of Qingzhou did breathe a sigh of relief. Originally, Zhang He had already killed Qi, and was about to take the Jiaodong Peninsula in one go. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei's army arrived in time. County, blocked Zhang He's soldiers at once.

Cao Zhen and Gongsun Ce still have nearly 6 troops together, and with the strong city of Juxian as their support, it is indeed difficult for Zhang He to win in a short time.

All the news from all over came to Li Shimin, and naturally he also knew about the aid of Cao Cao by other princes.

"My lord, I think it's better sooner rather than later, and changes will happen later. My subordinates suggest that our army go south immediately, attack Xuchang, and force Cao Cao to fight our army. A quick decision is the best policy." Xi Zhicai said worriedly: "Wan Wan As soon as the delay continues, Cao Cao has the support of Sun Jian from Jiangdong, and because of the geographical advantage, the strength of the army is not much different from that of our army, and our army may miss the opportunity."

Li Shimin frowned when he heard the words, but he didn't respond, he just fell into deep thought. He knew that he should adjust his strategy immediately and send troops quickly to attack Cao Cao, otherwise Sun Jian's reinforcements would definitely affect his ability to destroy Cao Cao. plan.

Suddenly Li Shimin asked, "How is the situation with General Guan?" It was difficult for Zhang Yun to break through Qingzhou in a short time, so he could only pin his hopes on Guan Yu.

"Report...report..." Just as Li Shimin was asking about the situation of Guan Yu's army, suddenly the scouts outside the tent rushed over shouting.

"My lord, General Guan reported that Dingtao has been captured, and Cao Hong led thousands of remnants to retreat to Juye." The scout who sent the message said heavily.

"Okay, that's great!" Everyone was also very excited. They defeated Cao Hong's army and took Dingtao, which meant that Yanzhou had basically been taken by him. Cao Hong, who was retreating to Shanyang County, was already frightened. There was only one way to retreat south to Yuzhou. , it is difficult to do anything.

Under Guan Yu's strong attack day and night, Cao Hong's troops were exhausted extremely quickly. Although he tried his best to defend, his troops were limited.

"My lord, since General Guan has successfully captured Dingtao, it is better to let him wipe out the remnants of Cao Hong and then go south to attack Pei and Pengcheng. First, he can put huge pressure on Cao Jun, and second, he can threaten Xuzhou at any time, or force him to Liu Bei's army has withdrawn to Xuzhou." Chen Gong said along the way.

"Sure!" Li Shimin got up and said, "Immediately send an order to Yun Chang to go south after Yanzhou is wiped out without delay."

At this time, Li Shimin was still waiting, waiting for an appropriate time to send troops. Qingzhou was in trouble and it was difficult to achieve the encirclement as expected, but Guan Yu broke through the enemy's defense line and could attack Yuzhou at any time.

Now the only thing left is Lu Bu in Nanyang. As long as Lu Bu and Jia Xu find the right time to launch a surprise attack on Yuzhou from behind, that will be the best time to march.

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Jia Xu and Lv Bu did not disappoint Li Shimin. In addition to Gao Shun who led an army of 15 to defend Hanzhong, Lv Bu took the reorganized Yuan Shu's old army and led an army of nearly [-] to directly raid the empty Runan County. He went to Ruyang in the first battle and succeeded. Surrounded Yingchuan County from behind, and at the same time blocked the possibility of Cao Ren and Cao Cao's round.

Immediately after this, an army of [-] was left to defend Runan, and he personally led an army of [-] to fight towards Yingchuan County.

When the news reached Xuchang, it immediately caused a huge shock. Cao Cao also panicked a little, and was very puzzled, where did Li Shimin get so many troops.

But I don't care to investigate the reasons in detail. After all, the situation at this time is extremely dangerous. I have been surrounded by 30 troops, and it seems impossible to think about turning the tables.

Everyone in Cao Jun was also extremely disturbed, after all, the feeling of being stabbed on the neck with a knife was really uncomfortable.The hope of this victory was so slim that Cao Cao was a little discouraged and didn't know what to do.

"Feng Xiao, do you think I still have a chance to revive the Han Dynasty?" Cao Cao asked in a dispirited manner.

"My lord, everything is not at its worst yet. We still have a chance. Don't be so discouraged. At worst, we retreat to Jiangdong and unite with Sun Quan to continue fighting against Li. There is still a chance."

"My lord, at this time, we should make a decision early, or fight to the death with Li Shimin, or save our strength and retreat to Jiangdong. Don't hesitate." Guo Jia said worriedly.

(End of this chapter)