I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 256 Escape
In fact, Li Shimin felt that there should be no Cao Cao in this group of Cao army, but in order to eliminate the vitality of Cao army and avoid the situation of Cao's cunning rabbit three caves, Li Shimin still decisively ordered to defeat this group of enemy troops.

However, this battle did take a lot of time, and without time to rest, Li Shimin immediately led the remaining [-] elites to continue the pursuit.

According to what the captives said just now, Cao Cao may have run away at this time, but Li Shimin is unwilling to give up, and there is still a large army of Guan Yu chasing and intercepting him, so it may not be impossible to catch up with him.

After the Battle of Dangshan, Cao Hong died in battle, and Guan Yu continued to pursue without hesitation. In order not to waste time, Guan Yu led the leading army of more than 2 cavalry to move forward rapidly, followed by [-] infantry.

At this time, the messenger scouts sent by Cao Hong finally bumped into Cao Cao's scouts in Xiao County by mistake, and were quickly brought to Cao Cao.

"My lord, my lord..." The scout army panted heavily, saw Cao Cao turn over, accidentally fell off his horse, scrambled and knelt down in front of Cao Cao, and hurriedly said: "My lord, Cao Hong The general led less than [-] soldiers in Dangshan to resist Guan Yu's [-] army, let me come first to report to the lord, so that the lord can evacuate as soon as possible and prepare early. Let me also give you a word."

The scout lowered his head and sobbed. Cao Cao roared angrily, "Why are you crying? What did Zi Lian say? Tell me quickly."

"General Cao Hong said that in this battle, he will repay the kindness of the lord with his death, and he will be benevolent. I hope to follow the lord in the next life."

Cao Cao burned all inside, as if being hit by five thunders, he fell sideways and fell off his horse.Cao Hong is a general of his clan, both civil and military, with illustrious military exploits, and he is loyal to himself, obedient to his words, but now he is going to die in battle, how can he accept it.

Everyone was also panicked, jumped off their horses and helped Cao Cao up. Cao Cao got up and shouted: "Quick..., rectify the three armies, go to Dangshan, rescue Zilian, hurry up."

After hearing Cao Cao's order, all the people under his command bent down and knelt down to ask Cao Cao to revoke Cheng's order. Xun Yu advised him, "My lord, Guan Yu's [-] troops are close at hand, and Li Shimin's main force is coming soon. We finally withdrew." Come out, send troops to rescue at this time, not only let down General Xiahouyuan and General Cao Hong, but also doom the last elite soldiers, my lord, you must think twice."

Everyone also persuaded in unison: "My lord, please think twice..."

Just when Cao Cao was hesitating, a group of scouts rushed over suddenly, and the leading man reported: "My lord, the last general found a small group of scouts from the Bingzhou Army fifty miles north of Xiao County, and they seemed to be heading in this direction. For reconnaissance, in order not to startle the enemy, the subordinates quietly withdrew."

"My lord, this must be the army led by Guan Yu. It's not too late. Let's withdraw quickly." Xiahou Dun and other generals said anxiously.

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed, and he ordered unwillingly: "Forget it, I hope that Zi Lianji will be in charge of the sky, and our army will quickly move out and retreat to Pengcheng."

In fact, Cao Cao also understood that it was too late to rescue Cao Hong now. In order to preserve his strength, the current plan was to retreat to Qingzhou as soon as possible.

Cao Jun acted again and hurried to Pengcheng, and he could arrive in half a day. Once he arrived in Pengcheng, relying on Pengcheng's strong city and the difficult terrain here, it was naturally difficult for the Bingzhou army to go south, and it was also difficult to catch up.

Because Cao Cao led the army to retaliate against Liu Bei before, although Pengcheng Kingdom belonged to Xuzhou, it was actually snatched by Cao Cao. Of course, as long as you arrive in Pengcheng and rush to Qingzhou, it will be very fast. I believe Liu Bei will also give him convenience.

Finally, Cao Cao led the remaining 6 elites to Pengcheng. Just half an hour after he entered the city, Guan Yu and Li Shimin led troops to arrive one after another. Looking at the heavily guarded Cao army at the top of the city, Li Shimin knew that he had lost his chance. .He led all the cavalry, and the luggage was behind. It would take a lot of time for the army to arrive. Besides, Liu Bei would not sit idly by, and would definitely send troops to support Cao Cao.

Therefore, Li Shimin no longer hesitated, turned around and withdrew. It took three or four months to capture Yanzhou and Yuzhou this time. Therefore, Li Shimin is not going to continue to attack Pengcheng.

When I met Guan Yu in Peixian County, the two also chatted happily over wine and wanted to have a good time. Li Shimin also admired Guan Yu's military exploits and bravery very much, and the two chatted very well.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin left [-] elite soldiers to garrison Xiangxian County in Peiguo to guard against Cao Cao in the east, and led Guan Yu's army all the way westward to wipe out other counties in Yuzhou.

Later, in Suiyang of Chen State, he met Lu Bu who led his troops to advance eastward. The three armies merged into one, and quickly pacified Yingchuan County, Runan County, Chen State, Liang State, and Pei State. All troops were wiped out.

So far, although Li Shimin's battle to destroy Cao has not done his best, he still successfully captured Yanzhou and Yuzhou in the Central Plains, and wiped out 10,000+ troops of Cao's army, including two generals of Cao's army, Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong. .

Li Shimin left Chen Gong temporarily as governor of Yanzhou and Xi Zhicai as governor of Yuzhou, reformed the administration of officials, reappointed all officials from the two prefectures, and mobilized some imperial examination scholars from Chang'an to serve as county magistrates to achieve effective administrative jurisdiction.

In addition, Li Shimin left Guan Yu to garrison Yuzhou, reorganized the army to prepare for war, recruited soldiers, restored combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and prepared for the attack on Xuzhou.Lu Bu's army stationed in Yiyang County, threatened Yuan Shu's nine counties in the north of the Yangtze River, and was always ready to go south to wipe out Yuan Shu.

Zhao Yun's army withdrew to Yanzhou, continued to recuperate, recruited soldiers, and recovered its combat power. In the future, it will attack Qingzhou from the north with Zhang Yun of Jizhou.As for the troops led by Xu Rong, Qu Yi, Gao Shun and others, they withdrew to Luoyang, Sili, to rest and restore their combat power.

After a great battle, Cao Cao suffered heavy losses. He could only recuperate in a short period of time and recover his strength quickly. It will be difficult to make a difference in a short period of time. The same is true for Liu Bei. He will continue to recruit troops and expand his army to prepare for war. Start the battle.

But during this period of time, Li Shimin did not intend to suspend his troops, or he did not want to suspend all his troops. After all, Lu Bu's Huben army basically did not encounter any major battles in this battle. It is like a sword waiting to be unsheathed, and the sword can be unsheathed at any time, so Li Shimin's next goal is very clear, and he will definitely send troops to attack Yizhou and the nine counties in Jiangbei after the new year.

While attacking Yizhou, another thing has to be put on the agenda, and that is to form a naval force. After all, whether it is attacking Jingzhou or sending troops to Jiangdong in the future, it is inseparable from naval warfare.

But pre-rule the army, choose generals first, and the generals of the navy will make Li Shimin a little difficult.

(End of this chapter)