Han Xiang

Chapter 220
Long Xiang went back to the dormitory and lay on the bed, the excitement brought by the alcohol had not yet dissipated.

If I can't fall asleep, I look at the roof and review everything that happened today.

In the morning, Shishui won a big victory. If Zhang Fei hadn't opened his mouth, Long Xiang would be confident of winning, but Hefei would have to pay more, and the war time might also be prolonged, and the role of an enemy of ten thousand people would be magnified at this moment.

In addition, it was the first time to command thousands of people to fight in the field. Although Long Xiang took the lead and charged into battle, leading the soldiers of the three battalions to victory, he found that he could not lead too many troops.

Thousands or ten thousand people can still handle it, but too many troops will greatly weaken the control. Once there is a disadvantage or headwind in the war, it is very likely that due to their own lack of ability, they will lead their troops into the abyss of failure.

Like Han Xin, a commander who can command a large army is a rare figure in every era. Even in Long Xiang's current era of shining stars, there are only a handful of people with this ability.

Long Xiang was aware of his own shortcomings, so he thought about commanding as few troops as possible in the future. If he had to go to the battlefield, it would be better to be in command of the central army and avoid going to the front army to charge.

There is no need to take risks to boost morale without Zhang Fei's oppressive power. It is better to improve weapons and protective gear so that soldiers usually sweat more and bleed less now.

It is the professional quality of a project manager to be good at multiple reviews and self-examination, and let the people below perform their duties in order to free their hands and take care of the overall situation.

Long Xiang was glad that he woke up early and would not do anything beyond his abilities in the future. He didn't want to be the next Sun Shiwan, so he fell asleep happily after he figured it out.

At night, Long Xiang dreamed that the new city of Hefei had been built. Sun Quan suddenly joined forces with Cao Cao to attack from north to south, and hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded Hefei tightly.

When the city was about to be breached, Sun and Cao suddenly had a dispute over the ownership of the second bridge.

Sun Quan wants to replace Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to carve up, but Cao Cao said he wants all of them
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In the morning, Long Xiang was sweating profusely and was awakened by Yemeng.

Sitting on the bed panting, the sweat on his forehead rolled down his face.

I haven't had such a tense dream in a long time. Although the content of the dream is a bit exaggerated, there is a small probability that it will happen.

Fortunately, it is now the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao has not yet unified the north, and Long Xiang still has time to make arrangements.

How can I sleep at such a young age?Long Xiang threw off the quilt and jumped down, put on his clothes and went straight to the master's mansion.

Long Xiang has been very busy recently, so he can't let Sun Quan be idle. He is now urging Lu Su to write a letter, urging Jiang Dong to send troops to attack Li Shu earlier.

If Sun Quan had prepared too well, Jiangdong would have had little loss in the war, which did not meet Long Xiang's expectations.

In fact, without Long Xiang's reminder, Sun Quan had long wanted to use Li Shu to establish his prestige.

After receiving Yuan Shu's legacy, Sun Quan secretly deployed to attack Lujiang. In particular, Li Shu framed Yan Xiang's death and accelerated the preparations.

The envoy sent to Xudu did not return for a long time. Sun Quan didn't know what Cao Cao meant, and he had already prepared for the worst.

That is to say, if Yan Xiang's death cannot be explained or blamed, Sun Quan will shift the responsibility to the "murderer" Chen Duan, and take his family to Xudu for punishment.

Sun Quan didn't do this for a long time because he considered the feelings of Zhang Zhao, Qin Song and others. He didn't want to chill the hearts of Huaisi officials, and Lu Su's letters were like rain after a long drought.

In early October, Sun Quan made a big move.

Chang Shi Zhang Zhao guarded the rear of Wu County, sent the Central Guard Zhou Yu to quell the Danyang Shanyue rebellion, and dispatched veteran Cheng Pu to guard Dantu to defend Chen Deng. The Sun family's descendants were the main ones, and Yuan Shu's legacy was the supplementary force. There were more than [-] people in total The waterway goes straight to Wan County.

Sun Quan was young and couldn't convince the crowd, so he led the army with Xu Kun, the general of the warlord Zhonglang, as the main general, and blocked the Yangtze River ferry in advance to prevent the Jiangdong grain and grass from being sent to the Lujiang River for the enemy.

Li Shu has expanded wildly in the past six months. From the [-] defenders Sun Ce left him last year, it has directly increased tenfold to more than [-]. He lost the food and grass that should be provided by Jiangdong. He has no confidence to spend a long time with Sun Quan.

The house leak coincided with Lian Yeyu, because Fu Yu's "fake news" in Junqiu led to the beheading of his allies Zhang Duo and the capture of Lei Xu, which made Mei Cheng and other small forces in Huainan angry, and threatened to lead troops to Wan County to question the crime.

At this time, Li Shu was like a boxer who was strong on the outside and capable on the outside, with muscles all over his body, but his legs felt weak when he was in the ring.

When he was besieged on all sides, Li Shu decisively sent someone to surrender to Xudu for help, but at this time Cao Cao was in the decisive battle at Guandu, and he had no time to pay attention to his fight with Sun Quan, including many envoys sent by Sun Quan, who were stranded in Xudu.

From July to September, within a hundred days, the fighting in Guandu was fierce.

Hundreds of thousands of troops confronted each other, and there were various attacks every day, and the small-scale battles never stopped.

Cao Cao took the initiative to attack and failed several times, but then fell into passive defense completely, and persisted in deep trenches and high bases every day.

Although countless attacks by the Hebei troops were repelled, the drought also affected the Yingchuan area. The grain production in Cao Cao's Tuntian area was greatly reduced, and the frontline grain and grass were unsustainable.

Yuan Shao had sufficient information. He knew that Yingchuan was hit by drought and that Cao Cao was short of food, so he did not attack regardless of the cost.

Yuan Shao planned to spend until Cao Cao's food was exhausted at Guandu, and then drive straight to Xudu.

Step by step to drag down the economy is Yuan Shao's way to deal with Gongsun Zan, and it is also useful to deal with Cao Cao now, but Cao Cao's tenacity is beyond Yuan Shao's expectations.

While confronting each other head-on, Yuan Shao did not sit in the camp and wither away.

Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei to sneak into Runan in July, and threatened Cao Cao's rear with Liu Pi. Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to defeat him;

In August, the farewell general Han Meng was sent around to attack Xudu, and was defeated by the firefighter Cao Ren at Jiluo Mountain
Yuan Shao's various tricks of dividing troops were all resolved by Cao Cao. Not to mention that he didn't get any benefits during the period, and because of Han Meng's inability to escort the grain carts, he was repelled by Cao generals Xu Huang and Shi Huan, which directly caused Yuan Junbing to fight back. Food shortage.

Although Hebei had sufficient money and food, Yuan's army had penetrated into the enemy's territory at this time, and its total strength was several times that of Cao's army. Moreover, the food roads were long and depleted, and there was a risk of shortage of food after a long time.

Although the two families are short of food, the situation of the two families is the same.

Yuan Shao had food but couldn't transport it in time, while Cao Cao had no food to transport to the front line. Cao Cao would lose after a long time.

At the beginning of October, Cao Cao's army had run out of supplies, so he lied that he could defeat Yuan Shao in half a month, and forced him to draw a big cake to delay.

If you don't stabilize the morale of the army in this way, the soldiers will not be able to persist.

If Yuan Shao can't be defeated in half a month, Cao's army will also collapse because of the lack of food.

After Cao Cao ran out of moves, he could only choose to gamble, and he could only ask the sky for luck.

Cao Cao's bet brought Xu You.

The news of Yuan Shaoye's shortage of rations came as a gamble, and the chance that Yuan Jun had only one ration point left in Wuchao.

Yuan Shao was clear about Cao Cao's lack of food, but Cao Cao knew nothing about Yuan Shao's food reserves, and the two sides made judgments on intelligence work.

If it hadn't been for Xu You's defection, Cao Cao would not have had the chance to change his fate without even understanding the situation.

In the first half of his life, Cao Cao made countless mistakes, but was secretly favored by God and blessed him with luck.

In mid-October, Cao Cao left Cao Hong and Xun You as guards to cross Dazhai, and personally led [-] elites to pretend to be Yuan Jun to attack Wuchao.

At the critical moment, Cao Cao took his fate into his own hands.

(End of this chapter)