Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 680 General Yide’s Opinion
In other words, Cao Ren's judgment is that Liu Bei now has too many cards.

It is always easier for the defenders to attack with a large army, because they can take advantage of various natural dangers and fortifications and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

As for General Zuo’s weapon that can collapse the city wall, no one knows how it will fare against natural barriers. But at least for now, the role of the strong city wall has been greatly weakened for both Cao and Liu.

From this point of view, Xu Gongming is worthy of being a veteran general. If he cannot rely on the city wall, he can rely on the river.

But rivers are not man-made like city walls, and...

"Cough cough!"

After coughing, Cao Ren looked at the two sides facing each other across the river:
"Although General Zuo's army in Duyang was less than 10,000, it should be 7,000 to 8,000, and the reinforcements from Yizhou should be nearly 10,000. The two armies combined should have more than 20,000 men. In terms of strength alone, they are no weaker than the troops in Yan County."

"Now we see no more than 10,000 people. If Xu Gongming doesn't know, he will be in danger."

Xiahou Yuan also agreed, but he still argued for Xu Huang:
"General Zuo's powerful crossbow has a range of more than 200 steps, and it can still penetrate armor."

"The strongest crossbow under your command is only 130 steps long, and most are only 100 steps long. Only archers can shoot over 200 steps."

The logic is relatively simple. It takes only two hours to master a strong crossbow, but what about an archer who can fire three stones?

Even though they were separated by a river, General Zuo's troops were heading towards the river, while Xu Gongming's troops retreated more than a hundred steps away from the river.

"Besides, Guan Ping is the son of an old friend of Xu Gongming after all." Xiahou Yuan sighed lightly.

This certainly does not mean that there is any doubt that Xu Huang would collude with the enemy. It is just that once you are familiar with each other, mistakes in judgment are inevitable, just like now.

"Uncle Xu, if you defend too long, you will lose. Now that Cao Gong is doomed, Xuande is fair to the thieves and is following the will of the people. Why don't you serve the Han?"

Guan Ping shouted sincerely in front of the battle line, but Xu Huang was particularly dissatisfied:

"Last time in Jingxiang, your father nearly killed me with a knife, and the kindness was also severed. Don't think about your uncle's words!"

"Uncle, my father later said that he almost killed an old friend. It shows that my father..."

"The words of the envoy are not to be trusted!"

"Uncle, last year, a fellow villager from Hedong sent me a letter, saying that Guan and Xu were both heroes of the Han Dynasty in Hedong!"

"This……"

Speaking of his hometown, Xu Huang couldn't help but feel uneasy. After Prime Minister Cao lost Guanzhong, returning home became almost a luxury for him. After all, it was well known that Hedong was almost a by-product of Guanzhong. If Guanzhong was not taken, Hedong would be lost if taken.

Therefore, Prime Minister Cao had a lot of intentions in deploying defenses in Shangdang, and the land of Hedong was...

"General, there are enemy troops in the northwest!"

The personal soldiers around him reported back, causing Xu Huang to turn around suddenly and said in hatred:
"Guan Ping, your father deceived me in the name of reminiscing about the past when we were in Jingxiang, and now he is deceiving me again by pretending to be an old friend in Hedong. You and your son are really..."

"Line up and prepare for battle!"

Xu Huang was speechless, but Guan Ping, who had retreated, was warmly praised by Huang Zhong:

"Ping'er is truly both wise and brave!"

Both of them had seen the light screen, so they knew that Xu Gongming would do the same if he had the chance, so they had no psychological burden at all.

Wu Yi also didn't care. After all, the battlefield is not a theater, but it is difficult to say who is right or wrong when it comes to winning or losing. So he also raised his hand and gave the order:
"Cross the river and defeat the enemy!"

As the saying goes, a bystander sees more clearly. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren exchanged opinions in a low voice and concluded that Liu Bei's army must have quietly crossed the river upstream of the Lishui River, and then made a circle before attacking Xu Huang's main camp.

With the armored man leading the way, Xu Gongming's front line was as solid as paper. It was not difficult to imagine what would happen next, so Xiahou Yuan immediately stood up and said, "How about I go and persuade Xu Gongming?"

Cao Ren looked over immediately with a subtle look.

"Well, I was thinking that Gongming was an old friend of Guan Yu. If he could survive..."

Cao Ren looked away:

"I'm afraid that if you go, Xu Gongming will not surrender."

"Cao Zixiao, what do you mean?"

Cao Ren turned a deaf ear to Xiahou Yuan's questioning. He watched as Cao's troops on the north bank of the Lishui River retreated again and again, while Liu Bei's troops on the south bank also began to successfully cross the river. The battle situation was basically clear, and he suddenly lost interest:
"If we knew about the incident here, we should have led the army to retreat to Linying, separated by the Ying River, and resisted with superior military strength, and protected Guangcheng Pass in the north, then..."

But at this point, Cao Ren couldn't help but continue shaking his head:

This can only ensure that you will not be defeated for the time being, but it is still a long way to go to win.

Where did all these magical weapons under General Zuo come from? Is it true that the Han Dynasty is still alive?

Xiahou Yuan snorted:
"With the reinforcements, Huang Zhong will be able to capture Wuyang in one day, and Yancheng will only take two days."

"It is still unknown who controls Guangcheng Pass at this moment!"

After surrendering and returning, Xiahou Yuan was afraid that his elder brother would fail, so he remembered everything and what he saw, and described it in detail. As a result, Liu Ye and Dong Zhao privately ridiculed him, saying that what he said could not be trusted, and also said that the matter in Guanzhong might not be caused by Liu Bei's bravery.

If Liu Bei was not brave, it would mean that Xiahou Yuan was mediocre and cowardly. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan asked for permission to go directly to the front line to make merit and atone for his sins. But now he has done everything he can do. It depends on what strategy Liu Ye can come up with when facing this thing called gunpowder.

Just as Cao Ren was lost in thought as he watched Yancheng gradually fall, Zhang Fei looked at Jia County in the distance and sighed inexplicably:
"When my second brother was a powerful figure in China, his fame even reached here."

You Chu at the back scratched his head and couldn't figure it out. General Guan was indeed brave in the Battle of Jingxiang, but he couldn't be said to be the most powerful man in China, right?
But he was used to his general's occasional shocking remarks, like that...

"Since Jia County is in sight and the bandit troubles here have been temporarily eliminated, please ask De Rong to go back to Guangcheng Pass and pull over our great Han Weihe Shenwei General Taiping Cannon!"

"I, Old Zhang, will launch an artillery attack on Yingchuan tomorrow!"

Well, like now.

Zhang Ji nodded silently, led his personal soldiers and went to the rear to search.

Zhang Ji was not used to this war. For example, when he set out on the expedition in June, the military situation was very urgent. He passed Hongnong, attacked Shan County, stayed at Xin'an, broke through Hangu Pass, turned south through Gucheng, and launched a surprise attack on Yique Pass. It took only half a month, which was very fast.

But in July, August and September, General Yide conquered Taigu Pass, and during the rest of the time he even started helping the people of Luoyang to farm.

And every time he was asked about fighting, General Yide said to wait a little longer, saying that he wanted to wait for the baggage to arrive from the rear, wait until the rainy season was over, wait until the soldiers were well trained and had enough food, and wait until all four sides joined in the fight.

Therefore, Zhang Ji could only helplessly watch the opportunity to fight that he saw wasted. It was not until the rainless October that General Zhang finally started to move. He said to Cao's army, which had been repairing and stationing troops at Guangcheng Pass for three months, "The time to defeat the enemy has come."

God have mercy on me. Zhang Ji almost thought that Lord Xuande was going to spend the New Year in Luoyang and wait until spring to resume his campaign. But what could he do about Guangcheng Pass at this time?
And then... just quarter of an hour.

Guangcheng Pass, which Cao's army had painstakingly repaired day and night for three months, was finally blasted down.

No wonder they had to wait so long in vain. It turned out that they were waiting for the Han Dynasty's peacekeeping general, General Shenwei's Taiping Cannon, to be in place and to avoid the rainy season when the cannon was not conducive to its performance, and to set out in three directions together with Lord Xuande and the military advisor.

General Yide really has a brilliant idea!

I wonder what the situation is like for Lord Xuande and his military advisors?

(End of this chapter)