Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 436
After a long while, Luo Zhengcai stopped and said in a deep voice: "Since sending troops to Hebei, we should completely wipe out the north. Gongsun Kang is just a fool, how much time can be wasted by our army. Order Yan Xing to lead [-] cavalry to attack Liaodong, and the rest of the army will calm down After Yuyang and You Beiping withdrew to Ye County to rest and reorganize, Gan Ning was ordered to lead a navy from Qingzhou to land in Liaodong. Go south."

"As ordered!"

Jia Xu agreed, and retreated with her arms folded.

At the beginning of June, Yan Xing led [-] cavalry to attack Liaodong. At the same time, Gan Ning, the captain of the Xigan Navy, led [-] sailors from Qingzhou to the sea. After half a month of exploring the endless sea, Finally landed on the Liaodong Peninsula.

After resting for three days, the army went north to attack Pingguo, flanking Yan Xing back and forth.

After hearing the news, Gongsun Kang, the prefect of Liaodong, ordered Yuan Xi to be killed, and sent his head to Luo Zheng, asking Luo Zheng to withdraw his troops.How can Luo Zheng rest willingly, chasing and suppressing Yuan Xi is just an excuse, completely wiped out the northern princes, and unifying the north is his goal.

The two armies attacked back and forth, advancing quickly like a broken bamboo.

Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and Gongsun Kang has less than [-] soldiers and horses, so he can only concentrate his troops to defend Xiangping.

At the end of June, Yan Xing took the lead in attacking Xiangping, and about seven or eight days later, Gan Ning also led his army to attack there.

After a brief discussion, the two felt that a strong attack would cause too many casualties, so Yan Xing led the army to keep a close eye on Gongsun Kang, while Gan Ning led the navy to attack the remaining counties of Sun Dong, cutting off Gongsun Kang's retreat and the supply of food and grass, and living in poverty. Dead Gongsun Kang.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gongsun Kang wanted to lead his army to break out of the siege, and went to Koguryo to hide for a period of time before planning another plan.

Unexpectedly, he was overtaken by Yan Xing's army, and Gongsun Kang was shot and killed in the rebellious army, and Liaodong was flattened.

In July, Gan Ning divided his forces and attacked, and conquered Xuantu, Lelang and other counties, formally unifying the north.

From the first year of Zhongping to 206 AD, for a full 22 years, the world was in chaos and wars broke out. After more than 20 years of annexation of princes, only four princes were left, and Luo Zheng had already won three of the four kingdoms.

Sitting in the land of Yong, Si, Liang, Yi, You, Bing, Qing, Ji, Yu, Yan, Shuo, and Xu, as well as the vast land of Mobei and the [-] Western Qiang Plains, Luo Zheng directly ruled The territory has surpassed any previous dynasty.

Even when the former Han Dynasty was strong, it was far behind.

It can be said that no one in the world can stop his pace anymore.

Even though Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and Liu Qi occupy the south, they can no longer threaten Luo Zheng.

In the eighth month, Gan Ning and Yan Xing returned to Ye with their troops.

Luo Zheng used Shenpei as the governor of Jizhou, Fengji as the governor of Bingzhou, Xin Ping as the governor of Qingzhou, Tian Yu as the governor of Youzhou, and ruled the states in Hebei. Hebei.

In September, Luo Zheng exhausted all the soldiers from Hebei and went south, and then mobilized 30 elite soldiers from Chang'an Camp to go out of Hulao Pass to the east, and stationed [-] troops in the Central Plains, a total of more than [-] water-riding troops, and went south to Yangzhou.

When the news came out, Jing Yang was shocked.

The envoys of Wu, Chu, and Peng traveled frequently, and urgently discussed countermeasures.

From early September to mid-October, for a whole month and a half, soldiers and horses from all walks of life rushed to the north of the Huaihe River to assemble. Nearly [-] troops set up camps, from west to east, from Ruyin to Jiaoxian County. Tens of thousands of miles, extremely spectacular.

Cao Cao personally led the army across the Huaihe River to attack several times, but was repelled by Gao Shun.

The strategy of attacking from east to west and luring snakes out of the cave several times was also seen through by Fazheng, who was sent by Luo Zheng to advise the military. Returned to Shouchun.

Shouchun, Cao Cao's official residence.

"Zi Yang, what did Sun Ce and Liu Bei say?"

Cao Cao's brows were tightly knit together, and he asked Liu Ye in a deep voice.

Liu Ye had just returned from Xiangyang, with a dusty face, before he had time to drink hot tea, he hurriedly replied: "Wu Wang and Chu Wang both promised to send troops to resist the army, but Nanyang has Zhao Yun's [-] troops, Liu Bei is afraid At most, we can only restrain Zhao Yun's [-] troops, so that they will not dare to attack the hinterland of Lujiang River from Qingni Pass, and they may not be able to send troops to Huainan."

Cao Cao frowned and asked, "Where's Sun Ce?"

Liu Ye said: "The king of Wu is very courageous and knows the truth of death with cold lips and teeth. Not only has he mobilized his army to cross the river to the north, but he is also going to come to Shouchun to discuss with the lord how to refuse the army to go south."

Cao Cao's eyes froze, and he sighed: "I don't want Sun Ce to have such courage. Although Sun Wentai is dead, but he has a son, he should be smiling. It's a pity that Xuchang fell, and Cao's family fell into the hands of Luo Zheng. Only Zhang'er was by his side. Son, hey!"

Everyone was also silent and unable to speak, and they couldn't help but feel a little listless in their hearts.

During the Battle of Guandu, Xuchang was destroyed, and their family members also fell into Luo Zheng's hands. Although they were not killed because of Chen Gong's pleading, they were taken to Chang'an to be guarded, and Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Xun You Everyone, without exception, was once threatened by Luo Zheng with his family, but everyone was determined and did not give up the ideal of loyalty because of his family.

Under Luo Zheng's fury, he demoted all the family members to common people.

Xun You's family is so small that it's all right, with Xun Yu taking care of them, they have no worries about food and clothing.

The lives of Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and others were not so easy, and they had to support themselves.

Every time I think of this, I have bitter tears in my stomach.

When I woke up in the middle of the night, I remembered the difficult life of my wife and children in Chang'an, and I couldn't sleep at night because of my heartache.

In a few days, Sun Ce came to Shouchun in person. Cao Cao, as a show of respect, personally brought a group of confidants, civil and military, out of the south gate of Shouchun ten miles to meet Sun Ce, which gave Sun Ce enough face, but only Cao Cao knew the bitterness in his heart.

Thinking about how important it was for Cao Cao to dominate the Central Plains back then.

How come he ends up living under the fence, and has to go out of the city ten miles to meet Sun Ce, a junior.

However, Cao Cao is a generation of heroes after all. For the great cause and ideals, temporary difficulties are nothing. Han Xin has even suffered the humiliation of being carried away, so what is this little tribulation?

All the confidants, Wen and Wu, and Sun Ce's confidantes brought by Sun Ce followed behind, taking the opportunity to get to know each other and chat.

We are all grasshoppers on the same rope, with a common enemy and a common goal.

If we want to fight together on the same ship in the future, we need to get to know each other well first, and then we can cooperate when the battle comes.

Cao Cao personally escorted Sun Ce to visit the barracks, and said with a smile, "How does King Wu see our army?"

Sun Ce nodded, and said without hesitation in praise: "I heard that Mr. Cao's soldiers are strong and powerful, and there are hundreds of strong soldiers under his command. In the previous battle of Guandu, he defeated Yuan He's hundreds of thousands of Hebei soldiers with weak soldiers. It is really true. Sheng is famous, and the rumors are true!"

(End of this chapter)