Great Han Empire

Chapter 788
The northern border army in the east direction began to attack Kansai.

Northern Xinjiang generals Yang Feng, Hua Xiong, and Sun Qin each led an army. With the cooperation of the navy Yang Hua, they launched an attack from the directions of Fenglingdu, Hongnongcheng and Maojindu at the same time.Although the intention of the Northern Army's offensive this time is obvious, it is to contain Yuan Shao's troops and help the Northern Army in the Hanoi battlefield to advance quickly, but due to the consecutive defeats in the Hanoi battlefield and Ma Chao's escape from Guanzhong, it is likely that in the near future Combined with Han Sui's invasion of Guanzhong, the Kansai battlefield suddenly became very important.

If the Northern Frontier Army succeeds in occupying Hongnong, cutting off the connection between Guandong and Guanzhong, and Guanzhong loses support, the situation will be critical.At the same time, the defeat in the Kansai battlefield will also lead to tension in the Kanto.When Yuan Shao was unable to support the Hanoi battlefield, he might lose Hanoi and let the northern army drink horses from the Yellow River, directly threatening Luoyang.

On the battlefield of the Central Plains, the morale of Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army was suddenly boosted, and they gathered heavy troops to attack Dingtao.Yuan Shu was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. In order to avoid losses, he had to withdraw from Dingtao and defend Changyi.If Yuan Shu withdrew from Changyi again, Cao Cao would recapture Yanzhou, and the situation in the Central Plains would be very unfavorable to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Now, in order to save the situation in the Central Plains and prevent Cao Cao's attack, besides letting Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao in the direction of Chenliu immediately lead their troops to move towards Dingtao to contain Cao Cao, it depends on whether Xu You can successfully persuade Liu Biao and Liu Bei.

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The news that Xu You sent back made Yuan Shao heave a sigh of relief.

When Xu You disclosed the news that Yuan Shu planned to support Liu Chong as emperor, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei immediately felt the crisis coming.

Yuan Shu is now facing a desperate situation. He has lost his advantage in force, and he has betrayed the emperor and the court morally, becoming a rebel who everyone can punish.In order to survive, in order to change the predicament in front of him, he is very likely to re-establish the imperial system regardless of the consequences.This is currently the only way Yuan Shu can win back people's hearts and avoid betrayal and rapid defeat. It is also the only way to hold Yuan Shao down and force Yuan Shao to join hands with him for the overall benefit of the Yuan Clan.

Once Yuan Shao pushed the boat along the way and recognized the imperial line established by Yuan Shu, the situation in the Central Plains immediately turned into a confrontation between the Yuan brothers and Cao Cao.

After all, Liu Biao and Liu Bei are the royal family. When facing the two emperors, they can only choose the more powerful Yuan brothers, and choose the imperial line supported by the Yuan brothers to ensure the uniqueness of the Han imperial line. , the absolute majesty of the Han dynasty.Cao Cao, who was not strong enough, and the emperor who had no future supported by him had to be abandoned helplessly and ruthlessly.

With Cao Cao's strength, he couldn't compete with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers, and his defeat was a matter of time.

Cao Cao was caught off guard and was bewildered by this sudden change.Of course he knew that Yuan Shao's goal was to have the emperor in his hands, but the problem was that even if he sent the emperor to Luoyang, he might not be able to keep the Central Plains.

In Yuan Shao's eyes, he must be more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu is Yuan Shao's brother, so Yuan Shao has to deal with himself first.In this way, if he sent the emperor to Luoyang, Yuan Shu, a rebel, might turn himself into a hero who rescued him, but he himself became a rebel, and was besieged by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers.You may die faster yourself.

However, fortunately, the northern border army is now attacking Hanoi, restraining Yuan Shao's troops, which gave him a chance to save the situation.

Cao Cao decided to delay.The northern border army is bound to win Hanoi. As time goes on, winter will soon come, and the northern border army will attack more and more violently.As long as Yuan Shao's main force was dragged to the battlefield in Hanoi, unable to take care of Yuan Shu, his chance would come.Even if Yuan Shu establishes the imperial system again, I will eat him up to the bone.

Liu Biao happened to be returning to Jingzhou, so he took the initiative to undertake the mediation responsibility.

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In mid-October, Hanoi, Xiuwu City.

The one-month time agreed with the general is coming soon, but the northern army has so far failed to capture the entire territory of Hanoi.

Yan Liang was in a hurry, and the warlord stormed Xiuwu City.If Xiuwu City can be captured, the front of the Northern Frontier Army is Huaicheng, the prefecture of Hanoi County. Yan Liang plans to capture Huaicheng before the end of the month, so that even if he is summoned by the general to Jinyang, he will look better, but he Zhang Liao and Sima Yi rejected his plan.

There are heavy troops stationed in the direction of Huaicheng, and Huaicheng is tall and strong, and there is a Qin (Qin) River in front of the city as a barrier. If they attack forcibly, the army will suffer heavy losses.

Zhang Liao and Sima Yi suggested that Yan Liang divide his troops to attack Shanyang City to the north of Huaicheng, and then attack from the direction of Shanyang City to Yewangcheng to cross the Qin (Qin) River, cut off the enemy's food road, and force the enemy stationed in Huaicheng to quickly retreat.Zhang Liao believes that the main purpose of this battle is not to occupy the whole of Hanoi County, but to threaten Luoyang. If the army loses too much, even if it reaches Heyang and Wen County, it will not be able to stand, and Yuan Shao's army will eventually be beaten back.

"The general has repeatedly said that our purpose is to threaten Luoyang and restrain Yuan Shao's forces so that he cannot take care of the Central Plains." Zhang Liao persuaded earnestly, "It doesn't matter even if your lord fails to occupy the entire territory of Hanoi before the snow falls, as long as we By attracting Yuan Shao's army to the battlefield in Hanoi, our goal has been achieved. The general will not punish you for failing to occupy the entire territory of Hanoi."

Yan Liang couldn't listen at all.

Although Zhang Liao was the elder brother of Captain Huben Zhang Zhen, who once fought bloody battles at Yanmen Pass, he had never stayed with Yan Liang after all, and he had no outstanding achievements.When the general appointed Zhang Liao as one of the commanders-in-chief of the seven battalions in Jizhou, many officials in northern Xinjiang had great opinions.Yan Liang also had a dispute with the general for this.Yan Liang said, how many battles my subordinate Wu Xiong has fought with the great general, and how many military exploits he has made, is he not as good as Zhang Liao?There are also people like Fan Li, Yu Digen, Peng Lie, and Lei Zhong, who is not famous for their military exploits?Why doesn't the general use it?The general explained for a long time, and the last sentence was that Zhang Liao became one of the commanders of the seven battalions not because of his military exploits, but because of the needs of the court.There is no reason why the imperial court needs him to be one of the commanders-in-chief of the Seven Battalions.

Seeing Yan Liang's refusal to accept his opinion, Zhang Liao was very dissatisfied, and argued hard without any fear of Yan Liang because of his prestige.On the contrary, Sima Yi sat on the side with his head shrunk and did not speak at this time, he was a little afraid of Yan Liang.

Yan Liang was so angry that he almost overturned the case.Sima Yi was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to invite Tian Chou over.

Regardless of whether the two parties were right or wrong, Tian Chou first blamed Zhang Liao for a few words, and then said to Yan Liang: "Wen Yuan committed a crime, violated military law, and dragged him out with a hundred sticks."

Yan Liang suddenly heard Tian Chou say such a heavy punishment, and immediately waved his hand to stop him without thinking, "What's wrong? Wen Yuan, Zhong Da and I are discussing the strategy of defeating the enemy, and the voice is just a little louder. What are you doing?"

Although Yan Liang was very strict in running the army, he rarely punished his subordinates. If it was not a serious violation of the law, he usually punished them a little bit, and sometimes even scolded them. This is one of the reasons why Yan Liang has such a high prestige in the army.

Tian Chou said with a smile: "If you don't fight Wenyuan now, you will have no chance in the future?"

Yan Liang was stunned for a moment, "Is there a letter from the general? Do you want me to go back to Jinyang now?"

Tian Chou nodded, "The imperial edict has arrived, you and I will leave immediately."

Yan Liang looked down at the map that he had thrown on the ground, and sighed.This time I lost my face, and next time I can't talk nonsense anymore.He walked over to pick up the map, brushed the dust off it with his hand, and handed it to Zhang Liao, "Fight hard. Only after winning this battle will the soldiers of the Northern Border Army trust you and obey you."

Zhang Liao was a little puzzled, "Your Excellency is really leaving?"

"The general sincerely wants to give this credit to you, don't let him down." Yan Liang forced a smile, "Now, you can fight as you want, you are the commander-in-chief of the army."

Surprised and delighted, Zhang Liao turned to look at Tian Chou.

"Before my lord left Handan, I told the general that if I couldn't take Hanoi in a month, the army would be handed over to you as commander, because..." Tian Chou looked at Yan Liang and said with a smile, "You won this battle, It shows that the general has foresight. Even if the tiger-headed general loses, he still loses to the general. But if we win this battle for others, there will be no place for our tiger-headed general's face. Ha ha……"

Zhang Liao looked at Yan Liang movedly, not knowing what to say.

Yan Liang sneered, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously, "See you when we hit the Central Plains."

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On the third day after Yan Liang left, Sima Yi led an army to attack Shanyang City by surprise, directly killing Qinshui River, and dealt a heavy blow to the Hanoi army.

The food road was cut off, and the Hanoi army was in danger.Han Qiong, Han Hao, and Guo Tu dispatched reinforcements to stop the northern Xinjiang cavalry that haunted Yewang and Wen County, and at the same time commanded the army to withdraw from Xiuwu and defend Huaicheng.

Letters for help were rushed to Luoyang.

Yuan Shao was shocked, and immediately summoned Jushou and Xin Ping to discuss whether to send Yuan Zhong and Xia Zhao from Chen Liu's direction to support Hanoi.

Jushou firmly opposed it.At this moment, the Central Plains battlefield is at a stalemate. Once the troops in the direction of Chen Liu are transferred to Hanoi, Cao Cao must know that the Hanoi battlefield is tight, and he will seize all the time to attack Yuan Shu.If Yuan Shu can't hold on and withdraws from Changyi and loses Yanzhou, then our strategy of threatening Cao Cao to send the emperor to Luoyang will fail.Ju Shou suggested to transfer troops from Luoyang, and then recruit Simpi's army from Yingchuan, Yuzhou to go north to Luoyang to protect Gyeonggi.

Xin Ping objected.Guanzhong Yuan Tan has sent news that Han Sui and Ma Chao are gathering troops in Yicheng, and it is estimated that they will attack Fufeng County by the end of this month.In addition, news also came from Linjing in Anding County that Pang De's army had been dispatched, and it was estimated that he would threaten Chang'an in order to cooperate with the northern border army in the east direction to attack Guanxi.In this way, it is very likely that the two armies that invaded Guanzhong will get in touch and jointly attack Chang'an.

There are only more than 2 people from Yuan Tan in Guanzhong. If the rebel army has the upper hand, Chang'an is bound to be in danger.Only Chunyu Qiong from Kanxi and Yuan Xi from Nanyang can support Guanzhong.Chun Yuqiong's army is now fighting the Northern Army in Kansai, and cannot be recruited, so if Chang'an is in danger, we can only recruit troops from Yuzhou.Xin Ping suggested that Yuan Shao should not recruit the troops of Xin Pi, Gao Gan and others for the time being, but abandon Yuan Shu and quickly transfer Chen Liu's troops to Hanoi.

Abandoning Yuan Shu is tantamount to forcing Yuan Shu to re-establish the imperial line as soon as possible.Once Yuan Shu reestablishes the imperial system, the situation in the Central Plains will still be favorable to us.If Cao Cao wanted to survive, he had to send the emperor to Luoyang, and he had no choice.When the emperor arrived in Luoyang, we let Cao Cao beat Yuan Shu first, and then chopped Cao Cao, who was dying, so that the Central Plains could be obtained.

Yuan Shao hesitated again and again, and followed Xin Ping's suggestion.Ju Shou bitter persuasion to no avail, in vain.

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In mid-October, Yanzhou, Changyi city.

The news that Sun Ce captured Lujiang and sent his army to attack Jiujiang County was sent to Changyi.

Yuan Shu was extremely shocked.

Li Ye, Ji Ling and the others were also surprised. They were all dumbfounded, and the anger and frustration in their hearts reached the extreme for a while.People can be shameless, but not so shameless.People can discard loyalty, but they cannot trample on loyalty like this.

Back then, if Yuan Shu hadn't had Sun Jian's help, Yuan Shu would have been able to run between Jing and Henan, but if Sun Ce hadn't had Yuan Shu's support, he would not have been able to occupy the three counties in Jiangdong anyway.

What does Sun Ce have?Without a prominent family background, without a mountain of wealth, without superhuman talent and learning, the only thing he has is his father's reputation, his own bravery, and a group of subordinates who are loyal to his father. Will Liu Yao, Wang Lang, Xue Li, Zhu Hao, and Ruo Rong fight against each other?Can you defeat the tens of thousands of troops owned by these people?
Yuan Shu tried his best to give Sun Ce all the help he could, food, money, troops, ordnance, as long as Sun Ce needed it, he sent it to Jiangdong.Although Yuan Shu's goal was to occupy the four counties in Jiangdong, Yuan Shu's mind was not in Jiangdong, but in the Central Plains, the world, and the four counties in Jiangdong had no real meaning to him.Yuan Shu would have to pay a higher price for young Sun Ce to fight Jiangdong than to let people like Ji Ling and Qiao Rui fight Jiangdong, but Yuan Shu insisted on letting Sun Ce fight.Many of Yuan Shu's subordinates didn't understand at the beginning. In fact, the reason why Yuan Shu did this was entirely because of his guilt towards Sun Jian, and he wanted to repay the debt he owed to Sun Jian.

Sun Ce conquered Jiangdong alone, so he could make great achievements and fame at a young age.In the future, when Yuan Shu succeeds in his hegemony, Sun Ce will naturally become famous. He can justifiably occupy Jiangdong, become Yuan Shu's right-hand man, and help Yuan Shu fight for world hegemony.

Although there is the meaning of Yuan Shu using Sun Ce, why does Yuan Shu have to use the penniless Sun Ce?He can let his son lead the army to attack Jiangdong, let his son achieve a career, let his son help him dominate the world, isn't it better?
Yuan Shu treated Sun Ce wholeheartedly because Sun Jian treated him wholeheartedly back then.He believed in Sun Ce, just like he believed in Sun Jian back then, but the facts dealt Yuan Shu a merciless blow.

Sun Ce's entire army was annihilated in Guangling, which led to the complete failure of Yuan Shu's plan to occupy the Central Plains.But Yuan Shu still had a chance at that time, and he could make a comeback.

But today Sun Ce's betrayal was a fatal blow.

Yuan Shu will never have a chance to make a comeback, and the so-called hegemony is a dream of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Yuan Shu laughed miserably, feeling disheartened for a moment.

He originally hoped to exchange for his fame in the first life through a vigorous betrayal, but God made a joke with him.The same betrayal, but he was completely sent into the abyss of defeat.

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(End of this chapter)