Great Han Empire

Chapter 879 Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Wins Central Plains
Hanoi fell.

The army of Liu Bei and Gao Gan was defeated first by Pinggao and then by Wencheng. Now they can no longer gain a foothold in Hanoi and can only stick to the city of Heyang.Liu Bei urgently told Yuan Shao that he should either send reinforcements immediately, or abandon Hanoi and lead a large army to retreat to the front line of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Yuan Shao couldn't believe it. He stared at Yuan Wei and asked sharply: "Liu Bei, Gao Gan, Gao Rou and Zhu Ling have nearly [-] troops in their hands. With so many troops defending Pinggao City, they will still be lost? They are all in sleeping?"

Panting, Yuan Wei wiped off his sweat, and handed the paperwork to Yuan Shao.

"I don't want to read it." Yuan Shao was so angry that he smashed the bamboo slips to the ground, "I don't want to look at it. How could they lose Hanoi? Don't they know that Luoyang is on the other side of the Yellow River?"

"At the beginning, the loss of Pinggao City was very unexpected." Yuan Wei gasped and said, "After the general Yan Liang of the Northern Frontier Army led Zhang Yun, Gao Lan, and Sima Yi to reinforce Hebei, the strength of the Northern Frontier Army was nothing more than ours. It was only twice the size of the city, and there was no superior force to capture the city. In order to take Hanoi before the heavy snow came, the Northern Army immediately launched various siege methods, but with little success. At this time, Sima Yi of the Northern Army commanded The army began to dig tunnels, and Liu Bei stopped them several times, but Sima Yi was not discouraged, and continued to order the northern soldiers to dig more than a dozen tunnels in the same direction to pass under the city wall. Liu Bei saw that the northern soldiers only took the tunnels After digging under the city wall, he didn't continue to dig into the city, and he didn't think too much about it until the city wall suddenly collapsed, and he suddenly realized that he had been tricked."

In order to prevent the tunnel from collapsing, the people who dug the tunnel need to use wooden planks and wooden pillars to support them.After more than a dozen tunnels were dug under the city wall, Sima Yi immediately ordered to set fire to burn down the wooden pillars supporting the tunnels.The city wall was too heavy, and the bottom of the city wall was hollowed out, so of course the city wall collapsed.The northern border army roared in, slashing and killing wantonly.Liu Bei, Gao Gan and others were caught off guard and couldn't resist, so they had to order an emergency withdrawal from Wen County and Heyang.
Wen County and Pinggao City are located on the east and west banks of the Jishui River, and the two cities are about a hundred miles apart.When Liu Bei withdrew to the vicinity of Wen County, Northern Xinjiang's iron cavalry had already surrounded Wen County first, and Sima Yi pretended to be Gao Rou's army to trick open the city gate and lead the army to kill everywhere in the city.

With the enemy in front and the pursuers behind, Liu Bei, Gao Gan and others had no choice but to break through desperately and retreat to Heyang City on the north bank of the Yellow River.This is the only city they can control in Hanoi.

Yan Liang commanded the army to go straight to Heyang, and made a fierce attack.Wen Chou led part of the army to Chen Bing on the Yellow River, and the forward army pointed directly at Xiaopingjin Pass on the opposite bank.

After Yuan Shao heard Yuan Wei's narration, he couldn't help being startled and angry, and sighed to the sky, "Xiansi (Yuan Tan) is fighting against Han Sui in Guanzhong. In order to prevent the northern army from taking the opportunity to cross the river and enter Guanzhong, Zhong Jian (Chun Yuqiong) is leading With the large army threatening Hedong in the Fenglingdu and Hongnong areas, and the army on the Henan battlefield is now being held back by the Northern Army, how can I have reinforcements to support Hanoi?"

Yuan Wei was depressed and speechless.Who would have expected that 3 people guarding half of Hanoi only lasted for more than a month.Hanoi was lost, Luoyang was threatened in the north, and the situation suddenly became unfavorable for Yuan Shao.

"Urgently tell Yuan Tu (Feng Ji) to negotiate a peace with Han Sui immediately." Yuan Shao thought for a long time, and had no choice but to do this.

"Now make peace with Han Sui, that shameless villain will blackmail us." Yuan Wei said excitedly, "If Han Sui asks us to give up Tongguan to him, do we have to agree to him?"

"Tell Xiansi (Yuan Tan) to retreat to Huayin and Tongguan. Tongguan can't let it go, and Wuguan can't let it go." Yuan Shao said firmly, "If Han Sui is greedy, he will die in Guanzhong soon. Do you think Li Hong in Hebei will release him?" Have you ever passed him? If he wants to live well, he must know how to advance and retreat, otherwise the northern Xinjiang cavalry will appear at the foot of Liupan Mountain and threaten Chang'an."

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Mid-October, Hedong, Pubanjin.

Ma Chao led his cavalry along the north bank of the Weishui River, and went straight to the bank of the Yellow River.

Yuan Jun who was stationed in Linjin City was worried that he would be attacked by the Xiliang Army and the Northern Xinjiang Army. Without waiting for Yuan Tan's order, he immediately crossed the Weishui River and retreated to Huayin City.At this time, Yuan Tan just received a letter from Yuan Shao, knowing that Hanoi was lost and Luoyang was unable to support Guanzhong, so he hurriedly withdrew his army to Huayin City.So far, the entire territory of Guanzhong was easily occupied by Han Sui.

Ma Chao took a small team of personal guards, crossed the river and rushed to Pubanjin to meet the right general Yang Feng.

"The three counties of Guanzhong have been taken back by General Zhenxi." After seeing Yang Feng, Ma Chao said calmly, "To thank you, General Zhenxi asked me to bring a heavy gift to thank you."

Yang Feng was quite surprised.Han Sui occupied the entire territory of Guanzhong so quickly?Guanzhong is a matter of life and death for Luoyang, how could Yuan Shao give up Guanzhong so easily and hand over the three counties of Guanzhong to Han Sui?Could it be that Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses after the Great War in the Central Plains, and has lost his power to fight for world hegemony?
Yang Feng said "thank you", accepted Han Sui's great gift calmly, and then perfunctorily said a few words to Ma Chao, saying that the ministers in the same palace should of course work together in order to punish rebellion and calm the world.Then he changed the subject and said directly that with the current strength of the Xiliang army, it was obviously difficult to stop Yuan Shao's counterattack.Now there is the worry of the Qiang people invading the Xiliang border, and the army stationed in Guanzhong is also in danger of food shortage.According to the will of the emperor, I will immediately lead the army to cross the river and rush to Guanzhong to help General Zhenxi defend the three counties of Jingzhao and prepare for the attack on Luoyang next year.

Ma Chao pondered for a while, "My lord is now leading the army to station in Guanzhong, and there are many inconveniences." Then he said a lot of reasons, but in the end there was only one meaning, that you, Yang Feng, entered Guanzhong at this moment, and you are suspected of taking credit for the Xiliang army. , will anger Xiliang soldiers and make the situation in Guanzhong more tense, which is not conducive to stabilizing Guanzhong.

"Without the great general's victory in the Central Plains, and without me holding Yuan Tan firmly in Hedong, how could you have captured Chang'an so easily?" Yang Feng asked coldly with a look of disdain, "Does General Zhenxi want to dominate Guanzhong? Don’t you want to betray the emperor and the court again?”

Faced with Yang Feng's aggressiveness, Ma Chao was a little annoyed, "The Qiang people invaded the land of our great Han in Hexi, why didn't the general fight the invading Qiang people and regain the territory captured by the Qiang people, but led his army to attack the Central Plains instead? When General Xi and we were fighting bloody battles in Xijiang to defend the land of the Great Han, what was the General doing? What are you doing, my lord?"

"In today's world, there is an emperor in Jinyang, and there is also an emperor in Xuchang. Which emperor should the generals of Zhenxi and Xiliang respect? What is the purpose of the great general and Yuan Shao fighting in the Central Plains? Which of you is the traitor of the great man? Guanzhong It is the foundation of the great Han. General Zhenxi and Xiliang soldiers want to defend this sacred land as they defend the western border. What is wrong?" Ma Chao frowned, waved his hands angrily, and shouted, "You all You say that you are a loyal minister of the great Han, but General Zhengxi and the tens of thousands of warriors who defended the land of the Western Frontier are actually traitors of the Great Han in your eyes, what is the reason?"

"Is it a heinous crime to defend the territory of the Great Han with your own blood and life? Is it a great feat to kill bloody people in the Central Plains and wantonly destroy the country?"

"What is the law of heaven?" Ma Chao raised his arms high and roared wildly.

There was no sound in the big tent.Hua Xiong, Sun Qin and other northern generals were thoughtful.Yang Feng narrowed his eyes, with a look of admiration on his face, "Well said, well said." Then he slapped the table with his palm, and stood up, "Well said. The tough men in Xiliang Fearless and imposing."

He walked up to Ma Chao in two or three steps, stared into Ma Chao's angry eyes, and asked with a smile, "What does General Zhenxi want to tell me?"

"Whoever is willing to send troops to defend the western frontier, whoever is willing to send troops to defeat the Xiqiang people and take back the five counties in Hexi, is a loyal minister of the great Han." Ma Chao stared at Yan Yangfeng, and said word by word, "General Zhenxi and tens of thousands of warriors from Xiliang I will swear to follow such a loyal minister, and together with such a loyal minister, I will respect the emperor and defend the country."

The corner of Yang Feng's mouth suddenly turned into a little sarcasm, and then he laughed, belly laughing, leaning forward and backward.

Ma Chao glared at Yang Feng, the murderous look in his eyes almost tore Yang Feng to pieces.Hua Xiong, Sun Qin and other generals from Northern Xinjiang sat there silently with cold expressions on their faces.

"Things who don't know how to live and die, think that they can fight against Hebei by picking up a bargain..." Yang Feng pointed out of the tent, out of breath with a smile, "Thinking that with the power of Guanzhong, he can join hands with Yuan Shao to fight against Beibei... Jiang Dajun, haha..., he is really confused, he can even think of such a cheap trick, haha..."

Yang Feng approached Ma Chao and patted Ma Chao's chest hard, "Let me tell you, even if we failed to capture Guanzhong, we could still capture Luoyang, haha... Isn't it just a matter of defeating Luoyang, it's easy."

"You go back." Yang Feng wiped away the tears from his laughter, and waved at Ma Chao, "General Zhenxi is getting old, so he needs time to think about it. Let's talk about it after he understands it."

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In mid-October, Guanzhong, Xinfeng City.

Ma Chao reported Han Sui's trip to Hedong in detail, "Although Yang Feng did not explicitly say that he would give up crossing the Yellow River westward, judging from the meaning of his words, he had already estimated that we would join forces with Yuan Shaoyihe to fight against Hebei. Report to Jinyang as quickly as possible, and persuade Jinyang to give up the strategy of crossing the river and attacking Guanzhong before the Yellow River freezes, so as to avoid risks and preserve strength, and try to cooperate with the cavalry outside the Great Wall to implement a two-way attack after next spring."

Han Sui nodded again and again, expressing his deep agreement with Ma Chao's analysis, "Do you think that under the current situation, in order to quickly take Luoyang, the northern army should concentrate its main force to attack Guanzhong, or concentrate its main force to fight in the Central Plains?"

Ma Chao hesitated for a moment, then said respectfully: "Sir, in the long run, of course the northern army will concentrate its main force to attack Guanzhong. Taking Guanzhong can help Hebei solve many complicated problems, including the Xiliang problem. The price paid for this is very high, but in the future the Northern Frontier Army will gain huge benefits from it, which can greatly shorten the time for them to pacify the world."

Han Sui smiled and patted Ma Chao's shoulder very happily, "Meng Qi, you have really grown up. Although you have experienced a lot of pain in the past few years, these pains have also benefited you a lot. Gradually mature. In the future, Xijiang will be your world."

Ma Chao's smile froze, and he hurriedly said, "Sir, you must not say that, I..."

"Meng Qi, when I stabilize Guanzhong, and when the three-legged confrontation is gradually formed, I will hand over Xijiang to you." Han Sui said solemnly, "I am old and will die at any time, but Xijiang cannot live without one." A strong commander. You are the future commander of Xijiang."

Ma Chao's blood boiled in an instant, the sudden surprise made him unable to control his emotions, tears of emotion blurred his eyes instantly, "Sir..."

"Don't let me down." Han Sui picked up a volume of paperwork from the case table and handed it to Ma Chao, "Fengji wrote and is willing to talk to us. You go to Zheng County and discuss the alliance with Fengji in detail. "

Ma Chao took the letter, turned over and knelt down.

"Meng Qi, if you want to stabilize the western border and rule the world, you still lack two things." Han Sui waved his hand, motioning him to stand up, "The first is patience, and the second is perseverance. If you can do these two things, One day you will make unrivaled feats for the great man and become famous in history."

Ma Chao was grateful and bowed down to learn.

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Han Yi walked into the military tent angrily.

Yan Xing was sitting behind the table and flipping through the scrolls. When he saw Han Yi's livid face, he couldn't help asking in surprise, "Ziwei, what happened?"

"Father wants to hand over Xijiang to Ma Chao, to that shameless Qianghu, and to that ruthless rebel." Han Yi threw the document in his hand to the ground, "He doesn't believe that his own son, even Believe in a Qianghu who slashed him with a knife."

Yan Xing was taken aback, and hurriedly stood up and rushed to the door of the military tent, signaling the guards outside the tent to disperse and not allow anyone to approach.

"Please explain clearly, what's going on?" Yan Xing leaned over to pick up the document on the ground, and asked suspiciously, "Who told you this?"

"I heard it with my own ears." Han Yi said angrily, "Just now I went to deliver the documents to my father, and I heard it outside the big tent. I didn't miss a single word. My father said that he wanted to hand over Xijiang to Ma Chao, and Ma Chao was The future commander of Xijiang."

Yan Xing looked at Han Yi in disbelief, "Are you sure you heard right?"

"Yanming, I...do I have a problem with my ears?" Han Yi pointed to his ears angrily and said, "Father, he actually..."

Yan Xing stayed for a moment, then said hesitantly: "Father may have other thoughts, you'd better ask clearly. This matter is of great importance. Once we misunderstand father's meaning and delay father's important affairs, we will not be redeemed."

"I heard it with my own ears. What else do I need to ask? Do you want me to ask my father why you gave Xijiang to Ma Chao and not to me? Can you ask this?" Han Yi was trembling with anger.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, let me think about it carefully." Yan Xing comforted him a few words, and the doubts in his heart grew bigger and bigger.How could my father hand over Xijiang to Ma Chao?Did he want to clear the way for Ziwei?

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At the end of October, in Dingtao, the general went to the gate.

After receiving Yan Liang's letter of victory, Li Hong was overjoyed. While playing the emperor, he ordered Qu Yi, who was commanding at the front, to let the troops threatening Xingyang, Aocang, Xuchang and other places withdraw to their camps.

After Hanoi was captured, this year's campaign in the Central Plains was temporarily over, and the next thing to do was to train the army, stockpile food and grass, and prepare for the Luoyang war next year.

At this time, the imperial court came to order and agreed to the training strategy formulated by the general.The general immediately ordered that some strong prisoners be used to supplement the damage of the southern and northern armies.The rest of the captives were added to the battalions.

The Southern Army was commanded by Yushi.The Northern Army was led by Qu Yi.The iron cavalry was commanded by Zhao Yun.

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The seven battalions of Jizhou were withdrawn, and the nine battalions were rebuilt in Jizhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

The Handan camp was built in Jizhou, commanded by Zhang Yun, and Hou Cheng's deputy.

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Hanoi built the Qingshuihe camp, with Sima Yi in command and Wei Yan as his deputy.

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Qingzhou built the Beihai camp, commanded by Zang Ba, and Guan Hai as his deputy.

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Lu Guojian in Yuzhou built a camp in Lucheng, commanded by Gao Shun, and Wu Xiong as his deputy.

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Yanzhou Rencheng State built Rencheng Daying, commander Xu Huang, Wei Xu deputy.

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Yanzhou Dongjun built the Dongwuyang Daying Camp, with Gao Lan as the commander and Lei Chong as his deputy.The White Horse Camp is commanded by Zhang Xiu and Song Xian is the deputy.

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Chenliu County in Yanzhou built the Chenliu Day Camp, commanded by Wang Dang, and Xiang Cheng as his deputy.

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In Daying of Jianchangyi, Shanyang County, Yanzhou, Zhang Liao was in command, and Peng Lie was his deputy.

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At the end of October, four ministers, Xun You, Tian Chou, Xie Ming, Tang Fang, and Chen Hao, the special envoy of the imperial court and the supervisor of Zhongshu, rushed to Dingtao, Yanzhou, and consulted the generals on the relevant southward migration population and the allocation of land for meritorious officers and soldiers.

"Two requirements." Li Hong said with a smile, "First, ensure the stability of Qingzhou and Yanzhou, produce grain as soon as possible, and pay taxes to the court. A hard battle. Don't ask me about the rest, you can do whatever you want."

"The general doesn't have any specific requirements?" Xun You looked at Li Hong in surprise and asked cautiously.

"No." Li Hong shook his hand and said, "For more than ten years, I have rarely had time to relax, so please don't embarrass me. I used to always think, if I am always so busy and do everything myself, will I be exhausted? Facts have proved that , I am very likely to be buried under the Nine Springs with the regret of not being able to see the resurgence of the great man like Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other adults."

The courtiers in the room laughed, and the atmosphere seemed relaxed.

"The general is still young, and he should be able to see the day when the big man will rejuvenate." Yang Qi, who was sitting next to Li Hong, held up his beard and said, "People like me probably won't be able to see it."

"Master Yang will definitely live to be over a hundred years old." Li Hong pointed to his beard and said, "You are almost sixty years old, and you still haven't seen a single gray hair. It is definitely not a problem to live to be a hundred years old."

"Haha... I borrowed the auspicious words from the general." Yang Qi laughed cheerfully, "It would be even better if I can still eat and drink when I live to be a hundred years old."

Everyone laughed.

"General, what about today's meal? Do you invite me?" Yang Qi pointed to Xun You and the others and said, "Your lords have come all the way from Jinyang, but they are distinguished guests, so we can't neglect you."

"Master Yang, you are the master in Yanzhou, so of course you will invite this meal." Li Hong waved his hands again and again, "Master Xun and the others came to Yanzhou to help you, you can't be so stingy."

"You are a general, and you should be reasonable, this meal is yours, so don't refuse." Yang Qi stood up and grabbed Xun You, "Gongda, let's go, let's see what the general's wife gave me." What have we prepared?"

"Master Yang, it seems that I want to eat your meal, but I can only wait until your [-]th birthday." Li Hong stood up behind him, shaking his head helplessly.

"General, Master Yang eats you every time he comes to Dingtao?" Xun You asked curiously.

"He not only eats but also takes it with him." Li Hong laughed. "Every time he leaves Dingtao, he always brings a jar of wine. He and General Qu finished all the wine here."

"General, you are now a prince of thousands of households, don't be so stingy, okay?" Yang Qi stared, and said unhappily, "If the wine here is not good, I don't care. By the way, after dinner we Let's go. Gongda also likes to drink a few sips, this time I will bring two more jars."

Li Hong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and shook his head again and again, "It seems that not knowing how to drink is a big loss."

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Under October, Luoyang.

Liu Bei led his army to withdraw across the Yellow River, and entered Luoyang City with an extremely depressed mood.

Yuan Shao gave him a detailed introduction to the current situation.

Han Sui occupied Guanzhong. Under the eyes of the Hebei North Army, Yuan Tan and Duan Yan had no choice but to retreat to Huayin and Tongguan, and negotiated peace with Han Sui in an attempt to join forces against the North Army.Although the loss of Guanzhong greatly damaged Luoyang's strength, it added a force to the coalition forces to support Hebei.If the coalition forces can cleverly use Han Sui's power in the future to form a long-term confrontation with Hebei, it will bring a period of valuable recuperation time for all coalition forces.

Liu Biao has returned to Jingzhou.The latest news is that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu took advantage of their strength to defeat Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia.Huang Zu and his son Huang She died in battle, and the Jingzhou army suffered heavy losses.At present, Liu Biao has negotiated peace with Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha who gathered a crowd to rebel, and is gathering troops to prepare for a counterattack.

Liu Biao's counterattack is relatively difficult. For this reason, I have repeatedly told Cao Cao in Xuzhou and Yan Xiang in Jiujiang County to cross the river from Guangling and Jiujiang to attack Jiangdong as soon as possible, forcing Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to withdraw their troops.

Cao Cao wrote back that Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan had led their troops south to Guangling and would soon attack Wujun.

Yan Xiang wrote back that Jiujiang and Lujiang counties are in chaos now, especially after Yuan Yao went back, he gathered the rogues in the Jianghuai area, such as Zheng Bao and others, and pulled up an army of nearly [-] people. Waiting for others to fight a few battles.At present, it has helped Yan Xiang basically control the entire territory of Jiujiang County.As soon as Li Shu was driven out of Hefei, they crossed the river from Liyang to attack Jiangdong.

"Xuande, the current situation in Xuzhou is not good. Yanzhou's Northern Frontier Army, Qingzhou's Zang Ba, and Jiangdong's Sun Ce are all likely to use troops against Xuzhou, and your army was almost completely lost in this battle, so... ..." Yuan Shao looked at the expressionless Liu Bei, and said slowly, "I want you to serve as the governor of Yuzhou and concurrently be the prefect of Runan County. I wonder if you would like it?"

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