The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 423 Cao Pi Proclaims Emperor
When Dongfang Shengzheng was struggling to deal with the rebellion in the state, Cao Pi hurriedly forced Emperor Xian to abdicate to let the virtuous, and finally at the end of the year, Emperor Xian wrote an abdication edict under pressure.

Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, offered sacrifices to the ancestral temple, and sent Zhang Yin to play the imperial edict, and Zen was located in Cao Pi.

Cao Pi ascended the Zen Altar in Fanyang Pavilion and accepted Yuxi, the emperor's throne.

Immediately entered Xudu, changed the first year of Yankang to the first year of Huangchu, the country name was Wei, and Cao Cao was honored as Emperor Wu, the temple name was Taizu, and Liu Xie was named Shanyang Gong, and he was allowed to serve Han Zhengshuo kimono in his fief. The ancestral temple of the Han Dynasty was built to worship the Han Dynasty.

In general, the great man finally came to an end, and Cao Pi also started to usurp the throne. For a while, all the people under Dongfang Sheng persuaded him to join, and no one could avoid the temptation of wanting to be famous in history.

Even a smart person like Jia Xu couldn't bear the temptation and came to persuade Dongfang Sheng to become emperor, even thinking about the country name and year name.

However, these were all rejected by Dongfang Sheng one by one, because the most important thing now is to suppress the rebellion in the counties and counties and stabilize the region.

Of course, Dongfang Sheng can't make his subordinates completely hopeless. During the discussion with Jia Xu, Dongfang Sheng still revealed a little bit of his own thoughts. He wants to delay proclaiming himself emperor. effect.

After Cao Pi became emperor, the first thing he did was to attack Dongfang Sheng. Cao Pi divided his troops into four groups, Liangzhou and Yizhou were one road, Jingzhou and Jiangdong were combined into one road, and the remaining two roads went straight to Youzhou, Qingzhou, Bohai and Xuzhou.

This time Cao Pi claimed that there were 25 soldiers and horses on each route, and a total of 100 million troops were dispatched.

For a while, the people in the area occupied by Dongfang Sheng fluctuated, and all the people were panicked. Some rich people even started planning to go directly to Xudu with their families.

This panic spread like a plague in the area occupied by Dongfang Sheng, and the situation was far worse than imagined.

Dongfang Sheng soon got some bad news, Liangzhou and Sizhou fell one after another.

On the contrary, Lu Su of Jiangdong and Cai Mao of Jingzhou guarded most of the counties and counties, but Yizhou had a big problem. Zhang Lu, who guarded Hanzhong, directly took refuge in Cao Pi, and then Cao Jun came directly from Hanzhong, the portal of Shuzhong, Yizhou It's already crumbling.

Yizhou cannot be lost, and Dongfang Sheng decided to let Zhuge Liang rush to Yizhou and must defend Yizhou.

It was Yu Jin and Cao Hong who attacked Yizhou, and Dongfang Sheng decided to fight in person. A beautiful victory can calm people's hearts.

Yu Jin looks ugly, but he is capable, and Cao Hong's ability cannot be doubted.

These two men headed straight to Youzhou with a so-called 50 troops, and anyone would be under pressure.

Because of the need to suppress the rebellion instigated by the Sili captain, Dongfang Sheng can only gather 5 horses now, which is almost a concept of one to ten.

Regarding the attack of Cao's army this time, some of Dongfang Sheng's generals said they would temporarily evacuate Youzhou and head towards Xuzhou, while another part of the generals took a pessimistic attitude and believed that the battle would be lost.

Anyway, no one is optimistic about Dongfang Sheng.

Under such circumstances, Dongfang Sheng even took Suweiying to attack Yujin and them, which aroused opposition from his generals, but the generals of Suweiying surprisingly unanimously supported Dongfang Sheng.

However, Dongfang Sheng is a person who will not change easily after making a decision. After he arranged the garrison personnel in Beiping City, he directly led the troops from the Suwei camp to ambush them in Yujin.

Dongfang Sheng divided the troops under his command into three groups, which is even more unpredictable. Originally, his troops were far less than Cao Jun, and now he still divides the few troops, which is simply chaotic in the eyes of others. Come.

Although Yu Jin and Cao Hong had admired Dongfang Sheng before, but this time Captain Sili made an all-out effort, and then Cao Pi asked them to join forces. Although the actual strength of 50 was advertised to the outside world, it was actually less than 20. The two coaches felt that this attack on Youzhou was easy.

Cao Cao got almost all the land in Jizhou, except for Bohai County, and Jizhou is the foundation of Yuan Shao, and all the hard work of Yuan Shao before was accepted by Cao Cao.

After Yuan Tan and Zhang Yang were suppressed by Cao Cao, Jizhou was basically in a period of peace, and the foundation was strong enough, and Cao Cao's ability was strong, so the source of Cao's troops was not a problem.

On the other hand, Dongfang Sheng, although occupying a lot of places, is basically a place of long battles, and it takes time to recover slowly.

Even a place like Youzhou, which has not experienced too many wars, is sparsely populated because the land is too barren. Although Dongfang Sheng selected some soldiers from the refugees, their strength was always smaller than that of Cao Jun.

Dongfang Sheng is now relying on the soldiers' single-army combat capabilities and some forward-looking weapons and armor developed by Ma Jun.

In this ambush, Dongfang Sheng's military purpose was to provide food for Cao's army.

The larger the army, the stronger the demand for food and grass, which is why Yuan Jun's morale collapsed after the food and grass were burned during the Battle of Guandu.

Of course, there were not a few soldiers and horses guarding Wuchao by Yuan Jun at that time. Without the variable Dongfang Sheng, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.

Since Cao Jun dared to clamor to take Youzhou directly, of course he also had a certain degree of confidence. They must have taken protective measures, and at the same time they would definitely send more people to guard the food and grass.

At the same time, Cao Jun's food and grass will also be stored in a relatively hidden place. If Dongfang Sheng's scout battalion had not learned about Wuchao in advance during the Battle of Guandu, I am afraid that they would not have been able to get a surprise attack.

The real reason why Dongfang Sheng divided his troops into three groups is that he wanted these three groups to play their respective roles. One way was responsible for attracting firepower, and the other way was responsible for assisting and spying on the opponent's food and grass. Dongfang Sheng himself learned about Cao Jun's situation After the grain and grass are stored, they will rush directly to burn Cao Jun's grain and grass.

This thing seems simple, but it is difficult to do.

Just relying on Dongfang Sheng's two groups of Suwei camp to contain a full 20 people living in Yujin and Cao Hong, this is simply a fantasy for others.

Moreover, Dongfang Sheng wanted to destroy Cao Jun's food and grass storage area only with his own fine riding all the way. This is definitely more difficult than Cao Cao's burning of Wuchao during the Battle of Guandu.

But at this time, Dongfang Sheng has no better way, and the rest of the plots are useless in the face of absolute strength.

What Dongfang Sheng can do is to let Ba Dao and the others obtain Cao Jun’s grain and grass storage place as quickly as possible, and then he can burn Cao Jun’s grain and grass as quickly as possible, which can hit Cao Jun’s morale. It can fight a big counterattack similar to the battle of Guandu.

(End of this chapter)