Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2797 Zhang Liao Guandu fought Cao Cao, Gao Shun captured Cao Bianjiao alive

Chapter 2793: Zhang Liao fought Cao Cao at Guandu, Gao Shun captured Cao Bianjiao alive

"Great Governor, Sovereign Yuan, Sovereign Yuan..."

Hearing his subordinate's words, Cao Bin suddenly had an ominous premonition, and quickly asked, "What's going on?"

"Sect Master Yuan is gone."

"what?"

Cao Bin's eyes widened immediately, and without further ado, he rushed to Yuan Jiuling's hospital, but no one was there, Yuan Jiuling had already left Xuchang last night.

Yuan Jiuling, as a grand master, if he really wanted to leave, the ten-meter-high city wall obviously couldn't trap him.

Looking at the empty mansion, Cao Bin felt like crying without tears. He knew that he must be in a hurry, so Yuan Jiuling escaped from Xuchang overnight, but what is this called?
"General Yu, you trust no one."

Cao Bin beat his feet and chest in anger. After all, without Yuan Jiuling, how could he defend Xuchang City?
At this moment, Chen Gong came over and handed over a letter, saying: "Grand Governor, Gong thinks that you should read this letter first, the Yuan Sect Master avoids the war and has other reasons for leaving without saying goodbye."

Hearing this, Cao Bin didn't care to be angry anymore, he quickly took the letter and read it, and also learned that the 24 great masters of the Great Qin Dynasty came to the Central Plains.

The impact of this news on Cao Bin was far less than that of Yuan Jiuling, because the high-level officials of all countries knew from the beginning to the end that although there were many masters who stood in line with Daqin, Daqin followed the unified line of kingship.

Therefore, Ying Hao would never send these masters to directly deal with Zhu Guo, and at most would send them to deal with those top masters who were hostile to Great Qin.

Cao Bin also admired Ying Hao's behavior of being able to be simple and unified, but choosing a difficult mode.

After all, there is a price to be paid for relying on external forces. Cao Wei borrowed too much power from the Demon Gate, and as a result, the place was controlled by the Demon Gate. Now it is no longer possible to control the place by taking Cao Wei.

Daqin is now powerful, and even if it borrows strength, it will not see the consequences, but it may be backlashed in the future, and the best way to unify ultimately depends on itself.

Of course, another reason why Ying Hao would do this is that Daqin is strong enough to achieve unification even without the help of external forces. Otherwise, he might not choose this way, after all, the unification of heaven, earth and earth is the greatest.

Since the fist couldn't hit him, Cao Bin naturally wouldn't feel scared, but this iron fist could hit Yuan Jiuling.

Therefore, after Cao Bin learned the news, he understood why Yuan Jiuling fled.

After all, if anyone is targeted by the 24 great masters and may die at any time, it is impossible not to be afraid.

"Immediately fly a pigeon to send a letter to the lord, and inform the situation of Xuchang City."

Cao Bin said decisively, he actually knew in his heart that once Yuan Jiuling left, Xu Chang might not be able to hold on for long.

Once Xuchang falls, the Yingchuan Qin army will be able to drive straight in and cut off the retreat of Chen Liu and Dongjun Wei army. At that time, Cao Cao and Le Yi may be completely wiped out.

Therefore, the real intention of Cao Bin to send the letter to Cao Cao was to persuade Cao Cao to abandon Guandu, or even the entire western front, retreat to the eastern front, and continue to fight against Qin.

Cao Bin actually wanted to persuade Cao Cao to surrender, after all, the gap between the two sides was too great.

It has only been two months since the start of the war, and the Wei army is almost unable to bear it, and the Qin army's grain and grass reserves can at least support a million troops for a year.

However, the Wei army in the three major battlefields fell into a disadvantage, and the Yingchuan battlefield was about to be defeated.

If the fight continues like this, there is really not much hope in sight.

Of course, although Cao Bin had this heart, he didn't dare to say it. After all, Cao Cao was already a little bit demonic.

The two families of Ying and Cao have a close relationship. Not only are Cao Cao and the Great Qin Emperor are sworn brothers, but the two daughters are also Ying Hao's concubines. With these two layers of relationship, even if Cao Cao fights against Qin in order to keep Wei, he can have a decent wife. Closing method.

But now Cao Cao is like a gambler who can't afford to lose. In order to keep the power in his hands, the methods he uses are becoming more and more extreme, to the point of completely disregarding his family and clansmen.

At this time, whoever dares to speak this way will be unlucky, even the clan of Cao Bin is no exception, and if this trend continues, Cao Wei may be difficult to end.

Cao Cao was unwilling to give up his power, and still cherished the chance of defeating the Qin army in his heart. Cao Bin had no choice but to defend Xuchang as much as possible, so as to buy time for Cao Cao in Guandu to retreat.

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Guandu, in official history, was the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and the famous Battle of Guandu broke out here, and now it has become the forward position of the center line, one of the three major battlefields of the Qin and Wei Dynasties.

In order to defend Chenliu, Cao Cao carefully built three lines of defense in the eighteen counties in eastern Henan. He wanted to use this to resist the attack of the Qin army layer by layer and consume the strength of the Qin army. Guandu is the core of the last of the three lines of defense. .

But what Cao Cao never expected was that even if Ying Hao was not in the middle army, the offensive of the Qin army led by Zhang Liao would be so fierce.

Under Li Cunxiao's onslaught, one or two lines of defense were breached one after another, a large number of cities such as Mixian and Xinzheng fell, and the passage between Henan Yin and Yingchuan was opened, forcing Cao Cao to retreat to the third line mainly Guandu line of defense.

When Cao Cao was worried about how to defend Guandu, Bai Qi transferred Li Cunxiao to the northern battlefield, which naturally greatly relieved Cao Cao's pressure.

Cao Cao thought that without Li Cunxiao, he would face Zhang Liao more easily, but he didn't expect Zhang Liao to be so difficult to deal with.

Although Li Cunxiao is gone, Zhang Liao will have Zhang Dingbian, Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Zhang Yun, Li Dingguo and many other strong generals under his command.

Especially Zhang Dingbian, Xiahou Dun and Kagutu, the two war gods, all lost to him successively. Only Cao Wei's general Tantai Yu, who was recognized as second only to Yin Zhou, could draw with him.

In addition, after Li Cunxiao left, Zhang Liao also changed his previous aggressive style of play, and instead advanced steadily while eliminating threats from the rear, and the 15 troops fought steadily, leaving Cao Cao with no chance at all.

Although Cao Cao is full of resourcefulness, but Zhang Liao's military adviser is Jia Xu. When it comes to conspiracies and tricks, he is still far behind Jia Xu. Even if you add Fan Li and Cheng Yu, it is difficult to count Jia Xu who is full of vigilance. .

Under Jia Xu's strategy, Zhang Liao divided the army into two, and routed an army of [-] to the north of Lingbei, from Juan County to Yuanwu, and finally confronted Cao Cao at Guandu.

The South Road was led by Li Dingguo, who led [-] troops out of Xinzheng. After breaking through Yuanling, they did not go north to attack Zhongmu, but went east to Kaifeng.

Kaifeng in this era was not very famous, and it was far from the status of Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty. It was just a small county with a population of tens of thousands.

During the Yellow Turban Uprising, Ying Hao defeated Huang Chao's 20 Yellow Turban Army head-on with [-] Han troops in Kaifeng. This was the first time Kaifeng became famous.

Kaifeng's position in Cao Cao's third line of defense is also very important. After all, behind Kaifeng is Chenliucheng. Although Chenliucheng is impenetrable, it does not mean that Kaifeng is not important. Therefore, Cao Wei's defense in Kaifeng is still very strict, and the clan general Cao Ren personally guard.

Zhang Liao led an army of [-] to attack Guandu when he defeated Yuanwu, but after Li Dingguo broke through Yuanling, he was attacked and pointed at Kaifeng with his sword. This made the Wei army in Guandu have a bad feeling.

After all, according to common sense, Li Dingguo should come to Guandu to meet Zhang Liao, but now Li Dingguo is doing the opposite, which makes all the generals including Cao Cao smell the conspiracy, and the people behind the plan are 100% That old thief Jia Xu.

Cao Cao has already suffered a lot from Jia Xu, but he doesn't want to be tricked by the other party, so every step he takes next is cautious, for fear of falling into the other party's trap.

Looking at Cao Cao who looked like a frightened bird, Fan Li sighed and said, "My lord, with General Cao Ren around, Kaifeng will definitely not fall in the short term.

Even if Kaifeng falls, it will be difficult for Li Dingguo to threaten Chen Liu, but the real threat to our army is Zhang Liao.

Li believes that Li Dingguo's move should be just a feint, and the real target is Zhongmu City. "

Cao Cao was taken aback. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about it, but he cared more about Chen Liu's safety, so he subconsciously ignored it.

"The military adviser's words are justified, and Xia Houyuan was ordered to immediately lead an army of five thousand to support Zhongmu."

After giving the order, Cao Cao's eyes all fell on the envelope on the table. This was the information that the school office desperately intercepted and sent back. It recorded the storage place and transportation route of the Qin Army's grain road.

Zhang Liao's acting style was too stable, and with Jia Xu's assistance, Cao Cao couldn't find any opportunities to take advantage of. If he wanted to defeat this pair, he had to resort to dangerous tactics, so he wanted to surprise Qin Junliangdao.

Of course, it is impossible for Cao Cao to surprise Wuchao this time. After all, Wuchao is located in the northeast of Guandu, while the Qin army is in the west of Guandu.

Cao Cao still wanted to defeat Zhang Liao through a surprise attack and burn the food and grass of the Qin army as in history.

But knowing the location of the Qin Army's granary, Cao Cao became a little timid instead. He was intimidated by Jia Xu, worried that this was a trap deliberately set by Jia Xu.

Cao Cao was already suspicious. Thinking about it this way, he became even more suspicious that the source of this information was incorrect. After all, how could such important information about the Qin army's grain storage area be easily obtained by the school affairs office?

However, if this is really a trap, Cao Cao can pretend not to know, and come up with a plan, but he is afraid that Jia Xu will guess that he will use the plan, so he arranges other traps for him later.

Thinking of this moment, Cao Cao felt his head hurting again, and even suffered from the headache that was almost healed, which shows that Jia Xu really cast a great shadow on him.

"My lord, let's put aside the surprise attack on the Qin army's grain depot for now. The most urgent thing is to defend Guandu first. Once Guandu is lost, the third line of defense will be completely lost." Fan Li said again.

After Cao Cao heard this, he grasped the main point of the matter. After all, Zhang Liao’s 10,000 army is now overwhelming, with thousands of catapults and [-] crossbows of various types, firing tens of thousands of stone bullets and [-]+ arrows at Guandu every day. arrow.

Therefore, the pressure on Guandu is actually very high. It needs to consume a huge amount of supplies every day to defend Guandu under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Qin army.

However, the consumption of fighting like this is too great. Qin Jun's wealth and wealth can afford it, but Wei Jun may not be able to afford it.

"Immediately send an order to the rear to collect supplies from Suanzao, Fengqiu, Junyi, and Pingqiu and transport them to the front line..."

Before Cao Cao could finish his sentence, an immigrant soldier reported: "Report... to my lord, Zhongmu has fallen, and the defender, General Cao Bianjiao, was captured alive by Qin general Gao Shun."

Cao Bianjiao, the nephew of Cao Wenzhao, was also a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty.

Cao Bianjiao's ability to be appointed by Cao Cao as the defender of Zhongmou shows his extraordinary ability, but compared with Li Dingguo, there is obviously still a big gap.

Cao Bianjiao was not to blame for being captured this time. The main reason was that Wei Jun's reaction speed was not fast enough. If Xia Houyuan could arrive in time, how could Zhongmou City be captured by Li Dingguo?
When Cao Cao heard the news of Zhongmu's fall, he couldn't help but smiled wryly and said, "Sure enough, as the military advisor expected, Jia Xu made another move."

Since the war with the Qin army, Cao Cao has received news that either the city was breached or the general was killed in battle. Basically, there is not much good news, and he is even getting used to being attacked.

But this time in Zhongmu, Cao Cao couldn't help but tremble in his heart. After all, Cao Bianjiao was his nephew whom he had grown up with, and one of the descendants he valued most in the Cao family.

(End of this chapter)