I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 160 Ambush from All Sides
Li Shimin's rapid deployment of troops has also attracted the attention of others, and there are more and more spies in Chang'an City. Fortunately, the Guanzhong area has gradually been completely controlled by Li Shimin. All the spies were caught in one go, preventing the news of troop deployment from leaking out.

In addition, the actions of Li Shimin's army were relatively secretive, and the military training in the barracks was still in full swing, so everyone hadn't noticed that Li Shimin's main force had been mobilized.

Right now, you can't scare the snake away. If the opponent knows the situation of your mobilization of troops, it will inevitably make the enemy send troops faster, which is not good for you.

The most important thing for Li Shimin in this battle is to constantly show weakness, to prevent the enemy from discovering his intentions, and to make the enemy feel that he has an opportunity to take advantage of, so as to achieve the effect of surprise.

In order not to attract attention, Li Shimin frequently appeared in Chang'an, showing the enemies hidden in the depths that he was still in Chang'an, unaware of their plans.

Of course, it's not just Li Shimin mobilizing troops secretly. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and even Yuan Shu are all gathering their troops in full swing and heading towards their respective battlefields. Food and grass, as well as formulating a marching strategy, will naturally take a little time.

Through the secret agents hidden in the armies of various princes and the scouts in the army to investigate, soon a detailed information about the dispatch of troops by the princes from all walks of life was passed to Li Shimin's hands.

Gongsun Zan of Youzhou in the north, led [-] elite soldiers, stationed near Yi County in Zhuojun County, apparently planning to use Zijing Pass as a breakthrough point, along Pingxing Pass, and enter Bingzhou from behind.

Of course, he still retained his deputy general Yan Gang to lead more than 2 troops to defend Xianbei and Wuhuan and other alien races.

In this way, it is possible to bypass the Daijun area controlled by Ke Bineng from Xianbei, as well as the Yanmen Pass, the most important pass in the world, and avoid the Yanmen Pass guarded by Li Shimin's heavy troops, so as to achieve an unexpected effect.

The battle between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu in Youzhou ended completely with Liu Yu's defeat and death. Gongsun Zan defeated Liu Yu in Juyong City, and framed Liu Yu and Yuan Shao for seeking to become emperor, and threatened Duan Xun to kill Liu Yu and his wife. His sons and daughters lived in Jishi, and from then on Gongsun Zan completely dominated Youzhou.

But this also planted the hidden danger of his defeat.

Liu Yu's strategy of Huairou is very useful among foreign races. Everyone is grateful for his kindness, so the surrounding Xianbei, Wuhuan and other Hu people are secretly accumulating strength and preparing to raise troops to avenge Liu Yu.

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Yuan Shao of Jizhou, after the battle with Gongsun Zan, has not yet decided the victory or defeat, and has suffered a lot, only Jizhou is the land of the fourth battle.Qingzhou, which was originally a sure chance to win, was also seized by Cao Cao first, and he was surrounded by various forces, so he was not optimistic.

Therefore, this was also the reason why he was willing to wade into this muddy water. Gongsun Zan was obviously not easy to deal with, and he had already fought against him. Cao Cao was even more difficult to deal with, and his strength was far superior to his own.

Under Huangfusong's call, Yuan Shao naturally set his sights on the two geomantic treasures of Bingzhou and Hanoi.

After discussing with Xu You, Shenpei and others under his command, it was decided to concentrate the main force to attack Hanoi County, dispatching [-] cavalry and [-] infantry for a total of [-] troops.

In this way, they can attack the Sili area with Cao Cao, and then threaten Luoyang, forming a two-sided attack.

At the same time, in order to prevent being attacked by the Bingzhou army, another group led by Yan Liang was sent to attack Huguan from the west of Wei Jun, and Guan Yu, who was restraining Huguan, did not dare to go east easily.

It should be said that Yuan Shao's strategy is also very feasible. After all, the terrain of Huguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Guan Yu is a fierce general with tens of thousands of enemies. Naturally, he cannot capture it in a short time, but there is no such problem when he marches into Hanoi. Coupled with Cao Cao's support, it should be said that it is very safe.

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Cao Cao has gathered at least 20 troops this time, and it can be said that they have moved all over the place, all pressing on the Sili area. This force should also pose the greatest threat to Li Shimin.

This time Cao Cao raised his troops from Chenliu, and his troops were directed at Xinzheng, Xingyang, and Hulao Pass. At the same time, he threatened Hanoi County north of the Yellow River. On the surface, it seemed that he wanted to follow the old road and continue to attack Hulao Pass. Entering Luoyang.

At the same time, it can also cooperate with Yuan Shao's main force to attack Hanoi County together. Once Hanoi is occupied, they can attack Luoyang directly from the other side of the river.

Moreover, today is different from the past, Cao Cao has sufficient troops and has more choices.

This time, Cao Cao secretly dispatched a surprise army from Yingchuan County to detour to Jishan Mountain, go out of Yangcheng and attack Luoyang from behind.

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Perhaps summing up the lessons of the failure of the last crusade against Dong Zhuo, this time Yuan Shu also changed from being sparse in the past, and really participated in the anti-Li alliance.

I don't know whose order he received, but under Huangfusong's lobbying, he immediately expressed his willingness to send troops to attack Guanzhong from behind.

Yuan Shu, who had never had any ambitions, unexpectedly wanted to wade into this muddy water this time. He personally led an army of [-] troops from Nanyang County to attack Wuguan in Jingxi County, intending to go straight into the hinterland of Li Shimin's Guanzhong.

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All of a sudden, heavy troops surrounded Li Shimin, and the situation was extremely critical.

As the secret agent Baiqi Division continued to send news, Li Shimin also felt the pressure like a mountain. Right now, he was completely surrounded and faced with the unfavorable situation of fighting on multiple fronts.

It was originally expected that Yuan Shu in Huainan would not send troops, at most he was only pretending. He did not expect that this time Yuan Shu was uncharacteristically spying on his own hinterland in Guanzhong. This made Li Shimin feel that the situation of the battle was beyond his control.

"Wuguan must be guarded by competent people, otherwise the center of the pass will be destroyed, the foundation will be destroyed, and the big things will go wrong." Li Shimin kept thinking about the candidates for the gatekeeper.

After thinking about it, Li Shimin decided to send Gao Shun to lead the [-] trapped camp, plus [-] recruits recruited from Guanzhong to defend Wuguan, Shangxian and Shangluo to ensure that Guanzhong is not lost.

Chang'an continued to be guarded by Dian Wei.

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In Chenliu's Cao Cao Central Army camp, a group of civil and military personnel were discussing the marching route, and above the festival hall, there stood a military general who was not angry and arrogant, and this person was the veteran Huang Fusong.

The organizer and planner of the alliance against Lee.

"General Huangfu, this time we have united with the princes from all walks of life, with nearly 50 mercenaries, and have formed an ambush on all sides to surround Li Shimin. He will not escape this time." Cao Cao was very excited. Said.

When the Yellow Turban Army was crusade, Cao Cao was Huangfusong's subordinate. Now Huangfusong's official army is a chariot general, and his official position is also higher than Cao Cao, so Cao Cao also respects his old superior very much.

(End of this chapter)