I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 214 Dilemma
By this time, Cao Cao also knew that his plan to besiege Li Shimin had completely failed. Yuan Shao had already been destroyed, and Gongsun Zan would either be instigated by Li Shimin, or he was in danger.The coalition's threat to Bingzhou has been completely bankrupt, and it will release the enemy's huge forces.

Yuan Shukong in Huainan has a false reputation, he hesitated in front of Wuguan, and was still unable to open up the situation. The plan to attack Guanzhong was completely in vain.

The internal response in Chang'an and Luoyang was wiped out by the enemy, and the opportunity to cooperate internally and externally was lost.

It seemed meaningless to continue to attack Luoyang now, but giving up at this point made everyone extremely unwilling. After all, they had already reached Luoyang, and they were only one step away from success.

Everyone in the tent also looked at each other in blank dismay, and a dignified atmosphere spread among the crowd.

At this time, Huangfusong certainly knew that the plan of the heroes to besiege Li Shimin might have failed, but he was unwilling to fail. He was worried that the flag would die down this time, and he might not have such an opportunity in the future.

"Meng De, seeing that victory is in sight, our army must not withdraw. We must go straight to Huanglong, otherwise the success will fall short." Huangfusong said hastily, he must eliminate Li Shimin, naturally he didn't want Cao Cao to just withdraw like this.

"Then according to General Huangfu's words, our army will continue to besiege Luoyang?" Cao Cao asked thoughtfully.

"Meng De, although Li Shimin has already captured Jizhou, after all, Jizhou is newly established and people's hearts are fluctuating. Yuan's resistance must be very fierce. I am afraid that Guan Yu will not be able to go south quickly in the short term. According to the information we have, Guan Yu and Zhang He lead [-] troops, After repeated conquests, there must be a lot of losses. In addition to defending Jizhou, the number of troops that can go south is estimated to be only [-] to [-]. Even if Zhao Yun’s army in Hanoi is added, it will add up to [-] at full strength. Our army still has troops. advantage, don't worry." Huangfusong said calmly.

Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Huangfusong continued to add: "Besides, our army still has 16 soldiers capable of fighting, which is nearly four times the number of Luoyang city defenders. With a huge advantage in strength, it is only a matter of time before Luoyang is captured. Once Li Shimin is able to catch his breath this time, it will be extremely difficult to destroy him in the future."

Cao Cao nodded and looked towards Guo Jia again.

Guo Jia pondered for a moment, but said solemnly: "My lord, General Huangfu, although our army has an advantage in strength, it is in danger. We still need to beware of the enemy's strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. The subordinates think that the generals should be dispatched to help Puyang, East Commandery. , Suanzao line, be careful that Guan Yu's army encircles our army's rear and cuts off our army's food and grass line. In case Guan Yu kills us, our army can also have time to retreat calmly, so as not to be cut off from the rear and lose an inch."

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this. Guo Jia's words are very reasonable. At any time, you must leave enough retreat for yourself.

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao finally made up his mind, "Let General Xu Huang lead [-] troops to assist Puyang to guard Puyang strictly, and at the same time send scouts to closely monitor the enemy's movements, so there must be no mistakes."

"No! The last general (subordinates obey)" everyone led the order and left.

Such an arrangement was naturally very careful, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that everyone had gone down, Huangfusong walked slowly to Cao Cao's side, and said in a low voice, "Meng De, I have a plan to take Luoyang quickly."

"What good strategy does General Huangfu have, tell me quickly." Cao Cao asked excitedly.

"Meng De, the water environment around Luoyang City is relatively good. They communicate with each other and have a long history. The Luo River is an important river flowing on the Yiluo Plain. If the river diverts to the Yi River, Luoyang's moat will definitely lose its function, and then fill the ditch with thick soil, so that it will be easier to storm Luoyang." Huang Fusong explained his plan.

After Cao Cao heard this, he frowned slightly. After thinking about it, although Huangfusong's strategy was not so wonderful, it was still a stupid way. You can try it. Now there is really no better way.

"General Huangfu has a good plan, I think we can try it, but the Luo River area is flat, we still have to be careful not to be flooded." Cao Cao said with a smile.

In fact, Cao Cao's idea early in the morning was to flood Luoyang. However, the terrain of Luoyang City is several inches higher than the Luo River, so it is not easy to be flooded, and the terrain near Luoyang is flat.At that time, the flood will flood, and his army will inevitably be the first victim, and the gain is not worth the loss, so he decisively gave up.

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Guan Yu's army was faster than Cao Cao expected. Huangfusong's analysis was correct. Normally speaking, after taking Jizhou, Li Shimin's most important thing is to digest the fruits of victory, and he will definitely not rush south.

Logically speaking, in order to stabilize the situation, it is necessary to leave enough troops in Jizhou, but Jizhou has long been corrupted by the Bingzhou Army and has been secretly disintegrated.

Guan Yu led an army of [-] troops across the planet, racing against time and time. His purpose was to take down Dongjun and Chenliu Commanderies when Cao Cao could not react in time.

In this way, Cao Cao must withdraw to Yanzhou in order to avoid being closed and beaten by the Bingzhou army, which naturally solved the siege of Luoyang.

If you successfully occupy Dongjun and Chenliu Commanderies, you can also insert a nail in Yanzhou, and you will get twice the result with half the effort when Yanzhou is pacified.

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At this time, Zhao Yun was no longer dormant, and after a period of rest, he regained his high-pitched combat power.According to Li Shimin's order, he planned to cross the Yellow River to sweep Cao Jun's grain roads. On the other hand, it was also used to contain Cao Jun and buy time for Guan Yu to take Dongjun.

The Guandu area is the only place where grain and grass are transported from Yanzhou to Sili. If the grain road is cut off, Cao Jun's 10,000+ army will definitely be unstable.

Although Zhao Yun can only send more than 1 troops, they are all powerful Bingzhou iron cavalry, coming and going like the wind, even if they can't bring heavy damage to Cao Jun, they can still make them restless.

Guan Yu's marching speed was also very fast. Before the [-] reinforcements led by Xu Huang arrived, Guan Yu had already killed Puyang City and surrounded Puyang. So Guan Yu was ready to fight.

It's just that Puyang is close to Jizhou, and the news of Jizhou's troubles will be spread here, so it is the first to know the news that Yuan Jun was defeated and Jizhou was taken by Guan Yu, so the Cao army here is also ready to guard against death.

(End of this chapter)