A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 409: Cao Sun moves to divide gains and losses, and the supreme army decides on strategy
When Liu Bei sent Lu Bu and Guan Yu to recover all the cities in Qingzhou on the south bank of the Yellow River and Jiujiang County respectively, Sun Quan and Cao Cao were not idle either.

June
In the name of his father, Sun Quan sent the Central Guard Zhou Yu to lead 30,000 troops, plus 5,000 naval troops, to attack Jiangxia County in Jingzhou.

The governor of Jiangxia County was Huang Zu, who was also the culprit behind the murder of Sun Quan's father, Sun Ce.

The war between Sun Quan and Huang Zu lasted for three months, and Sun Quan even once visited the Lujiang County governor in person.

But in the end, Huang Zu relied on the terrain with dense river networks and Jingzhou's elite navy to prevent Sun Quan from taking any advantage.

September
Sun Quan withdrew his troops, and then appointed Zhou Yu as the commander-in-chief of the navy. He went to the navy camp in Chaisangli to organize and train the navy.

October
The imperial court offered Cao Cao an additional three thousand households, but Cao Cao refused.

December

Cao Cao secretly sent an envoy to win over Yang Chou, a subordinate of Zhang Yang, the great Sima of Hanoi, and promised him that as long as he killed Zhang Yang and surrendered to Xu Du, he would be given the position of Zhonglang General.

Zhang Yang was originally one of the princes of the Kwantung Allied Forces. Later, he and the 5,000 battalions sent by the Bai Kingdom escorted Liu Xie from Hedong to Hanoi County, crossed the Yellow River south, and returned to the old capital Luoyang.

Immediately after the White Army returned to China, Zhang Yang stayed, and was worshiped as Da Sima and Jie Jie Yue for his role in escorting.

Soon after, Liu Xie thought that Zhang Yang was too domineering, so in order to prevent Zhang Yang's family from becoming the dominant one, he issued an edict to Yang Feng to come to Luoyang.

As a result, Dong Cheng, Zhang Yang, and Yang Feng were in a state of mutual restraint.

Immediately afterwards, Dong Zhuo's old generals such as Han Xian, Li Le, and Duan Xuan, Li Jue's old troops who were expelled by Li Jue, and Baibo Army generals in Hedong who wanted to be prominent, heard that Liu Xie was in Luoyang, and there was a steady stream of people. The soldiers came to seek official positions.

Dong Cheng originally opposed recruiting Cao Cao into the Pass, but he was really dissatisfied with the domineering generals such as Han Xian, and finally brought Cao Cao to Liu Xie himself.

As a result, Zhang Yang was frightened by Cao Cao's military power, and he had helped Lu Bu before, so he returned to Hanoi County in fear.

Now that Cao Cao had his hands free, he immediately turned his attention to him.

December 15th
Cao Cao personally led 50,000 troops to Guangwu City on the south bank of the Yellow River to put pressure on Hanoi.

December 20
Grand Sima Zhang Yang was killed by his general Yang Chou in Huai County. As soon as Zhang Yang died, Yang Chou immediately announced his surrender to the court and responded to Cao Cao.

Then he sent people across the river to lead Cao's army and welcome Cao's army into Hanoi.

December 22

Sui Gu was originally the commander of the Heishan Army. He was recruited by Zhang Yang with money. He rebelled against the Black Mountain Army and led thousands of his troops out of the Taihang Mountains. He expressed his willingness to accept Zhang Yang's orders and became Zhang Yang's general from then on.

Zhang Yang was stationed in Shanyang County. After learning that Yang Chou had killed his old boss, he took his troops to Huai County without giving it a second thought.

It happened that at this time, Yang Chou was focused on Cao Jun who was crossing the river. He was looking forward to his future wealth. He did not expect that an uninvited guest was about to arrive in his hinterland.

December 24

Sui Gu led his troops to attack Huai County at night, and killed Yang Chou in Da Sima's mansion in the city. He claimed that Cao Cao had instigated Yang Chou to rebel, and that he was seeking revenge for Da Sima.

In order to repay Da Sima for his kindness, he decided not to surrender to Cao Cao to the death, and asked all the righteous people in Hanoi to join him to jointly resist the unjust Cao Cao army. At the same time, he sent someone to submit a surrender form to Yuan Shao, requesting his surrender. help.

December 25

Not all of Cao's army had crossed the Yellow River, but Sui Gu knew that Cao's army was elite and outmatched, so he took the annexed Yang Chou tribe, totaling more than 10,000 people, and retreated to Shedog garrison in the north of Huai County.

Cao Cao learned that Yang Chou had been killed and knew that things had changed. He couldn't wait for the whole army to cross the river, so he urgently ordered Cao Ren and Shi Huan to lead the army to supervise Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Le Jin and others to attack the shooting dogs.

December 27

Cao Ren and Shi Huan commanded 20,000 troops to attack and shoot the dogs.

Cao Jun's attacks continued day and night, which made Hanoi County, which had never experienced high intensity, unable to adapt.

Knowing that he could no longer resist, Suigu summoned Xue Hong, the former chief minister under Zhang Yang, and Miao Shang, the prefect of Hanoi:
"Nowadays, Cao's army is attacking more and more urgently. If we continue to defend like this stupidly, sooner or later we will be breached, and Hanoi will fall into the hands of Cao's thieves.

You also know Cao Cao's character. If he takes Hanoi, will the people of Hanoi still have good things to eat? The only solution for now is to ask for help from outside.

As early as three days ago, I wrote to Duke Yuan of Jizhou, submitted a surrender form, requested surrender, and asked him to dispatch reinforcements as soon as possible.

Hanoi is located in Hebei and can threaten Henan in a straight line. It is only a few hundred miles away from Cao Cao's home base and will arrive in more than ten days. I believe that with Yuan Gong's wisdom, he will not fail to see the importance of Hanoi.

But after all, the Bai Kingdom is entrenched between us and him, and the Taihang Mountains are occupied by the Black Mountain Army. If Mr. Yuan wanted to send reinforcements to me, he would have to come from Bingzhou. By that time, Shegun would have been defeated.

Therefore, I decided to lead a small group of elite troops, break out of the city, and head north into the Taihang Mountains. I am a mountain person, and I know that there are many people in the mountains who yearn for wealth and a stable life.

If I promise them benefits and make a promise to them through the banner of Yuan Gong, I believe many people will be willing to follow me out of the mountain.

With the help of the people in the mountains, even if they are still unable to defeat Cao's army, they can at least hold on until Duke Yuan's reinforcements arrive. "

Xue Hong and Miao Shang had no opinion on what would happen next, so they had no choice but to agree to Sui Gu's suggestion.

December 29

At night, Sui Gu selected more than a hundred warriors from the army, and took advantage of the darkness to quietly pass through Cao's camp and head north.

However, fate is not as good as fate. Not far from the north of Shequan and only a few miles away from Shanyang, he was discovered by Shi Huan's cavalry wandering here. Shi Huan had long known that Shanyang was Sui Gu's hometown. In order to prevent him from escaping and to strangle the messenger from Hanoi County, he sent a thousand rangers to roam extensively within a dozen miles from north to east of She Dog. .

In fact, the messenger sent by Sui Gu was also intercepted by the rangers, otherwise Cao Cao would not be so anxious to order Cao Ren and Shi Huan to attack She Dog.

After all, Hedong County is now under Yuan Shao's control and is only a few days away from Hanoi.

The moon was dark and the wind was high. On the narrow road in the mountains, Cao Jun's knights were attacking the corpses of Hanoi troops on the ground one by one. Sui Gu was also killed in the rebel army.

Through the talisman that Sui Gu carried with him, Cao Jun's knights quickly discovered Sui Gu's identity.

Shi Huan, who had obtained Sui Gu's head, immediately came to the shooting dog and showed Sui Gu's head to Xue Hong and Miao Shang in the village, and at the same time showed Sui Gu's handwritten letter for help.

Xue Hong and Miao Shang knew that the situation was over, so they opened the gate of the village and asked for surrender.

Cao Cao therefore annexed Hanoi.

The seventh year of Jian'an
New Year
The lower reaches of the Yellow River began to freeze.

Xu Shu suggested to Guan Yu that he should immediately take advantage of this opportunity to cross the river and seize a bridgehead for Liu Bei's army to attack northward.

Because according to the spirit of Liu Bei's army's military strategy meeting last year, Liu Bei's enemies on three sides now, Sun Quan in the south, have the advantage of naval forces and are difficult to attack.

Cao Cao in the west occupied the imperial court's righteousness, and a large-scale attack would be tantamount to openly breaking with the imperial court. Cao Cao would definitely use this to portray Liu Bei as an ambitious person intent on seizing the throne.

This will have an impact on some scholars in the world who do not know the inside story. Now they only occupy two states, which is not conducive to Liu Bei's development.

Yuan Shao is Liu Bei's best direction now. By occupying Hebei, he can not only benefit from Hebei's war horses, but also get the most direct help from the Bai family.

Bai Lu is now serving as the head of the Naxian Pavilion in Xiapi. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Bai family has made a decision on Liu Bei. If Liu Bei can ascend to a higher position, he may not become the next Emperor Guangwu.

Last autumn, shortly after Guan Yu captured Gaotang, Liu Bei held an autumn military strategy meeting in Xiapi.

In order to get the most comprehensive advice for this meeting related to the safety of the power.

Liu Bei raised its specifications to the highest level.

On the Qingzhou side, Bai Xing was left to temporarily take charge of Qingzhou's military affairs, allowing Guan Yu and Xu Shu to attend; on the Yangzhou side, Zhang Liao was left to temporarily take charge of Yangzhou's military affairs, allowing Lu Bu and Bai Dian to leave temporarily.

Including Chen Gong, Zhang Fei, Chen Qun, Mi Zhu, Bai Jin and others in Xiapi, as well as Bai Lu who was qualified to attend, there were no fewer than twenty senior Liu Beijun officials present at the meeting.

At the meeting, Bai Dian, Chen Gong, Xu Shu, Chen Qun, Zhuge Dan, Yuan Huan, Bai Jin and other advisers all suggested that Liu Bei should focus his next attack on Hebei.

Finally, after several days of intense discussions, the pros and cons were analyzed.

Liu Bei fully agreed with the advice of the Council of Advisors and moved the military focus northward in the next few years.

Moreover, judging from the reports from Hebei, Yuan Shao also intends to launch another attack on Liu Bei next year.

In this case, it is better to take a preemptive strike and occupy the advantageous location in advance in order to obtain the maximum results.

However, Liu Bei still needs to guard against Cao Cao.

It can be expected that if Liu Bei really invades Hebei, Cao Cao will not watch Liu Bei become powerful, and will definitely react to Yangzhou and even Xuzhou.

And Liu Bei also had to make preventive arrangements.

Once the most difficult strategic issue is resolved, Liu Bei will begin to make detailed adjustments to personnel appointments as needed.

One: In order to use the greatest strength to resist Yuan Shao's counterattack and seize the greatest fruits. Liu Bei transferred Lu Bu back to Xiapi and asked him to accompany Liu Bei on the expedition together with Zhang Fei.

Two: In order to guard against Sun Quan in the south, although Sun Quan may not attack Liu Bei, it is just in case. Liu Bei promoted Zhonglang General Zhang Liao to the position of partial general, and temporarily acted as the "Commander of Yangzhou Military Affairs", and he was the acting governor.

Yuan Huan was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou and was responsible for the government affairs of Yangzhou.

Three: In order to leave enough strength in the direction of Xiapi to resist the possible arrival of Cao Cao's army. Liu Bei worshiped Gao Shun, who had made great achievements in Le'an, as the middle base general, responsible for the military defense of Xuzhou after Liu Bei left.

He also worshiped Bai Dian as Zuo Changshi of Zuo General's Mansion and concurrently as Xuzhou governor. He was responsible for the political coordination of the three states of Qingxu and Yangzhou after Liu Bei left, as well as the matter of raising food and grass for the army. Kong Rong served as a guest in Xuzhou and was responsible for all the government affairs in Xuzhou.

Four: In order to maintain the strength of the main army. Liu Bei planned to take away Fenwei General Lu Bu, Huwei General Zhang Fei, Guards General Zhao Yun, Partial General Tai Shici, Bi Generals Xiahou Bo, Chen Lan, Lei Fu and others.

Chen Gong was also appointed as the right chief historian of the Zuo General's Mansion, and Chen Qun worked for the Zuo General's Mansion, assisting Liu Bei in painting a military aircraft.

With Mi Zhu and Bai Jin as the commanders of the left general's office, Shi joined the army and concurrently served as the commanders of the left and right armies. They were responsible for the army's food, grass and armament. At the same time, the food and grass needed by the army will be transported to Qingzhou in advance.

Five: In order to confuse Yuan Shao, and at the same time prepare for the army to go north. Liu Bei still appointed Guan Yu as the governor of Qingzhou, Xu Shu as the governor of Qingzhou, and Zhuge Dan as the farewell commander of Xuzhou.

Liu Bei is not worried about Qingzhou. Since his battle with Yuan Shao in Qingzhou last year, Guan Yu has become famous all over the world and is called a famous general.

Moreover, there are many generals in the Qingzhou Army, such as the partial general Bai Xing, the generals Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, Zang Ba...

It can be said that the Qingzhou Army, in terms of personnel and the number of troops, is second only to the Xuzhou Army under Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)