The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 325 Cao Cao's Choice
Chapter 330 VII Cao Cao's Choice
"Report to the military commander, there are soldiers and horses in Luoyang City coming to meet Ju'an's soldiers and horses. We will give up the ambush and let them enter Luoyang City safely according to the military commander's order." Not long after the battle of Tai Shici's camp ended, General Shi Huan came back and returned. At that time, he was ordered by Zhuge Liang not to go to ambush the Ju'an Department in Cao Jun's camp.

"Fortunately, General, you can go down and rest." Zhuge Liangliang nodded and told Shi Huan to go down and rest.

"Report to the military division, here is the head of General Cao Jun Du Ji." Not long after, Gao Shun came in with a head, it was Du Ji who led the troops to attack the camp.

"Very good, the general is lucky, let the soldiers rest after clearing the battlefield." Zhuge Liang said to Gao Shun with a smile on his face.

After everyone left, Tian Yu who was beside Zhuge Liang said, "I am ashamed to be a great military commander. Now that Dong Heng and Du are defeated, the Cao army in Luoyang city has lost foreign aid, so they should attack by force."

"No." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Prime Minister wants me to defeat Dong Heng and Du's troops, but not let me take Luoyang City."

"But now that Cao's army has been defeated and their morale is low, it is the best time to take Luoyang. If Luoyang City is captured, Cao Cao's army will be in chaos. It is definitely not the prime minister's enemy." Tian Yu still believes that taking Luoyang City is the best strategy.

"Hahaha...Military division." Just as Zhuge Liang was discussing with Tian Yu, Tai Shici's excited voice came from outside the big tent.

"Sure enough, as expected by the military adviser, when Dong Heng saw me leading troops southward, he thought I was going to seize Ye County, so he immediately led his troops to chase after him. They were ambushed by my troops and nearly wiped out. Unfortunately, Dong Heng ran away. "Tai Shici said excitedly.

"Hehe." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, everything was as he had planned, and then said: "The general can order the army to rest."

"Military Master, why don't you take this opportunity to besiege Luoyang City, take advantage of this great victory, break through Luoyang, and cut off Cao Cao's retreat." Tai Shici asked puzzled.

"Luoyang has a high wall and is guarded by the general Cao Hong and others. Xun Yu and the others are talented people, and now they have [-] soldiers and horses to help them. How can we take it lightly? If we attack it rashly, it will only increase Casualties." Zhuge Liang was not as optimistic as Tian Yu and Tai Shici.

If there is a chance to win Luoyang City, Zhuge Liang will certainly not give up this opportunity, but such a chance is not great, and since Chen Ziming only let them defeat the soldiers and horses who came to help Luoyang, but did not let them capture Luoyang City, he must have seen this At the same time, there may be other plans, so Zhuge Liang decided to let go of the plan to storm Luoyang City.

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"Tell this matter to the prime minister to know." Dong Heng and Du Ji were defeated, Du Ji died in battle, Dong Heng was seriously injured, and the remaining [-] soldiers and horses were less than [-]. After Cao Hong got the final result, he sighed. Report to Cao Cao in Hongnong County.

"Is there any movement in Taishi's benevolent soldiers?" Xun Yu asked.

"No." Cao Hong said: "According to the report from the spies, after Tai Shici's army returned to the camp, they could not defend themselves, and they had no intention of attacking the city."

"Huh?" Xun Yu was puzzled. It stands to reason that this is the best time for Tai Shici's army to attack Luoyang City.

"No, I'm afraid Tai Shici and the others don't mean to wait for me, but the prime minister..."

When Cao Cao, who was in the Hongnong Camp, was shocked when he received the news that Luoyang was defeated and less than [-] of the [-] soldiers and horses hid in Luoyang City, he immediately called everyone to discuss matters.

"Prime Minister, Wen Ruo sent a letter saying that Tai Shici's army did not besiege Luoyang after the victory, but stood still. His intention may be to wait for the Prime Minister to divide his troops to reinforce Luoyang." Cheng Yu said.

"Prime Minister, can you send some troops here to reinforce Luoyang, just in case." Xun You immediately asked, after all, Luoyang is too important to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's sons Cao Ang, Cao Pi, etc. are all in Luoyang City.

"It's absolutely impossible." Cheng Yu immediately said: "Prime Minister, you must not send troops here to reinforce Luoyang."

"Why?" Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu suspiciously.

"Prime Minister." Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "There are [-] soldiers from Taishi Ci outside Luoyang City. How many soldiers and horses the Prime Minister wants to send for reinforcements? Soldiers and horses, if there are too many soldiers and horses, Chen Ziming's soldiers and horses will definitely attack the prime minister's army with an absolute advantage."

"This..." Cao Cao suddenly felt in a dilemma. As Cheng Yu said, he really couldn't divide his troops now, otherwise he would only be defeated.

"Prime Minister, why don't you send troops from Tongguan and Chang'an to Luoyang for reinforcements? Yu Jin and Zhong Yao are here to ensure that the reinforcements will not be lost." Hua Yun immediately thought of the Tongguan garrison and Chang'an garrison who were not at war.

"No." Before Cheng Yu and the others objected, Cao Cao rebuffed, "Tongguan and Chang'an soldiers must not be easily transferred."

When Cao Cao said this, Hua Yun and others immediately understood that Cao Cao was Han Sui and others in Fangliang Prefecture. Although Ma Chao was defeated, Han Sui and others were still strong. So the others will not take the risk and send troops to Chang'an.

"Prime Minister." When everyone had no countermeasures for a moment, Xi Zhi said, "Chen Ziming's plan is to force the Prime Minister to make a choice."

"Oh?" Cao Cao immediately became interested when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "What does the military commander mean, tell me quickly."

"Actually, the prime minister has no choice but to withdraw his troops, make way for Chen Ziming to take Liangzhou and other places." Xi Zhicai said, causing the entire tent to discuss.

"What does the military commander mean?" Cao Cao asked Xi Zhicai with an ugly face.

"Prime Minister." Xi Zhicai said helplessly: "We are waiting for the army to confront Chen Ziming's army here, which will only increase consumption, and Luoyang is in danger. The Prime Minister has no troops to transfer, but Liu Bei still has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands."

"Now that Jiangdong Sun Ce's army has lost its vigor and has no threat to Xuzhou, Chen Ziming only needs to send troops from Langya County, Taishan County, and Qinghe County to the west, and both Yanzhou and Yuzhou will face great pressure. At that time, the prime minister had only Retreat to protect Yanzhou and Yuzhou."

"If we don't withdraw our troops now, we can not only protect Yanzhou and Yuzhou, but also relieve the siege of Luoyang."

After Xi Zhi finished speaking, he closed his eyes and stopped talking. He had already said clearly what should be said, and now it was up to Cao Cao, the boss, to choose.

"This..." Cheng Yu and the others heard it clearly, but they were speechless. Liu Bei did have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands. Once Liu Bei mobilized those soldiers and horses, they would definitely not be able to stop them. Living.

Cao Cao walked out of the big tent, looked into the distance, stood there for a long time, returned to the big tent, summoned civil and military officials, and gave orders without saying anything.

"Order Feng Ling and Cao Chun to immediately lead the soldiers and horses to Tongguan, unite with Yu Jin's soldiers and horses, and strictly guard Tongguan."

"It was ordered that Xiahou Dun be the chief general, and Lu Bu and Wenpin be the deputy generals. They will lead 15 soldiers and horses to garrison here to guard against Chen Ziming's army."

(End of this chapter)