Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Hulaoguan guards the main road, with mountains on both sides and dangerous surroundings. Although it is not as big as some cities, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As long as there is enough grain in the pass, it can be held for a long time, and it is almost impossible to go around.

This can be seen from the eighteenth princes' attack on Dong Zhuo.

It's not that Hulaoguan is the only way to attack Luoyang from the east;

Cao Cao evacuated urgently, and it was too late to take away the food, grass and equipment in Luoyang City.

After Liu Zhang discovered that Luoyang was an empty city, it was already the second day after Cao Cao's evacuation. He immediately sent an army to pursue it, and then let the main force occupy Luoyang City.

Cao Cao knew that if Liu Zhang found himself retreating suddenly, he would definitely send troops to pursue him, so he sent Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan to ambush him halfway.

Sure enough, when the enemy was chasing, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan immediately led their troops out from both sides, defeating the pursuers.

Liu Zhang led the main force to take over Luoyang City and Yique Pass, but he didn't care when he heard that the pursuers were defeated by Cao Cao's ambush.

Although Cao Cao escaped, the large amount of grain, grass and equipment in Luoyang City were all cheaper for Liu Zhang, and he needed to spend a few days to count them.

A few days later, Liu Zhang led the main force to the east and camped outside Hulao Pass.

To the east of Luoyang, Hulao Pass and Sishui Pass are both dangerous places. Cao Cao's main force is at Hulao Pass, and Sishui Pass is also guarded by troops.

Liu Zhang led the main force at Hulao Pass, and at the same time sent five thousand troops to the south, preparing to cross Songshan Mountain, attack Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and threaten Xuchang, Cao Cao's ruling place.

In order to capture Hulao Pass, Liu Zhang confronted Cao Cao on the line from Hulao Pass to Sishui Pass for three months.

Although Liu Zhang's supply line has been stretched, he has two granaries in Guanzhong and Yizhou, which are far more abundant than Cao Cao.

Finally in August, Cao Cao couldn't hold on anymore. He gave up Hulao Pass and continued to evacuate eastward.

Liu Zhang sent troops to quickly occupy Hulao Pass, and then marched eastward to capture the entire Yin of Henan.

However, the second task is to capture at least two counties of Cao Cao, which has not yet been completed.

The army fought for more than four months before taking down the entire Yin of Henan. Liu Zhang was already very satisfied. After all, the opponent was Cao Cao, who is famous all over the world.

After resting for several days, Liu Zhang called his subordinates to discuss how to march.

Going south from Xinzheng, you can attack Yingchuan County.

From Zhongmu to the east, you can attack Chenliu County.

Xun Yan suggested going south to capture Yingchuan, because the Xun family was in Yingchuan.

The Xun family sent people to assist the three most powerful princes in the world.

Yuan Shao in Hebei is Xun Kan, Liu Zhang in Guanzhong is Xun Yan, and Cao Cao in Yanzhou is Xun Yu and Xun You.No matter who wins the world in the end, the Xun family will be the beneficiaries.

Among these three princes, Liu Zhang is currently the most powerful.

So Xun Yan hoped that Liu Zhang would go south to capture Yingchuan.

But both Fazheng and Liu Ye suggested going east to Chenliu.

Because Yingchuan County is where Cao Cao's government is located, it is very difficult to capture.

After thinking about it, Liu Zhang felt that he didn't have the ability to destroy Cao Cao in the first battle, and it was more important to complete the task first.

He led the main force and continued eastward to Chenliu.

Cao Cao sent a large army to stop Liu Zhang in Chenliu, and moved the capital at the same time.

Having captured Henan Yin, Xuchang was too close to Liu Zhang's territory and vulnerable to attack, so he decided to move the capital.

Move eastward, away from Liu Zhang.

Finally in October, Liu Zhang captured Chenliu County.

However, his soldiers were exhausted, and after all considerations, he decided to stop the attack.

After completing the second task, he also successfully acquired 4000 Tiger Riflemen.

During the seven months of the battle between Liu Zhang and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao did nothing.

Last year in the Bingzhou War, Yuan Shao was defeated. After fleeing back to Jizhou, he has been recuperating.

His failure not only lost [-] soldiers, but also lost a large amount of food, grass and equipment.

Originally, he annexed Youzhou and his strength increased greatly, but later he returned to his original form.

After seven months of recuperation, his strength still hasn't recovered.

So much so that Yuan Shaoteng couldn't help Yuan Tan.

Originally, Yuan Tan suppressed the governor of Qingzhou and Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai in Qingzhou, and now he did not continue to attack.

After taking Henan Yin and Chenliu counties, Liu Zhang and Cao Cao retreated in a tacit understanding, and it would be useless to fight any more.

Liu Zhang withdrew his troops and returned to Luoyang.

He had just captured Chen Liu and Henan Yin, but he was still not at ease and immediately returned to Chang'an.

Luoyang City, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, although it was hustled by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si, the foundation is still there.

Luoyang is the center of the world. If you occupy Luoyang, you can attack Jizhou in the north; attack Yuzhou and Jingzhou in the south; attack Yanzhou in the east.

This takes the initiative to attack.

After a few days of sorting out the household registration, Liu Zhang learned that Henan Yin had a registered population of 50, and Chenliu County had a registered population of 87.

Upon seeing this data, Liu Zhang was very angry.

The majestic capital of the country is located, but the registered population is not as large as that of Chenliu County.

This shows what!
Li Jue and Guo Si are really damned!
However, they were already killed by Cao Cao last year. If they didn't die, he would kill them too.

After conquering the two counties of Yin and Chenliu in Henan, Liu Zhang's troops increased again, reaching 36.

His military strength is already the largest among the princes in the world.

The second most was originally Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu was killed by Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao was also killed by Liu Zhang.

Counting it now, both Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have an army of more than 20, and Cao Cao's army still has 10,000+.

The rest of the princes, Tao Qian, Liu Biao, and tens of thousands more.

Year after year, Liu Zhang's subordinates were exhausted, but fortunately last year and this year, 10 soldiers were mobilized in battles, and soldiers and generals could take turns to rest.

Liu Zhang decided that next year, that is, in 198, he would not take the initiative to attack others, but to recharge his batteries.