Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 418 He is going to proclaim himself emperor

"Zhou Mu, the general thought that Xiahou Dun might continue to stand still!"

Hearing Wang Zheng's inquiry, Gao Lan said: "Our army has been fighting almost every day since the end of the year. Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun will not be unaware of this situation. On the contrary, the Yanzhou Army has not fought any battles during this period. I have been recharging my energy and energy, and now I have enough soldiers and food!”

"If Xiahou Dun regards our army as a long-weary army, it is very likely that we will respond with the word "drag" to discourage our army's morale and consume our army's food and grass. The army was completely demolished."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng pondered for a moment, looked at Gao Lan, his eyes showed approval, he nodded and said: "Yi Yuan's guess is not impossible."

"It's just that our road is actually a mixed force of Xiapi defenders and new soldiers. It's not a tired army at all. What's more, our army used the grain reserves of Xuzhou counties last year to fight Beihai, and the income from Pengcheng's farmland was It basically didn’t move, and with the part intercepted from Beihai, it’s more than enough to supply this group of troops for a year, if Xiahou Dun wants to drag down our army, it’s wishful thinking.”

"What Zhou Mu said is true." Gao Lan nodded: "So once Xiahou Dun finds that this plan is useless, in the future, it is very likely that he will ask Cao Cao for instructions, and Cao Cao may not be willing to confront us at present. Mu sent troops to rescue Huangjun and Baoman, so Chen and Liang will not move, and it is more likely that they will attack Runan first."

But at this time, another person came out and said: "General, the last general thinks that Xiahou Dun will take the initiative to attack, and find a way to solve us, so as not to worry about the future."

The school lieutenant's name is Yan Ran, and he was also a villager in Wujia Village, Zhao County at the beginning. He can be said to be the real direct descendant of Wang Zheng.

At this stage, Wang Zheng's selection of personal guards is not only to protect his own safety, but also to select talents. Yan Ran only worked for three months and was released outside, which proved that he had great potential and was favored by Wang Zheng. On the contrary, his The successor is still the captain of the personal guard until now. To a certain extent, this is certainly a kind of trust, but it also means that Wang Zheng has no intention of continuing to reuse him.

Not only is Yan Ran old, with a clean background, he is also brave and good at fighting, and he is as good at learning as Xu Fang. After being released, he has gone from Du Bo to Du Wei, and then to today's school captain in just one year.

Although he was promoted quickly, he has gone through many battles and made great achievements many times. In fact, he can be regarded as steady and steady, one step at a time.

"Oh?" Wang Zheng looked sideways when he heard the words, and said in surprise: "Yan Ran, I still have an alliance with Cao Cao, and it is because of this that we will take down Xiangxian and Yilu first, just to take the initiative." Why are you so sure that Xiahou Dun dared to take the initiative to provoke a war and attack our army?"

Hearing this, Yan Ran was also taken aback, looked at Wang Zheng for a while, and said, "General, if Cao Cao himself or other generals, the last general would not dare to be so sure, but Xiahou Dun saw the general so far, how could he be so sure?" Let it go easily?"

Seeing that Wang Zheng's expression of doubts became more serious, Yan Ran had no choice but to remind him: "General, it's because you forgot that the grain transporter who was whipped to death by you that day belonged to Xiahou Dun."

Wang Zheng slapped his forehead, suddenly realized: "I almost forgot this festival."

Although it only happened the year before last, Wang Zheng had already forgotten Xia Houmao's mind (he didn't even know the opponent's name), so even when he knew that the leader of the Cao army was Xiahou Dun, he didn't think much about it, and even released it on purpose. The purpose of the wind, and the original intention, is to hope that Cao Jun will retreat in spite of difficulties, and the two sides will stop there.

At present, it is really not suitable for Xuzhou to build a strong enemy, and it is really difficult for the Tianjun to open another front.

Now it seems that they are thinking too much.

"Yan Ran is right," Wang Zheng thought for a while, looked around at the generals, and said with a smile, "Xiahoudun was tough by nature. When he was 14 years old, someone humiliated his teacher, so he killed that person. Now this murderer The enemy is under his nose, how can he let him go?"

"It would be the best if this dog came to die!" Yan Ran's expression became serious when he heard this, and he said coldly: "The general is the son of Huang Tian, ​​how noble, that dog official dared to offend, how can one life not justify his crime? "

"In the final analysis, the Xiahou clan must be wiped out!"

Yan Ran's words deeply appealed to the hearts of the people, and all the generals in the tent agreed with him for a while, but Gao Lan was worried, hesitant to speak.

Wang Zheng asked: "What worries does Yi Yuan have? Just say it."

"The last general thinks that since Zhou Mu and Xiahou Dun have a long history of grudges, even if Xiahou Dun stays put, there will be a battle sooner or later." Gao Lan said: "Our army does not have many troops, do you want to contact Huang Jun and Baoman in advance? , One is to communicate with each other, and the other is to appease the opponent's military spirit."

"Ah."

Wang Zheng nodded. Before the army set off, he had already learned from the messenger that the Huang Jun Department is now entrenched in the cities of Fule and Yangxia in the Chen Kingdom. It is reasonable to say that it is not far from Yilu, but why has he not seen Yuzhou so far? Did the Yellow Turbans send someone to contact them?
For one thing, the other party did not receive the news that Wang Zheng led the army to Yuzhou, and for the other, they knew about it and sent messengers to contact them, but they never came to Yilu.

Both are possible, because regardless of Fule or Yangxia, if you want to come to Yilu, you must pass through Chen County, the capital of Chen State. This place does not currently belong to Cao Cao's camp in name, but it is difficult to guarantee that the local officials He and the gentry have taken refuge in secret, and at the same time sent defenders to intercept them halfway.

Regardless of whether this is the case, the mountain is not for me, I will go to the mountain, and Wang Zheng pondered for a moment, then ordered Yan Ran to lead a hundred light cavalry, and ordered them to rush to Fule in the starry night, and passed Wang Zheng's request to Huang Jun, must hold on to the city, and at the same time appease the hearts of the soldiers, As for the external Cao army, please rest assured that the Xuzhou army will deal with it.

During the discussion, a person walked in quickly, everyone looked up, but it was Guo Jia.

Because Wang Zheng entrusted him with all the government and military affairs in the city, as well as raising the city wall and building fortresses, etc., he did not participate in the military discussion. With joy.

Guo Jia held up two copies of military documents, bowed slightly to the generals, and immediately said excitedly to Wang Zheng: "My lord, I just got two copies of military documents one after another, one from Xiapi and one from Fenggao. Come, my lord, please guess, what are they talking about?"

"It must be good things that can make Feng Xiao so moved."

Xiapi didn't care about it for the time being, but Feng Gao made Wang Zheng's heart move: "But what happened to Yuan Tan's side?"

Seeing Guo Jia nodding with a smile but not saying anything to explain, Wang Zheng suddenly became interested, Guo Jia has never been a secretive person.

"A good thing." Wang Zheng pondered: "Could it be that Yuan Tan Shao didn't change things, and he didn't have enough prestige in the first place. Surely there was civil strife after the big defeat?"

"My lord is wise," Guo Jia gave Wang Zheng a thumbs-up, "Even though it's not in the middle, it's not far away."

After finishing speaking, he presented the official document with both hands.

Wang Zheng glanced at the ten lines, glanced at them in a hurry, and was overjoyed immediately. He handed the general's paper to Gao Lan, looked around at the generals, and said with a smile: "After Yuan Tan returned to Linzi, he was eager to regroup the army and fight again. He wanted to collect food and treated the people very harshly. Before, people from Le'an and Jinan counties gathered nearly ten thousand people in the name of yellow scarves and rebelled!"

Hearing this, the generals got up abruptly, and Gao Lan gasped even more: "The land of Qingzhou occupied by Yuan Tan now has only three counties of Pingyuan, Le'an, and Jinan plus one Linzi, and now the two counties are against each other. ,This"

"Ben will be more curious about these two uprising forces."

Wang Zheng smiled and said, "Yellow Turban? Hey, although Taiping Dao has great influence in Qingzhou, after so many years, how can it still have much strength now? Especially Jinan and Le'an, these two counties were originally Xu He and Sima Ju's headquarters."

These two names are very unfamiliar to Gao Lan, but Yan Ran and the others are very familiar with them, "The general said that it is true that when Linzi was attacked that year, the Yellow Turban believers in these two counties had already died or surrendered. In less than two years, two more forces of ten thousand people have emerged?"

"That's right." Wang Zheng nodded and said, "I'm afraid some people are dissatisfied with Yuan Tan and acted in the name of the Yellow Turban."

As for who these people were, Wang Zheng also had a vague guess in his mind.

"No matter who it is." Guo Jia said, "Yuan Tan's backyard will have a fire, and he will be unable to plan outside in a short period of time. Mount Tai has no immediate worries."

"Furthermore, Yuan Shao, who is far away in Youzhou, has already known his performance during this period of time. My lord, Yuan Shao is not just Yuan Tan's son."

Speaking of this, Guo Jia paused, smiled meaningfully and said, "My lord, what do you think Cao Cao will do when he learns about this?"

Wang Zheng was startled when he heard the words, and then his eyes lit up.

The so-called one move affects the whole body. One of the keys to Cao Cao's large-scale military deployment in Yuzhou at the beginning of the year was that when most of Wang Zheng's troops were transferred to Beihai, Mount Tai was attacked by the Jizhou army.

Even if Yuan Tan was unfavorable in the first battle, as long as he stationed an army in Linzi, Taishan and Fenggao would always be under great threat, Wang Zheng also had to leave enough troops to prevent possible wars in the northwest.

Wang Zheng, the enemy and close neighbor, was too busy to take care of himself, and the pressure on Yanzhou was greatly reduced, so Cao Cao seemed to be able to do a job with ease.

But now that Yuan Tan is no longer threatening, and Wang Zheng is no longer under pressure, then Cao Cao's pressure is coming.

Gao Lan at the side suddenly realized, and suddenly exclaimed: "Zhou Mu, you said that Xiahou Dun has not moved yet, is it because Cao Cao learned the news earlier than us?"

"He doesn't know the reality of our people, but Xuzhou's strength, and even Beihai's overall situation has been decided, but he knows it. If Xiahou Dun dares to take the initiative to provoke the war, it will be this way that he won. The lord ordered, Our tens of thousands of troops can not only support from Pengcheng, but also attack Yanzhou from Mount Tai?"

After reaching the crown, in order to show stability and maturity, Wang Zheng officially grew a beard recently. He stroked the neatly trimmed mustache on his chin, slowly calmed down from joy, and his eyes sparkled: "It's not impossible."

"If Cao Cao really has concerns." Hearing this, Yan Ran raised his head and stepped out, cupping his hands and said, "General, why don't we consider taking the initiative to attack?"

"Select thousands of elites and attack Kunyang. As long as one victory is achieved, Cao's army will be dealt greater damage and show its prestige, making Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun understand that continuing to attack Runan and Chen and Liang is not worth the loss. So is there a high possibility that Cao Cao will give up his strategy of occupying Yuzhou?"

"The only question is, how many troops are there in Kunyang now? If our army rushes to attack, what are the chances of winning?"

Hearing this, Wang Zheng closed his eyes and thought deeply, and fell silent.

Guo Jia's original tactic was to capture the three cities of Ningping and wait for work with leisure.

If the strength is not enough, you have to take the initiative to tear up the contract, lose your reputation and opportunities, and naturally win less and lose more.

But this time and that time also.

Now there is civil strife on Yuan Tan's side, Wang Zheng's Taishan has lost a big threat, but Cao Cao's Yanzhou has one more threat!
Wang Zheng can now deploy more soldiers and horses, what about Cao Cao?

Are some of the soldiers and horses that Xiahou Dun brought with him now the defenders who were originally stationed in Yanzhou?Do you want to send it back now?
Now that the battle situation has changed and unexpected situations have occurred, the subsequent tactical deployment should naturally be adjusted accordingly. Both pre-strike and late-strike have their own advantages and disadvantages.

It is safer to strike later. The disadvantage is that it consumes too much food and grass, and wastes time and energy. Yuzhou, a place in the Central Plains, is certainly a good place, but it is not a must-see in the early stage of the royal development strategy.

His appearance made Cao Cao's development not as smooth as the original history, but also because of this, the Cao Yuan alliance may not collapse as quickly as the original history, or even internal fighting.

If Cao Cao was in danger, he would save Yuan Shao, so Wang Zheng did not continue to encroach on other counties in Yanzhou after taking Taishan. The same is true for Yuzhou.

Pre-emptive strikes are a bit aggressive and risky. The advantage is that as long as a big victory is won, Xiahou Dun will be extremely jealous when meeting his enemies, but as long as Cao Cao is afraid and does not want to break out with Wang Zheng at this time, he is very likely to stop it. Live in Xiahoudun, and temporarily give up the plan to attack Yuzhou.

After all, he has the Son of Heaven in his hand, so it is no problem to turn around and take down Silizhou in the north of Yingchuan first.

Following Gao Lan and Yan Ran taking the lead, the generals spoke separately.

Some think the odds are high, while others think the odds are small.There were endless debates and quarrels in the hatchback, as if it was a repeat of the debate between Mi Heng, Guo Jia, Huang Zhong, Mi Fang and others in the lobby that day.

After watching with cold eyes for a long time, Wang Zheng pondered secretly for a long time, he came to a conclusion, he waved his hand to stop the argument between the generals, but instead of saying anything, he looked sideways at Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao just said that there are two things, what is the other?"

Guo Jia smiled coquettishly, took out another copy, and while going up to the front to present Wangzheng, he bowed and said: "There is news from Mifang in Xiapi that Yuan Shu has recently set up officials from Taiwan and other provinces to worship in the northern and southern suburbs on a dragon and phoenix chariot."

Before the words fell, Wang Zheng stood up with a flick of his sleeves, raising his sword eyebrows:
"Is he going to proclaim himself emperor?"

　Yan Ran, an original character who guest starred for book friends.

　　
　
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