The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 520 Take Youzhou

However, Sima Yi is worthy of being a top strategist and commander who can stand against Zhuge Liang. Although he doesn't have much experience in leading troops, his judgment on the battlefield situation is still rare.

Sima Yi pointed out to Cao Pi that although the Chu army mobilized an army of 40 to attack in four directions, the situation in Wei State was not very critical, and he already had a countermeasure.

The first is Wei Yan's army in Guanzhong. Although they are strong and strong, as long as the Wei army guards Tongguan, no matter how many Chu troops there are, they don't have to worry about it.And even if Tongguan falls, there is Hangu Pass behind, which is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. These two dangerous passes are blocking the west of Luoyang, which is enough to ensure the safety of the west of Luoyang.

Next are the two armies of Gan Ning and Ding Feng. Although there are many elite soldiers and generals, these two armies lack cavalry. Currently, most of the Chu army's cavalry is in Liangzhou and Guanzhong, and some are in Nanyang.Moreover, Zhang Wu had just occupied Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and there were still many unstable areas.As long as the Wei troops in Yanzhou and Yuzhou defend the city, and then order the Wei troops in Jizhou to send troops to Qingzhou to harass Gan Ning's rear, these two armies will not be a concern.

The most difficult thing to deal with is the Guan Yu army in Nanyang, because the distance between Nanyang and Xuchang is short, and there is a flat river, and there is no danger around Xuchang. .

Later, Sima Yi raised the most worrying issue, which was that Zhang Wu was cunning and insidious. Every time he used troops, several armies were sent out together. He also used the strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, making it unclear where his main target was.Sima Yi suspected that Zhang Wu's dispatch of more than 40 troops this time was ostensibly to capture Yanzhou and Yuzhou outside Luoyang, and then attack Luoyang. In fact, he might have another goal.

If Zhang Wu really had another goal, where would it be?

Sima Yi concluded that if his guess was true, it would be either Jizhou or Youzhou.

But Yanzhou and Xuchang are also very important to Wei State. If Cao Pi continues to stay in Luoyang, he must defend Yanzhou and Xuchang, otherwise he will be blocked in the Luoyang Basin by the Chu army and lose contact with the outside world.

Therefore, Cao Pi ordered Cao Zhen and Zhang He to guard Tongguan; Cao Xiu and Xiahouba to guard Yanzhou;

Then ordered Youzhou Inspector Wu Qiujian and Hu Zun and Xiahouwei who were stationed in Youzhou to guard Liaodong and sent more scouts to prevent the Chu army from attacking Youzhou.

Sima Yi's guess was very accurate. Although Zhang Wu divided his troops into four groups, and wanted to defeat Wei Guo in one fell swoop, he knew that Cao Wei's strength was still very strong.The so-called lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Cao Wei still occupies the most affluent area in the north, especially Jizhou, which has always been the base camp of the Cao family.

Therefore, while these four armies were encircling Luoyang, Lu Xun had already led a force to go straight to Youzhou on sea ships.

Most of Gan Ning's [-] troops were newly recruited soldiers, and Gan Ning's army was actually a bluff, used to contain Cao Wei's forces.All the elite soldiers of the East China Sea Navy are in Lu Xun's hands, and at the same time, there is also a general Zhao Yun in his army.

Before formulating the strategy, the staff department also suggested that with Sima Yi's wisdom, he might be able to guess the real purpose of the Chu army, but it doesn't matter if he guesses it, because after several defeats in Wei State, there is no longer enough troops to deal with it. up.

If Cao Pi sent a large number of troops to prevent the Chu army from attacking Youzhou, Yanzhou and Xuchang would not have enough troops to defend. Once the Chu army occupied these two places, they could directly send troops to Hulao Pass to defeat Cao Pi and Wei. All the high-level officials blocked Luoyang, and Wei would be finished immediately.

Now there are two roads before Cao Pi, the first is to defend Luoyang, but Luoyang is surrounded by a basin, if you stay in Luoyang and don’t leave, you can only defend Yanzhou and Xuchang, otherwise you will be trapped in it, then Yuzhou is Secondary.

The second way is to move the capital to Yecheng, give up all the territory south of the Yellow River, and concentrate troops to defend Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou.In this way, with the natural danger of the Yellow River, Cao Pi might be able to survive for two more years.But Cao Pi was reluctant to part with it, and the Henan Group did not agree.

When we are weak, we still punish soldiers to defend to the death, but it is a big taboo for military strategists.

In order to create conditions for Lu Xun to take Youzhou, the four armies of Wei Yan, Guan Yu, Gan Ning, and Ding Feng launched attacks on their respective targets, and the Wei army could only deal with it with all its strength. blow.

Lu Xun's army was not large in number, only more than 3 people, but most of them were elites. There were more than 2000 elite cavalry, and there was also the most critical figure in the capture of Youzhou - Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun's hometown was Changshan County in Jizhou. At that time, Jizhou was Yuan Shao's territory, but Zhao Yun believed that Yuan Shao was not a Ming lord, so he defected to Gongsun Zan, who occupied Youzhou.

Later, a war broke out between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan was defeated and was chased by Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou. None of Gongsun Zan's four generals could match Wen Chou.Seeing that Gongsun Zan was about to be killed by Wen Chou, Zhao Yun stepped forward to save Gongsun Zan. Zhao Yun, who was on the battlefield for the first time, fought Wen Chou for fifty or sixty rounds without deciding the outcome.

Afterwards, Zhao Yun's cavalry defeated Yuan Shao's army and killed Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi. Even Yuan Shao was almost killed by Zhao Yun's intrusion into the Chinese army, so everyone in Hebei and Youzhou knew Zhao Yun's bravery.

Gongsun Zan ruled Youzhou for a long time, and still has some influence in Youzhou. Later, after Gongsun Zan was destroyed, the Gongsundu family ruled the Liaodong area of ​​Youzhou for generations.Although Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du are not from the same family, they both have the surname Gongsun.

Most importantly, Gongsun Gong, the only survivor of the Gongsun family in Liaodong, has secretly surrendered to Zhang Wu.

Gongsun Gongneng has been in charge of Liaodong for so many years, and he is not a fool. He knew that Sima Yi did not kill him after he pacified Liaodong, and he reinstated him as an official. In fact, he wanted to use his name to stabilize Liaodong and Youzhou.When the situation stabilizes in the future, he will not escape death, or even if the Cao family does not kill him, after he dies of old age, Liaodong will no longer belong to the Gongsun family.

It is better to dedicate Liaodong to Zhang Wu now in exchange for some benefits. After Zhang Wu promises, he will make Gongsun Gong the Duke of Xiangping, and give him a territory in Koryo to establish a duchy, which can be hereditary.Although Gongsun Gong can't have a son, he can choose one of the offshoots to adopt him to continue the incense of the Gongsun family.

Compared with Cao Pi, Gongsun Gong would rather believe in Zhang Wu. Everyone in the world knows that Zhang Wu, the king of Chu, is very benevolent and trustworthy.

With the three banners of Chu King Zhang Wu, Liaodong Gongsunshi and Changshan Zhao Zilong, Lu Xun easily captured Liaodong.

Then Zhao Yun, with the help of Gongsun Gong, recruited two thousand white horses and reestablished the "White Horse Yi Cong", which soon swept Youzhou.

Guanqiu Jian, governor of Youzhou of Cao Wei, was shocked and led his troops to fight, but fell into Lu Xun's plan. Wei general Xia Houwei was beheaded by Zhao Yun.

(End of this chapter)