Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 681 If Cao Cao Escapes into Guanzhong
"Also invite Gongjin to teach and guard!"

Zhu Wei could only patiently ask Zhou Yu for advice. Zhu Wei believed that with Zhou Yu's intellectual property of more than [-], he would never say such a suggestion without a reason, so Zhou Yu's words must be reasonable.

Zhou Yu stood up from his seat, then walked to the thumbnail image of the mountain and river sand table on the ground in the center of the hall, reached out and picked up a long pointing whip, and pointed towards Guanzhong and Xudu.

"My lord, let's see, everyone, Cao Cao occupies part of Dagon Prefecture and Yu Prefecture in the world today, and Guanzhong is also attached to the name of the emperor controlled by Cao Cao. However, there is Yuan Shao in the north and our side in the south. Cao Cao's residence in the Central Plains can be said to be four wars. Difficult to defend! If I were Cao Cao, I would definitely not be willing to be coerced, but Yuan Shao and our side are not easy enemies, so how can we get out of the predicament? Only Guanzhong!"

When Zhou Yu said this, he paused for a moment, but his words also made everyone's expressions change. Even Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of recording beside Zhu Wei, had his eyes flicker a few times.

"In the past, the violent Qin lived in Guanzhong and sought the world. Now Cao Cao can only survive by jumping out of the desperate situation. Therefore, Guanzhong is his best way out! Although we have to abandon the old land of Gunzhou in this way, we can avoid the conflict between the south and the north. Threat! Moreover, there is a big city of Luoyang in Guanzhong, and Hangu Pass is the gateway. Cao Cao only needs to defend Luoyang and use Hangu Pass to guard the hinterland of Guanzhong.

"Just imagine, my lord, if we attack Cao Cao, and Cao Cao flees into Guanzhong with the emperor, or offers Yuan Shao to Yuan Shao in Dagon Prefecture for Yuan Shao's help, then our side and Yuan Shao will fight for the benefit of the Central Plains. The two will fight each other. I also have no time to care about Cao Cao, but Cao Cao can take the opportunity to develop in Guanzhong, and I'm afraid it will be a big problem in the future!"

"But now, Guanzhong is still empty. Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are guarding Xudu and Gunzhou. Although Zhong Yao, the Sili school captain, is in Luoyang, Zhong Yao's tent is only led by Wu Xi and Duan Yao. Liang's remnant soldiers! At that time, Duan Yan led an army of only a few thousand to guard Hongnong, Wu Xi only had three to five thousand to guard Luoyang, and the rest were in Chang'an or there were Ma Teng, Han Sui and other troops, but none of them were enough to resist our army! If our army goes out of Wancheng to take Luoyang, and then attack the counties in Guanzhong, then we can gain the land of Guanzhong and cut off Cao Cao's retreat. If we attack Cao Cao again in this way, he will have nowhere to escape!"

Zhou Yu pointed to the Sili prefecture and county area in Guanzhong, and also paid special attention to some garrison places, but the most important rhetoric really made Zhu Wei nod.

It turns out that Zhou Yu's current strategic arrangement seems to be similar to Wang Yuyan's original strategy, but the specific purpose is completely different.

Now it is a strategic offensive strategy. It is to prevent Cao Cao from retreating to Guanzhong in the future, and to block Cao Cao's retreat first. In this way, if Zhu Wei launches a war against Cao Cao, Cao Cao will have no choice but to fight back. possibility.

Unless he went directly to Yuan Shao, but even so he still had to face Zhu Wei's offensive. Even if Yuan Shao sent troops to help, he could not avoid Cao Cao's downfall.

"Well, so that's the case. This matter is also feasible, but if our army is in the middle of a breakthrough, how will Cao Cao deal with it?"

Zhu Wei saw that many people in the hall also began to agree with Zhou Yu's strategy, so he continued to ask. After all, Cao Cao is not a fool. Once Zhu Wei sent troops to Guanzhong, Cao Cao would definitely not stand by and watch.

"It depends on the speed of our army. If our army starts from Wancheng and rushes to attack Luoyang, Guangcheng Pass is now deserted, so our army only needs to break through Dagu Pass to make Cao Cao unable to respond! After that, we can send An army stationed in Luoyang to defend Cao Cao will prevent Cao Cao from entering Guanzhong again! If Cao Cao refuses to give up, the Lord can send a partial army to take all the places in Guanzhong, and then use the main force to counterattack Cao Cao. This will be more justified!"

Naturally, it was impossible for Zhou Yu to be completely sure about the development of the future war, but if he sent troops from Nanyang to attack Luoyang now, it would indeed be considered a normal offensive route.

When the Eighteenth Route Princes Alliance was calling for Dong, Yuan Shu was stationed in Nanyang to respond to Dong's call, and prepared to send troops to attack Luoyang.

Then Sun Jian, the main force of this journey to challenge Dong Jun, called in Changsha County to go all the way north. He first used tricks to trap and kill Jingzhou governor Wang Rui and Nanyang prefect Zhang Zi, and strengthened his own capital. The general and the governor of Yuzhou took on the task of attacking Luoyang in the north where Dong Zhuo was located.

It can be said that Sun Jian took advantage of this opportunity to develop his power. He first used a method similar to the empty city strategy in Luyang to scare off Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of cavalry who came to invade. This is also the real source of the Three Kingdoms empty city strategy.

Next, Sun Jian seems to have encountered a setback near Dongguang Chengguan in Liang County, but according to historical records, it should be that when Sun Jian was observing Dong Zhuo's army with a small number of soldiers, he encountered Dong Zhuo's army led by Xu Rong who came out to plunder the place. As a result, Xu Rong discovered Sun Jian's trail, so he was naturally excited to lead his troops to hunt him down.

At that time, Sun Jian escaped with a dozen or so cavalry only because of the sacrifice of his general Zu Mao and Li Dai Tao.

In the second year, Sun Jian reorganized his troops and headed north again. This time it was a smooth journey. He first defeated Dong Zhuo's army led by Hu Zhen and Lu Bu in the battle of Yangren Pass (Guangcheng Pass), and beheaded General Dong Zhuo Hua Xiong then defeated Dong Zhuo's army again and again, and finally broke into Luoyang City.

Of course, Dong Zhuo had already set fire to Luoyang at this time, and took Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty west to Chang'an, so after Sun Jian picked up the jade seal in the Luoyang Palace, he also withdrew his troops and returned to Nanyang.

However, judging from the example of Sun Jian taking Luoyang directly from Nanyang, there is indeed a direct route between Nanyang and Luoyang, and now there is only one pass called Dagu Pass, which is blocked to the south of Luoyang.

This Daguguan is an important pass from Luoyang to Nanyang, Ruzhou, Xuchang and other places. The surrounding area seems to be the mausoleum of the emperors of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in the original history, the battle between Sun Jian and Sun Jian was recorded as the battle between Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian. Among the tombs of the Han Emperor, Dong Zhuo was defeated and left Mianchi, and Sun Jian entered Luoyang.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the story of "Sima Yi designed to earn Cao Shuang" is also related to Daguguan. Cao Fang, the young emperor of Wei, left Luoyang to pay homage to Gaoping Mausoleum, the tomb of Emperor Wei Ming. Taking the opportunity, he led troops to garrison Simamen, controlled Luoyang, and forced Cao Shuang to surrender.

Soon after this incident, Cao Shuang was convicted of exterminating the three clans. From then on, Cao Wei's military and political power fell into the hands of Sima Yi, and eventually Cao Wei became Sima Jin.

Obviously, the mausoleum of Emperor Wei Ming also seems to be located in Daguguan where the tombs of Han emperors are located, so Sima Yi sealed Daguguan, and Cao Shuang was locked out of Luoyang.

Well, let’s not talk too much, just say that the land of Nanyang in Jingzhou is now under Zhu Wei’s control, so Zhu Wei can send troops from Wancheng to threaten Xudu, or pass through Luyang and Yang people from Wancheng Dagu Pass, as long as you capture Dagu Pass, you can directly face Luoyang City...

(End of this chapter)