Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 428
In the study, Liu He placed a map of the world on the desk. Xun You, Cheng Yu and others looked at it with shock and disbelief in their eyes.

They never imagined that beyond the Kyushu, there is such a large place. The territory of the Great Qin and Sassanid Kingdoms is even larger than that of the Great Han, and the territory of the Western Regions is actually around the desert.

Especially the large sea area made them feel unbelievable. Is it true that there are more water areas than land in this world?
Cheng Yu once traveled to Xuzhou, and he always had doubts about what is beyond the sea, so he asked, "Beyond the East China Sea... Is there really only that small island?"

Liu He said with a smile: "This unknown place was explored by countless caravans and envoys. I collected various materials from courts and folks to draw it, and I still need to explore it."

Guo Jia and Xun Yu had already discussed this map in Yecheng. Seeing their doubts, they sighed: "In the past, we only focused on the civil war, but we ignored that the envoys of the Great Qin and Guishuang came from the distant Western Regions. When Zhang Qian emptied the Western Regions, Knowing that there is a sky beyond the sky, if you can gather my great man, conquer the barbarians, and make the name of the great man spread all over the world, that will be the real achievement for thousands of years!"

"Thousands of achievements!" Xun You narrowed his eyes slightly. Even though his Xun family had thousands of books, he had never thought of such a grand scene.

Liu He knew that it was too early to discuss these things. Putting away the map, the most important thing right now was the Central Han Dynasty. First conquer the country, and then we could discuss the time to explore the outside world.

He immediately expressed his intentions. The reason for sending troops to Xuzhou this time is not to kill many people, but to surrender Cao Cao, pacify the Central Plains, and take half of the country into his hands.

In this way, except for the land in the south of the Yangtze River, the others are all relatives of the Han family. It would be best if an edict can be issued to persuade them to surrender, and the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty will be just around the corner.

Xun You and Cheng Yu had discussed how to capture Xuzhou many times. Returning to the topic, the two of them recovered their thoughts and planned for Xuzhou.

Xun You said: "Cao Cao has stationed troops in Xiaopei and ordered Cao Hong to guard Pengcheng. They are the horns of each other to block the army. If we send an advance army to divide their forces so that the two cannot save each other, then Cao Hong has a violent temper and it will not be difficult to defeat him!" "

Liu He nodded and said: "Two of you, how should we isolate Cao Hong?"

Xun You said: "There is Jiuli Mountain in the northwest of Pengcheng, which connects the two places. If we can get here, we will cut off the communication between the two armies. It will be useless for Cao Cao to stay in Xiaopei. He will definitely retreat to Xiapi. Taking Pengcheng is easy at this time. "

"Jiuli Mountain!" Liu He narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed: "In the past, during the dispute between Chu and Han, Jiuli Mountain was an important battlefield. Now we have deployed troops here again. The great ancestor has a spirit in heaven and will help us to revive the Han Dynasty. .”

Cheng Yuyan said: "Now that Cao Cao disobeys the king's orders and resists the edict to raise troops, Xuzhou is sure to lose its people. Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family in Xuzhou's Donghai, and Chen Gui and his sons in Xiapi are all loyal to the Han Dynasty. The general can send people to persuade them, and then use troops to suppress them. , if he can instigate rebellion against these two great clans, Cao Cao will be defeated without a fight."

"This plan is brilliant!" Liu He's eyes lit up when he heard this.

The historical performance of Mi Zhu and Chen Deng is that they are loyal to the imperial court. At least they will consider the interests of the family and are unwilling to rekindle the war in Xuzhou. If these two families take the initiative to join forces and get the two counties of Guangling and Donghai, Cao Cao will basically have no place to stay. up.

Immediately said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao wrote to Sun Qian immediately, asking him to go to Xuzhou to meet these two people, and also let Tai Shici send troops from Beihai to attack Langya, and Gan Ning led the navy to march from Donglai to Donghai to attack Yuzhou. Island, where most of the Mi family’s property is located, if they don’t understand current affairs, they will be responsible for the consequences.”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "The general is using both kindness and power this time. I'm afraid that before Cao Cao is defeated, most counties and counties in Xuzhou have surrendered."

Liu Heyan said: "Since we want to take Jiuli Mountain to cut off the communication between Cao Hong and Cao Cao, we should send troops to Xiao County, occupy the banks of the River Shui, and then proceed step by step. We must not give Cao Cao any opportunity to take advantage of."

Cheng Yu nodded and said: "Cao Cao's troops are running low, but they can be divided into two groups, all the way to Jiuli Mountain, so that Cao Cao dare not rescue him, and go all the way to Pengcheng. Pei is too difficult to support alone, so he can only retreat to Xiapi, and then he can gather troops to approach the city and flatten Xuzhou in one fell swoop."

"Okay, let's follow Mr.'s plan!" Liu He got up and said: "The soldiers and horses in Pengcheng will be led by Zhong De, and Gong Da will join the army. To defeat Cao Hong, we must use wisdom."

Cheng Yu and Xun You took orders, and if they had two of them to deal with Cao Hong who had no military adviser, wouldn't that be easy?
On the second day, Dangshan soldiers and horses came out in two groups. Liu He sent two brothers Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to follow Cheng Yu. With the two of them, even if Cao Hong's subordinates had some powerful generals, they would be safe.

Except for Zhang Yun who guarded Kunyang to guard against Nanyang soldiers, the rest of the civil and military troops followed Liu He to Xiao County.

The army took Wen Chou as the vanguard, and came to take Xiao County first. Li Tong, the guard of Xiao County, had just been transferred here from Rencheng by Cao Cao.

At this time, I heard that Liu He's troops had arrived again, so I immediately went out of the city to meet the enemy. Before Wen Chou called for formation, he rushed over without saying a word.

Since Wen Chou came to the army, he has been robbed of the limelight by Yan Liang and Zhang Fei many times, and he rarely has any plans to attack. This time he led the army and saw the enemy general take the initiative to fight. He couldn't help being overjoyed and urged his horse to shoot the general !
when--

There was just a loud noise, and the spear in Li Tong's hand flew up. Wen Chou shot forward. Li Tong's body shook on the horse, and before he could react, he was penetrated through the chest.

With a shrill scream, Li Tong was lifted off his horse by Wen Chou, struggled a few times and was thrown into the distance. Cao Bing behind him was shocked, turned around and fled into the city.

"I didn't want to kill you, but it's a pity..."

Wen Chou also sighed helplessly. Seeing Cao soldiers fleeing in panic, he immediately called for soldiers and horses to follow him, and urged the horses fiercely. The horses neighed long and hoofed, and leaped high from the suspension bridge, passing the panicked Cao soldiers. Straight into the city gate.

"Are you still not surrendering?"

Wen Chou galloped his horse through the city gate, stood his gun horizontally on the street, and shouted at the panicked defenders.

Seeing that the general situation was over, Cao Jun threw down their weapons and knelt down on the ground. Wen Chou ordered people to guard the gate of the city, and led his troops straight to the government office. Only then did the county magistrate of Xiao County hear the sound of drums on the city. The enemy army had already reached the gate of the government office. Reluctantly surrendered.

When Liu He led the troops to Xiao County, Wen Chou had completely controlled the city defenses. People entered the city and went out to calm the people. The people of Peiguo have always been proud of the great ancestor Liu Bang.

Liu He called the county magistrate to inquire about the deployment of Cao's army in Jiulishan.

Introduced to Liu He: "Cao Bing built two earthen cities on the left and right along the mountain road, echoing on the left and right. There are also Chinese troops stationed behind, mainly to supervise the transportation of grain and grass."

Liu He looked at several terrains and troop deployments on the map, forming a triangle. No matter which side was attacked, the Chinese army could provide reinforcements in time.

Guo Jia looked at it for a while, then said with a smile, "Cao Mengde is really good at using troops, and this arrangement has taken great pains."

Liu Heyan said: "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. As long as Jiuli Mountain is captured, Cao Cao will be alone."

(End of this chapter)