Chapter 133 Attack on Liaodong

"Sir, why do you see that the Yellow Turban Army is related to the Han army?" Zhuge Dan asked.

"The so-called three armies should go ahead before they move their food and grass. How much food does the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army consume every day? Originally, the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou were thousands of people, and the food was very easy to supply. Now there are so many people. If no one supports them from behind, how can we form an army?" Sima Yi paused and continued: "There is another point that Leling is not far from Nanpi City. Nanpi is a big city in Jizhou. There are many soldiers in the city. If the Yellow Turban Army is simply for food, it will attack Nanpi instead of choosing to come to Leling. Since the Yellow Turban Army is here to attack Leling, it will either be aimed at the Cao army in Leling, or it will be for us!"

"Although the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army is not good and its equipment is very backward, it is better than the crowds. Although I am not afraid of him when the two armies fight in front of the formation, if the Yellow Turban Army blocks the rear, our army will be in danger. So you can arrange it immediately and withdraw the troops immediately!"

"Sir, then we are in vain. We have been in Hebei for quite some time and consumed a lot of food and supplies. If you return to Qingzhou like this for a long time and Your Majesty will blame him, what should you do?" Zhuge Dan said with a bitter look on his face.

"It's okay, aren't there Quan Cong and Ding Feng? I deliberately did not kill them, just to let them take the blame when the war was not going well. They lost Leling and disrupted my plan, so they did not get a piece of land in Hebei! With these two scapegoats, Your Majesty will not punish me." Sima Yi said in a silence.

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On that day, the Wu army withdrew and retreated to Qingzhou.

On the official road, the Yellow Turban Army was slowly marching towards Leling.

Zhou Cang and Liao Hua sat on the horse, watching the Yellow Turban Army moving forward in a mighty manner, but they were not happy at all.

Liao Hua pointed to the Yellow Turban Army behind and said, "Old Zhou, you're walking too slowly! If you keep going like this, it will probably take several days to reach Leling!"

"Okay, Liao Hua, are you still counting on how fast they can go? Just be content. If you can lead so many soldiers, it is the first time in my life!" Zhou Cang was still immersed in the happiness of commanding 100,000 people at this time.

Zhou Cang and Liao Hua were both generals of Guan Yu. The difference is that Liao Hua is much stronger in leading troops than Zhou Cang. On weekdays, Guan Gong led troops with Liao Hua as the vanguard, and Zhou Cang Guan Ping two guarded the central army. In terms of calculation, Zhou Cang had no chance to lead troops at all, so he enjoyed the feeling of leading troops alone.

"Report!" The spy ran over with Changyin, came to the two of them, and said, "Report to the two generals, Leling Sima Yi has withdrawn his troops and retreated to Qingzhou!"

"Running?" Liao Hua raised his eyebrows: "Old Zhou, look, we walked too slowly, and Sima Yi ran away!"

"Okay, run away, run away. Who is Sima Yi? He is cunning, can we compare? Even if Sima Yi is in Leling, we can't beat him! It just happened to run away. We went to recruit Leling Cao's army, which is also a great achievement!" Zhou Cang said happily.

"You can see it easily..."

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As time went by, the Han army gradually controlled various counties and counties in Jizhou. Cao Rui had surrendered, and there would be no longer large-scale resistance in various counties.

After several days of consumption, the main force of Cao's army in Leling gradually became empty, and there was no news about Cao Shuang. It gradually began to fluctuate people. A Dou sent troops to recruit the Cao army with the food.

Sima Yi retreated to Qingzhou and announced that the plan of Eastern Wu to seize Jizhou failed. At this point, the end of the war in Jizhou for several years ended, the Wei Kingdom was destroyed, and the Eastern Wu had not yet obtained any land. Although the Han Dynasty took over Jizhou, which was already full of holes, in the next days, rebuilding Jizhou would cost the Han Dynasty a lot of manpower and material resources. It can be said that in the short term, taking Jizhou would be a little loss.

A Dou, who was in Yecheng, was also very depressed. In order to capture Jizhou, A Dou mobilized almost all the elite troops, and even summoned a lot of people from the Di people in the Southern Barbarians and Yongzhou. Now A Dou's main force is in Jizhou. In order to dispatch these soldiers, A Dou also spent a lot of food and supplies. However, he didn't expect that he would take it down without a single battle. In terms of the money and food spent on dispatching troops before, it was a waste of a lot of money and food.

The soldiers had all arrived in Jizhou, and they had used all the money and food, but they did not fight. The consumption of this round-trip caused A Dou's heart to hurt. Thinking about the Cao army and the Yellow Turban Army who had to settle Leling, they had to spend a lot of money and food, A Dou was very frustrated.

This is how he sent troops to fight. If he didn't make a profit, he would lose. Now in Jizhou, A Dou has soldiers and food, but he has no idea how to start. He felt like he was suffering a loss. However, soon, a memorial from Jiang Wei, who was stationed in Youzhou, reminded A Dou that A Dou decided to send troops to Liaodong and attack Gongsun Yuan.

For the Han army, both soldiers and generals had already arrived in Jizhou. If they went back directly, it would be better to go north to conquer Liaodong and kill Gongsun Yuan.

The demise of Wei State, like the next two parts today, is more population controlled by the Han Dynasty, but the territory controlled by the Eastern Wu, whether it is Jingzhou, Huainan, Xuzhou, or Jiangdong, are all grain-producing places. In the era of cold weapons, there is a population with food. It can be said that the Eastern Wu has great potential for future development!

Gongsun Yuan was a good fight, but Gongsun Yuan was bounded by A Dou after all. For the Eastern Wu, Gongsun Yuan was a target of win over, and for the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Yuan was not only a target of win over, but also a potential threat. Therefore, Jiang Wei from Youzhou wrote a letter to A Dou, proposing to fight against Gongsun Yuan in the east while the army was in Jizhou.

After careful consideration, Adou also felt that what Jiang Wei said was very reasonable. With the demise of Wei, the Sun-Liu alliance had completely collapsed, and the world was divided. In the future, the Han Dynasty and the Eastern Wu will definitely have endless wars. Instead of waiting for the war with the Eastern Wu in the future, you have to be careful to guard against Gongsun Yuan behind you. It is better to solve Gongsun Yuan now and make it happen once and for all.

So A Dou ordered Wei Yan as the head coach, Ma Qiu and Guo Huai as the deputy head coach, and Jiang Wei as the vanguard, leading the army to attack Liaodong. The other generals such as Guanxing, Zhang Bao, Zhang Yi, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Hu Zun, and Fu Qian also followed.

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Yecheng.

A general has been built on the school grounds, and Adou personally saw Wei Yan off.

"General Wei, drink this cup full of food. I wish you to pacify Liaodong and return in triumphant!" Adou personally picked up a wine glass and handed it to Wei Yan.

Although Wei Yan was covered in armor, he still knelt down on his knees, took the wine glass, and then said, "I thank Your Majesty!"

Seeing Wei Yan sip the wine in his glass, Adou continued: "General Wei, Liaodong is so bitter and cold. You must take care of yourself when you go to Liaodong. In addition, Gongsun Yuan is far inferior to our army in terms of military strength and military generals, so you don't need to be impatient, just fight steadily."

"I obey the order!"

"Gongsun Yuan has few talents, but Deng Ai is not an ordinary person. As far as I know, Deng Ai is good at using strange weapons and is difficult to deal with. I hope the general will not underestimate the enemy. In addition, although Deng Ai is a talented person, he likes things and will take his own actions. Whenever he charges, he will lead by example. If you can make good use of this, you may be able to capture and kill Deng Ai!" Adou continued.

"I have recorded it!"

"Okay, the auspicious time has come, let's go!" A Dou shouted, and Wei Yan bowed to A Dou again, stood up and left.

In front of the city gate.

Ma Qiu's command was full of cavalry, and entering the school ground was too much space, so Ma Qiu led his cavalry to wait outside the city.

A car came slowly, then slowly stopped, and then Zhuge Liang walked out of the car.

"Prime Minister, why are you here? If you are wrong, please forgive me, forgive me..." Ma Qiu got off the horse and greeted her with a smile.

Zhuge Liang nodded at Ma Qiu, and then said, "General is going to go to war, Liang is here to see him off."

"The Prime Minister is really polite."

Zhuge Liang continued: "This time we went to Liaodong in the east, our soldiers were numerous. I expected Gongsun Yuan would not dare to fight with me, so he chose to avoid the edge, build high barriers, and hold his position. Once our army's offensive was not smooth, not only was it empty, but it would also consume a lot of food and grass. So I specially prepared a brilliant plan. When the attack was not smooth, the general could open his sight!"

Zhuge Liang said, took out a gift bag and handed it over.

Ma Qiu hurriedly took it over. Everyone said that Zhuge Liang's predictions are as good as a god, and Zhuge Liang's tips are also famous all over the world. They can always turn bad luck into good fortune and bring good fortune when they are in trouble, so Ma Qiu is also looking forward to it.

"Prime Minister, General Wei Yan is the commander of the expedition this time. Why don't he give this gift to General Wei Yan, but to me?" Ma Qiu asked in confusion.

"The strategy on this tip can only be completed by your Liangzhou cavalry. I should give it to you! Besides, Wei Yan is very arrogant. If you give this tip to him, it will not work. It is better to rub his spirit first to win!"

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Liaodong, Xiangping City.

The news of Jizhou's large-scale deployment of troops and generals to attack Liaodong naturally could not be hidden from the spies from Liaodong. Someone here had long since passed the news back to Xiangping, Liaodong.

"Oh, the Han army is approaching, what should we do?" Gongsun Yuan asked his ministers.

Although Gongsun Yuan is ambitious, his ability is average. He is far inferior to his grandfather Gongsun Du, and even his father Gongsun Kang. Now A Dou's attack has made Gongsun Yuan at a loss and has no countermeasures.

"Lord, don't be in a hurry. The soldiers come to block the water and the soil. I have already made a decision." Deng Ai stood up immediately.

"Shizai, tell me quickly, what did you think of?"

"Lord, I have many bitter and cold places in Liaodong. When the people of the Central Plains came to Liaodong, it would definitely be difficult to adapt to the climate of Liaodong. So we only need to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, build high barriers to defend, and refuse to fight. The Han army transported grain to Liaodong, which was a huge loss, so when the Han army was not supported, they would withdraw their troops themselves. Moreover, the lord could write a letter to Sun Deng in Shouchun and ask him to send reinforcements. In this way, we can ensure that our Liaodong is safe and sound!"
Chapter completed!