The assassinations of Zhang Wen and Yuan Shao made Yang Biao extremely angry, so he allied with Liu Bei to help Liu Bei move the refugees in Guanzhong to Jingzhou, and also helped Liu Bei control the Central Army in the hands of the court. If the Central Army of the court was in the hands of Yuan Shao,
Yuan Shao's power will be unstoppable.
And his alliance with Liu Bei was different. Liu Bei, like Dong Zhuo, came from a poor family. This life experience determined that Liu Bei had no disciples or old officials to help him maintain the stability of the court. He needed an ally to help control the power of the court.
And now the Guanzhong clan, whose vitality has been severely damaged, also needs a capable general like Liu Bei to become an ally, who can at least restore their vitality.
Jizhou, Nanpi!
At this time, the situation in Jizhou was even more dangerous than what Jushu had introduced! Just when Xu Wei sent a large number of Tengjia Army cadres to Jizhou to fight against local tyrants and divide their fields, Jizhou's defense line completely collapsed.
First, the entire countryside of Jizhou was occupied by the Tengjia Army. The Jizhou Army's hundreds of thousands of troops were trapped in several large cities in Jizhou. After dividing the fields and land, the Jizhou Army completely lost the morale to continue fighting.
Counties and counties in Jizhou began to fall under the offensive of Tengjia Army. In the end, only Lunu guarded by Shenpei and Nanpi guarded by Ju Yi were left unconquered!
Xiahou Dun stood at the front of the army, looking into the distance. The village in front of him was completely deserted, and the surrounding area was completely silent, which gave him a bad feeling.
He sent Tan Ma to the village to inquire about the situation. Soon Tan Ma reported that "there is no one in the village ahead, and it has become an empty village!"
"If we continue to investigate, we must find local people and ask about the situation!" Xiahou Dun said loudly.
Xiahou Dun found his lieutenants Cao Ren, Li Dian, and Yu Jin and said, "The situation in Bohai County is unclear now. We must be cautious. We must first reduce the marching speed and slowly advance towards Nanpi. Safety first!"
Xiahou Dun had to be so careful. After all, there were now 100,000 Tengjia troops in Jizhou. If these infantrymen were not careful, the entire army would be wiped out!
Cao Ren and others also nodded. They couldn't attach too much importance to the Tengjia Army.
Xiahou Dun asked the detective horse to explore the situation within a radius of 30 miles. As a result, the entire Bohai County seemed to be empty, and there was not a single commoner in sight. Such a strange situation made Xiahou Dun not dare to move forward. Instead, he reported the situation here to the playground.
and asked him to give instructions on the next steps.
Pingyuan County, Gaotang City
After Cao Cao led 30,000 troops across the Yellow River, he did not immediately support Nanpi. Instead, he stationed the army in Gaotang City and sent Xiahou Dun as the vanguard to lead 5,000 soldiers into Bohai County!
The battle report from Xiahou Dun made him unbelievable. He looked at Cui Jun and said in surprise, "All the people in Jizhou have disappeared. Were they killed by you, or did you hide them?"
Cui Jun abided by the motto that a gentleman should not be under dangerous walls and had already fled to Pingyuan County before the Tengjia Army surrounded Nanpi. However, when the wealthy nobles in Jizhou saw that the Tengjia Army's attack was unstoppable, they took their tribesmen and property to the south.
Crossing the Yellow River, he hid in Yanzhou or Qingzhou. Cui Jun ran to Pingyuan County and met Cao Cao's reinforcements to support Jizhou. Cao Cao also wanted to know the situation in Jizhou, so he asked him to stay in Pingyuan County first.
Cui Jun smiled bitterly and said, "How could we massacre the people under our rule? These people must have been bewitched by the Tengjia Army and they hid. Brother Mengde, you have never been to Jizhou and don't understand how terrifying Thunder Lord is.
A born rebel, anyone who listens to his instigation will immediately become his soldier, and even his relatives will turn against him. Now there are more than 150,000 troops surrounding Nanpi, and most of them are Bohai natives.
Brother Meng De, have you ever heard of such things as military conscription?"
Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Brother, this is something I have never heard of or seen!"
Cao Cao provided the intelligence obtained from Cui Jun and found that the clans in Jizhou were really seeking their own death. They only knew how to recruit soldiers and expand the number of troops, but they did not know how to improve the treatment of soldiers. Even when the Tengjia Army was suppressing the country in a large scale, they continued to
He cruelly oppressed the people of Jizhou, so that when the Tengjia Army attacked Jizhou, the Tengjia Army was like a king's division, and the people of Jizhou all responded to the arrival of the Tengjia Army to gain food.
Lei Gong became the king's master, and the wealthy nobles in Jizhou became thieves. This made Cao Cao not know what to say.
Cao Cao knew that the Tengjia Army was unstoppable in Jizhou, not because of how powerful their army was, but because their political offensive was so powerful that all the people in Jizhou were bought by his 30 acres of land. So much so that the powerful gentry in Jizhou became the entire Jizhou
The enemy, under such circumstances, how could the powerful nobles of Jizhou remain undefeated?
At the same time, he was also secretly worried. If Lei Gong's method of dividing land was used in Qingzhou, would his subordinates collapse like the army in Jizhou, and would the people under his rule rebel like the people in Jizhou?
After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao reluctantly admitted that the noble families in Qingzhou would not be much better than those in Jizhou! The living conditions of the people in Qingzhou would not be much better than those in Jizhou!
If Lei Gong used the same method to deal with the Qingzhou clans as he did against the Qingzhou clans, and even the Qingzhou army was not as strong as the Jizhou counties, he might not even be able to resist it for a month!
But this made Cao Cao more determined to fight the Tengjia Army. Only by understanding the strength of the Tengjia Army can he decide on a strategy to deal with the Tengjia Army!
Cao Cao continued to ask, "What does Lei Gong mean by doing this? By moving the people to avoid us and the army, is it to ambush us or to lure the enemy deeper?"
Cui Jun thought for a while and said, "The Tengjia Army has 150,000 troops in Nanpi. We can't deal with 50,000 cavalry alone. There is no need to ambush or lure the enemy deep."
Maybe Lei Gong was worried that the local people would be massacred by us, so he hid them in advance, but brother Meng De, you have to be careful. Your vanguard army is now less than 300 miles away from Nanpi. It won't take two days for the cavalry to travel this distance.
, the 50,000 cavalrymen in Li Gang's hands are useless to attack Nanpi. If Li Gang orders this cavalry to attack General Xiahou, I am afraid that General Xiahou and others will be in danger!"
Cao Cao looked at the north and said, "How can I not know the danger of supporting Jizhou now? But if I don't take this opportunity to understand the strength of the Tengjia Army, if I really wait for the Tengjia Army to attack Qingzhou, I am afraid that the current situation in Jizhou will be what Qingzhou will be like in the future."
, so I need to understand the combat effectiveness of the Tengjia Army and prepare to deal with the Tengjia Army in the future!"
In fact, after knowing that there were 150,000 troops in Nanpi, Cao Cao had the idea of retreating. The Tengjia Army had so many soldiers that more than 200,000 Jizhou troops could not resist the Tengjia Army for even two months. His 30,000 soldiers
Going to Nanpi is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth!
Now he just wants to find a small unit of the Tengjia Army to fight and determine the strength of the Tengjia Army. This is a trip to Jizhou that is not in vain!
Cao Cao thought for a while and ordered Xiahou Dun to be careful and find the traces of the Tengjia Army!