The reason why Liu Bei dared to march in so unobtrusively was that he had taken advantage of Cao Cao's lack of troops.
After the defeat, Cao Cao only had 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the morale of the troops was extremely low. After joining forces with the Qingzhou County soldiers, he was able to increase his number to about 40,000. In Xuzhou, he only had less than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Under such circumstances, Cao Cao ordered Xia Houyuan to lead ten thousand people to defend Donglai, and then led most of his troops to rest in Linzi. He was unable to organize a defense line in the Dahe or Jishui areas in a short period of time. This gave Liu Bei an opportunity to seize the opportunity.
With lightning speed, they broke through to Linzi City in one breath.
After personally leading 20,000 cavalry and stationed in the north of Linzi City, Liu Bei took a short rest and then issued a large-scale appeal to Qingzhou counties, boasting about his martial arts. The essay was written by Wang Can, who had just transferred to his command, and the full text is as follows:
"The royal family is united, and the light matches the heaven, but the other side is the same, Ju, the only one who blocks the sound of teaching.
The head of state had the heart to stop the war, and ordered him to kill the thin army chariot, so he separated the country from the country and used it as a metaphor for survival. Although he planned long-term plans, his love began on his own, so he stopped fighting and calmed the people in order to seek peace.
Cao Cao was a son of a son, who was a son of his own. He relied on Wu and Yue from far away. He relied on treachery, rebelled against his master, and established the relationship between monarch and ministers. He pretended to be brothers and became brothers. How could he be called unkind? He would eventually become difficult to raise, easy to worry about his enemies, and would seek to fight and provoke each other.
He was full of violence and evil, and he had no support. He killed Yuan Shao at that time, and immediately fled to the village of Hebei. He was willing to talk to the people, and he was trying to disrupt the country. It is obvious that he was ambitious.
After Cao Cao was eunuch, he suffered a violent meeting, massacred Qi and Lu, and built the capital to serve as a high place. Although the imperial court could not bear the suffering of the people, it wanted to reward and punish the prince, and made him in charge of a state, a city, and thousands of families.
It has been a long time to stop. But Zhou Zhang turned his back and continued to pull away. It was in vain, and his intention was also visible. However, the country is in many difficulties, and Huairen has allowed his power to be treacherous, and it is easy to take advantage of it. However, the heaven and the earth have their destiny, and there will be good and reverse.
There is a constant. Today, I have inherited the great power in Xijing, Yan has promoted Zhangwu, but the east wind has not competed, and the sky has conquered. Cao Cao, the leader, is in Xindu. The old traitor is plotting and will be destroyed again.
Nowadays, Cao Cao's eunuch is very worried, especially because he has a big dream, and wants to use Linzi as a base to bring disaster to Jizhou. But how can the people deserve it? The Chu Kingdom is destroyed, and the disaster spreads to the trees, the city gates are on fire, and the fish in the ponds are affected. Hengshijiang, Huai Shizi, Qing
, Xu characters, under the stone of death, died in the mist and dew.
The Marshal of the Puppet Dynasty, Cao Cao, had no reputation for his conduct, and was good at taking risks. He shot birds to judge his merits, and rowed boats to judge his strength. He was already old, and he was an old general. His government was scattered among the people, and his rituals and music were ruined. If he used it, he would use good advice.
Abandoning the establishment and losing the place, pretending to be vulgar, pretending to be wise and frightening the fool, filling the heart with poisonous stings, arrogantly adhering to the precepts, being impetuous and filling the chest, and governing the purity of things by mistake. Disasters come from above, resentment arises from below, everyone is tired of suffering, and every family is in chaos.
, The frost is gradually coming, and the ice is coming. The dangerous customs are spread, and the descendants are allowed to be frivolous. The path of cliques is opened, and military power is difficult to grasp. It will bring disaster to the flesh and blood, stir up the belly and heart, charge the city with a strong crossbow, and point the sword at the bridge;
I only explore the birds and grebes, but there is no way to save the emptiness of the house. I ask the bear to jump in vain, and delay the order of the dial. It collapses externally and collapses in the middle. Now it is the time.
The snipe and the clam are at each other's throat, and I will take advantage of its disadvantages. I will make the horsemen chase the wind, and the fine armor will shine in the sun, four or seven in a row, millions of people in a group, in the shape of turning stones, as a force to break the bamboo. Let Mount Tai cross the river, and the green caps will come together.
, thorns grow in the palace of Linzi, and elk roam in the palace of Jimo. But I am afraid that leather chariots will be trampled by chariots, swords and cavalry will trample them, wolfberry trees will be toppled, and bamboo arrows will be destroyed. If you are a famous scholar and sage in Qilu,
When the descendants return to the army, they appoint the officials, and they are immediately awarded the rank of Guest Minister, and are given the title of Purple Gold. All gentlemen, I hope you will be blessed."
This memorandum was of great literary talent and fully demonstrated Liu Bei's determination to defeat Cao Cao. Therefore, Liu Bei admired it very much. After reading it, he immediately promoted Wang Can to be the crown prince, hoping that he could assist Liu Xie in the future. Soon afterwards, 130,000 troops from behind came.
They also rushed to Linzi, and the huge army camp surrounded the huge city of Linzi. The camp passed from the river canal to Guishan Mountain. From a distance, the flags were overwhelming, and Linzi City looked like an isolated island in the ocean.
When the surrounding counties and counties learned about the situation, they were all frightened and sent envoys to Liu Bei's tent to see what was going on. Liu Bei was not in a dilemma, and talked and appeased them one by one, and then released them. He discussed the matter with his generals and said: "Qingzhou
The common people have been in contact with our army for many years. Although there is blood feud, there is no righteous indignation. It needs to be resolved with royal methods. When the army acts, it must not involve the common people and disturb the hearts of our people. Anyone who violates it will be killed!"
Although the army of the Western Dynasty was stationed under Linzi City at that time, the Jiaodong Plain, the Tai Valley Valley and the Xuzhou River Network were still under the control of the Eastern Dynasty. Xia Houyuan was stationed in Huang County at this time, while Cao Zhen stayed in Xiami. The two sides transported each other by sea.
A group of ships and sailors were urgently transferred from Liaodong, which could be used to harass the rear of the Western Army in an emergency. It was like two nails hammered into the back of the Western Army. And Fazheng's plan was to besiege Linzi first.
, after the two cities were exterminated, they made plans to attack the city. Especially when it was advantageous, it only took one day and night to sail the boat to Jishui, which was hard to guard against. At this time, the Western Army was unable to build an army capable of fighting against the enemy in a short period of time.
The contending navy.
Moreover, the Western Dynasty has long known about the Sun-Cao alliance. Although there are not many Eastern soldiers and horses in Xuzhou now, Sun Quan will probably send people from Xuzhou north to help him after getting the news, so as to attack the Western army from both inside and outside. From this perspective,
The Western Army should also send troops to invade Dongguan and occupy Muling Pass, the Qingxu important road, in order to hinder the Wu Army from reinforcing it.
Liu Bei discussed with Guan Yu and other generals and believed that the Western Army had a clear advantage in strength. Even if they divided their forces to attack Mulingguan, Huangxian, and Xiami at the same time, they would still have room to spare. Therefore, they divided their troops into three groups, with Liu Bei leading 70,000 people to defend them.
Under Linzi City, General Guan Yu led 30,000 troops to attack Xiami and Huang County. Yuan Tan led 30,000 troops to overthrow Muling Pass, making it impossible for them to unite and rescue each other.
After Guan Yu received the order, he immediately stationed in Ju County and recruited supplies with great fanfare around him. He said that after collecting the supplies for the siege, he would slowly attack Xia Mi. When Cao Zhen heard the news, he was very nervous.
He repaired the city's ultimatum in an attempt to defend the city and repel the enemy. He waited until the day Guan Yu agreed to send out troops. Cao Zhen sent people to inquire about the news. When he learned that Guan Yu had left the camp, he immediately prepared a formation in the city. Unexpectedly, he waited for a whole day.
One day, Guan Yu came to attack the city completely missing.
At dusk, Cao Zhen suddenly turned pale with fright. He hurriedly called a confidant and said: "Guan Yunchang is bluffing and saying that he is coming to lay secrets, but he has not come. I am afraid that he is attacking from the east to the west and going straight to Huang County! Hurry up!
Go quickly and inform the Xiahou Envoy to be more careful." Knowing that the matter was urgent, he immediately took two horses and rushed to Huang County. As a result, he happened to bump into Guan Yu's troops near Yangqiu Mountain, and was immediately seen by the Han soldiers.
Something went wrong and he was captured alive. When Guan Yu learned the news about Cao Zhen, he couldn't help stroking his beard and said with a smile: "The Cao family has many thousand-mile horses, but it's a pity that they are a little slow in wisdom!"
This is often the case on the battlefield. If you are slow, you will lose everything. Because Guan Yu took the advantage, he finally broke into the hinterland of Donglai County from Jimo and Jiaodong, and successfully arrived at Xiahouyuan's city. Xiahouyuan was recruiting ships outside the city.
There was no general in charge of supplies in the city, so the city gates were wide open. When they saw Guan Yu's army, the soldiers in the east were in chaos. The generals in the city did not dare to take responsibility, so they abandoned the city and fled, leaving Huang County to the west.
However, Guan Yu had a lot of cavalry under his command. Upon seeing this, they galloped into pursuit. How could the Dong people escape? In a blink of an eye, it turned into a hunter chasing the prey. They could not run for several miles, and most of the Dong people were overtaken by the light cavalry.
After leaving behind dozens of corpses, the majority of the people surrendered.
When Xia Houyuan heard the news, he was so distraught that the boatmen hurriedly evacuated to Changshan Island. Guan Yu also occupied Huang County. After he obtained the city, he calmly divided his troops to occupy Donglai County. For example, Mouping
, Dongmou, Changyang, and Qucheng counties all looked at the wind and descended. Guan Yu also carried out the strategy of searching for ships, redeemed all the ships of the people on the coast, and then dragged them into the city to cut off Xiahouyuan's supplies, and then returned to the army leisurely.
Then encircle it tightly.
It was night, and the Westerners took turns to rest and attack the city all night. They first isolated the city wall from the rivers on both sides, and then raised the earth mountain to level the city. At dawn the next day, the earth mountain was completed. The heavy-armored sergeants went out to attack the city along the earth mountain. Flying over the city
When the arrow fell, the Westerners had thick armor and continued to advance up with arrows. When the Westerners went up to the city, they were met by the people in the city who greeted them with big sticks and hammers. Even though the Westerners had heavy armor, they were not immune to casualties.
But the defenders couldn't help but the Westerners came in turn, and fought fiercely for half a day. If there was a slight oversight, the Westerners had already occupied the city tower like ants, and then set fire to the archery tower. After the billowing black smoke rose, the defenders were morally confused and fled the city wall one after another.
After pouring out from the west gate, Cao Zhen also knew that the situation was over and had no choice but to lead his people out of the city. Guan Yu sent out cavalry to chase and captured thousands of people. Cao Zhen had ships prepared in a secret place, so he escaped with his life and led hundreds of people to fight with Xia Houyuan.
Meet at sea.
In just a few days, the Western Army had already taken over the coastal counties of Qingzhou, but on Yuan Tan's side, it reached a deadlock at Muling Pass.
Muling Pass is known as the most dangerous pass in Shandong, and it is not for nothing. This pass was built by King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was located on the Daxian Mountain in the east range of Yishan Mountain. It was later repaired by the Qi State and connected with Canghai in the east and Taidai in the west.
Linzi in the north and Xuhuai in the south are the most important places in the country, so they have been extensively repaired. Although it was once abandoned since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the dangerous terrain has not changed at all, and Tao Qian and Yuan Xi visited this place many times.
Reinforcement. But when Yuan Tan came, he had to attack head-on, and seemed a little helpless.
Yuan Tan initially planned to build a mountain of earth, but the terrain of Guancheng was steep. Most of the city walls were built on the side of the cliff and could not be filled. The few flat parts made it easier for the defenders, so they only needed to join forces in one place to deal with it calmly.
, many of the siege soldiers became living targets and were unable to advance at all. Yuan Tan also considered that the general defending the city was his brother Yuan Xi, and had some intention of persuading him to surrender, so he did not continue the attack and instead
He built a city in the northern part of the country, repaired the fortifications, and fired arrows into the city to persuade him to surrender. However, Yuan Xi did not waver, and within ten days, there was no progress in the offensive and defensive posture.
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