Compared with the lively and joyous scene in Wudao Underworld, in the Three Kingdoms plane where Rong Ziju found Xiang Yu, the situation became more and more turbulent.
First of all, Cao Cao was furious after being betrayed by Liu Bei. He had always wanted to tame Liu Bei like an eagle, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to be so bold. He took advantage of the critical moment when he was planning a war to start an army and rebel. And he was in the rear area of Xiapi.
This was like suddenly having a dagger on his vest, which made Cao Cao feel cold in his vest, because Liu Bei could cut off the main force in Guandu and Xudu with just one mistake. So he didn't even dare to delay at all. He received the news of Liu Bei's rebellion.
After that, he led his troops and rushed towards Pei County with raging fury.
At this time, Yuan Shao, who was originally expected by Liu Bei, had no intention of joining forces with Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao. In Yuan Shao's view, Liu Bei's sneaky stuff was simply not enough to make a plan. The number of men he had pulled up was said to be more than 30,000, but the facts are hard to fight.
The soldiers are estimated to be less than three thousand. Is this strength worthy of joining forces with him, Yuan Shao?
Therefore, under Yuan Shao's insistence, Liu Bei became a fool who jumped out and made a fuss thinking he was going to direct a good show.
The result was as expected. The decisive Cao Cao took the risk of being attacked by Yuan Shao and returned to pacify the rear area. In one go, he first captured Peixian County, which Liu Bei had repeatedly attacked, and then captured Xiapi for the second time. He also captured Liu Bei's generals alive.
Guan Yu. It's a pity that Liu Bei ran away.
In this way, time went from the end of the fourth year of Jian'an to the fifth year of Jian'an.
After calmly defeating the rebellious Liu Beizhong, Cao Cao, who returned to Guandu, felt for the first time that a wave of luck seemed to be surrounding him.
And just when the armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao began their probing attacks before the battle, Liu Zhang, who was far away in Sichuan, was also worried.
In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Zhang received a report from his men that Yongchang, Yunnan, Jianning, and Xinggu in the south were suddenly attacked by unidentified troops. More than 8,000 defenders scattered in these four places were wiped out.
.All connections between Chengdu and this front line were severed.
Mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress? But currently Liu Zhang's main forces are all on the front line of Wenshan, Guanghan, and Danqu. While guarding against Zhang Lu, he is watching the chain of events that may arise from the battle between the Cao and Yuan families.
At this time, there is a fire in the backyard. How to deal with it? No matter what? This is not possible. No matter what? It means it is a bit stretched.
Finally, Liu Zhang ordered his general Wu Yi to lead an army of 10,000 soldiers to Yunnan to conquer the bandits.
But what Liu Zhang didn't expect was that the army led by Wu Yi had just walked out of the Chengdu Plain and entered the mountains and forests. Before they reached Zhuti, they encountered the so-called bandits.
First, he was ambushed several times during the march and lost hundreds of people. When Wu Yi realized something was wrong and was about to retreat to Nanguang to make long-term plans, a scarlet mottled flag appeared from a distance. In an open space,
, five thousand sergeants with neat equipment and great momentum sprang out from everywhere, looking like a regular military formation.
"What a Blood Flag Army! I've heard the names of thieves like you for a long time, and now you dare to line up against me. You're looking for death!"
The angry Wu Yi was worried that the opponent would use the cover of the mountains to deceive and harass them, but he was not afraid of fighting head-on. In his opinion, these so-called Blood Flag Army were just superficial. Even if the equipment was passable, how could they possibly compare with him?
This elite division under his command? Not to mention that the enemy only numbered five thousand at most, so he was fully confident of annihilating them in one fell swoop.
But when the two armies came into contact, Wu Yi discovered that his thoughts were exactly the opposite of the truth. It was not the Blood Flag Army that was vulnerable, but the so-called elites under his command.
The left and right wings began to collapse less than half an hour after contacting the enemy, and the Chinese army had to press forward in advance. But it was already difficult to restore the decline. Even if Wu Yi's troops were twice as many as the opponent's.
Seeing that it was difficult to resist, Wu Yi made a decisive decision and immediately exchanged his troops, turned his horse's head and was about to run. However, after running less than ten miles along the mountain road, he was blocked again.
Three thousand Blood Banner troops that had already outflanked Wu Yi's troops' last retreat.
Wu Yi was captured alive, and more than 4,000 of his 10,000 men died. The rest were all captured and escorted by Zhang Liao to the newly occupied town: Zhu Ti.
When Wu Yi saw that the enemy generals who defeated him were Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, he was so shocked that he could not speak. When he entered Zhuti, he felt bitter when he saw Lu Bu in military uniform and Chen Gong with a smile on his face.
"It turns out that it is really General Lu. Wu Yi's defeat at the hands of the general is not an injustice. He is killed or cut into pieces, as long as he is not insulted."
Chen Gong and Lu Bu looked at each other and smiled, then turned aside to let Liu Xie walk from behind.
If they really wanted to kill people, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had already done so. Wu Yi was very capable and had one of the best brains among generals. Now that Liu Xie was short of major generals, he would not let him go.
Liu Xie's reputation as Emperor of the Han Dynasty is still very useful. Wu Yi got into Liu Xie's group without much struggle. This kind of rebellion was not uncommon in this era. The decline of imperial power
What this brings about is the lack of loyal objects for the officials below.
For example, everyone was originally loyal to a big company, but then the big company collapsed, and the original branch manager started to start a new business. This became an "employment" relationship. If you are doing well, you will continue to work with him. If you are not doing well, you will continue to work with him.
It was natural to choose to change jobs. Wu Yi chose to change jobs to Liu Xie's new company.
Liu Zhang, who was far away in Chengdu, was really scared to the point of peeing now. After the Xuyongchang, Yunnan, Jianning, and Xinggu lines were lost, General Wu Yi led his army to fight against the thieves, but was defeated as soon as they left the Chengdu Plain.
Now there is no news. Moreover, the bandit army of unknown origin has made another move, and the front has already reached Zhuti, far away from Nanguang, the southern barrier of the Chengdu Plain.
Without waiting for Liu Zhang to send heavy troops to Nanguang for reinforcements at all costs, the news of Nanguang's fall reached him first.
If losing Zhu Ti made Liu Zhang anxious, the loss of Nanguang made him feel even colder.
Nanguang is a military thoroughfare entering the Chengdu Plain from southern Sichuan. After passing Nanguang, there is a vast plain. It can be said that once Nanguang is lost, the core of Liu Zhang's base camp may be wantonly slaughtered at any time.
But what is strange is that after Nanguang was occupied, the unknown rebels actually stopped their attack horns. They seemed to have no intention of continuing northward.
In Zhu Ti's Blood Flag Army camp, Liu Xie announced the strategy of consolidating the existing territory and watching the fight between tigers and tigers.
This time they captured three-fifths of Liu Zhang's territory, which was the limit that the Blood Banner Army could digest. After taking control of Nanguang, the door to the north, Liu Xie decided to temporarily cease his activities and consolidate his gains.
On the other hand, Liu Xie was worried that defeating Liu Zhang prematurely would put him at the forefront facing the princes of the world. As Liu Xie, he would definitely become the primary target of attack by the heroes, which would be detrimental to the planning of the world.
Therefore, for nearly half a year, the turbulent Sichuan returned to silence. At this time, the Battle of Guandu, which really affected the situation in the world, had reached its climax.