Chapter 1004

After a day's defense, Xu Rong ordered the army to break through the encirclement overnight. Xia Houyuan never thought that Xu Rong would break through the encirclement so soon. Unexpectedly, most of Dong Anping's defenders were able to break through. After the loss of nearly 10000 troops, all the remaining 16000 troops were successfully evacuated to the county.

As a result, the number of troops in the city increased sharply. In addition to the 20000 garrisons under Wu'an, the capital of the state, there were also a school of soldiers under Mu Shun, the Deputy General of Qianniu battalion, and the 16000 troops in Xu Rong's hands. The total number of troops reached more than 40000. In addition, Ju county was originally the seat of Beihai national government, and it was always the largest city in Qingzhou except Linzi, so Xu Rong had confidence in guarding Ju county.

After returning to Ju county, Xu Rong handed over the defense of the city to Mu Shun and wu'anguo. He immediately found Cheng Huan, the North Sea prime minister, and Chen Rong, the Changshi prime minister, to discuss the defense of other cities. At Xu Rong's suggestion, the two cities to the north of jumeishui were all evacuated. If the people were willing to leave, they would also leave together.

As a result, the 3000 garrison troops and more than 10000 people of Guangxian county were all withdrawn to Linqu, while the 3000 garrison troops and thousands of people of Yiguo county were also withdrawn to Shouguang county.

Just when Xu Rong led the army to withdraw from dong'anping, Cao Cao in Changyi city also received two pieces of information sent by Jia Kui. Facing Jia Kui's speculation, Cao Cao and a group of counsellors and generals were stunned. Then, after the analysis of Xun Yu and Sima Yi, people have to admit that Jia Kui's conjecture is true.

Cao Cao once again picked up Jia Kui's letter, and could not help sighing: "now, even if you know it, what's the use? How can Qiao County and Liang State survive?" At this point, he looked at Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda, if we were going to send troops to support Qiao County, could we?"

"The Lord can't do anything. Now the Lord can only use tens of thousands of Chinese troops in Changyi and 30000 troops of Xiahou Taishou in Dongjun. But now nearly 200000 troops of the East army attack Dingtao. At this time, the war is in full swing. If the Lord's army leaves Changyi, Wantao will be lost, and Shanyang will not be protected." Sima Yi quickly objected,

"if Changyi doesn't send troops to save Qiao County, where can it send troops? Can I just sit here and watch Zilian be trapped in an isolated city, and finally lose his army? " In the end, Cao Cao's voice was almost exhausted.

"Lord, don't be angry and start a new army," Xunzhou also advised, "Lord, don't be far away from the near. If Qiao County doesn't protect him, you can send general Cao Hong to retreat to Xuzhou."

At this time, Cao Cao calmed down a little and looked at the two humanitarians: "can we send Xuzhou troops to support?"

Sima Yi shook her head and said, "Xuzhou's troops can't be moved lightly. Now Jiujiang's cities can't be defended, and the army is about to return to xiapi. In this way, sun CE's army will surely attack xiapi, so xiapi's army can't be moved lightly. Pengcheng's troops can't be moved lightly. However, Pengcheng's troops are too few. LV Guoxiang has only 3000 Chinese troops and 10000 soldiers in his hands, but only one This is the only way to do it. "

At this point, Sima Yi looked at Cao Cao and said, "please give me the Lord's order and order Pengcheng Prime Minister LV Qian to transfer soldiers from Pengcheng. In addition, some soldiers from Pei and Qiaojun will be transferred to gather in Xiangxian for training for a period of time. When the time is ripe, they will move eastward to rescue Qiaoxian."

"Now there are 30000 garrisons in Qiaoxian County, and now the state of Liang thinks that Jia Kui has sent troops to support him. I believe that he can support at least one month. With this time buffer, it should not be difficult to break the siege of Qiaoxian county."

At this time, Cao Cao found that he was now empty hundreds of thousands of troops, but there was no soldiers to adjust. In desperation, he had to agree to Sima Yi's suggestion and immediately gave an order to LV Qian to quickly collect troops and prepare to support Qiao County.

The matter of Qiao County was put down. Sima Yi said, "Lord, there are only two ways to break this situation."

Cao Cao was in a better mood when the matter of Qiao County was settled. Hearing Sima Yi's words, he asked: "Zhongda may as well make it clear."

Sima Yi walked quickly to the map and said, "one of them is Dingtao. If our army can defeat the army of Huangfu Chaobo in Dingtao, then there will be enough troops to solve the siege of Qiao County."

Cao Cao looked at Dingtao, shook his head, and said: "outside Dingtao, there are Huangfu Chaobo's guards, Zhangying's Chen Liujun, and Huang wudie's Henan army. There are more than 100000 troops, which can be easily defeated by Qi Neng."

Now that we know that Huang Zhong is in Yuzhou, the word "Huang" appearing in Dingtao must be the general flag of Huang wudie, Huang Zhong's daughter.

"So, it's Qingzhou!" Sima Yi also knew that it was not realistic to defeat the eastern army outside Dingtao city in a short time, so she focused on Qingzhou.

"Qingzhou?" Cao Cao asked strangely, "miaocai's subordinates have gathered 100000 troops, among which there are 50000 elite Chinese soldiers. By the way, there is no news from Mount Tai, right?"

"There should be some movements in Mount Tai recently. These alone are not enough. Huangfu Chaobo has 100000 people in Qingzhou. Although he is in charge of all the cities, the troops under general miaocai are also slightly insufficient. In terms of his subordinates, more troops are needed. There are more than 30 counties in Northern Jiaji of Qingzhou. From each county, another 2000 prefectures and soldiers are drawn to support general miaocai, We can add another 50000 or 60000 troops, hand them over to general miaocai, and end the Qingzhou war as soon as possible. Only in this way can we get rid of the current predicament. "But Xun Yu shook his head and objected: "Zhongda's move is too risky. If Jiyin Dongjun can't defend, Yanzhou will be lost. What's the use of taking Qingzhou as the boundary? "

"Therefore, there should be no loss in Dingtao. Not only that, the Lord also needs to be prepared. If Wantao is lost, he must stick to the front line of Changyi. Therefore, the Lord also needs to dispatch some prefectures and soldiers to Changyi in order to make Wanquan a success." Sima Yi gritted her teeth;

the two military strategists' different opinions put Cao Cao in a dilemma. After a long time, Cao Cao finally made up his mind that Qingzhou's troops were a little insufficient. If he didn't increase the number of troops, Xia Houyuan's strength would not be slacken. Moreover, Xu Rong was not an easy person to give. Although he sent Cheng Yu to help him for the sake of safety, if he didn't have enough troops, he would be lucky A woman cannot make a meal without rice.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao flatly said: "order Jibei and Qingzhou counties to dispatch 2000 soldiers to join XiaHouYuan army in Linzi as soon as possible. At the same time, tell XiaHouYuan to let him occupy Qingzhou within three months. At the same time, give orders to other counties, all counties will dispatch 1000 soldiers to gather in the county city. If the East army comes to attack, we must guard the county city."