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Text Chapter 705: Forced Cao Cao to commit suicide

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    Pubanjin actually fell!

    I, Cao Cao, once again let that damn Yan Liang take the lead.

    Cao Cao froze in place, his eyes flashing with complicated expressions. It was hard to tell whether it was anger, regret, or shock.

    Cao Cao couldn't figure out why every one of his strategies, no matter how subtle, would eventually be seen through by Yan Liang. Compared with Yan Liang's movements, he was always half a beat slower.

    ???????????????????? Yan Liang was destined by God to be Cao Cao¡¯s lifelong nemesis.

    "Pu Banjin has been lost and Bingzhou has been cut off. What should we do? What should we do" After waking up from his trance, Cao Cao was extremely anxious.

    Cao Cao had no choice but to summon Guo Jia and other advisers to discuss countermeasures.

    When Guo Jia heard the news of the fall of Pubanjin, he was naturally shocked. He was shocked for a while before he had to accept this cruel fact.

    "Once Pubanjin is lost, Zixiao and his Bingzhou Army will not be able to withdraw to Guanzhong. This situation will be very unfavorable to us." Guo Jia punched his fist bitterly, unable to think of any countermeasures for a while.

    Cao Cao's mood became increasingly heavy.

    At this time, Liu Ye sighed: "With the loss of Pubanjin, it is a foregone conclusion that the Bingzhou Army will not be able to return to Guanzhong. But with the current situation, what we have to face is how to block the Yan bandit's army of hundreds of thousands with only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses."

    Liu Ye¡¯s words were like a knife, piercing Cao Cao¡¯s heart.

    That was an army of hundreds of thousands. Both in number and in elite level, it was far superior to Yuan Shao's in Guandu.

    The Battle of Guandu.  Cao Cao, who had so many good generals, was still unable to withstand Yuan Shao's army, and now his star has withered.  How could Cao Cao stop Yan Liang, who was stronger than Yuan Shao?

    Cao Cao could not deceive himself. With more than 30,000 troops, he had no confidence in repelling Yan Liang.

    At this moment, Guo Jia, who had been thinking deeply, suddenly condensed his eyes, as if he had made some heavy decision.

    After taking a deep breath, Guo Jia said silently: "Prime Minister, now that things have happened, I'm afraid there is only one strategy that can stop the Yan thief and ensure the temporary safety of Guanzhong."

    "What's the plan? Fengxiao, please tell me." Cao Cao couldn't wait to ask Guo Jia as if he had found a life-saving straw.

    Guo Jia sighed softly and spoke out his plan in a deep voice.

    Cao Cao looked shocked.  His brows were furrowed.  Silence fell for a moment.

    Liu Ye said: "Prime Minister, although this plan is self-defeating, at this point, it is the only way to stop Yan Thief's offensive. In order to take the overall situation into consideration, something must be sacrificed."

    With Liu Ye's advice, Cao Cao's solemn expression softened a bit at this moment.

    "The overall situation. For the overall situation." Cao Cao muttered to himself, having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart.

    After a while.  Cao Cao raised his head, his face full of gloom and determination.

    He gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "The Yan thief is forcing people too much. The truth is that it is the country of the Han Dynasty, so it has to be like this. Let's follow Fengxiao's strategy."

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    Tongguandong, Chu army camp.

    Groups of Chu troops left the camp and headed north, crossing the Yellow River and rushing to Dayang City in Hedong County on the north bank.

    A few days ago, Xu Huang, on Cao Cao's order, abandoned Dayang City in order to return to Guanzhong and led 10,000 troops back to Puban City. As a result, Pubanjin on the other side was seized by the Chu army, but he gave up Dayang City.  Giving it to the Chu army can be said to be accompanying his wife and defeating the army at the same time.

    Huang Gai's troops then easily captured Dayang City and successfully captured the ferry leading to Hedong County.

    After receiving the good news, Yan Liang, with the advice of Pang Tong and other advisers, once again adjusted his strategy and increased the force projection on the Hedong battlefield.

    Therefore, generals Zhang Liao and Gan Ning led 50,000 troops north to Dayang City to seize Hedong County, eliminate Cao Ren's Bingzhou Army, and incorporate Bingzhou into Yan Liang's territory.

    Of course, with Yan Liang's current military strength, he is fully capable of fighting on two fronts, so while attacking Bingzhou in the north, he did not slow down his attack on Guanzhong.

    One hundred thousand Chu troops were energized and ready to march into Tongguan.

    But just when Yan Liang was planning to advance by land and water and attack the key points on a large scale, scouts came to report that the entire Tongguan Pass was deserted. Cao Cao, with nearly 40,000 men, abandoned the pass at night and retreated to Luokou west of Tongguan Pass.

    As Jia Xu speculated, Cao Cao abandoned Tongguan and retreated to Luokou.

    But at this time, Cao Cao and the Bingzhou Army had been cut off. Even if they retreated to Luokou, they only had more than 30,000 troops. How could they stop Yan Liang's ten thousand troops?An army of 10,000 people marched westward.

    After learning this information, Yan Liang immediately led his army and occupied Tongguan without any bloodshed.

    The gate for soldiers to enter Guanzhong is now open.

    "I would like to see how long our Prime Minister Cao can last." Yan Liang stood on Guancheng, looking at the Guanzhong Plain in the distance, with absolute confidence on his face.

    As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Cang came in a hurry and presented the latest news from Guanzhong.

    "Read it." Yan Liang waved his hand.

    Zhou Cang loudly said: "Information was sent from Luokou. After Cao Cao retreated to Luokou, he sent 10,000 soldiers overnight to break the dam on the south bank of the Wei River east of Luokou, which was a hundred feet wide. The plain on the south bank is now flooded.  , the flood is coming towards Tongguan."

    Cao Cao dug the Wei River!

    Hearing the news, Yan Liang and zuoyou counselors were all surprised.

    Of course Yan Liang was very jealous. Cao Cao did this because he knew that he could not stop Yan Liang from advancing westward, so he cut off the water of the Wei River and covered all the plains downstream, using the flood to block Yan Liang's advance.

    But we must know that the Wei River is different from other rivers. There is a lot of cement and sand here, and the river surface is higher than the flat ground. Once the embankment breaks, it will be extremely difficult to fill it unless the water weakens in autumn and winter.

    Cao Cao has now dug up the Wei River. Although it can temporarily block Yan Liang's advance, it will take many years to recover the flooded fields from Luokou to Tongguan. In the long run, the lost land will be  It's hard to estimate how heavy it is.

    "As expected of Prime Minister Cao, it's not easy to think of such a self-harming trick." Yan Liang sighed, with hidden sarcasm.

    Pang Tong also sighed: "Cao Cao is so oppressed by our army, it is inevitable to make this move."

    Sigh, sigh, of course Yan Liang will not give up the attack on Guanzhong just because of a piece of information.

    In the next few days, he was not in a hurry to advance troops, but stationed his troops in Tongguan and continued to conduct reconnaissance in Guanzhong.

    At this time, it was late spring and almost summer, which was the season of heavy rains. The rain helped the water flow, and Weikou had been in a state of skyrocketing, and the flood after the embankment burst was also extremely ferocious.

    Within a few days, the raging floods turned the plains with a radius of dozens of miles east of Luoshui River and the south bank of Weikou into a swamp.

    Three days later, when Yan Liang stood on Tongguan City, he could already see the overwhelming flood.

    Fortunately, Tongguan is located in the Qinling Mountains. Although it is downstream of the Wei River, the terrain is much higher. The floods from the Wei River do not reach Tongguan at all.

    Even so, less than a few miles to the west after leaving the pass, there was already a vast ocean, and people and horses could no longer walk at all.

    Having witnessed such water power with his own eyes, Yan Liang could only temporarily put aside his westward strategy.

    There is no way, the water is overwhelming, and his army of more than 100,000 people cannot move at all. Even if the navy can enter the Wei River, this is not the Yangtze River after all. Without the cover of the infantry, the navy alone cannot reach Cao Cao.

    After suspending his westward march, Yan Liang did not take any time off.

    After Zhu Huan left Zhu Huan with an army of 20,000 to guard Tongguan, Yan Liang personally led the army back to Shaanxi County, intending to cross the Yellow River north from there. He would use his army to wipe out Cao Ren first and completely cut off Cao Cao's arm. When the Wei River floods receded,  After that, it will not be too late to send troops into Guanzhong.

    Yan Liang's army of more than 100,000 troops landed on the ground in Hedong from Dayang and quickly drove northward.

    How could Xu Huang and Le Jin's 20,000 Cao army be the opponents of the Chu army? They were retreating steadily all the way, constantly shrinking the front line to the north.

    The Chu army marched straight in. Everywhere they passed, they fell into the wind. In less than half a month, they even captured Jiexian and Anyi. After hearing the news, they almost included all Hedong counties in the territory.

    Xu Huang and others knew they were outmatched, so they retreated their troops to Pingyang County in the north and stationed troops in Linfen to build a defense line, hoping to use the dangerous mountains to block the Chu army from moving north.

    "It's a pity that since losing contact with Guanzhong, Cao's army has become panicked, morale has been low, and the fighting spirit of tens of thousands of soldiers has been on the verge of collapse.

    Bingzhou, Jinyang City, General Anbei's Mansion.

    The atmosphere in the lobby was solemn, and the word anxiety was written on everyone's face.

    Cao Ren stared at the information on the case for a long time, and sighed: "In the battle of Runan, the general failed to kill this Yan thief, but instead of thinking about it, he allowed the tiger to cause trouble, causing today's catastrophe."

    There was quite a bit of self-blame in Cao Ren's words.

    Of course he will not forget that during the battle of Runan, Yan Liang only had more than a thousand troops and horses, which was so weak.

    But in that battle, Cao Ren had an absolutely superior force, but he was defeated simply because he underestimated the enemy.Countless times, Cao Ren asked himself, if he had been more cautious and killed Yan Liang, how could his Cao family be in such a bad situation today.

    "Now that we have lost contact with Guanzhong, the Yan bandits' troops have also captured Hedong, and the situation in Bingzhou is precarious. I will not hesitate to say it bluntly, but this is not the time for the general to regret it."

    Cao Ren was shocked. He raised his eyes and saw that the person who made the comment was Hao Zhao from Taiyuan. He was currently serving in his army and was serving as a member of the army.

    Cao Ren had no choice but to put away his self-blame and sighed: "The Yan bandits have an army of more than 100,000 marching northward. Our army is weak and fighting alone. If you have any good strategies to resist the enemy, you can speak freely."

    All the generals bowed their heads and remained silent.

    Even wise men like Prime Minister Cao and Guo Jia are no match for Yan Liang. How can they come up with any good strategies?

    Cao Ren looked around at everyone, the more he looked, the more disappointed he became, but his eyes stayed on Hao Zhao.

    He saw that Hao Zhao seemed to be hesitant to speak.

    "Bo Dao, at this time, if you have any plans, just say it." Cao Ren asked.

    Hao Zhao stood up, took a deep breath, and cupped his hands and said: "General, I think that in this situation, only one strategy can avoid the bad luck of annihilation of our Bingzhou army." (To be continued)
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