Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and pure!

Following Cao Ang's order, dozens of Lujiang aristocratic families who had rebelled against Sun Ce were all punished.

The head of the family and other important figures were all kidnapped and sent to Xudu to wait for the emperor to issue an edict. Together with Lu Bu, Yuan Shu and others, they would deal with the rebels.

Those of the Lujiang aristocratic family, such as the private soldiers, selected thousands of those who were brave and good at fighting and joined the army. The rest were all compiled as auxiliary military households in the farming areas and engaged in farming production.

As for the Shanyue bandits brought by Sun Ce from Danyang County, they were indeed quite capable. As Zu Lang died in the battle outside Shu City, the Shanyue bandits scattered and fled.

Relying on his strong feet and ability to walk in mountainous areas, he actually managed to escape half of the time.

There were only more than 5,000 mountain rebels who were stopped by Cao Ang's preset bayonet and surrendered together with the private soldiers of the Lujiang family.

Cao Ang combined these more than 5,000 mountain soldiers, thousands of selected private soldiers of the Lujiang family, and 10,000 captured Jiangdong soldiers, for a total of 25,000 men and horses, and formed a battalion of 5,000 men. Organized into an army and five battalions.

Because the Shanyue soldiers were also from Jiangdong counties, and Lujiang County was also considered one of the six Jiangdong counties, this army and horses were collectively called the Jiangdong New Army, but each had its own camp number.

In this way, Cao Ang had an army of 25,000 more capable soldiers.

And the combat effectiveness is not low.

After all, Shanyue soldiers and Sun Ce had fought back and forth before. It was not until Sun Ce dispatched Jiangdong's main army to suppress the border that he was outnumbered and surrendered.

The brave men selected from the private armies of Lujiang families are even more elite than the armies of ordinary princes. This is also the foundation for these powerful families to protect themselves in troubled times, so the families have invested a lot of energy in cultivating them.

As long as this new Jiangdong army is slightly reorganized and trained, and then led by Cao Ang to fight a few victorious battles, they will feel at ease under Cao Ang's command.

Including Li Cunxiao and other 5,000 hussars, 30,000 Taishi Ci and other Yuzhang troops, and 70,000 Huainan New Army, it is 130,000 horses!

This is only Cao Ang's troops in Lujiang County now, not counting the Gaoshun tribe's Hujie army in Huainan County, the 26,000 troops trapped in the camp, and the 70,000 Huainan troops who surrendered in Shouchun.

If these two troops are included, Cao Ang would have nearly 230,000 troops in Huainan County and Lujiang County!

This was after abandoning the approximately 30,000 disciples and miscellaneous soldiers of the Lujiang family and relegating them only to farm auxiliary soldiers.

It can be said that Sun Ce and the Lujiang family are simply doing a good deed this time and bringing food to Cao Ang!

If we add the main force of Cao's army of 150,000 in Yuzhou, 20,000 of Xuzhou's new army and 80,000 of Zang Ba and others, the strength of the Cao family and his sons has now reached 480,000!

Compared with Yuan Shao, who is the most powerful in the world, it is not much worse!

In Cao Ang's army, Liu Bei was also calculating the size of the troops and horses that Cao Ang would command after this battle. He couldn't help but look solemn, and his heart sank to the bottom.

The Cao family and his son had only more than 150,000 troops more than two months ago.

Facing the situation where Liu Biao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu and other princes were restrained, Cao Ang was still stretched thin, so Cao Ang could only lead five thousand troops to attack Lu Bu from Xudu.

But now in less than three months, Cao's army of more than 150,000 has increased to nearly 500,000!

More than three times as much!

Zang Ba, Lu Bu, Zhang Xun, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, and the Lujiang family were wiped out by Cao Ang in just over two months, just like they were rushing to deliver food!

And Liu Yao of Yuzhang even gave Cao Ang 30,000 troops for nothing!

I'm afraid it's nothing more than a snake swallowing an elephant!

Cao Ang's devouring power shocked Liu Bei to the core, and even made him feel a little helpless!

Can such Cao Zixiu, such Cao family father and son, really be able to check and balance the princes of the world?

And where is Liu Bei's way out?

Although Liu Bei is temporarily controlling the 70,000 Huainan new army, in fact, the soldiers and horses that really belong to him are just the more than a thousand remnant soldiers who escaped from Xiaopei!

If Liu Bei wants to break away from Cao Ang, he won't be able to take away a single soldier except these more than a thousand old troops!

Taking a deep breath, Liu Bei suppressed his dangerous thoughts for the time being.

Although he had made up his mind to find an opportunity to escape from Cao's army, in order to prevent Cao Ang from noticing, it was better to be cautious.

Little did he know that Cao Ang knew Liu Bei's thoughts very well.

Every time Liu Bei was afraid of Cao Ang, at least 99 points of negative energy would be recorded in his account, so he was always aware of Cao Ang.

But Cao Ang didn't care at all. If Liu Bei really dared to run away, Cao Ang would be able to capture him and hand him over to the emperor for the crime of defecting.

"Thumping!"

As soon as Cao Ang announced the formation of the Jiangdong New Army, there was a sound of flapping wings. The Thousand Mile Falcon circled and found the location of Cao Ang's banner, and landed on Cao Ang's shoulder.

Looking at the Thousand Mile Falcon returning from Xudu, Cao Ang smiled and touched it. He touched his head and took the reply letter from his leg.

When he opened the letter, it was as Cao Ang expected. Yuan Shao couldn't sit still. Three groups of 350,000 troops came south from Liyang, Bingzhou and Qingzhou in Jizhou respectively. From behind. There are also 200,000 main troops who will move south from Yecheng after being assembled.

This time, Yuan Shao dispatched a full 550,000 troops, which can be regarded as a real effort.

However, Cao Ang did not panic at all, because Qianli Falcons come and go like the wind, and it only takes one day to go back and forth from Xudu.

Therefore, the news Cao Ang got at this moment was only one day later than Xudu knew about Yuan Shaojun's movements.

In other words, although Yuan Shaojun sent troops at this time, it was really It will take at least ten days and a half to march until all the troops are ready for the decisive battle.

As for Qingzhou, Cao Ang is not worried about Yuan Tan's 150,000 Qingzhou soldiers.

There are 80,000 soldiers and horses from Zang Ba, Wu Dun and others. Relying on the Yellow River and Mount Tai, they can hold off Yuan Tan's 150,000-strong army.

Although Tian Feng and Zhang He's 100,000 Liyang troops crossed the river to Baima, Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong's 20,000 troops guarded Chenliu's pass. There will be no loss in time.

Not to mention the 18,000 soldiers and horses of Chenjun. After Cao Ang also defeated Shouchun, he asked Qiao Rui to come to Shouchun alone to appease Huainan. At the same time, he asked Luo Jun to lead Chenjun's soldiers and horses to the north to support Xiahou Dun Cao Hong. In this way, there are 40,000 troops there. It is more than enough to rely on the city to block Tian Feng and Zhang He's 100,000 troops for a month. Only the 100,000 Bingzhou troops of Yuan Shao's nephew Bingzhou governor Gao Gan need troops to deal with. Gao Gan went south from Bingzhou, aiming for Henan Yin in the northwest of Yuzhou, where Luoyang is located. Although the Cao family's troops there were weak, Cao Cao led the main force of 110,000 Cao troops to confront Liu Biao in Yingchuan County, south of Henan Yin.

In three days at most, we can march from Yingchuan County to Henan Yin and intercept the 100,000 Bingzhou Army of high officials.

What's more, going south from Bingzhou is mountainous and blocked by the Yellow River, so the march will take ten days and a half.

Old Cao will lead With the main force of 110,000 Cao troops, they will only arrive near Yin Luoyang in Henan Province earlier than Gao Gan.

As for Liu Biao's 180,000 troops in Jingzhou who are confronting Lao Cao?

Cao Ang now has 130,000 troops, isn't he in Lujiang County?

To the west of Lujiang County, separated by several mountains, is Jiangxia County in Jingzhou!

Cao Ang only needs to send a troop of troops to attack Jiangxia County and harass Jingzhou.

How can Liu Biao sit on the front line of Wuyin in Nanyang County?

If he If he doesn't withdraw his troops and come back, Cao Ang's hundreds of thousands of troops will probably turn his Jingxiang hinterland upside down. He may even take Jingzhou directly and steal Liu Biao's lair!

In this way, he won't be afraid that Liu Biao won't come back to save him. Home! As soon as Liu Biao withdrew his troops, Lao Cao could directly lead the main force of Cao's army north to deal with the high-ranking cadres in Bingzhou.

However, Jiangdong was already disabled and Sun Ce died. Within a year and a half, there would be no chance of anything happening before Sun Quan's succession was stable. Action.

Cao Ang only needs to lead the Shouchun 70,000 surrendered troops with Qiao Ruiyan Xiang, plus the private soldiers of the Huainan family, which is enough to guard Huainan and the three counties of Lujiang and Yuzhang, and keep an eye on Jiangdong and Jingzhou, so that Jiangdong cannot act rashly. , Liu Biao did not dare to act rashly.

After Cao Ang made a big fuss in Jingzhou and asked Liu Biao to return to guard his home, he would lead the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops northward, return to Yuzhou, march to the Baima Guandu line, and join forces with Xiahou Dun Cao Hong.

If Chen Deng brings in 20,000 Xuzhou new troops, it will become an army of 200,000!

This 200,000-strong army is more than enough to deal with Tian Feng, Zhang He's 100,000-strong army and Yuan Shao's follow-up main force of 200,000 Jizhou!

After all, in the Battle of Guandu in history, Cao Cao only led tens of thousands of troops against the enemy Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands. The gap between the enemy and us was almost ten times, and he still won the Battle of Guandu.

Cao Ang used an army of 200,000 to defeat Yuan Shao with 300,000. How could he still be victorious?

Even with enough troops, this battle with Yuan Shao will no longer be an anticlimactic situation like the Battle of Guandu in history, but a decisive battle in the first battle, and Yuan Shao can be destroyed in one battle!

In history, although Cao Cao relied on strategies such as Xu You's surrender and Wuchao's burning of grain, he defeated Yuan Shao.

However, Yuan Shao only lost a few soldiers, horses and accumulated food and grass. He did not suffer any damage and his strength was still there. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Just because after losing once, he did not dare to take the initiative to attack Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao won the Battle of Guandu, he could not help Yuan Shao, who led the four states in Hebei.

It was not until a few years later that Yuan Shao died of illness that he took the opportunity to send troops to Hebei, and fought back and forth with several of Yuan Shao's sons, with each other winning or losing.

When Yuan Shao's sons were fighting for power, they united with Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, and it took only three years to defeat the three Yuan brothers...

It can be seen that the Battle of Guandu in history was more about Cao Cao The Battle of Ligun ensured that he would not be annexed by Yuan Shao, but he did not really achieve the results of opening up territory and expanding his territory and strengthening his forces too much.

Because there are not enough troops, even if they win the battle, they will not be able to expand the results.

But this time, it's different.

Not only because of Cao Ang's existence, the decisive battle with Yuan Shao started a few years in advance.

And under Cao Ang's plan, Yuan Shao will be pacified in one battle and the four states in Hebei will be conquered!

Will unify the north ten years earlier than Cao Cao in history!

By that time, the ruined Jiangdong, the helpless Liu Biao, and the house-keeping dog Liu Zhang of Yizhou will not be anything to worry about, and it can be decided in a few battles!

This is Cao Ang's grand strategy!

Of course, chess must be played step by step, and rice must be eaten bite by bite.

Now Cao Ang has to spend a few days to plunder all the belongings of the Lujiang family, train the new Jiangdong army, and stabilize the situation in Lujiang before he can advance to invade Jingzhou.

It's not that Cao Ang is generous, but that Yuan Shao is a man of many plans and always looks ahead and behind. Even if he advances in several directions, the progress will not be that fast.[]

Cao Ang also has enough time to break through the games one by one!

But in the past few days when Cao Ang was mobilizing his troops in Lujiang, Jiangdong and Jingzhou all received news of Sun Ce's death, causing a major earthquake!

Jiangdong, Danyang County.

Zhou Yu, together with Han Dang, Zhang Zhao, Yu Fan and other Jiangdong civil and military forces, led more than 20,000 Jiangdong remnant troops and crossed the river to withdraw.

After seeing Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing, the governor of Danyang County, he covered his face and cried, feeling very sad.

After learning that Sun Ce had died at the hands of Cao Ang and the Jiangdong Army was defeated, Wu Jingru was struck by lightning and almost fainted.

In Danyang County, the sounds of sorrow and crying by Jiangdong civil and military officials and defeated soldiers continued for several days.

Originally, he happily crossed the river, hoping to seize the foundation of a county and come back to strengthen Jiangdong's strength.

But they didn't expect that less than half a month later, they retreated in mourning. Not only did the main force lose more than half, but even the lord Sun Ce was gone...

This was a huge blow to everyone in Jiangdong.

Cao Ang's bravery and godlike military use were also deeply imprinted in the hearts of Jiangdong's civil and military officers, leaving a deep shadow.

Many Jiangdong sergeants exclaimed in their sleep that Cao Ang was coming from time to time when sleeping in the past few days, which triggered several camp roars and bombings.

It can be seen that Cao Ang's battle brought them great fear!

The fear of Cao Ang among the Jiangdong soldiers also spread to the eyes and ears of the people in Jiangdong, making all the soldiers and civilians in Jiangdong fear Cao Ang's name!

Even when Jiangdong's child cries at night, his parents can stop the child from crying at night by saying"Cao Lang is here to arrest you!"

This is what Cao Ang did not expect. In the name of his benevolence and righteousness, he would be famous and frightened by the people of Jiangdong because he defeated the Jiangdong Army...

It can be seen that Cao Ang's battle in Lujiang County caused a shock to Jiangdong!

In order to prevent Cao Ang from crossing the river and continuing to attack Jiangdong, Zhou Yu Handang did not lead his army to retreat to Wu Commandery in the east hinterland of Jiangdong. Instead, he stayed in Danyang and, together with Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing, defended Cao's army from advancing from Lujiang and Huainan.

At the same time, he immediately sent a message to Wu County and invited Sun Quan, who was only sixteen years old, from Wu County.

Although Sun Quan was only sixteen years old, he was not too panicked when he suddenly learned of the death of his brother Sun Ce.

A pair of eyes are slightly green because of their color.

The sixteen-year-old boy already had a sparse beard that was purple in color.

This is Sun Ce's younger brother, Sun Quan, who has purple beard and blue eyes in history.

With the support of his uncle Wu Jing and Han Dang, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and other Jiangdong civil and military officials, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne by the river in Danyang County.

Sun Quan and the Jiangdong soldiers, all wearing sackcloth and mourning, looked across the river towards Luling County and shed tears in the river to pay homage to Sun Ce.

Because he didn't bother to bring back Sun Ce's body, he could only worship him from a distance, which was regarded as his succession to the throne.

"｀～All elders and old generals are all my father and my brother’s old subordinates.

Now that my brother has passed away suddenly, I am young and virtuous. I hope all the elders can help me and don’t abandon me!"

After paying homage to Sun Ce, Sun Quan bowed solemnly to his uncle Wu Jing, veteran general Han Dang and others, and said with tears.

When Sun Jian died, Sun Quan was nine years old and already sensible.

His elder brother Sun Ce was seventeen years old at the time, because his father He died, so all Sun Jian's old troops dispersed and joined Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce had no choice but to take his mother and younger siblings to rely on Yuan Shu, and endured the humiliation and burden for several years before seizing the opportunity to establish a career in Jiangdong.

Sun Quan had experienced those years, so naturally (Wang Qianhao ) was worried that Jiangdong Wenwu and others were dissatisfied because of Sun Ce's death while he was still young.

Seeing Sun Quan speak like this, Jiangdong Wenwu all shed tears and said:"My lord, don't worry, we have accepted the kindness of your lord, father and brother, and we should do it ourselves." Assist the lord with all his heart, stabilize the foundation of Jiangdong, and one day take revenge on Cao Ang and welcome back the body of the former lord! Sun

Quan was slightly relieved and sighed:"That Cao Ang is brave and resourceful, and uses troops like a god. He defeated Lu Bu, Yuan Shu and me in Jiangdong in a few months."

Now that Jiangdong has suffered a new defeat and its strength has been greatly damaged, it is time to recuperate and stabilize the internal situation, and we must no longer be enemies with it.

I should send an envoy to make good friends, treat him with sincerity, and ask him to return my brother's body and bury it with the bodies of General Huang Gai and other Jiangdong soldiers."

Seeing that Sun Quan had just ascended the throne, but was so clear-headed and calm, and his words and deeds were quite orderly, Jiangdong Civil and Military Forces also breathed a sigh of relief and secretly nodded.

With such a master, Jiangdong can be considered stable.

So, under Sun Quan's order and Jiangdong Civil and Military Forces, By consensus, Zhang Zhao was sent to Lujiang to meet with Cao Ang and expressed Jiangdong's willingness to apologize and make peace and obey the imperial orders. He also sent some grain and grass and Jiangdong brocade and other property to show his sincerity, and asked Cao Ang to send Sun Ce and Jiangdong soldiers. The body was returned.

Naturally, Cao Ang would not refuse this request. After all, he was a benevolent and righteous man! So he ordered Zhang Zhao to be taken to the place where Sun Ce, Huang Gai and others were buried, and asked to take the coffin out and take it back to Jiangdong for burial..

Cao Ang naturally accepted Jiangdong's overtures of goodwill and food, grass, money, and silk without any courtesy.

After all, these were all sent by Jiangdong in the name of offering to the imperial court. How could Cao Ang refuse on behalf of the imperial court?

And who was the imperial court? Naturally, Cao Ang said so. Forget it!

While Jiangdong was frightened, the neighbor to the west of Lujiang County, Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, also found out the news immediately.

Huang Zu was shocked and immediately rushed 800 miles away to defeat Sun Ce in Lujiang and died. The news of Cao Ang's hand was quickly sent to Liu Biao's camp in Wuyin, Nanyang County!

After Liu Biao learned the news, he was like a thunderbolt from the blue. His legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground...

Jingzhou University In the camp, all the civil and military personnel in Jingzhou were also shocked...neighbors...