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731. Cao Cao¡¯s suffering

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    After reading the news, Liu Zhe pondered for a while and then ordered the guards, "Send someone to send a message to Yun Chang, asking him to suspend the attack on Yunyang County and just surround it."

    Liu Zhe had a rough plan in mind. If the operation was successful, Ma Chao would be willing to join him.

    However, this plan has not yet been realized, so he asked Guan Yu to surround Ma Chao first.

    As for now, he needs to defend Tongguan first. Once the news spreads that Tongguan has been captured, Cao Cao and Cao Ren will definitely attack crazily to recapture Tongguan.

    "But with Xiongguan in hand, Liu Zhe is not afraid of them. What's more, there is a backup plan for all this, so he is not afraid of them attacking at all.

    So Liu Zhe waited peacefully in Tongguan for Cao Cao's arrival.

    It is said that Cao Cao has arrived at Hongnong County and is expected to reach Hangu Pass soon.

    Presumably Cao Cao¡¯s expression must have been wonderful when he heard the news of the fall of Tongguan, Liu Zhe thought proudly.

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    Hangu Pass, the section from Xiaoshan to Tongguan between Luoyang and Chang'an is mostly in the valley. It is as deep and dangerous as a letter, so it is called Han Valley.

    During the Warring States Period, Duke Xiao of Qin seized the land of Weihan from the State of Wei and set up Hangu Pass here.  During the Warring States Period, the Qin State relied on this pass to defeat the six-nation coalition.

    During the Eastern Period, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu established his capital in Luoyang and built a new Hangu Pass, further improving its status. However, after Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an and built Tongguan, the status of Hangu Pass declined.

    Cao Cao stood at Hangu Pass, holding on to the battlements on the city wall, looking into the distance. He occupied the plateau to the west, Juejian to the east, the Qinling Mountains to the south, and the Yellow River to the north.

    "It is worthy of being called the most powerful pass in the world."

    Cao Cao's heart was agitated and he couldn't help but sigh.

    The walls of Hangu Pass are high, deep and extremely strong. Located at this location, Cao Cao even believed that even a million-strong army could not capture it.

    Cao Cao patted the battlements and said confidently: "It's like this at Hangu Pass, and it's like this at Tongguan, then you can really rest easy."

    Man Chong, who was beside Cao Cao, also said repeatedly: "As long as Tongguan and Hangu Pass are in the hands of the lord, Yongzhou does not have to worry about the situation getting worse."

    With Tongguan and Hangu Pass in hand, Cao Cao¡¯s support can enter Yongzhou through these two passes to support Cao Ren.  During this expedition, Cao Cao brought out Man Chong Mao Jie and several staff advisers, while the chief adviser Cheng Yu stayed behind in Xudu.

    Mao Jie said: "It would be better if there was only one level."

    "Hateful!"

    Cao Cao naturally understood what Mao Jie meant. Once one of the two checkpoints was captured, it would be equivalent to destroying both.

    Moreover, the defense forces of the two checkpoints need to be spread out a lot. Cao Cao does not have many soldiers to begin with. Now Tongguan, Hangu Pass, and Hulao Pass are all in Cao Cao's hands. All three checkpoints must be defended. These three  The number of people defending this checkpoint has reached Cao Cao's nearly 100,000.

    On average, there are only more than 30,000 people defending a level, which is not a sufficient number of defenders.

    If there is only one Tongguan and Hangu Pass, then the number of people at the two levels can be combined, and 60,000 people can defend one level, and the defense power will be absolutely overwhelming.

    What Cao Cao said was hateful was Liu Zhe. Liu Zhe was in Hanoi and had heavy troops in Hedong, threatening Hongnong County and Henan Yin.

    Once Liu Zhe breaks through Xiajin and disembarks from Hongnong County, he can invade Luoyang eastward and attack Hulao Pass.  To the west, you can attack Hangu Pass or even Tongguan to threaten Chang'an.

    In order to prevent this from happening, Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass were defended by more soldiers than Tongguan.

    "Liu Zhe is hateful, really hateful."

    When Cao Cao thought of Liu Zhe, he was filled with hatred. After Liu Zhe occupied the four prefectures of Hebei and the three counties of Sili, he had been deploying heavy troops along the Yellow River, as if he was ready to cross the river to attack him at any time, so he had to deploy heavy troops.  response.

    At Hangu Pass, Hulao Pass, Xiajin, Hulao Pass, Aocang, Yanjin, Baima, Jibei County, etc., on the edge of the Yellow River, Cao Cao will deploy a large number of troops and horses to defend Liu Zhe.  These places alone held back more than 100 or 200,000 of his troops.

    Cao Cao felt very unhappy and hated Liu Zhe.  The territory he currently occupies ranks second among the princes in the world, and the population is also the second largest.

    But compared with Liu Zhe, who ranked first, he was far behind. Even compared with the princes who ranked third and fourth, he couldn't compare.

    Liu Zhe could easily pull out hundreds of thousands of horses, but as for him, every time he wanted to hit someone, he would just pull up his fingers and calculate again and again, and it took a lot of effort to pull out tens of thousands of horses to fight.  .

    Liu Biao, who was the third in command, also had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. He could also be drawn directly into a fight. There were many more troops than him.

    Cao Cao, who ranks second, simply does not live up to his name.

    All of this is to be blamed on Liu Zhe. If Liu Zhe hadn't behaved aggressively and deployed heavy troops along the Yellow River, Cao Cao would have had a hard time.

    Cao Cao was stronger than Liu Bei, but when he defeated Liu Bei, he only relied on the tens of thousands of horses in his hands to attack in a sneak attack. He did not dare to fight Liu Bei head-on.

    When he thought of Liu Zhe, Cao Cao's thoughts started to spread. He thought of how miserable Yuan Shao's life was in his previous life. Besides hating Liu Zhe, he also felt extremely sad and wanted to cry. Liu Zhe was really bullying people too much.  .

    When Cao Cao thought about having such a terrible neighbor, he suddenly felt so miserable.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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