Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 1007

"Coby can retreat? It's really hateful."

When Xia Houshang heard the news that Kebi could retreat, his brows frowned. Originally, the Cao Jun and Ke Bineng could cooperate with each other, but now the Ke Bineng army suddenly retreats, Xia Houshang is naturally lonely.

Before he could think about why Ke Bineng would retreat suddenly, Xia Houshang frowned and said: "The whole army retreats from western Liaoning and transfers to eastern Liaoning, hurry!"

Xia Houshang's head turned very fast. Xu Huang and Lu Bu were originally planning to deal with them, but because Ke Bi was able to invade temporarily, they went north to deal with Ke Bi Neng. Now that Ke Bi Neng retreats, then Xu Huang and Lu Bu's soldiers Feng must be facing himself.

You have to retreat quickly before the enemy arrives, otherwise it will be too late if you want to leave!

Xia Houshang immediately mobilized, and the 10,000 Cao army withdrew from Liaoxi County on the same day, and waited until two days later, when the Hezhou Army and Jizhou Army arrived in Liaoxi County.

"Xia Houshang has retreated, this kid slipped so fast."

Lü Bu turned his head and said: "Gongming, you take your pawns and drive slowly behind you. Benhou leads the cavalry to catch up first, maybe you can intercept the enemy halfway."

Xu Huang shook his head. Now that Xia Houshang has already retreated from the prophet, he is probably also embarking on a rapid march. How can he catch up with him in a two-day journey?

But since Lu Bu wants to chase, let him go after him, if he can catch up.

Lü Bu led his army to chase Cao Jun almost day and night, but Xia Houshang had left two days early after all, so he could not catch up.

"General, the city is no longer needed?" Lingzhi General asked.

"No, all the soldiers and soldiers were taken away, the grain and grass were burned, and there was no way for the enemy to leave behind, understand?" Xia Houshang ordered.

Ling's support general showed a look of unbearable expression: "Huh? Burned, these grains..."

"Huh! The food and grass can't be taken away, it will slow down the speed of the march, and if it is not set on fire, should it be left for the enemy to eat?" Xia Hou Shang said coldly.

"At the end...understand!"

Xiahoushang retreated all the way to the east. The city that he passed through evacuated all the defenders in the city. The grain and grass were burnt clean, leaving behind empty cities. And Lu Bu's main task in the past few days is to take over this one. This is an empty city instead of fighting Xiahoushang.

"Wenhou, have you caught Xiahoushang?"

"No, let Xia Houshang escape into Xiangping City." Lu Bu frowned.

Xiangping City is the heavy city of Liaodong and the capital of the Liaodong Army. After Gongsun Du became the prefect of Liaodong, he proclaimed himself a Marquis. Naturally, Xiangping City was renovated and became one of the most important cities in Youzhou area. Now Cao Jun’s All the main forces are assembled in Xiangping City, obviously intending to make a desperate fight.

"In that case, our army's final task is to capture Xiangping City and wipe out all the defenders in the city." Xu Huang said calmly.

"Hmph, these thieves are not willing to go out of the city to fight, otherwise a certain Bingzhou cavalry will have to calm them down in one fell swoop." Lu Bu hummed.

"Haha, there is really one important thing to hand to Wenhou." Xu Huang smiled.

"What? It's not always going to let the cavalry under Benhou's army go to attack the city?" Lu Bu frowned.

"Of course not." Xu Huang said sternly, "Two hundred miles southwest of Xiangping City, there is a port named Anping Port. Please lead Wenhou to take it down quickly to prevent Cao's army from adding reinforcements from the south."

Anping Port is the largest port in eastern Liaoning, and it is also the only seaport. Gongsundu sent troops from the sea and captured several counties in Qingzhou. It was from Anping Port.

Xu Huang was worried that Cao Cao might deploy part of his army to land from Anping Port to cooperate with the Xiahou Shangjun. Therefore, first let Lv Bu seize Anping Port, completely cut off the sea route, cut off the communication between Qingzhou and Liaodong, and let Xiangping Completely become an isolated city!

"Oh, that's fine, anyway, the cavalry attacking the city is of no use."

Lü Bu immediately shouted loudly: "Go, take Anping Port!"

Lu Bu led thousands of Bianzhou cavalry towards Anping Port, leaving thousands of cavalry to prevent the enemy from breaking through the city, so it was left to Xu Huang.

And Xu Huang did not directly invest in the siege. He had already observed the surrounding areas of Xiangping City. This strong city has no flaws, its walls are strong, and its defenses are strong. In addition, with the more than ten thousand troops stationed in the city, it can be difficult to attack. Said to be very large.

"Dug trenches on all sides and don't let the enemy out!"

The old method was to besiege the city. Xu Huang ordered tens of thousands of Jizhou troops to dig trenches on all sides of Xiangping City and encircle Xiangping City, completely cutting off the enemy's desire to break through.

"General, the weather in eastern Liaoning is cold, and it's okay now. Once winter starts, we need to prepare a lot of grain and grass, otherwise accidents may happen."

After listening to the advice of his subordinates, Xu Huang nodded: "It makes sense. Send a letter to Ziyang, asking him to transport grain and grass from Youzhou and Jizhou so that he can use the waterway."

More than a hundred years later, Huanwen had made several northern expeditions, and before his third northern expedition, he had ordered people to dig waterways for 300 miles in Juye, allowing ships to enter the Yellow River from clear water and use waterways to transport grain and grass. Unfortunately, Huanwen steadily fought steadily and did not have a quick fight. As a result, after winter, the water level dropped and the grain and grass were unsustainable. The Northern Expedition ended in failure.

However, Xu Huang intends to transport grain directly by sea. No matter the seasons of the year, the sea will never dry up.

Xu Huang made a plan for a long-term siege, but the Cao Jun generals in the city did not fight on their own.

"Boren, what should our army do?"

Lu Qian's face was full of sorrow. He used to clean up the county's powerful means in those days, so he was valued by Cao Cao and entrusted with heavy responsibility. But facing this situation, even Lu Qian didn't know what to do.

"Ugh..."

Xiahoushang sighed and couldn't think of a good way. You know that now both land and sea are blocked by Xu Huang, even if you want to send someone out for help, you can only wait.

"Zike, don't worry." Xiahoushang said relievedly: "Our military strength is not too small. In addition, Xiangping City, which has been run by Gongsundu for many years, is used as a support. The enemy did not dare to attack with all his strength. , There is still no problem with security."

"Could it be that our army has been consumed like this?" Lu Qian couldn't help asking.

"What else can I do? Let's go ahead with it, maybe there will be a turnaround."

Even Xia Houshang himself did not believe this sentence, but what else could he do? Now that the army is in disarray, if you take the initiative to send troops to field battles with the enemy, I am afraid that you will be cowardly before the battle. For today's plan, we can only hold on for a while and wait for a turning point.