Although not as exaggerated as Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan still has a kind of mysterious confidence in his heart.
Because Gongsun Zan relied on Baima Yi to defeat Yuan Shao in a few games, and Zhang He's Euphorbia warriors were easily defeated by Baima Yi. In addition, Yuan Shao could not find another Ju Yi and Xian Deng dead soldiers. Therefore, Yuan Shao temporarily There is nothing you can do about Gongsun Zan's white horse.
Although Yuan Shao has powerful generals like Yuan Hong in his hands, it is impossible for Yuan Hong to defeat an army with one person, especially an elite like Baima Yicong.
But Gongsun Zan naively believed that his White Horse Yi Cong was invincible. Yuan Shao would be helpless when facing the White Horse Yi Cong, thus constantly looking down on Yuan Shao, without realizing at all that he and Yuan Shao were in the same strength, power, military strength, and so on. Gaps in various aspects such as talent.
As a result, from now on Gongsun Zan actually did this stupid thing of seeking skin from a tiger. Even now, Gongsun Zan is still dreaming of taking over He and Bing in one fell swoop, followed by the remaining three states in Hebei, trampling all the princes under his feet in one fell swoop.
It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Zan came out in full force this time. The 80,000-strong army actually dispatched as many as 60,000.
At the same time, Cao Cao also sent 30,000 troops under the persuasion of Chen Gong, Cheng Yu, Xun You and other advisers. Originally, Cao Cao's purpose was just to contain Li Xiang's troops in Hulao, but now that Yuan Shao's 100,000 troops have arrived, the next situation can naturally change accordingly.
Of course, no matter what happens, Cao Cao will use Yuan Shao as the main force in this battle.
As for Liu Bang, although they are separated by mountains, this does not change the fact that the two are neighbors. Even if his neighbor does not easily affect him, how can Liu Bang feel at ease as his neighbor continues to grow.
What's more, any prince who cares about the world is not happy to see the birth of a princes overlord.
Liu Bang did not make up his mind to send troops to Yanmen at first. After all, there was still a mortal enemy Qin Zheng in Youzhou.
However, Le Yi, Jia Yi and others soon pointed out that Qin Zheng at this moment was the same as them, and they were also not happy to see Li Xiang's power expand too much. In this case, even if Qin Zheng would not send troops to help them, he would definitely not stop them.
However, although Liu Bang also believed that what Le Yi and Jia Yi said was extremely reasonable, as the leader of a force, how could Liu Bang place his own safety on betting that the enemy would not attack him.
Therefore, although Liu Bang was willing to send troops, he did not send many troops. He only responded to Yuan Shao and others. With the few troops he used, he could not really threaten Yanmen.
"Military advisors, what do you think of the invasion by the four princes, Yuan, Cao, Gongsun and Liu?" Li Xiang pressed his eyes slightly and spoke out to Liu Ji, Wang Meng, Jia Xu and others who were following closely. asked.
"Master, haven't you been prepared for a long time?" Liu Bowen and others looked at each other, and Liu Bowen was the first to speak.
Li Xiang was indeed prepared for the various princes to come to disrupt the situation. It is precisely because of this that Li Xiang found a way to make Yuan Shu emperor and attracted the firepower of many princes. And precisely because of this, Li Xiang also paid a large price to win over Dou Jiande, allowing Dou Jiande to stir up trouble in Qingzhou.
If it were not for Dou Jiande and Yuan Shu, I am afraid that the princes who sent troops today would have to go to several other routes.
At the same time, it was precisely because Li Xiang wanted to prevent other princes from coming out to disrupt the situation that he did not launch an all-out attack on Yongliang. Otherwise, Li Xiang could really mobilize more than 270,000 troops.
Now, Li Xiang still has 180,000 soldiers and horses guarding various important places in various places.
"My lord, the four princes of Yuan, Cao, Gongsun, and Liu, the King of Yan and Liu Bang can temporarily ignore them, but the 40,000 Youzhou soldiers, even with famous generals like Le Yi, will never be able to break through Yanmen guarded by General Meng Tian. !" Wang Meng said eloquently.
Yanmen is the gateway to the northern border of Bingzhou. No matter how short the troops are, Li Xiang will keep enough troops there. Just like this time, even at the juncture of the expedition to Yongliang, Li Xiang still retained 40,000 troops in Yanmen.
Although Le Yi is a god-level commander, Meng Tian is not bad either. Meng Tian, the peerless peak commander, is only 1 point worse in command points than Le Yi. Both sides have equal strength, but Meng Tian has Xiongguan in hand. No matter how powerful Le Yi is, he will never be able to threaten Yanmen.
"General Lian Po, the guard of Huguan, is mature and prudent, and there is still Governor Xue Rengui in Bingzhou. Although we have 30,000 troops to fight Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao's 80,000 troops, there will be no problems in a short time. There should be no danger." Wang Meng continued.
After hearing this, Li Xiang also nodded slightly. Although Yuan Shao sent a partial army to Huguan, there were indeed many talents. The commanders were Yuan Chonghuan and Gao Huan, the counselors were Ju Sue and Shen Pei, and the fierce generals were Yuan Hong. The Seven Monsters of Meishan, plus Gongsun Zan's group, this lineup cannot be underestimated.
But Li Xiang has confidence in Xue Rengui and Lian Po. The two of them are a god-level commander and a peerless peak commander. If the two of them join forces, there won't be any big problems just in defense.
"It's just that the most troublesome people now are Cao and Yuan in the direction of Hulao Pass!" Wang Meng continued to add, thinking of the situation in the direction of Hulao Pass, Wang Meng couldn't help but frown secretly.
In addition to the troops at Yanmen and Huguan, Li Xiang still has 110,000 troops. But among the 110,000 troops and horses, the 50,000 troops and horses under the command of Hezhou Governor Li Jing cannot be moved lightly, and only 60,000 troops and horses are left.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao gathered a total of 130,000 troops in the direction of Hulao Pass. If all of Li Xiang's 60,000 troops can be placed at Hulao Pass, there will naturally be no problem.
However, Luoyang has eight passes to protect each other, and these eight passes must be guarded by troops. In this way, even if Hulao Pass is the most important among the eight passes, there are only 20,000 troops that can actually guard Hulao Pass.
With 20,000 troops to fight against the more than 100,000 troops of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, even with Wei Qing and Guo Jia at Hulao Pass, the situation is definitely not optimistic and cannot be delayed for too long.
"Lord, with the current plan, we still need to urgently expand the army!" Wang Meng changed his tone and said with some worry.
"To expand the army at this time, the troops recruited are just new troops that have never seen blood. Their combat strength is insufficient, and their help to our army is really limited!" As soon as Wang Meng said this, several generals next to him objected. .
With such a sudden formation of an army, the new army will have many problems in all aspects. By then, there will be a considerable impact.
However, it is obvious that Li Xiang and Wang Meng have the same views on this point.
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