Sizhou.
Under Tongguan.
"Your lord, there is news from General Zhang Liao!" After a day of siege, just as Li Xiang began to discuss military affairs with Yue Fei, Wang Meng and others, a messenger suddenly broke in.
The messenger had just entered the tent when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Looking at his embarrassed look, Li Xiang knew that this person was probably overworked because he was traveling day and night.
"What happened!" An ominous premonition came, but Li Xiang forced himself to calm down and asked the soldier.
"I am reporting to my lord that Xiaopinglu has been captured and General Zhang Liao is defending Mengjin. He has come to ask for help from my lord!" The messenger said as he took out Zhang Liao's autographed letter to Li Xiang and handed it to Li Xiang.
Hearing this, all the generals in the big tent were shocked. Xiao Pingjin is lost, this is definitely not a good thing. Fortunately, Meng Jinguan is still there, so things can still turn around.
Xiaopingjin and Mengjin are not just the northern gateway to Luoyang for Li Xiang, they are also the key to contacting the company.
Although there are eight levels of protection in the land of Luoyang, once these eight levels fall into the hands of the enemy, they will be a huge constraint for our own side. Once Baguan is gone, the connection between Luoyang and other places will be cut off in an instant, just like the loss of Xiaopingjin today, it will seriously affect the communication between Si and Bing.
Even with the heavy troops at Hulao Pass, if Mengjing Pass is lost again, the two places will be directly divided into two parts.
"Evil comes, send him down to rest first!" Li Xiang opened the letter in his hand, pointed to the exhausted messenger, and said to Dian Wei.
Although there is not much content in Zhang Liao's letter, it also tells the story of the incident in detail.
That night, Cao Cao's generals Cao GUI and Cao Shen descended from the sky like magic soldiers. The land and water armies cooperated to attack Xiaopingjin. The defenders in Xiaopingjin were caught off guard in an instant.
Not only that, Cao GUI and Cao Shen ordered the two brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to attack openly. On the other hand, the fierce general Cao Ning and Yuan Shaojun general Jiao Ying secretly mixed with the small soldiers to board the city.
Since no one in Xiaopingjin could match Cao Ning and Jiao Ying, two peerless figures at the top level, the battle situation completely collapsed when Cao Ning and Jiao Ying climbed onto the city wall.
The two peerless peak-level figures completely let go of their hands to attack. The casualties of the soldiers guarding the pass increased rapidly. The defense system that had been barely maintained before was also in disarray. Cao and Cao Gui were beaten to pieces.
Although the four generals of Xiaopingjin, Xu Huang, Pei Renji, Pei Yuanshao, and Pei Yuanfu, fought desperately, the gap in strength was too large. Only Xu Huang managed to escape with injuries when he broke through the battle, while the three generals Pei Renji, Pei Yuanshao, and Pei Yuanfu were all killed on the spot, even though their attributes increased as brothers and father and son.
Of the five thousand soldiers responsible for guarding Xiaopingjin, three thousand were killed and another two thousand were captured.
Later, Cao GUI and Cao Shen tried to repeat their old plan and rushed to Mengjing Pass, but fortunately Xu Huang ignored his own injuries after escaping and rushed through Mengjing Pass on Pegasus, allowing Zhang Liao to be prepared.
In the end, Cao GUI and Cao Shen not only failed to capture Mengjin Pass, but fell into Zhang Liao's plan and lost more than a thousand troops. Even Jiao Ying's brother Jiao Chu was killed by Zhang Liao's deputy general, who was a good shot. Li Zongtang, who was a bowman and archer, was shot dead on the spot.
Later, Cao GUI believed that the Xiaopingjin ferry had been lost and the defenders in Mengjin City must be in fear. If he went to recruit surrender at this time, he would definitely succeed. Therefore, lobbyists were sent to persuade Zhang Liao to surrender.
However, Zhang Liao was also one of Li Xiang's earliest generals. He was already a die-hard loyalist. Naturally, he would not be persuaded so easily. He killed the lobbyist with one sword and sent him to Li Xiang. The head was returned to Cao GUI.
At this time, Xiahou Dun acted cruelly and forced the two thousand soldiers captured in Xiaopingjin to attack the city. However, for Meng Jin's safety, Zhang Liao had no choice but to kill him in this situation.
Even though these people were his own before, Zhang Liao still coldly issued the order to shoot arrows. Whether they were these captured soldiers or Cao and Yuan's coalition forces, as long as they dared to approach Mengjin Pass, they would all be shot on the spot.
"Interesting, navy?" Li Xiang said expressionlessly while handing Zhang Liao's letter to Yue Fei, Wang Meng and others for viewing.
"My lord, in the north, except for my lord, only Liu Xuande in the Qingzhou Plain has a navy!" Wang Meng said with a headache.
The fall of Xiaopingjin unexpectedly involved the princes of Qingzhou. Now, things became even more complicated.
"Liu Xuande's navy took action to help Cao Cao and Yuan Shao attack Xiaopingjin. I didn't receive any news about such a big news before. Mao Xiang, isn't it time for your floating water house to be reorganized?" Li Xiang turned to look. Mao Xiang said to Mao Xiang, who looked calm on the surface.
"Lord, this subordinate has neglected his duty and is guilty!" As soon as Li Xiang said these words, Mao Xiang was so frightened that he fell to his knees.
"Dereliction of duty? Guilty?" Li Xiang murmured softly, not knowing what else to think about.
However, Mao Xiang was so frightened that he did not dare to move. When he knelt down, his head lowered even lower.
Mao Xiang was kneeling there, and Li Xiang didn't answer him for the time being. Someone must explain some things. Moreover, as the floating house has grown stronger over the years, Mao Xiang has become more and more powerful. Li Xiang just took the opportunity to give him a beating to prevent him from drifting one day.
After all, Li Xiang has become somewhat accustomed to using Mao Xiang over the years. Hitting the opponent will prevent Li Xiang from attacking him one day.
"By the way, how is the situation in Qingzhou?" Li Xiang suddenly thought after thinking for a moment. Previously, under Li Xiang's inducement, Dou Jiande had already sent troops to Liu Bei.
This Dou Jiande, after all, has been joined by many thunder generals in these two balances, so he will not be defeated by the big-eared thief so quickly!
"My lord, this is the news I just received. I wanted to give it to my lord for his purpose later!" Mao Xiang took out a letter and said carefully.
"It's really interesting, Liu Xuande and Guo Wei actually joined forces!" Li Xiang said with some surprise.
However, this also explains why Liu Bei can free up his hands to mobilize the navy to support Yuan and Cao. With Guo Wei helping out, the two princes in Qingzhou will deal with the remaining one, and Dou Jiande will naturally not be his opponent.
Now, Dou Jiande, let alone taking the initiative to send troops to attack Liu Xuande, has already withdrawn his troops and horses, preparing to defend the last territory.
As for the dispatch of Liu Bei's navy, in fact, Mao Xiang cannot be entirely blamed for this incident. The surprise attack on Xiaopingjin was planned by Cui Hao, Yuan Shao's first strategist. Cui Hao naturally took the measures that should be taken.
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