The princes in the north took the action of burning the checkpoints. Of course, they could not have done it in a moment of blindness. They must have their own purposes behind it.苘
Among the princes in the north, Han Xin, as the representative of the Qin government, was the most ruthless one. Taking advantage of his distance from the three passes of Dagu, Xuanyuan, and Yique compared with the other princes in the north, he directly took advantage of the situation. Three fires were lit without any discussion with the other princes in advance.
Of course, it was not Han Xin who was behind the arson, but Fan Ju who was behind it. Qin Zheng's territory is still far away in Youzhou, and it is still far away from Sizhou!
If this place is captured by a coalition of princes, it is most likely that Yuan Shao or Cao Cao will benefit from it. Of course, the greater possibility is that Yuan Shao has the advantage in all aspects.
If Yuan Shao captures Sizhou, they will still have to face eight levels of danger when they deal with Yuan Shao in the future. Instead of doing this, for their convenience in the future, they might as well destroy all these levels.
Of course, even after Yuan Shao takes over Sizhou in the future, he can certainly rebuild these levels. However, rebuilding so many levels at once is a waste of time and money.
If Yuan Shao is really so prodigal by then, then Qin Zheng will still be happy to see the results, and it can also play a role in slowing down Yuan Shao's development.
It can also be seen from this point that although the princes are united with each other, they will still cheat you when it is time.苘
As for Hulao Pass, Guan Yu followed Gongsun Yan's suggestion and wanted to attack Hulao Pass with the same idea. However, Di Qing was just watching the excitement and did not think it was a big deal, and just wanted to incite Guan Yu and Yuan Shaozhi. deepening conflicts.
Guan Yu was not the kind of person who was particularly sharp-tongued. Later on, Gongsun Yan simply stepped into the role himself. As a strategist, Gongsun Yan was definitely a million miles ahead of others in his talk.
Especially Zhuge Liang made a huge comeback in Jingbei, although this news was definitely bad news for all the princes. However, it happened to give Gongsun Yan a rare reason at this time!
The reasons given by Gongsun Yan are not complicated. The southern princes have no hope now. Next, the Central Plains princes have no possibility of entering Sizhou. They must continue to fight Yue Fei in Jingbei.
At this time, in order to prevent them from getting rid of Li Xiang before the end of the war in central Shu, it would be better to burn Hulao Pass altogether, which would make it much easier to deal with Li Xiang in the future.
Of course, this guy Yuan Shao is not easy to fool, not to mention that he also has a lot of advisers under his command. Even though the princes of the Central Plains may not be able to enter Sizhou now, the princes of the north still have the advantage. At this time, there is really no need to burn the pass with enemy fire.
And Gongsun Yan is also a ruthless person. He couldn't reach an agreement for such a long time, so he simply just cooked the rice. On the one hand, they pretended to continue the discussion to stabilize Yuan Shao, but on the other hand, they secretly burned Hulao Prison to the ground.苘
Since then, half of the original eight passes of Luoyang have become history.
"Generals, how are we going to fight next? We can't just leave these counties alone!" Yuan Shao said with an ugly expression.
His expression was not good-looking. On the one hand, it was true that these people directly burned the four levels without leaving any room for them. They tried their best to prevent him from taking advantage of it. On the other hand, it was what they were encountering now. Here comes the question.
Li Xiang had previously issued an order for the county magistrates of Yin counties in Henan to recruit volunteers to defend the city, and also led them to only defend the city and not to leave the city to fight under any circumstances.
They will inevitably suffer losses if they attack the dozen or so counties in Henan Yin. Recruiting volunteers in each county is equivalent to tens of thousands more migrant soldiers in each county.
Although they looked down upon the combat effectiveness of those peasant soldiers, if they were placed in the field, one-tenth of the number could take care of these peasant soldiers.
But the opponent occupies the advantage of the city. No matter how low the combat effectiveness of these people is, even if a few of them are replaced by one of you, their coalition forces will still suffer!苘
In more than a dozen counties in Henan, each city has so many migrant soldiers, hundreds of thousands of migrant soldiers, for no reason. If they fight step by step, how many casualties will they have to pay?
But if they attack Luoyang directly without attacking these cities, they will not be able to guarantee the safety of even the most basic food routes. There are various hidden dangers behind this.
This Li Zifeng is really cunning and cunning. If he doesn't take action, he will put them in a dilemma and hit their vital points.
Their army pressed on the border, but there was indeed a county magistrate who couldn't help but wanted to surrender. But before he officially took action, heads were already on the ground. Within a few days, the heads of the furniture that had been sent to Chang'an City were all beheaded in the vegetable market.
In addition to its external agencies, the floating house also has the important task of supervising hundreds of officials. As the base camp, Sizhou is the place where Floating Water House has the strongest influence.
After this incident happened, Yuan Shao and others were suddenly confused. With this first county magistrate as an example, the Jin army magnificently played the role of killing chickens to scare monkeys. From today onwards, a few of the remaining county magistrates dare to make up their minds to surrender.
If he fights desperately, the most he will die is himself, and his relatives will definitely receive preferential treatment from the lord. As long as you dare to surrender, let alone whether you can survive, those relatives who were sent to Luoyang will inevitably end up dead in the end.苘
At the beginning, Li Xiang made it clear that he dared to surrender without a fight and directly wanted to kill the nine tribes. No one doubted whether Li Xiang would be so cruel! Li Xiang has been able to reach this step step by step. Among all the knowledgeable people in this world, how many people would think that Li Xiang is a soft-hearted person?
"Let Chi You take action!" Yuan Xi, one of Yuan Shao's other advisers, suddenly had an idea.
Didn't Chi You also have so many second-rate troops under his command? Just let his troops be used up!
"Chi You?"
"This is a good idea! But I'm afraid the other party won't agree so easily!" Han Xin said after thinking for a while.
Although they are all second-rate people, the other party probably won't send them out to be cannon fodder for them. Even if they are still cannon fodder in the end, wouldn't it be better if they stay and serve as cannon fodder for themselves?
"It doesn't matter..."
