"Don't you lose it?" Cao Hongteng stood up immediately, then groaned and sat back. Although his injury healed on the outside, it did not mean that the muscles and muscles inside were restored as before.

Cao Hong took a deep breath and ordered someone to call Cao Zhang, then sat in front of the table, frowned and stared at the map.

Although Cao Hong was mentally prepared for the loss of Yique, Taigu, and even Luoyang, he didn't expect it to be so soon!

I heard earlier that Man Chong made a very good arrangement in Yique, building a dam and digging graves to hide soldiers. Doesn’t it look quite like that? Why was it lost so quickly?

Then, it will not be like Hedong, and will retreat step by step, so there will be no time to breathe, right?

Cao Hong's heart couldn't help but be pulled up and hung in the air.

A moment later, Cao Zhang came, and there was a slight sweat on his forehead, "General, I heard..."

"Sit." Cao Hong pointed to the mat beside him, and then said loudly, "Tell the people from Heluo!"

After a while, the minor official sent by Man Chong fell to the hall with a muddy face, "I've seen the general..."

"Tell me carefully, what's going on with Heluo? Yique, how did Taigu lose it?" Cao Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Tell it the truth! If there is a half lie, I will cut you alive!"

The little official was so scared that he trembled all over and stammered and told the things before and after.

After Zhang Liao attacked Yique in the first wave, he was unwilling to forcibly attack Yique Pass. After all, the dam built by Man Chong was very threatening, and if he was a little careless, he might be flooded by floods. After all, water and fire are ruthless. Although it is usually inconspicuous, it is still impossible to stop even if it is powerful.

It happened that a soldier came to Taigu. Zhang Liao led his cavalry to attack Tangshan at night and caught Tangshan off guard. Then he pretended to be Tangshan's troops and went to "reinforcement" Yique Pass. After tricking the door, he caught Yique Pass off guard. Then Zhang Liao took advantage of the weak number of troops in Taigu Pass and had not received any news for the time being, and sent a team to attack Taigu Pass. However, it was precisely because Zhang Liao's attention and large troops were attacking Yique and Taigu that he was sneaking into Gushui's camp by Man Chong...

The current situation in Heluo is that Zhang Liao controlled Yique Taigu and then rebuilt the Gushui Camp, but because he had to divide his troops into three places, he had no extra power to attack Luoyang now.

It's barely a confrontation state.

After hearing this, Cao Hong turned around again, picked up some details and asked repeatedly, and confirmed that the minor official was not lying or memorizing clichés to deceive him. Then he waved his hand and asked the minor official who was like an amnesty to retreat.

After a long silence, Cao Hong asked Cao Zhang, "What do you think?"

Cao Zhang asked: "Do you want to reinforce Luoyang? Or do you send someone to Nanyang to advance to Yique Taigu and restrain the cavalry front army?"

Cao Hong shook his head silently.

Reinforcement is a big deal!

If we really want to protect Luoyang, then it would not be Man Chong’s garrison, but Cao Hong stayed in Luoyang!

This is the overall situation in Shandong!

No reinforcements, but no reinforcements are not allowed.

However, Cao Hong was considering that Yique Pass and Taigu Pass were lost. Listening to the reports of the minor officials, it was indeed "reasonable". At least it was not the kind of intentional act of seeking the enemy, but Cao Hong still had doubts in his heart.

This cannot be blamed on Cao Hong, because the Cao group is in turmoil now, and it seems that there are "rebels" everywhere. Not to mention the Heluo area, even Jizhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, has problems, and some people have rebelled publicly or semi-publicly!

Cao Hong heard two days ago that the Chen family in Xuzhou actually killed the prefect of Xia Pi and then took the post of prefect!

Is there any other monarchy?

But the problem is that Cao can only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know about this!

Because Xia Pi is close to the Huai River and Jiangdong, if Chen is really forced into anger, Xia Pi will return to Jiangdong, wouldn’t that make Jiangdong’s grandson smile?

Similarly, when Zang Ba conquered the plain, he could only jump and scold him, and he didn't care about it at all.

Even in public opinion, Cao Cao and others had to say that everything was normal and everything was fine. Even if something happened in the Xia Pi plain, the official spokesperson of Cao must be righteous and stern to express the stability and harmony of the region, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the production order is stable, etc. Because it is necessary to wait until Cao Cao solves the big problem in front of him first, then he will have the heart to take care of that...

This is like the dark spots of Midi. When you ask, you will deny the third company. Then suddenly one day you will report news, saying that it was the gang that was wiped out. The people applauded and shouted that they understood Wang Longsui, etc., but in fact, they heard it carefully, what? They have been entrenched in the local area for twenty or thirty years? The gang leader has been passed on to his son, and the children have all started to form a personal guard? So before, the Midi government claimed that he knew nothing, and that everything was stable, peaceful, and happy every year? Is this the Midi government too incompetent, or did he raise a certain degree of killing the New Year pig?

Cao Hong is now considering whether Man Chong is too incompetent or is preparing to kill the New Year pig.

If the person who was killed was Man Chong, Cao Hong would offer a glass of wine in front of Man Chong's grave, and if Man Chong was deceived into Heluo and became a New Year pig, would this matter be no longer fun?

『This is full of favors Boning..." Cao Hong frowned into a deep word, 『Would he intentionally accomplish this situation?

『Ah?』 Cao Zhang was stunned for a moment, a little confused, but he could hear that Cao Hong was not very satisfied with Man Chong, "Uncle... Is this intentional?"

Cao Hong stood in front of the map, gesturing on the map, "Look, Yique is here, Luoyang is here, Taigu is here... Although Gushui Camp did not report where it was, it should be here..."

Cao Hong clicked on the map a few times, then turned to look at Cao Zhang, "Look, what does this look like?"

The Gu River is west of Luoyang, Yique is west of Luoyang, Taigu is east of Luoyang, while Luoyang is in the middle, and Mengjin is north of Luoyang. So from the map, Zhang Liao almost half surrounded Luoyang...

"Three circumferences and one circumference?" Cao Zhang said.

Cao Hong nodded and shook his head again, "Not only that... you see, does it look like..."

Cao Hong stretched out his hand and made a vain embrace, "If we lead the soldiers into Heluo... there is a big river blocking the north, and Yique and Taigu in the south are all blocked, if so..."

Cao Zhang was suddenly shocked, "Uncle...you mean this Man Boning..."

As Cao Hong described, the current situation in Heluo is too much like a trap.

Cao Hong suspected that even if Man Chong did not rebel, could it be that Man Chong deliberately created the current situation? Then he deceived Cao's soldiers into Heluo. In this way, Man Chong could ask Cao Hong and others to protect him like a general who firmly sat in the central palace. After all, the more Cao invested in Heluo, the harder it would be to give up.

Simply put,

"Uncle..." Cao Zhang hesitated for a moment and said, "But... if Man Boning didn't have such intentions... and we did not support the reinforcements, what if..."

『Ah!』 Cao Hong nodded, 『This is also my embarrassment...』

If there is no support, then Heluo may be like the old things in Hedong, which are caught off guard. However, if someone is sent to rescue him, even if it is not a trap built by Man Chong who intends to surrender to the enemy, this Heluo land is like a swamp, and how much investment is considered as a bottom?
Chapter completed!