After reading the news, Liu Zhe pondered for a while, and ordered the guards, saying, "Send someone to send a message to Chief Yun, and ask him to suspend the attack on Yunyang County, just surround him."

Liu Zhe had a general plan in his mind. If the operation was successful, Ma Chaoxinyue could convince him.

However, this plan has not been realized yet, so he asked Guan Yu to surround Ma Chao first.

As for now, he must first defend Tongguan. Once the news of Tongguan being taken away spreads, Cao Cao and Cao Ren will inevitably attack wildly and regain Tongguan.

However, with Xiong in hand, Liu Zhe was not afraid of them, let alone that there was a backup plan for all this, and he was not afraid of them attacking them at all.

So Liu Zhe was waiting for Cao Cao to arrive in Tongguan with peace of mind.

Cao Cao is said to have arrived in Hongnong County now and is probably about to arrive in Hangu Pass.

I believe Cao Cao's expression must be very wonderful when he heard the news of the fall of Tongguan, and Liu Zhe thought proudly.

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Hangu Pass, the section from Wushan to Tongguan between Luoyang and Chang'an, is mostly in the valley, and is as deep as a dangerous place, so it is called Hangu.

During the Warring States Period, Duke Xiao of Qin seized the land of Wuhan from the hands of Wei and set up Hangu Pass here. During the Warring States Period, Qin defeated the coalition forces of the six countries through this pass.

During the Eastern Period, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu built the capital of Luoyang and built a new Hangu Pass, which further improved its status. However, after Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, Tongguan was built, and Hangu Pass was reduced.

Cao Cao stood at Hangu Pass, holding the battlements on the city wall with his hand, looking into the distance, standing in the west on the plateau, facing Juejian in the east, Qinling in the south, and Yellow River in the north.

"I am worthy of being the most powerful pass in the world."

Cao Cao was in agitation and couldn't help but sigh.

The walls of Hangu Pass are high and deep, and are extremely strong. They are located in this location. Even Cao Cao believes that even millions of heroic troops cannot be conquered.

Cao Cao patted the battlements and said confidently: "This is true for Hangu Pass and Tongguan, so can you really have peace of mind."

Man Chong, who was beside Cao Cao, also said repeatedly: "As long as Tongguan and Hangu Pass are in the hands of the lord, Yongzhou will not have to worry about the situation getting worse."

With Tongguan Hangu Pass in hand, Cao Cao's support can enter Yongzhou through these two checkpoints to support Cao Ren. This time, Cao Cao brought Man Chong Mao Jie and several staff members and advisers, and the chief adviser Cheng Yu stayed in Xudu.

Mao Jie said: "If there is only one pass, it will be even better."

"hateful!"

Cao Cao naturally understood what Mao Jie meant. Once one of the two checkpoints was taken away, it would be like two were abandoned.

Moreover, the defense forces of the two levels must be dispersed a lot. Cao Cao's soldiers were not many. Now, the three heroic passes, Tongguan, Hangu Pass and Hulao Pass, are all in Cao Cao's hands, and all three levels must be defended. Even if the number of people defended by these three levels has already gone to Cao Cao's nearly 100,000.

On average, there are only more than 30,000 people defending at a level, and the number of defense is not very sufficient.

If there is only one Tongguan and Hangu Pass, then the number of people in the two levels can be combined, and 60,000 people can defend one level, and their defense is absolutely excellent.

What Cao Cao said was hateful is that Liu Zhe, who was in Hanoi and had heavy troops in Hedongbu, and had always threatened Hongnong County and Henan Yin.

Once Liu Zhe broke through Xiajin and went ashore from Hongnong County, he could invade Luoyang to the east and attack Hulao Pass. To the west, he could attack Hangu Pass or even Tongguan to threaten Chang'an.

In order to prevent such a thing from happening, Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass have more soldiers defending than Tongguan.

"Liu Zhe is hateful, really hateful."

When Cao Cao thought of Liu Zhe, he was so angry that after Liu Zhe occupied the four prefectures and three counties of Sili, he had been deploying heavy troops by the Yellow River, making a posture of being ready to cross the river to attack him at any time, forcing him to set up heavy troops to deal with it.

Hangu Pass, Hulao Pass, Xiajin, Hulao Pass, Aocang, Yanjin, Baima, Jibei County, etc., on the edge of the Yellow River, Cao Cao had to deploy a large number of troops to defend Liu Zhe. These places alone dragged him down more than 100,000 and 200,000 troops.

Cao Cao was very unhappy and hated Liu Zhe to death. The territory he occupied now ranks second among the princes in the world, and the population was also second.

But compared with Liu Zhe, who was the first, it was too far behind, even compared with the princes who ranked third and fourth.

Liu Zhe could pull out hundreds of thousands of people at any time, but he would pull up his fingers every time he wanted to hit someone. After all, he would do it again and again. It took a lot of effort to pull up tens of thousands of people to fight.

Liu Biao, the third-ranked population sect, also has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and he can also directly pull out to fight. There are countless more soldiers than him.

Cao Cao's second most simply doesn't match his name.

All of this is blamed on Liu Zhe. If Liu Zhe had not been aggressive and had he deployed heavy troops by the Yellow River, how could Cao Cao have lived a tight life?

Cao Cao was stronger than Liu Bei, but when he attacked Liu Bei, he only relied on tens of thousands of people in his hands to attack him, and he did not dare to fight against Liu Bei at all.

When he thought of Liu Zhe, Cao Cao's thoughts spread. When he thought of his past life, Yuan Shao lived so miserable. In addition to hating Liu Zhe, he felt extremely sad and wanted to cry. Liu Zhe was really too bullying.
Chapter completed!