The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 160 Fighting Jingzhou is also the general trend

It's not that Cao Cao and his advisers and generals don't know that Jingzhou is not easy to pacify, but the feat of unifying the world is too tempting.With Cao Cao's current power and position, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he can't be Huo Guang's. Cao Cao has killed many people. Now I don't know how many people want to stab Cao Cao to death. Once Cao Cao loses power, he will end up destroying the nine clans.

At a certain point, it is not a question of whether to go further. Even if Cao Cao wants to return the power to the emperor, will others be willing?If Cao Cao's nine clans were wiped out, would his confidants be able to escape?After Dong Zhuo was destroyed that year, didn't Wang Yun also want to kill all Dong Zhuo's men!
So, don't look at Cao Cao who is now in power, controlling the government, and even the noble concubine will kill if he wants to, but in fact, he is a little uneasy deep in his heart.How powerful Huo Guang was back then, even the emperor could be abolished, but in the end, the Huo family was not wiped out?General Liang Ji ruled the government for 20 years, established three emperors, and poisoned one emperor, and was finally wiped out.Dong Zhuo arbitrarily ruled the government, abolished and killed Emperor Shao and Empress Dowager He.

The lesson is profound. Now that we have come this far, we can only advance but not retreat. One step back will lead to an abyss.Moreover, the world today is not peaceful. Although Cao Cao controls the largest territory, has the largest population, and has the most soldiers, there are still people who are not afraid of him and want to go against him. For example, Liu Bei, who claims to be a descendant of the Han Dynasty, has been going against him.

So Cao Cao wanted to eliminate all hidden dangers so that no one could threaten him, especially Liu Bei and Ma Teng, who colluded with the emperor to harm him.The Son of Heaven is his political card, which cannot be abolished for the time being, but the Son of Heaven's status is too high. Although he has no soldiers and no power in his hands now, if something happens to Cao Cao, the Son of Heaven can quickly stabilize the situation as long as he stands there.

At least until now, everyone has been an official of the great man and a courtier of the emperor.

However, as long as all the other princes are wiped out, so that the emperor has no place to rely on, and he has no hope, he can only be obedient and obedient, and Cao Cao will be safe.

In addition to Cao Cao, his advisers and generals also had their own plans.

All generals want to fight, because only by fighting can they gain military merits, and only those who have military merits can be promoted to ranks. As for many soldiers who will die, it doesn't matter. Which generals don't step on the corpses of soldiers.

And those counselors prefer to fight, how can they reflect their value without fighting?Who needs military advisors if there is no war?Back then when Cao Cao was forced by Yuan Shao to run out of food and wanted to retreat, when he heard that Xu You was coming to surrender, Cao Cao came out to meet Xu You without even bothering to put on his shoes. As a result, when the Yuan family was destroyed, Xu You was forced by Xu Chu because of his cheap mouth. He was killed, and Cao Cao didn't even punish Xu Chu!I wonder if Xu You later regretted defecting to Cao Cao.

Therefore, even though everyone knows that Jingzhou is not easy to fight, they still have to fight, because the development of the situation has reached this point, whether it is Jingzhou, Jiangdong, or Hanzhong, or Liangzhou and Liaodong, you have to choose one.Isn't Jiangdong more difficult to fight than Jingzhou?If Hanzhong or Liangzhou were attacked first, what if Jiangdong or Jingzhou attacked from behind?
Therefore, after choosing and choosing, Cao Cao's gang felt that it would be better to solve Jingzhou first, because as long as Jingzhou could be obtained, it would be more than half of the success.Besides, is Jingzhou more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shao back then?Back then, Cao Cao fought against Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops with tens of thousands of horses, didn't he also destroy Yuan Shao in the end?
Now that Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of troops, doesn't he dare to fight even a single Jingzhou?

Therefore, Cao Cao was actually very determined to pacify Jingzhou this time. As for the lack of naval forces, he was not unaware of it, but training the navy could not be completed overnight. Besides, there was no place to go in the north. Train the navy. Without the navy, there would be nothing we can do about Jingzhou and Jiangdong?

Cao Cao still had illusions about the water army he trained in the Xuanwu Pond. At worst, it would be like a siege battle. He just wanted to kill more soldiers on his side. As long as Jingzhou can be calmed down, it doesn’t matter how many soldiers die. That's it.

But after all, Cao Cao has been marching and fighting for many years, and he will not take risks easily, so since the army came to Fancheng, he has been transporting grain and grass by land, because he has cavalry, Zhang Wu does not.It is useless to attack the city with cavalry, but it is very useful to protect the grain road.

When Zhang Wu led Xing Daorong and five thousand city guards into the city from the south gate of Fancheng, Cao's army was violently attacking the city, and Zhang Wu came at the right time.After several days of fierce offensive and defensive battles, all the defensive materials in the city were almost exhausted, and the personnel were also very tired. Wenpin and Huo Jun also took turns commanding the defenders and taking breaks.

Wenpin is also a famous general who is very good at defense. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao used Wenpin as the prefect of Jiangxia to resist Sun Quan and Liu Bei. He once joined forces with Lejin to defeat Guan Yu, defended Shiyang with a small number of troops, and resisted Sun Quan's 20 army[-] Multi-day offense.Wenpin has defended Jiangxia for decades, and Soochow has never dared to invade.

Therefore, Zhang Wu was also very relieved to leave Wenpin and Huo Jun to defend Fancheng together.

The arrival of Zhang Wu not only brought reinforcements and supplies to Fancheng, but also boosted the morale of the soldiers in Jingzhou.When Zhang Wu's banner was set up, and when Zhang Wu's figure appeared on the city wall, not only the defenders of Fancheng cheered for him, but even the attacking Cao army seemed to slow down.

With Zhang Wu here, at least General Cao Jun would not dare to take the risk of rushing up the city wall. It would be a disaster if he was hacked down by Zhang Wu.

After that, Cao Jun continued to attack the city in turn, and the catapults of both sides also came and went, and the pontoon bridge between Fancheng and Xiangyang also transported wounded soldiers, reinforcements, and city defense materials in an endless stream.Under the leadership of Ding Feng, Fu Xun, and Kou Feng, the Xiangyang Navy continued to cruise on the Han River, transporting reinforcements, or harassing Cao's army, which made Cao Cao very annoyed.

Later, Cao Cao also recruited some ships, let the water army he trained sail along the shore, and did not fight with the Xiangyang water army, just to monitor the Xiangyang water army, and by the way, get familiar with sailing on the river and adapt to the turbulence on the river.If the Xiangyang navy rushed over, they would quickly lean against the shore to fight back.

Not to mention, this trick is quite effective. Cao Junshuijun was a little nervous when he was sailing on a river as big as the Han River, but he gradually got used to it. Can also go ashore quickly.

Later, the Xiangyang navy saw that Cao Jun dared to go into the water, so they came to fight.Cao Jun's navy was very scared at first, but later found that this is the same thing in water warfare, which is similar to that on land. They shoot arrows when they are far away, and stab them with guns and chop with knives when they are close. .The biggest trouble was that the boat swayed on the water, and the feet were unstable, but the waves on the shore were small, and the boat did not shake too much, and it could bear it.

(End of this chapter)