The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 314 The God of Thunder
Cao Cao, who was about to set off in Liyang, also received the news of the fall of Moling. He was shocked and asked, "How did this happen? How did Zhang Wu capture Moling?"

The scout replied: "Report to Prime Minister, after my subordinate sneaked into Moling City, everyone in the city said that the god thunder suddenly fell that day and knocked down the south wall of Moling City. I don't know if it is true or not!"

"Lightning from the sky?" Cao Cao was stunned, and then thought of the loud noise he heard that day. Could it be true?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
How can there be such a miraculous thing!
Besides, even if there was a divine thunder falling, why didn't it hit Zhang Wu's head?It must be that Zhang Wu made a mess again.

So Cao Cao said again: "Investigate again, we must find out the truth!"

"Yes, Prime Minister."

Cao Cao felt that there must be some secret in this, and he would not feel at ease if he did not find out!That Zhang Wu often made unexpected moves. The new-style catapults and poisonous smoke in the past all caused great damage to Cao Jun. Later, I heard that there was another weapon called "kerosene bomb" in the Jingzhou Army, which was extremely flammable. Siege is very sharp.

Now that this incredible thing happened again, if he didn't figure it out in time, what if he used this method to deal with himself?
"What does Zhong De think?" Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu doesn't quite believe this kind of thing either. How can it be such a coincidence that you have been attacking for so many days and you haven't taken it down. My army will arrive soon, and suddenly the thunder from heaven will knock down the city wall!
Are you related?
Although Cheng Yu remembered that a similar situation had happened before, when Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu had an army of more than 1 against Wang Mang's army of more than 40, a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky and hit Wang Mang's army.

Few of Wang Mang's more than 40 troops were killed by meteorites, but they encountered a major flood on the way to escape, which caused heavy losses.

But Cheng Yu still didn't believe that there would be such a coincidence, and he didn't believe that Zhang Wu had such a great ability to summon Tianlei.

"Prime Minister, could it be that the Jingzhou army secretly dug out the basement of the Moling city wall, causing the city wall to collapse, and the people in the city were ignorant, and spread such nonsense based on rumors?"

"Well, what Zhong De said is also reasonable. But now that Moling City has been occupied by Zhang Wu, how should we deal with it? Should we continue to rescue Sun Quan?"

Cheng Yu replied: "Once Moling is lost, the Jingzhou army will occupy the natural danger of the river, and Zhang Wu will give up all the land in the north of the river. I'm afraid there is no good way for us to save Sun Quan. If the army forcibly crosses the river, the danger will be too great , if we don't cross the river, at most it will restrain Zhang Wu's navy and cannot leave the river, which is of little significance to Sun Quan."

Xun You also said: "Prime Minister, Sun Quan only has two counties, Wu Jun and Kuai Ji Jun, and the naval forces have been lost, and many generals have been lost. I am afraid that there will be no power to recover. In terms of the current situation, Zhang Wu occupies the entire Jiangnan. It is already unstoppable, rather than wasting time here, it is better to return to the division and capture Hanzhong as soon as possible."

Sima Yi also agreed with Xun You's opinion. Without a strong navy, it is very difficult to intervene in the war in the south of the Yangtze River. No matter how many troops you have, what's the use of not daring to cross the river?If Moling is still in Sun Quan's hands, Cao Cao can send an elite to help Sun Quan resist Zhang Wu, because Sun Quan can provide food and grass supplies.

But now Sun Quan can only defend Wu County. Even if Cao Cao sends troops there, will Sun Quan dare to let Cao Jun enter Wu County to defend the city with him?Even at the last moment, Sun Quan would not be completely relieved of Cao Cao, he was afraid that Cao Cao would take the opportunity to kill him and occupy Jiangdong by himself.

Although Cao Cao's journey from afar this time failed to keep Jiangdong from keeping Moling, he took advantage of it and took the opportunity to occupy all the areas of Yangzhou in Jiangbei and the entire territory of Lujiang County.This large area is a very important grain-producing area with a large population.

Zhang Wu also feels distressed for giving up such a large piece of fertile land, but there is no way, he does not have so many troops to defend, and the most important thing now is to completely wipe out Sun Quan.

According to scouts, Sun Quan has led his troops back to Wu County, and is frantically recruiting soldiers to defend Wu County.

Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren and Le Jin to garrison Wancheng with [-] troops, Li Dian led [-] troops to defend Hefei, and the rest of the army retreated separately.

Zhang Wu lost the newly acquired Lujiang County, got Danyang County, and gained full control of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

So far, the first stage of the Jingzhou Group's plan to destroy Wu has basically completed the set goal. It not only completely cut off the connection between Sun Quan and Cao Cao, made Sun Quan a shackle, but also eliminated a large number of soldiers and generals of the Jiangdong Army.

Now Sun Quan has only more than 2 elite soldiers, Zhou Tai is the only general, and the remaining Wu County and Kuaiji County are not in danger, and I don't know how long they can last.

In the duel between Jingzhou and Jiangdong, the decisive role was the duel between the navy.In fact, since the Battle of Chibi, Jiangdong has already been doomed to this ending, it's just a matter of time.

But Zhang Wu also knew that Jiangdong had gone through three generations, and there were many advisers and generals, which could not be resolved in one or two battles, and the most important point was that Cao Cao didn't want Sun Quan to perish so soon.

Therefore, Zhang Wu did not rush to attack Jiangdong after the Battle of Chibi, but waited for an opportunity while accumulating strength.

Ma Chao's rebellion in Liangzhou is Zhang Wu's opportunity to destroy Wu.

For Cao Cao, it doesn't matter if Liangzhou is in chaos, but Guanzhong cannot be chaotic, let alone lost, because Guanzhong's geographical location and political significance are very important, and it is a very important basis for his rule.

Originally, a Ma Chao was not worth Cao Cao leading an army to conquer, but the situation changed after Zhang Wu's surprise attack on Wuguan.Now the person Cao Cao fears the most is Zhang Wu, ten Ma Chaos are not as threatening as one Zhang Wu.

If Zhang Wu colluded with Ma Chao and took the opportunity to capture Chang'an, with Jingzhou providing food and grass, and Ma Chao leading the cavalry to cooperate, Cao Cao believed that Zhang Wu would definitely be able to defend Chang'an.

As long as Zhang Wu has a firm foothold in Guanzhong, with Zhang Wu's ability and prestige, with the status and reputation of his cheap father-in-law Liu Bei, and with the many civil and military talents under him, within five years, Zhang Wu will be able to form a team. A powerful cavalry army.

At that time, even if Cao Cao obtained the Jiangdong land belonging to Sun Quan, it would be meaningless, because he did not have an elite naval force that could compete with the Jingzhou navy, and could only contain a part of Zhang Wu's troops, and would not be able to attack Zhang Wu's hometown Jingzhou.

An elite navy cannot be built in a short period of time. You need to build warships and build large ships.

Although it is impossible to prevent Zhang Wu from destroying Sun Quan now, Cao Cao has completely pacified Liangzhou and stabilized Guanzhong.As long as Hanzhong and Yizhou can be successfully won, Cao Cao still has an absolute advantage.

Even if there is no navy, Cao Jun can send troops from Hanzhong to attack Xiangyang, and he can also send troops from Yizhou to directly attack Jiangling, the hinterland of Jingzhou.The Cao army is not the opponent of the Jingzhou army in the water battle, but the foot battle is the strong point of the Cao army.

(End of this chapter)