The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 149: Persimmons Are Picked Softly

Just when Cao Cao was about to recuperate and accumulate strength, Yuan Shao came to him and wanted to form an alliance with Cao Cao.

"Zhongde, what do you think..."

Cao Cao asked with a smile on his face.

Cheng Yu on the side smiled and said: "My lord, it's very simple. In the battle with Liu Xiao, Yuan Shao was defeated by Liu Xiao with a small amount of victory. He lost all of Pingyuan County and Qinghe County. , I want to take back the two counties of Pingyuan and Qinghe, but I can’t do what I want. Therefore, I want to form an alliance with us and deal with Liu Xiao together. However, this is also an opportunity. Cooperation will benefit both, and division will result in defeat. During the Warring States Period, The world is in chaos, and the lords are rising together, isn't Su Qin and Zhang Yi also cooperating vertically and horizontally, wandering among the vassal states, looking for allies?"

Cao Cao sighed: "Liu Xiao, Liu Xiao, if it is not necessary, I really don't want to be an enemy of him. Although this person is young, he is too mysterious and too old, which is not commensurate with his age. I really can't imagine who is able to teach such an amazingly talented person!"

Cheng Yu said in a deep voice: "My lord, it is precisely because Liu Xiao is both wise and brave, and has the talent of a king, that we have to get rid of him as soon as possible. Raising tigers is a danger, and it will hurt people. Once Liu Xiao is full-fledged, we will think about it later." It would be difficult to cut it off. Cheng Yu thought that Yuan Shao's move to form an alliance was right in our hands. We joined forces with Yuan Shao to get rid of Liu Xiao. In the future, we only need to face Yuan Shao. Strong, but whether it is Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao, they are nothing more than conservative people, without any great talents, and they are definitely not the opponent of the lord!"

"Haha, heroes see the same thing!"

Cao Cao stood up and said with a big laugh, "Although Yuan Shao lacks decisiveness and is gentle in doing things, he still has a reputation for being talented; Yuan Shu is a stupid pig, not even as good as a pig. He had Sun Jian under his command, but he killed him Sun Ce succeeded, but he was forcefully forced to defect to Liu Xiao. How can such a waste be worthy of running the Yuan family? If he is worthy of this great river and mountain? Looking at the world, only Liu Xiao can My opponent!"

Cao Cao has never been a good person. Since Liu Xiao is powerful, he must be eradicated as soon as possible. The best way is to kill with a knife, and the second is to make him an enemy of the princes and attack him in groups. There are no such fast knives in the world anymore. , then the only way to unite with allies is to attack them together.

Cao Cao received Yuan Shao's envoy Tian Feng in Xudu and agreed to form an alliance.

As a great gift for forming an alliance, Cao Cao went directly to the emperor and sent Chen Qun to Yecheng with the emperor's talisman. The four prefectures of Youzhou and Bingzhou released the greatest goodwill of alliance to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao also reciprocated the favor, submitted to the imperial court, and paid 300 million baht in red gold and 2000 taels of gold to show his loyalty to the imperial court.

Cao Cao formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were half-brothers. The three families just surrounded Liu Xiao in the middle. Suddenly, Liu Xiao's situation became delicate again.

The news of Yuan Cao's alliance soon spread to Qingzhou, and Liu Xiao's face immediately became gloomy. There are enemies on three sides, one side is the sea, and each opponent is stronger than the other. The environment in Qingzhou is really too bad. , there is danger of overturning...

"Wen Ruo, do you have a good plan to break the current passive situation?"

Liu Xiao asked in a deep voice.

Xun Yu thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "If my lord wants to break the situation, I have to break their alliance. You can use the strategy of alienation!"

Liu Xiao shook his head, and replied: "If it was someone else, we could use a divisive strategy, but we took Yuan Shao's Qinghe and Pingyuan counties; we took Cao Cao's Tai'an county, and at the same time we also robbed Xuzhou, which Cao Cao wanted to swallow. Come over here; as for Yuan Shu, I beat him to the ground in Xuzhou and suffered heavy losses. All three of them formed a deep hatred with me, I am afraid that words cannot do it..."

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Since that's the case, let's defeat them one by one. Before they regain their strength, send troops directly, annihilate one first, and break the alliance of the three parties!"

"Which one to fight?"

Liu Xiao asked, "Yuan Shao is the strongest. There are still elite cavalry in Youzhou and Bingzhou, who can rush to help Jizhou at any time; Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes and occupy the righteousness. It is basically impossible to wipe out Cao Cao. If he attacks Yuan Shu, he can only I am afraid that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will send troops at the same time to threaten Qingzhou, making it difficult for us to take care of both ends..."

Xun Yu smiled and said: "My lord, I forgot, but you left a foreshadowing in Xuzhou. Now is the time to use Sun Ce. We support Sun Ce to use troops towards Huainan and Jiangdong to attack Yuan Shu. Sun Ce is brave and good at fighting. They are all capable of conquering and fighting. Yuan Shu is not an opponent of Sun Ce. He is bound to lose. With Sun Ce to contain Yuan Shu, we can rest easy in Xuzhou. The rest of us will face Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in Qingzhou. Although the pressure is not small, it is enough to deal with it gone."

Liu Xiao said with a smile: "Wen Ruo is really a clever plan! However, Sun Ce is also a fierce tiger. Once we let go of the shackles, he will be uncontrollable. He defeated Yuan Shu and occupied Yuan Shu's Yangzhou. It's a benefit..."

Xun You on the side smiled and said: "My lord, the reason why Yangzhou is important is because of the Yangtze River. We ordered Sun Ce to attack Huainan, and then march into Danyang and other counties in Yuzhang. However, we sent a general to attack Wu County directly and put Wu County If we win first, even the counties in Jiangdong that Sun Ce will capture in the future, as long as Wu County is in our hands, the Yangtze River is in our possession. Even if Sun Ce has a rebellious intention in the future, we can cross the Yangtze River and wipe out Sun Ce in one fell swoop! "

Liu Xiao laughed and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, driving the tiger to devour the wolf, and then controlling the tiger on a small hill, this plan is very clever!"

Liu Xiao ordered directly to appoint Sun Ce as governor of Yangzhou, lead [-] troops under his command, and lend Sun Ce [-] troops to attack Yuan Shu in the south; appoint Guo Jia as governor of Xuzhou, Zhao Yun as governor of Xuzhou, Zhang Xiu as prefect of Wujun, commander [-] elites, attack Wujun to the south!

Yuan Shu had a tragedy. He originally thought that he would be able to encircle and wipe out Liu Xiao in the future by forming an alliance with Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, and then use his own strength to occupy Xuzhou in the north, own Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and occupy the orthodoxy of the Yuan family. .

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiao was not stupid, he first picked the soft persimmons, Sun Ce and Zhang Xiu two armies, one east and one west, launched an attack on Yuan Shu, and went straight to Yuan Shu's lair. Now that Yuan Shu's strength has not recovered, facing Sun Ce and Zhang Xiu The previous attack, consecutive defeats, in just over a month, Wu County fell, and in the second month, Huainan fell!
(End of this chapter)