The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 259 Turning the Gun to Lu Bu

Even though they won Langya County, the price Cao Jun paid today is definitely not small. The army suffered nearly 2 casualties. Although Langya County is extremely important to Liu Xiao, it is only because the territory controlled by Liu Xiao is too narrow and long. For others, the status of Langya County is really not that important.

Seeing that Cao Cao had won Langya County, he couldn't be happier. The price was too high. Damn Liu Xiao, there are so many elite soldiers under his command, and he paid so much for just one Langya County. The price, what if the entire Qingzhou is captured?Wouldn't it be more expensive to pay?

Entering the city of Langya County, Cao Cao ordered people to put out the fire, set up a list to calm the people, and seized the time to repair the city wall.

"My lord, now that Langya County has been captured, the next step, shall we go south or north?"

Cheng Yu asked in a low voice.

"Zhongde, what do you think?"

Cao Cao didn't answer, but asked instead.

"Occupying Langya County is in a prominent position. Once there is a change, we can attack Qingzhou to the north and Xuzhou to the south to consolidate the land of Yuzhou. We sit on the land of the three states in the Central Plains and cut Liu Xiao into two sections. From a strategic point of view, Liu Xiao has completely fallen into a passive position, and it is not us who are anxious now, but Liu Xiao!"

Cheng Yu said in a deep voice.

Xi Zhicai shook his head and replied: "Zhongde, now that we have taken Langya County, it is time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Before Liu Xiao's reinforcements arrive, we can use our troops to the north and occupy the entire Qingzhou in one fell swoop. Now the strength of Qingzhou has been exhausted." Being transferred to the territory of Jizhou, Qingzhou can go down in one fell swoop, even if Liu Xiao leads an army to come, we will win a big victory, he is by no means our opponent!"

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Zhongde is right. Our purpose of sending troops this time is to occupy Yuzhou, take down Langya County, attract Liu Xiao to return to aid, and not make Liu Xiao grow bigger. As long as we take Yuzhou, our goal It has been achieved. It is too difficult to win Qingzhou, not to mention that Liu Xiao's reinforcements are not far away from us. Even now Qingzhou has Xun Yu, Kong Rong, and Fang Xuanling sitting in the town. They are all resourceful people in the world. Now Gao Chong, Dian Wei and others even retreated into Qingzhou, where they were fully prepared and armed. More importantly, Liu Xiao has been recuperating in Qingzhou for several years. The people's livelihood is prosperous and the politics is clear. There is almost no possibility. On the contrary, they will completely turn against Liu Xiao and become an unstoppable force. In the end, I am afraid that it will only make Liu Bei and Lu Bu cheaper..."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, let out a long breath, and said in a deep voice, "The army is ordered to rest in Langya County for the time being, and we'll see the situation..."

Xi Zhicai said anxiously: "My lord, this opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again!"

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhicai, Qingzhou is so honorable and easy to win. As Liu Xiao's most solid foundation, Liu Xiao will never give up easily. Even if he abandons Jizhou, he will not give up Youzhou. We If you want to successfully occupy Qingzhou, you can only build on one premise, that is, Lu Bu successfully defeated Yue Fei's army, and then occupied Jizhou. , can no longer defeat us, otherwise, even if we invade the hinterland of Qingzhou, when Yue Fei returns to the army to rescue, and Liu Xiao's reinforcements go north, we will fall under the pincer attack of Liu Xiao and Yue Fei, facing the two famous generals of the world, We have no chance of winning..."

Xi Zhicai's expression changed slightly, and he didn't speak any more.

In fact, Cao Cao's worries are not unreasonable, but there is still one thing in Cao Cao's heart that he didn't explain clearly, that is, Cao Cao never believed that Lu Bu had the strength to defeat Yue Fei. There are things that are difficult to reach. Although Lu Bu is invincible in the world, his strategy is too far behind. How can he be Yue Fei's opponent? , under the attack of Yue Fei and Liu Xiao, he will definitely be driven out of Qingzhou again.

Anyway, now that I have taken Yuzhou, Sili Yanzhou plus Yuzhou, I am sitting on the land of the three states, which is not too small compared to Liu Xiao's three states. , the whole world is under his control.

"The decree is that Xiahou Dun leads Yuzhou Mu, and Li Dianle leads [-] troops to guard Yuzhou. Xiahouyuan is the general of Zhendong, Langyahou, and Xiahoushang leads [-] troops to guard Langya County!"

Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

Everyone was shocked, why, the prime minister is about to withdraw his troops?
"Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Zhang Liao and Xu Chu, follow me and lead the rest of the troops to Chenliu, who is retreating, and prepare to attack Bingzhou!"

Cao Cao's next sentence completely confused everyone.

Instead of striking while the iron is hot, and continuing to attack Qingzhou, the prime minister turned to attack Bingzhou, isn't this, isn't this not close and far away?

The corner of Cao Ren's mouth twitched, and he asked, "Prime Minister, Qingzhou is nearby. Liu Xiao's defeat is a great opportunity for us to send troops to conquer. At this time, we will give up attacking Qingzhou and attack Bingzhou instead. This, this..."

Cao Cao sneered, "Why, do you think I'm thankless? Or capricious?"

Cao Ren didn't dare to speak, but obviously, there was such a meaning in it.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and replied: "Zixiao, although Lu Bu is brave, he is brave and foolish. In the face of Yue Fei, he was able to gain the upper hand at first, but after a long time, he will definitely be defeated by Yue Fei. Now Yue Fei and Lu Bu have been defeated." The stalemate lasts for more than a month, at most another month, Lu Bu will be defeated, Lu Bu will be defeated, the people of Bingzhou will be unstable, and the army will be in chaos. This is the best time for us to enter Bingzhou, hehe, this time, Lu Bu will definitely die without a place to die!"

Cao Ren gasped, the prime minister's move was vicious enough, first he tricked Lv Bu into sending troops to invade Jizhou, then he took the opportunity to take Yuzhou, occupy Langya, and gain an advantage over Liu Xiao, now he took advantage of Lu Bu's bad situation to turn around and kill One returned the carbine, seized Bingzhou again, and forced Lu Bu to death!

Needless to say, once Lu Bu is defeated by Yue Fei, he will naturally face Yue Fei's pursuit. I am afraid that not only Bingzhou, but even Youzhou will be hard to keep. This time Lu Bu is really dead...

It has to be said that Cao Cao's grasp of the situation is quite precise. He was able to unify the Central Plains not only because of the clouds of advisers and the rain of generals, but also because Cao Cao himself is ambitious, accurate in knowing people, and the god of predicting things, which is rare. opponent.

The current Lu Bu's attack on Jizhou, not only failed to achieve any results, but was held back by Yue Fei. The loss of troops was serious, and the supply in the rear was insufficient. He had gradually fallen into a passive situation, and Lu Bu was already in a difficult situation.

(End of this chapter)