The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 289
Lu Bu ran away, and now only Liu Xiao and Cao Cao were left in the entire north. Now the two men have begun to confront each other head-on. There is no room for buffering anymore. If two tigers fight, one of them will be injured.

It's just that neither of the two people is sure enough to defeat their opponents and then annex them. Cao Cao holds the emperor hostage and occupies the righteousness. Even Liu Xiao can't compare; The two counties of Bingzhou and Yangzhou can be said to be powerful, and even Cao Cao cannot compare with them.

Especially in Jizhou, the entire Han Dynasty, the population of Sili, Jizhou, and Yuzhou is the most abundant. Sili slightly wins, and Jizhou and Yuzhou are evenly matched. However, Sili and Yuzhou were the most severely damaged in the entire Central Plains. The successive wars made the combined population of Sili and Yuzhou barely exceed Jizhou. As for Yanzhou, the hell is small and the population is not as large as that of Qingzhou; Xiao also holds Youzhou and Xuzhou, which have nearly twice the population of the area controlled by Cao Cao.

Liu Xiao's subordinates are like rain of counselors and like clouds of generals. Among other things, Yue Fei and Zhou Yu alone are already the top military commanders in the world.

Now that Lv Bu is gone, Cao Cao really wants to march eastward, fight Liu Xiao to the death, and avenge Xia Houyuan, but it is easy to say, but hard to do, if he returns to Yuzhou to help Xiahou Dun, what will happen to Yue Fei on the opposite side?
Now Yue Fei has subdued Gao Shun, and together with the strength of Youzhou and Jizhou, there are no less than 6 to [-] people. His strength is strong. There is really no one under his command who can withstand Yue Fei's attack head-on...

Cao Cao sat in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, silent, thinking about the next strategy.

In the Battle of Bingzhou, Cao Cao really gained a lot. If Yue Fei hadn't entered the army too quickly, the entire Bingzhou would have fallen into Cao Cao's hands. Moreover, even so, most of Lu Bu's troops were taken by Cao Cao. Bingzhou City was set on fire, and Lu Bu's [-] to [-] troops were all blocked in Bingzhou City by Cao Cao. Lu Bu led the troops to break through with only two important generals, Yu Chigong and Xiong Kuohai. As a result, the rest of the soldiers were under the siege of Cao Jun. , surrendered one by one.

In this battle alone, Cao Cao surrendered nearly 6 Bingzhou troops. You must know that the people of Bingzhou are tough and good at fighting. Defeating Lu Bu made Cao Cao's army strength increase from 8 to [-] to [-]. In addition to the sharp increase in troops, together with the surrender of Yu Chigong, Xiong Kuohai, Xu You, and Xin Ping, Cao Cao's strength has grown too fast.

"My lord, what are you thinking about?"

Cheng Yu walked in slowly and asked softly.

"Zhongde!"

Cao Cao sighed, and replied: "I'm thinking about the current situation. A few years ago, Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, held the emperor hostage, was cruel, and the princes of the world gathered. Gongsun Zan occupies Youzhou, with strong soldiers and horses, and he can be regarded as a hero; although Liu Biao and Liu Pan and Liu Yao did not participate in it, they each occupy one side, with strong strength, but none of these people entered my eyes; Xiao and Sun Jian are just that; after several years, the Yuan brothers are still ruined; Liu Yao and Tao Qian are dead; But in a corner, only Liu Xiao, at the age of a weak crown, has actually occupied the land of the four states, his strength is the most powerful in the world, and he has become our strongest enemy..."

Cheng Yu said in a deep voice: "My lord, don't worry too much. Although Liu Xiao is strong, he is not invincible. After all, we occupy the righteousness, and all the princes of the world can be our allies. With the order of the emperor, we conquer the world and occupy the absolute initiative." But Liu Xiao is different, Liu Xiao has had troubles with us, Liu Bei, and Liu Biao one after another, and is alone and helpless, as long as the lord ascends to the top and calls, the whole world responds to attack Liu Xiao, and Liu Xiao can only sit and wait for death!"

Cao Cao smiled wryly and said, "It's easy to say, Zhong De, you have followed me all the way, and you can say that you have witnessed the whole process of our rise. Over the years, when did Liu Xiao face an opponent much stronger than him? We fought with Yuan Shu successively. , Yuan Shao, and even Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Liu Biao, and Lu Bu teamed up to defeat Liu Xiao in one fell swoop, at least to limit Liu Xiao's power to Qingzhou. The greater the power, the stronger we are now. Now we are confronting Yue Fei in Bingzhou City. In Yuzhou, Yuan Rang has already been defeated by Liu Xiao and has no power to fight back. If we can't fight back in time Hurry up, Yuan Rang will definitely be defeated, and Yuzhou may not be able to keep it..."

Cheng Yu's heart awed, the lord is right, this Liu Xiao is really too difficult, every time he is encircled and suppressed, this kid will make a lot of money, and in the end he will become rich...

"My lord, in my opinion, Yue Fei is nothing to worry about. After all, we are now sitting in Bingzhou City and have a strong army, but it is not something Yue Fei can take if he wants to. I think that leaving a force to sit in Bingzhou City , My lord leads the main force back to Yuzhou to fight Liu Xiao!"

Cheng Yu said in a deep voice.

"No!"

There was a shout outside the door, and Xi Zhicai walked in from the outside, and said anxiously: "My lord, Zhongde's plan is not enough. Divide up to resist the enemy. In Bingzhou City, we are in a weak position and it is difficult to defeat Yue Fei. In Yuzhou, you can Can I defeat Liu Xiao again? If we lose in Yuzhou, then we will be in trouble. In my opinion, if we divide our troops to resist the enemy, we should concentrate our forces and deal with Yue Fei first, and then deal with Liu Xiao!"

Cheng Yu retorted: "Brother Zhicai, even if we defeat Yue Fei, occupy Bingzhou, or even occupy most of Youzhou, so what? The combined population of Youzhou and Bingzhou is only over 100 million, but Yuzhou With [-]% of the population, the land is desolate and the territory is vast, and we have to waste a lot of our troops to defend against the barbarians, the gain outweighs the loss!"

Xi Zhicai was still about to say something, but Cao Cao shook his head and said, "There is no need to argue. Now is not the time for us to win against Liu Xiao. I have made up my mind. I will appoint Cao Ren as the shepherd of Bingzhou and lead [-] cavalry to sit in the city of Bingzhou. , confronted Yue Fei, and tried to avoid provoking a war; Xi Zhicai was the marching Sima, Cao Hong and Zhang Liao were the deputy generals, and jointly defended Bingzhou; Xu Chu, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhang, and Xiong Kuohai Wei Chigong, followed me to lead Jingqi to Yuzhou Resist the enemy, not to defeat Liu Xiao, but to use force to force Liu Xiao to retreat and make peace, don't worry about it being too late, let's ride a donkey and read the script, we'll see!"

(End of this chapter)