The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 381
Cao Cao smiled wryly and said, "That's right, I still have [-] elites in the Sanyuan area of ​​Fufeng, but these [-] elites were led by Cao Ren to defend Li Shimin and Lu Bu in Xiliang. The news came that Li Shimin ordered General Pang De to attack Chengdu from the Yinping trail just now, and broke through the city of Chengdu in one fell swoop. Yizhou Mu Liu Yan was frightened and died of a sudden illness. The young master Liu Zhang led the people to surrender. From Hanzhong to Xiliang, all have fallen into the hands of Li Shimin. At any time, the army may march eastward and attack the counties of Sili. The journey is far away, once Li Shimin sends Lu Bu and Ma Chao to attack Sili, who can stop these two unrivaled warriors?"

They have promised to return Nanjun and Nanyang counties to Cao Cao. Cao Cao still does not want to send troops. It is not a matter of whether Cao Cao wants to send troops, but whether he can send troops. In two years, Li Shimin suddenly came out of Xiliang and surrendered first. Ma Teng and his son immediately took over Lu Bu, and now even Yizhou has been conquered. Li Shimin's rise is too fast...

"Cao Gong, even if it is difficult, we can't sit still!"

Gu Yong said urgently, "Once the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River are lost, the entire Jiangdong will be lost, and even Jingzhou will be in danger. At that time, Liu Xiao will turn his head and send his troops westward. How can you, who has not recovered, be able to stop Liu Xiao?" Xiao's power as a tiger and a wolf? For the present plan, the only option is to take a risk!"

Cao Cao closed his eyes slightly, thought for a while, and then said: "One month, give me a month, and when I get better, I will personally lead the army to attack Jizhou, and have a showdown with Zhuge Kongming, making it difficult for Liu Xiao to look after each other! how?"

Gu Yong had a wry smile on his face, and that was all he could do now. As long as Cao Cao agreed to send troops and did not shake hands with Liu Xiao, he would have the hope of turning the tide of the battle. Otherwise, it would be as difficult as going to heaven to defeat Liu Xiao...

After seeing off Gu Yong and Sun Qian, Cao Cao let out a long breath, his face remained unchanged, but the look in his eyes was revealed. Where there was any serious illness, it was clearly a fake!
"My lord..."

Sima Yi walked over, and said in a deep voice, "It seems that Liu Xiao rushed to help Xuzhou, and Liu Bei couldn't stand it..."

Cao Cao sighed: "Of course I can't stand it anymore. Liu Xiao's 10,000+ army are all elites who have fought in hundreds of battles. Liu Bei was able to defeat the Xuzhou army because most of Xuzhou's Danyang elites were originally transferred to Jizhou. Liu Xiao's troops in Xuzhou , most of them are newly recruited soldiers, and the troops are insufficient. It is naturally difficult to support Liu Bei. Once Liu Xiao's elite soldiers arrive in Xuzhou, how can Liu Bei be his opponent? Even if Pang Tong Xu Shu advises him, Liu Xiao Is there any lack of resourceful people around him? Faced with Liu Xiao’s overwhelming anger, Liu Bei is doomed this time..."

"But!"

Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "After all, we can't just sit back and watch Liu Bei be defeated by Liu Xiao. Once Liu Xiao really takes over the six counties in Jiangdong and even Jingzhou, we will be in danger. Our lips are dead and our teeth are cold..."

Cao Cao was silent for a while, and what Sima Yi said was naturally reasonable, but at this time, if he really provoked Liu Xiao again, it might be Liu Bei who died, or himself. If Liu Bei couldn't stop Liu Xiao, how could he be able to stop him?After several battles, the population of the counties in the eastern part of Yuzhou and the eastern part of Yanzhou declined sharply, costing countless money and food, and it was really a serious loss of vitality. The strength was changing. Attacking Liu Xiao means that Liu Xiao will continue to attack him next time. Revenge, how to stop Liu Xiao's attack then?

If Liu Xiao is allowed to attack Liu Bei, then once Liu Xiao completely defeats Liu Bei, his strength will increase greatly, and he will have no strength to turn the situation around. It is a dilemma, a dilemma!
"My lord, no matter how dangerous it is, we must send troops, either into Jizhou, or into the easternmost areas of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, to help Liu Bei share the pressure, otherwise, the situation will be worrisome..."

Sima Yi continued.

"Send troops, send troops!"

Cao Cao murmured a few times, and said in a bad mood: "Zhongda, what you said is light. If we attack Jizhou, then Zhuge Liang will lead 3 to [-] troops to fight us in Dongjun. How many elite troops are there? There are only [-] to [-] at full strength. As for the Nanyang new army recruited by Li Dian, the combat power has not yet formed, and we are afraid that [-] elite troops will be able to defeat them. We have no chance of winning at all; if we send troops Jiyin, attack Mount Tai, Lu County and other places, not to mention whether they can be captured; Zhuge Liang's army is difficult to get out of Dongjun, and they are approaching Chenliu. Are the troops staying behind sure able to withstand Zhuge Liang's attack?"

In the final analysis, Cao Cao lost too much of his troops in this battle. Ten to five or six of the elite forces, and the remaining troops have problems in self-protection. How can they still have the strength to take the initiative to attack?

"My lord, we can mobilize [-] elite soldiers from Chang'an to return to Xudu to protect Xudu's safety; then mobilize heavy troops to attack Lu Jun, Liang Jun and other places to force Liu Xiao to return to the army. It is best to sit down and negotiate with us, Liu Xiao is facing the advance of our two families, unless he is willing to take a risk, otherwise, he can only shake hands with us and make peace, retreat and stop fighting!"

Sima Yi said in a deep voice.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "What about Li Shimin? Today Li Shimin doesn't just occupy Xiliang and Hanzhong. He has already taken over half of Yizhou, the land of two rivers, the land of abundance, and Wufu Minfeng. Lu Bu and Ma Chao are generals attacking Sili, how can we resist it?"

Sima Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am too worried. Although the two rivers are prosperous and the people are rich, the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. It is almost impossible to rely on the money and food from the two rivers to supply the Sili front. Not attached, the powerful gentry in the two rivers did not completely attach themselves to Li Shimin, he definitely did not dare to take the risk of transferring the main force out of the two rivers to attack Sili, at least in the last two years, he did not dare to use troops against Sili!"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, he clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Zhongda's words awakened the dreamer, Li Shimin attacked the counties of Sili, it is better to attack Jingzhou, after all, Sili is not far from Yuzhou now, we still have strength, but Liu Bei Most of the Jingzhou soldiers have been transferred out of Jingzhou and headed for Xuzhou. At this time, Li Shimin may attack Jingzhou, just follow Zhongda's plan! Come here, send an order to Zixiao immediately, and send [-] elites to help Xudu. Order Cheng Yu and Zhang Liao to lead [-] elite troops to sit in Chenliu, and the rest of the elite to follow me to approach Liang Commanderies, Chen Commanderies and Lu Commanderies! Order Yu Jin to form another cavalry in Bingzhou, deploy them on the front line of Shangdang and Taiyuan, and threaten the flanks of Yecheng! "

(End of this chapter)