The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 424

The next day, Liu Bei led the army and escorted the luggage. Just after leaving Jiangxia and arriving at Xiakou, Cao Cao's army was already approaching the city, and tens of thousands of troops went straight to Jiangxia City.

It's just that Jiangxia City is now an empty city. Liu Bei transported almost all the luggage that he could carry to Xiakou. If he couldn't take it away, he simply burned it down without leaving even a hair for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had already seen the raging flames in Jiangxia City more than a dozen miles away, and he stomped his feet and sighed in anger. Unlucky, it was a step too late. The good Jiangxia City was burned down by Liu Bei, an abandoned empty city , How useful can it be to yourself?

"Damn Liu Bei, you are so insane in doing things, you don't even care about the life and death of the people in Hecheng, you are shameless, you are shameless!"

Cao Cao hated him so much that he ordered Yu Jin to lead an army into the city first to extinguish the fire and control the situation. Yu Jin was good at running the army and thoughtful, so he was one of Cao Cao's most assured generals.

"My lord, although Liu Bei is not our opponent, but he sticks to Jiangxia City. Considering the food and grass hoarded by Jiangxia City, it is difficult for us to win Jiangxia City in a short time. Why did Liu Bei give up Jiangxia before we arrived? ?”

Sima Yi asked with some doubts.

Cao Cao frowned and replied: "Now we have occupied Xiangyang and defeated Liu Bei's counterattack. As for the east of Jiangxia, Danyang County has been captured by Liu Xiao and Yue Fei. Whether it is facing us or Liu Bei Xiao, Yue Fei, and Liu Bei are no match, so instead of waiting to be surrounded and wiped out by us or Liu Xiao in Jiangxia, it is better to go all the way south and preserve your strength..."

"However, he wouldn't be in such a hurry to retreat, right now Liu Xiao and Yue Fei are focusing on calming Jiangdong..."

Sima Yi didn't finish his sentence, and suddenly smiled, "Yes, my lord, although Jiangxia is under Liu Bei's control, but now Liu Xiao has begun to attack the entire Jiangdong, and Liu Bei has been away from Danyang for more than 20 days. He and Yuzhang may not still be under Liu Bei's control, he is retreating in a hurry, he is afraid that he will stay in Jiangxia, and we will make dumplings for him..."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "What Zhongda said is very true. Now Liu Bei is already panicked like a bereaved dog. Run? Then let him run. We occupy Xiangyang and Jiangxia. Our troops will never go east, but all the way south. If Xiao seizes Jiangdong, we will seize Jingzhou. Haha, well water does not interfere with river water. When Liu Xiao takes Jiangdong, we will also have the entire Jingzhou in our pocket. At that time, Jingzhou will be in our hands. Although Liu Xiao is powerful, there is nothing we can do about it. us!"

After all, although Cao Cao lost to Liu Xiao, he still had to return most of the land in Yuzhou and Yanzhou after all. Now that he has seized Jingzhou, his strength must increase sharply. Even if Liu Xiao is powerful, Cao Cao is confident in defeating Cao Cao Can resist live.

Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "My lord, it is not too late. We must act as soon as possible to seize the entire Jingzhou before Liu Xiao takes Jiangdong. Otherwise, we will not have a firm foothold in Jingzhou, and Liu Xiao will send troops to Jingzhou. But it's very troublesome, Yue Fei and Liu Xiao's [-] troops are all capable of conquering a hundred battles, and their combat power is definitely not comparable to the troops we have now."

Cao Cao nodded emphatically, and said in a deep voice: "Decree, ordered Yu Jin and Li Dian to lead [-] troops, sit in Jiangxia and Xiakou, quickly form a navy, build warships, and strictly guard against Liu Xiao's army attacking Jingzhou from Huainan County! The army rested on the spot One day, immediately go south and occupy the entire Jiangxia region; Zhongda, you, Wu Yunzhao, and Yang Jiye led [-] troops to advance to the southwest, pointing directly at Wuling and Lingling counties; Cao Chunwei and Chi Gong entered Changsha and Guiyang, and now the entire Jingzhou is empty of defense, I just want to take the entire Jingzhou in the shortest possible time!"

Sima Yi was startled, and said anxiously: "My lord, there is absolutely no way to force it. Although Liu Bei is panicked like a bereaved dog, he still has 6 to [-] troops under his command. After retreating all the way to Guiyang, Changsha, the four counties will be rectified, and they can be recruited again on the spot. In terms of military strength, I think Liu Bei's military strength will not be less than [-], if we divide our troops, we will not have enough troops, how can we be Liu Bei's opponent?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Zhongda, why is he not Liu Bei's opponent? Liu Bei is already in a panic now. Once Liu Xiao takes Lujiang and Yuzhang counties, he must guarantee that he can withdraw to Jiaozhou at any time, so he will not dare to go. Lingling and Wuling, although it is difficult for me to lead 3 people to break through Changsha, but you lead [-] to [-] troops to take down Lingling and Wuling, and it will only take a month. It is very difficult to escape!"

Sima Yi's heart was shocked, the lord is worthy of being the lord, for the current occupation, he can see Liu Bei's future movements and the reality of Jingzhou at a glance, as long as he takes Wuling and Lingling, he can turn around from the south and the army from behind Outflank Changsha, completely surround Liu Bei's army in the Changsha area, gather and rape them, there is no place to run!

"My lord is indeed brilliant, Sima Yi bows down!"

Sima Yi stood up, bowed deeply, and said.

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Okay, there is no need to delay, you go down and prepare, we will send troops tomorrow!"

What Cao Cao and Liu Bei thought was right. Now Liu Xiao is attacking Jiangdong with all his strength. Now Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci Gao dote on Xue Rengui, leading [-] troops each, and killing them all the way to the south. Lujiang, Yuzhang, Luling, Kuaiji , Poyang, Liu Xiao wants to pacify the entire Jiangdong in the shortest possible time, and then plans to enter Guiyang from Luling to the west, attack from south to north, and take the entire Jingzhou. However, if he wants to take the entire Jiangdong, he must at least It will take two or three months, and now only one month has passed, at least one and a half months before it is possible to control the entire Jiangdong under his own soldiers.

However, Cao Cao and Liu Bei thought of Liu Xiao's strategy, but they did not expect that there are not only Liu Xiao, Liu Bei and Cao Cao in the world, but also a fourth party force, Li Shimin who has just risen rapidly in two or three years!
In less than three years, Li Shimin went all the way from Xiliang to Hanzhong and then occupied the entire Yizhou. He was in the limelight for a while, and even crushed Liu Xiao!
Everyone was staring at Jingzhou, even Li Shimin was no exception. When Cao Cao took Jiangxia, Li Shimin's army had already entered Jingzhou, from Yong'an all the way to Yiling, and the soldiers pointed directly at Wuling County!

(End of this chapter)