Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 608 Excalibur whispers and moves the palace, I will appear on the stage after you sing

Sima Yi said: "The lord will personally pick up 8000 people, dance the dust and smoke, plant more flags, and call it an army of [-] to the outside world, and go straight to Xi'e."

"It is known as an army of [-] to the outside world?"

Cao Cao, Cheng Yu and Xun Yu looked at each other. The three of them are heroes in the world. As soon as Sima Yi said this, they understood his plan, but no one understood it. Cao Cao said with great interest: " Even if Zhang Xiu believes it to be true, there are only 8000 troops in the end, and West Hubei is also a strong city, and there are elites from Bingzhou stationed there, so it may be difficult to get them in a short time, right?"

"It's okay if you can't speed up."

Sima Yi said: "As long as our army comes out with a fierce attack posture, Zhang Xiujun will send troops to assist Xi'e. Those who come to assist Xi'e, in my humble opinion, will probably be the Bingzhou Army stationed in Bowang."

"Why?"

Cao Cao glanced at the map and said with a smile, "West Hubei is not too far from Wancheng. Wouldn't Zhang Xiu send troops directly from Wancheng?"

"Although Zhang Xiu is young, he is a general who knows the art of war. Hearing that Xi'e was attacked, he will naturally know that the general has officially launched an offensive to the west. So is it the only way to attack Xi'e? Is it possible? Are there other soldiers in ambush? As long as he can think of this, Zhang Xiu will definitely not dare to move the soldiers and horses of Wancheng."

"West Hubei and Bowang are important, but because the two cities are the east and west gateways of Wancheng. If Wancheng loses because of Xi'e in the end, it will be a small loss. Therefore, I think that the situation is critical unless it is a last resort. At that time, the Bingzhou troops in Wancheng will definitely not be dispatched lightly! So it is very likely that the troops were transferred from Bowang."

Cao Cao nodded, signaling Sima Yi to continue.

"As long as Bowang rushes to help Xi'e, the general can use Qingqi to cross the road and take Bowang directly. This is to attack the west and divert the tiger away from the mountain."

Sima Yi's plan is roughly clear, clearly 1 people are not too many, but he still has to divide his troops into two groups, one way feigns to attack Wuyin, so that Cai Heng does not dare to act rashly, and the other way violently attacks the siege of Xi'e, and when Bo Wang rushes to help, he kills Returning to the carbine, taking advantage of the emptiness in Bowang City, they rushed to attack on light horses. Zhang Ji and Liu Biao fought for several months last year. not difficult.

"Zhongda's calculation is very subtle." Hearing this, Cheng Yu said with a smile: "I think it's feasible."

Xun Yu was silent for a moment, looked sideways at Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda is Zhang Xiu's trick and won't transfer troops from Wancheng, but if he doesn't allow Bowang defenders to rush to help Xi'e, what should we do?"

Sima Yi smiled calmly, "That's okay."

"If Zhang Xiu really refuses to send Bowang troops to help, our army's feigned attack in Xi'e may become a real attack. Xi'e is also the left wing of Wancheng, but compared with Bowang and Wancheng, it is approaching Wancheng from here. There are mountains and rivers on the way, so it will take more time to march, but as long as Xi’e is taken down, Zhang Xiu will also feel fearful once the soldiers approach the city of Wancheng, and it is very likely that he will leave the city and surrender.”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, clapped his hands and laughed loudly, looked around and said, "Although it's only on paper, this son already has the appearance of a famous general."

Cheng Yu stroked his beard and sighed: "Zhongda is indeed a handsome young man, because of this, Wen Ruo, I am completely enthralled by your insightful eyes, and you know people too."

Xun Yu smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Mr. Cheng has praised you. Zhongda's talent is like an awl in his pocket. When he sees it at the end, he has no recommendation from him. He will show his talents sooner or later. I will appreciate it for the Lord." , will not be buried for long."

"Even so, it would be of great benefit to me to discover it earlier."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Speaking of which, if only [-] soldiers and horses are needed to subdue Zhang Xiu, then I would like to solve Hanoi Zhang Yang before the spring plowing. What do you think?"

"My lord, do you want to attack Hanoi and Nanyang at the same time?"

"good."

Xun Yu thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Are you too eager?"

"eager?"

Cao Cao glanced at Xun Yu, smiled, then got up slowly, walked a few steps in the room, came to the window leak, gently opened some gaps, looked out, the night was quiet, only the sound of bamboo was heard After a while, he replied: "Wen Ruo, tell me, is Wang Zheng eager to take the second county of Jiangdong?"

"He dared to be so eager to open up the frontier, and he was able to be so eager, but what about the situation here? Seeing that there will be a catastrophe soon, if I don't rush forward, will I just sit and wait for death?"

Xun Yu was silent. This is a good point. Cao Cao's current situation is indeed not optimistic. After all, the gap between the two is not small in terms of hard power. Jizhou strong crossbow to contend?
"Since the lord has made a decision, the ministers should obey orders." Xun Yu said solemnly, "However, if we want to divide the army into two groups, we must not only suppress publicity quickly, but also block the news so that Zhang Xiu in Nanyang will not know."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid Zhongda's plan will be difficult to succeed."

Cao Cao can understand the elegant meaning after listening to the string song, and what Xun Yu said is that Sima Yi's plan is to focus on bluffing, and if Zhang Xiu wants to fall into the trap, he must let him think that this is the Yanzhou Army's westward expedition. It's the army and horses starting up and going all out!
If Zhang Xiu learns of the simultaneous war in Hanoi, then this strategy will not work.

Why?

Because Cao Cao's current strength can probably be estimated by anyone with a discerning eye. The number of troops under his command is only 8, right?

That being the case, how many of these 8 or [-] people are left to participate in foreign wars after removing the soldiers and horses stationed in Xudu and other places?
Up to 4 to [-] people
As a result, while attacking Hanoi, he came to attack Nanyang at the same time, so how many soldiers and horses can you have along the way?

"As it should be."

Cao Cao looked up at the starry night sky, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "You said that Yuan Shao and Wang Zheng had a private agreement, did Liu Biao know about it?"

"I probably don't know."

"Why?"

"Since Wang Zheng has the intention of going south, he naturally doesn't want Liu Biao to know about it, so as not to be on guard."

Cao Cao walked back to the front of the case, sitting as firmly as Mount Tai, with a calm and confident look on his face: "Liu Jingsheng is a clan member of the Han family, and he is also a minister with this general. Since someone is ambitious and wants to invade his territory, it is out of reason and reason. , we should all inform about this, lest it be taken advantage of by thieves!"

"That's right." Cheng Yu nodded again and again: "When Liu Biao learns about this, he will be vigilant and ready to fight. This will not only increase the difficulty of Wang Zheng's battle in the future, but after most of the Jingzhou Army's troops are drawn to the south, the defense line in the north will naturally be weak. Even if Zhang Xiu asked for help, it would be useless."

"My lord's plan can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"

"It's not enough to kill two birds with one stone!" Cao Cao's tiger eyes shone brightly, frightening him to the extreme: "We still have to draw out the bottom line!"

"Drawing from the bottom of the pot?"

Xun Yu asked, "How does my lord plan to draw out the bottom line?"

"King Ji ruled the nine prefectures, of which Langya and Pengcheng were occupied during the Zhongping period, Taishan, Xiapi, and Donghai were acquired during the second year of Zhongping, and the remaining Beihai, Guangling, Jiujiang, and Lujiang were all newly attached lands. In two or three years, the territory of this son has doubled again and again, hey, since ancient times, who has seen people open up territories so easily and so quickly?"

"Although I'm not reconciled, but speaking from the bottom of my heart, in terms of the prosperity of martial arts, this son is far above me, Yuan Shao, and even the princes of all walks of life. However, too prospering in martial arts is a good thing, but it may not be all good things."

Hearing this, Xun Yu and the three of them took a peek at each other for a while, and at the same time they came to their senses, Sima Yi immediately cheered up, and said first: "Do you want to, General?"

"Although Kong Wenju is stupid and incompetent, he is a descendant of a sage. He has governed in Beihai for many years, established a wide range of schools, respected literature and Confucianism, and is actually very popular."

Cao Cao smiled and said, "In the end, he died at the hands of Wang Zheng's general Wu Sheng. Don't his people hold grudges against him?"

"Originally, the capital of Wang Zhengzheng was in Xiapi, but that's all right. Now that he is sitting in Shouchun, hey, it's too far away."

Speaking of this, he turned his eyes to Xun Yu and said, "I remember last year, there was an envoy from Beihai Kingdom who wanted to ask the emperor to send officials to herdsmen?"

Xun Yu replied, "But there is such a thing."

"Is it still there?"

"Should still be there." Xun Yu smiled casually, "Since Beihai fell into Wang Zheng's hands, they have nowhere to go and no home to return to."

"Very good." Cao Cao pointed his halberd and shouted: "Wen Ruo will summon this person tomorrow and tell him that the general and the emperor have agreed to this matter. The court will not only send officials, but also help them drive out the bandits!"

"Help Beihai drive out bandits?"

Before Xun Yu could answer, Sima Yi who was at the side said in astonishment, "The general wants to send troops to Beihai?"

Cao Cao glanced at Sima Yi, laughed, and didn't say much, but continued to Xun Yu: "However, Xudu is too far away, so although the general and the emperor have this intention, it is difficult to rush, so He will first choose some people to sneak back to Beihai with him, contact loyal people, and wait for the opportunity."

"I understand what my lord means."

Xun Yu nodded and said: "The king's government has been poor in the past few years, and although it has won many battles, it has also consumed a lot of resources. Although Beihai is newly attached, it has the benefits of fishing and salt. If it can disturb this place, it will definitely affect its successors." Down deployment."

"It's just that I don't know how many remnants of the gentry in Beihai are left. I'm afraid they may not be able to do it alone."

Before he could finish speaking, Cao Cao waved his hand to cut off, "Then let this envoy go to Linzi to visit my nephew on the way back to Beihai."

"Yuan Shao formed an alliance with Wang Zheng. I believe it is nothing more than hypocrisy. On the surface, there is a temporary truce. Are you really willing to sit back and watch Wang Zheng continue to grow? Ask Yuan Tan to give some help to the people of Beihai, such as secretly sending some military equipment, food and cloth, and arranging troops. Ma pretended to be bandits and caused chaos everywhere in Beihai."

"Tell them, at this moment, this Zhuzi's whole mind is going south, Jingzhou, Beihai and Jiujiang are separated by more than a thousand miles. As long as they don't make a big noise at the beginning, they will probably ignore them and neglect their precautions. Once the opportunity arises When they are mature, they can rise up and conquer Beihai!"

Cheng Yu couldn't help but said: "My lord, although this plan can cause frequent internal turmoil in Beihai and delay the progress of the king's administration, is it possible that Linzi Yuan Tan will take advantage of it and let him take Beihai?"

"That would be the best!"

Cao Cao smiled slightly, his eyes full of surging confidence, "As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dogs, my nephew is as high-minded as his father, and he is a young man with a vigorous blood. , if he is allowed to take Beihai, where will he look next?"

"Of course it's Langya!"

Sima Yi blurted out his praise: "Wonderful, wonderful, what a good strategy! I heard that before Gongsun Zan set himself on fire, he completely destroyed the Youyan Salt Farm, and even ordered General Zhao Yun to go to the Bohai Sea to make trouble. Yuan Shao must be short of salt right now. It's hard for them not to be tempted by this piece of fat showing a gap."

"Once tempted, they will turn against Wang Zheng. Xuzhou's army will not sit back and watch Beihai fall, and Jizhou's army will also think of making the first move. After taking Beihai, they will attack Xuzhou!"

"The general's clever calculations are beyond the reach of the ministers."

Regarding Sima Yi's big flattery, Cao Cao only smiled slightly, but this smile carried an indescribable meaning, as if mocking himself, and also seemed to be a wry smile, "A clever plan?"

He suddenly sighed, and immediately stood up, and slapped the table heavily, "If it's a clever plan, how can I let this kid do things right under my nose?"

Indeed, the reason why Wang Zheng is able to achieve today's weather is largely because Cao Cao didn't pay too much attention to him at the beginning, and regarded Wang Zheng as an ordinary yellow scarf bandit.

If he had known that the other party was so troublesome, let alone the father's feud, even if the whole family died in Xuzhou, Cao Cao would have ignored it at that time and mobilized all his troops to Qi County to wipe out Wang Zheng in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that mortals don't have such an exaggerated foresight. If there is, Cao Cao should have picked Wang Zheng from the rioters as soon as he defeated Zhang Rao, and cut him down!
That's right, as Wang Zheng's power expanded and he won more and more battles, Cao Cao's regrets were different from before.

Ordinary talents naturally want to recruit, but Wang Zheng's ability is so great that Cao Cao asked himself, even without Xia Houmao, he might not be able to suppress Wang Zheng, and naturally he couldn't tolerate it.

Of course, even so, Cao Cao still hated his nephew very much.

Why the fuck did you use a whip in the first place?

You should use a knife!
Talking about it like this, the fifth watch has passed, the rooster crowing is heard in the distance, and the window paper is turning white.But the sky will be bright.

Seeing Cao Cao's tired face, everyone was ready to leave, Sima Yi bowed and said, "In that case, I will leave for Wuyang in three days."

Sima Yi has already thought of the plan very carefully, so he will certainly participate in the attack on Nanyang.However, he had been in the account for a long time, he was young, and his surname was not Cao. Naturally, he could not have the opportunity to lead the army alone. Cao Cao asked him to go to Wuyang to meet Xiahou Dun and accompany him on the expedition as a military adviser.

"Well, let Yuan Rang prepare his troops and make preparations. I will notify you when Jingzhou and Beihai are ready."

Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu and Xun Yu again: "Zhong Da and Yuan Rang are in charge of the road to Nanyang, and I will lead the army to conquer Hanoi. You two will go to the hall with me and call the generals to discuss."

"As ordered!"

Although Wang Zheng and Cao Cao haven't had a direct conflict for a long time, they seem to have a tacit understanding, and each regards the other as a lifelong enemy.

When Wang Zheng was thinking about Jingzhou, he did not forget to use the Jade Seal of Chuanguo as a bait to sneak into Yuan Shao, just to delay the pace of Cao Cao's development, and let him and Yuan Shao fight to the death like in the original history.

Although Cao Cao didn't know that in Wang Zheng's heart, he was actually more afraid of him than Yuan Shao, but he did the same thing. Seeing that Yuan Shao was about to commit an attack, he never forgot to set fire to Beihai, thinking that he would disturb the rear.

Although the open confrontation has not yet unfolded, the dark layout has already unfolded.

This is exactly: Excalibur whispers and moves the palace, and I will appear on the stage after you sing.

(End of this chapter)