Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 97 Three Reasons Why You Can't Go South

Chapter 97 Three Reasons Why You Can't Go South

There are three main reasons why Cao Ren cannot be allowed to send troops south.

One is the impact of the defeat of Chibi.

The Battle of Chibi wiped out the old Cao's family, and his strength is still recovering. If it weren't for the 30 people who came from Liangzhou to defect, Lao Cao would not be able to quickly build a new army.

Now the newly trained army is fighting against Sun Quan in Hefei, which means that Lao Cao's rear is empty.

Cao Ren's troops stationed in Nanjun were only 3 at best, and 3 went south to attack Jingnan, completely alone.

This is a taboo for military strategists.

To put it more simply, Lao Cao doesn't have many things now, so he supports Cao Ren to go south to eat Liu Bei.

Who let Lao Cao's vitality have not yet officially recovered.

Another point is that most of Cao Ren's soldiers are soldiers from the north. Once they go south to Jingnan, they will not accept the environment.

In the Battle of Chibi last year, the biggest reason why Lao Cao was defeated was that the soldiers were not acclimatized, so that there was a plague in the army.

The level of medical care in ancient times was very poor. A cold could kill a person, not to mention the plague, which would kill a large number of people.

Cao Ren didn't have a navy in his hands, so he didn't dare to go south easily.

Second, Jingnan is next to Jiangdong, Yizhou and Jiaozhou.

If Cao Ren went south, these three places would be tense, not to mention Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in Jiangdong would be nervous, and even Shixie in Jiaozhou would react.

Regardless of Shi Xie's superficial loyalty to the Han court, he actually has his own little Jiujiu in his heart. He has no ambition to annex the world, but he still has the ambition to occupy Jiaozhou and dominate one side.

If Cao Bing doesn't come, it's easy to say anything, but if Cao Bing comes, it's another face.

This is the multifaceted nature of human beings.

When Cao Ren went south to Jingnan, Shi Xie would definitely guard against Cao Ren's attack on Jiaozhou. When the news reached Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu must have known that he had been tricked into diverting the tiger away from the mountain.

Zhou Yu sent troops back to Nanjun, and everything he had done earlier would come to naught.

Instead, Cao Ren will be attacked on three sides.

This is not the situation Lao Cao wants.

Third, let's talk about Sima Yi.

Sima Yi is a thick and black master, and he couldn't ask Cao Ren to go south.

As long as Cao Ren goes south, Cao Ren will be defeated, and Sima Yi can take the opportunity to gain military and political power in Nanjun.

Sima Yi's heart is not only dark, but also very tolerant, he does things in a tight way, and can't find any clues at all.

Once Sima Yi takes charge of the army, the consequences will be great.

Cao Chong understood these principles, and Lao Cao also understood them in his heart. This is why Sima Yi was so talented, but he was not considered important in Cao Cao's era.

Even after Lao Cao's death, when he said his last words to Cao Pi, he said that Sima Yi could be reused, but once he wanted to be on guard, remember not to give military power.

It's a pity that Cao Pi didn't listen to Lao Cao's words, so that Sima usurped the throne, which caused the subsequent chaos.

Since Cao Chong was reborn in this era, he would not let the tragedy of Wu Huan Hua happen.

When I proposed to Cao Cao that Sima Yi go to Nanjun to help Cao Ren, it was because Sima Yi was a staff officer and he must not be in charge of the army.

Lao Cao also knew the truth, and secretly told Cao Ren many times that Sima Yi could not be in charge of the army.

To sum up, whether it is internal or external factors, now is not the best opportunity to attack Liu Bei.

I had to let Liu Bei develop wretchedly for a period of time.

And Cao Ren wants to take advantage of this time to restore Nanjun's vitality and expand Nanjun's strength.

As for the reasons for not attacking, Cao Chong only told Zhou Buyu the first two reasons, and Cao Chong did not tell the third one.

The third one is a bit open-eyed, and will frighten Zhou Buyi.

After hearing this, Zhou Buyi took a deep breath, bowed and said, "Young master is a great talent, I really admire you."

Cao Chong smiled lightly and opened his eyes, of course he is a great talent.

……

Hefei County, within the government office.

Xun You reported to Cao Cao that Cao Chong's plan had succeeded, and Liu Bei was now at the end of his battle.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, looked up to the sky and screamed, and sighed, "My son has the wisdom of Zhang Liang!"

Even Xun You was admiring, "That's right, the young master played Liu Bei in his hands without leaving home. This is much smarter than Zhuge Liang."

At the beginning, Zhuge Liang had to go out in person to borrow arrows from the grass boat, but Cao Chongyuan was in Xudu, so Liu Bei bleeds, and whoever is superior and who is inferior will be judged.

Cao Cao nodded continuously, agreeing with Xun You's words, "My son is the proud son of heaven, and I will never worry about the future after the truth, haha!"

Cao Zhi on the side was very dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. Instead, he smiled and praised Cao Chong.

Then he changed the subject, "Father, Liu Bei is just an empty shell. My son is willing to lead the troops himself, and fight against General Cao Ren on both sides to take down Jingnan."

Cao Zhi's military ability is average, but his mind is very flexible. In Cao Zhi's view, Liu Bei is already frightened. As long as he leads the army there, Liu Bei will surrender.

In this way, he will get military merit, and he can compare with Cao Chong's merit.

It's a pity that Cao Zhi's small plan was good, but Cao Cao vetoed it.

Cao Cao also knew very well that this is not the best time to attack Liu Bei.

From the current point of view, as long as there is nothing wrong with Nanjun, it is enough to avoid fighting on two fronts.

Ever since, Cao Cao directly ignored Cao Zhi's words.

"Military Master, tell Chong'er right away that one-third of the money you earned this time will be sent to Nanjun, so that Cao Ren can consolidate the city, build equipment, and expand the army."

"Take another third and send it to Hefei, and then the truth will be farmed."

"The last third, let Chong'er figure it out."

Xun You bowed and replied, "Yes."

From the beginning to the end, Cao Cao ignored Cao Zhi's words.

So much so that Cao Zhi was stunned, and began to suspect that he was really not as good as Cao Chong?
……

Cao Chong of Xudu is planning to open a cold drink shop.

It's summer now, and the weather is so hot that I'm sorry for myself if I don't drink a few cups of cold drinks to cool down.

As the saying goes, it is better to be alone than to be happy together. Now that cold drinks are invented, we should share them with the common people, right?

By the way, make a wave of money.

For this reason, Cao Chong has already planned the money he defrauded from Liu Bei. He wants to open shops all over the country and earn money from the aristocratic families all over the country.

However, before his money started to be invested, a letter from Lao Cao came, directly disrupting his plan.

"Quite! You actually want me to spend two-thirds of the money and send it to Nanjun and Hefei. Lao Cao, you are so dark-hearted!"

Cao Chong felt distressed for a while.

That's my hard-earned money, why don't you give it to Nanjun and Hefei for no reason!

How does this make his own cold drink shop spread all over the country?
Lao Cao, you are not righteous.

Cao Chong had to carry out Cao Cao's order. He had no choice but to open a store in the north first, and then develop south step by step.

"If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't tell Lao Cao how much I earned from Liu Bei."

Cao Chong felt a trace of regret, but it was too late.

In the end, a large amount of money was sent to Nanjun and Hefei. Cao Chong used the remaining money to start preparing for the Dahan Cold Drink Shop.

(End of this chapter)