The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 420 Liu Bei fights Cao Cao

"The old thief Cao Cao bullied me too much. He ordered the three armies to march towards Xiangyang immediately. I want to fight Cao Cao to the death!"

Liu Bei was about to go mad with anger, and kept roaring.

That's right, it was Cao Cao who started the incident. I just sent troops to Xuzhou to help Cao Cao. As a result, Cao Cao was fine, but he killed himself. It's unreasonable to take advantage of his own defeat and enter Jingzhou!

Liu Bei and Pang Tong Huang Zhong got together and rushed towards Xiangyang City.

This time, not only was Liu Bei furious, even Xu Shu and Pang Tong were a little impatient. After all, Jiangdong had already been lost. If Jingzhou was also lost, then there would only be that little ravine in Jiaozhou left. A place where ghosts would starve to death!

In less than three days, Liu Bei's army marched from the border of Jiangxia to the city of Xiangyang, ready to launch a fierce attack on Xiangyang city.

In the city of Xiangyang, Cao Cao is already full of ambitions. The eastern part of Yuzhou is now in continuous war, the population has dropped sharply, and there is not much money and food. It has gradually been abandoned. If you want to strengthen your strength, Jingzhou is the first choice besides Jizhou. Ah, after all, apart from Nanyang and Nanjun, Xiangyang and Jiangxia also have a population of more than 100 million. The four counties have a population of nearly 300 million in Jingzhou, and nearly two-thirds of the population of Jingzhou are concentrated in these four counties. Now I only have A Jiangxia County has not been taken, and the army will go south, and the entire Jingzhou will be taken just around the corner!

"Yidu, you should be the first to win Xiangyang this time. When I return to the court, I have to tell the emperor that you are the new Jingzhou shepherd, and the Jia family is the most prominent family in Jingzhou. It is just around the corner!"

Cao Cao said to Yue Yue.

Yao Yue was overjoyed when he heard the words, and thanked Cao Cao again and again.

"Prime Minister, next, shall we march south to capture Wuling and Changsha, or shall we march east to capture Jiangxia directly?"

Yao Yue asked Cao Cao.

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Of course it is Jiangxia. Jiangxia is an important military town connecting Jingzhou with Jiangdong. Occupying Jiangxia will not only provide us with a large population, but also use Jiangxia as a springboard to attack Jiangdong at any time; Jiangxia is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, we are condescending, we can launch an attack on Jiangdong at any time, occupying an absolute geographical advantage, such a strategically important place is worth two or three Changsha or Wuling! Order!"

Before Cao Cao finished speaking, Xu Chu has already rushed into the lobby.

"Report to the Prime Minister!"

Xu Chu bowed and said: "The tiger and leopard cavalry scouts sent by the last general sent news. A few days ago, Liu Bei and Pang Tong had led the main force of the army to leave Jiangdong, entered the west of Jiangxia County, and joined forces with Huang Zhong's defeated army. Liu Bei assembled [-] troops and headed towards Xiangyang I have come all the way, intending to take back Xiangyang City, and I will return to Xiangyang City tomorrow afternoon at the most!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao raised his brows, and thought to himself that Liu Bei rushed to help so fast. Now that he leads the main force back to Jingzhou, it means that the entire Jiangdong will have to give up. After all, even if Liu Bei's main force is present, it is difficult to defend Jiangdong. , Now that Liu Bei has withdrawn his main force to Jingzhou, how can the six counties in Jiangdong still hold it?

"Hmph, when soldiers come to block you, when water comes to cover you, how can a defeated general be brave enough?"

Cao Cao sneered and said, "Now that Liu Bei is beaten by Liu Xiao in Jiangdong, most of the 10,000+ troops have been lost, and their vitality has been greatly injured. Let alone leading [-] defeated troops, even if they lead [-] elites, why should they be afraid? Once, Liu Bei will be ruined, and there will be no time to turn around!"

Sima Yi at the side said in a deep voice: "My lord, Liu Bei is no better than others. After all, he is a clan member of the Han family, and he respects one side. Everyone in the world knows his name of benevolence and righteousness. If we really kill him, I'm afraid..."

Cao Cao said with a faint smile: "Zhongda, I didn't say that he must be put to death, but Liu Bei is a fierce tiger. Letting the tiger go back to the mountain will cause endless troubles. Only by beating him completely without the ability to stand up can we let him go. It has a way of life, otherwise, I would rather kill it!"

In the faint words, there is a murderous look of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, this is one of the characters that Cao Cao fears the most in the world, either let him completely surrender himself, or let him disappear forever!
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Sima Yi replied: "There are many resourceful and brave men under Liu Bei. Most of them belong to Liu Bei because of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness. If Liu Bei is defeated and killed, these people may not be able to be used by the lord. Therefore, I think Killing with a knife is the best way, as long as Liu Bei doesn't die in our hands, we will have a chance to wipe out Liu Bei's civil servants and military generals, and all of them will belong to the lord!"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Zhongda's words are reasonable, but the most urgent task is not how to subdue Liu Bei's capable and righteous men, but how to defeat Liu Bei first, the lion must go all out to fight the rabbit, and more What's more, what we are facing now is Liu Bei's [-] army? Does Zhong Da have a good plan?"

Sima Yi smiled and said: "My lord, you just said that Liu Bei is now a bereaved dog, Jiangdong is no longer safe, and Xiangyang has been taken by us. The [-] army seems to be a lot, but the army's morale has been lost, and it is difficult to defeat it. Xu Shu really has the talent to rule the world, and he is already exhausted. We just need to use our troops upright and crush all the way with the king's division. Underestimate us."

An upright teacher!

Cao Cao's heart was awe-inspiring, defeating the general of the army with the king's division is to be upright, crushing all the way, making it difficult for people to arouse the heart of resistance!

Cao Cao shouted in a deep voice: "In the order, Li Dian and Ziyu led [-] troops to defend Xiangyang City. Xiong Kuohai was the vanguard and led the elite. Leopard cavalry protect the Chinese army, send troops immediately, and we set up a camp at Huanglonggang [-] miles outside Xiangyang City, ready to compete with Liu Bei!"

With Cao Cao's order, [-] troops rushed out from Xiangyang City, went straight to Huanglonggang, and arrived at Huanglonggang. Only one day later, Liu Bei led the main force to Huanglonggang and confronted Cao Cao.

Seeing Cao Cao, Liu Bei was so angry that he jumped into a rage and urged his horse to get out!

"Old thief Cao Cao!"

Liu Bei cursed: "The former you begged me to send troops to help you out of trouble. I sent troops to Xuzhou just now. I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful. Not only did you stand idly by when I was in a decisive battle with Liu Xiao, but you sent troops to attack Xiangyang when I was unable to fight. It's really shameless! If I don't take off your head, I will not be a human!"

Cao Cao sneered and said: "Xuande, what you said is wrong. Now Jiangdong is in danger, relying on Jingzhou alone, you are by no means Liu Xiao's opponent. Instead of taking Jiangdong Jingzhou away by Liu Xiao, it is better for me to take it for my brother. Well, there will be a place for Xuande in the future, as long as Xuande is willing to submit to the imperial court, in your capacity, the Duke is no problem, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)