The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 365 Breaking the game
The more Guo Jia analyzed the situation, Cao Cao's eyes dimmed. Could it be that even the 'ghost' Guo Jia couldn't break the situation?
"Jiagan affirms that once Xuzhou loses the eastern front, there is no danger to defend. Even if our army is lucky enough to win and defeat Yuan Shao, the remaining army will not be the opponent of Lu Heng."

"However! If our army preserves its strength and retreats to the front line of Sili and Nanyang, with Hulao Pass strong enough to defend itself, and abandoning Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places where there is a lot of flat land, such a big bait, Yuan Shao and Lu Heng's natural tacit understanding will no longer exist. Turn against each other! Fight!"

"The battle between Yuan Shao and Lu Heng is not determined by one battle. It will take a long time. After our army captures Sili, we can go west to seek Xiliang to get horses, and we can also capture Hanzhong. In time, our army will wait for work and send troops to fight with Lu. The winner of Heng and Yuan Shao will win!"

"Even when our army is fighting fiercely between Lu Heng and Yuan Shao, the fisherman can benefit from attacking one side, just like what Lu Heng is doing now."

"Such a famous man still has a chance to win the world!"

After listening to Guo Jia's plan, Cao Cao understood why Guo Jia didn't say this strategy yesterday!

It's not that this policy is bad, but that the cost of this policy is too high!This is not the gain or loss of one city, but the gain or loss of the entire three states!
Even a strategist like Guo Jia must be very cautious when offering this kind of strategy. Guo Jia's meaning is very obvious. Yuan Shao only borders Cao Cao's territory in the north. The conflict cannot be reconciled. In this way, Yuan Shao and Lu Heng formed a natural tacit understanding.

Now Cao Cao is like a sandwich hamburger, he Cao Cao is the fat piece of meat in the middle, sandwiched by Yuan Shao and Lu Heng.

Originally, Xuzhou was the bridgehead of Cao Cao's forces and a major obstacle for Lu Heng to go north. Guarding Xuzhou while Cao Ren guarded Runan would protect Yanzhou and Yuzhou and restrain Lu Heng. This is why Cao Cao was confident in fighting Yuan Shao.

After the loss of Xuzhou, Guo Jiacai suggested that Cao Cao retreat to the pass, take advantage of the geographical advantages of Hulao Pass and Nanyang to preserve his own vitality, and release a large amount of land in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. With such great benefits, Yuan Shao and Lu Heng will definitely not be able to maintain the status quo With such a natural tacit understanding, the two families will definitely fight to the death, just like the current war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

At this time, Cao Cao took advantage of his strength and went west to take Xiliang to obtain the Xiliang iron cavalry, and then waited for Yuan Shao and Lu Heng to decide the winner, that is when Cao Cao left the pass.

This did indeed revitalize the entire situation, but the price was to re-establish the foundations of Yanzhou and Yuzhou that Cao Cao had worked hard to build within the pass. Guo Jia also directly explained that Sili was severely damaged, and Luoyang was completely burned by Dong Zhuo's fire. , Chang'an first saw Li Jue and Guo Si and other Xiliang remnants back and forth, and then Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Xiliang forces wreaked havoc, which can be said to be dilapidated.

Guo Jia did not say that the land of Sili was the foundation, but that he captured Xiliang, captured horses and the sturdy Xiliang population as an army, and won with absolute military strength.

In other words, if he retreated to Sili, it would be impossible for Cao Cao to win by the domineering way he is taking now, and he has to switch to Dong Zhuo's domineering way to have a chance of survival.

Because retreating to Sili and slowly governing Sili, it is definitely not the opponent of Lu Heng and Yuan Shao who have won half of the country.

This is a blatant gamble. If you win the gamble, you may win the world, but if you lose the gamble, it is a complete investment in the enemy.

Even if Cao Cao is so heroic, he couldn't choose between them and fell into long contemplation, while Guo Jia quietly withdrew from Cao Cao's camp, but when Guo Jia exited the camp, the corners of his mouth slightly raised as if he had full confidence that Cao Cao would listen to himself planning.

Cao Cao in the camp pondered for a long time, and gave up Yanzhou and Yuzhou to trade opportunities or geographical advantages. Now Cao Cao also knew that even if he defeated Yuan Shao, he would have no time to annex Yuan Shao's strength. Lu Heng would bring Jiangdong soldiers to kill the generals immediately .

Based on the current situation, Cao Cao can judge that Yuzhou and Yanzhou, who are in Pingchuan, are not Lu Heng's opponents at all. He also wiped out Yuan Shao's main force for Lu Heng. Guo Jia's suggestion is skewed.

In this way, Cao Cao locked himself in the camp for three days without taking a step. Those who resisted Yuan Shao's strong offensive were Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Hong, Xu Huang, Le Jin, Li Dian and other Cao Cao's confidants.

All the generals under Cao Cao didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking and why he didn't show up. Only Guo Jia returned to normal and began to drink his fine wine, acting as if nothing happened.

However, Xun You and Cheng Yu were thinking hard. On the surface, they looked calm and breezy, but they were extremely anxious and helpless.

It's not that Xun You and Cheng Yu are not as resourceful as Guo Jia, but that the three of them have different focuses. Just like Lu Heng's counselor Yu Yunwen is good at grasping the situation, Ding Wei is good at controlling people's hearts, and Zhao Pu is good at taking advantage of details.

On the other hand, Xun You is similar to Zhao Pu in that he is resourceful and uses details to set up clever schemes, while Cheng Yu is better at ruthless strategies. Guo Jia is like Yu Yunwen who is good at grasping the situation and specifying general policies. In this respect, he is on par with Xun Yu, except that Guo Jia's plan reveals a "strange" everywhere, while Xun Yu reveals a word "positive". If a healthy Xun Yu is here, he might not be able to guess Guo Jia's strategy.

In short, Guo Jia and Xun Yu are very similar to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong!

Three days later, an order was issued from Cao Cao's camp, asking Li Tong to take over as the prefect of Runan. Cao Ren took half of the army back to Xudu, and cooperated with Chen Qun, Man Chong and others to have everyone capture the population and treasury of Yingchuan, Chen and other hinterland areas. Equipment, money, etc. were moved to Wancheng, an important town in Nanyang, as much as possible.

At the same time, three secret orders were issued, and the first one was given to Man Chong to move everyone to Zhong Yao's place first.

The second and third purposes are the same, one is for Li Tong and the other for Ren Jun. The purpose is to contain Lu Heng's army as much as possible before the migration, and retreat to Wancheng after the migration is completed.

In order to prevent the morale of the army from being unstable, Cao Cao's order was not disclosed to Xiahou Dun and other generals on the front line.

Then Cao Cao summoned three advisers to announce Guo Jia's plan.

Both of them were very surprised and unexpected. Such a strategy to break the situation made them admire Guo Jia, and admire Cao Cao's courage even more!
Some people want to ask, since Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to move the population of Yingchuan, Chenliu, Chen Guo and other places, why didn't Cao Cao also move the population of Yanzhou and Runan to Sili?
This is impossible, Yanzhou and Runan are now directly exposed under Lu Heng's nose, how can they hide?

Even Yingchuan and Chen Guo couldn't hide it from Lu Heng's eyes and ears, and they would definitely send troops. Li Tong and Ren Jun's desperate attempt to stop them was to delay as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)