The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 551
Zhang Song's statement made Cao Cao overjoyed. Boss Cao was naturally not satisfied with just winning Hanzhong. This was just the beginning. Cao Cao naturally would not stop his expansion.

After winning Hanzhong, it can continue to develop in three directions: Liangzhou, Yizhou, and Jingzhou. Cao Cao is still thinking about which direction to develop.

And this time Zhang Song's arrival is likely to give him an opportunity to enter Yizhou.

"Haha! Cao's Ziqiao is equal to gaining Yizhou!"

"Zhang Song sees the lord!"

Cao Cao and Zhang Song had a long chat, discussing many details that were not mentioned at the banquet, such as the road to Shu, garrison, troop ratio, etc. Such as Liu Huang, Zhang Ren, Lingbaoshou Baishui, Jiameng, Langzhong, etc. , such a plan was completely sold by Zhang Song. It can be said that if Zhang Song knew the color of Liu Zhang's underwear, he would sell it to Cao Cao, although Cao Cao had no interest in men.

However, Cao Cao still asked if Zhang Lu's mother who charmed Liu Yan was still there, and after learning from Zhang Song that she had been killed by Liu Zhang, she yelled it's a pity!
So Zhang Song stayed in Nanzheng for a full seven days, Cao Cao got used to Zhang Song's face, and the irritating feeling gradually disappeared, so getting used to it is the most terrible thing!

It was agreed on the time for Duke Cao to send troops next time. Zhang Song said that he would bring Fazheng and Meng Da to cooperate fully. Before leaving, Cao Cao took Guo Jia, Xun You and others to see him off in person.

When Cao Cao sent Zhang Song off, he showed great reluctance for the latter to leave, and agreed that the next meeting should be in Chengdu. Zhang Song felt great respect for Cao Cao's actions!

After Zhang Song left, Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu and other important counselors under Cao Cao all had smiles on their faces. This situation can be said to be great!
During this period of time, Zhang Song drew up a beautiful blueprint for Cao Cao. After possessing Sili and Yizhou, he would then send troops to capture Jingzhou and force Ma Teng to surrender. In this way, he could compete with Lu Heng and divide the world equally.

Cao Cao was naturally obsessed with such a blueprint. Except that Ma Teng was a bit tricky, Liu Zhang and Liu Biao? Cao Cao thought it was no more troublesome than Zhang Lu, and he was like a dog defending the city.

Maybe it was Cao Cao who gave up the Central Plains, or maybe it was Lu Heng's big wings that changed Cao Cao's fate and prevented Boss Cao from defeating Yuan Shao and massacring the captives. Maybe it was Cao Cao who activated the Mandate of Heaven buff!

In short, three days after Cao Cao sent Zhang Song away, another pie fell from the sky and fell on Cao Cao's head, making the latter almost crazy!

What kind of news can make a hero like Cao Cao so happy?
Because Cao Cao received the arrival of the Cai family, yes, it was the Cai family of Cai Mao in Jingzhou, who sent Cai Zhong, Cai He!
The matter started with Cao Cao's victory over Hanzhong. Originally, Liu Biao was very happy this year, because his enemy Sun Ce died. This made Liu Biao, an old boy, very happy, and felt that he could live for two more years!
Liu Biao also expected that Lu Heng would send out an army to deal with Sun Quan, so that he could drink soup beside him, but he didn't expect that Lu Heng would stop fighting!
This made Liu Biao very depressed. He didn't have the strength to send troops by himself, so he almost got internal injuries.

Then something happened that made Liu Biao even more internally hurt. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao came out and killed Zhang Lu. It didn't matter, because Liu Biao and Zhang Lu were not related.

The problem is that while Cao Cao captured Hanzhong, he also captured Shangyong and Fangxian!

This is what I said in the previous article that Cao Cao won Hanzhong and shocked not only Yizhou but also Jingzhou. Now let's talk about Jingzhou.

Cao Cao's capture of Hanzhong would have a greater impact on Jingzhou than Yizhou, because Cao Cao originally occupied part of Nanyang County.

Taking Hanzhong and occupying Shangyong this time can attack Liu Biao's territory in Nanyang County back and forth, which makes the situation of the old man Liu Biao in Nanyang County take a turn for the worse.

The meaning of Nanyang County and Jingzhou is equal to Hanzhong and Yizhou, which makes the old man Liu Biao even more headache.

As for sending troops to take Fangxian and Shangyong back?Liu Biao didn't even dare to think about it, it's lucky that Cao Cao didn't come to beat him!
In such a scene, after Sun Ce died, Cao Cao, who was even more ruthless, came again!

Liu Biao's hair was grey, and the Jingzhou family felt that the rain was coming, and Jingzhou could not stay any longer, so they took action one after another.

The first to act is Lumen!

First, Sima Wei went to Jiangdong in the name of visiting a friend (Huang Chengyan), and then never came back!
Then Pang Degong heard that Zheng Xuan, Hu Zhao, Bing Yuan and a large number of famous scholars visited Jiangdong Academy in person in the name of academic exchanges, leaving Lumen disciples in Jingzhou.

In this way, Pang Degong did not return to Jingzhou, but Lumen disciples scattered in all directions. Pang Shanming and Shi Tao went to Jiangdong, and Cui Pingzhou and Meng Guangyuan went to Jiaozhou together in the name of traveling.

This trick of the golden cicada's shelling was really beautiful, leaving an empty deer gate, Liu Biao could only stare at the house left behind.

Beginning with the bad influence of Lumen, Jingzhou aristocratic families began to act one after another. Among them, the influential Xiang family, Ma family, Fei family and so on moved to Jiangdong.

Against this background, the Cai family and the Kuai family, the strongest families in Jingzhou, naturally don't want to sit still.

Especially the Cai family. Since the defeat of the last expedition against Jingnan, the conflict between the Cai family and Liu Biao has been irreconcilable, and has even become semi-open!
Liu Biao removed all of Cai Mao's real power, leaving only vacant positions, but Cai Mao immediately counterattacked and made all Cai's children and Cai's related generals withdraw from Liu Biao's army.

Regarding Cai Mao's attitude, Liu Biao was so angry that he wanted to kill him with a knife. This was a provocation to himself as the lord.

However, for the stability of Jingbei, Liu Biao still did not kill Cai Mao until now.

Now Liu Biao is about to die!Cai Mao chose to write to Cao Cao!
That's right, Cai Hao, like Zhang Song, Fazheng, and Meng Da, felt that investing in Cao Cao was the best time now, and just like the three of them sold Yizhou, they directly sold Jingzhou in exchange for a high position under Cao Cao's command!
There are many reasons for this, for example, Cai Mao and the Cai family are used to living under Liu Biao in Jingzhou. They are first-class people and have a high status every day, so they go to Jiangdong to be a second-rate family?The whole Cai family didn't think about it!
Secondly, Cai Hao has a very good relationship with Cao Cao, and it is very likely that they will grow up like Xu You and Yuan Shao.

Under such natural closeness, Cai Mao naturally chose Cao Cao. When he learned that Cao Cao had made a comeback and captured Hanzhong, he sent Cai Zhong and Cai He to visit Cao Cao.

As for the Kuai family, they are still confused. They want to find a way out, but also want to maintain their family status, and they are too involved with Liu Biao to escape. In short, the Kuai family is very entangled.

So now our Boss Cao has a happy trouble!

Is it going to hit Yizhou next year?Or hit Jingzhou?Or eat it all at once?
After the two big pies fell from the sky, Boss Cao no longer had a headache, no back pain, and his spirit was much better. He suddenly felt ten years younger, and he could hold hands with Lu Heng.

(End of this chapter)