The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Yanzhou, outside the south city, inside Cao Cao's camp.

"Gongda, where are Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses now?" Cao Cao convened a discussion, and asked Xun You as soon as he opened his mouth. He was most concerned about Yuan Shu's recent situation. After all, Yuan Shu's territory was favored by Cao Cao.

"My lord, Yuan Shu led an army of 20 to attack Xuzhou in four ways a month ago, but they were blocked by Xuzhou Liu Bei's soldiers and horses. For more than a month, although Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses attacked the city many times, the four armies had nothing to gain. Yuan Shu The 11 army led by Xu Shu was also stopped outside Wuxi City.

However, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses only defended and did not attack, and Yuan Shu's army suffered little losses, and its combat power was still there. "Xun You reported the battle situation he collected to Cao Cao.

"Zhicai, according to you, what does Xu Shu mean by this?" Cao Cao asked Xi Zhicai habitually.After a period of cultivation, Xi Zhicai's body recovered slightly, so he was brought by Cao Cao's side again.

"My lord, if my strategy is seen through by a great talent, then Xu Shu and others must want to retain Yuan Shu's strength to deal with the lord." Xi Zhicai said with certainty.

"Oh, the strategy of occupying Yuzhou was broken by Liu Bei. Why didn't you tell Yuan Shu and let Yuan Shu lead the army to attack me instead, but let Yuan Shu attack Xuzhou." Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai suspiciously. This incident told Yuan Shu that with Yuan Shu's nature, he would definitely withdraw his troops and turn around and bring a large army to attack him.

"This is Liu Bei's brilliance. He must have been guided by a great talent. If Yuan Shu withdraws his troops, the strategy of attacking Yuzhou will be useless. He will definitely attack Nancheng with all his strength to threaten Xuzhou and Mount Tai.

Now that Yuan Shu doesn't know the lord's plan, the lord should focus on occupying Yuzhou, but will give up attacking Nancheng, so Liu Bei can reduce the pressure on one side.

198章 曹操强！

Xuzhou's soldiers only defended against Yuan Shu, not attacking, in order to preserve Yuan Shu's strength. When the lord attacked Yuzhou unexpectedly, and Yuan Shu's army returned, they could fight the lord and consume the lord's strength. "Xi Zhicai pointed out the surprise between Yuan Shu and Liu Bei's army in Xuzhou in a soft voice.

"There are many great talents around Liu Bei, and he is my great enemy. If it is feasible, I will lead an army to destroy them. It is a pity..." After Cao Cao heard Xi Zhicai's analysis, a wave of jealousy rushed into Cao Cao's heart , made Cao Cao very unhappy. The sad thing is that Cao Cao has nothing to do with Liu Bei now, and if Liu Bei is freed up, he has the strength to kill him.How does a person with grass shoes have the right to be helped by so many talents.

"My lord, the time is now ripe for the army of General Xiahou and General Cao Ren to enter Yuzhou and occupy important towns in various places." Xi Zhicai thought about it and offered a strategy to Cao Cao.

"According to the original plan, I should wait for Yuan Shu's army to suffer a great loss before sending troops to Yuzhou. Now it seems that this plan is not feasible, and I am not afraid of Yuan Shu's troops. Come and pass on my military order to order Yuan Rang and Zixiao's army to attack Yuzhou immediately. .

I ordered my army to stop attacking the city and retreat, and I personally led the army to meet Yuan Shu. After Cao Cao finished speaking, his eyes flashed coldly, with killing intent shining brightly. After Yuan Shu pointed at Cao Cao's nose in front of everyone and called Cao Cao a eunuch, Cao Cao wanted to kill Yuan Shu a long time ago.

"My lord, let General Cao Ren's army go straight down to Nanyang to garrison Nanyang, and don't move lightly. General Xiahou can go straight down to Qiaojun to stop Yuan Shu's path. After the lord's army defeats Yuan Shu, Yuzhou can go down." Xi Zhicai Immediately point out the direction of attack for Cao Cao.

"Zhicai, why are you strictly guarding Nanyang?" Cao Cao knew that Nanyang was where Yuan Shu started, so of course he had to take it first, but he didn't know why Xi Zhicai valued Nanyang's defense so much. It was impossible for Yuan Shao to return to Nanyang.However, Xi Zhicai's strategy must be of great use, Cao Cao hurriedly asked why.

"Since my plan has been noticed by Liu Bei and others, I will definitely try to prevent my lord's plan to capture Yuzhou. At this time, Liu Bei's army is deeply trapped in Youzhou, and Xuzhou's soldiers can't be moved lightly. They can only use the hands of others.

Looking at the lord's four directions, the only ones who can prevent the lord's soldiers from entering Yuzhou are Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and Lu Bu who stationed troops in Luoyang! Xi Zhicai walked slowly to the map, gestured around with his fingers, and continued: "Liu Biao of Jingzhou, a land defender, has more than enough defense but not enough aggressiveness. It is unlikely that soldiers will enter Yuzhou.

Yuan Shao in Jizhou was deeply trapped in Youzhou, and he wanted to go to Youzhou, so he would not send troops to attack.Only Luoyang Lu Bu, with his great heart and extraordinary bravery, is a hero who will not be outdone.

If I were Liu Bei, I would definitely send someone to lure Lu Bu's army into Yuzhou, so that Lu Bu could compete with the lord for the land of Yuzhou, and prevent the lord from taking Yuzhou lightly.And Nanyang is adjacent to Sili Prefecture. Although Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou and is a large county in Jingzhou, it has long been the land of Yuan Shu. Now Nanyang is empty, and it should be the place where Lu Bu first attacked, and a large army needs to be defended. "After Xi Zhi finished speaking, he sat down in his seat.

"Lu Bu!" How could Cao Cao forget this terrifying God of War, who killed the eighteen princes in Hulao Pass and fled everywhere, and no one dared to challenge him.He was ambushed by Lu Bu on his way to pursue Dong Zhuo with an army and almost died.

"I ordered Zixiao's army to enter Yingchuan to garrison, and ordered Zhongde to help them. Immediately send spies to investigate the movement of Lv Bu's soldiers and horses. If there is any change, report immediately." Cao Cao still attaches great importance to Lv Bu, not only let Cao Ren lead the army to defend , and even asked the top strategist Chen Yu to help Cao Ren. You must know that Chen Yu was usually brought by Cao Cao's side to give advice, and he was very relied on by Cao Cao. Cao Cao rarely let Chen Yu leave his side.

"Report!"

"General Qi, Cao Cao's army has withdrawn and headed east, and has already left the boundary of Nancheng."

Soon, Zhang Liao, who was staying in the south city, was relieved when he received the news of Cao Cao's withdrawal. Seeing the corpses lying around the city and the many damaged parts of the city wall, Zhang Liao was afraid for a while, and the south city was almost broken by Cao Cao's army.

Zhang Liao recalled that during the defense of Qingzhou, he was the one who led the army to defend the city, and Cao Cao led the army to attack the city. No matter how Cao Cao attacked at that time, he could take Xi'an City to death.

The majesty of Nancheng is not inferior to that of Xi'an City. The soldiers and horses in their hands are more elite than those who defended Xi'an at the beginning. They also faced Cao Cao's [-] army, but now Cao Cao almost broke the city. , Instead, Cao Cao's army is too strong, much stronger than when he attacked Xi'an.

Catapults, ladders, ramming, siege weapons one after another, if there were not many bed crossbows in the city, which repelled Cao Cao's army several times in danger, Nancheng might have been broken by Cao Cao's army.

Zhang Liao knew that he had underestimated the enemy. If he had sent people to seek help from Liu Ye and Chen Dao of Mount Tai from the very beginning, such a dangerous thing would not have happened.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao hurriedly found a pen and ink, wrote out the whole process of the siege with Cao Cao's army, and sent someone to Liu Bei.

There is no exaggeration in Zhang Liao's battle report, but a real evaluation of the combat effectiveness of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. At the same time, he advised Liu Bei's troops to be careful of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses.

"Gongtai, this is the Nancheng battle report sent by Wenyuan. Cao Cao has retired." Liu Bei received Zhang Liao's battle report, and immediately recruited Chen Gong after reading it.

"Oh, Cao Cao has retired. It seems that he can't wait any longer. Yuzhou is Cao Cao's land. It's a pity that Lu Bu is brave and foolish. Although he will bring some troubles to Cao Cao, he will not be Cao Cao's enemy." Chen As soon as Gong heard it, he knew that Cao Cao had started to attack Yuzhou, and he led the army to retreat, probably to deal with Yuan Shu's counterattack.

"Gongtai, you should read the content first. Wenyuan wrote the whole process of the Nancheng defensive battle in it." Liu Bei was not in the mood to discuss Lu Bu with Chen Gong, and his heart was very heavy. He remembered how Chen Ziming commented on Cao Cao in the past. Troubled times The hero, his archenemy, the only hero who can compete with him in the world, his evaluation is so high that it is shocking.

"What, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses have such combat power!" Chen Gong quickly read the battle report, then raised his head to look at Liu Bei, Chen Gong also realized the seriousness of this matter.

"I don't know if it's right or wrong for Cao Cao to occupy Yuzhou." Liu Bei frowned. The last thing he wanted to see was Cao Cao's growth.

Liu Bei is also very helpless. Now he is surrounded by his enemies. Being too strong is not a good thing, and he has become the target of everyone's attention.

Although Cao Cao's development is slow, his foundation is solid, and he has fewer advisers and generals than Liu Bei. Now that he has obtained Yuzhou, he will completely open the way for external expansion.

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"My lord, it seems that we must strengthen the defense of Xuzhou and Nancheng. After the battle of Youzhou is over, we can consider conscription and expansion of the army." Chen Gong suddenly felt that Liu Bei's soldiers were not enough. Last year, he was still lamenting Liu Bei. There are too many soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to raise them.

Liu Bei now has a lot of territory, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Fuzhou, it is still a bit difficult to raise 80 soldiers and horses in the four states.

For example, Fuzhou will not have any output in the next few years, but will need to invest a lot of manpower, material resources and money.

"Let's talk about it when the time comes, hasn't the battle report from Youzhou come?" Liu Bei replied uncertainly, for military affairs, Liu Bei was more willing to discuss with Chen Ziming, after all, Chen Ziming's vision and ability were much stronger than Chen Gong's.

"There is no news yet, but my lord, there is no need to worry. Youzhou has Ziming military division in charge of the overall situation, and nothing will happen. But there is news from Yangzhou." Chen Gong said, and handed a secret report to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei opened the secret report, read it quickly, and sighed.

The secret report was sent by the Yangzhou Dark Guard Department, and it told about one thing, Wu Chenghou Sun Jian, died in battle!

In the spring of this year, Sun Jian personally led the army to attack Huiji, attacking the city and occupying territory all the way, breaking through everywhere, until they reached the east of Huiji, the last city, and ruled the city from the east.

Dongzhi City is a small border city. At this time, Wang Lang has no more than [-] soldiers, and a few generals who are not in the ranks are no match for Sun Jian's [-] troops.

Sun Jian was arrogant and believed that the battle would be won, so he personally led an army of [-] to attack the city. He didn't want to attack the city. At the critical moment, Pan Lin, the leader of Huiji Shanyue, led the Shanyue army to attack Sun Jian. Wang Lang led his army out of the city.

Sun Jian was defeated, and was shot by Pan Lin's bow and arrow among the rebellious army. He fled with the arrow and returned to Shangyu City with injuries.

Before Sun Jian died, he asked Sun Ce to accept his position as general, and ordered his old troops to assist him.Sun Ce was overwhelmed with grief over Sun Jian's death, and had no intention of fighting again, and then led his army to withdraw from Huiji. Now Huiji has been occupied by Wang Lang and Pan Lin, each defending one side.

"After the continuation of Gongsun Bogui, another hero has lost, what a pity!" After a long time, Liu Bei sighed.

Looking back at the time when Hulao was closed, Sun Jian was such a hero. No one among the [-] princes could surpass him, but now he died in battle.

"Where is Wu Chenghou's coffin now?" Liu Bei asked Chen Gong sadly.

"According to the secret guard, Wu Chenghou's coffin was transported back to Wu County by his descendant Sun Ce, where he was going to be buried." Chen Gong hurriedly took out another secret letter.

Liu Bei was silent for a long time, then suddenly turned to look at Chen Gong and said, "Gongtai, I want to go to Wu Jun to mourn Wu Chenghou."

"This..." After hearing this, Chen Gong buried his head in thought.

"Gongtai, Wu Chenghou is a hero of the times. He made great achievements in suppressing the chaos of the Yellow Turban, and crusading against thieves. He made an alliance with me last year. Now he died in the battle, leaving behind his youngest son. I want to go and comfort his orphans and widows." Liu Bei Suddenly thinking of Gongsun Xu and others under his protection, he suddenly felt sad. If he died in battle, who would protect his descendants.

"My lord, although Marquis Wucheng died, his son has grown up, and there are many veterans to help him. There are more than [-] mercenaries. It should be no problem to stand firm in Yangzhou. My lord, there is no need to worry about the safety of Marquis Wucheng's shrine.