The Three Kingdoms

Cao Cao himself did not expect that Soochow was preparing for a battle in Qingzhou, intending to check and balance the battle in Youzhou and force them to retreat.

But now Cao Wei took the first step to take Youzhou.

On the contrary, the battle prepared by Soochow in Qingzhou lost its original deterrent effect. This is the first-mover advantage brought to the Great Wei Dynasty in a month.

One step down, one step slower.

This is the situation Soochow is facing today.

"Your Majesty, if it's just that, it's not worth it. Regardless of success or failure in the Battle of Qingzhou, as long as we win in Youzhou, we can save it. But we ghost soldiers have received news that Soochow has already planned to send troops to the north to attack our Great Wei!"

Jia Xu cupped his hands and reported.

"Northern Expedition?"

Cao Cao's eyes burst into a cold light: "Speak clearly iǎn!"

"Soochow has now dispatched Pan Feng, the head of the Military Aircraft Pavilion, as the commander-in-chief, and Lu Bu Zhao Yun as the deputy general, to mobilize the Flying Tiger Army and the Central Army. The hundreds of thousands of troops of the two major armies intend to use Jiujiang and Nanyang as the direction to attack our Yuyan in the north. place!"

Jia Xu said word by word, his voice made the temperature of the whole hall drop a lot, and Xun Yu, Cao Ang and others were even more stunned.

"what?"

"Northern Expedition to Yuyan?"

Everyone stared wide-eyed, shocked in their hearts, even Cao Cao couldn't help being stunned for a moment,

"This is impossible!"

Xun Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Eastern Wu has not yet fully recovered, and their Youzhou is even more precarious now, and Qingzhou has also fallen into war. How can they mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to fight?"

A battle is not only possible with soldiers, but also needs the support of national strength.

It is undeniable that the national power of Soochow Wu has always been higher than that of Cao Wei, but the battles of the year before last exhausted both dynasties.

That's why there is a three-year covenant.

In the past three years, it is understandable to fight local battles, but in today's large-scale war, what will Soochow use to fight?

"Your Majesty, I have verified this military situation many times, and there is no mistake. Pan Feng has sworn to the north in the outskirts of Jinling. Zhao Yun also went north to Xiaoyaojin himself, and Lu Bu even mobilized all the soldiers and horses of the Flying Tiger Army to go north to Nanyang!"

Jia Xu's face was solemn, and he said with certainty: "They didn't prepare at all, they pulled up their troops and started fighting. The battle will start within three to five days at most!"

"Bong Xiao. What do you think?"

Cao Cao's face was gloomy and uncertain, his eyes were dark and cold.

Soochow's overreaction caught him off guard.

He wanted to fight a partial battle, but Soochow now gave him a full-scale battle. With Cao Wei's current situation, he was not afraid of fighting, but he just couldn't afford it.

"Your Majesty, Soochow sees that Youzhou can't stop them, and they want to do their best. Desperate with their lives!"

Guo Jia stepped forward, arched his hands, and said calmly: "I believe that at this moment, they have not recovered their strength, and their national strength is even at a weak stage, and they forcibly started the battle between Jiujiang and Nanyang in order to want Fight with us and see who can't hold it first?"

"If you can't hold on to which one, I'm afraid it's not a local loss!" Jia Xu added.

"It's the gains and losses of the entire Kanto, right?"

Cao Cao gasped.This is not a local battle, this is a decisive battle. He started a local battle, and Soochow gave him a decisive battle.

The success or failure of this battle will determine the success or failure of the entire Kanto region.

The so-called Kanto, Yuzhou.Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou were all enveloped in it.

But now, the arrow is on the bowstring.Had to post.

"I don't seem to have a choice now!"

Cao Cao stood up, with a fearless spirit on his body, and all his worries turned into an indomitable spirit: "Since Soochow wants to fight, I will fight with them!"

"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight!" Guo Jia said, clasping his hands.

"it is good!"

Cao Cao nodded iǎniǎn and looked at Guo Jia: "I can rest assured that you will preside over this battle in person."

"Your Majesty, do we need to mobilize the troops in Guanzhong?"

"It's not that I don't want to be transferred, it's that I can't!"

Cao Cao said coldly: "At this time, it is estimated that the Bashu Army and Zhanxiang Army of Soochow in Shu have already pressed up. Whether Pang De and Sima Yi can resist is still in doubt. If you want to mobilize them, there is no way. Impossible, the only reinforcements are Li Dian's right guard, and Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry!"

"Your Majesty, once these [-] troops leave the capital, wouldn't Luoyang be empty again?" Xun Yu said in a low voice.

"At this moment, don't say that Luoyang is empty, Guanzhong is empty, and I will not hesitate!"

With his hands on his back, Cao Cao walked out of the desk, stood on the window sill, and looked at the light of the rising sun in the distance: "We have fought with Soochow for so many years, and it is time for a decisive battle. Like the rising sun, the scorching sun is in the sky, if this battle is defeated, if the Kanto does not report, it will be like the setting sun, lingering in the sunset!"

"We will do whatever it takes to become Wei and win this battle!" Everyone bowed their heads, expressing their impatience and firm confidence.

"Cao Zixiu!"

"My son is here!" Cao Ang stepped forward and stood by with his hands folded.

"Whether you can shoulder the great power of the Great Wei depends on whether you can convince the millions of people in the Great Wei. In this battle, I will let you take command, Guo Jia will assist you, lead the tiger and leopard cavalry, the right Xiaowei, the right tiger guard, Zuoyangwei, Youyangwei, 30 soldiers and horses, with Yuzhou as the center, Nanyang and Jiujiang as the battlefield, against Pan Feng's battle to the north!"

Cao Cao stared at the heroic eldest son: "Do you have confidence?"

He felt more and more inadequate in his body, so he couldn't wait to raise his eldest son. This was different from Xiliang, as a battle was related to the future of the Great Wei Dynasty, and blood would inevitably flow like a river.

Only by experiencing it himself can Cao Ang grow up.

"Father, my ministers are willing to guard Yuzhou with their own bodies. The ministers will not die, Yuzhou will not be lost, the ministers will not perish, and the Great Wei will not be defeated!" Cao Ang strengthened his confidence and Cao Cao's confidence with every word.

"very good!"

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Hahaha, my son should have this momentum, success or failure in this battle, I will shoulder the great Wei's country on your shoulders, don't let me down, and don't let the great Wei's Thousands of people are disappointed!"

"My son obeys!"

Cao Ang felt an invisible pressure that made him breathless, but as the prince of Wei, he must have the courage to bear it.

"Feng Xiao, I am afraid that the north and Qingzhou are already unreliable. Whether Zhang Liao can take Youzhou is still an unknown number. Whether Cai Mao can block the advance of the Wu army is also uncertain, so the success or failure of the south depends on you. Own!"

Cao Cao patted Guo Jia on the shoulder: "With you by Zixiu's side, I can rest assured. I will give you a promise. As long as the front line is not defeated, even if I sell everything, I will not let you cut off the supply of logistics. His Sun Zhongmou If you can grit your teeth and come to fight me to the death, I, Cao Mengde, can also fight to the death at all costs!"

"This humble minister will never disappoint His Majesty's great trust!"