It turned out that everything had been planned long ago, and they were just waiting for an opportunity for Sun Jian and Liu Bei to fight.

But based on the situation of the two sides, if life and death are really facing each other, it is likely that Liu Bei will die.

As long as Liu Bei is killed, the rest will be easy to handle.

After planning, Lin Xiaobai began to coerce the emperor to make the princes again.

Ask Liu Xie for an edict, and make Sun Jian the Yangzhou Shepherd. At the same time, the three teams are ready.

Zhang Liao led a large army to station troops on the border of Yanzhou, and he didn't need to do anything, he just needed to scare Yuan Shu.

At the same time, Zhao Yun led Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, Lu Bu led five hundred white horse righteous followers, and Dian Wei led five hundred flying bear guards to form an army of one thousand people and headed towards Sili Prefecture.

He also sent Sun Qianfu as an envoy to Jingzhou.

Lin Xiaobai made such a move, and the battle situation suddenly became tense.

The one who was most frightened was Yuan Shu.

Knowing that Zhang Liao had led his army to station troops on the border, he stopped confronting Liu Dai who had been confronting him. He immediately led his army back and gave Liu Dai three cities for nothing.

The second is Cao Cao.

He suddenly felt a splitting headache, the pain penetrated to the marrow of his bone, it was actually a headache.

Originally, when he learned that Lin Xiaobai had sent someone to Sili to move to the Taimiao in the name of the Son of Heaven, he didn't care too much, and was ready to agree to borrow the way.

But when he found out who the people who came were, he was shocked and immediately rejected it.

Lu Bu, Dian Wei, and the eighteen cavalry who were like killing gods back then.

How could Cao Cao let him go? If the other party inadvertently hides, he will have trouble sleeping and eating!

Liu Biao also felt a little bit pained.

He didn't care when he learned that Sun Qian was on a mission.

After all, Jingzhou is thousands of miles away from Jizhou.

But I didn't expect that within two days of Sun Qian's arrival, most of Xiangyang City knew that he was going to send troops to attack Cao Cao.

He was still hesitating. After all, he and Cao Cao had no grievances in the past, and they have no enmity today.

If it's for Taimiao, it's justified.

But the problem is that the Taimiao has long been burned down by Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo has also dug the inner and outer coffins.

It's really not worth it.

But he has no choice now. If he doesn't send troops to attack Cao Cao, he will become a rebellious son who is unfaithful and unfilial.

Chapter 78 Liu Jingsheng was forced to send troops, Cao Mengde proposed to take the land of Shu

Although it was a last resort, Liu Biao could only hold his nose and send troops.

Of course, he couldn't be so sincere and use the power of the whole state to fight Cao Cao to the death.

This kind of thing, almost on the line.

It is enough to send soldiers from one county to crusade.

Not only will he not offend Cao Cao too much, but it can also be regarded as blocking the mouths of many people and preserving his reputation as an "eight handsome" who is both loyal and filial.

Liu Biao immediately issued an order in Nanyang County to send troops to attack Sili Prefecture.

Nanyang County is located at the northernmost tip of Jingzhou and governs Wancheng.

Now the sheriff of Nanyang County is Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's nephew and has been fighting with his uncle.

Zhang Ji was originally a general of Dong Zhuo, but died in the riots of millions of civilians in the Battle of Xingyang.

Zhang Xiu escaped by chance, and took the opportunity to gather the remnant army and join Liu Biao.

Not to mention that Zhang Xiu took the order, and assembled an army to conquer Cao Cao.

Just talk about Cao Cao's side.

Finally getting better, Cao Cao struggled himself up and summoned Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Sima Yi and others to discuss countermeasures.

Of course he was not because of Liu Biao, but because of Lin Xiaobai.

This time Lin Xiaobai was able to use the approaching New Year's Eve as an excuse to sacrifice to the Taimiao, and next time he could find other excuses to attack.

It's okay to say once or twice, but if things go on like this, no one can bear it.

"I want to imitate the [-]th princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo, and issue a coquettish edict to gather all the princes from all over the world to crusade against Lin Boqi. What do you think?"

Cao Cao was also really impatient.

If this kind of thing is not completely eradicated, it will never end in the future.

He was a little envious of Lin Xiaobai, who was able to coerce the emperor to make the princes.

"Not at this time."

Guo Jia was the first to say: "Today is different from the past. During Dong Zhuo's time, he was licentious and immoral, and the sky was angry and people complained. But today's Jizhou scholars and people are wealthy, this is one of them."

"Dong Zhuo's time, the imperial court was still prestige. Although there were princes who separated themselves, there was no war. Now the princes are fighting together and conquering each other. The disunity of people's hearts is even worse than before. This is the second."

"Lin Boqi won Youzhou in a hundred days, his morale was high, the hearts of the people were attached, and the princes were intimidated. These are the third."

"With these three, I expect it will be difficult to accomplish anything."

When Guo Jia said this, Cao Cao came back to his senses.

"Why don't I know, but if you let it go, you will lose if you keep it for a long time, what should you do?"

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's head ached again.

Xun Yu said: "Sili is the capital of the emperor, not a place to stay for a long time, my lord should find another place to live."

The so-called imperial capital, of course, was set up in consideration of better control of the country.

Especially in ancient times when transportation was underdeveloped, the imperial capital must be chosen in the middle of the territory.

There are states and counties in all directions, and once there are external changes, they can buy enough time.

This is naturally no problem in peacetime.

But in troubled times, there are big problems.

Enemy on all sides, hard to avoid.

"Based on public opinion, where should we go?"

Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other and said at the same time, "It must be Yizhou!"

"Yizhou is a dangerous fortress, and the fertile fields are thousands of miles away. Gaozu became an emperor because of it."

"My lord can first map Yizhou as a foundation, and Xu map the land of Hanzhong in Jingzhou, so you don't have to!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately began to discuss how to take the land of Yizhou.

"Liu Biao was forced to send troops this time. I guess he will not use heavy troops. If so, my lord might as well catch him by surprise and seize the land of Nanyang, Nanjun, and Wuling counties. When the time is right, we can plot Yizhou!"

gambler!

This is a shocking gamble!

If you win the bet, it's okay, the land of the three counties is almost half of Jingzhou.

Then use the three counties as a springboard to enter Yizhou.

But if he loses the bet, everything before will be destroyed, and Liu Biao will not give him a chance to return to Sili Prefecture.

Even if Liu Biao gave him a chance, the princes entrenched around him would not give it.

Cao Cao thought for a long time, and finally decided to bet on this game!

What joy to gain, what to worry about loss!

Lin Xiaobai didn't expect Cao Cao to be so decisive.

What's more, he didn't expect that he wanted to take the opportunity to seek Yizhou.

But this is also reasonable.

As the saying goes, heroes see the same thing, and wise men always think surprisingly similar.

Zhuge Liang can see the general trend of the world, and of course Xun Yu and Guo Jia can also see it.

Since Lin Xiaobai won Youzhou with the emperor, he has completely occupied the sky, and there is no one to fight for.

The lands of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou, although all heroes rise together, they will be swallowed up sooner or later.

The same is true for Sili. The geographical location determines that it will not last long, so it is better to abandon it early.

Cao Cao turned the tide here, trying to turn adversity into opportunity.

However, Kong Ni in Yuzhou obviously did not have this ability.

Just when Lin Xiaobai sent Zhang Liao to the north of Yanzhou and Yuan Shu withdrew his troops to help, Sun Jian brazenly launched an offensive.

Sun Jian took the eldest son Sun Ce as the vanguard and personally led the army across the river to conquer Xiapi, and ordered his younger brother Sun Jing to take charge of Jiangdong temporarily, and his second son Sun Quan as his deputy.

When Jiang Zhongxizuo learned about it, he quickly reported back.

Guo Yi, the prefect of Xiapi personally appointed by Kong Ni, was shocked when he learned of this.

Although Xiapi occupies more than half of it now, there are still soldiers from Xuzhou on the north side.

Now that Sun Jianxing's army is coming across the river, how can he cope with it.

So he sent people to Qiao County overnight to report to Kong Ni, and sent troops to rescue him.

Compared with Cao Cao, Kong Ni is far behind, and even half of Xiapi is reluctant to give up.

Moreover, he believed that Liu Dai was afraid of Yuan Shu, so he must not dare to act rashly, and even led the army to Xiapi himself.

If it's just like this, that's all. The key is that Kong Ni didn't know the time, so he sent troops to camp by the river.

Seeing the Jiangdong ships approaching the shore, they immediately fired random arrows, intending to wipe out the enemy army in the river.

Seeing this, Sun Jian was secretly happy, but ordered the army not to move lightly.

For three days in a row, under Kong Ni's indiscriminate bombardment, not a single ship from Jiangdong docked.

Kong Ni thought he had succeeded, so he was even more arrogant, and sent soldiers to shout and curse at the riverside day and night.

Until the fourth day, the west wind suddenly picked up.

"At this time, the westerly wind is frequent, and Kong Ni doesn't know the weather, so he uses troops. This is the way to die!"

Sun Jian finished speaking and ordered to take out all the prepared igniters.

Another thirty ships were freed up.

When the westerly wind was strong, he ordered the empty ship to be ignited, and at the same time fired rockets at the camp on the shore.

The arrow takes advantage of the wind, and the boat moves with the water.

For a moment, flames erupted in most of the camp, and thick smoke billowed into the sky.

Sun Jian took the opportunity to lead the army to land, and Sun Ce led the vanguard to fight out first.

In the flames, Kong Ni's army was already in chaos. The soldiers in the camp trampled on each other, and countless people died.

When Sun Ce attacked, no one could stop him, and the river was dyed red!

Seeing that something was wrong, Kong Ni quickly got on his horse and fled to Yuzhou under the protection of the guard battalion.

But halfway through the escape, a scout came to report that Liu Dai of Yanzhou raided Yuzhou.

Kong Ni was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood and fell off the horse to death.

The six counties of Yuzhou were divided up by Liu Dai and Sun Jian, each occupying three counties, and the two sides agreed to withdraw troops.

Seeing that the matter in Yuzhou had come to an end, Zhang Liao leisurely withdrew with his army.

This made Yuan Shu very angry.

Only then did he know that Zhang Liao came here purely to contain him, so as to give Liu Dai a chance to attack Yuzhou.

Originally, in the battle for Yanzhou, he already had an absolute advantage. As long as no one joins in to win Liu Dai and occupy the entire territory of Yanzhou, it is only a matter of time.

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