Chapter 482: Assassination is employed
Due to Guan Yu's injury, Liu Jun on the Eastern Front and Cao Jun in Xuzhou formed a confrontation situation in Dongguan City.
Cao Hong continued to attack Dongguan City, but to no avail. The main reason was that Liu Bei was injured, Zhang Fei had no intention of attacking, and many attacks were fruitless, and the morale of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou was low.
Cao Hong adopted the strategy of cutting off his grain routes, and used the factors of the opponent's labor expedition to win.
In fact, Cao Hong really cut off the other party's grain route, plus other soldiers and horses from Xuzhou who came one after another, and finally besieged Dongguan City. It's a pity that Dongguan City has hoarded a lot of grain and grass, and no matter how Cao Hong besieges it, it still stands.
The news reached Cao Cao and Liu Yu, and the two behaved differently.
Liu Yu knew that after Guan Yu broke up with Liu Bei, his heart finally let go. It seems that the righteousness of using the country and the world is successful.
When he heard that Guan Yu was seriously injured in a duel with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei because of guilt, and the war in the east came to a standstill all of a sudden, Liu Yu didn't know how to say that Guan Yu was good, and he didn't want his life when he was angry. It is no wonder that the social people of later generations worship Guan Gong, and this righteousness alone is unmatched.
After Liu Yu and Chen Gong discussed for a while, they decided to let Huang Zhong, the general who guarded the overall situation in the north, go to the rescue. In order to be more secure, Liu Yu also transferred Zhao Yun over.
When Cao Cao heard the news, he was overjoyed. It seems that it is right for him to put Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and he immediately seriously injured Guan Yu, the main general of the enemy army, although it is a bit of a taste of taking advantage of other people's brotherhood to cause other people's brothers to kill each other, but there is a saying that is not good to say, soldiers are not tired of cheating. Cao Cao didn't feel guilty about that.
Cao Cao appreciates Guan Yu very much, and he can't understand what means Liu Yu used to dig Guan Yu over. On the surface, Guan Yu married some princess Liu Zhen, but Cao Cao didn't find out who this Liu Zhen was for a long time. Liu Xie himself admitted that there was no princess named Liu Zhen in the royal family.
God knows where Liu Zhen jumped out of it.
In the end, Cao Cao guessed that this Liu Zhen must be Guan Yu's confidante, and he may have been known by Liu Yu because of his bad background, and then easily got this Liu Zhen into the royal family and then married Guan Yu, firmly locking Guan Yu.
The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that it was right, if he had the ability, he would do the same.
If Liu Yu knew that Cao Cao thought like this, he would definitely be scared to death, Cao Cao's resourcefulness was really strong.
Cao Cao saw that Xuzhou had blocked Guan Yu's attack, and ordered Cao Hong to continue to besiege Dongguan, and at the same time asked Shouchun to guard Li Dian to deploy 5,000 soldiers and horses to Xuzhou to support. Cao Cao knew that Liu Yu would not let Guan Yu stagnate, and would definitely send reinforcements from Hebei, so Xuzhou must need a large number of soldiers and horses to defend it, after all, Xuzhou is now Cao Cao's very important granary.
The situation in Yanzhou has stabilized. Xiahou Yuan rushed to Daliang City in time and took over the defense of Yanzhou. Xiahoudun is a person with tenacious vitality, and after being so seriously injured, he actually survived. However, his right eye was gone, and Xiahoudun became a one-eyed dragon. This didn't have much impact on Xiahoudun, but he just pulled the bow and shot arrows and looked at people and things a little to the left. Everyone in the army knows this, and Xiahou Yuan stands on the left every time he talks to Xiahoudun, and if he stands on the right, Xiahoudun will not be able to see it.
With Xiahou and Xiahou Yuan sitting in Yanzhou, Ma Chao could not continue to expand the results, and finally Ma Chao chose to stabilize the important city of Shangqiu under Jia Xu's suggestion, and held it to the death, so as not to let Cao Jun threaten Liu Yu.
Le Jin also started a tragic battle with Zhang Liao, who was killed by Wancheng, and relied on a momentum that was not afraid of death, Le Jin blocked Zhang Liao's attack.
The situation stabilized suddenly, and Cao Cao could finally target Liu Yu with confidence.
"Fengxiao, now that Liu Yu's other soldiers and horses have been blocked, only Liu Yu's main army stays in the area of Changshe, threatening Xu Du, what should our army do?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia for advice.
In the past few days, Guo Jia has been studying Liu Yu's offensive strategy every day, and found that Liu Yu's other troops and horses are all covering for his main army, and the strategy he adopts is to crush it with absolute strength, constantly capture the city, and he is not greedy for merit, and he holds all the newly occupied cities in his hands.
This is a conspiracy.
Guo Jia thought for a long time before he came up with a solution.
Liu Yu was very cautious this time, and he adopted a step-by-step strategy. The forces of our army are too scattered to confront Liu Yu head-on. There is a way to force Liu Yu to withdraw from the army. But one bad one may make Liu Yu attack Xuchang with all his might! Guo Jia first said the results of his plan.
"Fengxiao, don't sell Guanzi. Pretending, it's so bad. What exactly is the strategy? Xun Yu was a little dissatisfied that Guo Jia was so mysterious every time, wasn't he just a little higher than himself in terms of resourcefulness, and he always pretended to be beaten.
Only Xun Yu dared to talk to Guo Jia like this. Others, including Cao Cao, covered their mouths and snickered.
Guo Jia secretly scolded Xun Yu for being troublesome, if you don't speak, no one will be dumb for you. Is it easy to come up with this method yourself, and you can tell a few of you.
Cao Cao straightened his face and said, "Fengxiao, since you have a way, say it." ”
"Assassinate Liu Yu as a daring man!" After giving enough face, Guo Jia said lightly.
Assassinate! Not to mention the others, Cao Cao was shocked. No wonder Guo Jia just said that if he succeeded, Liu Yu would inevitably retreat, Liu Yu would all die, and the enemy army would definitely be discouraged.
And the most important point is that Liu Yu has already been proclaimed emperor, and if he is assassinated here, then it will have a huge blow to the Shenwu Imperial Court. Without Liu Yu as the backbone, Liu Yu's son is still young, I am afraid it will be difficult to inherit such Liu Yu's power, and the ministers will definitely compete for power and profit. Then Cao Cao will be able to start fighting back during this time and turn the tide of the confrontation. Maybe you can overthrow the Shenwu Imperial Court.
This is the beauty of a successful assassination.
If the assassination fails, then Liu Yu must be angry and angry, and may attack Xuchang madly, and he will be at odds with Cao Cao.
With Liu Yu's character, Cao Cao could be sure that Liu Yu would do this.
At the same time, Cao Cao thought of the difficulty of carrying out the assassination, and said: "Assassination is good. But will it work? Liu Yu himself has good martial arts, and there are peerless generals such as Dian Wei and Lu Bu by his side, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve. ”
"Then lord, do you have any other way to force Liu Yu to withdraw from the army?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao rhetorically.
Cao Cao was silent, he really didn't have any way for Liu Yu to defend against foreign clans at the moment, and the strength comparison was too great.
Cao Cao couldn't argue with the decision, he looked at Cheng Yu and asked for his opinion.
Cheng Yu understood what Cao Cao meant, and after pondering for a while, he said: "If you can solve the protection of Dian Wei and Lu Bu around Liu Yu, this plan should be successful." ”
"The candidates for this assassination have the best candidates. That is His Majesty's sword master, Sword Saint Wang Yue! He is also willing to contribute to this matter. Guo Jia said.
Cao Cao suddenly felt that Guo Jia had planned carefully enough, and he was able to invite Wang Yue. And the more Wang Yue took refuge in Liu Xie, Cao Cao knew. It seems that the assassination of Liu Yu is also something that Liu Xie acquiesces into. In this way, the matter will be easy to do.
Wang Yue went to assassinate Liu Yu, and it was successful, and Cao Cao had benefits. If it fails, Cao Cao can put all the blame on Liu Xie.
Crisis and opportunity coexist, Cao Cao made a decision and said: "Then let Fengxiao arrange everything." ”
"Yes, my lord!" Guo Jia replied.