Chapter 331: Cao Cao replaces defense with offense
Cao Cao, who had obtained the huge wealth of the Jianghuai family, had already set his sights on Xuzhou.
Cao Cao is most afraid of Liu Yu, and now Cao Cao can't figure out what Liu Yu is preparing, so he wants to take advantage of the fact that Liu Yu has not done anything to him now, and first take down Xuzhou, which is rich in products and has a large population.
Cao Cao's advisers also supported the plan, except for one person.
"Lord, the current big trouble is Liu Yu. And Liu Bei and our army have just joined forces to suppress Yuan Shu, and now they are acting against Liu Bei, I am afraid that it is morally unjustifiable. In case Liu Yu makes a move when our army goes to Xuzhou, our army will be outside, and we will definitely not be able to take care of each other. Think twice. Xun Yu was against it, and the reasons he gave were very good.
Cao Cao attached great importance to Xun Yu's suggestion. For a while, there was not much confidence in the annexation of Xuzhou.
Cheng Yu said encouragingly: "Lord, I feel that what Wen Ruo said is a bit alarmist. On the question of whether Liu Yu will send troops, as long as our army is prepared, Liu Yu must weigh the consequences if he wants to send troops. As long as the plan is right, our army will be able to quickly capture Xuzhou. β
"How? Is there a solution? Cao Cao is interested, as long as he can take Xuzhou in the fastest time, then even if Liu Yu stabs him in the back, he can react quickly.
"Liu Bei is an outsider. Despite the support of the Chen family and the Mi family, Liu Bei appeared to have complete control of Xuzhou on the surface. But in reality, the Xuzhou families were hostile to Liu Bei. Moreover, Liu Bei married the Mi family, and with this affection, Liu Bei vigorously supported the Mi family, which led to the dissatisfaction of some people in the Chen family. Not to mention Cao Bao, who has the biggest opinion on Liu Bei. As long as the lord's army advances and the troops come to Xuzhou, he will contact the Xuzhou family and promise high-ranking officials. As long as they cooperate, Xuzhou can win it in one fell swoop. Cheng Yu said his plan.
Liu Bei's main confidant is his brother-in-law Guan Yu Zhang Fei, Guan Yu has an arrogant personality and does not agree with the scholars. Zhang Fei has a short personality and likes to drink. Both of them have huge character flaws, and I'm going to plan out of them. Xun You analyzed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside Liu Bei thoroughly.
Cao Cao was very moved by what they said, but the threat raised by Xun Yu could not be guarded against. This made Cao Cao difficult to decide for a while.
Cao Cao found that Guo Jia looked unfathomable, it seemed that he must have a different opinion, and hurriedly asked: "Fengxiao must have a draft, why don't you speak freely." β
"Both parties make sense, it depends on how the lord chooses." Guo Jia has something to say, what he means is to see how Cao Cao wants to choose, and he can give a solution.
Cao Cao understood what Guo Jia meant in seconds, and said: "Xuzhou is rich, and it is of great use to Lonely." β
Guo Jia smiled slightly, it seems that Cao Cao wants to annex the fat of Xuzhou.
"Just like Wen Ruo said just now, Liu Yu did not move for a long time, and when our army suppressed Yuan Shu, he did not move a single soldier, which shows that the plan is very big. If our army conquers Xuzhou, it is expected that Liu Yu will definitely attack the rear of our army. Guo Jia affirmed Xun Yu's idea.
Cao Cao and Xun Yu nodded straightly, and Cheng Yu and Xun Yu knew that Guo Jia must have a solution.
"Since Liu Yu will inevitably send troops, why don't we focus on the enemy and replace defense with offense. You must know that it is not only our army that is threatened by Liu Yu, but also Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang in the north are deeply threatened by Liu Yu. As long as we are allied with these three people and attack Liu Yu together, the lord can agree with them that as long as he attacks Liu Yu's territory, the lord will not want all of them, and give them an equal share. Regardless of how much trouble they can cause Liu Yu, as long as Liu Yu's forces are held back for a while, the lord can calmly annex Xuzhou. Living up to their expectations, Guo Jia said a solution.
Cao Cao slapped his thigh, why didn't he think of it before.
Xun Yu has no opinion, Guo Jia's method is very good, and it can solve Liu Yu's threat.
Cheng Yu and Xun You sighed that they were still inferior to Guo Jia, and they didn't expect such a simple thing.
Since there was a way to prevent Liu Yu from stabbing him in the back, Cao Cao made the decision to attack Xuzhou on the spot.
Cao Cao sent envoys to Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Yuan Shao, and agreed with them to jointly crusade against Liu Yu.
Yuan Shao is a hundred willing, and he is now ruled by thieves, all of which are Liu Yu's conspiracy. had the opportunity to teach Liu Yu a lesson, he had long wanted to do this. Yuan Shao immediately agreed to Cao Cao's joint proposal.
Liu Xian had just stabilized Nanyang and didn't want to make a move on Liu Yu. But Liu Yu occupied Wancheng and Shangyong, and sooner or later he would go south, and Liu Biao understood the truth of preventing trouble before it happened. So, after thinking about it, he agreed. There is no way, Liu Yu is now building a warship in Shangyong, if he trains an elite sailor, then Liu Biao will be in trouble, you must know that Shangyong is in the upper reaches of Xiangyang.
Liu Zhang's side rejected Cao Cao, he is now guarding Yizhou well, and he doesn't want to mix with other princes' affairs at all.
Liu Zhang has such a decision, and Cao Cao is not surprised, which is expected. After the three of them united, Cao Cao went to the table of Liu Xie, the son of heaven, listed several major sins of Liu Yu, and begged Liu Xie to issue an edict and call on the princes of the world to discuss Liu Yu.
What can Liu Xie do, it is useless to oppose it, and happily agreed to Cao Cao's request. As a result, Cao Sikong, who had just suppressed Yuan Shu for a long time, called on the people of the world to crusade against Liu Yu's text.
Everyone in the world thought Cao Cao was joking, and Liu Yu thought so too.
However, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao responded to Cao Cao at the same time and began to march on Liu Yu's territory. Yuan Shao attacked Bingzhou from Youzhou, and Liu Biao attacked Wancheng and Shangyong.
The princes knew that Cao Cao was really here.
Cao Cao Ming prepared tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but in fact, they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and marched towards the Tiger Prison Pass. Secretly went to mobilize the elite soldiers and horses to the city bordering Xuzhou, and prepared to attack the east and west.
Liu Yu scolded the spicy next door, he originally wanted to do something to Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao's side was chaotic, and he hesitated for a while on attacking Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to react and unite others to attack him first.
The three-way attack was no joke, and urgent reports came from the places that were attacked, and Liu Yu had to mobilize troops and horses to take precautions.
Liu Yu secretly scolded himself for being incompetent, if he had done it to Cao Cao earlier, he would not have been so passive now.
In order to prevent accidents, Liu Yu stayed in Luoyang to stabilize the center, and LΓΌ Bu and Dian Wei galloped with 20,000 soldiers and horses to aid and annex the state, and cooperated with Tian Feng and Huang Zhong to deal with Yuan Shao's attack. Ma Chao and Chen Gong went to the Tiger Prison to guard the town, looking for an opportunity to give Cao Cao a pain. There is Zhang Xiu here in Wancheng, Liu Yu is very relieved, but Shangyong does not have much troops, Liu Yu has to let Gao Shun and Huang Xu lead 30,000 steps to stabilize Shangyong City.
The situation is on the verge of becoming a simmer.