The book is picked up again.

"No way!" After Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's words, he immediately shook his head and said, "Although on the surface, it seems that Youzhou, Yanzhou, and Yangzhou do not border, but they are all in the east of us.

Once we attack one of them, the other two will inevitably strike at the same time!

In this way, even if we put all the 500,000 troops here, it will be difficult to break through. ”

"......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, his eyes stared at the map.

In the end, he closed his eyes in pain and muttered, "Yes, these three states add up to about 400,000 people, and they are erected in the east of our wait, if we move one place, the other two parties will do it immediately!"

And we only have 500,000 troops in our hands, and in addition to the 200,000 troops necessary to guard against the southern princes and Dong Zhuo, we can also take out 300,000 troops to attack.

In this way, I am afraid that it will not be possible to attack it at all in a short period of time!

And once it is delayed for a long time, the direction of Luoyang will inevitably be lost, and when the time comes, we will not be able to take care of each other, and we will definitely lose! ”

"Alas......" After saying this, he let out a long sigh, lowered his head, and looked at the direction of Luoyang on the map, not knowing what he was thinking.

"......" The others looked at the silent Cao Cao, and they all knew that he was thinking of countermeasures, so they didn't dare to disturb and waited quietly.

After a long time, Cao Cao raised his head and asked Li Zhi with a sad face: "Brother and brother, can you be sure that with only those 160,000 people, you can defeat the enemy's nearly 500,000 army?" ”

After Cao Cao's words settled, Xiahou Tang on the side asked with a puzzled face: "Lord, isn't it just necessary to hold the direction of Luoyang?" If you take the initiative to attack, won't that give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of? ”

After hearing Xiahou's anxious words, Cao Cao did not speak, but Li Zhi explained to him: "Miaocai, this war is a decisive battle between us and the princes!"

Therefore, we can't be passive!

If you can't open the gap, then we will definitely fail in the end!

Because although I have a huge force, there are too many places to be stationed, and the pressure in the later stage is very great.

Once the time drags on for a long time, there will definitely be a shortage of grain and grass for us.

The enemy, on the other hand, occupies several states, and as long as they take care of their own food and grass, they can easily drag us down.

So, we have to settle the battle within a year!

And if you want to solve the battle, you must open a breakthrough from Tongluoyang!

As long as Luoyang is only defeated, we can send men and horses to support other places, so that we can win. ”

"......" Xiahou Dun is also a veteran of the battlefield, after listening to Li Zhidi's words, he nodded silently, and then stared straight at the map.

After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly pointed in the direction of Xiliang and said, "Lord, Luoyang Hou, since it is not possible to attack Yanzhou, and it is difficult to win the war in Luoyang, then why don't I set the target in Xiliang?"

Although Xiliang Dong Zhuo seems to be powerful, he has only been operating there for less than two years, plus Xiliang is located in a remote area, and there is not enough food and grass, as long as we take Xiliang as a breakthrough, we will definitely be able to defeat him in a very short time!

When the time comes, won't it be easier for me to wait? ”

"Hmmm?!!" After Li Zhi and Cao Cao heard Xiahou Dun's words, their eyes lit up at the same time,

Then he hurriedly turned his gaze to the map and looked at it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, Cao Cao suddenly laughed and said, "Wonderful talent has the talent of a commander!" ”

"Hehe......" After Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's words, he also chuckled, nodded in agreement and said: "Brother Meng De is right, when I was at a loss for the situation in the world, Miaocai actually came up with such a clever strategy, and he really has the talent of a commander." ”

Speaking of this, after drawing on the map for a long time, he said with a smile: "Miaocai is right, we should really start from Xiliang!"

Although Xiliang is in the northwest, it doesn't seem to be important, but once I wait to beat Xiliang, the whole game of chess will be alive!

As long as Xiliang can be pacified, then we can gather the power of Chang'an and Luoyang to fight against the southern princes!

In this way, although it is not said that there is a 10% chance of winning, there must be a 70% or 80%! ”

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Guo Jia on the side also noticed the trick of this plan, and after carefully looking at the map for a while, he echoed: "Xiliang is indeed a very good target.

Although Dong Zhuo was born in Xiliang, he is not popular in Xiliang!

Because his rampant expropriation has completely angered the people of Xiliang!

In addition, when he attacked Xiliang from Chang'an, he used the old and weak women and children of Chang'an as cannon fodder, which made his prestige among the people of Xiliang plummet.

What's more, for this decisive battle, he forcibly recruited all the horses in Xiliang, which almost caused a riot. Disorderly.

It can be said that after this incident, he has lost the slightest prestige in Xiliang!

As long as we defeat Dong Zhuo, it will be easy to take Xiliang for ourselves.

After the Xiliang was laid, the pressure in the direction of Chang'an and Luoyang became much less.

The most important thing is that Chang'an and Luoyang are both heroic cities, and the distance is not too far, so they can complement each other, once the enemy attacks one side, the other side can immediately attack back and forth.

In this way, even if you can't defeat the enemy, at least you can hold these two states! ”

"Hahaha......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi and Guo Jia's words of singing and harmony, he immediately laughed and nodded, and said: "What Xingzhi Xian Brother and Feng Xiao said is reasonable, since this is the case, then we will aim at Xiliang!" ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at the map again and asked Li Zhi, "Brother Xingzhi." Brother Wei thinks that I have to wait to pacify the princes in the north first, and then find a way to deal with the princes in the south, what do you think? ”

"I think so too" After Li Zhi nodded, he pointed to Youzhou and said: "After I take Xiliang, I will order the troops stationed in Chang'an and Luoyang to defend it strictly, so as not to let the southern princes have a chance."

Subsequently, we sent a general to attack Yanzhou frantically, so that Zhang Yan couldn't take care of it!

After that, we sent two more generals to garrison Runan and Xiapi respectively, so that they could guard the border and not let Sun Ce take advantage of it.

In the end, Jizhou sent troops to attack Youzhou with all its might!

As long as Youzhou is knocked down, I will have no worries about waiting for convenience!

Then, we can attack Yanzhou.

After Yanzhou was also taken, only the five princes in the south remained.

At that time, we won't have to make much effort to keep them out of the country! ”

"Hmm......" Cao Cao's words, pointed

Nodding, he thoughtfully returned to his seat.

Seeing this, the others did not dare to slack off, and immediately sat back in their seats.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said, "Since this is the case, then our strategy for dealing with the enemy has been decided."

First of all, first send a general who can fight well, and attack Yanzhou with an army of 100,000 troops, so that Zhang Yan has no time to take care of himself.

Then send a well-guarded general with an army of 50,000 to block Gongsun Zan in Youzhou.

Subsequently, two well-guarded generals were stationed in Chang'an and Luoyang with 80,000 men respectively.

Then, send 100,000 troops to Yuzhou and Xuzhou to resist Sun Ce.

In this way, 410,000 horses were used.

The remaining 90,000 horses were led to Chang'an by Gu himself, and joined the 80,000 troops in Chang'an.

In this way, Chang'an will have an army of 170,000!

With this 170,000 army, Dong Zhuo will definitely be defeated in the shortest time! This was our initial strategy. ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, turned his head to Li Zhi who was on the lower left and asked, "Is there anything else you have to add?" ”

"......" Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's words, and after thinking for a while, he said: "There is indeed a little doubt in the next place, didn't Brother Meng De find out?" Most of the princes in the south brought sailors with them when they sent out their troops!

It's strange to know that the places where we are are are all by land, why do they have to bring sailors? ”

"Water army ......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, his brows immediately furrowed, and said: "It is indeed very strange, it is said that those princes in the south are not without other soldiers and horses, why do they have to use the water army?" ”

That's right, although on the surface it seems that the princes of the south have done their best, but in fact, they have not sent all the soldiers and horses in their hands!

For example, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, although he dispatched more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, in fact, Jingzhou had 500,000 troops!

However, because these armies were uneven, most of them were placed by Liu Biao in various counties as county soldiers.

However, as long as Liu Biao wanted to, he could gather 100,000 elite troops in an instant, and there was really no need to use the water army to make up the numbers, which was indeed very strange.

Cao Cao, who couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time, turned his gaze to Li Zhi and asked, "Has the virtuous brother of Xingzhi ever figured out the reason?" ”

"There's some speculation below." After Li Zhi nodded, he pointed to the coastal edge of Xuzhou and other places with a solemn face, and said: "According to the following speculation, the reason why the southern princes led the naval army was to attack Xuzhou and other places from the coastal edge!"

Moreover, even if their attack is not smooth, they can also send grain, grass, armor and even soldiers and horses to Yanzhou Zhang Yan from the sea! ”

"Hiss......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, he immediately gasped and quickly turned his gaze to the map.

This look startled him a lot, because as Li Zhi said, the southern princes could borrow the road from Yangzhou to enter the sea, and then follow the coastal route directly to Yanzhou.

Although the road is relatively far, it is better to be safe, and Cao Cao has no naval army in his hands, even if he wants to intercept them, he can only sigh across the sea, but he can't help them.

At this moment, Xun Yu frowned and said categorically: "This is absolutely impossible!" ”

"Huh?" After everyone heard Xun Yu's words, they immediately turned their eyes to him.