The book is picked up again.

"Although on the surface it seems that the battle of Liangzhou is the most critical point of this battle, in fact, the battle of Luoyang is the key!

When the southern princes knew that we were attacking Liangzhou, they would definitely immediately understand our intentions!

Therefore, they will inevitably attack Luoyang frantically!

If there is no virtuous brother to watch there, this brother can't rest assured. ”

Just kidding, an army of forty or fifty thousand attacked Luoyang, which was only garrisoned by an army of 80,000, if it wasn't for Li Zhi himself, no matter who was stationed there, Cao Cao wouldn't be at ease!

The most important thing is that Cao Cao also knew that Li Zhi had a large army in Erxianzhuang.

Erxianzhuang is located in Yuzhou, bordering Sizhou, where Luoyang is located.

Once Li Zhi can't support it, he can completely transfer troops from Erxian Village to support Luoyang.

And it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao will put Li Zhi in Luoyang.

"Hmm" After Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's words, he nodded calmly and said, "Since that's the case, then ask Brother Meng De to give an order." ”

"Order?" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, his face was full of astonishment, and he asked, "Brother Xingzhi, isn't it too early to dispatch troops now?"

The enemy hasn't moved yet, in case ......"

"Brother Mengde! No in case! Before Cao Cao's words were finished, Li Zhi interrupted him with a serious face.

Of course Li Zhi knew that Cao Cao still had a fluke mentality in his heart!

He believes that although the enemy has begun to connect in tandem and has the signs of a decisive battle, isn't it that the war has not yet begun?

What if the enemy doesn't plan to fight a decisive battle?

What Cao Cao needs most now is time, and the longer it drags on, the better it will be for him, so this naïve idea will appear.

But Li Zhi didn't think so, he felt that the enemy must be planning a decisive battle, so he persuaded him: "Brother Meng De, although there is no war yet, but if you prepare your troops and horses early, you can get the first opportunity."

"......" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, he fell silent.

He did have a fluke mentality, it was not that he was afraid of war to escape from reality, but he did not want to start war so early.

Because if he delays for a while, he will be able to develop for a while longer and make his strength stronger!

Although it seems from the map that Cao Cao's territory is not as large as that of the other princes combined, he can't distinguish the situation of friend and foe from the map alone!

Because most of the places occupied by the other princes are vast and sparsely populated, and the place where Cao Cao is located is the land of the essence.

Now there are more than 20 million people left, and among the more than 20 million people, Cao Cao alone occupies more than 12 million!

In other words, Cao Cao already occupies most of the world's population.

The reason why Cao Cao still had an army of only 500,000 when he had such a population was because Cao Cao pursued a policy of elite soldiers.

Most of his soldiers and horses were drawn from twenty, which means that only one out of every twenty men served as soldiers.

In fact, Cao Cao still had an army of 100,000 as a reserve.

However, these armies were all collected in the past two years, and these people have never seen blood, have not been on the battlefield, and are not considered elite.

Therefore, Cao Cao arranged them to serve as county soldiers in various counties.

The other princes were the opposite, most of them were one out of ten, some excessive, even one out of eight, one out of nine!

Dong Zhuo even reached an appalling five draws, and one out of every five people was selected by Dong Zhuo as a soldier!

In fact, to put it bluntly, Dong Zhuo has already gathered all the strong laborers of Xiliang into his army!

Therefore, the later the war starts, the more beneficial it will be for Cao Cao!

And the other princes couldn't stand it, because if they couldn't annihilate Cao Cao, with their method of drawing soldiers, sooner or later they would break their own command to pieces!

The other princes were not fools either, and they could certainly have thought of this.

Therefore, it's just that the reason why they are connected in tandem must be to have a decisive battle with Cao Cao!

"Alas......" After thinking of this, Cao Cao let out a long sigh, nodded helplessly, and said: "Brother Xingzhi is right, you really shouldn't have a fluke for your brother!" ”

Cao Cao was a resolute man, and since he had made up his mind to go to war, he no longer hesitated, and immediately stood up and said loudly: "Listen to the order!" ”

After hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone, including Li Zhi, stood up, clasped their fists at Cao Cao, and responded loudly: "I'm waiting here, please give orders from the lord." ”

After Cao Cao took out a tiger talisman from a box on the side and put it on the table, he said to Lu Bu and Jia Xu: "Where are Lu Bu and Jia Xu?!" ”

When Lu Bu and Jia Xu heard this, they immediately hugged their fists with solemn faces, and responded loudly: "Lu Bu (Jia Xu) is here, the lord commands!" ”

After Cao Cao threw the tiger talisman to Lu Bu, he ordered loudly: "Order the two of you to raise an army of 100,000 to attack Yanzhou, Lu Bu is the general, Jia Xu is the military advisor, this battle does not seek to break the enemy, only to delay time, can you understand?!" ”

After Lu Bu took the tiger talisman, he and Jia Xu clasped their fists at the same time, and responded loudly: "We will obey the orders of the lord!" ”

With that, the two men withdrew.

After retreating, Jia Xu immediately looked at Li Zhi.

In fact, he is not a minister under Cao Cao, but a courtier of Li Zhi.

Now that Cao Cao has crossed his behalf, he has crossed Li Zhi to order him, which is indeed a bit inappropriate.

Besides, Jia Xu is very good at self-preservation, and he really doesn't want to go to the battlefield, so he hopes that Li Zhi can turn around for him.

But after Li Zhi saw Jia Xu's gaze, he shook his head silently.

Now how can you and me be separated?

Let's get through the difficulties in front of us first!

Seeing this, although Jia Xu was a little disappointed in his heart, he was also a person who knew the times, so he also gave this order.

After waiting for the two to retreat, Cao Cao immediately shouted loudly: "Where are Xun You and Zhang He?" ”

"I'm waiting here, please command!"

"Order the two of you to raise an army of 50,000 to defend Youzhou, with Zhang He as the general and Xun You as the military advisor.

This battle is designed to delay time, so no matter what you two think of, you must hold back Gongsun Chan's footsteps and not let him step into Jizhou, can you understand?! ”

After Zhang He and Xun You heard Cao Cao's order, they knew that this matter was very important, and they didn't dare to slack off, they hugged their fists at Cao Cao with a solemn face, and shouted loudly: "I'll understand!" ”

"Hmm" Cao Cao was satisfied, and after nodding, he turned his gaze to Guan Yu and Xun Yu, and said, "Where are Guan Yu and Xun Yu?!" ”

"(A certain family) subordinates are here, please (Cao Gong) Lord Command!"

Guan Yu is very arrogant, he has never thought that he is Cao Cao's minister, so he said

Hu Shang is different from Xun Yu.

Cao Cao didn't care about this, and after seeing the two of them stand up, he immediately ordered: "Order the two of you to raise 50,000 troops and make every effort to defend Yuzhou, Guan Yu as the general, Xun Yu as the military advisor!"

In this battle, you can't wait to attack for no reason, as long as you can defend Yuzhou, it will be a great achievement, can you understand? ”

"We will obey the orders of the (Cao Gong)!"

After waiting for the two to retreat, Cao Cao shouted again: "Where is Xu Huang's ambition? ”

"I'm here to ask the lord for orders."

"Order the two of you to raise 50,000 troops, and go all out to defend Xuzhou, Xu Huang is the general, and Xi Zhicai is the military advisor!

In this battle, you can't wait to attack for no reason, as long as you can defend Xuzhou, it will be a great achievement, can you understand? ”

After hearing this order, which was similar to Guan Yu's, the two of them clasped their fists at the same time and responded loudly: "We will obey the orders of the lord!" ”

After saying that, the two of them withdrew.

After waiting for the two to retreat, Cao Cao touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

He now wants to arrange people to defend Chang'an, and this position is not important.

It is said to be important because it needs to resist Dong Zhuo's attack in the early stage, and it is not important because it will not be long before Cao Cao will go to Chang'an with an army of 90,000 to deal with Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Cao Cao must choose someone who can temporarily resist Dong Zhuo, but not too powerful, because he has to arrange other positions for powerful people.

After thinking about it for a long time, Cao Cao finally had a candidate in his heart, and ordered loudly: "Where are Yu Ban and Mao Jue?" ”

Of course, after hearing Cao Cao's words, he was quite surprised, but he still responded: "I'm here to ask the lord for orders!" ”

"Order the two of you to raise 60,000 troops, guard Chang'an, Yu Ban as a general, Mao Jue as a military advisor......"

"Brother Mengde?" After Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's order, he looked at him with a surprised face.

You must know that when they discussed it just now, they said that they would arrange an army of 80,000 in Chang'an, why is there less than 20,000 now?

"You don't have to say much!" After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, he immediately shook his head and said, "The reason why Brother Wei only arranged 60,000 horses in Chang'an is because Brother Wei doesn't want to mobilize your 100,000 troops in Luoyang.

In this battle, your task is very heavy, you must withstand the enemy's army of four or five hundred thousand!

If you are only given 80,000 people, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist!

So after thinking about it for my brother, I decided to hand over your original 100,000 troops into your hands. ”

"This ......"

"That's it! Don't say more, you've made up your mind for your brother! Cao Cao saw that Li Zhi was still about to speak, so he quickly waved his hand, interrupted his words, and said disdainfully: "Brother Wei knows, you are afraid that Brother Wei will suffer because of the small number of people when dealing with Dong Zhuo."

You don't have to worry about this, even if you have 20,000 soldiers and horses, you can kill him as a brother!

To be honest, Brother Wei really didn't think Dong Zhuo was so powerful, Brother Wei still has 90,000 soldiers and horses left in his hands, plus 60,000 in Chang'an, there are 150,000 people!

With these 150,000 people, if you can't defeat Dong Zhuo, then don't fight for dominance as a brother, take off your armor and return to the field as soon as possible! ”

"This ...... Alas! All right. Li Zhi originally wanted to persuade again, but seeing Cao Cao's face full of firmness, he could only retreat after a long sigh.

After Li Zhi retreated, Cao Cao immediately turned his head to Yu Ban and Mao Jue and said, "In this battle, you two must not attack, you must stick to Chang'an, can you understand?!" ”