Chapter 255: Despair
Leaving Lu Bu's mansion in a bit of a daze, Chen Gong only felt a sadness in his heart.
This is the lord he chose! Timid, unpleasant, indecisive, nepotistic. Even if you have a thousand plans, you can't do anything about it!
In such a good situation, he was still timid, and he was cowering for the sake of his subordinates, how could he still be expected to be able to defeat a tyrant like Cao Cao.
Don't even think about it, Wei Xu, a guy who sees money, must have been bought by Cao Cao, otherwise he wouldn't have worked so hard for Cao Cao.
During this time, the situation in the world was very chaotic, and all parts of the country were fighting. And because of Yuan Shu's deep foundation and no worries, wars in the south are extremely frequent. Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao were both defeated, and they were both licking their wounds silently.
And Cao Cao and Liu Bei, this time they can be regarded as having gone out with Yuan Shu. More than 400,000 troops are scattered around Yuzhou, and a major war of unprecedented scale is about to break out.
With Chen Gong's resourcefulness, it can naturally be seen that this battle is Liu Bei seducing and containing, Yuan Shu taking risks entering the game, and Cao Cao closing the net. With such a big game, it is impossible for Cao Cao to retreat easily.
As long as he doesn't invade Yanzhou, Cao Cao is estimated to endure it. It's time for Lu Bu to attack Xuzhou now, maybe he can take Xuzhou down!
Cao Cao's promise of two counties is just empty talk. Now that Yanzhou and Xuzhou are empty, the county that Cao Cao gave first is an empty shell that cannot be garrisoned. And the remaining county, Chen Gong expected that Cao Cao would not hand over as promised.
Just for such a small profit, coupled with Wei Xu's flickering, Lu Bu actually missed such a good opportunity! Chen Gong was really chilled.
During this time, the battles were so frequent that the Kwantung princes were exhausted and could no longer fight. In the next two years, there will be no more wars in the world, and all the princes will definitely recuperate with all their might.
And at this time, the fight is development. Among the Kwantung princes, Lu Bu's territory was the most narrow and poor, and the competition for development was completely self-inflicted. Chen Gong suggested that Lu Bu attack Xuzhou at this time, which was also a last resort.
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Jinling, General Anton's Mansion, Yuan Shu and his strategists gathered together, and the atmosphere was slightly depressing.
"My lord, this matter is the fault of so-and-so!" After standing for a long time, Xun You took the lead in standing up: "XX's intelligence work has not been done properly, and the news of Cao Cao and Liu Bei's alliance has not been found, and XX is willing to bear all the blame." ”
"That's it!" Yuan Shu waved his hand a little tiredly: "This is not your problem either. Who would have thought that Cao Cao would get together with Liu Bei so quickly? But what's so funny about it? Be sure to find out next! ”
"No, my lord." Jia Xu said directly: "Why these two people are united, I should already know, and I will tell the lord later." Let's discuss how to deal with the current situation. ”
"There is no turning back from the bow. Now my Jiangdong army of more than 100,000 troops is all entangled in Yuzhou and Nan by Liu Beijun, and I can't get out. Now that Cao Cao has joined, it is obvious that he has reached some kind of tacit understanding with Liu Bei, and the army under my command is really dangerous! Tian Feng said in a solemn tone.
"And that's not all. Nanyang, Jiujiang and even Jiangxia and Lujiang are all empty of troops, if Cao Cao is really ruthless, I am afraid that these four counties will be difficult to preserve. Lu Su's face was very ugly.
"Damn! How could the situation change so quickly? Cao Mengde did this, didn't he want Xuzhou? and Liu Bei, who also went crazy with him! I fell, and his Yuzhou had to be buried with me! Yuan Shu said viciously.
Since meditating in Jiangdong, Yuan Shu has basically not suffered any setbacks. The ministers under his command are like rain, and the good generals are like clouds, and they are invincible in the southern and northern wars. But I never thought that now I would be calculated to such a point if I was careless!
"My lord, do you want to bring Huang Zhong's army back from Yizhou? Jiangdong is the foundation of our waiting! ”
"No!" Yuan Shu said without hesitation: "Yizhou has finally been pacified. Now that it is chaotic, if the army is withdrawn, there will inevitably be many ambitious villains who will take advantage of the situation. With the dangerous terrain of Yizhou, it is too troublesome to deal with once an accident occurs. Huang Zhong's army must not move! ”
Jia Xu said calmly: "Don't worry, my lord, the situation is not bad enough to be that bad." With the risk of the Yangtze River, it is absolutely no problem for us to stick to Jiangdong. However, how to preserve the more than 100,000 troops in Yuzhou is a big problem. ”
"These are the elites of my Jiangdong soldiers! If it is mourned once, I am afraid that with the strength of my Jiangdong, it will not be able to slow down in three years! Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande are really ruthless! ”
Yuan Shu now regrets the abnormality. I shouldn't have taken such a risk in the first place, but now it's good, although I won't lose everything, but I have to break my bones.
If all these more than 100,000 troops are wiped out, I am afraid that it is really impossible for me to even spy on the Central Plains in a few years. It is estimated that when he recovers, the Central Plains will already be unified.
"There is a plan, but the price is too great, I don't know if the lord is willing to use it?" Jia Xu hesitated.
"What's the plan?" Yuan Shu said eagerly.
It can't be helped, it's getting worse to a certain extent now. The more than 100,000 troops under his command were forced by Cao Cao and Liu Bei to advance and retreat, and they were about to be eaten.
In this situation, even people like Xun You and others can't come up with a way. After all, the other party's strategists are not fuel-efficient lamps, and the use of some swords to go sideways is completely self-inflicted. But the front is just but completely unbeatable, and the gap in combat power is too big.
"Since Liu Bei and Cao Cao are so ruthless, they are ruined. Then we have to be more ruthless than them, exchange injuries for injuries, and see who can afford it! Jia Xu's face was slightly hideous.
As a poisoner, Jia Xu's first thought when considering the problem was not to protect the more than 100,000 troops, but how to use the more than 100,000 troops to inflict the greatest damage on Cao Liu. In Jia Xu's view, these more than 100,000 soldiers are just a string of numbers, as long as they can be exchanged for enough benefits, they will be thrown away.
When everyone heard Jia Xu's gloomy tone, their hearts sank. This old poison is going crazy!
"Be specific."
"Lord, Nanyang's 60,000 army is firmly contained, and it will not be able to die for a while and a half, but there is nothing to do. And Sun Jian and Wei Yan, who attacked Yuzhou, were different. ”
"Yuzhou now has about 70,000 troops. Liu Bei dared to let us attack Yuzhou, and he had already prepared to clear the wilderness, and Yuzhou is now completely a hedgehog. And Xiahou Yuan, who was the best at rushing and fighting under Cao Cao, was marching too fast and had already pounced on Jiujiang and Lujiang. Sun Jian and Wei Yan's army may not be able to catch up even if they retreat and hold on, and the back road has been cut off. ”
"In that case, we might as well directly break the net with the other party. Send Wei Yan to attack Yanzhou, not to take Yanzhou, but to turn it upside down and force Cao Cao to come back to help. In this way, we can solve the power of Nanyang. ”
On the other hand, Sun Jian's army was sent directly to Guangling, Xuzhou. In this way, on the one hand, it can cut off the back road of Xiahou Yuan's army and facilitate encirclement and suppression. On the other hand, it can also directly retreat to Jiangdong through Guangling County, leaving a way back. ”
Jia Xu is preparing to meet Cao Cao's bayonet. If you really do this, Yanzhou and Xuzhou will be turned upside down, even if the whole army is annihilated, Yuan Shu will not suffer. At this time, it is not yet autumn, if Cao Cao does not return to help and let Yuan Shu make trouble, there will be no food, see how he develops.
Liu Bei can be so capricious because Yuzhou is rich, and the family supports him a lot. And Cao Cao has always had a lot of awkward troubles with the family, coupled with the barrenness of Yanzhou, there is not much food, and he has always been hungry and full.
If you continue to play like this, I'm afraid that Yuan Shu's strength will be greatly reduced, and Cao Cao will have to hang up, and finally cheapen Liu Bei and Lu Bu in vain.
Yuan Shu doesn't care, he can afford to lose, but can Cao Cao afford to lose? Alliances are always unreliable because their interests cannot be exactly the same.