"Bang~" Wancheng, Cao Cao pressed the bamboo slip on the table, and the force was a little strong, which made the hearts of all the civil and military under the tent skip a beat.

"At this time!" Cao Cao closed his eyes and sighed, the current situation is a little tricky, Sun Liu's side, Sun Quan's attitude is a little weird, Liu Bei personally sits in Xiangyang, with the intention of going north, Cao Cao is now trying to control the situation, and wants to pull Sun Quan to the chariot here, this bureau has begun to be arranged since the time when Sun Quan was named the king of Wu.

But Liu Bei is now rebelling against the army, not self-proclaimed king, but running to engage in diplomacy with Sun Quan, coercing and tempting Sun Quan to put himself on the throne, and Sun Quan is obviously also worried about the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and now he is quite moved.

At this time, if there is no problem in the rear, Cao Cao can still control the situation, but now, the information from the direction of Xuchang makes Cao Cao have an urge to cut people, these people can't do things, but they are quite good at dragging their feet, this is the first time? Cao Cao didn't bother to count.

But at this important juncture, these people jumped out to make trouble again, did they want the world to fall back into the era of wars and chaos among the princes, so they were willing?

This kind of thing, although he had expected that his whereabouts would not be hidden for too long after all, these people directly rushed out to make trouble, which still made Cao Cao very annoyed.

And this problem is quite thorny, at present, Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun is guarding Chang'an, in case Liu Bei sent troops from Shu to attack Guanzhong, Zhang He followed Cao Zhangzhen to guard Yecheng, Zhang Liao was in the Jianghuai area, and the remaining generals Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, Xu Huang, and Li Dian are now in Nanyang with their own hands to lead the three armies.

As for going back...... I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up in time.

"Why is the king angry?" Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao suspiciously.

Cao Cao waved his hand and motioned for the waiter to hand the bamboo slip to Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu took the bamboo slip and looked at it, his face became solemn, he looked up at Cao Cao and said, "King, this news ......"

"From the school office." Cao Cao didn't explain, just said simply, and Cheng Yu was speechless.

The school office is an institution under Cao Cao that is specifically responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and has helped Cao Cao stifle a lot of rebellions, although it is notorious in Cao Wei's camp, but as Cao Cao's close minister, Cheng Yu knows very well that the school government cannot be negligent in this matter, and the team of the school office was built by Guo Jia.

"Xuchang is under the care of General Boren, so it should be fine." Cheng Yu did not circulate the bamboo slips, but handed them back to the waiter, looked at Cao Cao and said: "But this matter has a great impact, I don't know how many people in the court are involved, and the minister is worried that these people have contacted Liu Bei and Jiangdong Sun Quan." ”

This is what Cheng Yu is most worried about, Geng Ji and those people are really not a problem, but the timing is too good, this time is the time to move the capital, Cao Cao is not in the rear, Xuchang has changed, whether Cao Cao can be extinguished in time or not, it is enough to affect Sun Quan's decision.

Cao Cao naturally understood this truth, and after closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, he sighed: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the Jianghuai area?" ”

Now, we can only prepare for the worst.

"There are about 20,000 of them, but the layout is quite scattered." Cheng Yu frowned.

After all, if Jiangdong wants to attack Jianghuai, he can choose an important place to attack, but if Cao Cao wants to defend on his side, all aspects must be taken into account.

"It's not enough, order Xuzhou and Yuzhou to transfer 20,000 soldiers and horses each into Jianghuai to defend it." Cao Cao shook his head, Jiangdong's power cannot be underestimated, 20,000 people are just basic defense, if Sun Quan really comes to attack, this number of people is not enough, and some more need to be added, which is also Cao Cao's feeling that the Jiangdong Army's land combat level is limited, otherwise even if it is 60,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Cao is not very relieved.

"Whoa!"

……

"King Wu, the words have been exhausted, my lord has stationed troops in Xiangyang, and Shangyong's soldiers and horses have also begun to be transferred to Zhuyang, whether King Wu believes it or not, my lord has shown sincerity, as for how to decide, King Wu can make his own decision." Chai Sang, Sun Quan's camp, Fa Zheng stood up and bowed to Sun Quan and said: "The big war is imminent, I must rush back as soon as possible to assist me in attacking Nanyang, forgive me for being rude, and leave first." ”

"Filial piety walks slowly." Sun Quan stood up, sent Fa Zheng outside the camp, and watched Fa Zheng leave.

In fact, Fa Zheng doesn't want to have a showdown so soon, but this time, no matter what, it is best to fight, if Sun Quan is willing to go to the Northern Expedition, it is naturally the best, the garrisons in the Jiangling area can be transferred to Xiangyang to help the war, but if not, Liu Bei has Xiangyang soldiers and horses here, and the soldiers and horses in the direction of Shangyong can definitely arrive before the war, so calculated, Sun Quan's attitude is important, but there is no time for the two sides to continue to negotiate and coordinate, and they must move troops immediately, first set up the banner of justice, and it is undoubtedly the best to be able to eat Nanyang, Even if he can't eat it, after this battle, Cao Cao will have more difficulty running Nanyang.

If Sun Quan is willing to go north and attack the land of Jianghuai, whether it can be captured or not, for Liu Bei, it will be a help, whether it is Nanyang or Jianghuai, Cao Cao can not lose, these two places are lost, and the Central Plains are almost exposed to the soldiers of Sun and Liu.

As for Sun Quan's stab in the back, Jiangxia's navy is impossible to move no matter what, as long as Sun Quan does not move his troops, most of Jingzhou's troops are still mainly to guard against Sun Quan, Liu Bei dispatched this time, in addition to Xiangyang soldiers and horses, more soldiers and horses in Hanzhong and even Shuzhong.

If Sun Quan really didn't know how to call over and wanted to gnaw Jingzhou, it would definitely shatter Sun Quan's teeth.

It is not easy for Jingzhou to go east, but Sun Quan wants to fight against the current, after Liu Yi's continuous reinforcement over the years, it is not easy, just the three water villages in Jiangxia with Xiakou can completely block Sun Quan's water army, not to mention that Jiangling is not built with a military city, that after Liu Yi's reconstruction, it is stronger than the former Jiangling, and it is not easy for Jiangdong to attack it with the water army alone.

Sun Quan looked at the direction in which Fa Zheng left, his expression remained unchanged, he returned to his seat, and looked at the group of civil and martial arts: "What do you think?" ”

"This is a good opportunity!" Strategist Hua Xin smiled and said: "Liu Bei and Cao Cao are fighting, whether our army is attacking Jingzhou or attacking Jianghuai, it is extremely advantageous, but I think that in the current situation, we should attack Jianghuai first." ”

"Oh?" Sun Quan looked at Hua Xin and asked with a smile, "Why?" ”

"First, our army failed to attack Jingzhou, and Liu Bei will start a war with Cao's army, and he must be prepared." Hua Xin sighed, the failure of the last attack on Jingzhou made Jiangdong very passive: "Moreover, Cao Cao's defensive heart against our army is probably lower than that of Liu Bei, but he will definitely be on guard, if the lord wants to attack Jianghuai, he must be as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be easy for our army to win again as soon as Cao's reinforcements come." ”

Since his family knows his own affairs, if he talks about water warfare, it is not an exaggeration to say that Jiangdong is invincible in the world, but landing on the shore to fight siege warfare is Jiangdong's pain, and since the battle of Chibi, there are few victories.

"The three ......" Hua Xin thought for a while, looked at Sun Quan and said: "At present, Cao Cao is the strongest, and Jingzhou is difficult to take in a short time, if the lord wants to make a difference, then Jianghuai must be in hand, and join Liu to resist Cao, if Liu Bei can obtain Nanyang, our army can take the land of Jianghuai this time, and it will be able to clamp down on Runan, that is, Cao Cao has the heart to recapture, and Liu Bei is in Nanyang, and it is impossible to go all out." ”

Sun Quan nodded when he heard this, and looked at the generals, Hua Xin said that it didn't work, and in the end, it was up to these generals to fight.

None of the generals in the tent spoke, mainly because the hatred between them and Liu Bei had been formed, and they wanted to return to the alliance with Liu and Cao at this moment, and they felt a little awkward.

"The last general seconded it!" Lu Meng took a deep breath, stepped forward, bowed to Sun Quan and said, "In this battle, the last general is willing to lead the army to attack Jianghuai. ”

Sun Quan looked at Lu Meng with some surprise, and then frowned slightly, Lu Meng has always been a staunch Jingzhou faction, thinking that Jingzhou must be captured first.

Now that Lu Meng suddenly changed his thinking, does it mean that the last battle of Jingzhou frustrated Lu Meng's spirit?

"What the governor said is right, Liu Bei's momentum has been achieved, and the matter of Jingzhou should not be rushed." Lu Meng took a deep breath and arched his hand at Sun Quan: "Right now, my Jiangdong forces have fallen into the upper hand, and we can't be enemies with Liu Bei for the time being, so it's better to use Liu Bei's power to strengthen my Jiangdong first, and then fight with Liu Bei." ”

Liu Bei attracted the main force of the Cao army, depleting the vitality of the Cao army, Jiangdong was under the cover of Liu Bei to pick up cheap, if this time if you can capture Jianghuai, its significance is not much smaller than taking Jingzhou, as long as you take Jianghuai, you can covet Xuzhou, then it will become a situation with Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao on both sides, with Liu Bei contained, Cao Jun can not go all out to compete with Eastern Wu, when the time comes, Sun Quan will also be a herd of two states, when the time comes, it is two to attack Cao Cao.

This is also a way to do it, compared to Jianghuai, Lu Meng still values Jingzhou more, but the relationship between the two families can no longer deteriorate, and now attacking Jingzhou, thinking about Yueyang, Lu Meng really doesn't have much confidence.

"Ziming can understand righteousness, and his lonely heart is very comforting." Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Lu Meng and smiled and encouraged.

The current Sun Quan really doesn't want to be an enemy of Liu Bei.

When the generals saw that Lu Meng said this, they all responded sincerely.

"This attack on Jianghuai is related to my Jiangdong's luck, and Lone is ready to personally lead the army to the north." After setting the policy, Sun Quan was in a good mood, this time, he wanted to personally lead the army to the north, so that the world would know that he Sun Quan did not just rely on his father and brother.

According to the information brought by Fa Zheng, there was not much time left for them to prepare, Sun Quan immediately ordered people to gather troops, transport grain and grass, just wait for the battle in Xiangyang, the main force of Cao's army was clamped, Sun Quan's side will immediately wave troops in response, and lead the army to attack the land of Jianghuai.