Chapter 208: The Verge
Cao Wei was watching, but Zhao Hao and Dongwu finally tore their faces.
After repeated discussions with Eastern Wu to no avail, Zhao Hao and Guan Yinping announced the mobilization of all the Beiwei army and Han army in Xiangyang, totaling 20,000, divided into two directions, Guan Yinping led the army out of Jiangling to attack Lukou, and Zhao Hao led the army out of Xiangyang to attack Xiakou,
Jiangxia Taishou of Eastern Wu, Buqi, who had just been renamed the Marquis of Linxiang, naturally did not allow Zhao Hao to be so rampant, he sent his niece Sun Luban to meet Zhao Hao on the Han River, and personally led the army to intercept Guanyinping at Lukou,
The two sides fought a big battle, the warships of Eastern Wu were burned by the Han army with sufficient incendiary bombs, and were forced to retreat to Xiakou, Zhao Hao wanted to attack Xiakou directly, but he was worried about being attacked by Wenpin in Jiangbei, so he simply sent a big ship to block the river and wait for Guan Yinping's action.
After a night of hard fighting, Buqi was forced to abandon Lukou, and the whole army retreated to Xiakou City, Guan Yinping ordered the troops to rest in Lukou, preparing to attack Zhao Hao in two ways, and pinching Xiakou in his hands.
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"Can't wait any longer!"
When Zhao Hao and Guan Yinping were about to send troops, Cao Wei's army began to move, and the news of Buqi's defeat was also rushed into Luoyang for eight hundred miles as soon as possible.
Cao Pi's eyes were shining, he slapped his knee, and raised his head with a bright look.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Wu Kou and Shu Kou have started a war, and I intend to take the opportunity to attack Wu, what do you think in your hearts?"
Cao Pi's plan to attack Wu had already been carefully discussed with Sima Yi, Xiahou Shang, Cao Xiu, and Chen Qun, because Deng Ai was involved in the internal response, Cao Pi naturally had to keep it a secret, so most people in the court did not know that the main force of the Cao army was actually ready to attack the Wu army at any time.
In the crowd, an elder hesitated for a moment, but still chose to walk out of the crowd and bowed for a long time: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible." β
Cao Pi's face changed, and he still said with a pleasant face: "What does Ziyang have a high opinion?" β
This middle-aged scribe is Liu Ye Liu Ziyang, his wisdom is very respected by Wang Ping, but because of his surname Liu, he is not reused under Cao Jun's account, although he is in the middle of the service, but Cao Pi's advice to him has always been just to listen.
Liu Ye hadn't spoken yet, he was already sweating profusely.
He couldn't see that Cao Pi had already made up his mind, but out of responsibility for Cao Pi, he still said with difficulty:
"Shu occupies Xiangfan, Jiangling, under the command of many generals, extremely strong, Zhao Hao, Guan Yinping are all famous generals at that time, brave and brave, our army to attack Wu regardless of victory or defeat, are quite a loss, and the land of Eastern Wu, still need to be guarded by troops,
At that time, if Liu Bei takes the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition, our army will be short of soldiers and will fall into danger! β
Cao Pi gritted his teeth without a trace, and said in a deep voice: "Then you should say that Wu Shu is at war, can we only watch?"
If you don't take advantage of the two gangsters to turn their faces and attack one place, wouldn't they miss the opportunity and laugh at the people of the world? β
"If Your Majesty insists on sending troops, the ministers have two strategies for Your Majesty's reference."
Cao Pi raised his eyebrows and snorted, "Why didn't you make a decision?" β
"The next step...... It's the strategy of Wu Wu! β
"Bold!"
There is no need for Cao Pi to be angry, Cao Xiu has already roared impatiently.
From beginning to end, he implemented the strategy of cutting down Wu, but as a result, Liu Ye, a person who had never been on the battlefield, actually said that it was the next policy?
"Liu Ziyang, you are too bold, okay, you should tell me, what is your best strategy?"
Liu Ye's heart was bright, but he slowly calmed down, and he said softly:
"The best strategy is to go out of Wancheng with the main force, go south with all your might, attack Xinye and Fancheng, threaten Xiangyang, Zhao Hao thief Kou is good at water warfare, but he can't always defeat the main force of our army on land,
Now that he is going all out to attack Wu, the north will inevitably be empty, and our army will definitely win with all its strength. β
The defeat of Xinye has become a nightmare for the generals of the Wei army.
Cao Xiu is Cao Hong's own nephew, and he is even more apprehensive about this, he can't help but feel a little upset when he hears Liu Ye's suggestion to fight Zhao Hao again.
Liu Ye continued: "This middle strategy is the strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.
Liu Bei personally conquered, Sun Quan's defeat was decided, and there was no irresolvable contradiction between Wu and Shu, and Sun Quan would inevitably seek peace at that time.
Zhao Haozhi will inevitably relax when he is complacent, and we will take the opportunity to send elite people to follow Jing Kegao's gradual departure to assassinate Zhao Hao, and we will definitely succeed! β
The court was silent, and everyone looked at Liu Ye, who seemed to be a little abnormal, like a fool.
His best strategy still has a certain degree of feasibility, which is the middle strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight......
He actually pinned his hopes on assassinating Zhao Hao, isn't this the best thing in the world?
It's not for nothing that people pin their hopes on the success of assassins to change the overall situation of the world, but the vast majority of them have failed, and normal people can't just look forward to success.
So as soon as Liu Ye spoke, there were many laughs among the ministers, Cao Pi sneered and shook his head, and said: "Ziyang, don't talk nonsense - I have made up my mind to attack Wu, so there is no need to say more." β
Generally speaking, the discussion is basically over, but Sima Yi, who has been secretly observing among the ministers, suddenly said:
"The minister wants to hear Liu Shizhong break it down, why did Liu Shizhong have to assassinate Zhao Hao?"
Liu Ye shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Zhao Hao is brave and far-reaching, and the most terrifying thing is that he can climb to a high position at a young age and command the Shu army.
If this person is not removed, he will be the enemy of my Great Wei henchman, and the minister thinks that he will throw down 100,000 troops, and even give up the south of the Yellow River, it is worth killing Zhao Hao. β
Liu Ye's shocking remarks shocked everyone in the court.
Is it worth losing 100,000 and giving up south of the Yellow River in exchange for Zhao Hao's life?
Isn't that?
After Liu Ye finished speaking, as if he had a long breath, his face returned to calm, and he returned to his place and sat down under the gaze of everyone.
Cao Pi fixed his mind, and said in his heart that Liu Ziyang actually learned from those madmen, and pretended to make shocking words to gain fame, which is really hateful.
He didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Ye, waved his hand, and said:
"Cao Xiu!"
Cao Xiu stood up in a hurry, but saw that Cao Pi seemed to be stunned in a trance, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Your Majesty? β
Cao Pi suddenly remembered Jia Xu's previous earnest words, which was already sick and unconscious.
"Your Majesty, the old minister's strategy is to kill Zhao Hao! Zhao Hao is not dead, Dawei is in danger! β
Cao Pi can ignore any advice from Liu Ye, but to Jia Xu, he has always obeyed his words.
If there was no such thing as Deng Ai's surrender, he should also follow Jia Xu's arrangement, take advantage of Wu Shu's war, mobilize all the people who had been ambushed before, unite with Wu State, mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and kill Zhao Hao first.
This coincides with Liu Ye's strategy.
But......
Cao Pi is unwilling.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how can Zhao Hao be so important, even if he kills him, it will be difficult to recapture Xiangyang directly.
"Your Majesty?" Cao Xiu saw Cao Pi in a daze, and asked again,
Cao Pi just wanted to talk about this matter later, when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall.
The Huangmen squire ran in, his face full of excitement could not be concealed, and he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I just received the news that Zhongshan Yue in the Dabie Mountain has left the mountain, and the whole army is attacking Qichun.
They sent people to ask His Majesty to quickly wave troops to support, and the destruction of Wu is here! β
Cao Pi's spirit was shocked, and he shouted: "Cao Xiu, you immediately send troops, bring Zhu Ling, Zang Ba also gives you command, and I will let Jia Kui be full of favor to give you the battle, and everything will be carried out according to the things discussed before!" β
"Whoa!" Cao Xiu roared excitedly, he was afraid of delay, so he ran out of the palace gate without looking back.
The Son of Heaven was majestic, the war machine of Wei was in motion, and the large army that had long been assembled on the border of Wei and Wu, under the command of Cao Xiu, began to slowly but firmly advance towards the territory of Eastern Wu.
Zhao Hao is besieging Xiakou, Shanyue is storming Qichun, the army of the commander of Buqi has been cut off, Sun Quan is doing his best to prepare for the rescue, and Cao Xiu feels that he is about to climb to a new high in his life.
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"Cao Xiu should be very excited by now, right?"
On the river outside Xiakou, Zhao Hao sat in the big boat and leisurely admired the surging eastward river, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
The firmness of his big boat line, he could hardly feel the turbulence of the river, Guan Yinping stood beside him, the river breeze blowing her long hair that was scattered, making her heart seem to be beating by the wind.
"Zixuan, how many days do you think we can rule the world?"
"I don't know...... It's been two years, and we're back in Xiakou, and if we win this time, the speed of dominating the world and supporting the Han family should be greatly advanced, right? β
Guan Yinping bit his lip and said in Zhao Hao's ear in a voice that almost only he could hear: "I can't wait for the day when the world will be one." β
"Hmm, are you in a hurry? Solve the people in the upside down, or the famous ministers of the Zhongxing Han Dynasty? β
Guan Yinping shook his head and put his hand on his lower abdomen a little shyly.
"When the world is unified, I want to give you a baby as soon as possible.
Sister Luan'er and You'er are both mothers, but I can't have children yet. β
Guan Yinping is a military general, and when she has a child, she is afraid that she will never have the opportunity to go into battle, so although she envies Lu Luan and Cheng You, most of the time, she still buries this intention in her heart.
Zhao Hao hugged Guan Yinping's shoulders and looked at Guan Yinping's jade face carefully, Guan Yinping lowered his head shyly, and was a little timid.
Her skin was certainly not as delicate as it was when she was a child, and the sun had turned her face a healthy wheatβa color that did not fit the aesthetics of the era.
"Yinping, maybe one day in the future, I will take you to a far place, far beyond the scope of this world, will you follow me?"
"What a stupid thing, I'm your woman!" Guan Yinping said coquettishly.
She hugged Zhao Hao's arm and said softly: "I know that my Lang Jun is ambitious all over the world, and most of the people in the world can't fit him."
Yesterday you talked for a long time with Uncle Avanti, about the terroir of the Western Regions, about the grasslands in the north, I guess you will definitely want to go there in the future, right? β
"yes." Zhao Hao grinned and said, "Since I have been named the champion Hou, I also have the idea of sealing the wolf Juxu, as long as my family Yinping is willing to follow me all the way to such a far place, then I can do it boldly with confidence." β
"You!" Guan Yinping couldn't cry or laugh, she gently hammered Zhao Hao's shoulder, and said, "Before the war, you were the only one who had this kind of leisure."
You have to think about it, this time our tactics are particularly dangerous, and if we fail, maybe we won't be able to come back. β
Seeing Guan Yinping's solemn face, Zhao Hao also became serious.
"Go early and come back early, this time, I want to take all the initiative in my own hands!"
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