Chapter 41 The general trend is irreversible

Although the plan has been decided, but on the surface, things in Luoyang are still going on in an orderly manner, in October, after the end of the farming, Ye Zhao ordered Guan Yu to lead an army of 50,000 troops to garrison Xinye, such a move immediately attracted the attention of Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

Since the land of Jizhou and Youzhou, Ye Zhao is located in Yongliang and the land of the six states of Jishu and Youzhou, whether it is the area or the population under its jurisdiction, it is the most in the world, military strength, economy, industry, agriculture, no matter which aspect, are the most princes, Ye Zhao's every move will cause the vigilance of the princes, and in the same month, Ye Zhao personally arrived at Yique Pass, at the same time, on the north bank of the Yellow River, Ding Li and Fang Yue began to recruit a large number of craftsmen to strengthen the fortifications of various ports, a strict posture of defense.

Liang Guo, Suiyang.

Since the original Cao Cao's army was defeated and fled back to Xuchang, because Xuchang was too close to Luoyang and Nanyang, in order to avoid Ye Zhao directly sending troops into Xuchang, Cao Cao immediately began to move the city after returning to Xuchang, and the new capital city chosen was Suiyang, which was the capital of the Liang State in the past.

Before welcoming the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao had a period of time to govern it, and later welcomed the Son of Heaven, in order to facilitate and govern, Xuchang was the capital, and now Ye Zhao entered Luoyang, Nanyang, Runan was also mastered by Ye Zhao, in the face of Ye Zhao's troops, Cao Cao was newly defeated, and had to choose to move the capital to avoid Ye Zhao's edge.

"Lord, it seems that the Ye thief wants to take advantage of the chaos in Jingzhou and take advantage of the situation to capture the land of Jingxiang, and the minister thinks that we should unite with Sun Ce and take advantage of the time when Ye Zhao attacks Jingxiang to recapture Luoyang and cut off its way back!" Cheng Yu listened to the new information and said to Cao Cao.

"No!" Zhong Xuan shook his head and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, the minister thinks that things may not be so simple. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao raised his eyelids, looked at Zhong Xuan and said, "What does Yuan Chang think?" ”

"If Ye Zhao really has the heart to attack Jingzhou, he shouldn't send that Guan Yu as a general!" Zhong Xuan looked at Cao Cao and said eloquently: "It is reported that Guan Yu and Liu Bei have a sense of righteousness, and Guan Yu is a person who attaches great importance to righteousness, if Ye Zhao really wants to attack Jingzhou, he will not take Guan Yu as a general, and according to the intelligence, the rest of the generals under Ye Zhao, such as Xu Rong, Zhao Yun, Ji Ling, Hua Xiong, Zhang Liao, Wei Yan and even Guan Ping, have never gone on the expedition, and the minister thinks that this is Ye Zhao's trick, obviously to attack Jingzhou, but in fact, he is secretly accumulating strength to lure our army to send troops and plan the Central Plains!" ”

Cheng Yu frowned and said: "The leaf thief is as cunning as a fox, Yuan Chang'an knows if the leaf thief has calculated such an idea as us, deliberately so, you need to know that if Ye Zhao wants to attack Jingzhou, it is not only Nanyang all the way, from Shangyong and Yiling can send troops, and the three roads of soldiers and horses will come out, and Jingzhou will be easy to take." ”

Zhong Xuan thought for a while and said: "What Zhong De said is not unreasonable, but our army is newly defeated, if we rush to send troops at this time, and fall into Ye Zhao's treacherous scheme, and defeat again, then the society will be in danger!" ”

This is also what Cao Cao is most worried about now, he has just experienced a big defeat, if he loses again at this moment, it will almost be said that it will be a catastrophe for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao rubbed his temples with a headache, he was also inclined to Guan Yu's plan to lure the enemy out of Nanyang, but what Cheng Yu said was right, if Ye Zhao saw through his thoughts, what if he really wanted to use troops against Jingzhou? If Ye Zhao is allowed to annex Jingzhou, then Ye Zhao's governance will be connected, and it will be even more difficult to defeat Ye Zhao.

At this time, Cao Cao ...... was confused, he didn't know how to decide, so he could only look at Xun Yu.

Xun Yu pondered silently for a moment, then bowed to Cao Cao and said: "Lord, no matter what Ye Zhao wants, but one thing is certain, Ye Zhao ordered Guan Yu to enter Nanyang this time, there must be a big move, you can gather troops and horses first, wait and see what happens, if Ye Zhao really attacks Jingzhou, then our army can form an alliance with Sun Ce, if Ye Zhao is using this as bait to lure our army to send troops, then it will not only lure our army, but also induce Sun Ce, you can let Sun Ce send troops to test first, if you can lead Ye Zhao's backhand, then whether it is Jingzhou or Qingzhou, or Zi Chen Liu's troops, Our army has plenty of time to respond. ”

In order to respond to all changes, this is also the most suitable plan for Cao Cao today, because at this moment Cao Cao's territory has been reduced to the point that even a state is incomplete, although Yingchuan is under the rule of Cao Cao, but it was looted by Lu Bu and Ye Zheng, and now it is no longer under Cao Cao's control, so now Cao Cao's army, because the place is shrinking, can rush to the aid of the Quartet at any time, the former northern overlord, has the opportunity to win the world, but now, it has fallen to such a point, it is also very sad.

Cao Cao nodded silently, and said a little lonely: "Just follow the plan of Wen Worry!" ”

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Qingzhou, Linzi.

"Gong Jin, this is a godsend, why did you tell me to stand still?" Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu puzzled.

"It's not that simple." Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "Bo Fu, think about it, if Ye Zhao really wants to annex the land of Jingzhou, how can he not guard against the emptiness in the rear?" ”

"Ye Zhao is arrogant, this is the time to decide the general trend of the world, this person has always been cunning and cautious, how can he really fight on three sides? I think the annexation of Jingxiang is fake, and the temptation of our army to send troops is real! Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

"But what if he thinks so?" Sun Ce asked rhetorically.

"Then wait and see what happens, anyway, our army is now allied with Cao Cao, and now the situation, Cao Cao can't attack with us, our army can be stationed in Jinan, wait and see what happens, if Ye Zhao really wants to attack Jingzhou, our army and horses can cross the river at any time, what matters now is to appease the people as soon as possible, recruit strong people into our army, and step up training, with the current strength of our army, it is not enough to compete with Ye Zhao!" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.

"Just according to Gongjin's words." Sun Ce nodded silently, indeed, although he has won Qingxu Erzhou now, the time is still short, although he has recruited a lot of troops, but he still has a lot of heat to face a giant like Ye Zhao.

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Nanyang, Wollongong.

"Where has your husband gone!?" Zhang Fei looked at the boy in front of him a little irritably, only to feel that this child was quite hateful.

"My husband went to travel all over the world, he was really not here, General Liu should come again next time!" The boy glared at Zhang Fei with some dissatisfaction.

"If your husband comes back, please send someone to inform me, and I will keep someone here!" Liu Bei sighed, looked at a guard beside him and said, "Liu Quan, you stay here." ”

"My husband's cottage is a quiet place, and outsiders are not welcome." The boy said loudly.

"It's okay, it won't disturb the tranquility of the grassland." Liu Bei looked at Liu Quandao and said, "You will find a family here, buy a house, and if Mr. Kong Ming comes back, he will come and inform him immediately." ”

"Whoa!"

Liu Quan is Liu Bei's personal guard, and he is also Liu Bei's fellow townsman and clan, with some force, Liu Bei came to meet when he was too punctual, and was appointed by Liu Bei as the commander of the personal guard, although his status is not high, he is the most trusted person around Liu Bei, and his trust is probably not weaker than Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi.

"Brother, it's just a sour Ruer, why be so polite, without him, wouldn't we be able to fight?"

"Shut up!" Liu Bei snorted, hugged his fist at the boy, turned around and left with Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi, this Wollongong now belongs to Ye Zhaozhi, and it is inconvenient for Liu Bei to stay for a long time.

Looking at the direction in which Liu Bei and the others left, the boy glanced at Liu Quan, turned around and went back to the grass house, closed the door, and went straight into the main hall, but saw two young men sitting cross-legged in the hall playing chess, and bowed down and said, "Sir, then General Liu has left." ”

"Hmm." A young man nodded silently, sighed, and dropped a white seed.

"Kong Ming, this General Liu is quite prestigious among the people, and he is a member of the Han family, and he is extremely sincere, why don't you even want to see him?" The man opposite the young man, who was a few years older than the young man, looked at the young man with a smile and asked.

"Then why doesn't Yuan Zhi want to go out?" Kong Ming did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"The general trend has been decided, what's the point of not being able to get out?" The young man sighed, looked at the grass and said, "General Liu is indeed the master, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time, and this world is ...... I remember that Kong Ming once wrote a book on the situation in this world, and there should be a way to deal with it, why ......"

"I traveled to Shuzhong last year!" Kong Ming sighed faintly: "The time and place are favorable, none of them are in me, the officials in Shu are clear, and the hearts of the people are all towards Ye Zhao, that is, they have all kinds of plans, but this person's heart is not there, what can I do?" ”

Yuan Zhi sighed, and it took a long time to break the silence and said: "I heard that the prime minister has set a new method of taking scholars, and in the seventh year of Tai'an, that is, the year after that, he will take scholars from the world, regardless of his background, all those who are talented can be hired, and I am ready to go to Luoyang to try it at that time." ”

Kong Ming nodded silently and said: "With Yuanzhi's talent, when you can make steady progress, Liang wishes Yuanzhi success." ”

"Kong Ming won't come with me?" Yuan Zhi looked at Kong Ming and said, "Kong Ming's talent is ten times better than mine, is he really willing to die in this mountain and wilderness." ”

"I don't have the heart to be a hero." Kong Ming shook his head and said.

"I know that Kong Ming is interested in General Liu, but Kong Ming also said, the time and place are favorable, and there are no people, so why bother, I look at the Ye Xiang and the image of the master, Kong Ming's talent, may not be able to show what he has learned."

"It is not a pleasure to be with this green mountain and green water all the time." Kong Ming smiled.

"That's it!" Yuan straightened up and saluted Kong Ming and said: "My studies have been completed, this time I came here to say goodbye to Kong Ming, I want to travel the world, if there is a goodbye day, you and I will drink and talk happily." ”

"I'm not far away." Kong Ming got up, returned the salute to Yuan Zhi and said with a smile: "I hope you and I will have a goodbye day." ”

"Definitely." Yuan Zhi nodded, patted the boy on the head, turned and left the door.

Kong Ming looked at Yuan Zhi's back, and only then did he disappear outside the door and sighed faintly, is there really nothing to change in this world?