Chapter 422: Race against time
After another day, Cao Zhi waited for the news of Liangzhou to come, and accompanied Zhen with the only leisure left before the storm, but what Cao Zhi never expected was that the storm was a little earlier than he expected, and it had already reached the sky over Wei......
When Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun sent troops from Xiangyang and attacked Nanyang with absolute superiority, Cao Zhi was enjoying the flowers in the back garden of his house.
In the time of the silence before, Cao Zhi thought of many possibilities in his heart, at the beginning, he did not panic in his heart, just a Nanyang, which was the land of Liu Biao, and it was occupied by Zhuge Liang's troops before, the reason why Cao Zhi transferred the ban back was indeed because he didn't care about the land of Nanyang, and on the other hand, he did not expect that Liu Feng could send troops when the gap between the strength and the gap was still very obvious.
If something is abnormal, it is a demon, Cao Zhi will not underestimate Liu Feng for no reason, it is not terrible for Nanyang to be captured by Liu Feng, but his intuition tells Cao Zhi that Liu Feng probably has a bigger conspiracy.
Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and the strength that far exceeded the defenders of Nanyang, and Zhou Yu did not use any strategy, but only attacked, and did not hesitate to lose some troops that should not have been lost in this battle, which made Cao Zhi have a bad premonition in his heart, so he thought of those places adjacent to Nanyang, and such an idea also caused him to directly break off the flower branches that he loved very much.
"Liu Feng's purpose in attacking Nanyang this time is not just to capture Nanyang, but to Luoyang, which is not very far from Nanyang, or Liu Xie, who is now in Luoyang Palace."
As soon as Cao Zhi said this, everyone in the court gasped, just because the possibility that Cao Zhi said was too amazing, the reason why Wei became the only vassal state on the Central Plains was because Liu Xie was in the hands of Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi had originally planned to let Liu Xie give up his position to himself after he won a victory in the battle with Liu Feng, and then moved the capital to Luoyang after the emperor, if Liu Feng's purpose was really Luoyang and Liu Xie, That would more or less affect the plan in Cao Zhi's heart, and if the situation was the most serious, the consequences would be unimaginable to Cao Zhi.
"That Liu Feng sent Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun are both generals, but seventy or eighty thousand horses to capture Nanyang is acceptable, if these horses want to capture Xu Chu and Jia Xu under the guard of Luoyang, I am afraid it is not a feasible strategy, the lord should not worry, although in my opinion, Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun really want to capture Luoyang The possibility is very small, but my Wei State can send troops to Luoyang for reinforcements, and it can be reached in less than three days, plus the lord is already a prophet, even if Zhou Yu is wise, Zhao Yun is very brave, It is impossible to capture such an important town as Luoyang in two or three days. ”
Hearing Cao Zhi's words, Xun Youyan, who was quite valued by Cao Zhi among the remaining ministers in the court at this time, said.
Obviously, the courtiers led by Xun Yu did not think that Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun could take Luoyang as easily as Nanyang this time, because there was not only Liu Xie, who made Liu Feng coveted, but also Xu Chu, the most brave general of Wei.
Sure enough, as soon as Xun Yu's words fell, all the ministers in the court nodded yes. Seeing this situation, Cao Zhi waved his hand again and again and said: "I am afraid that the princes do not know Liu Feng's resourcefulness, in the several wars that Liu Feng won before, they were all unexpected by the enemy generals, and whenever he sent troops, he went for the impossible, so this time it was almost definitely for Liu Xie!" ”
Cao Zhi's wisdom is also well-known in the Wei court, and the ministers can't help but believe a little more when they see Cao Zhi so persistent.
"Li Dian, Le Jin, you two lead 10,000 tigers and leopards to Luoyang first, set off immediately, be sure to reach Luoyang City within two days, if you see that Liu Feng's army has not yet entered the city, you can only harass outside its camp, you can't fight, he can see that he can't do anything and will retreat, General Wenyuan led 50,000 infantry to follow, and strive to reach Luoyang in three days, if you are unfortunately attacked by Liu Feng into Luoyang City, you will definitely bring Liu Xie out safely!"
Liu Xie's trump card is obviously much more important than Luoyang City itself, Cao Zhi did not hesitate to hand over almost half of the tiger and leopard riding to Li Dian and the two for him, which is also unique after Cao Zhi inherited the lord of Wei, which is enough to see Cao Zhi's attention to Liu Xie, and it can be seen that Cao Zhi is jealous of Liu Feng.
On the same day, Li Dian, Le Jin and Zhang Liao all led the army to set off, these three generals were the most stable people in Cao Zhi's court, Cao Zhi sent all three of them to Luoyang, and issued specific instructions, just to save the situation when his guess had just landed.
In fact, in Cao Zhi's heart, he would rather that his guess was wrong this time, but he knew that with Liu Feng's temperament, this time it was really mostly for Liu Xie.
On the same day, the matter of Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun's capture of Nanyang spread among the officials in Yecheng, Sima Yi was not urgently summoned into the court by Cao Zhi, but he also learned about it through his friends.
The change in his expression just caught Zhang Chunhua beside him in his eyes, and she couldn't help asking: "Wei State has now been robbed of a Nanyang by Liu Feng first, why does Zhongda seem to be much more energetic than in the past?" ”
"How can I not polish my eyes?" Sima Yi did not answer his wife's question directly, but dropped such a sentence that made Zhang Chunhua a little confused, and entered his study.
The situation was obviously developed according to the worst-case scenario predicted by Liu Feng, Cao Zhi guessed Liu Feng's intentions with only a stick of incense, and sent the fastest tiger and leopard cavalry of Wei to Luoyang for reinforcements, as long as the tiger and leopard cavalry arrived, even if it was just harassment outside, coupled with Xu Chu's tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it was already impossible for Liu Feng to attack Luoyang City. At this time, nearly a day has passed since Liu Feng, Zhou Yu, and Zhao Yun converged, and Luoyang City had also appeared in Liu Feng's eyes.