Chapter 682: Cao Cao and Cao De
Cao Cao set off. The army that had gathered near Luoyang because of the flood www.biquge.info became the main force of Cao Cao. Although the current Cao Cao is also sitting on an army of nearly 300,000, Cao Cao's order to attack is too fast, and the assembly of the army will take time.
Cao Cao's current army at his disposal is also nearly 50,000. However, it is these 50,000 horses that the Luoyang area has become an empty existence. If someone wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, it doesn't need too much, the 5,000 army, as long as they climb the city wall of Luoyang City, then Cao Cao will be over.
Cao Cao dispatched, but the current situation is not optimistic for Cao Cao.
In Jizhou in the north, Yuan Shang had already attacked Changshan County from Zhongshan County, and Yuan Xi had also attacked from Hejian County to Bohai County.
Yanzhou in the east, Yanzhou has fallen completely. Although the Yanzhou that Liu Bei got was a mud jar, don't forget that Cao Cao started from Yanzhou, and half of the people under his command are all in Yanzhou.
In Yuzhou in the south, although Cai Mao's record is not good, it has also penetrated deep into the interior of Runan County.
Fortunately, to the west of Cao Cao is Cao De. Otherwise, Cao Cao would not be as simple as facing enemies on three sides.
As soon as Cao Cao moved, Liu Bei, Liu Biao and others immediately got the news. And these two guys surnamed Liu really deserve to be cousins who came out of the family.
Originally, Liu Bei had already begun to plan to attack Yin, Henan, where Luoyang was located, but after Liu Bei received the news from Cao Cao, he immediately stopped and the whole army rested.
Although it is said that Liu Bei has now taken the entire Yanzhou. Moreover, Liu Bei only took more than half a month to complete it. It's not unfast. Moreover, it is not only fast, but also fast that has never been seen before or since.
On the surface, Liu Bei won Yanzhou, and his great merits were already hanging on him, but Liu Bei's difficulties were really only known to him.
Liu Bei's question appeared on this fast. Many things prove one thing, quality is directly proportional to speed. The quality is guaranteed, and the speed is definitely slow. When the speed is increased, the quality may be greatly reduced.
And this quality of Liu Bei is the control of Yanzhou. Liu Bei took Yanzhou, yes, he took it. But don't forget, Yanzhou has just been hit by floods. The homes of millions of people in Yanzhou have been wiped out. Liu Bei, as the current master of Yanzhou, does the millions of people need to take care of it? Of course you need to. Therefore, the current Yanzhou is actually chaotic, and there is no territory. Whoever takes over is a fool who loses money and loses money to his underwear. However, Liu Bei must be this fool.
Another point is that when there were floods everywhere, Cao Cao threw in seventy or eighty thousand troops in order to rescue the people. These troops were the elite of Cao Cao's command. Although Liu Bei has exterminated a lot, there are still a lot of Cao troops, and they continue to wander around the land of Yanzhou. And they are waiting for their King Wei to arrive.
Another point is that although Liu Bei occupies all the important cities in Yanzhou. But whether these people in the city are different from Liu Bei, Liu Bei is not sure. Cao Cao has been in operation in Yanzhou for five or six years. To say that Liu Bei can fool people into switching to himself with just a few slogans, Liu Bei himself doesn't believe it. Therefore, Liu Bei was also a little scared, in case Cao Cao came, the people in the city opened the door to Cao Cao, wouldn't he become the previous Cao Shuo.
Liu Bei stopped at the western boundary of Yanzhou, and while rectifying Yanzhou, he did a good job of defensive offensive.
Being able to win Yanzhou is actually a big step forward for Liu Bei's great cause of supporting the Han family.
As for Cai Mao in the south. Why did he stop. Because Cai Mao is afraid.
He led the troops to dig out Cao Cao's back road, can Cao Cao not be angry. If Cao Cao didn't care about Liu Bei to deal with him first, would he still have the life to return to Jingzhou.
Although Liu Biao publicly stated his support for Liu Bei, it was Cai Mao who could lead the army. Will Cai Mao have the same heart as Liu Bei? Who knows except Cai Mao. Therefore, the truth that friends of the dead are not dead and poor is practical wherever it goes.
And the reason why Cai Mao stopped was for other reasons.
Yuzhou was taken by Cao Cao from Yuan Shu not long ago. And Yuzhou is regressing step by step under Yuan Shu's command. In order to stabilize the situation in Yuzhou, Cao Cao laid down 50,000 troops here.
Although these 50,000 horses are usually scattered in various places, but now that the robbers have rushed in, we have to report the group. Therefore, now in front of Cai Mao, there are 20,000 troops blocking Cai Mao's approach, and many people and horses from all over the country have entered Cao Mao's camp one after another.
Therefore, Cai Mao stopped now, first, to see Cao Cao's movements, and secondly, there was a strong enemy in front of him.
Cao Cao moved, but Cao De never moved. This makes many people with "special obsessive-compulsive disorder" uncomfortable.
Your brother was beaten in the front, and you only watched from behind? That's your own brother.
"Special obsessive-compulsive disorder" has such thoughts, which are actually habitual thinking. You used to do this, you have to do it now, and we're used to it doing it. However, Cao De didn't react at all.
Regarding this problem, Jia Xu also went to Cao De. And Cao De's reply to Jia Xu was only a few words. "Wait and see!"
Jia Xu had no choice but to retreat stupidly.
In fact, Cao De has his own ideas about this issue.
If Cao De and Cao Cao stood on the same front and sent troops, then Cao De and Cao Cao directly marched east when they eliminated Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei did nothing to resist the Cao brothers who were in the prime of their troops, so why did Cao De wait until now. Although Cao De's losses were quite large at that time, Liu Bei at that time was much easier to deal with than now.
Although Cao Cao's situation is very bad now, it is not yet the moment of life and death, and Cao Cao still has a chance. Therefore, Cao De is not in a hurry. Moreover, Cao De also wanted to see if Cao Cao could survive this crisis.
If Cao Cao defeats Liu Bei and Liu Biao, it will also mark that Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Jingzhou will all be subsumed into Cao Cao's chassis. And when it really comes to that time, that's when Cao De really has a headache. If you start a war with Cao Cao, this is undoubtedly the best time. Cao Cao had just experienced a great war, and he must have been physically and mentally exhausted. And Cao De waits for work. Even if Cao Cao has most of the big men, he will never be Cao De's opponent. However, will Cao De really go to war with Cao Cao?
The worst-case scenario is that Cao Cao was beaten to the city of Luoyang by the combined forces of Liu Bei and Liu Biao. At that time, Cao De would not hesitate to gather a large army to march eastward. At that time, Cao De did not have such a painful choice.