August is like fire, the blazing sun, reflecting Guanzhong.

Luoyang City.

Cao Cao was wearing a black brocade dragon robe, sitting in a simple palace, dealing with the government affairs, he looked at the recitals submitted by all parties in his hand, and his face, which had been tense for more than half a year, finally showed a smile.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xun, Taiwei Guo and Commander Jia ask to see you!"

The eunuch Cao Leng heard a sharp voice from outside the hall.

"Accurate!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao raised his head slightly.

"Adults, please come in!" Cao Leng bowed and invited the three ministers into the main hall.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

Xun Yu, Guo Jia and Jia Xu came together from outside the main hall and bowed to Cao Cao in the position.

"Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, Wen He, a few of you came just in time, look at these books, I have finally been able to let go of my worries for most of the past half a year, and I can be regarded as relieved when I breathe a sigh of relief!"

Cao Cao gently closed a notebook, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and looked at the three of them, with a somewhat bright smile on his face.

In the past six months, he has always tightened his nerves, for fear that the Eastern Wu army will not know when it will suddenly go crazy, and directly exchange injuries for injuries when the Great Wei Dynasty is at its weakest, and start a decisive battle with COSCO.

After all, this is the weakest moment of the Great Wei Dynasty, the bloody battle in Xiliang, and the destruction of Luoyang, both finances and people's hearts have fallen below freezing.

This period is also the moment when Soochow has the greatest chance of winning, if Soochow dares to fight hard with casualties and bloody battles, the final victory must be Soochow.

Fortunately, Sun Quan did not have the idea of losing both.

There was a buffer time of more than half a year, and the twelve guards and horses were thoroughly trained, and the military strength returned to its peak. Moreover, he can be regarded as straightening out the hearts of the people in various places and stabilizing the panic caused by the Battle of Luoyang.

At present, the strength he has is not afraid of the sudden attack of Dongwu, and he is fully sure that he will fight with Dongwu to the end, and the final winner is not certain.

"Your Majesty, there is one more good news here. It's news from Soochow! ”

Under the hall, Jia Xu stepped forward and handed over a recital.

"Good news? Then I have to really take a good look at it...... Gangto floods? ”

Cao Cao read the report in the book, and his eyes lit up, but the light in his eyes was extinguished in an instant: "It's just a flood, it's not enough to affect the energy of Dongwu, right?" ”

Since ancient times, Jiangdong has been surrounded by many rivers and floods.

However, a disaster that can lead to the power of a country is rare even in a hundred years.

"Your Majesty. This time the flood that broke out in Jiangdong was the most violent in the past few years, not only covering the entire Jiangdong, but even Jingzhou caused the river to burst the embankment, I am afraid that within half a year, Dongwu will not be able to spare his hands to face us! ”

Xun Yu said with a smile.

"Is this so bad?" Cao Cao's heart throbbed.

"Your Majesty, we have received information for the time being, and the casualties in Soochow this time the flood disaster exceeded 10,000 people. And that's not the point, the destroyed premises. made millions of victims homeless, and Sun Quan wanted to pay attention to the people's hearts, so in order to provide disaster relief, Dongwu heard that even the military funds for rectifying the military were embezzled, and now Dongwu has put all its energy on disaster relief, and all other preparations have slowed down a lot! Jia Xu said in detail.

"Natural disasters are merciless. Ay! Cao Cao sighed compassionately, standing in his current position, under the world, there may be side by side, but there is no way to look up. The most terrible thing is not the enemy, it is always God.

"Your Majesty, this is our chance!" Guo Jia reminded in a low voice.

"Well, the flood of Dongwu is considered to be the best of Dongwu, and we have fought for more than half a year to arrange the battle situation, this time it is our turn to attack, what good plan do you have?"

Cao Cao nodded, and a sharp cold glint burst out of his eyes.

He understands the principle of striking first.

But Cao Wei has always been at a disadvantage, under the competition with Eastern Wu for many years, the Wei army has been beaten more than attacked, but if there is an opportunity, he will naturally not let go of the opportunity to attack.

"Your Majesty, wouldn't this be too impatient!"

Hearing this, Xun Yu said cautiously: "Now the economy of our Great Wei Dynasty has not fully recovered, and the current treasury is still in a state of deficit, although we have made a budget, and the taxes in the second half of the year can make us empty the treasury, but if we want to accumulate logistics preparations for a long-term campaign, we still need a few years!" ”

"It is impossible to have a few years for us to prepare, at most a year or two, and there is no time for me!"

Cao Cao sighed: "If I don't grasp the opportunity, I will make a move on Dongwu first, and when Sun Zhongmou has relieved the flood, he will not be able to bear it, this battle will always be fought, rather than let him fight for the initiative, it is better for me to take the initiative against Dongwu first, and grasp the initiative of the rhythm of the war in our hands, the chances of victory will be much greater, at least one of them can be caught off guard!" ”

"Your Majesty's words are very good!"

Hearing this, the three of them nodded, in the battle between the two dynasties, the advantage of the initiative is very important, whoever controls the rhythm of the war will be able to get the final chance of victory.

"Fengxiao, how is Liangzhou?" Cao Cao raised his head, looked at Guo Jia, and asked.

A large part of the Wei army's forces were pressed in Liangzhou, and the withdrawal of this force would increase the strength advantage of the Wei army.

"Report to Your Majesty, the general has put down the Liangzhou Rebellion!"

Guo Jia thought for a moment and continued: "But there is one thing that is strange! ”

"What's the matter?" Cao Cao asked.

"Han Sui broke through to the west, after he led the remnants of the army to leave Dunhuang, there was no trace, we suspect that he went to the Western Regions, but he can't go to the Western Regions rashly, there should be tentacles of Eastern Wu in this!"

"It's really ghostly!" Cao Cao's face was solemn.

"Your Majesty, from the news we intercepted from the Wu army, the Wu army's Sea Eagle battalion has been fighting in the Western Regions, there is not much specific news, but it is certain that the Wu army has laid a side of the world in the Western Regions!" Jia Xu said.

"Forget it, we can't reach this aspect, now I pay more attention to Liangzhou, I need a stable Liangzhou!" Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo." What about the hearts of the people in Liangzhou? ”

"Report to Your Majesty, the frustrated history has cut through the chaos with a quick knife, pulled out two county guards and six county orders in a row, and with the assistance of the Guanzhong family, the situation in Liangzhou has now been temporarily stabilized!"

Xun Yu took a step forward. reported to Cao Cao: "As long as the Ma side can stabilize and don't come out to make trouble, there should be no problem in Liangzhou, and the Qiang tribe has also communicated and signed a peace agreement!" ”

"Good!" Cao Cao was overjoyed: "Frustrated Gong and really my blessed general!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't be too happy, although Liangzhou has stabilized, there are some changes in the Ma family!" Jia Xu added.

"What do you mean?"

Cao Cao's eyes were slightly cold: "Is Ma Chao dissent?" ”

"It's not Ma Chao, it's Ma Dai!"

Jia Xu's gloomy eyes had a hint of murderous intent: "Ma Chao is very stable in Bingzhou." There is no contact with the generals under his command, but Ma Dai of Wudu jumped very fast, and he is contacting the eight strong generals under Ma Chao, as for what the idea is, it is not clear, but it is definitely not a good thing! ”

"Wenhe, stare at him!"

Cao Cao groaned for a while, and added: "If there is evidence, take it as soon as possible." Pressing him within the scope of the law of Great Wei, I don't want him to die. After all, he is Ma Chao's only remaining brother, he is alive, Ma Chao will not disagree, if he is dead, then it is impossible to say! ”

"No!"

Jia Xu nodded.

"Cao Leng, immediately pass on a holy decree. Immediately summon the general Zhang Liao back to the court! Cao Cao's eyes became resolute: "Without him presiding over the overall situation, I am not very down-to-earth in my heart for Shangdongwu!" ”

"No!"

Cao Leng took the order and left the main hall.

"Your Majesty, this is me, Tian Feng, and Commander Jia have joined forces to make a troop deployment. Please take a look! ”

Guo Jia handed over a plan for the deployment of the Wei army.

"I see, the main force of the Great Wei is also among the newly established twelve guards, plus the tiger and leopard cavalry, the Royal Forest Army, and the navy of Qingzhou, the current strength is also more than 800,000, Xu Huang Li Dian is still in Liangzhou, Pang De Sima Yi is in Guanzhong Wudu, Zhang Xiu is in Nanyang, Zhang He is in Shouchun, Yu Ban is in Zhuojun, Xiahoudun is in Yuzhou, Xiahou Yuan is in Jizhou, Lejin is in Montenegro, Ma Chao is in Taiyuan, and ......."

Cao Cao took a closer look at this detailed troop deployment, and pondered in his heart: "Do you think that our Great Wei's forces are a little scattered!" ”

"Your Majesty, once the decisive battle between us and Eastern Wu begins, any direction will become an opening for the Wu army to break through, this is the deployment of defense!"

Guo Jia smiled and said: "If we take the initiative to attack, the soldiers and horses can be mobilized, as long as we fight fast, we should have the opportunity to catch them off guard, after all, now that Dongwu is facing a natural disaster, for our Great Wei, the opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" ”

"I also think this is an opportunity, from which side do you think I should attack?" Cao Cao squinted: "A full-scale decisive battle, I can't afford to fight, I can only find a direction, step by step, and capture the territory of Eastern Wu!" ”

"Northern Xinjiang!"

The three of them looked at each other and said in unison.

"Youzhou?"

Cao Cao also belonged to the northern frontier, his eyes became bright and bright, and he asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Youzhou is very important, as long as you take Youzhou, it will be equivalent to destroying half of the territory of the northern frontier of Dongwu, and the entire northern territory of Dongwu will be disrupted, this is our opportunity!"

Guo Jia nodded, his eyes burst with a touch of essence, and the aura exuded from his body was a little sharp: "Concentrate our troops and defeat the bloody wolf army, this is our strategic purpose, it is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers!" ”

"When?" Cao Cao asked.

"It's spring next year!" Guo Jia is categorical.

"Spring next year? I'm in a hurry, but this is the best chance! ”

Cao Cao stood up, paced back and forth, pondered for a while, and asked, "Who will fight?" ”

"Your Majesty, this battle is naturally the best for the general to take action personally, only when the general personally comes to lay out the overall situation, we can have absolute confidence to kill the blood wolf army and occupy Youzhou!"

Guo Jia was very confident in Zhang Liao, and he said in a deep voice: "Ma Chao will contain part of the blood wolf army in Taiyuan, at this time, as long as the general personally leads the troops and horses to attack, gather all the troops of Jizhou, attack Youzhou with the power of thunder, and do not give Dongwu time to react, we have a great chance of taking Youzhou!" ”

"Wen Ruo, can the logistics support it?" Cao Cao asked again.

"Your Majesty, if it is the beginning of spring next year, our taxes can be collected in the second half of the year, and it is no problem to squeeze it, but we must fight quickly, once we are dragged into a protracted war, we will be very passive!" Xun Yu said.

"Good!"

Cao Cao's last worry is gone, he is a decisive hero, naturally he will not be indecisive, he directly made a decision: "Fengxian, from now on, the military is fully prepared for war, and at the beginning of spring next year, spring hunting in March, hunting wolves!" ”

This wolf is naturally the Northern Xinjiang Blood Wolf. (To be continued.) )

PS: It's not a little late, but I still sent the second update, hehe!!