Luoyang City, the imperial capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, is magnificent and stands proudly under the north.

In the past, the Wu army broke through the pass and went north, the traces that had been left in this city now seem to have been erased one by one, in the streets and alleys of this capital, it has already recovered its prosperity, people come and go, shoulder to shoulder seems to show the supreme glory of the Great Wei again.

However, the burning ruins of Shangyang Palace, the former Great Wei Palace, seemed to remind every Wei person in Luoyang City all the time that the shame left by Dongwu was carved in their hearts.

Since ancient times, it is inevitable that a country cannot even keep its own capital, and the people's hearts will be lost.

Although several important ministers under Cao Cao have exhausted various methods to appease the people.

But the capital was breached, after all, it is a fact.

In the face of facts, many things cannot be concealed.

Therefore, the people's hearts of the Great Wei are still in a turbulent situation, and the stability maintained at present is actually only a superficial phenomenon, once there is a little turmoil, it will be like a bomb being detonated.

Cao Cao was anxious for a decisive victory to appease these turbulent people, so there was an all-out attack on Youzhou.

As long as you can win the hearts of the people of the Wei Dynasty in Youzhou, you can completely soothe it.

Victory is the best means of appeasing the people.

On this day, in the morning, April was like a rainbow, the morning sun rose, the sun was shining, and in the simple palace, one by one the ministers of the Wei Dynasty came out after the dispersal of the dynasty.

As they walked out of this simple mansion-like new palace, everyone couldn't help but look up at the battle flag that had been erected in front of the palace.

"This is a shame for our Great Wei!"

"If you want to wash away this shame, you have to strengthen Wei!"

"We can't let Your Majesty succumb to this banner of Soochow for the rest of your life!"

The Golden Dragon Battle Flag of Eastern Wu in front of the newly built palace also reminded the Great Wei officials who came in and out every day that the Eastern Wu was powerful.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the entire Luoyang City is still shrouded in tension, but this tense atmosphere has made the Great Wei Dynasty unite as one, and even the operation of the government is three points faster than in the past.

After Cao Cao dispersed the dynasty. Because of a headache and illness, he immediately spread Hua Tuo to see it in the temple.

"Your Majesty, I said it, your headache soldiers can't be too tired!" Cao Cao lay on the soft collapse, and Hua Tuo carefully used incense to set off Cao Cao's temples to relieve his pain. I couldn't help but persuade in a low voice.

"Huh!"

Cao Cao closed his eyes and smiled: "I am a person in the court, and I can't help myself, how can I cultivate well in the current situation, and I am helpless!" ”

"Your Majesty, your body is important!" Hua Tuo sighed.

"I have my own measure!" Cao Cao said.

"Your Majesty, your headache is mainly in cultivation, if you work too hard. It will continue to deteriorate, and I'm afraid I'll have to go under the knife at that time! Hua Tuo said in a low voice.

"I can't fall now!"

Cao Cao opened his eyes and looked at Hua Tuo: "How many years can you press?" ”

"I can't say!" Hua Tuo shook his head: "But according to your situation, there is absolutely no problem in three or five years, but within ten years, I can't guarantee it!" ”

"Go down, I want to be quiet!" Cao Cao's fists clenched slightly.

"No!"

Hua Tuo packed his suitcase and walked out of the main hall.

Cao Cao rested for a while on the soft collapse. only then did he get up, under the clothes of the great eunuch Cao Leng. Tidy up the robes, and then sit at the desk to deal with government affairs.

"Wenyuan's battle in Youzhou fought well, Ma Chao was in the west, suppressed a force, and Lejin went north, and Cao Xing Pangtong's soldiers and horses couldn't go back. There's only one Thistle City left! ”

Cao Cao was always worried about the situation in the Great Wei, and if he couldn't rest assured, he would naturally not cultivate well, so it was better to continue to deal with government affairs.

The battle of Youzhou. Cao Wei has also been preparing for a long time.

Preparations have been underway since last year, from logistics, to Xu Huang's secret northward march to the north, and finally this campaign began in an unexpected period of time for the Wu army.

All the movements seemed to burst out of obscurity, and then there was a vigorous battle, as fast as lightning, in order not to let Dongwu have the slightest preparation.

Now it seems that the initial results are very good.

In this battle, they were caught off guard by Dongwu, as long as they worked harder, with the current situation, Zhang Liao and they had an advantage, and it should not be very difficult to take Youzhou.

After all, in the northern frontier, as long as the Wild Lion Legion is stopped, even if Dongwu wants to increase troops from the mainland, it will be too late.

"Youzhou?"

Cao Cao held the book in his right hand, put his left hand on the bookcase, and gently moved his index finger, a very rhythmic melody, which made him fall into thought: "You have to decide on the northern frontier, this is an opportunity!" ”

For Eastern Wu, Youzhou is just a territory hanging outside, but for Cao Wei, it is of great significance.

Because of Youzhou, Cao Wei had to press his heavy troops to the north.

Once Youzhou is captured in this battle, then the entire situation of Cao Wei will jump out of the encirclement of Eastern Wu directly, and then he can fully mobilize troops to fight in the south, and the advantages and disadvantages between him and Eastern Wu will be wiped out.

"But will Sun Zhongmou give up Youzhou so easily? But where is their hind hand? ”

Cao Cao was still a little worried in his heart.

Eastern Wu will not give up Youzhou so easily, but it seems that reinforcements are too late, so there is only one way left, and that is to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Wai where?

Wudu?

Nanyang?

Jiujiang?

Or Tarzan?

Cao Cao thought about it, but there was no result in his heart, and Sun Zhongmou's mind became deeper and more elusive.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Prime Minister Xun Cheng and Lord Chen Qun ask to see you!"

Dian Wei, the head of the guards outside the main hall, had a super loud voice, and made a wild sound, which came in wave after wave from outside the main hall.

"Xuan!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he raised his head slightly, and his eyes suddenly became a little solemn, and at this time, several people suddenly came together, which made him a little uneasy.

"Xuan!"

Cao Leng, the great eunuch standing beside Cao Cao, repeated Cao Cao's voice, and the sharp voice was transmitted like thunder.

Not for a while. The three people outside the main hall came together.

"Erchen (minister) greets Your Majesty!"

The three of them stood in front of Cao Cao's bookcase, bowed down to Cao Cao's tall body, and saluted respectfully.

"Flat!"

Cao Cao raised his head, his gaze fell on the three of them, and his expression was a little strange: "The early dynasty has passed, and you will not return to the government office to deal with official business." Now that we are all here, there must be something important to report! ”

"Your Majesty, I don't know if you have looked at the previous **** Prime Minister's Mansion report?" Prime Minister Xun Yu's face sank like ice water, he took a step forward and asked.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion?"

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes shrank slightly, flipped through his bookcase, and pulled out a few books pressed underneath, and smiled a little. Said: "These days, I have been paying attention to the war report from the northern Xinjiang, so I have neglected the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, is it a big deal?" ”

What he's been paying attention to these days is the Northern Frontier Campaign.

I put all my attention on the battle of Youzhou, so for other things, I was somewhat delayed.

"Your Majesty, please look!"

Xun Yu took out a book from his long sleeves again, and then submitted it: "Weichen is derelict in his duties." Failed to report this matter to His Majesty in a timely manner, nor did he fail to remind His Majesty to pay attention to it as soon as possible. Sin deserves death! ”

"What is it about me that makes you so nervous?"

Cao Cao's heart sank slightly, squinted his eyes, and then spread out the books pressed under the bookcase, looking at them one after another, his face became more and more ugly.

At last. When he saw the recital that Xun Yu had just presented, he was even more furious, and his eyes were a little red: "Why did you only report such a big matter now?" ”

Economic war, see another economic war.

The sense of powerlessness of Jizhou's economic war back then. It seems to reappear in Cao Cao's heart again.

He would rather have a bloody battle with Soochow than start a battle without gunpowder with Soochow in an unfamiliar field.

After all, this aspect has always been Cao Wei's weakness.

Because they are not familiar with it, it is difficult for them to grasp the battle situation, and the odds of victory have become relatively small.

"Father, after all, this incident happened in Yuzhou, the land of Yuzhou, it has always been peaceful, there are few battles, even if Lu Bu Taishi Ci joins forces to break through Xudu, the casualties are not large, so we are a little relaxed, and we have only started to pay attention to it in the past few days!"

Cao Ang said with a wry smile: "And this time, Dongwu made the pre-war preparations more secretive, and even used the dispute in Runan to open up the history of the full favor assassination, which caused us to be unable to suppress this situation at the first time, and now they have disrupted the market and have dragged many powerful families in Yuzhou in!" ”

During this time, the military focus of the court was in northern Xinjiang, and the focus of government affairs was in Guanzhong and Xiliang, and the Prime Minister's Mansion had been to straighten out Guanzhong and pacify the Liangzhou Rebellion.

Moreover, under the hindsight of the Yuzhou Assassin's Mansion, this battle had almost broken out for more than ten days before the news arrived in Luoyang City.

One step is slow, and the step cannot keep up.

That's why this situation has emerged now.

"Chen Qun, you personally led the merchants to fight the battle of Jizhou back then, although the defeat was still glorious, but now that the old tricks of Dongwu are repeated, you didn't find it at all, I am very disappointed!"

Cao Cao stared at Chen Qun coldly.

Chen Qun is a young minister he values very much, and he is the courtier he will train for Cao Ang in the future, and he has always been very reassuring, but this matter has made him a little 100,000.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is at fault, please punish Your Majesty!"

Chen Qun knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Don't talk to me now, what I want is to solve the problem!"

Cao Cao knocked down the book on the bookcase with one hand, swept his eyes over a few people, and said coldly: "Yuzhou is the granary of our Great Wei, comparable to the land of Guanzhong, and more than half of the logistics of the Northern Xinjiang Campaign came from Yuzhou, and now the Northern Xinjiang Campaign has reached a critical situation, so Yuzhou must not be chaotic!" ”

He didn't expect that Dongwu would actually give them a heavy blow in Yuzhou at this time.

Sure enough, it was Sun Zhongmou, who didn't suffer at all.

"Your Majesty, at present, the full pet has controlled a certain situation, although we have not been able to resume the trading of the market, but we still have a chance to recover!" Xun Yu said.

"Not necessarily!"

Cao Cao shook his head, his eyes were deep, and he said coldly: "I look horizontally and vertically. This is just the beginning, if Soochow is interested in launching this economic campaign, they will definitely have a backhand, and they will not let us suppress their offensive so simply, just like the battle of Jizhou back then, when we thought it was over. They only made a backhand blow, causing heavy economic casualties in Yecheng, causing us to be unable to move the capital! ”

"It's possible!"

When Cao Ang heard this, his face was solemn: "Father, the son of the emperor invited the battle, personally presided over this battle, we have a geographical advantage, and when it comes to the power of merchants, we are not weak." In recent years, the merchants of Jizhou and Yanzhou have developed rapidly, as long as they gather their strength, there will be a war ability, if we can leave the materials and funds of Soochow, maybe we can make up for the loss of Yuzhou! ”

"Do you have confidence?" Cao Cao looked at his eldest son and asked.

"Erchen do his best!"

Cao Ang smiled slightly bitterly, starting a war in what Dongwu was best at, and how much confidence he could have in his heart was fake.

If it weren't for the fact that he had attracted a lot of businessmen over the years. He didn't even have the courage to engage in battle.

"Report, Your Majesty. Tai Lieutenant Guo Jia and Ghost Pawn Commander Guo Jia ask to meet! ”

At this time, Dian Wei's big voice outside the hall sounded again.

"Xuan!"

Cao Cao frowned slightly, his eyes were a little cold, he was really here today.

"Xuan!"

The voice of the great eunuch Cao Leng was transmitted again.

"Minister Guo Jia (Jia Xu) see Your Majesty!"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu walked in together from outside the main hall, and then bowed to Cao Cao, but the faces of the two did not look very good, and there was some sadness between the haggard.

"Bong Filial Piety. Is there something important to convene to meet me like this? Cao Cao asked in a harmonious voice.

"Your Majesty, this is a battle report from Qingzhou!" Guo Jia stepped forward and presented a battle report with both hands.

"Qingzhou?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and took the defeat. looked at it, and his eyes were slightly cold: "It's started?" Hehe, it turns out that the battle that Dongwu has been preparing is here, but unfortunately, they have been a step too slow, if it had broken out a month earlier, they would have been able to suppress our Youzhou offensive if they didn't listen! ”

When they formulated the Youzhou strategy, they actually felt that Dongwu should have some preparations, but they didn't guess where the killer feature of Dongwu's preparation was?

Cao Cao himself did not expect that Eastern Wu was preparing a battle in Qingzhou, intending to balance the battle of Youzhou and force them to retreat.

But now Cao Wei has taken Youzhou first.

On the contrary, the battle prepared by Eastern Wu in Qingzhou lost its original deterrent power, which was a month's first mover advantage for the Great Wei Dynasty.

One step down, one step at a time.

This is the situation that Soochow is facing today.

"Your Majesty, if it's just that, it's not enough, the Battle of Qingzhou, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, as long as we win in Youzhou, we can redeem it, but our ghost pawns have received the news that the Eastern Wu side has already intended to raise troops to attack my Great Wei in the north!"

Jia Xu said with a report.

"Northern Expedition?"

Cao Cao's eyes burst into a cold light: "Make it clear!" ”

"Dongwu has now dispatched Pan Feng, the head of the Military Aircraft Pavilion, as the commander, and Lu Bu and Zhao Yun as the deputy generals, tilting the Flying Tiger Legion and the Central Legion, hundreds of thousands of troops of the two major legions, with the intention of taking Jiujiang and Nanyang as the direction and attacking the land of Yuyan in the north!"

Jia Xu said word by word, his voice made the temperature of the entire hall drop a lot, and Xun Yu and Cao Ang were even more dumbfounded.

"What?"

"Northern Expedition Yuyan?"

Everyone's eyes widened, and their hearts were shocked, and even Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned,

"It can't be!"

Xun Yu gritted his teeth and said: "Dongwu has not fully recovered, and their Youzhou is now even more precarious, and Qingzhou has also fallen into a war, how can they still be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to fight?" ”

A battle is not just a matter of soldiers, but also needs the support of national strength.

It is undeniable that the national strength of Eastern Wu has always been above Cao Wei, but the defeat-losing battles of the previous year exhausted the two dynasties.

That's why there was a three-year covenant.

In the past three years, it is understandable to fight local battles, but what will Soochow use to fight in today's large-scale war?

"Your Majesty, this military situation has been verified many times by my ghost, and there is no mistake, Pan Feng has sworn north on the outskirts of Jinling City. Zhao Yun also personally went north to Xiaoyaojin, and Lu Bu even mobilized all the soldiers and horses of the Flying Tiger Legion to go north to Nanyang! ”

Jia Xu's face was solemn, and he said with certainty: "They didn't prepare at all, they pulled up their troops and horses and started fighting, and within three or five days at most, the battle would start!" ”

"Bong Filial Piety. What do you think? ”

Cao Cao's face was gloomy and uncertain, and his eyes were gloomy and cold.

Soochow reacted so aggressively that he became a little caught off guard.

He wanted to fight a local battle, but Dongwu now gave him a full-scale battle, with Cao Wei's current situation, he was not afraid of fighting, but he couldn't afford to fight.

"Your Majesty, Dongwu sees that Youzhou can't stop it, and they want to fight hard. Desperately trying! ”

Guo Jia took a step forward, arched his hands, and said calmly: "I believe that at this moment, they have not recovered their strength, and their national strength is even weaker, and they forcibly opened the battle between Jiujiang and Nanyang, in order to fight with us and see who can't hold it first?" ”

"If you can't hold any of them. I'm afraid it's not a loss! Jia Xu added.

"It's the gain or loss of the entire Kanto, right?"

Cao Cao gasped and took a breath of cold air. This is not a local battle, this is a decisive battle, he started a local battle, and Soochow did give him a decisive battle.

The success or failure of this battle will determine the victory or loss of the entire Kanto region.

The so-called Kanto, Yuzhou. Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou are all shrouded in it.

And now, the arrow is above the bowstring. Had to send.

"I don't seem to have a choice now!"

Cao Cao stood up, with a fearless spirit on his body, and all his worries turned into an indomitable spirit: "Since Dongwu wants to fight, I will accompany them to fight!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen please fight!" Guo Jia arched his hand and said.

"Good!"

Cao Cao nodded, looking at Guo Jia: "You personally preside over this battle, I can be relieved." ”

"Your Majesty, do we need to mobilize the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong?"

"It's not that I don't want to move, it's that I can't!"

Cao Cao said coldly: "At this time, it is estimated that the Bashu Legion and the War Elephant Legion in Shu have been pressed up, whether Pang De and Sima Yi can resist is still between the two, if you want to mobilize them, it is impossible, the only reinforcement is Li Dian's right guard, and Cao Chun's tiger and leopard horse!" ”

"Your Majesty, once these 100,000 soldiers and horses leave Kyoto, won't Ruoyang be empty again?" Xun Yu said in a low voice.

"At this moment, don't say that Luoyang is empty, Guanzhong is empty, and he is not hesitating!"

Cao Cao put his hands on his back, walked out of the bookcase, stood on the windowsill, and looked at the light of the rising sun in the distance: "We have fought with Dongwu for so many years, and it is time for a decisive battle. ”

"We will do whatever it takes, we will win this battle for the Great Wei!" The crowd bowed their heads, showing their impatience and resolute faith.

"Cao Zixiu!"

"Erchen is here!" Cao Ang stepped forward and stood by.

"Whether you can shoulder the rivers and mountains of the Great Wei depends on whether you can make the tens of millions of people of the Great Wei trust, this battle I let you take command, Guo Jia assists, leading the tiger and leopard cavalry, the right Xiaowei, the right tiger guard, the left Yang guard, the right Yang guard, 300,000 soldiers and horses, with Yuzhou as the center, Nanyang and Jiujiang as the battlefield, against Pan Feng's battle to the north!"

Cao Cao stared at the heroic eldest son: "Can you have confidence? ”

He felt more and more that his body was inadequate, so he couldn't wait to cultivate his eldest son, which was not like Xiliang, with a battle, it was related to the future of the Great Wei River, and it would inevitably be a river of blood.

Cao Ang can only grow up if he experiences it himself.

"Father, the sons are willing to take Yuzhou with their bodies, the sons will not die, Yuzhou will not be lost, the sons will not die, and the Great Wei will not be defeated!" Cao Ang's words are strengthening his confidence and Cao Cao's confidence.

"Good!"

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Hahaha, my son should have this momentum, success or failure in this battle, I will shoulder the rivers and mountains of Great Wei on your shoulders, don't let me down, and don't let the tens of millions of people of Great Wei be disappointed!" ”

"The retainers obey!"

Cao Ang felt an invisible pressure that made him breathless, but as the prince of Great Wei, he had to have the courage to bear it.

"Fengxiao, I'm afraid that the north and Qingzhou are already unreliable, whether Zhang Liao can take Youzhou is still an unknown number, and whether Cai Mao can block the Wu army's soldiers is also a good number, so the success or failure of the south depends on yourself!"

Cao Cao patted Guo Jia on the shoulder: "With you by Zixiu's side, I can rest assured, I give you a promise, as long as the front line has not been defeated, even if I smash the pot and sell iron, I will not let you cut off the logistics food, he Sun Zhongmou can grit his teeth and come to fight to the death with me, and I Cao Mengde can fight to the death at all costs!" ”

"Wechen will never live up to His Majesty's trust!"

Guo Jia arched his hands and bowed his body, taking over this sacred task.

"Xun Yu!"

"In!"

"I want food, I want food at any cost, how much, how much, at this time, if anyone drags me back, there will be no mercy, no one is an exception!" Cao Cao said word by word.

"Wechen understands!"

Xun Yu trembled, he knew that Cao Cao was going to make a move to the families in various places, because there were so many soldiers and horses mobilized, even if the court smashed the pot and sold iron, it could not maintain the logistics.

Now I can only do what I can do with these fat sheep that have gradually matured. (To be continued.) )

PS: Two more in one, 6,000 words in one!