Chapter 384: Jingzhou
A family banquet ended in an inhaled atmosphere, for Du Chen, seeing Guo Jia in the continuous growth, he naturally felt very happy as a good friend, you know, the ghost Guo Jia is the most admired person by Du Chen, Cao Cao has achieved great achievements with the help of Guo Jia, it is definitely obvious to all, so Du Chen naturally does not want the ghost Guo Jia to sink, he hopes that Guo Jia can be worthy of the name of the ghost talent,
With Guo Jia's return to Xuchang, Cao Jun fell silent again, after solving Ma Teng so easily, the princes of the world suddenly knew that even though Cao Jun's tiger had fallen asleep, but he still had the ability to hurt people, if he wanted to hurt people, there was really no one in the world to defend the lord, when the news spread throughout the world, Liu Biao of Jingzhou was obviously very worried, Cao Jun's growing strength brought a lot of pressure to Liu Biao, Liu Biao knew that Cao Jun's next goal must be undoubtedly himself, after all, He occupies the richest state and county in the world,
Jingzhou, not only the geographical location is superior, but also very rich, Jingzhou is the axis of the Han Dynasty, occupy Jingzhou, then the Cao army can really do the advance can be attacked, retreated and defended, with Jingzhou as a springboard, the east can take Wu Yue, the west can attack Bashu,
In the past, with the threat of the Yuan clan in Hebei, coupled with the strength of Jingzhou itself, although the Cao army coveted the land of Jingzhou, but did not have the courage to raise troops to invade Jingzhou, after all, the hundreds of thousands of armored divisions in Jingzhou were not a joke.
Now, the Cao army defeated the Yuan clan and occupied Hebei, and in an instant, the Cao army had a qualitative leap in strength and strength, and the Cao army did not care about it at the beginning. Now that he has become his biggest enemy, for such a strong enemy, it is absolutely impossible to deal with it carelessly.
He does have some strength to occupy Jingzhou, but his soldiers are obviously not the opponents of Cao Jun's tiger and wolf army. Cao Jun's combat effectiveness is known to everyone in the world, and Du Chen, a world-famous strategist, is obviously very difficult to defeat Cao Cao.
In any case, Liu Biao obviously will not sit still, although he is just a literati, although he has no ambitions, but this does not mean that he will be slaughtered. Although Cao Jun's combat effectiveness is strong, the only flaw is that Cao Jun's subordinates are all northerners and are not good at water warfare.
And this is obviously the advantage of Jingzhou soldiers, although Jingzhou may not be able to withstand the crazy attack of the Cao army, but the Jingnan generation is south of the Yangtze River, as long as they guard the natural danger. Even though Cao Jun was strong in combat, he still didn't have anything to do.
Before the battle, Liu Biao thought about retreating, this is obviously a problem, as the so-called generals are a nest of soldiers, and a lord has no idea of competing with Cao Jun, how to ask the soldiers to fight to the death for him. It can be said that before the battle began, Liu Biao lost.
However, this is also a helpless move. Liu Biao's occupation of Jingzhou seems to be very beautiful, but if you really talk about it, Liu Biao is just half a puppet, in Jingzhou, what is really said is the wealthy family in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao is just their spokesperson.
The reason why Liu Biao was able to occupy Youzhou was also because of the help of the family, if there was no help from Cai, the largest scholar in Jingzhou, how could he be able to take up the position of Jingzhou Mu safely, it can be said that without Cai, there would be no Liu Biao today,
The Cai family is a famous family in Jingzhou, among the many families in Jingzhou, the Cai family can be said to be outstanding, steadily occupying the name of the first scholar family in Jingzhou, the reason for this, and the current patriarch of the Cai family, Cai Mao, has an inseparable connection.
As we all know, Cai Mao is the younger brother of Xiao Cai's family of Liu's cousin, so the more common idea is that Cai Mao relied on nepotism to ascend to the position of governor of Jingxiang, but in fact, it is not. Cai Maozhi's ability to become the governor of Jingxiang is inextricably linked to his own ability.
Not to mention anything else, just from the few years that Cai Mao was the governor of Jingzhou, we can know that when Cai Mao was the governor, the country was rich and the people were safe, and Jingzhou's economic development was among the best in the country, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan could not seize Jingzhou. Jiangdong Zhou Lang is not a vegetarian, Zhou Lang's first step in the world is to take Jingzhou, a major land of money and grain, a military important land.
Moreover, when Liu Bei defected to Liu Biao, Cai Mao saw the essence of Liu Bei at a glance, in his opinion, Liu Bei has two points that are not worth taking in, one is that Liu Bei is disloyal, and he has changed hands several times, and he cannot be taken in, and the second is that Liu Bei is ambitious, he will not send people under the fence, and he cannot work with him, and the second point is very insightful, Liu Bei is a hero of the first generation, with great ambitions, and he will indeed not send people under the fence.
It can be seen that Cai Mao is not only capable, but also very insightful, but Liu Biao obviously does not trust Cai Mao very much, after all, Cai Mao has the suspicion of high merit, firstly, the Cai family is too powerful, which makes Liu Biao feel very uneasy, and secondly, Cai Mao's table Xiàn also makes him have a lot of vassals around him, and this also makes Cai Mao's power become more and more powerful, in the face of such a subordinate, anyone will have a headache,
Liu Biao not only has to worry about when Cao Jun will attack, but also has to worry about whether Cai Mao has the intention of rebellion, if Cai Mao has the intention of rebellion, whether he has the ability to resist, this qiē makes Liu Biao have a headache, which also makes Liu Biao feel very helpless.
For Liu Bei, Liu Biao naturally knew that this was a wild wolf, and it was definitely an unwise choice to take him in, but for Liu Biao, Liu Bei could also become a means to restrain Cai Mao, after all, in Jingzhou, he had no ability to restrain Cai Mao.
The phenomenon of Cai Mao's dominance in the entire Jingzhou is obviously not good, if he can use Liu Bei's power to restrain Cai Mao, Liu Biao will be able to do it, but it is a troublesome thing, Cai Mao wants to kill Liu Bei Liu Biao is very clear, and he can just take advantage of this contradiction to let the two of them attack each other and consume their strength.
Liu Biao has been a puppet for so long, and he has never had any hope of getting rid of it, and now Liu Bei's appearance has made Liu Biao see this glimmer of hope, so he naturally will not deal with Liu Bei lightly, nor will he let Cai Mao succeed, if Liu Bei is really dead, then who in Jingzhou can compete with Cai Mao,
Although Cai Mao is an important general under his command, he is also the patriarch of a family, for the family. What they value most is interests, as long as there are interests, they will easily betray their promises, and this qiē is for the prosperity of the family.
As the patriarch of the Shi clan. Cai Mao obviously can't avoid such a cliché thing, so if the Cao army really attacks in the future, and the Cai family makes money to join Cao Jun for their own interests, Cai Mao will inevitably switch to Cao Cao.
Cai Mao's subordinates ruled most of the soldiers in Jingzhou, and if Cai Mao really switched to Cao's army, Liu Biao obviously had no means to resist, so he took precautions. Before this happens, it's best to think about your own way out, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't know how I died.
In this era, every prince is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and if you look down on any prince, you will die without a place to bury. Liu Biao obviously has a deep understanding of this. In the eyes of others, he is just a puppet, but who knows that he has so many ulterior secrets hidden in his heart.
Rubbing his forehead, Liu Biao slowly stood up, Cao Jun's matter brought a lot of pressure to himself, but it was also his own opportunity, if he could grasp this opportunity. I will really be able to turn over in the future, thinking of this, Liu Biao showed a smile,
Unlike Liu Biao, Liu Bei has not seen a smile for a long time, during this time, Liu Bei's expression is full of helplessness and sorrow, for the results achieved by Cao Jun, Liu Bei obviously has no way to treat it with a normal heart,
Thinking back to the time since the crusade against the Yellow Turban, he has been wandering among various forces, and he is not stable, and the heavens seem to be against him, as long as he settles down, the situation will happen soon.
Now he has finally settled down in Xinye, but I am afraid that it will not be long before Xinye will obviously be in the midst of war, and this kind of war is obviously not something that Liu Bei's troops can resist, because he knows that Xinye will definitely become the first front to resist Cao's army.
Although this is a front, but only himself is guarding this front, although Liu Biao calls himself a brother, but at a critical moment, he will obviously give up himself without hesitation, the reality is so cruel, so that Liu Bei has no room for resistance,
For Liu Bei, although he continues to expand his military strength, but with the small place of Xinye to resist the offensive of the Cao army, it is obvious that there are some cannibalistic dreams, Cao Jun has an army of more than 100,000 troops, and he is not even a fraction of others.
There are indeed many battles in the world where the weak defeat the strong, but Liu Bei doesn't think he has that ability, after all, there are still many strategists under Cao Jun's command, especially Taiwei Du Chen, who is not a person who can deal with lightly.
In Du Chen's body, Liu Bei has suffered a lot of losses, so for Du Chen, Liu Bei will always have a faint fear in his heart, he is very afraid to fight Du Chen, because he can't afford to lose a huge failure.
But these are obviously Liu Bei's wishful thinking, as long as Cao Jun fights, then Du Chen will definitely come to attack him in person, after all, the hatred that Cao Jun and himself only see is obvious, Du Chen wants to put himself to death more than once,
"Alas~~" There was a long sigh, Liu Bei suddenly felt that his future was very dark, obviously, he didn't know where his future was, and he didn't know whether he could turn the danger into a disaster in such an unfavorable situation.
Time is quietly only seen to pass a lot, with the passage of time, the strength of the Cao army is gradually recovering and growing, these days, the Cao army is recuperating, after occupying Hebei, the growth rate of the Cao army is obviously not comparable to other princes,
Throughout the world, there are wars everywhere, compared with other places, Cao Jun's land is absolutely safe, and it is for this reason that Cao Jun's land has become the first choice for many people who have fled, and it is for this reason that Cao Jun's strength is constantly growing.
As far as troubled times are concerned, the people are a very important and scarce resource, with the people, there are people to grow food, with the people, to be able to recruit soldiers, the reason why the major princes captured the city is not for the resources in the city,
If this is an empty city, if there is no one in this state and county, I am afraid that no one in the princes of the world will be interested in such a place, so the more people. The richer and richer this place is, the richer it is, the more it will naturally attract the prying eyes of others.
Cao Jun's land is getting richer and richer, but no one dares to fight Cao Jun's idea, let alone now. Even in the past, the major princes still did not have the ability to deal with Cao Jun alone, and there were many princes who dealt with Cao Jun, but what kind of fate they all ended up with, everyone in the world must know,
However, for the problem of Cao Jun, most of the princes chose to hang up on their own business, after all, this is a troubled time, and there are only eternal interests. And without eternal friendship, in the face of interests, friendship will become pale and powerless, after all, no one knows whether the friends who used to talk to them very happily will give themselves a fatal knife.
Such things are very common in troubled times, not to mention far away, let's talk about Ma Teng and Han Sui at the beginning. The two are sworn brothers, and the relationship can be described as unbreakable. But it was such a seemingly unbreakable relationship, but Han Sui gave him a knife in Ma Teng's back,
This knife almost killed Ma Teng, and if it weren't for Cao Jun's help, Ma Teng would have become a bandit and plundered the township. or perish, there is no room for maneuver, so in the troubled times, you can only believe in yourself,
Cao Jun recuperated for so long. The purpose is to capture Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is coveted by other princes, although they are very coveted, but they obviously do not have the strength to attack Jingzhou, so when everyone knew that Cao Jun was about to capture Jingzhou, the major princes had some schadenfreude thoughts,
The wealth of Jingzhou makes the princes of the world very greedy, and it is precisely because of this greed that the princes of the world are very jealous, since there is jealousy, the princes of the world naturally do not want Liu Biao to continue so smoothly, although the Sun family has been making trouble for Liu Biao in the past, but the threat of the Sun family is just a small fight for Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and there is no threat to Liu Biao's rule at all.
But the Cao army is absolutely different, the threat brought by the Cao army is absolutely deadly, think about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who can fight well in the Cao army, it is not easy to resist, although Liu Biao in Jingzhou is rich and has many generals, but compared with the Cao army, it is still slightly insufficient.
With the passage of time, the news that the Cao army was preparing to attack Jingzhou became more and more popular, and as such news continued to come out, the people of Jingzhou naturally began to feel uneasy, and the strength of the Cao army had already penetrated into the hearts of the people of Jingzhou.
As the rumors become more and more true, Cao Jun's actions are obviously proving to the world that this is not just a rumor, Cao Jun is really planning to capture Jingzhou, because now Cao Jun is deploying troops, and the main army of Cao Jun has been assembled and standby.
It can be said that Cao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops are all on standby, as long as Cao Cao gives an order, hundreds of thousands of troops will rush into Jingzhou, Cao Jun's move makes the people of Jingzhou who are already in anxiety even more uneasy, not only the people of Jingzhou feel very uneasy, the soldiers of Jingzhou are obviously also very uneasy,
In the face of the invincible Cao army soldiers in the world, before the Cao army generals, they felt the strong breath of the Cao army, the pressure on the Cao army is unprecedented, after all, the hundreds of thousands of Cao soldiers are not given in vain, they are not only well-equipped, but also very strong in combat,
Whether it is the news or Cao Jun's actions, all of them prove that Cao Jun's preparation to attack Jingzhou is indeed true, and people say that they are not intended, but today's Cao Jun is obviously doing the opposite, Cao Jun's expression proves that I just want to attack you openly, what can you do,
For Cao Jun's domineering, Liu Biao said that he was helpless, Cao Jun blatantly made the move to prepare to attack Jingzhou, which obviously made Liu Biao both worried and relieved, worried that Cao Jun's offensive was strong, and whether he had the ability to hold Jingzhou was obviously a problem, relieved that he no longer had to prepare for the Cao army's attack, now as long as he did a good job of protection,
With Cao Jun's move, Jingzhou Group quickly responded to this, Cai Mao urgently mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers to hoard several important border cities in Jingzhou, for Cao Jun's attack, Jingzhou Group showed great attention,
If you don't pay attention to it, everyone in Jingzhou's scholars has already quarreled, but this is obviously a situation that Liu Biao is happy to see, with the support of so many scholars, Liu Biao is obviously more confident in defeating Cao Jun, after all, with so much family support, he will not worry about soldiers and grain and grass,
For the confrontation between Cao Jun and Liu Biao. All the princes of the world focused their attention on this, Cao Jun recuperated for a long time, the purpose was to conquer Jingzhou, and now Cao Jun really began to prepare to capture Jingzhou, this is definitely an extremely difficult battle,
Jingzhou Liu Biao is a little weak. However, Jingzhou has a lot of soldiers and a wide range of food, and the governor Cai Mao is a rare talent, so the battle between Cao Jun and Jingzhou Army can definitely be regarded as a dragon and tiger fight, and it can be said that the tragic Cheng dù of the Battle of Jingzhou is definitely no less than the Battle of Guandu between Cao Jun and Yuan Jun that year.
However, to the surprise of all the princes of the world, after Cao Jun hoarded the army on the border, there was no movement. Although among the people, the rumors that the Cao army was going to attack Jingzhou intensified, but the Cao army obviously did not have any attack movements.
For Cao Jun's move, all the princes in the world were very surprised, Cao Jun did so many things, but there was no movement at the most important moment, which is obviously very abnormal. Could it be that this is Cao Jun's concealment, and the princes of the world have speculated.
For the speculation of the princes of the world, Du Chen obviously laughed over, and for Guo Jia, he had to give Du Chen a thumbs up in admiration, saying that the soldiers were treacherous, and Si Lang really did this.
In Guo Jia's view, Si Lang really planned to do something to the Jingzhou Group, and Cao Jun had recuperated over the years, which had made Cao Jun ready for a big war. So not only himself, Cao Jun firmly believed that Du Chen was ready to do it,
But Du Chen's next order surprised everyone, when the Cao army's army resisted the garrison, Du Chen gave an order, let all the army be stationed on standby, without getting the military order, no one was allowed to move,
For this order, the general of the Cao army, who had already sharpened his sword, was choked by Du Chen for a while, and at first, the generals did not care, because they knew that the so-called famous teacher, Lord Taiwei must be concerned about reputation, so they hoped to find a reasonable reason to launch an offensive later.
But to the surprise of the generals, after waiting for so long, Du Chen did not order an attack, for a long time, Du Chen's only order was to let the generals train well, at this time, the generals were obviously very puzzled, they obviously didn't know what Du Chen had summoned himself all the way to.
But if you can't get a military order, no one dares to move, and the army is stationed here, so you can only conduct attack drills, which makes the generals of Cao's army feel helpless.
Among Cao Jun, most of the people don't know what Du Chen wants to do, but this doesn't mean that no one knows, at first, Guo Jia really couldn't guess what Du Chen thought, but now Guo Jia finally guessed what Du Chen did this for.
As the so-called army is plotting, it has not yet been fought, but the sound has not yet arrived, and when Cao Jun has not made any moves, Du Chen has already ordered people to spread rumors that Cao Jun wants to attack Jingzhou, and as such rumors become more and more intense, this invisibly gives huge pressure to Jingzhou Group.
With the continuous hoarding of the Cao army, the pressure brought by the Cao army to Jingzhou is gradually amplified, the Cao army is famous, it can be seen from the past records, how strong the Cao army is, and now such a strong Cao army is eyeing you, will you not feel uneasy,
Since you are uneasy, you will definitely send your most powerful force to protect yourself, so that your uneasiness will gradually decrease, but the uneasiness is obviously not suppressed by suppression, the more you block, if it really bursts, the greater the danger.
The more Cao Jun did not attack, the more uneasy the Jingzhou Group became, because they didn't know what Cao Jun was planning to do, and they didn't know when Cao Jun's offensive would come, so Cao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops gave Jingzhou Group tremendous pressure.
In the face of such huge pressure, not to mention Liu Biao, even Guo Jia will obviously take great pains about this, Cao Jun has fully possessed the conditions to attack Jingzhou, when and how to attack is obviously the most concerned and attention.
The Cao army gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, which made the Jingzhou group focus all its attention on these hundreds of thousands of troops, if the Cao army really sent tens of thousands of soldiers to attack suddenly, the Jingzhou army was likely to be caught off guard by the Cao army.
This is the real trickery, people can't guess, can't figure it out, if you don't get Silang's point, it's obviously still bothering your brains.
I don't know what Cao Jun plans to do, there are obviously a lot of people, just like Liu Bei in Xinye, he is obviously worried about Cao Jun's actions, obviously, Liu Bei doesn't know at all what Cao Jun's actions are for. However, although he didn't know what the reason for Cao Jun's actions, Liu Bei obviously knew that if Cao Jun wanted to attack, Xinye, where he was stationed, would definitely be the primary target of Cao Jun's attack.
has known this result for a long time, and Liu Bei has also been working hard to accumulate strength. But when Liu Bei knew that Cao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops were assembled and on standby, Liu Bei's heart couldn't help but tremble, Cao Jun's combat effectiveness was really very strong, and it was not comparable to his nearly 10,000 people.
There are only nearly 10,000 people under his command, and compared with the strength of the Cao army, he is as weak as an ant, in the eyes of others. Cao Jun is a giant, and Liu Beijun is an insect that can be killed at any time.
In fact, if there is a choice, Liu Bei really doesn't want to fight with Cao Jun, and he doesn't have to fight with Cao Jun. At that time, the strength of himself and Cao Jun was almost the same, but in the end he was defeated by Cao Jun. If his command breaks through the siege, he will become a prisoner of Cao's army.
Therefore, Liu Bei has to understand the fighting ability of the Cao army better than other princes, not to mention fighting against the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Cao army, that is, fighting against the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Cao army. Liu Bei didn't have the confidence to win, after all, Cao Jun was not only strong in combat, but also had many resourceful strategists.
There are these godly counselors. It is obviously very difficult to defeat Cao Jun, so Liu Bei is very sad now, he doesn't know how he should relieve the pressure brought by Cao Jun to the soldiers.
Cao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops were like a boulder, pressing Liu Bei's chest, and fiercely pressing on the chests of the soldiers and people of Xinye City.
At this moment, Xinye City fell into a cold silence, no one knew when Cao Jun would attack, no one knew how sharp Cao Jun's attack would be, Xinye City was depressed, and the Taishou Mansion Council Hall was also quite silent, a dignified breath swept the entire Xinye, making a qiē activity become quiet, for this phenomenon in front of him, Liu Bei obviously did not have any way,
Looking at the silent conference hall, Liu Bei's expression was somewhat gloomy, and he didn't speak with a gloomy face, which made the already very depressed anger even more dignified, and for a while, the entire conference hall was filled with a depressing atmosphere.
Cao Jun is still in the future, so he has brought such a huge pressure to himself, not only himself, but even the meticulous second brother Guan Yu on weekdays is also full of dignified, Guan Yu used to be full of arrogance, but now, Guan Yu seems to put away his arrogance,
No way, Guan Yu's arrogance has been defeated by Cao Jun, Cao Jun not only defeated all the soldiers under Guan Yu's command, but also captured himself and let himself serve under Cao Jun for a long time, this is an indelible shame in his life, in the face of such a shame, how can Guan Yu still have arrogance at all,
"Lord, the more this time, the more our army can't be chaotic, and the offensive of the Cao army doesn't know when it will come, so now our army must be more vigilant." Xu Shu said in a deep voice, the atmosphere in Liu Jun is obviously a little sluggish now, so at this time, he can only speak as a military advisor.
Hearing Xu Shu speak, the depressed atmosphere in the chamber obviously changed a little, not as dull as just now, but obviously not much better, after all, anyone can say good things, but how to solve the problem, Cao Jun is still like a boulder pressing on everyone's chest,
"The military advisor is right, although the Cao army is menacing, but our army does not need to be afraid of the Cao army, I think I Liu Bei is also a person who has experienced a hundred battles, and the size of the battle has also experienced more than a dozen times, if you say cruelty, I Liu Bei has not seen any kind of cruel battle, is it because the Cao army is cowardly because the army of Cao is overwhelming?" Liu Bei stared at the people in the hall and said in a deep voice, although Liu Bei himself was also a little timid in his heart, but at this moment, he obviously couldn't show it.
Hearing Liu Biao say this, the atmosphere in the hall has obviously changed again, as the lord of Liu Bei's words are obviously better than Xu Shu's words, after his words, Liu Bei's generals have more or less morale, the lord said well, he has experienced so many battles big and small, but until now he has not been stolen, the lord is not afraid, and he has nothing to fear, so the lord is worth believing,
"The lord can rest assured, as long as my grandson is here, I will try my best to ensure that the city is not lost, the city is in the people, and the city is ruined." Sun Qian stood up when he heard this, his tone was calm, and his words were full of trust in himself and his lord,
Sun Qian is worthy of being his most trustworthy general, looking at Sun Qian in front of him, Liu Bei feels that he has nothing that he can't do, these days, but he has to rely on Gongyou to train soldiers, it is worth saying that Gongyou has not disappointed himself at all these days,
It can be said that in the entire Xinye, the most worthy of his trust is only Gongyou in front of him, Gongyou not only controls the most elite white-eared elite soldiers under his command, but also he has considerable prestige over the other soldiers under his command, it can be said that Sun Gan's influence on the soldiers under his command is no less than his own, even the second brother Guan Yu is obviously not as influential as Sun Gan,
It can be said that Sun Gan has a position above 10,000 people under Liu Bei, but what makes Liu Bei feel relieved is that Sun Gan's loyalty can be trusted, but then again, if Sun Gan is not worthy of Liu Bei's trust, how can he achieve this. (To be continued......)