Jingzhou, Wancheng.

As the gateway to Jingzhou, the importance of this Wancheng to Jingzhou can be imagined. However, this is only more important for Jingzhou, but it is not too important for other princes.

But today is different, the importance of this Wancheng today is definitely no worse than that of Jixian County, where Youzhou is located, for no other reason. It's just that today, among the only six remaining princes, four of them are all gathered in this Wancheng.

In addition to Liu Yao and Liu Zhang of Yizhou, Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Lu Bu of Yuzhou, Sun Ce of Jiangdong, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou, the last host, all four of them gathered in this small Wancheng.

As for the reason, it is naturally clear. Just three months ago, that is, in July of 199 AD, the general Liu Yao suddenly moved, and moved troops to the borders of Liangzhou, Sili, Qingzhou, and Jizhou. It's just that now, with the information he Cao Cao obtained, the number is no less than seven or eight hundred thousand, and I am afraid that it will not be long before this number will double again.

What does such a large-scale deployment of troops mean, which means that Liu Yao definitely has to have a big job, and it seems that Liu Yao wants the whole army to press, defeat their remaining princes in one fell swoop, and take the world.

Such a big deal, even he Cao Cao is afraid. He never thought that Liu Yao would actually play such a play. You must know that Liu Yao in his memory, although he is strong, what he is best at is to use tactics and achieve the greatest victory at the minimum cost.

But now it's not right, this Liu Yao has actually changed. is no longer using any conspiracy, but has begun to use yang conspiracy.

If it's a conspiracy, it's better to say, after all, these are things that can't be put on the table. He Cao Cao's subordinates are not without capable people, he Cao Cao himself is an outstanding military strategist, and he Cao Cao should be confident in this battle of wisdom.

But this conspiracy, that's purely unsolvable, I'm just using the number of people to pile you to death, see what you can do.

Although he has worked hard to run Yanzhou and Xuzhou in the past two years, the number of troops in his hands is about 500,000. There are also quite a few new recruits among them. Combined with the soldiers who have to be guarded everywhere, the maximum number of soldiers and horses that can be used is 400,000.

As for the soldiers and horses under Na Lu Bu, they are even worse than him Cao Cao, and at most he can take out 300,000 men and horses. With such strength, he faced Liu Yao with more than one million. Even two million soldiers and horses, even if they are the defenders and have the help of the city wall, it is a situation where there are more losses and fewer wins. Not to mention that the overall Suzhì of the Youzhou army is much higher than their soldiers and horses. That's not much of a chance to win.

So this time. He Cao Cao had no choice but to write three letters and sent them to Sun Ce, Liu Biao, and Liu Zhang. The three of them stated the stakes, which is nothing more than what is the benefit of the two, if it is scattered, sooner or later it will be eaten up by Liu Yao one by one. It is hoped that the three of them can send troops to join the alliance to resist Liu Yao together.

For Cao Cao's request, Sun Ce was the first to respond. I agreed without hesitation. As for Liu Zhang, he euphemistically excused himself on the grounds that he was ill, but a discerning person could see at a glance that Liu Zhang clearly didn't want to send troops, didn't want to participate in this matter, wanted to be a wallhead, and even waited for an opportunity to benefit himself.

I have to say that no matter who such a person is, he is the most annoying, and I believe that after this war, no matter who wins, then Liu Zhang will not have a good result.

As for the last Liu Biao, he was willing to participate in the alliance, but he put forward a small condition, that is, the place where the alliance was formed must be within the boundary of their Jingzhou.

After discussing this with Lu Bu, Cao Cao finally endured the unhappiness in his heart and agreed. After all, what Liu Biao said was also a big force, and at this time, it was better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

Therefore, they chose the place of this alliance in this Wancheng. I have to say that this Cao Cao is indeed bold enough, you must know that this Wancheng is bordering Si Li, which means that the four of Cao Cao will form an alliance to deal with him under his nose. At this time, if Liu Yao can't hold his breath and directly sends troops to call, then maybe something funny will happen.

However, he Cao Cao also has his Cao Cao's considerations, first, this Wancheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus so many of their troops are gathered here, it is almost impossible for Liu Yao to take Wancheng.

Second, he Cao Cao is not only guarding against him Liu Yao, but even this Liu Biao is also guarding against death.

He Cao Cao had already gotten the news before, so Liu Yao's subordinates and I, Guo Jia, had already visited that Liu Biao, maybe that Liu Biao had already formed an alliance with him Liu Yao, he Cao Cao was suspicious, and now it was a time of life and death, so naturally he could be more careful.

This Wancheng can be said to be the place where his Liu Biao's control is the weakest, and it borders Yuzhou, which is Lu Bu's territory, in case something happens, he Cao Cao is not worried about what will happen.

Wancheng, Taishoufu, at this time, early autumn, the hot summer has just passed, but the power of this autumn tiger should not be underestimated.

At this moment, there are more than a dozen people sitting in this Taishou Mansion, staring at each other with big eyes, but none of them spoke.

The four of them are naturally Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Sun Ce. Naturally, the four of them had no one and a few of their subordinates. Cao Cao was surrounded by Xu Zhu, Dian Wei, and Xun You, Lu Bu was followed by Chen Gong, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu, and Liu Biao was followed by Cai Mao, Wen Ping, and Kuai Yue. As for Sun Ce's side, it was clean, and he Zhou Yu was the only one to follow, but the two of them were already young and vigorous, and in front of so many people, they had no stage fright at all, in their words, the two of them were enough.

But now the atmosphere is a little weird. At this moment, Lu Bu was staring at Sun Ce with wide eyes, staring at Sun Ce, in the previous battle, he Lu Bu suffered a lot of losses in the hands of Sun Ce, although he also got back a little face later, but compared to that defeat, it was too insignificant.

As for that Sun Table, he didn't even look at him Lu Bu, he just stared at Liu Biao, and he shuddered when he saw it, even if that Liu Biao knew that he would be fine, but he was still so frightened that his hairs stood on end, after all, in the end, Sun Jian's death had more or less something to do with himself, and Sun Ce's hatred could not be faked.

"Ahem!" A cough broke the embarrassment, or the host's Liu Biao really couldn't stand Sun Ce's gaze, so he spoke first, but it was just nonsense. "This time, Caozhou Mu gathered the four of us here, I don't know what is important!"

Although this Cao Cao had already explained the matter, and several of them already knew what was going on, after all, he was still the initiator, so it was appropriate for him to say something.

"I don't want to say more nonsense, I believe everyone is already very clear, I, Cao Cao, I hope you can work together to fight against the great general Liu Yao." Cao Cao didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point.

He had already made it clear what was at stake in me, and I believe that on the way here, several princes had made a decision in their hearts, and they didn't need to think about it anymore, so he Cao Cao wanted to get an answer now.

"It's okay to form an alliance against Liu Yao, but how can you guarantee that others won't stab you in the back!" Sun Ce snorted coldly and said coldly, and at the same time, his eyes couldn't help but drift to Lu Bu and Liu Biao, it was obvious that the others in his mouth naturally referred to him Lu Bu and Liu Biao.

Cao Cao was also very depressed when he heard this, speaking of which, if the four of them here could work together wholeheartedly, this strength would definitely not be worse than that Liu Yao.

But helplessly, where there are people, there is a fight, and the four of them always have their own interests, even in Dadu, they may work together, which even he Cao Cao can't do, so this kind of strength is more or less worse than Liu Yao, who is above and below.

"Hmph, I, Lu Bu, ask myself if I am a man who stands up to the sky, how can I do such a dirty thing!" Lu Bu didn't look at Sun Ce, and responded angrily.

"Hehe, stand up to the sky, three family slaves!" The corners of Sun Ce's mouth twitched, he glanced at Lu Bu with disdain, and sneered.

"Bastard!" Suddenly, Lu Bu slapped the table next to him, and the table was torn apart, ending its life. The next moment, Lu Bu suddenly rose up and rushed towards Nasun Ce.

You must know that these three family slaves are the taboos in his Lu Bu taboo, and the most shameful thing about him Lu Bu in his life is that he was pitted by his first father-in-law Ding Yuan, and had to kill him.

"Bongxian, calm down, calm down! Big things are important, big things are important! Seeing this, Cao Cao and Chen Gong hurriedly rushed over, stopped Na Lu Bu, and kept dissuading him.

What are you kidding, if this really wants to make this Lu Bu and Sun Ce fight, the matter of this alliance will definitely be in vain, these two guys are both short-tempered, if they really do it, it will be a real fight with a real knife and a real gun, if any of them are injured, there will definitely be a big war at that time, and what will they use to fight against that Liu Yao at that time.

At this time, what is it if he Lu Bu is a little angry, it is better than leaving Sun Ce angry, there is less strength, and there is no way to deal with that Liu Yao at that time, but will be eaten by Liu Yao one by one. Therefore, at this time, he could only make a slight sacrifice for Lu Bu. (To be continued......)