The battle of Jingzhou was unexpectedly smooth, although the Cao army suffered more than 100,000 casualties in Wanxian, Xinye and Xiangyang City, but at the cost of 100,000 people, he was able to take the three richest counties of Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jiangxia in Jingzhou, Cao Cao was already very, very satisfied!

However, the so-called people's hearts are fickle, when Cao Cao took the essence of Jingzhou at a not too heavy price, Liu Bei did not have the strength to fight back for a while, which made Cao Cao have a delusion, it seems that Liu Bei is not vulnerable at all, and after he has a back road and support to take Jingzhou, it seems that there is still a battle in Qiaojun, Chen County, and Huainan, and Cao Cao suddenly had a different mind.

Cao Cao is not stupid, he naturally knows that the coalition army that confronts Fang Zhiwen and Yuan Shao head-on may not be able to handle it, but Fang Zhiwen and Yuan Shao are not close to each other, if they can seize the opportunity to destroy Yuan Shao's main force first, they may be able to make the battle of the Central Plains repeated.

Based on this idea, Cao Cao began to lay out the battle of Qian County, and ordered Fu Zhi to evacuate to Qian County as part of this plan, and to get out of the way to the north is exactly the necessity to induce Yuan Shao to go south to attack Qian County, and at the same time ordered the eastern front to defend to the death, trying to drag Yan Liang and Fang Zhiwen's troops by all means, as for Huang Xu and Xu Huang, it is basically impossible for them to participate in the attack on such a fortified city as Qian County.

As long as Fang Zhiwen is dragged down, Cao Cao will have the opportunity to have a tough encounter with Yuan Shao under the county, if Yuan Shao can be destroyed in a battle, then the battle situation in the entire Central Plains may be able to have new changes.

As soon as Cao Cao's order went, Xi Zhicai realized Cao Cao's thoughts, although he did not refute them face-to-face. But Xi Zhicai strongly opposed it in his heart, and the key to Cao Cao's plan was the misjudgment of Liu Bei. Liu Bei is not without combat power, Liu Bei's combat power should not be underestimated, and there are three factors why Cao Cao was able to win Jingzhou relatively easily.

One was Guan Yu's careless advance, which resulted in the destruction of the entire situation in Nanyang County, allowing Cao Cao to take Nanyang County without any cost; As for Xiangyang, it was because Cao Cao used a prop, presumably Cao Cao didn't have as many as he wanted about this kind of thing; Finally, Liu Bei's focus at that time was in Yizhou, compared with Jingzhou. Yizhou is the foundation of Liu Bei, so Liu Bei chose to give priority to protecting the interests of Yizhou, and did not dare to fight to the death with Cao Cao in Jingzhou, on the contrary, Liu Bei even took the initiative to give up Jiangxia.

However, now I heard that the Shu army has been assembled and deployed in Shangyong, Xicheng and Xiling, which shows that Liu Bei's problem in Shuzhong has been basically solved. If Cao Cao's military strength in Jingzhou was a little slackened at this time, maybe he would have to call Liu Bei back, and then Cao Cao would really die without a place to be buried.

After Cao Cao's military meeting ended, Xi Zhicai followed everyone away, and quickly turned back, and Cao Cao heard Xi Zhicai ask to see him. knew that he must have something to tell him, and he thought it was because of the battle of Qianxian that he had decided without discussion, which made Xi Zhi have a different opinion.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, did he need to go through the drama before he could do anything? Once there is a lack of drama, there will be loopholes. Xi Zhicai will come to point fingers?!

Therefore, when Xi Zhicai came in, Cao Cao did not look up. Instead, he sat safely behind the desk, holding a pen and carefully reviewing the text of the recital, as if he didn't know that Xi Zhi had just come in.

Xi Zhicai bowed and saluted, not bothering Cao Cao, but standing quietly aside and waiting, with his cleverness, how could he not know that Cao Cao was a little unhappy in his heart, the reason why Cao Cao put the plan into practice without discussion among his staff was obviously quite confident in his own ideas, and the purpose of his coming here was to destroy Cao Cao's self-confidence, how could this kind of thing make Cao Cao happy!

After a long while, Cao Cao raised his head, pretended to have just found out, looked at Xi Zhicai in surprise and asked, "Zhicai, when did you come, why don't you call it your true appearance." ”

"Hehe, the Lord is busy, and his subordinates have some time, so it is also appropriate to wait1

"Sit down, something?"

"There is indeed something, and my subordinates are here for the deployment of the lord at the meeting just now."

"Oh? Feel like there's a problem with the deployment of the Phase? ”

"My subordinates really feel a little inappropriate and incomprehensible, so I came here to ask the lord for advice."

Cao Cao pursed his lips slightly, leaned back, stroked his beard and said, "Zhicai is so smart, is there something he doesn't understand?" ”

"The lord laughed, his subordinates are also people, how can he understand everything, there are many things that his subordinates don't understand, but his subordinates have a good habit, and if they don't understand things, they should quickly figure it out, didn't the sage also say it, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is also 1

"Is Zhicai here to teach the true picture?"

"Don't dare, my subordinates are here to ask for advice1

"Okay, tell me what you want to 'ask'?"

"There are two points of confusion among the subordinates, one is that the lord's deployment like this, and the suspension of the time for the withdrawal of the imperial court, seems to be intended to induce Yuan Shao's army to attack, to form a battle with Yuan Shao in Qian County, and at the same time drag Fang Zhiwen on the eastern front, and strive to defeat Yuan Shao first, can the lord's subordinates say right?"

"Yes, I say you can guess it.1

"Hehe, what my subordinates don't understand is, why does the lord think that Liu Bei will not take the opportunity to join the war group and start a counterattack in Jingzhou? How can the lord be sure that Fang Zhiwen will definitely not see the lord's plan, or can he see that he will let the lord defeat Yuan Shao first? ”

"This Liu Bei is newly defeated, where is there still the strength to fight with our army again, if Liu Bei can fight, why give up the rich northeast of Jingzhou and hide in the mountainous and barren southwest? As for Fang Zhiwen, it is impossible for him and Yuan Shao to really have the same heart at all, he is sorry for Yuan Shao's losses, and the Son of Heaven is still in the city of Qiaoxian, Fang Zhiwen does not dare to take this risk, he doesn't want to be called a rebel. ”

Xi Zhicai smiled faintly and said: "Lord, Guan Yu and Xiahou Yuanrang, which is stronger?" ”

"Uh, Guan Yuqiang1

"Zhang Fei or Ji Ling, which one is stronger?"

"This Zhang Feiqiang 1

"Lord, Liu Bei has a lot of strong generals, and there are more resourceful people like Pang Yuan and Zhuge Jin, the loss of Nanyang is the defeat of Guan Yu's insistence, and the loss of Xiangyang is the merit of the props of the lord, if Liu Beijun really can't fight, the lord has forgotten the defeat of Yongyang, the difficulty of Linying, and the matter of Bears Ears Mountain? Liu Beijun is not can't also, but not for also, now Shuzhong has been decided, subordinates heard that the Shu army has been deployed to Shangyong, Xicheng and Xiling, Liu Beijun is so big, the pressure on the west of Jingzhou is gradually heavy, the lord turns a blind eye? ”

Cao Cao's heart was very uncomfortable, his brows were furrowed, he pondered for a long time, reason and emotions were tumbling in his heart, and finally reason prevailed, Xi Zhicai's words were really ugly, and they were specifically to expose the scars, but these scars were real scars, and they couldn't forget the lessons of the past just because the scars were good.

"This seems to be a lack of consideration, but if the city of Qian County can defeat Yuan Shao, wouldn't it be more beneficial to the situation of our army, our army in Jingzhou has completed the deployment, and the troops and people are still entering all parts of Jingzhou, even if the attack is turned into defense, Liu Bei will not be able to tolerate me for a while

"The subordinates don't dare to say what the battle of Jingzhou will be, the lord has his own measure, but every time Jingzhou reduces a soldier, the danger of Jingzhou is greater, and the subordinates can be sure that if they are intent on the battle of Qiaoxian, the lord must transfer troops, and these troops were originally going to enter Jingzhou."

"Well, let's not talk about this for the time being, as for the other party's speculation, does Zhicai also think that the original appearance is wrong?"

"The subordinates don't know, the subordinates just think that Fang Zhiwen has never been successfully calculated by us? In fact, we have never been cheap in Fang Zhiwen's hands once? Every time, it was our army that suffered, and Fang Zhiwen always took what he wanted, and his subordinates were worried that it would be the same this time1

"This is pure speculation, and there is no basis for this1

"The lord's idea is also speculation, what is the basis for it1

"The basis of this appearance is that Fang Zhiwen has never taken the initiative to attack the city where the Son of Heaven is located, and the incident in Luoyang back then is proof of this."

Cao Cao was a little angry by Xi Zhicai's step-by-step pressing, and his voice couldn't help but become stern, but Xi Zhicai did not retreat, and still said unhurriedly:

"The lord is right, Fang Zhiwen did not attack Luoyang, but his goal was still achieved, and this time it was the same, he may not need to attack the county at all, as long as he attacked Ruyang, when the road to the west of the county was cut off, where will the lord go?"

Cao Cao was stunned, reached out and grabbed the map scroll from the side, pushed away the things on the table, and spread the map on the countertop, looking at it carefully, his fingers moving on the map, and there were words in his mouth.

For a long time, Cao Cao's fingers froze in Ruyang's position, and he slowly raised his head: "Our army can also set up an ambush in Ruyang, if Fang Zhiwen dares to drive straight in, we will just encircle and annihilate it in Ruyang1."

"Lord, there have been many people who want to encircle and annihilate Fang Zhiwen, but no one has succeeded! What's more, the lord forgot that there is still Lu Bu in the north, these 40,000 cavalry, how many troops will our army use to encircle and annihilate? If more troops are mobilized, what should Yuan Shao do? ”

"This is neither left nor right, isn't this battle plan impossible to execute!?"

"The subordinates don't know, and the lord also knows that his subordinates are not good at tactics, but if the lord can tell his subordinates the answers to the two questions just now, the subordinates can feel at ease."

When the true appearance is known, Zhicai will say it directly, is the original appearance a stupid person who cannot tolerate admonition1

"Don't dare, the subordinates really don't know the overall plan of the lord, and they just guess blindly based on their own understanding, how can they judge the lord's right or wrong based on their own guesses1

"Uh, Rong Ben is lovesick, tell Zhicai tomorrow 1

"The subordinate understood, and the subordinate retired1

"Well, go down, rest early, don't bother1

"The lord is too, the road, and the long 1 is unfinished to be continued...