Chapter 521: Cao Cao's Disappointment
On the 10th day of April, seven days had passed since the Battle of Bingzhou.
During these seven days, Cao Cao had been waiting for news, but seven days had passed, and nothing came.
At this point, he completely gave up waiting, and after consulting with his subordinates, he decided to give up the annexation of the state, transfer all his forces to Liangzhou, and then attack Li Yi together with Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
Originally, at the end of March, Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's advice and gave several generals a powerful magic weapon, which was very powerful, but it was not used for fighting, but for getting rid of the captivity, and it was specially used for escape.
In order to let the generals be captured, they can escape, and even escape with a few people, this is Cao Cao and Guo Jia's strategy, hoping to rescue Sima Yi and others who were imprisoned by Li Yi, but failed.
Those treasures were either useless or useless, which made Cao Cao rejoice in vain.
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The continuous half-moon light rain finally stopped, and the northern land finally ushered in the warm sun, which made Li Yi very happy, bathed in the warm sun, the whole person seemed to be much more energetic.
And the good news from Youzhou also made him proud.
No, standing on the city wall and looking at the scenery in the distance, you have the feeling of seeing all the mountains at a glance.
Behind him, Zhao Yun was wearing white armor and holding a silver gun, silently watching Li Yi, as if someone with bad intentions was approaching.
"Trampling ......" sounded with a rush of footsteps, attracting Zhao Yun's attention, looking at the place where the sound came from, and when he saw the comer, he put his attention back on Li Yi's body again.
"Lord, the public station has sent a letter." Tian Feng trotted all the way, handed the letter in his hand to Li Yi, and then began to calm down the fatigue caused by the strenuous exercise.
Taking the letter in Tian Feng's hand, Li Yi began to read it.
"Lord, the captured Cao Cao general, there are a few people holding treasures, once trapped Zhang Jiao, and carried several other people to escape from the prison, fortunately Lu Bu and others were waiting outside, after a battle, they were captured alive again, and Zhang Jiao also broke through the restrictions of the treasures, and was furious, and ......"
Looking at the handwriting on the letter, Li Yi's cold sweat was still flowing, and the secret was really dangerous.
If the captives fled back, it would be of great help to Cao Cao and the others, this time shortening the strength of Youzhou, so that Li Yi's hard work was in vain, fortunately thanks to the advice of Jia Xu and others, otherwise Sima Yi and others would have unimaginable consequences once they escaped.
After reading the letter, Li Yi wiped away the cold sweat, and his smile was revealed again, since Cao Cao's generals did not succeed in escaping, it would be impossible to succeed again, because Zhang Jiao must be angry.
Don't think that Zhang Jiao is a good temper, that is, without provoking him, he dared to rebel, and used secret techniques to cut off the dragon vein, how to be a good person, once he gets serious, he is extremely powerful.
"Yuan Hao, pass on my order, let Shi A quickly investigate the situation in the state, see what Cao Cao has done, and report quickly, as for the news of the other two kings, it will come to an end for the time being." put away the letter and gave an order directly to Tian Feng.
Tian Feng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and without saying a word, he started to run again, to take the teleportation circle to find Shi A and convey this order.
After Tian Feng left, Li Yi looked at Zhao Yun.
"Zilong, let's go out and have a look, see Liu Bei's movements, it's time to start fighting."
After Li Yi finished speaking, Zhao Yun nodded slightly, followed Li Yi, and went out of the city to investigate the enemy.
I don't know how long it took, a cyan figure began to gallop on the land of Bingzhou.
His speed was so fast that he could even catch up with some of the best war horses, like a cloud of green smoke, drifting around Bingzhou, and in just three days, he traveled all over Bingzhou, and then disappeared into the teleportation circle of the small city.
At the same time, a person came to Li Yi's side.
"Lord, it has been found out that Cao Cao gave up merging the state and transferred his troops and money to Liangzhou, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty also went to Longcheng from Chang'an, and now the state is not fortified at all......" Shi A's words made Li Yi nod heavily.
This answer is basically consistent with the discussion of the strategists, although Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu, but the losses were huge, the hole cards were exhausted, only the elite army remained, how to be Lu Bu's opponent, and the generals lost many people, so that the morale of the army also increased slowly, the next time to fight, whether it can resist is unknown.
Now Cao Cao's only way is to attack at the same time as Liu Bei and Sun Quan, so that Li Yi can divide his troops without skill, so that he can have a chance to win.
As for Li Yi, what he had to do was to gather his forces as much as possible to prevent them from being broken by the three kings.
"Very good, I know, Shi Ah has worked hard." Li Yi patted Shi A's shoulder and said happily.
Shi A was appreciated by Li Yi, and he was in a very good mood, and the fatigue of running around for many days was directly swept away, and he was full of strength.
"Serve the Lord and never give up." Shi A said a compliment, which made Li Yi's mood more comfortable.
The rest of the people were happy to see Li Yi, and they were also in a good mood.
"Lord, I suggest that Feng Xian and others occupy the state as soon as possible, and then hand over some unimportant cities to the aliens to take care of, let's gather our forces and prepare to fight with the three kings, this battle, we must pacify the north, otherwise we will be dragged into the quagmire of war, then everything will be in vain." Li Ru saw that it was almost there, and began to remind Li Yi.
Hearing Li Ru's words, Li Yi put away his smiling face, looked at the many strategists, nodded to them, and asked them to continue.
In the past few days of discussion, the strategists have determined the way forward, and they are just waiting for the exact news, and now that Shi A has sent the news, they will also plan for the future.
"Lord, I suggest fighting on two fronts, after Feng first takes the annexed state, he will directly attack Liangzhou, and we will attack Si Li, so that Hansheng and Sun Quan will continue to stalemate, as long as one side of the two fronts wins, the north will definitely be." Li Ru continued to be the first to speak.
And the other strategists all increased the chances of victory for Li Ru's strategy.
After listening to the words of the strategists, Li Yi looked at Tian Feng, now there is Chen Gong in Youzhou, there is no danger, but after taking the annex state, someone needs to sit in the town, and this candidate is Tian Feng's best, in Youzhou, if Chen Gong is the first to deal with government affairs, then Tian Feng is the second, and he is the best candidate.
Seeing Li Yi's gaze, Tian Feng also knew his fate, although he was not too good at war, but being able to follow the lord was the best way to show himself, of course, Li Yi asked him to go to the state, and he had to go.
"The subordinates are willing to go to the annexation of the state, and for the time being, it is to manage the annexation of the state." Without waiting for Li Yi to speak, Tian Feng said directly.
Hearing Tian Feng's words, Li Yi took out his official seal, and Li Ru on the side began to write, and when he finished writing, Li Yi printed his seal, and Tian Feng's appointment was completed.
After the meeting, Tian Feng took the letter of appointment and went to Heavenless City to find Lu Bu and a few people, convey Li Yi's order, and then the army that had been prepared long ago began to set off.
Three billion elite troops are advancing rapidly towards Bingzhou, and ten days later, the entire Bingzhou will be included in Li Yi's territory, so that Li Yi's territory will be expanded by half at once, of course, the construction of the people's will in Bingzhou is very low.
If you want to increase these values, you have to look at Tian Feng's methods, and the other is to use time to slowly erase Cao Cao's mark.
After Lu Bu occupied Bingzhou, he left 500 million troops as the city defense army of Bingzhou, and then carried 2.5 billion troops to Liangzhou in the west, preparing to fight Cao Cao again, this time he wanted to see what Cao Cao used to stop him.
Cao Cao gave up merging the state, Liu Bei and Sun Quan had already heard about it, but they didn't expect Li Yi to be so greedy that he actually set his sights on Liangzhou, which made the two worried, once Liangzhou fell into the hands of Li Yi, then Li Yi would be in the big picture, and it would be difficult to stop.
But if they wanted to attack Li Yi and were afraid of Li Yi's retaliation, Cao Cao's powerful hole cards were all wiped out by Li Yi, but they didn't have the slightest confidence, even if the strategists suggested agreeing to Cao Cao's tactics together, attacking Li Yi together, and using the army to divide the victory and defeat, the two still did not make up their minds.
Sun Quan and Liu Bei's hesitation disappointed Cao Cao, the most important thing now is time, as long as Li Yi settles down and kills his living force, then the three of them will have a chance of winning, otherwise they will not be able to prevail in front of the top forces, and when the enemy is stable, the chances of victory will be even slimmer.
I don't know why the two of them are so hesitant, but they are not like before, when they fought with themselves, where did they go.
For this reason, Cao Cao sought out Guo Jia, hoping to hear his opinion.
After Guo Jia understood Cao Cao's doubts, he directly pointed to the guide, looking at Guo Jia's gestures, Cao Cao pondered for a while.
When he thought of what Guo Jia was going to say, his face was very gloomy
"Isn't there any other way?" Cao Cao asked knowingly.
Guo Jia shook his head when he heard this, didn't say anything, just looked at Cao Cao's eyes with his eyes, and in those clear eyes, Cao Cao was directly defeated.
Close your eyes and start thinking.
After a long time, Cao Cao shook his head and asked Guo Jia to go down to rest first.
After Guo Jia left, Cao Cao walked out of the door and looked south, located in the courtyard south of Longcheng, covering a vast area, where Cao Cao prepared the palace for the Son of Heaven, although he is now the lord of a country, but still Hanchen, the Son of Heaven is still above him, before moving to Liangzhou, Guo Jia suggested killing the Son of Heaven, or handing over the Son of Heaven to Li Yi, but he refused.
Unexpectedly, it has now become the focus of Liu Bei and Sun Quan's suspicions, afraid that he will use the Son of Heaven to do something.
Now if he wants the three kings to work together, unless he kills the Son of Heaven, but if he kills the Son of Heaven, he is a veritable thief, and he is a great rebellion, which he still can't do.
"Alas......" long sigh illustrates Cao Cao's mood at the moment.
There is loss, sadness, and a little joy, he is a Han man after all, a Hanchen, and this will never change.
Cao Cao closed his eyes, stood in the square, enjoyed the warmth of the sun, and was silent for a long time, and when Cao Cao opened his eyes again, his eyes were full of sharpness again, and Cao Cao, who dared to fight in the world, came back.
The loss of the state and the division made him understand one thing, it is useless to rely on others, only on himself.