Chapter 495: Trap
Seven days later, in Youzhou, the wind and the sun were beautiful.
The people here live in peace and contentment, as if the war had nothing to do with them, everyone has a smile on their faces, and the people here are happy because they have a powerful state pastor, a stranger for a day.
Powerful military power, invincible generals, and clever strategists are inextricably linked with Youzhou.
Not only the war, but also the alien calamities were far away from Youzhou, as if they had been driven away.
In the Heavenless City, the busy workers began to build the second special building, which will be completely completed in a while, so that the strength of Youzhou will increase by a large block, and the third special building is also being built in an orderly manner, if it is not for the limitation of materials, it is now similar to the second one.
The streets are full of players and natives, they live together in harmony and don't have much to say about each other, but of course, the natives still have some complaints.
That is, the players are too annoying, and some boring players specifically target some aborigines, ask them to post tasks, and if they don't post them, they will keep pestering you until you are helpless.
Even Li Yi can't do anything about it, as long as he orders the aborigines to release the task appropriately, but the aborigines can also secretly make the task more difficult and the reward lower, which is the prerogative of the aborigines.
Today, the information from Jingzhou was sent as soon as possible, and the first moment he got the information, Li Yi summoned everyone and asked them to come and discuss, this time the information was somewhat important.
After a while, many high-level officials from Youzhou all rushed over, including the three giants of the generals, Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and the three of the strategists, Chen Gong, Li Ru, Jia Xu, and others also attended the meeting.
When everyone sat down, Li Yi looked around and found that there were a few people missing, and just about to ask, he suddenly patted his head.
A few days ago, his prestige was enough, so he let those few people use the altar, and now it is estimated that he is still asleep.
"My lord, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Chen Gong saw Li Yi's movements and hurriedly asked, no matter what happened, Li Yi was the first for them.
"It's okay, by the way, this is the information sent by Shi Agang, you can take a look." Li Yi waved his hand and passed on the information sent by Shi A for everyone to read.
At the same time as the transmission, Li Yi also began to explain.
"This time, Cao Cao is estimated to play big, according to Shi A's intelligence, Cao Cao lost more than two billion in the Battle of Chibi, but the defense of Ulin City is very strong, even Shi A can't break in, this is a bit wrong......"
While Li Yi explained, everyone also got the information and began to watch.
First of all, Chen Gong and the others were very puzzled, they didn't understand why Cao Cao wanted to fight Zhou Yu on the Yangtze River, this is not to attack the enemy's strength with his own shortcomings, this is obviously a wrong decision, they who are familiar with Cao Cao, they know Cao Cao must have any plans, otherwise it will not be like this.
After reading it all, he secretly guessed correctly, Shi A salvaged countless corpses of Cao Cao's army at the same time as Cao Cao's fleet perished, and found that basically 99% of them were cannon fodder-level soldiers, and there were not many ordinary grades, let alone elite grades, which did not meet Cao Cao's standards, which was another doubt.
And after Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao's fleet, he went back to defense directly, as if he had discussed something with Sun Quan, and the next day the army set off from the camp, looking at the route of their advance, it was obvious that he was going to Xiangyang, where Cao Cao's command post was now, and this time it was only Sun Quanfang's solo action, Liu Beijun did not move, which is the second suspicion.
There is also no sign of the transfer of troops in Xiangyang, as if Cao Cao abandoned Xiangyang, and wanted to give the whole of Jingzhou to the enemy, which is really suspicious.
After listening to Li Yi's explanation, Chen Gong stood up directly and began to say his thoughts.
"Lord, everyone, I think Cao Cao is in the next big game of chess, and it is estimated that we are also on the chessboard, but Cao Cao's purpose is to destroy the Sun-Liu coalition army, or to give us a fatal blow? That's not very clear......"
Chen Gong's point of view, unanimously agreed by everyone, is speculating whether Cao Cao intends to pacify the south, or turn back to attack us, or both.
"Lord, it's better for us to also participate in the war, directly attack Si Li, and take down the entire Si Li, so that Cao Cao's defense line can be cut off, so that he can't look at both sides." Lu Bu opened his mouth, and he advocated going to war, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to eat his subordinates.
His speech made many fighters excited, and once the war started, it was the moment for them to perform.
In addition to Lu Bu and the three of them here, the other top generals also vented for the battlefield, but they were uncomfortable when they had no use, and they had long wanted to go to the battlefield to let the enemy see their majesty.
"Lord, I will ask for my life, and I will definitely take the division in a month." Zhou Cang was the first to hold back, and knelt down directly, asking to fight.
After him, there were Hua Xiong and the others, who were eager to fight.
"Si Li's affairs are not in a hurry, and the dispatch of troops will have to wait until Cao Cao's side will divide the victory or defeat, no matter whether Cao Cao wins or loses, our Youzhou will definitely fight, but who will fight will be decided when the time comes." Looking at the passionate crowd, Li Yi had no choice but to agree verbally, but it was said who would fight when the time came.
This is obviously hanging the appetite of many generals and making them uncomfortable.
"By the way, Gongtai, in the past few days, the three of you should not leave the Skyless City, and if you deal with the affairs as soon as possible." Li Yi looked at Chen Gong and admonished.
Hearing Li Yi's words, Li Ru Jia Xu of the Chen Palace nodded, they knew that the second special building was about to be completed recently, which was built by Li Yi specifically for the strategists, and the first people to use it were them.
It is worth mentioning that the second echelon of Lingyun Pavilion has been fully used, and the quota of six people has been determined, that is, Li Fa Zhou Cangguan Hai Huaxiong Pan Feng Shi'a, the six of them are the second echelon, and they are one of the people who followed Li Yi earlier.
The other generals were not discouraged, because there were still places in the third echelon, after the explanation of Lu Bu and others, although they were unwilling, they also recognized it, to have such a magical building for them to use, it was already the mercy of the lord, what else could they hope for, under Li Yi's hands, they were very happy, and they were able to display their talents, which was a great blessing.
Then Li Yi and everyone discussed the matter of the grassland, Youzhou's current strength has been able to stay in the grassland for a long time, and even the first city of the grassland has begun to build, sending a large army to garrison, seeking minerals and materials from the grassland, in the boundless grassland, or undeveloped areas, if it were not for danger, Li Yi would have occupied all those cities a long time ago.
Now that the strength is strong and can fight on multiple fronts, this purpose has begun.
After the discussion, everyone left, and Li Yi sat in the first seat, muttering to himself.
"Cao Cao, is this your trap or what? What are you planning? ”
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That night, after several days of marching, the billion elites led by Zhou Yu finally rushed to Xiangyang City, looked at the familiar Xiangyang City, and directly attacked regardless of the night, wanting to take Xiangyang City in one go.
"Give me the order, and the army will attack." Countless arrows began to attack, but Xiangyang City was silent, as if there was no one inside.
The attack went smoothly, because Xiangyang City did not resist much, and a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Yu occupied the southern gate.
Looking at the wide open south city gate, countless soldiers were rushing in, arresting the scattered Cao army inside, and occupying half of Xiangyang in a short time, making Zhou Yu's face look good.
"It seems that Cao Cao has given up Xiangyang and Jingzhou, but don't be careless, Cao Cao is not an ordinary person, cheer me up, the scouts will be fully dispatched, and I want to know everything about the distance." Even if Xiangyang was immediately occupied, Zhou Yu was still cautious.
He won't let his guard down just because of a victory, that's the biggest insult to a strategist.
"Metropolitan Governor, how can something happen, Cao Cao has lost two billion elites, how can he still have troops, he had better give up Jingzhou, otherwise he will lose a lot." Next to Zhou Yu, Gan Ning laughed.
In the battle on the water, his prestige spread all over the world, and now everyone knows that he is the number one in water warfare and a well-deserved overlord on the water, which makes him a little fluttery.
"No matter what, be careful, by the way, what is Liu Bei's reaction?" Zhou Yu nodded, still told Gan Ning to be careful, and asked.
Hearing Zhou Yu's question, Gan Ning told Liu Bei's actions.
"Don't worry, Liu Bei's side is just transferring troops from Yizhou and waiting at the border, what to say to us just in case, haha, I think he is guarding against us, I'm afraid that we will do something to them after we take Jingzhou, it's really cowardly." Gan Ning's habitual laughter made Zhou Yu have a headache.
Gan Ning has no other shortcomings, that is, he is easy to be arrogant, but he is arrogant and also has his arrogant ability, that is, a strong body, skilled martial arts, and proud achievements, these are his arrogant capital.
After listening to Gan Ning's words, Zhou Yuyou asked other questions, and then urged the scouts to set off quickly, expanding the scope of exploration, and he had to know it within a radius of 100,000 miles, whether it was the actions of his own people or the movements of the enemy.
Receiving Zhou Yu's order, millions of scouts all set out and began to move towards the surrounding area of Xiangyang, investigating all suspicious affairs.
The dispatch of the scouts made Zhou Yu's heart feel a little relieved, but he still couldn't be careless, the enemy was Cao Cao.
Just when Zhou Yu attacked Xiangyang, on the other side of Xiangyang, Cao Cao stood on the city wall, watching the fire rise in the distance, he nodded, everything was going according to his calculations.
"Bong-hyo, but it's begun." Cao Cao's opening indicates that everything will begin.
"My lord, only Sun Quan's soldiers and horses came, and Liu Bei's was immovable." Guo Jia's words made Cao Cao stunned.
Thinking of Liu Bei's past, he can only secretly sigh that he is lucky to be able to avoid the trap he carefully arranged, since this is the case, let Sun Quan's army go first.
"It's too late, open the circle, this time, I must advance. Pass my order and let Cheng Yu act. Cao Cao looked at Zhou Yu's offensive posture and ordered directly.
Guo Jia saw it, and also knew that this was a great opportunity, although he escaped Liu Bei, but taking Sun Quan's army could also weaken the strength of the Sun-Liu Alliance, and it was a big deal to find trouble for Liu Bei in the future.
"Whoosh......" Special arrows began to rise into the air, and the same arrows rose into the air every hundreds of miles, and lasted tens of thousands of miles behind Zhou Yu's army, where Cheng Yu had been in ambush for a long time.
Receiving the signal, the hidden army began to move.