Chapter 469: Tough Defense
Listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao fell into deep thought.
If that army is transferred, it will definitely be able to easily solve the battle in Jingzhou, but without the deterrence of that army, it is difficult to say what will happen to Youzhou.
Now there are three plans, one is to transfer that army, enter Jingzhou, divide the Sun-Liu alliance as quickly as possible, and then slowly figure it out, this is the easiest way to fight, but it is also very dangerous to guard against the attack of Youzhou.
The second is to use the existing army to enter Jingzhou, drag the opponent's main force, drag the opponent down, no matter what, he also occupies half of the world, and he fights more than their combined potential, as long as he can hold on, he can drag them down, and the danger is medium.
Third, a stalemate with the Sun Liu Alliance, as long as it lasts for a few years, with his potential, they must not be their opponents, and the danger is the least.
In terms of danger, the third one is the easiest, but it also takes the longest, and the first one is the most dangerous, but it takes the least time.
How to choose?
Cao Cao was a little at a loss, Guo Jia next to him smiled, a lot of Cao Cao, looked at the sky outside, found that it was time for lunch, thought about it, quietly left here, and prepared to prepare lunch for Cao Cao.
Let him think about it for himself and see how to do it, he just recommended a method to Cao Cao, as for how to choose, it depends on Cao Cao himself.
After a long period of thinking, Cao Cao finally decided to choose the first plan, where danger and opportunity coexist.
"Hmph......" Cao Cao was about to speak, when suddenly his nose moved, and he smelled something good.
Looking at a few dishes in front of him and a pot of sake, he was very happy, Guo Jia is Guo Jia after all, and he knows what I want.
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In the early morning of the next day, an order came out, and the army stationed in the northeast of Sili urgently assembled and marched towards Jingzhou.
This army numbered about 100 million, all heavily armored infantry, and looking at their thick armor and huge steel shields, you knew that the defense was amazing.
The heavy sword is even more powerful, and can crush the enemy even if it can't kill it.
They are Cao Cao's trump card, a brave heavy-armored army, a powerful weapon to guard against the attack of Youzhou, and only they can resist the attack of the cavalry.
Possessing near-perverted armor and a super-powerful physique, it is the greatest enemy of cavalry and archers.
Unless it is a heavy iron horseman, or an armor-piercing archer can compete with one or two, it is a veritable golden army.
Because whether it is equipment or supplies, they all need to consume the same volume of gold to build, and their cost is several times more expensive than that of cavalry of the same level, so it is a famous golden army, which is imitated by Cao Cao imitating the skills of Yuan Shao's golden sword, which is more powerful than Yuan Shao's golden army.
Of course, this army also consumed a lot of money from Cao Cao, and the development of Si Li came to a standstill for a while, but it was worth it.
As soon as this army was stationed outside Youzhou, it made Youzhou honest, and the previous exploration disappeared directly.
After seven days of marching, the golden army finally arrived at the border between Sili and Jingzhou, where Cao Cao had already set up a huge camp and waited for the arrival of the golden army.
Looking at the army in civilian clothes, Cao Cao was very happy, the time for him to fulfill his dream finally came, as long as Jingzhou was taken, everything was possible.
Behind Cao Cao, Cao Ang looked at the army in front of him in amazement, their disheveled appearance was very funny.
Looking closely, it is not difficult to see their peculiarity, bulging muscles, and rigorous pace, all of which show that they are very powerful, and feeling the powerful aura they exude, it is certain that this is a strong army above the elite level.
At least it is a brave army, or it may be a brave army, but it is strange why this army has no equipment, all dressed in civilian clothes, and not even weapons.
Suddenly, one of the people in this army walked out of the army, slowly walked to the high platform, and climbed the stairs to Cao Cao's face.
"My lord, I will follow my lord's order, and we will come to join the war." Lejin knelt on one knee, raised his head, and shouted loudly.
His shouting made the 100 million army excited, and the earth-shattering shouts resounded in the sky.
Let the spies outside the camp be nervous, is it time to attack, some spies hurriedly conveyed the news, and the rest closely monitored the camp.
"Wen Qian has worked hard, it is really hard to let you be alone in the bitter cold place for many years." Cao Cao stepped forward and helped him up, and his words almost made Le Jin cry.
Fortunately, years of training allowed him to hold back, break free, gently break away from Cao Cao's copy, take a few steps back, and said respectfully.
"The lord's orders are above all else."
Listening to Le Jin's words, Cao Cao was very happy, this is his trump card, although he has been hidden in the snow, but his loyalty to himself has not been forgotten at all.
"Very good, when the armor arrives, it is the day of the attack, now go down and rest, the army must be tired after a long journey, go, give you three days, and wait until three days later, the armor must arrive." Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and gave Le Jin an order.
Originally, Le Jin wanted to refuse, but looking at Cao Cao's serious face, he couldn't help it, so he had to accept the order and take the army down to rest.
The arrival of this army obviously made Cao Cao feel very good, and even Cao Ang could see it, not to mention those strategists.
Because of curiosity, they visited one after another, wanting to know the details of this army.
But no matter how they investigated, they couldn't find any information, only that the commander of the army was Cao Cao's early subordinates, although he was not used seriously at first, but his courage and fearlessness still passed down.
When the strategists found out about this, they knew that this army was Cao Cao's secret team headquarters, the trump card of trump cards, and it was estimated that only a few people knew about it.
The arrival of the army is not a secret, but the combat power attribute of the army is an absolute secret.
The arrival of the 100 million army that day spread instantly, and after Liu Bei and Sun Quan learned about it, they urgently discussed.
By the time the conclusion came out, everyone's face was not good.
That's what Zhou Yu said at the time.
"I estimate that this army is Cao Cao's magic weapon for victory, and he was transferred because he had the confidence of absolute victory, otherwise there would not be any information, and our spies on Cao Cao's side would not be able to detect it at all, that is to say, the Jingzhou defense line is in danger."
In the face of Zhou Yu's alarmist words, no one dared to refute, because Cao Cao had already ordered that as long as the equipment of the army arrived, it would be the beginning of the general attack, which could make Cao Cao so confident, and the power of the army could not be said to be weak, but extremely strong.
If you want to have such combat effectiveness, you must be an army of brave or above brave level.
But as they guessed, they would be unstoppable.
"Do you have a plan?" Suddenly, Liu Bei asked lightly.
His questioning changed the atmosphere of the meeting at once.
That's right, there is no defeat yet, how can you weaken the momentum, all things in the world are mutually restrictive, this army is strong, find his weakness, there is nothing to fear.
In an instant, everyone's voices rang out, and they began to discuss how to deal with this army.
Everyone expressed their opinions, sorted out countless methods, reported to the highest people, and waited for their selection.
By the time Zhou Yu sorted it out for Liu Bei and Sun Quan's reference, a whole day had passed.
Looking at the tired Zhou Yu, the faces of the two of them were very depressed, and it must be a huge workload to make Zhou Yu of the red grade like this.
Carefully looking at the information on the paper and Zhou Yu's comments later, the two were very excited, and finally found a way to deal with it.
Although the method is simpler, that is, fight against the army of the same level, consume them, and then the battle can be won.
Consuming this army, Cao Cao must have heartache, and impatience after heartache is inevitable, so that they can take advantage of it.
After that, it was a discussion between the two state pastors, and how many troops a family could send to stop it.
Because of the lack of a top strategist, it takes at least 150 million brave troops to resist, and the extra 50 million requires the dedication of a state pastor, which is not an elite level, once you pay an extra 50 million brave level army, but it can change the strength of a prince, not everyone can easily take it out.
Originally, 50 million warriors per person was already the limit, and they couldn't take it out at all, so the quarrel between the two was very fierce, and there was no affection at all.
In the end, no one could take it out, so it was only possible to resist it with the elite level, but this amount was at least ten times more than 50 million, or more.
On the tenth day of the first month of March, Cao Cao launched an attack.
With 100 million brave troops as the vanguard, it was unstoppable to enter Jingzhou.
Liu Bei's original defense could not be stopped at all, whether it was a trap or a city wall, they could not stop this army.
They are like a huge torrent of steel into Jingzhou, unless it is the same torrent of steel to resist, the flesh and blood are too difficult.
In just three days, Cao Cao broke through into Jingzhou for a million miles, won seven cities, and almost won a county.
If it weren't for the obstruction of Liu Bei and Sun Quan's army, they would have been killed in Xiangyang City at this moment.
Cao Cao's overwhelming attack made Jingzhou extremely nervous, and once Cao Cao's army arrived, the undetermined city directly opened the door and surrendered, and even Liu Bei and Sun Quan's orders did not work.
The two of them were helpless in this regard, as long as they slaughtered and killed the families of those who dared to surrender, they still couldn't stop the momentum of surrender.
The morale of Cao Cao's army has always been high, and even the army has not suffered many losses.
As for the Sun-Liu Alliance, because of the erroneous assessment of the combat effectiveness of the enemy's army, it caused heavy casualties, with more than 300 million casualties in three days.
100 million elite troops died in one day, and this is still fortified, otherwise it will at least triple.
In Xiangyang City, Liu Bei stood anxiously at the door, pacing back and forth, as if waiting for something.
Behind him, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were standing, looking at the bandages on their bodies, they knew that the battle situation was urgent, and they were not lightly injured, otherwise it would not be like this.
"Big brother, don't worry, the military advisor said that there is a way, there must be a way, let's wait." Guan Yu's voice sounded.
When Liu Bei heard this, he turned his head and looked at the injuries on the two brothers, very depressed.
I didn't expect Cao Cao to be so strong when he got serious, and he thought he could defeat his opponent in vain, is his strength really so bad?
No, there must be a way.
Liu Bei thought of Xu Shu's confident face and cheered up.