No. 499 Cao Sun is not afraid (5)

Sun Quan has a grudge against the Absolute Holy Gate, but he knows very well that geopolitics is destined that Jiangdong Foundation must not condone Cao Cao's easy annexation of Lujiang County in the north. Carefully verifying that Zhou Yu really abandoned India and retired, Sun Quan quickly adjusted his political layout, while forgiving all kinds of past grievances, and inviting Zhou Yu to rush to Wu County; On the one hand, he showed his belly and tolerated Lu Su's actual control of Anhui County and Juchao County. The land of just two counties can't turn over no matter what.

Before long, Sun Quantong's main army, which had been repaired for several months, was once again slaughtered towards Chaohu and tried to fight Huainan with Cao Cao; At the same time, Sun Quan sent Han Dang to lead troops to reinforce Juchao County, and recruited Wei Dongsheng, the holy gate, and Fan Jiao, a thief who had nothing to do.

Speaking from facts, Cao Cao's troops are quite combat-effective.

After returning depressed from Longshu County, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yu Ban, Zang Ba and other generals were immediately ordered by Cao Cao to face Sun Quan.

Zhang Liao was the first to wash away the shame, he rode lightly, attacked Sun Quan, who had not yet gained a foothold on the west bank of Chaohu Lake, and killed Sun Quan's main army and was defeated. Many soldiers did not have time to board the boat for water fighting, so embarrassed that they abandoned their armor and swam to the depths of Chaohu Lake. If it weren't for the obvious weakness of Cao Cao's troops in water warfare, Zhang Liao might have been able to capture Sun Quan in one battle.

Almost at the same time that Zhang Liaochaohu defeated Sun Quan, Zang Ba also defeated Han Dang in Juchao County, slightly washing away the shame. It's a pity that Zang Ba's luck is not as good as Zhang Liao. Zang Ba wanted to wash away the shame of the frustrated bandits in Longshu County, and after Juchao defeated Han Dang, he recklessly pursued the victory, trying to conquer Anhui County in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Lu Su and Zhou Yu, who was hiding in the Lu Su military camp in white clothes, suddenly came out of the inclined ground. Zang Ba couldn't parry Zhou Yu and returned defeated again.

During the siege of Longshu County, generals such as Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yu Ban, and Zang Ba were mainly defeated due to the lack of military food. The military rations were unsustainable, the encirclement battle ended in vain, Cao Cao's troops took the initiative to come and go, and the number of soldiers who were detracted because of the real sword and gun battle was so small that it could be ignored. In this sniper battle between Zhou Yu and Lu Su, at least 1,500 people were beheaded, which was far worse than the generals' defeat in Longshu County.

Zhang Liao Chaohu defeated Sun Quan's main force, and Zang Ba Juchao defeated the veteran Han Dang.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan was defeated by Xiaoxiao Longshu, and Zang Ba's troops were defeated on the outskirts of Anhui County. These four small battles with clear victories and defeats clearly redrew the military pattern of Jianghuai. Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yu Ban, Zang Ba and other famous generals of the time were slow to realize that the thief Marshal Fan Jiao and Zhou Yu's old army Lu Su may be more troublesome than Sun Quan: the commander of the army to suppress the bandits in the Dabie Mountain and mountainous areas, and the logistical supply of ordnance and food is a big problem; Once the ambush was placed, the rout of Zang Ba's Anhui County was a lesson from the past.

Moreover, Sun Quan, who is eyeing the tiger, cannot be ignored. Although the defeat of Sun Quan's troops at Chaohu and the defeat of Han Dang's troops at Chaohu showed that Jiangdong's troops were not good at land warfare, Sun Quan's army's superiority in water warfare could not be compensated. Taking the Battle of Chaohu Lake as an example, Sun Quan landed on the shore and couldn't fight Zhang Liao, but once he retreated to the lake water battle, Zhang Liao was helpless. If the crusade against Dabie Mountain takes time and effort to a dangerous juncture, and Sun Quan once again leads his army to storm Hefei and other places, who is confident that the safety of the three Huainan counties such as Lujiang County, Jiujiang County, and Guangling County will be guaranteed?

But Cao Cao was unwilling to admit defeat.

So, Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao and Zhang He to isolate Sun Quan's reinforcements, and gather 3,000 elite cavalry to let Yu Ban and Zang Ba attack Longshu County again. The result was very embarrassing, Wei Dongsheng repeated the old routine, and it was a strong wall to clear the wilderness, and it was to burn the military rations, and it was a night attack and harassment, forcing Yu Ban and Zang Ba to retreat to Hefei again in disgrace.

Soon, bad news came from Jingzhou, but it was Liu Bei who found out that Cao Cao had suffered a setback in the Dabie Mountain Range, and there were signs of taking the opportunity to launch a counterattack. If Cao Cao is dominated by anger and continues to fight with the Absolute Holy Gate between the mountains and mountains of the Dabie Mountains, it is very likely that Liu Bei, Sun Quan and other heroes will take advantage of the fishermen in the future.

In these two sieges of Longshu County, Cao Cao's reason overwhelmed his emotions for a long time, and he realized that the strong dragon could not overpower the head snake. With Liu Bei doing trouble in Jingzhou in the south, and Sun Quan doing trouble in Yangzhou in the south, it is far more practical to appease the bandits in Dabie Mountain and the three counties of Huainan than to raise troops to suppress them.

Cao Cao is certainly not afraid of fighting with Sun Quan and Liu Bei, and he is not afraid of the Absolute Holy Gate that is cowering in the Dabie Mountain. However, Cao Cao's main force obviously cannot be stationed in Huainan for a long time, and when a group of veterans retreats to the hinterland of the Central Plains, who will ensure the safety of Huainan? If he wanted to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the three counties of Huainan, reason told Cao Cao that he had to compromise with the Absolute Holy Gate and other Huainan land snakes.

Cao Cao is also eloquent, he is unwilling to compromise with a discouraged face, and he is even more unwilling to sit back and watch the strong rise of the head snake in Huainan such as the Absolute Holy Gate. After thinking about it, Cao Cao came up with a trick to draw money from the bottom of the kettle and ordered the people of Huainan to move to Huaibei.

Jiang Ji and other bureaucrats opposed the internal relocation plan: "The people are nostalgic for the old land and are not happy to migrate, and if they hear about it, everyone will be terrified." ”

Cao Cao ignored the protests of the ministers and insisted on his opinion, and issued a decree to implement the relocation matter. For a time, Jianghuai was full of gossip, some people cursed Cao Cao for collecting money by moving inward, some people were afraid that Cao Cao moved the Jianghuai people to the north to do hard labor, and so on. Regardless of Cao Cao's true thoughts, the fact is that the people of Jianghuai have abandoned their homes and fled, either to Sun Quan's territory or to the hinterland of Dabie Mountain. In just a few months, the plain counties of Jiujiang County and Lujiang County have decayed into a deserted state.

A move to move inward easily destroyed the economic foundation for the birth of heroes in Huainan.

The reason is very simple, before the qualitative change of the immortal seed power system, population size is still one of the core criteria for judging the strength of comprehensive strength. Without the size of the population, everything is nonsense. No matter how easy Dabie Mountain is to defend and difficult to attack, the Absolute Holy Gate cannot threaten Cao Cao with the deserted Jianghuai.

This is exactly what Cao Cao wants.

The internal relocation incident came to an end, and Cao Cao was slow to appease Dabie Mountain. Cao Cao praised Lu Kang with a false smile, praised Lu Kang and said that only Lu Kang could appease Huainan, praised Lu Kang and said that Huainan was inseparable from Lu Kang, and so on. In short, Cao Cao was forced by the situation to compromise and acquiesce to Lu Kang or the Absolute Holy Gate to continue to divide Lujiang County in the north.

In January 210, Cao Cao's class returned to the dynasty, and Jianghuai returned to peace.

This time, Cao Cao came south, and the Absolute Holy Gate did not fall into the slightest benefit.

Cao Bing's two crusades against Longshu County and the relocation of the people of Jianghuai seriously destroyed the economic infrastructure of the Jianghuai region, and the plain counties of Lujiang County in the north seemed to go back to eight years ago overnight. The eight years of hard work of the Absolute Holy Gate in Pingyuan County and Township have almost all come to naught, and the comprehensive strength of Lujiang County has been reduced by at least three-fifths.

However, neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan benefited, Sun Quan was unable to expand his influence on land, and Cao Cao was unable to expand his influence along the Yangtze River.

This time, Jianghuai fought for the tiger, and the result was that all three sides lost.

Of course, all of these losses have their value.

Sun Quan and Cao Cao proved to each other that Huainan was in balance of power, and it was difficult for either to completely defeat the other; Wei Dongsheng also indirectly proved his strength to Sun Quan and Cao Cao, although the Absolute Holy Gate could only shrink in the small Lujiang County for the time being, it was not a soft persimmon that was kneaded by them.

Wei Dongsheng took refuge in Sun Quan, who had the opportunity to seize the whole of Huainan; Wei Dongsheng took refuge in Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was able to curb Sun Quan's invasion of the north. The two anti-encirclement wars have shown that the Absolute Holy Gate has its existence value, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan must attach importance to the chess piece of the Absolute Holy Gate.

After this battle, Cao Cao and Sun Quan no longer had the luxury of merging the Holy Gate in substance. Subsequently, Cao Cao changed his strategic direction and used troops to solve warlords such as Ma Chao and Han Sui; Sun Quan aimed at the south, and set up a life for the history of Jiaozhou, and conquered the nine counties of Jiaozhou in the south. Huainan, where Cao Cao and Sun Quan confronted militarily, slightly restored a peaceful atmosphere.

In 211, the Millennium Killing World unlocked level 5, allowing the Immortals to break through the level 4 limit.

It's a pity that Wei Dongsheng can't verify whether the supernatural power attached to a level 5 immortal is strong or weak, in fact, Wei Dongsheng hasn't touched the level 4 limit yet. When the time came to 211, Wei Dongsheng's experience bar from level 3 to level 4 had just accumulated to 54.2%. The power of a level 4 immortal and the power of a level 5 immortal, Wei Dongsheng did not know for the time being.

Ignore the limited strength of the Immortal Seed Power System for the time being, and continue to pay attention to the changes in the external political situation.

In 213, Cao Cao had already chased Ma Chao, broke Han Sui, destroyed Song Jian, swept Qiang, and walked to the right. Because the rear was becoming more and more stable, Cao Cao once again raised troops to the south to conquer Sun Quan. In this southern expedition, Cao Cao did not waste time in Dabie Mountain and Lujiang County in the north, and advanced along Chaohu Lake and the Weixu River, destroying the Jiangxi camp built by Sun Quan at the mouth of the Weixu River. In a few days, Juchao County, Anhui County and other counties on the north bank of the Yangtze River have also become Cao Cao's bag.

It's a pity that in the face of the Yangtze River moat, Cao Cao is still helpless. Two months later, Cao Cao saw that he could not do anything, so he simply took the initiative to withdraw from the army. In 214, Sun Quan launched a counteroffensive and led Lü Meng, Gan Ning and others to recapture Anhui County and other places. Cao Cao immediately marched south again to curb Sun Quan's invasion of the north, but to no avail, he could only tolerate Sun Quan's actual control of the counties on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Sun Quan could only control the north bank of the Yangtze River, and then expand his sphere of influence to the north, and the Jiangdong soldiers were repeatedly tortured and killed by the elite infantry cavalry in the north. In 215, Sun Quan invaded the north several times without success, and suddenly moved his troops westward. Taking advantage of Cao Cao's attack to concentrate his forces on Hanzhong, Sun Quan suddenly sent Lü Meng to attack Liu Bei, and successfully captured Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang and other counties. Liu Bei feared that Cao Cao would advance into Yizhou after annexing Hanzhong, and reluctantly admitted Sun Quan's military occupation of Jingzhou in the east. Not long after, Sun Quan took Jingzhou's victory to attack Hefei, hoping to completely annex Huainan. What do you think, Zhang Liao played a powerful game in Hefei and almost captured Sun Quan alive.

With all this, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei's three-legged pattern gradually took shape, and they attacked each other endlessly. However, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei all consciously avoided the difficult hard bone of Lujiang County in the north. Whether Cao Cao conquered Sun Quan in the south, or Sun Quan and Liu Bei sought an opportunity to counterattack the north, they all deliberately turned a blind eye to Lujiang County in the north.

In this way, by the year 216, Wei Dongsheng slowly became a level 4 immortal.