Chapter 66: This time it's a little bit like that
Hearing that the fire had burned down the arsenal, Xun You and Chen Lin both sweated, for fear that Cao Cao would faint again after hearing about this.
People in their fifties, and they used to have a headache, if they faint a few more times, the consequences are unimaginable.
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao just nodded lightly this time, and he tapped his fingers rhythmically and gently on the table in front of him, without saying much.
The atmosphere was silent and a little scary, and Xun You began to miss his uncle who was younger than himself.
He is the person who knows Cao Cao's mind best, and if he is there, he should be able to effectively persuade the prime minister.
Thinking of his uncle, his thinking slowly diverged again, thinking of Jiangdong's pair of uncles and nephews who set him up.
Just two days ago, Lu Ji sent another letter.
The letter said that Sun Liu had reached an alliance, and now Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu were in command and began to prepare for a decisive battle, while Guan Ping led a commando team to start moving towards Xiangyang, and it was very likely that he would sneak into Xiangyang to sabotage.
Xun You and the others scolded when they saw the letter - I can go to you, Guan Ping is about to stir up Jiangling, but Xiangyang has been calm. It seems that as Cheng Yu said, those people in Jiangdong who are ostensibly oriented to the imperial court are actually their great enemies.
Today, when he heard that the arsenal had been burned, Cao Cao slowly took out the letter and held it in his hand.
"What do you think?"
This time, there is no need for Cheng Yu to say, Xun You has already made a quick decision.
"Prime Minister, I thought we should do the opposite. I expect that Sun Quan and Liu Bei must be worried that our army will attack along the Yangtze River and Hanshui, so he deliberately spread rumors to make Xiangyang chaotic and delay Boran's march.
I thought that when Ling Boran moved first along the Han River and mobilized the main force of the thief army, our army would attack along the Yangtze River and take Xiakou directly! โ
Cao Cao's tiger eyes were cold, and he sneered:
"The previous Zhongde three strategies ......"
"The subordinates are guilty." Xun Yu hurriedly bowed down and apologized.
Before, Cheng Yu hoped to use Ma Liang to participate in the military and Huang Zhong to participate in the battle to divide Cai Mao and win over the Jingzhou family, but Xun Yu insisted that Ma Liang and Huang Zhong should not be gullible, and it happened that Huang Zhong beat Cao Hong again, and then it was naturally shelved.
Now that Cao Cao began to ease relations with Cai Mao, and Cao Cao was preparing to launch an attack along the Han River at the same time, it was particularly important to win over Ma Liang and Huang Zhong, who had taken refuge in Xiangyang.
"A few days ago, Ma Liang followed Yunshan to Jiangling to deliver grain, and only went to the private house to meet Kuai Yidu, and his interactions with Cai Mao were all under the public side of the riverside. It can be seen that Ma Liangxin is to the court and does not want to have too much to do with Cai Mao.
That Yunshan is also quite loyal and brave, I heard a long article say that before Guan Ping attacked, he also took the initiative to attack and fight with him.
It's better for the prime minister to give them a chance, if they can make a great contribution, they will reuse this person, so that even if our army withdraws in the future, it will not let Cai Mao dominate Jingzhou! โ
Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this.
He is now being disturbed by Cai Mao with a lot of headaches, if he can make good use of Yunshan and Huang Zhong, it will also be a huge victory to contain the Sun-Liu coalition army in the Hanshui area.
According to Gongda's words, Yunshan was the captain of Li Feng, and Ma Liang was the captain of Pingyu, and Huang Zhong was controlled by Wen Qian, and the vanguard advanced vigorously to crusade against Sun Liu.
If you can win, you will be rewarded! โ
Captain Li Feng and Captain Ping Yu were the official positions of Cao Ren and Le Jin in the past, and it is not difficult to see Cao Cao's ardent expectations for the two from this fate.
If the two of them can win, Sun Liu will be forced to deploy a large army to defend the Han side of the river, and he can take advantage of the advantages of his troops to launch an attack along the Yangtze River.
Cao Cao's tense expression began to relax a little, and all the dark clouds that had accumulated for many days were swept away.
Cao Cao had been defeated many times before, and even fell into a desperate situation many times, but he was still the final winner.
He believes that this time he will not escape his grasp.
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Guan Ping returned from Gangneung, took the summer water to the Han River, and met Lu Yi, who had been fighting there all along, near Da Hyeonsan.
After not seeing him for a few days, Lu Yi's already dark face was sunburned more evenly, and it was even a little reflective from a distance, which made Guan Ping couldn't help laughing.
Lu Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said:
"What are you laughing at? You don't have to worry about eating and drinking in Gangneung, and it's really hard for me to wait here. โ
After Lu Yi blockaded Xia Shui, Zhao Yan sent naval troops to fight them many times.
Although Lu Yi's army was far superior to the Northern Army in water warfare skills, Zhao Yan's best thing was to appease people's hearts, he actually organized a powerful Jingzhou naval army to listen to it, Lu Yi actually suffered a big loss, if he didn't run fast, he would almost be expelled from this area.
"Fortunately, the little general's arrangement before was ......of great use," Liu Dian said with a grin, "Otherwise, we can only go to Xiakou to stand by now." โ
After the soldiers under Liang Qi were "killed", they were arranged to live in the land belonging to the Ma family in the Xianshan generation.
Le Jin's soldiers entered the vicinity of Da Xian Mountain again to levy conscription and grain and were immediately attacked by these people, and the barbarians in the Jingxiang area also began to attack Le Jin's men frequently because of the lack of grain storage in winter, forcing Le Jin to be in a hurry again because of the lack of food, Zhao Yan was forced to distribute his own food to Le Jin, and the food distribution of the Jingzhou army under his command was not enough, so he was naturally unwilling to chase and kill Lu Yi.
Guan Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and told Lu Yi and Liu Dian the news he had found out from Jiangling.
Hearing that Cao Cao had begun to prepare for the Armageddon, Lu Yi nodded quickly:
"The matter is urgent, there is Lao Liu Gong here, I will talk about this matter to the Supreme first."
"General Sun is nearby?" Guan Ping said curiously.
This is all about to start, Zhou Yu's army must have been assembled in large numbers, why is Sun Quan still wandering around the Hanshui area.
Lu Yi showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, as if he didn't want to say this embarrassing thing, but he hesitated for a moment, and still said in a low voice:
"You and I are friends of life and death, I won't hide it from you - the Supreme doesn't know who to listen to, there is a place for the gods on this Han River, and he is still searching carefully.
Hey, this, this ......."
Lu Yi naturally didn't believe this, and slowly shook his head as he spoke, looking quite helpless.
Guan Ping's eyes widened, and he said in his heart that it was not impossible for Sun Quan to go over there, but it was not a peaceful world over there, and if something happened there, it would be over.
However, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better, Guan Ping wisely shut his mouth and made an appointment with Liu Dian to wait until he returned to Xiangyang, and then pretended to fight.
"This time I have to act like a little bit." Guan Ping remembered the last battle, and couldn't help but feel palpitations, "Lejin and Xu Huang are both experienced in a hundred battles, and it is not as good as the last time they dealt with Liang Qi." โ
Liu Dian confidently patted his chest and assured that there would be absolutely no problem this time.
At that time, the two sides first shot indiscriminately with a rain of arrows, and then Liu Dian was defeated, and the next thing was naturally that Guan Ping chased all the way, and the two sides fought a clumsy battle - when the Wu army eliminated some Cao soldiers, Guan Ping captured a few more Wu army ships, and it was easy to deceive those Cao army generals who did not know how to fight water.
"Then I'll thank Gong Liu first." Guan Ping smiled confidently.
He didn't expect that this exercise would cause a huge chain incident, which made him have mixed feelings and very complicated feelings every time he thought about it in the rest of his life.