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Cao Cao hesitated, and after Guo Jia applauded, he reacted, and he couldn't weigh the pros and cons now.

Xun Yu shook his head and said, "This matter is too dangerous!" Don't forget that Zhang Xiu is a native of Northland County. ”

These words woke everyone up suddenly, and Cheng Yu blurted out "Northland Gun King", Xun You and Guo Jia's faces collapsed, and they cursed Jia Xu in unison.

Cao Cao was very embarrassed, to put it bluntly, it was his son who caused the trouble, and after drinking a little wine, he had no way to talk, and he couldn't say this kind of thing even if he wanted to do it.

This leaves a truth for people, even if people defect, the world will forgive him for his choice, who makes you unable to tolerate people.

If you want to take revenge, you refused to surrender at the beginning, how can there be a reason to settle accounts after the autumn, and those who do this kind of thing are the most despised.

Just when Cao Cao's group was still in trouble, the report came, and Jiangdong Sun Quan marched in a big way, sending troops from Lujiang to Huainan County.

Sun Quan actually bordered Cao Cao, just across the Yangtze River and the Huai River, after the defeat of Yuan Shu, Yangzhou was divided into two, Cao Cao occupied one-third, and the rest was occupied by Sun Ce.

It's just that in the battle of Cao Liu in the past two years, Sun Quan chose to support Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and did not attack Yangzhou alone.

Cao Cao had no choice but to temporarily put down dealing with Yuan Xi, and immediately ordered Zhang Liao to go south and converge on the forbidden town to guard Hefei, Huainan County.

Huainan County was originally known as Jiujiang County, Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou is renamed Huainan, and moved Yangzhou Thorn History Mansion to Hefei City, Huainan County, which has become a male city.

The original Hefei was just a county seat, the name originated from the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Hefei was also briefly canonized by a Hou country name during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Therefore, there was a foundation in this place, and it is no wonder that Yuan Shu would take a fancy to this back then.

Yuan Xi originally heard that Cao Cao had returned to Xuzhou, and knew that there was likely to be trouble, so he prepared to deal with it.

Suddenly, this news came, but everyone in Hebei couldn't guess what Sun Quan was for, and this time he went all out to deal with Cao Cao.

At the same time, they were also relieved that the pressure on Hebei had been reduced, allowing them to devote more energy to construction.

Of course, Sun Quan is not a psychopath, and he has to fight Cao Cao with his strength is not great, and it is not because Xu Sheng secretly reported Zhou Yu's speculation.

As soon as Sun Quan heard it, it must be Cao Cao who was doing something and wanted to split Jiangdong, so that he had no time to help Jingzhou resist Cao.

Now Sun Quan quit, and he was furious that Cao Cao was so despicable and troublesome, so he simply played with you.

On the third day of the third month of the twelfth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan sent people to Xiangyang secretly and formally set an offensive and defensive alliance with Liu Biao.

The Sun-Liu Alliance signed a contract in advance, but it was not Liu Bei and Sun Quan, but it was replaced by Liu Biao.

At this time, Liu Biao was no longer reluctant to wake up like a big dream, perhaps Cao Cao put too much pressure on him, which made him feel too much crisis.

Although he is already dying, he can see that Cao Cao is not reluctant to destroy his Jingzhou foundation, even the clay man also has three points of fire, not to mention Liu Biao, one of the eight gus.

Liu Biao is not incapable, he rode into Jingzhou alone, and he was able to unify the divided Jingzhou under his rule, and he was by no means a simple person.

To put it bluntly, he just doesn't want to participate in the struggle for hegemony in the world, and wants to have power in a stable manner, but now that this power is about to be lost, he naturally quits.

On the first day of the third month, just before the arrival of the Jiangdong envoy, he summoned Cai Mao and told him straight to the point that if the Cai family supported Cao Cao, he was willing to withdraw from Xiangyang and go to Jiangxia.

Jingzhou was divided into two, bounded by Jiangling City in Nanjun, north of Jiangling owned by the Cai family, and south of Jingzhou pastoral area, and he had to resist Cao Cao's army with all his might.

These words directly forced Cai Mao into a corner, the Cai family has the strongest power in the Xiangyang area, and more than half of the entire Jingzhou Navy is in the hands of Cai Mao.

But the infantry army is not under the control of the Cai family, there are many families in Jingzhou, and there are many families who are not weaker than the Cai family, such as the Kuai family and the Huang family, and there are many families in the second class.

Like Pang Tong's Pang family, Jingnan's Xi family, Ma Liang's Ma family, and Wenpin's Wen family, none of them are simple, and these families all support Liu Biao.

If the Cai family dares to be independent, without waiting for Cao Cao to arrive, I am afraid that they will be wiped out by these families first.

In history, Jingzhou surrendered to Cao, Cai Mao was supported by the Kuailiang brothers, and Liu Cong was too weak, and Liu Qi was not favored by everyone, so no one objected.

But now that Liu Biao is alive, he has made great contributions to the stability of Jingzhou over the years, and it is impossible for the Jingzhou family to betray him if he thinks of him well.

After thinking about it, Cai Mao gritted his teeth in the end, and could only guarantee to support Liu Biao's resistance to Cao, and was willing to hand over the command of the navy for the time being.

Of course, this is not only a show, but also a vote, even if the navy is commanded by others, unless there is time to clean up, it still can't take away the power of the Cai family.

Because there are too many children of the Cai family among the officers at all levels of the Jingzhou Navy Army, and there are also talents cultivated by the Cai family, it is impossible for Liu Biao to eliminate these people, and he has no time to do so.

It is impossible to guarantee the combat effectiveness of a formed army when it needs to replace a large number of officers, and it dares to do so only when there is no war period and a relatively long period of stability.

Even Yuan Xi began to comprehensively reorganize the Hebei army only last year, and it was only under the prestige of successive victories that it was passed.

Otherwise, it will also face the infiltration of the four states, to put it bluntly, the talent is in the hands of the family, and the grass species are not absent, but too rare.

Take martial arts as an example, ordinary people can't afford to train, not to mention the medicinal materials needed to practice martial arts, that is, the food that increases every day is a luxury, how can you practice.

Therefore, middle- and lower-level officers, almost all of them are from powerful families in various places, or people who are dependent on powerful people can obtain resources, which is a dead knot, and it cannot be solved even in the 21st century.

The so-called elites of all walks of life are not vicious dogs raised by capital, and he will bite whoever the master tells you to bite, no matter whether it is right or wrong.

All Yuan Xi can do is to tie up these heroes with interests, everyone will be prosperous and lossy, and they will have to support you.

Liu Biao is also well aware of this, and this time Cai Mao was forced to cooperate, so as to control the existing power in Jingzhou and fight against Cao Cao with the Jiangdong Alliance.

Of course, this time Liu Bei was reused again, leading an army to Fuyang, waiting for an opportunity to spy on Yuzhou, once Cao's army attacked Fancheng on a large scale, his side could attack Yuzhou.

Liu Bei also has the identity of Yuzhou Mu, which was given by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei once governed Yuzhou for a short time, leaving a lot of good reputation.

On March 17, the twelfth year of Jian'an, just as Cao Cao's army arrived at the front line, a message came from Xudu, Yuan Xi sent a letter to the Han Emperor Liu Xie, saying that Hebei was willing to send troops to the grassland to attack Xianbei in the central part of the country.