Kunyang's best strategy is what Shen Chen thinks is the best strategy at the moment.

Advance can seize Yuzhou, retreat can get Jingzhou.

No matter how bad it is, it can follow the Longzhong pair, first divide the world, and then go north to the Central Plains.

Some people may think that it seems a little immoral for Shen Chen to eat Liu Biao and drink Liu Biao, and to occupy his family business.

But Shen Chen never thought of occupying Liu Biao's family business.

Liu Biao's lifespan is so long, and when he dies, will he watch Jingzhou be ceded to Cao Cao by Liu Cong?

Therefore, the core of Kunyang's strategy is to buy some time for Yuan Shao, so that Cao Cao's time to pacify the north will be delayed for more than ten years.

After Liu Biao died of natural causes, let Liu Bei support Liu Qi to get Jingzhou, and after Liu Qi died of illness, Liu Bei would be able to take over smoothly.

In the final analysis, it is not that Shen Chen wants to take away Liu Biao's inheritance, but that Liu Biao will die soon, Liu Cong is useless, and Liu Qi is also fated to die early.

So what can he do?

Is it possible to repay the dead for their loyalty?

It is equivalent to saying that this foundation will be the same as in history in the future, waiting for Liu Cong to offer Jingzhou and fight Cao Cao.

Or wait for Liu Qi to die of illness, Liu Bei will take over, there are only these two possibilities.

As for Liu Biao's personality, it belongs to one yard to one yard.

Shen Chen didn't follow Liu Biao from beginning to end, and he didn't admit that he was his subordinate, so this didn't prevent him from pointing out his shortcomings.

Shen Chen would definitely not have any thoughts when Liu Biao was alive, but after his death, Shen Chen would just not let Jingzhou be sacrificed by Liu Cong, and would also treat his children and grandchildren well.

Otherwise, if you really continue to follow the way in history, this foundation will be given to Cao Cao almost in vain, and you still need to fight the Battle of Chibi, then there will be too many unpredictable things in the future, so it is better to plan early.

In mid-July, Guandu.

Not long after Shen Chen and Liu Bei converged and failed to attack Xu Du in the second attempt, Cao Cao got the news.

Ren Jun fought hard to repel Shen Chen, and although Cao Hong scattered Liu Bei's army, Liu Bei and Shen Chen's main forces did not suffer much loss and retreated to Kunyang safely.

After Cao Cao knew about this, his heart was extremely heavy, and he slowly walked out of the camp, one person and one horse, and slowly came to the west mountain, looking at the Yuan Shao camp under construction on the other side of the Guandu River from a distance.

Yesterday, Yuan Shao's main force finally arrived at Guandu and began to formally build the barracks, the fence on the periphery has not yet been built, and the camp tents have stretched for dozens of miles, and the flags cover the sky and the sun, as if there is no end.

This scene gave Cao Cao a deep shock, Yuan Shao's frontal force was three times his number, countless chariots and horses every day, and tens of thousands of people began to dig trenches and build camps on the other side of the river.

At this time, he had less than 40,000 people in Guandu, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were distributed in Henan, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places, but the soldiers and horses in the rear were beaten by Shen Chen and suffered heavy losses.

The huge gap in strength caused Cao Cao to feel unprecedented pressure and tension, looking at the vast and endless camp in the distance, a few drops of sweat unconsciously popped on his forehead, showing his extremely uncalm heart.

After a moment, Cao Cao let out a long sigh, gently wiped the sweat dripping down his cheeks with his cuffs, and then stood with his hands in his hands, looking into the distance again with a sad gaze, silently observing the enemy camp.

It's a pity that if it weren't for Yuan Benchu, I would have already mobilized the main force to go south to encircle and suppress Shen Chen and Liu Bei, the two scabies diseases.

When did Nai die?

If it weren't for his main force to trap Guandu, why would he let those two small people become a big trouble?

Cao Cao showed a hint of melancholy on his face.

"Ming Gong."

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

Cao Cao immediately adjusted his mentality, his face returned to his previous self-confidence, and he looked into the distance with seemingly indifferent eyes, as if he saw the mighty more than 100,000 Yuan troops, like a mustard.

He can show vulnerability alone when no one is in private, but he must not tell everyone in front of his subordinates that Cao Cao is also afraid.

"Ming Gong."

The sound got closer and closer, and after a while, it was not far behind him.

Cao Cao turned around and saw Guo Jia and Xun You walking towards him.

At this time in history, he had gathered five major strategists, Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu.

But now because Zhang Xiu was dissuaded by Shen Chen, he did not come to vote, which made him lose Jia Xu.

Xun Yu is in Xudu, Cheng Yu is in Zhencheng, Yanzhou, and there are other strategists, such as Dong Zhao, Mao Jue, Zhong Xuan, Wang Lang, etc.

But these people are all in other places, and they are not core strategists, so there are only Xun You and Guo Jia around at present.

At this moment, the two of them came over slowly, and Cao Cao smiled calmly: "Fengxiao, Gongda, what's the matter." ”

"Ming Gong is so elegant."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Are you observing Yuan Ying?" ”

"Hmm."

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Although Yuan Shao is strong, I can't see a group of ants, and when I find a flaw, I will be able to annihilate it with one blow." ”

Guo Jia walked behind him and whispered, "This is natural, but Ming Gong still can't underestimate Shen Chen." ”

"You know that, too?"

Cao Cao asked.

"I just got the news."

Xun You said: "This person is in Kunyang, and he has attacked Xudu twice, I am afraid that he is consuming our rear troops, and when we have a decisive battle with Yuan's army, we will conquer Xudu in one fell swoop." ”

Shen Chen's strategic plan is not difficult to guess, he wandered around the edge of Xu Du several times, all of which were openly threatening Xu Du, and actually killing and injuring Cao Cao's rear forces.

At the earliest, Cao Hong had 8,000 men and horses in Wuyang, Kunyang, Yexian County, plus Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian and Li Tong's people, so far, Cao's army has lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the rear has been seriously empty.

Although Shen Chen himself also suffered heavy losses, he always let him take the lead in his elusiveness, and Cao Cao himself was not in the rear, Xiahou Yuan and Li Dian were helpless against Shen Chen, so that every time they faced Shen Chen, they would lose more and win less, and they would waste their troops and horses.

Now around Xudu, there are Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, Ren Jun, Han Hao, Li Tong and others less than 20,000 troops, but among the 20,000, nearly half of them are Ren Jun and Han Hao's peasant army.

At that time, Xu Du will be completely empty, and the total strength may be about 10,000, in case Liu Bei continues to gather the remnants of the Yuan clan in Runan, collect the scattered soldiers, plus Shen Chen's soldiers and horses, then Xu Du will be in danger.

"yes."

Cao Cao sighed, shook his head and said, "I'm already thinking about whether to move the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials to the Yuanling." ”

"No!"

Guo Jia and Xun You opposed it almost at the same time.

"Ming Gong."

Xun You said: "The matter of moving the prince of heaven is harmful but not beneficial. First, Yuanling is too close to Guandu, and Yuan Shao will definitely divide his troops to attack and disturb. Second, if the capital is moved temporarily, the world will think that we are afraid of Shen Chen, and the morale of the hundreds of officials and even the soldiers will be unstable. ”

Guo Jia added: "And the grain and grass of our army are all near Xudu, and it takes a lot of effort to move, and it is difficult to consolidate the grain and grass. If Xinsu is delayed due to the relocation of the capital in September, I am afraid that the front line will face the dilemma of running out of food. ”

Where is the Yuanling?

In the northeast of Xinzheng, south of Zhongmu, it is only more than 30 kilometers away from Guandu, which is probably the area of Zhengzhou Airport Area in later generations.

In fact, Cao Cao did not have no grain, but that the grain and grass could not all be piled up together, just like Yuan Shaotun's military officer crossing, and the grain and grass were in the black nest thirty kilometers away.

Now most of his grain and grass are in Xudu, including the new wheat harvested in May this year and some old grain given to him by Liu Biao the year before last, and the camp in Guandu is currently only able to last for two months, which means that in September, he will be short of grain and grass.

But Xu Du wants grain, if so many people and ministers ignore it and transport all the grain to Guandu, Xu will have no food, and the surrounding areas of the city, including the tuntian households, the peasant army, the people of Xu Du and the hundred officials of the public secretary, will rebel.

So at present, Cao Cao's situation is very difficult, he must hold out until September, harvest the new millet, and then wait for the rear to transport grain and grass to the front line, and it is Ren Jun who has completed this task in history.

But even if Ren Jun completed part of the grain transportation task in history, he still only sent him two months of grain, due to Yuan Shao's pervasive attack on the grain road, resulting in difficulties in the transportation of grain and grass, and later in October, when Xu You came to find Cao Cao, Cao Cao also admitted that his grain could only hold on to the end of November.

This means that if Cao Cao chooses to move the capital, then the grain and grass of Xu Capital will also be transported to Yuanling. At that time, Yuan Shao had already begun to suppress Cao Cao in all aspects, and his troops crossed the Kaifeng and Weishi areas, but Xu Du was too far away and it was inconvenient to divide the troops, so Yuan Shao did not send troops.

Now once Cao Cao moved the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials to Yuanling, and Yuanling was so close to Guandu, no matter how stupid Yuan Shao was, he would send a large force of soldiers and horses to attack. At that time, the danger he will face will be greater than the danger of Shen Chen's attack on Xu Du, which can be described as a dangerous and dangerous death!

Cao Cao sighed and said: "I don't know it, but Shen Chen and Liu Bei don't know the current affairs, and they have to guard against Yuan Shao in Guandu, and they can't be recruited in person, and the situation in the rear is already very dangerous." ”

Guo Jia and Xun You glanced at each other, then stepped forward with a smile and said: "Ming Gong is worried, after I discussed with Gongda, I will explore a plan that can relieve Ming Gong's worries." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "Will the plan be released? ”

Guo Jia stepped forward and whispered a few words to him: "So, so, so, so." ”

It's just that what the two didn't expect was that after Cao Cao heard this strategy, he suddenly became silent.

"Ming Gong?"

Xun You and Guo Jia saw that Cao Cao was silent, and they didn't know why, so they asked, "Is there anything wrong with this plan?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head: "This plan is very good"

"That"

"Let me think about it again."

"This"

The two looked at each other again, only feeling confused, but Cao Cao was an assertive person, and he would naturally adopt it if he adopted it, so he didn't say anything more and gave up.

After a while, Cao Cao looked up at the sky, his eyes widened, and his eyes were full of gloom and sadness.

He remembered the ten-mile spring breeze in Qian County that year.

Flowers such as dendrobium, daylilies, roses, and basil compete with each other.

No matter how beautiful the flowers are, they are not as beautiful as the sunset in the evening, and the girl's delicate face.

In the spring of that year, his cousin, who had known him since childhood, sat in the carriage, and in his spring breeze, the carriage slowly drove into his Cao family.

Later, because she couldn't give birth to children, Mrs. treated Cao Ang and Cao Shuo as her own children, and never complained.

During the Yellow Turban Uprising and Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, it was his wife who constantly encouraged him to serve the country. Even if she fled home from Luoyang in embarrassment countless times, she never complained.

It's a pity that the death of Ziyu made Mrs. and herself drift away after all.

In my life, no matter how many people I killed, I never regretted it, and I didn't feel sorry for anyone.

Only Madame, I have already failed you once.

Right now.

I'm going to take you back again.

Cao Cao looked at the clouds in the sky and slowly shed tears.

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