After Liu Ba was summoned by Cao Cao, he immediately set off for the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After Cao Cao saw Liu Ba, he said directly to Liu Ba:

"Zichu, the Marquis of Hanzhong intends for you to do things in Hanzhong, I don't know what Zichu wants?"

Liu Ba didn't expect that it was the Marquis of Hanzhong who wanted to find him to play in Hanzhong, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

The name of Hou Lin Immortal Master in Hanzhong is now known to everyone in the whole world, and Liu Ba has naturally heard of it.

Whether it is the immortal grain from the hand of Hanzhong Hou, or the refined steel, as well as the liquor, Liu Ba is already familiar with it.

But Liu Ba, who was rich in business talent, did not know what work he could carry out under the Hou of Hanzhong at this time.

So Liu Ba asked Cao Cao:

"Back to the prime minister, I don't know what Lord Hanzhong wants to be responsible for in Hanzhong? Although I want to go to Hanzhong to do things for Lord Hanzhong, I am worried about living up to Lord Hanzhong's expectations! ”

Cao Cao told Liu Ba about the water-powered loom made by Lin Chuan and the establishment of the Hanzhong Chamber of Commerce, and also said to Liu Ba:

"The Marquis of Hanzhong heard that Zichu has a talent for business, so he wanted to invite Zichu to Hanzhong to take charge of the Hanzhong Chamber of Commerce."

After listening to Cao Cao's explanation, Liu Ba had no doubts in his heart, so he opened his mouth and agreed:

"Ba Yuan goes to Hanzhong!"

After Cao Cao heard Liu Ba's reply, he asked Liu Ba to go back and prepare the carriage and horses, and immediately set off for Hanzhong.

After sending Liu Ba away, Cao Cao returned to his study.

In the study, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and other strategists, as well as Xiahoudun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other generals are waiting for Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao came to the study, he saw that all the civil and military forces under his command had arrived, so he first asked how the army's drills and armor were equipped.

"Prime Minister, the army has been practicing for more than half a year according to the training method provided by the Marquis of Hanzhong!"

"Now all departments in the army can already carry out orders and prohibitions, and advance and retreat in a certain way!"

"Eighty percent of the weapons and armor made of refined steel have been equipped with tigers and leopards, and two percent of the equipment of the rest of the departments."

"Our army is now wearing armor from top to bottom, morale is high, and the military spirit is available!"

Xiahoudun and Cao Ren and other generals reported to Cao Cao in detail on the training of the army, as well as the situation of weapons and equipment.

Cao Cao said with satisfaction: "Okay!" ”

Then Cao Cao asked Xun Yu and other strategists how the reserves of grain and grass and the collection of people were.

"Back to the prime minister, now all the important towns and important places have hoarded grain and grass that can be used by the army in the city to fight for a year!"

"If our army assembles to fight, grain and grass can be used for our army to fight at full strength for more than half a year."

"And the cement straight road has basically connected all the important towns, and the people who transport grain, grass and materials can only half of what they need!"

After listening to Xun Yu and other strategists report in detail on the situation of the grain and grass and the people, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction.

Cao Cao then said to the crowd:

"I have received definite news that Sun Quan of Eastern Wu and Liu Bei of Jiangxia have planned to join forces again!"

"According to the spies, Sun Quan and Liu Bei are gathering troops and mobilizing grain and grass."

"Judging from the movements of Sun Quan and Liu Bei's troops and grain and grass, this time Sun Liu's combined army is still going to fight with our army in Chibi again!"

After listening to what Cao Cao said, although the civil and military forces in the study had heard the rumors of the Sun-Liu coalition army before, after being confirmed by the prime minister himself, everyone was excited.

The generals train the army hard every day, waiting for them to go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!

The strategists worked hard day and night for the lord to take control of the world!

Now that everyone hears that they are about to fight a decisive battle in Chibi again, they remember that when they had no choice but to withdraw their troops in Chibi last year, they all have the emotions of doing a lot of work in their hearts waiting to be released.

Xun Yu analyzed Cao Cao:

"Prime Minister, now our army doesn't have to worry about the problem of food and grass, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and the Sun and Liu coalition forces want to fight a decisive battle with our army in Chibi, and they must be a last resort."

"Yes, now every day passes, our army is stronger, and Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu also know that if they drag on any longer, they will be completely powerless to return to the sky."

Jia Xu also continued Xun Yu's analysis and said.

Xiahoudun also said:

"Our army now has 800,000 troops, including 250,000 cavalry and 550,000 infantry!"

"The Sun-Liu coalition army has at most half of our army's strength, not to mention that our army is more well-trained, this victory is considered a great victory!"

When Cao Cao saw his advisers and generals, they all thought that it was a sure thing to fight a decisive battle in Chibi again and defeat the Sun-Liu coalition army, so he made up his mind to fight directly.

Then Cao Cao began to dispatch troops.

……

At the same time, Liu Bei and Sun Quan, who had formed an alliance, were discussing in the big tent.

"Xuande, can't Jiang Xia pull out 150,000 soldiers and horses?"

In the face of Sun Quan's inquiry, Liu Bei, who knew that this battle was a matter of life and death, said helplessly:

"Zhongmou, Bei has mobilized all the soldiers who can fight, and 100,000 soldiers and horses have gathered the strength of the entire Jiangxia."

"Alas......"

Sun Quan also knew that Liu Bei's ability to mobilize 100,000 soldiers and horses was already exhausted, and he couldn't ask for more.

Sun Quan gathered the power of Eastern Wu and gathered an army of 300,000, which had also reached the limit of Eastern Wu's bearing capacity.

In fact, it's not that some people can't be pulled to distribute blades as soldiers, but food and grass are also very tight for the Sun-Liu coalition army.

The two of their advisers have been sent to various places to reorganize the army and raise food and grass to levy people.

Sun Quan and Liu Bei both knew very well in their hearts that Cao Cao's army at this time had at least 700,000.

And the Cao army has enough food and grass, as long as this battle enters the stage of a war of attrition, the Sun-Liu coalition army will become weaker and weaker, and the Cao army will be bigger and stronger.

Regardless of ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, the war is nothing more than these points:

Strong logistical capabilities, well-trained troops, strong mobilization capabilities.

Therefore, Sun Quan and Liu Bei, who are weaker than Cao Cao in all aspects, must fight a decisive battle with Cao Jun as soon as possible!

"If I had taken Lin Chuan under my command in advance, would the situation have been reversed today?"

Sun Quan and Liu Bei thought that after Cao Cao obtained Lin Chuan, he would obtain countless grains and grasses, as well as a hundred refined steel that could be used to build strong armor, and at this time, they all imagined in their hearts what would happen if they got Lin Chuan's help.

In Wulin City, Cao Cao has come here from Xuchang.

Because Lin Chuan once told Cao Cao the reasons for his defeat in the Battle of Chibi in history: first, the main force of the navy was defeated by fire, and second, the main force of the army rushed to the battlefield after the main force of the navy was defeated.

So Cao Cao changed his battle plan.

In this decisive battle of Chibi, Cao Cao overturned the previous battle plan of combining troops with Chibi and adopted the strategy of Lin Chuan's multi-way attack.

Today, the strength of the Cao army is twice that of the Sun-Liu coalition army, and even if it is divided into four armies to attack at the same time, the Cao army still has 200,000 horses in each army.

Regardless of whether the Sun-Liu coalition army was divided into the same army or combined forces, the advantage of Cao's army was very obvious.

After Cao Cao deduced all the possible scenarios, he confidently said:

"Our army is strong and strong, even if the Sun and Liu coalition forces come together to attack, why be afraid!"