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At this time, the situation was completely different from the original time and space, and the princes sitting in Shouchun were no longer Yuan Shu, the skeleton king of Huainan, but a more powerful Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) who could fight like Lu Bu and was also resourceful.

This made Cao Cao very stressed.

His original plan was to take all his soldiers and horses, that is, an army of 100,000 troops, to attack Xuzhou and level Lü Bu with lightning speed, but after capturing Xiaopei, Cao Cao hesitated.

After thinking about it again and again, in order to prevent Yanzhou from losing, he finally decided to let Cao Ren, Yu Ban, and Le Jin lead an army of 50,000 to defend Xiaopei, Jiao Zhongqing in the south, and Zhang Xiu in the west, and led an army of 50,000 to attack Xuzhou.

In this way, although the possibility of being stolen was completely eliminated, it also made the soldiers and horses in Cao Cao's hands not so rich. Since then, in the process of attacking Xuzhou, it has been repeatedly counterattacked by Xuzhou Mu Lu Bu, and the entire Xuzhou battle situation has been in a stalemate from the beginning.

Seeing this situation, in order to paralyze Cao Cao and Liu Biao, Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) wrote to the imperial court, enumerating the ten major sins of Huang Zu in Jiangxia, and requesting to send troops for the imperial court, pacify Jiangxia, and capture Huang Zu to correct the law and discipline.

Then, without waiting for the consent of the imperial court, he personally led an army of 10,000, known as "100,000", and entered Jiangxia with great fanfare, together with Sun Ce's 10,000 soldiers and horses and subordinate generals, and Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu held each other.

Secretly, on the second day after arriving in Jiangxia, Jiao Zhongqing (Lü Bu) ordered Sun Ce to continue to hold Huang Zu under his banner, and he quietly slipped back to Shouchun, mobilized troops and horses, and waited for Cao Cao to send Xiaopei soldiers and horses to attack Xuzhou.

At the same time, he sent people to spread the news that "he is about to lead the army to attack Yanzhou in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and Jiangxia is just a false shot", and instructed Sun Ce to respond like this and this.

The news of Yangzhou Thorn Shi and Jiangxia Taishou fighting on the Yangtze River soon reached Cao Cao's ears, and Cao Cao made up his mind, but he did not immediately dispatch soldiers and horses stationed in Xiaopei to support Xuzhou, but decided to take a look.

As a top military strategist, Cao Cao smelled the opportunity to eliminate Lu Bu from the incident of the Jiao and Liu families fighting in Jiangxia, and at the same time felt a strong killing intention.

Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu and other strategists also held the same view, believing that all the soldiers and horses in Pei County could not be transferred to aid Xuzhou; Even if it is to be transferred, at least 20,000 soldiers and horses must be left in Xiaopei, and a strong military division must be arranged to be in charge, so as to be safe. Otherwise, according to the urine nature of "Jiao Zhongqing's" previous sneak attack on Yuan Shu, once this guy decides to sneak attack Yanzhou, then everyone will fall into a situation from which they will never recover.

Cao Cao thought so.

But when he thought that at this time, Yuan Shao had already taken possession of the four northern continents and was forcing Gongsun Zhan to the cage of Yijing little by little, Cao Cao was worried in his heart, thinking that it was urgent to eliminate Lu Bu, even if there was a risk, he had to take a risk.

Otherwise, once Yuan Shao eliminated Gongsun Zhan, he would free up his hands and go south.

Then he Cao Cao is really finished.

In the end, Cao Cao thought about it again and again, and finally ordered Xun You to go to Xiaopei, cooperate with the three generals to sit in Xiaopei, and at the same time transfer 30,000 soldiers and horses from Xiaopei into Xu to besiege Xuzhou.

At this time, it was August of the third year of Jian'an.

Yuzhou, three miles outside the city of Xiaopei.

In the reeds.

Jiao Zhongqing, who was pretending to be a fisherman, wore a felt hat, quietly poked out half of his head from the grass, frowned and looked at Xiao Peicheng, who was in a strict formation, with a solemn expression.

Beside him, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Tai Shici, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Ding Feng, Zhu Heng and others will poke out half of their heads and look around.

Among these generals, the youngest Lu Xun is only 16 years old, but although he is young, he has been following Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) on the battlefield for several years, and he is already a qualified veteran.

Farther away, 30,000 infantry were hiding in the mountains and forests.

Seeing that Xiao Peicheng did not have the slightest flaw, Lu Xun endured it for a while, and proposed: "Lord, I thought it was inappropriate to sneak attack Yanzhou at this time, and our army has too few infantry, so it may be difficult to succeed." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone including Zhou Yu and Lu Su agreed, and everyone bowed their heads one after another, signaling the young Lu Xun to continue.

They are all talents with extremely high strategic vision, and they naturally know the disadvantages of sneaking into Yanzhou at this time.

——Not only because Yangzhou's troops are mainly tens of thousands of naval troops and too few infantry, but also because this is a copy of the battle of Yanzhou four years ago. At that time, after Yanzhou was captured by Lu Bu's sneak attack, Cao Cao once only had three counties left, but Cao Cao had an army of 100,000 people, which belonged to the situation of "saving people and losing land", and in the end he also succeeded in "saving people and land" and knocked Lu Bu out of Yanzhou.

Once you choose to attack Yanzhou today, not to mention whether these 30,000 infantry can capture Xiaopei, which is garrisoned by 20,000 soldiers and horses, you will inevitably suffer the retaliation of Cao Cao's 100,000 troops afterwards. In view of Cao Cao's own military ability, and there are many highly intelligent and resourceful military divisions under his command, a sneak attack on Yanzhou will inevitably usher in a bloody battle.

The final result is likely to be a defeat and return to Shouchun by the Yangzhou army.

At present, Yangzhou has a total of about 100,000 soldiers and horses, 40,000 infantry, and 60,000 naval troops. Sun Ce went to attack Jiangxia and took away 10,000 sailors; This time, he came to steal Yanzhou and brought 30,000 infantry.

Under the rule of Yangzhou, there are only 50,000 sailors and 10,000 infantry left. 10,000 infantry were scattered and stationed in various cities in Jiangbei, and 50,000 sailors were stationed in Shouchun Chaohu Lake.

Relying only on these 30,000 infantry, even if it is a sneak attack, I am afraid it will be difficult to eat Cao Cao.

However, considering that "Jiao Zhongqing", the lord is more resourceful, and he may not have other hole cards in his hand, or other plans, everyone endured the doubts in their hearts and did not speak out against it.

Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) smiled slightly, with an unfathomable look on his face. He naturally knew that this was not a good time to sneak attack Yanzhou, and his main purpose was not to sneak attack Yanzhou...

It's Jingzhou!!

A wise and martial lord like him will not be untargeted.

He looked around at the crowd. He said in a deep voice: "You don't all think I'm here to attack Yanzhou, right? ”

Isn't it?

Everyone nodded, and Lu Xun couldn't help but ask again, "Lord, the 30,000 army traveled hundreds of miles to come here, didn't they come to see the scenery?" ”

"That's right! It's just to see the scenery! ”

Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) waved his hand and said categorically: "This time the Ming attack on Yanzhou is the actual plan for Jingzhou." ”

"Plotting Jingzhou?!"

When they heard this, they were all stunned.

Everyone traveled thousands of miles to Jiangxia, then to Xiaopei, and then to Jingzhou again?

This ruse... It's too complicated too.

But Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) didn't explain too much, but conveyed the orders in an orderly manner.

The generals surrendered, and then dived into the reeds and disappeared.

The next day.

Jiao Zhongqing (Lu Bu) personally led an army of 30,000 and swaggered under Xiaopei City.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su returned to Shouchun by the same route, led 15,000 sailors, and rushed to Jiangxia day and night.

Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Tai Shici, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Ding Feng, and Zhu Heng led 5,000 troops respectively, and the soldiers were divided into seven routes, and followed Zhou Yu.