Chapter 977 Sun, Cao's reaction
It is embarrassing to be embarrassed, but Chen Gong, Ju Su and Tian Feng have already practiced extremely thickly. As old men, they don’t care so much about such embarrassing things.
If they all cared, they would have been very embarrassed and angry.
Sima Hui is also a smart person. A clue can be seen from the slightly unnatural expressions of Chen Gong, Ju Su and Tian Feng. However, the fact that he was able to live to this day was due to low-key and prudence. Now he is even more low-key in being a human being. He walked aside silently, as if he knew everyone.
Liu Yu sat in the carriage and was thinking about why Sima Hui wanted to return to Luoyang with him. The phoenix was not in a place without treasure. Liu Yu believed that people like Sima Hui would definitely have an unspeakable purpose. If a talent like Sima Hui wanted to be rich and prosperous, he would become the best man and enjoy the greatest glory in the world as long as he became an official. But Sima Hui did not have it at all. In Jingzhou for so long, the dead ghost Liu Biao recruited Sima Hui many times, almost nodded Sima Hui, and a large number of benefits were directly fulfilled. Therefore, Sima Hui looked down on ordinary wealth and honor, which was what Liu Yu was worried about.
Li Gui was beside Liu Yu, and Liu Yu whispered: "Zhongyun, we must increase surveillance of Sima Hui in the future."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Gui knew what Liu Yu meant at once. As the leader of the "Ancient Ministry", he was very worried about Sima Hui who came suddenly. But without Liu Yu's order, Li Gui would not dare to do anything randomly now, so as not to anger Liu Yu. Now that Liu Yu gave this order, Li Gui could let go.
The convoy accelerated its progress, and Liu Yu also wanted to return to her home that she hadn't been back for a long time and reunite with her wife and children.
Just as Liu Yu set out on his return trip, his whereabouts had already been spread.
The first person to get the news was Sun Ce from Jiangdong.
When Liu Yu returned to Luoyang, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others felt relieved. Liu Yu had been supervising the battle in Jingzhou. If his mind was scattered, he would make his army attack Jiangdong at all costs. With the current situation, it would be a very severe test for Jiangdong to withstand it.
Now that Liu Yu is back, his focus is not on Jiangdong. At least many people in Jiangdong think so. Some people in Jiangdong suggest that Sun Ce take advantage of Liu Yu's return to Luoyang, Jingzhou's attention is not on Jiangdong. At this time, he suddenly sent troops and caught Jingzhou off guard. He would definitely make some situations come back.
Sun Ce wanted to scold this proposal. He was simply a broken brain.
Without Sun Ce and Zhou Yu speaking, Zhang Zhao and others were directly criticizing the internal affairs.
It's easy to fight a war, right? This is easy to say. The troops can be captured and the population of Jiangdong is insufficient. If all men over thirteen or under 60 years old are pulled out, there will be more than 100,000 troops. What about food and grass? How much food and grass can Jiangdong take out? There are warships. How many warships can Jiangdong take out now? Even if it is defeated, what kind of power can Jiangdong block the attack of others? Even if others don't fight, can Jiangdong stabilize the situation inside him? Don't say that Jiangdong is obedient. Even the strong Liu Yu and the treacherous Cao Cao dare not guarantee that there are no disobedient or attempts to rebel within him, and Sun Ce is even more impossible. Besides, if Liu Yu is not fully prepared, he will leave Jingzhou so easily? Don't even think about it! Jiangdong should be more worried about whether Liu Yu has made some conspiracies and tricks against Jiangdong.
So Zhang Zhao began to spray wildly, and his saliva was two feet apart. Zhang Zhao did not let go of the person who had just agreed to the proposal, and directly sprayed the other party to shamelessness.
If Sun Ce hadn't wanted to have a chance to appear inside him and asked Zhou Yu to persuade Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao might have scolded all the people who were talking nonsense to death.
Zhang Zhao is a very strong old man. Most people can't hold him back, but Zhou Yu still has to give him face. After all, without Sun Ce's instructions, Zhou Yu would not speak out.
With such a small episode, Jiangdong's proposal to take the opportunity to attack Jingzhou was wiped out. Sun Ce was worried that Liu Yu might have some plans for Jiangdong, and told everyone to be strictly guarded and not to be seized by Liu Jun. After experiencing the last failure, Sun Ce was full of guard against Liu Yu. Who can guarantee that Liu Yu's return to Luoyang this time was not a good design?
The situation in Jiangdong was not optimistic, so Sun Ce could only choose a defensive posture to deal with Jingzhou's attack.
Soon the meeting in Jiangdong for Liu Yu leaving Jingzhou ended, and everyone returned to their posts.
Zhou Yu stayed beside Sun Ce. When there was no one around, he said worriedly: "Bo Fu, it seems that our Jiangdong has been penetrated by Liu Yu's people."
Zhou Yu, who is extremely wise, can see from the situation just now that the spies from Liu Yu have already penetrated into the core power circle of Jiangdong. This time, someone must have been secretly operating this time.
Sun Ce was not stupid either. He also understood that what Zhou Yu said was true, but this was a bit helpless for Sun Ce. Regarding the style of the Shenwu court, he went deep into the hostile forces and made trouble first, weakened the enemy's strength, misled the enemy, and finally defeated the enemy easily. Sun Ce knew very well, but his current strength was not enough to deal with this, so he could only sigh helplessly.
"Gongjin, we can't sit still and wait for death. This matter will be left to you. Be sure to ensure that there will be no nails on Liu Yu's side within us." Sun Ce ordered.
"I understand!" Zhou Yu nodded and said.
Jiangdong is cautious in dealing with Liu Yu's movements this time. Sun Ce's ally Cao Cao has another attitude.
When Cao Cao heard this news, his face was not so good.
During these days, Cao Cao was dealing with Liu Jun's attacks every day. Jia Xu and Sima Yi, two wise strategists, constantly used various conspiracies to plot against Cao Cao. Cao Cao wisely chose to defend the situation in a comprehensive manner. No matter how Liu Jun provoked it, Cao Cao chose to be a turtle. What Cao Cao most hoped was to see Liu Yu suffer losses in Jiangdong and then his strength was damaged. It would be best to allocate all the troops in Yuzhou to deal with Jiangdong.
But earlier it was reported that Sun Ce from Jiangdong was defeated by Liu Yu in Chibi, and the turtle retreated to Jiangdong.
Cao Cao even doubted whether he had heard it wrong. Sun Ce still had a conscience and sent a suicide envoy to Cao Cao to bring news of his failure to deal with Liu Yu.
Cao Cao wanted to beat the messenger in front of him on the spot. Didn’t Sun Ce say that he could definitely defeat Liu Yu before? He attracted so much firepower for Sun Ce, but Sun Ce still couldn’t defeat Liu Yu, but was defeated by Liu Yu, which really disappointed Cao Cao.
The envoy told Cao Cao about the specific situation of the entire war. It was processed at that time, but it was not very different from the actual situation.
Cao Cao finally understood that Sun Ce would fail. To be fair, Cao Cao believed that if he was the head coach of Liu Jun, he might not be able to deal with Jiangdong's various plots. The ability of Zhuge Liang, the head coach of Liu Jun who conquered Jiangdong, was worthy of Cao Cao's vigilance. Cao Cao remembered Zhuge Liang, a young man who had never heard of before.
And this is not over yet. The news of the Battle of Chibi made the Liu army attacking Yuzhou even more eager to fight. Especially the Liu army troops attacking from Runan, the attack was the greatest.
Because his decision-maker was Sima Yi, a person who had a competitive relationship with Zhuge Liang. When he heard that Zhuge Liang had defeated Sun Ce from Jiangdong in the river, he made great contributions. His strength was almost the same as Zhuge Liang, and he was also the best among the younger generation. How could Sima Yi bear tolerate himself falling behind Zhuge Liang? So Sima Yi immediately arranged for his troops to launch a strong attack on the Cao army in Yuzhou, hoping to open up the confrontation with Cao Cao.
If Cao Cao hadn't been strong enough, everyone under his command would have to keep his position strictly and ensure that he would not lose it, otherwise he would have been killed in battle. If such a death order was issued, Cao's army would have blocked several waves of attacks from the highly motivated Liu Jun and caused huge losses to Liu Jun.
Sima Yi, who was eager to make contributions, regretted it a little. He was confused by his utilitarian spirit. If he withdraws troops now, he can avoid the increase in losses.
Cao Cao blocked Liu Jun's attack in this way.
Now that the news of Liu Yu returning to Luoyang came, Cao Cao knew it was wrong.
When Liu Yu returned to Luoyang, it means that Liu Yu's attention will be drawn from the south, and his next gaze will be on the Central Plains. Yuzhou, which has not opened up the situation, is Liu Yu's next strategic goal.
Cao Cao and Liu Yu were very familiar with each other. They knew that Liu Yu was full of bad things, so they would definitely deal with him when Cao Cao was not very good.
Cao Cao was very upset when he thought of facing Liu Yu's possible attack.
Cao Cao originally thought that Liu Yu's southward journey to Jingzhou was a huge mistake, so that Liu Yu would definitely fight on both sides. To Cao Cao's surprise, Liu Yu actually easily captured Jingzhou and defeated Sun Ce. Now Jiangdong has no way to cause trouble for Liu Yu, so Liu Yu can free up his hands.
Cao Cao could guess Liu Yu's plan. After the Red Cliff, Jiangdong was unable to cause trouble for Jingzhou. But if Liu Yu advanced to Jiangdong now, the results would be good. He could win many cities, but the losses were also huge. Sun Ce was a tough person. He would not give in so easily and would continue to fight with Liu Yu. This would be very unfavorable to Liu Yu. Others might not agree with this idea. How could Liu Yu have such a large territory and military strength? Who would dare to be in front of Cao Cao?
To say this, Cao Cao must give him a big mouth. Liu Yu's strength is the greatest, but it also means that the front line he has to defend is also very large, and he needs a large number of soldiers. Even if the war does not start, the food and grass that needs to be consumed every day is a huge amount. So, if Liu Yu dares to continue attacking Jiangdong, Cao Cao can laugh, and his pressure will not be so great. Cao Cao's biggest worry is that Liu Yu will pull back a large number of troops and increase his investment in the Central Plains. It is not too late for Jiangdong to take action when the flowers bloom next spring.
But now that Liu Yu has made the choice that Cao Cao is most worried about, Cao Cao doesn't know if he wants to praise his wisdom.
It is already very good that Cao Cao could withstand this long with the land of Yuzhou. If anyone else had never been able to do as good as Cao Cao.
"Boxuan. Why don't you stay in Jingzhou for a longer time? Jingzhou is a very warm place. Why do you go back to the icy and snowy place in Luoyang?" Cao Cao kept complaining in his heart.
However, it is an unchangeable fact that Liu Yu returned to Luoyang. After Cao Cao complained, he summoned Guo Jia over, hoping that he could come up with a way to deal with Liu Yu after hearing Guo Jia's opinions.
Cao Cao said this to Guo Jia, and Guo Jia's face was the same as before.
Guo Jia pondered for a while and said, "Lord, Liu Yu will come back to Luoyang. Will he attack us at this time? The situation in Yuzhou is not that serious."
"Fengxiao, this boy Liu Yu cannot estimate it. Gu is very worried." Cao Cao said worriedly: "Gu cannot wait for Liu Yu to make a decision. You must take the initiative. Do you have a way to Fengxiao?"
"Isn't it possible? It's just that this is a bit difficult. You won't agree, lord," said Guo Jia.
Cao Cao understood Guo Jia's method, which was to send someone to assassinate Liu Yu and let Liu Yu die suddenly, and the entire Shenwu court would fall into the footsteps, and Cao Cao and other princes could rise again. Perhaps Liu Yu's territory would be divided.
Guo Jia had made this proposal before Cao Cao, but Cao Cao refused on the spot.
Of course, Cao Cao refused. Cao Cao really couldn't take action to assassinate Liu Yu, and their relationship was still there for many years. Moreover, fighting for the world, some bottom lines that were trusted by the princes were always in Cao Cao's heart. Cao Cao hoped that he could defeat Liu Yu openly instead of using despicable means. Liu Yu's defense was very strong, and ordinary assassins could not take Liu Yu's life, so Cao Cao almost cut off this idea.
"You are filial piety, don't you have any other way?" Cao Cao said.
"A good woman can't cook without rice. I really have no choice. Unless God gives the lord a chance, there is no other way, otherwise, there is really only the one I mentioned." Guo Jia said in embarrassment.
Cao Cao frowned. He felt that he really wanted to take the step of using despicable means?
Cao Cao has not completely fallen into depravity. He thought in his mind that he was going to attack Liu Yu and his conscience would definitely not be able to overcome. If he fails, Liu Yu will definitely take revenge wildly. He can escape, but it is hard to say about his family. Cao Cao has many sons and the scope of the blow is too large.
"Let's discuss it again. Gu and Liu Yu are still in love." Cao Cao still disagreed with Guo Jia's plan.
Chapter completed!