"Clean the battlefield carefully, don't let anyone live, and drive out those big cars. We can't stay in Xuzhou anymore. Let's go to Yangzhou."
"promise."
Although Zhang Kai was very careful, his men were already blinded by the dozens of carts of gold and silver treasures. After hastily packing up, they took Cao Song's carriage and left there, heading towards Yangzhou.
Long after Zhang Kai left, he pushed away the body that was pressing on him with one hand, looked at his deceased companion, and without having time to grieve, he ran towards Jibei County on both hands and feet.
"My lord, it's been more than a month since I went to invite the old man. I don't know what's going on there."
In fact, Xun Yu has always been very concerned about the situation of Mr. Cao. He is really afraid that something will happen to Xi Zhi.
"Zhicai, what's the situation there? Do you have any news?"
Cao Cao glanced at Xi Zhicai on the side.
"Lord, I haven't received any news yet, but there should be news soon."
Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao with some discomfort in his eyes. Of course, all this was seen by Cao Cao and Xun Yu.
"Zhicai, are you okay?"
Xun Yu feels that something is wrong more and more now. What did Xi Zhicai hide from him and what did he do?
"Cough cough cough,"
Xi Zhicai suddenly coughed twice.
"Zhicai, what's wrong with you?"
Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"I'm fine. I may have caught a cold last night, cough, cough, cough."
Just as Xi Zhicai finished speaking, he coughed a few more times.
"Well, I need to get more information from the old man. Wen Ruo, how are our troops and horses prepared?"
Cao Cao nodded to Xi Zhicai, and then looked at Xun Yu.
"Soldiers, horses, ordnance, and food and grass are all ready and can be dispatched at any time. Now there is only one more reason to dispatch troops."
Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao and replied to him.
"Okay, I understand. Just wait. Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. I believe it won't take long, right? What do you think? Zhicai."
Although Xi Zhicai was well prepared after hearing Cao Cao's words, he still couldn't help but feel guilty. After all, the person he was scheming was not someone else, but his lord's father.
"Well, I believe it won't be too long."
"Then go down and get ready."
"promise."
Cao Cao was mobilizing troops and horses, but Liu Bei was a little uneasy.
"Gongtai, Zhongde, what do you think Cao Cao wants to do? Troops and horses are mobilized very frequently. Could it be that he wants to attack us?"
Liu Bei looked at his two great conspirators with a hint of worry in his eyes.
"My lord, how do you feel Cao Cao's current strength compares with ours?"
Cheng Yu smiled slightly after hearing Liu Bei's words and asked him a question instead.
"We have seen Cao Cao's strength before. Even if he is stronger than us, he is not much stronger? And now that Taishan County is in hand and Yuan Shao provides food, grass and weapons, I think the strength of the two parties is between equals."
Liu Bei thought for a moment and gave a very pertinent answer.
"Yuan Shu in the north has just finished the Battle of Bingzhou. Although his strength will be reduced, he is still like a tiger, looking down on all directions. With Cao Cao's wisdom, the chance to fight us now is basically zero."
In fact, Liu Bei had already understood it when he said his answer, and now he couldn't help but nodded when he heard Cheng Yu's words.
"Then what is Cao Cao's mobilization of troops and horses?"
Although everyone understands that Cao Cao is not doing this against himself, what exactly he wants to do is a top priority. As the saying goes, one step at a time, one step at a time, if they can guess Cao Cao's intention and react first, then they will probably be able to complete it.
The task of grabbing peaches.
"Cao Cao's target is either us or someone else. First of all, Jizhou in the north and Qingzhou in the east are Yuan Shu's territory. He will never dare to reach out.
Next is Yuzhou, which is not much better than Yanzhou now. Many people are staring at it, so it is impossible.
There is also Jingzhou. Liu Jingsheng is not an easy person, otherwise he would not have been able to capture Jingzhou single-handedly.
Moreover, now that Yuan Shao has occupied Nanyang and his troops and horses are strong, it is impossible for Cao Cao to go there.
His best goal now is to capture Xuzhou first, then Xutu Yangzhou, and even Jiaozhou. Once this goal is achieved, he will have the strength to annex Jingzhou and have the bargaining chip to compete with Yuan Shu in the north.
I think this is the main reason why Cao Cao mobilized troops frequently."
Although there is an old saying about Chen Gong Zhichi, it is just a matter of commanding on the spot. Regarding the direction of major events in the world, his strength is no worse than anyone else in these things. Otherwise, he would not have been able to assist Lu Bu in taking Liu Bei's Xuzhou.
"What Gongtai said is true. I also think that Cao Cao is going to send troops to Xuzhou, so we should prepare our troops. Once Cao Cao sends troops to Xuzhou, it will be difficult for Tao Qian to resist. He will definitely spread heroes to rescue us. When the time comes, we
There are two paths to choose from.”
Cheng Yu followed Chen Gong's words and continued to give Liu Bei advice.
"Which two roads?"
After listening to their analysis, Liu Bei felt that he had chosen the right person. Ever since he started the army, he had always made his own plans. Now that he had Cheng Yu and Chen Gong, he couldn't be too happy.
"One is that after Tao Qian asked for help, he immediately raised troops and went directly to Xuzhou. Although Cao Cao is not weak, if we join forces with Tao Qian, we will definitely defeat Cao Cao with thunderous momentum.
This will not only thwart Cao Cao's plan, but also win Tao Qian's trust. Yun Chang and Zhang Fei are both unique tiger generals. As long as they can get close to Tao Qian, they can easily control them, and Xuzhou can get them at their fingertips."
After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he paused and looked at Liu Bei in front of him.
"What about the second way?"
Although Cheng Yu described it beautifully, this was not what Liu Bei wanted to do. He could accept it if he just joined forces with Tao Qian to attack Cao Cao, but he would not disdain to take advantage of others' danger to rob Xuzhou.
"The second way is easy to say. Cao Cao makes a sneak attack on Xuzhou, and we take the opportunity to attack his territory in Yanzhou with all our strength. In this way, we can surround Wei and rescue Zhao. If Cao Cao knows that his lair has been captured, he will definitely come back to help. We will set up a position on the road he must pass through.
Lay an ambush and catch him off guard."
Cheng Yu's two routes actually have similar effects for Cao Cao, but the first route can take advantage of the situation to capture Xuzhou.
"I think the second way is good. It can not only rescue Tao Zhoumu, but also attack Cao Mengde. It's okay."
The second path can be said to be deep in Liu Bei's heart.
"My lord, this is a huge opportunity. If I take advantage of the situation, I have an 80% chance of capturing Xuzhou. In this way, we who have half of Yanzhou and the entire Xuzhou will definitely have the strength to defeat Cao Cao. When that time comes, we will occupy Yanzhou.
Xuzhou, then we can go and compete with everyone in Yuzhou."
