Chapter Five Hundred and Eleven Chen Gong Conspiracy
Chapter 511 Chen Gong’s plan
Tian Feng's strategic vision is unquestionable. What Cao Cao and Xun Yu can see, he can also see.
Now Cao Cao is like a lost dog, and the threat has been greatly reduced, but Liu Bei is about to dominate Yanzhou as a great prince. If we don't suppress him while he is not gaining momentum, it will be difficult in the future.
"Liu Bei of Yanzhou is also a problem."
If Cao Cao is a flying dragon, Liu Bei is a lion that is about to wake up. Neither of them has a worry-free protagonist.
That's why I worked so hard to design everything in Yanzhou, so that the two of them would be at odds with each other and suppress each other.
It's fine now. Cao Cao is about to run away. If Liu Bei is allowed to take off due to this, it will be more than worth the gain.
"So, the top priority is not to hunt down Cao Cao, but to capture Xuzhou as soon as possible, then march to Yanzhou and hold Yanzhou in our hands."
Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shu and explained his point of view to him.
"Well, as you said, I'll ignore Cao Cao for the time being. After Xuzhou is captured, the army will march to Yanzhou."
Now that Tian Feng has said this, Yuan Shu has no reason to refuse. Everything is based on the overall situation. After taking Yanzhou and Xuzhou, six of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty are in his hands. As long as his strength continues to grow.
, the end of the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty is just around the corner.
"promise."
Yuan Shu's army did not choose to pursue Cao Cao, but waited for him to leave and directly sent troops to occupy the entire territory of Langya Kingdom. Then the army went south, crossed Donghai Kingdom and rushed towards Xiapi Kingdom.
The news of Yuan Shu's dispatch of troops was finally learned by Liu Bei's scouts, and he quickly sent the news to Liu Bei. After Chen Gong learned about it, he immediately rushed to Liu Bei's residence.
"Why are you so alarmed?
This is not like the usual Chen Gong."
Looking at the panicked Chen Gong, Liu Bei couldn't help but smile and tease him.
"My lord, Yuan Shu led an army of 200,000 horses and infantry, and sent troops from Beihai Kingdom. Now he has captured Dongguan County and Langya Kingdom that Cao Cao occupied. However, Cao Cao retreated and led his army south to defect to Yuan Shao or Chen Wen."
Chen Gong was a little impatient and uneasy when he spoke, but Liu Bei didn't think so.
"Cao Cao was repulsed by Yuan Jiujiu and went south. This also proves that he will not turn back. Yanzhou is ours."
Now that Cao Cao is gone, I finally don't have to worry about who will steal it from me. Yanzhou will be his own soon.
"Lord, things are not that simple."
Chen Gong frowned, he finally understood the reason why Cao Ren abandoned Jibei Kingdom and fled to Xuzhou.
"How to say?"
Looking at Chen Gong's look, Liu Bei knew that things might not be as good as he thought.
"My lord, do you remember that Cao Ren suddenly abandoned Lu County and went to Xuzhou some time ago?"
Liu Bei was also stunned when he heard Chen Gong talking about Cao Ren's departure again.
"of course I remember."
Liu Bei nodded towards Chen Gong.
"At first we guessed that Cao Cao decided to abandon Yanzhou's foundation and wanted to capture Yanzhou with all his strength. Now it seems that we were wrong. He did not want to abandon Yanzhou's foundation, but he knew that Yuan Shu sent troops and it was difficult for him to resist, so he recruited Cao Ren to march eastward and follow him
Let’s flee south together.”
Chen Gong looked at Liu Bei, his words somewhat hurried.
"How about that?
No matter what the reason for his leaving, Yanzhou is now dominated by our family, isn't that bad?"
Although what Chen Gong said was right, Liu Bei didn't feel anything bad about it.
"My lord, Cao Cao fled south because it was difficult to resist Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou because he felt that Cao Cao was too much of a threat. If Cao Cao left like this, Yuan Shu would not give up and would chase him to the ends of the earth. But now he will
Once Cao Ren withdraws, the situation will be different."
Chen Gong glanced at Liu Bei and thought, has the lord not noticed it yet?
"What you mean is that once Cao Ren leaves, we will be the dominant force in Yanzhou, and our threat will exceed that of Cao Cao who fled south, so now Yuan Shu's target will be us instead of Cao Cao, and we will become a shield for him to go south."
Liu Bei is not a mediocre person. Chen Gong has said this. If he doesn't know what it means, then he should stop thinking about helping the Han Dynasty.
"That's right. Although the situation in Yanzhou is good for us now, the overall situation is very unfavorable for us. Once Yuan Shu captures Xuzhou, he will definitely turn to attack Yanzhou next. We need to make plans early."
Chen Gong looked at Liu Bei and kept thinking about countermeasures in his mind.
"So what do we do now?"
Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong, hoping he could think of a countermeasure.
"Now we have two options. One is to follow Cao Cao and go south to join Yuan Shao or Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou. The other is to occupy the entire Yanzhou as quickly as possible, and then integrate the power of Yanzhou to compete with Yuan Shu."
As Chen Gong spoke, he rubbed his fingers back and forth.
"Now that Yanzhou is in sight, I feel unwilling to give up now."
Liu Bei raised his head and looked at Chen Gong, his eyes full of unwillingness.
"Since my lord has said so, isn't it Yuan Shu?
Then let’s have a good showdown with Yuan Shu in Yanzhou.”
The reluctance in Liu Bei's eyes made Chen Gong feel distressed. Since he was like this, how could he, a subordinate, have the right to withdraw? He would just do it.
"But Yuan Shu is now at the height of his power and has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. How can the land of Yanzhou resist him?"
Although he was unwilling to do so, Liu Bei could not imagine how he could resist Yuan Shu's army.
"Lord, we are not without hope of victory.
Yuan Shu occupies four states and has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but he is not invulnerable. The more territory he occupies, the wider the area that needs to be defended.
The most important forces under his command are the Yingyang Army, the Weilu Army, the Huwei Army, the Hulie Army, the Polu Army, the Wei Army, the Jianzhong Army, and the Xianden Army, with eight branches and 140,000 troops.
Among them, the Polu Army followed Xun Chen in Youzhou, the Weilu Army, the Xianden Army and the Hulie Army were stationed in Bingzhou to guard against foreigners, and the Jianzhong Army was stationed in Jizhou.
The main force he really brought with him this time when he went south was only three armies: Yingyang Army, Huwei Army, and Guard Army. The rest of the troops were just miscellaneous troops.
Although it is said that the horse and infantry army is 200,000, in my opinion, it is only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the main force is only 60,000 to 70,000.
Although we don’t have many troops, we are all elite troops, and we fight with elite troops, which is the first factor in our victory.”
After Chen Gong said the first factor, he glanced at Liu Bei and saw the light of thought in his eyes. He continued to speak without hesitation.
"Second, Yuan Shu now occupies the land of four states, and Xuzhou will soon be under his command. If Yanzhou is captured by him, it will be the land of six states. The Han Dynasty only has thirteen states in total. I believe it is not just us,
There are many people who will not sit back and watch Yuan Shu occupy Xuzhou, this is our opportunity."
A ray of wisdom flashed in Chen Gong's eyes.
"You are saying that we can contact other princes to fight against Yuan Shu."
