Chapter 342: The winds are blowing in all directions, who is not afraid? [Subscribe]

"Generals Zhang He and Xu Huang from the southern front of Yuzhou sent urgent reports that they discovered a large-scale mobilization of troops and supplies from Jiangdong."

"General Cao Ren of Jingzhou has also sent a report.

The Jiangdong army marched westward quickly, entered Jingzhou again, and attacked Jiangxia County.

"Liu Bei's troops in Changsha County of Jingzhou reacted quickly and have marched north to support Jiangxia."

The signalman reported a series of news.

When Cao Cao got up from Yu Qing's couch in the morning, he received the details reported by Jia Xu.

Spies from Cao's camp are now infiltrating into Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Yizhou in large numbers, paying attention to changes there.

Generally speaking, Sun Ce had just passed away, and Jiangdong was facing many problems. No one would have thought that Zhou Yu would choose this time to send troops and use surprise attacks to seize Jiangxia and defeat Liu Qi.

But Cao Cao, Jia Xu and Guo Jia all predicted this.

Cao Cao had said earlier that all parties would take frequent actions this autumn.

The reason was the pressure brought by Cao's camp. For Jiangdong, Liu Bei, Jingzhou and Yizhou, the situation was urgent.

They must seize the time and strengthen themselves.

Otherwise it will be swallowed up.

Now only Boss Cao is qualified to sit on the mountain and watch others fight.

The other parties, knowing that Cao's camp was nearby and eyeing them covetously, had no choice but to move.

Another benefit of Zhou Yu launching an offensive was that he could tie the Jiangdong nobles to the chariots and transform Jiangdong's internal conflicts into external war conflicts, thus buying time for him and Sun Quan to deal with Jiangdong's internal problems.

Another person who saw through Zhou Yu's intentions was Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, Liu Bei's camp was able to respond immediately and march north.

They were not trying to support Liu Qi, the governor of Jiangxia, but to estimate the situation and be certain that Liu Qi would be defeated by Zhou Yu.

Liu Bei's troops marched north to receive Liu Qi's defeated troops who were marching southward and to strengthen himself.

Zhou Yu's dispatch of troops to Jiangxia was beneficial to Jiangdong.

Liu Bei also benefited.

The only one who will be sacrificed is Liu Qi.

It is certain that he could not withstand Zhou Yu's offensive and was doomed to be defeated.

After hearing the news, Cao Cao, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others all thought that Zhou Yu had done a great job with his surprise attack.

This was also an indirect game between Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang.

Cao Cao thought to himself that with Jiangdong entering Jiangxia County in Jingzhou, the current distribution of the three forces was very close to that of the Three Kingdoms period in history.

However, the front line that Cao’s camp pushed southward was larger.

Next, we just have to wait for Liu Bei to enter Shu.

The news that was sent at the same time was that Liu Bei was meeting with Liu Zhang to discuss an alliance to fight against Cao.

Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to enter Yizhou in order to let Liu Bei fight against Zhang Lu who was supported by Cao's army.

This decision was the result of the advice given by Zhang Song and Fa Zheng, the deputy governors of Yizhou, to Liu Zhang.

As soon as the news was announced within Yizhou, it immediately aroused opposition.

Many of the officials in Shu were in a state of panic.

Huang Quan, the chief clerk under Liu Zhang, raised a sharp question:

"When Liu Bei comes to Yizhou, how will he be arranged? Will he be an invited guest, or will he be incorporated into Yizhou's army?"

If I enter Yizhou and become his subordinate, will Liu Bei agree?
If it is a guest seat, how to clarify the issue of affiliation?

Liu Ba traveled from Jingzhou to Jiaozhi and later defected to Liu Zhang.

When he was in Jingzhou, he had contact with Liu Bei and gave Liu Zhang frank advice, saying:
"Liu Bei is a heroic man who is unwilling to be inferior to others and cannot be subservient. In the past few years, he has traveled around the Central Plains and served under the lords of many states and counties, but no one can really make Liu Bei serve him."

What it means is that you must not bring Liu Bei in.

Liu Zhang's assistant Wang Lei was even more radical.

He found that his advice was useless, so he committed suicide at the city gate and used his body as a warning.

Before his death, he said that Liu Zhang had brought Liu Bei in, which would easily destroy the Yizhou foundation left by Liu Yan.

These people were certain that if Liu Zhang asked Liu Bei to help, it would be impossible to deal with the aftermath.

But all these kind words of advice, frank and forceful remonstration, and even the corpses standing in the city gates were of no use.

Liu Zhang thought he was sure of success.

Although Liu Bei was in control of Changsha, he had few soldiers available at present. Compared with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong who was supported by Cao's army, he was far from a big threat.

You must know that Hanzhong is the northern gateway of Yizhou. If it is lost, Yizhou will be exposed to the offensive of Cao's army.

Moreover, after Liu Bei entered Yizhou, he needed to rely on Liu Zhang for food and transportation.

Liu Zhang had controlled Yizhou for a long time. Not only did he have a strong military force, he also owned a vast territory and corresponding population and food reserves.

There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. What chance does Liu Bei have?
Liu Zhang felt that the situation was in his favor.

Don't listen to anyone's advice.

In early September, the two sides met and negotiated several times in the southeast of Ba County, which is the border between Yizhou and Jingzhou.

In the hall of the county town, both sides were polite to each other.

Beside Liu Zhang was Zhang Song, his deputy.

Beside Liu Bei were Zhang Fei and Liao Hua.

After both parties sat down, Zhang Song spoke first:
"Cao Wei has a strong army and horses, and has been undefeated in hundreds of battles for several years. Most of the states and counties in the world have been taken into their possession.

If Cao Wei uses Hanzhong to march south, seize Shu, and enter our Yizhou, the whole world will be overturned, and no one will be able to resist the sweeping force of Cao's army. "

Zhang Song brought up a sensitive and tense topic right away.

"I have always had this worry, but there is no good solution."

Liu Zhang glanced at Liu Bei and said helplessly.

He meant what he said. Cao's camp was powerful and there was no one in the world who was not afraid of it.

Zhang Song continued:

"The only way we can hope to deal with Cao Wei is by uniting.

Fortunately, General Xuande is loyal and good at commanding troops. Please come to Yizhou to help me overcome the difficulties and fight against Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. If we can defeat Zhang Lu, we can save Yizhou. "

Liu Bei said: "Cao's army is strong, and its troops are stationed on the northern front.

Cao Mengde is forcing us to fight and eat each other up, and then he will come out and attack all sides to take control of the world."

"It is a pity that even if we see through his intentions, we are still forced to fight against each other and it is difficult to protect ourselves.

Although I am not talented, I cannot bear to see the Han Dynasty fall into the hands of Cao Wei. I am willing to do my best to resist it. "In the early autumn of this year, at Liu Zhang's repeated urging, Liu Bei led his troops and entered Yizhou in a mighty force, ready to help in the battle.

His army arrived in Ba County and headed north along the way.

Yan Wang, the governor of Ba County, looked at the troops led by Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Wei Yan, and could not help but beat his chest and said:

"This is what is called sitting alone in a poor mountain, releasing a tiger for self-defense. The tiger will turn around and eat you."

Yan Wang is right.

At present, Cao's army is in the north, overlooking the four directions.

Liu Zhang's situation was like sitting alone in a poor mountain.

He invited Liu Bei in in a hurry, which was like letting a tiger out to defend himself, and he would eventually be eaten by the tiger.

Everyone saw that Liu Bei's entry into Yizhou was a stupid move.

Why did Zhang Song, a man of great talent and honor as the deputy governor of Yizhou, repeatedly persuade Liu Zhang to lead Liu Bei into Yizhou?

He did this for a reason, and it was not out of his fondness for Liu Bei, or because he really believed that Liu Bei was a great leader and wanted to serve him as soon as possible.

He did this to protect himself and also out of hatred for Cao Cao.

The hero he initially favored and the person he wanted to serve was actually Cao Cao.

He initially advised Liu Zhang to surrender to Cao, because Cao Cao was too powerful and could not be defeated at all.

But Liu Zhang sent Zhang Song to meet Cao Cao to test Cao Cao's attitude.

For reasons of greater strategy, Cao Cao was quite cold towards Zhang Song.

Everyone said that Cao Cao knew how to use people, but Zhang Song didn't feel that at all.

He felt that he was being treated coldly and that Cao Cao had failed to recognize his talent. After he came back, he encouraged Liu Zhang to fight against Cao and brought Liu Bei into the game.

When Liu Bei entered Yizhou, the Wei army in Hanzhong joined forces with Zhang Lu, expanded their military forces, advanced southward, and put further pressure on Yizhou.

But Liu Bei would never dare to confront Cao's army head-on at this time.

He entered Yizhou with the intention of occupying Yizhou and stationing troops in important military locations.

……

When the situation was changing, Cao Cao was in the fields, inspecting the autumn harvest.

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, two sickly guys, followed him.

"Is this year's grain harvest more than expected?" asked Cao Cao.

Looking into the distance, people who were harvesting grain were collecting straw in rows.

Then it will be burned into ash to eliminate insect infestation and enrich the soil.

If you come here a few days earlier, you can see the wind blowing the wheat waves, and the pleasant sight of golden colors everywhere.

Harvest is the happiest time for people.

People were running around in the fields, and even children were rolling around on the grass.

“It’s better than the estimated upper limit of the harvest.”

"Promoting new planting methods next year may increase production."

Several people stopped on a high ground on the ridge of the field and turned the topic to the situation in various places.

"The information given by the Taoist sect says that Buddhists are in the Western Regions. If we want to swallow up the Western Regions, I am afraid there will be more obstacles."

“If our army occupies the Western Region, it will be equivalent to controlling the entrance of Buddhism to the east.

It will be very inconvenient for them to travel, and they will definitely do their best to prevent us from taking control of the Western Regions."

"The Taoists tracked the Buddhists to the Western Regions and roughly determined that they settled in the southern part of the Western Regions, but their exact location is unknown."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, one of his personal soldiers came up from behind and opened a leather map.

The terrain on all sides of the Western Region is quite high, with a basin in the middle.

Dozens of small countries are scattered across this basin.

Cao Cao pointed to the two small countries of Shache and Khotan south of the Western Regions.

Yuzhi was also called Jinyu Kingdom, which was the later Hotan.

Cao Cao marked these two places and said:
"From the perspective of strategy and geographical location, Buddhism came to the East and used the Western Regions as a transit point. It should be in Shache. Yu Zhi chose one of them as the key place for operation."

"Don't wait for them to make a move before responding. Let Han Sheng send out troops first and launch a surprise attack on these two places.

Occupying these two places is like sticking a knife in the path that Buddhists must take to come east, making it difficult for them to move forward or backward.

Guo Jia said: "After Ziyi attacked the Western Xianbei, he followed Han Sheng to march westward. You can let Ziyi lead the troops to ensure everything is safe."

"good."

"First, we should swallow Yu Zong, and then we can take over the Jingjue Kingdom in the Western Regions, sandwiching Qie Zhi and Yu Zong where our troops are stationed.

In this way, the Jingjue had only two options: surrender or be wiped out by our army.

If we can control Jing Jue, most of the Western Regions will fall into our hands, and the rest of the states and counties will surely surrender. The Western Regions can be conquered this winter."

Cao Cao nodded.

His plan was to take over the entire Western Regions in the next three or four months.

Several people discussed the strategy and conveyed the order to Huang Zhong.

Western Regions.

Huang Zhong then summoned Taishi Ci and Xiahou Dun to discuss the matter.

"Yuzhen's garrison consisted of more than 6,000 troops, and Shache only had 7,000 troops, and their equipment was not very good.

If these two places were in Wei territory, they would be no more than two cities. Do you dare to call yourself a country and resist the Wei army?"

Two days later, Taishi Ci and Xiahou Dun each led their troops and, with the assistance and guidance of some forces that had already surrendered in the Western Regions, attacked Yuzhong and Shache.

Jizhou.

Cao Cao inspected the farming and returned to the inn where he was staying in the evening. He went to a quiet room and began to practice.

At this moment, as soon as he started to practice his skills, a totem dragon appeared behind him and swam out.

There was also a Qilin running out, breathing in and out luck, and surrounding him to practice together, which was extremely magical.

[Your reputation has reached over 14 million. When your reputation reaches 15 million, the Totem True Dragon will evolve again.]

After Cao Cao finished his training, he saw the entry and suddenly remembered that when he reached a reputation of tens of millions, he had obtained three fixed directions.

There is a myth pointing to this.

He had never used it before, so he immediately called up the entry, intending to see what the myth pointed to.
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