Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 225 Cao Cao Dreams of Foxes and Tigers, Sun Lang is Courageous!
In April of the 11th year of Jian'an, Sikong's mansion in Chenliu County, Chendu.

It was early summer, and Cao Cao stumbled out of the study in the early morning. He likes to read in the study recently, and he didn't stay in the backyard.

Seeing that he was in a daze outside, Xu Chu hurried up and asked, "Sikong, what's the matter?"

"I'm lonely again."

Cao Cao felt his headache was unbearable, and said: "Fu Gu went to the small building in the back garden to rest, and then sent someone to Qiao County to tell Hua Tuo to come."

"only."

Some of the attendants helped him to the backyard, and some went to the county government office to send official documents.

This kind of official document must be issued by the government, and a special state government will send Cao Shi to deliver the letter, which is the position Tai Shici held in his early years, and then the local government will send someone to find Hua Tuo.

When Cao Cao arrived at Xiaozhu in the back garden, he lay down on the wooden slum and rested for a long time. In the midst of a splitting headache, he finally fell into a deep sleep like numbness.

When I woke up in the afternoon, I was already in a cold sweat. I only felt that the head wind disappeared at once, as if he had recovered.

"Minggong."

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, who were guarding in the outer hall of Xiaozhu, heard the commotion inside and immediately entered the inner room.

Seeing that it was the two of them, Cao Cao sat up from the wooden platform, panting heavily, and a maidservant beside him helped wipe the sweat from his forehead, and waited for a while to calm down before letting the maidservant leave.

"Feng Xiao, Zhong De, you are here."

Cao Cao calmed down. He was wearing white silk pajamas. Because it was a little hot in summer, he took a black silk cloak from the hanger and put it on. He put on wooden clogs and walked slowly to the head of the outer hall. Up and down.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu followed him to the outer hall. After Cao Cao asked them to sit down, they sat on Cao Cao's left and right sides. Guo Jia cupped his hands and said, "What's wrong with Ming Gong?"

"Gu was reading in the study until midnight last night, and fell asleep in a daze, only feeling a fox moaning in his ears, and woke up this morning with a splitting headache."

Cao Cao frowned and said: "The lonely road was having a headache again, so I went to Xiaozhu to rest. Unexpectedly, I saw a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests in my sleep. There seemed to be the sound of rolling thunder. I vaguely saw a nine-tailed silver fox and a platinum tiger. After waking up, the head wind suddenly healed, but it was much more comfortable.”

Howling tigers and humming foxes?

Cheng Yu looked at Guo Jia, but Guo Jia said with a happy face, "Minggong is very lucky."

"Oh?"

Cao Cao wondered, "Where does luck come from?"

"Nine-tailed foxes, you can see them together when they are together. During the time of King Wen, Dongyi returned. White tigers are also five-spirited beasts. When the holy king is excited, there will be white tigers in the morning, and thunder will be heard in the four fields."

Guo Jia explained: "This indicates that someone will come to join Duke Ming, and the north will be pacified."

"Report!"

As soon as the words fell, someone came to report from outside the door: "Sikong, General Duan sent an official document, saying that Ma Teng is willing to join the imperial court and send his proton to Chendu."

"Hahahahaha."

Cao Cao laughed loudly, waved his hands and said, "Go."

"only."

Wait for the servant to leave.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and Cheng Yu on the left and right and said, "It seems that this dream is really auspicious. A few days ago, Zhong You wrote a letter saying that Han Sui had defeated Ma Teng, and that Ma Teng would most likely return to the imperial court. It really came true."

After defeating the Kwantung Allied Forces last time with a countermeasure, Han Suimateng and others ran back to Guanzhong, fighting each other, attacking each other, and fighting each other.

Due to conflicts between Han Sui and Ma Teng's trilogy in the early years, Han Sui killed Ma Teng's wife. The two had long had enmity with each other, and Zhong Yao and others mediated it before it broke out.

But after Cao Cao repelled the Kwantung Allied Forces, the long-standing grievances broke out immediately.

So from last year, the civil strife in Guanzhong continued, and Ma Teng's power was not as good as Han Sui's, so he was beaten and fled to Hedong.

At this time, it is estimated that he could not withstand the pressure, and was finally forced to choose to ask for assistance from Duan Yan who was stationed in Shan County, and expressed his willingness to surrender to the court.

Cheng Yu said: "Duke Ming, the people of Xiliang are capricious, Ma Teng and Han Sui are all like this, surrendering now is just a last resort. Even if you send a proton, you may not be able to believe it. If you let him enter the court as an official, We sent someone to take over his people."

Guo Jia also said: "At this time, Ma Teng is at the end of his life. If he can't return to the court, he will be killed by Han Sui. We can just let Sili Xiaowei return to Guanzhong and guard Hedong to see Chang'an."

"Well"

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, this strategy was to add insult to injury.

Because Ma Teng's current situation is not good, and Han Sui is already a deadly enemy, and Han Sui will not accept his request for reconciliation, so external forces must be involved.

During the Han Suimateng rebellion last time, Zhong Yao was expelled from Chang'an, and he is still in Luoyang, acting as a barrier to the west of the imperial court.

Now that there is civil strife in Guanzhong, it is better to take this opportunity to seize Ma Teng's military power.Let Zhong Yao return to Chang'an, and then let him fight Duan Yan and the generals in Guanzhong who are willing to defect to the court and Han Sui.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao nodded and said: "Okay, I will leave this matter to Yuan Chang. I will write a letter later and send someone to Luoyang to ask Yuan Chang to negotiate with Ma Teng."

After solving Ma Teng's matter, Guo Jia said again: "I came with Mr. Zhong De today to report something about the north."

"Say."

"There have been changes in Yecheng these days. We should hear news from inside Yecheng that Yuan Shang is mobilizing food and grass. I am afraid that he wants to wipe out Yuan Tan in one fell swoop while most of our troops are in the south."

"Oh?"

Cao Cao's eyes flickered and said: "Then, is there a chance for us to take advantage of this battle?"

At the beginning, Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's strategy and chose to deploy more troops in the Runan and Yingchuan areas, saying that he would guard against Liu Biao, who proclaimed himself emperor in the south.

Since Liu Biao rejected Sun Quan in the east and attacked Liu Zhang in the west, he has become a tyrant in the south, and his power has reached its peak.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Biao also proclaimed himself emperor. Obviously, he was gambling with the sky that he would live a few more years. When he eliminated Liu Zhang and Sun Quan and stabilized the south, he would be able to free up his hands to solve the internal troubles of his children.

At that time, Cao Cao might have obtained Jizhou at most, and maybe he hadn't even obtained Jizhou. After all, with Liu Chao's current strength, he would be able to pacify the entire south within three years.

So on the surface, Cao Cao was guarding against Liu Biao, but in fact he had been coveting Jizhou in the north. He transferred his troops to the south on the surface, but in fact he had been observing Er Yuan.

Hearing that the two Yuans might fight again this year, Cao Cao suddenly became excited. Once he reaped the benefits of the fisherman, he would be able to annex the entire Jizhou in one fell swoop.

Guo Jia said: "According to the internal information, Yuan Shang obviously intends to completely eliminate Yuan Tan this time, but the high-ranking cadres in Bingzhou have also recruited a lot of troops to come. It is very likely that there will be many soldiers left behind in Yecheng, so I want to I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult to take advantage of the void."

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded slightly. He also knew that he couldn't become a fat man with one bite. The family background Yuan Shao left for Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan was too rich, and there was Yuan Xi, the governor of Youzhou, and the governor of Bingzhou. It was not that simple to eliminate these people.

Guo Jia continued: "However, it is still possible to take advantage of this opportunity to weaken Yuan Shang. We pretended to go north and encircle Yecheng, but in fact, our troops entered the front line and attacked Yuan Shang together with Yuan Tan."

"Feng Xiao wants to force Yuan Shang to return to aid Yecheng, and when he is forced to withdraw his troops, let's take the opportunity to attack Yuan Shang together with Yuan Tan."

Cao Cao asked.

Guo Jia said, "Exactly."

"it is good."

Cao Cao said: "Just follow the meaning of filial piety."

Immediately, the three of them talked about some specific matters, and after confirming the plan, the meeting was adjourned.

After leaving Situ's mansion, Cheng Yu said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, Mr. Cao's dream today is quite strange."

"There's nothing strange about it. The theory of dreams is supposed to be decided by people, so what's wrong with it?"

Guo Jia smiled, but there was a little worry unconsciously between his brows.

Cheng Yu looked at him seriously, and said softly: "I heard that Sima Hui, a well-known southern scholar, is quite good at meeting each other. He named a man named Zhuge Liang Wolong, a man named Pang Tong named Fengchu, and another person, at the same time. There are two self-names, which are tiger tiger and silver fox."

"This is nothing more than a prophecy from a face-to-face person, and it can't be taken as true." Guo Jia waved his hand: "Yuan Shu also asked someone to make a face, saying that he has the appearance of an emperor, so what happened in the end?"

With that said, he turned and left.

Looking at his leaving back, Cheng Yu frowned slightly. Guo Jia would encourage Cao Gong's heart, but is it really appropriate to only report good news and not bad news?

But after thinking about it, it is just a dream after all, and the things in the dream are indeed sometimes not necessarily true or false, so I also left.

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Just when Cao Cao was planning the north, the south was gloomy.

In the Chengdu Mansion of Shu County, Yizhou, Liu Zhang, who has been in a bad mood recently, summoned many confidants in the mansion to discuss important matters.

In the past two years, Liu Zhang's power has been declining. It turned out that although the north of Berkshire was occupied by Zhang Lu, at least most of the land in the south of Berkshire was still in his hands.

Now Jiangzhou is simply lost, the population and strength under the rule have dropped sharply, and they can only be trapped in Shu County, Guanghan and Qianwei.

Under such circumstances, Liu Zhang sighed every day, regretting that he would form an alliance with Sun Quan to attack Liu Biao.

"Duke Ming, Liu Biao's ambition is to dominate the south, capture Yizhou and Jiangdong, and then go north to conquer the world. Even if we don't attack Liu Biao, Liu Biao will attack us. Life and death are the way to survive."

The prefect of Shu County, Wang Shang, said: "The current situation is really not good for us, but Zhang Lu and Liu Biao are fighting in Ba County. This is our opportunity."

"Oh?"

Liu Zhang quickly asked, "What time?"

Wang Shang looked around and said with a smile: "Zhang Lu and Liu Biao will never dare to attack us if the winner is decided, but once the winner is decided and the opponent is driven out of Yizhou, they will immediately turn around and attack Chengdu, so we You must not sit still and wait for death, you should wait for the moment to move, take advantage of them when they decide the victory and defeat, and repel them at the same time."

"Yes, now Liu Biao and Zhang Lu are strong and we are weak, but if they want to attack us, they will not be able to tell the winner in a short period of time. I am afraid that even if they win, it will be a miserable victory. Therefore, they will choose to go south first and then change, defeat the strong enemy and then seek the weak , but we are definitely not the ones who can be exploited by them."

"Duke Ming can secretly rectify the army and horses first, and gather troops to station in Mianzhu. If Liu Biao wins, he will go down the south of the Yangtze River and take Jiangzhou directly. If Zhang Lu wins, he will divide his troops into two groups, one from Jiamengguan, and the other into Ju Township. Go all the way to Langzhong and go straight to Hanchang."

"This strategy is not bad. It will definitely defeat Liu Biao and Zhang Lu, but our strength is insufficient. Is it necessary to divide our troops into two groups?"

"Then think it over."

In the hall, Chen Shi, Gong Yang, Zhao Min, Li Jing, Wang Dan, Meng Biao and others discussed a lot.

They still gave some more pertinent suggestions.

The current situation is that the boss and the second child are fighting, and the third child is watching a play by the side.

It's just that the boss and the second child are somewhat evenly matched, and although the third child is weaker, it's not much weaker.

So once the boss and the second child don't fight and come to attack the third child, the other side may really reap the benefits.

Therefore, from Zhang Lu and Liu Biao's point of view, whoever can handle the other side will get Yizhou.

But Liu Zhang's subordinates obviously did not intend to sit still.

After all, once Zhang Lu is beaten back to Hanzhong, or Liu Biao is beaten back to Jingzhou, then his 3 horses will face the enemy's army of more than [-] to [-].

Therefore, his subordinates all suggested that instead of sitting still and waiting for death, he should take the initiative to attack. When the opponent decides the winner, he should attack decisively and take down the opponent in one fell swoop while Zhang Lu or Liu Biao are still immersed in the joy of victory.

Of course, it would be more risky to do so. To be more stable is to continue to stick to Chengdu. It will take several years for Chengdu to break through regardless of Zhang Lu and Liu Biao, so it depends on whether Liu Zhang has the courage.

"Are you taking the initiative?"

Liu Zhang hesitated, looked around and said, "Now our soldiers and horses are weak, and after Zigui's defeat, the morale of the soldiers will not be stable. I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain it. Let's forget it."

"Ming Gong!"

Wang Shang was shocked and said: "If you don't take advantage of the time when the two tigers are fighting, you will have endless troubles."

"Forget it."

Liu Zhang waved his hand: "I stick to Chengdu, they can't break it, they will retreat, let's leave it like this today."

"Duke Ming, you must not show weakness at this time."

"Duke Ming should be more decisive."

"Duke Ming."

Everyone wanted to persuade them again, but Liu Zhang was determined not to listen to them anymore.

Because of their cowardice, everyone was disappointed and left.

Only Zhang Song's eyes flickered.

Liu Zhang is really too weak. Although it is extremely risky to take the initiative to attack, if he succeeds, he will at least stabilize Yizhou.

More importantly, if Zhang Lu is disabled, it is not impossible to regain Hanzhong.

But he missed the opportunity and would rather divide his troops to defend the counties and counties around Chengdu than to gather his troops and take advantage of the conflict between the two tigers.

It shows that this person is definitely not the Ming Lord of Yizhou.

Under Liu Zhang's rule, there may not be a day for Yizhou to stand out, and he still has to seek other heroes.

Zhang Lu?
Liu Biao?
Let's wait and see.

Zhang Song walked out of the hall slowly.

The rest is full of disappointment with Liu Zhang.

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Jiangdong, which has been in Jian'an for 11 years, is not easy.

Strictly speaking, although Shen Chen caused a flood, the number of casualties was only more than 1.

However, the flood was accompanied by the plague, so that many surviving soldiers in Jiangdong were infected with the plague, and there were many casualties in the follow-up, making Jiangdong even more bleak.

And then there were rebellions all over Jiangdong, and there were countless swordsmen from Shanyue people and the already unstable families in Jiangdong.

Sun Quan personally led the army to conquer the east and west, and together with the strategies of Lu Su, Zhang Zhao and others, it was barely pacified.

Immediately after Liu Biao proclaimed himself emperor at the beginning of this year, and his power shook the south, many aristocratic families in Jiangdong who ostensibly surrendered to Sun Quan secretly exchanged songs with Liu Biao, which exhausted him physically and mentally.

The only good news is that Zhou Yu recuperated for more than half a year, and his condition improved a lot. He also advised Sun Quan to go north to the imperial court, formed an alliance with Cao Cao, won many political victories, and was appointed Yangzhou Shepherd.

His previous official positions were General of Zhennan, Prefect of Kuaiji, and Marquis of Wu. Among them, only Marquis of Wu, the county marquis, has the highest title, occupying the southeast, and his official position is always somewhat unfair.

Now that he was appointed as Yangzhou pastor, he has gained a lot of political benefits. Occupying Yangzhou is justified, and he has gained a lot of benefits for his ruling foundation.

Cao Cao never gave him the official position of the prince's territory. For example, Liu Bei's territory is Xuzhou, so he called him Yuzhou Mu.Later, Sun Quan's territory was in Yangzhou, so he named him Xuzhou Mu.

This time Cao Cao actually chose to give Sun Quan such a large political benefit, which is a very big concession, enough to see his eagerness to stabilize the south and then annex the north.

The same is true for Sun Quan. He has no interest in going north to seize Cao Cao's territory now. Thank God for stabilizing his own territory and not being wiped out by Liu Biao.

So for a while, Cao Cao and Sun Quan entered a honeymoon period. The two sides exchanged letters frequently, just like two patients who were admitted to the ICU by Shen Chen are exchanging their illnesses. They are full of hatred for Shen Chen and sympathy for each other. .

At the end of April, Zhou Yu's condition had improved a lot, so Sun Quan summoned Governor Zhou Yu, Yangzhou Chief Shepherd Shi Zhang Zhao, Zanjun Captain Lu Su, Zuo Sima Gu Yong, Right Sima Tengdan, and the newly promoted Central Sima Zhugejin to discuss matters.

Originally, Sun Quan was not qualified to start a mansion, but after he became the governor of the state, he had the power to start a mansion. The shogunate has a long history, a Sima, a master, and a staff, and there are quite a lot of talents.

After everyone gathered in Yangzhou Mu's Mansion, Sun Quan looked around, looked at Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Lu Su and the others, and said in a deep voice: "Recently, the Wankou defenders came to report that there are sawdust flowing down the river every day. I expect that after the old thief Liu Biao became emperor , I will not die if I die in Jiangdong, I am afraid that I am building a ship and preparing to go south."

Zhou Yu had just recovered from a serious illness, and his face was a little pale. He said: "A few days ago, I reported that the old thief Huang secretly returned to Jiangxia and was training the navy. I am afraid that Liu Biao will expand his military for him. At the end of this year, it should be the end of his march. Time."

"It seems that we have to deal with it in advance, but now Jiangdong is newly defeated, and the morale of the soldiers is low. Even if they are defending, they don't know if they can defend. Now that Cao Cao is stationed in Runan, Yingchuan, it is better to go to the imperial court."

Zhang Zhao suggested: "If Cao Cao can be a reinforcement, and he attacks Nanyang to restrain Liu Biao, we will fight with Huang Zu in Yuzhang, and Liu Biao will certainly be able to retreat in response to difficulties."

"good."

Lu Su also said: "Liu Biao seems to be strong, but it is difficult to fight on three sides. Now he sends people to attack Yizhou, attack Zhang Lu, and wants to capture Xichuan. This is a good time to recruit Cao Cao. We have a navy. If we Attacking from three sides, Cao Cao won most of Nanyang, Zhang Lu won Xichuan, and we can get more than half of Jingzhou."

Everyone looked at Lu Su one after another, but they didn't expect him to have such a big appetite.Others are still thinking about repelling the invading Liu Biao with Cao Cao, Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang and others, but he has already thought about how to divide Jingzhou after defeating Liu Biao. Doesn't this person look at the actual situation?
Only Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Zi Jing is right, the old thief is nearly seventy years old, and he is about to die. Once he dies, Jingzhou will fall apart. With this pack of wolves around, whoever can take a piece of meat depends on it." Who has such guts!"

This is to look at the strategy.

Everyone is looking at the tactics and thinking about how to beat Liu Biao.

But Zhou Yu and Lu Su thought that Liu Biao was too old. Once he died, Jingzhou, a seemingly strong giant, would collapse instantly.

Then the three parties attack at the same time, it depends on who can swallow the cake of Jingzhou.

Both Zhou Yu and Lu Su believed that Cao Cao's army was strong and he would surely win Nanyang.Their navy is strong, and the south of Nanyang belongs to Sun Quan.

As for the Lord of Xichuan, Liu Zhang is too busy to take care of himself now. Even if Zhang Lu defeats the troops Liu Biao sent to annex Xichuan, he must swallow Liu Zhang first, so Xichuan has no ability to come to Jingzhou to divide the flesh.

This is the conclusion that everyone draws from the different ways of looking at the problem.

It just seems that the future is promising, but now the main problem is that Liu Biao is still strong and brilliant before he dies, so how can he withstand his last attack?

Sun Quan then said: "The fact of obtaining Jingzhou is too far away, the most urgent thing is how to resist the attack of Huang Zu's old thief."

"Marquis Wu should contact Cao Cao immediately. Of course, you can't pin all your hopes on the victim."

Zhou Yu murmured: "I heard that Shen Chen has resigned and returned to his hometown. This is a good time for us to defeat Huang Zu. We should show the enemy our weakness, lure the enemy to go deep, and wipe out the old thief Huang Zu in one fell swoop!"

"Then arrange it."

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "I want to go to Wankou in person, and swear to live and die with Jiangdong!"

"only!"

Everyone bowed their hands together.

This is the difference between Sun Quan and Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang was cowardly and did not dare to take the initiative to attack.But Sun Quan had the courage to put him to death and survive.

present.

Cao Cao, Liu Zhang, Sun Quan and others have their own arrangements and launched a Jedi counterattack!

(End of this chapter)