The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 387 Cao Cao's Way Out

Chapter 390 IX Cao Cao's Way Out
"Hey." Chen Ziming said helplessly: "Nowadays, there is a shortage of people in all parts of Dahan, and there are wars, and the population has dropped sharply. population today."

"Yes." Tian Feng also sighed: "According to the information collected by the dark guards, the population under Cao Cao's rule is not large, and it has not increased but decreased every year. Moreover, Cao Cao has recently recruited troops again, and it is about to reach the point of militarism."

"Hehe." Chen Ziming said with a smile: "Now Cao Cao controls Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Silizhou, and Jingzhou. , and bought a large amount of grain and grass from Sun Quan in the south, otherwise it would be a problem for him to eat."

"Without Sun Quan's help, Cao Cao could not support himself. Now there are powerful enemies on all sides. If he does not recruit troops, he will only be defeated." Speaking of this, Tian Feng is also very excited. After all, he is now a member of Liu Bei's group, and he is still a senior. It is something to be proud of being able to beat Cao to this level.

"According to the Dark Guardian." Jia Xu, who hadn't spoken all this time, suddenly said, "Cao Cao sent Xun You to the south to persuade Sun Quan, so he withdrew his troops and went north. How could he join hands with us to deal with the big man?"

"We must guard against it." Chen Ziming frowned, and then said: "Let the hidden guards pay close attention to Xun You's trip, I need to know the result as soon as possible."

Sun Quan is not a person who can be judged by common sense. Now that Liu Bei is so powerful, he can completely suppress Cao Cao. If Cao Cao has no foreign aid, he will not be far from defeat.

From Sun Quan's point of view, it is very possible to send a large army to the north to unite with Cao Cao again, and then the Central Plains will fall into a tripartite confrontation again.

"Shadow Guard." Jia Xu said something suddenly, which made Chen Ziming startled, and then he understood what Jia Xu meant.

As an important counselor under Cao Cao, Xun You held a very high weight in Cao Cao's heart, and he also came from the Xun clan. If he died in the south, Sun Quan would be involved.

"Let's discuss this matter again." It's not that Chen Ziming is pedantic and unwilling to use this kind of method. If he can reduce the number of deaths and unify the Central Plains in advance, then it doesn't matter if he uses some shady methods.

But the shadow guard is still in Liu Bei's hands, and if you want to use the shadow guard, you must get Liu Bei's consent.Although Liu Bei is not as pedantic as before, Chen Ziming can be sure that Liu Bei will never agree to do such a thing.

"It is reported that Sun Quan's southern expedition is progressing very smoothly. Now he has captured the Yawata region and most of the 93 Myanmar region. Jiangdong Governor Zhou Yu has even conquered the entire territory of Jiuzhen. Now he is repairing and will continue to go south after the follow-up food and grass are in place. "Tian Feng said the latest information he got.

"In this way, the possibility of letting Sun Quan withdraw his troops to the north is very small." Chen Ziming nodded slightly. Now Jiangdong's strength is growing rapidly. If he withdraws his troops to the north now, it can indeed serve as a check on Liu Bei, but Jiangdong's own development will be delayed. Come down, the gain outweighs the gain.

"Jiangdong is now encouraging immigrants, and any Han Chinese who are willing to go south will have a higher status after going there, and will even get a lot of fertile land and serfs."

"Using this method to master the southern regions as soon as possible is a good way, but it will leave a lot of hidden dangers..." If it cannot be fully Sinicized, the natives in the south will continue to rebel until one day, they will think that It is until the foreign enemies are all driven out or they are all integrated into the big man.

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Just as the Liu Bei Group began to recuperate and wait for the opportunity, Cao Cao in Luoyang was restless. Now he has completely fallen into a disadvantage, and even the strength of Jiangdong, which he had looked down upon before, has grown rapidly.

"My lord." Cao Cao began to think of a way out, so he found Xi Zhicai, who he relied on the most, and he needed to make a good plan, otherwise, if this continues, sooner or later he will be defeated by Liu Bei.

"Zhicai, I am in a difficult situation now..." Cao Cao expressed his worries, hoping that Xizhicai could find a way out for him.

"Master." Xi Zhicai said without any change in expression: "Now the east, north, and northwest sides of my lord are blocked by Liu Bei, so don't move lightly, otherwise Liu Bei will take the opportunity to besiege on three sides."

"As for Jiangdong in the south." Xi Zhicai came here and said helplessly: "There are Jiangdong's elite naval forces above the Yangtze River, and Sun Quan mobilized a large army to conquer the south, occupying a large number of territories and population, and his strength is growing rapidly, so it should not be underestimated."

Xi Zhicai said it tactfully, and Cao Cao understood the meaning of the words, Jiangdong is not something you Cao Cao can move, otherwise Sun Quan hit the back, and Liu Bei will fire again, and you can easily solve Cao Cao.

"Now that Liu Bei has conquered Hanzhong, he has dispatched [-] civilians to build roads in Hanzhong to prepare for the conquest of Yizhou. Once Liu Bei is ready, he will surely attack Yizhou with a thunderbolt."

"Although Yizhou has a dangerous terrain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Liu Zhang is incompetent and has few soldiers. Facing Liu Bei's elite, it is really difficult to defend. If Liu Bei is allowed to go to Yizhou again, the lord will be trapped and die here."

Once Liu Bei kills Liu Zhang and eliminates Liu Zhang, the entire Central Plains will be divided among Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan. The most difficult thing is Cao Cao, because he is surrounded by powerful enemies and has no chance of expansion. .

Sun Quan can continue to expand to the south, and there are countless ways out for Liu Bei. The entire north and west are Liu Bei's expansion range.

When Liu Bei took Fuzhou, Jizhou, and Heilongzhou, his strength increased sharply, and he let Cao Cao, Sun Quan and others know the benefits of external expansion, and Liu Bei used methods such as immigration and assimilation, and soon regarded them as barren land. The undivided land was turned into his own and used by him, which made Cao Cao and Sun Quan know another way to strengthen themselves.

Sun Quan had already started to move, but Cao Cao had no chance because he was already trapped.

"Then I will mobilize the army and attack Yizhou. As long as Yizhou is taken, why not be afraid of Liu Bei and Sun Quan..." Cao Cao refused to admit defeat, and now Yizhou is his only way out.

"Hey." Xi Zhicai shook his head helplessly and said, "Master, Yizhou is an easy place to attack..."

"To unite Jiangdong in the south, we only need [-] Jiangdong soldiers and the land of Huainan, and Liu Bei has to guard against it."

"Beilian Xianbei, now Xianbei's dominance of the grassland is unstoppable, and hundreds of thousands of grassland cavalry are down, so Liu Bei can't move lightly."

"Western Union Liu Zhang, exchange some excellent weapons for food in Yizhou, strengthen Liu Zhang's strength, and make it difficult for Liu Bei to advance."

"The four parties are united, if Liu Bei moves, all the four parties will move..."

(End of this chapter)