The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 448
The reason why Cao Cao built a granary in Shouyang Mountain was to ensure the smooth progress of the army's northern expedition. Unfortunately, everything was destroyed by Chen Ziming, and the best opportunity was lost, which ruined Cao Cao's plan for the northern expedition.

Before the war, Cao Cao had already calculated that it would take at least three months for Liu Bei to alleviate the shortage of food and grass in various places and suppress the rebellion in the north. This is Cao Cao's best chance. He only needs to defeat Zhao Yun within three months and occupy Liangzhou. At that time, even if Liu Bei leads an army to attack, Cao Cao is confident that he can stop it.

However, Huang Zhong, who lost Liangzhou and guarded Hanzhong, fought alone. Failure is a matter of time. Cao Cao, who lost Liangzhou and Hanzhong, definitely has the ability to compete head-on with Liu Bei.

More importantly, once Liangzhou and Hanzhong fell into Cao Cao's hands, how could Liu Zhang, who was trapped in Yizhou, block Cao Cao's attack? At that time, Cao Cao occupied half of the Han Dynasty, and his strength would swell to a terrifying level.

At that time, it is hard to say who owns the world. Liu Bei will pay a heavy price if he wants to defeat Cao Cao. It is even unknown whether he can rule the world in his lifetime. After all, Cao Cao was too strong at that time.

This is why Chen Ziming risked his life to delay Cao Cao's attack on Liangzhou, because once Liangzhou was captured by Cao Cao, the consequences would not be acceptable to Chen Ziming.

"Damn Chen Ziming!!!"

Cao Cao, who was far away in Wugong City, was furious when he learned that Chen Ziming had escaped. Chen Ziming's trip completely disrupted his plan.

"My lord, it will take half a month to mobilize food and grass from Nanyang, and at this time Chen Ziming has entered Liangzhou to preside over the battle..." Hua Yun's words made Cao Cao calm down his anger, and began to think about what to do next things.

"Where is the Wenpin army now?" Now that Liangzhou's opportunity to attack has run aground, there will not be much war in Liangzhou until Nanyang's grain and grass arrive. Cao Cao set his sights on another major battlefield, the Hanzhong battlefield.

Wenpin became famous in the first battle, brave and resourceful, able to recruit and fight well, he is a rare handsome talent, he was reused by Cao Cao, and now he is leading an expedition to Hanzhong alone, which shows how much Cao Cao values ​​​​Wenpin.

There are many handsome talents around Cao Cao. Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, etc. from his own family are all rare handsome talents, and there are also many handsome talents with foreign surnames. Yu Jin, Le Jin, Li Dian, etc. .

Take a look at Cao Cao's current generals in charge of all parties. Cao Ren is in Yanzhou, and Cao Hong is in Silizhou. One of these two prefectures is the place where Cao Cao started his family, and the other is the current headquarters. Cao Cao's most trusted general is in charge.

Le Jin is based in Yuzhou, Li Dian is in Jingzhou, and Yu Jin is in Tongguan. It is also Cao Cao's way to check and balance the generals in the clan by giving the generals with foreign surnames the opportunity to dominate one side.The rest, such as Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, Xu Chu, Lu Bu and other fierce generals all followed Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was relieved to have these capable fierce generals follow him.

From this, it can be seen how much Cao Cao trusted Wenpin. Hanzhong was one of Cao Cao's main goals in launching this war. Cao Cao let Wenpin lead the army, which shows Cao Cao's recognition and trust in Wenpin's ability.

"General Wenpin led the army out of Nanyang, crossed Nanxiang, Shangyong, and attacked Hanzhong along the Han River. Now the army is still more than two hundred miles away from Hanzhong and Nanzheng, and the march is slow, but the [-] troops are not damaged at all." Hua Yundang About to tell Cao Cao the current situation of the Wenpin army.

"General Yan Yan of Yizhou commanded [-] generals of Yizhou to go out of Jiameng Pass, attack Hanzhong, and attack all the way. They have already reached the outside of Nanzheng City. Now they are attacking Nanzheng. However, the defender of Hanzhong Huang Zhong is very good, and Nanzheng is easy to defend. Difficult to attack, the progress of the Yizhou army is slow."

As soon as Hua Yun's voice fell, Man Pang said: "General Wenpin's plan is very fast. First, let Yizhou's soldiers and horses fight with Huang Zhong. When both of them are hurt, it will be the day when General Wenpin seizes Hanzhong. At that time, Wenpin The general can not only capture Hanzhong, but also preserve his strength and prevent Liu Zhang from sending troops to attack."

After seizing Hanzhong, the matter is not over yet. Liu Zhang will not watch the gate of Yizhou fall into the hands of others. Whether it is Liu Bei or Cao Cao who gets Hanzhong, it is not a good thing for Yizhou.

"Wenpin leads the army, my heart is at ease." Cao Cao nodded slightly after hearing this. Although the war in Liangzhou did not go according to the original plan, Hanzhong was progressing well. According to Wenpin's plan, it should not be difficult to capture Hanzhong.

"Prime Minister, according to Zhuowei's secret report, it is a lie that Sun Quan sent the governor of Jiangdong, Zhou Yu, to command troops to attack Xuzhou, and it is true that he wanted to send troops to attack Yizhou." The existence of Yizhou is no longer a secret. Not happy for a long time.

"Little Sun Quan, you are looking for your own death." After hearing this, Cao Cao shook his head steadfastly. Cao Cao looked down on such a small gesture. In Cao Cao's view, the situation of the big man is very delicate now. If he does not take the initiative to attack, he will only have to wait for death.

Cao Cao believed that the most important thing Sun Quan should do now is to mobilize all forces to attack Liu Bei, and cooperate with him to kill Liu Bei to have a chance of survival. Otherwise, when Liu Bei overcomes this difficulty, neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan will have good fruit to eat.

Even if Sun Quan doesn't attack Liu Bei with all his strength, the next best thing is to send troops to attack Yizhou. With Liu Zhang's current strength, he can't stop Sun Quan's attack at all. Moreover, neither Liu Bei nor Cao Cao has the ability to contain Sun Quan. This is the best way for Sun Quan to take control of Yizhou Chance.

It's a pity that Sun Quan neither attacked Liu Bei with all his strength, nor did he attack Yizhou. do you live?

Besides, Liu Bei's intelligence network and its terror, Cao Cao's muddy guards can detect Sun Quan's small movements, but Liu Beihui's hidden guards will not be able to find out, here and there are going to sneak attack, it is simply looking for death.

"Sun Quan is incompetent. When I rule the north, I will destroy it with my army." Sun Quan is still very strong, and only a hero like Cao Cao looks down on Sun Quan today, but then again, compared with Cao Cao, Sun Quan is indeed inferior Quite a few, at least Cao Cao confronted Liu Bei, especially this time, when he dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Liu Bei.

"Is there any movement from the Xianbei soldiers?"

Finally, Cao Cao set his sights on another ally of his, or the cannon fodder he found.

"Qiu Liju sent people to ask for food many times to no avail, and he has led the army to retreat slowly, intending to break away from the prime minister." Hua Yun immediately said: "If there is no accident, Qiu Liju may lead the Xianbei army to plunder Liangzhou."

"Huh!" Cao Cao snorted dissatisfiedly, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and then said: "Order Yu Jin to lead the troops back to Tongguan."

(End of this chapter)