Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 674 An Unexpected Task

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That's bragging!A few minutes later, as if he was carrying a bag for the leader, Wang Hou appeared in the uncompletely damaged and collapsed hall of a rich man's house, in the command post that President Cao temporarily levied.

To say that it is not easy to be a leader, Cao Cao was still looking at the map and frowning while the army outside was eating wine and meat.

When Wang Hou arrived, Xia Houyuan had also arrived.

"Father! You are looking for a son-in-law!"

Unable to see the arrogance just now, Wang Hou respectfully clasped his fists in a respectful bow, which finally attracted Cao Cao to look up from the cowhide marching map.

Lao Cao never talked nonsense, and asked the two generals directly by pointing at the map.

"What do you two think of the current situation in Guanzhong?"

"The prime minister's army is unstoppable! The thieves in Guanzhong have been completely destroyed, and the remaining crimes in Liangzhou are not even mentioned!"

Mentioning this, Xia Houyuan answered loudly with extra confidence, but after glancing at the map, Wang Hou frowned slightly and asked in astonishment.

"Father, but there is another disturbance in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Cao Cao didn't see the map of Yongliang, but also the map of Yangzhou. After the Battle of Chibi the year before last, Sun Wu's strength in the south of the Yangtze River expanded extremely quickly, and he gained the population of Jingzhou. More importantly, from the early to the late period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei and The conflict in Soochow, apart from Guan Yu's famous Northern Expedition, flooding the seven armies and shaking the world, the rest of Wang Hou really doesn't remember too much, and the unknown brings fear. Mutated, Wang Hou asked with extreme fear.

"Oh, nothing else, the kid from the Sun family won some small victories a few years ago, and he's still jubilant. He built four water villages at Ruxukou, trying to impress me in the Central Plains, and the old man wants to go south to meet this blue-eyed boy!"

Mr. Cao's words are still so domineering!It turned out that it was not Sun Quan who initiated the Northern Expedition, but it only aroused enough fear in Cao Cao, which shows that Sun Quan's preparations in Ruxukou this time have indeed formed a considerable threat.

But it’s no wonder that the Battle of Chibi changed the direction of the whole world. Liu Biao’s power was eroded away. The biggest beneficiary of the war was Sun Wu. stand up.

However, Jingzhou was developing in the direction of Sun Quan, and Sun Quan had reached his limit. Going north, after capturing Jiangling, Xiangfan became the last stronghold of Cao Wei in the south of the Yangtze River. It's a hard nut to crack. In history, the Song Army relied on the Twin Cities across the Yangtze River to resist the Mongolian army's 14-year attack. It can be seen that this place is difficult and dangerous.

Can't break through the middle road, and Sun Quan is not a mediocre master, so he naturally wanted to explore other channels, so he focused on the generation of Yangzhou and Xuzhou, which is the Lianghuai of later generations!On the one hand, this neighborhood is not far from Jiankang, where he made his capital, and the active attack here is to use offense instead of defense. On the other hand, Cao Jun actually does not have many troops guarding here!In Hefei City, the passageway to the north, only Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Lejin and others are guarding thousands of people.

Don’t think that if you occupy the entire north and the population has [-]% of China, Cao Cao will really have more soldiers and generals. The north is the core of the civilization of the Central Plains, but it is also the most stubborn part of the remnant forces of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Look at the time when Wang Hou went to Yanzhou to inspect the land tax. Just one Wuyang Han family mobilized [-] to [-] Zhuang Ding to besiege him. It can be seen how serious the hidden households of these aristocratic families are.

The main supporters of the Cao Wei regime are these Kanto aristocratic families. Under the coercion of these supporters, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu gave up Chang'an and moved his capital to Luoyang. Cao Cao could not really touch the bottom line of the aristocratic family. Because of Dai Han's political aspirations, he had to win over his suppressive policy.

A large part of the resources and population in the north was hidden under the aristocratic family's command, which naturally weakened Cao Han's strength.

Now the total strength of the whole Cao Han is only 40, but after excluding the defense forces of the county and state soldiers that are difficult to mobilize in the counties and cities, the remaining is only a little over 20. Cao Ren supported 20 troops on the Yangtze River defense line, and put down the chaos of Shangyao in Bingzhou , Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang divided 17 troops, and Cao Cao brought another [-] troops to Guanzhong, [-] necessary defense troops to stay in Yecheng, and [-] defense troops in Xudu. The [-] soldiers have already consumed [-] troops. , Cao Cao's defensive and deterrent troops even have only a few thousand troops in each state!The Yangzhou area around Ruxukou has naturally become a breakthrough point for defense emptiness.

So there is no time to continue to wipe out the remaining forces of Ma Chao and Han Sui, and they are eager to turn around and deal with the threat from Sun Quan. Mr. Cao really wants to return to the court!
Now Xia Houyuan is also a bit sluggish. Only with soldiers can he be strong. Now that Cao Jun has just entered Guanzhong, he just slaughtered the troops of the Guanzhong warlords. It is not known how many soldiers and horses they have. Even if Ma Chao and Han Sui are defeated, they still have at least [-] soldiers and horses in their hands. Moreover, the Ma family and the Han family have been operating in Xiqiang for many years, and they have a strong influence. Tens of thousands of soldiers came out to defend the pass, which is an extremely difficult task!

However, Cao Cao didn't seem to be counting on him mainly, and his eyes were all on Wang Hou, the unlucky son-in-law.

"Tuqiu, what do you think of the situation in Guanzhong?"

"Disaster!"

Wang Hou also simply spread his hands.

"It's easy to guard the pass, just guard the four passes, but if you don't guard Liangzhou in the pass, you're just waiting to die in the grave. Ma Chao and Han Sui are very powerful in Liangzhou, and Qiang Di is willing to serve him! There are many barbarian warriors! And the most dangerous The enemy is not them, but the Southwest!"

"Last year, the prime minister wanted to conquer Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou, was afraid. He had already invited Liu Bei from Jingzhou to Sichuan to resist the prime minister! If he didn't go out to ask for a place to piss, Liu Bei would definitely turn his face and replace him! When Liu Bei takes possession of Jingchuan, his next goal must be Go north to Guanzhong to capture Yongliang, and then Liu Bei, Ma Chao, and Han Sui will collude with each other, attack from both sides, and stick to the Guanzhong, it will be too difficult!"

"Can Liu Bei really turn against Liu Zhang and meet in battle?"

Rare!It was the first time that Wang Hou's strategic vision came in front of Cao Cao. Even Cao Cao couldn't help shouting out his judgment.

I have to admit that Liu Bei is the one with the best image management in this era. He entered Xuzhou, Tao Qian gave Xuzhou to him, and he entered Jingzhou. Although Liu Biao guarded against him, the famous people in Jingzhou became friends with him. Later, the main political force in Shu was the Jingzhou faction, such as Ma Liang, Ma Su and others. It was also because of Liu Bei's "brilliant image", which was comparable to Liu Bang's brand of loyal elders back then. Sun Wu did not dare to swallow Jingzhou in one go.

He turned his face and refused to attack Liu Zhang, the clan of the Han Dynasty. To be honest, Cao Cao couldn't believe it for a while!
But Wang Hou persuaded him with only one sentence.

"Liu Bei has great ambitions!"

In a word, let Cao Cao also understand that all benevolence, righteousness and morality are imaginary in front of the world's great ambitions!
Holding his chin, Cao Cao really seriously reconsidered the Southwest defense layout. However, just when Wang Hou "surpassed" President Cao in his strategic vision and was able to "see through" Liu Bei's personality better than Cao Cao, he was complacent. , Cao Cao's sudden words almost made Wang Hou's jaw drop in shock.

"Tuqiu, I want to worship you as Daxingtai in Guanzhong! Governor of Yongzhou and Liangzhou!"

"What???"

(End of this chapter)