Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1158 Cao Cao and Yuan Shu

Chapter 1156: Cao Cao and Yuan Shu

Chenliu County, Chenliu County.

Cao Cao stood on the city wall with a serious face, overlooking the dense enemy army below the city, his heart was extremely solemn.

However, in just ten days, five of Chenliu's 17 counties fell.

Now Li Zicheng has sent his nephew Li Guo to divide his troops to capture Suanzao, and once the Suanzao at the west gate of Yanzhou falls, the connection between Yanzhou and Sizhou will be completely cut off, and Xun You can only return by detouring Yuzhou.

However, Cao Cao was not worried that Suanzao would fall, because he not only placed [-] elite defenders in Suanzao, but the guard was his most trusted clan brother Cao Ren.

There are quite a lot of talents under Cao Cao's command.

Advisers include: Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, and Bigan.

Generals of this family include: Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan.

There are even more generals with foreign surnames: Yin Zhou, Elai, Yin Hong, Yin Jiao, Su Hu, Su Quanzhong, Yang Jiliang, Wang Junke, You Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Shi Danai and others.

However, during Li Zicheng's sneak attack on Mount Tai, You Junda led the army and was killed by Li Guo, while Shi Danai was ambushed during the retreat and died under the attack of He Jin and Gao Yigong.

Of course, Li Zicheng's side was not without losses. His confidant Liu Fangliang ambushed Yin Zhou, but was killed by Yin Zhou on the way to break out.

Although Cao Cao lost two generals, his lineup of generals is still huge. It is precisely because of so many generals to assist Cao Cao that he can fight against the five major forces by himself without falling behind.

In terms of marching and fighting, Cao Cao was not afraid of Li Zicheng, but he was only afraid of his ability to confuse the people. How long did it take to disturb the hearts of the people in Yanzhou? I am afraid that the Yanzhou Princes Alliance who attracted Li Zicheng did not expect it.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but become a little ugly. The reason why Li Zicheng was able to seize the land of Chenliu's five counties so quickly was mainly due to the riots of the people in the city.

Cao Cao didn't expect that the people under his command would rebel against him. After all, he was one of the few princes who fully implemented the "Da Han Tianmu System", and most of the people under his command also supported and loved him very much.

However, "The Land Mu System of the Great Han Dynasty" is originally a castrated version of "The Land Mu System of the Heavenly Kingdom".

"Yanzhou finally recovered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Ben Hou wanted to unify Yanzhou as soon as possible to minimize the loss of the civil war, but he didn't want Li Zicheng's 50 Taishan people to focus on Yanzhou, and the people were bewitched by Li Zicheng. Even if Li Zicheng can be expelled in the end, I am afraid that Yanzhou will definitely be seriously injured."

Cao Cao couldn't help sighing that he could already predict that Yanzhou in the future would be riddled with holes.

Bigan on the side saw his lord sighing, and immediately said seriously: "My lord, there is actually another way to stop the loss."

"Oh?"

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Can you teach me, sir?"

Although Qin Hao poached Xun Yu in advance, Cao Cao also got a blessing in disguise and got Bigan's assistance.

As an important minister of the Shang Dynasty, Bigan has been in politics for more than 40 years in two dynasties. He advocates encouraging the development of agricultural and animal husbandry production, and advocates smelting and casting to make the country rich and strong. "Reputation.

Bigan's military ability may be inferior to Xun Yu's, but his political talent is stronger than Xun Yu's. It is under Bigan's governance that Yanzhou's vitality can recover so quickly.

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Bigan immediately said: "Li Zicheng has moved all the 50 Taishan people into Yanzhou, and after the Lord defeats Li Zicheng, he can take the Taishan people from Li Zicheng, and there are 50 Taishan people as supplements. At the very least, losses can be minimized."

Cao Cao couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard it. He was always thinking about how to defeat Li Zicheng as soon as possible to reduce the loss, but he forgot that the 50 Taishan people were already Yanzhou people. Maybe Yanzhou's loss would not be that big after one increase and one decrease.

"Mr.'s words won my heart deeply."

Cao Cao's eyes shone brightly, and he said with a smile, "Perhaps what I should consider is not only defeating Li Zicheng, but how to completely take away the Taishan people. After all, it has a population of 50."

"The ones under Li Zicheng's command who are really difficult to deal with are just the [-] elite soldiers. The rest of the newly recruited army, no matter how large in number, are still as difficult to pose a threat to our army as the Yellow Turbans back then." Cheng Yu said.

"But Li Zicheng is an extremely cautious person, and he is assisted by a well-known scholar Li Yan. With the current strength of our army, it is difficult to severely injure Li Zicheng." Chen Gong frowned.

Cao Cao and the others nodded in agreement. After all, what Chen Gong said was true, and there was nothing he could not admit.

"I hope Qin Hao agrees to borrow troops." Cao Cao sighed.

At this time, Cao Qiudao ran over with a serious face and said, "My lord, the military advisor's letter from Feige has returned."

Cao Cao took the letter from him, and after reading it, he couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Qin Hao rejected our army's request for help on the grounds that the war in Sizhou was still going on, but he agreed to provide a batch of supplies and food to relieve the urgent need.

The public platform had said before that Qin Hao would never send reinforcements before the unification of Sizhou, but Ben Hou felt lucky in his heart, and now it seems that it is better to ask for others than to ask for oneself. "

After Cheng Yu, Chen Gong and Bigan looked at each other, Cheng Yu said: "My lord, Li Zicheng is not only a threat to our family, he is a catastrophe to the whole Yanzhou, maybe we can consider Let’s negotiate a peace with the Yanzhou Alliance, first join forces to expel Li Zicheng, and then decide the master of Yanzhou.”

Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, but Chen Gong stood up decisively when he saw this, and said seriously: "I have some personal friendship with Zhang Miao, and I would like to go to persuade him for the envoy."

Cao Cao grabbed Chen Gong's hand as soon as he heard it, and said solemnly: "Gongtai, don't force yourself to do this trip. It will be natural if it can be done. If it doesn't work, that's all. Your safety is the most important thing."

"promise."

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At the same time, Yuan Shu in Yuzhou was also furious. He thought that given the absolute superiority of troops, the crusade against Li Mi would definitely win a big victory, but he didn't want to stumble along the way and pay a lot of casualties.

"What on earth does Ji Ling do? Li Mi only has 15 troops, and the Marquis gave him a full [-] troops. Three times as many troops can't take down a Li Mi. He's just an idiot..."

Yuan Shu was so angry that he cursed, and the officials below looked at each other and looked at you, and they didn't know how to intercede for Ji Ling. After all, the 15 army could not take down the [-] army, which was indeed a bit too incompetent.

Seeing this, Yan Xiang couldn't help but sighed. As Yuan Shu's mastermind, he naturally knew Ji Ling's ability. He could barely command an army of 15, but it was too much for him to command an army of [-], but his lord would not listen to persuasion However, Ji Ling, who was not capable enough, was appointed as the commander-in-chief.

"My lord, change your general." Yan Xiang stood up and said in a deep voice:

Yuan Shu glanced at Yan Xiang, and sighed: "I regret not keeping the words of the military adviser, who does the military adviser think can be replaced as the main general?"

Yan Xiang glanced at Zhao Kuangyin who was not far away, and after a little thought, he said in a deep voice: "General Lianpo, with his troops being steady, he can take on this important task.

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