Three Kingdoms: Jiuyuan Tiger

Chapter 479 All trends, the war will start

After Cao Bao agreed to serve, Tao Kan confiscated Cao Bao's military power. Although Cao Bao was unwilling, he still chose to hand over his military power obediently for the sake of his own life.

In this way, Tao Kan's army has increased to [-], including [-] Danyang elite soldiers, [-] cavalry soldiers, and [-] Chen family private soldiers.

The soldiers and horses that Tao Shang and Tao Ying could use were only the [-] defenders of Xiapi City.

Such a huge disparity is really a difference between cloud and mud.

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Chang'an, the imperial palace.

"My lord, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, died at the hands of Tao Qian's generals. Cao Cao raised all Yanzhou soldiers and horses, and attacked Tao Qian in the name of avenging his father." Li Ru cupped his hands to Dong Zhuo.

It has to be said that Li Ru's intelligence system is not slow in collecting information. Yuan Shu in Nanyang has not received relevant information, but Li Ru in Chang'an learned of Cao Song's murder first.

"Good death! Truth did not treat Cao Cao badly back then! Who would have expected that this man would assassinate Truth, and later call all the princes to fight against Truth, and Truth is at stake with him!" Dong Zhuo said angrily.

"My lord, I have a plan to make you avenge this great revenge." Li Ru said with a smile.

Although Li Ru was smiling, his smile was full of coldness, giving people a chilling feeling.

"Oh? Wenyou tell me quickly!" Dong Zhuo said urgently.

"My lord, it is true that Cao Cao avenged his father and seized the six counties of Xuzhou. Most of his soldiers and horses will be sent to the battlefield of Xuzhou, and Yanzhou's defense will be empty. In this way, you can send troops from Chang'an to surprise Yanzhou. Presumably with the help of Yanzhou The remaining soldiers and horses are hard to resist the attack of the Lord." Li Ru cupped his hands.

"Okay! Wenyou's plan is brilliant!" Dong Zhuo said happily.

"Not only that, once you capture Yanzhou, Cao Cao will be in a dilemma. You can send troops to attack Xuzhou and take Yanzhou and Xuzhou into your pocket. If you win Yanzhou and Xuzhou, hegemony can be expected!" Li Ru suggested.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Not only can revenge, but also expand the territory under the rule, Wen You's strategy can be said to kill two birds with one stone!" Dong Zhuo nodded in satisfaction.

"But if we send troops to attack Yanzhou, what about Liangzhou?" Dong Zhuo asked.

It turned out that before this, Dong Zhuo had already discussed with Li Ru about the attack on Liangzhou, and he was going to prepare to send troops to Liangzhou in the next few days.

But the so-called plan did not change quickly. The murder of Cao Song disrupted all Dong Zhuo's previous plans.

"My lord, Liangzhou can be attacked at any time, but attacking Yanzhou right now is a god-sent opportunity!" Li Ru cupped his hands.

"Okay! Then don't attack Liangzhou for now! Wen You, go down and dispatch troops to send troops to Yanzhou today!" Dong Zhuo ordered.

"Your subordinates take orders!" Li Ru promised.

After bidding farewell to Dong Zhuo, Li Ru began to study the details of the mobilization.

The land of Sili is under Dong Zhuo's control. When sending troops from Chang'an, they only need to go through Luoyang, Hongnong, and HN to reach Chenliu in Yanzhou.

Dong Zhuo's subordinates can be said to have strong soldiers and horses, and a wealth of talents.

Although the princes fought against Dong at the beginning, what Dong Zhuo lost was only some territory and generals, and he did not lose much in terms of military strength.

At this time, the total number of soldiers and horses under Dong Zhuo's command has exceeded 13, including [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] flying bears.

Dong Zhuo also has a lot of military generals under his command. Although he can't compare with Lu Bu, the number is definitely far more than that of other princes.

In terms of quality, the quality of Dong Zhuo's generals is also considered good. Among the various princes, only Cao Cao can stabilize Dong Zhuo.

Local generals include Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Dong Min, Niu Fu, Li Su, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er, etc.;

Summoned generals include Cao Ning, Xiong Kuo Hai, Wan Yanshou, Deng Yuanjue, Di Lei, Yu Ju Luo, Liu Zhiyuan and other generals;

But the advisers under Dong Zhuo's command were not satisfactory. Apart from Li Ru, Dong Zhuo had only two subordinates, Qin Hui and Wei Zhongxian, and one of them was an eunuch...

But Wei Daban's head is also very useful, we can't discriminate against people because of their physical disabilities, otherwise how did the name "Nine Thousand Years" come from?

"Five Tigers", "Ten Dogs", "Ten Babies", and "Forty Grandchildren" are all Wei Daban's younger brothers. How can a person without brains do so many things?

After careful consideration, Li Ru decided to take Cao Ning as the main general, Di Lei, Yu Juluo, Liu Zhiyuan, Deng Yuanjue, Xu Rong, and Hu Zhen as deputy generals, leading [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to attack Yanzhou.

After making a detailed battle plan, Li Ru informed Dong Zhuo of the battle plan, and Dong Zhuo agreed without even looking at it, telling Li Ru to deal with it by himself.

Li Ru didn't know whether to cry or laugh when he met a hands-off shopkeeper like Dong Zhuo.

Afterwards, Li Ru gave Cao Ning a combat order. After receiving the order, Cao Ning geared up and immediately went to prepare the army for war.

Cao Ning was going crazy with no battle for so long, not to mention that he was going to grab the territory of his enemy, Cao Cao, and Cao Ning was even more excited.

……

On this day, Yuan Shu convened a meeting of civil and military officials.

Yuan Shu, with a haughty expression, held the first seat high, and all the civil and military personnel lined up on both sides.

At this time, the civil and military personnel under Yuan Shu's command can be regarded as full of talents. Although the quality is not very good, it is better than the quantity.

The generals are led by Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Chen Ji, Chen Lan, Lei Bo, Qiao Rui, Le Jiu, Chun Yuqiong, Yu Hualong, Zhao Pusheng, Zhang Conglong and other generals;

The counselors were headed by Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Han Yin, Han Hao, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Jia Sidao and others.

The territory under Yuan Shu's command includes Nanyang in Jingzhou and most of Yuzhou.

Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses even reached [-], including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

This is a typical example of making a fortune in silence. Yuan Shu, a quiet guy, actually made such a big noise.

"According to reports from the scouts, Cao Cao's troops have arrived in Langya, Xuzhou, and will launch an attack on Kaiyang City in the next few days. Although Tao Qian is unwilling to lend me Pengcheng, he can't just watch Cao Cao eat meat. We can't even drink the soup, right? Let's talk about how to mobilize troops so as to obtain the maximum benefit with the minimum loss." Yuan Shu said.

"My lord, Tao Qian will deploy most of his troops in Langya to defend against Cao Cao's advance. The Pei Kingdom under your rule is next to Pengcheng and Xiapi. Your subordinates think that you can take Pengcheng first and then Xiapi. In this way Even if Cao Cao captures the other four counties in Xuzhou, he will not be able to pose any threat to the lord, after all, Xiapi, the richest place, has already been taken by the lord, so Cao Cao can only look at Xiapi and sigh, but there is nothing he can do." Yang Hong suggested.

"This statement is wrong! Why not attack the wealthy Xiapi, but attack the useless Pengcheng first?" Jia Sidao raised objections.

"Okay, let me ask you, are Xuzhou soldiers and horses the opponents of Cao Cao?" Yang Hong asked.

"Xuzhou soldiers and horses are naturally no match for Cao Cao!" Jia Sidao replied.

"Then how long do you think Xuzhou soldiers and horses can resist Cao Cao?" Yang Hong continued to ask.

"This...I don't know." Jia Sidao replied.

"How about the garrison in Xiapi?" Yang Hong then asked.

"I don't know." Under Yang Hong's pressing, Jia Sidao's face turned green.

　The second watch arrives!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)