Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1515 The Pattern of the Central Plains
It's autumn, and the autumn is so cool, but in the face of the coming winter, the princes began to make time urgent, and they must end the war before the winter.

The Great War in the Central Plains is not over yet, and is still raging like a raging fire.

However, the Ming Dynasty has already been eliminated first.

Being out of the game is not about being kicked out, but it means that everyone is running on the starting line, but Ming Guo has already won the right to qualify first.

At present, the territory of the Ming Kingdom is already the highest among the princes in the world, and it is in an invincible position.

The Ming army won three consecutive battles and played an extraordinary prestige, which has already given people an extraordinary status in the world. Basically, in a short period of time, no prince will dare to provoke.

And after the victory, the Ming Kingdom did not intend to continue to mix in, so it hung high, only stationed on its own border, and did not have any intention of sending troops to consolidate the currently captured territories, such as Henan and Runan. , are all the spoils of this battle, and the territory needs to be consolidated.

So at present, the Central Plains says that apart from the Ming Dynasty, only the princes of the four directions are fighting in the melee.

Hebei Zhou State (Zhou King Yuan Shao), Central Plains Court (Wei King Cao Cao), Youzhou Yan State (Yan King Liu Bei), Jiangdong Wu State (Wu King Sun Ce)
In fact, the princes of the four directions suffered a lot in the Central Plains War. Basically, the boss let alone the second, they were all one by one, and the tall Ming Guo had already taken over.

But before uniting to deal with the Ming country, they meant to fight within themselves first.

It was the Zhou State of Hebei who started the war. The main temptation was that the Central Plains court suffered severe injuries in the battle of Wancheng, which had already hurt its vitality. This made Yuan Shao think that Zhou State had an opportunity to take advantage of it. Hebei Zhou State gathered the main force and borrowed the emperor's help The edict, taking the initiative to go south, has crossed the Yellow River and directly confronted the Wei army on Guandu.

What is unexpected is that the Yan army in Youzhou conquered Jieqiao, and it was also going south. It had the tendency to go straight and take Weijun directly.

At this time, the Jiangdong Army suddenly assembled a large number of main forces in Guangling, intending to use the route to go north to assist in defense operations. As for the real purpose, whether to go north to assist in the defense of the Central Plains or to occupy Xuzhou is unknown.

The originally complicated situation was broken when the King of Yan issued an imperial edict and was ordered to go south to crusade Yuan Shao, the king of Zhou.

But Liu Bei took it out to show that he was standing on the side of the Central Plains, which means that he has completed an alliance with Cao Cao.

At this time Yuan Shao was a little belated.

When he realized the Yan army's intentions and fell to the north, he had already started to panic, and the heavy troops stationed at Guandu were also quickly withdrawing.

It's just that Cao Cao can't allow him to come and go freely.

Cao Cao has personally led the main force north to Guandu, the purpose is to drag Yuan Shao's main force to Guandu.

This time, he didn't want to teach Yuan Shao a lesson, but to eat Hebei.

As for the state of Wu, the Wu army is stationed in Guangling. At present, without the permission of the Central Plains, they dare not march northward. As for the intention of the state of Wu, Cao Cao is still considering.

A mountain in Guandu, at the foot of the hillside.

A great camp has been erected.

Cao Cao did not stay in Xudu for a long time after solving the affairs of the court, because the emperor was silent and Xun Yu returned to his heart, the court must be peaceful for a while, and he wanted to take advantage of this time to take Hebei.

So this time when he went north to Guandu, he almost exhausted the imperial arsenal, grain and silver treasury, and assembled a full [-] main force.

Of course, on the southern front, he still didn't dare to mobilize the main force easily. After all, Ming's attitude was not very clear, and no one knew whether the main force of the Ming army would suddenly erupt.

Therefore, most of his soldiers and horses were mobilized from Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and most of them were recruits. If he faced the Ming army with such a formation, he would naturally seek his own death.

However, the main force of the Zhou army in the opposite formation is actually mostly recruits, all young and strong and county soldiers drawn from various counties, and their combat effectiveness may not be very strong.

Everyone is a recruit, so it's just half a catty.

Otherwise, Cao Cao would not dare to act like this. Taking new recruits to the battlefield to beat veterans is something a fool would do. Once a bloody battle breaks out, the losses will be disastrous.

The main account of the Chinese army.

The weather is getting colder, but Cao Cao is still wearing ordinary robes and doing it on his knees. Now he is much more at ease than when he was fighting in Wancheng.

At least he would not suspect that Xun Yu would turn against him.

Sometimes confession is a complicated matter, but trust is formed in an instant. Xun Yu dares to speak clearly in front of himself, which is a kind of trust.

So he can now deal with the battlefield wholeheartedly.

"Your Majesty!"

It was Jia Xu who walked in.

Guo Jia is currently still on the southern front, stabilizing the defensive line to prevent the Ming army from going north, so this time it is Jia Xu who is serving as his military adviser. Jia Xu can make him trust, which is the result of these years. Suffering, but suffering is also a kind of blessing. Today's Yelou has matured a lot, and the intelligence network of the entire Wei army has also improved a lot. This is all thanks to Jia Xu, and Cao Cao can naturally see it.

"Wenhe, sit down!" Cao Cao said gently.

"promise!"

Jia Xu walked down cautiously. Serving Cao Cao was different from serving Dong Zhuo. He didn't dare to guess Cao Cao's thoughts. He was too suspicious and the city was too deep. To be sincerely convinced is also a kind of skill, a skill that Dong Zhuo can't learn.

In fact, Jia Xu felt that even if Dong Zhuo survived and survived, he would not be able to last long in the current environment. Whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Bei, they are all old silver coins. There is also a young grade who can suppress the heroes Ming Wang Mujing and Dong Zhuo are at most just a Xiliang tycoon, and they really can't stand on the stage.

"Is there any news?" Looking at Jia Xu, Cao Cao put down the book in his hand.

Reading can calm his mind.

His mood has always been very irritable, especially since he lost the battle of Wancheng, he has the urge to kill all the time, and it is difficult to vent the melancholy in his heart, which makes his temper worse and worse.

Most importantly, his brain disease became more and more serious.

So he read the book, hoping to calm down his emotions from the book and make himself calmer.

"Two messages!"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "First, there is news from the Ming Dynasty that the rebel Mujing has revealed his intention of rebelling against the Han, and intends to ascend the throne as emperor!"

"Sooner or later!"

Cao Cao was not surprised at all, and said with a smile: "He promised all the heroes in the world. If at this juncture, he does not become emperor and supports the Han Dynasty, that would be surprising!"

"Actually, that's fine!" Cao Cao continued, "At least we can be sure that Mu Jing's thoughts are no longer on us. Since he wants to change the dynasty and change the sun and the moon to a new sky, he has to concentrate on the interior of the Ming Kingdom. There is no idea to send troops, and it gives us time to solve Hebei and form an alliance!"

To deal with Ming, they must form an alliance.

This is the conclusion Cao Cao came to after the defeat in Wancheng. Unless he has the opportunity to eat Jiangdong and Youzhou, he can only unite the two princes.

The Ming country is too strong, and the Ming army is too strong, so strong that even Cao Cao has no confidence. If the Han princes don't unite again, they will be defeated by the Ming country one by one.

At that time, the world will belong to the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no big Han, and they are all princes attached to the big Han, and they will also be wiped out.

"but……"

Cao Cao thought about it. Although this was an opportunity and something he expected, he was still not reconciled to let Mujing establish the Ming Dynasty so smoothly. He said in a low voice: "Change the dynasty, after all, you have to pay for it. The price!"

"What does your Majesty mean?"

Jia Xu couldn't understand Cao Cao's thoughts.

"Even if the Ming people can submit to him, will the people of the world do so?" Cao Cao sneered, "The 400-year history of the Han Dynasty has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and scholars all over the world may not be willing to change dynasties!"

"My subordinates understand!"

Jia Xu came to his senses and said: "This subordinate will let people spread the news all over the world, and let the world's great scholars attack it!"

"It won't cause much threat like this, but it can also give them a headache!" Cao Cao said calmly, "Yelou should do something. They Jingwu Division is showing their power in Xudu, and we have to do it in Yudu too." Something has come up, Gu wants to see if there will be a joke in Mujing's enthronement ceremony!"

"Yes!"

Jia Xu's eyeballs are rolling.

Although Yelou was not established for a long time, the background is not shallow, especially when Cao Cao accepted a traitor from Jingwusi, he knew a little about Jingwusi.

Later, Mujing established itself in Yudu, and they also set up in Yudu.

Although Yudu is heavily guarded, there is a big loophole in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is very generous to merchants, uses merchants to promote economic development, and also gives preferential treatment to caravans.

So these years, Yelou's spies have sneaked in a lot of eyeliners based on the caravan, but they have been silent all the time, not daring to act rashly.

If Mu Jing ascended the throne now, it would be a big event, but it could be done.

"Also!" Cao Cao reminded: "We can use this opportunity to investigate the Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology in the Ming Dynasty while they are concentrating on the enthronement ceremony. Our craftsmen can make it!"

He has lingering fears about the new weapons of the Ming army.

And his intuition told him that this weapon would not only defeat them, but something that would end the whole big man and this era.

"Subordinates take orders!"

Although Jia Xu took the order, he sighed a little, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Ming Kingdom attaches so much importance to new weapons, they will definitely not let down their vigilance easily, I am afraid that even if our people sneak in, it will be difficult to gain anything! "

He was vaccinated in advance, and the probability of failure in this matter was 90.00% five or more, and 5.00%, all of which were extravagant.

"I don't know!"

Cao Cao didn't know that the Ming army would strictly guard against this aspect, but even if there was a slight chance, he still wanted to try it.

"There is a second thing!" Jia Xu took a deep breath and said, "Wu Jun has gathered [-] main forces in Guangling!"

"What does Sun Bofu want to do?" Cao Cao stood up and paced back and forth.

Jiangdong Wujun's northward movement put a lot of pressure on him.

If Sun Bofu also took advantage of the fire to rob, the Central Plains would face a tragic battle, and he, Cao Cao, would soon face the possibility of fighting on two fronts.

Fighting on two fronts, as far as the current court is concerned, is a battle that must be defeated. At that time, not to mention eating Hebei, Yuzhou and Xuzhou may be lost.

"Sun Bofu is the new king, logically speaking, his throne is not stable, and he should not participate in our great war in the Central Plains!" Jia Xu said gloomyly: "But Sun Bofu has always been known as the little overlord of Jiangdong. , The so-called Overlord refers to the Overlord of Western Chu, and the Overlord of Western Chu has always acted without regard to strength, I am afraid that he will rush in, and then we will be passive!"

They are all smart people, so they can weigh gains and losses, but people like Xiang Yu can't do it. This kind of people will go crazy when they fight, so they can use their rampage on the battlefield to create a world.

"will not!"

Cao Cao has a different opinion.

He shook his head and said softly: "Sun Bofu, I have never seen him before, he is more cunning than his father, don't be intimidated by his name, others call him Jiangdong Xiaobawang just because of his martial arts skills He is just outstanding, young and powerful, he does have the power of the overlord of Western Chu, but as the overlord, he is much stronger than the overlord of Western Chu!"

In Cao Cao's heart, Sun Bofu is also a very vigilant person.

"He must have intentions!" Cao Cao thought for a while, and said, "Maybe it's not a bad thing to go north by way!"

"Your Majesty wants to say that he is also preparing to move closer to the Central Plains?"

Jia Xu was a little surprised. He thought that people like Sun Ce would not bow their heads easily. Even an alliance would take a while to integrate.

"Jiangdong is also in the wind and rain now. The navy army they rely on as their foundation was hit by the Ming army on the Yangtze River. Even their capital Jianye was killed by the Ming army. A blood flowed into a river. It is a heavy blow!"

Cao Cao analyzed: "If Sun Ce knows current affairs, he should know at this time that he can't beat the Ming army, and he doesn't want to join the Ming country. His only choice is to join us. This person is not Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao will be confused and will Lost his mind, but this person is still smarter!"

"Of course, Gu is not afraid of him. He is also a young hero, and he is far worse than Mujing!" Cao Cao smiled: "Sun Bofu also has obvious shortcomings, and his title of Little Overlord of Jiangdong is not for nothing. Yes, this person has the courage of the overlord, but also the arrogance of the overlord, a person who is too proud will be conceited, he is conceited about his own martial arts, and one day he will die because of this!"

People, the most important thing is self-knowledge. Sun Bofu is a capable hero. He has the strength of the city, can calculate, and has vision. It is not a big problem to develop Jiangdong, but if he looks at the princes of the world, he will be calculated sooner or later.

"Then what should we do now?" Jia Xu asked

"Test it first!" Cao Cao thought for a while, and replied, "You trust Xun Yu secretly, and ask him to write an imperial edict with the emperor's seal, ordering Cao Ang to marry Sun Wentai's daughter!"

What Sun Bofu has in mind depends on how he handles this matter. If he really has the heart to get closer, he can be allowed to participate in this battle.

"Yes!"

Jia Xu understood at once that Cao Cao used this move well, and Sun Ce had to choose, and no matter how he chose, he would fall into Cao Cao's calculations in the end.

(End of this chapter)