I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 551, the dark tide surges

Cao Cao and the others stayed in Xiangyang County for half a month, discussing the time to start the war, how to fight this battle, how to reduce their casualties, and at the same time severely damage the main army. It can be said that they have thought about all conceivable issues again.

But the possibility of them defeating Dagan is still less than [-]%, and the possibility of severely injuring the Dagan army is only [-]%. The biggest possibility is that they will be defeated, and the land of Qingxu will be conquered by the main force of the Dagan army led by Lei Gong!

But this is already the highest chance of winning that Liu Bei and Cao Cao can achieve. If Lei Gong is prepared and he starts the war, then they basically have no chance of winning.

Half a month later, Cao Cao took Guo Jia and left Xiangyang City. The two sides agreed to launch an attack on Dagan after the autumn harvest. After the Jingzhou army first attacked Yuzhou, Cao Cao would also gather all his troops in Qingzhou to contain most of Dagan. The army created the conditions for Liu Bei to hit Daqian hard.

After the strategy was formulated, Liu Bei also had 120 billion funds in his hands, and he began to spend money like water. The money was continuously invested by Liu Bei in the military industry, and it continued to be turned into artillery, armor, swords and various offensive and defensive equipment.At the same time, artillery weapons and equipment and various engineering equipment were continuously transported to Nanyang County by transport ships.

And the soldiers in Nanyang County kept repairing the fort front line and strengthening the fortifications of Nanyang County. These are what Liu Bei has been doing for more than half a year, so Yang Feng in Yuzhou didn't notice Liu Bei's secret actions. I thought that Liu Bei's hoarding of food and grass was not to guard against the big army, but to attack them!

It was not that there were rumors in Jingzhou that Liu Bei planned to attack Yuzhou, but Yang Feng saw Liu Bei desperately digging trenches and building fortresses, no matter how you look at it, it was to prevent them from attacking Jingzhou.Coupled with the floods and frequent plagues in Jingzhou the year before, Yang Feng did not think that the current Jingzhou army was still capable of fighting. Naturally, it was impossible to believe such rumors, and he also did not think that Liu Bei, who had been defeated repeatedly, dared to fight with them in the Central Plains. The battle, so I didn't pay much attention to Liu Bei's actions in Jingzhou!

On the other hand, Cao Cao was also secretly preparing for the war. Of course, in order not to attract Lei Gong’s attention, Cao Cao’s subordinates were assembled in a garrison of thousands of people, and at the same time they did not leave the soldiers’ garrison. All this was to conceal their military actions. !

Although the Dagan side is not unaware, they just think that these actions of Liu Bei and Cao Cao are just preparations to resist their attack!No one thought that Liu Bei and Cao Cao's actions would bring them trouble!

"If the stockpiling and transportation of grain, grass and military equipment are in progress, is there any Daluyang City?" Liu Bei asked Yuan Ji while looking at the map of Yuzhou!
Yuan Ji nodded and said, "The grain, grass and ordnance have been transported to Luyang City, which can fully meet the needs of General Zhang and the others to fight abroad!"

Yuan Ji worried: "But the county magistrates along the way didn't understand our actions. They thought that we had piled up too much food, grass and weapons on the front line, and were vulnerable to attacks by the Dagan, and they might be captured by the Dagan and turn into an attack. Our weapons! And they also complained that the disaster victims in the hinterland of Jingzhou now want food and grass to help them tide over the difficulties! Instead of expanding their arms."

Liu Bei knew that these were all excuses. The real reason why these county magistrates didn't cooperate with them was because Liu Bei had threatened the nobles in Nanyang County to get money, and the county magistrates in Nanyang County were all their protégés, or their family members. , Now of course they want to take revenge on Liu Bei. They dare not do anything clearly, but they can not cooperate with Liu Bei to recruit civilian husbands, organize obstacles on the road, and affect the transportation of materials!
Liu Bei also sighed. Up to now, few people in the imperial court knew that Liu Bei was going to attack Yuzhou. They thought that all this was done to strengthen the defense of Nanyang County. Now Dagan has no direction to go south and east, so they set up obstacles to Liu Bei. , and will not cause any serious consequences!They also revealed their strength to Liu Bei and warned Liu Bei not to act recklessly!
Jian Yong thought for a while and said, "Xuande, can you tell them about our military deployment, so that they won't hinder our actions!"

But Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Our chances of winning this battle are not high at all. We rely on surprise. If we explain to them now, our whereabouts and combat objectives will definitely be exposed, which will affect the outcome of this battle. Let's not talk about it!"

Liu Bei really has no confidence in these people. They are the ones who are cruel on the outside and cruel on the inside. Don’t look at Lei Gong killing them without mercy, but it is precisely because of Lei Gong’s strength that they dare not retaliate against Lei Gong, in order to save their own lives. , will even betray the Jingzhou Army!
After thinking about it, Liu Bei pointed to Huang Zhong and Wei Yan and said, "You two will lead the 2000 shi generals in the army to take over the government affairs of all counties in Nanyang County. Anyway, this place is about to become a war zone, and the captain is more important than the county magistrate! The matter is based on Old General Huang!"

Yuan Ji said hesitantly, "Isn't it easy to explain to the court?"

Originally, many people said that Liu Bei was the current Dong Zhuo, but now if such a thing is to be done, I am afraid that the whole court will be even more troubled!

Liu Bei said: "Nanyang County has already become the front line. It is not normal for the school captain to guard the counties. This will reduce the trouble of ordering multiple sects. As the general of the imperial court, I still have this right!"

Then Liu Bei looked at Huang Zhong and Wei Yan and said: "After you lead people to take over the government affairs of Nanyang County, the first thing is to complete the autumn harvest in Nanyang County, but to organize enough civilians to provide logistical support for the army!"

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan saluted and said, "No!"

Then Liu Bei looked at Wenpin and said: "The Jingzhou navy is very important in this battle. It can even be said to determine the success or failure of the battlefield. Zhongye shoulders a heavy responsibility. Whether it is the transportation of food and materials, or blocking the main army after the war, water is needed." Teacher contributes!"

Wen Pin bowed his body and saluted: "General, please rest assured that the Jingzhou navy has been supported by the court for ten years. Now it can be said that the ship is strong and the guns are strong. The navy will not disappoint the general. If the big army dares to come to Nanyang County, Our army will definitely let them go and never return!"

"Xianhe, you go to contact Yunchang and ask him to organize his army and prepare for war. After the autumn harvest, launch an attack on Yuzhang! Let him contain Yang Feng's troops in South Runan County!"

Jian Yong bowed and saluted, "No!"

Following Liu Bei's orders one by one, the big man, the war machine, started the war, which aroused the vigilance of Dagan.

Youzhou, Jixian!
The active movements of Liu Bei and Cao Cao also attracted the attention of the top leaders of the Dagan army!Wang Ge requested to convene a high-level military meeting to discuss the reasons for Liu Bei and Cao Cao's movements!

Wang Ge said: "Two months ago, Liu Bei and us issued bonds and obtained 120 billion yuan. After having this money, Liu Bei made a lot of artillery, armor and weapons, and continuously transported these military materials to Nanyang. Going to the county, especially in the past few months, the team transporting grain and grass materials has spread all over the entire Nanyang County. It is said that there are more than 50 people in the entire Nanyang County to help Liu Bei and them transport various military supplies. Liu Bei even mobilized the entire Nanyang County The common people helped him build Wubao trenches, and now the entire Nanyang County has become a huge construction site, judging from these signs, Liu Bei's plans are not small, we should be careful of Liu Bei's actions!"

Wang Lei said with a smile: "Liu Bei's intention is very clear. He wants to build Nanyang County into a huge fortress to stop our attack on Jingzhou. There is nothing to discuss about it. We can completely ignore Liu Bei's actions. This is completely useless. The Yangtze River has thousands of miles of waterways. He can build Nanyang County into a fortress. Can he also build other waterways into fortresses to stop us? In my opinion, we should mobilize. After the autumn harvest Eliminate Cao Cao, and now the entire Central Plains is left with Qingxu land that has not been captured by us, and you don't think Cao Cao is very in the way now!"

The northern generals of the Great Gan Army also began to mobilize. Wang Lei, the governor of Mobei, also returned to Ji County, and Xu Wei planned to arrange for Wang Lei to join the pace of going south to attack the big man!

Guan Hai excitedly said: "General Wang Lei is right, I should avenge the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army."

With Yuan Shao's arrest, the entire Han Dynasty slaughtered their generals of the Yellow Turban Army, and only Cao Cao was left.

Although Liu Bei also participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Yellow Turban Army, his status was low. Before Xu Wei rebelled, he only led a few hundred people. In addition, Liu Bei was also the most kind to the Yellow Turban Army among the Han generals, so Guan Hai did not Did not regard Liu Bei as his mortal enemy.

Liu Hu smiled and said: "Wang Lei is right. Liu Bei doesn't even have cavalry now, so he can't threaten us at all. No matter how hard his tortoise shell is, if we don't go to Nanyang County, this tortoise shell is useless! Cao Cao in the Central Plains is right. We are a bit threatening, we can't let him continue to survive! Even for the next step to fight Jiangnan, we have to get rid of Cao Cao first!"

Zhao Rong smiled and said: "I also agree to fight Cao Cao. Only Mount Tai in Qingzhou can be regarded as dangerous. Xuzhou is flat and flat, which is most suitable for our cavalry to fight. The land of Qingxu has no danger to defend. Don't look at Cao Cao who has hundreds of thousands of troops, but It can't stop our cavalry's attack at all, and the terrain of the two places is relatively narrow, so it will take less than two months to fight this battle!"

"After conquering the land of Qingxu, the Central Plains will be completely occupied by us, and only Liu Bei is our opponent in the world. At that time, we can first recruit Zhang Lu and get Hanzhong County, which belongs to the middle of Shu. The door, there is a saying that you can get Shu by looking at the Long. If you go to Hanzhong, the middle of Shu will be conquered by our army in a short time. If you go to the middle of Shu, our army will be able to go down the river and take Jingzhou and Yangzhou. It will take less than 5 years. The world must be united under the ruler!"

Fan Xian also said: "If we want to fight Cao Cao, our navy can become the main force, and soldiers can take transport ships and attack Qingzhou and Xuzhou from the sea. In this way, Cao Cao will be surrounded on all sides, and the defense line of Mount Tai will be destroyed without attack. He thought We can't do defense."

(End of this chapter)