Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 233 Ban Lu Bu
Jianghuai is training troops on a large scale, and Xuzhou is also recruiting troops from all over the country. Naturally, Cao Cao can't hide the fact that the military training is going on.

"Lü Bu is plentiful in food and grass now. If our army conquests, it may be difficult and quick to win." Several important advisers from Cao Cao's house all entered the main hall of Cao Cao, Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and said.

"Then Liu Xuande asked for orders to go to Jingzhou several times to assist Liu Biao in defeating Zhang Xiu, but I stopped him." Cao Cao nodded and said something that seemed insignificant.

Everyone was not surprised by this, Liu Bei wanted to leave, everyone could see this, but the battle with Lv Bu was imminent, if in the past, Liu Bei would go away, but now Lv Bu's foundation in Xuzhou is getting stronger day by day, without the gentry headed by the Chen family As an internal response, if you want to eliminate Lu Bu, even Cao Cao may not be able to do it with all his strength.

At this time, whether it is the bravery of Guan Zhang and Liu Bei's own influence in Xuzhou, it is related to the outcome of this dispute between Cao and Lu.

It doesn't matter what your attitude towards Liu Bei was before, but now you really need Liu Bei. Now Cao Cao is almost responsive to the three brothers Liu Bei, and tried his best to keep the three brothers for my use.

At least we need to finish this battle before talking about others.

"My lord, given the current situation, we can join forces with Jiangdong!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and said, "Liu Biao of Jingzhou will help us contain Zhang Xiu. It is also absolutely not allowed, so if we want to completely defeat Lu Bu, we need more foreign aid, not asking for help on the frontal battlefield, but at least it can bring oppression to Lu Bu!"

Xun Yu nodded and smiled and said, "Sun Quan and Lu Bu have a grudge to kill their brothers. It is said that Jiangdong is now stable, and Sun Quan has some skills. If Lu Bu is at war with our army, Jiangong will be able to capture Jiujiang and Lujiang counties from the rear. Otherwise, Lu Bu will lose his depth and become a lone army."

Jiangdong is the most likely force to attack Lu Bu before the outcome of this war is clear. After all, the hatred between Jiangdong and Lu Bu may be greater than the hatred between Cao and Lu.

Between Cao and Lu, it was more about the position, the dispute under the world, but between Jiangdong and Lu Bu, it was completely a blood feud.

This is a good candidate for an ally, much more reliable than Jingzhou Liu Biao.

Cao Cao nodded silently, and said with some regret: "I don't want the Jiangdong lion to die here. If the lion doesn't die, he may not be able to compete with Lu Bu in the future!"

Sun Ce is less than 20 years old. At this age, he has already shown great talents in strategy, martial arts, and military affairs. If Sun Ce is given some more time, when Sun Ce reaches the peak age of Lu Bu, he may not really write to Lu Bu.

It's a pity that the heavens are jealous of talents, and Sun Ce met Lu Bu too early, which made Cao Cao regretful, but also quite fortunate.

As for Sun Quan, who succeeded Sun Ce, he was capable and skilled, but in Cao Cao's view, he was far from comparable to Sun Ce. With Sun Ce, Jiangdong's future has many possibilities, but Sun Quan is in charge of Jiangdong, and Cao Cao can probably see the future of Jiangdong.

"I went to Jingzhou this time, but I got a bag of farming from Cai Mao!" Cheng Yu asked someone to bring a bag of farming and handed it to Cao Cao.

"Cultivation?" Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu in confusion, why did he suddenly come out with one?
Cheng Yu laughed and said, "You know, my lord, since last year, Xuzhou has had a bumper harvest. Grain can be harvested four times a year, almost once every two months!"

"Of course I know." Cao Cao nodded and sighed, "However, I waited for someone to secretly buy the Xuzhou farming at a high price. Although it can produce high yields, it will be unsustainable after at most two times."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. If he wants to cultivate such a good farming in large quantities, he must cooperate with Xuzhou for a long time. With that kid's temperament, it is probably impossible to use this thing to trade with his own side.

Jingzhou can only get some of this kind of cultivation because of the trade relationship between the two sides.

"It's different this time. As far as I know, the grain produced by these cultivations can always maintain such a high-yield effect." Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "These cultivations were produced in Cai Hao's private fields. Same."

"If that's the case, we don't have to worry about food shortages." Xun You laughed.

"It's not as simple as that." Guo Jia took a sip of wine, squinted his eyes and said, "This kind of farming requires a lot of land. The last time I got Xuzhou farming was only twice. Do you still remember the land that was cultivated at that time?" That piece of land?"

Cao Cao nodded silently. He naturally remembered that after two harvests, the land obviously lost its soil strength, and the things grown by ordinary farming in the second year were crooked, and the growth was much lower than that of other cultivated land.

"I also asked about this matter. It is said that there is a secret place in Xuzhou, which is the earth dragon cave. It was discovered by Chu Nan and began to cultivate. After the earth dragon grows up, it will enter when it encounters soil, and a large number of worms can be bred to come out. Worms can fertilize the land, and at the same time, the earth dragon also has the effect of improving the earth's strength. Now Chu Nan seems to have a way to breed this earth dragon, but it needs to be purchased with minerals. Xuzhou seems to be smelting recruits, as long as there are minerals."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao with a wry smile and said, "Then Cai Degui is willing to donate the earth dragon and cultivation, but..."

"What request does he have?" Cao Cao knew that the other party could not help him for free, so he asked directly.

"When necessary, he needs the support of the court!" Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and said something inexplicable.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and looked at Cheng Yu when he heard that, nodded after a long silence and said, "Yes!"

"My lord, at this time Lu Bu suddenly released the cultivation and the earth dragon..." Xun You looked at Cao Cao with a serious expression on his face, "I suspect that the other party wanted to send this object to us through Cai Mao. What he did... ..."

Everyone fell silent when they heard the words. Lu Bu is now recruiting troops. He obviously knew that there would be a battle between them, but he brought these things out at this time.

If you say that these things are only available now, no one will believe it.

Obviously, Lu Bu wanted to use these things to slow down Cao Cao's dispatching time and give Lu Bu more time to recruit and train recruits.

Cao Cao shook his head and smiled, "If that's the case, Feng Xian underestimated me!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Cheng Yu and said, "Let Yuan Si take care of this matter and take care of things. Let's see how to do it. Gu also wants to see what is so magical about the earth dragon in the earth dragon's lair!"

Although Cao Cao's food production speed can't catch up with Lu Bu, there will be no shortage of food in a short period of time. Now that Lu Bu uses this method to delay time, it just proves that Lu Bu has no confidence to fight against him now.

If you don't make a move at this time, is it possible that you have to wait for Lu Bu's soldiers to be strong before attacking him?

"My lord is wise!" Everyone also laughed. In fact, the most worrying thing is not that Cao Cao is led astray by this strategy, but that someone persuades Cao Cao to give up his plan to conquer Lu Bu because of this small profit. Now Jingzhou has begun to restrain Zhang Xiu, Jiangdong As long as the alliance is successful here, the blockade of Lu Bu will be basically achieved.

"I don't know who is willing to go to the Jiangdong matter?" Seeing the appearance of the crowd, Cao Cao laughed along with him. Jiangdong is the biggest help in this battle, so naturally he must choose someone who has weight to go.

"Don't bother the two masters with one thing, I think it's best for Zhong De to go." Guo Jia took a sip of wine and smiled.

"Feng Xiao can't always be lazy." Cheng Yu looked at Guo Jia speechlessly. Isn't this bullying an honest person?

"I have important things to share my lord's worries." Guo Jia laughed.

"Oh?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia in surprise, he hadn't heard anything important.

Seeing Cao Cao's reaction, Cheng Yu knew that Guo Fengxiao was playing tricks again, and said with a sneer, "Oh? But I don't know what Fengxiao said?"

Guo Jia raised the wine pot and said, "Is it important to go to Qingzhou?"

"Qingzhou?" Cheng Yu frowned upon hearing the words: "We have tried to persuade Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao is now on the occasion of conquering Youzhou, and he refuses to return to the army, and if Yuan Shao is allowed to return to the army, he may not help me wait!"

Once Yuan Shao unified the north, his next step would be to take advantage of the trend and invade the Central Plains. When Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought, Yuan Shao would definitely not allow the two sides to decide the outcome. If there was an overlord who would unify the Central Plains, if Lu Bu fell into a disadvantage , Maybe Yuan Shao will directly send troops to attack Cao Cao's rear, first help Lu Bu destroy Cao Cao, and then take advantage of the situation to destroy Lu Bu, swallowing the entire Central Plains.

"Yuan Shao is not willing, but Yuan Tan may not be unwilling. At that time, I will lure him and Yuan Tan to make a move, so that we can gain an advantage in competing with Yuan Shao in the future!" Guo Jia clenched his fist and said with a smile.

"Where did this opportunity come from?" Cheng Yu didn't understand the second half of the sentence. Why did they take the opportunity when Yuan Tan made a move?
"If Yuan Tan makes a move, he can win a county in Xuzhou. If our army takes advantage of the situation to make a move, we can get Donglai, Beihai, Qiguo, and Jiyin counties. Is Zhong Dejue's plan clever?" Guo Jia asked with a smile.

If Yuan Tan makes a move, he will definitely be able to grab one or two counties, but because of this, Qingzhou's soldiers will inevitably enter Xuzhou. When Lu Bu is wiped out, they will take the opportunity to take down Qingzhou, leaving Yuan Tan with only one army alone. For the sake of death, by that time, if Yuan Shao hadn't defeated Gongsun Zan, he would have been under the enemy's back and forth. If he had already captured it, by then Cao Cao would dominate the Qing, Xu, Yan and Yu prefectures, which would be enough to compete with Yuan Shao!
Moreover, when Qingzhou was in the hands of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao had no foothold in the Central Plains. He only needed to guard the Yellow River ferry, and at least he could stalemate with Yuan Shao until winter, buying them more precious time.

Guo Jia's series of strategies started to calculate how to fight Yuan Shao after Lv Bu's defeat. Cheng Yu frowned after thinking for a moment, "Is it too unwise to provoke Yuan Shao?"

"That's not the case, as time goes by, Vietnam will become its enemy!" Guo Jia shook his head and sighed. Once Yuan Shao took Youzhou, his momentum would be great. With the influence of the Yuan family, the princes they persuaded are really When Yuan Shao was about to attack the Central Plains, he was afraid that he would turn against him collectively. If he didn't take this opportunity to weaken Yuan Shao, wouldn't he have to wait until he was ready to kill him?

"Let's discuss this matter again. Let's get rid of Lu Bu first, and Qingzhou Fengxiao will go there." Cao Cao made a decision and decided to get rid of Lu Bu first. As for whether to seize Qingzhou or not, it depends on the situation.

"Hey~"

(End of this chapter)