Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 162 Liu Bei's Northern Expedition
The past two days in Xuchang city were really lively.

First, Mi Heng, a big fan of Guijiansorrow, suddenly broke with Kong Rong and joined Xinxue.Cao Pi, the son of Sikong, also fell into the embrace of Xinxue.

Especially the latter, to some extent almost changed the political structure of Xuchang.

In the past, when Cao Cao left, Xun Yu was in control of Xuchang affairs.

But although Xun Yu is a social butterfly that everyone loves, he cannot directly represent Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Pi turned out to be born, directly expressing his identity and position, which undoubtedly gave reassurance to all powerful families.

In just three days, many families in Xuchang came to visit Cao Pi and recommended their descendants to Cao Pi as his staff.

In comparison, the way Jia Xu taught Cao Pi to "slowly cultivate party members" is simply weak...

As Cao Pi's power continued to expand, Cao Pi came to He Yan with a shy face, and wanted to move to He Wu.

"No! I don't have a place for you!"

He Yan has grown dizzy these past two days: "One Yang Xiu, one Deng Ai, and one Mi Heng, these three people are not enough to bother me every day. If you still come, I can still live a good life?"

As a new learning incubation base, it is enough for He Wu to be responsible for technical and cultural output.

Cao Pi's side is obviously a political struggle, and the core should be the Sikong Mansion and the Dahan Palace. Hewu is not suitable for both sides to fight.

not to mention……

After finally pushing Cao Pi out as a shield to help Yang Biao disperse the pressure from Liu Xie and Kong Rong, He Yan had no reason to let Cao Pi burn the flames of war on himself again.

"Find a place outside by yourself."

"And you forgot what I told you about teaching?"

Cao Pi:? ? ?
He Yan double-clicked: "I've found all the students for you. If you don't teach them, why don't you let me teach them?"

Only then did Cao Pi realize what He Yan meant by asking him to teach.

"You want me to teach the children of those aristocratic families?"

"Correct answer! But there is no reward."

Cao Pi's face suddenly fell down: "What should I teach them? Should I teach the son of Xun Lingjun to govern the country or the son of Xiahou's family to fight?"

He Yan sighed again: "Who asked you to teach them that? You teach those things?"

"What you want to teach them is the world you saw before."

"At the same time, you have to tell them who is their friend and who is their enemy."

"Finally, you have to tell them your pursuit..."

Cao Pi was stunned for a while: "Can you teach these?"

"This is the essence of education, it's just complicated by those of us who come later."

He Yan patted Cao Pi on the shoulder: "Whenever you teach those people, we will start."

"Start what?"

"war!"

"A war without swords and guns, but extremely cruel!"

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While the Xuchang family was preparing for this war, Liu Biao in Jingzhou also began preparing for another war.

Although the relationship between Liu Biao and Cao Cao is not as direct as that between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, the relationship between the two parties is definitely not harmonious.

No, it's not that it's not harmonious, but it can be described as "hostile", but for various reasons, the two sides have not yet fought an all-out war.

In fact, as early as the Battle of Guandu, Liu Biao originally planned to send troops to cooperate with Yuan Shao to attack Yuzhou.However, because Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, united with Guiyang County, Lingling County, and Wuling County, a total of four counties rebelled against Liu Biao, Liu Biao had to use his troops to suppress civil strife.

When Liu Biao put down the Changsha Rebellion and planned to go back to join the war, he found that Cao Cao had already defeated Yuan Shao, which made Liu Biao dare not act rashly.

But now that Cao Cao sent troops to attack Cangting and Yuzhou was empty, Liu Biao felt that he could do it again!So he decided to cooperate with Yuan Shao to launch another Northern Expedition.

In addition, an important factor that made Liu Biao make up his mind to start the Northern Expedition was Liu Bei.

Since Liu Bei arrived in Jingzhou, Liu Biao asked him to station troops in Xinye to defend against Cao Cao in the north.

During Liu Bei's time in Xinye, he also began to retrain his parts and regain his strength.

Especially after Guan Yu and Zhao Yun came back, Liu Bei also felt that he could do it, so he tried his best to write to Liu Biao, asking Liu Biao to allow him to make the Northern Expedition.

Liu Bei is not the same as Zhang Xiu. Perhaps Liu Bei's military strength is not as strong as Zhang Xiuqiang who inherited Zhang Ji's Xiliang trilogy, but his personal reputation, his political reputation, and Liu Bei's appeal in the Central Plains are far from what Zhang Xiu can match.

If Liu Bei can really steal while Cao Cao is not in Xuchang, maybe he can really destroy Cao Cao's advantage over Yuan Shao and let Cao Cao return to the previous passive situation.

Even if the Central Plains cannot be disturbed, as long as Nanyang County, especially Wan County, can be taken back by taking advantage of this opportunity, it will also play an important role in the integrity of the defense line in northern Jingzhou.

The key is--

Liu Bei himself has stated that this Northern Expedition does not require Liu Biao to send troops, but to let his own trilogy charge forward.

Calculated in this way, Liu Biao only needs to pay a little money and grain to let Liu Bei, a force that is not weak, go north to attack Cao. Why not do such a business?

Ever since the grain in Jingzhou had just matured, Liu Biao agreed to Liu Bei's request to go north to attack Cao.

Liu Bei's move really touched Cao Cao's nerves.

Because Cao Hong, who was guarding Wan County before, was transferred by Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu, Nanyang at this time can be said to be defenseless.

As a last resort, Cao Cao, who was fighting in Cangting, ordered Henan Yin Xiahou Dun to bring the Yuzhou army, partial general Yu Jin, and Bi general Li Dian to lead the Yanzhou army to Nanyang for support.

In addition to Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, and Li Dian's soldiers and horses, Cao Cao once again thought of He Yan, who is currently serving as the order of Xuchang.

"I already said that, let Yulang rest in Xuchang..."

He Yan had just returned from Lujiang, and had experienced another fierce battle. Cao Cao actually did not want to mobilize He Yan's army in his heart.

It's just that Liu Bei, Cao Cao, has always been jealous, and now he has Liu Biao's support, which makes Cao Cao, who has not saved his family money, really unable to give up any power in his hands.

"Send a letter to Yulang, asking him to lead his Yao Ying to go out with Yuan Rang!"

In the end, Cao Cao decided to suffer He Yan again.

Whether it was the Yuzhou soldiers and horses brought by Xiahou Dun or the Yanzhou soldiers and horses brought by Yu Jin and Li Dian, they were already disabled in the war with Yuan Shao, so it is hard to say how much combat effectiveness they will have.

If they were really careless and lost to Liu Bei, and Liu Biao seized the opportunity to attack the Central Plains, it would undoubtedly be sending a signal to Yuan Shao in the north to continue to cheer up and go south again.

If Yuan Shao also fights over and cooperates with Liu Biao and Liu Bei, the situation in the Central Plains will inevitably fall into corruption again!
(End of this chapter)