Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms: Da Qiao doesn't want to be a widow anymore

Chapter 149
Cao Cao personally conquered Xuzhou to prepare for another battle with Yuan Shao.In the Battle of Guandu in the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce and Liu Bei joined forces and successfully contained some of Cao Cao's troops in the south and east.In order to prevent Liu Bei in Xuzhou and Sun Quan in Yancheng from attacking Xuchang, Cao Cao had to mobilize Liu Ye, Cao Ren and others for defense.

This resulted in Cao Cao missing Cao Ren, Man Chong and others to support him in frontal battlefields such as the confrontation with Yuan Shao.

Taking advantage of Sun Ce's new death, Cao Cao sent troops to try to recapture Wancheng, Yancheng and other places. However, Zhou Yu, Xu Sheng and others held on to the city, reused military craftsmen, prioritized the creation of a batch of ingenious crossbows to prepare for war, and supported the craftsmen to build various types of defense weapons. With weapons and equipment, Cao Jun's offensive was repelled time and time again.

Cao Cao looked at the young general on the Wancheng tower from a distance and couldn't help but lamented, "Jiangdong is only a small area, and the Sun family's children are only young people. How can they be so talented as Wang Zuozhi and serve him to the death? This person will not be eliminated." , will definitely be a serious problem for our Cao army in the future!"

Wancheng could not be captured for a long time, so Cao Cao simply changed his focus and raised his troops to attack Xuzhou with all his strength.

Since Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou, he has sought powerful forces in many ways. Among them, Liu Pi, Gong Du and others were dissatisfied with Cao Cao's arbitrariness and convinced Liu Bei's status as a member of the Han clan. , and more than ten thousand people were recruited.

Cao Cao was naturally wary of Liu Bei. In his eyes, Liu Bei was considered an outstanding person, and he initially wanted to take such an outstanding person under his command to work together for a great cause.But Liu Bei obviously didn't think so. After the Yidai Zhao incident, Liu Bei also saw clearly the difference between himself and Cao Cao.

Cao Cao treated Liu Bei as an honored guest, and the two of them once thought about the future blueprint of serving the Han Dynasty. Even Liu Bei understood that Cao Cao must have selfish motives, but looking at the princes from all over the world, Cao Cao was the only one who still had the heart to respect the Han Dynasty. If he could do it, The Han Dynasty dominated the country in troubled times, and even if Cao Cao really became Huo Guang's second, it might not be necessary.

Therefore, in the Yidaizhao incident, Liu Bei was afraid of Cao Cao's power, but also did not want to break up with Cao Cao.But after the Yidaizhao incident, when Cao Cao killed the Dong family and bled thousands of miles in front of the palace to frighten his ministers, Liu Bei completely understood.

No matter how much Cao Cao claimed to honor the Han Dynasty, he would never be willing to be Huo Guang's second best in the future. He would definitely replace the Han Dynasty with Cao Cao and cut off the inheritance of the Han Dynasty.

As a clan member of the Liu clan, he would never tolerate the Han clan being so humiliated. Since ministers with different surnames had different intentions, then only their clan surnamed Liu would not have any different intentions.

Rather than relying on others, it is better to rely on yourself.

Liu Bei sought refuge with the princes everywhere in order to find a way out for himself and the Han Dynasty.

He watched Cao Cao lead his troops to attack the border, and he knew very well that he and Cao Cao were bound to have this battle.

Cao Cao pointed his whip at Liu Bei, "I treat you as a distinguished guest, why are you so ungrateful?"

Liu Bei is like this, Guan Yu is like this. In troubled times, he once thought that he and Liu Bei were heroes and cherished heroes.

"In the name of Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, I am actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty. I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty. I cannot commit myself to Prime Minister Cao to rebel against the Han Emperor."

Liu Bei thought that Cao Cao would be angry when he heard this, but Cao Cao laughed, "There are countless people in the world who have established private countries under the banner of the Han Dynasty. I thought Xuande was different from them, but I didn't expect that they were all the same."

Respecting the Han people is easy to say, but not easy to do.The Han Dynasty was already in decline. It is true that Cao Cao was a traitor, but without him as a traitor to threaten the emperor and frighten the princes from all over the world, let alone the Han Emperor, the Central Plains would have been full of national titles and free-for-all.

In the name of what country would Liu Bei use to conquer the princes?

"Cao Gong has always been good at judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart. You have treasonous thoughts in your heart, and you are all treasonous ministers in your eyes." Liu Bei didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and asked Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to lead their troops and horses. To fight.

Cao Cao had already secretly ordered Xiahou Dun to set up an ambush outside the city, waiting for Liu Bei to come out with all the elites in the city, and seize the west gate to enter.

This battle in Xuzhou was much smoother than Cao Cao expected. Even Xu Sheng, Zhou Yu and others had to say after receiving military reports that compared with Cao Cao, Liu Bei was ultimately unable to defeat him.Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to cut off the rear, but Cao Cao cherished Guan Yu's bravery and did not want to harm his life, so he allowed him to abandon the city and leave.

Liu Bei's subordinate Sun Qian came with troops and horses to respond, and offered advice to order Liu Bei to surrender to Liu Biao in Jingzhou again.

"Success or failure will happen, so you should not lose heart. Liu Jingsheng is in charge of nine counties, has a strong army and sufficient food, and is a Han clan clan member with the envoy. If he conspires with him, wouldn't he have a better chance of winning?"

Liu Bei looked at the rolling Yangtze River and lamented three times at the port, "Sir, go and tell me. If Liu Jingsheng is willing to tolerate it, he should serve Jingzhou."

After Sun Qian left, Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to go to Jiangdong to ask for an audience with Sun Quan.

On the other side, in Sun Quan's study, Zhang Zhao and Yu Fan were also talking to Sun Quan about the matter.

"Cao Cao personally conquered Liu Bei, and the two have become mortal enemies. Liu Bei abandoned Xuzhou and went south. Cao Cao's next step must be to go to Guangling again. Although General Xu is brave, he has already tried his best to defend the city for several months. It is better to attack Liu Bei together now and sacrifice Liu Bei. The leader showed his kindness to Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao attacked several cities in Xuzhou, in the final analysis, to kill chickens and scare monkeys." Lu Fan explained for Sun Quan.

Sun Quan also understood this meaning. Liu Bei was the chicken in Cao Cao's hands, and Sun Quan was the monkey that Cao Cao wanted to scare.

"Cao Cao's biggest enemy now is Yuan Shao, but he is also eyeing Jiangdong. I, Jiangdong, needlessly offend Cao Cao for Liu Bei, and ruin the alliance that was finally reached."

Sun Quan knew that Sun Ce's death was definitely related to Cao Cao, but he still had to endure it in order to protect Jiangdong. He only used the assassin's head to warn Guo Jia and Cao Ren, so that they did not dare to act rashly again.

The relationship between Jiangdong and Cao Cao was delicate. Cao Cao couldn't take Jiangdong for a while, and Jiangdong was not stable internally now, and with Liu Biao on his side, he naturally couldn't move northward.

Nowadays, everyone maintains a superficial friendly relationship, and no one dares to break the balance first.

By the time Zhang Zhao and others left the study, Sun Quan was too tired to say anything more.

As soon as Sun Ce died, the Shanyue people in the south began to move again. First they refused to pay taxes, and then they robbed local women as wives. The local officials also had a headache. They wanted to kill them but were helpless because of the hiding methods of the Shanyue people.

The order to summon the wise issued by Sun Quan has so far failed to attract the surrender of the local noble families in Jiangdong.

After Sun Yi arrived in Danyang, he secretly recruited soldiers and horses and gained more than ten thousand people. Sun Quan also understood what he wanted.

Zhang Zhao and others all hoped that Sun Quan would detain Liu Bei and then kill him and offer him to Cao Cao, so as to give Jiangdong time to recuperate and give priority to the Shanyue matter in Jiangdong.

Sun Quan did not immediately agree with the suggestions of Zhang Zhao and others, "I already know what the gentlemen said, but I am a little tired today. Liu Bei's matter is not urgent yet and can be discussed in a few days, but the matter of mountain crossing is as the princes said." , This is an urgent matter, the princes will discuss it first and draw up a plan, and then it will be submitted to you tomorrow for final decision."

(End of this chapter)