Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 296 Cao Cao's Disease

As soon as Sun Quan's army entered Danyang, he got the news that Zhang De's army had already started to cross the river!

Zhang De's army crossed the river, which meant that he would never have a chance to regain Jianye, and I am afraid that even keeping Wu County would become a very difficult task.

After Sun Quan got the news, he immediately led his troops back to Wu County.

In Wu Jun, Zhou Yu struggled to get up from the hospital bed.

Not long ago, in the Battle of Chibi, Jiangdong won a great victory, and Zhou Yu also reached a peak in his life. Zhou Yu originally thought that he could help Jiangdong open up territories, but he did not expect that in just over a year, Soochow would face Peril of perishing!

The so-called house leak coincided with the continuous night rain. At this time, the Shanyue people unexpectedly gathered another 3 horses and rushed to Kuaiji. The shortcoming of Jiangdong's underpopulation appeared at this time, which made Zhou Yu feel that he had no soldiers to send!
Facing Zhang De's army, Sun Quan lost his previous vigor and spent the whole day drinking to soothe his worries and numb himself.

Zhou Yu came up to Sun Quan and frowned when he saw Sun Quan's depression.

Sun Quan raised his head, saw Zhou Yu coming in, and said, "Gong Jin, come! Come and drink with me!"

"My lord, I have something to say!"

"Gongjin, don't persuade me! It's over, everything is over! I failed to keep my brother's foundation!" Sun Quan said, and took another sip of wine.

Zhou Yu walked up to Sun Quan fiercely, and slapped Sun Quan's face with a slap, which instantly woke Sun Quan half awake.

"Gongjin, what are you doing?"

"This time, it's Bofu who hit you!" Zhou Yu said, thinking that the force was too much, so he sat down on the ground.

After all, he was just recovering from a serious injury, and the excitement just now almost exhausted all of Zhou Yu's strength.

Sun Quan sat there blankly, and Zhou Yu beside him was panting heavily. After a long time, Zhou Yu said, "My lord, as far as I know, there are many islands in Nanyang south of Jiaozhou..."

Sun Quan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Gongjin, what do you mean?"

Zhou Yu nodded!

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One month later, Sun Quan fled Wu County by boat with those generals who were loyal to him.

Twenty years later, in Southeast Asia, a country named Wu appeared.It is said that the king of this country has blue eyes and purple beard...

Sun Quan fled, and Zhang De successfully occupied Jiangdong.

There are many powerful families in the Jiangdong family, and there is the big trouble of the Shanyue people. For Zhang De, it may take three to five years to digest the newly acquired Jiangdong.

And at this moment, Zhang De received a letter from Beihai. It was a letter from home!
The letter was written by Cao Qian, but the contents of the letter surprised Zhang De.

The letter said that there were two people who came to seek refuge with Cao Qian and hoped that Cao Qian would take care of them, but these two people were Cao Cao's sons, Cao Zhi and Cao Chong!

During Zhang De's attack on Jiangdong, many things happened, and the most important thing was that Sima Yi led the army to attack Cao Cao.

Sima Yi helped Liu Chan to the throne, and then took over the power of Chang'an, controlling the two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou.

Nominally, Yizhou is also controlled by Liu Chan, but Yizhou has Jia Xu in charge, so Sima Yi can't command Guan Yu's troops in Yizhou at all, and Bashu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Sima Yi has no confidence in being able to capture Yizhou.

When Sima Yi needed to expand, it happened that Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi and his strength was greatly damaged, so Cao Cao became a soft persimmon in Sima Yi's eyes.

Sima Yi assembled an army from Yongliang to attack Sili, and ordered Ma Chao to be the vanguard general.

I have to say that Ma Chao seems to be Cao Cao's nemesis from birth. Cao Cao who was killed in history cut off his beard and discarded his robe. Now, Ma Chao has become Cao Cao's nightmare again. Twenty thousand Xiliang cavalry raided Hangu Pass, and then went straight to Luoyang. Before he had time to react, Luoyang was captured by Ma Chao, and Cao Cao fled to Xuchang with the young emperor and a shot of civil and martial arts.

Immediately afterwards, Sima Yi did not go south to Xuchang, but went north to Bingzhou.

Bingzhou is close to the Hetao Grassland, and the terrain is relatively flat, which is suitable for Xiliang cavalry to fight. It took Ma Chao more than half a month to level up Shangdang, Taiyuan and other counties. At the door, Ma Chao's offensive was stopped.

All of this happened too fast, and Cao Cao lost Sili and Bingzhou in a blink of an eye. If Hulao hadn't been locked in Cao Cao's hands, Yanzhou might not be able to keep it.

Since the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao lost Jingzhou, lost Sili, and fell into Bingzhou, which made Cao Cao depressed.Although Cao Cao still has Yuzhou and Yanzhou in his hands, Cao Cao does not have many soldiers and horses in his hands.

The so-called three caves of the cunning rabbit. At this time, Cao Cao thought of his brother-in-law Zhang De. In order to leave a trace of blood for the Cao family, Cao Cao sent his two sons Cao Zhi and Cao Chong to Beihai, hoping that Cao Qian could help take care of the blood of the Cao family.

After capturing Bingzhou, Sima Yi was also at the end of his strength, his troops were exhausted and needed to rest, so Sima Yi did not rush to attack, but began to digest the newly acquired territory.

Now that the Central Plains is in chaos again, Sima Yi and Cao Cao are confronting each other on the front line of Yingchuan, and no one can take advantage of it.

And Zhang De also consumed a lot of strength because of his attack on Jiangdong. The food and grass accumulated over the years have been exhausted, and the supply of weapons and armor has also encountered problems. Now Zhang De has more than enough defense, but not enough offense.

At this time, Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou was the most idle person. Jingzhou was originally Liu Biao's territory, but now Liu Qi is sitting in Jingzhou. Whether it is seen by outsiders or Jingzhou people themselves, this kind of son inheriting his father's business is a matter of course.The so-called right and proper name also made Zhuge Liang's governance of Jingzhou very smooth.

During this period of time, Zhuge Liang's talents in internal affairs were brought into full play. Jingzhou was originally a land of prosperity, but now under Zhuge Liang's governance, in just over a year, the government was smooth and the people were harmonious, and the road was not picking up what was lost.

At this time, Zhuge Liang also felt that he needed to expand as soon as possible, and now that Cao Cao was the weakest, he still had to pick up the soft persimmons, so at this time Zhuge Liang personally led the army to attack Nanyang, which undoubtedly made things worse for Cao Cao!
Nanyang was guarded by Cao Ren. How could Cao Ren resist Zhuge Liang's strategy? Finally, at the beginning of the third year of Jianxing, Jingzhou soldiers captured Nanyang County, which also made Xuchang face double pressure from the north and the west.

Cao Cao was facing a great crisis, but at this juncture, Cao Cao fell ill!

It is said that Cao Cao has a headache, which is said to be because of a tumor in Cao Cao's brain, but this time it was not a headache that knocked Cao Cao down, but another terrible disease!

Cao Cao had a stroke!
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