The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 347 Sweeping Jingzhou
Zhang Liao led an army to attack Luoyang, but Guo Jia withdrew his army and returned to Chang'an.

In this "decisive battle" between Guo Jia and Cao Cao, the two protagonists seem to coincide with each other, and they are both thunderous and rainy.

The generals under Cao Cao were full of resentment, and the generals under Guo Jia were not very happy.

They won the first battle and wiped out [-] enemies, but Guo Jia only let Zhang Liao attack Luoyang, and the other troops withdrew back to Chang'an with him.

The generals are puzzled, it seems that Luoyang should be captured in one go.

After Guo Jia returned to Chang'an, he first summoned Zhang Ji and asked about Ma Chao's situation.

Zhang Ji's answer did not make Guo Jia happy, but instead he wrote a harsh letter in his own hand and asked Zhang Ji to take it to Ma Chao.

There is a limit to tolerance, Guo Jia is the most, he will only give Ma Chao this chance, and if he commits the crime again next time, he will be at his own risk.

After Zhang Ji left the room, Fazheng walked in, and Guo Jia said to him, "Xiaozhi, pass on the order that the soldiers and horses rest in Chang'an for two months before returning to Chengdu."

Only Zhang Liao's [-] soldiers and horses were left in Guanzhong, and the rest in Chang'an was to make Cao Cao think that Guo Jia was not dead against Luoyang.

In this way, Guo Jia certainly cannot prevent Cao Cao from swallowing Jingzhou.

In fact, from the very beginning, Guo Jia never wanted to rob Jingzhou before Cao Cao.

Cao Cao led his army to Xuchang and began to rest.

While dealing with military affairs, someone rushed in to report to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao let the man speak without raising his head.

As a result, the man said something that almost broke Cao Cao.

Cao Chong, his favorite son now, died of illness!
Yecheng
For the Cao family, there is one joy and one sorrow.

The good news is that Cao Cao was promoted again in Xuchang. After Duke Wei, Cao Cao became king of Jin Wei.

Sadly, Cao Cao's son Cao Chong died of illness.

Cao Cao was so sad that he wailed for several days, and then ordered people to look around to see if there were any girls in the rich and powerful families who died, and used them to impress his son.

Overwhelmed with grief and even lost his soul, Cao Cao did not return to Yecheng, but stayed in Xuchang. Chen Qun came to see him and told him something.

Chen Qun is Cao Cao's right-hand man, especially Chen Qun helps Cao Cao with "housework".

Cao Cao wanted to let the recently deceased daughter of Bing Yuan's family be the soul of Cao Chong, but she was unwilling.

Bing was originally a scholar and looked down on Cao Cao.

When Chen Qun told Cao Cao about this, he thought that Cao Cao would kill Bing Yuan's family, but Cao Cao just asked Chen Qun to find another family, and did not take his anger out on Bing Yuan.

Chen Qun bid farewell and left, but Cao Cao called him back.

"Changwen, invite Sima Yi one more time. If he is willing to become an official, let him go to Yecheng and become a prince's bastard."

Now Cao Cao is the king of Wei, and Yecheng is the capital of the Wei state. This is the vassal state of China, and it does not represent the world.After Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao first established a prince at this age. This prince is the heir to the throne, the crown prince, not the crown prince.

Cao Pi was only in his early twenties when he was older. After Cao Ang's death in battle, Cao Cao had many heirs, and there were only a few who were unusually talented. Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang are now attracting attention.

But after all, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang were young, not yet twenty, so Cao Cao first let Cao Pi be the prince. After all, he was just a prince. It is hard to say whether they will inherit everything from Cao Cao in the future.

The official position of the bastard among the princes, simply put, is that some people of the same age around the prince do not have any real power.

Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times before letting Zhuge Liang come out of the mountain, and Cao Cao also sent people to invite Sima Yi three times.

This time, Sima Yi didn't dare to excuse himself by calling it sick.

Sima Yi knew that if he refused, let alone himself, the entire Sima family would be doomed.

So Sima Yi obediently went to Yecheng, walked into the camp of Cao Wei Group, and got along well with Cao Pi, which made Cao Pi respect him very much.

After the soldiers and horses rested in Xuchang, Cao Cao recently showed an attitude that was not depressed, but extremely indifferent.

He summoned Cheng Yu and asked, "How is Jingzhou?"

Cheng Yu, who was so old that his hair was so gray that he couldn't find any black silk, frowned and said, "Liu Biao is still sick in bed and hasn't improved."

Cao Cao couldn't wait any longer, Luoyang had reached a stalemate, and he was afraid that Guo Jia would find out his intentions.

With a grim expression on his face, Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "Order the three armies to attack Xiangyang with me."

In mid-July, Cao Cao sent an army of 20 to attack Jingzhou!

Going down from Wancheng, the first thing to fight is not Liu Biao, but Liu Bei from Xinye!
Liu Bei has only a few thousand soldiers and horses. How could he be able to stop Cao Cao's 20 soldiers?
Liu Bei led his army back to Fancheng.

Xiangyang was gloomy and gloomy. As soon as the news of Cao Cao's personal conscript reached Xiangyang, Liu Biao vomited blood and died after hearing the news!

Liu Cong succeeded to the throne and promoted Jingzhou Mu, but the first thing he did as soon as he took office was to hand over a letter of surrender to Cao Cao.

Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao without even saying hello to Liu Bei. This made Liu Bei very passive and abandoned Fancheng in a hurry. Withdrew from the ground, led by Liu Bei himself, accompanied by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, and headed towards the Nanjun area.

Because of Liu Cong's surrender, Liu Bei retreated in a hurry, but it was also a blessing in disguise. All the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou who were unwilling to surrender to Cao Wei followed Liu Bei, which made Liu Bei's available soldiers and horses much stronger. They all voluntarily fled with Liu Bei.

Cao Cao hated Liu Bei very much. Hearing that Liu Bei had escaped, he personally led tiger and leopard riders to chase for three hundred miles overnight, and defeated Liu Bei's army at Changbanpo, Dangyang.

After the defeat, Liu Bei took the remnants of the defeated general and hurriedly fled to the Han River, leaving Zhang Fei behind.

Zhang Feiqiao yelled to retreat Cao's army. Cao Cao was in a cocoon. He had a good time with Guan Yu. He heard that Guan Yu said that Zhang Fei had the ability to take the head of an enemy general in a chaotic army, and ordered someone to embroider Zhang Fei's name on his clothes. Here, he always reminded himself to be cautious when meeting Zhang Fei, but he hesitated and did not pursue him, which gave Liu Bei a chance to escape to Jiangxia by the Han River.

Liu Qi and Guan Yu met Liu Bei by the Han River, and put Liu Bei's soldiers and horses on board, while the people who followed Liu Bei stayed on the road from Changbanpo to Jiangling.

Liu Bei, who arrived in Jiangxia, fell into despair in the face of Cao Cao's monstrous situation.

Cao Cao led 20 troops into Jingzhou, took over Jingzhou almost without bloodshed, and surrendered nearly 20 Jingzhou troops. How can Liu Bei's poor soldiers and horses be able to contend with Cao Cao today?

At this moment, if there is no miracle, it will be a dead end.

And this time, a miracle happened.

Zhuge Liang stepped forward and went east in a light boat to meet Wu Hou Sun Quan!

At this time, Sun Quan had already left Jianye and came to Chaisang, the front line in Jiangdong.

Cao Cao swept Jingzhou, making him restless.

Now Sun Quan has regretted it. If he had formed an alliance with Guo Jia to attack Cao Cao a few months ago, this situation would not have happened now.

His wishful thinking naturally wanted Cao Cao and Guo Jia to fight to the death, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to be trapped in the north by Cao Cao's tricks. Even if Guo Jia withdrew his troops from Chang'an and returned to Chengdu at this time, he would never be able to stop Cao Cao from swallowing Jingzhou.

Originally, he was still considering whether to say hello to Cao Cao and test the other party's intentions.

Jingzhou is already Cao Cao's.

So, should we give up?

But Sun Quan hadn't written a letter to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao wrote a letter to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan's face turned pale when he saw the letter "80 Imabari Navy will hunt with the general in Wu".

Cao Cao wants to destroy even his grandson's family!

War, no fight!

But in this battle, whether Jiangdong could be saved or not, Sun Quan had no idea. Among civil and military, the two people he trusted the most, Zhou Yu and Lu Su, gave him opinions respectively.

Zhou Yu is a hero who is brave enough to win the three armies. When he fights a war, he never gets into the basics of the number of troops, or the odds of winning a battle, the number of troops is not absolute.

Cao Cao had many generals, and his prestige was unmatched by anyone in the world. Sun Quan was afraid of Cao Cao, but he was unwilling to give Cao Cao the foundation laid down by Sun Ce in the six counties of Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu took the lead in the battle, but refused to surrender Cao.

He even said to Sun Quan, "Kuang Cao sent himself to die, but can we welcome the evil?"

People in the world, including Guo Jia, probably would not say that Cao Cao came to die when facing Cao Cao.

Only Zhou Yu dared to say such words of contempt for Cao Cao under the background of Cao Cao's arrogance today!
Lu Su also took the lead in the battle. When Liu Biao in Jingzhou was seriously ill, he suggested that Sun Quan unite with Liu Bei and put it into practice.

After the three ministers discussed, Sun Quan also made up his mind to fight against Cao to the end!
At the end of the meeting, Lu Su suddenly raised his head, faced Sun Quan and cupped his hands, saying, "My lord, Cao's army is powerful. With the combined efforts of Jiangdong and Uncle Liu, the odds of victory may not be high. At this moment, Cao's bandits are encroaching on Jingzhou and Yizhou." Guo Jia will definitely not turn a blind eye, why not unite with Guo Jia to occupy Cao?"

Sun Quan looked a little embarrassed, and said bitterly: "But, a few months ago, Guo Jia sent me a letter, inviting me to send troops to the east to attack the Cao bandits. I didn't reply to him. Now, will he extend a helping hand to Jiangdong?"

This is where Sun Quan regretted it. At that time, even if he replied a letter of refusal, it was far better than indifference, but at that time Sun Quan was worried that if he replied and refused, Guo Jia would not fight Cao Cao, and he would not be able to reap the benefits.

Lu Su said firmly, "My lord, it's just a matter of time. The Cao bandit is now trying to capture Jingzhou, but he still wants to plot Jiangdong. If both Jingzhou and Jiangdong fall into the hands of Cao bandit, how can Guo Jia be alone? He will die sooner or later! One point, he will not fail to see clearly, therefore, I am convinced that Guo Jia sent troops to attack Cao Cao, but the three families unite and act together, which is far better than fighting individually, and I am willing to persuade Guo Jia to join forces with the lord."

When Sun Quan thought about it, it made sense.

Zhou Yu also agreed.

At this time, Jiang Dong will not think about who Jingzhou belongs to, but whether he can protect himself is the top priority.

After receiving Zhuge Liang's arrival, Lu Su detoured thousands of miles from Jingnan to Yizhou, intending to lobby the Guojia Group to fight against Cao Cao.

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