Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 324 The Lord Can Be Replaced

Zhou Wen is very comfortable under Zhou Cang's subordinates. Although he doesn't listen to his words, Zhou Cang is flexible in thinking and good at listening, and Zhou Wen doesn't need to scruple and figure out Zhou Cang's thoughts. As long as he has ideas and suggestions, he can report to Zhou Cang at any time.

"My lord, do you still remember the conversation we had at Wo Niu Gang and Dabie Mountain?"

"of course I remember."

"Later, when I came back from Jingzhou, my lord talked about my life experience again." Zhou Wen said solemnly. "Now that the lord has a son, I think it's time to announce the lord's life experience to the public. If the people in the world know the lord's background, then the followers will be like crucian carp crossing the river."

"Don't be in such a hurry." Zhou Cang's head is getting bigger, how should he get back the lies he wove now. "How many people will believe it?"

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, the important thing is that the lord has a son, the curse has been broken, and the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty has already happened!" It seems that Zhou Wen didn't just have a temporary idea, and this idea has been interfering with him. "In the past, the lord entrusted the revival of the Han Dynasty to Cao Cao, but now it seems that the lord can completely replace him!"

"What's Yuanfang thinking?"

"According to the original strategy, our army will go straight to Liaodong next year, so there will be a place to retreat. According to the news from Zhou Chong, Yuan Shao has recovered his vitality after working hard in Jizhou, but Yuan Shao's health is getting worse day by day, so Cao Cao will not Let Yuan Shao continue, after we take down Liaodong, he will definitely send troops to Jizhou, and at that time, my lord will join Yuan Tan and send his army to take Xudu directly!"

Zhou Wen wanted to take advantage of Cao Cao's salary while he was in Hebei.

"Cao Cao's troops left in Henan are mainly Cao Ren in Wancheng, but he must not dare to move lightly in order to guard against Liu Biao and Liu Bei. Cao Xiu in Lujiang, the master can encourage Sun Quan. Presumably Sun Quan is already coveting the land of Huainan. Only by going down to Huainan can the Yangtze River be consolidated, so he will send troops. Xiahoudun of Yanzhou, Xiahoudun is no longer as brave as before, so he can hand it over to Yuan Tan. Therefore, soldiers and horses from the three routes should not be considered." Zhou Wen continued: "Look at Xuzhou again. Xu Huang’s Raging Fire Camp, Qu’a’s Panshi Camp, Huang Zhong’s Thunder Camp, Liao Hua’s Recruit Camp, and Guangling’s Scorching Flame Camp if necessary, with at least [-] soldiers and horses at their disposal.

After finishing speaking, Zhou Wen looked straight at Zhou Cang. This kind of opportunity was rare, and Zhou Cang's heart was pounding.Is it just that Sun Quan will agree?According to Sun Quan's temper and the thinking of Jiangdong people, they just want to keep their one-acre three-point land, and they will never take the initiative to attack. Li Tong in Chunchun can completely return to guard Xudu.Can Yuan Tan be trusted?What if Sun Quan stabbed a knife in the back and sent troops to Xuzhou?Even if Xudu is captured, Xudu is not like Xuzhou, who is like a blank piece of paper and allows himself to draw. Xudu is already full of Cao Cao's cronies, can his soldiers hold it?
Zhou Wen drew a very good design drawing, but it was a little lacking. Then again, wealth and wealth are in danger, and if you don’t try, you will never have a chance. Not every action is foolproof, and everything must be perfect. There are such good things.

Zhou Cang finally said: "There is no rush to reveal your identity. If you reveal it now, it will arouse Cao Cao's vigilance. The best time is when Xudu is taken, at least until Liaodong is taken. Your idea is very good, but You also said that there is a premise, which is to take down Liaodong first. It is still a bit small to take [-] troops in Xudu. "

Zhou Wen was very pleased to see that his suggestion was adopted. He felt that the strategy proposed by Zhou Cang was relatively stable, and he was a bit risky in comparison.

"Therefore, we must minimize the loss of our army when we send troops to Liaodong this time, and we must form a new army in Liaodong as soon as possible to stabilize the defense. I plan to go to Donglai to take command in three months' time." Zhou Cang said, "You Immediately send a letter to Guangling, asking Wei Xu and Ding Feng to immediately organize the immigrants from the Dabie Mountains, organize a reserve team of 1 people for training, and expand Liaohua's new barracks to 4000 people, and Xiapi and Pengcheng each have 2000 people."

"Yes, I'll arrange it right now." Zhou Wen chuckled: "I just want my lord to sober up, so I won't delay my lord's celebration of the Spring Festival. My lord should take good care of my body."

Come back and talk about Cao Cao.After Liu Ye came back, he would report in detail what he had seen and heard in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao became more and more frightened the more he heard it.

Zhou Cang's wife is about to give birth, which is nothing. It is normal for Zhou Cang's five-year-old and three-year-old physique to be able to give birth to a child. Cao Cao is even a little happy. Zhou Cang was only 36 and seven. If something unexpected happened to Zhou Cang, it would be difficult for the youngest son to do anything.

Zhou Cang and Sun Quan's alliance to go to Jiangxia was unexpected by Cao Cao. When did these two people hook up?Who will take the initiative?Do the two want to become lips and teeth in order to protect themselves, or do they covet Jiangxia's wealth?The alliance between Zhou Cang and Sun Quan is stronger than that of Yuan Shao, which is barely acceptable. The current biggest enemy is Yuan Shao, and everything will be easy to solve with Yuan Shao.Cao Cao asked Cao Xiu to send an order to intercept and question Xuzhou troops when they returned to the army. If there was a large amount of luggage and food to find a way to intercept part of it, of course it was Cao Xiu's own decision and had nothing to do with Cao Cao.But later, Cao Cao received Cao Xiu's reward, only the food, grass and luggage accompanying the army, and some refugees. According to Xu Huang, these people begged to be moved to Xuzhou because they were unwilling to be moved to Jiangdong by Sun Quan. There seems to be nothing wrong with this reason.

What surprised Cao Cao the most was that his two sons actually sought to associate with Zhou Cang, but Zhou Cang was very smart, Xu Du cleverly avoided it last time, and this time he passed the message through Liu Ye's mouth. very satisfied.As for the two sons, he decided to observe for a while.

The information Liu Ye brought back was basically consistent with what Chen Jiao sent, so Cao Cao sent his confidant to send a message to Chen Jiao, paying more attention to whether there were any people from Xu Du who had private contacts with Zhou Cang.But this confidant was interrogated by the detective battalion on the road, and wanted to escape in a panic, but was shot to death by a crossbow.

As for Zhou Cang's opening of examinations to select scholars, Zhou Cang said a long time ago that he started to implement it now that he became the lord of Xuzhou. It can be seen that Xuzhou lacks talents, which Cao Cao likes to see. After the state, Cao Cao also wanted to try it in the four states.

In addition, Xuzhou is very stable and vigorously develops production and trade.This was enough for Cao Cao. Let Zhou Cang be used as a test field to try a new way for his future governance. This is what the two had discussed long ago. Everything is running according to the established track, and Cao Cao is quite satisfied.

(End of this chapter)