Chapter 261: Surprise
"To Yizhou?"
Cao Cao thought about it. He is a person who is very good at taking pleasure in suffering, in other words, he is also a person with an extremely tough personality who is difficult to be knocked down by adversity. In the early years, when he was chasing Dong Zhuo, he was pressed by Xu Rong in Xingyang and beaten again, and when he turned his head, he could boost his morale and then return to the sour dates to urge the coalition forces to go on the road; Later, in order to occupy Yanzhou, no matter how difficult and bitter the situation was, he never bowed his head to adversity, and after sleeping, he was full of energy, as if he was not the one who suffered losses.
This kind of heart is almost the characteristic of successful people, and they are indomitable.
But this time was an exception, when he woke up, Cao Cao didn't feel the calm and light mentality of the past, he only felt that the clouds in the sky were still clouds, the blood on the ground was still blood, and everything was terrible.
The generals knew the current predicament of the Cao family, Cao Cao knew better than them, and his thoughts were surprisingly consistent, there was nothing to stand up to, unless the sky fell a flying stone and smashed into the palace of King Zhao, no one could reverse this situation.
is still the same sentence, the knife hangs on the neck, and when to go under the knife, Yan has the final say.
For Cao Cao, where to lose is not to lose, where to die is not to die; Even if you run into Yizhou, in the end it will only be the end of defeat.
"Falling into such a field, do you still have to leave your hometown and die in the mountains of Bashu by boat?"
Cao Cao seems to be laughing, but his expression is a little miserable, in just a few years, from the majestic overlord to now he can't find a burial place for himself, even if he is optimistic, it is difficult to say that he does not have a little sadness.
It's just that Cao Cao reacted, no! If he goes to Yizhou now...... Although this idea is quite stupid, can't he Cao Mengde beat Yan Zhongqing and Liu Xuande?
Bah!
To conquer the city is to tie the three Liu Bei together, and they may not be his opponents Cao Cao!
Liu Bei has just taken Liu Zhang's foundation, and now he has not been able to gain a firm foothold in Yizhou, at this time, if Cao Cao can enter Yizhou, even if he only occupies two or three cities, Liu Bei will be able to beat Liu Bei in the summer of the next year, and what will it be like to regain control of a state?
However, Cao Cao just wanted to have some fun for himself, and said angrily to the staff who made the suggestion: "Zhang Liao is in Yuzhou, and the Yan's fleet is along the river and waterway, we don't have a boat, can we swim to Jingzhou?" Even if he swims to Jingzhou, will Liu Jingsheng let Cao enter Yizhou safely? ”
"Hey, just think about it, Wen Ruo, what do you think?"
If Cao Cao didn't ask, Xun Yu didn't plan to speak on this topic at all, but now that Cao Cao asked, Xun Yu gave up his hand and said: "I think it's a mixed blessing, Liu Xuande's troops are weak and outnumbered, even if there are only more than 7,000 troops, they are not my opponents, and Yizhou is not peaceful. But as the general said, we can't go through the road to Yizhou, just take it for granted. What's more, if our army can pass through Zhang Wenyuan's blockade, why do we have to travel thousands of miles to Yizhou, is it not possible to join forces with Liu Jingsheng to fight the enemy when we go to Jingzhou? ”
"How can I say this, Liu Jingsheng and Cao have been fighting each other for several years, but I am afraid that it is not appropriate to ask him for a county."
Cao Cao knew that it was bad when he heard Xun Yu speak, the situation was even worse than he imagined, even Xun Yu began to think about the old opponent Liu Biao's subordinates as guest generals, Cao Cao sighed secretly in his heart: Alas, Cao Mou is now in a situation with Liu Bei!
Liu Bei, it goes without saying that his style of action is heroic, but what is his doing...... Tsk, the shame of the whole princes!
With the courage of the princes, doing what the princes should do, and being respected by the princes, but without the consciousness that he is a prince, isn't this a shame for the princes? Where in the world are there princes who do not pay attention to the foundation of their rear camps? I'm afraid there is no second one in the world except Liu Bei!
Yanbei has Liaodong so you Zhou, you have Youzhou so you swallow Hebei, there is Hebei so you shake the world; Cao Cao had Yanzhou, so he swallowed Yuzhou, and was able to survive in the Central Plains, the land of the four wars; Yuan Shao is the same, Bohai is his foundation, and even fought a war with the Yan clan for ten years for such a small place, although he has been losing the city and land, but in the end he has the spirit of not giving up in his bones; Even Dong Zhuo knew that when he entered Luoyang, he wanted to win over Ma Teng and Han Sui to share the wealth. But what about Liu Xuande? As soon as you talk about saving people, you don't want Qingzhou, and if you lose the battle, you don't want Xuzhou.
"It's not easy to enter Jingzhou, and it's even more difficult to enter Yizhou. Now the Yan clan may not have thought that the general would go to Jingzhou by land and water, and unexpectedly there may not be a large army blockade on the river, as for Liu Jingsheng...... The general could send a message to Liu Jingzhou after disembarking in Jingzhou. Xun Yu smiled, but the words were not said thoroughly, to put it bluntly, if Cao Jun can get off the ship in Jingzhou, it is not a matter for Liu Biao to give it or not, the threat of the Yan army in the north, Liu Biao can free up his hands to deal with Cao Cao? What's more, even if you can free up your hands, you will definitely be able to win if you are attacked by the enemy on your back? Rather than risk being destroyed and dying, it is obvious that he lends Cao Cao a county of land to defend against foreign enemies.
After all, the Yan clan was their worst enemy, and compared to the threat of Yan Bei, the grievances between the two of them were almost negligible.
"Changsha, if you can pass through Yuzhou, the general should go to Changsha, which is neither bordered by Yuzhou guarded by Zhang Liao, nor bordered by the Liao army of Yanshi in the north, and the south county in the north can pass through Yizhou, and it can also leave a way for the general to retreat...... However, it should not be entered in Yizhou unless it is absolutely necessary. ”
Cao Cao naturally knows this truth, but if there is a little possibility of survival, Cao Cao will not go to Yizhou, he is not like a king and a hegemon, Yizhou is a good place to be called a king according to the land, but it has no benefit to assist the Han family, Liu Bei is nothing more than a desperate person to enter Yizhou, but who has some ambitions in his heart, who will enter Yizhou?
Emperor Gaozu set Qinchuan from Hanzhong, but it was not the hometown of Bashu...... Throughout the ages, since the two kingdoms of Bashu started in the southwest, no one has entered Yizhou and can come out. It is true that Yizhou has a unique natural risk, but the natural risk has always been a two-way street, not only belonging to either party, it is difficult to enter outside, and it is naturally difficult to get out inside.
When a prince arrives at the time when he entrusts his fate to natural danger and the general trend, he basically doesn't have to have any big hope in this life.
It's like the Great River is a natural danger to the Sun clan in Jiangdong, even if Xu Huang and Tian Yu of Yan Beibei defeated Yuan Shao, they can't easily send troops to the south, but it is also difficult for the Sun clan to fight south.
Danger is good for the defender, but it is not good for the attack.
"Collect ships, there is no good result in staying in Peiguo, but try to the west, as Wen Ruo said, no one would expect Cao to turn back to the west again, take it by surprise!"