Chapter 187: Coveting
For Yuan Shu's move this time, Sima Yi is undoubtedly not optimistic, maybe in the early stage, because of the flight of the people under his command, there will be a kind of situation in which all the princes of the world are hostile to Cao Cao, forming a situation that is very favorable to Yuan Shu, but this is only for a short time, unless Yuan Shu is in the initial time, to level Cao Cao, otherwise, with the passage of time, Yuan Shu's chances will become smaller and smaller, and this time the fighter plane will also become Yuan Shu's life-saving talisman.
"In this way, Yuan Highway has made a bad move, so what do I think my Sima family should do this time?"
"Father, although Yuan Shu's stupid behavior this time was somewhat unexpected by the child, but even so, according to the child's opinion, it is better to simply take this opportunity to ask my father, like Lu Bu's advice, to send troops to attack Luoyang in the name of supporting the Son of Heaven in response to Yuan Shu's inscription!"
Sima Fang was stunned for a moment, and then understood the intention of Sima Yi's words, as early as the beginning, Sima Yi had the idea of serving Cao Cao, undoubtedly, this time the opportunity in Sima Yi's words is this, thinking of this, Sima Fang's eyes were full of solemnity, and he looked at Sima Yi and said: "My son has already decided?" ”
"Exactly!"
Sensing the firmness in Sima Yi's heart, Sima Fang secretly sighed, and was even more curious about Cao Cao in his heart, he didn't understand why, what kind of person was Cao Cao, who would let his second son, who had been a little incomprehensible since he was a child, be so optimistic about him.
It's just that Sima Fang, who thinks that Sima Yi is very optimistic about Cao Cao, doesn't know Sima Yi's heart at all, for Sima Yi, he is not optimistic about Cao Cao as a person, but about the forces under Cao Cao's command.
Cao Cao, who unified the three states of the Central Plains and became more and more powerful, was undoubtedly the next new founding emperor to rule the world in Sima Yi's view, and this qiē was the most important thing for Sima Yi.
For Sima Yi, betting on a person who has a high probability of unifying the world is far more important than others, and only by ensuring that he must stand in the final victor team in the future, Sima Yi will consider the second goal, that is, to display his talents.
Therefore, if it was not Cao Cao who first unified the three states of the Central Plains today, but Yuan Shao who unified the four northern states, or if the strength of the other princes became the crown of the princes in the world in an instant, as long as that prince did not lose too much and was too incompetent, then Sima Yi would very likely re-choose the person he wanted to be loyal to.
After Sima Fang left, Sima Yi, who was the only one left in the entire study, stretched out his hand, picked up the teacup in front of him, drank the tea that was already slightly cold, and let out a slight laugh in his mouth, with excitement, pleasure and impatience in the laughter.
Although Lu Bu is brave and unstrategic, but for Sima Fang, Lu Bu is quite obedient, and Lu Bu himself has the idea of sending troops to Luoyang to take revenge on Cao Cao, so after getting Sima Fang's approval, he immediately began to prepare for the expedition non-stop.
A few days later, Lü Bu also issued a crusade against Cao Cao in Chang'an, and at the same time, Lü Bu personally led the army, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Cao Xing, Hao Meng and others as generals, Sima Fang as a military advisor, raised 100,000 troops, and marched out of Tongguan towards Luoyang.
"Yuan Shu sent 300,000 troops, from Nanyang, Lu Bu sent 100,000 troops, from Tongguan, the two places combined, there are 400,000 troops, they really look up to me Cao Cao."
The news of Yuan Shu and Lu Bu's dispatch of troops barely took long to reach Cao Cao's base camp in Chendu, and Cao Cao was quite surprised that Yuan Shu and Lu Bu sent troops one after another.
I don't know whether to say a joke of history or what, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, this pair, the two who almost succeeded in marriage and became in-laws in later history, were able to coincidentally send troops to attack him together on top of Cheng Dù, who had changed so much in history, Cao Cao was really a little ridiculous in his heart.
"Yuan Shu and Lu Bu sent troops together this time, and the two armies combined, totaling 400,000, why didn't the lord not only not look worried, but his face was full of smiles?"
After all, Cao Cao, who ruled the three states at this time, although the troops under his command were as high as hundreds of thousands, but after removing the soldiers guarding the city, guarding the palace, and guarding the entire three states, plus within the near end of the time, Cao Cao's army was once again reorganized, and the strength of the Cao army that could go out at this time was only 200,000, which was more than double the difference between the other party.
With a total of 8.37 million people in the three states, Cao Cao was able to support an army of 600,000, in addition to the early issuance of the Tuntian policy, more importantly, among the 600,000 troops, except for the first 100,000 Tiance army, which was completely separated from farming, the rest of the 500,000 troops spent most of their time in cultivation and training, and did not add too much burden at all.
And with a population of more than 8 million, if he really said that the moment of crisis, Cao Cao would be able to increase his troops again and reach one million regardless of a single qiē, of course, in this way, even if he won in the end, Cao's army would inevitably be greatly damaged.
Speaking of population, Cao Cao is actually very envious and covets Yuzhou, which is ruled by Yuan Shu, as the state and county where the Longxing Land of Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is located, and the total population of Yuzhou has reached 5.16 million, which is almost equivalent to the two states under Cao Cao, and the richness of Yuzhou is also famous in the world.
These thoughts seem long, but in fact, they are just a flash in Cao Cao's mind, looking at Xun Yu who asked him below, Cao Cao immediately understood the intention of Xun Yu's move in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Why should I worry, the 300,000 troops under Yuan Shu's command, although the number is numerous, but not fine, most of them are people who have not undergone any training and have been forcibly pulled in, for such an army, I Cao Cao only needs to send a general who can fight well and lead 100,000 armor soldiers, which is enough to pacify, as for Lu Bu, Although it is known as the first in the world, but this person has courage and no strategy, I Cao Cao also only needs to send tens of thousands of soldiers, and a good man, enough to defeat Lu Bu, so in my opinion, this time is not only not a crisis, but an unprecedented warplane, you say, in the face of this, can I not be happy, ah, hahahaha······"