In Liu Bei''s three Xuzhou counties, Zang Ba only sent people to Langya, the place where he started, but he didn''t take care of Donghai and Pengcheng at all.
He has self-knowledge and has too few troops to allow him to occupy too much territory. In fact, even Langya and Zang Ba don''t want it, but if they don''t, Jingzhou army can attack Mount Tai from Langya and he will be attacked on both sides.
Yuan Tan could not trust him, so he had to take over by himself.
Liu Bei withdrew from the three counties and immediately sent Zhang Xiu with cavalry to take over. Because he went in time, Liu Bei only took the troops he left here, and the people who wanted to take them with him were intercepted.
Of course, Zhang Xiu only initially settled the Donghai state and Pengcheng state. Because Zang Ba blocked the troops Langya, he did not continue to go north. He just held a stalemate with sun Guan sent by Zang Ba until the prefect appointed by a strange plan came to take over the two counties, and then led the troops South.
Shouchun has gathered 300000 troops again, with Cao Cao as the general and Jia Xu and Guo Jia as the military division, and ordered him to take xiapi and Guangling.
In particular, he told Cao Cao that Cao Wei, the governor of Guangling, must take it, dead or alive. For this reason, the only two supernatural powers and martial arts set out with Cao Cao.
Watching Cao Cao''s army leave, I feel very comfortable with the trick. After so long, someone can lead people to fight independently and will no longer be forced to use people like Cai Mao and Huang Zu.
Speaking of surrender, Cao Cao''s power is no worse than that of CAI Mao and Huang Zu, but when Cao Cao first came, he had no foundation in the court and had to rely on tricks. With Cao''s people in hand, the generals who surrendered with Cao Cao were scattered everywhere. Even if Cao Cao wanted to rebel again, the army under his hand would not follow him.
Therefore, it is safe to hand over hundreds of thousands of troops to Cao Cao.
And he waited in Shouchun with peace of mind.
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"Gongda, how about the strength of Guangling Navy?" In Shouchun City, ask Xunyou for a trick.
"There are about 30000 people, more than ten building ships and hundreds of fighting ships." Xun you replied.
"Where''s our navy?"
"There are about 100000 people and hundreds of building ships."
"We settled the south of the Yangtze River early, and the Navy seems to have no place to be brave." The trick smiled, "let Lu Su, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai send troops to break through the Guangling Navy, and then patrol the coast to prevent Cao Wei from escaping from the sea."
"The general seems to attach great importance to Cao Wei?" Xun you doesn''t understand.
"He''s just unlucky. Changing the environment may not be worse than me. I don''t dare to stay with such a person." A random reason for the trick.
Otherwise, it can''t be said that this is his task.
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"Gentlemen, Jingzhou army is coming. How should we resist the enemy?" In Huaiyin City, Cao Wei moved the county government here to facilitate the control of the two counties.
The trick began to assemble the army to Shouchun. Cao Wei received the news and immediately organized the generals to discuss the matter.
He is very unwilling. Only when his career improves a little, will he be doomed.
Xuzhou is very rich and has a large population. In recent years, relying on two counties, he has recruited 300000 troops.
This is also the limit that the second county can support.
But Xuzhou also has defects. The combat effectiveness of soldiers is too poor. It must take a long time to become an army and train into a military formation.
Moreover, his position is also very bad. There is a sea in the East, Jingzhou army''s territory in the West and south, and Liu Bei in the north. Neither of them is easy to provoke.
Although the Jingzhou army has been recuperating and stopped the war in the past two years, if he wants to touch the tiger''s beard, he is afraid that the tiger will wake up and devour himself immediately.
The reason why he didn''t move was that he didn''t look at himself.
Cao Wei understood the trick very well and kept himself from making the threat of Jingzhou greater. He avoided the death of Cao Cao and Liu Bei and joined hands with Yuan Shao.
He wanted to join hands with Yuan Shao, but it was too far away.
He started too late, and the general trend of Jingzhou army has become, but he is not willing to see the success of the trick, so he tried his best to expand his strength.
Liu Bei went north to Qingzhou. There were not many people left in Donghai and Pengcheng. He wanted to seize the second County, but he was unanimously opposed by his subordinates.
Liu Bei, who once served as a pastor in Xuzhou, still has a great influence in Xuzhou. They have experienced the evil deeds of Yuan Shu in Xuzhou and naturally don''t want Yuan Shao to come in.
Liu Bei was fighting with Yuan Shao to stop Yuan Shao from going south. Even they prefer to kill Liu Biao''s army rather than capture Xuzhou by Yuan Shao.
Cao Wei was helpless to find that his control over the two counties was not so strong. Although his generals obeyed his orders on weekdays, once their great interests were involved, they would turn over immediately.
This is the power of the aristocratic family.
He can absolutely control only one-third of his power, which is not enough to turn against everyone. The more the army is expanded, the more powerful the aristocratic family is.
No way, Cao Wei can only stick to the two counties and sit and watch the changes in the world.
If he had such power when he first entered the world, he would never have reached this point. The vast land in the south of the Yangtze River has great potential. Unfortunately, it was all picked up by the reincarnation of Jingzhou.
For a moment, Cao Wei thought a lot.
"Don''t worry, Mr. Fu. We have the benefits of the city. There are enough soldiers and food and grass. It''s difficult for him to enter inch by inch." Someone immediately began to flatter.
"Captain Zhu, what do you think?" Cao Wei looks at Zhu Zhi.
"Soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, that''s all," Zhu Zhi said. "Jingzhou''s army is powerful, so we must deal with it carefully."
"Is Zhu Du confident of defeating the Jingzhou army?" Cao Wei asked with expectation.
"Do your best." Zhu Zhi didn''t answer positively. In Cao Wei''s opinion, he was lack of confidence.
"Is it to disperse and defend the city, or gather forces for a decisive battle?" Cao Wei asked again.
"Fujun has been repairing huailing for years. Isn''t it waiting for today?" Zhu Zhi said with a smile, "assemble the army in huailing to stop the Jingzhou army."
"Well, let''s do it. I personally sit in huailing and provide all support for Zhu Duwei." Cao Wei said.
Sun Jian''s former headquarters are in the Jingzhou army. Zhu Zhi is not close to him on weekdays. He is also worried about Zhu Zhi''s surrender.
As long as we can block the Jingzhou army in huailing and hold a stalemate for a year and a half, when Yuan Shao and Liu Bei in the north go south again, we may be able to usher in a turnaround and enter Huainan at that time.
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However, to Cao Wei''s disappointment, Zhu Zhi failed to stop Cao Cao for too long.
It is true that the Huai mausoleum has been repaired to be tall and solid, there are plenty of soldiers in the city, and Zhu Zhi has done his best, but the problem is that the combat power of the Xuzhou army is not so strong, and many people have not even experienced war.
What''s more, among the Qiji army, there are two magical scholars, Guo Jia and Jia Xu, and a large number of scholars. Zhang Zhen in Guangling is difficult to support, and has always been suppressed by the Jingzhou army, offsetting the benefits of the city.
After two months of hard support, the huailing city was broken.
Before that, the Jiangdu was conquered by Lu Su, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, destroying all water facilities along the river and coastal areas, and patrolling around to prevent people from escaping.
When the Huai mausoleum was broken, Cao Wei fled to Huaiyin, gathered his remaining strength, barely gathered tens of thousands of troops, and fled north with people, ready to go to Zang BA in Mount Tai.
Then she was caught up by Zhang Xiu''s cavalry and defeated again.
After calming the Xiliang army, Li Zhen and others, Jingzhou''s cavalry has increased a lot. Coupled with the expansion in the past two years, there are already 30000 cavalry. It''s easy to deal with tens of thousands of defeated troops.
Cao Wei ran for his life again. There were few people around him, but Zhang Xiu pursued him. Finally, Cao Wei''s plan to escape to the mountain was dashed. Zhang Xiu killed him because he refused to surrender.
Cao Cao went into Xuzhou and soon took over all the counties in Xuzhou.
In addition to Langya state, Xuzhou is in hand.