binnovel Chapter 116
Chapter 116
Chapter 116
But it was said that after Li Dian escaped, he left a few soldiers disguised as common people to find out the news. He also sent people to report the news to Man Chong stationed in Wancheng, and then retreated to Xudu while waiting for news.
A few days later, Li Dian received news that Cao Ren had been captured alive, and then taken to Xiangyang by Zhang Wu to be imprisoned.Li Dian hastened to rush back to Xudu.
After Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao and ruled the north, he returned to Xudu and soon gave up his position as the three princes. He appointed himself the prime minister. An official of the government.Since then, all major court affairs have been decided and handled by the prime minister's office, and Han Xiandi has become a veritable puppet.
Although Cao Cao is already the most powerful prince in the world, the world is still not peaceful, and there are still many separatist forces that do not obey his orders, but now Cao Cao wants to get rid of two people most, one is Liu Bei and the other is Ma Teng.These two people were still alive in the "Yidai Zhao" incident, especially Liu Bei, who was bullied so badly by Lu Bu back then, and he kindly took him in and helped him avenge and kill Lu Bu.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei wanted to harm him, and made troubles for himself again and again. Now that Yuan Shao is gone, no one in this world can threaten him anymore. It's time to settle the score!
For the next step of strategic planning, in fact, the counselors proposed two plans at the beginning.One plan is to destroy Ma Teng first, completely eliminate the hidden dangers in the north, then eliminate Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, then take Xichuan, and then take Jingzhou from a condescending position by virtue of its geographical advantages.The advantage of this plan is that it is relatively safe, step by step, and move forward in a solid manner, basically without overturning.The disadvantage is that it takes a long time, and I don't know if Cao Cao can complete it during his lifetime.
Another solution is to take Jingzhou first, and then train the navy in Jingzhou. After the navy is formed, it will go down the river to destroy Jiangdong first, and then the rest will be nothing to worry about.The advantage of this plan is that it can determine the overall situation as soon as possible. As long as Jiangdong is destroyed, it will basically be regarded as a preliminary unification.The disadvantage is that the risk is greater. On the one hand, Cao Jun has no navy. Even if he wins Jingzhou to train the navy, it is hard to say whether the navy that has not gone through the war can beat the Jiangdong navy.Because the naval army still has a certain technical content in it, it does not mean that if there are many people, it will definitely win.
As it happened, Liu Biao died, and Cao Cao felt that Jingzhou had an opportunity to take advantage of it. In addition, Liu Bei went to Jingzhou again, so Cao Cao decided to deal with Jingzhou first.In Cao Cao's mind, Liu Bei doesn't even have a piece of land now, and he doesn't have many troops, so it should be easy to clean up.
But in the original book, Cao Cao did not expect that Cao Ren would be defeated by Liu Bei, and now he also did not expect that Cao Ren would be defeated and captured alive by Zhang Wu.
Prime Minister Cao was having some entertainment in the Prime Minister's Mansion when Li Dian stumbled in, knelt down with a plop and cried bitterly to plead guilty.
Cao Cao was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Mancheng, what happened? Didn't you follow Zixiao to guard Fancheng? Why did you come back alone?"
While weeping, Li Dian told Cao Cao the course and result of the battle.
Cao Cao was shocked, and then panicked, "What did you say? Zixiao was captured alive by Zhang Wu?" Cao Ren was not an ordinary general, he was the person he trusted the most. After so many years in the Northern War, he has made many contributions.Generals like Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang died as soon as they died. There is nothing to feel bad about, because there are too many generals like him.
But Cao Ren is his cousin, so he can't die!This Cao Zixiao asked you to inquire about the news of Jingzhou, but you ran to fight Liu Bei, but Liu Bei failed and was defeated by Zhang Wu's design, not only defeated the [-] army, but even captured him alive !
Cao Cao quickly called a meeting with his subordinates Wenwu to discuss how to deal with it. At this time, it was useless to blame Li Dian. Besides, Li Dian tried to persuade him again and again, but Cao Ren not only refused to listen, he almost killed Li Dian. , It’s really your own fault.
Xun You immediately said: "Prime Minister, Zixiao's [-] army has been completely lost, and Nanyang's troops are insufficient. I'm afraid that Zhang Wu will take the opportunity to attack Wancheng, so we should send reinforcements as soon as possible!"
Xun Yu also said: "That's right, Wancheng's terrain is important, if it falls into Zhang Wu's hands, it may not be stable!"
But Cao Cao said: "There is a flat river between Xudu and Wancheng. The tiger and leopard cavalry can reach it within three days, and Wancheng is guarded by Boning, which is enough to hold on until the reinforcements arrive. I am not worried yet. I am only worried about Zixiao!"
At this time, Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, I think Zixiao will be safe and sound!"
"Oh? Why did Zhongde say that?"
"Prime Minister, when I looked through the information about Zhang Wu, I found that this person had never killed a prisoner. When he fought against Jiangdong, he captured Jiangdong's veteran Han Dang twice, and he was redeemed by Sun Quan each time. Moreover, this person I have a strange hobby, that is, I like famous horses or weapons. Just now General Li Dian also mentioned that since Zhang Wu did not kill Zixiao on the spot, but imprisoned Zixiao in Xiangyang, it seems that Zixiao has the hope of returning !"
When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately had hope. As long as Cao Ren can be exchanged, the famous horses and magic soldiers are secondary. In order to win over Guan Yu, he even sent out the red rabbit horse. Of course Cao Ren is more important than Guan Yu. !
Cao Cao thought of another thing, since Liu Bei was not in Xinye, and his subordinates Guan, Zhang, Zhao and other generals did not show up, then who can defeat Cao Ren who has been in the battlefield for so long?Cao Ren's ability to lead troops is not as good as his own, but he can be regarded as a general who can stand on his own. It is impossible to defeat the [-] army so easily.
So Cao Cao asked Li Dian: "Mancheng, can you find out which generals Zhang Wu has and who can advise him?"
Li Dian replied: "The prime minister, the last general fought against Zhang Wu and his generals. There was an old general with white beard and hair. After ten rounds, they were no opponents. There was also a young general named Wei Yan, and the last general was also no match. Later, when the last general and General Cao fled back to Fancheng, there were two generals under Zhang Wu, Gan Ning and Wenpin, in the city. That was Zhang Wu. I am also very brave, not inferior to General Cao. According to the report from the spies, Zhang Wu has Pang Tong and Xu Shu as his military counselors."
Cao Cao said again: "Zhongde, do you have any information about the superior?"
Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister, as far as I know, Huang Zhong is Liu Biao's Zhonglang general. He is over [-] years old. He originally assisted Liu Biao's son Liu Pan to guard Changsha to guard against Jiangdong. Later, he was transferred to Xiangyang by Zhang Wu to entrust him with important tasks. Spy I once inquired about one thing, that Huang Zhong once fought with Yun Chang, and there was no winner in a hundred rounds!"
(End of this chapter)