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"No!" After hearing Cao Cao's words, Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Although it seems that Youzhou, Yanzhou, and Yangzhou are not bordered by Yangzhou, they are all in the east where we are waiting.

Once we attack one of them, the other two places will inevitably take action at the same time!

In this way, even if we put all the 500,000 troops here, it will be difficult to break."

"..." After Cao Cao heard Li Zhi's words, his eyes stared at the map.

Finally, he closed his eyes in pain and murmured: "Yes, the three states have a total of about 400,000 people, and they are listed in the east where we are waiting. If we wait for one of them, the other two parties will take action immediately!

We only have 500,000 troops in our hands. In addition to guarding against the 200,000 troops necessary for the princes and Dong Zhuo in the south, we can also use 300,000 troops to attack.

In this way, I'm afraid I can't conquer it in a short period of time!

Once it is delayed for a long time, the direction of Luoyang will inevitably be lost. At that time, we will not be able to take care of each other at the beginning and end, and we will definitely lose!"

"Oh..." After saying this, he sighed long, lowered his head, and looked at the direction of Luoyang on the map and didn't know what he was thinking.

"..." Everyone else looked at Cao Cao who was silent and knew that he was thinking of a countermeasure, so he didn't dare to disturb him and waited quietly.

After a long time, Cao Cao raised his head and asked Li Zhi with a sad face, "Brothers are you sure, are you sure that you can defeat the nearly 500,000 army of the enemy with the 160,000 people alone?"

After Cao Cao's words settled, Xiahou Dun, who was standing beside him, asked with confusion: "Lord, isn't it enough to just keep the direction of Luoyang? If you take the initiative to attack, wouldn't it give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it?"

After hearing Xiahou Dun's urgent words, Cao Cao did not speak. Instead, Li Zhi explained to him: "Miaocai, this war is a decisive battle between us and the princes!

So, we can't respond negatively!

If the gap cannot be opened, then the final failure will definitely be me!

Because although we have a huge power, we have to guard too many places and the pressure is very high in the later stage.

Once time goes on for a long time, the food and grass we are waiting for will definitely be insufficient.

The enemy is different. The enemy occupied several states respectively. As long as they took care of their own food and grass, they could easily drag us down.

So, I have to resolve the battle within one year!

If you want to resolve the battle, you must open a breakthrough from Tongluoyang!

As long as Luoyang only wins, we can draw troops to support other places, so that we can win.”

"..." Xiahou Dun is also a veteran who has been through the battlefield for a long time. After hearing Li Zhidi's words, he nodded silently, and then stared at the map with his eyes straight.

After looking for a long time, he suddenly pointed to the direction of Xiliang and said, "Lord, Marquis of Luoyang, since he can't attack Yanzhou, it is difficult to win the war in Luoyang, so why don't we set our goal in Xiliang?

Although Dong Zhuo of Xiliang seems to be powerful, he has only been operating there for less than two years. In addition, Xiliang is located in a remote place and has poor food and grass. As long as we wait to use Xiliang as a breakthrough point, we will definitely defeat him in a very short time!

At that time, will it be much easier for me to wait?"

"Hmm?!!" Li Zhi and Cao Cao's eyes lit up when they heard Xiahou Dun's words.

Then he quickly turned his eyes to the map and looked carefully.

After watching for a while, Cao Cao suddenly laughed and said, "Miaocai has the talent of commander!"

"Haha..." After hearing Cao Cao's words, Li Zhi chuckled, nodded in agreement and said, "Brother Meng De is right. When we are at a loss for the situation in the world, Miaocai actually came up with such a wonderful plan, and he really has the talent of commander."

Speaking of this, after drawing on the map for a while, he smiled and said, "Miaocai is right, we should really start with Xiliang!

Although Xiliang is in the northwest and does not seem important, once we play Xiliang, the whole game of chess will be alive!

As long as we can pacify Xiliang, we can gather the power of Chang'an and Luoyang to fight against the southern princes!

In this way, although there is not a 100% chance of winning, it must be 70% or 80% or 80%!"

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Guo Jia, who was standing by, also noticed the trick. After carefully looking at the map for a while, he echoed: "Xiliang is indeed a very good target.

Although Dong Zhuo was born in Xiliang, he was not popular in Xiliang!

Because his excessive taxes and taxes have been completed, the people of Xiliang have angered!

In addition, when he attacked Xiliang from Chang'an, he used the elderly, weak, women and children from Chang'an as cannon fodder, which made his prestige among the people of Xiliang even plummet.

What's more, for this decisive battle, he forced all the horse troops in Xiliang, which almost caused chaos.

It can be said that after this incident, he lost a little prestige in Xiliang!

As long as we defeat Dong Zhuo, we can easily take Xiliang as our own.

After the Xiliang was captured, the pressure in Chang'an and Luoyang became much smaller.

The most important thing is that Chang'an and Luoyang are both majestic cities, and the distance is not too far, so they can complement each other. Once the enemy attacks one side, the other side can immediately attack forward and backward.

In this way, even if the enemy cannot be defeated, at least these two states can be defended!"

"Hahaha..." Cao Cao immediately laughed and nodded, saying, "What Brother Xingzhi and Fengxiao said is reasonable. Since that's the case, then we will aim to Xiliang as our goal!"

After saying that, he looked at the map again and asked Li Zhi, "Brother Xingzhi. Brother Wei thinks that I have to wait to pacify the princes in the north first, and then find a way to deal with the princes in the south. What do you think?"

"I think so too." Li Zhi nodded, pointed to Youzhou and said, "After we take Xiliang, we will order the troops stationed in Chang'an and Luoyang to guard the enemy's guards and prevent them from being able to take advantage of the opportunities in the south.

Afterwards, we sent a general to attack Yanzhou frantically, making Zhang Yan unable to care!

After that, we will send two generals to station in Runan and Xia Pi respectively, so that they can guard the border and not let Sun Ce take advantage of the opportunity.

Finally, Jizhou sent troops to attack Youzhou!

As long as you knock down Youzhou, I will wait for convenience and no worries!

Then, I can attack Yanzhou.

After taking down Yanzhou, only the five princes in the south were left.

By then, I will not have to spend too much effort to turn them away from abroad!”

"Well..." After Cao Cao's words, click

Nodded and returned to his main position thoughtfully.

Seeing this, the others did not dare to neglect and immediately sat back on their seats.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and said, "Since that's the case, then we will decide our strategy to deal with the enemy.

First, we will send a general who is good at fighting and attack Yanzhou with a large army of 100,000, so that Zhang Yan has no time to take care of himself.

Another general who was good at guarding led an army of 50,000 to block Gongsun Zan of Youzhou.

Subsequently, two generals who were good at guarding were sent to station in Chang'an and Luoyang with 80,000 people respectively.

Then, a 100,000 army was sent to Yuzhou and Xuzhou to fight against Sun Ce.

In this way, forty-one thousand horses were used.

The remaining 90,000 troops were led by Gu to Chang'an and joined the 80,000 troops in Chang'an.

In this way, Chang'an will have an army of 170,000!

With these 170,000 troops, Dong Zhuo will definitely be able to defeat him in the shortest time! This is our initial strategy.”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, turned his head to Li Zhi, who was in the lower left head, and asked, "Is there anything else to add to Brother Xingzhi?"

"..." Li Zhi heard Cao Cao's words and thought for a while and said, "I really have some doubts. Didn't Brother Meng De find out? Most of the princes in the south brought naval troops when they sent troops!

This is very strange. You should know that the places where we are all over the land, so why do they have to bring naval troops?”

"Sailing Army..." Cao Cao immediately frowned after hearing Li Zhi's words and said, "It's really strange. In theory, the princes in the south do not have other troops, so why do they have to launch a naval army?"

That's right, although it seems that all the princes in the south have tried their best, in fact, they have not sent out all the troops in their hands!

For example, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, although he dispatched more than 200,000 troops, in fact, there were 500,000 troops in Jingzhou!

However, because these large armies are of varying quality, most of them were inserted into various counties and counties by Liu Biao.

However, as long as Liu Biao thought, he could gather a large army of 100,000 in an instant. There was no need to use the navy to make up for the numbers. This is indeed very strange.

Cao Cao, who had been thinking for a long time but could not figure it out, turned his eyes to Li Zhi and asked, "Have you ever figured out the reason?"

"There are indeed some speculations below." After Li Zhi nodded, he pointed to the coastal edge of Xuzhou and other places with a serious face, and said: "According to the following speculation, the reason why the princes in the south brought naval forces was to attack Xuzhou and other places from the coastal edge!

Moreover, even if their attacks are not smooth, they can still transport food, grass, armor, and even directly to Zhang Yan, Yanzhou from sea!"

"Hiss..." After hearing Li Zhi's words, Cao Cao immediately took a breath of air and turned his gaze to the map.

This look scared him because, as Li Zhi said, the southern princes could use the route from Yangzhou to enter the sea, and then follow the coastal route to Yanzhou.

Although the journey is relatively long, the victory is in An. Cao Cao has no navy in his hands. Even if he wants to intercept them, he can only sigh across the sea and cannot do anything to them.

At this moment, Xun Yu frowned and said flatly: "This is absolutely impossible!"
Chapter completed!