"joke."

Yang Xiu directly interrupted Sima Yi and said, "Before Yongzhou, Dong Zhuo's generals fought with each other, it had already become a mess, and the people fled and countless bandits."

"The Taiwei is well-managed. Perhaps Yongzhou has changed its previous chaos long ago?" Sima Yi said.

"Hmph, be ambitious to others."

Yang Xiu sneered: "When the Prime Minister seized Yongzhou, wasn't there a lot of rebellions? How could Liu Zhe compare with the Prime Minister?"

Yang Xiu's words made Cao Cao look dark first, and then he looked a little better.

"But..." Sima Yi wanted to say something, but Cao Cao spoke out.

"Zhongda, Dezu said it well."

Cao Cao said to Sima Yi: "Yongzhou is different from other places. After Dong Zhuo's death, his subordinates fought with each other in Yongzhou, countless casualties, and countless bandits. Even if Liu Zhe took Yongzhou, he had to work hard to deal with these bandits that were as numerous as ox-haired bandits. There were too many bandits, so it was even more difficult for the people to live, so it was not necessary to mention farming. Therefore, it was normal to rebel in order to survive."

At the end of the conversation, Cao Cao revealed his tone that Liu Zhe was not very good at governing Yongzhou.

"Prime Minister, I think this matter needs more confirmation." Sima Yi said this, then stepped aside and stopped talking.

Sima Yi knew that no matter how much he said it, it would be useless. Unless there was substantial evidence, he could not prove that there was anything strange about this matter.

Perhaps, even if there is something wrong, the Prime Minister will think it is ignorant, right? Sima Yi said to himself in his heart.

The rebellion in Yongzhou was self-evident, and Cao Cao must have hoped that this matter was true.

In fact, Sima Yi's words also made Cao Cao mutter in his heart. He was also afraid that there would be any conspiracy. Liu Zhe had played such a trick.

However, when the second, third, and even the fourth sent the letter soldiers rushed back to Xudu from the west and brought back the news of a rebellion in Yongzhou to Cao Cao, Cao Cao finally believed that there was a rebellion in Yongzhou and that it was quite powerful. It took Liu Zhe a lot of effort to pacify it.

"Haha, God helps me!" Cao Cao burst into laughter.

"Congratulations to lord, congratulations to lord!" Cao Cao's subordinates congratulated Cao Cao one after another.

"Very good."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "I can finally go south with confidence."

After confirming that a large-scale rebellion occurred in Yongzhou and knowing that Liu Zhe had no time to deal with him, Cao Cao finally made up his mind to go south.

First, let his general Yu Jin lead 30,000 troops to stay in Xudu, and his second son Cao Pi stay in Xudu, Cheng Yu, Jiang Ji and others to assist.

Cao Cao gave Cao Pi and Cheng Yu and others great power. If Xu had any unrest, they could let go and do it. Everything just needs to quell the unrest.

Secondly, Man Chong and Li Dian led 50,000 troops to guard Shouchun. This army was mainly used to guard against Sun Quan from Jiangdong.

Sun Quan secretly attacked Cao Cao several times, which made Cao Cao feel alert, especially Sun Quan actually sent someone to attack him, which made Cao Cao want to fight Jiangdong to capture Sun Quan alive and take revenge.

However, because he was about to go south to deal with Liu Bei and Liu Biao, Cao Cao temporarily suppressed his hatred for Sun Quan, and planned to deal with Sun Quan after finishing Liu Bei and Liu Biao.

Although he didn't plan to deal with Sun Quan so quickly, he didn't want Sun Quan, a sinister guy, to take the opportunity to deal with him, so there were 50,000 troops stationed in Shouchun.

The original 30,000 troops, plus the 20,000 troops transferred, had a total of 50,000 troops stationed in Shouchun, with the purpose of preventing Sun Quan from causing trouble.

Then Cao Cao personally led generals such as Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and Cao Ang, and led a 100,000 army, known as a 300,000 army to the outside world. He swore a swearing battle in Xudu and fought towards Xinye in a mighty manner.

Cao Cao's army of 100,000 was known as the 300,000 army of 300,000. He went south so powerfully, shocked the world. Everyone was shocked by Cao Cao's big moves, 300,000 army, how could Liu Bei and Liu Biao in Jingzhou resist?

Everyone thinks that Liu Bei will lose this time, and Liu Bei is irresistible to resist the 300,000 army.

At the same time, the news of Cao Cao's going south also spread to Youzhou.

"Three hundred thousand army?"

After hearing this, Liu Zhe chuckled and said, "I guess there aren't so many, right?"

Liu Zhe already knew that people in this era liked bragging and had to go to the big picture of everything they did.

There are 10,000 troops, 100,000 troops in Xuancheng, 100,000 troops in the outside world declare 200,000 troops, and even a million troops.

"It's just a hundred thousand troops." Guo Jia smiled.

Everyone knows the number of Cao Cao's army cannot be concealed by those who are interested. However, Cao Cao declared to the public that the 300,000 army was not to scare Liu Bei and Liu Biao, but to scare their soldiers.

The soldiers of this era were all illiterate people, with little knowledge and little rational ability to distinguish. They believed what others said.
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