2252 , Cao Cao's Headache
Yanzhou, Chenliu.
This was originally a small town, but when Cao Cao raised an army to resist Dong and became the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and controlled the court, Chenliu became a very important city.
Even at the beginning, Cao Cao wanted to use Chenliu as the imperial capital instead of letting Xu County become the imperial capital.
Chenliu was very important to Cao Cao. Not only was he the place where he started his family, but his hometown. Chenliu was also the first important city Cao Cao used to prevent Liu Zhe's army from moving south.
Since Liu Zhe's people turned the Jizhou capital from Xindu to Yecheng, Cao Cao's pressure has increased greatly. Chenliu was constantly strengthened and strengthened by Cao Cao, hoping to resist Liu Zhe's army in the future.
Now, Chenliu has become a large military camp, and the 100,000 troops that Cao Cao had pieced together have arrived at Chenliu to station, making the whole Chenliu lively.
After Cao Cao came to Chenliu, he temporarily rested at Chenliu. He planned to wait for Liu Zhe's army to cross the river before he set off. After all, if a hundred thousand troops suddenly rushed to Yanjin City, it would put a lot of pressure on Yanjin City.
Cao Cao is standing on the city wall now, looking at the army inside and outside the city, a hundred thousand troops, which are huge and spectacular. The military camp outside the city cannot see the end of Cao Cao.
If it weren't for Liu Zhe's million-strong army, Cao Cao would be proud. How many people could have a hundred thousand army?
But when Cao Cao was thinking of Liu Zhe's million-dollar army, he was not very proud. His 100,000 army was not as small as others, so he was so fucked.
Seeing the 100,000 troops under the city, Cao Cao was depressed. This time he was the troops he could summon. Liu Zhe could easily mobilize a million troops, and he was so angry that he was so angry.
In fact, Cao Cao has a lot of troops, but these are the only ones that can be used. If you draw it, no one will guard it in other places.
In the direction of Mount Tai, tens of thousands of troops were left to stare at Liu Zhe, and in the direction of Luoyang, tens of thousands of people were left to stare at Liu Zhe, and in the direction of Xuzhou, tens of thousands more were sent.
In the end, Xiahou Yuan brought most of them to reinforce him. Wancheng also gave Cao Ren tens of thousands of people to prevent Liu Bei from attacking him, and Shouchun also wanted to keep people to prevent Sun Quan, a blue-eyed child in Jiangdong, from causing trouble.
Cao Cao was very depressed. His territory was quite large, but he had too many defense places. Compared with Liu Zhe, Liu Zhe was still happy.
In the north, Liu Zhe is separated from him by the Yellow River. Just guard the Yellow River. To the west, Liu Zhe only needs to guard several levels such as Tongguan, and to the east, he also guards several levels.
As for outside the Great Wall, although Cao Cao did not have any definite information, he did not receive any information that Liu Zhe would be harassed by foreign races outside the Great Wall. It can be imagined that Liu Zhe's border outside the Great Wall was not very big.
"Damn Liu Zhe."
When Cao Cao thought that Liu Zhe was even more happy than him in this, he couldn't help but greet Liu Zhe.
But after the greetings, Cao Cao expressed his envy of Liu Zhe. It was so hateful. Why did Liu Zhe feel so happy? And did he have to be so miserable?
"You guys say, this time, how can I get Liu Zhe to withdraw my troops?" After greeting Liu Zhe, Cao Cao spoke and asked the counselors around him.
This time, Cao Cao still brought Yang Xiu, Sima Yi and other advisers out, but he did not lead Cheng Yu. He asked Cao Zhi to stay in Xudu and asked Cheng Yu to be responsible for handling matters of Xudu.
Xu Du is still Cao Cao's top priority. Even if Liu Zhe's million-strong army is approaching, Cao Cao dared not relax his vigilance against Xu Du, and still asked Cheng Yu to help him guard Xu Du to prevent Liu Zhe from sending people to mess with Xu Du.
If Xu Du is lost, it will be useless even if Liu Zhe is rejected. On the contrary, if Xu Du is still in his hands, even if he loses to Liu Zhe, Cao Cao still has a chance to make a comeback.
Cao Cao's questions made Yang Xiu, Sima Yi, Jiang Ji and other advisers look at each other. This time, even Yang Xiu, who likes to show off, dared not answer Cao Cao's questions immediately.
Before, Jiang Ji ran to Liu Zhe and had already received a clear answer from Liu Zhe, which was to hand over the rebels such as Sun Cheng who fled to Cao Cao's command.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Liu Zhe is making things difficult for Cao Cao.
It was a big deal to hand over Sun Cheng and others, but it was a real blow to Cao Cao's reputation. If Cao Cao did this, not only would his subordinates feel disappointed, but no one would dare to come and surrender to Cao Cao again in the future.
Liu Zhe asked Cao Cao to do this, which was undoubtedly forcing Cao Cao to cut off his future path.
Therefore, Cao Cao would not do this until the last moment. But if he did not do this, Liu Zhe would not withdraw his troops unless he defeated Liu Zhe.
But how easy is it to defeat Liu Zhe?
Therefore, even smart people like Yang Xiu, Sima Yi, and Jiang Ji don’t know what to say, so they just keep silent.
"What? Are you all have nothing to say?" Cao Cao was very dissatisfied when he saw his subordinates not speaking.
"Prime Minister."
At this time, Yang Xiu spoke out. Although he had made a mistake before and Cao Cao did not hold him accountable, he was worried that he would look down on him and not pay attention to him because of this, so he kept looking for opportunities to make up for it.
"Just defeat Liu Zhe." Yang Xiudao.
Chapter completed!