Cao Cao slowly put down the information in his hand and asked the counselors on the side with a solemn expression: "Military advisor, do you think Yang Jian, Fu Jian and others can stop Li Zifeng's attack?"
"Li Zifeng has been fighting on the battlefield since he was a child, and has never been defeated. Among the princes in the world, if we talk about the intelligence of the generals under his command, Li Zifeng deserves to be the first. If Li Zifeng does not increase the number further
With the military strength and the four princes from Yongliang joining forces, we should be 50% sure!" Xun You thought about it carefully before speaking.
Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh deeply. The 50% certainty seemed to be a lot, but it was based on the concerted efforts of the four Yongliang princes, but it was based on the fact that Li Xiang no longer added troops.
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Hearing Cao Cao sigh, Xun You said nothing. Whether Li Xiang won or lost this battle, although his relationship with the Xun family was great, it was not that big.
If Li Xiang wins this battle, then Li Xiang's important minister Xun Yu will protect the Xun family's peace. But if Li Xiang loses this battle, the Xun family will still have him, Xun You, and Yuan Shao's subordinate Xun Chen.
Speaking of this, it was precisely because Xun Yu and Xun Chen did well in the hands of Li Xiang and Yuan Shao respectively that Xun You rejected Xun Yu's invitation and instead turned to Cao Cao.
Investing in more companies is a common technique used by wealthy families.
Speaking of which, among the people in the world today, not only the Xun family, but also the Sima family and the Hanoi Sima family have the most extensive investments.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, due to the Yellow Turbans everywhere, most of the world's aristocratic families chose to go to the imperial capital Luoyang to escape the limelight and hug together to keep warm, and the Sima family in Hanoi was no exception.
It is precisely because of this that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion ended, one of the first things Li Xiang did when he assumed the post of Heba Guardian was to go to Wen County to visit the Sima family, but he failed to do so.
In the following time, due to the drastic changes in the world situation, the Sima family did not return to their hometown in Wen County, Hanoi, but instead settled in the imperial capital. When Dong Zhuo moved the capital later, the Sima family was also forced to move to Chang'an.
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However, the Sima family is indeed very good at life. When they received news from the servants who stayed in their hometown in Luoyang and learned that Li Xiang had visited the Sima family, they immediately sent Sima Lang back to Wen County and
Began serving as an official under Li Xiang.
Sima Lang's achievements may not be as good as those of the future Sima Yi, but after all, Sima Lang is the eldest son of the Sima family and is considered the future head of the Sima family.
The fact that the Sima family could send Sima Lang to serve under Li Xiang was a great honor to Li Xiang. You must know that Li Xiang at that time was not the number one prince in the world now.
In addition to sending Sima Lang to Li Xiang for investment, the Sima family also sent Sima Guang to Xuzhou later.
Like Sima Guang, Sima Cuo, who was also a branch of the Sima family, was originally prepared to join Liu Bang at the order of his family, but instead he was impressed by Qin Zheng's domineering spirit and became a general with Qin Zheng.
"My Lord, if Li Xiang is really allowed to capture the two Yongliang Prefectures, how big will Li Xiang's power in the five prefectures be? By then, the princes of the world will still have some hope. In the palace's opinion, when Chen Bing
Hulao, involving Li Zifeng's troops, must prevent Li Zifeng from increasing his troops on the Yongliang battlefield." Chen Gong smoothed his beard, bowed his hand and said to Cao Cao.
Chen Gong was originally from Yanzhou, and there were only two forces in Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Chi You. Therefore, defecting to Cao Cao was naturally his best choice.
In this life, Cao Cao became the prefect of Chenliu early, and there was no incident of Cao Cao assassinating Dong. Naturally, he could not have been too suspicious and mistakenly thought that Lu Boshe's family wanted to capture the two of them to report to the official for reward, so he killed them.
If he lost his family, it would be even more impossible to continue killing Lu Boshe.
At the same time, in this time and space, Cao Cao had never ordered the execution of those celebrities in Yanzhou. Therefore, no matter what Chen Gong said, he had stayed well under Cao Cao until now.
"It's a pity that with Chi You on the side, even if we can send troops, we can only send out 30,000 troops at most!" Cao Cao sighed with regret.
Now, although Chi You's main force is fighting against Xuzhou Zhao Kuangyin, because of Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Mang, Chi You has also deployed a force outside the boundary between his and Cao Cao's forces.
In this case, Cao Cao also had to send troops to guard against Chi You. Although the opponent is currently fighting Zhao Kuangyin, theoretically it will not be easy to start a two-front war, but if Cao Cao really relaxes his vigilance, there is no chance that the opponent will come
It’s hard to do a real play.
Cao Cao had a total of nearly 80,000 troops, half of which were used to defend against Chi You.
In fact, Cao Cao now only has three counties combined. The reason why he can support 80,000 troops has countless relations with the gold-touching captain he established.
Without the financial support provided by Captain Mojin, Cao Cao would have been struggling to maintain only half of the current number, let alone 80,000 soldiers.
After all, Yanzhou was the hardest hit area by the Yellow Turbans at the time. Although there were not many major conflicts between Cao Cao and Chi You in recent years, small-scale conflicts continued one after another. Although Cao Cao wanted to recuperate, a few small battles might be half the result with twice the result.
Under these conditions, although Cao Cao had the land of three counties in hand, the process of raising troops was not easy, but he had to raise a large army.
"My lord, sending 30,000 troops is enough. Our army only needs to contain part of Li Zifeng's troops. There is no need to fight Li Zifeng to death for Yang Jian and others!" Chen Gong said slowly.
Indeed, they only sent troops to prevent Li Xiang from successfully annexing Yongliang. They were able to help Yang Jian contain part of Li Xiang's troops and prevent Li Xiang from further deploying troops to join the Yongliang battlefield.
"My lord, you are not the only one in the world who doesn't want to see Li Zifeng annexing Yongliang. Maybe the southern princes and other Central Plains princes who are in the war are still powerful, but the princes of Hebei will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. Therefore,
My Lord, sending 30,000 troops is enough!" Xun You said again.
Cao Cao nodded clearly. He himself was already well-known for his scheming. There were many things that he himself could have thought of even if his advisers didn't tell them.
Thinking of Li Xiang's land of three states, and then thinking that he only had the land of three counties, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh slightly. Fortunately, he was not the only one to send troops, otherwise, the gap would be too big.
With Cao Cao's mind alone, he could not afford to offend a great prince like Li Xiang for the time being.