Chapter 115: Serving the Emperor and disobeying him
If we seize it, it will be a treason and rebellion. If we use the name of the emperor to issue orders and quell civil strife.
The pros and cons between the two are instantly revealed, and the difference is even greater.
Zhao Feng seemed to see Cao Cao's hesitation and what he was thinking.
"Then Liu Bei and others raised the army in the name of restoring the Han Dynasty. Isn't that the plan?"
Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded and said with a hint of determination: "Okay, just follow what the military advisor said!"
Looking at Cao Cao after making his decision, Zhao Feng showed a smile. Boss Cao would not let him down!
After making the decision, Cao Cao obviously thought more clearly and suddenly burst into laughter.
"Haha, what a hypocritical person to revive the Han Dynasty!"
"What a man who holds the emperor in his arms to order the princes, and who serves the emperor to order others but not his subjects!"
Now that the world is in chaos, and Cao Cao is willing to lead his troops to get rid of Guo Si and others, who will have any objections?
No one will have any objections.
If the princes in the world really want to help the Han Dynasty, they can just assemble their troops and defeat Guo Si and others.
But the matter has not been brought up until now. Naturally, it is all hypocrisy, thinking that Liu Xie has already existed in name only.
But then, Cao Cao frowned.
It is obviously unrealistic for his current troops to defeat Guo Si and others who have 200,000 troops. Moreover, if Cao Cao wants to attack Chang'an now, it is absolutely impossible for him to attack Chang'an with all his troops. He will definitely have to leave behind a large army to guard Yanzhou.
Although the capture of Yanzhou yielded nearly 100,000 troops, if one wanted to defend Yanzhou, these 100,000 troops would not be able to be used.
Chen Liu also had to use troops and horses to stay behind, so he could only use 50,000 troops and 200,000 hard steel. This did not sound like a battle that could be accomplished.
Now that they don't accumulate troops, they simply don't have the extra men to go to war.
Cao Cao looked at Zhao Feng's worried expression and asked, "Commander, are you planning to use Yanzhou's troops?"
If Yanzhou troops were used, Cao Cao could not guarantee that the surrounding Liu Bei would not take advantage of the opportunity to take action. In this way, the land they regained in Yanzhou might be lost again.
Zhao Feng shook his head and said: "When did I say that I would use those Yanzhou soldiers and horses?"
Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but become confused and asked: "Commander, the number of troops we can use now is only 50,000!"
With only 50,000 troops, how can we defeat the 200,000 troops?
Zhao Feng looked at the shocked Cao Cao and said confidently: "It's not impossible with just 50,000 troops, it's just a little more troublesome."
"Then Guo Si is just a horse thief. He has no plans and must be desirable. If I don't have confidence, how can I tell my lord?"
Seeing Zhao Feng's confident expression, Cao Cao couldn't help but roar in his heart, is this my military advisor?
"Leave everything to the military advisor!" Cao Cao stared at Zhao Feng and showed a smile.
He was extremely reassured and believed in Zhao Feng!
After hearing this, Zhao Feng nodded and said, "My lord, just wait for the good news."
Then Zhao Feng immediately turned around and left, and began to make arrangements to march westward to Chang'an.
Zhao Feng was in the study, reading the latest news from Chang'an.
Nowadays, the most scarce thing in Chang'an is information.
"Is Tongque here?"
"exist!"
A bronze bird stepped forward.
Zhao Feng did not raise his head, but continued to look down at the information in his hand and said: "How many bronze birds are dormant in Chang'an now?"
"Report to the commander, there are only forty-three bronze birds in Chang'an right now!"
After hearing this, Zhao Feng raised his head.
In order for Wang Yun to successfully implement his plan, the subsequent chaos in Chang'an forced him to withdraw more than 20 people from Tongque.
There are actually forty-three people left now, but that's enough!
Then Zhao Feng thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "From today on, Chang'an will send you one letter every seven days, and one letter every day as long as it is not exposed!"
Because of the crusade against Yuan Shu, Chang'an was put on hold for the time being. In order to avoid Tongque being exposed, the news was changed to be delivered every seven to ten days.
But now if you want to take action against Guo Si and others, you must naturally change it to one letter a day.
The frequency of Tongque's message transmission is also determined by the importance Zhao Feng and Cao Cao attach to it.
After reading this information, Zhao Feng stood up and said: "Send the order, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei go to rectify the fifty thousand army!"
"After rectification, dispatch to Yingchuan!"
Get ready to set off immediately, now is a rare opportunity, it would be best if you can capture Chang'an as soon as possible!
The next day, a total of 50,000 troops were assembled in Yingchuan. At the same time, the generals Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Zhao Feng and Guo Jia went together.
Fifty thousand soldiers and horses set out towards Chang'an. The two places were not far apart, and this mighty army and horses were immediately noticed by Guo Si and others.
At this time, Cao Cao's army had just left Yingchuan and was about to arrive at Hongnong County.
At this time, Guo Jia turned around, looked at Zhao Feng and said: "Within twenty miles, there will be enemy troops in Hongnong County to fight!"
Zhao Feng nodded, this time Guo Jia was right.
My move to mobilize troops to Yingchuan yesterday may have been noticed by Chang'an Guo Si and others, so they will definitely come here to ambush one day in advance.
And what if Zhao Feng deliberately let Guo Si know the news?
Just dispatch troops to Yingchuan and tell Guo Si through Tongque Pangji, and Guo Si will react and dispatch troops in advance to ambush.
Therefore, Zhao Feng naturally knows much more information than Guo Jia!
There is no need to guess at all this, this is a situation he deliberately induced.
Zhao Feng showed a hint of smile and said: "That's right, not only is there an ambush near Hongnong County, there are also 50,000 soldiers and horses ambushing around, and the leading general is Li Meng!"
Hearing this, Guo Jia on the side couldn't help but let out a breath, "I'm still not as good as you, the military advisor!"
Looking at the elite troops behind him, if he wanted to defeat Guo Si's 200,000-strong army, he would naturally have to defeat them one by one!
Fifty thousand versus fifty thousand, Zhao Feng has full confidence.
Twenty thousand heavy infantry and thirty thousand cavalry, Zhao Feng's soldiers are all elite, and almost all the equipment is already on these fifty thousand people.
As for Guo Si's five capable men, what Li Meng called an ambush was nothing more than an extremely low-level ambush. With Zhao Feng's observation ability, he had already detected 50,000 people a full mile away from the ambush.
The whereabouts of the ambush soldiers.
Looking at the extremely quiet front, Zhao Feng smiled and said: "Then Li Meng will ambush here. There are mountains on both sides. The location chosen is good."
Guo Jia on the side also saw this extremely crude ambush at a glance, and even couldn't bear to expose it.
Zhao Feng shouted directly: "I don't know what General Li Meng is looking for in the mountains, why don't you tell me!"
After finishing speaking, the soldiers behind Zhao Feng also began to laugh.
After a while, Li Meng led an army of 50,000 people to appear from the mountains. The ambush was exposed. His face was very ugly and he shouted angrily: "Who are you? Tell me your name!"
Zhao Feng smiled lightly and said: "Chen Liu Zhao Feng!"
Li Meng showed a look of contemplation, and then said disdainfully: "You are just an unknown young man, you dare to challenge me, but you dare to come up and fight!"