People, sometimes it’s easy to be fooled, especially when you meet someone who shares your interests.
You, Cao Cao, used to be a captain of the Dian Army. Later, Dong Zhuo appointed you as a captain of the Xiaoqi Corps, but you didn't accept it and ran away! Think about it carefully, now you are a white body. Liu Bei is happy.
Although after the alliance against Dong was established, the leader Yuan Shao appointed you as General Fenwu, you were appointed by Yuan Shao, not the emperor. Today you still belong to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shao is just the governor of Bohai County. In this way
,Cao Cao, you still have a white body.
Although I, Liu Bei, am just a small county magistrate, my county magistrate was appointed by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty when he was still alive. It has legal authority and the official position is correct. Although the official position is small, it is more complicated than the one appointed by Yuan Shao.
The number is general and formal.
I, Liu Bei, am a descendant of the royal family, but I am not as good as you, Cao Cao, in every way. Your father, the descendant of Cao Cao's eunuchs, is a three-level official; but my father, Liu Bei, is just a minor official in the county. When I met you, Cao Cao, in Fengshi Mountain, you, Cao Cao,
He was the captain of the northern part of Luoyang and I, Liu Bei, was in white. When the Yellow Turbans were suppressed, you, Cao Cao, were the cavalry captain and I, Liu Bei, were in white.
Unexpectedly, the situation has changed, and now you, Cao Cao, have a white body. In the alliance of princes, although you, Cao Cao, are considered a first-tier prince, you are actually subordinate to Zhang Miao, while I, Liu Bei, am a real first-tier prince.
You dare to lead troops to Sishui Pass without fear of fighting Dong Zhuo even though you are a white man. How can I, a descendant of the royal family and a county magistrate appointed by the imperial court, back down?
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When Chen Meng learned that Cao Cao had come to Liu Bei's camp, he had a bad premonition in his heart.
After Cao Cao left Liu Bei's camp, Chen Meng entered Liu Bei's camp and learned from Liu Bei that he had promised Cao Cao to send troops with Cao Cao to capture Sishui Pass. Chen Meng finally knew what this bad premonition was.
Xingyang was defeated miserably!
"Brother, do you know who among the princes sent troops?"
"Currently, it seems that only Brother Mengde and I are sending troops."
"Which one of you proposed sending troops first?"
"Brother Meng De!"
Chen Meng was speechless, he really wanted to scold his big brother.
Cao Cao's grandfather is the eunuch Cao Teng, and his father is Cao Song, one of the three princes. Can Liu Bei compare with you?
Cao Cao went to his hometown and raised his arms, and thousands of people followed him. Can Liu Bei compare with you?
Cao Cao has a huge family group. In the family group, there are Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, etc. Which of them is not a general in charge of his own role? Can Liu Bei compare with you?
Cao Cao defeated these thousands of troops, and when he went home to cheer up, there were still thousands of troops following him. Can Liu Bei compare with you?
We brothers have worked hard for so many years and managed to accumulate so much wealth. You, Liu Bei, don't cherish it so much, and you want to go to Huo Huo like Cao Cao. Do you think you, Liu Bei, are stupid?
Chen Meng calmed down and continued to say to Liu Bei:
"Brother, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers are among the most powerful soldiers in the world. Moreover, these Xiliang soldiers have fought with Dong Zhuo for many years. I hope they have rich combat experience."
"As for us, we only have 500 elite soldiers in our hands now, and the rest are almost like new recruits. If the two meet, wouldn't it be like a flock of sheep meeting a pack of wolves?"
"If we want to fight Dong Zhuo's soldiers, we must have an absolute advantage in numbers. However, now only the eldest brother and General Fenwu have less than 10,000 soldiers and horses. How can we compete with Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers!
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"We currently have few soldiers and are not suitable for a head-on confrontation with Dong Zhuo. In the end, we will lose the most in a head-to-head confrontation. We only have four thousand soldiers and horses, so we cannot afford to lose it!"
Liu Bei was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said:
"Brother Meng De, we have sent people to find out. There are currently less than two thousand soldiers at Sishui Pass. If we conduct another sneak attack, it is very likely that we will be able to capture Sishui Pass in one fell swoop."
"Moreover, Brother Meng De also said that he will continue to discuss with other princes about sending troops in the next few days, and win more princes to join us. By then there will definitely be more than just our ten thousand troops."
Chen Meng also knew a lot of what Liu Bei said. In history, during the Battle of Xingyang, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, Zhang Miao's subordinate Wei Zi, and the governor of Yuzhou Kong Min also sent some troops with Cao Cao.
To Cao Cao, but this could not avoid a disastrous defeat in Cao Cao's military career.
Since we have come to join the alliance to challenge Dong Zhuo, we must fight Dong Zhuo. Like those princes, if we only focus on eating and drinking after we come here, we will only be looked down upon by the people in the world. But how to fight and when to fight is up to us.
It has the final say.
In fact, Cao Cao's idea of sneak attack on Sishui Pass was definitely a good strategy in the eyes of these people at this time.
Sishui Pass is the east gate of Luoyang. Taking Sishui Pass will pose an absolute threat to Luoyang. The strategic significance is very important and the strategic location is very important.
But going with Cao Cao to attack Sishui Pass will not have a good result.
However, only Chen Meng knew the result.
I still can't talk to my eldest brother directly.
You can't just say directly that Cao Cao will encounter Xu Rong's army in his sneak attack on Sishui Pass this time, Cao Cao will be defeated, and Cao Hong will let his horse go! Then his eldest brother will have to think that he is talking nonsense.
"Brother, Dong Zhuo led troops into Luoyang. It was the current alliance leader Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu who came up with the idea. Now Yuan Benchu is also the alliance leader, but why doesn't Yuan Benchu send troops now?"
"And Yuan Shu only stationed his troops in Luyang and did not take the initiative to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo. Have you ever thought about why?"
Liu Bei was silent for a while and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
After all, according to Liu Bei's behavior, if Liu Bei could become the leader of the alliance, he would have started a war with Dong Zhuo by now.
"Brother, now Dong Zhuo has moved the capital to Chang'an, the authentic Han Emperor Liu Xie has also gone to Chang'an, and the previous emperor Liu Bian has also been killed by Dong Zhuo and Jiu. So for these powerful nobles, it is still a long time to capture Luoyang.
What’s the use?”
Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong only had two sons in total, one was Liu Bian who was killed, and the other was Liu Xie who was kidnapped by Dong Zhuo into Chang'an. Now that Liu Bian is dead, Liu Xie has gone to Chang'an. These princes' coalition forces suddenly felt
There is no use in breaking into Luoyang anymore.
If Liu Bian is not dead, after the heroes invade Luoyang, they can depose Liu Xie and make Liu Bian emperor. By then, all these princes will be great contributors.
Even if Liu Bian died, if Liu Xie was still in Luoyang, then the allied forces of the princes could invade Luoyang, which would have saved the emperor Liu Xie from the sea of misery.
Now that these two temptations are gone, if you break into Luoyang now, you will only get an empty city. And the most important thing is, whether you can break in or not is still one thing.
When these princes found that there was no benefit to be gained, they had no motivation to do this.
