Cao Cao threw the book in his hand to the ground fiercely, and his eyes were filled with rage.
Ma Teng raised 200,000 troops to attack Chang'an, and Sun Jian raised 100,000 troops to attack Hefei!
Although Xinye City is small, Liu Bei tried his best to defend it, and it was difficult to conquer it for a while. He led a large army to attack for half a month, and more than 30% of the 150,000 soldiers were lost. He finally broke the city. However, at this critical moment, Ma Teng and Sun Jian actually
They all came in, and they immediately fell into a precarious situation.
Cao Cao was unwilling to accept that his soldiers had suffered a lot of casualties. Why didn't the defenders in Xinye City suffer heavy losses? On the other hand, the defenders in Xinye City have been almost exhausted. Yesterday, they even started to put the houses on the
The tiles were lifted down as thrown objects to defend the city. Cao Cao believed that as long as he gave him a few more days, he could capture Xinye City, and then use Xinye as a springboard to drive straight into it and take over the entire Jingzhou in one go.
But Ma Teng and Sun Jian's sudden intervention changed the whole situation in an instant. It took a few more days to capture Xinye City, but if Chang'an and Hefei were lost, Ma Teng and Sun Jian would both sides
If the army attacks Xuchang, the entire rear of his back will be in danger of complete loss. Even if he leads his army to capture the entire Jingzhou area, what's the point?
Now he uses the emperor to command the princes, and he is the most powerful overlord in the world. However, if Xuchang falls and the Emperor of Han changes hands, even if he conquers the entire territory of Jingzhou, he can only become an ordinary prince living in a corner.
"Ma Teng, Sun Jian, you're too bullying!" Cao Cao roared loudly, his tone showing resentment.
A group of civil and military officials stood on both sides, no one said anything. They didn't know what to say at this time, and any words of comfort in the face of the current situation were just useless nonsense.
Guo Jia and Jia Xu both frowned slightly, obviously, they both noticed a trace of unusual meaning.
"Fengxiao, Wenhe, what did you think of?" Cao Cao looked at the expressions of the two of them, and knew that they were thinking about something, so he asked.
When Jia Xu heard Cao Cao's inquiry, he turned his attention to Guo Jia. He still adhered to his usual low-key style. As long as Cao Cao did not clearly name the name and asked him to speak, he would definitely not say it if he could not say it.
When Guo Jia saw Jia Xu's gaze, he smiled bitterly. Jia Wenhe was still the same.
However, since Jia Xu adhered to the principle of keeping silent, he had to explain it himself. So Guo Jia took a step forward and said, "Jia thought it was quite strange that Ma Teng and Sun Jian sent troops at the same time."
"Oh? What do you mean by Fengxiao?" After hearing Guo Jia say the word "strange" and Cao Cao tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart. After thinking about it carefully, the whole thing really seemed very wrong.
When he was attacking Jingzhou, Ma Teng and Sun Jian even invaded the territory together. Is this just a coincidence?
Although the troops in the rear were weakened, they were not completely unprepared. In fact, since the elimination of Yuan Shao, the strength he had had was much greater than that of other princes. Although he was now led a large army southward, he could still
At the same time, a lot of troops were sent to garrison in the rear city. Chang'an and Hefei were both strategic locations and could not be captured in a moment. Moreover, even if the enemy could take advantage of the opportunity to conquer the city and territories, they themselves
It will inevitably cost a huge price.
It is reasonable for Sun Jian to attack Hefei. Although Sun Jian and Liu Biao were not in the way, it was reasonable to attack Hefei at the same time.
But it seems strange that Ma Teng sent troops to attack Chang'an. Cao Cao and Ma Teng have also dealt with each other and have some understanding of his personality. Ma Teng looks heroic and rough on the outside, but in fact he is a cautious person.
A character will not easily offend opponents who are stronger than him. If he does not have enough interests, how could he choose to get into evil with himself?
What's more, according to reports, Ma Teng dispatched a total of 200,000 troops this time, probably sent out all the Qiang soldiers in Liangzhou, which was quite like a decisive battle. There was no deep hatred between him and him.
Ah, is it worth his fight so much? Be loyal to the Han Dynasty? This reason can only coax a three-year-old child at most.
No, no, no, there is a feeling of conspiracy no matter how you look at it.
"Maybe we are in a big situation." Guo Jia said thoughtfully, "The other party has designed it together from the beginning. When we attack Jingzhou in large numbers, Ma Teng and Sun Jian will respond from a distance, taking advantage of my strategy.
When you show emptiness, you launch an attack with the intention of destroying my foundation."
Cao Cao nodded, obviously agreeing with Guo Jia's words very much.
But the question is, who is the person who can plan such a big layout? Who is behind this that pushes all this, and at the same time makes you ignorant of it, and is completely kept in the dark until the other side's army is over.
Then I suddenly realized that I was in a dilemma of being attacked on both sides.
Is there such a capable person in the world?
"Who is the one who set up this situation..." Cao Cao muttered softly, thinking about the hidden talented people in the world?
"The person who is planning..." Looking at Cao Cao's expression, Gao Shun's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he thought of an extremely loud name.
Could it be that it is him?
Has he already come out of the mountains for the great talent who has been remembered forever and praised by future generations?
Zhuge Liang, could it be Zhuge Liang who planned this layout and put Cao Cao in such a dilemma?
When Gao Shun thought that Zhuge Liang might have become his enemy, he couldn't help but feel palpitations. Zhuge Liang's reputation in later generations can be described as grand, "devoting his whole life to death, and then dying", "died before he succeeded, causing heroes to cry
"The whole body" and the words and sentences related to Zhuge Liang flashed through Gao Shun's mind at this moment.
Zhuge is wise and close to the demon. If such a genius is really standing opposite Cao Cao, then Cao Cao will undoubtedly add an extremely difficult opponent.
Could it be that Zhuge Kongming is in the Xinye City in front of him?
Cao Cao had the lessons of Xiahou Dun and was extremely cautious in marching. In addition, there were two major leaders in Cao's army, Jia Xu and Guo Jia, so he would not easily have the opportunity to make mistakes. Therefore, Zhuge Liang did not come up with a plan to defeat Cao's army outside Xinye City.
.The method of defending the city is the same, it is nothing more than rolling wood, falling rocks, shooting archery, splashing oil, etc. Therefore, after entering the battle to defend the city, Zhuge Liang failed to perform any outstanding performance.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang was still not famous at this time, and Cao Cao and others did not know that there was a talented person who was enough to be famous in the Xinye town.
"The whole army retreated." Although he was unwilling to accept such a result, Cao Cao had no choice. He had to return to Chang'an and Hefei. The combined force of Ma Teng's army and Sun Jian's army reached 300,000, although the force of remaining in Chang'an and Hefei was left in Chang'an and Hefei.
It is not small, but it is still quite powerless in the face of a large number of enemy troops. The other two lines were attacked at the same time. If he did not lead the army back, Xun Yu would probably not be able to send too many troops to rescue the two places at the same time.
"Lord, Jia thought it would be better to leave some of the troops and defend in Wancheng." After Cao Cao issued the order to retreat the entire army, Guo Jia stepped forward and made a suggestion.
"Why?" Cao Cao asked.
"Jia is afraid that Liu Bei will take advantage of the battle between us and Ma Teng and Sun Jian, and lead his army to attack Wancheng." Guo Jia explained slowly.
When Cao Cao heard this, he felt a stern. Liu Bei made another move. If that were the case, what he would face would not be fighting on both sides, but being attacked on three sides.
Once Wancheng is captured, Liu Bei will have the possibility of going north to attack Xuchang.
"You are so bad about Fengxiao. I think Xinye City was attacked by our army day and night, and countless guards in the city were killed or injured. Now Liu Bei can't even get 20,000 people, so how can he capture Wancheng?"
Guo Jia was going to be wary of Liu Bei's advice. Cao Cao had not expressed his opinion yet, but Xiahou Dun disagreed.
"Liu Bei may not have soldiers, but Liu Biao definitely has one." Guo Jia's expression rarely showed a hint of solemnity.