In September of the 13th year of Jian'an, Sun Jian ascended the altar to worship heaven and called himself the King of Wu. He worshiped Zhou Yu as the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies of Wu, Lu Su as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies of Wu, Zhang Zhao as the Prime Minister of Wu, Sun Ce as the Crown Prince of Wu, and the rest of the civil and military officials.
There is a reward.
When Cao Cao learned about Sun Jian's treason, he became furious and wanted to personally conquer Wu.
The battle against Wu will be Cao Cao's last battle to unify the world. In order to successfully eliminate Sun Jian's forces, Cao Cao must devote all his strength to the Central Plains and go south to defeat Wu. The magnitude of this battle must be rare in ancient times. If
If Cao Cao wins, the world will be unified and all the people will be united. If Sun Jian wins, Cao Cao will have to recuperate for a long time because he was exhausted in this battle. Sun Jian will not have the strength to go north for a while, and Wu, Wei, and the north will confront each other.
I'm afraid it will last for a long time.
The stakes of this battle were very important, and mobilization and preparation before the war would take a long time. Sun Jian did not dare to be careless in Jiangdong, and used all his abilities to prepare for the war.
The two sides have been preparing for the war for more than half a year.
It was the spring and March of the 14th year of Jian'an. Cao Cao had finished honing his troops and horses. With Gao Shun, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Zhang He, Xu Huang, Pang De, Yu Jin, Li Dian, Le Jin, Xu Chu,
Dian Wei, Cai Mao and others were the generals, and Guo Jia, Lu Xun, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Man Chong, Kuai Yue and others were the conspirators. They personally led an army of 250,000, pretending to be 500,000, and marched south to Jiangdong, vowing to defeat Sun Jian.
As for state affairs, Cao Cao left them to his son Cao Ang and ordered Xun You to assist him.
The generals who originally guarded one side, like Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, all participated in this battle. As for the cities they were responsible for garrisoning, some second-line generals were all deployed to defend them. In short, all the generals in the world who could conquer the army and were good at fighting were all
Mobilized to Xuchang to plan for the upcoming Civil War.
When Sun Jian heard that Cao Cao was attacking with a large army, he did not dare to be careless at all. He mobilized all the combatable troops in Jiangdong, Jiangxia, and Jiaozhou, totaling 150,000 troops, intending to fight Cao Cao to the death.
This battle was a last-ditch battle for Sun Jian. Although Cao Cao lost his vitality, it could not shake his foundation in Jiangbei. If Sun Jian lost, he would be destroyed in one battle and would never have a chance to stand up again. Therefore, this
This battle cannot be lost for Sun Jian.
————————————————————————————————————“Husband…” Guo Cui stroked Gao Shun’s temples with a look of reluctance.
appearance.
It has been sixteen years since the two got married. In the early years, Guo Cui would be unruly and a little temperamental from time to time. However, after more than ten years of living as a husband and raising children, Guo Cui is now a beautiful woman who knows etiquette.
Already.
Since the conquest of Shu, Gao Shun has not led an army on an expedition in the past four years. He and his family also enjoy the happy atmosphere of family reunion and living together.
But now, Gao Shun has to go to the front battlefield again, and his wives and concubines are naturally full of reluctance.
"Okay, let's all go back. This is the last battle. There will be a lot of time for reunions in the future." Gao Shun waved his hand and said to everyone.
This North-South War is related to the trend of the world. As long as this war is won, Jiangdong is placed under Cao Cao's rule, and the world is unified, then there will be more time to spend with beautiful wives, concubines, and beautiful children.
If defeated, Cao Cao's army will not have the strength to move south again for a while, and the unification of the world may be far away.
However, Gao Shun is confident that Cao Jun will be able to defeat him in one battle and pacify Jiangdong!
"Husband, during this expedition, you must watch Hong'er and not let him get hurt." Cao Ming said to Gao Shun softly.
During this expedition, Gao Hong also accompanied the army.
Gao Hong is less than fifteen years old this year. At such a young age, it stands to reason that Gao Shun would never agree to let him go to the battlefield. However, Gao Hong said that this battle might be the last battle before the world is unified. If he misses this
If we fight, there may be no more wars in the future.
In order to join the army smoothly, Gao Hong went directly to Cao Cao and expressed his willingness to go to war. Cao Cao was delighted and let him serve as a military marquis among his own troops.
Cao Cao even personally gave Gao Hong the nickname "Zi Kuo" to show his favor and praise.
Seeing that Gao Hong was so enthusiastic and Cao Cao had agreed, Gao Shun had no choice but to acquiesce to Gao Hong's idea.
However, what Gao Hong said is not completely unreasonable. This battle is probably the last battle before the world is peaceful. After the world is unified, Gao Hong wants to go to the battlefield. Although it is not impossible, there is still very little chance.
Rather than that, it would be better for Gao Hong to gain some credit in this battle and gain some advancement. Otherwise, I am afraid that he will really have to rely on his father's shadow in the future, and that is not the outcome Gao Shun wants to see.
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In response to Cao Ming's instructions, Gao Shun nodded seriously, telling her not to worry.
However, as a mother, how could Cao Ming be so easily reassured? As the saying goes, "when a son travels thousands of miles, the mother is worried," not to mention going to a dangerous battlefield. Unlike his father Gao Shun, Gao Hong had no experience in even one battle, and
How could safety be ensured? While the father and son were on the expedition, Cao Ming was afraid that he would not be able to eat and sleep well.