I am writing a new book, "Forced to Liangshan" ISBN: 1025057. It tells the story of the changes in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Friends are welcome to comment. There is a through train at the recommended page of this book. You are welcome to take a ride.
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Although all of Sili has fallen, the spread of news is still relatively slow in this era. At this time, Xudu is still peaceful. All the people and officials are still busy with their own work. Spring plowing is a busy day.
Season. However, at this time, Cao Cao's exclamation came from the meeting hall in Prime Minister Cao Cao's house.
"What? Sili was occupied by Youzhou?" Cao Cao asked in silence.
"Prime Minister, this is indeed the case."
Cao Cao lowered his head and said nothing.
"Prime Minister, Sili is an important place for us to connect with Dong Zhuo and jointly fight against Liu Ming. We must not make any mistakes. The general is incompetent, so I am willing to recruit a general and lead 100,000 elite troops to regain the important place of Sili for the Prime Minister." Xiahou Dun
Seeing that Cao Cao was silent, he stood up and shared Cao Cao's worries.
"Wait!" Before Cao Cao could speak, Cheng Yu quickly stopped him and said, "General Yuan Rang, please calm down for now. This matter still needs to be discussed."
Xiahou Dun was not very angry at first. He was just worried about the humiliation of his ministers. Seeing that Cao Cao was a little disappointed, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but share his worries for Cao Cao. At this time, when he saw Cheng Yu speaking, he asked: "Cheng Shangshu, what do you mean?
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Cheng Yu clasped his fist at Xiahou Dun and said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, although Sili is an important area for us to connect Dong Zhuo. It has immeasurable strategic significance, but for Liu Ming in Youzhou, there is no place there.
How much strategic and economic value. Nasili has suffered from wars for many years. The original millionaires in Luoyang
The crowd was even emptied out by Liu Ming. In the past two years, although things have improved under our governance and some people have gathered again, it is still very desolate there. If Liu Ming occupied it,
Not only do we need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to support it, but we also have to face both sides of us and Dong Zhuo at the same time.
A flanking attack. If he really occupied it for a long time, it would be like being caught in the crushing force of two millstones. No matter how many elite troops he had, they would all be consumed there. This is what a wise man will not do.
Yea. And Liu Ming’s soldiers and horses are known as the best army in the world. There are no empty warriors under their reputation. Then Liu Ming will definitely not be so blind.
Therefore, Liu Ming's occupation of Sili was a trick to take advantage of our unpreparedness. Liu Ming's real purpose is actually in Guandu. He must have seen that our defense in Guandu was tight and impeccable, so he attacked in the east and occupied the west.
Sili, lead us to divide our troops to rescue him. Then he can raid Guandu and attack our Yanzhou."
Cao Cao nodded after hearing this.
Cao Hong asked hesitantly: "Cheng Shangshu, according to your opinion, can we let Liu Ming occupy Sili? Then what should we do if Liu Ming mobilizes troops from Sili to attack Yanzhou?
What to do? It’s better to let me lead the troops to conquer.” Cao Hong has a relatively straightforward temperament and can’t hide things. Especially the deceased Che Wei was a confidant general who had saved Cao Hong’s life. Cao Hong couldn’t bear this even more
Lived.
Cao Ren glared at Cao Hong and said: "Zi Lian, don't talk too much. Didn't you hear Cheng Shangshu say that this matter still needs to be discussed? The Prime Minister has his own decision on this. I will just obey your orders."
Even though Cao Hong is not afraid of heaven or earth, Cao Hong has been controlled by Cao Ren since he was a child. When Cao Ren glared at him, Cao Hong became a little wilted.
The reason why Cao Ren said this was because Cao Ren was frightened by Liu Ming and the others. Moreover, Cao Ren was entertained and released by Liu Ming and the others, and Cao Ren always apologized to Liu Ming and Zhang Fei. Therefore, Cao Ren did not want to
Fighting Liu Ming and the others so unclearly. However, if Cao Cao really made up his mind to fight Liu Ming, Cao Ren would never go against Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Ren waited for Cao Cao's final decision.
At this time, Dong Zhao said from the side: "Sili is occupied. We cannot ignore it. Not to mention that we ignore it, it is really possible for Liu Ming to send troops and horses to Sili in an endless stream, bypassing our Guandu defense line, and then
Sili attacked us. Just the impact on public opinion after Sili was captured is enough
The popularity, prestige, and prestige accumulated by the Prime Minister in the past two years have been completely destroyed. If the world's heroes turn their hearts to Liu Ming because of this, then we will be passive. Moreover, even if Liu Ming quit Sili afterwards, but Sili
We are still adjacent to Dong Zhuo. If Dong Zhuo takes the opportunity to take over Sili, then our detour will be empty.
The time is even smaller. And our Yanzhou hinterland is therefore exposed to Dong Zhuo's tiger's eye, and we are at risk of being annexed by Dong Zhuo at any time. Therefore, even if we know that Liu Ming's occupation of Sili is a strategy to seize the opportunity to attack the east and attack the west.
, but we have to fight back. However, with the strength of our Guandu defense
, as long as we don’t use Guandu’s troops and horses, and only use Xudu’s current strength to counterattack Sili, then there shouldn’t be much of a problem. But it depends on how determined Liu Ming is to attack us. If so
Then Liu Ming sent more than 500,000 troops to Sili. Then we are really in danger."
Everyone on both sides was shocked by Dong Zhao's words. Liu Ming's plan was too cruel and inconceivable. This was not a conspiracy to attack the east or the west. This was a blatant conspiracy that forced you to take the consequences.
Xi Zhicai, who had been pondering for a long time, finally said: "Where is Prime Minister Sili? It is impossible for Liu Ming to send too many soldiers and horses to attack us. After all, that is the handover zone between us and Dong Zhuo. It is necessary for him to send troops from there.
He was surrounded by enemies from both sides. His retreat was always threatened by Dong Zhuo's troops. With Liu Ming's
In terms of military strategy, it is impossible for him to take this risk. Moreover, the more troops and horses he invests in Sili, the greater the pressure he will inevitably put on Dong Zhuo. In turn, it will also cause equal troubles to Liu Ming.
Therefore, it is enough for us to have 100,000 troops to counterattack Sili. However, I am afraid that Liu Ming’s plot to annex
It is not in Guandu, but in Qingzhou. The defense of Guandu is obvious to all. If you want to take it and attack it head-on, that is the next best strategy. But Liu Ming first trained his troops and horses on the north bank of the Yellow River with great fanfare.
They made a gesture of attacking us, and then attacked Sili unexpectedly, asking us to divide our troops to rescue. For example
This blatant attack on Guandu is a surprise. He may be trying to disperse our forces and then seize Qingzhou. Qingzhou is rich in real estate and has a large population. It can also threaten our Yanzhou and Xuzhou. It is the key point of military strategists.
If Liu Mingzuo thinks so, we must take precautions."
Cao Cao frowned upon hearing this. The possibility that Xi Zhicai mentioned is indeed very likely.
However, before Cao Cao could think more about it, Man Chong said from the side: "Prime Minister, my subordinates are not talented. I have a plan to retreat Liu Ming's troops."
When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed. Now all his subordinates were either guessing where Liu Ming was going to attack him, or thinking about how to deal with Liu Ming's attack. No one dared to say that Liu Ming could retreat. Cao Cao quickly and happily said to
Man Chong asked: "What kind of advice does Boning have? Tell me quickly."
Man Chong said with confidence: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, if we want Liu Ming to withdraw his troops, then we must know why Liu Ming came to attack us. It should be noted that the last time Liu Ming raised troops to attack us, he did so under the pretext of wearing clothes and wearing edicts. Afterwards,
, Liu Ming also petitioned for forgiveness and returned to Youzhou. In that case, he also acquiesced to the current regime of the imperial court.
Therefore, if Liu Ming raises troops for no reason now, the world will look down upon him. Then Liu Ming is a person who is extremely seeking fame and honor, and cherishes his wings. It is absolutely impossible for him to risk the world. However, I heard that Liu Ming is attacking us this time.
The reason was because Liu Ming was assassinated and there were rumors that the assassin was sent by the Prime Minister.
.The people in Youzhou were so angry that Liu Ming was not allowed to send troops. However, this was a private matter after all, and it was not a righteous matter. So it was not justifiable for Liu Ming to send troops. Therefore, Liu Ming's army trained their horses on the north bank of the Yellow River and
Putting on an attack stance, but not attacking. This is just like what Mr. Xi said
In this way, he may be trying to attract our attention and distract our troops. But it may also be a cover-up for them to surprise Sili. It may also be delaying time so that we can make some reactions and make concessions.
.After all, it was in our estimation that Liu Ming could mobilize fifty people at the same time.
An army of 10,000 people is divided to deal with us and Dong Zhuo, and he still has the strength to deal with the barbarians outside the wall, so his strength is no less than two million. If he really wants to attack us and fight us decisively, why should he have to?
Having identified Guandu? He only needed to deploy 500,000 troops in Bingzhou to guard against Dong Zhuo. Then he would set out from Beihai.
Soldiers, directly capture Qingzhou, and then, either attack our Yanzhou or attack our Xuzhou, we can only let it be their prey. Although Liu Ming will suffer some losses in attacking like this, but such an upright soldier is our absolute
Unable to cope with it. Why did Liu Ming resort to those little tricks? Therefore, Liu Ming, this extremely
A person who cherishes his reputation definitely doesn’t want to use force because of this trivial matter, leaving a bad reputation in the history. That’s why he took an offensive stance in Guandu without actually taking action. His purpose was to make the Prime Minister
Give him an explanation and give him a step up. However, we did not respond to this at the time
.Liu Ming was forced by the pressure of the people of Youzhou and feared that his fearless reputation would be weakened, so he attacked Sili again. After all, Sili is just an unimportant desolate area for us. Therefore, as long as the prime minister can give Liu Ming
A reasonable explanation is to send someone whom Liu Ming trusts to persuade Liu Ming, and Liu Ming will definitely withdraw his troops."
Man Chong's words opened up a new idea for everyone. Everyone thought that what Man Chong said made sense. Even Xi Zhicai was a little confused as to whether he had guessed wrong.
Cao Cao put his hand on the table and asked: "In Boning's opinion, who can go and persuade Liu Ming?"