Chapter 218 Guo Jia’s plan

The lights were dim, which set off Sima Yi's changing eyes, which made the atmosphere in the room look relatively solemn. Seeing that Sima Yi had not answered for a long time, Le Jin had to rub his hands back and forth and wait impatiently.

In fact, it is not necessary to do this in front of Sima Yi, the Prime Minister's Office, as Le Jin. Not to mention his great military achievements of the "Five Tiger Generals", just by following Cao Cao, it is much better than Sima Yi who has not been in service for a long time. However, things in this world are often not only based on your past achievements. After Sima Yi actively made suggestions to repel Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition Army, Cao Cao admired him very much and almost obeyed his plans.

After the war in Xuzhou, Le Jin understood that he was not Sima Yi's opponent at all. Therefore, it was nothing to make some superficial concessions to Sima Yi, a new powerful man who was highly valued by Prime Minister Cao Cao.

"Sima Zhongda cannot offend him." In silence, Le Jin kept silently reciting what Cao Ren said to him. Cao Ren did not whisper the relationship between Cao Cao, and even he looked at Sima Yi with admiration. Le Jin, who is familiar with the worldly and kindness, dared not neglect him. Therefore, during the year he worked with Sima Yi, Le Jin only followed Sima, and finally became peaceful.

In fact, for the young Sima Yi, whether for the Han Dynasty or the family, defeating Gao Chong was the first major event. From the family perspective, since Sima Fu was assassinated by Yu Fan in Nanzheng, as the new heir of the Sima family, Sima Yi faced the first responsibility to avenge his relatives; from the perspective of serving the Han Dynasty, under Gao Chong's step-by-step pressure, if there is no good plan to fight back, sooner or later, Gao Chong will unify the Central Plains. In that case, it will not only be Cao Cao's failure, but also the incompetence of Sima Yi and other subordinates.

The desire to glorify the family and make achievements made Sima Yi unable to give up, nor could he give up.

After a long time, Sima Yi said: "Wen Qian is right. If the ordinary pirates attacked the salt field this time, how could it be the opponent of my Qingxu? The southern thief was used to sailing boats and was familiar with water battles. Yi once heard that Gao Chong sent Wei Wenyuan to Yizhou the year before, so it was reasonable to lead his troops north."

"If Gao Chong attacked, it would be difficult to deal with the Qing Xu defender's strength alone. We might as well report to the Prime Minister as soon as possible, so we should prepare early." Le Jin was stunned. After returning from a defeat in the battle with Gao Chong's army under Lingbi City, Le Jin always seemed more cautious when he heard that Gao Chong's soldiers were attacking.

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Wen Qian doesn't have to be so nervous. Although the southern thieves are determined to attack, they are unable to send large troops north. As long as we step up the defense, we will be able to ensure the safety of the country."

Zhuge Liang went north for his own selfishness, which resulted in more than half of the 20,000 elite troops. In a short period of time, it was impossible for Gao Chong to digest this failed loss. At the same time, it was labor-intensive to build a large fleet, which not only required many skilled craftsmen, but also required cutting a large amount of wood. Sima Yi was sure that with Gao Chong's previous methods and courage, it was absolutely impossible to do something that wasted the people and money.

What's more, even if the fleet is successfully formed, facing the storm and turbulent sea, and the possible destruction of ships and people at any time, Gao Chong would never take such a big risk.

From this, Sima Yi judged that the fleet that invaded the coastal areas of Xuzhou would not be large in size. As long as Le Jin and Zang Ba made arrangements early, they would definitely be able to repel the invading enemy.

"Zhongda is indeed a magical calculation. No wonder the Prime Minister looks at you with admiration." Le Jin nodded and admired, while secretly glading in his heart. A complimentary word can not only bring closer to Sima Yi, but also push the future responsibility on Sima Yi.

"Wen Qian, I will set off for Xudu tomorrow. I will bother you and Xuan Gaoduoduo to worry about the matter here!" Seeing Le Jin smiled, Sima Yi could guess his thoughts, but he just didn't want to point them out.

"Zhongda just worry, with me Le Jin here, keep Xuzhou peaceful!" Le Jin laughed.

Outside the sea of ​​Qingzhou, Penglai Fairyland.

Looking from the sudden reefs to the endless sea, a bustling street floating above the sea of ​​clouds is looming, with neat and spacious roads, shops standing on the street, and crowded crowds, making the viewers feel relaxed and happy and lingering. Just under this cloud city, a fleet of ships in the floating fog is facing the wind and waves, sailing north with their heads raised.

This was Wei Wen's northbound fleet. After waiting for an opportunity to harass the coast of Xuzhou, Wei Wen continued to lead his army northward and marched north along the Qingzhou border.

"Where is the pen and ink? The beautiful scenery of this mirage is rare, so how can you miss it!" Standing on the deck of the bow of the ship, the young Wei Wen was full of thoughts and passionate. He had seen the scenery of the mirage appearing on the sea earlier in the book "Haizhi" written by his father Wei Jing, but unfortunately it was only a few words that were not exhaustive. The reason was that Wei Jing did not see the scenic scenery with his own eyes, and the matters contained in the book were only heard by the fisherman who returned from the sea.

The gorgeous scenery is like a powerful tonic that is exciting and powerful, revitalizing the soldiers who gradually feel boring and boring on the sea.

At this time, Wei Wen, who was eager to arrive in Liaodong, did not know that it was his whim attack on Qingxu Yanhai, which triggered a war that decided the future and destiny of Gao Chong and Cao Cao.

Xu Du, Prime Minister's Mansion.

It's another year of old age. A few black beards on Prime Minister Cao Cao's jaw have turned white. In another Spring Festival, Cao Cao is fifty-two. Compared to him who gave his sword to kill Dong Zhuo more than ten years ago, Cao Cao today is more mature and less sharp.

"Lord, Yi rushed over to report that the attack on the salt field in Xuzhou a few days ago was investigated by Gao Chong's northern fleet. However, with Yi's idea, the purpose of this fleet is not only to Qingxu coast, but more likely to be that their target is in Liaodong." Sima Yi could not cover his deep and wise eyes.

This is in Cao Cao's mansion. Sima Yi's identity as a retainer of Cao Cao is more of a person. Therefore, he doesn't need to worry about anything. He can call Cao Cao's lord upright.

Xun You, who was with him, was also accompanied by him. As an important counselor who was valued by Cao Cao, Xun You and Guo Jia made countless contributions to Cao Cao's pacification of the Central Plains and conquering Hebei. Unfortunately, Guo Jia died half a year ago after suffering from severe illness.

Guo Jia's death made Cao Cao feel like he was defeated, and at the same time, it also gave Sima Yi, who had just emerged, room for promotion and promotion, because if Guo Jia was still there, Cao Cao would not be favored by Sima Yi.

In fact, in terms of talent, Xun Yu and Jia Xu's abilities are not much worse than those above. However, when it comes to truly devoted himself to planning for Cao Cao, Xun Yu, who was concerned about the Han Dynasty, and Jia Xu, who was fickle, could not do this.

"Zhongda means that Gao Chong is determined to fight against me by the Gongsun clan in Liaodong! Unfortunately, with Gongsun Kang's talent, he would not dare to fight against me even if he had ten courage." Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a gleam and he laughed.

Liaodong is the birthplace of the Wuhuan Iron Cavalry. Gao Chong's fleet headed north was obviously to directly threaten Cao Cao's war horse supply base. However, Gongsun Kang, who was in charge of Liaodong, was cowardly and incompetent. He was not even one-tenth of his father Gongsun Du based on his talent. Cao Cao was not worried about the rebellion that might come from the rear.

"Lord, although Gongsun Kang is incompetent, he cannot guarantee that his son, subordinates, or tribal tribes such as Goguryeo, Muzhi Kingdom, Mahan have no unfair intentions. In order to ensure the supply of Wuhuan war horses, we should be careful!" Xun You said.

Goguryeo is located in Liaodong, northeast of Lelang County, and the Meji Kingdom is in the north of Goguryeo. Mahan and Qin Han are tribes living on the southern peninsula.

"Lord, Gao Chong has occupied Liangzhou. If we hold Liaodong again, our army will have no chance of winning." Sima Yi advised.

"Hmph, no one is bullying me, a man. It seems that he is a little proud!" Cao Cao was not angry but happy and laughed.

Xun You and Sima Yi were puzzled when they saw Cao Cao's expression. Cao Cao laughed and said loudly: "Gongda, Zhongda, you can see clearly the current situation. I, Cao Mengde, don't want to be the one who is waiting for death. In the past two years, while I have kept my strength hidden and tolerant, while tightening my strength, I will wait for an opportunity to hit Gao Chong's child. Now, this opportunity has finally come."

"My lord is to take the initiative-!" Sima Yi and Xun You exclaimed in surprise.

"No, this time I want to attack Huanglong and personally lead an army of 200,000 to attack Jingxiang. Even if Gao Chong's son wanted to break his head, he would never guess that I would have such a big military action." Cao Cao said.

After a moment of pause, Cao Cao took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xun You and Sima Yi, and then said, "This is the last strategy left by Feng Xiao before leaving. It has been more than half a year since now. In the past six months, I have always been thinking about drinking horses and whipping Jiangdong. In the past six months, I have been training the elite cavalry in the suburbs of Xudu. The purpose is to break through Gao Chong's Jingbei defense line. As long as we successfully take Jingxiang, we can cut off the connection between Gao Chong's left and right sides in one fell swoop. At that time, the enemy in Bashu will have no leader, and the enemy in Jiangdong will be isolated and helpless, and it is no problem to break it."

Xun You read the letter and said in surprise: "It is indeed great to worship filial piety, but You are not as good as you. There are many mountains and rivers in the south, and land transportation is inconvenient. If we can occupy Jingxiang before the spring, we can block Jiangling and block the enemy from Bashu's east support, and take Jiangxia to break through tens of thousands of troops from Jiangdong. When we gain a foothold in the coming year, we will have rich resources in Jingxiang, even if Gao Chong has great ability, he will not be able to change the end of declining."

Autumn and winter are the time when the river is dry and the horse is fat and strong, which is very conducive to the northern cavalry going south. In the letter, Guo Jia advised Cao Cao to use Jingxiang as a breakthrough point, first concentrate his troops to defeat Zhou Yu who was defending Jingbei, and then rush his troops south to step on the Yangtze River. Strategically, this suggestion is not surprising, but in the current environment, it is very unexpected.

Gao Chong founded the country and established the capital of Jinling. His political and economic centers were tilted eastward. For Cao Cao, if he wanted to attack Gao Chong to the greatest extent, the best way was to send troops from Xuzhou to Huainan and directly threaten Jinling. This route was not only short distance, but also flat, which was convenient for cavalry to intersect and detour. On the other hand, Jingxiang had high mountains blocking both sides, the only way to go south was to break through the triangular defense line of Xinye, Huyang and Xiangyang. There were nearly 40,000 troops guarding the key rush. If you wanted to pass, you would suffer huge casualties.

Of course, Guo Jia didn't see this floor. His eyes had passed through the mountains and ridges and projected to a wider rear.

What he saw was that except for Zhou Yu's troops in the Jingxiang area, there was a void behind him.

The Wenpin Army, who was originally stationed in Jiangling, had been transferred to Huainan by Gao Chong. After Lu Xun entered Hanzhong, the Jinfan Army of Ganning also moved its main force from Jiangzhou to Chengdu.

Passing thousands of miles of mountains - When the major artery of the Yangtze River was also exhausted due to insufficient flow, Gao Chong's bad luck came.

"It's better to burn your boat instead of waiting for death." At the end of the letter, Guo Jia left this sentence.

On the top of the word "南", a blood flower bloomed dazzlingly.

This is Guo Jia's blood.

Boat means boat. Breaking boat means cutting off Gao Chong's water passage. This is the only way Guo Jia thought of to defeat Gao Chong.

"——The old horse is lying on the ground, and the ambition is thousands of miles away; the martyrs are in their old age, and they are full of ambitions. Gongda, Zhongda, you follow me to go to war!" Facing Gao Chong, who is more than ten years younger than him, Cao Cao was still worried.

His voice was as confident as before, his hands were still solid and powerful, his body was tall and tough, he killed the dragon in the river, shot the eagle in the clouds, and wrote on the mat, and his ambitions and passion in his heart were endless.

Looking at Cao Cao who sang "Short Songs" in a vigorous voice, Xun You and Sima Yi were both excited and could not help themselves.

"Lord——Yi has another concern. Before sending troops, we might as well increase our troops in Xuzhou first and put on a stance to move south to confuse Zhou Yu's attention." Sima Yi was shocked by Guo Jia's boldness on one side, and was deeply moved by this plan on the other side.

With Sima Yi's character, he is cautious and unrestrained, which is exactly the opposite of Guo Jia, who is unruly in contact with him. If he is placed in a relatively strong position, Sima Yi's steady style can achieve a comprehensive victory. However, the situation facing Cao Cao is extremely unoptimistic. If he delays, the gap with Gao Chong can only be wider and wider. In this case, although Guo Jia's plan is very risky, it is worth a try.

"Increasing troops in Xuzhou is just a way. I have another trick to deal with Zhou Yu!" Cao Cao smiled slightly, confident.

Zhou Yu is the key to the success or failure of this Nanzheng. Judging from Zhou Yu's extraordinary ability in the past, it is not easy to hide it from him. Cao Cao did not expect Zhou Yu to fall into the trap completely. He just hopes that after all the means, Zhou Yu will have a one or two points of underestimation of the enemy, which is his chance.
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