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Cheng Yu stared at the map on the table and said for a while: "We should face the reality. Liu Jing has been planning Xu Du for a long time and has already set up a big net. Now he has reached the moment to close the net. Even if we send troops to rescue Xu Du overnight, it will be too late. Xu Du will definitely fail."

Cao Pi's face was pale. Xu was the place where they were prosperous. Once Xu was lost, it would have a great blow to the entire Cao Wei, and the consequences would be unimaginable, especially it would trigger a strong backlash from Xiahou Dun, and he could not suppress him. What would happen? Cao Pi didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Cheng Yu sighed, "No one wants to face this result, but if we keep immersed in the grief of losing Xu Du, we will suffer a bigger blow."

Cao Pi was shocked, "What does the military advisor mean?"

"It's very simple. Liu Jing's layout has always been linked together. If he doesn't move, he will be alive. Once he moves, he will be hindered. Seizing Xu is only his first step. His second step will be implemented soon. If the world is not prepared, we will soon face the dilemma of being helpless today."

"What does the military advisor think Liu Jing's second goal will be?"

Cheng Yu said slowly: "I think his second goal may be Xuzhou. Seizing Xuzhou and integrating Xuyu, the entire Central Plains was captured by the Han army. This is the best strategy. Although Liu Jing's tactics are changeable, his strategy will never go astray. It can be inferred from some clues, such as when he inspected Shouchun and Huaihe River in the moon, but he never visited Pujin Pass and Tongguan. This shows his importance to Shouchun."

"The military advisor's suggestion is, should we increase troops in Xuzhou?"

Cheng Yu nodded, "You can send Zhang Liao to lead Youzhou army to reinforce, or Cao Xiu can lead Qingzhou army to south to reinforce. Both plans are good, and Your Highness can consider them all."

After pausing, Cheng Yu said solemnly: "Our crisis is not in the Han army, but in the internal world. Don't the world think we are very passive now?"

Cao Pi could understand Cheng Yu's meaning. This time, the Han army launched a large-scale attack on Cao Wei, and they were indeed very passive. Although they had made a lot of combat preparations before, for some reason, when the Han army attacked, they seemed to be without preparation and were passive everywhere, which made Cao Pi feel a little strange.

"What do military advisors think is the reason?"

Cheng Yu sighed: "In the past, when fighting with the Han army, Wei Gong was considering it and dispatching troops. Every day, military orders went out like flowing water. Now that Wei Gong is seriously ill, Cao's army lacks a commander. Without a commander, the people below are at a loss, and it is inevitable that they will be passive everywhere."

Cao Pi understood, "The military advisor said, "Does I stand up and replace my father to become the commander of the army?"

"The world has already obtained the tiger talisman and the golden arrow, what else can I worry about?"

Cao Pi nodded, Cheng Yu said it right. His father gave him the tiger talisman and the arrow, which was to make himself the commander of the Cao army. At this moment, Cao Pi made up his mind.

The next day, Cao Pi officially announced to the government and the opposition that his father had appointed him as the general and commanded the Cao Wei army. He issued several military orders in succession, ordering Cao Zhen to defend Xudu at all costs and never abandon the city. He also ordered Zhang Liao to lead tens of troops to Xudu for rescue.

At the same time, Yu Jin obeyed Cao Ren's orders, ordered Cao Ren to take back Chengfu County and preserve Xuzhou. In addition, Cao Xiu, the governor of Qingzhou, led 50,000 troops to Xuzhou and obeyed Cao Ren's military orders.

Under a series of orders from Cao Pi, the 100,000 Cao troops finally began to operate. The Central Plains battle between the Cao and Han armies was about to break out.

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After the main force of the Han army marched south from Luoyang, it took the lead in capturing Xiangcheng, allowing the Han army to obtain food supplies. Next, the main force of the Han army did not attack Xuchang immediately, but waited for news from Kunyang County.

At this time, a 50,000 army led by recruits had already confronted Kunyang County. With the ten thousand troops led by Zhao Yun, 80,000 army besieged a small Kunyang County. Although the area of ​​Kunyang County is not large, the city walls are very tall and strong. All the people in the city have long been evacuated, and 15,000 people were guarded by Cao's general Li Dian.

Li Dian was originally a garrison in Ye County. Ye City was captured by the Han army and released by Liu Jing himself. It is precisely for this reason that Li Dian was neglected by Cao Zhen until the Le Qun case broke out and Li Dian was forced to be activated by Cao Zhen, but demoted him to the lieutenant and sent his confidant to monitor Li Dian's every move.

On the top of Kunyang City, Cao's soldiers were under Li Dian's command, nervously deploying defenses, carrying bundles of arrows and loading a load of sand onto the top of the city. The sand was used to deal with tincture oil, which could timely extinguish the tincture oil that the Han army threw into the city, as well as huge rocks and rolling wood.

In addition, forty heavy catapults and thousands of crossbows were installed at the front of Kunyang city. The catapults were distributed on all sides of the city. Although Cao's army had been deployed very thoroughly, Li Dian was still worried. Xiangcheng was lost, and the Han army in Luoyang arrived, interrupting his retreat, making Kunyang and Xuchang each become an isolated city.

Xuchang has only 10,000 troops. With Cao Zhen’s ability, Xuchang will definitely fail. The Han army will occupy the entire Yuzhou in one go. Yuzhou is the foundation of Cao’s army. If Yuzhou is lost, the demise of Cao Wei is just around the corner.

In addition, Li Dian also received news that Duke Wei had not had much time, and Cao Pi was promoted to the throne, and Li Dian was even more optimistic about Cao Pi. He was narrow-minded and had no tolerance. If Xiahou Dun was guarding Yuzhou, the situation would never be so passive. It was just because Xiahou Dun and Cao Zhi had a good relationship, so how could such a person defeat Liu Jing?

Thinking of Liu Jing, Li Dian thought that he had been captured by the Han army twice, and it was Liu Jing who put him back. With such a generous mind and such a domineering spirit, Li Dian couldn't help but sigh.

"What are Captain Li sighing again?" A sharp voice suddenly came from behind, and a hint of disgust flashed in Li Dian's eyes.

Li Dian turned around and saw a soldier in his forties standing behind him. The man was named Cheng Liang, who was Cao Zhen's aide and was currently the Sima of Kunyang. This man was the confidant sent by Cao Zhen to monitor him. Cheng Liang not only monitored Li Dian's every move, but also controlled all the food and supplies in Kunyang, as well as the rewards of soldiers. He decided by him.

Although Cheng Liang was just a soldier, he had four trusted generals under his command, each with two thousand people, which made Cheng Liang control the army of 8,000, which was even more than Li Dian. In fact, he was the real general manager of Kunyang County.

Cheng Liang was narrow-minded and cruel. From his name Li Dian as Li Jian, he could see the sarcasm of this person. He slowly walked forward and said with a smile: "Is Li Jian Jian Jian Jian thinking about his future? Isn't he regretting such things?"

Li Dian snorted coldly, ignored him, turned around and walked down the city. Cheng Liang felt rude and felt annoyed in his heart. He raised his voice and said, "Person Li, I warn you first, don't think too much, otherwise I have the right to remove your military post!"

He raised a command arrow, which was Cao Zhen's command arrow to Cheng Liang. If Li Dianxiao resisted, Cheng Liang could dismiss him on the spot and deprived him of his military post. If Li Dian had a disagreement, Cheng Liang could even kill him.

Li Dian stopped, and the anger in his heart finally made him unable to bear it. He turned around and said slowly: "What are you? Where are you still when I, Li Dian, crossed the Central Plains?"

Li Dian snorted heavily, turned around and strode away. Cheng Liang's face turned pale and slowly gritted his teeth and said, "Li Dian, I must kill you!"

At this moment, a sudden burst of cheers broke out in the Han army camp in the distance. The Cao army soldiers on the front of the city were not sure of it and rushed to the battlements to look at the Han army camp. Even Chengliang looked at the Han camp in surprise. He faintly heard the Han army soldiers shouting long live, could it be...

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The abnormal movement in the Han army camp was because the appearance of Han King Liu Jing in the military camp made tens of thousands of Han soldiers very happy and couldn't help but burst into cheers.

Liu Jing had just arrived at the Han army camp. Although he was nominally in Chang'an to command the major armies to attack Cao Wei, it was just a means of confusion about Cao's army, which made Cao's army mistakenly think that the Han army was attacking from various points, and thus could not guess the real strategic intention of the Han army.

So far, all the signs indicate that King Liu Jing of Han was still in Chang'an, but in fact, he quietly left Chang'an in the past and rushed to Nanyang with a quick horse.

Seeing that Xuchang was about to capture the city, a historic moment was coming, how could Liu Jing still sit in Chang'an? He wanted to personally inspire morale and inspire the morale of the army.

Liu Jing walked into the central army tent amid the cheers of tens of thousands of soldiers, and hired the Prime Minister Pang Tong to greet him. Liu Jing asked everyone to sit down separately, and then smiled at Pang Tong: "How does it feel to be a military advisor in the prime minister?"

Pang Tong smiled, "So far, he has not yet played the role of a military advisor."

His sentence is a bit ambiguous. He means that there is nothing to do yet, but it is easy for people to mistakenly think that he is being suppressed.

The next to him hurriedly said, "Pang Xiangguo is humble. Since Pang Xiangguo arrived, he has organized the Nanyang army in an orderly manner, which has greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the army. This is a fact that cannot be erased."

Liu Jing smiled, put down the topic, and asked Pin again: "How is the attack on Kunyang County?"

"Report to Your Highness, according to Your Highness's deployment, Bei Yi did not launch a large-scale attack on Kunyang County. It only had two small-scale attacks, and basically no losses. Bei Yi received news that General Zhao led tens of thousands of main forces to Xiangcheng last night. The Xiangcheng garrison has surrendered, and Kunyang has become an isolated city and can launch a large-scale attack on Kunyang."

Liu Jing nodded and asked Pang Tong again, "What does the military advisor mean?"

Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled: "The general of Kunyang County is Li Dian, a general who has always been a loyal and righteous person, but he was suppressed by Cao Zhen and demoted to the lieutenant. Moreover, Cao Zhen also sent a confidant to monitor him. I just need to use a little trick. Kunyang is at his fingertips. Why should he hurt soldiers and generals and attack the city in large numbers?"

Pin blushed and asked, "I wonder what sir has to do?"
Chapter completed!