"The Chen Army's defense force mainly relies on Jiwu Mountain in the direction of Langya, Taishan County, Dongping and Renchengguo. It builds a large number of forts in Taishan, Yanggu and other places. These forts are five or ten miles apart, like a Although there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in the small walled city, they are enough to rely on Wubao to defend for a while. They also use the beacon fire as a signal to each other. No matter where they are attacked, there will definitely be nearby troops to support them. Moreover, in the Taishan area, the defenders I will be Yu Sheng. This person is quite good at defending. I think that if we want to break through Chen Jun's blockade of our army, we can only go to the Jiwu Mountain area. Not only is this place far away from Chen Mo's core, but it is also close to the sea. If we can There is a navy that bypasses this sea area and can directly attack the East China Sea and attack He's headquarters from two directions." Qingzhou, Linzi, Cheng Yu compared the combat maps and explained the next strategic direction to everyone.

Although Cao Cao's army lost a large area of ​​territory, they concentrated their forces. Now there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou. This number is enough to start a big war. As long as they can break through Chen Mo's defense line, they will definitely capture a state for Cao Cao. No problem, even if Chen Mo is now dominating the Central Plains, it may be difficult to come up with so many troops at once. Chen Mo's troops must guard Jianghuai, Nanyang, Guangling, Guanzhong, Xiliang, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. Although the territory is vast. , but there are also many places to use troops.

Cao Cao and Xun Yu looked at the map and nodded frequently. Guo Jia on the side closed his eyes and did not participate in the discussion. His face was a little pale.

"Lord..." A person in the hall hesitated and said: "Our army has just suffered a major defeat. If a war starts again at this time, it will probably make the people of Qingzhou even more miserable. In my opinion, why not rest and recuperate for a few years until our army is strong. After that, will we have a showdown with Chen Jun?"

Hearing this, Guo Jia looked at the man, shook his head and ignored him. Cao Cao and Cheng Yu didn't say anything either. Only Xun Yu on the side smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "If you don't want to, you really can't."

The man was stunned when he heard this: "What's the explanation?"

"Our army only has one state. Even though Qingzhou has a strong reputation, Qingzhou's population and cultivated land are limited after all. However, Chen Jun is rich in the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and most of the world. They own it. Our army has cultivated, and Chen's army has also cultivated and grown. However, our army is using one state to fight against Chen Mo and eight states. If I become stronger, Chen Mo will become eight points stronger. The longer this goes on, the harder it will be for our army to compete with them. Instead of doing this, it is better to take advantage of Chen Mo’s strength now. When we have won the Central Plains and our rule is unstable, we must unite with Jiangdong to retake the Central Plains. Only in this way can we compete with Chen Mo!" Xun Yu sighed.

Unless Chen Mo died suddenly and there was chaos under Chen Mo's rule, if this drags on, the destruction of Qingzhou is almost inevitable. This is why Cao Cao has not yet recovered his strength, but has already begun to make arrangements to continue the conquest. If you don't fight, it will lead to death, so it's better to give it a try.

"Our army is not without any chance of winning." Guo Jia said leisurely: "Although Chen Mo is powerful, there are the Sun family of Jiangdong in the south, Liu Zhang of Bashu in the west, and Gongsun family of Liaodong in the north. If we can gather these forces, Get up, the number of winners and losers is yet to be determined.”

"But now that all directions of our army are blocked by Chen Mo, the messenger may not be able to reach Jiangdong." Someone frowned.

"We can't get out, but Jiang Dong can come in...cough cough~" Guo Jia said at the end, he suddenly coughed violently and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Are you okay with Fengxiao?" Cao Cao quickly stretched out his hand to support Guo Jia, with a worried look on his face.

"Don't worry, my lord, I'm fine for now." Guo Jia shook his head, but his face seemed paler and his pupils were a little blurry. He fumbled and took out the porcelain bottle from his sleeve, opened the porcelain bottle with trembling hands, raised his head, and poured out all the powder in the bottle.

Pour it into your mouth and you will feel better.

"Although we are anxious, I believe that Jiangdong is equally anxious. If Chen Mo is allowed to completely secure the Central Plains, then the next step, whether heading west to Bashu or south to Jiangdong, will be a dead end for Jiangdong. Don't forget Liu Bei.

Blocked by Jingzhou, even if Jiangdong wants to march into Bashu, it is not as convenient as Liu Bei. Our army joins forces with Jiangdong. As long as we can capture Xuzhou again, we will be able to compete with Chen Mo." Guo Jia panted for a while, and then he gasped.

airway.

"The words of filial piety are very true." Cheng Yu saw the solemn atmosphere of the crowd and said with a smile: "Although Chen Mo is strong, he is busy with new laws now. The Central Plains is different from Guanzhong. If Chen Mo wants to implement the old laws in the Central Plains, there is considerable resistance.

The clans and gentry will inevitably be in conflict with each other, and this is our chance to retake the Central Plains!"

In order to prevent Chen Mo from easily obtaining the Central Plains, Cao Cao has governed the Central Plains in recent years and mainly distributed power to local clans. Therefore, Chen Mo wants to implement the new Guanzhong law in the Central Plains. The resistance is probably no less than a decisive battle with Cao Cao. They still have

A chance for a comeback.

Having said that, dispatching an army of 200,000 to go on an expedition was a big burden for Qingzhou. Fortunately, when Cao Cao withdrew his troops, he took away almost all the food stored in various places, which also made Chen Mo miserable.

Not mobilizing food and grass to relieve the disaster gave Cao Cao a chance to breathe. Otherwise, with Chen Mo's power at that time, even Qingzhou might not be able to defend it.

Now that they have just stabilized, they are preparing to send troops to retake the Central Plains. If they win, it will be a big mess, but if they lose, Cao Cao's family fortune will be gone.

Apparently many people had the same sentiment as Cao Cao. After Chen Mo's order came to Jingzhou in autumn, Liu Bei immediately told Sun Ce that this was Chen Mo's plan to alienate him. The three counties of Jiangxia were the land of the Sun family, and Liu Bei

Will not get involved.

He had just been beaten back in Nanyang, and his already unstable foundation was even more unstable. At this time, Liu Bei's primary goal was to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou, and he naturally did not want to start another dispute with Sun Ce at this time. However, even so, this nail was destined to be sideways.

Between Sun and Liu.

At General Moling's Mansion, Zhou Yu brought Lu Su to see Sun Ce.

"Lord, Chen Mo has now set his sights on me, Jiangdong. This act of appointing Liu Bei as the shepherd of Jingzhou may seem like a sign of weakness, but it is actually driving a wedge between our two families." Lu Su frowned at Sun Ce.

"How could I not know this?" Sun Ce nodded and said, "It's just that these tricks are too small to look down on us."

"Bo Fu has a broad mind and has the ambition to conquer the world. But how does Bo Fu know that Liu Bei has not invaded the three counties?" Zhou Yu asked with a smile.

"Oh?" Sun Ce frowned and looked at Zhou Yu: "Does Gong Jin want me to take this opportunity to capture Jingxiang?"

"Although Liu Bei's foundation is unstable now, if our army attacks Jingxiang, how can Chen Mo sit idly by and do nothing?" Zhou Yu said with a smile: "It's just that we won't attack Jingxiang, but we can't neglect to take precautions. I think Liu Bei is the same person.

With heroic aspirations, he previously captured Nanyang in order to seek a place to escape. Now that Nanyang cannot be captured, he wants to continue to develop. The only options he can plot are Jiangdong and Shu. No matter which of them is important to our army,

Good thing."

Sun Ce laughed when he heard this and said: "Liu Bei does have great ambitions, but it's a pity that Jingzhou is a place where dragons are trapped, and he will not be allowed to succeed."

Liu Bei wanted to capture Bashu, and Sun Ce also wanted it. Jiangdong had the advantage of the navy, and he could use the navy to directly capture the hinterland of Yizhou. Liu Bei wanted to capture the center of Shu under Sun Ce's nose, but he thought too much.

"It's just that if we take Bashu in the future, we will have a dispute with Liu Bei. Moreover, Jingzhou is separated between Bashu and Jiangdong. Even if our army captures it, the two places will be separated."

Liu Bei still has weapons to use, and I think that instead of doing this, it is better to give up the original plan and seek to capture the Central Plains!"

"Oh?" Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu in confusion upon hearing this: "Is this what Gong Jin meant too?"

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "That's true. Just as Zijing said, if our army wants to attack Bashu, it must capture Liu Bei. However, Chen Mo will not watch our army capture Liu Bei, and it will also make us Jiangdong suffer from enemies on both sides. Instead of doing this

, it is better to unite with Liu Bei and ask Liu Bei to contain Nanyang. Now that our army has Hefei, we can unite with Cao Cao and send troops to the Central Plains to seek Jiujiang, Runan and other places. The terrain of these two places is crisscrossed by waterways, which is suitable for our Jiangdong navy.

There are many hills and mountains in the two areas, and the northern cavalry is quite restricted here, which is suitable for our army to attack. If Cao Cao can send troops to Xuzhou, our army will just go out of Hefei to capture the two counties of Jiujiang and Runan. In this way, our army and Cao's army will

Although Chen Mo is strong in the Southeast Alliance, the Central Plains is not as good as Guanzhong. Now clans from all over the country are dissatisfied with Chen Mo's new policies. If our army can join forces with Cao's army to kill at this time, the people from all over the place will definitely greet each other wherever they go. Even if they cannot occupy the Central Plains, they will not

At least we can get the three counties of Yuzhou, Shouchun and Guangling."

"Guangling..." Sun Ce felt a little melancholy after hearing this. He fought here no less than ten times, but was blocked by Chen Deng every time. The reason why he later turned his attention to Jingzhou was because he was shadowed in Guangling.

"Don't worry, Bo Fu. As long as our army can capture Jiujiang, we can send troops on two fronts to capture Guangling. Then Cao Cao will not be at odds with our army because of Guangling." Zhou Yu explained with a smile. He believed that Cao Cao would not be defeated because of Guangling.

Fall out with them, at least not until Chen Mo is their common enemy.

As long as Jiujiang and Runan are captured, the next step is to take Yingchuan and cut off the connection between Luoyang and Nanyang. In this way, Nanyang will become an enclave, and Sun Ce will have more

s Choice.

As for whether Liu Bei can capture Shu during this period, it actually doesn’t matter. It’s best if he doesn’t capture it. If he captures it, try to drive Liu Bei out of Jingzhou. After Jiangdong captures all of Jingzhou, he can then attack Nanyang and completely capture Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

With this in hand, he plans to plot the entire Yuzhou, and then he will divide the Central Plains with Cao Cao and Chen Mo.

As for who the final overlord of the Central Plains will be, no one can guarantee this, but Zhou Yu is confident that as long as they achieve this step, they will have enough strength to challenge Chen Mo.

"It's just that now that Cao Cao is trapped in Qingzhou, even if our army wants to join forces, it is difficult to communicate." Sun Ce sighed.

"Cao Cao cannot come out, but if our army enters Qingzhou from the sea and coast, Chen Mo may not be able to stop it even if he wants to." Zhou Yu said with a smile.
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