Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 640 Wolf Smoke Sweeps Tongguan West ()
Xijing Luoyang, Jiedushi Mansion, living room.

Lao Cao and Liu Yanqing put their arms back, and everyone didn't ask where Lei Heng went, they all looked at Cao Cao, hoping that he would decide what to do next.

Lao Cao took out the bird map of Kyushu and laid out the case on the table, explaining the current situation first, which is roughly similar to what he said to the Zhao family brothers before.

Everyone listened, and became more and more worried: after all, the Three Kingdoms were attacking, and the Song Dynasty was defeated again and again. There were hundreds of thousands of elites, and there were not many left. Now they are enemies on all sides.

Cao Cao didn't change his face, he looked confident, pointed at Bianliang and said with a smile: "This is a place where two tigers compete for food, don't worry about it."

As soon as the words came out, someone outside the door screamed: "Ah, this is the capital of my dynasty, how can my brother ignore it?"

Everyone looked around, but it was Zhao Kai, the virtuous king, who led his fifth, sixth and seventh brothers to the door.

All the generals saluted one after another.

The four princes didn't put on airs, waved their hands and said: "The military situation is like fire, the generals don't need to be polite."

Then he came in carelessly, clasped his fists at Lao Cao, and said, "Brother Wu, the emperor is in the palace with the empress dowager and the concubine, and asked me to come here to listen. If Brother Wu has a good plan, I will tell the emperor and brother in time. Empress Dowager, so that everyone in the palace can feel at ease. I hope my brother is not to blame for being reckless."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Although you are the prince, you are also a man of the Han family. Now that you are living and dying, the peasants in the countryside can't stay out of it, let alone you? This is very good."

Then he pointed to Bianjing on the picture and said: "Wait, listen to my brother's detailed explanation! You must know that when a man handles things, he can afford it and let it go before he sees his mind. Like this Bianliang, if it is not lost, it is natural for a brother to preserve it. It is the first, but since it has been lost, then it is simply planned to be lost."

He pointed his finger, and said in a deep voice: "Don't you and everyone forget that Jin, Liao and Song seem to be having a lively fight, but in fact, so far, they are just two words of interest! One wants to swallow the land of Song to be self-sufficient, and the other is not enough, but That's it! But between his two countries, the real hatred between the country and the family is endless! This section is very important!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and then nodded: Yes!The foundation of the Liao Kingdom has been severed by the Jin Kingdom, but the Jin Kingdom will never see him revived. Aren't the two countries the real deadly enemies?

Zhao Lao Qi and Zhao Xu suddenly yelled: "Brother, if the Liao Kingdom surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, wouldn't his strength be greater? After all, Yelu Yanxi has surrendered, and Yelu Chun will inevitably follow suit."

Cao Cao smiled lightly: "Lao Qi, you remember the words of my brother: Since ancient times, there may have been emperors who surrendered to the enemy, but there was never a hero who surrendered to the enemy!"

Everyone was shocked again, and the faces of several generals immediately showed the spirit of the remaining life of iron and blood, and their eyes were faintly shining.

Then I heard Cao Cao say: "I see that Yelu Dashi, Xiao Qian and others have their own strategy and pride, and they are by no means willing to be inferior to others. How can they be compared with that trash of Emperor Tianzuo?"

"Besides..." Lao Cao stretched out his finger and swipe on the picture: "He first occupied half of my Hebei, and then took the new capital in his hands. It was just when he was full of ambition and wanted to work hard. He was trapped in Youzhou before. , Internal troubles and external troubles, he has not yet surrendered, and now he thinks that the sky has opened, how can he be willing to surrender gold at this time?"

He shook his head and smiled even wider: "Let's talk about Wanyan Loushi, although he claims to have more than a hundred thousand soldiers, he is still a lone army in the final analysis. If you change me, don't you want to take the opportunity to avenge your shame?"

"I don't want to..." Zhao Laoqi thought for a moment, then stuck out his tongue: "This is going to be defeated, but I will die!"

All the generals showed contempt, and his brothers couldn't help but blushed and glared at him angrily, but Cao Cao laughed and patted Zhao Laoqi on the shoulder: "Good boy, you are honest. But you are still young. Growing up in the deep palace and being pampered in a good place, but I don't know the difficulties in the world, which are worse than death."

Zhao Laoqi was shocked: "Is there anything more terrifying than death?"

Seeing his stupid expression, Lin Chong got angry and shouted, "For example, although the enemy doesn't kill you, he wants to humiliate your wife and treat your children like pigs and dogs! Wouldn't it be more terrible than death!"

Zhao Laoqi was startled, stared at Lin Chong blankly, and suddenly showed a look of rejoicing, patted his chest and said, "It's really scary! It scares me! Fortunately, this king has never married and has no children, hehe."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhao Kai: "Third Brother, Brother Huang is married to a wife, do you think he is afraid?"

Zhao Kai said speechlessly: "Brother Huang is afraid that he will beat you to death...Brother, don't pay attention to this idiot, please continue talking."

Cao Cao, on the other hand, glanced at Zhao Laoqi appreciatively, and thought to himself: I read history books, and Liu Daer is a big boy, but he is a wonderful man. It is a pity that I have never met him. Today, seeing him, I can relieve my regret a little bit.

Smiled, and continued to point at Bianjing: "After talking about Yan Loushi, this guy has fought for thousands of miles, fought hard for a long time in the city, and was almost killed by my brother Ling Zhen's random cannons. He snatched the Khitan he despised, how could he let it go?"

When everyone heard the words, they each entered Lou Shi's state of mind and nodded one after another.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Therefore, before the victory of his family is decided, they must fight here to death. Why should I pay attention to him? It is Xixia!"

"If he robs Taiyuan, I will deploy in Youyun, and it will become an enclave. The brothers who stay there will be attacked from top to bottom, and there will be no reinforcements. How can we support them?"

He traced his way to the south again: "If he comes down this way, Lou Shi will no longer be alone! Even if the Jin soldiers can't beat the Great Wall, they can still come in large numbers via Xixia. At that time, To the north of the Yellow River, it is difficult to save even a brother."

Everyone's expressions changed when they heard this, Zhao Kai frowned, and suddenly said: "Brother, why don't you talk about Tongguan if you only say that Taiyuan is lost? If we arrive in Zhengzhou soon, wouldn't it be faster to join forces?"

"Tongguan?" Lao Cao's expression was suddenly filled with emotion, and then self-confidence emerged: "Because no one knows Tongguan better than me!"

"Everyone, Wu will tell you about Tongguan—"

Cao Cao stretched out his hand to point out where Tongguan is, and said leisurely: "The location of Tongguan is near the river in the north and on the mountainside in the south."

"The river is the Yellow River, and the mountain is Huashan!"

"The Yellow River is in the shape of the word "Ji", and the location of Tongguan is just the turning point of the horizontal-bending hook "乚"."

"Wait and see, the great river rolls down from north to south, and at this point, it bends and flows eastward, and the Wei River flows in again, making it even more powerful."

"Hehe, do you know why it is called 'Tongguan'? Xian Wang, tell me."

Zhao Kai thought for a while, and said: "The "Shui Jing Zhu" contains, 'The river flows south in the pass to Tongjiguan Mountain, because it is also called Tongguan.'"

Lao Cao laughed and said: "As expected of a virtuous king! That's the case. Look at the Zhongtiao Mountain in the north of the Yellow River, which runs across the river from west to east, like a natural barrier. It is connected to Taihang and Taiyue in the east. How precarious is the situation? "

"Because of this, this pass can be called the key of the Three Qin Dynasty. When you enter the Central Plains in the east and enter the Guanzhong in the west, you must enter and exit through this place. Here, the mountains are intertwined, the valleys are deep and the cliffs are cut off. Horses, this world is extremely dangerous!"

The detail of the flying bird picture, Lao Cao's words are even more clear, everyone listens to it, as if before the pass.

Liu Yanqing couldn't help but said: "My dear brother! A capable man can do anything. Brother Yu, remember, I have never been to Tongguan before when I came to Xijing, right? I understand."

Lao Cao smiled and said nothing. Everyone only said that he was knowledgeable and talented, but they didn't know that the person who built this pass was none other than Cao Cao and Cao Mengde!

Tongguan is completed, Hangu is destroyed, and the danger of Tongguan is far better than that of Hangu Pass in the past. Now the hall is full of people, there are rangers, champions, and generals of the Western Army. But if you talk about the understanding of Tongguan, in front of Lao Cao, They are really brothers.

Lao Cao continued: "The guard of Tongguan does not need him to be brave! Because of this, the pass is already dangerous. If you want to defeat him, it is best to lure him to fight. A brave general must be full of blood and easily provoked, so it is taboo ..."

Speaking of this, I suddenly concentrated, but I remembered that when Ma Chao attacked and captured Chang'an, Chang'an guard Zhong Yao retreated to Tongguan, and he sent Cao Hong and Xu Huang to lead troops to help defend. .
At that time, Cao Ren advised: "Hong is impatient, and I am sincerely afraid of making mistakes." But he never listened to it, so that Ma Chao scolded the three generations of Cao's family in the pass, and deliberately acted slack, which aroused Cao Hong to fight in anger, and was defeated by a feint. Plan, eat him ambush soldiers, kill into the momentum of rolling the bead curtain, and crash into Guancheng in one fell swoop.

It was also because of the loss of Tongguan that Lao Cao fell into a passive state, and this was the eternal joke of cutting his beard and robe.

In desperation, the soldiers marched dangerously, repeatedly crossing the Yellow River and the Weishui River, and marched riskyly. As a result, they were in danger several times and were defeated again and again. Infighting, this is a lucky victory.

Thinking of this, he was covered in cold sweat, and said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, Mr. Xiaozhong is over sixty years old, and he has lost several times in a row before. He must have no blood and courage to speak of, but he is not a coward. Guarding Tongguan is just the right thing to do again. It's wonderful!"

When the generals heard this, they all felt very strange, thinking that the word brave is the most important thing in a war general, and Lao Cao came to the conclusion that "it couldn't be better" after criticizing Mr. Xiaozhong, which can be described as a strange talk.

"However!" Lao Cao shook his head, shook off distracting thoughts, rubbed his palms together and said with a smile, "Now that Tongguan is in my hands, it should be the Xixia people's bad luck!"

He stretched out his hand and pointed to Taiyuan: "In the danger of Tongguan, as long as the guard has the capital of the middleman and does not seek meritorious service, then he must be innocent! The Xixia soldiers and horses should have been smashed and bleeding, so go Hit Taiyuan!"

"Attacking Taiyuan is far easier than attacking Tongguan!" Lao Cao took out the military documents he had previously robbed, and sneered: "Mr. Xiaozhong only said that the Xixia people stationed heavy troops to attack Tongguan, and used partial divisions to attack Taiyuan. This is because he has been defeated for a long time. It's because of the frightened bird."

As soon as the words came out, everyone was dumbfounded: You know Tongguan, so you are well-informed, but you have never met Mr. Xiaozhong, and you judged that the one who attacked Taiyuan was a partial teacher based on him, so you concluded that he was a frightened bird. Do you underestimate this veteran who has fought all his life?

However, Lao Cao has plausible words: "Everyone in the world regards Laozhong and Xiaozhong as famous generals, but Wu thinks otherwise. The generals of the Western Army have made great achievements in guarding the soil, but they have been doing harm for a hundred years! If the two of them had no surnames, how could they have the authority today? I look at the battles in his life, he won the battle that should be won, and lost the battle that should be lost. Some situations can be won or lost, and most of them are lost. These generals are just mediocre people. , Yao's...all of them are the same."

When he mentioned the Yao family, his tone paused, and Liu Yanqing blushed, knowing that he, the Liu family, might be among them, but Lao Cao saved himself some dignity.

Zhang Jun and the others were all from the Western Army, and they were slightly angry when they heard the words, but after thinking about it carefully, they couldn't say anything to refute.

Lao Cao said with a smile: "Thus, Mr. Wu expected that, with the state of mind of a frightened bird, the only word in his eyes is Tongguan, but because of the loss of Tongguan, iron kites and Bubazi can go straight to the Central Plains. He cared too much, so he decided Xia Jun also thinks the same as him, and must overcome Tongguan."

"But he doesn't want to think about it. Xixia's success this time depends on the prestige of Jin Guo. Would he dare to grab the territory that Jin Guo likes?"

He shook his head while talking: "He dare not! Then why call the Central Plains?"

When everyone heard this, they all said "oh", and they all felt cheerful.

Yes, are the Xixia people still coming to the Central Plains to participate in the melee between Jin and Liao?Xixia has taken the land of Sanqin, and it has been a wave of support, so why fight for Tongguan?

Zhao Kai slapped his thigh: "Brother said so, and younger brother will understand. The reason why he attacked Taiyuan was to take as much advantage as possible, but more importantly, he reciprocated and helped Jin Kingdom lay down the land from Yunzhou to Hedong Road. This passage!"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Good advice, good king!"

After all, his face was solemn, and the murderous intent gradually evaporated: "In this case, he attacked his Taiyuan, and I went out of my Tongguan! The Xixia people were bluffing outside Tongguan, but I went straight out, defeating his army first, and then go straight to Xixia Root! Didn’t he want Taiyuan Mansion? Hehe, I’ll take Xingqing Mansion myself!”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Everyone thought that Cao Cao had seen through what the Xia people were thinking, and that after leaving Tongguan, he was going to Taiyuan for a decisive battle. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's strategy was like an antelope's horns with no trace to be found.

Liu Yanqing exclaimed: "Ah, brother, you have to think twice!"

Lao Cao said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, Wu never gambles with life and death when using troops. You must know that the people of Xixia Kingdom are tired, and they suddenly became rich. From Li Qianshun to the generals below, they must be extremely arrogant. He has more than one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and he wants to garrison a territory several times larger, and he wants to attack Tongguan, and he wants to attack Taiyuan. When the reinforcements come back, I will kill him all the way, this battle..."

Old Cao slapped the table heavily: "Since Bianliang was used as a bait to lure Jinliao, if I don't take the opportunity to destroy Xixia, what else do I have to do?"

All the people in the hall, except Hu Sanniang, who was blushing and limp, were all dumbfounded.

Everyone was discussing how to defend against the armies of several countries. They talked happily for a long time, but finally realized that what we were talking about was how to defend, but you actually thought of directly destroying the country?
Even Huarong couldn't help but say, "Brother, think twice! If... all of them arrive, it's easy to say, now there are only a few thousand elites, and the Bingzhou Army has not yet been trained, how can they do such a career?"

Old Cao laughed loudly and said, "Do you think brother Yu wants to take risks? Brother Qiao, don't tell me that you can't contact Li Zhu!"

Qiao Daoqing raised his head and laughed loudly: "How can my younger brother disappoint my elder brother? Since he left Bianliang, the two of us have already discussed how to communicate! With the talent of 'Mr. Jin Jian', we will never be too far away from here!"

This is exactly: Jishan's iron horse hides in the south of the river, and the sound of hooves makes the northwest cold!Howling thousands of armies dancing with gold and spears, destroying a country is not a trivial matter.

(End of this chapter)