Cao Cao wanted to move the capital, but not to the Wei Dynasty, but to the Han Dynasty.
The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was in Xudu, and Xudu was too close to Xiangyang.
To put it bluntly, if Geng Ji Weihuang contacted Guan Yu at this time to launch a rebellion, Cao Cao might not have time to react at all, and the Han emperor would be picked up by Guan Yu.
Xudu was already very unsafe and the Emperor of Han had to be moved to Luoyang or even Hebei.
And the same problem, Guan Yu captured Fancheng, Fancheng is also very close to Wancheng, the entire Nanyang County will be unstable, and once Nanyang County is unstable, Chang'an will also be unstable.
At this time, Hou Yin's rebellion in Wancheng was still continuing. Although Cao Ren defeated Hou Yin several times, Wancheng was not completely captured yet.
Once Guan Yu and Hou Yin jointly attacked Cao Ren before Cao Ren defeated Hou Yin, Cao Ren would not be able to escape a heavy defeat.
If this happens, Guan Yu will occupy the entire Jingzhou and peek into the hinterland of the Central Plains.
Cao Cao certainly couldn't allow this to happen.
Therefore, Cao Cao convened a meeting of civil and military officials in his camp to discuss the next response plan.
Most people advocate moving the capital to temporarily avoid Guan Yu's attack. As for Wancheng, they can also give up temporarily and let Cao Ren retreat to Luoyang to guard it. At the same time, Cao Cao sends troops to defend Wuguan and guard Chang'an to prevent Guan Yu from going north.
Then Cao Cao personally led his army south to intercept Guan Yu.
Only two people proposed different plans.
One is from Ping'a, named Jiang Ji.
The other one was from Hanoi, named Sima Yi.
The two agreed that although Guan Yu's flooding of the Seventh Army sounds scary, it was not Guan Yu's strategy after all. It was just an unlucky time that caused the Han River to surge. It does not prove that Guan Yu had the ability to sneak attack Xudu or attack Wan. city.
But once Cao Cao moves the capital, the impact will be too great, and it will even give people the feeling that Cao Cao is afraid of Guan Yu's attack. Once that time comes, people in the Central Plains will be uneasy, and it will be too difficult to bring it back.
If Guan Yu has any political acumen, he will definitely contact those in Runan, Sili and other places who are dissatisfied with Cao Cao to start an uprising. In this case, the Central Plains will be full of wars and return to the era of feudal feudal rule.
Therefore, the capital must not be moved. Even if troops are sent to strengthen the defense of Xudu, the capital cannot be moved.
Furthermore, both of them believed that if Guan Yu captured Fancheng, Jiangdong Sun Quan might not be happy to see this scene.
Once Liu Bei captures Hanzhong, moves out of the three counties in the east, and connects with Xiangyang, then Liu Bei's territory will be completely connected. While his power will develop rapidly, the space for development from the east to the west of the Yangtze River will be completely blocked.
Sun Quan may not be willing to see Liu Bei become stronger.
Therefore, both of them believed that they could contact Sun Quan in Jiangdong and ask him to send troops to attack Nanjun and cut off Guan Yu's retreat.
Regardless of whether this matter is successful or not, it will make Guan Yu have some scruples and not dare to go north easily.
At this time, Wei King Cao Cao had enough time to march into Hanzhong, support Xiahou Yuan, and thwart Liu Bei's conspiracy to capture Hanzhong.
Both of them believed that although the fall of Xiangfan would open up the hinterland of the Central Plains, Cao Cao's soldiers in the Central Plains were superior in combat power and there were no fortified cities and dangerous points to defend, so the problem was not a big one.
But if Hanzhong is lost, Cao Cao will lose the springboard to advance into Yizhou. At the same time, Longyou and Guanzhong may be attacked by Liu Bei's group at any time.
The land of Guanzhong may be better. If Liu Bei's group wants to attack Guanzhong, they must first cross the Qinling Mountains. This is not an easy task.
But it's hard to say about Longyou.
As long as the Liu Bei Group occupies Longshan and cuts off Longshan, it will be equivalent to cutting off the connection between Guanzhong and Longyou.
Longyou has rebelled and surrendered over the past hundred years and has lost the virtue of rebellion. When the time comes, he will definitely no longer obey the orders of the imperial court and will definitely join forces with Liu Bei.
Once Liu Bei is allowed to coordinate with the major forces in Liangzhou and the entire Longyou obeys Liu Bei's orders, then Liu Bei's group can send troops from Qinling and Longyou to attack Guanzhong at the same time. Only then will Guanzhong really be unable to defend itself.
Therefore, Xiangfan is not important, Hanzhong is the most important, and we must stick to Hanzhong.
Cao Cao thought about it for a long time and finally decided to adopt Jiang Ji and Sima Yi's strategy and use Jiang Ji as an envoy to go to Jiangdong to contact Sun Quan.
Cao Cao personally wrote a letter to Sun Quan, saying that as long as Sun Quan sends troops to attack Nanjun, Cao Cao will, in the name of the imperial court, make Sun Quan a chariot and cavalry general, Wuhou, plus Jiuxi, which is equivalent to a disguised recognition of Sun Quan's control of the Jiangnan region. of separatism.
Although Liu Bei once declared that Sun Quan was a chariot general, it was only a recognition between Liu Bei and Sun Quan. At the court level, Sun Quan was still just a general who wanted to conquer prisoners. Even Shi Xie in Jiaozhou did not recognize what kind of chariot Sun Quan was. General.
But now Cao Cao has made Sun Quan a Chariot General and a Marquis of Wu in the name of the imperial court, and added Jiuxi. This gives Sun Quan a clear legal basis for ruling Jiangdong, and the title of Wuhou and the treatment of Jiuxi also represent Sun Quan has further possibilities.
This is obviously much more effective than Liu Bei's fake polite performance.
After making the promise to Sun Quan, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Shang and 10,000 soldiers to support Cao Ren, so that Cao Ren could put down Hou Yin's rebellion in Wancheng as soon as possible. At the same time, he sent Sima Yi to lead 10,000 soldiers to Xudu to strengthen the defense. He gave Sima Yi the title of Chief Shi of Prime Minister's Office and asked him to take charge of Xu Du's defense.
After doing this, Cao Cao continued to sit in Chang'an, waiting for the situation to change.
On the east side of the Yangtze River, as Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, news of the capture of Fancheng reached Lukou, and Lukou guard Lu Meng fell ill.
Yes, he was really sick. Lu Meng was indeed sick.
Lu Meng was a fierce general who charged into battle in the early days. It was impossible for a man like him who was known for his bravery in battle to not have any injuries on his body.
When I was young, I was in good health and could still handle it. Now that I am getting older, the role of injuries is reflected.
In addition, since taking over Lu Su, Lu Meng has to deal with both military affairs and government affairs every day. He himself did not have the ability to handle government affairs before, so he could only study and handle them at the same time. There are more and more things, and he is busy and hardworking every day. He couldn't go to bed until very late, and he had to get up when the rooster crowed the next day. Lu Meng's body was also a little overwhelmed.
The combination of several external factors showed that Lu Meng was indeed ill, and not just for a day or two.
But these minor illnesses and minor calamities are not big problems at all. The reason why Lu Meng got sick was entirely to deceive others, to secretly return to Jianye to meet Sun Quan and persuade Sun Quan to attack Jingzhou.
Now Guan Yu floods seven armies and breaks Fancheng. Then Xiangyang behind him is an isolated city and will be broken sooner or later.
As a result, the best part of Jingzhou was completely occupied by the Liu Bei Group.
Jiangdong can only occupy some scraps.
This shouldn't be the case.
You know, before the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei didn't even have a place to stay. Strictly speaking, Jiangxia was not Liu Bei's, he was just living under someone else's roof.
As a result, after the Battle of Chibi, Jiangdong used all his strength to repel Cao Cao, but Liu Bei swallowed all the benefits.
Now Liu Bei has occupied the best part of Jingzhou, while Jiangdong can only get some scraps. Why? !
Another thing is that Liu Bei did not allow Jiangdong to capture Xichuan, but he went to capture it himself. Moreover, he had previously agreed to divide Jingnan into two counties after capturing Xichuan. Leading troops to fight for it, why? !
Do we still need to be allies with people like this who are inconsistent and do not keep their word? !
And from a military point of view, once Liu Bei crosses the two states of Jingyi and occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, then we in Jiangdong will be completely under their military front. When they want to attack us depends entirely on their mood. This kind of precarious situation Is it really what the lord Sun Quan wants? !
This was probably what he meant. Lu Meng discussed with Sun Quan for a long time and finally persuaded Sun Quan.
To be honest, Sun Quan does feel very unbalanced these years.
In the Battle of Chibi, it was you, Liu Bei, who begged us Jiangdong. If we, Jiangdong, had not sent troops to fight against Cao Cao, you Liu Bei would have been destroyed by Cao Cao long ago.
After repelling Cao Cao, Liu Bei nibbled everywhere in the east and west. Instead, he swallowed up most of the land in Jingzhou. Except for one Nanjun in Jiangdong, he didn't get any benefits.
If Cao Cao wasn't so powerful and Lu Su insisted at that time, Sun Quan would have wanted to ask Liu Bei, why do you occupy most of Jingzhou and give us a southern county? !
Later, due to Lu Su's support and Zhou Yu's consent, the two families eventually exchanged land. Although they suffered a bit, considering that they did not have to face direct pressure from Cao Cao, Sun Quan agreed. But why didn't he let me take Yizhou? Can you just go and get it? !
Not to mention what happened after that, thinking about Sun Quan makes me very angry.
From Sun Quan's point of view, he really hates Liu Bei. If Liu Bei hadn't stood in front of him, he might be the one who now occupies Jingzhou, takes all of Yizhou, and occupies half of the country.
The strategy Lu Su designed for himself back then has been realized.
In this way, whether you are going north to compete with Cao Cao for supremacy, or separatist rule to the south of the Yangtze River to defend yourself, you will have a well-established advance and retreat, which is very relaxed and comfortable.
It's better now. I have only held a small half of Jingzhou for so many years. I have fought Huainan four times and still haven't defeated it. Although I once saw the hope of marching into Qingxu, this hope was quickly dashed.
Therefore, Sun Quan is also considering whether he must join forces with Liu Bei.
Now that Liu Bei is attacking Hanzhong, Guan Yu's occupation of Xiangfan is already a sure thing. If Liu Bei continues to grow in power and he cannot break through the front line of Huainan and march into Qingxu, won't he be suffocated to death in Jiangdong? !
This definitely won't work.
Therefore, Sun Quan secretly ordered Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao to come to the government to discuss matters.
Sun Shiwan finally decided that he was going to stab him in the back.
(End of chapter)
