Luoyang, Xijing, living room of Jiedushi Mansion.
Lao Cao and Liu Yanqing returned their arms. Everyone did not ask where Lei Heng was going, they all looked at Cao Cao, hoping that he would decide what to do next.
Lao Cao took out the picture of flying birds in Kyushu and laid it out across the table to understand the current situation, which was roughly the same as what he had said to the Zhao brothers before.
Everyone listened and became more and more worried: After all, the Three Kingdoms were attacking each other, and the Song Dynasty was defeated again and again. Hundreds of thousands of elites were left, and there were not many left. Now they were enemies on all sides. No matter how they looked at it, it was a dead end with no ammunition and food.
Cao Cao, however, remained calm and confident. He pointed at Bianliang and said with a smile: "There are two tigers competing for food here. Don't pay attention."
As he spoke, someone outside the door exclaimed: "Ah, this is my capital city, how can I ignore it?"
Everyone looked around, but it was the wise king Zhao Kai who led his fifth, sixth and seventh brothers to the door.
All the generals saluted.
The four princes did not show any airs and waved their hands and said: "The military situation is like a fire, generals don't need to be polite."
Then he walked in carelessly, clasped his fists at Lao Cao and said, "Brother Wu, the emperor is accompanying the Queen Mother and the concubines in the palace. He asked us to come here to listen. If Brother Wu has any good ideas, we and our brothers will tell the emperor and brother in time." Queen Mother, I can make everyone in the palace feel at ease. I'm so reckless, I hope my brother won't blame me."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Although you are a prince, you are also a son of the Han family. Nowadays, when life and death are in the country, you can't stay out of the country, let alone you. It's a good thing to come here."
Then he pointed to Bianjing on the picture and said: "Please wait and listen to my brother's detailed explanation! You must know that a real man can only show his broad mind when dealing with things. He can take things up and let them go. Just like this Bianliang, if it is not lost, I will naturally protect it as a brother. It is the best, but since it has been lost, we will simply make plans to lose it."
He pointed his finger and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, everyone, Jin Liao and Song Dynasty seem to be fighting lively, but in fact, so far, it is just about profit! One wants to swallow up the Song Dynasty to be self-sufficient, and the other takes advantage, but that's not enough. That’s it! But between the two countries, there is real hatred between the country and the family, and they will never stop fighting! This section is crucial!"
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 let it come back to life. Aren't the two countries the real mortal enemies?
However, Zhao Laoqi and Zhao Xu suddenly shouted: "Brother, if the Liao Kingdom surrenders 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 faintly: "Old Qi, remember my brother's words: Since ancient times, there may be emperors who have surrendered to the enemy, but there have never been heroes who have surrendered to the enemy!"
Everyone was shocked again, and the faces of several generals immediately showed their determination to survive, and their eyes shone faintly.
Then I heard Cao Cao say: "I see that Yelu Dashi, Xiao Qian and others each have their own strategies and lofty sentiments. They are definitely not people who want to be inferior to others. How can they be compared to the trash like Emperor Tian Zuo?"
"Besides..." Lao Cao stretched out his finger and drew on the map: "He first occupied half of our Hebei province, and then took the capital city in his hand. It was just when he was satisfied and wanted to work hard, he was previously trapped in Youzhou. , internal and external troubles, but he has not surrendered yet. Now that he thinks that the heaven has opened, how can he be willing to surrender at this time?"
He shook his head and smiled brighter: "Let's talk about Wanyan Loushi. Although he is said to have more than 100,000 people, in the final analysis, he is still a lone army. Now when the Liao people are proud, if they face Wanyan Loushi who is alone and powerful, if As for you, don’t you want to take the opportunity to avenge your shame?”
"I don't want to..." Zhao Laoqi thought for a moment and stuck out his tongue: "If we fail, we will die!"
All the generals showed contempt, and his brothers couldn't help but blush and glared at him, but Cao Cao laughed and patted Zhao Laoqi on the shoulder: "Good boy, you are honest. But you are still young. Growing up in a deep palace, being pampered and enjoying a good life, but not knowing the difficulties in the world, is worse than death."
Zhao Laoqi said in shock: "Is there anything more terrifying than death?"
Seeing the confused look on his face, Lin Chong became angry and shouted: "For example, although the enemy will not kill you, he still wants to humiliate your wife and treat your children like pigs and dogs! Isn't it more terrifying than death!"
Zhao Laoqi was startled and stared blankly at Lin Chong. For a moment, he suddenly showed a look of joy. He patted his chest and said: "It's really scary! It scares me! Fortunately, I have never been married and have no children, hehe."
After saying that, he looked at Zhao Kai: "Third brother, the emperor 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."
However, Cao Cao glanced at Zhao Laoqi with admiration and thought to himself: I read history books and found out that Liu Daer's eldest son was a wonderful man. It's a pity that he never got to meet him. After meeting this son today, I can feel relieved.
He smiled and continued to point at Bianjing: "Let's talk about Wanyan Lou's room. This guy has traveled thousands of miles and fought hard in the city for a long time. He was almost killed by my brother Ling Zhen with random artillery fire. Unexpectedly, the good guy was killed in Bianliang. He despised the Khitan and took it away, how could he let it go?"
After everyone heard this, they all entered Lou Shi's state of mind and nodded one after another.
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Therefore, before the outcome of the two families is determined, they will definitely fight here. Why should I pay attention to him? It's Xixia!"
"If he robs Taiyuan, my layout in Youyun will become an enclave. The brothers who stay there will be attacked from top to bottom and have no reinforcements. How can they support it?"
He traced his way south again: "If he comes down this way, Lou Shi will no longer be alone! Even if the Jin soldiers cannot defeat the Great Wall, they can still go to Xixia and come in large numbers. By then, North of the Yellow River, even my brother cannot be saved."
After hearing this, everyone changed their expressions. Zhao Kai even frowned and suddenly said: "Brother, you only said that Taiyuan was lost, why didn't you talk about Tongguan? If Tongguan was lost, he would follow the Yellow River eastward and reach Xijing in one step. When we arrive in Zhengzhou soon, won't we be able to unite together faster?"
"Tongguan?" Lao Cao suddenly sighed with emotion, and then showed a sense of confidence: "Because no one knows Tongguan better than me!"
"Everyone, Wu will tell you about Tongguan——"
Cao Cao stretched out his hand to point out the location of Tongguan and said leisurely: "The location of Tongguan is adjacent to the river in the north and on the mountainside in the south."
"The river is the Yellow River, and the mountain is Huashan Mountain!"
"The Yellow River is in the shape of a "ji", and Tongguan is located at the turning point of the "乚" in the horizontal hook."
"Just wait and see, the river rolls down from north to south. At this point, it turns and flows eastwards. The Wei River flows in, making it even more powerful."
"Haha, do you know why it is called 'Tongguan'? Xian Wang, please tell me."
Zhao Kai thought for a while and said: ""Shui Jing Zhu" contains, 'The river flows in the south of Guan Nei and Tongji Guan Mountain, so it is called Tongguan.'"
Lao Cao smiled and said: "As expected of a wise king! That's it. Look again, the Zhongtiao Mountain in the north of the Yellow River stretches across the Jue River from the west to the east, like a natural barrier, and is connected to Taihang and Taiyue in the east. How dangerous is the situation? "
"Because of this, this pass can be called the key to the Three Qin Dynasties. When entering the Central Plains from the east and the pass from the west, you must pass through here. The peaks here are connected, the valleys are deep and the cliffs are cut off. There is only a narrow path, which can only accommodate one car and one car. Horses are the most dangerous thing in the world!"
The detailed drawing of the flying birds was made even more clear by Lao Cao, and everyone listened to it as if they were before a pass.
Liu Yanqing couldn't help but said: "Brother Xian! He is really capable and can do anything. Brother Fool, remember, when I came to Xijing before, I have never been to Tongguan, right? How do you understand so well? It seems that I have been in and out several times, but you may not be there." 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, Cao Mengde!
Tongguan was established and Hangu was abandoned. However, Tongguan was far more dangerous than Hangu Pass in the past. Now the hall is full of people, including knights, champions, and generals of the Western Army. However, in terms of understanding of Tongguan, in front of Lao Cao, They are really all brothers.
Lao Cao continued: "The general guarding Tongguan does not need his bravery! Because the pass is already dangerous, if you want to defeat him, it is best to lure him into battle. A brave general must have strong blood and be easily provoked, so he is taboo. …”
Speaking of this, he suddenly concentrated, but he 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 10,000 troops to help defend. .
At that time, Cao Ren advised: "Hong is impetuous and is afraid of causing trouble." But he did not listen, so Ma Chao cursed three generations of the Cao family at the pass, and deliberately acted slack, which made Cao Hong angry and went to war, and he was defeated. He planned to ambush his troops in all directions, and with the momentum of rolling back the bead curtain, they crashed into Guancheng in one fell swoop.
It was precisely because of the loss of Tongguan that Lao Cao fell into a passive position, and then he was killed and the eternal joke of cutting off his beard and discarding his robe was revealed.
Out of desperation, the troops marched dangerously, repeatedly crossing the Yellow River and the Weishui River, and marching riskyly. As a result, they were in danger several times and suffered repeated defeats. In the end, they relied on a stratagem to instigate Ma Chao and Han Sui to turn against each other. Internal strife, and this was a lucky win.
Thinking of this, he broke into a cold sweat and said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, Mr. Xiaozhong is over sixty years old. He has lost several battles in a row before. He must not have much courage to speak of, but he is not a coward. Guarding Tongguan is the right time. How wonderful!”
After hearing this, all the generals felt very strange, thinking that the most important thing about a war general is courage. Lao Cao came to the conclusion that "it couldn't be better" after criticizing Mr. Xiao Zhong, which can be described as a strange theory.
"But!" Lao Cao shook his head, shook off distracting thoughts, rubbed his palms and said with a smile: "Now that Tongguan is in my hands, it will be bad luck for the Xixia people!"
He pointed at Taiyuan: "The danger of Tongguan, as long as the guard has the qualifications and does not seek merit, then there will be no fault! The Xixia soldiers and horses, when calculated, should have been hit with head injuries and bloodshed, so they have to go Fight Taiyuan!"
"It is far easier to attack Taiyuan than to attack Tongguan!" Lao Cao took out the military book he had previously robbed and sneered: "Xiangong Xiaozhong only said that the Xixia people had stationed a heavy force to attack Tongguan and attacked Taiyuan with a partial force. This was after his long defeat. It’s because he became a frightened bird.”
As soon as he said this, everyone was dumbfounded: You know Tongguan, and you are well-informed, but you have never met Mr. Xiangzhong, and you judged that the attacker in Taiyuan was a partial army based on him. You concluded that he was a frightened bird. This is also Are you underestimating this veteran who has been fighting for his whole life?
However, Lao Cao spoke plausibly: "Everyone in the world regards Laozhong and Xiaozhong as famous generals, but Wu thinks otherwise. The generals of the Western Army have meritorious service in guarding the territory, but they have been in harm's way for hundreds of years! If they didn't have castes, they would have the power they have today. ? I look at the wars in his life. He won the battles that should be won and lost the battles that should be lost. There were some winnable and defeatable situations, but most of them were lost. These generals are just mediocre people. The Zhong family and the Zhe family. , Yao family...all are like this."
When he mentioned the Yao family, his tone paused, and Liu Yanqing blushed, knowing that he, the Liu family, was probably among them, but Lao Cao left a dignity for himself.
Zhang Jun and others were all from the Western Army. They were slightly angry when they heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, they couldn't say anything to refute.
Lao Cao said with a smile: "So Wu guessed that with the state of mind of Xiaozhong Xianggong, he only had the word Tongguan in his eyes. However, if Tongguan was lost, Tieyaozi and Bubazi could go straight to the Central Plains. He was too concerned about it, so he decided Xia Jun also thought the same as him and must conquer Tongguan."
"But he doesn't want to think that Xixia's success this time depends on the prestige of the Jin Kingdom. Does he dare to seize the territory that the Jin Kingdom likes?"
He shook his head and said, "He doesn't dare! Then why bother calling the Central Plains?"
When everyone heard this, they all said "oh" and felt cheerful.
Yes, will the Xixia people still come to the Central Plains to participate in the melee between Jin and Liao? Xixia has taken over the land of Sanqin and has already had enough. Why is it still fighting for Tongguan?
Zhao Kai slapped his thigh: "Brother, if you say this, I will understand. The reason why he attacked Taiyuan was to take advantage of as much as possible, but more importantly, he wanted to reciprocate the favor and help the Jin Kingdom to build the road from Yunzhou to Hedong. This passage!”
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Goodbye, the wise king!"
After saying that, his face was solemn, and his murderous aura gradually evaporated: "In that case, he attacked his Taiyuan, and I came out of my Tongguan! The Xixia people were bluffing outside Tongguan, but I went straight out, defeated his army first, and then went straight to Xixia Foundation! Doesn’t he want Taiyuan Mansion? Haha, I’ll go get 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 after leaving Tongguan, he was going to Taiyuan for a decisive battle. Who would have expected that Cao Cao's strategy was like an antelope hanging its horns without a trace, and he actually wanted to march straight into Xingqing Mansion, the imperial city of Xixia!
Liu Yanqing exclaimed: "Ah, dear brother, you have to think twice!"
Lao Cao smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry, Wu never gambles on life or death when using troops. You have to know that the people of Xixia are tired and suddenly rich. From Li Qianshun to the generals below, they must be extremely arrogant. He had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and they had to garrison an area several times larger, pretend to attack Tongguan, and attack Taiyuan. They were already torn apart. He came in several groups, but I only went all the way. It was a surprise attack! He went all the way. When the reinforcements come back, I will kill him all the way. This battle..."
Lao Cao slammed the table: "Since I have used Bianliang as bait to hook Jin Liao, if I don't take the opportunity to destroy Xixia, what else will I do?"
Everyone in the hall, except Hu Sanniang, blushed and softened, everyone else was dumbfounded.
Everyone was discussing how to resist the armies of several countries. We talked happily for a long time. Only in the end did we realize that we were talking about how to defend, but you actually wanted to directly destroy the country?
Even Hua Rong couldn't help but say: "Brother, think twice! If... everyone comes, it will be easy to say. Now there are only a few thousand elites, and the Bingzhou army has not been fully trained. How can we do such a thing?"
Lao Cao laughed 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: "How can I disappoint my brother? He has left Bianliang, and we have already discussed how to contact him! With the talent of 'Mr. Golden Sword', he will never be too far away!"
This is exactly what it is: Jishan’s iron horse is hidden in Henan, the sound of hoofbeats is cold in the northwest! With thousands of troops roaring and dancing, how can it be difficult to destroy a country?
(End of chapter)
