Jingzhou, Nanyang County, Ye County.
It borders Kunyang, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and has always been the border between Cao Cao and Liu Biao.
After the earth-shaking changes in Jingzhou, Cao Cao did not allow his army to cross Kunyang and enter Ye County.
The purpose is to ensure the stability of Yingchuan and to compete with Yuan Shao wholeheartedly.
After Yuan Shao was overthrown, Cao Cao was able to claim the throne and found the country due to his merits, and Ye County could no longer be an obstacle to Cao's army.
Xiahou Dun's vanguard army that went south entered Ye County from Kunyang and then arrived at Xinye.
At this moment, there are also a huge number of Cao troops on the official roads of Ye County.
On the leader's carriage is the King of Wei, Cao Cao, who is at the height of his power!
After establishing the country in Yecheng and awarding hundreds of civil and military officials, Cao Cao gathered 100,000 elite soldiers from Hebei and transferred a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses from Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou.
A total of 200,000 troops marched south to Jingzhou!
Coupled with Xiahou Dun's 50,000 troops and the 20,000 troops surrendered by Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, and Huang Zu, the number of troops reached 270,000!
Regardless of the quality of the soldiers or their combat effectiveness, just hearing this number is enough to make one's heart burst!
270,000 people, and the cooperative civilians, the number of logistics personnel is as high as more than 600,000!
A total of more than six million shi of grain and grass were collected from Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yuzhou!
This is only the initial military rations.
After Cao Cao became king, all the families in the Central Plains and Hebei Province chose to pledge their allegiance, and this battle was regarded as an important battle for Cao Cao to unify the world and prepare for the throne.
Therefore, if you want people, give people, if you want money, give money, if you want food, give food!
There was no need for Cao Cao to ask for it, and all the major families took the initiative to offer money, food, armor, and weapons.
In short, the entire treasures of the seven northern states will be continuously transported to Jingzhou to help Cao Cao defeat the enemy.
In this battle, the aristocratic family bet everything on Cao Cao.
Cao Cao risked almost everything!
Win, capture Jingzhou, and become the most powerful prince in the world!
It is even possible to advance in Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Huainan in three directions and destroy Sun Quan in one fell swoop.
In that case, no matter how strong Liu Zhang is, he will be destroyed by Cao Cao sooner or later.
vice versa!
Nearly a million people were mobilized, and the baggage was countless, and the entire history of the seven states under his command was at stake.
Once defeated, Cao Cao could not imagine what the consequences would be.
I'm afraid that in the next ten years, Cao Cao will have difficulty even protecting himself!
It may even cause rebellions in various places under his command.
After all, after defeat, Cao Cao's power to rule the seven states will plummet. Coupled with potential external threats, it is very likely to be completely subverted!
Therefore, this is a battle related to the fate of Cao Wei, and Cao Cao must not fail!
The 250,000 elite troops mobilized carry 80% of the strength of the entire Cao Wei. This is Cao Cao's awakening!
At this time, Cao Cao was sitting quietly in the carriage with his eyes closed and concentrating.
There is only one person beside him, the person he trusts the most, the mastermind Guo Jia!
The three Yuan brothers have been executed, and Hebei no longer needs Guo Jia to investigate the whereabouts of the three.
Furthermore, this battle is of great importance, and Cao Cao can only bring his strongest planner to the decisive battle.
After all, Guo Jia has never had any failures since he became an official!
Yuan Benchu's hundreds of thousands of troops were all killed by Guo Jia!
Cao Cao didn't believe it. Liu Bei and Sun Quan's tens of thousands of people could compare to Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of horses!
"King Wei, we have entered Jingzhou..."
Cao Cao opened his eyes gently, and his eyes fell completely on Guo Jia's face.
"Fengxiao, it seems you are still not optimistic about going south this time..."
Guo Jia nodded slightly, with an obvious look of melancholy on his face.
"King Wei, it is not my intention to increase the ambition of others and destroy my own prestige."
"Jingzhou is even more difficult for us to occupy than the three states in Hebei!"
"Why did King Qin Liu Zhang stop the war at Yidao and Yiling? Isn't it worth pondering by King Wei?"
At this moment, Guo Jia only regretted not being in Xuchang and not being in the court to stop Cao Cao's decision to march south.
In other words, if Guo Jia had accompanied Cao Cao at the Prime Minister's Mansion that day, Xu Shu's treacherous plan would not have been successful!
"King Wei, Xu Shu is not a simple person. He makes everyone think that Liu Zhang does not want us to go south, but his real intention is to let us go south!"
"If we stand still and work hard to recuperate, within a few years, our Wei State will be able to directly crush Qin's three states with the strength of nearly eight states!"
"There are many wise men around Liu Zhang. He must have seen the disadvantages of time for them, so he asked Xu Shu to come to Xuchang and use the method of provoking generals to make King Wei make the decision to go south!"
Guo Jia sighed and beat his chest. He was very unwilling to be in this situation today.
It can be said that he clearly had the opportunity to dominate the world, but he was ruined by Xu Shu himself.
"Fengxiao, why are you so negative about this southern expedition?"
Cao Cao did not blame Guo Jia. Although he felt helpless, he also had many puzzles.
"Gu Te specially sent people to investigate. After being defeated by Liu Zhang one after another, Liu Bei's total military strength was only 50,000 or 60,000 at most."
"Gu does not underestimate the enemy, careless! For this trip south, Gu specially mobilized almost all the forces in Hebei, the Central Plains!"
"Nearly 300,000 troops! They can level mountains and seas, and they can march across rivers! Why can't they defeat a little Liu Bei?"
When Liu Bei seized Xuzhou, Cao Cao only led an army of 50,000 to conquer it. He captured Guan Yu alive, captured Liu Bei's family, and completely annihilated Xuzhou.
Now with heavy troops, all of them elite troops, without any pressure on food, logistics, etc., why can't Liu Bei be eliminated?
If the target of this decisive battle was Liu Zhang, Cao Cao would not question it like this.
After all, Liu Zhang has the ability to transform rivers and seas, and it is not difficult for him to create miracles.
But who is Liu Bei?
Just a big-eared thief who weaves mats and sells shoes!
Cao Cao even felt that carrying heavy troops was an insult to himself!
"Has King Wei ever thought that as long as he remains stationary for five years, the world will be unable to resist our army?"
Guo Jia still insisted on his idea.
With the full development of nearly eight states, it will crush the Qin State with three states in any dimension.
As for Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the princes who did not even fully occupy a state, needless to say!
As time goes by, the gap in national power will become wider and wider until no strategy or means can shorten the gap.
At that time, with powerful national power, it will be a matter of course to bring peace to the world!
Cao Cao smiled and shook his head. He was not angry at all.
On the contrary, he recognized Guo Jia's words in his heart.
But Cao Cao also had his own reasons.
Two words, age!
"Fengxiao, you are Gu's confidant, and I won't hide it from you!"
"The ancients said that at forty you will not be confused, but at fifty you will know your destiny! I am already forty-nine this year!"
Even if he is as strong as Cao Cao, he still has to lament the impact of age on him.
You know your destiny at fifty!
When a person reaches the age of fifty, he should know what things are beyond human control!
What's more, five years later, Cao Cao was already fifty-four!
