After Cao Cao blurted out the order to command his troops to march eastward, all the generals in the room were in an uproar.
Immediately, there were voices of dissuasion one after another.
"King Wei, calm down and don't ignore Liu Bei!"
"King Wei, Liu Bei has gathered troops in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a possibility of counterattacking Nanjun at any time! Once the army advances eastward, Liu Bei will surely take advantage of it!"
"Yes, King Wei! The rats from Jiangdong can only talk and talk, how dare they be enemies with our army? King Wei please put Liu Bei first. After Liu Bei is eliminated and Jingnan is pacified, Sun Quan will surrender!"
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"We also ask King Wei to put the overall situation first!"
All the civil servants and generals in the room, including Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and other clan generals, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Zhao Yan and other wise men, all opposed in unison.
Cheng Yu, in particular, was the most sincere and sincere.
After everyone had finished speaking, they started to persuade again, for fear that Cao Cao would make a wrong decision and affect the overall situation!
"King Wei, Sun Quan is proud of his navy. After leaving the river, there is nothing to worry about!"
"Our army only needs to stay in Nanjun. I believe that Sun Quan and Lu Xun will not dare to invade!"
"On the contrary, it is our army that marches eastward and places the battlefield above the river, which gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it!"
"I think Master Zhao's words are very reasonable. After Liu Bei is destroyed, Sun Quan may surrender without a fight!"
After listening to the persuasion of so many people, Cao Cao's heated head gradually calmed down.
Cao Cao really couldn't feel at ease if Liu Bei, who had 50,000 troops, was allowed to spy on Jiangnan all the time.
Once he is held back by Jiangdong Navy, Liu Bei will definitely take the opportunity to launch a violent counterattack on Nanjun.
The Qin troops stationed in Yiling and Yidao were not people who kept their peace.
Once Cao Cao's army is in a weak position, Cao Cao will never trust Huang Zhong, and Pang Tong will not take the opportunity to add insult to injury.
Peaceful coexistence with the Qin army always requires maintaining its own deterrence.
"Well, what the ministers said is not unreasonable. Sun Quan and Liu Bei are both powerful enemies, let alone think about it..."
Cao Cao acknowledged what everyone said in his heart, but he did not compromise on his words.
It would be too embarrassing to take back what I just said.
Just then, a voice sounded in my ears.
"King Wei!"
Cao Cao turned around and saw that it was the mastermind Guo Jia.
At this moment, Cao Cao suddenly remembered that Guo Jia had not participated when everyone was admonishing him.
Of all the people in the room, except Cao Cao himself, only Guo Jia did not oppose his decision to attack Sun Quan.
And in Cao Cao's heart, Guo Jia alone was enough to fight against everyone's opposition.
At this moment, Cao Cao looked hopeful, hoping that Guo Jia could point out a clear way for him in this crisis situation.
"Fengxiao, what's your plan?"
Guo Jia glanced at everyone, and everyone looked at him expectantly.
Without exception, they all hope that Guo Jia will persuade Cao Cao not to worry about one thing and lose the other.
Everyone knows that in this situation, Guo Jia's energy is enough to make the final decision.
Just when everyone was extremely nervous, Guo Jia finally spoke.
"The King of Wei, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei worked together to fight against the king. Only then did Liu Bei dare to deploy all his troops along the Yangtze River."
"I have to admit that based on the current situation, it will be extremely difficult for our army to break through Jingnan's defenses head-on!"
Guo Jia's words made everyone's hearts skip a beat.
The meaning is obvious, I am not prepared to fight to the end with Liu Bei.
But Guo Jia was smarter than Cao Cao. When he raised objections, no one could refute him.
After all, facing Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's iron-clad guards, there really was nothing he could do.
Cao Cao was equally convinced.
If he hadn't been helpless, how could he have said so hastily that the entire army would march eastward?
"Fengxiao, what do you mean?"
"King Wei, the four counties in Jingnan are not independent islands. The fact that they cannot be attacked from the front does not mean that there is no way to advance the army! If the Yi Road is impassable, isn't there another place?"
"Didn't Lord Zhao Yan just say that if Liu Bei is destroyed, Sun Quan will surrender? Then can we understand that if Sun Quan is destroyed, Liu Bei will surrender?"
Everyone in the room looked at Guo Jia with doubts in their eyes.
If they still don't understand what Guo Jia means after hearing this, then they don't deserve Cao Cao's reliance.
"Commander Guo, you are extremely resourceful and far-sighted. Can't you see the disadvantages of letting Liu Bei go?"
Cheng Yu was the first to stand up, and directly refuted it regardless of his friendly relationship with Guo Jia.
"Liu Bei only has 50,000 men and we can't defeat him. How can he easily take down Sun Quan's 150,000 troops?"
The atmosphere in the room instantly became tense due to Cheng Yu's tit-for-tat confrontation.
Cao Cao did not stop the quarrel between the two. He wanted an answer more urgently than anyone else.
Everything is on Guo Jia!
Guo Jia smiled and didn't care about Cheng Yu's attitude.
"I naturally understand what Brother Zhongde said."
"However, soldiers are a major matter for the country! How can they be measured purely by quantity?"
"In the past, Liu Zhang surrendered hundreds of thousands of Qiang soldiers with less than 100,000 troops! If we simply compare the number of soldiers, wouldn't it mean that there is death but not life?"
Cheng Yu was not as free and easy as Guo Jia, and his face was full of anxiety.
"Fengxiao, this is not the same thing!"
"We can't do anything with 50,000 Liu Bei's troops. When we get to the water, aren't we even more unable to do anything with 150,000 Jiangdong's troops?"
Guo Jia did not answer, but asked Cheng Yu a rhetorical question.
"Brother Zhongde, there is nothing we can do about the 150,000 Jiangdong Army, but what about the 50,000 Jiangdong Navy?"
"fifty thousand?"
Cheng Yu exclaimed in confusion, and then frowned even more tightly.
Compared with 50,000 Jiangdong Navy troops and 50,000 Liu Bei troops, the former is naturally more likely to find opportunities!
After all, Liu Bei's army is in a dangerous position and we are really helpless!
"Fengxiao, do you think the 150,000 troops Sun Quan mentioned was a bluff? In fact, Jiangdong doesn't have that many troops at all?"
Cao Cao couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked.
Guo Jia smiled and shook his head. Of course he would not pin all his hopes on the enemy not having such a thing.
"King Wei, since Sun Quan inherited Sun Ce's legacy, he has been constantly conquering everywhere and recruiting countless troops! I'm afraid 150,000 is a conservative estimate!"
"But King Wei does not need to care about this number. Even if Sun Quan has an army of 300,000, I can make him dare not act rashly!"
If these words were spoken by others, Cao Cao and everyone would definitely think that they were talking nonsense.
But coming from Guo Jia's words, everyone felt it was extremely normal.
With Guo Jia's strategy, what else can't be done?
"Fengxiao, tell me quickly!"
"King Wei, Zhou Yu's subordinates are all elites of the Huaisi sect. After losing the governor of Jiangxia, he will definitely choose to attack Hefei and retake Jiujiang County!"
"Unless we reach Moling and the Jiangdong regime is at risk of being overthrown, Zhou Yu will never return to the army."
As soon as Guo Jia opened his mouth, it hit people's hearts!
For such a long time, his school affairs office has not been idle, trying its best to collect all information about Jiangdong.
Zhou Yu was driven from Jiangxia to Lujiang by Sun Quan, and the fact that Sun Quan gave the position of governor of Jiangxia to Lu Xun made Guo Jia extremely concerned.
When he learned that the governor of Lujiang was given the gift of Yu Fan by Sun Quan, Guo Jia immediately saw the life-and-death struggle among the factions within Jiangdong!
