To the west of Yangnan, the Wei army had just passed the last city controlled by Zhou Yu, the commander of Huainan.
From here on, it's a smooth river, leading directly to Hefei.
One hundred thousand Wei troops are marching south in an orderly manner under the command of Wei King Cao Cao.
Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Xu Chu, Zhang He and other generals followed.
The target is directly at the agreed place.
In this battle, the Wei army and the Jiangdong army were completely different.
Wei King Cao Cao's thoughts were completely opposite to Zhou Yu's.
Wei Jun, all the best are out!
This 100,000-strong army was the result of careful selection of generals ordered by Cao Cao.
Naturally, it also aroused everyone's confusion.
However, Cao Cao did not give any explanation, but enforced it with an unquestionable attitude.
The generals did not dare to disobey and had no choice but to comply.
But that's why there are different opinions.
"Is the King of Wei worried that Zhou Yu will not keep his word and come here with an elite army?"
After the army passed through Xiquyang, there was no danger ahead. Xiahou Dun was the first to come forward and ask.
In his opinion, doing this must be a cause for concern.
Unfortunately, the result was not what he expected.
Cao Cao shook his head and denied this statement.
Xia Houyuan on the side also came up.
"In my opinion, the King of Wei must be worried that the Qin army will be in trouble, just to be on the safe side!"
Cao Cao was a little unhappy and glanced at Xia Houyuan.
"How can being timid before fighting be a solitary style?"
"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense. If you know how to boost others' popularity, it will destroy your own prestige!"
Xia Houyuan shrank his neck and retreated.
Cao Rengan smiled and rode forward.
"You two are so stupid. King Wei naturally has his own plans. What are you guessing!"
These words immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the Xiahou brothers.
Saying it means not saying it, it is better not to say it.
"Okay, stop arguing."
Cao Cao interrupted the dispute between several people.
After finally being quiet for a while, my good mood was disrupted by a few people.
"This is a solitary move, one is to completely eliminate Liu Zhang, and the other is to take advantage of him!"
"Leading sheep? Where to lead them? How many are there?"
Cao Cao almost became angry when he heard this.
"Cao Ren, you idiot! Why didn't I realize you were so stupid before?"
Cao Ren quickly retracted his neck and retreated like Xia Houyuan.
He was afraid that he would be insulted by Cao Cao if he stayed where he was.
"King Wei, what do you mean?"
Xiahou Dun was so bold that Cao Cao was so angry that he even dared to come forward and ask.
I am really itching and want to find out the truth.
"Humph! They all have pig brains!"
Cao Cao was absolutely furious.
Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren are all clan members and the most trusted generals.
Who would have thought that one is stupider than the other.
"King Wei, calm down. I also want to know where to lead him."
"you..."
Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu beside him, and most of his anger immediately dissipated.
It's understandable that Xu Chu is a bit stupid.
"I want to ask you, is the Huainan region important?"
"Of course it's important!"
Xiahou Dun rushed to answer.
"Huainan controls the three states of Xu, Yan, and Yu at the top, and Jingzhou and Yangzhou at the bottom. It is an extremely important strategic location!"
"If Huainan was not controlled by Zhou Yu, we would not need to deploy heavy defenses in the three states!"
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction.
Xiahou Dun finally said something humanly.
"Yes, Huainan is such a strategic place, how can I let it fall into the hands of others?"
"What...what do you mean?"
Xiahou Dun is a rotten potato, I can't help but praise him.
After boasting, he started acting stupid again.
"King Wei, aren't we going to encircle and annihilate Liu Zhang? What does it have to do with Huainan?"
Cao Cao exhaled slowly, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"I want to ask you, in whose hands is Huainan?"
"Zhou Yu!"
"Then let me ask you again, who should we fight with to surround and annihilate Liu Zhang?"
"Zhou Yu!"
"Then I'll ask you again, what happened after the siege and annihilation of Liu Zhang?"
"hiss!"
Xiahou Dun took a deep breath.
"Does King Wei want to deal with Zhou Yu as well?"
"You are really smart."
Cao Cao nodded angrily, and Xiahou Dun finally woke up.
"Haha, thank you King Wei for the compliment!"
"But the Qin army is difficult to deal with. There are many soldiers in Jiangdong. We only have 100,000 people. Can we do it?"
In Xiahou Dun's view, this idea is beautiful, but in fact it is difficult to realize.
If one is not good, it is very easy to steal the chicken but lose the rice!
"King Wei, I think Yuan Rang's words make sense!"
Cao Ren came out again.
"According to the agreement, Jiangdong's army will have an army of 200,000, twice as many as ours!"
"With Zhou Yu's treachery, I'm afraid he still wants to destroy us!"
Cao Cao stroked his beard and sneered.
"Now you understand why I want to be an elite soldier, right?"
"Jiangdong's army is so weak that it relies on the city to barely fight with us. If it's a field battle, I won't take them seriously at all!"
"The ordinary soldiers under Gu's command can defeat the Sanjiangdong Army one by one. Now they are all elite soldiers. It is no exaggeration to say that one can defeat ten!"
"Don't say that Jiangdong's army only has 200,000 people. So what if it's one million? Why should I be afraid?"
Xu Chu was shocked by Cao Cao's heroic spirit and couldn't help but express his admiration.
"The King of Wei is mighty! I will cut off Zhou Yu's child's head with my own hands and present it to the King of Wei!"
"Okay! If General Xu is like this, annihilating Jiangdong Sun Quan alone is like killing a chicken!"
Xiahou Dun and others understood and expressed their determination.
"I will definitely fight to the death and surround Zhou Yu and others!"
"Hahaha, good, good!"
Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed, extremely happy.
If they had been like this a long time ago, why should I be angry?
"Working together with you, we can put an end to the troubled times with one battle!"
"The King of Wei is wise!"
Xiahou Dun felt his energy and blood surge all over his body, and he wished he could fight immediately.
"King Wei, give the order! March at full speed!"
"I can't wait to destroy Liu Zhang and hack Zhou Yu to death!"
"No hurries!"
Cao Cao scolded him calmly.
"Zhou Yu is rushing to the front anyway, let him go head-to-head with the Qin army!"
"It's best to wait until the orphans arrive. They've already fought so hard that they're both losing and they're just hanging on!"
"In this way, I can directly reap the benefits!"
"Isn't it nice to take down Liu Zhang and take Zhou Yu, the lamb?"
Xiahou Dun suddenly realized again.
"So this is King Wei's plan! No wonder the army is marching at such an unhurried pace!"
Cao Cao nodded.
"Let the soldiers conserve their physical strength. After the battle begins, they must use thunderous means to boost Gu's momentum!"
Xiahou Dun patted his chest and vowed to do so.
"Don't worry, King Wei, I'll leave everything to you!"
