Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1703 Cao Cao's determination to fight to the death
Xu capital city.

As the capital of the Han Dynasty, this city has become more and more prosperous. For 400 years, the Han Dynasty has been supported by people.

Therefore, the development of Xudu is faster than any other city. In a short period of time, even if it can't catch up with the ancient capitals of Luoyang and Chang'an in the past, it is much better than the capitals of Yecheng, Jicheng and Jianye.

There are too many people, so there is naturally a mixture of fish and dragons. In this capital city, there are princes from all walks of life, including the secret agents of the Ming court, layer upon layer, countless.

If there is any news, it will be released immediately.

However, at this moment, many people don't know that Cao Cao, who is supervising the battle at the front, has returned to this capital.

Wei Wang's mansion, in a side hall.

The young man sat on his knees, with a natural expression, calmly waiting for an audience.

Someone pushed in the door.

"Mr. Lu, you are negligent!"

A young man walked in, he was the eldest son of Wei Wangfu, Cao Ang, the eldest son of Wei Wang. Cao Ang sat down and bowed his hands.

"Cao Shizi is polite!"

The kneeling young man stood up, it was Lu Su, the envoy of Soochow Wu.

Few people know about Lu Su's secret mission to Xudu.

With the help of Cao Ang's wife, Sun Shangxiang, he entered Xu Capital City as a servant. He planned very carefully in advance, so even if many eyeliners were watching, he could not reveal his whereabouts.

"Mr. Lu came here in such a secret, but do you have something to talk to the court?" Cao Ang has matured a lot, maybe he has a family, and he is more stable, or maybe it is the setbacks he suffered before that made him mature instantly When I woke up, I calmed down a little whether it was dealing with people or doing things.

"I wanted to go to the front line to meet King Wei, but I was afraid that those thieves from Jingwu Division would find out. I had to go to Xudu to meet the prince. I hope the prince can arrange to meet His Royal Highness King Wei!"

Lu Su cupped his hands and said.

He came here on behalf of Jiangdong, not to chat with Cao Ang, but to conspire with Cao Cao.

It's not that he looks down on Cao Ang, but Cao Ang really can't make a decision, so he has to talk to Cao Cao in person before he can make a decision.

After all, this shoulder is the future of Jiangdong.

"Mr. Lu wants to see his father?"

Cao Ang was silent for a while, and asked, "Is it important?"

"Very important!"

Lu Su took out a token and said: "This is the order of King Wu. I am here on behalf of King Wu to discuss with King Wei personally. The battle of Jiangdong is not only about the future of Jiangdong, but also about the future of Jiangdong. For our three-army alliance, we must discuss it with the King of Wei in person!"

It's not that he doesn't want to be polite to Cao Ang, but the current situation is too tense, and he doesn't have the time to be polite to Cao Ang.

"Mr. Nalu, wait a minute, I'll ask for instructions!" Cao Ang smiled slightly, and bowed his hands.

Lu Su frowned. In Xu Capital City, Cao Ang should be the biggest. Of course, ministers like Xun Yu and Yang Biao should be in charge.

After a while, a figure walked in.

"Lu Zijing, stay safe and sound!"

The burly figure and domineering aura made Lu Su breathless for a while. He looked up and saw that this person was Cao Cao who was supposed to fight the Ming army on the front line of Yuzhou.

He really didn't expect that Cao Cao actually returned to Xudu, and there was no news at all. If they didn't have any news, then the Ming army didn't have any news either.

"Wu Guo Lu Su, pay homage to King Wei!"

Lu Su took a deep breath and saluted respectfully, but not as a kneeling salute, but as an equal salute, because he represented Sun Ce, and he should not bow down to others.

"You want to see Gu?" Cao Cao sat down imposingly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a sharp breath in his eyes.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, I am facing continuous attacks from the Ming army's navy along the coast of Eastern Wu. The situation is a bit critical. Your Majesty ordered me to come and discuss with King Wei. Should we continue to fight, or avoid fighting?"

Lu Su cupped his hands and said.

"Is the situation in Jiangdong critical?" Cao Cao asked again.

"The warships of the Ming army have demonstrated greater strength than ours. The coast of the South China Sea has been lost, the situation in Jiaozhou is not optimistic, and the East China Sea is still at a stalemate. But at sea, our army is far inferior to the Ming army in terms of warships and combat power. Master, I'm afraid we're going to retreat to the inland river to fight!"

Lu Su cupped his hands and said: "Once we retreat to the inland river, we will face a long coastline defense, and Kuaiji Wujun will fall at any time!"

At the beginning, Jiang Dong would not have imagined that the situation would rot so quickly, which only shows that the combat effectiveness of the army and navy divisions exceeded their expectations.

He Qi lost three battles and three battles. The South China Sea lost thousands of miles of coastline. After retreating to the East China Sea, although the main force was gathered to stabilize the situation, it was obvious that he had no counterattack power, and the defense became weaker and weaker.

Zhou Yu personally led the reinforcements to the East China Sea, which was the real confrontation with the Ming army navy. However, the strength of the Ming army navy's warships made the Wu army navy's advantage at sea weaker and weaker.

In addition, the Ming army did not know when, some forces deployed in the East China Sea, based on some islands, formed some small fleets.

Under such internal and external cooperation, the situation in the East China Sea deteriorated rapidly.

Now the entire situation in Jiangdong has been suppressed by the navy of the Ming army, which has caused the main force of Jiangdong to panic. After all, the coastline of thousands of miles is impossible for them to guard against.

Once the war at sea fails, Jiangdong will face a local battle, and most of the main force will be suppressed by the Ming army.

"The navy of the Ming army is so powerful?" Cao Cao's pupils changed color slightly.

He also did not expect that the strength of the Ming army on land was already strong enough, but the strength of the navy at sea was even stronger.

The terrain of Jiangdong is full of rivers and rivers, so the navy is shocking the world, but now the navy is not as good as the Ming army, so it will be a matter of time before the army is defeated.

He took a deep breath, calmed down a bit, and said, "The meaning of that son's respectful visit is to ask for help?"

"No!"

Lu Su shook his head, cupped his hands and said: "The situation in Jiangdong is unstable, but it will not be defeated. The worst thing we can do is to give up some coastlines and build defensive lines on land. They don't have enough troops to come, they can't land and fight, and they will endanger the land." Let us go to Jiangdong!"

"But they can pass the Yangtze River and directly attack Jianyedu!" Cao Cao said.

The Ming army did this before. It was this battle that disabled Jianye and killed the Jiangdong tiger Sun Jian, which led to the lack of strength in Jiangdong today.

"There are some things that cannot be separated!" Lu Su said in a deep voice, "If they dare to enter the inland river for the second time, we have absolute confidence to keep all their warships behind!"

If prepared in advance, Jiangdong has the strength to keep these warships. It may not be able to stop the Ming army at sea, but Jiangdong is still the big brother in the battle in the inland river.

"Then what are you doing here?" Cao Cao asked.

"Your Majesty ordered me to come here because he wanted to discuss with King Wei. Can I, Jiangdong, recruit elites to cooperate with King Wei to fight a battle in Yuzhou!"

Lu Su said.

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes sparkled slightly. It turned out that he was not alone in thinking this way. Although Sun Ce was a young man, he could understand the situation.

The most important thing is that Sun Ce is already a qualified king. He dares to give up. This courage is much better than that of Yuan Shao and Liu Bei.

"The Battle of Yuzhou, alone is not an extravagant hope!"

Cao Cao said: "But if Jiangdong can send troops to help Gu suppress the Ming army in Yuzhou, Gu will dare to wage a battle to surround and kill the Son of Heaven!"

He went north, not to come back to play, but to recruit elites.

Was suppressed in Yuzhou.

He doesn't want to.

If the fight continues like this, the Ming army will nibble away at them step by step. There is a saying in the war, if you lose your land, you will lose your land.

This kind of war has long been separated from the competition of one city and one place.

Wei Jun has adjusted his strategic goals.

"What does King Wei mean?"

Lu Su was a little terrified, and looked at this great king with his eyes, and couldn't believe his courage.

"I'm going to give up Yuzhou!"

Cao Cao said in a low voice: "Including Xu Ducheng!"

This is Cao Cao's strategy of breaking the boat during their strategic adjustment. If he doesn't want to be suppressed by the Ming army on the Yuzhou battlefield, he has to give up.

Only in this way can he have a chance to kill the main force into Guanzhong.

This hit is a time difference.

And the purpose of this battle is to encircle and kill Mujing. As long as Mujing is beheaded, no matter what he loses, he can accept it, because the Ming Dynasty is now supported by Mujing.

Mu Jing has no heir, which is the biggest problem. A court without even an heir, success or failure depends entirely on one person, which is a very dangerous thing.

In this battle, as long as he and Liu Bei can unite their forces to surround and kill Mu Jing, the Ming army will quickly collapse, and even the entire Ming court will collapse.

This is the decision he made when he was driven to a desperate situation and had no choice but to break the boat and fight against the tax.

This decision is a temporary one.

When he made such a decision, he immediately began to adjust the strategy of the entire Wei army, including his return to Xudu from the front line, all in order to adjust the overall strategic deployment.

"Why is King Wei doing this?" Lu Su's eyes widened.

"I have been fighting for the great Han all my life, and now the Han Dynasty has reached a critical point of life and death. I have to give up everything and fight hard!"

Cao Cao's voice was calm and firm.

The longer he fights with the Ming army, the more he will lose confidence. This time, the alliance of the three major princes may be his only chance. He knows very well that if he misses this opportunity, then he will have no chance.

So he had no choice but to make up his mind.

Fight to the death!

Give up everything for a fight.

If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent.

But the good news is that Lu Su's arrival at this time allows him to rely on Jiangdong's main force. If Jiangdong can send troops to stabilize the Yuzhou battlefield for him, he may be able to keep Xu Capital.

In this way, he is more confident that he can besiege and kill Mujing in Guanzhong.

"It's such a secret, why did King Wei tell me?" Lu Su gritted his teeth, and asked with his hands clasped.

If things are not kept secret, they will fail.

He believed that Cao Cao had exhausted all his thoughts in order to plan all this. It is impossible to say that Cao Cao believed in himself, after all, they belonged to different positions.

"Gu needs Jiangdong's support!"

Cao Cao said calmly: "In the current situation, the Ming army is too powerful. Our alliance wanted to preemptively strike, but they still gave it a preemptive strike. Now they are equal to suppressing our three princes. Such a situation Under the circumstances, we can't work together, how can we fight!"

He added: "Furthermore, Gu has already sent a secret letter to King Yan, asking King Yan to cooperate with Gu in a battle. With the support of King Yan and King Wu, Gu can fight with all his strength without reservation!"

The strength of the Wei army is still quite large, especially in the battle of Guandu, which went very smoothly and kept a lot of troops from the Zhou army. These are young and strong who have experienced the battlefield. After adjustment, they are elite.

But if the force is scattered, it will be useless.

If both Liu Bei and Sun Ce support him, one will fight for him in northern Xinjiang, and the other will defend Yuzhou for himself, then he will be able to fight a bloody battle without reservation.

Trust is very important at this time.

He had to give enough trust to the two princes in exchange for his trust. As for whether they would surrender to the Ming court, it was hard to say.

But Cao Cao believed that unless he was defeated, neither Liu Bei nor Sun Ce would choose to surrender to the Ming court. Subduing others was not the choice of a generation of princes.

"This matter is no longer up to someone to decide. Someone needs to return to Jiangdong and discuss it with the king!"

Lu Su said.

"That's natural, but time is running out!"

Cao Cao said: "The longer the delay, the more the Ming army will find out the clues. Once the Ming army realizes that the main force of our army has left and goes north, I am afraid they will haunt us and we will have no way to escape!"

"Within a few days, there will be an answer!"

Lu Su cupped his hands.

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After the secret meeting between the two, Lu Su went south with the business group on the same day, and returned to Jianye Capital from Xuzhou at high speed.

And Cao Cao was in the study at this time, discussing his plan with Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Cao Ang and others.

Guo Jia is still on the front line.

He was able to return a lot in secret, because Guo Jia held up the situation, otherwise he wouldn't dare to leave the main force on the front line, after all, it would be easy for the main force on the front line to collapse.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this?" Xun Yu still wanted to be safe, Cao Cao was too aggressive.

"Gu can wait, but the big man can't wait anymore!"

Cao Cao's face was firm, and his voice was deep: "The Ming army is getting stronger every day, but our army's combat effectiveness is getting worse day by day. If we drag on, we may not even have a chance to fight hard, and..."

He sighed and said: "I thought we could understand the power of the Ming army's new weapons, but now it seems that we have only scratched the surface, and the Ming army's new weapons will grow more and more with time. Power, after giving them a few years, maybe we don't even have the qualifications to stop..."

Not that he is pessimistic.

Instead, many news were telling him that the Ming army was so powerful that it had the power to dominate the world. This battle was not just a simple battle, but a battle to determine the ownership of the world.

Unless he is willing to raise the Han Dynasty and surrender to the Ming court, otherwise he has no choice but to fight to the end.

"Wen Ruo, I have decided that even if I risk everything, I will get the only chance!" Cao Cao said: "The only shortcoming of the Ming court is that in front of us, one person shoulders the world. As long as he, Mulongtu, dies on the battlefield, For the rest, there is nothing to worry about!"

(End of this chapter)