I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 543 Offensive and Defensive Translocation
Liu Bei didn't take into account the ridicule of the generals headed by Cheng Pu, but began to recall Zhou Yu in detail.

When Zhou Yu himself was in Qingzhou, he also heard that Cao Cao recruited him into his tent, but according to what everyone said at the time, the reason why Cao Cao wanted to recruit young people from the Lujiang Zhou family into his command was to use the help of the Lujiang Zhou family. Influence gained a firm foothold in the Huaibei region.

As for this young staff member, it was actually just a gimmick for cooperating with the Zhou family. Everyone knew what was going on—it was that Cao Cao sold the Lujiang Zhou family some bad noodles.

Liu Bei thought so at the time, but he vaguely remembered that Liu Jian seemed to have mentioned Zhou Yu to him, saying that this young man was very talented and that he would definitely become a troublesome presence for his side in the future.

Liu Bei was convinced of Liu Jian's accuracy in judging people.

However, if you insist on saying that a boy who is less than ten years old will become a serious problem for his side... Liu Bei doesn't think it is realistic no matter what he thinks.

Even if it becomes one's own confidant, it will have to be a few years later, right?
At least he has to wait until he is an adult, so what is it now?
But even so, Liu Bei would not underestimate Zhou Yu too much.

After all, they are all on Liu Jian's list, so Liu Bei still needs to pay attention.

He looked at the generals beside him and said, "Everyone, although Zhou Yu is young, he must be the chief general that Cao Cao has just promoted. Cao Cao is not someone who is waiting for nothing... Since he must promote this Zhou Yu, there is a reason for him , we can’t be too careless.”

Of course, what Liu Bei said was true, but Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other Qingzhou generals did not take Liu Bei's words seriously.

Don't blame them for not taking Liu Bei's words seriously. Who can treat a young boy like a dish?

Liu Jian was awesome, but how many Liu Jians are there in this world?
Let alone Cheng Puhan, even Gao Shun, who has always been known for his prudence, smiled wryly and shook his head, as if he thought Cao Cao's move was ridiculous.

Liu Bei looked around at the crowd and said, "What should we do next?"

Cheng Pu immediately stood up and said to Liu Bei, "General, according to my subordinates, Cao Cao fell ill. This is a blow to Cao Jun. Now that the Confucian bastard has become a general again, there must be many dissatisfied in Cao Jun. This is a good opportunity, we should take the initiative to send troops to defeat Cao Jun for a few rounds, and let them know how powerful our army is."

After hearing this, Liu Bei seemed to hesitate.

"Sending troops voluntarily, doesn't it seem to be in line with the rules we set with Tao Qian?"

"I sent troops with Yuan Shu and others to defend here, wasn't it for the purpose of becoming a horn to guard against Cao Cao's attack?"

Cheng Pu said: "The general's words are very true, but it's just this moment and that moment."

"Can Cao Cao still have the ability to attack us now? The general is ill and has been replaced by Huangkou Ruzi. For Cao Cao's army, it is a blessing that we don't attack now. How can they still have the ability? Coming north to harass? Besides, if Ambassador Tao knew that Zhou Yu had replaced Cao Cao as the general of the southern army, he would definitely send Cao Bao and others south."

"Then Yuan Shu hated Cao Cao deeply, so he would definitely send troops south. All the troops moved. If I was the only one who didn't move and returned to Xuzhou, wouldn't it be embarrassing for my Qingzhou soldiers? It seems that my Qingzhou soldiers are afraid of Cao Cao. Cao Cao is sick. , still dare not send troops..."

After hearing this, Liu Bei felt that this was indeed the case.

Cao Cao was sick and retreated to the rear, and the opponent's general was still a little-known Zhou Lang. Although I heard that Zhou Yu had won several battles with Cao Ren in Jiangdong, from the perspective of the people of the world, those achievements should be all It belonged to Cao Ren, and Zhou Yu was nothing more than a bonus.

If even such a stalwart goes into battle, our own side dare not even fight a battle directly, I am afraid that Qingzhou soldiers will make people laugh out loud in the future.

It doesn't matter if Liu Bei's reputation is ruined. If Liu Jian's reputation is also chopped off, Liu Bei really can't accept it.

"Then do what Demou says."

"De Mou, you lead five thousand soldiers and horses first and go south to test the movements of Cao's army. See how Cao's army is doing after changing the generals. Then try to find out the movements of Yuan Shu, Cao Bao and others."

Cheng Pu immediately took the order, turned his head and strode away.

Liu Bei then ordered Han Dang: "Yigong can lead 3000 troops, and send troops after Demou. If Demou is negligent, you can respond in time."

Seeing that Liu Bei was thinking so thoughtfully, Han Dang naturally wouldn't neglect, and immediately took orders.

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Cao Jun's change of general did have a great impact.

This impact is two-fold. On the one hand, it targets the Xuzhou garrison, and on the other hand, it targets themselves.

For the generals of Cao's army, Cao Cao was ill, but he supported Zhou Yu, which was a bit unacceptable to many generals.

Especially Dian Wei and Xu Chu with such fiery tempers, when they heard that Zhou Yu was in charge of them, they were so angry that they almost turned the table.

However, this situation was already expected by Cao Cao.

Before Cao Cao left, he ordered someone to announce to all the officers and soldiers in the army. He explained by name that Zhou Yu was the person who commanded the three armies on his behalf and had the right to kill anyone. If anyone dared to disobey Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu would deal with him. Cao Cao would never do it. No blame.

Cao Cao also deliberately left Cao Ren to help Zhou Yu.

Cao Ren is also an arrogant person, but he knows Zhou Yu quite well, after all, they worked together to pacify the counties in Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu at that time left a deep impression on Cao Ren.

But impressions belong to impressions, and Cao Ren was somewhat unconvinced.

Although he recognized Zhou Yu's talent, in Cao Ren's view, Cao Cao should let himself be the main general and Zhou Yu should be the deputy general to assist him.

Now Cao Cao made Zhou Yu the chief general and himself the deputy, which made Cao Ren very uncomfortable.

So, on this day, Cao Ren deliberately took leave and complained of illness and did not attend the military meeting.Zhou Yu knew very well the reason why Cao Ren took leave and did not come to the military meeting.

Therefore, Zhou Yu personally took Cao Cao's Yitian sword and the general talisman left by him to see Cao Ren.

Zhou Yu said to Cao Ren: "The affairs of Xuzhou today are all entrusted to someone by the Duke of Ming Dynasty, but Zhou Yu is young and weak, and he really can't bear the big responsibility."

"General Cao is the head of the clan generals and has won the hearts of the army. Now I present the sword seal and ask the general to lead the three armies. As long as the general can defeat Liu Bei and Tao Qian and avenge the Taigong, Zhou Yu's personal honor and disgrace will not matter. I sincerely ask the general to Get out of the mountain.”

Cao Ren admired Zhou Yu's selfless and upright attitude, and at the same time felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart.

Compared to Zhou Yu, he seems a little too narrow-minded.

No wonder he was entrusted with important affairs by Duke Ming at a young age.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about the heart is far beyond the reach of others.

Now that the enemy is in front of him, Zhou Yu can come to him with such integrity to invite him out of the mountain. Could it be that he has ignored the overall situation because of that little unwillingness and grievance?

At that moment, Cao Ren got up from the bed and held his hands towards Zhou Yu: "Ren is short-sighted and has no regard for the overall situation. I am very ashamed. Today Zhou Lang is here at a special time. If Ren Ruo shirks, I am really ashamed of being a general under the lord's command, and also of being Cao Cao." As a member of the clan, I will accompany Zhou Lang to Dazhai... From now on, if Zhou Lang gives orders, Ren Ding will obey them without hesitation."

Zhou Yu hastily stretched out his hand to ask Cao Ren to stand up.

"Mr. Zixiao is the number one general under Duke Ming's command. Zhou Yu is incapable of commanding and mobilizing the generals. He just obeyed the power urgently. I ask the general to be patient for a while. After defeating everyone in Xuzhou, Zhou Yu should ask for orders and return the military power to the general. And personally go to the general's mansion to plead guilty, to comfort the general's heart."

Zhou Yu's words made Cao Ren blush. He waved his hands repeatedly and said: "How can that be done? How can that be done? Hey, Zhou Lang, you must not underestimate me, Cao Ren. I am also a hero. How can I be so disregardful of the overall situation? Don't worry, there are Cao is here to support you, who dares to say no?"

It has to be said that Zhou Yu's methods are very clever.

When he first came to power, although he was appointed by Cao Cao, the generals might not obey him, but in the face of the great enemy, he didn't have time to appease the hearts of the generals one by one, so he could only appease the leader of the generals.

Cao Ren is the number one general in the Cao clan. As long as Zhou Yu can let Cao Ren help him with peace of mind, the others will have nothing to say. It can be downloaded.

Cao Cao also calculated this correctly at the time.

He also understood Cao Ren's character, so he assigned Cao Ren to Zhou Yu as a lieutenant with confidence.

Cao Cao knew that although Cao Ren felt uncomfortable for a while, with Zhou Yu's wisdom and Cao Ren's tolerance, they would definitely reconcile in the end.

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As for Yuan Shu and Cao Bao, after hearing that Cao Cao was ill and Zhou Yu became a general, they were so happy that they almost jumped up from where they were.

This Cao Cao was sick and retreated, and let a yellow-mouthed boy be the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Isn't this putting Cao Jun on a plate for his own side to handle?
After Cao Bao heard the news, he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone back to Tancheng, and delivered the letter to Tao Qian, asking Tao Qian to order the whole army to attack Cao Jun, defeat Zhou Yu, and take back Pengcheng and Xiapi.

Tao Qian has been an old lady all his life, but this time he also lost his sight.

From Tao Qian's point of view, Zhou Yu was indeed not an opponent worthy of awe. A mere kid, with Liu Bei, Yuan Shu, and Cao Bao, three mighty generals, couldn't he still be defeated?

Therefore, Tao Qian immediately wrote letters to Yuan Shu and Liu Bei respectively, asking them to switch from defense to attack, and attack Cao Jun together. In addition, he gave Cao Bao an order to lead the Danyang army to attack first, and go straight to Zhou Yu's battle. Know how powerful the Xuzhou Army is.

He wanted to make the beating Cao Jun hurt, so that Cao Cao would not dare to go north to invade Xuzhou easily in the future.

After the news was released, Tao Qian was so happy that he could not sleep from ear to ear. He only felt that this was the heaven's blessing in Xuzhou, so that his life in Xuzhou could be preserved.

This guy Cao Cao never gets sick early or late, but he got sick at this time. He is really sick.

Why not sick him to death?

Just when the offensive and defensive dislocation occurred in the war on the Xuzhou side, Liu Jian's sea fleet finally arrived in the East China Sea of ​​Xuzhou.

The person responsible for welcoming them at the temporary port in the East China Sea was Mi Fang, one of the Mi clan in the East China Sea.

Mi Fang was extremely surprised after meeting Liu Jian.

Although he had received news in advance that Hebei would indeed send reinforcements, he never expected that Liu Jian would be the one who came to assist this time.

General Fuyuan came in person, and Mi Fang did not make too much preparation beforehand, so she apologized to Liu Jian repeatedly.

Liu Jian didn't take it seriously, and immediately asked Mi Fang about the war.

However, Mi Fang was not an official after all and knew very little about the wartime situation in the south, and Liu Jian could not get any valuable information from him.

At this time, Mi Zhu was accompanying Tao Qian in Tancheng and could not come to see Liu Jian in person.

Therefore, Liu Jian only knew a little about the war in Xuzhou.

But in his opinion, there shouldn't be any questions to answer.

He asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prepare their soldiers and horses, take a short rest, and then decided to choose a day to go south to help Liu Bei secretly.

(End of this chapter)