I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 765: The general trend of the world has been decided
Guan Yu, Liu Bei and others indeed achieved a great victory in Huainan!
Cao Cao has many heroes who accompanied him to Huainan from Qiao County and the Central Plains. In addition, he has also recruited many heroes in Jiangdong and Jianghuai over the years. Therefore, in terms of the configuration of generals, Cao Cao, Guan Yu and others are inferior. They are evenly matched, and it can even be said that Cao Cao is even better than his opponent in terms of overall general quality.

But the problem is that Guan Yu and Liu Bei's troops are stronger than Cao Cao in many aspects.

First of all, don't talk about anything else, just the horses, equipment, and the combat power of the soldiers. These most basic things are incomparable to Cao Cao.

The Liaodong warriors led by Guan Yu are riding the most majestic war horses in the north or on the grasslands. These war horses are tall and good at running. Once they charge, the soldiers from Huainan and Jiangdong will be useless in front of them!

Cao Cao has raised tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Yangzhou over the years, but most of these elite soldiers are infantry, and the number of horse troops does not exceed 5,000.

The five thousand cavalrymen in Jiangdong may sound like a lot, but those who can actually charge on the plain battlefield are no more than two thousand at most. The remaining three thousand horses are all made up of high-quality horses from Jiangnan.

Koto's horses have less stamina, less body shape, and are not very fast when running. They lack endurance, and are not very powerful. They can easily be surrounded by infantry.

It can be said that the southern war horses and northern war horses of this era are two different species!

In terms of armor, the place that produced the most iron in the Han Dynasty and had the highest smelting technology was Hebei controlled by Liu Jian!
Every year, Hebei provides countless weapons and armors to Liu Jian's army, arming Liu Jian's army into a terrifying steel division!

When Liu Bei first became the Mud of Xuzhou, the armor coverage rate of his newly established Xuzhou Army in Xuzhou was not that high. At that time, the combat effectiveness of Liu Bei's army in Xuzhou was almost the same as that of Cao Cao's side. The two sides have always been evenly matched. Next, Pi State and Guangling State restrained each other, and neither could take a step beyond the other.

The starting line is different!

When he launched a sneak attack on Liu Beijun, he immediately encountered a powerful counterattack from Liu Beijun.

After Liu Bei and Guan Yu joined forces, the number of their armies first surpassed Cao's army. In addition, the overall quality and equipment of the sergeants were far better than Cao's army, which made the gap in their strength wider and wider.

There is no way around this, as the resources and supplements available to both parties are not even the slightest bit different.

Over the course of several years, this resulted in Liu Bei's army becoming stronger and stronger than Cao's army in terms of equipment and hard power, and the gap between the two armies getting wider and wider.

Zhou Yu and Cao Cao were one in Shouchun and the other in Yinling. The two commanders initially planned to use the power of their horns to support each other in order to achieve an invincible position.

Zhou Yu's idea was quite beautiful, but the problem was that he didn't expect that Liu Bei's conspiracy was far beyond his imagination.

And under Liu Bei and Guan Yu, there are also outstanding figures such as Lu Su, Zhuge Liang, and Chen Deng!
There are also Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Tai Shi Ci and Xu Sheng!

Although Cao Jun also had many talents, he was unable to gain the upper hand when faced with such luxurious configurations.

First of all, Liu Bei and Guan Yu are now the top generals of the Han Dynasty. Both of them are proficient in military use and good at fighting. Compared with them at the same time in history, they are much stronger!

At the beginning, Cao Cao's army and Guan Yu's army clashed in Huainan. The main battlefields of both sides were Shouchun and Yinling. Cao Cao's army on the plain had no ability to resist except when facing Guan Yu's cavalry. In the remaining local battles Among them, they are all able to fight Guan Yu, and even rely on the strategies of Cao Cao and Zhou Yu to defeat Guan Yu at certain times!
Later, when the Xuzhou army rushed to the battlefield, the pressure on Cao Jun suddenly increased a lot!

But the problem is, Guan Yu and Liu Bei also acted separately!
Guan Yu still led a heavy army to attack Cao Cao, with Lu Su beside him to assist him.

On the surface, they are evenly matched, but in fact, with the iron weapons, war horses, strong soldiers and outstanding talents from the north entering Xuzhou, Liu Bei's strength is growing day by day. His hard power in all aspects is increasing every year. They are all one level higher than Cao Jun.

As an important figure in the Xuzhou Army, Chen Deng is not a vegetarian.

After Liu Bei and Guan Yu made peace, their talent allocation was no less than that of Cao Cao.

When Liu Bei came to Yin Ling, Zhou Yu huddled all his troops inside Yin Ling!
He wanted to take advantage of Liu Bei's troops and horses, which had just arrived at Yinling, and attack him before his footing was stable!
Zhou Yu speculated that when Liu Bei led a large army to Yinling, he would definitely feel that his troops were so powerful that he did not dare to move out easily and focused on holding on. In this way, when the opponent's foothold was not stable, we could give them a decisive blow.

But in fact, Zhou Yu thought about things wrong.

Liu Bei led two heroes, Zhuge Liang and Chen Deng, to deal with Zhou Yu in Yinling.

Liu Beibing was indeed very skilled, and Zhou Yu knew this very well.

And one of the wise generals Liu Bei relies on in Xuzhou now is Chen Deng!

However, Zhou Yu is confident that he is definitely better than Liu Bei in designing strategies!
If you can't beat him head-on, take a roundabout way!
I don’t believe you Liu Xuande didn’t take the bait.

In history, he once supported Liu Bei and helped Liu Bei in his attempt to capture Lu Bu. When he was the governor of Guangling, he defeated Sun Quan in one fell swoop.

It can be said that in terms of military affairs, Chen Deng is quite talented.

At least he can torture Sun Shiwan!

This time, Zhou Yu's design did not escape the eyes of Chen Deng. Chen Deng advised Liu Bei and revealed Zhou Yu's deceitful plan, and then Liu Bei made sound arrangements!
After this battle, Zhou Yu not only failed to destroy Liu Bei's morale, but actually allowed Liu Bei to destroy his own morale.

On Liu Bei's side, morale was high because they won a battle. This incident made Zhou Yu feel depressed, but he still felt that it was due to his impatience that he had underestimated Liu Bei.

So Zhou Yu began to redesign.

Zhou Yu thought about all kinds of methods including luring the enemy, arrogant soldiers, ambushes, and alienating each other, and implemented many of them, but in the end, all of them were cracked by the opponent one by one.

Zhou Yu never expected that Liu Bei would be so difficult to deal with! ?

It’s just that the opponent is powerful in using troops, but he is actually so proficient in deceit?
But Zhou Yu really didn't know that Liu Bei now had not only Chen Deng but also Zhuge Liang!

These two people are a perfect match, no matter how clever Zhou Yu comes up with, they can still be solved by the two of them.

The same goes for Guan Yu.

As Lu Su, who was in command of Liu Bei's army in Xuzhou, his literary and military skills were among the best in the world, but compared to other generals, Lu Su's experience was not that rich.

But this time he was very lucky. He got personal guidance from Guan Yu, and it can be said that he made great progress.

Who is Guan Yunchang? Across the borders of the North, he was the number one general of the Han Dynasty, and many foreign races were wiped out in his hands.

Under the influence of Guan Yunchang, many foreigners bowed their arrogant heads to the Han Dynasty.

It can be said that Guan Yu in Saibei spent almost 360 of the 365 days a year studying how to fight.

It can be said that his military experience is much richer than that of anyone in the Han Dynasty.

Guan Yu and Lu Su complement each other, so this battle is about to begin.

No matter how many methods Cao Cao and his chief military advisor Xi Zhicai used, how they changed their strategies, and how they exhausted all means, they could not change the situation when they fought against Guan Yu, Lu Su and others.

And Xi Zhicai also had several battles with Guan Yu and Lu Su. Because he couldn't detect the weaknesses of the other party, he felt very depressed. He couldn't sleep all day and night, and finally he was infected with the cold. Shouchun couldn't afford to fall ill.

After Cao Cao learned about Xi Zhicai's situation, he hurriedly went to check on him personally.

Just as the saying goes that illness comes like a mountain, Xi Zhicai was lying on the bed at this time, breathing heavily.

Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai, who looked sick, with a very sad expression on his face.

"Zhicai, you were fine a few days ago, why did you suddenly become like this?"

Xi Zhicai lay on the bed and shook his head at Cao Cao with a wry smile.

"My lord... I'm afraid the world's general situation has already been decided."

Xi Zhicai has always been a relatively calm person.

It can be said that it is not easy for him to say such things to Cao Cao.

After hearing what Xi Zhicai said, Cao Cao couldn't help but show a look of helplessness on his face.

"Zhicai, why are you talking about this now?"

Xi Zhicai said: "My lord, we have made things a little too simple."

"We thought that as long as we guard the south of the Yangtze River, separate the southeast, and then unite with the Yuan family, we can form a tripartite force with Liu Jian."

"But it turns out that Liu Jian has surpassed those of us in the south too much."

"My lord, just the two troops of Liu Bei and Guan Yu have already overwhelmed us."

"If Liu Jian wipes out Yuan Shao or any of Yuan's legacy."

"The only thing waiting for us is destruction."

(End of this chapter)