Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1034 It’s hard to predict
The current situation is that the three parties have their own thoughts and plots against each other. The counselors in the game are all the best smart people in the world. They can all roughly calculate what the other party has calculated, so they are all trapped in mutual suspicion.

These are the variables of a three-party game. Compared to a two-party game, the possible variables are several times greater.

However, the balance of power between the three parties is not balanced. At this point, Jiangdong is at a disadvantage.

First, they lost the battle and there were not many paths to choose from. Now they can only protect themselves, which is far inferior to Cao Jun and Yuan Xi who have several paths of advance and retreat to choose from.

The most important thing is that because of Sun Quan's vision and determination, Jiangdong's situation was inferior to the other two parties from the beginning. Sun Quan's purpose was just to try to occupy Jianghuai and then plot the world. This caused his counselors to only Choose a strategy within a limited range. For example, the attack on Hefei this time is focused on fighting for Shouchun.

The counselors of Cao Cao and Yuan Xi were different. They knew clearly that their lords wanted to dominate the world, so their strategies had already jumped out of Jingzhou and even the Jianghuai area. So when the situation changed after the War, they quickly turned their goals. The whole territory of Jiangdong.

In this comparison of advantages and disadvantages, in fact, what Zhou Yu did was the best he could do on the platform of Jiangdong. However, no matter how well he calculated before going to the battlefield, if he could not win the battle, everything would be in vain.

The reason why Yuan Xi was able to move around and win under the double attack of Cao Jun and Jiangdong Army was not only because of the concerted efforts of his advisers and generals, but also because Yuan Xi grasped the most critical factor.

That is, the attitude towards Jiangdong.

He is not adding, but subtracting. Before the war, no one would have thought that he would choose not to join forces with Jiangdong, but would turn against Jiangdong extremely decisively.

Lu Xun was silent for a while and said, "But it's hard to say what will happen in the future."

Yuan Xi's actions caused Jiang Dong to misjudge the situation and join forces with Cao Cao to attack Shouchun. At this time, Yuan Xi made Jiang Dong make a second mistake, that is, to give up the confrontation with the more threatening Cao Cao and instead go to war with Jiang Dong with all his strength. .

The fact that Cao Cao's navy and Jiangdong's navy have joined forces also proves this point. Both sides have their own agendas, so that they now spend most of their energy on mutual defense, which instead gives Yuan Xifang greater space to exploit.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "So until now, there is only one ally recognized by the Lord, and that is Duke Xuande."

Zhuge Liang retracted his thoughts and calculated the time in his mind. Lu Xun had returned to Chaohu and even rushed to Shouchun's aid.

At that time, after Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun analyzed the situation, Lu Xun sighed: "If allies are unreliable and they have to join forces reluctantly, they are not as good as strangers."

But Lu Xun's words obviously lacked some political sensitivity, because anyone could say it, but as Liu Bei's son-in-law, Lu Xun was not suitable to say it. After all, as the lord, no one wanted his subordinates to become enemies at critical moments.

In fact, it stands to reason that if Lu Xun rushed from Chaohu to aid Shouchun, if he encountered Cao's army, it would definitely be an infantry battle. Lu Xun was actually inferior to Zhuge Liang in this regard.

"Both sides plan their own plans and do not interfere with each other. This is a model of equal cooperation."

The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.

Following a series of tricks and accidents on the battlefields of Chaohu and Hefei, Jiangdong collapsed so quickly that no one expected, and had to withdraw from the chess game early.

Although most of this battle was due to Yuan Xi's advisers and generals, it has to be said that Yuan Xi's choice from the beginning eliminated the variable of Jiangdong, who was on both sides of the fence and stabbed his allies in the back, and instead allowed strategic planning The direction becomes clear.

Although Zhuge Liang had also thought about it, he was surprised that Lu Xun actually talked about it openly. He also understood that Lu Xun was not very defensive about himself, so he said such words. He obviously regarded himself as a person he could trust.

Lu Xun also woke up immediately, glanced at Zhuge Liang gratefully, and said, "Xun understands what the military advisor said."

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "We subordinates have no right to discuss Boyan's doubts. How about we find an opportunity to have a good discussion with our lord?"

Zhuge Liang was driving hundreds of warships rapidly on the river. He couldn't help but think of what he had said to Lu Xun a few days ago.

Because it is based on the premise that Jiangdong is the enemy, it is easier to formulate a strategy than when Jiangdong is an ally, because allies are often the most vicious and hardest to stand up against when backstabbing.

Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows slightly. Lu Xun's meaning was obvious. This meant that with the political direction Liu Bei adhered to, he might not conflict with Yuan Xi or even become an enemy in the future.

Zhuge Liang led the navy to raid Wu County. To be fair, his naval warfare ability was inferior to that of Lu Xun. The reason why the two exchanged roles was because of the Lu family of Lu Xun's family.

If Lu Xun led troops to raid Wu County, the Jiangdong family might target the Lu family in groups, or even go on a killing spree, so Lu Xun was in a very difficult position.

So at this time Zhuge Liang took the initiative to stand up and put an end to this stall. Lu Xun naturally understood in his heart, so he was very grateful in his heart, so he had said such heart-to-heart words to Zhuge Liang before. Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although Lu Xun was born in Jiangdong, his mind was very simple and he didn't have so many twists and turns. This kind of person is suitable for battle, but not suitable for court. If he encounters treacherous disputes, he will inevitably have some problems. What a loss.

Especially because of his sensitive status, as Liu Bei's son-in-law, he will face an embarrassing situation sooner or later in the future.

Zhuge Liang actually cares a lot about Liu Bei. Liu Bei's performance in blocking Cao Cao in the past two years made Zhuge Liang realize Liu Bei's potential. He couldn't help but guess that Liu Bei was watching this battle from beginning to end and he didn't have other ideas?

Suddenly Zhuge Liang was startled and looked at the rolling river in silence.

He had previously devoted all his energy to considering the variables in the Jianghuai region. Dozens of variables in Chaohu, Hefei and Shouchun had already made him extremely tired, so he did not turn his attention to Xiangyang, which was far away. Now that the chaos was settled, Zhuge Liang set his sights again. Jingzhou suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked something.

Will Liu Bei miss this great opportunity?
Cao Cao was transferred... The Han River must be empty... Jingzhou to Yuzhou...
Zhuge Liang burst into laughter. Could it be that interesting changes are possible in Jingzhou?

If so, it seems that this side has missed an excellent opportunity to eliminate Cao Cao?
He immediately wrote a secret letter and asked the messenger to take a small boat and rush to Shouchun to report the news.

He looked at the messenger's ship disappearing into the distance, thinking that it might be too late, and he could only do his best to obey fate.

While Zhuge Liang's messenger was still on the way, Lu Xun had already arrived in Shouchun. When he returned to Chao Lake, he heard the news that Cao's army was approaching Shouchun, so he gathered his fleet and marched from the Feishui River in the north of Chao Lake into the Huai River. Then dock at Shouchun Pier.

Cao Jun arrived two days ago. He spent a day making siege weapons and was just about to prepare the city. He didn't expect Yuan Xi's fleet to return so quickly, so he had to retreat ten miles to camp.

It was only at this time that the news of the defeat of the Chaohu Navy in the Jiangdong Navy reached Cao Jun, which made Cao Jun feel at a loss.

This is the reason why the speed of information transmission in this era makes it impossible for several parties to make a complete judgment. Both Cao Cao and Yuan Xi have information that they do not have, which leads to the current situation.

Just like Yuan Xi did not get the information that Guan Yu was going to attack Xudu, he would not have thought that Cao Jun's attack on the city was just to support himself and to take a big gamble.

But Cao Jun didn't know how many troops Yuan Xi deployed in Shouchun.

Cao Cao urgently summoned his subordinates, and his face was extremely ugly, because he not only learned that the Jiangdong navy was defeated by Yuan Xi's navy, but also learned that Sun Quan's army attacking Hefei was defeated at the same time.

If this had happened in the past, Cao Cao would certainly have been very happy, because it meant that Sun Quan had withdrawn from the game of fighting for Jianghuai, and Shouchun was almost in Cao Cao's pocket.

But Cao Cao couldn't be happy now, because in his current situation, he probably wouldn't be able to survive Shouchun!
There was a fire in the backyard of Xudu, and Jiangdong was defeated. Yuan Xijun could no longer be restrained, and it was very likely that Yuan Xijun retained unexpected forces. Shouchun in front of him was probably a huge trap!

So as soon as Lu Xun's fleet came back, everyone, including Cao Cao, was panicking. At this time, Cao Xiu was yelling, "What is that bitch Sun Quan doing? Is there anyone who wants to fight like this?"

"He farted!"

Cao Xiu was naturally very depressed. He stole the show this time with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. He stayed up all day and night to raid Zhang He and Xu Huang, forcing him to retreat all the way back to Shouchun. Seeing that he had made a great contribution, the news came that what he had done previously Everything may have become meaningless because of Jiangdong Army's two major defeats!
Xia Houyuan also sighed: "The fierce tiger navy army came back too fast!"

"In this way, even if we capture Shouchun, we will not be able to control the Huai River and rush back to Xudu in time. What can we do?"

Xun You spoke up: "So far there has been no news about George's navy."

"I don't know if they escaped in time or were repelled together and lost men and horses."

"This is really unbelievable. I also thought that Jiangdong might be defeated, but I didn't expect that it would be defeated so quickly!"

"It stands to reason that if the two sides are in a stalemate, the fight will last for ten and a half months at the worst. Not to mention that the Jiangdong navy has the upper hand. How can it be said that they will be defeated in a day or two?"

Cao Cao thought to himself, "If you ask me, who should I ask?"

He was also yelling in his heart, Sun Quan, this piece of shit, did he grow up eating shit? He was so good at fighting, but he thought that if he went into battle in person, he must have two brushes, and this is the result?

Now that it's better, I don't know how much strength Yuan Xijun retained after defeating Sun Quan. If these soldiers are waiting for him in Shouchun, plus the escape route cut off by Guan Yu...
Cao Cao shuddered when he thought of this. He knew that he must make a decision immediately. If the situation develops for the worst, he will not be able to escape!

(End of this chapter)