Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 161 Waiting for the Opportunity
After Guo Jia and Xun You came to Cao Cao's residence, they heard what had happened.Guo Jia was overjoyed immediately, and said, "My lord, this is a good opportunity!"

"What good opportunity?" Cao Cao asked

"Use the Son of Heaven to command the feudal lords!" Guo Jia replied.

"Feng Xiao, I also know, but there are Lu Bu and Wang Yun in Chang'an City, they are a big trouble!" Cao Cao said.

"My lord, this matter is easy to say. Let's first agree to send troops to the court. Now that Hu Chi'er has offered Hangu Pass, the lord will directly take over Hangu Pass. This is also an explanation to the court and the world, and it will also have a great reputation for the lord. s help."

Guo Jia cleared his throat, and then said: "If we occupy Hangu Pass, Li Ru and Niu Fu will have no source of food and grass. So they have only two ways, one is to attack Chang'an by force, and the other is to retreat to Wuguan and join Zhang Xiu, Li Ru is full of tricks and will definitely not attack Chang'an by force, so he will definitely go to Wuguan to find Zhang Xiu, then we only need to set up an ambush all the way, and we can wipe out Li Ru and Niu Fu." Guo Jia cleared his throat and continued.

"The siege of Chang'an is over, so aren't we taking advantage of that old man Wang Yun for nothing? And what about Li Jue and Guo Si?" Cao Cao asked.

"My lord, don't worry. There are few soldiers in Chang'an City, but Li Jue and Guo Si have more soldiers. If there is a direct conflict, Lu Bu will not be the opponent of Li Jue and Guo Si. So if I were Lu Bu, I would definitely stick to it!" Guo Jiana said. He took out a map, pointed it to Cao Cao, and said, "My lord, look, according to the size of Chang'an, there is no way for Lu Bu's 1 soldiers and horses to cover all sides. Chang'an, Chang'an will definitely not be guaranteed, so if I were Lu Bu, I would definitely abandon Chang'an and guard Chencang!"

"Chencang is the only way for Liangzhou to go to Chang'an, and it is much easier to defend Chencang. I believe that if Lu Bu has enough food and grass to give 1 people, it will be enough to resist Li Jue and Guo Si's army! At that time, Chang'an City will be short-staffed and the defense will be empty. Our army We can take Chang'an, Wang Yun has no soldiers or generals, and we can't cause any big storms, so we can take the emperor to command the princes!"

"What Feng Xiao said is, that's good, let's do what Feng Xiao said!"

At this time, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others came in from the outside.Cao Cao arranged for Cao Ren and Le Jin to take over Hangu Pass. After the arrangements were made, Cao Hong was left alone.

"Brother, what do you want from me?" Cao Hong saw that he and Cao Cao were the two of them now, so he didn't call the lord, but directly referred to Cao Cao's brother.

"Zi Lian (Cao Hong's nickname), now he has a small fortune as a brother, but his father and Ade are still in Hua County. I want to bring them to Luoyang." Cao Cao said.Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao's father and brother have been in Hua County.

"What my brother said is that I will leave this matter to my younger brother. I will immediately find someone to go to Hua County to inform my uncle!" Cao Hong said.

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Zhang De was flipping through the books he brought back from Ghost Valley.Zhang De needed time to digest the things he brought back this time, and now Zhang De is flipping through a copy of "The Story of Qiao Wu" compiled by Nanhua.

"Qiaowu Shuo" mainly records the production methods of some siege equipment.Nanhua sorted out the siege weapons for hundreds of years, selected the incisive ones, and then added some improvements of his own, which were all recorded in it.

Many things in this "Qiaowu Shuo" are very useful to Zhang Dehuan, but it is very complicated to make, and most of the siege equipment is very large and inconvenient to transport.If it is a plain area, it is okay, but if it encounters a mountain road, it will be more difficult to transport.

But some things inside still caught Zhang De's attention, one of which was the large crossbow for one person.This kind of crossbow is about half the size of a person, and it needs hands and feet to pull it apart, but it has a long range and penetrates walls, which is much better than bows and arrows.

It is recorded in the book that the Qin State used this kind of crossbow to form a crossbow formation, and it was very powerful, and it was exactly this kind of crossbow.But with the passage of time, this practice gradually lost.Nanhua didn't know where to find this gun, and then added some improvements to make the crossbow itself lighter, so it is more convenient to use.

The soldiers of the crossbow array don't need to aim much when shooting, they just need to shoot upwards, so for ordinary soldiers, they will shoot after a few practice, so the idea of ​​building a crossbow array emerged in Zhang De's mind.

So Zhang De immediately sent Wu Anguo to give him the design drawing of the big crossbow, let Wu Anguo's iron workshop make it, and strictly ordered Wu Anguo not to leak the production blueprint.

Regarding Wu Anguo, Zhang De is still at ease. After all, Wu Anguo has lived in Qingzhou for generations, and the blacksmiths in Wu'an Tiefang are all old people who have followed Wu'an's family for many years, and many people have worked as blacksmiths in Wu'an Tiefang for three generations, so De is not afraid that Wu'an blacksmith will leak the blueprint of the crossbow.

"My lord, here is Tao Qian's information you want." Chen Gong handed Zhang De a document.

Zhang De opened the document and read it over.I found nothing special, and in Zhang De's view, it was ordinary.It's a normal process of promoting Xiaolian, worshiping Shang Shulang, granting Shuling, moving to Youzhou governor, enlisting Yilang and so on.

At this time, Chen Gong said: "My lord, I thought it was not the right time to march into Xuzhou!"

"Why?" Zhang De asked.

Chen Gong took out a map, put it in front of Zhang De, and said, "Please look, my lord. Now the biggest princes around us are Yuan Shao from Bohai Sea and Tao Qian from Xuzhou. Xuzhou has enough money and food, and Tao Qian also has many people under his command. And there are [-] Danyang elite soldiers, if we attack by force, even if we take Xuzhou, it will hurt our vitality, and Yuan Shao is still eyeing Bohai County, if we send troops to Xuzhou now, if Yuan Shao attacks us, I am afraid the loss will not be worth the loss!"

Zhang De nodded after listening, what Chen Gong said made a lot of sense.Yuan Shao in Bohai has always been at odds with him. Since the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao's reputation has reached a new height.These days, Yuan Shao has been staying in Nanpi City, and Zhang De has successfully won Qingzhou, Yuan Shao has not expressed any dissatisfaction, but Zhang De knows that Yuan Shao has been holding back, it is hard to say whether he will be in his own When attacking Xuzhou, come behind yourself for a while.

Thinking of this, Zhang De asked: "Then sir, do you think it's the right time?"

Chen Gong had already made up his mind, so he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "My lord, according to my opinion, Yuan Shao will deal with Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, soon. Han Fu is originally from the Yuan family, so Yuan Shao only needs to Sending an eloquent man who understands reason and empathy will definitely make Han Fu surrender willingly. At that time, Yuan Shao will be unable to take care of us, and it is a good time for us to attack Xuzhou!"

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