Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

"The first thing is to use the old method, give full play to our cavalry advantage and plunder the Yan army's food routes!"

"Although the number of soldiers and horses in our army is not as good as that of the Yan army, the advantage in the number of cavalry has always been on our side."

"My 20,000 cavalry can go out in full force, go straight to the rear of the Yan army, and plunder his food routes day and night."

"No matter how strong Liu Bei's national power is, he is still not strong enough to be omnipotent."

"As long as we continue to plunder his food and grass, within two months, Liu Bei will be out of food and grass and will retreat without a fight!"

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"Yes, I almost forgot, I still have 20,000 cavalry!"

Cao Cao jumped up, with surprise on his face.

Since the Battle of Suiyang, although he has been defeated by Liu Bei several times, and even the states in Henan have fallen, he is now beaten to the doorstep by Liu Bei.

But the Wei cavalry troops, But he has never suffered a devastating blow.

The number of cavalry has always remained at about 20,000.

The number of soldiers and horses of the Yan army is only more than 6,000.

In other words, as long as he wants to plunder the Yan army's food road, Liu Bei There will be no way to stop it

"Well, just follow Wen Ruo's plan!"

"Immediately send out my great Wei cavalry to plunder the big-eared bandits’ food routes!"

Half of the clouds on Cao Cao's face had cleared, and he happily slapped the table and ordered.

Ma Chao, Wen Chou and other generals accepted the order with great enthusiasm.

"Wen Ruo, what is this second thing? Tell me quickly."

Cao Cao couldn't wait to ask.

At this time, Cao Cao's attitude had changed 180 degrees, and he looked like he was humbly asking for advice from Xun Yu.

Xun Yu walked up to the front of the hall and said unhurriedly:

"The second thing is to seek external forces to help us share the pressure from the Yan army."

"Looting the grain road can certainly force Liu Bei to retreat without a fight, but he still has to face the pressure from the Yan army in front of him."

"We must force Liu Bei to reduce his troops so that we can reduce the pressure on Yeguan. We will have enough confidence to survive until the Yan army retreats!"

Cao Cao's face turned a little darker, and he sighed:

"The big-eared thieves gathered nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses on the line between Tongguan and Wuguan."

"Our soldiers in Guanzhong can barely hold on to the two Guan cities, but they are completely unable to counterattack."

"If you want to force Liu Bei to deploy troops and horses to support the southern front, I'm afraid he can't do it. Xun

Yu smiled and said:

"The external force I mentioned is not our Guanzhong Legion."

Cao Cao was stunned, his eyes were blank, and he could not understand Xun Yu's meaning.

Xun Yu called Hu Wei, brought the map, and spread it in front of the palace.

Then he raised his hand and pointed:

"The external forces I mentioned were Gongsun Du and Liu Zhang!"

Cao Cao and the ministers looked shocked, and their eyes were all focused on the map.

"Gongsun Du was the dominant figure in Liaodong, and with tens of thousands of Liaodong cavalry under his command, he could be called the overlord of the region."

"The king can send eloquent people to Xiangping and encourage him to increase his troops by sea to Donglai County in order to capture the land of Qingxu, the big-eared thief."

"Qingxu is connected to Jizhou to the north, Yanyu to the west, and Yangzhou to the south. It is a critical place. Naturally, the big-eared thieves cannot afford to lose anything, so they can only send troops and horses to come back for reinforcements!"

Xun Yu pointed at the location of Liaodong and revealed his plan.

Cao Cao's eyes brightened and he kept nodding his head and said:

"Wen Ruo's words make sense. Although Gongsun Du is far away in Liaodong, Liaodong is just across the sea from Qingzhou. Gongsun Du also occupies the coastal counties of Donglai County."

"If he wants to send more troops to Qingzhou, he can send more troops to Donglai in less than two days by sea."

"Well, Gongsun Du is indeed an external force that can be relied upon."

At this time,

Cao Ang said again:

"The son heard that Gongsun Du had formed a good relationship with Liu Bei before, and the two sides had frequent maritime trade exchanges." (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"Liu Bei's war horses all came from Gongsun Du."

"Now is he willing to fall out with Liu Bei and fight each other?"

Cao Cao frowned and looked at Xun Yu

"When Gongsun Du formed a good relationship with Liu Bei, he just wanted to use Liu Bei to help him relieve Yuan Shao's pressure."

"Now that Yuan Shao is dead, Hebei belongs to the king."

"Given Liu Bei's ambition, if Hebei was owned by him, he would definitely send troops to Liaodong, threatening Gongsun Du's separatist rule in Liaodong."

"It’s impossible that Gongsun Du couldn’t understand this truth about lips dying and teeth falling cold."

"What's more, the king didn't ask Gongsun Du to fight to the death with Liu Bei. He just ordered him to increase his troops in Donglai to contain some of Liu Bei's troops."

"I thought that Gongsun Du would not refuse."

Cao Cao's worries disappeared, and his eyes turned to the direction of Yizhou, signaling Xun Yu to continue.

"~Now that all the princes in the world have been wiped out, the separatists are only Gongsun Du of Liaodong, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang of Shu."

"Zhang Lu only held one county in Hanzhong and could barely protect himself. He had no spare power to attack Liu Bei."

"Then besides Gongsun Du, it is Liu Zhang."

Xun Yu pointed to the east of Yizhou.

"Your Majesty, in the name of the imperial court, can send an eloquent envoy to Chengdu to explain to him the truth behind the death of lips and teeth."

"At the same time, the king can also send detailed troops to Yizhou to spread rumors that Liu Bei has secretly mobilized his army to go south to Jingzhou, preparing to march westward from Jiangling to capture Shu."

"Liu Zhang felt threatened, so he would strike first and send the Shu army eastward along the Yangtze River out of the Three Gorges to capture Jingzhou."

"Once Jingzhou is lost, half of the south of the Yangtze River will be unprotected. Liu Bei will not dare to sit idly by and ignore it. He will definitely send troops south to strengthen the defense of Jingzhou."

"In this way, Liu Bei (King Zhao)'s troops and horses on the front line of Yecheng will be weakened again!"

Cao Cao's eyes brightened, and the clouds on his face were gone at this moment.

"Wen Ruo's words make sense. Liu Zhang is a powerful man in Shu. It is said that he has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command!"

"If he were willing to send troops to Jingzhou, he would be able to contain Liu Bei's troops, which would probably be greater than Gongsun Du's."

"Well, this thief can be used by me!"

Xun Yu withdrew his eyes from the map and raised his hand to Cao Cao:

"Gongsun Du and Xun Yu can mobilize at least 70,000 to 80,000 Liu Bei's troops."

"With this calculation, Liu Bei's available troops to attack our city of Ye will be reduced to about 170,000."

"This number is only twice that of our army."

"I believe that your majesty’s majestic strategy and the dedication of our soldiers will be enough to sustain us until our cavalry cuts off Liu Bei’s food routes and forces him to retreat!".