Chapter 311 Cao Cao's Last Chance

"Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong, under the guise of Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, deceived Jimo City. The Fubo Army has occupied Jimo. The two led Jimo's descendants to attack Jiaodong County!"

"Let them do what they want."

Chu Tian retreated to Juxian County, the government seat of Beihai Kingdom. Hearing Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong's actions, he couldn't help but be surprised by their performance.

Xu Sheng's power in Chutian was considered a second-rate general, while Zheng Zhilong was a first-rate general at sea, but only a second- and third-rate general on land. The two of them cooperated, and they were able to attack the city and pull out the village on land.

After Zhao Gongzi fled to the state of Qi, there were only a small number of defenders left in Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County, and the Fubo Army could pacify the counties.

At present, Fubo Legion has no other combat targets. It is not bad to let Xu Sheng and Zheng Zhilong fight in Qingzhou and experience Fubo Legion.

Chutian prepared two things in Beihai Kingdom. One is to send people to guard Beihai Kingdom, and to spy on the remaining four counties of Qingzhou at any time. Second, they captured Yingling County, which Taishi Ci had been defending, and captured Taishi Ci.

After preparing for two things, Chutian can return to Xiacheng to farm.

Chu Tian just wanted to farm well in Xuzhou, but the restless princes around him came to provoke them one by one. Chu Tian was also very helpless about this.

Linzi in Qingzhou has Tiandan defending the city, and it takes a long time to capture the city defended by Tiandan.

"The reason why Zhao Gongzi and Tian Qi joined forces is because the lord is aggressive, and their lips and teeth are cold. If the lord stops the offensive, maybe they will fight against each other."

It was not Fang Xuanling who persuaded Chu Tian this time, but Lu Su.

After he knew that Chutian was easy to get along with, he began to put forward his own opinions. Although Lu Su was still very immature compared to Fang Xuanling, who had already turned into an old fritter, he was a plastic talent after all.

"That's what I meant. I ordered Le Yi to quickly capture Yingling County and govern Beihai Country. Fang Xuanling, you are responsible for recruiting all the township braves in the counties of Beihai Country, and use 200,000 township braves to completely fill Yingling County."

The world of Chu was cruel.

Taishi Ci was unwilling to surrender the city, so he used the crowd tactics commonly used by the Yellow Turbans to forcibly capture Yingling County.

Taishi Ci cannot be made a nail for Beihai Kingdom, otherwise Beihai Kingdom will not be able to stabilize and develop, and it will also hold back the military strength of a main army in Chutian.

Many counties in Beihai Kingdom looked down on the wind. Fang Xuanling recruited 20,000 to 40,000 villagers from each county and gathered in Yingling County.

The Leyi Legion has ordered craftsmen to build hundreds of trebuchets during this period, bombard the camp with stones every day, and destroy fortifications such as arrow towers and city gate towers.

Taishi Ci defended the city himself, using his longbow to shoot down the enemies who were trying to get close to the city wall.

Le Yi observed Yingling City for days, and basically figured out Taishi Ci's defense.

When it comes to commanding soldiers and horses and attacking and defending cities, Taishi Ci is still a lot worse than Le Yi.

"The lord has issued an order to recruit 200,000 people to come, and ask the general to capture the Yingling within a month, and capture the general Taishi Ci alive."

Chutian sent Zhao Yun, who was more powerful, to serve as Le Yi's escort to assist Le Yi in conquering Yingling.

Le Yi said: "If 200,000 people are in place, within 15 days, the city can be taken. As for Taishi Ci's life and death, there is no guarantee."

In Taishan County, Li Guang, the prefect, and Du Ruhui, the military advisor, led the temporarily formed Taishan Corps to attack Jinan.

The Taishan Corps is not the main army, but a defensive army, similar to the Langya defensive army of Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

Mi Fang's East China Sea Defense Corps.

Du Ruhui rectified the original descendants of Taishan County, and temporarily formed the Taishan Corps according to Chutian's order. There are a total of 40,000 people, which is the largest local army.

The defensive corps can be used to aggressively attack, and offense is the best defense.

Li Guang led the Taishan Corps to invade Jinan, and went straight to Dongpingling, the seat of Jinan's government.

The powerful assault of the Chutian forces caught the Qingzhou Prefect by surprise.

It was hard for him to imagine that the Xuzhou Army was fighting on multiple fronts!

The Xuzhou Legion was like a few greedy pythons, entangling and strangling the Qingzhou Legion.

The Qingzhou Prefect dispatched Tian Dan, the most powerful general under his command, to successfully block the Xuzhou Army in Qi, but the Taishan Army began to attack Jinan, causing the Qingzhou Prefect to have a headache.

"You go to Jinan to support."

The prefect of Qingzhou once again dispatched troops from Pingyuan County to support Jinan.

He sent almost all the elite soldiers under his command to block Xuzhou Mu's attack.

There were only four prefectures left between Qingzhou Inspector and Zhao Gongzi, while Chutian had the strength of eight prefectures.

He can only adopt the same tactics as Zhao Gongzi, fortify the wall and clear the field, waiting for the situation to change.

Sometimes after a long delay, no one knows what will happen. For example, if Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou overindulged and died, the Xuzhou army's offensive against Qingzhou would naturally collapse.

As soon as Li Guang's Taishan Corps entered Jinan, the defenders from all over Jinan immediately fled to Dongping Mausoleum and joined the defenders of Dongping Mausoleum.

"Flying General Li Guang attacked Jinan!"

"Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou captures Beihai Kingdom!"

"Confucius, Xiang Rong of Beihai, seeks to capture Xuzhou Mu Chuzi alive!"

As the most powerful prince in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xuzhou Mu's actions have attracted the attention of various princes, and each prince is very concerned about the development of Chutian.

Of course, they are not caring with good intentions, but they can't wait to get up the next day, and Chutian can disappear out of thin air.

Now Chutian's territory has changed from five counties of Xuzhou to eight counties, and it has become the largest prince south of the Yellow River.

The surrounding princes were suppressed by Chu Tian, ​​and none of them improved.

Zhao Gongzi was beaten to the point that there was only one state of Qi left. Tian Ji, the governor of Qingzhou, lost 30,000 elite soldiers. Yuan Shu was defeated and vomited blood. The governor of Taishan County fled, and the governor of Jiujiang County was killed by his subordinate Hou Jing. struggle……

"Wenruo, Gongda, the situation is not favorable for me now, how can I suppress Xuzhou Chu Zimou?"

Cao Cao found Xun You and Xun Yu and was very worried.

Chutian suppressed the surrounding princes. At present, the only princes around who could resist are Tian Qi, the prefect of Qingzhou, and Cao Cao, the prefect of Yanzhou.

Even though Xun You and Xun Yu were the masterminds and the talents of Wang Zuo, they were silent in the face of the absolute gap in national power.

There are eight prefectures in Chutian and two in Gongziwen, making a total of ten prefectures.

Cao Cao had only three counties.

As Wang Zuo, Xun You has a huge bonus to the territory, but Chutian also has a Li Kui, who can bring a bonus to grain production every year, and has a large number of civil servants to govern. Therefore, the development speed of Xuzhou is faster than that of Yanzhou. .

"Even the two are helpless..."

Cao Cao's throat was dry.

If Xun You and Xun Yu both had nothing to do with Chu Zi, Cao Cao would not be able to support him alone.

The current Cao Cao took refuge in Yuan Shao on the surface, but in fact he could not get Yuan Shao's effective support. The reason is simple, Yuan Shao is trying to expel Liu Bei's forces from Julu County and has no time to distract himself.

Unless Yuan Shao eliminates Liu Bei, it is possible to support Cao Cao.

This may be the worst Cao Cao in history. When his opponent has eight counties, he has only three counties.

Finally, Xun You, the mastermind, couldn't stand it any longer: "My subordinates mentioned this matter with a few foreigners, and asked the foreigners for a solution to the situation. Some foreigners thought that they could annex Yuan Gonggong's troops, occupy Yuzhou, and Yuzhou and Yanzhou are the territory, and they can compete with Chu Zimou. This may be the last chance for the lord. Once you continue to make Chu Zimou bigger, there will be no good opportunities. "

When Cao Cao heard Xun You's words, his eyes gradually became brighter.

Yuan Shukong had a huge territory, but he was mediocre and inactive. He was beaten to the core by 10,000 people from Yang Ye, and was taught a good lesson by Chutian in Pengcheng. Cao Cao was dissatisfied with him.

"But, Inhumans will support me?"

Cao Cao sat on the ground and discussed the general situation with Xun You and Xun Yu.

This may be one of the few opportunities for their power.

Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, the four major states, represent Chutian, Tian Qi, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu. Among them, Chutian forcibly occupied Taishan County in Yanzhou, Beihaiguo and Donglai County in Qingzhou, equivalent to occupying 1.5 prefectures.

If Chutian's sphere of influence exceeds two prefectures, Cao Cao will have almost no chance of making a comeback.

Xun You analyzed Cao Cao: "Because of the reputation of the lord, there are a lot of responses among the aliens. Yuan Shu has a group of alien lords with strength and ambition. Seeing that Yuan Shu cannot defeat Chu Zimou, they will be willing to assist the lord to defeat Chu Zimou, and then Fishing in troubled waters, taking advantage of the situation to rise."

"I'm not boasting, I am indeed quite famous among the aliens."

Cao Cao did not know why he was sought after by a large number of aliens. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, foreigners who came to visit Cao Cao every day could step on Cao Cao's threshold.

If not for the rise of a Chu Zimou in Xuzhou, Cao Cao, who has a large number of foreigners, may have unified the four states south of the Yellow River, ready to go north to attack Yuan Shao.

Chutian's reputation has also made a group of aliens take refuge, and the rest who are unwilling to take refuge in Chutian are all ambitious alien lords. Or, they are still reluctant to be above the ten thousand people in their own power.

Xun You said: "That's it. The lord replaced Yuan Gonggong and became a lord across Yanzhou and Yuzhou. He promised that the alien lords of Yuzhou would split the earth and seal the feudal lords. Mu Chuzimou is very powerful, why did the alien lords of Yuzhou not rely on Chu Zimou, but Yuan Gonggong? It's just that they are unwilling to give up their existing power, status, and have the ambition to compete in the Central Plains. The lord can use his ambition... …”

"The lord, Wen Ruo and Gongda discuss important matters, why not call the subordinates? Perhaps, the subordinates have the ability to relieve the lord."

The advisor Cheng Yu interrupted the conversation between Xun You and Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu officially served for Cao Cao after Cao Cao was appointed as the prefect of Yanzhou by the old Qin Beibao Emperor.

Cao Cao's talents have been increasing, but Cao Cao's forces have been maliciously targeted by Chu Tian, ​​making it seem that Cao Cao has not developed.

When Cao Cao saw Cheng Yu's arrival, he heard Cheng Yu's tone, it seemed that he could break the deadlock for Cao Cao's forces, and he couldn't help being overjoyed: "If Zhongde has a trick, he can tell it quickly."

Cheng Yu sat in a precarious position: "As Gongda said, the only way to defeat Chu Zimou is to annex Yuzhou and combine the strengths of Yan and Yuzhou."

Xun You's vision was accurate, Cao Cao thought that Cheng Yu had other countermeasures, but he repeated Xun You's strategy, and he was a little disappointed.

"However, the alien lord of Runan County in Yuzhou said that Tang sent a disciple to ask his subordinates to introduce him to the lord. His words were sincere, and his subordinates thought they could unite with him."

This time Cheng Yu's words completely moved Cao Cao.

Xun You just proposed a plan, and the alien lord of Yuzhou has already come to the door.

"There are three people who can use it. First, the prefect of Runan said that Tang, he has military generals and courage. Second, Hou Jing of Shouchun City, he has ambitions. Third, the prefect of Jiyin County, son Wen..."

"Why is there a son-in-law?"

Cao Cao hated his son Wen deeply. If it wasn't for Gongziwen, he would have unified Yanzhou and attacked Xuzhou.

Cheng Yu shook his head: "Why are you fighting with us? It's nothing more than a fight for Yanzhou. Now that Chu Zimou's power is getting bigger and bigger, Gongziwen's power has only expanded from one county to two. If the lord After being defeated by Chu Zimou, the two prefectures of Gongziwen will also become the possession of Chu Zimou. If Gongziwen wants not to be annexed, he can only choose to join forces with us. Please put down your hatred with Gongziwen and join hands with us. Defeat Chu Zimou, and then decide the winner with Young Master Wen."

"It makes sense..."

Cao Cao was already in a panic and went to the doctor, and he wanted to join forces with Gongziwen to attack Chutian.

"Send someone to contact Hou Jing and Gongziwen secretly. In addition, please ask the prefect of Runan to say that the envoy of the Tang Dynasty will come to see me."

Cao Cao finally approved Cheng Yu's proposal.

The prefect of Runan said that Tang secretly joined forces with Cao Cao. This matter is relatively secret and unknown.

Yuan Shu has been abandoned, and Yuan Shu has no value for use either for Cao Cao or the rising prefect of Runan.

The prefect of Runan communicated with Cheng Yu, and then told Cao Cao, in order to hide from the sight of the alien spies who had been placed beside Cao Cao by Chu Tian.

Chutian has not yet noticed that Cao Cao is in the final struggle.

Chutian defeated the princes around Cao Cao, in order to destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop, and drove Cao Cao's army to the Yellow River for complete annihilation.

Jiyin County, Dingtao, as a prince who is neither too big nor too small, Gong Ziwen's situation is quite embarrassing - he is caught between the forces of Chutian and Cao Cao.

If he can defeat Cao Cao and occupy Yanzhou before Chutian develops, he can become a great prince. But after Chutian developed, he still did not improve, and the situation was quite embarrassing.

He received a letter from Cao Cao sent secretly, and Cao Cao wanted to persuade him to betray his alliance with Chutian and join Yuan Shao's camp.

"Cao Cao has three prefectures, I have two prefectures, and Qingzhou there are four other prefectures, a total of nine prefectures. Yuzhou and Yanzhou's other prefectures are occupied by various lords... Cao Cao wants the Jedi To fight back, do you want to cooperate with Cao Cao? If Chu Zimou is defeated, it is estimated that Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou will be reshuffled. The lords of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou should be eager to reshuffle the four states. It is possible to replace Chu Zimou's position, because apart from Chu Zimou, no second prince has an absolute advantage..."

Gongzi Wen put his hands behind his back and looked in the direction of Langya Country of Xuzhou, his eyes changing uncertainly.

Cao Cao's proposal to unite the lords of the three states, defeat Chu Zimou, and reshuffle the cards will undoubtedly have a certain temptation for Gong Ziwen who wants to compete in the Central Plains.