Chapter 1138 Dormant
"That's why I need your support from Brother Meng De!"
Cao Cao let out a long sigh and suddenly felt that his future life would not be too boring.
The days of fighting the rich family are still long.
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"What? Is he Ma Ziyu crazy? He wants to be enemies with the world!" Xi Zhong widened his eyes, feeling that the world is going crazy.
Cao Ren and others were taken away by Ma Qiang with Cao Cao. During the evening break, Cao Cao explained Ma Qiang's previous financial and tax reform ideas.
"Ming Gong, this is a great opportunity!" Cao Chun looked around and said, "Ma Ziyu's use of this method will definitely be like Wang Mang's six-guard in the past, and eventually it will cause chaos in the world. Then it will be our opportunity!"
"Yes!" Cao Ren also became excited.
Although Ma Qiang saved Cao Hong, he would not kill him in the future at most.
Cao Cao looked at the glowing eyes of everyone and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Cao Ren also remembered that this place was among the Hebei army. He looked around carefully and whispered, "Meng De, we understand that now we are just like Taizu was enfeoffed in Hanzhong back then. We should be low-key and tolerant and wait for the opportunity!"
It would be fake to say that Cao Cao had no ambitions at all.
Ambition is like athlete's foot. As long as you give birth and want to disappear again, it will be difficult.
But the previous battle was too bad, and Cao Cao had already lost confidence even after losing.
"Zi Xiao, since you just mentioned Taizu, do you still remember how Taizu did it after entering Hanzhong?"
Cao Ren nodded and said, "Of course I remember that when Liu Hou offered a plan, he burned the plank road to make Xiang Yu lose his vigilance, so as to show that he had no intention of the world."
Cao Cao said, "So, from today on, you and I will be loyal to the general in front of others!
Since Ma Ziyu wants to reform, we will support him first.
It would be fine if he could really succeed in reforming and let the prosperous times of the past come true.
If he is another Wang Mang..."
Cao Ren, Xi Zhong and others nodded one after another.
Everything is indifferent.
The marching road was long, and four days passed in a blink of an eye.
In the past four days, news of Xiahou Yuan’s defeat came first.
Xiahou Yuan is worthy of being a clan general trusted by Cao Cao. He led thousands of remnants to defend for three days and three nights, and took the initiative to go down the mountain to attack Xu Huang's army at night. If Xu Huang hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been able to break through successfully.
But even so, Xiahou Yuan's final outcome was still defeated by fighting hard, losing an arm, and is now on the way to escort.
Then came the news from Xuzhou.
After receiving the warning, Zhang Fei immediately led his army south to support Xia Pi and Guangling. He fought fiercely with Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao in Xia Pi, and he still has no choice but to win or lose.
There is also Jingzhou. After Liu Biao learned that Liu Pan was defeated, he hurriedly transferred back to Wenpin, who went south to Jingnan. Later, he learned that Zhang Xiu had rushed to Nanyang. Liu Biao was not worried but happy, and felt that he had escaped and asked Wenpin to station troops in Xinye, hoping that Cao Cao and Liu Bei would have a good news.
Liu Biao never expected that the good newspaper was a good newspaper, but it was against the Hebei Army.
——Lumen Academy
"How is this possible? How is this possible?
Cao Cao has 100,000 elite soldiers. Not to mention humans, even 100,000 pigs would not worship so quickly?"
Pang Tong looked at the map in front of him and could not understand how Cao Cao was defeated.
Thanks to the radio station, the students of Lumen Academy also received news of Cao Cao's defeat at the first time.
Zhuge Liang and others also surrounded the map and discussed their conjectures about Cao Cao's defeat.
"The food is out of stock! The cavalry of the Hebei Army is sharp. I think it must have cut off the food and grass from the Cao army's rear. Without food, the more soldiers, the more troubles it will be."
"Water attack, you see, how close is Gaotang to the big river? It must be that the Hebei army dug up the big river, let the river water flow back into Gaotang, and then defeated Cao's army in one fell swoop!"
"I think it is fire attack. The essence of military strategy is that water and fire are ruthless. But Pingyuan County is where Ma Qiang started his career. Many local people are military families. How could they easily flood the fields?
I think it was the method of fire attack, so that we could defeat the enemy overnight!”
"Can it be a plague? It is said that there are remnants of moths in Hebei!"
"I think it may be the old story of Guangwu in the past, but a meteorite fell from the sky!"
Listening to the speculations of the people around him, Pang Tong thought that any one was possible, but it sounded nonsense.
He looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Sleepy, tell me, how did Ma Ziyu defeat Cao Mengde?"
"Me?" Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "I thought Ma Ziyu should be the 100,000 army of Cao Mengde, who was defeated from the front with a dignified army!"
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Everyone looked at Zhuge Liang in amazement, and then burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha! The upright teacher, the front... Kong Ming, you are so interesting~"
"The military strategy is consistent and the odds are won. Moreover, Ma Ziyu's troops are far fewer than Cao Mengde. This can win with a dignified and upright army. Kong Ming, do you underestimate Cao Mengde too much, right?"
But Pang Tong didn't think Zhuge Liang was talking nonsense.
In his opinion, since Zhuge Liang said this, there must be a reason for this.
"Kong Ming, why do you think Ma Ziyu won with a dignified and upright army?"
"Because it was said on the radio that Cao Cao led the soil and surrendered.
If it weren't for the victory with a dignified army, how could Cao Mengde surrender so happily?
Although I don’t know how Ma Ziyu won, I know that if he wins with a surprise weapon, Cao Mengde would never surrender.”
"Isn't Cao Mengde surrendering because he was caught by Ma Ziyu? What does it have to do with how to defeat him?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Because the reason why Cao Cao surrendered was not being arrested, but despair, and the despair that he could not defeat Ma Ziyu at all."
Everyone looked at each other, not believing in Zhuge Liang's judgment.
"Kong Ming, then what will happen in the world next?"
Zhuge Liang looked at Xuzhou and said, "Now the chess footage of this chess board in the world is in Xuzhou.
Ma Zi and Yu Whale swallowed more than ten counties of Yan, Yu, and Si. Even if they use Hebei’s savings, it will take some time to digest them.
As long as Liu Bei can withdraw his troops smoothly, the alliance of princes will not be completely defeated, and Liu Bei will become the banner to confront Ma Ziyu.
At that time, we will join forces with Jing, Yang, Yi, Jiao and fight decisively on the Yangtze River and Huai River, and the outcome is still unknown.
But if Liu Bei was also defeated, then the whole world would be a foregone conclusion.”
"Is Liu Bei that important?" Someone said in disbelief, "He is just a mat and foot seller. He became a prince because of his good fate. Even if he is really defeated, it will not hurt the overall situation. I think Jingnan is more important. As long as Liu envoy pacifies Jingnan, there will be variables in the world."
Zhuge Liang was too lazy to explain to such fools. Liu Biao, who could not even control Jingzhou, and Liu Zhang, who could not even defeat Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, could not bear the heavy responsibility of reviving the Han Dynasty.
Chapter completed!