As the saying goes, "beating the dog in the water" is wrong, it is "pinching the persimmons with soft pinch". Now Prime Minister Cao is surrounded by enemies, how can Xing Daorong not be moved?

When we discussed with Pang Tong, wasn’t there such a link?

As for the friendship with Prime Minister Cao, hey, I just saw that the wall was about to fall and pushed it. You can't blame me!

Thinking of this, Xing Daorong's eyes shone.

However, he was a reserved man. After looking at Pang Tong and others, he did not say it directly, but asked:

"The situation is like this, and the public think, how should we do it?"

Pang Tong bowed and smiled:

"In the past few days, I have discussed with Gong Yan and Zichu for a lot of discussions and have some thoughts. Please ask the lord to take a look!"

"Cao Cao is now full of enemies, with Ma Teng in the northwest and Han Sui's army of 300,000, Liu Bei's army of 200,000, Gongsun Kang in the northeast also has 200,000, and Sun Quan's army of 250,000 in the southeast!"

"About this, Cao Cao faced nearly one million troops in four directions at the same time!"

Pang Tong stroked his short beard under his jaw and said with a smile:

"Even though the Central Plains are rich and have a large population, Cao Cao defeated the Qiang and Hu again last year and the Xianbei are also in short supply at this moment!"

Xing Daorong nodded slowly.

Indeed, even if there were 20 million people in the Central Plains, Cao Cao had millions of elite soldiers and countless generals, but it was inevitable that he would be inadequate when he was scattered everywhere.

However, what happened to the Xianbei defeat of Qiang and Hu last year?

He asked immediately.

"Last winter, Qiang and Hu and Xianbei joined forces, and a total of 500,000 Hu cavalry went south to Bingzhou and Youzhou!"

Pang Tong explained:

"Cao Cao sent Cao Zhen and Sima Yi to command 50,000, cooperated with the 200,000 troops of Xiahou Dun of Youzhou to repel 300,000 Xianbei Hu cavalry. At the same time, he personally went to Bingzhou, defeated 200,000 Qiang and Hu at Yanmen Pass, and obtained tens of thousands of good horses!"

"As a result, the grassland barbarians did not dare to go south, and Cao Cao's army was greatly shocked!"

Pang Tong exclaimed for a moment and continued:

"However, Gongsun Kang was surrendered by Gongsun Yan, the son of Gongsun Zan, and had the elite cavalry of the 'Baima Yicong'. His strength increased greatly. With the joint efforts of Jiangdong, Xiahou Dun of Youzhou was defeated and retreated, and Hefei was lost again!"

"Ma Teng, Xiliang, saw the opportunity, formed an alliance with Liu Xuande of Yizhou, invaded the land of Sili, and Liu Xuande marched into Hanzhong, and four armies attacked each other, Cao Cao had this dilemma!"

"oh!"

Xing Daorong understood and felt a little aggrieved for Cao Cao.

He just defeated 500,000 Hulu, and before he could catch his breath, he faced so many enemies, and it would be hard for anyone to feel good!

At the same time, he did not expect that Gongsun Kang would actually form the "White Horse Yicong" cavalry under Gongsun Zan's former command.

"Gongsun Yan? Haven't you heard of it?"

Xing Daorong was a little puzzled, but he didn't think much about it. Originally, there was no such person in time and space, so he probably had no chance to make a comeback, and it was not impossible for him to emerge now...

"Since that's the case, what should we do? According to Shi Yuan's original plan, now may be the time to go north and divide the Central Plains with the princes of the world?"

Xing Daorong expressed sympathy for Prime Minister Cao's situation, but the most important thing is what he should do.

"In the war in the Central Plains, Cao Cao was enemies on all sides. For our Jingnan, there are currently two strategies that can be adopted!"

Pang Tong said without hesitation.

“Two strategies?”

Xing Daorong thought about it for a while and asked:

"Is it because they jointly attacked Cao and took the opportunity to seize the two strategies of Jiangdong?"

Back then, he had discussed the future situation with Pang Tong many times, and so he soon thought of these two points.

"good!"

Pang Tong nodded, gave Yu a positive reply, and said:

"Master, these two solutions have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they must be carefully weighed!"

Upon hearing this, Xing Daorong pondered for a while.

Indeed, it seems feasible whether it is to attack Cao north or take the opportunity to steal Jiangdong’s nest, but each one has its own difficulties.

"Please also make a clear statement from the scholars!"

Xing Daorong was too lazy to think about it and asked directly.

Pang Tong didn't keep it a secret, and bowed and said:

"Lord, for our army, there are two roads at present. One is to ask Jiangdong for the land of Jiangxia, the troops exit Xiakou, cross the river to attack Xiangyang, and advance into the Central Plains.

Second, Cao Cao, the Northern Alliance, destroyed Cheng Pu's 100,000 troops, took advantage of the situation to capture Jiangxia, Yuzhang, Lujiang, Jiujiang and other counties, and then seized the entire south of the Yangtze River!"

"No matter which one you choose, each has its own advantages and disadvantages!"

Pang Tong talked:

"If we choose the first one, the advantage is that Sun Quan is fighting with Cao Cao. As long as our army gives some benefits, such as returning Luling, he will definitely give up Jiangxia and let our army share the pressure on Cao's army for him!"

"Return to Luling?"

Hearing this sentence, Xing Daorong immediately frowned.

"The things I ate in, I don't have the habit of vomiting them out again!"

“But the disadvantages are also obvious!”

Pang Tong continued:

"First of all, Jiangxia is in Jiangdong's hands. If our army wants to exchange territory with it, it will take time and miss many opportunities for combat!"

"Secondly, even if you get Xiakou and want to go north to the Central Plains, you have to cross the river to fight. In this way, you have to face Cao Ren's 150,000 troops in Xiangyang!"

"My Jingnan naval army is insufficient. Even if there are many soldiers and a large number of generals, it may not be able to capture Xiangyang. If it is stalemate for a long time, it may be a wedding dress for others in the end, which is really not beautiful!"

"Again, even if we seize Xiangyang, our army will suffer a lot of losses. At that time, Sun Quan had probably taken Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and then gained a high hope for Shu. He either went north to Yanzhou and Qingzhou or west to Sili!"

"No matter which one, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu no longer need our army to restrain Cao Ren. If Cheng Pu and Huang Gai's 150,000 troops recapture Jiangxia and isolate our army from both sides of the Yangtze River, then I will be alone and in danger!"

Hearing this, Xing Daorong's face changed slightly.

This is entirely possible!

Xiangyang is not that easy to take. There are Cao Ren's army stationed there and the danger of the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu dared not attack easily. Although he had an army of 210,000, he might not be able to conquer it.

Even if it is finally defeated, the Jingnan Army will suffer heavy losses. By then, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu from Yuzhou and Yangzhou will not be lenient!

It is almost certain that the two cargo associations sent Cheng Pu's 100,000 troops to capture Jiangxia and Xiakou, and cut off their own way back!

In this way, wouldn’t the army north of the Yangtze River become an isolated army?

The enemies facing this lonely army not only had the main force of Cao Cao in the Sili area, but also the Jiangdong army in the east, and the Liu Bei's army in the west, were not good birds!

And Jingnan, which had no army garrison, and even the rear Jiaozhou, wasn't it the meat on the chopping board of Jiangdong?

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Xing Daorong's back.

Very dangerous!

It turns out that Cheng Puna's 100,000 troops have such a role!

"In this way, although there are one advantage in attacking Cao north, there are three disadvantages at the same time. I think it is not desirable!"

Speaking of this, Pang Tong bowed and said solemnly.

"This is for sure. In fact, that profit is also nonsense. Sun Quan and Zhou Yu asked his brother to help him restrain Cao's army, and took the opportunity to get the benefits. How could such a good thing happen?"

Xing Daorong said in his heart, nodded, and kept calm on his face, saying:

"What Shi Yuan said is exactly what I want, but I don't know what the pros and cons will be if our army chooses to attack Jiangdong?"

"If you choose to attack Jiangdong, there are one disadvantage and three advantages!"

A smile appeared on Pang Tong's face and bowed his hand and said.

"oh?"

Xing Daorong was happy when he heard this and asked:

"I don't know which three advantages and disadvantages are?"

Since there are three advantages and one disadvantage, it is self-evident how to choose, but it is better to understand it clearly.

"hehe!"

Pang Tong smiled slightly, stroked his short beard under his jaw, looked at Xing Daorong, and did not rush to talk about the three pros and one cons, but instead said:

"In the past two years, the scale of our farms and fishery in Jingnan has expanded one after another, and the supply of meat has increased significantly. Therefore, the training progress has not been reduced!"

"The two generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, plus the commander, have trained 10,000 'sharp soldiers', 50,000 'warriors', and the remaining 100,000 soldiers are also elite soldiers!"

"Although due to the total population, Jingnan has not expanded its army in recent years, with our current strength, it is far better than Huang Gai and Cheng Pu's army who stayed in Jiangdong!"

"oh?"
To be continued...