A few days later, at the Prime Minister's residence.
Cao Ang gathered his main subordinates.
There were Ake, Cao Yi, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Yu Jin, Yue Jin, Xu Huang, Xiahou Dun and other brothers.
Cheng Yu, Xu Huang.
These two were new faces.
Cheng Yu was an old subordinate of Cao Cao.
He was one of the five great strategists of Cao Wei in later generations.
He was about sixty years old and looked like he was over seventy. His beard and hair were white, and his eyes were deep. He always looked listless, as if he was about to die of old age at any time.
However, if one looked closely, they would realize that…
The disheveled old man's gaze was deep and gloomy.
He was definitely a person with an extremely high IQ and a deep strategy.
Cheng Yu was one of the first advisors to follow Cao Cao. He was cunning and shrewd, and was trusted by Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao's death.
He was not won over by Cao Hong.
He didn't stand on Cao Ang's side like the Xiahou brothers.
The old man was getting old, so he had the idea of retiring.
But how could Cao Ang let such a talent retire for nothing?
Perhaps it was Cao Ang's actions that had gained Cheng Yu's approval, or perhaps it was Cao Ang's aura that had convinced him, so it didn't take much effort for him to become a member of the Cao Clan again.
As for Xu Huang?
This was the future Five Generals.
At this moment, his position was rather awkward.
On one hand, he had joined Cao Cao's Group with the Emperor's team in the first year of Jian 'an, which was last year.
Although he is very good at martial arts.
And very capable
However, in just a short year, he didn't have time to make any contributions. He was only a deputy general with a Han minister background, so his situation was rather awkward.
Cao Ang didn't want to miss out on a talented general, so he specially fished him out of the army and promoted him to a partial general. Although his official position wasn't high, he could barely serve Cao Ang together with Yu Jin and Yue Jin.
Regarding this.
Xu Huang shed tears of gratitude.
Yu Jin is steady and steady, and Yue Jin is fierce and fierce.
Xu Huang's personality was honest.
He was conscientious, pragmatic, and hardworking.
Now that Cao Ang had promoted him, he would definitely repay him in the future!
…………
Back to the main topic.
The situation was very complicated.
Cao Ang was surrounded by enemies.
To the north was the strongest enemy, Yuan Shao. His army was at least five to six times stronger than Cao Ang's, and it was almost as if he was crushing Cao Ang. The military strength of both sides was not on the same level.
To the west, the Guanzhong region was being occupied by Ma Teng and Ma Chao. Ma Chao was brave, while Qinchuan was easy to defend and difficult to attack. With Cao Ang's current strength, it would be difficult to break into the strategic location.
In the south, there were Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Zhang Lu. They occupied a large area of fertile land and were also eyeing Xuchang.
To the east, there were Liu Bei and Lu Bu. Among them, Lu Bu of Xuzhou was Cao Cao's archenemy. He had fought with Cao Cao more than once and had put Cao Cao at a disadvantage several times.
Above.
It was a neighboring opponent.
Except for the heroes who were directly connected to the east, west, south, and north.
In addition, there were Sun Ce, Liu Zhang, Gongsun Zan, and other powerful dukes.
The situation was very complicated.
Especially after Cao Cao's death.
This would cause a chain reaction.
When Lu Bu and Yuan Shu thought that Xuchang had an opportunity to take advantage of, they could launch an attack at any time.
They had to fight.
Enemies were everywhere.
Who to fight first and how to fight was especially important.
The generals led by Xiahou Dun were all determined to fight.
They supported sending troops to attack Yuan Er or Lu Bu immediately, because these three parties were the enemies with the deepest contradictions.
You don't hit him.
He will hit you sooner or later.
It was better to strike first.
"Zhongde, Fengxiao, what do you think?" Cao Ang asked.”
"In my opinion, strategy and tactics should be divided into primary and secondary, and distance and distance."”
He coughed a few times.
he continued.
"Wancheng has lost thousands of elite soldiers, and we have less than 40,000 soldiers and 20,000 elites. The most important thing now is to expand our depth, recruit more troops, store up military rations, and accumulate strength.”
"Therefore, I believe that the short-term strategy should be firmly aimed at the eastern and southern regions. The medium-term strategy should be to divide the Guanzhong and Qinchuan in the west. The long-term strategy should be to fight the final battle with Yuan Shao in the north and unify the Central Plains.”
Cao Ang nodded.
Cheng Yu's strategy was very clear.
First, we will attack Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Lu Bu.
Yuan Shu and Liu Biao were strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Although Lu Bu was the strongest in the world, the territory he occupied was very small. With Liu Bei and Tao Qian restricting him, they were all relatively easy to fight.
Xiahou Dun immediately said," This Lu Bu has repeatedly made enemies with my lord. If my lord wants to go to war with Lu Bu, I will avenge my past humiliation even if I have to sacrifice my life!"”
No wonder Xiahou Dun was so excited.
He had been defeated several times by Lu Bu.
He had been captured by Lu Bu and had even lost an eye.
What kind of humiliation was this?
Xiahou Dun swore that he would take revenge!
However, with his ability, he had encountered Lu Bu.
It was most likely that he was giving the other party an experience bag for nothing.
Cao Yi, who was behind Cao Ang, interrupted at this moment,"Lu Bu is brave and good at fighting. With our current strength, it will be difficult for us to win in a short period of time.”
Cao Ang knew.
The number one fierce general in the world was not easy to fight.
He also had Zhang Liao, a top-notch commander under him.
In history, Cao Cao had been unable to take down Lu Bu for a long time and had wanted to give up several times. In the end, he listened to Guo Jia's plan and used the method of flooding Xiapi to make Lu Bu's army lose their fighting spirit. Only then did he manage to capture and kill Lu Bu.
Cao Cao's army was less than 40,000.
Elites who could go to war.
It was only about 15,000.
Cao Cao had just died, and the situation was unstable. If Xu Prefecture was captured for a long time, the situation that Cao Yi had mentioned might happen.
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were in the north and south respectively. Cao Cao was dead and Xuchang was empty. Only Cao Ang, who was young and had no military achievements, was trapped in Xuzhou. It was difficult to guarantee that he would not take the opportunity to invade. If that really happened, it would be very dangerous.
"I agree with Brother Cao and Old Master Cheng.”
The person who spoke was Guo Jia.
He had a carefree personality and did not care about trifles.
It could be seen from the way he addressed people.
"I have a plan to destroy Yuan Shu and Lu Bu," Guo Jia said calmly.”
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