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Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Liu Zhe stood in front of Tongguan City and looked at Cao Cao's camp in the distance. He was waiting for Cao Cao's reply.
Beside Liu Zhe, soldiers of the Black Scale Army were repairing the city wall. During Cao Cao's attacks for several days, Tongguan suffered great damage. Now that Cao Cao had not come to attack, Liu Zhe hurriedly asked people to repair Tongguan. Although he was sure that Cao Cao would not attack the city again, he was afraid of what might happen.
At the same time, we should also clean up the blood stains and corpses, otherwise it will easily cause plague.
After Taishi Ci made a sneak attack on Weinan, he left 20,000 people to defend Weinan and led 50,000 people to come here. Liu Zhe asked him to send 10,000 people to Tongguan to prevent Cao Cao, leaving 40,000 people to surround Huayin City.
It is naturally not enough to attack Huayin City with 40,000 men. Cao Ren also has more than 50,000 men to defend Huayin City. Liu Zhe did not intend to order an attack on Huayin City, but asked Tai Shici to lead people to surround Huayin City.
Zhao Yun came to Liu Zhe and saw Liu Zhe looking at the Cao Jun camp in the distance. He understood what Liu Zhe was thinking and asked, "My lord, will Cao Cao really come?"
There was doubt in Zhao Yun's tone. He didn't quite believe that Cao Cao would agree to Liu Zhe's conditions.
In Zhao Yun¡¯s view, not to mention one hundred thousand people, even one million people can give up for the sake of hegemony. Therefore, he did not believe that Cao Cao would give up Yongzhou for Cao Ren and his 100,000 troops.
With Liu Zhe's methods, once Yongzhou is controlled by Liu Zhe, it will be very difficult for Cao Cao to take it back in the future, and it may even never be possible.
"Yes!" Liu Zhe's tone was full of affirmation, and he chuckled: "With no choice, the heroic Cao Cao can only abandon Yongzhou to save his men. If he dares to sacrifice these soldiers and horses, his men will It¡¯s heart-breaking. If people¡¯s hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead the team. I hope Cao Cao doesn¡¯t understand this principle.¡±
Having said this, Liu Zhe's face was full of confidence and he said: "What's more, for Cao Cao, it is much better to save Cao Ren's more than 100,000 troops than to save Yongzhou."
Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "What if Cao Cao really disagrees?"
Hearing this, Liu Zhe's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said calmly: "That's naturally using iron-blooded means to eliminate Cao Ren and occupy Yongzhou. Cao Ren has been trapped by me, and he can't escape."
Zhao Yun asked: "Lord, there is something I don't understand."
"What's up?"
"Since Cao Ren is trapped and Yongzhou can be occupied without Cao Cao's consent, why should we let Cao Ren go? Doesn't this increase Cao Cao's strength?"
In Zhao Yun's view, Cao Cao was already an enemy. Liu Zhe did not take the opportunity to eliminate Cao Ren and reduce Cao Cao's strength. Instead, he let Cao Ren go and allowed Cao Cao to preserve his strength, which puzzled Zhao Yun.
"Ha ha"
Liu Zhe laughed loudly when he heard this. Zhao Yun did have the strength, but his vision was still a bit low.
But it¡¯s not his fault. After Zhao Yun took refuge with Liu Zhe, he only stayed with Liu Zhe for a while and then was let out. It is difficult to develop a strategic vision. It is normal to have such doubts.
Liu Zhe thought for a while and asked: "Zilong, let me ask you, if Cao Cao loses 100,000 troops here and then loses Yongzhou, what will happen to his strength?"
Since he had nothing to do now, Liu Zhe decided to talk to Zhao Yun and let Zhao Yun understand the meaning.
Zhao Yun replied: "Of course, the strength is greatly damaged."
Cao Cao's attack on Tongguan has already resulted in the loss of at least 10,000 people and countless wounded. If Cao Ren loses another 100,000 troops, Cao Cao, who already has a small number of troops, will definitely suffer a great loss in strength.
Liu Zhe asked again: "With great loss of strength, can he deal with the powerful enemies around him?"
Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "No."
Liu Zhe smiled and said: "Now is not the time to eliminate Cao Cao. What I want is to let Cao Cao fight with the people around him. The fiercer they fight, the less resistance I will encounter in conquering these places in the future. If After Cao Cao's strength here is greatly damaged, he will be unable to cope with the attacks of powerful enemies around him. Once Cao Cao is defeated, the imperial court may cease to exist, so at this stage, Cao Cao cannot fail."
When Zhao Yun heard this, he already vaguely understood.
The light in Zhao Yun's eyes also flashed, and he finally said: "Yes, I understand."
Liu Zhe smiled and did not continue to speak, but continued to look into the distance. What Liu Zhe and Zhao Yun said was only a small part. He would not say the real reason directly, but let him understand it by himself.
The imperial court is now in the hands of Cao Cao. At this stage, Cao Cao still has to obey the imperial court, and it will be replaced by someone else.?It's not necessarily like Cao Cao.
"If an ambitious man comes to take control of the court, and sees that the emperor is so weak, and directly replaces him, Liu Zhe will be in trouble.
" If nothing else, Liu Xie's life would be in danger if he were deposed. Liu Zhe, the emperor's uncle, could not just sit idly by and send troops.
As soon as troops are sent out, they will fall into the war in the Central Plains. Although the Central Plains is weak now, in fact it still has a rich foundation, especially those big families, which are very powerful.
Once Liu Zhe sends troops, he will fall into the quagmire of this war, which is not in line with Liu Zhe's plan. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com