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1563. Cao Cao went south, shocking the world

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    "Joke."

    Yang Xiu directly interrupted Sima Yi and said: "Yongzhou had already been in chaos because Dong Zhuo's generals were fighting each other. The people fled and there were countless bandits."

    "The Taiwei has managed things well. Maybe Yongzhou has already changed from the chaos in the past?" Sima Yi said.

    "Hmph, it makes others more ambitious."

    Yang Xiu sneered: "When the Prime Minister captured Yongzhou, wasn't there a lot of rebellion? How can Liu Zhe compare with the Prime Minister?"

    Yang Xiu¡¯s words made Cao Cao¡¯s face darken at first, and then he looked a little better.

    "But" Sima Yi wanted to say something more, but Cao Cao spoke up.

    "Zhongda, Dezu is right."

    Cao Cao said to Sima Yi: "Yongzhou is different from other places. After Dong Zhuo's death, his men fought with each other in Yongzhou, resulting in countless casualties, displaced people, and countless bandits. Even if Liu Zhe captured Yongzhou, he would not be able to deal with these numerous bandits.  It takes a lot of effort. If there are many bandits, it will be difficult for the people to live, not to mention farming, so it is normal to rebel in order to survive."

    At the end of Cao Cao's words, what he said in his tone was that Liu Zhe was not very good at governing Yongzhou.

    "Prime Minister, I think this matter needs more confirmation." Sima Yi said this, then stepped aside and said no more.

    Sima Yi knew that it was useless no matter how much he said. Unless there was substantial evidence, he could not prove that there was anything fishy about it.

    ¡°Perhaps, even if there is something fishy, ??the Prime Minister will just pretend he doesn¡¯t know about it, right?  Sima Yi said to himself in his heart.

    The benefits of the rebellion in Yongzhou are self-evident to Cao Cao. Cao Cao must really hope that this thing is true.

    In fact, Sima Yi's words also made Cao Cao murmur in his heart. He was also afraid that there was some conspiracy in it. It's not like Liu Zhe had never played such a trick before.

    However, when the second, third, and even fourth soldiers who delivered the message rushed back to Xudu from the west and brought back the news of the rebellion in Yongzhou to Cao Cao, Cao Cao finally believed that the rebellion in Yongzhou was really happening and that it was powerful.  No small matter, Liu Zhe has to spend a lot of effort to calm down.

    "Haha, God help me!" Cao Cao burst into laughter.

    "Congratulations, lord, congratulations, lord!" Cao Cao's men congratulated Cao Cao one after another.

    "Very good."

    Cao Cao smiled and said: "I can finally go south with peace of mind."

    After confirming that there was a large-scale rebellion in Yongzhou and knowing that Liu Zhe had no time to deal with him, Cao Cao finally made up his mind to go south.

    First, let his general, General Yu Jin, lead 30,000 troops to stay in Xudu. His second son, Cao Pi, stayed in Xudu, assisted by Cheng Yu, Jiang Ji and others.

    Cao Cao gave Cao Pi, Cheng Yu and others great power. If any unrest broke out, they could do whatever they wanted, and all they had to do was to quell the unrest.

    Secondly, Man Chong and Li Dian led 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Shouchun. This army of soldiers and horses was mainly to defend Sun Quan from Jiangdong.

    Sun Quan secretly attacked Cao Cao several times, which made Cao Cao wary. Especially when Sun Quan actually sent people to sneak attack him, Cao Cao wanted to send his army to knock down Jiangdong and capture Sun Quan alive to take revenge.

    However, because he was about to go south to deal with Liu Bei and Liu Biao, Cao Cao suppressed his hatred for Sun Quan for the time being, and planned to deal with Sun Quan after finishing Liu Bei and Liu Biao.

    Although he didn¡¯t plan to deal with Sun Quan so quickly, he also didn¡¯t want the insidious guy Sun Quan to take advantage of the opportunity to deal with him, so there were a total of 50,000 troops stationed in Shouchun.

    The original 30,000 garrison, plus the 20,000 troops and horses transferred, made a full 50,000 troops garrisoned in Shouchun. The purpose was to prevent Sun Quan from causing trouble.

    Then Cao Cao personally commanded Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Ang and other generals, commanding an army of 100,000, which was known to the outside world as an army of 300,000. They swore to fight in Xudu and marched towards Xinye in a mighty manner.

    Cao Cao¡¯s 100,000-strong army, known to the outside world as 300,000-strong army, marched southward in a mighty manner, shocking the world.  Everyone was shocked by Cao Cao's generosity and 300,000 troops. How could Liu Bei and Liu Biao of Jingzhou resist this?

    Everyone feels that Liu Bei will lose this time. With an army of 300,000, Liu Bei cannot resist it.

    At the same time, news of Cao Cao's southward journey also reached Youzhou.

    "Three hundred thousand troops?"

    After Liu Zhe heard this, he chuckled and said, "I guess there aren't that many, right?"

    Liu Zhe already knows that people in this era like to brag, and they always talk to others about everything they do.

    Ten thousand troopsTo the outside world, it declares an army of 100,000 people; if it has an army of 100,000 people, it declares to the outside world that it has an army of 200,000 people; even if it has an army of one million people, it is not impossible.

    "It's just a hundred thousand troops." Guo Jia said with a smile.

    The number of Cao Cao's army cannot be concealed from anyone who cares about it, and everyone knows it.  However, Cao Cao's announcement of an army of 300,000 men was not to scare people like Liu Bei and Liu Biao, but to scare their soldiers.

    The former soldiers of this era were all illiterate common people, with little knowledge and little rational discernment.  They believe what others say.

    When the enemy says that he has an army of 300,000 people, they believe that his opponent has an army of 300,000 people. Even if their own generals and commanders say that they are silent, they will not believe it.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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