Yecheng, in the palace of the King of Wei.

Cao Cao's headache was relapsed. He was rumbling around on the bed in the bedroom and humming. The doctor in the palace gave him an acupuncture and applied medicine to him, which slowed down his pain. An eunuch in charge of the communication came over and walked quickly outside. When he saw this scene, he looked like he was reluctant to speak but stopped.

Cao Cao raised his hand and said weakly: "Is there something important to report? Come on, don't delay perfunctory."

The eunuch of the palace quickly bowed and said, "That's right, there is a war situation in Nanyang ahead. Liu Bei's army attacked Xiangyang, Zhuyang, and Danjiangkou, and failed to defeat all the three places, and suffered heavy losses in Xiangyang. Now the main force of the Linjiang army in Nanyang has retreated to Fancheng and the front line of Yicheng. Moreover, the Linjiang King Liu Bei also personally wrote a letter to the king."

When Cao Cao heard this news, his excitement and headache seemed to have disappeared. He sat up from the bed and said in an incredible tone: "What? Liu Bei's army was defeated by Feng Yu in Nanyang so quickly? Was Liu Bei just pretending to show everyone in the world? Or was Feng Yu, the guy who transferred the main force of Liang's army to Nanyang County?"

He didn't have time to think about these two problems of his own. Because he immediately realized a more serious problem, Liu Bei withdrew all the main forces of the Linjiang Army to Fancheng and the front line of Yicheng. This means that no one was stationed in Nanyang, including Wandu. If the Liang army took advantage of the opportunity to occupy Nanyang, and then crossed Funiu Mountain from Nanyang to attack Luoyang from Nanyang, or went straight to Xuchang and went straight to the heart of Wei State, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Cao Cao opened Liu Bei's letter again and saw that although it did not explicitly accuse Cao Cao of not attacking Liang State as agreed, he stated that when he failed to attack Xiangyang, he said that the main forces of the Liang army gathered in the Nanyang area and were too many troops. He also implied that this was because Cao Cao failed to attack Tongguan at the same time as agreed, which led to the Liang army being able to mobilize the troops on the front line of Chang'an of Tongguan to Nanyang for battle.

In the letter, Liu Bei also claimed that if Cao Cao could break through Tongguan, attack in Chang'an, and plunder the land of Yongliang, occupy Yongliang, and cut off the Silk Road of Liang, then Liu Bei would also march from Yulin County to the southwest of Jingke County. Together with Sun Ce, the trade routes of Liang State were cut off. The two trade routes of Liang State, north and south, would be able to greatly weaken the strength of Liang State. As long as the Three Kingdoms persisted in the western expedition, they would definitely eventually defeat Feng Zhe and Liang State.

Cao Cao saw Liu Bei's letter and waved his sleeves and ordered: "Go and summon all the ministers to discuss military affairs."

After a while, the ministers gathered in the Palace of Wei. Cao Cao explained the intention they found. Everyone started a discussion. At this time, Cao Cao felt something was wrong, so he glanced left and right, and it turned out that there was an important person missing.

He asked, "Why didn't Xun Yu come today? Didn't he notify him?"

The eunuch next to him quickly answered: "Your Majesty, Lord Xun Yu is sick, so today is the future." Cao Cao snorted coldly from his nostrils: "I know... It's better if I don't come. Even if he comes, it's just a decoration."

Cao Cao said this naturally for a reason. It turned out that after Cao Ren forcibly tied up Emperor Liu Che of Han to Wei, Xun You changed his previous attitude. He became cold to Cao Cao and even the entire Wei royal court. Except for participating in some court discussions on a daily basis, he basically said nothing. Cao Cao naturally knew what was going on, and Xun Yu was still interested in the Han Dynasty. Cao Ren forced Liu Xie to return to Wei was undoubtedly a rebel in his eyes. Cao Cao saw this in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. As long as Xun Yu did not do anything to rebel against him, Cao Cao, it didn't matter whether he was loyal to Cao Cao. Cao Cao believed that Xun You would still change his mind in the long run.

At this time, Cheng Yu had already spoken out and said: "Your Majesty, from what Liu Bei said, Feng Yu has invested heavy troops on the Nanyang front line. And although we don't know what the battle situation of Sun Wu's attack from Jiaozhi to Yongchang County. However, Yongchang County is the rushing point of the southern maritime trade route of Liang State, and the Liang army cannot not deploy heavy troops there. Since there are heavy troops from both places, I concluded that in the northern line, the Liang army must have weak defense. Why don't we break through Tongguan, attack Chang'an, and occupy Yongliang as Liu Bei said."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Can we trust Liu Bei's words? Maybe, he intended to deceive us that Feng Zhe has strong military strength in Nanyang, but in fact, we think that Tongguan must have empty defense and it will be easy to attack Tongguan Chang'an."

Cheng Yu was stunned and immediately retorted: "But he could survive among the heroes in troubled times until today, but it was not entirely up to luck and the art of uniting the throne. This Liu Bei's army is also a brave and good at fighting. Such an army was defeated by the Liang army in Nanyang in just a few days. It would be almost impossible for the latter to have strong military strength. Besides, what would be beneficial to Liu Bei's lying to us?"

Guo Jia still said stubbornly: "No matter whether Liu Bei's words are true or not, they all think that we should focus on using troops in Nanyang."

General Xu Huang was impatient when he heard this, and said, "Both are good at plotting, but sometimes things don't have to be so complicated! Let's not care where the Liang army is doing a key defense. Our Wei State has 200,000 troops, and we can divide the troops into two groups to attack Nanyang and Tongguan together. Isn't that the matter done?"

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were silent after hearing this, and only stroked their beards. Cao Cao laughed and scolded: "Gongming, Gu knows that you are quite strategic among military generals, but don't show off in front of the second duke. If Gu could now transfer 200,000 troops, he would have been in Tongguan long ago, and there would be no need for Liu Bei to complain about the thorny words in his letter. Do you not know that the Northern Palace Army of Lu Bu of Liang State still has strength in the wild and bleak land in the north, and has the ability to march long distances in the cold winter. In this case, Gu had to deploy a large number of troops on Liaodong and even the Great Wall for defense. How could so many troops carry out the battles between Tongguan and Nanyang at the same time?"

Only then did Xu Huang realize that he had said the wrong thing, he only added to other people's jokes, his face turned red, and he dared not say anything else.

At this moment, Guo Jia just told his thoughts and reasons:

"The king, Tongguan and Liang's defense line in Mianshui, one has a high wall and the other is a natural danger in Mianshui. They are both easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, after Liang passed Mianshui, they were flat, and their cavalry could directly sweep across the heart of our Central Plains. Therefore, if we abandon Nanyang and attack Tongguan, if there is a slight mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Guo Jia's face was solemn when he said this. Not to mention Cao Cao, no one has ever seen Guo Jia look so worried. He just quietly wanted to hear him finish his words.
Chapter completed!