Cao Cao's pacification of Hanzhong is of great significance.

He has not started a battle with Liu Bei for Xichuan, but he is already in a very favorable position, and can be said to be "attackable when advancing, and at retreat, you can defend when you retreat!"

Liu Bei, who did not attack Xinde Xichuan, was still a little hesitant before going to Zhang Lu.

Cao Cao was not afraid of not being able to defeat Zhang Lu, but was unable to make up his mind whether to take advantage of Liu Bei's foothold and attack Xichuan.

If it weren't for Xichuan, this Hanzhong county would be worth Cao Cao's command of hundreds of thousands of troops to fight in person.

After careful consideration, Cao Cao felt that his current strength was not able to support the war with Liu Bei and Sun Quan at the same time, but he still agreed with Fu Gan's "power theory" and decided to intimidate Xichuan first, and then slowly find the opportunity to collect Xichuan.

What he was most worried about was that when he was fighting with Liu Bei, Sun Quan took advantage of the opportunity to occupy the land in Huainan.

Once Sun Quan gains a foothold in Jiangbei and without the barrier of the Yangtze River, Sun Quan can drive straight in and threaten Xu Du's safety at all times, then he will never have peace.

Cao Cao was very suspicious. He even suspected that Sun Quan and Liu Bei were confronting Jingzhou for the sake of the three counties in Jingnan. They were playing a show for him. It was hard to say whether they had deceived him to attack Xichuan.

This idea is not unreasonable, because neither of them can resist Cao Cao's full-strength attack.

The three counties in Jingnan are not strategic locations. They can negotiate slowly. Such a big fight is indeed interesting.

After the Hanzhong land was completely pacified, Cao Cao led his troops to rest in Nanzheng.

He neither planned to withdraw his troops and return to the court nor showed any signs of attacking Xichuan, and his advisers were very confused.

The chief clerk Sima Yi felt that this was a good opportunity to advance to Xichuan. He was itchy and decided to test Cao Cao and offered advice:

"Prime Minister, Liu Bei won Liu Zhang with his deceitful force, and his reputation of benevolence and righteousness has been damaged since then, and the people of Shu have not yet returned to their hearts. Now the lord has already obtained Hanzhong and Yizhou is shocked. If you can advance troops to attack it, it will inevitably collapse. A wise person is more important than taking advantage of the time, and the time cannot be lost."

Cao Cao did not answer Sima Yi’s proposal positively, but sighed:

"If people are not satisfied with their suffering, they will be able to find Long, and then look to Shu again?"

Although it did not explicitly reject Sima Yi's proposal, it also revealed many concerns!

Shu is steep and no one is sure to obtain Xichuan in a short time.

It took Liu Bei more than three years to attack Xichuan with a trick.

Cao Cao was very afraid of Liu Bei and was also cautious about other Han clan relatives. His eyes frequently looked at Liu Ye.

Liu Ye is also an authentic Han clan relative, and his blood relationship with Emperor Xian is much closer than Liu Bei. He is in Xuchang and knows that Emperor Xian of Han is in a difficult situation. He is also very happy that Liu Bei can possess Xichuan and support Emperor Xian of Han.

But now Cao Cao is also very afraid of Liu Ye and always takes him with him when he goes to war. The main reason is that he has extraordinary abilities and is still a little loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao was afraid that he would be allowed to keep Liu Ye in Xuchang, and he might be enabled by Emperor Xian of Han. If he dealt with him in turn, he would cause a fire in his backyard. Maybe Liu Ye would have the chance to become the second Liu Bei.

Of course, Liu Ye knew his situation. Cao Cao did not express his opinion, so he might not be testing his attitude. In order to protect himself, he quickly expressed his attitude and said:

"Sima Zhongda's words are right. If Zhuge Liang was slow, he would be the prime minister in governing the country. Guan and Zhang were brave enough to be the generals of the three armies. After the Shu people were determined, they would not violate the pass."

Cao Cao was in Hanzhong, but he was worried about Hefei.

He was reluctant to move troops. In addition to wanting to see if there was any chance to attack Xichuan, he was also waiting for news from Hefei.

Cao Cao did not dare to start a war with Liu Bei easily. It would not be possible to decide the outcome in a short time, and he could not afford to spend it, so he said to everyone:

"Soldiers are far away from labor and should be cared for." So they stopped moving.

Although Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan in Xiaoyaojin, he also lost many troops and instead fell into a dilemma of insufficient defensive forces.

After Sun Quan retreated, he did not withdraw his troops, but instead reorganized his troops. He seemed unwilling to accept his troops and wanted to raise troops to avenge him.

Zhang Liao was afraid that there were few soldiers in the army and it was difficult for him to resist Sun Quan's counterattack, so he urgently asked Xue Tixing to go to Hanzhong at night to report to Cao Cao and ask for reinforcements.

When Cao Cao received the news of Zhang Liao's victory, he felt relieved and felt that it was not easy to go to the camp in person. If he was not enterprising, Xichuan was really unwilling to accept it, so he summoned everyone to discuss and asked:

"Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan in Xiaoyaojin, and there is no worries in the southeast for the time being. Can you conquer Xichuan at this time?"

The generals had different opinions, but they did not come up with a feasible plan. Sima Yi and Liu Ye, who proposed to attack Xichuan by themselves a month ago, were silent.

So Cao Cao asked:

"Zi Yang, what do you think?"

Liu Ye was unwilling to Cao Cao to attack Liu Bei, who was not firmly established at this time. In fact, Cao Cao had already missed the fighter plane, so he stood up and said:

"The Prime Minister pacified Hanzhong for more than one month, and Liu Bei had already returned from Jingzhou to Xichuan and was ready to start the war. It was no longer a good time to start the war. Although Sun Quan was defeated in Jiangdong for a while, because Zhang Liao had few soldiers and the losses were not very large, he would not give up. It would be better to withdraw his troops to rescue Hefei. If Sun Quan's army was really so unintentional, he could take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangnan."

Cao Cao thought what Liu Ye said was very reasonable, so he left Xiahou Yuan to guard the Dingjunshan Pass in Hanzhong and Zhang He to guard the Mengtouyan and other passes.

All the remaining hundreds of thousands of soldiers set up camp and rushed to Ruxuwu.

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Sun Quan was defeated again in Hefei, and he could not afford to lose his face anyway. He naturally could not return to the army. He just packed up his military horses and added them to attack Hefei again.

As soon as Sun Quan's reinforcements arrived, he received an urgent report from the spy. Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of troops from Hanzhong to rescue Hefei.

This time, Sun Quan did not dare to make a decision, so he made a decision with his advisers and decided to first assign Dong Xi. Xu Sheng and his two men led fifty large ships and stumbled at Ruxukou. He ordered Chen Wu to lead a thousand men and patrol the river bank.

Although Zhang Zhao was not a military general on the battlefield, he was also well versed in military tactics. When he saw that the Jiangdong army soldiers were not very morale because of their last defeat, they might be unable to resist Cao Cao's army, so he offered advice to Sun Quan:

"Cao Cao's army is coming now, and it can be said that the enemy is numerous and we are few. Cao Cao comes from afar, and he must first slapped his spirit before he can defend his solemnia."

Sun Quan also knew that his morale was sluggish recently, so he asked the generals under his tent:

"Cao Cao comes from afar, who dares to defeat the enemy first to defeat his spirit?"

In order to rescue Sun Quan last time, Tong Ling's troops were almost completely lost. He was eager to make a meritorious service and was the first to stand up and ask for battle:

"I want to go."

Sun Quan knew that Ling Tong was both civil and military, and was still very satisfied with his ability to stand up at a critical moment, so he asked:

"It is natural to go to public records. How many troops do you need to bring?"
Chapter completed!