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Sun Ce has the ability to start a business, while Sun Quan has the ability to keep the business.
These two brothers, together with the witty and resourceful Zhou Yu, indeed have the opportunity to compete in the Central Plains and compete with the pack for hegemony.
And this Sun Ce brother is also the most threatening existence among these many strengths.
Although the momentum of the Cao family at this time is strong, it still belongs to that kind of explosive stage, and its overall strength is still far inferior to that during the Battle of Chibi.
But now if they directly use troops against Jingzhou or Soochow, the risks they will take are very high.
In addition, Cao Ang's steamship has not yet been manufactured, and the troops are not enough.
Therefore, the best decision should be to deal with Liu Zhang first.
But the biggest problem now is that Yizhou is entrenched in the land of Bashu, which is the kind of place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Moreover, Cao's territory and Yizhou's territory are not connected, so cross-regional combat is a bit procrastinating.
Zhuge Liang said: "General, in the next struggle, Hanzhong must be taken. Once Hanzhong is taken, our situation will be reversed, but if Hanzhong cannot be taken, then this split situation I'm afraid it will take another ten years."
"You are right, Hanzhong Zhang Lu has now become the focus of the entire chessboard."
Hanzhong County is just a small county, but it has become a must for military strategists.
However, the location of Hanzhong does have its role.
To the west is Liu Zhang's Yizhou, to the north is connected to Guanzhong and Longxi, to the south is Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and to the east is Wancheng, not far from Xudu.
How could such a well-connected position not become a battleground for the military strategists?
Now this piece of Lu can be said to have mastered this extremely important place.
If this place falls into the Sun Liu alliance, the result can be said to be very unfavorable to the Cao family.
What's more, Ma Chao's people from Xiliang might also join in, which would be a serious blow to the Cao family.
Now the Cao family has just captured Hebei, taking advantage of this time, they are fully capable of weakening the Cao family, or even destroying the Cao family!
If, on the contrary, Zhang Lu had defected to the imperial court, then those forces opposing the Cao family would be cut off by this place, and it would be difficult for the allied Sun Ce and Liu Biao to take advantage of the Qiang people in Guanzhong and Xiliang warlords.
Then the best state they can achieve is nothing more than North-South confrontation and long-term division.
However, it is worth mentioning that Liu Biao and Sun Ce are not of the same mind.
As the confrontation time increases, the chances of their internal instability will become very high.
And now the Cao family is in the rising period of rapid development, so judging from the overall situation, the Cao family is now the one that has the advantage.
Based on these, we can know that whoever can pull Zhang Lu into his forces can control the situation.
Pang Tong said immediately afterwards: "There is no more time now, I can attack Hanzhong directly!"
Zhuge Liang put forward a different opinion, "It is absolutely impossible. If we attack now, once Zhang Lu joins Sun Ce and Liu Biao, it will not be beneficial to us at all."
Suddenly it becomes difficult to choose, because both sides are right.
Pang Tong's suggestion is not nonsense. At this time, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang must have started sending envoys to Zhang Lu to do work. If the court responds slowly, it will miss the best opportunity.
Zhuge Liang's worries are also justified. If the battalion army is too strong, it may give the vacillating Zhang Lu a push and let him seek self-protection and seek refuge in the Sun-Liu anti-Cao alliance.
In addition, the terrain of Hanzhong County is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the past, Liu Bang was able to make a fortune here and turn salty fish over, all relying on the terrain advantage of Hanzhong.
After thinking about it, Cao Ang was also a little tangled, but then he made up his mind, and then said decisively: "In this case, we will go both ways, pass my order, and now send envoys to Hanzhong immediately, and notify Zhao Yun and Yun Chang to gather together Tiger and leopard riders, and [-] elite soldiers!"
Afterwards, Cao Ang's eyes flashed strangely, and he said, "If this happens again, I will personally fight to capture Hanzhong!"
As soon as Cao Ang's words came out, everyone was a little stunned. They didn't dare to think that Cao Ang was so fierce.
Although Cao Ang's words were very imposing, they couldn't help being a little surprised, but they were still a little puzzled by what Cao Ang said.
Fifty thousand elite soldiers?
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If the defenders of each city are transferred, they can still gather [-] elite soldiers in a short time.
However, if all the troops defending the city were transferred away, the base camp would become empty. If someone attacked at this time, it would be no different from surrendering!
"Don't forget, I still have this army in my hand!"
Seeing this, Cao Ang also reminded with a smile.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong suddenly thought of it when they heard the words.
Now there is indeed an army in the hands of Cao Ang, and the number of this army is 8 to [-]. These people are the elite soldiers recruited in Hebei at that time.
The quality of this troop can be assured, because they followed Yuan Shao in the southern and northern wars, and their strength should not be underestimated.
In addition, after they fell into the hands of Cao Ang, Cao Ang treated them both kindly and powerfully, with clear rewards and punishments.
Besides, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were sent to practice together.
After these two or three months, the army now has the command and control, and there are very few people who escaped, which is simply a miracle.
Now this army is mainly responsible for production, but Cao Ang only needs 5 people, so it is enough to leave more than 2 people.
After Cao Cao took down Jizhou, Hebei Province, Cao Ang didn't have any worries in his heart. Now he can use orders and inspirations to make them obey his words.
From the 8 to 5 people, [-] to [-] people were selected to put on equipment and weapons to go to the battlefield, becoming a force with important combat power and controllable risks.
Now is an extraordinary period, and Cao Ang has no other better way, so he can only use strange tricks to win.
After Cao Ang decided to use this trick, he also reported to Xun Yu and asked him to prepare supplementary resources.
Xun Yu was very nervous when he heard the words. He didn't expect Cao Ang to react so quickly without procrastinating at all.
For Cao Ang's plan, he Xun Yu is also very supportive.
Xun Yu: "General, there is one more thing, now the emperor wants to make the Prime Minister Wei Gong, what do you think about this matter?"
Cao Ang heard the words and thought about it.
The reason why Cao Cao rejected the title of Wei Gong several times before was entirely because he was worried that the princes of the world would overreact after learning about this matter.
But now that Sun Ce and Liu Biao have both played the name of the Qing emperor, so their attitudes are no longer important.
The Central Plains region is the home of the Cao family, and no one can defeat the Cao family here.
In addition, if Cao Cao is named Wei Gong now, it can also improve morale, strengthen the centralization of power, and strengthen the hearts of the people.