The content of the letter is very simple: On December 26, the Liaodong Navy landed in Dongmu!

Cao Cao's eyes widened, and read the contents of the letter word by word, his face became even more gloomy and unstable.

Damn Liaodong Navy... He never expected that Liu Chuang would dare to let the navy attack across the sea at this time.

Cao Cao never thought of this tactic... it was not that he was not capable, but that due to the limitations of technology and the times, Cao Cao never considered this method of water war.

Well, this is no longer a water war technique. To be precise, it is a naval warfare tactic.

Previously, due to various reasons such as load capacity, sea ships were at most responsible for carrying people and cargo.

However, Liu Chuang was the first to think of the idea of ​​using sea ships to engage in water wars, and after the Shijiutuo factory began to manufacture keel sea ships, the idea of ​​naval battles had become possible. For this reason, Liu Chuang spent a lot of money and grain to build large keel sea ships in three years, making the load capacity of the sea ships reach an astonishing number of 200 tons. In other words, Liu Chuang only needed ten sea ships to carry nearly 10,000 people at one time. This cross-sea troop transport tactic is undoubtedly an innovation that shocks everyone in this era.

You know, China's coastline is very long.

With his maritime transportation capabilities, Liu Chuang could carry thousands or even more than 10,000 elite soldiers at any time and anywhere, landing on the beach and launching attacks.

This time, Donglai landing was an extremely successful attempt.

Cao Cao couldn't help but grit his teeth... If Liu Chuang had gained a foothold in Donglai, it would inevitably cause turmoil in the entire Central Plains.

Donglai was Liu Chuang's territory before.

The people there originally had a sense of belonging to Liu Chuang. Now that Liu Chuang's ship appears in Donglai, I am afraid that both Qing and Xu will be in panic.

This chuanger has caused me a big problem...

However, the more this happens, the less Cao Cao can't retreat easily.

He had to teach Liu Chuang a lesson, otherwise the reputation Cao Cao had accumulated over the years would be much weaker with his withdrawal of troops.

"Tell me the order, tell my friend and ask him to step up his actions!"

Cao Cao said word by word. He made up his mind to never let Liu Chuang develop like this unscrupulously.

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With Liu Chuang's "Bingzhou Operation" kicking off, Liu Chuang took Xu You and Lu Xun to leave Qinghe Country.

Gan Ning has been ordered to implement the Donglai landing plan, and Liu Chuang ordered Zhou Cang and Fengchi to assist in the operation.

Next, there will be a game between Liu Chuang and Cao Cao.

He knew very well that the battle reached this level. Whether it was Cao Cao or himself, he was no longer able to continue. It was already the limit for his annexation of the four counties of Jizhou. If the war continued, if it was not done well, these four counties would be lost again, which was not what Liu Chuang wished.

Now it depends on how Cao Cao will choose.

However, based on Liu Chuang's understanding of Cao Cao, he would definitely choose to truce.

Calculate the time, the game between him and Cao Cao lasted from the five years of Jian'an to this year.

For three years, both sides have fought in a row of fierce battles, and both Cao Cao and Liu Chuang have felt inexplicably exhausted.

Next, there will be at least some time of leisure.

Liu Chuang returned to Hejian and ordered Zhang He to defend Qinghe.

However, Zhang He alone may not be able to face such a big scene. So at Xu You's suggestion, Liu Chuang transferred Ju Hu from Yanjing to assist Zhang He. Both of them were from Jizhou, and Ju Hu's father Ju Su enjoyed great reputation in Jizhou. Letting him help Zhang He was not only accepted by the scholars in Jizhou, but also quickly stabilize the situation in Qinghe.

As for Qingzhou...

Zang Ba Xiahou Yuan was probably too busy to take care of himself.

The navy continued to plunder the coast of Qingzhou, and Gan Ning landed in Donglai. Xiahou Yuan Zang Ba was indeed unable to attack Liu Chuang again.

After returning to Hejian, Liu Chuang was much more relaxed.

"Mr. Ziyuan, what should we do next?"

This is not because Liu Chuang wants to test Xu You, but he really doesn't know what to do next. After the war in Jizhou ended, the entire Three Kingdoms situation had been changed to chaos by him. Historically, Cao Cao would seize Yecheng in the next year, and then completely destroy the Yuan family and unify the north in five years. But now, Liu Chuang is in the north and must face Cao Cao's army in the next step.

It is unlikely to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation.

There is no buffer between him and Cao Cao, and whether he can defeat Cao Cao has become a question that Liu Chuang needs to consider in the next step.

His ability to predict this era no longer exists; the advantages of time travelers have disappeared with the destruction of Yuan.

Xu You pondered for a moment and said softly: "If Cao Cao withdraws his troops this time, he will not give up.

The emperor's uncle is full of wings, and he can't let the emperor's uncle continue to develop... If I guess correctly, Meng De will discuss peace with the emperor's uncle next. Then he will stabilize Sun Quan in Jiangdong first. The lord sent someone to lobby Sun Quan this time, which did put pressure on Meng De. But if Sun Quan was determined to be an enemy of Meng De... Haha, I must look down on that blue-eyed one. It would be quite possible if it were his brother, but Jiangdong's blue-eyed one would never turn against Meng De easily. Therefore, once Meng De stabilized Sun Quan, he would definitely attack with all his strength to destroy the emperor."

Liu Chuang took a deep breath and nodded slightly.

This is normal. Cao Cao's next main energy will definitely be devoted to himself.

"So, the most urgent task of the emperor is to correct his reputation."

"Change your name?"

Xu You nodded, "Cao Cao was appointed as the emperor to order the emperor to be disobedient, and appointed Sikong as the post of attacking the princes.

Although the emperor's uncle is the emperor's uncle of the Han Dynasty, his reputation is still weaker than Meng De. Therefore, the emperor's uncle must gain the reputation of being able to compete with Cao Cao in the next step. If I guess correctly, the seal of the general in Yuan Shao's hand will now be in the hands of the emperor?"

Liu Chuang was stunned and then he was stunned.

"How can you be so sure sir?"

"I know Meng De very well... When Benchu ​​was dominating Hebei, Cao Cao wanted to get the title of General. Unfortunately, Benchu ​​was powerful at that time, which forced Cao Cao to return the seal of General to Benchu, and then he took the post of Sikong himself.

Although Sikong was the Three Dukes, his power was still no more than that of the general.

If he got the General Seal, he would be impatient to take the post of General... But he has no movement now, which means that the General Seal is not in his hands. I have been thinking about the whereabouts of this General Seal.

The day before yesterday, I read the letters sent by Yanjing and found that Ma Chao had actually received the title of General Fu Bo, so I vaguely guessed that the general was sealed in the hands of the emperor.

Haha, it is not difficult to guess this result.

Maybe the emperor uncle didn’t know the power of the general seal, but if he had to know it.”

Liu Chuang couldn't help but look at Xu You in surprise. After a while, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Sir, the general's seal is indeed in my hands."

Just then, when I heard the door ringing, Liu Chuang came out in his clothes.

"Master..."

Liu Chuang shook his head, then blinked his eyes, and then stretched out his hand.

"Boyan, you haven't rested yet... Anping has rushed for 600 miles, what happened?"

Lu Xun quickly handed the letter and said softly: "Lord, Huangge sends a message. Three days ago, Cao's army sneaked into Xindu, and General Gao Lan was killed."

"ah?"

Liu Chuang was stunned and was shocked.

He snatched the letter, "Why is there no warning before Huangge?"

Lu Xun smiled bitterly and said, "It's quite strange that Cao Cao used troops this time... The main general was not Cao Hong and others, but his nephew Cao Peng.

So Handan didn't care about the secret work, so Cao Peng suddenly launched a sneak attack, General Gao Lan caught him off guard and was killed by Cao Peng..."

Cao Peng?

Liu Chuang frowned and fell into deep thought.
Chapter completed!