Three Kingdoms: Hegemony System

Cao Cao raised 800,000 troops, and the army went straight to the south of the Yangtze River to crusade against Jingzhou and Jiangdong.

Jingzhou was shaken, Jiangdong was shaken, and even Yizhou, Liangzhou, Liaodong and other places also received the news, and the warlords everywhere were shocked and frightened.

All forces have their own sources of intelligence, but they are not Liu Jue, and they have no way to predict history, so they did not deliberately go to investigate before the news came out.

But after the First Battle of Xinye, coupled with the word of mouth of the 60,000 people who went south in Wancheng, the news of Cao's army going south was no longer a secret.

When the news of Cao's army going south spread, everyone in the world understood very clearly that Cao Cao wanted to pacify Jiangnan in one fell swoop.

As long as Jingzhou and Jiangdong can be successfully pacified, then Cao Cao will no longer have opponents, because people like Liu Zhang, Gongsun Kang, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others are really like clowns jumping off the beam, and there is nothing to fear.

The unification of the world is in this battle.

In the first battle of Xinye, Liu Bei was slaughtered by the tiger and leopard cavalry with 3,000 soldiers, and it can be said that he had no power to fight back, and then the tiger and leopard cavalry were ambushed by Liu Jue, damaging more than half of the elite, and Cao Cao also fled in embarrassment.

Of course, these were all spread from Liu Jue, this battle was a shame for Cao Cao, how could he make a big deal about it.

As for Liu Bei, although Uncle Huang's reputation for benevolence and righteousness in the world is good, in the eyes of many people, he really can't get on the stage, and no one cares how he lost.

Therefore, what people in the world are most concerned about is the news of the slaughter of the tiger and leopard horseman.

For this news, some believe it, some don't.

It is believed that the people of Jiangxia and Jingnan are all in the four counties, and Cao Cao's elite tiger and leopard cavalry suffered a fiasco, which caused these people to cheer.

Even if Cao Cao led an army of 180,000 to the south, these people were extremely confident, thinking that Liu Jue would definitely be able to beat Cao Cao to the ground like he did with Cao Ren and Zhou Yu.

As for those who don't believe it, most of them are those who descend to Cao, and these people think that these news are just big jokes.

The tiger and leopard ride is the first in the world, how many hard battles have been fought, evil battles, fame is fought again and again, not long ago in the battle of White Wolf Mountain, the tiger and leopard rider captured the foot of the single Yu.

In the eyes of these people, the tiger and leopard ride is invincible in the world, how can it lose more than half?

These people secretly laughed at Liu Jue, thinking that he released this kind of news just to stabilize the hearts of the people and the army, but Liu Bei's miserable white may be true.

Sun Quan is one of them.

Hearing the news of Cao Cao's southward departure, the ones who were most shocked were Sun Quan and Jiangdong.

After Sun Quan learned the news, he was stunned for a long time, still unbelieving it in his heart, but he was already uneasy in his heart, like a stone pressing down on his head, making him a little breathless.

After hearing that Liu Jue slaughtered the tiger and leopard riding, Sun Quan couldn't help but laugh at Liu Jue, on the one hand, he was really laughing, and on the other hand, he was relieving the pressure in his heart.

For Sun Quan, Cao Cao was the most terrifying opponent, the kind that made him feel fearful.

In the Wu Marquis Mansion in Wu County, Sun Quan and Jiangdong ministers were all there.

"Liu Jue's lie is too lame, the tiger and leopard ride is the best in the world, he actually dares to say that he led 5,000 people, and slaughtered nearly 3,000 tigers and leopards, is it really a fool in the world?"

"If he says 50,000 people plus an ambush, maybe I can barely believe that in order to stabilize the morale of the army and the people, he can even say such things. Sun Quan laughed and said, doing his best to mock Liu Jue.

In the case of equal numbers, he dared to say that if he defeated the tiger and leopard cavalry, he would be able to deceive the ignorant people, how could he deceive Sun Quan?

Sun Quan lost to Liu Jue last time, causing him to lose his sister-in-law, lose half of Yuzhang, and finally lose face, not to mention a hundred shipwrights, but also gave a younger sister and his most beloved mount.

Therefore, Sun Quan hated Liu Jue in his heart, he had never taken advantage of Liu Jue, and this time he finally seized an opportunity, of course, he had to laugh at it fiercely.

At this time, in the hall, in addition to Sun Quan, there were also Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Lu Su, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and other veteran ministers.

After all, it was not trivial for Cao Jun to go south, so Sun Quan summoned them all, and after hearing Sun Quan's ridicule, except for Zhou Yu, these civil and military generals all smiled.

Although Sun Quan said that it was not entirely true, but on the opposite side was Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride, so they all agreed, and Liu Jue spread this false news in order to stabilize the morale of the army and the people.

It's a pity that this cowhide is too big, but it has become a joke in the eyes of others.

The veteran Huang Gai laughed and said: "Liu Jue is releasing this kind of news now, there is no doubt that he is already afraid of Cao Cao in his heart, otherwise he will not deceive himself." "

Cheng Pu also said with a smile: "At the beginning, Liu Jue defeated Cao Ren, mostly by luck and Cao Ren's arrogance, but now Cao Cao personally led an army of 800,000 to the south, and he finally revealed his original form." "

Although these words are also mocking Liu Jue, Sun Quan is uncomfortable to listen to, Liu Jue defeated Cao Ren by luck, and the two times he defeated himself also by luck?

Isn't that a slap in the face?

Although he didn't want to admit it in his heart, Sun Quan was a little afraid of Liu Jue in his heart, and felt that this person had too many means.

The sharp knives, the swift ships, and the thunderbolts make people's scalps tingle just to think about.

When Sun Quan thought of this, he suddenly felt in his heart that if Liu Jue relied on these things to defeat the tiger and leopard rider, it would not be impossible.

"Impossible, with the same number of people, how can the tiger and leopard ride be injured by more than half, this news must be false. Sun Quan comforted himself in his heart.

At this time, Zhou Yu suddenly said: "Lord, it doesn't matter if this matter is true or not, just send someone to investigate." The most important thing now is that Cao Cao led the army south, and we must find out the truth as soon as possible before we can make corresponding preparations. "

Compared with before, Zhou Yu looked thinner and thinner, and his expression was cold, as if it was a big ice cube, exuding the aura of being unapproachable.

Lost to Liu Jue twice, vomited blood twice and was in bed, plus his wife and concubine were taken captive, so Zhou Yu suffered too many blows, I don't know if he will hang up on the spot if he vomits blood again.

Sun Quan's smile suddenly froze, and he coughed lightly and said: "What Gong Jin said is very true, Cao Cao's army is going south, claiming to be 800,000 people, which is indeed extraordinary. "

Hearing the number of 800,000 troops, everyone's faces were different, especially Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, and Yu Turn, all with a touch of worry on their faces.

Zhang Zhao and others represent the local scholars in Jiangdong, just like Cai Mao and Kuai Yue in Jingzhou, even if they are loyal to Sun Quan, but in their hearts, the interests of their own family are higher than Sun Quan's interests.

Therefore, when they heard the news that 800,000 Cao troops were heading south, the first thing Zhang Zhao and others thought of was to surrender.

Zhang Zhao and others are different from Sun Quan, even if they surrender to Cao Cao, their status will not change, but they may still be rewarded by Cao Cao, and Jiangdong will just change masters.

If Cao Cao wanted to master Jiangdong, he still had to rely on their group of local scholars.