Chapter 640

Xu You, who called him Cao Aman every day, was the first to get arrogant. He was drunk in Yecheng all day, calling him Cao Aman big and Cao Aman small, and was slashed with a bowl-sized scar by Xu Zhu...

Cao Cao reprimanded Xu Zhu.

"Xu Ziyuan is my childhood friend and helped me obtain Yecheng. You killed him just like that? How do you expect me to explain to the world!"

Xu Zhu muttered,

"My lord, it was Xu You who asked me to slash him!"

Although Cao Cao was secretly happy, he still cursed loudly,

"Brute, brute!"

Just as Cao Cao was cursing Xu Zhu, Cheng Yu rushed in.

"My lord, urgent report from Cao Xiu in Xu County!"

"Read it!"

"Zhuge Liang, the pseudo-Inspector of Jingzhou appointed by Liu Bei, led an army of one hundred thousand to march out of Nanyang Commandery and fiercely attacked Yexian. Now Yexian has fallen!"

Cao Cao stood up abruptly.

"Liu Bei is still in Jiangdong, how dare Zhuge Liang privately mobilize the entire Jingzhou army!"

Cheng Yu cupped his hands.

"My lord, Yexian is less than 200 miles from Xu County. The great army will arrive in a few days. Cao Xiu and Man Chong only have thirty thousand troops."

Cao Cao looked at Military Military Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, what do you think our army should do?"

Military Military Sima Yi looked at the map and frowned.

"My lord, the city defense of Xu County is excellent, and there are thirty thousand troops, so it may not be lost in a short time. Our army should worry about Liu Bei in Jiangdong."

"Jiangdong has more than one hundred thousand troops. Liu Bei is marching north, and our army's Central Plains hinterland doesn't have many troops at the moment, so we may not be able to stop him."

Cao Cao frowned and looked at the map.

"Liu Bei has two roads marching north: attack Hefei, take Shouchun, enter the Ying River from the Huai River, and attack Xu County from the east and west together with Zhuge Liang. The second road is to go through Guangling Commandery in Xuzhou, enter the Si River from the Huai River, and occupy the Qing and Xu regions."

"Our army has newly occupied the Hebei territory and cannot mobilize too many troops."

Xun Yu cupped his hands.

"My lord, the families of our army's soldiers are mostly in Xu County. Now that Yecheng has become the new center, it is best to move all the families to Yecheng."

Cao Cao was stunned. Could it be that Xun Yu had no confidence in defending Xu County?

Xun Yu pointed in the direction of Luoyang.

"My lord, Liu Bei can also send troops from Guanzhong and Liangzhou from here. Our army is attacked from three sides; it's difficult."

Cao Cao's headache was about to flare up...

"Let's plan this well!"

Military Military Sima Yi cupped his hands.

"My lord, you can send people to spread rumors that Zhuge Liang is monopolizing power and has the heart to stand alone."

Before the battle had even started, Military Military Sima Yi had already thought of putting eye drops on Zhuge Liang.

In his heart, he was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred for Zhuge Liang. Everyone was a strategist by origin, and everyone was extremely intelligent, but Cao Cao couldn't trust himself like this!