Chapter 983

After explaining the purpose of the meeting to the public again, Xu Shu quickly walked to the map on the wall of the small hall and introduced the current situation of Cao Cao Jun to the public.

It can be said that after several years of development, Cao Cao has now become the second largest vassal in the world after the Zhengdong army in terms of territory and population. Moreover, it can be said that if the expeditionary army did not join the three counties of Yuzhou, Cao Cao's territory and population might even be larger than the expeditionary army.

However, comparatively speaking, although yuan Shaojun's territory and population are not as good as those of the former two, his soft power is not as good as that of the latter two. Yuan Shaojun's high reputation, talents and wealth are unique in the whole world.

At present, Cao Cao's army has occupied most of Yanzhou, most of Xuzhou, nearly half of Qingzhou and a small part of Yuzhou. There are 18 counties, with a total of more than 180 cities. The total population under his rule has reached nearly 9 million.

According to the information obtained by the shadow guard in recent years, Cao Cao's army has more than 800000 troops. Its troops are divided into two parts: Chinese army and foreign army. The Chinese army is equivalent to the war battalion of the East conscription army, with about 200000 troops; the foreign army is also called the prefecture soldiers, which is equivalent to the garrison of the East conscription army, with about 600000 troops.

Based on the information sent back by the shadow, Guo Jia and other military strategists basically speculated the composition of Cao Cao's army. In his own hands, Cao Cao held the 100000 most elite Chinese troops. Apart from the Qingzhou soldiers and tiger and leopard cavalry who had fought with the eastern expedition army, there were five elite troops, about 10000 each.

In addition to the 100000 troops, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan and Xia Houdun, the four brothers Cao Cao trusted most, each had an elite Chinese army of nearly 10000 people, and the remaining ten or so Taishou had 3000 to 5000 people in each hand.

Cao Cao's troops were distributed in a different way from those of the Zhengdong army. The Zhengdong army carried out the separation of military and political affairs. The duty of the prefect was government affairs. Military affairs were in the hands of the Duwei, and the most powerful elite battalions were in the hands of several people who were most loyal to Huangfu Chaobo.

But Cao Cao's army is different. Cao Cao has a lot of relative generals, so some of the best counties under his rule are in the hands of these relative generals, so they also have absolute military power in their hands. As for other generals, even if they are loyal to Cao Cao, they are also generals or even poor county governors. Correspondingly, they also have absolute military power in their hands It's much weaker.

Judging from the current situation of Cao Cao's army, there is no sign of troop mobilization for the time being. However, although there are a large number of people in the shadow under Cao Cao's rule, not all things can be found, just as Cao Cao can't figure out the arrangement of the eastern expedition.

It took Xu Shu nearly an hour to explain to the public what shadow had learned about Cao Cao Jun, including the situation of troops in various places and the situation of Cao Cao Jun's officers and generals.

After Cao Cao Jun's explanation, Xu Shu explained the situation of his own army.

In this way, it took nearly half an hour.

After Xu Shu had finished, Huangfu Chao said: "you can win a hundred battles only if you know what you know. Now the situation of the enemy and US has been clearly described to you. Next, please tell us about the situation of the two allies who will fight against Cao Cao together next year."

Hearing what Huangfu Chaobo said, Xun you stood up and said: "Lord, you, general, you should know that last month, you once sent an envoy to Langya to make an alliance with Guangwu general yelaixiang. The other side agreed to send troops to Donghai to attack Cao Cao next year."

"At the same time, sun CE's army in Jiangdong will also send troops to Huaibei to attack xiapi county and Donghai County under Cao Cao's army. In this way, Cao Cao's army will face the simultaneous attack of our three princes."

"Of course, our army in the East is surrounded by a group of enemies. However, it is not likely that the Lvbu army in the north will be able to launch an attack. Moreover, Hedong and Hanoi have been well prepared. It is believed that the Lvbu army will not be able to invade our territory. In the case of Yuan Shaojun in the East, the Duke of Wei Jun's defense has made a detailed inspection a few days ago and adjusted his defense line. Moreover, our army has formed an alliance with the Heishan army, and the other side promised that once yuan Shaojun sent troops to Wei Jun, the other side would send troops to help. "

"In the west, the various departments of the Xiliang army have no mind and strength to break the defense of our army in Hongnong, so they are safe. As for the Nanyang army in the south, if it is blocked by the Yingxi army, Sizhou and Yuzhou will be all right. The two counties of Qingzhou in the East are also on the defensive in the next war. More than a month ago, the Lord also went to inspect and believed that the defense has been strengthened again. "

At this point, Xun you stopped for a moment, and then said, "so in this battle, the forces that our army can go out are the five battalions of Henan, Chenliu and Yuzhou counties, and the Lord's guard camp, with a total of about 150000 soldiers, plus the deployed guards and craftsmen, the total number of troops should be about 250000."

When Xun you finished speaking, Huangfu Chaobo stood up and said, "a few months ago, I would have sent you the general plan of sending troops. I believe everyone has already considered how our army should fight in this war, where it is empty, where it is real, and what kind of results we want to achieve. Next, everyone can speak freely."As soon as the voice fell behind, everyone fell into a deep meditation. It was not a deliberate silence. Instead, everyone was frightened by their master's actions and sent out 250000 troops at one time. Nowadays, few companies in the world can have such courage.

A moment later, Guo Jia stood up and said, "gentlemen, Jia has an intelligence here to remind you that at present, Cao Cao's most elite 100000 Chinese troops are 80000 in Yanzhou, Changyi City, and 20000 are still in xiapi. They should be two of the five troops mentioned in the intelligence."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded, which means that Cao Cao's Qingzhou army, hubaoqi and the other three Chinese armies have now returned to Changyi.

At this time, Pang Tong got up from his seat, walked slowly to the front of the map, and said: "Lord, from the point of view of Tong, the army can be divided into two routes: Huben camp, Hubu camp and guards. They attacked Yanzhou, while the Shenwu camp, Fenwu camp and Zhenwu camp of Yuzhou sent troops to Yuzhou to attack Cao's starting place at one stroke."