Chapter 417: The First Strategist (2)

In this case, most people will also think that there is a high probability that Yuan Shao will win.

However, Jia Xu immediately invited Yuan Shao's envoy away.

Naturally, Zhang Xiu immediately stopped and said: "This is Yuan Benchu's envoy, and he can't be offended." After all, Yuan Shao is a person who holds grudges, and he doesn't even let go of his younger brother. ”

After all, if he really refused so directly, it would be considered a complete offense to Yuan Shao. Indeed, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's brothers are incompatible, so if you offend Yuan Shao, you will definitely be finished.

Jia Xu immediately smiled and said, "Since the general knows that Yuan Shao won't even let go of his younger brother, will he let the general go in the future?"

So Zhang Xiu immediately stopped.

Jia Xu then went on to state several reasons:

Naturally, first of all, it is a matter of strength, Yuan Shao's strength is strong and powerful in four states, and there are many generals, so he naturally does not care about Zhang Xiu's icing on the cake army. On the contrary, Cao Cao's side is weaker, so the demand for Zhang Xiu's army is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow.

Then, there is the question of nature, Cao Cao is considered to be coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the name is justified, while Yuan Shao only relies on Chen Lin's writing to embellish his ambitions. Looking at it this way, it becomes obvious who to help.

In the end, of course, it is to continue to emphasize the issue of personality, after all, the Yuan Shao brothers are incompatible, and Cao Cao can ignore the past suspicions.

So, Zhang Xiu finally chose to join Cao Cao.

Sure enough, as soon as he joined, it was too late for Cao Cao to be happy.

After all, the Liang Zi between Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao is indeed a blood feud.

However, Cao Cao was able to accept Zhang Xiu, and as a result, Cao Cao's entire image instantly became taller.

After all, even the revenge of killing a son can be accepted, so what else Cao Cao can't accept?

Zhou Gong vomited, and the sense of déjà vu of the world immediately appeared.

However, after joining, Zhang Xiu felt like he had been sold.

After all, Jia Xu's official fortune immediately prospered, and Cao Cao directly gave Jia Xu the title of Jizhou Mu.

When the two saw each other again, Zhang Xiu was still a subordinate.

Naturally, Jia Xu understood that this was not good, so he immediately suggested that Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu get married.

Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and naturally understood that there was such a need, so he agreed.

And in the following days, Jia Xu began to give Cao Cao advice.

After all, what Cao Cao was fighting at this time was also the most important war in the Three Kingdoms period - the Battle of Guandu.

Because Yuan Shao has a very strong strength, Cao Cao is also very tired and difficult.

How difficult it was?—— after Cao Cao won the battle, he collected several large baskets of letters that had correspondence with Yuan Shao.

Naturally, collaborating with the enemy is a very serious sin, so he was immediately ready to be beheaded by name.

However, seeing that several large baskets were moved in one after another, Cao Cao also understood.

This is not the time to punish harshly, after all, if all such a large number of letters are investigated, then your team will be completely cleaned up, so you don't have to think about fighting the world.

So, gritting his teeth, Cao Cao had no choice but to burn them all, and he excused himself by burning: "At that time, I didn't know what would happen to me." ”

Therefore, this war was almost Cao Cao's most difficult war.

Naturally, things have to be done no matter how difficult they are, and no one is born a winner.

So in the face of Yuan Shao's 100,000 army, Cao Cao had no choice but to use his 20,000 horses to fight.

Of course, if you want to send more, Cao Cao can also send fifty or sixty thousand.

However, soldiers are not much more expensive.

Instead of raising 60,000 rough soldiers, it is better to raise 20,000 elite soldiers, after all, the food is still not as sufficient as Yuan Shao.

Although he had a record of killing Yan Liangwen and Chou in the whole confrontation process, the gap in strength forced Cao Cao to retreat strategically.

After all, Cao Cao's grain production areas were far away from the battlefield, and the supply lines were in danger of being exposed.

Naturally, the enemy retreated and I advanced, and Yuan Shao immediately moved the position forward.

And next is the most exciting robbery of Wuchao Mengde to burn grain, however, the strategists who plan are not clear, in general, Xu Youxun and Jia Xu should be involved in this process.

After all, without the information provided by Xu You, this activity could not have been launched.

Before that, Jia Xu said that when you encounter an opportunity, you must go all out and don't miss it, after all, if you hold each other, you will always suffer if you are weak.

Naturally, the operation in front of the opportunity is to make a plan with Xun Yu in the barracks.

After all, Xun You and Guo Jia were the military advisors that Cao Cao relied on the most.

Naturally, Yuan Shao's strategy in this process is actually no problem, after all, saving the black nest and storming the Cao army camp are both very important things, and Yuan Shao's strength is fully capable of doing both at the same time.

It's just that the generals guarding the Wuchao are not as brave as Zhang He, while Cao Cao is going all out in the Wuchao.

After all, if this move fails, there is no way back.

Naturally, after the victory, Yuan Shao Group soon reluctantly came to the end.

After the unification of the north, the next goal is to go to the south of the Yangtze River, naturally, Jia Xu proposed that he could not rush south, after all, water warfare and road warfare are completely different things.

However, Cao Cao, who swept across the Central Plains, has already swelled, after all, at this time, Jiangnan is indeed insignificant in terms of population and economy.

As a result, the most magnificent stroke of Wei Wu's whip became the most painful stroke along with Zhou Yu's fire.

Naturally, a fire also woke up Cao Cao.

As a result, the offensive in the south slowed down and turned to the training of the water army.

The main focus began to be on the Northwest Pass, which was dominated by road warfare, after all, Cao Cao understood that he was an expert in this.

Naturally, at this time, Guanzhong was also a place where tigers were in the dragon pan, and a bunch of large and small warlords were nominally at the disposal of the central government, but in fact they were doing their own thing.

Looking back at the strategists under the account, Cao Cao took a fancy to Jia Xu at a glance.

After all, Jia Xu made a name for himself in Guanzhong.

Naturally, Cao Cao had a request, and Jia Xu was not easy to refuse, so Jia Xu, who was in his sixties, followed Cao Cao out of Tongguan again.

Ma Chao, Han Sui and others are all Xiliang people that Jia Xu is most familiar with.

After Dong Zhuo's death, the entire Xiliang group of dragons was leaderless and no one obeyed anyone, although Ma Chao and Han Sui were the core of it, they were not complete hardcore allies.

So Cao Cao's initial idea was to wipe them all out easily.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was much more terrifying than imagined. After all, there weren't as many cavalry as anywhere else combined.

So, after being killed and abandoned after the first battle, Cao Cao understood that it was better for these tough guys to outwit.

So after discussing with Jia Xu, the discord meter became the first choice. And Ma Chao and Han Sui, the two biggest forces, have become the best targets for discord.

So, under the joint planning of Jia Xu and Cao Cao, Liangzhou was quickly pacified.

However, Ma Chao and Han Sui still had a relatively high reputation among the Qiang people, so after completing the capture of important targets, the work of maintaining stability was handed over to Xiahou Yuan.

After all, Cao Cao, as the supreme leader, could not have been engaged in the game of suppressing bandits.

When I returned to Xuchang, I began the last thing - to determine the heir.

After all, judging from the performance, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi seem to be very good.

Naturally, in this process, Jia Xu is the final word.

Cao Cao asked.

Jia Xu didn't give a positive answer, but said that he was thinking about Liu Jingsheng and Yuan Benchu's father and son.

Naturally, Cao Cao smiled and understood the meaning.

So, in the end, Cao Pi became the son.

Next, Cao Cao's later years were full of suspicions, ghosts, and farces such as murder in dreams were constantly staged.

Jia Xu naturally understood that for a person like himself, Cao Cao would definitely not be at ease.

As a result, the operation of the big hidden city began, and it became the norm to close the door.

When he was dying, Cao Cao also added Jia Xu's name to the ministers of Gu Ming.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he also reciprocated the favor and promoted Jia Xu to the rank of lieutenant.

However, Cao Pi is an impatient, and as soon as the power in his hands is hot, he can't wait to start dominating the world.

Jia Xu understood that at this time, the north had just been reunified, and the productive forces were still recovering, so he was not anxious about temporary gains and losses, so he advised Cao Pi not to be in a hurry to dream of the Spring and Autumn Festival.

Sure enough, neither of the two marches achieved much in the end.

Naturally, at this time, the 77-year-old Jia Xu can be regarded as the end.