"My lord..."

Xi Zhicai suddenly raised his head and looked at Cao Cao with his eyes wide open. I saw that Cao Cao's fighting spirit was high at this moment, as if no pressure in the world could crush him, and his body exuded an incomparable strong self-confidence, as well as the majestic momentum of swallowing heaven and earth. At the beginning, when Xi Zhicai talked to Cao Cao for the first time, he was impressed by his confidence and momentum, and since he followed Cao Cao, he made suggestions. Today, he saw Cao Cao, who was stronger than that day, both confident and imposing, and no matter what, he would accompany Cao Cao to go on.

"Zhicai, you are willing to follow me to break this game of chess, and not let our fate be controlled by others!" Cao Cao's eyes looked at Xi Zhicai like a dazzling sun, and he knew that Xi Zhicai would definitely not reject him.

"Subordinate, never give up!"

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and Xi Zhicai's reaction was as he expected. When he suddenly said these words, he learned that there was such a powerful force in this world controlling the world, and I believe that many people's first reaction was shock, which was natural. However, after being shocked, some people are frightened and afraid, and thus run away, and of course, there is another kind of people, after learning such a fact, they will have an infinite fighting spirit in their hearts to fight against such forces. It is clear that Cao Cao belongs to the latter, he will not succumb to any force, and his fate will only be in his own hands. And the reason why Cao Cao said it to Xi Zhicai was because he knew that Xi Zhicai was the same kind of person as himself.

After learning about Xi Zhicai's intentions, Cao Cao continued: "Zhicai, since I realized that the facts recorded in those classics were true, I began to search for everything related to it. In the classics, the force that controls the world is the Shuntian Alliance, and no one knows how powerful their power is. However, from the fact that they can manipulate the change of the court in the world, it must be an extremely powerful force. Over the years, I have also secretly investigated the existence of the Shuntian Alliance, and I have faintly raised some eyebrows. There are thirteen states in the world, and each state has their power. Moreover, in addition to the power of these thirteen states, they have even greater power. In other words, the Shuntian Alliance forces in the thirteen states are only subordinates, and there is a more powerful force that dominates them behind their backs. ”

Xi Zhicai frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Lord, what is the strength of the Shuntian Alliance forces in these thirteen states?"

"Whew!"

Cao Cao exhaled heavily, with an expression on his face that he didn't know whether to be shocked or frightened, although it was only a flash, he was still captured by Xi Zhicai. Xi Zhicai wondered in his heart, how strong is the Shuntian Alliance in the mouth of the lord, and it would make the lord show such an expression?

"Zhicai, what do you think is the strength of generals like Zhongkang and Yuan Rang under my command?" Cao Cao did not immediately answer Xi Zhicai's question, but instead asked a question that seemed unrelated.

"Zhong Kang and Yuan Rang are such powerful generals, they are rare fierce generals in the world!"

Cao Cao nodded lightly, with a complicated expression on his face, and said in a deep voice after a long time: "Since I decided to fight against the Shuntian Alliance, I have started to network chivalrous and dead soldiers, although these chivalrous and dead soldiers are not the generals who lead the battle, but if they fight alone, their strength can be comparable to Zhong Kang and Yuan Rang, not inferior." However, I recruited a total of fifty knights and dead soldiers, and distributed them to the thirteen states to investigate the traces of the Shuntian League, and in the end, only one person returned seriously injured, and after telling some information about the Shuntian League, he died. At that time, I realized that the Shuntian Alliance was so strong. ”

Xi Zhicai suddenly realized, no wonder Cao Cao showed a shocked and even shocked expression just now, the enemy of such a powerful force, if anyone knows about it, I am afraid that Cao Cao will have such a reaction, or even worse.

What is the strength of Xu Chu and Xiahoudun, Xi Zhicai is naturally clear, it can be said that it is rare in the world, and there were definitely no more than 100 people between them at that time. And Cao Cao recruited fifty such subordinates, these knights and dead soldiers have no role on the battlefield, but the strength of a single leader will naturally not be inferior to Xu Chu and Xiahou Dun. However, the knights and dead soldiers of such strength were completely wiped out, and only one person could come back alive, and he was still seriously injured. From this, it can be seen how strong the force of the Shuntian Alliance is.

"The reason why the lord raised troops is for the sake of the Shuntian Alliance?" Xi Zhicai seemed to understand something, and looked at Cao Cao with blank eyes.

"Exactly!"

Cao Cao nodded, and then Zhengse said: "The Shuntian Alliance is a powerful force, and their members must be very powerful. However, few people in the world know that this force exists, so I don't think they have many members. Therefore, as long as I can dominate the world and raise the world's soldiers and horses, I will be able to wipe out the Shuntian Alliance at that time. The world should belong to the people of the world, and it is not something that these people can control!"

It turned out that Cao Cao was fighting for hegemony for this reason.

At this time, Cao Cao's brows furrowed again, and he said as if puzzled: "According to the records, the only thing that the Shuntian Alliance is afraid of is the existence of a rebel. It's just that I don't know what this rebel is about, whether it is a force or a person, there is no way to know, and there is not much recorded in the classics, which seems to be secretive. If there are those who rebel against heaven to help, why should we be afraid of the Shuntian Alliance. ”

Actually, Cao Cao had some words that he didn't say.

At that time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao finished browsing the classics. It is recorded in the classics that he and Yuan Shao would have a great war in the future, and after the war, he became the overlord of the north, and finally established the state of Cao Wei. However, the establishment of Cao Wei was only to pave the way for one of the Shuntian League's families named Sima, and it was the Sima family that eventually inherited the world, and their Cao family was just a lackey of others. How can Cao Cao accept this kind of thing. Whether it was from his ambition or the unwilling feeling of being controlled by others, Cao Cao would not allow this kind of thing to happen. Therefore, he must destroy this Shuntian Alliance.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Military Division, now that Yanzhou has been recaptured, what should we do next?"

Xi Zhicai frowned, and only after a moment did he say: "Lord, for the sake of today's plan, there is only one word we ask for - wait." ”

"Wait?"

"Exactly!"

Nodding, Xi Zhicai said loudly: "The lord fought with Tao Qian in Xuzhou before, and then returned to Yanzhou, the soldiers are tired, the food and grass are lacking, and it is difficult for the soldiers under the lord's command to continue fighting." No matter who Lu Bu obeys, his actions must have some schemes, and the lord might as well wait for his changes. Now that Lu Bu has gone to Xuzhou, Liu Bei is very human, and has great ambitions, these two people are in Xuzhou, there will inevitably be disputes, and the lord can wait for the two of them to be defeated, and then take the opportunity to send troops, and the fisherman will benefit; Jizhou Mu Yuan Benchu and the lord have read the classics and know the existence of the Shuntian League, so Yuan Benchu also has the same mind as the lord, and wants to eliminate the Shuntian League. Today, Yuan Benchu occupies the land of Jizhou, Qingzhou and Bingzhou, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and has basically occupied the northern territory. Yuan Shu in the south, an incompetent person, will die sooner or later; Sun Ce in Jiangdong will inevitably die a life that will not last until he has just passed the easy fold. Therefore, in the future, the only one who can compete with the lord to dominate the world is Yuan Benchu. The enemies of the lord and Yuan Benchu are both Shuntian Alliance, and they can jointly eradicate the Shuntian Alliance first, and then decide where the world belongs. Therefore, the lord can first stabilize Yanzhou, expand the soldiers and horses, accumulate grain and grass, wait for Xuzhou to change, send troops to take it in one fell swoop, and then go south to Jingyang and other places, expand Hanzhong and Yizhou in the west, and stand with Yuan Benchu in the north and south. After the Shuntian Alliance is eradicated, it will fight to the death and decide where the world belongs. Therefore, what the lord has to do now is to wait, wait for the changes in Guanzhong. ”

"What's going on in Guanzhong?"

Recently, he was busy fighting with Lu Bu, so Cao Cao didn't have time to browse the information sent back by spies from various places. At this moment, listening to Xi Zhicai's words, it seems that there has been a change in Guanzhong, and Cao Cao suddenly became interested.

According to the information from Guanzhong Xizuo, for some reason, Guo Yan's wife had a conflict with Li Dao's mansion. Li Dao led the great Sima, and Guo Yan led the general, and the two jointly controlled the artifact; however, everyone has ambitions, and Li Dao and Guo Yan are not at odds with each other, and the reason why there was no problem before was because they were afraid that the forces outside the Guanzhong would jointly attack Guanzhong again. Nowadays, there is chaos in all parts of the world, and all forces are busy attacking and occupying land, and they have no time to take care of Guanzhong. Therefore, the two thieves, Li Dao and Guo Yan, understood this situation and seemed to have a tendency to engage troops. Therefore, the subordinates thought that the lord could wait for Li Dao and Guo Yan to hand over the two thieves, and the lord took his soldiers and horses into the pass, welcomed the Son of Heaven, controlled the imperial court artifact, and commanded the world. Although the court has no prestige now, and the forces of all parties do not dare to rebel openly, the lord can control the Son of Heaven in his hands, and there are many advantages for the future hegemony of the world, so his subordinates have this consideration. ”

"Hmm!"

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and did not immediately agree to Xi Zhicai's proposal. As a far-sighted hero, Cao Cao was not a follower, and he always had to consider the suggestions put forward by his advisors, and he would only agree to them if he thought it was feasible. Whether it is an unpopular strategist or a confidant, Cao Cao is treated equally, and perhaps, this is also the reason why Cao Cao can succeed. Of course, there will be exceptions. Just like the Battle of Chibi in history, although Pang Tong has the name of the phoenix, he has never had an outstanding record, so Pang Tong can only be regarded as an unpopular strategist. At that time, Pang Tong made a suggestion to Cao Cao to exempt his soldiers from the problem of water warfare, and Cao Cao agreed after considering it. It's just that the problem of soldiers not being good at water warfare was solved, but it also left a disaster, and finally let the Sun-Liu coalition army burn Cao Cao in a hurry.

However, it was said that in Chang'an City, Cheng Zhengfei, Guo Yu and Duan Tianya had a quarrel, which made Guo Yan's wife dissatisfied with Li Dao's mansion. Later, Guo Mao's family went to Li Dao's mansion many times to find out the woman who threatened him that day, however, no one was found. Of course, Guo Mao didn't think that this was someone's plan, but thought that the woman was hidden by Li Dao. You must know that in the entire Chang'an now, the most noble ones are undoubtedly the two of them, and those who dare to do it in their Guo Mansion will not be anyone else except Li Dao's Mansion.

After many days of unsuccessful search, Guo Mao not only did not give up, but the anger in his heart became even worse. I wonder when she, as Guo Yan's wife and the general's wife, was so angry? However, it was obviously not easy to find out the woman, at least, with Li Wei's obstruction, she would not be able to find anyone. Therefore, if he really wants to take revenge, then he will eradicate Li Dao.

I have to say that once a woman goes crazy, the consequences are extremely serious.

On this day, Guo Yan returned from drinking in Li Dao's mansion, and Guo Mao said: "Li Dao's temperament is changeable and unpredictable, and Fan Chou, who used to have a comradeship with the general, was killed by him if he disagreed. Now the general has a noble status, and he and Li Dao jointly control the imperial court artifact, once Li Dao has a different intention, I am afraid that the general will suffer accidents, and the general should be cautious!"

Now the situation in Chang'an, Guo Yan naturally understands. Although all the forces in the world attack each other, if they have a gap with each other, they may be caught by all the forces, so as to attack the pass and eradicate the two of them. Therefore, even though Li Dao and Guo Yan both wanted to be the boss, they both endured it and did not make a move against each other. Therefore, although what Guo Mao said made sense, Guo Yan did not listen to it. Unless the situation in the world is stable, at that time, the battle between him and Li Dao will really begin.

While he was talking, someone reported that Li Dao's mansion had sent wine. Guo Yan was about to fetch it, but Guo Mao said that Guo Yan was tired, so she went to get it.

After the wine was brought, Guo Yan was about to drink it, and Guo Mao naturally dissuaded him. Otherwise, her arrangement would not have been in vain.

"Now that the situation is unclear, although Da Sima sent the wine with good intentions, he can't be unguarded. ”

After speaking, Guo Mao asked his subordinates to bring a dog and let the dog drink the wine first. As a result, it didn't take long for the dog to die. Guo Yan's face changed, and Guo Mao's face was also frightened, but she did not say anything bad about Li Wei, but said: "This fine wine was sent from the Great Sima's mansion, and there may be villains on the way who want to cause discord between the general and the Great Sima, and it is not necessarily the work of the Great Sima." ”

Guo Mao also has a scheming, she just said bad things about Li Dao, and the wine passed through her hand just now, if she immediately said that it was Li Dao's poison now, it might make Guo Yan suspicious. Therefore, Guo Mao's first retreat is to advance, leaving aside his own relationship, so that Guo Yan has doubts in his heart first, and then he will act more appropriately.

Of course, Guo Yan naturally couldn't imagine that in order to separate the relationship between him and Li Dao, his wife Guo Mao would work so hard.

A few days later, Li Dao invited Guo Yan to go to the mansion to drink. And Guo Mao's has also bought off a subordinate in Li Wei's mansion and drugged Guo Yan's wine, of course, it is not poison, but just a laxative. If Guo Yan dies, she Guo Mao has no backer, and what waves can she make. After Guo Yan returned to the mansion, the abdominal pain was unbearable, and Guo Mao immediately exclaimed, it must have been Li Dao who poisoned him, took the fecal juice for Guo Yan to drink, and calmed down after vomiting.

This time, Guo Yan was furious, and finally stopped holding back and decided to kill Li Dao. Within Chang'an, the wind is surging, and a major war is inevitably about to break out. (To be continued.) )