After Cao Cao invited the generals to the dinner that night, he raised the account the next day.

Cao Cao sat on the main seat, looked at the subordinate Wu, and said:

"Yesterday my four sons were cured of poisoning, which was a great joy, so I held a feast to celebrate. But inferring the reason for the poisoning of the four people, Yuan Xi must be the mastermind. This person is hypocritical and righteous, and let my four sons go back to the city, but he has already poisoned and assassinated him. I vow to take revenge!"

Strategist Liu Ye said: "Lord, please be cautious. Yuan Xi is hateful, but now the states of Henan are not stable. Yuan Xi ordered all the princes to crusade against our army, and heard that Xiliang Ma Teng and Hanzhong Zhang Lu were all ready to move. ”

"Zhang Lu is not worried, but Xiliang stabbed Shi Ma Teng, it is really necessary to take precautions!" Cheng Yu also agreed with Liu Ye's opinion, "Now that there is a shortage of grain and grass, the lord still stores grain in Tuntian, and when the summer harvest comes, he will go on the expedition again." ”

Xi Zhicai came out and said: "In the next opinion, it is different from the two. Although our army is now in a difficult situation, how much better is it in the four prefectures of Hebei? Yuan Xi is not the eldest son! Yuan Shao died in battle, and if the three sons do not surrender to each other, they will inevitably attack and kill each other, leading to great chaos. If we don't take advantage of the fact that the other party's foothold is not stable, we will enter Hebei, and wait until the other party breathes a sigh of relief, we will add another big enemy. ”

At this time, it was at the time when Bai Xiaowen was entering Yecheng and had not yet seized Yuan Shang's military power. Moreover, the detailed work sent by Cao Jun to Jizhou will take time to pass the information back, so Xi Zhicai will say the matter of "three sons attacking and killing".

This is also a normal inference, who would have thought that Bai Xiaowen would take risks alone and go to Yuan Shang's camp in person, and without spending a single soldier, he would be able to bind Yuan Shang and subdue an army of 100,000.

In short, even if the strategists of the Cao Group could think of Bai Xiaowen's cleverness, they would never have imagined that it was as tall as several floors.

Guo Jiadao: "Liu Biao is newly defeated, Jingzhou is weak, and Jiangdong Sun Ce has long had the intention of annexation, and he will inevitably seize this rare opportunity to send troops, so the threat from Jingzhou and Jiangdong does not need to be considered." As for the shortage of food, as well as the problems of Ma Teng and Zhang Lu, I have a plan to solve. ”

Cao Cao was "overjoyed": "Try to say it with filial piety." ”

Guo Jia said: "You can lend the land of Yongzhou Sanfu to Ma Teng and Zhang Lu in exchange for food soldiers." Ma Teng and Zhang Lu both want Sanfu, and they will inevitably invade and fight with each other, and they will not invade our border again; When the two sides are fighting for land, our army will set the Yuan clan in the north and unify the north, so that we can regain control of the Son of Heaven and regain the initiative. ”

The so-called Sanfu refers to Jingzhao, where Chang'an is located, as well as the two counties of Fengyi in the north and Fufeng in the west.

The land of Sanfu, also known as "Guanzhong", has dangerous terrain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the Qin and Han dynasties, it has always had considerable political significance.

Guo Jia's strategy is quite imaginative. A group of civil and military generals silently pondered the feasibility in their hearts.

Cheng Yu said: "Without Sanfu, Sizhou will be exposed to the attack of the Yongliang army at any time, how to defend it? Moreover, how will we recover Sanfu in the future?"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "We only need to hold Tongguan, we can choke the enemy's throat and cut off the passage for the absolute side to invade Sizhou, and then sit back and watch Ma Teng and Zhang Lu win or lose." When Hebei is pacified, you can send an army to the west, and after you get out of Tongguan, why is it difficult to recapture Sanfu?"

Cao Cao stroked his palms and said with a smile: "This plan of filial piety is a strong man breaking his wrist and a gecko surviving, which is very wonderful! Our army is short of food at this time, and has lost the Son of Heaven, and is attacked by the Quartet, which is a moment of exhaustion. If they still covet territory, they will inevitably stretch their military strength. Abandoning the useless three auxiliaries can give our army a new lease of life. ”

Originally, during the Han Dynasty, Chang'an was located in the land of Sanfu, which was very rich, with a population of more than one million.

However, Dong Zhuoyu of Xiliang, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others have already caused the prosperity of Sanfu to be depressed and ruined, and a large number of people have moved to Hanzhong, Sizhou and other places in order to avoid the mutual attack of the Xiliang rebel army.

Therefore, Cao Cao said "useless three auxiliaries", not casually.

Guo Jia also said: "Before the delivery, we can also forcibly relocate the population of the Sanfu Land to Sizhou to enrich the population of Sizhou." ”

After he conquered Hanzhong, he saw that Hanzhong was prosperous, so he forcibly moved to the Guanzhong region (that is, Sanfu), and made the Chang'an region prosperous again.

Guo Jia's request to relocate the population of the land of Sanfu was not only beneficial to the Cao group, but also took into account the people of the land of Sanfu.

According to his plan, the land of Sanfu will inevitably fall into war for a period of time in the future, but it is not as peaceful and stable as Sizhou.

Among the clans, Cao Ren came out and said: "Ma Teng is okay, but Zhang Lu is just a man who guards the city, how dare he fight for the city with the Xiliang soldiers? If we follow Guo Junshi's strategy, we will be equivalent to giving up the land of Sanfu to Xiliang, but instead exposing our belly and back to Xiliang's iron horse. ”

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai laughed but did not speak.

Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao had adopted Guo Jia's strategy, so he naturally tried his best to help Cao Cao improve:

"Otherwise, we can trade with Zhang Lu first in exchange for grain, and then trade with Ma Teng. By the time Ma Teng came, Zhang Lu had already occupied the pass; the walls of Chang'an City were thick enough to be defended, and Zhang Lu had food and people, so he would not give up easily. ”

Cao Ren understood, and nodded his head to indicate that he had no objections.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, then at an empty seat on his left, and sighed:

"Fengxiao's plan of two tigers competing for food is wonderful, which reminds me of Xun Yu, who sacrificed the strategy of competing for food with two tigers and driving tigers and wolves when Ping Lu Bu, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were in the past. If Xun Yu is here, he will definitely have the same plan as Feng Xiao! I originally regretted the loss of Xun Yu, but with Feng Xiao, it will be enough to fill this vacancy. ”

Guo Jia bowed down and said: "The lord is trustworthy, and his subordinates will do their best to repay him." ”

Cao Cao got up suddenly: "Just act according to the plan of filial piety." I sent a vanguard army to cross the river to attack Liyang, and when the grain and grass traded in Hanzhong arrived, I led the army northward. Who wants to be a pioneer?"

For a time, all the generals in the hall, such as Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, etc., came forward to ask for battle.

Suddenly, a voice was heard:

"Generals, slow down! If you want to avenge your brother, how can you miss me? Father, my son is willing to be the vanguard, and vows to sacrifice Yuan Xi's head to the bottom of the steps. ”

Everyone looked at it, and it was the fourth prince Cao Xiong who spoke.

Cao Xiong personally beheaded Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, and his credit was great, so his prestige in the army has risen rapidly, and even many generals admire him.

Seeing Cao Xiong come out to fight, everyone didn't feel abrupt, after all, they had this strength, and they had already proven themselves.

Cao Cao smiled and said:

"Yuan Benchu has a son Yuan Xi, and I have a son Cao Xiong, which is enough to match! However, Xiong'er, you have not yet commanded a large army, and you are not qualified. I have ordered your uncle Xiahoudun to be the vanguard and seal officer, and to take Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and your four fierce generals as deputies, and to attack Liyang! You need to be cautious and obey your uncle's military orders, and you must know that military law is ruthless, and if you violate it, I will not be able to save you! Are you still willing to go?"

Cao Xiong said loudly: "I wish to go!"

"Okay, the real Igo family Chisakoma also!"

Cao Cao laughed, walked up to Cao Xiong in person, held his hand and said, "You are the vanguard, your four brothers, except for Chong'er, who is too young and stays in Xudu, the other three will follow the Chinese army." I want to fight this battle and watch the four of you in their martial arts! Whether it is advice or advice or killing the enemy on the battlefield, the meritorious deeds will be remembered in the heart of my father. ”