Cao Cao sat in the study, one person on the left and one on the left, Cheng Yu on the left, and Yingchuan Opera Zhicai on the right.

After Xi Zhicai was recommended to Yanzhou by Xun Yu, he immediately offered advice to Cao Cao and moved the people of Dongguan County to Tuntian, Xu County.

At this time, Xu County is located in the east of Henan ten rooms and nine empty, deserted, but the east Henan Plain is fertile for thousands of miles, it is the best place in Tuntian.

And after stabilizing Xu County, it can be used as a springboard to enter the Central Plains.

The Central Plains was the political and economic center of the Han Dynasty, and if it controlled the Central Plains, it was possible to plot against the world.

Otherwise, he will always live in Yanzhou, thinking about Xuzhou every day, and he will be farther and farther away from the Central Plains, and he will always be able to live in a corner of peace.

Cao Cao praised this suggestion, which shows that Xi Zhicai has a long-term vision, so he named him a military advisor and served as a staff officer at any time.

Of course, the strategy offered by Xi Zhicai is only the general direction, and it cannot be completed overnight.

No, Cheng Yu was worried about what was in front of him.

The labor assigned to the peasant women a few days ago has been collected, and the collection is really less than half of what was expected.

In this way, the salary of the newly recruited 20,000 warriors will not be enough.

"Envoy King, this matter of labor depends on the opinion of the following......"

"Don't mention this matter yet," Cao Cao waved his hand, knowing that Cheng Yu was going to persuade him to disband the 10,000 soldiers to ensure that the military pay was sufficient.

Cheng Yu is the big housekeeper of Yanzhou, so he naturally has to consider the matter of military food and salary, which is his duty.

However, the recruited soldiers have been training for two months, and they are about to become an army, so Cao Cao will be dismissed by half of them, and he will not be able to do this if he is killed.

Cao Cao held a letter in his hand and said: "I have a message here, whether it is feasible to discuss it." ”

Cheng Yu took the letter and scanned it roughly, it turned out to be a handwritten letter from Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are small and have a good personal relationship, and the two parties are strategic allies at this time.

Yuan Shao's main opponent was Gongsun Zhan, while Cao Cao's main opponent was Tao Qian (who had been replaced by Liu Bei) and Yuan Shu, each of whom took its own territory and did not involve each other.

At this time, Yuan Shao had compressed Gongsun Zan in Yijing, and most of Youzhou had fallen into Yuan Shao's hands, so Yuan Shao was ready to send a large army to the east to capture Qingzhou.

It's just that if you want to capture Qingzhou, you can't spare Le'an County.

Previously, Yuan Shao attacked Le'an County for half a year, but Tian Kai, the general of Le'an, took the 20 million money given by Cao Cao and paid the military salary, and dedicated the entire city to Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao wrote a letter to Yuan Shao and made a strategic fool.

Yuan Shao's main opponent at that time was Gongsun Zhan, and he did not have the strength to capture Youzhou and Qingzhou at the same time, so he sold Cao Cao a favor and withdrew his army.

But at this time, Yuan Shao's army was withdrawn, and he naturally wanted to do his best to capture Qingzhou, so he sent a letter to Cao Cao, willing to support Cao Cao's 50 million yuan in military salaries, and let him borrow Le'an County.

It sounds better to say that it is borrowed, how can there be a reason why the army will not come back after crossing the border, in fact, it is 50 million dollars to buy Le'an County.

After Cao Cao received the letter, he was very interested in a transaction, mainly in the money.

His main targets at this time were Xuzhou in the southeast and Yuzhou in the south, and of course, after Xi Zhicai offered advice, his eyes were aimed at the southwest.

In any case, the north cannot be taken into account.

Slowly, he didn't want to turn his face with Yuan Shao at this time, even if he tore his face, it was impossible for the land of Le'an County to block Yuan Shao's army, at this time Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, and most of the state and Youzhou, and the wealth was strong, far from what he Yanzhou could contend with.

So Cao Cao felt that this business could be done.

This Le'an County was originally bought with 20 million yuan of silk woven by Liu Ping, and in just a few months, it was sold for 50 million yuan as soon as it changed hands, which is a good deal.

The most important thing is that with this money, his newly recruited soldiers do not need to be disbanded, and they can take Pengcheng County as soon as possible to advance Xuzhou.

After Cheng Yu read the letter, he coincided with Cao Cao's thoughts, and while handing the letter to Xi Zhicai, he nodded slightly and said, "It's worth considering."

Previously, we waited to take Le'an County, that was to take advantage of the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and take Qingzhou Beihai.

However, a rebellion has caused my Yanzhou to drain its vitality and missed the opportunity, Yuan Shao has already freed up his hands, and it will be inappropriate to fight for Qingzhou with him.

What's more, with the strategy of sacrificing wine, we should start to pass through the southwest.

In this way, this northern Le'an County is useless in my hands, and since Yuan Shao has proposed such generous conditions, it will not hurt to let him go. ”

In this era, the princes grabbed the territory, all for the exchange of interests, and no one had the idea of fighting for an inch of land.

Whether the site is yours or mine depends entirely on whether the price is suitable or not.

The Cao family is now so short of money, Cao Cao and Cheng Yu both think that Yuan Shao's price is very suitable.

"You can't," at this time, Xi Zhi said categorically: "Although Yuan Shao has formed an alliance with me at this time, he has already occupied Jiyou and Sanzhou, if he is allowed to attack Qingzhou again, I am afraid that sooner or later it will be a big trouble for my henchmen, how can I watch it continue to grow and make way for it?" ”

"It's a mistake to say that the drama sacrificial wine," Cheng Yu retorted: "How can I Yanzhou have the strength to pass through the north and south at the same time?"

Yuan Shaozhi's growth has been unstoppable, and competing with him is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

It is better to use this money to raise troops and quickly expand southward. ”

"For the sake of a small sum of money, Cheng Lingjun will sell strategic land, what is Cheng Lingjun's idea?"

"If you don't have this money, where will the salary come from for the newly recruited 20,000 soldiers, not to mention that this Le'an County is not a strategic place for us."

The more noisy the two became, the louder they became.

Xi Zhicai couldn't help but stand up and said loudly: "It's not for us, but it's for Yuan Shao, we should do everything possible to restrict Yuan Shao's growth now, instead of boosting his arrogance." ”

"This is empty talk, I only have a total of 60,000 military horses in Yanzhou, and there are still 20,000 military salaries that have not been settled, what restrictions should I take to limit Yuan Shao? What's more, Yuan Shao is my Yanzhou Alliance, and our biggest enemies are Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, not Yuan Shao. ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but have a headache when he heard this.

What both of them said made sense, Cheng Yu was more realistic, took Yuan Shao's money to raise troops, developed east, south and west, and strategically abandoned the north.

Xi Zhicai's vision is more long-term, if Yuan Shao's development is not restricted, when Yuan Shao grows to a certain extent, this alliance will break sooner or later, and he will be cocooned and bound by himself.

However, Cao Cao really needed that money urgently, otherwise where would he go to raise money for his newly recruited 20,000 soldiers?

If it weren't for the attraction of that money, he would be reluctant to give up his own territory.

Although he had strategically abandoned the north, that territory was of no use to him.

At this time, an attendant suddenly came to report: "Envoy Jun, Dongguan County Ping Gongzi sent a number of carriages, saying that it was a gift for the envoy." ”

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