Ming Gong, did you catch someone? ”

As he spoke, an old man with silver hair looked at Gongsun Du eagerly.

Gongsun Du didn't feel cold, but he had a feeling that he had lived up to the old man's ardent expectations, and he didn't know how to reply for a while.

"Hey!"

The old man understood, sighed and turned to leave.

Gongsun Du stretched out his hand, but could only look at the old man's back, and couldn't say anything. It's just that when the old man was about to disappear from view, Gongsun Du seemed to remember something and shouted: "Divine doctor, don't forget to pack your luggage, we are going back to Zhuoxian." ”

The old man paused, and then continued to walk away, but a sentence came from the air-

"Got it."

Gongsun Du knew that Hua Tuo was not angry in his heart, but dissatisfied with encountering rare and incurable diseases but not being able to get started. But what can he do, Cao Cao himself has hands and feet, and he ran away in advance, he can't catch it if he wants to! Besides, he didn't think that he would be able to catch Cao Cao in a short period of time, to be precise, he didn't have a bottom in his heart about this matter.

Cao Cao is not Liu Ranran...... Ahem, no, it's Liu Bei, but his cunning is better, and his life preservation is even more first-class. It is true that there is an element of luck, but why not Cao Cao really has luck!

Shaking his head, Gongsun Du put these thoughts behind him, and just decided to let people find out if anyone had similar symptoms, and then introduce them to Hua Tuo. Then he began to pack his things.

Fang entered the river, Gongsun Du received Lu Bu's urgent news, and after reading it, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Cao Mengde is so bold? ”

It turned out that Cao Cao disappeared for nearly a month, but he actually gathered a large army and attacked the Luoyang area.

The Luoyang area, since Dong Zhuo's disaster, has been stable and tight, and it has been almost ten years now. The long-term comfort made them not have much vigilance at all, and under Cao Cao's surprise attack, they were all taken down quickly, oh, except for Luoyang, which gradually gained some popularity.

Take Luoyang, Cao Cao and Gongsun Du are more places next to each other, and I don't know what to think. It is precisely because of this that Lu Bu will send an urgent message to ask Gongsun Du how to deal with it.

At the same time, Cao Cao did not stop taking the Luoyang area, continued to lead troops westward, and took Chang'an a few days ago, occupying most of Jingzhao County.

It's just that this news has not yet reached the ears of Gongsun Du.

When Gongsun Du returned to Zhuo County, he received news that Cao Cao had taken Henan, Jingzhao, and Hedong counties.

"It seems that it is not appropriate to let Feng Xian sit and watch before, and he should be restrained from the side and not let him sit big!"

It turned out that Gongsun Du's reply to Lu Bu before was to let him watch from the sidelines, so as not to take advantage of him.

After Gongsun Du sighed, he recruited Xi Zhong, Xun You and others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Cao's acquisition of these three counties can be said to have made up for the losses of Xuzhou, and his strength has not only not decreased, but has improved. What should we do now? Will Cao Cao take advantage of his unstable foothold and deliver a fatal blow, or will he still sit idly by? Gongsun Du invited a few people to sit down, talked about the reason, and looked at Xun Yu first.

Xun You smiled faintly and took the lead in saying, "It depends on what Ming Gong thinks!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"If you want to weaken Cao Cao as much as possible and get rid of it as soon as possible, my subordinates suggest that we ignore it for the time being, and when Xuzhou settles down, it can be decided by a war next year, and if it is not good, it can also be disabled."

Xi Zhong echoed: "That's right, Cao Cao has three new counties, except for Henan County, which has been stable for many years, and may not be able to make any waves, but Jingzhao County and Hedong County have been fighting for many years, and they will not be able to be stable if they are taken, and it will take several years to succeed." Moreover, Jingzhao County, which was originally in the hands of the Ma-Han coalition army, is now defeated by Cao Cao, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to stop. ”

"Then ......," Gongsun Du pondered for a moment and said, "What if a certain decision is made to take it slowly?" ”

"Then take Hedong or Jingzhao, or take the two counties." Zhang Hong spit out lightly.

"Why is that?"

Gongsun Du didn't understand why the radical strategy was to wait, but the conservative strategy was to attack?

Fu Zhu explained: "The land of Xuzhou, not to mention the destruction, but it is not far away, if you want to rest and recuperate, it is not a day's work, if you take Hedong and Jingzhao again, it will naturally take longer." ”

Gongsun Du suddenly realized. Taking Hedong, it naturally takes time and rest to recuperate, and Xuzhou was originally because of Cao Cao......

"Huh? Cao Cao wouldn't have thought of this a long time ago, right? ”

Gongsun Du said in his heart: "If this is the case, then Cao Cao is really a little terrifying!" ”

"But ......"

Gongsun Du hesitated for a moment, did not give an answer, but asked again: "What do you think of the family in Xuzhou?" ”

As soon as these words came out, several people immediately fell silent. Gongsun Du was not in a hurry, so he waited slowly. Regarding the issue of the family, he and several people also discussed it, especially Xun You, Fu Zhu and Zhang Hong, who were from extraordinary backgrounds.

Because of their background, they know much more about the family than others, and they deeply understand how powerful the family is. Although Gongsun Du is now in peace, there is actually an undercurrent surging because of the family's problems. It's just that because of Gongsun Du's attitude and methods, they are more hidden, and they don't dare to break out. But they are sure that as long as Gongsun Du has the slightest problem, I am afraid that it will cause an uncontrollable disaster, and it can be said that it will overturn overnight.

It's just that they also know that there are many families who are difficult to return to, and they have long become moths and should be removed. Therefore, they feel that they should take it slowly, at least until they dominate the world, and do not do anything to them.

Gongsun Du did not agree, because he also knew this, and understood more. Especially the war with the Xianbei and other clans back then, which made him more aware of how bottomless these families were, and dared to smuggle salt and iron to the grassland. Forget about salt, at most it will grow stronger, and the problem of iron will be big, so to speak, Tanshi Huai dared to raise troops to the south, not without a large increase in iron tools, so that its strength has increased greatly.

What is this act called? It is not an exaggeration to say that he defected to the enemy and betrayed the country!

Even so, salt and iron dare to be sold to the grassland, don't they dare to sell sweet potatoes and other things to Cao Cao and others privately? This kind of enemy thing to do can only be done by him!

Gongsun Du is not a saint, he ......

Xi Zhong said abruptly: "Duke Ming, my subordinates heard that they took Xuzhou this time, and the Xuzhou family contributed a lot?" ”

Gongsun Du sighed: "Hey, that's right! ”

"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have struggled to deal with them. It's just that in the situation at that time, if it were not for the strength of these people, the losses might have been huge and they had to rely on it. ”

Xi Zhong and the others all nodded.

Frustrated: "Ming Gong, maybe this will be a turning point. ”

"Turnaround? What turnaround? ”

After Gongsun Du finished speaking, he understood, and said, "You mean the turning point for easing relations with the family?" ”

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Du's brows furrowed, he didn't think that these families really wanted to help him, but there was no way, and it was possible that he just wanted to ask for a favor, so that he couldn't turn his face.

It's not that you always think of people as bad, but that some people are always bad that you can't think of.

"That's right!"

Fu Zhi nodded, and said slowly: "The reason why the family is rampant is that in addition to the large number of clansmen, different thoughts, and the incompetence of the imperial court, if the imperial court is strong, which family would dare to risk the destruction of the clan to do those things?" ”

"And now Ming Gong is the powerful one, although it is not the imperial court, but there is no difference. Therefore, the subordinates thought that they could take this opportunity to give them a chance, a chance to mend their ways, and it would not be the kind where everyone would be so bad that they couldn't see the situation clearly. ”

"When the time comes, if you deal with people who can't see the situation clearly, you can warn other families, and the rest of the families will also let other families see hope, and there will be fewer people when they oppose Ming Gong in the future, and there will be fewer obstacles when they unify the world."

"Subordinates seconded!" Several people echoed it.

Gongsun Du thought about it and felt that it was right to say this, but it was wrong, and he had to give people a chance to reform himself. It used to be because it was weak and couldn't withstand the toss, but now it's different, the first and second families can't make any waves.

"Okay, that's it. However, a certain will definitely be strictly monitored, only touching the bottom line of a certain person, what is not said, extermination! At the end, Gongsun Du said that his face flashed with murderous anger.

Xi Zhong and several people were all happy: "Ming Gong is wise! ”