Hearing him say this, Cao Cao smiled unconsciously, with a little pride in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the biggest trouble for the imperial court in the north is Ma Teng, and now Ma Teng has come to Xuchang, and the north is worry-free!" Besides, there is still the Dayue Clan, Wuhuan is not allowed to attack, what do you have to worry about? ”

"Prime Minister, having said that, there is a case for everything!"

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Liu Xie was really anxious, Cao Cao couldn't help but helplessly, took his hand, and said seriously: "You can rest assured, the old man has the certainty of victory on this expedition, first set up Jiangling, enter Xinye, cross Xiangyang, break the summer pass to Chaisang, and fight all the way, so that Liu Bei will lose all his territory, and then he will inevitably take refuge under Sun Quan's account, and then the army can cross the river and go directly to Chaisang, during which all the places passed by will become the jurisdiction of the imperial court again." ”

Oh my god!

Liu Xie listened to his plan, and sighed very much in his heart, your boss Cao thought well, and he sang all the way, but after the real fight, you will find out how ridiculous your expectations are.

Although he was very disdainful of Cao Cao's prediction in his heart, and his persistence could be heard, Liu Xie still had to work hard to stop him, after all, the loss of troops and generals was also the loss of the imperial court.

"Prime Minister, of course there is no problem with your strategy and tactics. But Eastern Wu has Zhou Yu and Lu Su, and Liu Bei has Kong Ming and three generals, which is not easy to deal with! ”

"Your Majesty."

Cao Cao finally didn't like to listen to it, and his face turned cold: "As you said, do you think that the ministers are not as good as them?" Zhou Yu'er and Lu Su Wensheng are not afraid, Zhuge Liang? is just a village husband, and only Liu Bei will pay so much attention to him, you can rest assured, the minister will definitely arrive in Jiangdong this time! ”

“…… Prime minister! ”

"Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie wanted to say more, but Cao Cao changed his face and snorted coldly: "Don't say so much, I have already mobilized 250,000 troops, and I claim that 830,000 will be exterminated this time, and I will ask Your Majesty to convene a court meeting early tomorrow morning." The minister is to announce this in public. ”

“……”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, looking at him really angry, of course Liu Xie didn't dare to say anything, and after a sigh, he put his mind on tomorrow's court meeting.

In the current court, except for a few people such as Xun Yu and Fu Wan, the others are all waste, and they dare not disobey Cao Cao's intentions at all, so the first thing now is to figure out the attitude of Xun Yu, Fu Wan and Cui Yan!

If none of them support it, it won't be so easy for Cao Cao to send troops!

Yes, just do it!

Thinking of this, Liu Xie immediately sent someone to invite the three of them, and in the afternoon, the three adults who had finished handling the day's business came to the Changxin Palace.

"Your Majesty!"

"Flat."

Liu Xie waved his hand and asked someone to bring tea up, everyone sat down, and Liu Xie said about Cao Cao's southward journey: "I don't know what the three of you think about this matter?" ”

Cui Yan paused for a moment, and was about to speak, but was quietly pushed by Xun Yu below, and then looked at Liu Xie with a smile: "Since Your Majesty asked so, I don't know what you think about this matter?" ”

"I?"

Liu Xie thought about it, but still told the truth: "The people sitting here today are all officials from the imperial court, my father-in-law, Xun Lingjun and Cui Shangshu, if there are some words, I shouldn't say them, but ...... I think if the prime minister only targets Liu Bei, it will definitely not be a problem, but what the prime minister means. It turned out to be after sweeping Liu Bei. If you go down to Jiangnan again, you don't think it's going to be done. Is it too much work? ”

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu looked at each other and smiled, and he said, "Your Majesty, the prime minister is most familiar with the matter of marching and fighting, so why should you worry too much?" ”

"Xun Lingjun is not right." Liu Xie shook his head and looked at him very seriously: "Although the prime minister is good at fighting, he must also be considerate of the officers and soldiers, right?" ”

Liu Xie actually didn't have anything to say, he couldn't say that he knew that he would be defeated, right? Even if he said this, no one would believe it, so he could only climb left and right, talking nonsense, all in all, as long as he could talk to Xun Yu and them, he was willing to help him stop Cao Cao.

"Considerate of the officers and soldiers?"

Cui Yan sneered on the side: "Your Majesty, officers and soldiers need this kind of understanding, and only when they fight can they have a chance to be promoted." No one wants to pass up that opportunity. ”

His tone was very affirmative, Liu Xie heard it in his ears, and he knew that he would not be able to move him today no matter what, in fact, this is normal, who let him and Cao Cao be in-laws?

Whether you are close to the family or not, Cao Cao is going to fight, and he must have been angry with him a long time ago!

Yes, it seems that he still has to count on his family and Xun Lingjun.

Taking a deep breath, he smiled at Cui Yan, and turned to look at Fu Wan, although his expression was very subtle, he knew that his father-in-law saw his colluding gaze and responded affirmatively.

Get! It's done.

Liu Xie was a little relieved, and straightened his body: "Cui Shangshu said well, officers and soldiers do need merit, so ......" Liu Xie didn't finish this sentence, but he shook his head on the side: "Ji Jue, although you said it well, but it is always not good to be reckless, and the prime minister wants to crusade against Liu Bei this time, it is a fierce battle, Xiangyang, Xiakou, Fancheng, and Bowang are all difficult bones to gnaw, I don't know how long this battle will be over, if it is in the spring, it doesn't matter if the prime minister goes south to the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that it will be in the middle of winter, The soldiers in the north are not accustomed to the cold, damp and cold in the south, and if they don't do it, they will even lead to malaria. ”

"So serious?"

Cui Yan is a very powerful politician, but he doesn't know much about fighting, don't look at Fu Wan, he has only recently resumed his position as an auxiliary general, but he also has more than 100 battles in his life, and Cui Yan still attaches great importance to his words.

"Of course!"

Fu Wan nodded affirmatively, and then looked at Xun Yu, thinking that Xun Yu could help say something, but Xun Lingjun deliberately lowered it at the moment, pretending not to know anything!

This old fox.

After a sigh in his heart, he could only continue to explain to Cui Yan: "In addition, in fact, there is a word in the war, called 'rushing spring'...... So ......"

"You don't have to say it."

Hearing this, Cui Yan suddenly waved his hand: "I know what you mean, but you don't have to say these words to me." The prime minister is the prime minister, I am me, and I can't treat each other as usual, so these things ...... I, Cui Yan, will never participate. ”

After saying that, Cui Shangshu stood up directly, arched his hand at Liu Xie, turned around and left without saying a word, looking at his stubborn back, it was really helpless.

It's just that after he left, Xun Yu here suddenly laughed, although he still lowered his head, but the pair of knife-like eyes turned up really made people unhappy.

"Your Majesty, Lord Guozhi, the two of you seem to think that the prime minister is ...... In the next battle in the south, defend the mouth of the river without defeat, and cross the river will be defeated? ”