Ruyin, Cao Cao's camp.

Looking at the letter sent by Yuan Shu, Cao Cao didn't say much, just asked Yang Hong to go down to rest, and they had to discuss it here.

In fact, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao doesn't want to be destroyed, at least he is there, the south can block Sun Ce, don't have to worry too much about Cao Cao, but now Yuan Shu himself is the emperor, Cao Cao has just established a new Son of Heaven, it is the time to establish prestige, Yuan Shu just stretched his head over at this time, he will definitely fight, if he doesn't fight, it will be time for Chen Mo and Yuan Shao to join forces to fight, when the time comes, Chen Mo and Yuan Shao will borrow, borrow or not?

If you borrow the Dao, you will know about it, but if you don't borrow it, it is likely that the two of you will directly use it as a reason to send troops to him.

But if you can surrender the soldiers without a fight and take Yuan Shu away, this result seems to be good.

"What do you think?" Cao Cao looked at the strategists under his tent and asked with a smile.

"Yuan Shu's willingness to surrender is naturally a good thing, but he can't stay in Jiujiang." Guo Jia pondered: "It's not whether the lord allows it, but whether Yuan Shao and Chen Mo can accept it." ”

Although Yuan Shu's current strength is so little, but if he can take over peacefully, he can save the people of Jianghuai from military disasters, which can be regarded as a merit, Cao Cao's name of killing the monarch on his head has not been washed away, if he can peacefully solve the problem of Jiujiang, it is the best, as for Yuan Shu, the name of the emperor must not be just counted, Guo Jia's meaning, first deceive Yuan Shu to surrender, and then do not kill Yuan Shu, send Yuan Shu to Yecheng, see how Yuan Shao disposes of it.

Anyway, this is his Yuan family's business, if Yuan Shao kills Yuan Shu, it will naturally be nothing, but if Yuan Shao does not kill, it can also be an excuse for Cao Cao and Chen Mo to join forces to attack Yuan Shao in the future...... Reason.

After all, the usurpation of the throne and the emperor is not a trivial matter, and it is inevitable that people will be tongue-in-cheek if they don't kill them.

Cao Cao nodded and smiled when he heard this: "The words of filial piety have won my heart." ”

Of course, the decision is this decision, and when I told Yang Hong, it was a different story, Cao Cao agreed to Yuan Shu's request, but in order to prevent Yuan Shu from changing his hexagram, he needed to let them enter Shouchun, and he could also help Yuan Shu clean up Sun Ce.

"This ......" Yang Hong's face changed when he heard this, and he looked at Cao Cao and said, "Gong Cao...... Isn't that right? ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao smiled and said, "What's wrong? ”

What's wrong? You have driven your army to our capital, what do you say is wrong? Yang Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Gong Cao, although my lord is willing to surrender, he still needs to keep ......."

"Mr. Yang." Guo Jia, who was on the side, opened his mouth to interrupt Yang Hong's words, looked at him with a smile and said: "Since ancient times, what happened to those who usurped the emperor, Mr. Yang has studied through the past and the present, and he will not know that this is not to resign from the throne to exempt him from punishment, my lord is willing to save Yuan Gong's life, he has already remembered the old feelings, and now Yuan Gong still wants to continue to stay in Shouchun, and the military power is unwilling to let go, how can there be such a good thing?" He is arrogant and emperor. ”

Yang Hong's later words were so suffocated that he couldn't say it, what Yuan Shu did was indeed intolerable, and now he can't beat it, he just resigned from the throne, and the military power and political power were retained, which is indeed thinking too much.

"But my lord is willing to take the initiative to surrender, and it's not that he is unwilling to let go of his military power, just after clearing the traitors and repelling Nasun Ce......"

"Mr. Yang, you and I are not stupid, so why do you say such a child's words?" Guo Jia shook his head and laughed: "If the rebellion is cleared and Sun Ce is repulsed, what if Yuan Gong suddenly regrets it?" At that time, Yuan Gong may be fine, but my lord will lose his trust in the world, and even have to stand with Yuan Gong at that time, Mr. Yang is shrewd, but it will not be any good for my lord. ”

"This ......" Yang Hong didn't know how to answer when he heard this, he really didn't think about it so far-reaching, now that he thinks about it, Guo Jia's strategy is also a method, but now that it is said by the other party's mouth, the rest of Yang Hong is only bitter.

"Go tell the road." Cao Cao smiled and shook his head: "As long as he agrees to surrender, I can guarantee that at least under my rule, I will take his life, but if not, then prepare for war." ”

When it came to this, Yang Hong couldn't say any more, so he had to bow to Cao Cao, say goodbye and leave, and go back to resume his life.

"Lord, could this be Yuan Shu's delaying tactics?" A strategist looked at Cao Caodao.

"What's the use of delaying the army?" Cheng Yu shook his head, Yuan Shu's claim to be the emperor at this time can be said to be self-digging, the major princes have just established the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shu suddenly became the emperor, who will help him?

"Wait." Cao Cao leaned back lightly and said with a smile: "With the person of the highway, such a humiliating condition, he may not be willing to agree, pass on my military order, inform Lejin, continue to fight, first break that Ji Ling, this year, anyone dares to call a general!" ”

Ji Ling is the general of Yuan Shufeng, thinking of this Cao Cao I don't know whether to be funny or angry, today, only Yuan Shao and Sun Ce who claim to be generals, Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, standing in Hebei, was a general when Liu Xie was alive, this general can be said to be justifiable, even if Yuan Shao is now renamed Prime Minister, but on the side of Cao Cao and Chen Mo, they only recognize the title of General Yuan Shao.

As for Sun Ce, it was also canonized by Liu Ji after he established Liu Ji as the emperor, although in terms of Sun Ce's power, he was a little immeasurable, but there was a Yangtze River moat in Jiangdong, and the princes couldn't do anything about him for a while; The rest of Cao Cao and Chen Mo didn't give themselves a promotion, Lu Bu was such a crazy person, and he didn't see anyone leading a general, but after Yuan Shu became emperor, he made Ji Ling a general, and he really had the courage to take it, and he didn't look at his own quality.

"Whoa!"

Cao Cao was discussing with everyone how to deal with Yuan Shu next, when he saw Xu Chu come in, and saluted Cao Cao and said: "Lord, there is news from Xuzhou that Liu Bei is coming with an army, and he wants to let the generals along the way let him go." ”

"Liu Bei?" Cao Cao frowned when he heard this, he had a deep impression of Liu Bei, Xuzhou was not very powerful, and was easily broken by Cao Cao, but when he fought again in Qingzhou, Cao Cao noticed that this person was not simple, although Cao Cao did not exert his full strength at that time, but his fierce generals took turns to fight, but they were still blocked by Liu Bei in the Dongping area.

Although he was not prepared to attack with all his strength, according to the initial estimate, Chen Mo attracted the greatest pressure from Yuan Shao, even if Cao Cao did not defeat Yuan Shao, he should take Qingzhou, at least south of the Yellow River, which is Cao Cao's land.

And under Liu Bei's command, there are also fierce generals and good ministers, who should have been Chen Mo to Hedong and Cao Cao to Qingzhou, he took a big advantage, but because of Liu Bei's appearance, in the end, he only had to withdraw troops when he won Jinan County, although he also got a small profit, but it was too different from expectations, and it also hated Chen Mo, resulting in this situation.

"How many soldiers and horses are there?" After a moment of silence, Cao Cao asked.

"According to the news sent by the soldiers in Xuzhou, there are 5,000 people." Xu Chu said in a deep voice.

Five thousand?

Cao Cao frowned, this is not a small amount, if Liu Bei has any ideas, he can take the opportunity to capture a county, you must know that the garrisons in Xuzhou are mostly in the Langya and Guangling areas on the border, and there are not many garrisons in other places.

"My lord, you can let me go." Guo Jia on the side smiled.

"Feng Xiao thinks that Liu Bei will not plot against Xuzhou?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and said curiously.

"This time Liu Bei must have come in response to the edict, before the lord called on the heroes of the world to kill Yuan Shu, now Liu Bei came in response to the edict, but our army turned him away, which is unreasonable." Guo Jia shook his head: "And Liu Bei is not an ignorant person, he used to occupy the entire territory of Xuzhou and failed to defend it, but now he is capturing a county, after the lord decides on Yuan Shu, with the land of a county, there is no danger to defend, and he will only bring humiliation on himself." ”

Cao Cao nodded, looked at Guo Jia and said with a smile: "Then Feng Xiao thinks that Liu Bei came this time, why did he come here?" ”

"In my humble opinion, it should be for Jiujiang." Guo Jia said with a smile: "This person has always had ambitions, although he followed Yuan Tan before, although he was reused by Yuan Tan, but after the war, he quickly withdrew his military power, it can be seen that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu do not trust him, and this time he led the troops here, I am afraid that he wants to break away from Yuan Shao and wait for an opportunity to seize the land of Yuan Shu." ”

"With him?" Cao Cao sneered when he heard this, the 30,000 troops he brought this time were not vegetarians, how could he let Liu Bei take the territory under his nose.

"You can borrow him." Guo Jia smiled and said: "Liu Bei is here, he will definitely make meritorious contributions, but he can order Liu Bei to be the vanguard, break the Yuan Shu, it is best to let Yuan Shu die in his hands, and we don't have to hate the Yuan family because of this, with Yuan Shu's heart, if we are evil, we will hand over the governance to Liu Bei, we just give him the name of helping evil, tarnish his reputation, and then take Jiujiang, then he will run away again, and it will be difficult for him to have a place in this world." ”

Cao Cao suddenly heard this, nodded with a smile and said, "It's still Feng Xiao's thoughtfulness, so I asked Liu Bei to come as soon as possible." ”

"Whoa!"

The next day, Yuan Hong returned to Shouchun and informed Yuan Shu of Cao Cao's request, Yuan Shu jumped like thunder: "Cao A deceived people too much, since this is the case, then inform Sun Ce, either make peace, or I will give Jiujiang to Cao Cao!" ”

Yuan Shu also probably saw the situation clearly at this time, some broken jars were broken, you promised that we still have to talk, if you don't agree, I will not only give Jiujiang to Cao Cao, but also send troops to attack when I die, and bite off a piece of meat from you.

Sun Ce was also quite speechless after receiving the news: "This is the Fourth World and the Third Duke?" ”

"But I really can't help it." Zhou Yu said with a smile: "If Yuan Shu comes to attack with all his might, although we are not afraid, it is equivalent to giving Jiujiang to Cao Cao like this, the position of Jiujiang is quite important, if Cao Cao gets it, we will lose the key point of enterprising the Central Plains, and Lujiang is not peaceful, at least Hefei, our army should be in our hands." ”

Sun Ce looked at the map and nodded: "Promise him, I will wait for the rest of the army, and after Yuan Shu and Cao Cao have fought, I will send troops again, and order Chen Wu to lead the army to cruise the river bank, and as soon as he gets the news, he will immediately land on the shore and capture Hefei." ”

"Whoa!"