cough~" Xi Zhicai coughed a little frequently, and his face turned paler.

"Are you okay?" Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai worriedly.

"The lord doesn't need to be worried." Xi Zhicai took out a porcelain bottle from his arms with some trembling, poured some medicinal powder out and swallowed it, his face suddenly became much ruddy, and he looked at Cao Cao and said: "Although the lord has established a firm foothold in Dongjun now, it is difficult to compete with Yuan Shao for Jizhou, so he should find a place to live early." ”

"Where can I stay?" Cao Cao naturally knew this truth, but now that the fat of Jizhou was in front of him, he also wanted to make a plan.

"Lord, although the land of Jizhou is good, the gentry of Jizhou are mostly dependent on Yuan Shao, and the lord is now powerless to compete with Yuan Shao, and Jizhou cannot be found." Xi Zhicai saw Cao Cao's hesitation, and persuaded with a smile: "If you say that you can choose Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Yuzhou, although it is the land of four wars, but now the princes are strife, if the lord can save it in chaos, then he will be able to sweep the Central Plains one day!" ”

Now that the second Yuan is prosperous, at this time, no matter who the princes of the Central Plains are, they can only be attached to the second Yuan, don't look at Han Fu is the history of Jizhou, but Yuan Shao can also decide the affairs of Jizhou, and a Han Fu's character, this Jizhou may not live long in the hands of Han Fu.

At this time, it is unwise to plot Jizhou, but it is the best choice to rely on Yuan Shao to expand his territory to the Central Plains when the two Yuan are fighting, and there are not many places that Cao Cao can choose.

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, Xi Zhicai's words were actually very vague, but he heard it, he had to see himself clearly, at this point, his little brother did a good job, from the very beginning, Chen Mo saw that Bingzhou, a place that was not very rare for others, and now he has become the lord of Bingzhou, but he has developed one step ahead of himself.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao suddenly looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Zhicai, what do you say Bodao will do next?" ”

"The land is thin, although it is important, it is not the foundation of the foothold, and the right general is probably waiting for changes now." Xi Zhicai said solemnly: "Feng Tianzi orders the princes!" ”

Cao Cao silently picked up the bamboo slip and suddenly smiled: "When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, in fact, Bodao was the most repulsive person to Dong Zhuo, and even contradicted the original several times, would he really do this?" ”

It's like asking about the drama Zhicai, but it's like asking and answering yourself.

"Lord, time changes, people will change, the original right general was a minister, but now the right general is a king!" Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao Dao.

Cao Cao nodded, how could he be, looking at the bamboo slip in his hand, Cao Cao sighed: "I see that since the last goodbye, I have been getting farther and farther away from Bodao after all." ”

Xi Zhicai nodded, he speculated that Chen Mo had this meaning, but if he had the opportunity, he would not hesitate to support Cao Cao to seize the Son of Heaven, the majesty of the Han family is no longer there, but the residual prestige still exists, at this time for Cao Cao, Chen Mo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, these people, the royal family is actually more like a banner.

"What do you think the world will be like in the future?" Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and suddenly asked an irrelevant word.

"If the lord can find a foothold as soon as possible and master the Son of Heaven, then the lord and Yuan Shao will compete for the north." Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice, as for Yuan Shu, according to the strategy set by Xi Zhicai, it was to first use Yuan Shao's momentum to fight against Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao would replace Yuan Shu's position, and then turn around to deal with Yuan Shao.

"What if I don't get the Son of Heaven?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, if Chen Mo also intended to serve the Son of Heaven, at least in terms of terrain, Chen Mo had an absolute advantage.

"That's the three-legged trend of the lord, Chen Mo, and Yuan Shao!" Xi Zhicai sighed, this is the result he least wants to see, the three-legged stand, unless there is a big change in the world, it is difficult to break, and the world is afraid that it will return to the pattern of the era of results.

But this possibility is very high, judging from Xi Zhicai's understanding of Chen Mo now, this person is not only wise and brave, both civil and military, but most importantly, he is quite courageous and decisive, and he will not hesitate to shoot if he sees the direction, just like when he decisively threw himself into Dong Zhuo, and after seeing that Dong Zhuo did not succeed, he turned to the Kanto side in the layout, such a person, if he does not consider his family background, he is more threatening than Yuan Shao.

This is also the reason why Xi Zhicai has repeatedly emphasized the importance of the Son of Heaven, once Chen Mo gets the Son of Heaven and the land of Guanzhong, then the three-legged trend north of the Yangtze River will become.

"So the Son of Heaven is critical?" Cao Cao looked at the bamboo slip in his hand and smiled.

"Yes, but the lord needs to have the strength to fight for it first." Xi Zhicai nodded and said.

Today's Chen Mo is actually ahead of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and he already holds a state, and although the state is tired, it is stronger than an eastern county or Bohai.

However, from the perspective of Xi Zhicai, this pattern is only temporary, Yuan Shao has now begun to make a move on Han Fu, and Cao Cao is also ready to gain a foothold, once the two are successful, then this ranking will have to be reversed, Chen Mo just occupies the state, and the development potential is not large, and he is developing to the Central Plains across an empty Luoyang and Hanoi, if he takes Hanoi, it is equivalent to declaring war on Yuan Shao, if he occupies Luoyang, Yuan Shu may not agree, so as long as Chen Mo does not make a mistake, he can only consider seizing Guanzhong.

But that has to wait until there is a change in the pass, this is also Cao Cao's opportunity, as long as before the change in the pass, Cao Cao has enough strength, then there is a possibility of competing with Chen Mo for the Son of Heaven, as for Guanzhong, you can not want it first, but the Son of Heaven must be held in his hand.

"That's it, it seems that God destined the two of us to compete on the battlefield, hey, God will make people!" Cao Cao sighed, if he had the place and plans he had today, when he was still in Luoyang, he might have been able to let his little brother help him, but unfortunately, he had the same vague future as Chen Mo at that time, but now he can't go back, and it's futile to think about it.

"Perhaps, it is also fate, the lord and Chen Mo are the same people, and they are destined to coexist." Xi Zhicai shook his head and said.

"Maybe, let's not talk about that, let's talk about how to plan." Cao Cao shook his head, the matter of the Son of Heaven is still a little far away for the time being, and the future is very beautiful, but it is a mess at the moment, you have to deal with the mess now, in order to see the beauty of the future, your little brother is already looking forward there, and it is time for him to move.

"The lord has a foundation in Chen Liu, and according to the following opinion, the affairs of Yanzhou can be so ......"

……

Hedong, Anyi.

"Lord, this is news sent by Chang'an, Wang Yun has been quite low-key during this time, and even the court said that he was not sick, but in private, someone noticed that Wang Yun and Dong Zhuo had a close personal relationship, and it seemed that he was afraid of being killed by Dong Zhuo and wanted to compromise?" Li Qing handed a secret letter to Chen Mo and frowned.

"It's human nature, but I don't think it's that simple." Chen Mo looked at the secret letter, thought carefully for a while, shook his head and smiled: "Wang Yun, although he has no great wisdom, but if he talks about conspiracies and speculations, few people can match him, Dong Zhuo seems to be brutal now, but in fact he is already panicking, he is killing to eliminate fear, he is already in chaos, this person is in chaos, it is difficult to be decisive again." ”

"Then we ......" Li Qing looked at Chen Mo and asked.

"Don't do anything for the time being, I often have correspondence with Hua Xiong and Lu Bu, just wait and see what happens, don't attract Dong Zhuo's attention." Chen Mo shook his head and smiled.

Dong Zhuo is like a mad dog now, catching whoever bites whom, at this time, Chen Mo doesn't want to fight Dong Zhuo for no reason, this is definitely not a wise move, and his connections in Guanzhong will also be damaged.

Li Qing is now regarded as a group of strategists around Chen Mo, and his official position is not high, but he is Chen Mo's cronies, including Tang Yuan and other scholars from Qingzhou, and most of them are now in this group.

These people want to say that they are resourceful, but everyone has their strengths, such as Li Qing is good at mathematics, Tang Yuan is good at logistics, these people have their own strengths, and the division of labor in Chen Mo's hands is clear, and whenever there is something, they will also provide Chen Mo with different suggestions from various angles, and finally Chen Mo will decide.

This is a characteristic of Chen Mo's forces that distinguishes them from other forces, Chen Mo has never determined the mastermind, one is because he is good at planning, and the other is that Chen Mo can't find the kind of strategist who can take charge alone, including Man Chong.

In the overall situation, Chen Mo can solve it by himself, and what these strategists have to do is to straighten out all the lines and help Chen Mo check and fill in the gaps.

"Lord, although the grain production in Hedong this year is far higher than in previous years, according to the lord's strategy for Yunzhong, I am afraid that there will not be too much left in the end, but there are a lot more cattle and sheep." Li Qing handed a roll of bamboo slips to Chen Mo again.

"Cattle and sheep are not indispensable as military food, and when the war is carried out with the army, it can save a lot of manpower, and it can also help carry supplies, why not?" Chen Mo smiled when he heard this, he found this when he went to Yunzhong, the Hu people rarely have logistics to fight, and the military food is all cattle and sheep brought with them, but they don't bring too much, they generally fight for looting, where to grab it, but Chen Mo can use it here, this method is actually very effective on the battlefield, and the pressure on the grain road will be much less.

"I have never thought of this law." Li Qing smiled: "Now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense. ”

"It's been there for a long time, the Hu people are fighting this way, but we rarely pay attention to them, exchange with them, and it's definitely not us who suffers, but if we fight with them, even if we win, we don't have much benefit, it's better to use this method, although it is a barbarian state, but the stones of other mountains can attack jade, and their knowledge may not be useless." Chen Mo explained with a smile that he didn't care to lie in this kind of matter.

"It seems that the lord has gained a lot from this trip in the clouds." Li Qing smiled as he pondered how this method would work.

"Okay, go back and calculate it slowly, it's not early, go home!" Chen Mo got up and smiled.

"The lord gave birth to a noble son early!" Li Qing said behind Chen Mo.

"Hmm." Chen Mo waved his hand, this kind of thing is not up to him.