"Zhicai, how is the situation in Yanzhou?"

Holding the Heavenly Sword in his hand, Cao Cao asked a little nervously.

Xi Zhicai arched his hand and smiled slightly: "My lord, everything is in the plan." Liu Dai did not listen to Bao Xin's dissuasion, and had already led his 20,000 soldiers to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It is expected that the news of Liu Dai's defeat and death will come within three to five days. ”

Xi Zhicai is indeed very confident now. After all, Bao Xin had already fallen to Cao Cao, and there were no generals under Liu Dai who could handle it. Unless other forces are involved, Liu Dai will be dead.

Cao Cao nodded with a gloomy face, and advised: "This matter must be done secretly and simply, and must not leave the beginning and the end, and must make all those who know shut up." ”

At the end, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with coldness: "I'd rather bear people than take me away!" Yanzhou is our only chance, we must make the local people believe that Liu Dai was killed by the Yellow Turban Army! And I am the hero who protected Yanzhou and avenged Liu Dai! There must be no other voice in Yanzhou. ”

Cao Cao's cruel words exposed his ambition and ruthlessness.

Xi Zhicai nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, the lord understands that this time the lord will definitely be able to take over Yanzhou smoothly." As long as we occupy Yanzhou, we can then take Xuzhou, occupy Qingzhou, attack Yuzhou, and then unify the Central Plains. With the Yangtze River and the Yellow River as the boundary, it has become a strong trend with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. ”

Xi Zhicai had already made plans for Cao Cao before defecting to Cao Cao. In his opinion, although Cao Cao was in a worrying situation and was in a very backward situation from the beginning, he was not without a chance to turn the tables.

Xuzhou Tao Qian is just a mediocre person, and Beihai Kong Rong is even more rotten. And Yuzhou, the original owner Kong Ling is the same as the first two, and it is also very easy to deal with. As long as Cao Cao fights steadily and steadily, with his good strategy and fierce generals, it is basically logical to unify the Central Plains.

But he didn't expect that Yuan Shao stuffed Liu Bei to Yuzhou, and there would be a big trouble in the future.

Cao Cao nodded in agreement: "After the princes discuss Dong, I can see that the princes of the world are just ordinary people, and the great enemies of a certain are none other than the brothers of the Yuan family." If you can't unify the Central Plains, how can you compete with them in the world! But I'm afraid they won't give me enough time. ”

Xi Zhicai smiled confidently: "Don't worry, the lord can rest assured, Yuan Shao in Jizhou is controlled by Gongsun Zhan, and without more than five years, Yuan Shao will definitely not be able to dominate Hebei, let alone wave his division south!" ”

"And Jiangdong Yuan Shu is blocked by Liu Bei. As long as the lord did not attack Yuzhou before occupying Xuzhou and Qingzhou, Yuan Shu would not want to attack Yuzhou. ”

When Cao Cao thought of Liu Bei's lucky deflated three, his face suddenly turned blue: "Zhicai, will Liu Bei really know the general situation as you think?" We want to occupy Xuzhou, I am afraid that Liu Bei will obstruct it. ”

Xi Zhicai took the letter sent by Yuan Shu and chuckled: "The general trend is mine, even if Liu Bei obstructs it, he can't change the ending, unless he would rather give up Yuzhou to Yuan Shu and give up his foundation." ”

"After all, Jiangdong Yuan Shu is not like Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan is still pressing. Yuan Shu, who occupies the two states of Jingyang, has become a general trend, as long as Liu Bei can see the situation a little clearly, it is impossible to fight to the death with us. After all, this is tantamount to handing over Yuzhou and even the entire Central Plains to others. ”

"At that time, Yuan Shu's domination of the world may basically become a foregone conclusion, which is what we don't want to see. Therefore, Liu Bei would rather suffer a loss and choose forbearance again, and would never fight openly with the Lord. ”

Cao Cao looked at the letter sent by Yuan Shu and sighed lightly: "Yuan Highway, after all, he is still too far ahead of me!" The foundation of Jiangdong has been established, and if Yizhou is occupied again, I am afraid it will be really difficult to control. ”

Cao Cao felt stunned in his heart. For Yuan Shu's small hair, he has never underestimated it. But it's still hard to imagine that the other party has become an existence that needs to be looked up to so quickly.

During this time, what Yuan Shu did was also understood by Cao Cao. Unconsciously, the four states of the Central Plains have been pulled away by the other party with at least three million people. And now Yangzhou's wealth is beyond everyone's imagination, even Jizhou is also a lot different.

The population and money and food are so rich, if it weren't for the fact that the army under Yuan Shu was only about 200,000, Cao Cao would probably choose to compromise, and it would be possible to divide the Central Plains equally with Liu Bei. After all, this is no longer a force that you can stop alone, and if you don't report to the group, you will be broken by each one.

Seeing the worry in Cao Cao's heart, Xi Zhicai comforted: "Lord, you don't need to worry, everything is not as bad as you imagined." ”

"Yangzhou's wealth was based on Yuan Shu's hundreds of years of savings and Dong Zhuo's looting of Luoyang's treasures. There will be a day when all this money will be spent, and Yuan Shu will not have such good luck again. ”

"Lord, think about it, isn't Jingzhou still the same now? Moreover, Yuan Shu did not recruit soldiers on a large scale, so there should be a problem with money and food. Although Yuan Shu is powerful, after all, in Jiangdong, where there is a lack of cavalry, it is easy to divide one side, but if he wants to easily take the Central Plains, it is tantamount to wishful thinking. ”

The limitations of this era, even if Xi Zhicai is as smart as Xi Zhicai, he does not understand what economics is. Similarly, he could not understand why Yuan Shu had so much money not used to build the army, but to spend it on the common people.

At least now, apart from discovering that the land of Yangzhou was under the control of Yuan Shu, and the population hidden by the families had emerged, he did not find that Yuan Shu had gained other benefits.

Xi Zhicai only saw the money that Yuan Shu kept sending, and the huge loss that Yangzhou was always in. But he didn't notice that these losses were constantly decreasing, and even now they have formed a basic break-even.

Why wasn't Cao Cao like this? He also secretly exchanged a lot of money and food for the homeless people who existed everywhere and Yuan Shu, who seemed stupid to him. Although it seems that he earned it on the surface, Cao Cao has always felt a little uneasy.

Cao Cao was slightly relieved when he heard Xi Zhicai's comfort, and chuckled: "I can't imagine that Cao Mengde, who dares to stab Dong alone, will have a worried day." Amusing! ”

"Even if Yuan Shu is allowed to take Yizhou, what will happen? In this world, the general trend is in the north! As long as we can hold Yuzhou, when I unify the north, Yuan Shu will not be afraid! ”

Looking at Cao Cao, who had regained his arrogance, Xi Zhicai smiled and nodded: "Lord, maybe we can secretly find trouble for Yuan Shu in the near future, so that he will not be able to invade Yizhou." ”

Xi Zhicai sees the general trend of the world very clearly, if Yuan Shu really takes Yizhou down, then Yuan Shu really has no worries. It's better not to let this kind of thing happen and nip the crisis in the bud.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Oh? Zhicai, come quickly! ”

Xi Zhicai took out the information he heard: "Lord, Yuan Shu only has one son-in-law, you know about it!" ”

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, how could he talk about Yuan Shu's son? But he nodded and said, "That's right." That child's name is Yuan Yao, and he is Yuan Shu's only son, and Yuan Shu loves this son very much. However, this child's moral character and talent are average, not a material that can be made, Zhicai, what do you ask him to do? ”

When Xi Zhicai heard the name Yuan Yao, he looked down at the two words Yuan Yao on the information in his hand, and smiled slightly: "That's right!" The key to this plan is Yuan Yao! ”