Liu Bei was not mistaken, Cao Cao would definitely not come to make matters worse when Yuan Shu attacked Yuzhou. But what he didn't expect was that Cao Cao would dig a pit for him.

In troubled times, strength is everything. Just as Liu Bei didn't believe that Cao Cao would not be afraid of Yuan Shu, Cao Cao didn't believe that Liu Bei would easily lose to Yuan Shu, let alone that Liu Bei would choose to burn with him.

This is a psychological game, as long as Liu Bei has the hope of being able to hold Yuzhou in his heart, he will definitely not surrender to Yuan Shu or run away when he comes up.

As a prince, Liu Bei will definitely not choose to die with Cao Cao for the sake of a momentary anger, and give Yuzhou to others. No matter how much Liu Bei hated himself, he had to defend Yuzhou first.

And Cao Cao can choose to reap the benefits according to the situation of the war, or go to help.

If Liu Bei was really not defeated by Yuan Shu at all, Cao Cao could pull Tao Qian forward to help. And if Liu Bei is only at a disadvantage and is not in danger of destruction, Cao Cao can continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. In any case, Cao Cao will not suffer.

That is, Yuan Shu's troops are not many, so Cao Cao dared to do this. After all, Yuan Shu newly won Jingzhou, and if he wanted to stabilize Jingyang Erzhou, he would have at least nearly 100,000 troops.

There are only more than 200,000 soldiers under Yuan Shu's command, and counting the nearly 100,000 naval army, the army that can be used to attack Yuzhou is no more than 100,000 at most.

Even if Yuan Shu took the route of elite soldiers and the army under his command was strong, Guan Zhang under Liu Bei was not easy to deal with.

As long as Liu Bei does not rush forward and defends Yuzhou, it will be difficult for Yuan Shu to take Yuzhou no matter what.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao is so confident.

The position of attack and defense in the battle between the princes is extremely important. Just like Yuan Shu, he has more than 200,000 troops under his command, but he can only take out more than 100,000 for attacking.

And Liu Bei only needs to think about defense, and he only needs to focus on defending Yuan Shu. After all, as long as Cao Cao and Tao Qian are not stupid, they will definitely not attack Liu Bei. The 200,000 troops under his command can be put into the defense.

No matter how elite the soldiers under Yuan Shu's command were, they would definitely be helpless in the face of Liu Bei, who had twice the strength of his own and defended the city.

Xi Zhicai is now going to design for Yuan Shu to attack Liu Bei with all his might, and then Liu Bei has to defend under the condition that both sides will be weakened, and Yuan Shu, as a strong party, will not easily take Yuzhou.

Chen Qun naturally understood that Cao Cao might have such thoughts, but he didn't know that Yuan Shu's only concubine was under Zhou Yu's command.

In his opinion, he was swallowing Zhou Yu's troops, and Yuan Shu couldn't do anything, at most, he broke his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach.

After all, both sides are now on a shaky footing, and it is not a good time to go to war. And the goal of both sides is not the other, if Yuan Shu raises troops just because of this matter, it can only be said that Yuan Shu is too stupid.

Chen Qun just doesn't believe in Yuan Shu's IQ, and he also believes in Guo Jiaxunyu's IQ. Now what the other party has to do is to stabilize Jingzhou, and wait until the Central Plains is in chaos before waiting for the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition, and attacking Yuzhou now is tantamount to asking for trouble, and will only plunge himself into the big quagmire of the Central Plains.

No one with a little foresight would choose to attack Yuzhou at this time. Therefore, Chen Qun was relieved to unite with Cao Cao and Tao Qian, intending to teach Yuan Shu a lesson.

"Lord, I can completely wipe out Yuan Shu's army this time, so that he can understand that Yuzhou is no longer Yuzhou under Kong Ling's rule!"

Liu Bei nodded solemnly: "Yuan Highway often plunders the people of Yuzhou for no reason, and he is a thief. Prepare to be a descendant of the Han family, and you should be killed! ”

"Pass on my military order, and order Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead 30,000 elite soldiers each to attack Yuan Shu's army before and after. We must annihilate all this Yuan army! ”

The asymmetry of information makes Chen Qun's seemingly correct judgment very stupid. If he knew that Yuan Yao was in Zhou Yu's army, he would definitely not let Liu Bei issue such a military order so hastily.

If Yuan Yao is killed, I'm afraid Yuan Shu will really find Liu Bei desperately.

And it's a great opportunity. If Yuan Yao can be captured alive, then Yuan Shu will throw a mouse trap at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei can control part of the initiative and no longer be passive.

Although there is no guarantee that Yuan Shu will not attack him, at least it will make his danger smaller.

Xun You is very aware of Liu Bei's current situation, with Yuan Shu threatening in front and Cao Cao in the back. If you stand still, you are waiting for death.

The south is isolated by the Yangtze River, and there is nothing he and others can do to take Yuan Shu. The only way out is to unify the Central Plains, and the most important thing now is to take Xuzhou.

Cao Cao is not an existence that Liu Bei can easily take, and the old Tao Qian is a soft persimmon suitable for handling.

As long as Xuzhou is taken, Liu Bei will have enough soldiers to withstand the attack from Cao Cao and Yuan Shu.

After that, you can map the Central Plains and form a trend. This idea coincides with Xi Zhicai, and basically a first-class strategist can see it.

The key to the contention between Cao Cao and Liu Bei is in Xuzhou.

If Cao Cao takes Xuzhou, he can form a line to block the connection between Liu Bei and Qingzhou, and have enough time to take Qingzhou. Once the three states are taken by Cao Cao, then it is not far from unifying the Central Plains.

And if Liu Bei takes Xuzhou, he will form a trap on Cao Cao. Even if Cao Cao takes Qingzhou, the strength of Qingyan and Xu cannot be compared with the two states of Yu and Xu, and Liu Bei will still have the upper hand completely.

Chen Qun fell for Xi Zhicai's scheme so easily, because he was too anxious!

Anxious to weaken Yuan Shu to reduce the pressure in the south, so as to free up his hands to take Xuzhou. After all, if Xuzhou is lost, then Liu Bei will really be difficult to turn around.

"My lord, weakening Yuan Shu is not our goal. The lord's top priority is to take control of Yuzhou as soon as possible, and he must fight to take Xuzhou before Cao Mengde. Even if you can't take Xuzhou, you must press Yanzhou and prevent Cao Mengde from taking Xuzhou! ”

Liu Bei nodded: "Changwen, now that Yanzhou has been occupied by Cao Mengde, it's time for me to take control of Yuzhou." Now that the Central Plains are rising, no matter how long Yuan Shao's hand is, he can't reach out to my Yuzhou. But how can we win the hearts of the family? Long article: What is your best plan? ”

Chen Qun said: "If you want to accept the heart of the Yuzhou family, the lord wants to persuade nothing more than two families. One is the Yuan family, and the other is the Xun family. The Yuan family has a master, and he will definitely not be willing to lie in wait, so the only thing the lord can consider is the Xun family. ”

"If the lord is recognized by the Xun family, and with the assistance of my Chen family, it will be very simple to master Yuzhou. After all, the Yuan family has retired, and now they are just relying on Yu Wei to deter the Yuzhou family. ”

"There is a person in the Xun family, whose name is Xun Yue. This man was a man of great talent, who was good at internal affairs, and was especially proficient in the law and in the affairs of agriculture. The lord may come and visit him in person, and he will come to vote. ”

Things are gathered by like, and people are grouped. None of these top strategists were alone, they all appeared in groups, at least in pairs. Think about how many people Xun Yu recommended in history?

As one of the three top families in Yuzhou, the relationship between the Chen family and the Xun family is very good. Chen Qun is also very clear about Xun Yue's outlier.

Why is Xun Yue an outlier? As a person of a family, even if he is as foolish and loyal to the Han family as Xun Yu, this product is also very opposed to the exclusive territory of the princes and the private ownership of land, especially land annexation, which is simply a wonder.

Although the Xun family is famous, it is indeed the same as other families, it is all shit. Not to mention the hidden black household and land, even the land occupied on the surface is extremely terrifying. Xun Yue, a descendant who opposed land annexation, was also drunk.

Although Xun Yue's ideas are somewhat similar to Yuan Shu's, they are both very idealistic, but he is indeed an out-and-out internal affairs talent.

As Liu Bei's Han clan clan, he went to Qing in person, and he didn't think that the other party would refuse. As for the question of whether Liu Bei lost his identity by doing this, Chen Qun did not consider it at all.

After all, Liu Bei was originally a grassroots, and it was useless to cover it up, so it was in vain. It's better to express it generously, after all, with the name of the Han clan and the history of the Yuzhou assassin, it is really not much worse in terms of identity.