"Wenhe, what is the result of the separation between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao?" Yuan Shu asked.

At this time, it had been more than two months since Yuan Shao took Youzhou and Gongsun Zhan's demise. In the past two months, Yuan Shu has continued to secretly transfer troops to concentrate on Yuzhou and Sili, and at the same time, he has let Jia Xu and others divide the alliance between Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei.

At this time, he was already preparing for the Northern Expedition. Because now the three princes in the north are his mortal enemies, and there is a faint intention to unite against him, although it is more beneficial to Yuan Shu, who has developed rapidly and has a deep heritage, Yuan Shu can no longer wait.

The arms dealers can't do it anymore, the troubled times are coming to an end, and it's time to put an end to it.

"It has no effect, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have not been hit, Your Majesty is too much of a threat to them, and they are not stupid people, they are all heroes, and they don't accept these methods at all." Jia Xu smiled a little bitterly.

Although he had already guessed the result, he was still disappointed that there was no result after some testing. The three princes who stayed behind now are too fine, especially Cao Cao, who also took the opportunity to bring the relationship between the three parties closer, and almost traced it all the way up along the flaws exposed by the traitors he arranged.

Although Yuan Shao has an arrogant and hypocritical temperament, he can't resist the jealousy and hatred of Yuan Shu's younger brother. And now that he has just taken Youzhou, he can't integrate this force in less than two years, and he needs the two allies Cao Cao and Liu Bei very much.

"Bonghyo, what about you?" Yuan Shu asked with a hint of luck. He knew that Cao Cao was extremely treacherous and cunning, and he would definitely not fall for the scheme, but Liu Bei and Yuan Shao might not be able to tell! One of these two people is very happy, the other is short-sighted, and it is not that they have no opportunity to move.

Seeing this, Guo Jia smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no good news here. ”

"It shouldn't be! When did Liu Bei and Yuan Shao become so knowledgeable? Yuan Shu was puzzled.

"It's not surprising that the relationship between the three of them is not bad. Liu Bei was originally recommended by Yuan Shao as the assassin of Yuzhou, and there was a kindness between the two sides. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao used to have a bad relationship, and the two had already established an alliance on the surface. Although there is a gap between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they also have the experience of union, not to mention that now they both have an umbilical cord like Han Tianzi. One is a loyal minister of the Han family, and the other is a clan member of the Han family, both of whom belong to the Han State, and it is even more natural to unite together. Jia Xu said.

"And the most important thing is that Cao Cao is here. Although the tripartite alliance is dominated by Yuan Shao, it is indeed dominated by Cao Cao. He also figured out the temperament of both parties, and was extremely respectful to Yuan Shao on the one hand, acting as the younger brother. On the one hand, he disregarded Liu Bei's previous suspicions, and did not hold any grudge against him for seizing Yanzhou at the beginning, and knew the situation for him, and the alliance between the three parties could be said to be extremely close. Liu Bei and Yuan Shao have no hatred, and it is difficult to make a fuss. Guo Jia smiled bitterly.

"This is only a superficial reason, the most important thing is that Your Majesty has put too much pressure on them. My Dachu now has 800,000 elites, and even if the navy army is removed, there are 600,000 armor soldiers, such a powerful force, if you don't care about the losses, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to go on a northern expedition in one fell swoop. How could they not be afraid? Just to protect themselves, they will also huddle together. Xun You said.

As far as the Han people calculate the strength of the Shanghu people, there is always a certain discount, and 50,000 Hu cavalry is about equal to 10,000 Han cavalry. With the elite level of the Chu army, Cao Cao and them had to calculate about twice as much as their combat strength, and 600,000 elites were about equal to a million troops. Even if Yuan Shu wanted to garrison troops everywhere, it would not take much effort to take out 200,000 elites casually.

Even this strength is enough to eliminate Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and even Yuan Shao has no chance of winning. How could Cao Cao and Liu Bei feel safe? How could Yuan Shao not be jealous?

"It seems that there is no way to get in the way, but to attack." Yuan Shu said with some disappointment.

"I'm afraid so." Jia Xu said expressionlessly.

In fact, to be honest, if he is really serious, he can barely provoke the three-way relationship by picking bones in the egg. But that is not worth it in his opinion, not to mention that Yuan Shu, as the hero of one side, has reached the current situation, and he should also show his own courage. Blindly pursuing stop-loss is not the best policy, and as a male master, you must also play your own prestige.

In today's situation, Jia Xu can be sure that Yuan Shu will not have any problems if he loses the Northern Expedition three times in a row. Si Li has Zhang Ren guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, which is definitely not open. Yuzhou Zhang Liao plus Xu Rong, and with a strong general, Cao Cao and Liu Bei don't want to win it when they are in their heyday. What are you afraid of if you don't have any worries? Isn't it just that more people have died, more than 10 million people have died in this troubled world, and what can happen if there are hundreds of thousands more dead and injured? The key is to end the fighting at home and send troops abroad.

Guo Jia, Xun You and Jia Xu have similar ideas, or they are colluding. Just kidding, if you don't fight such a rich war, is it possible to achieve such a stubborn and stealing development to dominate the world? Not to mention how future generations should comment, how should the following civil and military achievements be made? How should Yuan Shu's prestige be established?

Yuan Shu glanced lightly at the three goods below. Thinking with his toes, he could guess that this guy definitely didn't try his best, although he had worked hard enough on the surface, there were definitely still many backhands who were unwilling to use it. But in the current situation, he also feels that it is time to end this troubled world, it is not a matter to be so stubborn, it is time to show his strength to sweep the world.

"How many troops and horses does Your Majesty plan to send to the Northern Expedition?" Guo Jia asked.

"What do you think?"

"If you follow the words of the minister, you will directly send 400,000 elites all the way to the north to end the battle in the first half of the year, but are you willing, Your Majesty?" Guo Jia rolled his eyes and said.

"It's too rushed." Yuan Shu looked at Guo Jia unhappily and said: "Whether you can defeat the problem of war damage or not, can you solve the construction problem after that?" There are already three states under my command that are newly acquired lands, and they have not yet settled down, how can I have the ability to develop the six northern states? Even if there is one more Central Plains, I'm afraid it's enough. ”

If the stall is too large, there will be many hidden dangers. For Yuan Shu, it is meaningless to end the domestic battle in a hurry, it is better to encroach on it a little bit, so as to ensure that every place completely solves the hidden dangers such as the local family and the strong, and does not be exploited by others.

"What Your Majesty said is good, now the safest thing for us to do now should be to take the Central Plains first, and then fight with Yuan Shao at the end." Jia Xu said.

"Well, in this way, it is completely enough to send more than 200,000 troops." Yuan Shu nodded.

"Is Your Majesty planning to attack Cao Cao or Liu Bei?" Guo Jia asked again.

"Do you need to ask? Naturally, it was Cao Cao. Yuan Shu said without hesitation.

On the surface, it seems that Liu Bei is the weakest now, and in line with the idea that the persimmon should be soft and pinched, Yuan Shu should attack Liu Bei first. But in fact, if Yuan Shu attacked Liu Bei, Cao Cao would definitely come to the aid with all his might, and even persuade Yuan Shao to come to the rescue. Because this guy is too knowledgeable, he not only knows the truth of cold lips and teeth, but also implements it very well.

In contrast, Liu Bei is a little different, and he is notoriously indecisive. As long as Yuan Shu asked Zhang Ren, who was stationed in Tongguan, to show a little intention to send troops, this guy would definitely not dare to act rashly, and would inevitably concentrate the main force on the garrison, and at most send tens of thousands of troops to aid Cao Cao.

Fighting Liu Bei is much more difficult than fighting Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu will naturally choose to fight Cao Cao. Moreover, after eliminating Cao Cao, the alliance between Liu Bei and Yuan Shao was unsustainable, and Liu Bei, who was located in Yanzhou at that time, was just a lone army waiting to die, without any threat.