"Although Changgong's plan is good, for now, it is a little unrealistic." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassed, Guo Jia coughed lightly and spoke.

"Uh...... What do you mean by that? Gao Shun was a little puzzled, driving the tiger and devouring the wolf was originally the plan proposed by Xun Yu. Why is the strategy to drive the tiger and the wolf from Xun Yu's mouth praised and passed down through the ages, and the same strategy is repeated from his own mouth, but it was pointed out by Guo Jia as unrealistic?

Of course, looking at the expressions of everyone, Gao Shun knew that the vast majority of those present had the same idea as Guo Jia.

"It's true that Lu Bu is a jackal, and if he has the opportunity, he will definitely not be willing to succumb to Liu Bei. However, in the defeat of Yanzhou, Lu Bu's troops suffered serious losses, and the soldiers who fled to Yanzhou with him were less than 2,000, and their strength can be described as low. Even if Liu Bei was allowed to crusade against Yuan Shu, as long as he left 5,000 defenders in Xuzhou, it would be difficult for Lu Bu to make a difference. At that time, Liu Bei sent troops, and we lost the excuse to take the opportunity to attack Xuzhou. You must know that Liu Bei is an edict to beg for thieves, and the emperor who issued the edict is sitting in Xuchang, if our army takes advantage of the emptiness of Xuzhou to attack it, wouldn't it be a big mistake to slap its own mouth and desolate the world? Guo Jiawei analyzed.

Gao Shun listened to Guo Jia's explanation, thought about it carefully, and understood the key. Perhaps due to the butterfly effect caused by his own crossing, Lu Bu suffered much greater losses in the Battle of Yanzhou than in the original history. In the original time and space, when Lu Bu fled to Xuzhou, he was able to make up an army of 10,000 people, and when Liu Bei attacked Yuanshu, Lu Bu had the ability to take the opportunity to capture Xuzhou and control it in his hands. And now, what Lu Bu has is only 2,000 remnants of the army, and it is a fool's dream to occupy a state with these 2,000 men and horses.

After thinking about this truth, Gao Shun laughed a few times and then kept silent. It's a little ugly, so let's let their strategists discuss it to their heart's content.

The discussion did not last long, and the final result of the discussion was even more simple and clear: send troops head-on and pacify Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

The reason for sending troops is Liu Bei's position as a Xuzhou pastor. Although Tao Qian handed over the seal of the state pastor to Liu Bei before his death, Liu Bei, the Xuzhou pastor, was not openly recognized by the imperial court from beginning to end. The position of state pastor is privately conferred and accepted, which is regarded as rebellion! Even from a general point of view, Cao Cao's use of this reason to attack Xuzhou can be regarded as tenable.

The number of troops dispatched this time is the same as last time, and it is still 50,000 elite soldiers. However, now Cao Cao's strength has increased a lot compared to the first crusade against Xuzhou, and after eliminating Li Dao and Guo Yan, the Sili area has also been controlled by him. At this time, the total number of troops that Cao Cao could mobilize under his command had exceeded 100,000, so he did not have to worry too much about the defense of the rear.

Now Yanzhou and Si Li are all owned by Cao Cao, and among the princes, except for Yuan Shao, who defeated Han Fu, Gongsun Zan and others, and Sun Jian, who unified the six counties of Jiangdong, basically no one is his opponent. Sun Jianyuan is in Jiangdong, separated from him by Liu Biao, Yuan Shu and others, and there is no possibility of attacking him in the short term. But Yuan Shao is different, he is the only opponent who can take advantage of his conquest of Xuzhou to pose a huge threat to his rear, so Cao Cao must "settle" this worry before sending troops. For this reason, Cao Cao became the Son of Heaven, named Yuan Shao as a general, and awarded the Marquis of Ye to calm his heart.

Of course, before sending troops, there is one more important thing to be solved first, that is, Gao Shun's marriage.

In the past, he welcomed the Son of Heaven, but time was running out, so he had to postpone Gao Shun's marriage. But now it's different, even if the time of the attack on Xuzhou is postponed by a month, it doesn't matter, can the strength of Liu Bei and others be increased several times in this month?

Of course, if it's just Gao Shun's business, Cao Cao doesn't bother to worry about it, he is a bachelor at the age of thirty and it doesn't matter to himself. But this marriage also involves his sister, you know, Cao Ming is already twenty years old. Even if he is the official of the imperial court, he can't suppress all the gossip.

Only when his sister's marriage was completed in a beautiful manner could Cao Cao go to Xuzhou with a relaxed mood.

Originally, Cao Ming wanted to wait for Guo Cui to join Gaoshun Mansion first, and then enter the door as a flat wife. But now neither Cao Cao nor Cao Song can wait, and directly abuse their power, ordering Cao Ming and Guo Cui to marry into Gaofu on the same day as equal wives.

Cao Ming naturally has no opinion on this, Guo Jia also looks indifferent, and Gao Shun is even more happy. Of course, Guo Cui didn't feel good in his heart, but this was Cao Cao's personal order, if his brother went to fight, maybe Cao Cao would really change his mind for Guo Jia's sake. But first of all, even Guo Jia didn't help himself, even if he didn't want to, he couldn't change this fact.

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"Okay, the person who is going to get married tomorrow, why are you still pouting?" Looking at Guo Cui, who was pouting and looking sullenly outside the window, Guo Jia smiled and persuaded him.

"Big brother, you don't care about me anymore, I'll complain to my sister-in-law later." Guo Cui said angrily.

Guo Jia smiled slightly, he naturally knew why his sister was angry, and said, "Miss Cao is already twenty years old this year, and the lord is anxious about this, which is normal." ”

Although Guo Cui didn't say anything more, she obviously had an expression on her face, "Since they are already twenty years old, what is it to wait for a few days".

Seeing Guo Cui's demeanor, Guo Jia was not only amused again.

Just when Guo Jia wanted to tease a few words again, Guo Jia's wife slowly walked in from outside the door holding a two- or three-year-old boy.

"Sister-in-law, my eldest brother is bullying me again, you have to talk about him." Seeing Mrs. Guo, Guo Cui was like an intimate little sister, running to the other party's side and chirping and complaining.

"Ah Cui, you are also the one who is about to get married now, you can't be as willful as before, you know." To Guo Cui's surprise, Mrs. Guo did not help herself bury Guo Jia as soon as she heard her complaints about Guo Jia as before, but said to herself in a serious tone, "Don't look at your brother's usual appearance, he doesn't seem to care about anything, but he is also for your good, and he really cares about you." ”

"Sister-in-law?" Regarding Mrs. Guo's sudden change, Guo Cui couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable.

"Ah Cui, although Cao Ming is nominally the same as you, he is also a flat wife. But he is the sister of Cao Gong after all, and he will always be better than you in terms of identity. After you marry General Gao Shun, don't have any trouble with Cao Ming, especially your willful and rude temper, you have to change it. If there is any dispute between Cao Ming and you, let Cao Gong know, even if Cao Gong will not be difficult for you in your brother's face, it will not be a good thing after all. Besides, I heard that Cao Ming has a gentle and virtuous personality, so you have to control your temper even more. Two wives, one willful and the other gentle, may not be much in the short term, but in the long run, the husband's heart will be more oriented, it goes without saying. ”

This is the first time Guo Cui has seen Mrs. Guo babbling so much in front of him, but Guo Cui knows that this is all out of Mrs. Guo's concern and care for herself.

I saw that Guo Cui's eyes couldn't help but reddened slightly.