Xu Du, General Cao Cao's Mansion, although it is late at night, the meeting hall in the General's Mansion is brightly lit, and all the strategists under Cao Cao's command are also impressively listed!

Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun Yu, Dong Zhao and others even looked uncertain after learning about Jiaozhou and Liu Bei's amazing secret!

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the thing, although it has not been confirmed that Jiaozhou Opera is loyal to Liu Bei, but now Xi Zhong has set aside Zhu Fu to become the lord of Jiaozhou, and Liu Bei must also have a close relationship with Xi Zhong! Now, let's discuss how to deal with this problem! After everyone listened to Cheng Yu's explanation, Cao Cao took the lead in speaking!

"My lord, Liu Bei has stabilized Nanyang at present, and has stationed 100,000 troops in Nanyang and Wuguan, and can mobilize at least 50,000 troops from Yongliang and other places to help defend Nanyang!

If you want to attack Nanyang, you only rely on the power of the lord but there is no certainty of victory, and at least Liu Biao, Sun Ce and the lord need to cooperate to attack together to win, but it can only take Nanyang, Wuguan is still slim, Liu Bei's momentum out of the pass is unstoppable!

Moreover, although the lord took the entire Yanzhou, his strength was far inferior to Yuan Shao and Liu Bei. Therefore, the lord should expand his territory at present, so it is inconvenient to conflict with Liu Bei! Dong Zhao thought for a while, then spoke!

"Having said that, but Liu Bei is so powerful, if the lord doesn't stop him, he won't be able to compete with Liu Bei in the future, what should he do?" Cheng Yu did not deny it, but expressed his worries about the future!

"The lord has discussed with us before, but the strategy after the year is to take Xuzhou, so there should be no conflict with Liu Bei in the northwest at the moment!

Moreover, even if Xi Zhong is Liu Bei's subordinate, this Jiaozhou does not border with Liu Bei's northwest states, and has not yet been connected.

Therefore, Yu felt that the main thing should be to defeat Xi Zhong, if Jiaozhou is not owned by Xi Zhong, then Liu Bei's attack on Jingzhou will definitely not be successful, so there is no big trouble for the lord! Xun Yu thought for a moment, and then said after Cheng Yu's words!

"That's true, at this time, the lord should indeed not fight with Liu Bei, and the lord occupies the righteousness of the Son of Heaven, so the lord can completely let Yuan Shu and Liu Bei fight together in the name of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time appoint Zhu Fu as the pastor of Jiaozhou.

As a result, Jiaozhou Xizhong is suffering from internal and external troubles and is besieged by the three forces, so it will inevitably not last for a long time. In this way, Liu Bei will no longer be able to attack Liu Biao if he loses his handover to the state, the general trend has gone, and the lord is not afraid! Guo Jia said along Xun Yu's words!

"Huh? Feng Xiao and Wen Ruo's words are very much in line with my heart, but now Yuan Shu and Liu Bei are allies, and Jingzhou is under Liu Bei's iron hooves, so Yuan Shu and Liu Biao may not be willing to fight with Xi Zhong! Although Cao Cao was tempted, he still had some doubts, so he asked!

"It's easy! At present, Sun Ce is in Yuzhou, and the lord is in Yanzhou, and he has two or three hundred thousand troops, so that the lord can send envoys to Yuzhou.

Discuss with Sun Ce to fight against Liu Bei, in this way, although Liu Bei Nanyang has an army of 100,000, he will not dare to go south to Jingzhou, so Jingzhou can be guaranteed, and Liu Biao will definitely send troops! Xun Yu opened his mouth to offer advice!

"I'm afraid that Sun Ce is not a good match!" Cao Cao said!

"It's not difficult to do this, doesn't the lord want to attack Xuzhou in the coming year? Although Tao Qian is old, Xuzhou's strength is not weak, and the lord not only invites Sun Ce to contain Liu Bei together, but also carves up Xuzhou with Sun Ce. Guo Jia continued!

"No, lord, if this is the case, it will inevitably fuel Sun Ce's power, and then the lord will add another big enemy." Dong Zhao opened his mouth and said!

"That's true, this can indeed enhance Sun Ce's momentum, but it also saves the time of the lord to settle Xuzhou. After that, the lord can swing his army north and compete for the area south of the Yellow River in Qingzhou, so that the strength of the lord can be extremely strong!

As for Sun Ce, the lord doesn't need to worry, because if Sun Ce agrees to the lord, it is equivalent to an alliance with the lord, and he will definitely not attack the lord at this time! Guo Jia said again!

Guo Jiayan, Xun Yu, Dong Zhao, Cheng Yu and others nodded one after another, and even Cao Cao, who was sitting on top of you, was excited!

In the end, Cao Cao acted in accordance with the strategy of Xun Yu and Guo Jia, and ordered Cheng Yu to send an envoy to Sun Ce, preparing to send troops to deter Liu Bei's Nanyang County in 197 AD in the next year, on the day of the second dragon raising his head in the second year of Jian'an!

At the same time, he invited the Son of Heaven to secretly seal Zhu Fu as the pastor of Jiaozhou and lead all military and political affairs in Jiaozhou. He also sent an envoy with an edict to Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and ordered them to attack Jiaozhou with the edict of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time recognized the legitimacy of the two occupying Jiaozhou!

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When Cao Cao was discussing how to deal with Liu Bei, Liu Bei also received a messenger from the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, named Liu Bei a hussar general, and appointed Liu Bei to lead the military and political affairs of Sizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou and the Western Regions!

When Liu Bei sent away the messenger of the Son of Heaven, at the end of the year, he summoned all the civil and military dignitaries in the six northwestern states to Chang'an to discuss the main direction of next year!

After the next discussion, Zhong Xuan, Xi Zhong, Jian Yong, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, Chen Zhi and others who were far away in Jiaozhou also rushed to Chang'an!

This time, due to too many people, Liu Bei's deliberations were held in the main hall of the Chang'an Palace!

The Wenchen who attended the meeting this time included Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Chen Gong, Liu Ye, Xun You, Zhong Xuan, Jian Yong, Xi Zhong, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Shi Xie, and Wei Chiming.

In terms of military generals, there are Guan Yu, Zhang Haolin, Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Yan Yan, Wen Ping, Qin Liang, Zhang Ren, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiaozhi, Hua Xiong, Liao Hua, Ma Chao, Yan Rui, Huang Xu, Zhang Xiu, Pang De, Chen Dao, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, and others!

"Ladies and gentlemen, the New Year is coming soon, three of the six states in the northwest are in the midst of a major drought and civil strife this year, and due to the continuous years of conquest, the people of the six states in the northwest are already quite tired, so they are unable to fight abroad this year!

However, because of the capture of Nanyang, the grain and grass have been greatly enriched, and if the six northwestern states are stable in the coming year, there is no civil strife and no natural disasters, maybe a local war can be launched!

However, the entire Yizhou and Jiaozhou have enough soldiers and food, and the people are stable, so from the beginning of the year, they will mainly have to conquer outside the Jiaozhou and Yizhou teams! Liu Bei saw that everyone had arrived, so he spoke!

"My lord, at this time, there are about 4 million people in Jiaozhou, Yizhou and Zhuya Prefecture, of which Yizhou has received the people of Huiji County and some of the people of Jiaozhou, there are almost 2.5 million people; And Jiaozhou and Zhuya Prefecture have almost 1.5 million people! Jian Yong said!

Although Xi Zhong is in charge of Jiaozhou, and Zhong Xuan is in charge of Huiji County, but when he reported to Liu Bei about government affairs again, it was Jian Yong who spoke!

"Not only that, Yizhou, Jiaozhou and Zhuyazhou also have 400,000 troops, of which General Gao Shun's trapped army has 50,000 troops; General Chen Zhi's Long Yan Army had an army of 50,000;

The Jinfan Army under General Gan Ning had 100,000 troops and was divided into two parts, one stationed in Jiaozhou, and the other stationed in Zhuya Prefecture and the Jiaozhou Strait;

In addition, there are 50,000 county soldiers in Yizhou, and 150,000 soldiers in various counties in Jiaozhou have completed training! It's just that due to the lack of war horses, even though there are 400,000 soldiers, there are only 30,000 cavalry! Xi Zhong followed Jian Yong and spoke!

For these specific figures, Liu Bei is still quite happy, since Guanghe left Yizhou in the sixth year, Liu Bei has never returned to Yizhou, for the loyalty of his subordinates, Liu Bei still has some worries!

It's just that in terms of government affairs, Liu Bei is dominated by Jian Yong, and Jian Yong is Liu Bei's diehard, so there are no problems.

In terms of military affairs, they were led by more than a dozen generals such as Gao Shun, Chen Zhi, Gan Ning, Xi Zhong, Wei Chi Zhan, and He Ting, so there was no rebellion!

"Yizhou and Jiaozhou are so thanks to you! I, Liu Bei, thank you all here! Liu Bei stood up and saluted everyone, and then spoke!