At this time, Guo Jia actually stood up and turned around, stretched out an arm and pointed to the southeast: "Next, I think the lord should attack Xuzhou immediately." ”

"Fengxiao, what do you mean, let Gu send troops to deal with Liu Bei." Cao Cao asked in surprise.

Guo Jia sat down and explained: "Yes, lord, although Yanzhou is in the land of four wars, there are many princes around. However, among these princes, the only ones who can really pose a threat to you are Lu Bu, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei. The rest of Ma Teng, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu and the like, they are just dogs guarding the house.

Of course, my lord, you must send troops to strictly guard the northwest border of Yanzhou, and it is best to be able to capture the Tiger Prison Pass under Yang Feng's handle now, so as to prevent Lu Bu from sending cavalry to attack Yanzhou and Yingchuan County like last time after seizing the annexed state.

However, at this time, Yuan Shao was busy eliminating Gongsun Zhan, and our army did not directly border with Lu Bu, because I expected that Lu Bu would definitely give up Hongnong County after taking the entire annexed state, then, among the remaining princes, only Liu Bei of Xuzhou had nothing to do for the time being, and he was the enemy you have to face now!

First of all, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan are good friends, and the lord is nominally friends with Yuan Shao.

If Gongsun Zhan's situation is critical, he will definitely send someone to ask him for help.

Secondly, the people of Xuzhou and the lord can be said to have a deep hatred like the sea.

Even if Liu Bei himself doesn't want to be an enemy of the lord, he may not have people who have this idea.

What's more, my lord, everyone, the people who made this list are hateful, but even I have to admit that these two lists are still very impressive.

Although Liu Bei is from a humble background, he is indeed a person with great ambitions. Just looking at his move to visit Dongcheng three times, it was just to invite a previously unknown Lu Su, which brought him a counselor and won him great prestige among Jianghuai. It can be seen from this that Liu Bei has a reputation for benevolence, but his ambition is not small at all!

Fortunately, Liu Bei's time in mastering Xuzhou is too short, the foundation is not solid, and it is still too late to attack, if you continue to let him recuperate in Xuzhou for two or three years, it will inevitably make him grow into a big trouble for you! ”

"Wenruo, Gongda, what do you think?" Cao Cao pondered for a while and asked.

Because of the return of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, this time, Cao Cao added many advisers, the most famous of which were Zhong Xuan, Dong Zhao and Jia Kui.

"My lord, I think that you should take advantage of the coming of winter to immediately send troops to occupy Qingzhou except for Pingyuan County, and ask for a will from Your Majesty to recruit Zang Ba and others from Langya County, Xuzhou, and cut off Liu Bei's arm first." Xun You, who had not spoken, suggested.

Pingyuan County is one of the counties in Qingzhou located north of the Yellow River, and even if it is not occupied by Yuan Shao now, it is also Yuan Shao's territory.

Xun Yu then replied: "Lord, to deal with Liu Bei, it is best to send someone to Runan, on the one hand, to assist Li Tong and let him raise troops to attack Xuzhou from the flank, on the other hand, let him find a way to provoke the contradiction between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu first, it is best to let them start a war again, I think Jia Liangdao is the most suitable candidate."

As for the Tiger Prison Guan Yang Feng, I think it is best to send someone to persuade him to surrender. Gongren, Yuan Chang, what do you think? ”

Gongren is Dong Zhao's character, Yuan Chang is Zhong Xuan's character, and Zhong Xuan is Xun Yu's fellow villager. The two of them had always been by Emperor Han Xian's side before, so they naturally knew Yang Feng better than others.

"Wen Ruo said that Yang Feng is still different from those white wave thieves before, after all, he was the first to surrender to the imperial court. He is now lonely and lacks assistance, and before, the matter of the imperial court canonizing the lord of Zhendong as the general of Zhendong and the Marquis of Fei Ting, was all determined by Yang Feng. I also heard that he had written a letter ordering his soldiers not to leave the Tiger Prison to harass Yanzhou, which is enough to show his integrity.

Therefore, the lord should always send messengers to the Tiger Prison to give him generous gifts and thank him for his kindness, so as to calm his mind. Yang Feng is brave and thoughtless, and will not doubt us, and when the envoys of the two sides have communicated, it will be enough to submit him. At that time, where could he still be a hidden danger to your lord? Dong Zhao immediately replied when he heard this.

"Gongren is right!" Hearing this, Zhong Xuan said approvingly, but when he spoke, he couldn't help frowning. He thought in his heart that Dong Zhao's idea was still too optimistic.

"Okay, let's do it!" Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and decided. He had so many excellent military advisors under him, and he came up with so many exquisite strategies, which made Cao Cao's painful head a lot easier at once.

Therefore, Cao Cao's army began a large-scale operation before the winter came, and for a time, Xu County's envoys came out in all directions, and Cao Cao's generals Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, and Cao Ren also immediately led the army from Puyang to the counties of Qingzhou.

……

The strategies devised by Cao Cao's strategists were largely correct.

But I only hit a nail here in the Tiger Prison

Because, Dong Zhao was wrong about Yang Feng's intentions, if Emperor Han Xian was still in Luoyang City, Yang Feng might always be under the balance of power between Cao Cao's army and Lu Bu's army, and he would not take the initiative to favor anyone.

After all, last time, Lu Bu suddenly sent troops to attack Liangtun, and while Yang Feng lost face, he also exterminated the remaining white wave thieves who contributed to Emperor Han Xian, even after arriving in Luoyang City, Han Xian and they began to be disrespectful to Emperor Han Xian and Yang Feng, but after all, they were invited by Yang Feng and his foreign aid.

It's just that this time, Cao Cao and Dong Cheng went even further, and they dared to move Emperor Han Xian out of Luoyang City quietly, in this case, Yang Feng would surrender to Cao Cao, then it was really a hell.

Yang Feng himself knows very well that he has Emperor Han Xian in his hands and he does not have Emperor Han Xian in his hands, and his identity and circumstances are completely different. Now, even if he still holds the title of General Che Cavalry, he will not be recognized by anyone, and it will be just a false name at best.

What's the use?

Therefore, when the messenger sent by Cao Cao handed the letter to Yang Feng, Yang Feng only took the letter, but did not give a clear answer, and did not even write a reply, so he sent the messenger away.

At this time, Lü Bujun also sent a messenger, and Yang Feng read the content of the letter, and its general content was: Lü Bu asked Yang Feng to temporarily hold the Tiger Prison Pass, and wait until the beginning of spring next year, and let Yang Feng serve as the Taishou of Shangjun.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, in addition to Shuofang County and Jiuyuan County, Shangjun is located in the Yellow River Loop.