Four days later, in the morning, the warm sun shone on the palace of Yecheng, a beautiful garden like a fairyland, and Yuan Xi was playing chess with Li Ru.

"Cao Cao's eyes are very poisonous! Lone is so big a move, he doesn't move, to be honest, Lone really wants to hit him" Yuan Xi pinched a black chess piece, and said with a cold smile, in order to make the Xiongnu and Xianbei completely convinced, Dayan's goal now is Cao Cao in the Central Plains, Yuan Xi mobilized three legions, Yuan Ping, Jiao Touch, and Gao Ran respectively commanded the army to advance towards Xu, Yan, and Liangzhou, Liangzhou was very cooperative, and Ma Chao personally led the army to garrison Hangu Pass, causing a kind of big war to break out, but Cao Cao is different, do what you have to do, He even sent him a letter, telling him that he already knew about the war between the two clans, and for foreign clans, he Cao Cao also hated it from the bottom of his heart, and that the civil strife could never be compared with the majesty of the Han Dynasty, and even reassured him that he would actively cooperate if needed, and he must not insult Wei Huozhi's achievements.

"The king doesn't have to be like this, Cao Cao is not only a hero, but also an outstanding commander, before he met the king, he has never been defeated, although the movement of our army is very large, even the people of my Dayan think that the king is going to war again, but as soon as the news of Yunzhong County was recovered reached Cao Cao's ears, he completely understood, but this did not affect the deployment of our army, the Xiongnu and Xianbei did not have Cao Cao's vision, they just thought that our army wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger's head, and the war was about to break out" Li Ru smiled and comforted.

After Yuan Xi was silent for a while, he suddenly shook his head slightly, and said solemnly: "Military advisor, you must not underestimate Cao Cao in the slightest, he is not dead, Lone's heart will never be at ease, recently the military commander has gained a lot of news that Cao Cao transferred troops to Hanzhong and sent people deep into Shuzhong, Lone is worried that Cao Cao will send troops again when our army pacifies the two clans."

Li Ru's face froze, and he said: "King, are you saying that Cao Cao will give up the cultivation strategy he has formulated, wave his troops in Hanzhong, and seize the entire Yizhou."

"Nope! He's not going to Hanzhong, he's going south to Jingzhou," Yuan Xi sneered.

"What" Li Ru was surprised, and said: "King, although Jingzhou is a prosperous place, but Liu Biao is still a promising master after all, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, how dare Cao Cao take this risk now, and although there is a natural danger in Shu, but Liu Zhang is mediocre and inactive, indulging in wine and beauty all day long, and the following is centrifugal and detached, trying to descend from the hero, once someone and Cao Cao should join forces with the outside, then Shu will be swallowed by Cao Cao, there are millions of people there, enough to raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers, how can Cao Cao give up this piece of fat and swallow a hard bone"

"Yes, according to common sense, or Cao Cao's previous deployment, he does have this idea, because Yizhou can become the foundation of his Cao family, worry-free, but things are changing, Lone knows Cao Cao very well, and during this time, Cao Cao also began to understand Lone in depth, he is psychologically clear, Lone must know that he will seize Yizhou, so he will try any way to prevent him from entering Shu, he is much weaker than Lone, and he also knows Lone's character, Lone feels that he will temporarily give up this plan, because only Liu Zhang is the lord of Yizhou, That Yizhou can be eaten at any time, he cares about the length of the moment, he makes the movement over there so big, just hoping that Gu will focus his attention on that side, so that he can plan everything in Jingzhou with peace of mind, and make a huge time difference" Yuan Xi said solemnly.

Li Ru was stunned for a moment, and finally knew why the king suddenly asked him to play chess, but he was still a little puzzled: "The king, why are you so sure?"

"Because if it's Lonely, Lone will do it" After Yuan Xi finished speaking, he accidentally crushed the chess pieces in his hand.

Li Ru's pupils shrank, the psychology between the male lords was sometimes the same, with a spirit of adventure, maybe Cao Cao really planned to do so, but he wanted to eat Jingzhou, what did he plan to do? There are more than 100,000 troops there, although Cao Cao is not inferior, but if he wants to eat it easily, it is impossible!

Unless, Li Ru's face suddenly turned startled, and a trace of worry crossed his eyes.

"It seems that the military advisor has thought of it, yes, it is Liu Biao, Jingzhou is full of factions, Cai Kuai regards it as fire and water, the Kuai family supports the eldest son Liu Qi, and the Cai family supports the youngest son Liu Cong, once Liu Biao has an accident, Jingzhou will immediately break out civil strife, my Dayan is far away from Jingzhou, although Sun Quan is close, but he and Jingzhou is a feud, not to mention Yizhou, watch all the way, as long as Cao Cao has this condition, and he has ordered the princes to coerce the Son of Heaven, as long as the plan is good, Cao Cao can even take the entire Jingzhou and the Central Plains without blood, Jingzhou's prosperity has always been claimed to be comparable to my Jizhou, once it is obtained by Cao Cao, even if Xiliang is eliminated, he can also form an alliance with the Jiangdong Sun clan, stabilize the triangle again, and resist my Dayan" Yuan Xi said with a stern face, he has been thinking about this question for a few days, the reason is that he seems to know too much about Cao Cao's movements, this is not Cao Cao's style, nor is it Cao Cao's ability to have.

"King, if this is the case, we must destroy this plan, and we must not let Cao Cao seize Jingzhou" I saw Zhuge Liang holding a piece of music and walking in in a hurry, obviously hearing what Yuan Xi had just said.

"Kong Ming is here" Li Ru suddenly smiled, with appreciation on his face, Zhuge Liang entered Shangshutai during the time that Han Yan had said to him proudly that he was now more relaxed than ever, because Zhuge Liang was more perfect than he did in all aspects, and he was more careful, and this was because Zhuge Liang was in charge of him, and Zhuge Liang's generosity and understanding of the provision and distribution of money and food made him even more satisfied.

"Meet the king, meet the right minister," Zhuge Liang said respectfully.

"Kong Ming doesn't have to be polite, you just said that you want to be destroyed, so what to do, after all, we are too far away from Jingzhou, if we fight, it will be a three-line battle, and the consumption is too great" Yuan Xi asked with a smile.

"King, Goguryeo has been pacified, this is the Goguryeo sent by Jia Dudu to sign the contract" Zhuge Liang immediately smiled.

"It's settled" Yuan Xi immediately stood up happily, and after taking a look, he immediately laughed and said: "Okay, Wenhe is really a talent, and now Goguryeo has become one of my Great Yan Grain Depots"

"The king's colonial policy ministers also saw it, although it was cruel to the outside world, but it was really benevolent to the people of my Dayan, Jia Du Du would take half a month to completely control Goguryeo, and then send troops from Goguryeo to recover Sihan, and a steady stream of resources and population were really transported back from Goguryeo, and the minister discussed with Shang Shuling, Youzhou is one of the king's windows to the outside world, and it is the land of hidden dragons, but the economic development is still not enough, and the number of people is far lower than the other three states, so the meaning of Shang Shutai, See if the first batch of resources and population transported back can be used to prosper Youzhou, for example, the king said, the population plan, if anyone has one more son, Dayan will compensate; In addition, the Goguryeo people were used to carry out large-scale repairs to various official roads, as well as a guarantee plan for the sick and wounded," Zhuge Liang smiled.

"Of course, especially the population plan, we must focus on dealing with it, no matter when, people come first, there are more people, there are more soldiers, and there will be more taxes, why did Gu colonize Goguryeo, instead of direct income, one of the most important reasons is that the population is not enough, the people are living in difficulty, and they really can't afford to raise a superfluous child" Yuan Xi solemnly commanded, and now the total population of the Han states is estimated to not exceed 30 million, which is too far and too far from the more than a billion people in his time.

"The minister understands that he will immediately formulate a strategy and submit it to the king," Zhuge Liang said.

"Okay" Yuan Xi smiled, since Zhuge Liang entered Shangshutai, not only Han Yan has been relaxed, but he is even more comfortable, because Zhuge Liang has done many things so perfectly, he doesn't need to bother at all.

"Kong Ming, just now you said that you were going to break Cao Cao's plan, do you have any ideas?" At this time, Li Ru stood up and asked with a smile, he knew that Zhuge Liang was not only invincible in internal affairs, but also had a high level of wisdom in military strategy.

"Zuo Xiang, Cao Cao's most powerful thing is actually to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, it is really what the king said, Jingzhou is in turmoil, Cao Cao can manipulate the situation at will with the Son of Heaven, and even send troops, because Jingzhou does not have the strength of Dayan, and can ignore the Son of Heaven, so if you want to make Cao Cao give up this plan at all, it is the Son of Heaven" Zhuge Liang said seriously.

"Plotting to seize the Son of Heaven" Yuan Xi muttered, then nodded lightly, and Li Ru next to him heard this, and a cold light flashed in his eyes instantly.