The night was dark, and Cao Cao was not sleepy.

In his room, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu and others sat in two columns.

Except for these wise men who strategized to win thousands of miles, he did not invite any generals to attend.

"You all know the news from Pengcheng." Looking around at the crowd, Cao Cao asked them, "Can anyone tell me what to do to break Lu Bu?" ”

Guo Jia replied: "Earlier, Lu Bu had always been pressed and beaten by the lord, and now he plans to crusade against the lord, there are only two reasons. As long as you find the crux of the problem, it is not difficult to break Lu Bu. ”

"Bong-hyo please." Cao Cao motioned for him to continue.

"Lu Bu dared to crusade against the lord, it was nothing more than that he reached an alliance with Yuan Shao." Guo Jia replied: "Yuan Shao was afraid of the lord in the past, for fear that the lord would threaten Hebei by making a conference, and in his opinion, Lu Bu is much weaker than the lord, rather than joining forces with the lord to crusade against Lu Bu, and then attack each other, it is better to support Lu Bu to fight a decisive battle with the lord, and wait until both sides are weak, and then he will get the benefit of the fisherman." ”

Cao Cao nodded with a gloomy face: "What is the other reason?" ”

"As for the other reason why Lu Bu crusaded against the lord, it was that he knew that there was already a situation between him and the lord." Guo Jia replied: "If there is a lord in the world, he will never have a good life." And with him in the world, the lord will also worry every day, and he must always be on guard against him secretly doing unfavorable things. ”

"Feng Xiao only said the reason why he crusaded against me, but he didn't say how to break him." Cao Cao said: "What I want is how to repel Lu Bu and further exterminate him." ”

"The lord has also received news from Pengcheng." Guo Jia said: "Lu Bu originally planned to send troops in the near future, but because of some changes, he had to change his mind temporarily. Presumably, the lord should know why he suddenly changed his mind. ”

"Of course I do." Cao Cao frowned and said: "The armor in Lu Bu's army is inferior, and if the soldiers wear those armor to battle, they will undoubtedly give their lives in vain." ”

"My lord is right." Guo Jia replied: "Because of the armor, Lu Bu had to give up the idea of crusading against the lord in the near future, but we can get a lot of benefits from it. ”

Staring at Guo Jia, Cao Cao's face was still not very good: "Although there are some inferior armor, there are still a lot of soldiers and horses in Lu Bu'......s army, and it is difficult to say whether he can break through the defense line if he takes the initiative to crusade."

"All the Lord thinks of is crusading against Lu Bu from the outside, and we can do more than that." Guo Jia said: "We can also disintegrate from the inside and make it difficult for Lu Bu to take care of it." Let him be in chaos first, and then the army will advance with all its might, is there still a way for him to resist? ”

"I want to hear about it!" What Guo Jia said aroused Cao Cao's interest, and he hurriedly motioned for him to continue.

"After the armor incident, Lu Bu ordered all the people involved in the case to be divided into five horses, and the families of those people were demoted to official slaves." Guo Jia said: "These measures are indeed vigorous and resolute, but they have also buried a lot of hidden dangers for him. At least the craftsmen in Pengcheng today will be a little worried when they take over the work of customizing the armor in the Lu Bu army. They had to worry that if they didn't satisfy Lu Bu, they would end up in the market like those who were killed by Lu Bu earlier. ”

Cao Cao nodded, but did not interject, and the eyes of everyone present also focused on Guo Jia's face.

Guo Jia continued: "The lord only needs to send some eloquent people to infiltrate Pengcheng, and do nothing else, but go to those craftsmen, promise them rich benefits, and invite them to settle down elsewhere." As long as the craftsmen are gone, who will Lu Bu find to make armor and blades? Without the armor and blade, how can he crusade against the lord? In this way, Lu Bu's army will be in turmoil, and the lord can take this opportunity to lead the army eastward to crusade, and before Lü Bu does not crusade against the lord, he will take Xuzhou. ”

"Fengxiao's strategy is really good." Since getting the news that Lu Bu was planning to crusade against him, Cao Cao has not been in a very good mood recently.

Guo Jia's strategy made Cao Cao's mood suddenly better.

He laughed and said to Guo Jia: "This matter will be handed over to Fengxiao, how about it?" ”

"The lord commands, how dare I disobey!" Guo Jia got up and took Cao Cao's order.

In a good mood, Cao Cao asked the others, "What do you think of Fengxiao's strategy?" ”

Cao Cao has already handed over the matter to Guo Jia to handle, how can others raise any objections.

Everyone responded to the "We seconded it." ”

After Jia Xu seconded the proposal, he said to Cao Cao: "Lord, I have a plan, and with Fengxiao's strategy, it will definitely make Lu Bu anxious, and Pengcheng, which he has been running for a long time, will also collapse from now on." Once Pengcheng is depressed, the trust of Lu Bu's subordinates in him will be greatly reduced, the morale of the army will be weakened, and the people's will will be weakened, what else will he use to compete for the world with the lord? ”

"Wen He has any plans, just say it." Jia Xu said that he also had a strategy, which could be used with Guo Jia's strategy, and Cao Cao was even more overjoyed, and motioned for him to continue with a smile on his face.

Jia Xu replied: "Yuan Shao and Lü Bu united, firstly, because Lü Bu was much weaker than the lord, and secondly, because he had coal mines under his rule, and the iron and steel smelting in Hebei was more resilient than that of charcoal. The Yuan family in Hebei wanted to get more coal from Lü Bu, and it was unlikely that they would take Xuzhou, so the best way was to unite with Lü Bu and form an alliance with him. As long as we destroy Lu Bu's coal mines, he will definitely have no more coal to provide to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shaoyuan is in Hebei, and it is impossible to go to Pengcheng to check out, and there must be a gap between the two. The lord can take this opportunity to send troops to fight, but Yuan Shao has always been indecisive, and it is impossible to fully trust Lu Bu, and it is almost impossible to send troops to relieve Lu Bu. ”

"Feng Xiao, Wen He is really my arm." Cao Cao stood up: "I have made up my mind, and according to the strategy of Fengxiao and Wenhe, I sent people to infiltrate Pengcheng and cut off Lu Bu's coal mine and his craftsmen. The officers and men of the three armies are ready to go to the battle, and as soon as the matter is completed, they will send troops immediately! ”

Everyone stood up and answered, "The Lord is wise! ”

Cao Cao, who was still cloudy before, got the way to break Lu Bu, and his mood suddenly improved.

He laughed and said to everyone, "It's not early, so you all go back to sleep." ”

Everyone retreated, and Cao Cao shouted outside the house, "Zhongkang, come in." ”

When Cao Cao was discussing affairs with everyone, Xu Chu had been guarding the door, and when he heard him greet, Xu Chu walked into the room: "Dare to ask the lord what he commands?" ”

"Zhong Kang has followed me for a long time, do you know if there are any beauties?" Cao Cao asked Xu Chu.

I didn't expect him to ask such a question, Xu Chu was stunned for a moment and then replied: "If you want to say that Xu Du is beautiful, but they are all in the lord's back house, and the last general really doesn't know where there are beauties." ”

Xu Chu said that he didn't know where there were beauties, Cao Cao laughed, pointed his nose and said: "I said that Zhongkang is really honest, although my lady in the back house is as beautiful as a fairy, how can she compare with His Majesty's harem today?" ”

"Lord!" Cao Cao mentioned Liu Xie's harem, Xu Chu hurriedly bowed down and said: "Although Your Majesty's harem has many beautiful women, but the lord is a minister, Your Majesty is the king, and there must be no trespassing." ”

"I'm just talking, why is Zhong Kang so nervous." Cao Cao waved his hand: "Speaking of Your Majesty, I really miss him a little, you accompany me to meet him." ”

"It's late at night, and the lord wants to see His Majesty now?" Cao Cao mentioned that there were beauties in Liu Xie's harem, Xu Chu already felt bad, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty should have also fallen asleep, the lord wants to see him, it is better to wait until tomorrow ......"

"I have discussed the crusade against Lu Bu with the princes, and I should report to Your Majesty immediately." Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Zhongkang doesn't need to say much, if you don't want to accompany me, I'll find someone else." ”

Xu Chu has followed Cao Cao for many years, but he doesn't have much loyalty to the Han family, so he persuaded Cao Cao not to come nonsense, just because he was worried that spreading it would be bad for Cao Cao's reputation.

Cao Cao insisted on going to the palace, but Xu Chu didn't dare to persuade him again, so he had to reply: "The lord must go, and of course the last general will accompany him." ”

So he decided to accompany Cao Cao, Xu Chu was just worried that he would really do something arrogant.

Since the edict, Cao Cao no longer has any respect for Liu Xie.

asked Xu Du if there were any beauties, and said that most of the beauties were in the palace, Cao Cao's thoughts, of course Xu Chu understood.

has followed Cao Cao for many years, and Xu Chu also knows that this lord is good in everything else, but there is only one bad one.

That is, once you see a beauty, you can't hold it anymore......

As a hero, Cao Cao's shortcomings are really fatal.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu offered a strategy to defeat Lu Bu, and Cao Cao was originally very happy.

Xu Chu had been by his side for many years, and he also knew that it was out of good intentions to dissuade him from going to the palace, so he didn't take it to heart.

Since Xu Chuken went to the palace with him, Cao Cao would certainly not pursue the dissuasion just now.

Accompanied by Xu Chu, escorted by a team of guards to leave Cao's house, Cao Cao went straight to the palace.

It was already the middle of the night, Cao Cao suddenly came, and Liu Xie, who was sleeping, got up hurriedly after receiving the report from the permanent attendant.

When the servant made a report, the queen had already woken up.

Sitting on the bed, he asked Liu Xie, "Does Your Majesty know why Cao Cao came to meet at this time?" ”

"I don't know what he wants to do." Liu Xie sighed and replied helplessly: "Xu is his territory, you and I are just relying on people to snort and being held hostage here, and it's not like he can come over whenever he wants." ”

Liu Xie's words were helpless, but his face was very bad.

She asked Liu Xie, "Could it be that Your Majesty just let Cao Cao Hu come?" ”

"If I don't let him do anything, what can I do?" Liu Xie said: "First of all, Dong Cheng and others faked the edict of clothes and belts to implicate me, and a few days ago, I ran into a permanent servant who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he actually dared to assassinate Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao didn't do anything about me, he was definitely not happy in his heart. I can live to this day is already a creation, is it possible that I dare to have other extravagant hopes? ”

When Liu Xie replied, every sentence was full of helplessness.

Fu Hou also knew that if he continued to speak, it was nothing more than to add trouble to him, so he just sighed lightly and didn't say anything more.

Dressed neatly, Liu Xie couldn't take care of it, and hurriedly went out to greet Cao Cao.

Seeing Cao Cao, he bowed down and made a big salute: "Why is Gong Cao here so late?" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to be polite." Cao Cao returned the salute and said with a smile: "I just thought of a way to defeat the traitor Lu Bu, and my heart was refreshed, so I couldn't sleep, so I came to share the good news with Your Majesty." ”

"Cao Gongwen governs martial arts, how can Lu Bu be an opponent?" As the king of a country, Liu Xie actually patted Cao Cao's sycophants.

Cao Cao laughed and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty can still speak, which makes people feel refreshed when they listen to it." ”

"More deeply exposed, Cao Gong also invited the house to speak." Liu Xie made way for Cao Cao.

was not polite to him, Cao Cao went directly into the house.

After entering the house, he asked Liu Xie, "Did Your Majesty have fallen asleep just now?" ”

"Exactly." Liu Xie replied: "I have already fallen asleep, and when I heard that Cao Gong was coming, I didn't dare to delay, so I hurriedly got up and came to greet me, and I didn't even bother to wash." ”

"Your Majesty's favor to the minister, the minister remembers it in his heart." Cao Cao grinned, and arched his hand to Liu Xie: "With the method of defeating Lu Bu, the minister's heart is happy, I don't know if I can have a few drinks with Your Majesty?" ”

was sleeping and was disturbed by Cao Cao, Liu Xie was actually very irritable.

But people have to bow their heads under the low eaves, although he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Xu Du is Cao Cao's world after all.

His life was in Cao Cao's hands, how dare Liu Xie refuse his proposal.

"If Cao Gong is interested, I should accompany him." didn't dare to refuse Cao Cao, Liu Xie immediately responded.

"Wine is the purest thing, and Your Majesty should go and wash before drinking." Cao Cao said to Liu Xie: "I only need to arrange a few palace ladies to dance here to help the fun." ”

"I'm going to let Gong'e come and have fun." Cao Cao wanted to see Gong E dance, how dare Liu Xie say nothing, so he hurriedly responded and instructed the Chang attendant: "Call a few Gong E to come over and cheer up Cao Gong's dance." ”

When Liu Xie instructed the regular attendant, Xu Chu's brows furrowed slightly.

When he came to the palace, he was not worried about what Cao Cao would really do to Empress Fu.

No matter how much Cao Cao likes beauty, Liu Xie is just a puppet emperor, and he will not stretch out his hand to the current empress.

After all, being disrespectful to the queen, once it spreads, it is a great crime of rebellion that the whole world will condemn.

Xu Chu was most worried about Cao Cao's proposal to ask Gong E to dance for fun, although Gong E's status was humble, but after all, they were people from the palace, if Cao Cao fell in love with any of them, he would be charged with sex in the palace.

Although he had the heart to advise, Xu Chu knew that he was in the palace, and many words could never be spoken.

Liu Xie instructed the regular attendant to invite Gong E, and he bowed to Cao Cao: "I will go to change my clothes and wash up first, and ask Cao Gong to forgive my sins." ”

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he was so humble in front of Cao Cao, even Xu Chu couldn't help but despise Liu Xie a little more.

Liu Xiezhan retreated tremblingly, and after a while, the permanent attendant led five slightly sleepy palace ladies to arrive.