In the sixth year of Xingping, the third day of August.

The surrenders of Nanjun, Wuling County, Changsha County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County have been transmitted, and the Taishou of the five counties have all chosen to submit, making Wang Can's control over Jingzhou stronger again.

The counties of Jingzhou are attached to the wind, and the impact on the world is undoubtedly huge.

Wang Can took Yizhou, occupied Liangzhou, and took Chang'an and Luoyang, and now he has taken the strategic Jingzhou, which is extremely strong. Wang Can has such a strong strength, as long as he stomps his feet, the world will be shaken.

North, Yecheng.

After Cao Cao moved the capital, he ordered Xiahou Yuan, the assassin of Jizhou, to send troops, and sent Le Jin, Yu Ban, Man Chong, Zhang Jaw and others to attack Youzhou and Yuan Shao.

In the palace, in the main hall.

Cao Cao summoned Liu Ye, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, Sima Lang and others to discuss the war in Youzhou.

In the main hall, there was a hearty laughter.

This unbridled laughter was undoubtedly made by Cao Cao. Cao Cao laughed because there was news about Yuan Shao from the north, saying that Yuan Shao's health has deteriorated since the battle of Guandu, and recently Cao Cao launched a fierce attack on Youzhou, Yuan Shao was worried every day, and he had coughed up blood and was critically ill, and he became a dying person.

In such a situation, Cao Cao was naturally happy.

Once Yuan Shao dies of illness, Yuan Shao's sons will definitely fight each other for power and profit. At that time, Cao Cao's fisherman made a profit, and he could easily take the state and Youzhou. Cao Cao now has Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, plus Youzhou and Bingzhou, and immediately has the capital to compete with Wang Can.

All this was based on defeating Yuan Shao, otherwise Cao Cao would not have been able to free up his hands to attack Wang Can.

Cao Cao flicked his sleeves and said: "Zhugong, Yuan Benchu was worried about internal and external troubles, and he was already a dying person, what can you do to give Yuan Shao another dose of fierce medicine, so that Yuan Shao will die of anger." ”

Cao Cao was eager to win, and hoped that Yuan Shao would die of illness and that he would be able to sweep the north.

Sima Yi stood up, clenched his fists and said: "Lord, Yuan Shao is already seriously ill, if you want to speed up Yuan Shao's death, you can use a heart-attacking strategy to make Yuan Shao anxious and die of worry." ”

Cao Cao smiled and asked, "Zhongda, what do you think?" ”

Historically, Cao Cao did not like Sima Yi because of Sima Yi's appearance and Sima Yi's illness.

Now, the situation has changed.

Cao Cao discovered Sima Yi's talent and immediately relied on him as a minister. Wang Can has Guo Jia, Jia Xu and other strategists under his command, and he Cao Cao also has Liu Ye, Sima Yi and others. Both sides had their own strategists, and Cao Cao's heart was balanced. The appearance of Sima Yi also diluted the sorrow of Cao Cao's defeat, and he had talents under his command to have the capital to compete with Wang Can.

Sima Yi said: "My lord, I think that in order to promote Yuan Shao's early death, a two-pronged approach is needed. ”

Cao Cao asked, "How can you do both?" ”

Sima Yi said: "At present, although our army has achieved victory, there is no trend of breaking through. Therefore, the first step is to publicize the military might of our army, and to proclaim that our army is invincible in battle and invincible. It only takes a few months for the lord to take down the entire Youzhou and exterminate Yuan Shao. In this way, Yuan Shao was always worried about his current situation, and Yuan Shao's nerves were always in a tense state. Yuan Shao was anxious, he couldn't eat sweetly, he couldn't sleep at night, he was worried and anxious, and he was not far from death. ”

After Cao Cao heard this, his eyes lit up.

He leaned forward slightly, listening carefully to Sima Yi's suggestion.

Sima Yi continued: "Second, Yuan Shao's family has a great cause, and all the sons have reached adulthood, but they have not set up a son, this is the second talisman for the lord to attack Yuan Shao. Everyone knows that Yuan Shao likes his youngest son Yuan Shang, hates his eldest son Yuan Tan and second son Yuan Xi, and is unwilling to make Yuan Tan his son. ”

"Yuan Shao wants to establish Yuan Shang, and the lord will go the opposite way with Yuan Shao."

"When preaching the victory of our army, you can promote Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan, and say that the two are good sons who fought bloodily. Just imagine, the two are still fighting hard when they are defeated, isn't this a very good talent? As long as the lord operates properly, the prestige of the two will be enhanced step by step, and finally the two and Yuan Shang will fight against each other. ”

"In this way, Yuan Shao's three sons stand on the same level, and it is even more difficult for Yuan Shao to choose."

"Yuan Shao wants to establish Yuan Shang, but Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan are not bad, they are both people who can be supported, and it is difficult for Yuan Shao to determine who is better to establish as the son. This made Yuan Shao think about it day and night, and he was even more anxious. ”

In the long run, Yuan Shao not only has to consider the erosive situation, but also his successor, whether it is foreign affairs or internal affairs, which puts Yuan Shao in an extremely embarrassing situation. Yuan Shao's nerves are tense all the time, and he will definitely lose weight quickly, and eventually die with a whimper. ”

After Sima Yi finished speaking, he bowed to Cao Cao again.

He returned to the queue and stood respectfully, looking extremely calm.

It seems that what was just said was just a piece of cake.

Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "Okay, what a trick to attack the heart." This ploy can only be done for people like Yuan Shao who favor young sons. Zhongda, you discuss this matter with Ang'er and deal with it, and complete it as soon as possible. ”

"No!"

Sima Yi and Cao Ang responded at the same time, and the two looked at each other and nodded in greeting.

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang with satisfaction, and secretly rejoiced in his heart. His eldest son, Cao Ang, was humble and resolute, and he was very happy to have such an heir, Cao Cao, because Yuan Shao was a little shorter than him.

There was a sound of footsteps, and a soldier hurried in and handed over a bamboo slip.

Cao Cao took it and looked at it carefully, first with great joy, and then with a big change in his face.

In the end, Cao Cao threw away the bamboo slips in his hand and scolded: "Sun Jian's erection is a fool to let Wang Can take the land of Jingnan without much effort." Sun Jian let Wang Can take over the land of Jingnan, which was simply looking for death. ”

Chen Qun picked up the bamboo slips on the ground, and his expression changed after reading it.

The content on the bamboo slip is the news that Wang Can's naval army suffered a crushing defeat and that Wang Can had conquered the land of Jingnan.

After everyone finished reading it, Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Wang Can has taken the entire Jingzhou, and it is even more powerful. Soon after, Wang Can will definitely send troops to attack Sun Jian, and once Wang Can pacifies the Sun clan in Jiangdong, the spearhead will definitely be pointed to the north. Therefore, we are short on time, and we must beat Yuan Shao within this year to gain more time. ”

Cao Cao ordered one after another to advance some steady battles.

Attacking Yuan Shao is urgent.

……

Jiujiang County, Taishou Mansion.

In the hall, Sun Yi was furious.

Sun Yi yelled: "Wang Can is so hateful, before we have time to make a move, Wang Can has already sent someone to take the land of Jingnan." In this way, we failed to recruit people to deal with Wang Can, but instead countless enemies appeared. General Taishi, the current situation is critical, what do you say? ”

Tai Shi Ci said in a deep voice: "One wrong step, one wrong step, we are one step late to Wang Can, and now we are very passive everywhere." The last general thought that we should gather our soldiers and step up the defense, and sent a message to Zhou Gongjin of Poyang Lake, asking him to keep an eye on the movement of the Yangtze River, so that he could hold Jiujiang County and be invincible. ”

Sun Yi frowned and said, "General Taishi, can't we shrink back?" ”

This is not in line with Sun Yi's thoughts.

He knew that Sun Jian had been defeated, but he never thought that Wang Can was invincible. Sun Yi's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, thinking about making meritorious achievements, thinking about defeating the army of Shu, and Sun Yi also knew that Jingnan did not have Wang Can's generals, so it should be easy to attack.

It is precisely because of this that Sun Yi had the idea of sending troops.

However, the person who made the decision was Tai Shici, not Sun Yi.

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