In this world, Cao Cao's strength has been weakened by more than half compared to history.

First of all, on the turf, now he only owns Yanzhou and Yuzhou; And there is no Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

Secondly, in terms of talents, Wuziliang will not have Zhang Liao and Yu Ban.

In the end, in terms of strategists, half of the top strategists were poached by Gongsun Kang. For example, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu. Now he only has Xun Yu and Liu Ye. Jiang Ji and Sima Yi have not yet come out.

Among the 36 important strategists in the original history: Chen Qun, Hua Xin, Zhong Harrier, Man Chong, Dong Zhao, Wang Lang, Cui Yan, Mao Jue, Jia Kui, Du Ji, Tian Chou, Wang Xiu, Yang Xiu, Xin Bi, Yang Fu, Tian Yu, Wang Ji, Kuai Yue, Zhang Ji, Du Xi, Zao Yi, Ren Jun, Chen Jiao, Xi Xi, Huan Jue, Ding Yi, Ding Xuan, Sima Lang, Han Ji, Wei Kang, Bing Yuan, Zhao Yan, Lou Gui, Xu You, Guo Huai.

Wang Lang was killed by Lu Bu; Tian Chou, Chen Jiao, and Bing Yuan are in Liaodong. And Yang Xiu, Xin Bi, Tian Yu, Kuai Yue, Zhang Ji, Sima Lang, Xu You, Guo Huai, Zhao Yan, Du Xi, Fanqin and others have either not yet appeared, or are still in other princes.

And Guo Yuan, Cui Lin, Sun Li, Xu Miao, Xun Yue, Liang Mao and others are also there in Liaodong Gongsun Kang.

Therefore: Cao Cao's strength is very insufficient. This led to a serious lack of self-confidence.

Now, being teased repeatedly by Zuo Ci, Ying'er and Cao Jie have disappeared inexplicably. All this put tremendous pressure on Cao Cao. In the end, Cao Cao became blackened!

The result of blackening is to believe in ghosts and gods, and believe in fate! No fate is in my hands anymore, I only believe in my own qualities that were necessary for the founding emperors!

Cao Cao summoned his advisers and said to them, "There are spells and demons in this world. I suffered a big loss from Zuo Ci, and this is nothing. But if we are at war with Gongsun Kang, and there are demons making waves, it will be my army and my soldiers who will suffer. Do you guys have any great ideas? ”

The strategists looked at each other, not knowing what to say. In history, after Cao Cao suffered Zuo Ci's loss, he didn't care and laughed it off. Because witchcraft can't affect the overall situation.

But in this life, Zuo Ci and Gongsun Kang are good friends. Therefore, Cao Cao took precautions and wanted to formulate a preventive strategy in advance.

Xun Yu is a more orthodox person, so he can only say: "Zi is silent, strange and confused." ”

Cao Cao didn't listen at all, he had personally learned Zuo Ci's spells.

Liu Ye just took refuge in Cao Cao, and it was the moment to express himself, he said: "In the past, the yellow scarves were in turmoil, Zhang Jiao called for wind and rain, and scattered beans into soldiers; It was because he received the three-volume book "Taiping Technique" taught by Nanhua Laoxian. Now Zhang Jiao is dead, but Nanhua Lao Xian is still alive. It is better for the prime minister to look for him and ask for the book of heaven to restrain Zuo Ci. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the old immortal of Nanhua?" ”

Liu Ye groaned: "When Zhang Jiao went into the mountains to collect medicine in Julu County, he met the old immortal of Nanhua. It was an old man, blue-eyed and childish, holding a quinoa cane. There is only one clue. I can only send people to look for it in the mountains of Julu County. ”

So Cao Cao sent people to Julu County to find the old immortals of Nanhua.

Zhong Harrier also suggested: "We can't just pin our hopes on Nanhua Lao Xian. Since Zuo Ci and Nanhua Old Immortals know how to spell, there must be many people in the world who know spells. We might as well advertise and seek this kind of talent. ”

Xun Yu, Chen Qun and other staunch Confucian scholars glared angrily at Zhong Harrier: You can say this kind of thing, are you still a Confucian disciple who never discusses ghosts and gods?

Zhong Harrier is a thorough pragmatist, he is just dressed in the cloak of Confucianism. So he doesn't care what others think of him.

Xun Yu, Chen Qun and others are resolutely opposed to openly looking for people who can do magic. Just like later generations, although many high-ranking officials are also superstitious about qigong masters and feng shui masters, they can only believe in private. On the bright side, everyone still has to stick to science and atheism!

Cao Cao has not completely lost his mind, so he just asked his henchmen to look for this kind of talent in private, and told them not to make a big noise and openly ask for immortals.

(End of chapter)