31, folding the bottle and Dong Gongren (above)
After all, Wang Bi could not hold the same opinion as Guo Jia.
Although he advocated taking advantage of the secret struggle between the Yan Xing camp and the courtiers of the Son of Heaven, he would send troops to Luo, and then use the potential power of the government and the opposition to welcome the departure of the Son of Heaven, but like Guo Jia, who regarded the Yan Xing camp as a great enemy and advocated the proposal of extinguishing the future troubles in one fell swoop, Wang Bi still felt that it was too radical and risky, and he really did not dare to agree.
Yanzhou had only just taken control of most of Yuzhou, and Yuan Shu of Huainan and Liu Biao of Jingxiang were still eyeing the southern part of Yuzhou, and Lü Bu, who was an enemy of Cao Cao, then attacked Xuzhou, adding another element of instability to the east of Yanzhou.
At this time, if you don't fight to the death with Yan Xing's camp, wouldn't you make enemies on all sides and bring about your own destruction.
As a result, Wang Bi, who advocated taking advantage of the situation, and Guo Jia, who advocated taking Yan with "potential", finally chose to draft their own letters and sent fast horses back to Yanzhou for Cao Cao's detailed decision-making.
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A few days later, Yanzhou Changyi.
Wang Bi and Guo Jia's letters had been sent to Cao Cao's desk, and Cao Cao, who was wearing a soap-colored hat and a light silk robe, looked at the two letters and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In fact, not only is there a dispute between Guo Jia and Wang Bi, but the civil and military forces in Yanzhou also have their own opinions on the matter of welcoming the Son of Heaven in the west, and they will even argue in court.
Wenwu, who is not optimistic about Cao Cao's flattery of the Son of Heaven, believes that although there are many benefits of flattering the Son of Heaven, it is too difficult and risky to start a war with the Yan Xing camp.
Just imagine, Chang'an is the Xijing of the dynasty, but when Dong Zhuo wanted to move the capital, the pressure would be so great.
Now after Yanzhou welcomes the Son of Heaven, he wants to move Kyoto to his own jurisdiction, such an outrageous thing, how can the leisurely mouth of the people in the world spare Cao Cao, but don't be careless, Cao Cao, who is the pastor of Yanzhou, is accused by the world of being a chaotic minister and thief like Dong Zhuo and Li Dao, then it will be troublesome.
Mao Jue, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others, who were optimistic about Cao Cao's flattery of welcoming the Son of Heaven and migrating to Kyoto, mainly took advantage of the fact that the Luoyang court under the control of Yan Xing was not yet stable, and took advantage of the weakness to take advantage of the anti-Yan forces of the government and the opposition to escort the Son of Heaven and the court back to the jurisdiction of Yanzhou.
Cao Cao himself is by no means a person who is unconventional and sticks to conventions, and he also agrees with the suggestions of Mao Jue, Xun Yu and others in his heart, but he still needs to know more about the inside of the Luoyang court, so that he can better grasp the opportunity to send troops to Luo and welcome the Son of Heaven.
It's just that I didn't expect that after Wang Bi and Guo Jia investigated the inside of the Luoyang Imperial Court, the differences would be so big.
Wang Bi's thoughts are the same as those of Mao Jue and other human beings, and he still can't get out of the trap of "serving the Son of Heaven to order not to obey", but after Guo Jia went to Henan Yin, his keen and vicious eyes have shifted from the young Son of Heaven in the court and the princes of Gon to the military and political system in Hedong, advocating the use of Hebei forces that have had previous exchanges with Hedong to deal with and eliminate this vigorous and upward new force in Hedong.
Guo Jia's suggestions are very bold and tempting, even if they are decisive and capable like Cao Cao, after reading Guo Jia's letter, they can't help but think deeply.
Just as Cao Cao was thinking silently, the deep voice of Shi Lian, the lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy, came from outside the hall.
"Ming Gong, Dong Duwei has arrived!"
"Invite him in!"
Cao Cao, who was interrupted in his thoughts, heard that it was Dong Zhao, who was holding the title of cavalry captain, who was coming, he was not angry but happy, laughed, got up and moved, and greeted him in person.
At the entrance of the hall, Dong Zhao, who was wearing a green shirt and a slightly chubby white face, saw Cao Cao personally get up to greet him, the fat on his face suddenly smiled, and he showed a flattered expression, and he stepped forward in fear and said:
"He Laojun greeted him personally, Zhao was really scared in his heart!"
"Haha, Gongren doesn't have to be polite, this time I invited you to come because I had something important to discuss, come, sit down first!"
Cao Cao smiled and pulled Dong Zhao into the table and sat next to him, talking and laughing as if they were old friends.
But in fact, Dong Zhao's identity under Cao Cao is very special.
Dong Zhao is a famous man in Jiyin, originally defected to Hebei, and was reused by Yuan Shao, he also made great contributions in the struggle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan for Jizhou, just because Dong Zhao's younger brother Dong visited in Zhang Miao's army, and the contradiction between Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao intensified, Yuan Shao listened to slander and wanted to blame Dong Zhao, Dong Zhao saw that the situation was not good, fled from Hebei, passed through Hanoi on the way, and was left by Zhang Yangqiang to work for him.
Dong Zhaohui chose the master, although he was forcibly treated by Zhang Yang, but he had already seen that Zhang Yang was not the master of this troubled world, and he had no intention of serving Zhang Yang, so he only wanted to save his life, so he was with Zhang Yangxu and the snake, and he had been paying attention to the changes in the situation in the world in his heart.
Later, because Lü Bu attacked the border and provoked an incident, Hanoi, which was lightly provoked, and Hedong, which had been prepared, immediately fell into a big war, and the Hanoi army was defeated in successive battles, and even Zhang Yang was besieged in Yewang City by the Hedong army.
During this period, Dong Zhao saw that it was not good, and once again escaped in advance, ran back to his hometown in Yanzhou, and began to intersect with Cao Cao, who had already controlled Yanzhou.
Because of his scruples about Yuan Shao's existence, although Cao Cao knew Dong Zhao's talent, he did not dare to expelle Dong Zhao from the palace in a grand manner, so he could only treat him with courtesy, and sent his cronies to Dong Zhao to send gifts and letters from time to time.
Later, when Cao Cao quelled the Yanzhou rebellion and defeated Zhang Miao's forces, he also pardoned and continued to appoint his younger brother Dong Yu because of Dong Zhao.
Cao Cao didn't use it to treat Dong Zhao, he was just waiting for the opportunity, and now it was time to put this great talent to use.
During the conversation, Cao Cao and Dong Zhao talked about the inside affairs of the Luoyang court, did not regard Dong Zhao as an outsider at all, and even handed Guo Jia's letter to Dong Zhao to read, so as to ask Dong Zhao for advice.
What Cao Cao was entangled in his heart was that he wanted to send troops to Yu and welcome the Son of Heaven, but he didn't want to fight with strong enemies like Yan Xing in the west, making enemies on all sides, so that the old places and hidden dangers such as Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Lu Bu, who were eyeing each other, could take advantage of them.
He not only wanted to adopt Guo Jia's advice and use Yuan Shao's huge strength to deal with Yan Xing, but he was also afraid that the forces in Hebei would intervene too much.
Therefore, he wanted to consult Dong Zhao's opinion. Dong Zhao once served under Yuan Shao, and when he was in Hanoi, he also dealt with the Chang'an court, and he also had some understanding of the Yan Xing forces in Hedong, and more importantly, Dong Zhao was good at breaking the way of the bottle, and in this regard, even Xun Yu and Cheng Yu under his command were slightly inferior.
There is no doubt that Dong Zhao is the first choice to break the situation in Cao Cao's mind.
And Dong Zhao, after reading the letter, pondered for a long time before he opened his small eyes and looked at Cao Cao and asked:
"Zhao thought of the plan of 'two tigers fighting', but I don't know if the prince can use it?"
Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, he was also a talented and agile person, so he could naturally hear the meaning of Dong Zhao's words, one of the two tigers was Yuan Shao, and the other was Yan Xing.
Because Dong Zhao escaped from Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were friends and allies, not only could Cao Cao not blatantly use Dong Zhao, but the two tried to avoid the topic of Yuan Shao when they talked on weekdays.
Now, Dong Zhao vaguely mentioned Yuan Shao before offering advice, just to test Cao Cao's mind, if Cao Cao just wants to welcome the Son of Heaven, but deep down he has no ambition to compete with Yuan Shao, then Dong Zhao's suggestion is not offered.
"Gongren but it doesn't hurt to say it, I want to hear it in detail!"
After Cao Cao's firm answer, Dong Zhao nodded and began to say:
"The prince's heart suffers, the small one is Hedong, and the big one is Yecheng, so it is obvious that Guo joins the army This plan is feasible. Although Yuan Benchu acted seriously, he was actually hesitant, and when he encountered a major event, he had to say that Yuan Benchu was difficult to decide, and he would inevitably delay his decision for a long time. ”
"The prince might as well send an envoy to Yecheng to persuade Yuan Benchu to send troops to Yucheng together, Yecheng does not matter whether to send troops or not, just divide the three rivers with the momentum of Hebei, and Yanzhou will march again, take the first step, welcome the Son of Heaven, and it will be successful. After the fact, if he pretended to move to Yecheng, Yuan Benchu was suspicious and inconclusive, and he would be suspicious and relieved. ”
Speaking of this, Dong Zhao paused, glanced at Cao Cao, and continued:
"If Yuan's initial doubts are relieved, the prince can send someone to persuade the courtiers of the Son of Heaven to set the capital between Yan and Henan, so that the court will return to Yanzhou, and the prince can also serve the Son of Heaven to please the ministers and achieve the cause of the king!"