Xu Du, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie, lived in the city. At this time, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, also sat here, paying close attention to the general trend of the world.

In the first month of the spring of the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218 AD), the Han imperial physician Ling Jiben and Shaofu Geng Ji, Si Zhi Wei Huang, etc., took advantage of Cao Cao's expedition to be absent from Xudu, and attacked the camp of Prime Minister Wang Bi at night, wanting to coerce the Son of Heaven to destroy Cao's room.

In October of the same year, the officials in the area of Wancheng in Nanyang were suffering from forced labor, and under the leadership of the guard general Houyin, they rebelled against the city, echoing Guan Yu. Cao Cao immediately ordered Cao Ren, who was stationed in Fancheng, to send troops to besiege Wancheng. In the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Ren beheaded Houyin and slaughtered Wancheng, and the rebellion of Houyin was peaceful, but the vitality of Wancheng was greatly damaged, and there was no soldier available.

In April of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 AD), Wuhuan Wuchen in the area of Daijun and Shanggu rebelled successively, and it spread widely. Cao Cao sent his son Yanling Marquis Cao Zhangxing to quell the rebellion, in the autumn and July, chased to the north of Sanggan, and returned with a big break.

In the winter and September of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, there were few Xiangguo Zhong Xuanzhi who was famous in Beijing, and Chen Yi, the captain of Changle, and others secretly attacked Yedu. At the end of the day, Chen Yi was afraid and denounced, and the prince of Wei, Cao Pi, was angry and scolded Wei Wei and thousands of others.

In the summer and May of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, the battle of Hanzhong lasted for two years, and Cao Cao returned in vain after losing the tiger general Xiahou Yuan and losing the land of a county in Hanzhong.

Since the autumn and July of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu led the army to the north to attack Xiangfan, broke several generals, flooded the Seventh Army, and besieged Fancheng.

Since the state of Wei, the situation has never been so severe, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a desperate situation. Even Cao Cao's headaches became more frequent.

But in Cao Cao's eyes, these are nothing.

He Cao Mengde has had a magnificent life, what storms have he never seen? Dawei can not only quell all kinds of rebellions one by one, but also naturally have the spare strength to clean up the mess.

In fact, what worried him the most was Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty who lived in Xudu City.

Guan Yu is menacing, and the external worries are unresolved. If the restless Liu Xie secretly does something ugly like the "edict of clothes and belts", the weak faces of both sides are afraid that they will be torn apart.

Therefore, he did have the intention of moving the emperor of Han to Luoyang, or to the Wei capital Yecheng. It's just that this thought just flashed in his mind, and rumors spread outside, saying that he Cao Mengde was weak and afraid of Guan Yu.

Cao Mengde has been scheming all his life, how can outsiders see the truth in his belly?

The matter of moving the capital was secretly suppressed by him.

Despite the complexity of the situation, in Cao Cao's view, as long as Guan Yu was completely repelled, he would be free to pacify the rebellions one by one, and the situation would suddenly become clear, and all problems would be solved.

It's just—

Yu was captured after the destruction of the forbidden army; Cao Ren had few soldiers, trapped in Fancheng, and his morale was low; Although Man Chong led the troops to rescue, he was not Guan Yu's opponent; The reinforcements led by Xu Huang and Zhao Yan were guest soldiers, and they had nothing to do except for a false shot and forcing Guan Yu's army to withdraw from Yuncheng; Reinforcements from Yecheng are hard to come by; At this moment, Cao Cao had no more available soldiers.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao sneered:

"If Yunchang thinks that my donkey skills are poor, I'm afraid that I will underestimate Cao Mengde too much. I, Cao Mengde, solve problems, and never focus on just one ......"

The so-called upper army is plotting, then the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege.

If you can solve a problem with strategy, why do you have to spell out a life-and-death problem on the front? Anyone will have shortcomings, no matter how strong Guan Yu is, can he be stronger than the overlord of Western Chu back then?

"So, where is Guan Yu's weakness?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and carefully examined the topographic map of Jingxiang tiled on the desk. This is still the thing that was offered by the general Cai Mao and Zhang Yunjin when he went south. The rivers, lakes and seas, large and small cities on the map are marked very meticulously one by one.

It was only when he stared at it for a while that he felt dizzy, the heavens and the earth seemed to be spinning, and his head hurt as if it was about to crack.

"Damn...... At every critical moment, the head disease will be frequent, are you really old......"

"Hey, at this moment, only Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, and Cheng Yu are among the five people, but one of them is here, he will be able to see through Guan Yu's reality and the siege of Fancheng will be solved! Damn it! Damn it! ”

Cao Cao was distraught and suddenly slammed the case.

The palace attendants were all shocked, but they did not dare to enter without being summoned by King Wei. Recently, King Wei has been in a bad mood, so it's better not to touch his moldy head. A few days ago, there was an ignorant palace person, so his head was different......

Cao Cao held his head in his hand, his brows twisted into a Sichuan character, and said silently: "It's a pity that Guo Jia and Xun Yu died early, Jia Xu is old, Cheng Yu is obedient, and Xun Yu is ......."

Xun Yu is the pain of his life. He entrusted his life's ideals and even ambitions to this man who was shining with the sun and the moon, but this man chose to leave at the last moment. In his opinion, this is a betrayal. Every time he thinks of Xun Yu, he instinctively avoids it, maybe it's anger, maybe it's sadness, maybe it's guilt.

No matter what, these old fellows eventually withered away one by one and ceased to exist.

To this day, the only people who can give advice to him Cao Mengde are Sima Yi and Jiang Ji.

He really doesn't like this "wolf-looking" Sima Yi.

Counting the masterminds, Guo Jia indulges in vocal music, Jia Xu Mingzhe protects himself, Cheng Yu is arrogant and obedient, Xun Yu ...... Everyone has distinctive characteristics, and if they have characteristics, they can detect their desires, and if they can detect their desires, Cao Cao will be confident that he can handle them.

Only this Sima Yi has always had no desires, is humble and respectful, he has observed for many years, but he has never seen through.

Thinking of the current erosion of the situation, Cao Cao felt anxious for no reason, and his headache was even worse, so he had to wave his hand: "Summoning Sima Yi and Jiang Ji to discuss!" ”

After a while, with the sound of footsteps, two middle-aged scribes approached.

"The minister Sima Yi visited the King of Wei."

"Minister Jiang Ji pays a visit to the King of Wei."

Cao Cao stroked his forehead with his hand, leaned on the couch with his eyes half-closed, and said slowly: "I summoned you here to discuss how to repel Guan Yu and relieve the siege of Fancheng." Let's talk about it. ”

Jiang Ji, Zitong, a native of Chu Guoping, is currently Cao Cao's chief bookkeeper and Western Cao subordinate, and Sima Yi, who was the chief bookkeeper and military Sima at the time, is known as a think tank.

He pondered for a while, and said loudly: "The King of Wei is relieved, Yu Ban and others are lost by water, and if it is not the loss of the war attack, the national plan has not been damaged. And Yu marched for a long time, and the morale was no longer as strong as it was at the beginning, and my reinforcements from all sides went together, which was the trend of his rise. ”

He paused and continued: "Moreover, Liu Bei and Sun Quan, their relatives are actually sparse inside. Guan Yu has the will, and the right will not want to. In the opinion of the minister, you can send someone to persuade him to follow, Xu cut the south of the Yangtze River to seal the power, if the change is born in the elbow of the feather, the siege of Fancheng is self-relieved. The envoy sent by Sun Quan has been in Xudu for a month, and the king of Wei might as well summon him. ”

Cao Cao nodded, Jiang Ji's plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle really went to his heart. He turned his gaze to Sima Yi: "Zhongda, what do you think?" ”

Sima Yi bowed his head and said: "Sun Quan, this person, his ambition is not small, and he wants to take the land of Jingzhou for a long time. This time, he sent an envoy on the surface, and the Son of Heaven asked to be attached, allowing him to send troops to the south to attack Guan Yu, but in fact, he wanted to use the hand of the king to contain the main force of the Yu army, so that he could take advantage of the situation to seize Nanjun and other places. ”

"Hmm." Cao Cao was noncommittal.

Sima Yi maintained his previous posture and said: "The so-called lesser of two evils. In the opinion of the minister, if Sun Quan is willing to send troops, Guan Yu will retreat by himself, and it will be convenient for us. The king may wish to show the right to be a hussar general, lead the Jingzhou pastor on a false holiday, and seal the Marquis of Nanchang to strengthen his heart to send troops. ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "It's cheaper than Sun Quan's shaft." ”

Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and the King of Wei finally agreed to Sun Quan's attachment. In this way, Wei and Wu used each other, each taking what he needed, and within a month, at least for Wei, the siege of Fancheng would be completely solved.

The three of them discussed for a while, and seeing Cao Cao's sleepy expression, Sima Yi was about to say goodbye, Cao Cao suddenly squinted and said, "Zhongda, you send Sun Quan's watch to General Xu Huang, and ask him to shoot this watch into Guan Yu's camp." ”

Sima Yi was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what King Wei meant, but he was thoughtful and immediately understood.

If Sun Quanyin's communication with Wei is kept secret, Wei will not get any other benefits except for the siege of Fancheng; And Sun Quan will take all the places in Jingzhou Nanjun - this means that all kinds of Wei before and after made wedding dresses for Sun Quan.

If this matter is made public, Guan Yu will inevitably return to protect Jiangling after knowing the content of Sun Quan's letter. Therefore, the siege of Fancheng will be quickly lifted. In this way, it can also make Sun Quan and Guan Yu two tigers fight, hostile to each other and unable to move, and the Wei State can sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

The worst situation is that Guan Yu is reluctant to withdraw his troops because of the strong defense of Jiangling and Gong'an, so it is nothing more than returning to the original point, and the siege of Fancheng must not be suddenly lifted. However, once Sun Quan takes Nanjun, Guan Yu will also lose ground and bring about his own defeat.

After Sima Yi figured out this joint, his heart shook secretly: "This plan is ruthless and vicious, and it is really Jiang Gui's nature, old and strong." He glanced at Cao Cao slightly, but saw that Cao Cao was also squinting at him, as if he had peeked into his inner thoughts.

Sima Yi was taken aback, hurriedly gathered his mind, lowered his head and said respectfully: "King Wei's plan is wonderful, and the minister will do it." ”

Cao Cao looked at the backs of the two of them in the distance, and for a long time, Fang breathed a sigh of relief: "How can I, Cao Mengde, not have this amount of tolerance?" What's more, when Pi'er Fang was established, he was both civil and military since he was a child, and he was even more ambitious when he grew up. There is a bullet pressure on him...... Hmph, it's good to say that Sima Yi has self-denial and serves the public, if he really has different aspirations, he will die without a place to be buried. ”

The autumn breeze was refreshing, it was still early, Cao Cao suddenly yawned, and a sleepiness that could not be concealed came to his heart.