Xiapi Mansion.

Cao Shuo sat in the first place, and the generals lined up on either side.

On the table in front of everyone, there is wine and delicacies.

Cao Shuo picked up his wine glass and said to the generals: "Breaking through Xiapi, Liu Bei has no foundation, and Xuzhou will be ours from now on." ”

Everyone raised their glasses and congratulated.

Sima Yi asked: "Gongzi got Xuzhou, don't you plan to hand it over to Cao Gong?" ”

"If I give it to my father, will he ask for it?" Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Zhong Da rest assured, as long as I don't mention handing over Xuzhou, my father will never ask me." It would be a matter of acquiescence to make this my possession my father's favor. ”

"Congratulations to Gongzi for winning Xuzhou." Sima Yi poured the cup full of wine and raised it again.

Everyone also poured wine one after another, and shouted to Cao Shuo: "Congratulations to Gongzi on winning Xuzhou again!" ”

"With Huainan and Lujiang, now we have the whole of Xuzhou." drank another one with everyone, Cao Shuo said: "From now on, there will be a place for us in the world." ”

"That's what Childe said!" Lu Bu said: "From now on, as long as Liu Xuande goes, we will fight him, and he will definitely not be stable." ”

When Lu Bu said this, everyone laughed.

Cao Shuo said with a smile: "General Lu hates Liu Xuande, we all know very well, just to achieve great things, we can't surround Liu Xuande alone." ”

"The Han family is only so big in the world." Cao Shuo said to everyone: "Let Liu Xuande run away, I don't believe he can still run to the edge of the sky?" It's only a matter of time before you kill him, you all remember that if you bump into Liu Xuande in the future, you must capture him alive. It's not that I want him to live, but I want to give him to General Lu to be slaughtered with his own hands! ”

In the same way, Cao Shuo had already told him when he met Lu Bu.

At this time, it was reiterated in front of everyone, but the meaning was very different.

Lu Bu stood up, clenched his fists and bowed down and said, "Thank you Gongzi for your success." ”

"The soldiers are all on vacation today," Cao Shuo said to the crowd, "If you are bored, you can also walk around." ”

Looking at Mi Heng, who was full of joy, Cao Shuo said, "But you can't wander around. ”

was thinking about how to spend time in the past few days, when Cao Shuo said this, Mi Heng's face suddenly became a little ugly.

"When the gates are destroyed, someone has to repair them." Cao Shuo said to Mi Heng: "As long as you arrange this matter, I don't bother to care what you do." ”

"Don't worry, Childe." Mi Heng said: "It's just to repair the city gate, I even repaired the city wall with me, and it's just a matter of playing." ”

"It's still such a big breath." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "But today, no matter what tone you use, break through Xiapi, everyone present can show off today." ”

"Childe, Guan Yu is still in Shouchun." Zhao Yun reminded: "Do you want to send troops ......?"

"No!" Cao Shuo said: "Although Guan Yu is brave, but without the help of a wise and strategic person by his side, it is impossible to break through Shouchun. What's more, General Xiahou and the others have already entered Huainan, and the matter of defeating Guan Yu is left to them. ”

"Do you know where Liu Bei was defeated this time?" Cao Shuo asked everyone.

Everyone looked at him and said nothing.

Although they all wanted to say that the soldiers under Liu Bei did not take over the necessary drills, the soldiers were all caught in the army, and their morale was also very low.

But since Cao Shuo asked so, it means that he has seen more than that.

"There are several inevitable reasons for Liu Xuande's defeat." Cao Shuo said: "First of all, he is unpopular with the people, and all the soldiers are arrested from all over the country. How many people who were arrested to join the army were willing to work for him sincerely! ”

What he said is exactly what everyone wants to say.

"Also, he doesn't know how to choose an alliance." Cao Shuo said: "Let Mi Fang go to Jingzhou, he doesn't want to think about it, Jingzhou Liu Biao is currently having a headache about whether Jiangdong Sun Ce will launch an attack, how can he still have the heart to come to Huainan to make trouble with me?" As for Qingzhou Zang Ba and others, they have long sworn allegiance to their father, and he thinks that everyone is as mercenary as him? ”

"Liu Bei also let people go to Hebei." Sima Yi said: "It is said that he was also rejected by Yuan Gong. ”

"It's right to turn him down!" Cao Shuo said: "The situation of the Yuan family in Hebei is more complicated, and they have not yet dealt with many things, so let them turn against the Cao family now, how can Yuan Gong be willing to do it?" ”

Speaking of this, Cao Shuo added: "Of course, if it were me, I would choose this time to start a war with the Cao family." After all, the Cao family is not yet fully strong, and the Yuan family has won Yi Jing, which is in full swing. Once the war starts, we may lose more than we win! ”

"Of course, it's best if you don't go to war." Sima Yi said: "Xuzhou is a place of several wars, and Huainan has been plagued again. Now the only thing that can be done is Lujiang, but it is adjacent to Jingzhou and Jiangdong. Although the situation looks very good now, it can be carefully calculated, but it is very unfavorable. ”

"Only when we look around at strong enemies can we be stronger." Cao Shuo said: "You don't think that we rely on the Cao family, and we can rely on the help of a strong enemy." In many cases, it is unreliable to help, and the best way is to become strong yourself, so that others dare not come to fight us. ”

"It's still a son's atmosphere, how can he look like that Liu Xuande, he has to find foreign aid at every turn." Chen Zhi said: "I heard that he cries whenever he meets people, and he makes people sympathetic with his crying skills. When someone else helped him, he put another one from behind. ”

"The funniest thing is that I was in Xuzhou." Lu Bu said: "It is said that Tao Qian called Liu Xuande aside when he was dying, thinking that he was a virtuous man and wanted to be entrusted by Xuzhou." Anyway, if it were me, I would never leave my son alone, but would hand over Xuzhou to outsiders. ”

"That's what General Lu said." Cao Shuo said: "The key is that after Liu Xuande took over Xuzhou, it became a place of several battles. There are countless dry bones in the battles for many years, I really can't see where he is virtuous? If they are really virtuous people, how can they let the local war continue? ”

Looking around at everyone, Cao Shuo continued: "From now on, Xuzhou is ours. I also hope that you and I will work together to prevent this place from being invaded by war, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, so that we can have more money and food, and we can lay more territory. ”

"I'm willing to follow Childe to the death!" And they arose, and answered together.

Motioning for everyone to sit down, Cao Shuo said: "We occupy Huainan, Xuzhou and other places, where rivers are vertical and horizontal, and water and land shipping extend in all directions. Xuzhou, in particular, is also adjacent to the sea to the east. With these resources, I want to build a water army......"

"Trolls?" Sima Yi said: "But we are all used to walking on land, and we really don't have much contact with ships, so it may not be easy to establish a naval army." ”

(End of chapter)