If it were any other old fox here, I would be able to understand Cao Cao's heartfelt emotion. From the beginning of the great disaster, whether it is to take advantage of the situation, kill the courtiers, or form a parliament after the chaos to calm the people's hearts, its methods can not be described as ruthless, and it can not be said that it is not clever. Especially now the streets and alleys are talking about Gao Ye's trip to the palace that night, forcing the emperor and forcing the concubine to death, if such a thing was not intentional by Gao Ye, how could it be leaked so easily, and how could it spread so quickly.

This is also one of the reasons why Cao Cao had to sigh, no one thought that the things of that night would develop into such a critical situation, although he received some news through the spy department, he was wary, but he didn't expect to be calculated. Gao Ye was killed from the ambush of 2,000 men and horses in the Changshui Battalion, and he could deal with such a chaotic situation like this, not only cleaning up the rebels who were in trouble, but also picking up the grass and beating the rabbits to clean up a group of unstable family ministers. With such a ruthless and decisive method, if there is a powerful plan, how can it not be a traitor?

In fact, if you think about it carefully, maybe it's because you've been fighting everywhere all these years, and you've almost never asked about political affairs, and you've never been directly involved in the planning of many things. It is precisely because of this that the name of the undefeated god of war of the high night has become the first impression of the world. To this day, a few people still remember that Gao Ye, who was in his twenties, first entered Yingchuan, and he completely calculated the body of the family, and cleaned up the obedience.

Cao Cao, who was sitting on the bed, had a thousand turns in his mind, and it was also thanks to Cao Pi's unreserved thinking that Cao Cao knew the situation in front of him. Cao Cao was thinking about the situation in front of him, speechless for a while. And Cao Pi was also turning in his mind a thousand times, pondering Cao Cao's words. Don't look at Cao Pi as smart and steady, full of scheming, but in the end, he is still too young and has experienced too few things, and he can't understand what Cao Cao expressed for a while.

The two remained silent like this, unaware that in the lobby on the other side, a group of people had already quarreled about the second set of plans that Gao Ye had just proposed. Originally, Cao Cao didn't wake up, everyone was worried about the situation in front of them, and the proposed plan tended to be conservative. In addition to defending and counterattacking Yuan Shao, the other two roads must only defend and not attack, and try their best to drag it out until the high night to defeat Yuan Shao in Hebei. But now that Cao Cao has woken up, Gao Ye's plan has changed from his previous conservative style, but has become much more radical. Or in Xun Yu's words, this is called too much appetite!

Therefore, as soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, he tried his best to retort: "It's not proper, it's not proper, Mingxi, now there is no war report from the west, and Yuan Shao's strength in the north is still strong, so we must not risk dividing our troops to the west." Although on the current battle report, Yuan Shao is only 100,000 soldiers and horses, but we all know that if Yuan Shao comes, he will definitely do his best, and we must not underestimate the enemy! It's best if there is nothing to do in the West, but even if Ma Teng and Liu Biao come together, we should focus on guarding! If we can't put all our energy on dealing with Yuan Shao in the north, I'm afraid we won't be able to win this battle! ”

Xun Yu's words were clear and well-founded, but Gao Ye shook his head and smiled: "Yuan Shao's strength is true, but it is not easy to defend the west." There are 80,000 soldiers and horses in the senior cadres of Bingzhou, if Liu Biao and Ma Teng do not move, then I think the senior cadres will probably join Yuan Shaobing all the way. However, if either of Liu Biao and Ma Teng launched an attack, the possibility of Gao Gan's onslaught on Hanoi would be greatly increased. If you think about it, if Yuan Shao in the north attacks Puyang, and at the same time, the high cadres of Bingzhou attack Hanoi, Ma Teng and Han Sui of Liangzhou kill Bentong Pass, plus Liu Bei of Xinye invades Wancheng! How many men do you think it will take for the west to be impregnable? Whether it is Wancheng or Hanoi, once it is lost, Yingchuan will be completely exposed to the enemy's troops. I propose to send troops to the west, not because I have a big appetite, but because if I can't strike first, I'm afraid that I will be controlled by others! ”

Gao Ye used his hand to draw on the map, and at the same time told Xun Yu his opinion, Xun Yu also frowned when he heard this. Xun Yu is also a first-class cow, and he naturally has his own views on Gao Ye's analysis. It's just that Xun Yu was still thinking about it, and Mi Zhu on the side spoke again: "However, even if today's money and food are fully supplied to our army to start a war with Yuan Shao, it is only reluctant, and it is really difficult to support our army's multi-faceted operations." ”

Xun Yu also nodded and said: "Yes, Mingxi, you also said that fighting a war is fighting money and food, logistics, and supply!" Now that the situation of our army is already like this, I think that it is possible to send people to envoy Liu Biao and Ma Teng to find a way to exchange for the stability of the two. War is not the only means of settling disputes! ”

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Guo Jia sighed and said, "The most important thing in the three-sided encirclement is to attack together, and we are overstretched, Yuan Shao and Sun Quan have already sent troops, and this Ma Teng and Liu Biao will either not move, or they will already send troops!" Just because we haven't received a report doesn't mean it hasn't happened. What's more, Yuan Shao's subordinates not only include Guo Gongze, Feng Yuantu and others, but also Fu Gonghe and plan for him. can make Fu Gonghe make up his mind to rush to the attack without rest, Xin Zhongzhi's plan is only detailed and invulnerable! ”

Gao Ye nodded, and then said, "Feng Xiao is right, so we can't take any chances now!" As for military spending, it is inevitable that we have been fighting for many years, and our family funds are insufficient, and we are overstretched. Fortunately, now we have earned some extra money, and we have made up for it a little bit. Wenhe, how are you getting these days? ”

Seeing Xun Yu's bewildered face, Jia Xu smiled and said: "This group of old foxes, the money is hidden too deeply, and my subordinates are understaffed, so more than half of them have been cleaned up by now." However, for the time being, the gold, silver and copper coins that have been confiscated. Antique calligraphy and paintings, estimated to be about the same as last year's tax revenue. The main thing is that Dong Cheng is rich, if it weren't for his fornicating concubine groom to guide us, we wouldn't have found it. Saying that, Jia Xu sneered twice and said: "Hehe, his family property alone is worth 30% of the treasury......"

Thirty percent of the treasury does not sound like much, but you must know that although Cao Cao only has four states under Cao Cao, and two states are recovering, the annual income is comparable to the income of the entire Han Dynasty in the past. Last year, the war was fought for a year, and the tax revenue was more than 4 billion yuan, which was almost equivalent to the tax revenue of the entire world in the early Tang Dynasty. Dong Cheng's family background is thirty percent, and his wealth can be imagined.

Even Xun Yu couldn't help but have a twitch on his face when he heard this, what he was shocked about was not the amount of Dong Cheng's family property, but the speed at which Dong Cheng made money. After all, Dong Cheng followed Liu Xie to Yingdu, and it didn't add up to a few years before and after, and he looked like he didn't have three meals on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be so rich in secret!

As soon as he thought of this, Xun Yu was suddenly startled, hurriedly raised his head, looked at Gao Ye with an incredulous gaze and said, "Mingxi, tell me honestly, how many people you killed that night!" ”

"Uh...... This, I killed a lot of people that night, but how many people I killed, I have to ask Dr. Jia. Gao Ye smiled awkwardly and pushed Jia Xu out again. However, without waiting for Xun Yu to continue asking, he immediately changed the topic and said: "If you ask Doctor Jia again about this matter, our focus now is how to retreat from the enemy, these little things are not important, they are not important!" ”

Xun Yu snorted coldly when he heard this, and sat back in his seat silently. Jia Xu on the other side smiled and didn't answer. As for Mi Zhu, he has been stunned by this huge extra money, as the big housekeeper of Cao Ying, what could make Mi Zhu happier than such an unexpected gain? To be honest, Mi Zhu really doesn't care how many people he killed that night, after all, how many people he killed, how big a pie is waiting for everyone to share. What's more, with such a large amount of income, Cao Cao's current chances of winning have increased by a few points. What's more, it is impossible for these families to just hoard money, and there must be a lot of grain and grass. As a person who has followed Cao Cao to his current status, how can this situation not make him ecstatic.

Xun Yu, who calmed down, breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and then said: "Since money and food are not a problem, then it is not nonsense to attack and defend to the west." Although Liu Bei sharpened his sword in Xinye, Liu Biao would never rest assured that he would lead the troops to attack alone, and there would be people who would hinder him. As long as you can beat Liu Bei with lightning speed, and then buy the people who supervise the army under Liu Biao with counter-intrigue, Jingzhou will be able to fight all the way. ”

Either Xun Yu is by no means an ordinary person, and he was still very opposed to Gao Ye's idea, but now he can find the enemy's biggest flaw in an instant. To be honest, Gao Ye proposed the strategy of attacking instead of defending at that time, which was just a big concept, and how to implement the strategy, Gao Ye still didn't have much clue. After all, in Gao Ye's view, specific problems have to be analyzed in detail, and now his eyes are black, and he really can't think about it.

To be honest, Xun Yu's analysis is very reasonable, although Liu Bei is good at fighting, but now he is under the fence. What's more, Liu Bei's capital is a hero, how can Liu Biao not be wary in Jingzhou? This time, even if Liu Biao agreed and asked Liu Bei to send troops to respond to Yuan Shao, it would be impossible for Liu Bei to come alone. First, Liu Biao was also worried that the Xinye guards would be controlled by Liu Bei, and secondly, if he could really destroy Cao Cao, how could Liu Bei be allowed to enjoy this great achievement.

Things are always cause and effect, for Gao Ye, impromptu response is a specialty, but for people like Xun Yu and Guo Jia, anticipating the enemy is the real skill. In this regard, Gao Ye is also convinced. Guo Jia on the side also nodded and said: "If Wen's words are reasonable, Jingzhou must be certain, then the threat of the Xiliang Army is the greatest." I have heard that Ma Teng and Han Sui are not compatible, and there are quite contradictions between the generals, so if they want to throw a bone, they will bite it themselves! In this way, I think that as long as the West Road operates properly, it is not impossible to eliminate Ma Teng and Han Sui! ”

Gao Ye also nodded cautiously and said, "Not bad, not bad!" And as long as it works properly, it won't even have many soldiers! The biggest problem now is still the lord, and I don't know if the lord's body can withstand it! ”

Gao Ye's words did not fall, only to hear Cao Cao's loud voice outside the door: "Don't worry! Yuan Shao is not dead yet, how can I leave first! Hahahaha! ”