The meeting hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion was quiet, and the needle drop could be heard.

Cao Cao sat high in the council hall, and the generals below were silent, and no one dared to take the lead in speaking.

Looking at Cao Cao's haggard and gloomy face, everyone was beating drums in their hearts, especially some generals who were directly responsible for the security work of the Prime Minister's Mansion and some of the generals who were in charge of the security work of Xu Ducheng, they lowered their heads very low, and they didn't even dare to take a breath, for fear that Cao Cao would be angry and responsible.

"What's wrong?" Cao Cao slightly adjusted his depressed mentality, broke the silence in the hall, and said with a bit of compelling majesty: "Please come, I want to ask you if you have a good plan, now our court has lost again and again, defeated by the New Han Dynasty, seemingly, the New Han Army is about to capture Yuan Shao's Yecheng, capture the entire Jizhou, and increase its power, do we have to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and consider the upcoming attack of the New Han Dynasty against our court?" How should we fight? Guard, and how to guard? There must always be a charter for these, and I ask you to do what you want to say and contribute to the peace of our court. Well, one by one, ......"

Regarding the disappearance of his three daughters, Cao Cao is a little deliberately evasive now, and he doesn't want to talk about it, anyway, he can't find anyone now, and it's useless to say anything.

However, he didn't want to talk about it, but those who were responsible for sending the three daughters of the Cao family into the palace to consummate the marriage of Emperor Xian couldn't help but say it.

It just so happened that it was Liu Ye who was in charge of this aspect this time.

Liu Ye, whose name is Ziyang, is a native of Chengde in Huainan, a descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and a famous strategist of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Ye was well-known at a young age, known as a talented man in the world, and was an important strategist under Cao Cao. He has repeatedly offered clever ideas, and his exhibitions of the world's shapes are often in one sentence. Liu Ye has been a few dynasties. He was the patriarch of the Three Dynasties of Cao Wei.

Liu Ye was originally a relative of the Han family, so. It is most suitable for him to preside over the marriage of the emperor.

After Cao Cao captured Yangzhou, he sent Zhang He and other generals to pacify the remnants of Yuan Shu in Yangzhou, and he followed Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, to take refuge with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao knew that he was talented, so he reused him and handed over his marriage to him to be responsible.

Although Liu Ye voted for Cao Cao, now, he can't say how loyal he is to Cao Cao. But. He is not very familiar with the situation in the imperial court, he just wants to do his best and get things done, but now that Cao Cao's three daughters are gone, it is about to get married, which is how he can explain to Emperor Xian. How do you give an account to your ministers? Cao Cao wants to confess, and he also wants to give others an explanation. Emperor Xian now, calling him uncle, even this little thing has failed Emperor Xian. It made him feel a little guilty.

Even if he is not too familiar with the imperial court, he is not too familiar with the situation of the emperor. There is also a little bit of sympathy, and a little bit of sadness for the dead fox. Because. He himself is also a member of the Han family, and he saw the current situation of Emperor Xian. He is inevitably a little sad.

Therefore, now, only he dares to mention these things in front of Cao Cao.

Therefore, he turned his head to look at the ministers in the palace hall, and when he saw that he didn't want to answer, he went out and said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, now that we are fighting with the New Han Dynasty, I am afraid that it will be difficult to conclude for a while, so my subordinates want to ask the Prime Minister first, how will the emperor's marriage proceed now?" The subordinates have to report to the emperor, and the ministers of the court, do they also have to give them an explanation? ”

"Uh, this ......" Cao Cao's face was hot, and he couldn't reply to this question for a while, so he couldn't help but look at the generals in charge of the search and said, "What? One night has passed, haven't you found Cao's daughter yet? ”

Cao Cao simply pretended not to know.

"The prime minister, the last general and others, sleepless all night, within thirty miles outside the city, every household in the city, all the places that can be searched, we have searched, but we have not found a few young ladies. Please also punish the prime minister! ”

The generals knew that it was difficult to avoid it, so they had to stand up together and plead guilty.

Cao Cao already knew the result, otherwise, he wouldn't have to worry about this matter now.

However, Cao Cao is worthy of being Cao Cao, who has won the mystery of thick black learning, and has a thick face and a black heart.

He pretended to be fine, his eyes rolled around, and he had a plan, and said lightly: "Can't find it?" If you can't find it, forget it, how can I Cao Cao only have these two or three daughters? Well, Mr. Ziyang, you can inform the emperor and the court officials and tell them that the marriage will take place as usual. In order to show my Cao Cao's guilt, Cao sent two more daughters into the palace, a total of five daughters, and when the time comes, Mr. Ziyang will come to greet his relatives. ”

"Huh? This ......"

Liu Ye was stunned by Cao Cao's words, and he really didn't know what to say for a while.

You know, how can the emperor's marriage be so casual? What is, now, Cao Cao has the final say. Also, although Liu Ye has not been in Cao Cao for a long time, he knows the situation of Cao Cao's family members, Cao Cao's daughters, only Cao Xian, Cao Jie, and Cao Hua are three daughters, in addition to these three daughters, Cao Cao does have several daughters, but they are all young girls, how can they get out of the cabinet? Cao Cao dared to speak out, sent two more daughters into the palace, and married five daughters to the emperor together. Where did he get so many daughters? Don't you just stuff a few maids to marry Emperor Xian?

For a while, Mo said that Liu Ye was gone, even if it was other advisers, they were speechless for a long time.

To be honest, although these people are loyal to Cao Cao, but they also have a little respect for the emperor, and now, the emperor of a country can't even keep his daughter, and he said that he would take a certain daughter Zhang San, but he married Li Si. This seems to be really a bit too much, too much of a bully.

However, naturally they didn't say anything more, and they didn't dare to think about it.

Although Liu Ye is new to Cao Cao, his loyalty to Cao Cao is not high, but he has nothing to say at the moment, he still understands the truth of self-protection, so he has to bow his head and say with a bitter face: "Then, then according to the words of the prime minister, his subordinates will do it......"

A group of advisers, seeing that Cao Cao solved the problem of his daughter's disappearance in a few words, Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief, at least, this matter, no matter whether Cao Cao's three daughters were found or not, there was an explanation. Although it was reluctant, it could be regarded as a pass, and it saved a little bit of Cao Cao's face. Although it would make some courtiers dare not speak out, why should they care?

"Alright, alright. Keep looking for me, until you find my three daughters. If I, Cao Cao, can't even protect my own daughter. That's the real joke that makes the world see me Cao Cao, and you guys also seem incompetent. Cao Cao stopped and said: "Now, let's talk about our protection of the country, if the country will not be protected, how can we be home?" The new Han Dynasty is aggressive, and it is about to attack us, although Cao has mobilized a large army to deal with it, but. I'm afraid it's still not thorough enough, after all, once Jizhou completely falls into the hands of the New Han Dynasty, they can cross the Yellow River from Jizhou south at any time and directly attack our Yanzhou. We can't afford to guard against this. If you have anything to do, just come. ”

"Prime Minister, the minister thinks, do we want to take advantage of Yuan Shao's death. Send reinforcements to support Yuan Shao immediately? Let Yuan Shao be able to drag the army of the New Han Army in Jizhou in Jizhou, so that we don't have to worry about the attempt of the New Han Army to move south from Jizhou. At the very least, there is no need to let the flames of war burn to Yanzhou. ”

"Not bad. Prime Minister, we can't watch one by one the princes being destroyed by the New Han Dynasty, and the New Han Dynasty destroys every prince. And their power will be strengthened by a point, and so on and so on. And what do we use to fight against the increasingly powerful New Han Dynasty? ”

"Now that Leo Yi is dead, we are newly defeated. However, the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Dynasty have been endless, without Liu Yi's New Han Dynasty, I believe that it is only the last madness, therefore, the minister believes that we should not worry about the attack of the New Han Army, but to turn the passive into the active, as long as the enemy of the New Han Army of this wave of the last madness, the New Han Dynasty without dragons will inevitably fall apart, and when the time comes, we can take advantage of the situation to attack Luoyang and capture the Young Emperor. At that time, the Han Dynasty was left with only the emperor as the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and the world would inevitably return to the heart. ”

"Although the New Han Army is brave, it is not invincible, they are now fighting with Yuan Shao, but they have not completely destroyed Yuan Shao after fighting for so long. The lord and the minister think that we can be like Yuan Shao, temporarily take a defensive position and let them attack, I will stand still, and when they are in chaos, we can counterattack on a large scale, so that the world can be determined. ”

"Lord ......"

……

When someone spoke, everyone scrambled to express their opinions.

For a time, each had its own statement and opinion. Among them, it is nothing more than proposing that while Yuan Shao has not been completely destroyed, he can wave his army to support and support Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao can hold back the hundreds of thousands of troops of the New Han Army, so that the New Han Army will not be able to draw more troops to attack for a while.

Other opinions are blindly optimistic, believing that the New Han Dynasty has no longer has Liu Yi, and it will be in chaos, and only need to resist the last madness of the New Han army, so that the New Han Dynasty can be destroyed, and they can then seize the world.

However, to put it mildly, there were not too many constructive constructions, and they never mentioned their shortcomings, without taking into account that Cao Cao had now lost nearly 500,000 elite troops at once, and even if he wanted to support Yuan Shao at this moment, he couldn't do it. Imagine, if you want to win back the defeat for Yuan Shao, without more than 300,000 military horses, you don't want to talk lightly about the enemy's crazy offensive of the New Han army. There are fewer military horses sent, and that is to deliver food. They plotted to kill Liu Yi Zai, and now the New Han Army is afraid that it is in a situation of anger, and he Cao Jun dares to send it to them, that is, the enemies are very red when they see each other, and it will be strange if they don't die with them.

Guard? How can this be kept? Now, most of Cao Cao's main forces were invested in the area north of Xudu and placed in Chen to resist the New Han army. You must know that once the New Han Army is out of the Tiger Prison, it can directly kill Chen Liu, if Chen Liu's insecurity, Cao Cao is difficult to match, and he can still rest easy in Xudu, when the time comes, the New Han Army will be overwhelmed and trapped in Xudu, that is the end of his Cao Cao.

Of course, there are also some advisers, who believe that if the New Han army is invincible, then Cao Cao can move the capital like Dong Zhuo at the beginning. Move the capital to Xuzhou or Yangzhou, so that you can temporarily avoid the edge of the New Han Army. His own army also had a relatively broad space to maneuver with the New Han Dynasty.

These are built, Cao Cao can hear the cocoon.

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard this, thinking that none of this was a good idea.

You must know that the New Han Army now has too many means to attack him Cao Cao, so many that Cao Cao dare not resemble him. Moreover, Cao Cao was worried that if the New Han Dynasty lost its mind because of its murder of Liu Yi and took full revenge on him, it might be an earth-shattering situation. When the time comes, Mo will not say anything about dragging down the hundreds of thousands of elites of the New Han Army in Jizhou. It was the millions of military horses that came from Luoyang, which were enough for him Cao Cao to drink a pot.

Let's be honest. Cao Cao remembered that in the Tiger Prison Pass, so many new Han troops were killed overnight. He felt a little numb when he thought about it now. The endless array of military horses made Cao Cao feel a sense of frustration that he was powerless to resist.

Just ask history. When has there ever been such a great power? If he really mobilizes the whole army, there may be a million troops, and Cao Cao is sure that there are real numbers, but to gather these million troops together to fight a war at once, which Cao Cao could not imagine before. In Cao Cao's heart, he thought that a force could have an army of millions. This is already quite remarkable. Not to mention the collection of a million troops.

And in the new Han Dynasty, Luoyang can draw a million troops, this, not to mention whether it is just some ordinary people, can be assembled, this is a kind of potential. And what about Jingzhou? What about the naval army of the New Han Army? What about Sun Cejun in Jiangdong? Xiliang's horse army and so on. Adding up to these military horses, Cao Cao really didn't dare to imagine how he could confront the New Han Dynasty.

Originally, Cao Cao also thought. As long as Liu Yi is killed, then, the New Han Army will fall apart. But now, Cao Cao doesn't think so. Because. He already knew that Jiang Sun Sun Ce and Xi Liangma had a very close relationship with Liu Yi. If Liu Yi died, they would definitely avenge Liu Yi. And other aspects of the military horses. It is also a close relationship with Liu Yi, even if there are mutual disagreements between various military departments. Even if they have plans to stand on their own, they will inevitably talk about other things after avenging Liu Yi, otherwise, the soldiers of the New Han Army will not listen to those generals. This is the terrible thing about the new Han Army built by Liu Yi.

Whenever he thought of this, Cao Cao dreamed back in the middle of the night, well, he was awakened by a nightmare. He already regretted it a little, regretting why he conspired with Yuan Shao to assassinate Liu Yi, if he knew that he had killed Liu Yi, he might not be able to destroy the New Han Dynasty, and he was afraid that he would not have conspired with Yuan Shao.

In fact, in the final analysis, Cao Cao still felt that it was his own strength. The general trend of the New Han Dynasty has been completed, and the strength is strong, no matter how he fights, it seems that it is difficult to catch up with the New Han Dynasty, every time he thinks of this, Cao Cao is a little helpless.

It's just that Cao Cao's character is also quite tenacious, and in his heart, he is still unwilling to admit defeat and refuse to give up the ideas in his heart.

After all, he has also grown from nothing to the present, and has a court and a land of several states, how can he give up his ideas lightly?

At the critical moment, Cao Cao felt that it still depended on Xun You and Cheng Yu. Only when they have exhausted their last resort can they formulate a feasible plan for themselves.

However, in recent days, Cao Cao has also privately asked Xun You and Cheng Yu for advice, but they don't seem to have a good plan for the time being, and they have not been able to make a plan for Cao Cao.

Now, Cao Cao looked at Xun You and Cheng Yu expectantly.

Xun Yu did not tell Cheng Yu that Liu Yi was at his Xun house and gave him a letter to Cao Cao. After all, although he and Cheng Yu have no distinction from each other, respect each other, usually go in and out of the same company, and make decisions for Cao Cao together, but after all, this matter is related to the life of his Xun family, no matter how he and Cheng Yu intersect, it is impossible for him to sue Cheng Yu.

Both of them sensed Cao Cao's gaze on them almost simultaneously.

For a while, the expressions of Xun You and Cheng Yu were two different looks.

Because Xun You was pregnant with Liu Yi's letters, he knew that there was no point in talking about what to fight with the New Han Dynasty or defend or whatever, because Liu Yi was not dead at all. Therefore, his expression is more relaxed.

Cheng Yu, on the other hand, looked solemn.

"Mr. Zhongde, how about you talk?" Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu in a consultative tone.

The strategists in the hall all fell silent when they heard Cao Cao asking Cheng Yu, and they all looked at Cheng Yu together.

Cheng Yu stood up and saluted Cao Cao, and then his expression was neat, and he said cautiously: "Lord, under the current situation, Cheng has no good plan for the time being. However, since we have taken the first step and assassinated Lewi, there is no turning back. To sum up, there is only one word, and if we don't want to be destroyed, there is only one word of war! ”

"Oh? War? How to fight? Cao Cao asked solemnly.

"Fight to the death! Fighting hard, we can't retreat or give in a single step, and we fight with the New Han Army to the point that they can't bear it, and we do everything we can to fight with them. Only in this way can we hold out to the end, otherwise, the New Han army will attack frantically, and our court will not be able to protect it. No matter how you fight, you have to fight! Cheng Yu said with a somewhat extreme look: "Wave the army to aid Yuan Shao, learn from Yuan Shao's previous strategy to prevent the New Han Army from going south, but we have to expand the battlefield even more and fight with the New Han Army." ”

"Huh? Brother Cheng, this seems to be too extreme, in this way, I am afraid it will hurt the vitality of our Han too much. ”

Xun You objected first.

"That's right, if we want to win the final victory, we can only fight with the New Han Dynasty to see who can hold out to the end." Cheng Yu said with a rare gloomy face.

"This ......" Cao Cao also felt a little heavy and stressed.

"Without Liu Yi in the New Han Dynasty, and without their spiritual support, we can scatter our military horses regardless of a single thing, sneak into the forces of the New Han Dynasty, and wreak havoc, doing everything we can. Fighting the New Han Dynasty will be divided into their existing court system, and their court institutions will no longer function normally, completely destroying all the Qi of the New Han Dynasty, and making them fall into no rank. In this way, it will be difficult for them to hold out for too long, and when their madness to avenge Lewis has passed, then it will be time for us to turn defeat into victory and clean up the mess. Cheng Yu gritted his teeth and said.

"Are you crazy? Can Cheng Yu and Cheng Zhongde be the ones who can make this plan? When Xun Yu heard this, he looked at Cheng Yu in great surprise. (To be continued!)

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