Cao Cao stretched out his hand, gently stroked the blood on the ground, as if caressing Xu Yu's face, and muttered: "All your hard work, your ingenuity, your life of the Nine Clans, and everything you have paid have all been destroyed by your blind loyalty and trust in your old friend at this moment, and you died in your own hands, on your almost crazy self-confidence." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

So, you chose to commit suicide, what were you thinking when you cut the long sword in your throat in front of Feng Ji? Are you angry? Angry Yuan Shao's ruthlessness. Are you in pain? The dream that I had fought for was finally shattered, and I couldn't save Dahan Sheji after all. Perhaps, you died peacefully, because you know that your death can tell many people Yuan Shao's true face. ”

"You go, I will fulfill your wish. Whether it's for you or for myself, I will force Yuan Shao into the battlefield of the decisive battle. ”

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As soon as Liu Biao walked into Junyi City, Cao Cao chased after him.

"Do you know what the safe withdrawal of the Northern Xinjiang Army to Hebei means to the Han Dynasty? It's defeat, complete defeat. Cao Cao waved his arms and yelled at Liu Biao, who had a sad face, "You are old, don't you even have the ambition to save Sheji?" ”

Cao Cao spread out the map on the table, and slammed his fist on the map again and again.

The bamboo slips on the desk jumped violently a few times, and then fell to the ground.

Kuai Yue, Deng Yi, Wen Ping, Pang Ji and others stood around, all with cold expressions and without saying a word.

"The Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew to Hebei without any losses, as long as they recuperated for two or three years, they would be able to make a comeback immediately. Yuan Shao occupied the Central Plains, and soon swept Qing and Xu, including Xiliang Han Sui and Yizhou Liu Zhang, all of whom would take refuge in Yuan Shao. But what about us, look at our ......" Cao Cao's hand slammed into the center of the map, and said angrily, "Except for your Jingzhou, I already have no strength, and Liu Bei's strength is limited, there are Yuan Shao and Zang Ba in the front, and Jiangdong Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in the back, how many days can he last?" What other forces do we have to fight against Yuan Shao? If Yuan Shao attacked from Nanyang and Yuzhou, Liu Zhang from Yizhou, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu from Jiangdong, would you still be able to hold Jingzhou? Jingzhou is gone, can we still keep the Dahan Society? ”

"Three years later, when Li Yi was ready to go south to the Central Plains again, Yuan Shao had already controlled all the counties south of the Yellow River, and the situation in the world had completely changed." Cao Cao glared at Liu Biao and roared hoarsely, "Brother Jingsheng, keep your eyes open, can Li Yi still sweep the Central Plains like today at that time?" No, he can't do it, he not only wants to stabilize the vast northern Xinjiang, but also to resist Yuan Shao's attack in Hedong and Jizhou at the same time, with his small Hebei three states, how many years can he support? ”

"Hebei is defeated, whose world is this?" Cao Cao raised his fists, smashed it on the desk with all his strength, and roared angrily, "Think about it with your brain, think about it, whose is it in this world?" ”

Liu Biao endured the spittle in his face, his face was expressionless and motionless.

"I never believe in any prophecy, but today my confidence has been shaken, after the Central Plains War, the Yuan dynasty will be an indisputable fact." Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed miserably, "Haha...... I'm going to die soon, you and Xuande are still useful to him for the time being, and they can survive for a few days for the time being. When he stabilizes the Central Plains, whether it is Xuande or you, you will soon be in a different place. You will be treated as a rebel after death, and you will be buried in mass graves, leaving behind infamy for generations. ”

Liu Biao's eyes showed murderous intent, and he snorted coldly, but still did not speak.

"Xu You? Didn't he flee to Hebei? Kuai Yue asked in surprise.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "He's back." He defected to Hebei in order to implement a counter-plot for Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao was too ruthless, first killing his nine clans after Xu You defected, in order to deceive Li Yi's trust in Xu You. After Xu You returned today, he was killed by Yuan Shao as soon as he told the location of the grain of the Northern Xinjiang Army. ”

Liu Biao, Kuai Yue and others were shocked.

"Could it be that Yuan Shao is an immortal, just pinch his fingers and calculate, you can know the location of the Northern Xinjiang Army's grain storage?" Cao Cao immediately said Xu You's matter from beginning to end, "Frustrated, judged, Xu You, Guo Tu and others are loyal to the Han Dynasty, oppose Yuan Shao's usurpation, and have been trying to prevent Yuan Shao from embarking on the road of usurping the country, but today you have seen that Xu You is dead, the trial is in prison, Fu Zhu and the Son of Heaven were driven to Nanyang together, Guo Tu was driven to Chang'an, and now Yuan Shao wants to usurp the country, how much resistance is there left?" ”

Kuai Yue saw that Liu Biao's face was cloudy, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Meng De, these are your guesses, before he made an abnormal move at the beginning, we can't say that he has the intention of usurping." ”

"Really? Then do we have to wait until Yuan Shao holds the Son of Heaven hostage like Li Yi before we say that Yuan Shao does have the intention of usurping? Was it too late? Cao Cao glared at Kuai Yue and asked angrily, "Your Kuai family is a famous family in Jingzhou, a high-ranking family, even if Brother Jingsheng is killed, you can still serve under Yuan Shao, and even enjoy greater merits, so you don't care about the survival of the Han Dynasty, you don't care about the life and death of Brother Jingsheng, don't you?" ”

"Cao Mengde, don't talk nonsense here." Kuai Yue's thick eyebrows tightened, and his face was like frost, "I see that you were beaten by the Northern Xinjiang Army and lost Yanzhou, and you have been carried away by hatred and are delirious. ”

"Am I delirious?" Cao Cao pointed to his nose and laughed loudly, "Haha...... Am I delirious? I'm too sane, I've seen through you guys. ”

Then he pointed to the west and shouted, "You fools turn your head and look, where is the Son of Heaven?" The Northern Xinjiang Army has been killed in Xuchang, and Yuan Shao still refuses to move the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, why? If this incident does not brighten your blinded eyes a little, and make your mind cleared up by Yuan Shao's prestige and lies, then you can wait for the defeat of Sheji. ”

Kuai Yue was furious, and just wanted to refute, but was dragged by Deng Yi beside him, and persuaded him: "Don't fall for Cao Cao, see what he wants to say." ”

The lobby fell silent, and only Cao Cao's violent gasps echoed in everyone's ears.

Liu Biao picked up his sleeve and wiped his face, then looked at Cao Cao who was standing opposite, and said calmly: "If we take the lead in entering the battlefield and start a decisive battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army, Yuan Shao is worried that he will lose his merits, and he will inevitably raise a large army and then kill, but the question is, if we defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army, will Yuan Shao be unable to occupy Yanzhou because of the great loss of strength?" With your current strength, can you still occupy Yanzhou and confront Yuan Shao? ”

"The purpose of my decisive battle is not to recapture Yanzhou, but to save Sheji, which is about to collapse." When Cao Cao heard Liu Biao's words, he was overjoyed, knowing that Liu Biao was already moved, and hurriedly explained, "After the decisive battle, the Northern Frontier Army suffered heavy losses, and it is impossible to recover within three or five years. In the same way, Yuan Shao's and ours losses were very large, so that Yuan Shao's strategy of taking the Central Plains in a short period of time, sweeping the Qing and Xu prefectures, and then going south to seize Jingzhou, would not be implemented, and his vain attempt to usurp Han and establish himself would be greatly delayed. ”

"Yuan Shao's heavy losses will also bring him continuous wars. Han Sui of Xiliang had long wanted to take the opportunity to seize Guanzhong, and after this battle, Li Yi and Yuan Shao were scarred, and it was the best time for him to seize Guanzhong. If Guanzhong is lost, Li Yi and Yuan Shao will invest their limited troops and financial resources on the battlefield in Guanzhong for their own safety. Yuan Shao could not take care of us if he could take care of Guanzhong, and we used this precious time to quickly restore our respective strengths, join forces again, form an alliance, and form a confrontation with Yuan Shao. In this way, even if Yuan Shao gets Yanzhou, he will not be able to take advantage of the opportunity of our great loss of strength after the Great War to break them all, and the situation in the southern part of the Yellow River will once again return to the situation before the Great War. ”

Cao Cao looked up at Liu Biao, who was listening attentively, barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and continued: "Hebei is Li Yi, the Central Plains is Yuan Shao, and the banks of the Yangtze River are us. The three confront each other and contain each other. ”

"Yuan Shao is in the Central Plains between Hebei and us, and with him blocking Li Yi in Hebei for us, we can develop rapidly on both sides of the Yangtze River. When Hebei threatens Yuan Shao's survival, we unite with Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao threatened our survival, we used Hebei to contain him and immobilize him. A few years later, when we have accumulated enough strength to threaten Yuan Shao's survival, Yuan Shao, for the sake of his own security and development, and in order to attack us, will definitely use the name of the Son of Heaven to form an alliance to attack Hebei again, which will be our best chance to return to the Central Plains, pacify the world, and prosper Sheji. ”

Liu Biao, Kuai Yue and the others were silent, bowing their heads one by one in contemplation.

"If after the Central Plains War, the situation develops as you say, where will you go?" Liu Biao asked suddenly.

"I'll go to Yangzhou." Cao Cao said without hesitation, "When I arrive in Yangzhou, I can attack Jiangdong with you and Xuande, and completely destroy Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, so as not to let them always fight behind our backs." These two people are not very old, but their scheming is deep, and even people like Yuan Shu died at their hands. ”

"Of course, if they are willing to respect the Son of Heaven, release their past suspicions with us, and work together to save the community, then they can't ask for it. After all, the fewer battles we fight, the faster our strength can grow. ”

"What about the Son of Heaven?" Liu Biao asked again.

"It's better for the Son of Heaven to stay in Nanyang." Cao Cao said, "Bringing the Son of Heaven to Xiangyang can greatly increase your prestige and authority, but it will also liberate Yuan Shao. Now that the Northern Xinjiang Army has reached Henan and is approaching Luoyang, he has no choice but to respect the Son of Heaven and form an alliance with us, but once the Northern Xinjiang Army withdraws, his true nature will definitely be exposed again. ”

"Leaving the Son of Heaven in Nanyang can restrain him so that he does not dare to usurp the Han and stand on his own feet casually. There is Li Yi of Hebei in the north, we in the south, and there is a son of heaven in the middle, if Han Sui is not old and can still take advantage of the situation to occupy Guanzhong, then he will be completely trapped in the Central Plains. Cao Cao smiled proudly, "What he has been thinking about in the past few years is to take all the Central Plains and establish his own hegemony." Well, this time we got his wish and saw if he could show his ambitions. ”

Liu Biao narrowed his eyes and stared at Cao Cao for a long time, then finally nodded and said, "Okay, attack, start attacking immediately." (To be continued.) )