Cao Cao......

Yuan Shao's heart is still really conflicted, for this childhood playmate, who was once a very close playmate, has always had an invisible sense of superiority over this little friend. When he put down his body and begged him, ready to take refuge in him and cling to him, he put his hot face on that cold ass, how uncomfortable did it make Yuan Shao's heart? How depressed is it in my heart?

This is not a matter of face, but of a person's backbone. Seriously, Yuan Shao really didn't want to have anything to do with Cao Cao anymore. He would rather have a real fight with Liu Yi, and in the end, even if he was killed by Liu Yi, he didn't want Cao Cao to see his disgraced appearance.

"Could it be that there is no other way than to ask Cao Cao for help?" Yuan Shao's heart, on the one hand, naturally wanted to get the support of those generals under Cao Cao's account, but he really couldn't erase his face, and he was willing to verbally promise to ask Cao Cao for help.

Guo Tu has followed Yuan Shao for many years, how can he not know what Yuan Shao is thinking in his heart at the moment, he naturally knows that Yuan Shao can't pull it off at the moment and wants to take the initiative to go to Cao Cao to talk about it.

It is of great benefit to go to Xu Du to see Cao Cao and borrow from Cao Cao, at least, he can have a relationship with Cao Cao, maybe even if Yuan Shao's plan to plot against Liu Yi fails, he may have a way out. Well, Guo Tu's plan in his heart was that if he could sit on Cao Cao's side, when the time came, he might be able to borrow Cao Cao's hand to save his family from Yuan Shao's hands. In this way, in the future, even if it is really like Zhang He and Gao Lan. It's not impossible to really take refuge in Cao Cao.

The more Guo Tu thought about it, the more he felt the need to persuade Yuan Shao to borrow the general from Cao Cao. Let him have a chance to leave Yecheng and go to Xudu to see Cao Cao.

So. Guo Tu rolled his eyes and arched his hand: "Lord, in other words, Cao Cao is really not a good person, we really wanted to be good friends with him at the beginning, but he didn't care about his relationship with the lord, and made the relationship so stiff." People can't get off the stage. However, the lord doesn't have to worry too much. He Cao Cao, how can he compare with the lord? Cao Cao. It's just a son of a eunuch, and now that he has won his will, it's no wonder that he has a little villain's smug face. Imagine the birth of the lord. Status. Then how could Cao Cao not be envious, jealous and hateful? Guo dared to say that he Cao Cao used to be good with the main bus, but I'm afraid it was just a trend of inflammation, what is it? To put it mildly, he Cao Cao used to be just a dog who followed the lord and begged for mercy. Therefore, now, the lord really doesn't need to worry about that little thing with Cao Cao. Besides......"

Guo Tu paused and then said, "My lord." Besides, we went to talk to Cao Cao, but we didn't ask Cao Cao for help or anything. It's not to ask Cao Cao, but to find Cao Cao and seek cooperation with Cao Cao. To be honest, if our plan this time is perfect and we can really kill Liu Yi, then it will not be us who take the initiative to ask Cao Cao for help and borrow generals, but that he Cao Cao will cry and beg us, wanting to participate in this ambush against Liu Yi. ”

"Oh? Really? Yuan Shao's expression was a little moved, his expression was a little relaxed, thinking, if this was really the case, he could be happy to cooperate with Cao Cao again.

"My lord, let's give an analogy to my subordinates. Now, our Jizhou is already the meat boiling in Liu Yi's pot, we have a big deal to cook Liu Yi in a pot, this is not a big deal, no matter what we do now, it seems that we will inevitably die, so why do we need to care too much about it? However, for Cao Cao, this is not the case, they are now in a weak position in the comparison with Liu Yi, and he has no advantage in the confrontation with the New Han Dynasty. He Cao Cao is equivalent to the fish and meat on other people's boards, and when people want to eat and cook, they can do whatever they want. In this way, at this time, what is really anxious is no longer the meat in our pot, but the fish on the board. So, the lord can understand, right? ”

"That's right!"

Although the truth is rough, it is exactly that. Now, Yuan Shao also thinks that he is a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water, but he Cao Cao is different, he Cao Cao still has ambitions, and he still wants to compete with Liu Yi. Otherwise, with Yuan Shao's understanding of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will inevitably not send someone to sign a non-aggression treaty with Liu Yi as soon as he loses Jingzhou. However, if Yuan Shao went to tell Cao Cao now that the opportunity now could solve Liu Yi, and it would solve Liu Yi permanently, would he Cao Cao still be tempted? When the time comes, I am afraid that it will really be as Guo Tu said, Cao Cao will cry and beg himself, hoping to get involved.

Therefore, at this moment, Yuan Shao's mood suddenly brightened, and he was no longer entangled in whether he still had a relationship with Cao Cao.

He nodded a little happily and said, "That's right, now, although we have such a plan, we don't really have the ability to execute it and kill Liu Yi." With our plan and the execution of Cao Cao's masters, I believe that as long as Liu Yi dares to come, he is eighty percent sure that he can kill Liu Yi. ”

"Yes, very well, guys, do you have anything to add? Or is there a better solution? If so, it is proposed for discussion, and if not, the general plan of the whole action is thus determined. From now on, all of us, first, must guard against this secret, and second, all of us must work together for this plan, and if there is any slack, there will be no forgiveness! Yuan Shaoweiling looked at all the civil and military forces in the hall and said sternly.

This is a major event related to whether he Yuan Shao can reverse his life, and he doesn't want anything to go wrong.

Naturally, the courtiers in the palace will not have any more opinions, who can think of a way to deal with Liu Yi at this time? Now Guo Tu jumped out and came up with a solution, which made them breathe a sigh of relief. Why should they bother themselves? Honestly, this thing, if it is done well. For all of them, it will be good, and who doesn't want to be prosperous and rich? Who wouldn't want to keep what they have now? The current qiē is all the country that they have fought hard after following Yuan Shao together, and they don't want to give it to others. If you can keep your current status and keep your current wealth. How can they not join forces with one mind?

So, this time, always. In everything, there will be people with different opinions, and they all rarely maintain the same opinion, at least. Even if they have different opinions. I don't dare to say it at this moment.

Besides, for these people, even if the ambush of Liu Yi is not successful this time, for them, there will be no direct loss, the big deal, just like now, they are still worried about being attacked by Liu Yi every day. Take what they have now. Each of them has their own plans. thinks that even if Liu Yi finally takes Yuan Shao's foundation, they are just people who follow Yuan Shao, and it is a big deal to surrender, so at least they can save their lives.

People with different thoughts unanimously agreed to Yuan Shao's decision this time and began to prepare for dealing with Liu Yi.

Guo Tu naturally conspired with Yuan Shao again, and then hurriedly packed up and went to Zhudu.

And at this time, Cao Cao had already returned to Xudu.

The first time he returned to Xu Du, he immediately issued an order to seize the time to develop. On the one hand, let the ministers of the court and the central government speed up the progress of how to speed up the development of the local area, and it is imperative that the prefectures and counties under the control of the imperial court resume normal production in the shortest possible time. Cao Cao saw this very clearly, only by allowing the people under his rule to be properly resettled, so that they could restore the normal order of production and life as soon as possible, he could gain the support of the people under his rule and produce more materials, the most critical of which was the problem of food.

If his rule is properly governed and can produce a large amount of food, then he will no longer have to worry about military rations, and he can let go of the conscription.

Cao Cao believed that even if his army's combat strength was not the enemy of Liu Yi's New Han Army in all aspects, he must chase Liu Yi in numbers, or even surpass Liu Yi. Therefore, the second order, Cao Cao, is to order to step up the recruitment of troops.

Of course, the third order is to order your own military horses, from now on, seize the time to train and straighten out the military horses.

Follow, naturally, is to order the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court to be sure to develop more sophisticated weapons and equipment in the shortest possible time, only if there can be weapons and equipment that can fight with the New Han Army, or not inferior to too much weapons and equipment, it is possible to fight with the New Han Army, otherwise, no matter how many military horses and elite soldiers they have, I am afraid that they will not be able to defeat the New Han Army.

These orders are the basis for becoming stronger, so Cao Cao did not hesitate at all, and must seize the opportunity to strive to catch up with the overall strength of the New Han Dynasty in the past two or three years.

Of course, in addition to these, there are also many orders, issued through the mouth of Cao Cao. At this moment, Cao Cao wants to implement any decree, there is no need to go through the guò emperor at all, he can directly use the name of the emperor to pass on the holy decree.

For a while, the entire Xudu court was busy.

For the rest of the day, Cao Cao spent almost every day discussing major matters with a group of advisers, how to grasp the rhythm of development in the general direction, and how to compete with the New Han Dynasty now and in the future.

However, in general, Cao Cao really has no intention of sending troops again for the time being, and after the confrontation with the New Han Dynasty, Cao Cao has clearly realized that he is indeed too far behind the New Han Dynasty, and if he does not catch up, he will inevitably end up in defeat in the future.

He wants to grasp the hard-won calm period now, and handle the affairs that have never been handled at the right time.

His strategists also very much agreed with Cao Cao's opinions and plans, and all believed that now, it is indeed not easy for Cao Cao to work hard to raise troops, and he should indeed accumulate grain, train troops diligently, and wait for the next day to have a big battle with the New Han Dynasty to win the country.

It was Cao Cao who was discussing with a group of advisers, and when he was looking at some texts, someone came in to report, saying that Yuan Shao sent the envoy Guo Tu again and came to Xu Du, who was outside the palace and asked to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was watching some reports on Cai Mao's formation of a naval army in Yangzhou, and Cao Cao nodded again and again. thinks that Cai Mao's character, although his character is not very good, but. In the matter of training the navy, there is indeed a set.

In particular, Cai Mao is very good now, and he did not open his mouth to himself and ask himself for the funds to form a water army because Cao Cao ordered him to form a water army for his own benefit. Cai Mao is only in some places where Cao Cao's court is really needed, and he will have a request. For example, he was about to build a shipyard, which required a lot of talent in various fields. He asked Cao Cao to recruit him and send it to Yangzhou. For these requests, Cao Cao could not help but agree.

Another example is the matter of making all kinds of equipment for the navy. It is not possible to rely on Cai Mao to solve it. After all, even if he Cai Mao has a lot of wealth, he can't turn that wealth into weapons and equipment, and he must have a craftsman to make it. His Cai family is not omnipotent, not every aspect of talent will have it, this, it really depends on Cao Cao to prepare for it. Let alone. Even if the Cai family has a lot of craftsmen who make weapons and equipment, it is impossible to make too sophisticated weapons and equipment. These. Cao Cao has to provide it to Cai Mao.

I heard that someone came to report that Yuan Shao had sent a messenger to ask for a meeting. Cao Cao's first time, but he wanted to say that he couldn't see it, and wanted to order someone to drive away the envoy sent by Yuan Shao and drive him out of his sphere of influence.

At this moment, Cao Cao really didn't want to have too much to do with Yuan Shao, he was afraid that Liu Yi would be angry with him because he still had contact with Yuan Shao, so he tore his face with him and was about to start a war with him.

If he started a war with Liu Yi now, even if he only reluctantly sent a little military horse to attack him, Cao Cao was worried that it would affect the speed of his development.

Therefore, Cao Cao didn't want his opportunity to accelerate development to be destroyed by others.

"Humph! Yuan Shao is really too small-bellied, and there is no measurement. Cao Cao was a little annoyed and said to Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Man Pang, Hua Xin and other advisers who were discussing with him: "Every time, when there is a good opportunity to crusade against Liu Yi, he Yuan Shao thinks that I, Cao Cao, is harming him and never responds, and now that he is in trouble, he wants to come to me?" Without a little sincerity, how can I accept him? If it's his strategist generals, what's the use of Yuan Shao? Do you offer him as if he were the emperor? The family background of the fourth and third princes, who only knows what to do, seems to be afraid that no one will know his Yuan Shao's illustrious family background. Hmph, what about a prominent family? He's not a straw bale? ”

"No, no, now, our biggest enemy is the New Han Dynasty, it is Liu Yi, now, since we have signed an agreement with Liu Yi, we have made it clear that we will no longer participate in the battle for Jizhou, if we meet with the people sent by Yuan Shao now, wouldn't it make Liu Yi suspicious? The New Han Dynasty is now in our Xudu, and it must be full of eyeliner. If we provoke Lewi to attack us now, how can we talk about development? When the time comes, fighting with Lewis will use us to exhaust our lives. Cao Cao said to the ministers on the left and right with a little dismay.

"Well, my lord, now, we are indeed ushering in a rare period of quiet development, and it is really not suitable to make any more extraneous branches. Thinking that Yuan Shao sent someone to come again, he must have thought that Jingzhou had been seized by Liu Yi, and he was about to send troops to destroy him. He was scared, so he would send someone to ask us for help. Hehe, last time, Yuan Shao seemed to be planning to give Jizhou to us, but we didn't want it, how could we make extraneous branches at this juncture? ”

A group of advisers also seconded the motion.

"Even if Yuan Shao wants to give Jizhou to us this time, what's the point of us coming? Once we accept Yuan Shao, we will collect the territory of Jizhou that has not yet fallen into the New Han Army. That would mean that we were about to go head-to-head with the New Han Dynasty. This is contrary to our current general strategic approach. ”

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All the strategists, every word you say and I say, it seems that they don't want Cao Cao to tear his face with the New Han Dynasty again and immediately raise troops to fight.

"Your words are exactly what I Cao wanted, so let's persuade the messenger sent by Yuan Shao to return. I, Cao Cao, have nothing to talk about with Yuan Shao. The general trend of Jizhou has gone, and now even if we wave our army across the river to help him, it will be useless. Alas, well. Out of friendship, let's bring a word to Yuan Shao. I hope that Yuan Shao can recognize the affairs as Junjie, and don't have to bear the family honor of the fourth world and the third prince anymore, so that he doesn't want to follow the old path of Yuan Shu again, it's really not good, just surrender to the New Han Dynasty, I believe that Liu Yi will not kill Yuan Shao, and will leave Yuan Shao a way to live. Cao Cao nodded, agreeing with the opinions of the group.

Cao Cao waved his hand and asked people to go out to spread the word.

"Wait!"

At this time, Xun Yu stretched out his hand and shouted slowly.

"Oh? Gongda, Mo Fei, do you think we still need to meet Yuan Shao's envoy now? Cao Cao looked at Xun Youdao with some surprise.

"Well, lord, in fact, whether we see Yuan Shao's envoy or not has no impact on the overall situation, I expect that Liu Yi will never interfere with us because we met Yuan Shao's envoy."

Xun You said with a determined face: "The envoy sent by Yuan Shao, the lord must see it, and he can't see it." Perhaps, Yuan Shao's messenger may really be able to bring us something surprising. (To be continued......)