At this time, Jia Xu opened his mouth to break the silence above the main hall: "King, this is neither the pretense of a thief in Xuzhou, nor the lie of Xuzhou, but the real Li Shengjun attacking." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info King, don't you forget the failure in Koto three years ago? Jianye and Haixi are generally located closer to the coast, and Li Sheng has a strong navy, so he can use this powerful navy as a means to protect himself, and let the navy's warships transport soldiers from the army to launch an attack on our Haixi. The distance between Haixi and Jiaozhou is nothing, in fact, as early as a few years ago, Li Sheng had already used such a means to deal with the Japanese state in our north. ”

"Ah......?" Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, and then he recalled the information he had read, and he suddenly became worried: "So Li Sheng's side is going to target our eastern hinterland?" How good is that? We don't have any troops in the east. A while ago, Li Sheng's mobilization of troops from the west already gave us a headache, and at that time we transferred the troops from Xuzhou to the west. Right now, the east side is very empty, and there is no strength to fight Li Sheng at all. Cao Cao seemed to regret this.

"The king has spoken very much. That's pretty much it. Everything is up to the king to make a decision as soon as possible. Regarding Cao Cao's regret, Jia Xu, who had long been familiar with Cao Cao's temper, reported an attitude of turning a blind eye and listening to it, and just respectfully asked Cao Cao for instructions.

"Decided?" Cao Cao, who had been silent, seemed to be awakened by this sentence, but he stood up and gave an order to the generals and staff in the entire hall: "Collect the elite soldiers of Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou, led by their respective tun commanders, and gather in Xuzhou within fifteen days." I will personally lead you to Xuzhou to fight the enemy. ”

"No......" everyone in the hall replied with a bang. They deserve to be imposing, but this piece of echo harmony has always been full of tragic emotions in Jia Xu's ears.

"Can this battle be won?" Jia Xu asked himself softly, but he didn't have an answer to this question, and finally he could only say uncertainly: "Maybe!" ”

Because Xuchang had no generals, Cao Cao planned to send troops in person, and Jia Xu, who was the director of Cao Cao's intelligence organization "Huanglong" and an important adviser under Cao Cao, naturally had to go with the army. At home, he told his sons the news. Perhaps because he didn't want them to worry, he said this matter with great confidence, as if as long as Cao Cao went into battle, he could drive Li Shengjun away.

For his father, who is known as a "ghost talent", Jia Wanzi, who has always admired his father when he is still young, is extremely happy, and he thinks that this is another military achievement that his father is about to obtain. And Jamu, who was a little older and already had the demeanor of a celebrity, and was also resourceful, was a little skeptical. He asked his father strangely, "Why didn't Daddy suggest that the lord transfer the troops from the west back?" If the cavalry is used to rush the road, fifteen days is enough time to transfer an elite cavalry from Chang'an to Xuzhou. ”

"Alas, fifteen days is indeed enough time to transfer the cavalry to Xuzhou, but what can be done if it is transferred to Xuzhou? Fifteen days of travel was enough for those cavalry to lose their combat effectiveness. Jia Xu sighed and said: "And we can't be sure where the direction of Li Sheng's attack is, whether it is east or northwest, Hanzhong or Jingzhou?" There are Li Shengjun in all directions, which simply makes us feel that we are already surrounded by Li Sheng. ”

"Daddy is worried that we will transfer our troops back from the west, and Li Sheng's side will suddenly launch an attack in the west?" Jamul was slightly taken aback.

"That's right." Jia Xu nodded heavily: "For us, the importance of the west is above the east. We can lose Xuzhou, but we must not lose Guanzhong. Because the loss of Xuzhou is just a loss of a tax land for us, and the loss of Guanzhong is a loss of the world for us. Whoever gets the middle wins the world, there is nothing wrong with this. ”

"Then why did the king go to Xuzhou rashly?" Jamu was puzzled by this.

"That's to give the world a good look. Li Shengjun's navy's combat methods are very strange, and neither I nor the king can predict what Li Sheng's attack will be. We all understand that on the next Eastern Front, we may be powerless to fight back in the face of Li Sheng's blows everywhere, and our defense may be passive and ineffective. But we must do so, even if we know that there will be such consequences. Because we understand that it is one thing for us to be defenseless and it is another thing to give up and not obey. For the sake of our own face, we must know that we can't do it. Jia Xu said leisurely. By this time he had understood what his uneasiness was, but he had no choice in the face of such uneasiness.

"Do you keep fighting even if you know you're going to lose?" Jia Mu stared at his father with wide eyes, but he became more and more puzzled: "This seems to be inconsistent with your consistent policy of doing things, Daddy?" ”

"Hehe, don't match? On the face of it, it looks like this. But in reality? Jia Xu chuckled and shook his head: "Right now, it's another threshold for us, if we cross it, we will have a stronger strength." But if we don't cross over, then we will have to face Li Shengjun's even more crazy blows. Although I have never guessed the real purpose of Li Sheng's series of strikes, one thing seems to be certain, that is, Li Sheng's blow to us does not seem to be exactly a military blow, maybe it is a discord, maybe it is a rumor, in short, Li Sheng's attack is very varied, and they can easily take advantage of the weakness of King Wei. ”

"Huh? How so? Is Li Sheng really that strong? It was hard for Jia Mu to imagine this, for in his opinion there should be no man in the world who could compare with his father, and there was no one among the monarchs who could compare with his own lord, Cao Cao, the king of Wei. Although he also knew that Cao Cao's suspicion was a very fatal weakness, which monarch in the world did not have a weakness? In Jia Mu's view, Sun Quan's short-sightedness and Li Sheng's Wen Tunke are much greater weaknesses than Cao Cao's suspiciousness. Since everyone is almost the same, why does his father think so highly of Li Sheng? "Don't we have any way to deal with Li Sheng?" He asked nervously.

"There will be a way, but we haven't found out. Li Sheng is a changeable person. This can be seen from his policy, he does not like to be an ordinary kind of pure farmer, he tries to find a completely different path than before. We don't know where the foundation of his path lies, so we don't have the ability to respond to his moves. That's where we have the most headache for him. As far as concurrency is concerned, we are like regular soldiers in the art of war, and Li Sheng is like a master of the art of war. For the regular soldiers, although the strange soldiers are a headache, until they have not hit their own vital points at all, the strength of the strange soldiers is not fatal. The odd soldier is like a partial front, but the main soldier is a heavy hammer, with a partial front against a heavy hammer, hehe. I firmly believe that as long as we don't do anything wrong here, even if we suffer a certain amount of losses, we will always be able to recover everything. Jia Xu confided in his eldest son: "Moreover, Mu'er! Don't you think it's exciting to play against such a tough opponent? It's been a long time since I've had such a powerful and interesting opponent. ”

"Interesting?" Jia Mu didn't know what Jia Xu meant by funny, and he was still pondering his father's words. "On this expedition, facing an opponent who doesn't know the strength, my father should be careful of his body." After savoring it for a while, Jamu took care of his father.

"I know, I know. Mu'er, you have to understand what your father's personality is like. Knowing that the front is indeed dangerous, I can't deal with it, can't I not fall off? A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, this is my consistent style. Jia Xu waved his hand and said with a smile.

"That's ......," Jamu nodded, but said no more.

After Haixi was broken and plundered, Li Sheng's elusive navy disappeared completely. No one knows where he has gone, and no one understands when he will appear. Of course, the people on Cao Cao's side hoped that he would never reappear again from now on, but everyone knew that hope was only hope, and this hope was not in his own hands, but in the hands of the enemy. As for what is in the hands of the enemy, no smart person thinks that it will really be possible. "A robbery can be addictive." After making this clear, Cao Cao, who was almost certain that they would appear again, could only choose to continue to lead his troops to Xuzhou.

Cao Cao led his troops to set out on the 28th, and when they arrived in Xuzhou, it was already April 7. It took nine days to reach Xiapi from Xuchang, and Cao Cao's movements could not be regarded as slow, but compared to the attacks on Li Sheng's side, they could be regarded as slow. "Li Shengjun conquered Xianxian!" This was the news from the East China Sea on the day Cao Cao arrived in Xiapi. Like what Li Shengjun did in Haixi, Li Shengjun also moved clean up along with the population of Qu County after exhausting the city of Qu County.

"The population is bright, the money and food are bright, and the shops are bright. Li Sheng didn't leave me anything except a county seat, which is really a complete Sanguang. Cao Cao, who got the news, said very depressedly. However, what he was depressed about was not the thorough plundering on Li Sheng's side, but the strong combat power of Li Shengjun's partial division along the way. Xuzhou still has a bit of troops, although not a lot, but after Cao Cao issued the assembly order, there are still thousands of people stationed in the county town along the coast of Xuzhou to defend. Cao Cao thought that this would basically ensure that the county seat would not be breached for a while, but he didn't want to be attacked by Li Sheng when he arrived in Xiapi, and the county with 2,000 defenders was broken by Li Sheng, which was really unbelievable. "What a heavy and loud slap on the face." Cao Cao's face was blue, and the anger in his heart licked his only reason little by little.

"Order! The whole army went north, and searched north along the coast. After thinking for a while, Cao Cao couldn't hold it anymore, and he quickly ordered to send a large force to search for Li Shengjun's traces. In his mind, since it took Li Shengjun fifteen days to fight from Haixi to Qu County, and he had the ability to attack the large county defended by thousands of his own people, then Li Shengjun's troops were definitely very numerous, and it was very likely that he also brought a certain amount of heavy equipment. “…… If this is the case, then Li Shengjun's speed will definitely not be very fast, and we should be able to meet Li Shengjun if we rush over now. Cao Cao muttered to himself.

"Where does the king think Li Shengjun's next attack target?" When Cao Cao muttered, Jia Xu had been following Cao Cao's side, and he heard Cao Cao's words, so he asked.

"I guess it's either Makiyama or not." Cao Cao thought about the map for a while and said: "Mushan and Buqi are very close to the coast, which is the range of Li Sheng's supplies, they have ships to send a large amount of supplies back, and they also have the ability to send a large number of supplies over. Unless they go deep into Xuzhou without knowing the height of the sky, it seems difficult for us to surround him. ”

"Then we have to be careful. For such an opponent, it really feels like infantry versus cavalry. Jia Xu seemed to sigh and seemed to remind Cao Cao.

"Infantry vs. cavalry?" Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he thought of something: "Let Zhang'er and Pi'er take me a light ride to Mushan quickly and explore in the wrong direction." If Li Sheng's army has not yet arrived, Zhang'er will guard Mushan and Pi'er will not be able to defend it, so we must guard the city carefully and insist on the arrival of reinforcements on our side.

"No......" Jia Xu replied, with a happy smile on his face. He was glad that he had been able to see through Li Sheng's plan, and in his opinion, as long as he sent more mobile cavalry to defend Mushan and Buqi before Li Sheng's army arrived, then Li Sheng's army that tried to attack Mushan and Buqi would be met with an iron plate. At that time, as long as Cao Pi and Cao Zhang command well, it is not impossible to eat Li Sheng's division in one go. "If that happens, it's God forbid." Jia Xu thought like this, his heart throbbed again, and a trace of uneasiness came out again, but he still didn't think clearly where this uneasiness came from.

The cavalry was organized, and then sent out. The team of 10,000 people was divided into two cavalry in front and rear, and rushed to Makiyama and Buqi respectively. Everything seemed very lucky, when Cao Pi and Cao Zhang arrived at their respective defensive positions, everything in the two counties was intact, and the people in the two counties did not hear anything about Li Shengjun at all.

"Didn't Li Shengjun's people drive here?" Cao Pi and Cao Zhang were puzzled by this. They had searched carefully on the road they had come, but no matter how much they searched, they still did not get even the slightest clue about Li Shengjun. The army, capable of breaking through a county town defended by thousands of men in a matter of hours, seemed to have disappeared from the world, and was never heard from again.

"There is definitely a strange ...... here" Cao Pi and Cao Zhang both understood this, so after settling down, they quickly sent someone to send the situation here to Cao Cao's case. They didn't know much about Li Sheng's situation, and there were no important strategists around them to help them think about this problem, so they chose to transfer this problem to their father at the same time, and let their father Cao Cao think about this headache.

However, for Cao Cao, who established a handsome account in Xiapi, it seems that this battle report from both Cao Pi and Cao Zhang came a little late. Because there was extremely bad news from Guangling in the south: Yandu County, which was subordinate to Guangling County, was attacked by Li Sheng's army, and the city of Yandu was plundered, and the salt works of Yandu were destroyed. In this battle, Li Shengjun used the firepower on the battleships to support his army, and the firelight sprayed by those battleships caused a sound like a thunderbolt, and threw Li Sheng's unique thunder and fire thing four miles away, directly hitting the head of the city of Yandu, and in less than an hour, the wall of Yandu was completely crossed, and the infantry of Li Shengjun launched only one attack to take down the city of Yandu. Yandu County ordered Chen Hao to die in the city, and only the county Cheng Chen Jun saw the opportunity to turn around and flee before Li Shengjun entered the city, so there was such a detailed information about Li Shengjun's partial division.

"We sent troops to defend the north, but Li Sheng attacked our side. Wenhe, this is really like what you said, fighting Li Sheng is like fighting with infantry and cavalry. We thought that we could guess Li Shengjun's movements to defend against him, but we didn't think that what we were thinking about was utopian, and Li Sheng's every move was completely unexpected. Cao Cao said with annoyance.

"My lord, it's useless to be upset. In fact, Li Shengjun's current move tells us a piece of news. Unknown lord does you see it? Jia Xu appeased Cao Cao, but gently brought the topic over.

"What's the news?" Cao Cao in front of him has always been in his own emotions, and he is somewhat unsure of what Jia Xu said.

"Li Shengjun's maneuver did not depend on the footsteps of horses, but on their warships. Li Shengjun's fleet not only provided food, grass and ordnance for Li Shengjun's expedition, but more importantly, they were also a base for Li Shengjun's side to rest and attack. I think this is what Li Shengjun's operation looks like: they set off from the ship, pass through a shallow section of water, land directly on the tidal flats, and then go straight to their targets. Jia Xu said seriously while thinking.

"Huh? And such a way of playing? Cao Cao seemed a little surprised.

"This is not an uncommon thing, Sun Quan in Jiangdong often used this style of play in the past, but Sun Quan did it on the river at that time, and Li Sheng is doing it at sea now." Jia Xu smiled and said, "Now that we know how they fight, we can find ways to prevent their attacks."

"How can I prevent it?" Cao Cao was very concerned about this. Originally, he was having a headache.

"The lord may set up a lookout on the gentle part of the beach, and station his troops and horses in the coastal county towns. If Li Shengjun is in the future, everything will be fine. If Li Shengjun is killed, the lookout will use the daytime smoke and twilight lights as a signal to inform the nearby county town to prepare for defense. The soldiers of the county seat itself defended the city, and the soldiers of the county seat near the county rushed to the round, and surrounded Li Sheng's army under the city in a posture of attacking inside and out. After all, Li Sheng's military horses came from afar, and they relied on warships for supply and transportation, and the number of them was bound not to be too large. As long as we ambush Li Sheng and them like this a few more times, then Li Sheng's deviant division will be abolished. Jia Xu's brain spun fast, and after a while, he offered Cao Cao such an idea.

"Hmm! That's a good idea. Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed, and then instructed Jia Xu, "Just do what you say." ”

"No!" Jia Xu bowed his hand to Cao Cao and went out.

Under the order, Cao Cao's army quickly deployed, but fearing that Li Sheng would attack his own counties again during this period, Cao Cao let his army Wancheng at the same time, but also mobilized the people of Xuzhou to carry out this related work. Although Cao Cao's reputation in Xuzhou was not very good before, but now more than 20 years have passed, and the entire Xuzhou has long been firmly grasped by Cao Cao, what can the people of Xuzhou do with Cao Cao? In the face of reality, the people of Xuzhou had to give in, and in order to protect their homes from being broken, they cooperated with Cao Cao's lookout setting. For a time, the whole of Xuzhou was mobilized, and Cao Cao also relocated his Tuntian soldiers. Now that it is April, the spring ploughing work has already begun, and Cao Cao is so eager to place his army, in fact, it is really for this spring ploughing. After all, the grain and grass of the entire Cao Cao army were obtained through the tuntian. At this time, this season is so important to Tuntian, Cao Cao naturally does not plan to give up, and he also needs military rations very much.

Cao Cao's defense in Xuzhou was non-stop, but Li Shengjun over there didn't care about Cao Cao's layout in Xuzhou at all, because there were huge ships on the sea as transportation, Li Sheng's Jinghai overseer Gan Ning went south to conquer the fleet after Yandu went north, and joined 30 unarmed giant ships from Liaodong to form a powerful fleet with 60 warships and 80 sea ships as the main body, and as many as 120 transport ships went straight to Qingzhou. He planned to plunder the county town along the coast of Qingzhou. Although this was not a plan set by Li Sheng in advance, at this moment, Gan Ning saw the opportunity and made his own decisions. He was one of the five overseers under Li Sheng, so he naturally had the right to make his own claims.

When Cao Cao was defending Xuzhou, he used the strength of his own fleet to continuously attack Changyang, Dongmu, Muping, Huangxian, Qucheng, Yexian, Tatecheng, Gancheng and other places. Cao Cao's army was in Xuzhou, and Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou and other places had no soldiers and horses. Although the battle report spread quickly, and within a few days Cao Cao knew what Li Sheng's navy had done in Qingzhou, he knew that Cao Cao himself had no way to send the army to Jizhou in one go. The distance of thousands of miles is just a long sea journey for the navy, but for Cao Cao on land, these are several mountains and several troubles of heavy water. In desperation, Cao Cao sat on tens of thousands of troops in Xuzhou, and he could only continue to send some helpless and useless fires every day, so that he licked and burned himself little by little.

“…… Report...... King, Li Sheng's army attacked the city of Yang Xin! The news kept coming, but Gan Ning went to attack Jizhou after fighting Qingzhou. Although Cao Cao had been prepared for this, he was also depressed when he heard it. He had just received information from Jia Xu's side, saying that it was due to his disadvantage in resisting Li Sheng's attack, and it seemed that people under his rule had become fluctuating, and prices were soaring and chaotic. “…… In this regard, the lord should take it seriously! Jia Xu didn't know much about political matters, and he didn't have any good solutions, he just reminded Cao Cao like this. But now that Cao Cao's army is trapped here, where can there be more troops that can be deployed.

"Wenhe, we can't let Li Sheng continue to be arrogant on our shores like this. We have to have a sure way to do it. We only got 20 or 30 million yuan of money by confiscating Li Sheng's shop, but Li Sheng destroyed more than 10 counties in a row and plundered more than 2,000 or 3,000 yuan from them. That's not going to work. Cao Cao found Jia Xu with a sad face and asked Jia Xu to help him find a way.

"I think the only way for the lord to solve the current problem is to negotiate peace with Li Sheng." Jia Xu had no other way to deal with this, and he was also dizzy by Li Shengjun's tactics, and he was now offering such a policy to Cao Cao.

"Peace? We have had enough trouble with Li Sheng in the last meeting. Li Sheng, this guy did a good job of saving face on the surface, but in fact, he deceived you very badly. We've suffered once, but we don't want to eat a second time. As soon as Cao Cao heard what Jia Xu said, he immediately waved his hand and shook his head to veto.

"Lord, may I ask whether Li Shengqiang or we are strong now?" Jia Xu looked at Cao Cao's waving hand and didn't care, but asked Cao Cao another question.

"Right now? Naturally, Li Sheng had the upper hand. I thought I could confront him, but I didn't want to...... Alas, Li Sheng's navy is very powerful. Cao Cao sighed. Under the loss, he has begun to face up to the gap between himself and Li Sheng. "Li Sheng is better than us in many ways, and it seems that he is not only better than us in intelligence. Just like at the moment with such a blow, even if we thought about it in advance, it would not be possible to organize such a powerful fleet. ”

"That's true!" Jia Xu nodded, and asked Cao Cao another question: "What about the long run?" If we are ashamed and courageous, and make ourselves stronger through a few years of development, then does the king think we have a chance to defeat Li Sheng? ”

"That'...... Naturally, there is. Cao Cao bowed his head heavily, and then understood: "Wen He's idea is for me to make peace with Li Sheng before I suffer further losses." Then take a break and use a few more years to catch up with Li Sheng. ”

"Yes." Jia Xu admitted this: "King, you are not afraid of Li Sheng, and I am not afraid either." But whether it is you, the king, or I have to admit that it is definitely not a wise thing to fight Li Sheng at this time. We need time, the whole Wei State needs time, and only when time allows us to develop, can we defeat Li Sheng and dominate the world. For the sake of this lofty goal, a moment of retreat, a moment of weakness is necessary. We must complete this peace before Li Sheng's side gives us even greater losses. This action must be fast, otherwise Li Sheng's next means will definitely be more intense. ”

"Okay." Cao Cao reluctantly agreed. After suffering a loss, he also found that Li Sheng was quite difficult to deal with, and he would do a few things in the next step, so Li Sheng, who made him feel embarrassed, would definitely be, if he didn't call Li Sheng to stop now, he was afraid that Li Sheng's follow-up would come, and God knew what the result would be - although Cao Cao himself didn't want to admit it, he was indeed a little afraid of Li Sheng.

At that moment, Cao Cao asked Jia Xu to send someone to contact Li Sheng, saying that he planned to discuss the negotiation with Li Sheng. However, after only three days of walking, a piece of news that made Cao Cao feel even more big came that Li Sheng's soldiers and horses in the west were not only good at confronting him, they used a tube-like weapon that could emit thunderbolts, and smashed thunder bombs directly on the city they defended. The power of this shot was earth-shattering, and the soldiers of the defenders in several cities were scattered on the spot, and Li Shengjun launched a full-scale attack on Cao Cao. For a time, Guanzhong and Wancheng were in a hurry. It seems that Li Sheng sent hundreds of thousands of troops to him in one go.

"Oh my God...... What the hell is this? Cao Cao had even more headaches about this. He sent men to stop Li Sheng's attack, but he didn't want this person to be halfway there, and Li Sheng's follower came over. With such an overwhelming blow, Cao Cao sometimes wondered if Li Sheng was determined to fight him to the end. “…… However, if Li Sheng's side made such a decision. I'm not afraid. Who am I Cao Cao? If you, Li Sheng, grasp the urgency, even if I go to eat human flesh pie again, I will fight you to the end. Cao Cao thought fiercely, and had already prepared for the worst in his heart.

But the plan is the plan, Cao Cao thought so in his heart, but he just put such an idea in his heart, and used it to guide his actions, as for the behavior of showing in front of others: After Cao Cao received the battle report from Xuchang, he quickly gathered his staff to discuss the situation about this matter.

"Wen He, it seems that we have been slow again in this matter against Li Sheng. Li Sheng's follower came. Cao Cao glanced at Jia Xu, who had a blank face, as if he remembered something, and suddenly asked, "You won't know about this matter for a long time, right?" The battle reports from Guanzhong have all been passed here, and you Huanglong shouldn't be ignorant here. ”

"Please forgive the king!" Jia Xu knelt down in front of Cao Cao and hung his head and said, "Because the lord was busy solving the problem of Li Sheng's army a few days ago, and this battle report is not so important, so I didn't say it. ”

"Not that important? Where do you see it. Cao Cao was furious in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, and he stared at Jia Xu tightly with a smile.

"The king is going to lie to me." Jia Xu seemed to be completely unaware of Cao Cao's anger, and said to himself: "Didn't the king see clearly that the battle report clearly said that after Li Sheng smashed and attacked the county seat, he completely crossed the city and did not enter the city, and did not send people to defend the city, and most of them disappeared without a trace?" ”

"You mean?" was reminded by Jia Xu like this, Cao Cao also seemed to remember that there was indeed such a thing written in the war report. After all, he is a smart person, and with a slight movement of his brain, he somewhat understands Jia Xu's meaning: "Is it ......?" ”

"Less than a year has passed, and even if Li Sheng has money in this year, it is impossible to completely redress the army. Judging from the troops dispatched by Li Sheng this time, Li Sheng selected the most elite troops among them and armed them with his best equipment to carry out their rear. Since there were not so many excellent weapons and elite soldiers, Li Shengjun's attack appeared to be more than sharp and lacking in stamina. Li Shengjun can quickly conquer the city, but he can't occupy the city for a long time, which is an objective fact of Li Shengjun. I think Li Sheng must have taken this fact into account when formulating this plan. Considering Li Sheng's current actions and the worrisome rumors in our territory, I think that Li Sheng and we will fight a war for the hearts and minds of the people. It is the means other than the military that are the protagonists in this war; And the military action itself is just some necessary measures to achieve that goal, just like the battle between Li Sheng and Liu Bi in the past. Jia Xu said confidently. As soon as he said this, the staff members who were summoned by Cao Cao to participate in this meeting also seemed to understand, and nodded approvingly: "This may be the case." ”

"Wenhe, what about your opinion? Since you have already thought that the number of enemies is definitely not large, but they are all elite things, then it seems to you that we have to deal with such a situation? Cao Cao asked Jia Xu directly.

"Things have to be divided into three things!" Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "First of all, we must let our envoys speed up and rush to Yizhou as soon as possible to make peace with Li Sheng, which is the way to retreat and cure the root cause; Second, militarily, we must mobilize a large number of troops to encircle Li Sheng's army that has invaded our territory. We don't need to kill or injure many of Li Shengjun's people, we just need to trap them in a range; Again, we must begin to refute Li Shengjun's rumors, to eliminate Li Shengjun's influence on us, and at the same time, the lord needs to use heavy canons to order the following, if anyone dares to raise prices at this time, make the people miserable, or make the people flee, they will be killed without ......mercy! Jia Xu said viciously. Of course, he understands that Cao Cao's order will be delivered as soon as a few heads fall to the ground, but he doesn't care much, in his opinion, in such a chaotic situation, only by making the most resolute decisions with a quick knife can he minimize his losses. As for the lives of ordinary people, or how many innocent people will be killed under this decision, Jia Xu can't control so many. In troubled times, life is as cheap as grass, as long as these things are not big and have not really shaken their foundation, then everything is acceptable to Jia Xu. Because what Jia Xu needs is the end of the war and the pacification of the people.

What kind of courtiers there are, what kind of lords there are. Faced with Jia Xu's statement, Cao Cao and the others nodded with satisfaction: "Wen He's words are very good. As he spoke, he looked at the people around him, and asked in a harmonious voice, "Do you have any other suggestions for this?" ”

"My lord, today's business. I think it's because we have no defense against the sea. Li Sheng has such a powerful navy, and the sea is no longer a barrier behind us, but a weakness that will make us all be stabbed. I have often heard of Li Sheng's fleet rampant on the sea, and I have heard that silk cloth, which is only worth 20 taels of silver in our Middle-earth, is worth more than 100 taels of silver overseas. Today, Li Sheng's development has clearly taught us that danger can come from the sea, and wealth can also come from the sea. I think that in order to resist Li Sheng's attack on us, and for us to get more military resources in the future, we should form our own naval fleet. Regarding Cao Cao's request, Cheng Yu came out of the class to ask.

"Forming a fleet?" Cao Cao thought for a while, thought for a while, but nodded affirmatively: "We really want to organize a fleet of our own." No matter how difficult it may be, we will accomplish it in the future. I don't want what happened today to happen again in the future. ”

"Forming a fleet?" Cao Cao thought for a while, thought for a while, but nodded affirmatively: "We really want to organize a fleet of our own." No matter how difficult it may be, we will accomplish it in the future. I don't want what happened today to happen again in the future. But ......" Speaking of this, Cao Cao frowned again: "People say that it is the south ship and the north horse." Although there are many differences between the naval forces on the sea and the naval forces on the river, they are all fleets after all. We northerners are good at riding horses but not good at making boats, even if the soldiers' naval combat skills can be trained. But where do we shipbuilders come from? This is the first question that Cao Cao thought of, and it is a very important question.

"My lord, it's not like no one in the north knows how to build ships. Qingzhou and western Liaoning used to build sea ships, and many royal craftsmen in Luoyang, the eastern capital of the past, could build big ships. Nowadays, although there is a loss of these craftsmen due to the war, there are still a large number of scattered among the people. The lord only needs to recruit these people on the list, and promise heavy profits, I think he can always include a group of people. Cheng Yu thought for a while and suggested: "At the same time, we can also send people to Jiangdong to collect a group of shipwrights." Jiangdong's control over the shipwright is not as strict as Li Sheng's, which can also get a lot of talent. ”

"Hmm...... That's a good idea. Cao Cao nodded, and then his eyes turned to look at the people around him: "Do you have anything else to say?" ”

"King, I think we have to send some more delicate people, Li Sheng, to investigate. It is not to investigate the situation of Li Sheng's army, but to investigate the civilian situation of Li Shengjun. Why Li Sheng became so tough, this is definitely not just the reason for the army. If we want to defeat Li Sheng, we must have a systematic understanding of him in all aspects. Mao Jue on the side spoke. After Xun You's death, he took Xun You's place, who has always been not weak.

"Hmm...... That's a little bit too. Cao Cao nodded, looking at his gentlemen more and more expectantly.

"My lord, I think we must pay more attention to the development of weapons. Heavy weapons such as bed crossbows, catapults, etc. We thought the weapons were too heavy and didn't try them out and didn't pay much attention to him, but now it doesn't seem to be advisable. In order for our navy in the future to form a powerful combat force, these powerful weapons are necessary. This can be seen from Li Sheng's defeat of Sun Quan's fleet the year before last. I think we should invest more in that. Liu Ye, who had always been an idler in Cao Cao's army, suddenly opened his mouth and put forward such an opinion to Cao Cao. In the case that his side seems to be inferior to Li Sheng's side in every way, as a member of Cao Cao's subordinates, he seems to really feel the existence of danger.

"Good ......! I'll leave this matter to you......! Cao Cao listened to Liu Ye's rare suggestion to himself, and his heart was naturally a little moved. He made such a decision, but his expression was a little trance back to the time of decades ago, when he and everyone under him worked together for the same goal.

"Okay......!" Cao Cao couldn't stop chattering about this game. Seeing his subordinates so enthusiastic, his eyes moistened slightly.

The night was already dark, but the discussion between Cao Cao and his staff continued. At that time, no one knew how far-reaching the decisions made by such discussions would have on the whole world.