Yanzhou, Xuchang County

Lu An's reply was quickly delivered to the Prime Minister's Mansion after a few days of rapid whipping by the envoy, and Cao Cao showed an extremely complicated emotion on his face after seeing Lu An's reply, a little happy, and seemed to be a little worried about the future.

"My lord? So what did Lu Xuantong say? Under Cao Cao, a cadre of civil and military henchmen are waiting for the result.

"Xuantong told me, don't worry about him, he won't care about the matter between us and Lu Bu!" Cao Cao sighed before he said slowly. One monk had water to drink, two monks had no water to drink, and this little friend was even calmer than he imagined.

"Isn't this what you're looking forward to the most, Mengde? Lu Xuantong neither came to share Xuzhou with us, nor did he help Lu Bu to fight us, which is the best result for us! Xiahoudun in the audience was a little puzzled. In his opinion, since the goal has been achieved, it should be happy, and obviously Cao Cao's expression is not related to happiness.

"Despite this, I suddenly found that Xuantong is really terrible, every step he took did not go wrong, this time I deliberately tested whether he was willing to besiege Lu Bu with me, but he did not hesitate to refuse me, clearly showed that he would not interfere with the attitude, obviously knowing that Yuan Shao's troops will go south in less than two years, and at this time taking part of Xuzhou is not worth the loss for him!" Cao Cao said with a look of deep jealousy.

Since the battle of the Tiger Prison Pass that year, the other party is like a hidden dragon ascending to the abyss, quickly soaring, after Lu An took Huainan, Cao Cao once really made an in-depth comparison, and was surprised to get a conclusion, among the princes in this world, although the strongest is Yuan Shao, but the real fastest rise is Lu An, and it can even be said that the other party's footsteps are not comparable to other princes at all, Yuan Shao is strong, but that is strong on the basis of his own strong family, and Lu An, When he crusaded against Dong Zhuo, he was still a junior general under Kong Rong, with no family background, no fame and no official position, but he completely seized the opportunity in that battle, not only gained fame, but also got a piece of martial arts for him to play, and then it was completely out of control, and unconsciously controlled the entire Jiangdong and Jingnan, and not long ago took Huainan, becoming a force that no one in the world can ignore.

"I think, Lu Xuantong should want to take Jingzhou when we attack in the Central Plains this time, it is impossible to defend Yangzhou in peace and stability with the other party's style." Xun You, who was at the bottom of the head, thought for a while, and suddenly spoke.

"What?"

As soon as Xun You's words came out, everyone in the audience had a little shock in their eyes, although this was just a guess by Xun You, but no one dared to ignore any word said by this person who looked stupid from his face, because the word "Great Fool Ruozhi" seemed to be born for this person, no matter what it was, as long as this person spoke, then the conclusion he came to was basically eight or nine, and under Cao Cao, he was second only to his uncle Xun Yu. These two uncles and nephews were in charge of government affairs under Cao Cao, and a master strategy made the most important contribution to Cao Cao's rise.

"This Lu Xuantong wants to fly to the sky, and it is just enough to take the entire Yangzhou, and even Jingzhou wants to be completely included in the belly!"

To be able to enter Cao Cao's inner circle, they are naturally top talents, and they can think of what this means, even if they occupy the ordinary two states, they are considered first-class princes, not to mention the two states of Jingyang, Jingzhou is known as the belly of the world, the flow of chariots, horses, and people, including transportation and trade, is the most convenient in the world, and Yangzhou is the most stable rear of the Yangtze River, if these two states are owned by one person at the same time, then its meaning is self-evident.

"Not only two states, but also a Jiaozhou is next to Lu Xuantong's mouth, with the fragility of Jiaozhou, as long as he is willing to stretch out his mouth, he can swallow it at any time!" Xun Yu added.

"In other words, if Lu Xuantong wants to take Jingzhou, then he can have the territory of three states at any time!" At this time, even Cao Cao couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth slightly, three states, even if he is as strong as Yuan Shao, it is only this now, and he can only have four states after he defeats Gongsun Zhan, and except for Jizhou, which is very rich, the other states are ordinary, but this Lu Xuantong already has such a big plan?

"How did you all think so far? According to my old canon, no matter what mess he has, we just need to be good! Just when the atmosphere in the hall became a little dull because of Lu An, Dian Wei, who was standing behind Cao Cao and guarding his safety, couldn't help but mutter.

"Haha, Dian Wei is right, we can't control the rise of Xuantong, but as long as we are strong, why should we think so much about others?" Dian Wei's casual words made Cao Cao's eyes light up, and he immediately laughed. The strength of others is inevitable, but as long as their own foundation is hard, why bother to disturb themselves, in this world, Yuan Shaoqiang and Lu An are also strong, but he Cao Mengde is not strong? As long as he defeats Lu Bu, he Cao Mengde is also the overlord of the Central Plains.

"General Dian Wei is indeed a person who wakes up from his dreams, although our situation is not optimistic now, but as long as we can defeat the strong enemy in front of us, then we can still play a game of chess!" Xun Yu also smiled slightly and said.

"Hehe, my old man just said it casually!" Don't look at Dian Wei's fierce appearance, but in fact, his temperament is very honest, and he was praised by the lord and the military advisor in a row, which made him scratch his head a little embarrassed.

"Okay, let's not think about it so much, now that Xuantong said that he will not participate in the war in the Central Plains, in terms of his character, he will almost not change his hexagram, so that we can go all out to deal with Lu Bu!" Cao Cao waved his hand and got down to business.

"Lu Bu is the general of the tiger and wolf, and he is especially good at commanding the cavalry, he is not a weak character, we can find a foreign aid for ourselves!" Xun Yu said.

"You mean Liu Bei?" Cao Cao thought about it, and then remembered the three brothers Liu Bei who were still stationed in Xiaopei, which was the only possible candidate.

"Exactly, although Liu Bei is a benevolent and righteous gentleman, but Xuzhou was originally Liu Bei's, but later he was attacked by Lu Bu, even the most good-tempered person believes that his heart is full of resentment towards Lu Bu, as long as the lord cultivates a book, he will definitely be able to persuade him to besiege Lu Bu with us." Xun Yu said unhurriedly.

"That's very good, I'll fix a book for that Liu Bei later!" Cao Cao laughed. Although Liu Bei's strength is almost negligible, these brothers are all very capable, not to mention the bravery of Guan and Zhang, just the love skills of those three people can be regarded as a big killer.

"Since the lord is preparing to go on the expedition, then go and prepare grain and grass during this time!" Xun Yu said very actively. As the chief consul under Cao Cao, this is his job.

"Hmm!" Cao Cao nodded, but he was already thinking about the future situation in his heart, in fact, he had just defeated Yuan Shu, and it was better to cultivate for a while, but Yuan Shao was about to capture the entire Hebei, and Lu Xuantong might also think about attacking Jingzhou at any time, these people were making progress all the time, and he Cao Mengde must not fall behind in this critical period of time, and he must defeat Lu Bu to become the overlord of the Central Plains.

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Xuzhou, Xiaopeicheng

"Second brother, third brother, what do you think?" Liu Bei hid in his study and spread out the letter sent by Cao Cao on the table for the two righteous brothers to read.

"Needless to say, since Cao Cao has this thought, let's naturally help him fight Lu Bu's three-surnamed house slave together." Zhang Fei immediately scolded and screamed, he didn't have a good impression of Lu Bu, who robbed his eldest brother Xuzhou, and he would never mind having a chance to beat the water dog.

"Cao Cao's troops are really good enough, it didn't take long to capture Yuan Shu, and now he wants to attack Lu Bu again, and when Lu Bu is destroyed, he will be the overlord of the entire Central Plains!" Guan Yu narrowed his Danfeng eyes before he spoke.

"Then the second brother thinks we should help Cao Cao?" Liu Bei looked at Guan Yudao with blank eyes. The three brothers are the second brother who is the most strategic, so Liu Bei likes to discuss many things with him.

"Big brother, it's not a question of whether we can help or not, it's that we have to help Cao Cao, otherwise Cao Cao will be the first to destroy us before he kills Lu Bu!" Guan Yu said with a hint of helplessness. This is the sorrow of a small prince, the strength of their three brothers is too weak, so weak that they have no capital to fight against anyone at all, if they don't agree to Cao Cao this time, then unless his three brothers get out of Xiaopei, otherwise how can Cao Cao tolerate himself when he is fighting with Lu Bu when other princes are spectators on the side.

"Hey, listening to the second brother say this, we really have no choice!" Liu Bei sighed lightly and said. Helping Cao Cao is not a problem, he also hates Lu Bu's itchy teeth, it's not that this villain took away his own Xuzhou himself, why did he come here, but what makes him sad is that he has no initiative at all, he is completely a chess piece plaything in the hands of others, people will tease you if they are happy, and they will kick you away if they are unhappy, but you have no ability to resist at all.

"What's the best choice for this, just fight directly, anyway, this time there is Cao Cao on top, the strength is not a problem, I Lao Zhang must cut off Lu Bu's head as a urinal!" Zhang Fei muttered loudly again at this moment.

"Third brother can't be careless, even if we want to help Cao Cao, we have to secretly reply to him, otherwise we can't wait for Cao Cao's army to come, and Lu Bu will destroy us first!" Liu Bei hurriedly covered Zhang Fei's mouth, his third brother's voice was really not ordinary, if a spy happened to come from the courtyard, wouldn't it be all over.

"Hmm!" Seeing Liu Bei's cautious look, Zhang Fei nodded again and again, indicating that he knew.

"This matter is very important, and only trustworthy people can do it, I will let Jian Yong personally reply to Cao Cao later!" Liu Bei let go of the hand covering Zhang Fei's mouth, thought about it for a while, and decided to let his fellow villagers and old subordinates go down to answer Cao Cao, otherwise there was an accident on the road and Lu Bu would know, and the lives of the three brothers would be over.

"Feasible!" Guan Yu nodded, indicating that he had no opinion.