"United Liu Bei?"

Cao Ying's eyes widened instantly, as if he had heard the most impossible thing in the world.

That person, but Liu Bei.

Since the Xuzhou era, he has been fighting with himself to the current old enemy.

In Cao Ying's opinion, in this world, he has no problem reconciling with any enemy, except for Liu Bei.

What's more, he still took the initiative to reconcile.

"No, absolutely not, how can I reconcile with the weaver, the unfaithful."

Jia Xu's plan came out, and Cao Ying flatly denied it.

As if he had expected that Cao Ying would veto his plan, Jia Xu didn't say a word of persuasion anymore, even if he shut up and stopped talking.

In the big tent, he soon fell into a deathly silence again.

Cao Ying's angry mood gradually calmed down, he glanced around at the strategists, and asked with a straight face: "Except for uniting with Liu Bei, is there no other strategy?" ”

Cao Ying's tone became much softer, and listening to his words, it seemed that there were signs of softening and adapting.

At this time, Liu Ye said cautiously: "Prime Minister, in fact, I think that temporarily uniting Liu Bei is not a bad plan to get the best of both worlds. ”

Cao Ying frowned, but this time, he did not veto it categorically as he did when he treated Jia Xu just now.

He paused for a moment and said reluctantly: "Then you can talk about it, how to get the best of both worlds." ”

Liu Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said unhurriedly: "The hinterland of the two rivers is the foundation of the country, if Liu Feng sends troops from Nanyang and Xuzhou at the same time, then the hinterland of the two rivers will face its troops." As for Liu Bei, we have the risk of Hangu Pass, but in fact, it does not pose a substantial threat to the Central Plains. Therefore, at the moment, Liu Feng is the problem of the heart, and Liu Bei is just a skin disease. ”

Liu Ye's analysis, Cao Ying did not express his position on the surface, but he had to agree with it in private.

Back then, he and Yuan Shao fought to the death, and didn't they fight for the land of the Central Plains of the Two Rivers.

Now, whether it is for political or economic reasons, he must defend his Central Plains foundation to the death.

"Go on." Cao Ying's expression had become much calmer at this time.

Liu Ye's spirit lifted slightly, and then said: "Liu Feng killed Guan Yu, attacked Jingzhou, captured Xichuan, and had a common enmity with Liu Bei, so he would not want to see Liu Feng sit big." With Liu Bei's resourcefulness, he should know very well that if he blindly targets us again, it will only benefit Liu Fengyuwen. Therefore, the current Liu Bei is probably the first to think of turning enemies into friends and resisting Liu Feng before us. ”

"Hmm." Cao Ying nodded slightly, "Liu Bei raises tigers for trouble, and with his annihilation skills, he will be able to foresee what will happen if he continues to condone Liu Feng." ”

Liu Ye took the opportunity to say: "Therefore, if we can temporarily unite with Liu Bei now and let Liu Bei contain part of Liu Feng's troops, in this way, the prime minister can concentrate the superior forces, break Liu Feng in one fell swoop, and then go back to clean up Liu Bei, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." ”

Liu Ye is like a teacher, patiently analyzing and weighing all the pros and cons for Cao Ying.

In fact, with Cao Ying's knowledge, how could he not be able to distinguish the benefits and disadvantages.

It's just that although he knows it in his heart, he can't accept reconciliation with Liu Bei, an old enemy, for a while.

After Liu Ye's words, Cao Ying gradually got down the stairs, he pondered for a long time, and then sighed: "Since this is the case, then act according to Wen and Ziyang's plan." ”

#######三天之后, a handwritten book by Cao Ying was sent to Tongguan.

Prior to this, in order to show friendly sincerity to Liu Bei, Cao Ying took the initiative to withdraw the troops of Tongguan to the front line of Hongnong.

At this time, Liu Bei, as Liu Ye said, was not much better than Cao Ying.

Although he has now taken all Guanlong and occupied Hanzhong, in terms of strength, he is much stronger than the cross-Jingyi that Zhuge Liang envisioned at the beginning.

But when it was a problem, Liu Feng's rapid rise had completely disrupted his plan, making the strength he had now seem so insignificant in front of Liu Cover.

Therefore, when Cao Ying took the initiative to reconcile and withdrew his troops first, Liu Bei also led the army back to Chang'an, leaving only Zhang Fei to lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard Tongguan.

On the day he returned to Chang'an, Liu Bei summoned Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and other confidants in his military palace.

"Kong Ming, filial piety, and now Cao Ying promised to recognize my possession of Yongliang and Liangzhou in the name of the imperial court, and wanted to turn enemies into friends with me and deal with Liu Feng together. What do you think about this? ”

Fa Zheng sneered and said disdainfully: "Cao Ying, this is a fire in the Central Plains, and it is difficult to take care of both ends, so he wants to borrow us to contain Liu Feng, but he has a good calculation." ”

Zhuge Liang also shook his fan and smiled: "Cao Ying can pull down his face and take the initiative to reconcile with the lord, but it is really difficult for him, in my opinion, the lord might as well consider agreeing to him." ”

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei's expression immediately changed.

You must know that since the time of Xu Bei, no matter how down-and-out he is, he has always firmly waved the banner of anti-Cao, and it is precisely because of this banner that he has become the spiritual idol of anti-Cao people in the world.

And now, if he wants to give up his life's political concept, change his crusade against the "Han thief Cao Ying", and change it to make peace with "Prime Minister Cao Cheng", and discuss Liu Feng together, Liu Bei has to consider the impact of reputation.

Without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, Zhuge Liang continued: "Liang knows what the lord is worried about, but the matter has eased, doesn't the lord feel that in the current situation, there is nothing more important than preventing Liu Feng from seizing the Central Plains?" ”

With just a few words, Liu Bei's concerns were easily dispelled.

Since he relied on capturing Zhang Lu and taking Hanzhong without bloodshed, he seems to have let go of a lot of fetters, and he has looked down on "benevolence and righteousness" a lot.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang only persuaded slightly, and Liu Bei immediately let go of Fang Cai's concerns.

At that moment, he nodded and said, "The military advisor is reasonable. ”

At this time, Fa Zheng said: "Having said that, Cao Ying's purpose is clearly to borrow our hand to help him deal with Liu Feng." And we deal with Liu Feng, nothing more than attacking the Sword Pavilion from Hanzhong, or attacking the Wuguan from Chang'an, these two dangerous passes are not easy to attack, if the time comes, if the money and food are lost, but there is no gain, but let Cao Ying get cheap, then the gain outweighs the loss. ”

Liu Bei's expression quickly became solemn again, and his gaze turned to Zhuge Liang again: "Military advisor, what Xiaozhi said is not unreasonable." ”

Zhuge Liang's handsome face showed a sly smile, and he said mysteriously: "Cao Ying's wishful thinking, how can Liang not know." ”

Zhuge Liang's tone of words seemed to have other plans.

Liu Bei's spirit suddenly perked up, and he hurriedly asked, "Doesn't the military advisor have a good plan?" ”

Zhuge Liang strode to the map in front of the screen, pointed to the map, and said confidently: "My lord, please see, if we reconcile with Cao Ying and make him feel at ease to fight Liu Feng, then the main force of Cao's army will definitely be transferred to Yanzhou and Yingchuan to prevent Liu Feng from attacking from the direction of Xuzhou and Nanyang." ”

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng walked to the map together and quietly listened to Zhuge Liang's analysis.

"We can pretend to attack Nanyang from Wuguan, and when Cao Ying's main force moves eastward, we can suddenly move our troops to the east, which is just the right time to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Going around and around, Kong Ming's strategy still seems to be to seize the Central Plains before Liu Feng.

Fa Zheng shook his head and said: "Kong Ming, your idea is good, but with Cao Ying's annihilation, even if you use the main force to deal with Liu Feng, you will not be wary of us." As long as he left a small number of troops on the front line of Hangu Pass and relied on the dangerous pass, even if we suddenly advanced eastward with a large army, we might not be able to capture Luoyang first. ”

"Xiaozhi, when did I say that I was going to capture Luoyang?" Zhuge Liang smiled and asked a rhetorical question.

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng were surprised at the same time, and they didn't understand what Zhuge Liang's intentions were.

The feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand moved slightly upward from Luoyang, pointing to the east of the river.

"Our army marched eastward, but it was not to attack Luoyang, but to capture Hedong from Pubanjin, go north to seize Bingzhou, and then go east out of Jingchengkou and make a detour into the Hebei Plain. At this time, Cao Ying's main force in Henan, and the prefectures of Hebei are already empty, and our army will be able to easily seize the two states of Youji and Hebei......"

Zhuge Liang's brand-new strategy, like a light in the night, instantly made the two people who had fallen into a stereotype suddenly open up.

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Fa Zheng said: "At the same time, even if Liu Feng seized the Central Plains, but we seized Hebei, when the time comes, Guanzhong and Jizhou will send troops from north to south, from west to east to form a downward attack, with the advantage of cavalry, you can drive straight in, and sweep Liu Feng in one fell swoop." ”

When Fa Zheng said that he was excited, he actually spit and splashed Liu Bei's face.

At this time, Liu Bei was unaware that the blood of his entire body was ignited by Zhuge Liang's new strategic concept.

His eyes flashed with excitement, and he pondered for a long time about the map, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Liu Feng, Liu Feng, haha~~"

#####收降周瑜旧部之后的刘封, in order to consolidate the rule of the southeast, he temporarily moved his former general's palace to Shouchun.

This core town of Lianghuai can clamp Xuzhou to the north and deter Jiangdong to the south, which is the key to controlling Xuyang and Yangzhou.

In Jiangdong, although Liu Feng temporarily used Pang Tong as the agent of Yangzhou to assassinate the history, he imitated the old affairs of the state, and reused a large number of indigenous scholars such as Gu Yong and Yu Fu.

Despite this, Liu Feng ordered Shu General Yan Yan to lead 10,000 troops to be stationed in the strategic place of "Mixukou" as a military guarantee to control Jiangdong.

After completing a series of personnel transfers, Liu Feng followed Cao Ying's example and transferred a large number of Dingkou to the north and Huai, with Shouchun as the core, to build Tuntian on a larger scale, in order to provide grain and grass for his future Northern Expedition.

However, just when Liu Feng was recuperating and preparing to realize his great cause of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and dominating the world.

A piece of information sent from Wei Yan from Nanyang added a little worry to Liu Fengping.

Wei Yan claimed in the intelligence that he sent Xizuo to Guanzhong sent back a message that Liu Bei was gathering troops and horses in Shangluo, and there seemed to be signs of troops going out of Wuguan to attack Nanyang.

(To be continued)