"Recently, I've been studying the new policies of the Sichuan Army, and I think that if I implement it, it will definitely do a better job than Li Yan and Huangquan, and I can also manage any bank.

If I am a local official in the Sichuan Army, the place I govern will definitely be more prosperous than other places, do you believe it? ”

Cao Cao looked at Lingju, Lingju didn't speak, his fingers were still plucking the strings, but there was obviously a layer of sadness on his face.

Cao Cao couldn't get Lingju's answer, and he didn't care, he had long been accustomed to talking to himself in front of Lingju over the years, raised his head and looked at the garden outside again, with a faint smile on his face: "In fact, sometimes I think about it, take a few subordinate officials to the fields to guide the people to cultivate, and see the crops that are about to be harvested."

When it came to the famine, I tied up my pants and followed the soldiers to rescue and relieve the disaster, write some government reports on a monthly basis, and wait for the court to send me Cao Cao monthly silver, which is also a good life, but it's a pity. ”

The smile on Cao Cao's face gradually faded, replaced by a lonely sadness: "It's a pity, maybe Xu Shaoquan guessed wrong, I can neither be a traitor in troubled times, nor can I be a capable minister in the world, God will not give me this opportunity." ”

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Cao Cao looked up at Lingju, Lingju lowered his head, and Cao Cao could only see the white forehead and the fluttering forehead.

Lingju suddenly raised his head and said to Cao Cao seriously: "Cao Cao, no matter where you go, whether you live or die, Lingju will be by your side and play the piano for you." ”

Cao Cao looked at Lingju, and suddenly his heart was surging, how many years, how many years he had waited, and how many years he had been waiting silently. Wait for this sentence.

I thought I would never hear Lingju's words. Will leave this world with endless regrets.

But just when he was numb to the snub of the Lingju. Just when he was accustomed to Lingju's accusations against himself, when he was discouraged, he actually waited for this sentence.

"Really?" Cao Cao felt his heart beating violently.

"If you are a hero, I am behind you, if you are an official of the Sichuan army, I am by your side, if you become an ordinary person, I am in the kitchen of your home. If you're underground...... I'm here too. Lingju said slowly, his face was extremely calm, and it was this calmness that showed the firmness in Lingju's heart.

Cao Cao suddenly laughed, the haze was swept away, and he laughed extremely happily: "Lingju, with your words, why do I hate Cao Cao even if he dies?"

The hegemony that I have pursued for half my life has been in vain, but with you sincerely by my side, I Cao Cao has no regrets. ”

……

The Sichuan army forced the annexation of the state. Cao Zhang was ordered to retreat to Taihang Mountain, and the Sichuan army drove straight in. Soon the state was incorporated into most of it, the important town of Jinyang, and the Shangdang all fell into the hands of the Sichuan army.

That night, Liu Zhang was silent with a letter, his face was full of disbelief, Huang Yueying saw it on the side, and said to Liu Zhang: "Lord, what does the letter say?" ”

Liu Zhang put down the letter paper and said to Huang Yueying after a long while: "Yueying, do you believe it?" Zhelan's persuasion is effective, Cao Cao is really going to surrender, I don't believe it, and I can't believe it, Yueying, do you believe it? ”

"Oh my God, it's incredible." Huang Yueying was obviously surprised, took the letter and looked at it carefully, Liu Zhang said: "Is this a fraud?" ”

"Surrender?" Huang Yueying frowned for a while, and slowly shook her head: "Even if it is a fraudulent surrender, as long as Cao Zhang makes the kettle pass open for us, how grateful I am to the Cao army for the fraudulent surrender, and even if I use the life of the Sichuan army to surround the Cao army, I will open the road of Taihang Mountain." ”

Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying both knew that if they attacked the dangerous place of Taihang Mountain, the capital of the Cao army was close at hand, they would inevitably fight to the death, and they would be cautious and abnormal, and a lot of Sichuan soldiers would be consumed at that time.

If it is a fraudulent surrender, as long as the pass of Huguan is opened and the Sichuan army pours in, even if there are Cao troops in all directions, and the Sichuan army is released with arrows and fires, Huang Yueying will rush over at all costs.

What's more, how easy is it? With the current combat strength of the Sichuan army and the current morale of the Cao army, how much can it lose?

Surrender, Huang Yueying couldn't ask for it.

Huang Yueying shook her head: "Even if it is a fraudulent surrender, we will also fall for this, but Cao Cao can't be so stupid, it shouldn't be a fraudulent surrender." ”

"That is." Liu Zhang cautiously asked, "Is it really down?" ”

Huang Yueying nodded slowly.

Liu Zhang only felt a breath of cool air, this was simply beyond his imagination, Cao Cao, a generation of heroes will surrender?

When he first beat Liu Bei, Liu Zhang never thought that Liu Bei would surrender, and when Sun Quan was in retreat to cultivate immortals, Liu Zhang didn't believe that Sun Quan would really cultivate immortals at a young age.

This is because of Liu Zhang's understanding of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, or his deep impression of them all the time.

Then this impression of not surrendering, Cao Cao is much deeper than Sun Quan Liu Bei, if the time is changed and tells Liu Zhang that Cao Cao will surrender, Liu Zhang will not believe it anyway.

But now with a rational analysis, this is really a surrender, which makes Liu Zhang unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

"Lord, don't think about it." Huang Yueying herself was also shocked in her heart, although she did not have the impression of Liu Zhang's later generations, but she still understood the temperament of the princes of the world, and now Cao Cao wanted to surrender, which would also make her difficult to accept for a while.

But Huang Yueying knew that in the face of emergencies, it was urgent to deal with the problem, Huang Yueying said to Liu Zhang: "Whether it is a fraud or not, we have broken into this Longtan Tiger's Den, as long as Cao Zhang opens the kettle, we will kill Yecheng."

Time was short, and Cao Cao said in the letter that he would massacre the officials of the clan in Yecheng, which was to clear the way for his own surrender and for us.

However, there are still a large number of Shi troops on the front line of the Yellow River, and they are completely loyal to the Shi clan, if we go late and listen to the sudden change in Yecheng, these Shi army is likely to jump over the wall in a hurry, return to Yecheng, and regain control of the political situation.

It's not a problem, it's a lot of trouble, and we need to send troops immediately. ”

"Okay, listen to you." Liu Zhang made up his mind and said, if Cao Cao surrendered, then the Sichuan army would not need to launch any war for the unification of the world, and could directly pacify Hebei, and Cao Cao would be destroyed, so could Jiangdong still exist?

"But there is one thing that the lord must make up his mind first, so as not to be in a hurry when the time comes." Huang Yueying reminded.

"What?"

"How to arrange Cao Cao."

Liu Zhang frowned, this is indeed a very headache, Huang Yueying said: "Cao Cao, a generation of heroes, once crisscrossed the Central Plains, swept Hebei, and had countless henchmen and military forces.

Now with the surrender of the whole of Hebei, even if we absorb his forces, Cao Cao's influence cannot be underestimated.

How to deal with Cao Cao must be decided as early as possible, so as not to enter Yecheng when the time comes, and I don't know how to settle those surrendered civil and military, as well as Cao Cao himself. ”

"What do you mean?" Liu Zhang asked.

"Upper, middle and lower three strategies." Huang Yueying said slowly: "The best strategy, learn from Xiang Yu, all the pit killing, including Cao Cao's family and confidants Wenwu, all of them will be killed after the incorporation."

The reason why this is the best policy is because it is done once and for all.

The lord can rest assured, politically speaking, this policy will not do the slightest harm to the lord, first, our people's heart and military spirit are as solid as a rock, and they will not be lost because we have killed a group of generals.

There is no need to worry about the Chinese martial arts, and the lord also said that most of the Han men would like to make themselves a bigger official, and it is better to have fewer people from Cao Jun.

Second, this move will not cause a loss of credit, because..."Huang Yueying smiled: "We are about to be reunified, those clans in Jiangdong will not surrender, and Sun Quan will not surrender either, so we don't have to trust them."

When the time comes, the upper echelons of Jiangdong will be wiped out, and they will be able to avoid future troubles. ”

"Where's the middle strategy?" Liu Zhang asked.

Huang Yueying knew what Liu Zhang was worried about, so she didn't say anything more, and replied: "The middle policy is to keep it, and then find an excuse to kill it when the world is peaceful, this should be a normal king's practice." ”

"As for the next policy, it is to leave Cao Cao, so that the lord can gain some reputation for benevolence and righteousness, and add some faith or something, but the lord himself has a reputation as a tyrant, not only the clan thinks so, but the common people in our Sichuan military jurisdiction also know that the lord kills people without blinking, and this bit of benevolence and righteousness is of no use to the lord.

On the contrary, there are a large number of unstable factors, the lord should know that we are better than Cao Jun, basically better than our army's combat strength, in fact, Cao Jun's civil and military forces are no worse than ours, Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huangtian, Yu Cao Ren, none of them are easy to get along.

These people are all kept, and there may be trouble one day. ”

"I'm going to go down." Liu Zhang hesitated for a long time and said.

"Huh? Why? Huang Yueying was slightly puzzled, she thought that Liu Zhang would choose the middle strategy because of those concerns, but she didn't expect Liu Zhang to choose the next policy.

Liu Zhang let out a sigh of relief and said: "I do have some concerns in my heart, in addition to what faith, righteousness, benevolence and righteousness, there is also Zhelan.

If it were my other wives, then I wouldn't worry so much, but Zhelan is different, because to make Cao Cao go to this day, it can't be done without Zhelan, at least it will have to wait for many years.

At the beginning of the Battle of Chang'an, Zhelan did not attack the Sichuan army, so that Zhang Liao's army was defeated, and Cao's army had no power to resist.

The battle of Xiahetao was that Zhelan sent troops to the rear of Xianbei Wuhuan, not only did not aid Cao Cao, but also cut off Cao Cao's other three reinforcements, so that we could collect the state and Xiahetao.

Now that Cao Cao has surrendered, there are more or less reasons for Zhelan's persuasion.

I know Zhelan's intentions, she doesn't want to see me and Cao Cao fighting, let alone seeing a person die, so she chooses to help me quickly end the war between the Sichuan army and the Cao army.

Without Zhelan, Cao Cao would not surrender, she persuaded her father to surrender in order to save Cao Cao's life, but I killed Zhelan's father because of this, I feel sorry for Zhelan.

I can do anything for the sake of the cause, but I can't do it, I don't think I can do it yet. ”

"But ......"

Huang Yueying was about to speak, but Liu Zhang waved his hand to stop: "Don't worry about the threat of Cao Cao and Cao's generals, I think our Sichuan army can still tolerate a Cao Cao." (To be continued......)