Jia Xu said that King Qin would send troops to rescue, Liu Bei felt like a big stone had fallen in his heart, raised his hand to wipe a handful of tears, and said to Jia Xu: "I have set up a banquet in the mansion, and I specially came to invite Zhonglang!" I hope Zhonglang is not vulgar! ”

Knowing that Liu Bei's banquet was originally just for show, looking for an excuse for not sending troops to Shouchun, at this time, he happened to use the banquet to curry favor, in the hope that when Xuzhou was attacked, the Qin army could come to the rescue, Jia Xu did not say anything, but just responded: "Disturb the king." ”

Keeping in mind that Cao Jun would attack Xuzhou, Liu Bei didn't have the heart to talk to Jia Xu in the wing, so he hurriedly invited him and went to the front hall where the banquet was prepared.

Liu Bei and Jia Xu thought that Cao Cao might attack Xuzhou next, but Cao Cao in Xudu City was complacent and triumphant at this time.

Kneeling opposite Cao Cao, seeing his face full of pride, Guo Jia didn't say anything, but picked up a white piece, gently pressed it on the chessboard, and said to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong, in this way, you will lose!" ”

In the chess game on the chessboard, Kuroko took the lead, but Guo Jia only lost one shot, and then turned the situation around.

Looking at the pattern on the chessboard, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, looked up at Guo Jia with some astonishment and said: "Fengxiao is a camp step by step, and a certain one can win this game, but I didn't expect it to be like this!" ”

"A chess game is like a battle game!" Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Guo Jia said with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "Ming Gong took the lead earlier, no matter where you look at it, this game is a loser for the subordinates!" ”

"But if you are filial piety, you will be decided!" Sighing, Cao Cao smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Strategizing, it is better to be filial piety, even on this chess game, it is not as good as filial piety!" ”

"Ming Gong!" As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, Guo Jia hurriedly clasped his fists and said to him: "Ming Gong's words are serious!" The world's talents can be divided into many kinds! There are generals who conquer the battlefield, there are commanders who command all armies, and there are also talents who strategize! Like Ming Gong, he is the master of the world's talents! No matter how the subordinates are, they are just seeking talents, how can the Ming Gongfang be comparable to the people who are superior? ”

Guo Jia's words stunned Cao Cao.

After staring at Guo Jia for a long time, Cao Cao's face was full of smiles, and he nodded his finger at him and said: "Fengxiao, Fengxiao, such a sharp tongue, I can't say anything about you!" ”

The atmosphere eased a lot, Guo Jia took advantage of Cao Cao's good mood, and hurriedly said to him: "Ming Gong knows this game, what is the reason?" ”

"Why?" Guo Jia mentioned the game of chess, Cao Cao frowned slightly, and asked him: "Could it be that Feng Xiao intends to use the chess game to say something to a certain person?" ”

Cao Cao had already opened his mouth to ask, and Guo Jia no longer concealed it, clasping his fists and saying, "Ming Gong! Fang Cai has already said that the chess game is like a battle game, and the battle of Shouchun is just a chess piece in the whole game of chess, and if you get a small profit, you won't win it all......"

Shouchun won the first battle, Cao Cao was on the rise, Guo Jia's words were undoubtedly a bucket of cold water poured on him.

With a twist of his brows, Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, and there was already a trace of unhappiness on his face.

If it were someone else, he dared to say such a disappointing thing to Cao Cao, Cao Cao would definitely be furious!

It was Guo Jia who said these words, and Cao Cao would not be so angry, but wanted to ask the truth and ask Guo Jia why he said such a thing.

"It's not for nothing that the world will be decided by a war!" Before Cao Cao's words could be spoken, Guo Jia seemed to have seen the doubts in his heart, and said the words one step ahead of him: "It's just that throughout the ancient and modern times, those who have achieved great things have gone through countless battles to win the world and eventually become a hegemon!" In the battle of Shouchun, our army was not a complete victory, when the Qin army withdrew from Shouchun, our army also had a defeat, can Ming Gong know why there was such a defeat? ”

During the whole process of the Battle of Shouchun, Cao Cao had already been rewarded, and naturally knew that during the pursuit, Cao's army had a small defeat.

Guo Jia's words deliberately erased the result of Cao Jun's victory, but infinitely magnified the pursuit, and when Cao Cao's ears heard it, these words were very harsh.

However, Cao Cao still suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said to Guo Jia: "Cao Ren's advance placement is insufficient, and the number of soldiers and horses sent to pursue and intercept the enemy army is too small......

Shaking his head with a smile, Guo Jia interrupted Cao Cao's words: "Ming Gong only said one thing, but he didn't say the second, you must know that the second is the most important thing!" ”

"In Fengxiao's opinion, how did our army lose that battle?" Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao couldn't help but ask.

"The proud army will be defeated!" Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Guo Jia said without concealment: "Our army has won successive victories, and won Shouchun City, in this battle, more than 20,000 Qin troops were annihilated!" The soldiers have already despised the Qin army in their hearts, and compared with our army, the Qin army, which has only lost Shouchun, the soldiers are holding their breath, only hoping to regain some face in the follow-up battle, even if General Cao Ren sends 20,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid that it is nothing more than a defeat! ”

Guo Jia's words were obviously pointing to Cao Cao's recent overexpansion, and he pointed to the key point by his words, Cao Cao was suddenly stunned, and thought carefully about the fact that since he knew that Shouchun had won, he was in a somewhat fluttering mood, and he couldn't help but fall into thought.

The annoyance on Cao Cao's face receded, replaced by a touch of contemplation, Guo Jia knew that he had listened to the words, and then continued: "In the first battle of Shouchun, our army won a complete victory, and the Ming Duke must know that the big war will follow in the future!" At present, Liu Bei in Xuzhou and Yuan Shao in Hebei are all Ming Gong's confidants, and if these two troubles are not removed, Ming Gong will not win a complete victory! ”

was still immersed in the victory of the Battle of Shouchun, but Guo Jia mentioned Liu Bei and Yuan Shao at this time, and Cao Cao's mood suddenly sank.

He frowned slightly, stared at Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao thinks that what should our army do in the future?" ”

"At the moment, our army has three choices!" Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to him: "If the Duke of Ming wants to force the Qin army not to dare to act rashly, he must send troops to Xia Cai and take Xia Cai in one go!" The Qin army has lost the Huai River barrier and lost two cities in a row, the king of Qin will definitely gather his troops and horses, and in a short time, he will not be the enemy of the Ming Duke! ”

After listening to Guo Jia's first plan, Cao Cao slowly shook his head and said: "Zhang Liao has already led the army into Xia Cai, and Tai Shi Ci and Lu Bu will also go to Xia Cai to stay temporarily in the near future!" Even if he sends all the soldiers and horses under his command, it is difficult to guarantee that he will take Xia Cai ......."

"If Xia Cai can't be beaten, our army can still be temporarily retracted, and the soldiers are fighting hard, just waiting for Yuan Shao to go south!" Cao Cao's face showed an entanglement, thinking about whether he could attack Xia Cai, and Guo Jia said the second possibility.

Hearing that he was going to wait for Yuan Shao to go south, Cao Cao shook his head again and said: "Our army is closed, the soldiers can rest for the time being, once Yuan Shao goes south, the King of Qin will go from west to east, Liu Bei will go from east to west, and there is Yuan Shao's army in front, how will our army deal with it?" ”

Cao Cao vetoed two possibilities in a row, Guo Jia smiled, his eyelids lowered slightly, and said to him: "Ming Gong is unwilling to attack Xia Cai, and he is also unwilling to organize his troops, but there is only one choice!" ”

Knowing that Guo Jia had been talking for a long time, the most important thing was at the end, Cao Cao hurriedly asked him: "Feng Xiao thinks that what should our army do, is it the most appropriate?" ”

"Xuzhou!" With a plan in his heart, Guo Jia gently pressed his hand on the chessboard on the table, and said to Cao Cao: "Liu Bei has recently occupied Xuzhou, although there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, but all the soldiers and horses he recruited are reckless bandits, and they have no combat power at all!" Moreover, in the area of Xuzhou, Liu Bei's foothold is not stable, and the Ming Duke sent troops to capture Xuzhou in the short term. If there is no Xuzhou, even if Yuan Shao wins, Ming Gong is not afraid! ”

"Yuan Shao has long had the intention of attacking a certain person, if a certain attack on Xuzhou, he will attack from behind, what should he do?" Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao still felt a little unsafe in his heart, and asked again.

"When the army goes out, the grain and grass go first!" The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong attacked Shouchun, Yuan Shao did not send troops, it can be seen that the grain and grass have not been prepared properly!" Once Yuan Shao sent troops this time, hundreds of thousands of troops would come out of Hebei and be the fierce enemy of Ming Gong! If Ming Gong doesn't break Liu Bei first, I'm afraid he will be poisoned by Yuan Shao and others in the future! ”

Although he had long known that Yuan Shao had the intention of sending troops against him, Cao Cao never thought that the Hebei army would attack him with the whole army.

After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Cao Cao suddenly gasped.

In terms of strength, the soldiers and horses under his command are much less than those of Yuan Shao.

Once Yuan Shao mobilized the entire army of Hebei, just one Hebei, Cao Cao did not have absolute confidence to be able to defeat, not to mention that there was still the King of Qin in Luoyang, and Liu Bei, who was sitting in Xuzhou, had always been eyeing Xu Du.

Seeing that Cao Cao's face showed a little uneasiness, Guo Jia knew that he had pulled him out of Shouchun's victory, and said with a slight smile: "Ming Gong doesn't need to worry too much, our army has broken through Shouchun, and the Qin army has been defeated, Yuan Shao in Hebei and Liu Bei in Xuzhou, but it's just a chicken!" ”

"Bong Xiao has a plan, but please say it!" already had a sense of crisis, Cao Cao did not dare to swell his confidence as before, and hurriedly asked Guo Jia if he had a strategy to retreat from the enemy.

"Feint to capture Cai, first set Xiaopei!" Looking at Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to him with an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth: "In the first battle of Shouchun, Liu Bei did not send troops to aid the Qin army, and now he must have thought that our army would crusade against Xuzhou." Our army sent a part to feint to capture the Cai Qin army, attracting the attention of the King of Qin and Liu Bei, once Liu Bei sent troops to rescue, our army immediately captured Xiaopei! Xiaopei is lost, Liu Bei will definitely return to the rescue, and our army will set up an ambush in the middle of the road to break the reinforcements in one fell swoop, and then advance to Xiapi! ”

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao knew that he must have had a plan, first wrung his brows and thought for a while, and then said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao's plan is wonderful, so he ordered Cao Ren to feint to capture Cai, and then Xiahoudun led the troops to attack Xiaopei!" ”