Jiyin County Government Dingtao ......

Cao Cao knelt alone behind the table in the small study, looking at a map in a daze, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

There was a sudden sound of footsteps from far to near, and soon a scribe in Tsing Yi had already walked, his body was eight feet long, his body was on the thin side, but the bridge of his nose was high, and he was in good spirits, especially those eyes, although they were not big, but their eyes were deep, giving people a feeling of great wisdom.

"Lord, I don't know what the matter is when I come to find my subordinates?" As soon as he walked to the door of the study, he was already bowing and saluting.

"Huh? Oh, Wenhe is here! Cao Cao came back to his senses, quickly put away his heavy color, and waved his hand easily: "Let's sit down first." ”

This Tsing Yi scribe is known as the first poison Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, his people are full of wisdom, respected by later generations as one of the top strategists in the late Han Dynasty, in the early years were not known to the world, few people know their talents, until Dong Zhuo Xiliang army into Beijing, only gradually emerged, but this person has a quirky personality, and did not sincerely assist, turnover between the ministers.

Later, Dong Zhuo extinguished, and he successively became the strategist of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, but he looked down on these people from the bottom of his heart, so he did not devote himself to assisting, but only maneuvered around until he followed Zhang Ji later, because Zhang Ji treated him very well, he only assisted with a little heart.

Si Li was in turmoil, Cao Cao welcomed the emperor's return to the east, and he saw that the Xiliang army was exhausted, so he persuaded Zhang Ji to lead the army into Jingzhou to avoid trouble, but unfortunately Wang Xu had already ordered someone to block the Wuguan road at that time to prevent the Xiliang army from entering Jingzhou.

Zhang Ji originally wanted to be like Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, and return to his hometown in Xiliang and defect to Ma Teng or Han Sui, but Jia Xu tried his best to dissuade him. On the grounds that Han Sui and Ma Teng were difficult to become a great weapon, they finally led the army to surrender to Cao Cao.

Needless to say, this man is talented. can be in the chaotic situation such as Si Li, left and right. Let Xiliang Qunhao trust him, it is definitely not something ordinary people can do, but it is a pity that he is selfish by nature and likes to use power, which can be described as a double-edged sword, not a peerless hero, difficult to control.

Originally, such a person would inevitably be suspicious of Cao Cao, but this Jia Xu was a little good. That is, he has no excessive ambition, although he is selfish, but he just wants to protect himself and get what he needs, and he does not have too much greed for high positions, he knows that Cao Cao can bring him glory, so he sincerely follows.

Cao Cao also dared to use him because he saw him clearly.

At this moment, Jia Xu slowly walked into the study and sat down. He was not in a hurry to speak, nor did he speculate, even if he had already understood the purpose of Cao Cao's call to come, this was his shrewdness. Just as Cao Cao knew his character, he also knew Cao Cao's character.

"Wenhe, do you know why Gu called you to come alone today?"

Cao Cao didn't say anything when he saw him. Asked with a smile at the moment.

"Your Majesty doesn't know!" Jia Xu shook his head, pretending to be completely unaware.

"Hahaha......" Cao Cao laughed heartily. The little eyes flickered, and he dragged his voice and said, "Wenhe." With your intellect, how can you not know? ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he immediately leaned down deeply. "Returning to the lord, although the contemptible people have some shallow ability, but they never think about extraneous things, they don't know what they shouldn't know, they don't want to think about what they shouldn't think, if the lord has something, he will ask, if his subordinates have a way, they will tell the truth, and there is no need for his subordinates to guess."

"You......" Cao Cao Ruo spit out two words meaningfully, and did not say any more later, but after looking at it for a while, he turned to say: "Wenhe, today you are ordered to come to discuss the matter of Jingzhou, I think you also heard the rumor that Wang Xu did not die, but appeared in Hebei!" ”

"But I have heard of it." This matter has spread at the top of Cao Jun, and Jia Xu did not hide it.

"Then in your opinion, why did he meet Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao continued to ask.

Jia Xu pretended to think about it, and quickly said the answer that he had already stored in his heart: "It must be to discuss the alliance!" ”

"Then do you think Wang Xu will eventually send troops?" Although Cao Cao's tone was still very relaxed, it was a pity that his face gradually became stricter.

"It should be!"

"Why?"

"He must be afraid of the lord!"

"Afraid of me?"

"That's what my subordinates think!"

Speaking of which, Jia Xu already understands that it is time for him to give full play to his talents, after all, Cao Cao is suspicious and doesn't like others to be too shrewd and guess too thoroughly, but he also doesn't like incompetent people to talk about it at the moment.

"Throughout Wang Xu's rise in Jingnan, the east of Wang Mastiff, the northern expedition to Liu Biao, the west to Zhang Lu, and then Liu Zhang, now occupy the vast Jing and Yier states, dominate the southwest, with hundreds of thousands, and make great efforts, it can be seen that his ambition is in the world."

"And the lord with the power of the Son of Heaven, want to level the princes of the world, rebuild the peaceful and prosperous world, and now has the rich land of the Central Plains, if the Hebei Yuan Shao is destroyed again, it will have unified the north, half of the country, and the power of the north is far more than the south, so it can be said that it has the strength of two of the three in the world, and it will be able to fight the enemy at that time?"

"In addition, the lord and Wang Xu have fought several times, each with its own victory or defeat, and they have become hostile to each other, and their Anken allows the lord to grow?"

"Moreover, now Jing and Yi Erzhou are all in Wang Xu's bag, if he takes the world, he will inevitably send troops to the Northern Expedition, which is the general trend. To sum up the above three points, so the subordinates believe that if the lord starts a war with Yuan Shao, he will definitely send troops. ”

In fact, how could these Cao Cao not know, the question just caused him to speak, and he didn't hesitate much, but asked himself: "Then how to deal with it now?" ”

"This ......" Jia Xu fell silent, not because he didn't think of a countermeasure, but because he didn't rush to say it, pretending to think.

Cao Cao didn't rush him, squinting at each other, no one could figure out what he was thinking now.

"Ahem!"

Jia Xu's patience was really not ordinarily good, and after a long time, he coughed lightly twice to break the silence, and then hesitated and said: "My lord, according to the opinion of my subordinates, we should start from two sides, one will continue to order people to provoke the rebellion of the Nanban in Yizhou, and at the same time continue to send people to persuade the Western Qiang people, promise heavy profits, and let the Qiang people invade Shu, so that Wang Xu can take care of himself." ”

"Second, it should deepen the alliance with Gongsun Zhan, persuade him to fight to the death, and if Yuan Shao is broken, he promises to give him all the land of Hebei."

With his words, Cao Cao's originally soothing brows instantly furrowed, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said: "Because Yizhou was initially decided, the internal instability, and the contradictions with the Southern Barbarians, this can be provoked, but if the Qiang people are allowed to send troops, I am afraid it will not be easy!" ”

"What's so hard about that?" Jia Xu replied: "The lord only needs to ask His Majesty to write an edict to inform the leaders of the Qiang tribe that as long as they defeat the traitor Wang Xu of Yizhou and how much land they have conquered, the Qiang will definitely send troops to them." ”

"Nonsense!" Cao Cao was furious and reprimanded: "How can you let the barbarians occupy my Han land, wouldn't Wen He's strategy trap me in injustice and bear the infamy of the ages?" ”

Even if Cao Cao would rather be responsible for the people of the world than the people of the world for me, he would not be able to accept the conditions that Jia Xu said, after all, this involves the most sensitive ethnic concept of this era.

"If you succeed, there will be no infamy!" Jia Xu replied indifferently.

"What does that mean?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

"If the Qiang invade and are repelled by Wang Xu, then it is okay to deny that there is an edict, as long as you use some small means to keep this matter secret. Even if it is really exposed, it is not difficult to find a suitable person to confess the guilt and say that he has falsely preached the holy decree. Jia Xu said.

"But if the Qiang people really invade Yizhou, and the matter is over, what should we do?" Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.

Jia Xu leaned down again, bowed to Cao Cao and said: "If this is the case, then when our army breaks through Hebei, the overall situation of the world has been decided, and when the army is in the world, the Qiang people will be wiped out and killed cleanly, and it will be over. ”

"Exterminating the ......" Cao Cao was suddenly a little speechless.

This Jia Xu's strategy works, but it is too poisonous, and in casual words, it is so ruthless, it can be said that he is not tired of deceit, but it can take decades to completely exterminate a group, and he really deserves to be a poisoner.

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, although he was a traitor, he was not a tyrant, on the contrary, he was a Ming monarch, and finally took a deep breath and shook his head: "It's okay to cheat it, you can't exterminate the clan lightly, it hurts the heavens and the peace, but this plan is really feasible." ”

Jia Xu raised his head and smiled slightly: "My lord, if this plan is carried out, Wang Xu will definitely not be able to send troops with all his strength, but he can eliminate major troubles, and if he forms an offensive and defensive alliance with Gongsun Zhan, then he will succeed in one of the four." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, waved his hand and said, "Wenhe, you can continue." ”

"No!"

Jia Xu's face regained calm, and he thought about it a little, and he spoke again: "When the above plan is successful, the next step is to persuade Xiliang to help, with Ma Teng Han Sui's temperament, as long as enough benefits are given, it can be a threat to Wang Xu and Yuan Shao, how to do it, after discussing with him, then do specific things, but no matter what they do, as long as they can send troops, it will increase the probability of victory." ”

"In this way, the battle of Hebei has not yet begun, and the lord has a five-layer chance of winning, and then he only needs to work together, with the lord's Wen Taowu strategy, and the virtuous ministers and good generals are complementary, even if Hebei is strong, it is absolutely difficult to resist."

"Hmm!" Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and did not rush to express his position. "The meaning of Wenhe, Gu has understood, and let's go down to rest first, and let Gu think about it carefully."

"No!"

Jia Xu didn't say a word, got up and saluted, and slowly withdrew...... (To be continued......)