Xuzhou, Qucheng.

Cao Cao looked at Li Tong and Cao Chun, who were bowing to the ground, with a cloudy and uncertain expression. At this time, he already knew the general situation of the matter, and he understood his situation better.

Suddenly, Cao Cao sighed and said: "Li Tong, Cao Chun, you get up, this failure is all on me Cao Cao, because of the failure of decision-making, it leads to the current dilemma, and it has nothing to do with you and others, and it is a pity that the two generals Xia Houen and Xia Hou Jie." When Li Tong and Cao Chun heard this, tears couldn't help flowing down again, and they only felt that their minds were hot, and they stood up resignedly, and they couldn't cry at all.

Xiahoudun shouted out and said: "The heaven-damned Yanzhou army, I will definitely kill them cleanly and avenge the two brothers!" ”

Xiahou Yuan gritted his teeth and said to Xiahou Yuan: "What my brother said is extremely true, but this matter still has Meng De to be our master, and we can't act rashly." Cao Ren, who was calm by nature, said to the two in a deep voice: "Of course we have to avenge the revenge of the two brothers, but now the shape is not optimistic, and we are still thinking about it in the long run." ”

Xiahou snorted, although he was brave, but he was not a reckless man without intelligence, of course he knew that Cao Cao was in danger now, and the Yanzhou army had actually surrounded him, and the question now was where the Cao army would go, and it was by no means the courage of the horseman to take revenge.

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was dull because of Li Tong and Cao Chun's words, and everyone was preoccupied. After a long time, the strategist Lu Su said indifferently to Cao Cao: "You don't have to blame yourself if you want to, you must know that each of us has calculated this plan for a long time, and we all feel that it is seamless." It has only been implemented, since the lord raised his army. The lord has always regarded Xu Ji as his biggest enemy, and has made detailed observations of Xu Ji and Yanzhou over the years. When it comes to understanding Xu Ji, it can be said that there is no one in the world who can compare with the lord. The strategy we have set is even more foolproof. Xu Ji has absolutely no possibility of seeing through it, but now Xu Ji has actually begun to fight back, which can only show that there was an accident in the implementation of our plan in a certain link that we didn't know about, and it was discovered by Xu Ji, this should be a matter of luck, and it is not a crime. Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Zijing, you don't have to comfort me, how can I not know that luck is also a kind of strategy, what is the so-called accident?" That only shows that we are still meticulous in our planning, and we have not done everything in our planning. I don't mean to be discouraged. Rather, we want to find our negligence. So as not to make the same mistake the next time I meet Xu Ji. ”

The strategist Mao Jie, who had a beard and beard, narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "The lord's words are reasonable, but the problem is that we don't know what happened in Chang'an now, so we can't guide our strategy where there is a problem. At this time, a scribe standing on the side of the Mao steps said in a hoarse voice: "Could it be that the prince has leaked some news?" ”

Everyone looked at the scribe with bored eyes, and Mao Jie said quietly: "Mr. Jiang Gan has a certain amount of truth, but how can we tell Prince Sù and the others about our main strategy in Chang'an City?" Wang Zifu and the others only know about the skin, and besides, we have Mr. Yu Ji here, of course Wang Zifu and the others will not know our strategy. Cao Hong, who is straightforward by nature, couldn't help but sarcastically say: "Mr. Jiang Gan is an expert in the communication between Jingzhou and Jiangdong. When it comes to the strategy of Xuzhou and the overall trend of the world, Mr. Jiang Gan is afraid that he knows very little. It's normal to say such things. ”

Cao Cao glared at Cao Hong, blaming him for being too talkative, you must know that this Jiang Gan originally did not have much status in Cao's army. However, because this person and Zhou Yu, the number one military advisor under Sun Ce, were former classmates and friends, this Jiang Gan still had a lot of use in the process of alliance with Sun Ce. That's why Cao Cao promoted him. However, Cao Cao saw people very accurately, and knew that this Jiang Ping was a fool, and now he was only used for a while. In the future, the relationship with Jingzhou was stable. Cao Cao would naturally let Jiang Gan stand in the position he should have.

As for whether Zhou Yu will be dissatisfied with Cao Cao because of this matter. Cao Cao didn't pay attention to it at all. With a character like Jiang Gan, how could Zhou Yu take it to heart? However, the current Cao Cao does not want to alienate Jiang Gan now. You must know that your strategy in the Central Plains and Chang'an this time has been completely defeated. After returning to Koto, the internal enemy will take advantage of the situation. And Sun Ce in Jingzhou will also be ready to move, at this critical moment, Jiang Gan still has a certain role, and he cannot be abandoned.

Now that Cao Hong is sarcastic about Jiang Gan like this, Cao Cao is of course afraid that Jiang Gan, a narrow-minded person, will restrain himself in the future. Unexpectedly, Jiang Gan actually said seriously: "It is still General Cao Hong who knows me, so that I feel like a confidant." ”

Cao Hong opened his mouth and looked at Jiang Gan in front of him speechless, this person is so shameless, or is he too stupid, can't he hear what he means?

The people in the hall all had strange faces, they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, for fear that Jiang Gan would react, of course these people knew Jiang Gan's important role to Cao Cao. Cao Cao looked at Jiang Gan, angry and funny, he didn't expect that he still overestimated Jiang Gan.

However, because of Jiang Gan's clown-like performance, the tense and depressing atmosphere in the hall was empty, and everyone's mood became relaxed, and their minds became lively.

Cao Cao's number one military advisor, Lu Su, was thinking about how to get out of the predicament in front of him, how could he have time to watch Jiang Gan perform there, and said in a deep voice: "The only loophole we can suspect now is Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ji, it is very likely that something is wrong with them." Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Why do you say it so tactfully, this matter is still my mistake in the final analysis, I really missaw Jia Xu's personality, and mistakenly thought that this person only had his own interests in his eyes, so he would never cooperate with Xu Ji, but he didn't expect that Jia Xu was Xu Ji's subordinate at all." From now on, Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu were Xu Ji's bait in Chang'an from the beginning. I'm just worried about whether the Mao Rank will be in danger right now. Mao Jie said in a deep voice: "It's not wrong to say that they are bait, but this bait was not used to deal with us at the beginning, after Xu Ji arrived in Chang'an, in order to stabilize the situation, he had to compromise with the saint, and the saint was for his own power, so he took the opportunity to promote other forces to compete with Xu Ji. For the purpose of stabilizing the situation, Xu Ji had no way to kill the prince's party. That's why Zhang Xiu, a strange soldier, appeared. The purpose is to collect evidence against the prince's obedience. As for us, it's just that we just mistyped it by mistake. It was not Xu Ji's main purpose at all. As for Brother Mao, his intelligence is not under Jia Xu, there must be a way to get out, we don't have to worry about him. ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan said in a deep voice: "In the final analysis, we hit the deputy car by mistake, but our auxiliary car is too huge, and compared with the small dish of the prince's suit, it really makes Xu Ji earn." Lu Su shook his head and said, "Zhang Xiu will indeed ruin our big thing." But our contact with Zhang Xiu is only a recent thing, and Zhang Xiu doesn't know much about our strategy, so Xu Ji can't get as much of our details as Zhang Xiu. But now it seems that the Yanzhou army's strategy against us has been planned for a long time. So the failure of our strategy has little to do with Zhang Xiu. At best, we have no way to control Chang'an, then again, in fact, Zhang Ji's influence on us is greater, it is precisely because we miscalculated the shape of the shì, which led to the capture of Lord Liu Xiang, according to the prestige of Lord Liu Xiang, Xia Cai's Zhang Ying army will definitely give up resistance and submit to Xu Ji, otherwise our current situation would not be so unfavorable. There was a pause. Lu Su said in an affirmative tone: "Judging from the current shape. Xu Shu is just a fake surrender, then we can deduce that Xu Ji has already seen through our plot since the day Xu Shu entered the Sikong Mansion in Chang'an City. Before that, there were only two things we did, the first of which was to assassinate Ding Fei. lest this boy leak secrets; The second thing is to ask Mrs. Yin to enter the Sikong Mansion. If Xu Ji sees through our plan at this time. There must have been something wrong with these two things. But the problem is that Xu Ji couldn't have seen through these two strategies at that time, because he didn't have this condition at all. It was simply impossible for him to set his sights on these figures, who seemed to have nothing to do with the big picture. I really don't understand how Xu Ji saw through our scheme, let alone before and after the execution of these schemes. We have repeatedly verified all the details, and there is no problem at all, and there is nothing wrong with Xu Ji, I really can't think of it even if I want to break my head. ”

Everyone was also given a headache by Lu Su, where did they think that Xu Jinai was a descendant, because they knew Mrs. Yin's position in history, so they would easily see through Cao Cao's strategy. This is completely a matter of bad luck for the gods, and of course Cao Cao and the others can't break their heads.

Lu Su thought hard for a long time before he sighed: "We don't need to think about these things, as long as we return to Jiangdong, we will know the answers to these things sooner or later." ”

Xiahou snorted sullenly: "Then let's start killing, I didn't expect that there are so many vicious battles to fight in Xuzhou this time, it's really happy." When the generals heard this, they were immediately infected by Xiahoudun's radiant spirit, and they all rubbed their hands and sneered again and again, obviously very unconvinced by the Yanzhou army.

Cao Cao looked at the scene in front of him, and knew that Xiahoudun actually said this on purpose, the purpose was to boost morale, everyone knew that fighting with the Yanzhou army was a very unpleasant thing, but by Xiahoudun saying this, it made everyone's fighting spirit monstrous, and Cao Cao certainly would not stop it. Xu Chu, who had been silent, was standing beside Cao Cao like a fierce god to protect Cao Cao, and said coldly when he heard this: "If the lord and Xiahou Yuan let the general allow, please let me Xu Chu take the lead and let them know that I, the general of the bear and tiger in Cao's army, is by no means a wasted name." Even if Chen Daoqin under Xu Ji comes, I will have him to pay the price! ”

Everyone looked at Xu Chu like a god in awe, and their hearts were full of pride, this is an invincible general who even Xu Ji can't win, and he has made great progress in martial arts over the years, even if he meets Xu Ji, he may not be defeated or invincible. Of course, when he met Chen Zhi, he was more than lucky, after all, Chen Zhi was already close to Lu Bu's level. I saw Lu Su smile and said: "The two generals said well, the big battle must be fought, and in my opinion, Xu Ji will definitely participate in this good show, after all, the enemy is the lord, Xu Ji does not dare to be so big, and he is full of expectations for this war, General Xu Chu will have the opportunity to fight Xu Ji again." It's just that the war between us and the Yanzhou army is not as simple as a hard fight, we still have to plan well, as long as we plan properly, we may not have the opportunity to get interest from Xu Ji. ”

Xu Chu grinned happily: "What Mr. says makes sense, as long as I have a fight, what Mr. says is what." Xiahou Chun, a war maniac, muttered on the side: "Why do you talk about dealing with Xu Ji every time." You are always talking about Xu Chu's kid, my martial arts are also very high. There has been a lot of progress over the years, what's so great about Xu Ji? I can handle it anyway. ”

Everyone was amazed. They were all amused by the childlike appearance of this rough man. But his younger brother Xia Houyuan frowned and said: "I don't understand what Mr. means, in fact, we can't gain a foothold on the north bank of the Yangtze River now. When our army returns to the army, it only needs to go through the north of the river and return to the east of the river. What can Xu Ji do to me? Don't forget that the main force of our army is still there, Xu Ji is stationed in the city, the troops will inevitably be scattered, should we stay in the city or not attack the city, and return to Jiangdong is not the same thing? ”

Lu Su smiled slightly and said, "Things are not that simple, the Yanzhou army will definitely try all means to force our army to fight them." For example, their usual strategy is to besiege and send reinforcements. Cao Ren couldn't help but say: "Sir, encircling the point and sending reinforcements should be the siege tactics of the Yanzhou army. Now that we have abandoned all the cities north of the Yangtze River, how can the Yanzhou army force us to fight and achieve reinforcements from the encirclement points? ”

Xiahou Yuan looked at Cao Ren and said, "Zixiao forgot?" Now there is still Pengcheng and I are each other's horns, and the Yanzhou army can encircle and send reinforcements here. In other cities, the Yanzhou army all fought in a battle, but Peng Cheng persisted for a long time, and Zhao Yu, Xue Li and others were not generals, how could they have this ability? It was clearly deliberately done by the Yanzhou army. Speaking of this, he turned his head and asked Lu Su to say, "Military advisor." I'm not wrong, right? Lu Su smiled slightly, but remained silent.

Cao Ren shook his head and said, "Miaocai, you are confused, don't forget it." Those three people in Pengcheng are not our army's henchmen. We're just using them. Of course, this is also because Xue Li's master and apprentice were using us from the beginning, and the reason why the enemy left Peng Cheng at the end. It's not that they want to use Peng Zecheng to send reinforcements, they are just afraid that Peng Cheng won't be able to block the news after the city is broken. After all, the army is in disarray. It will be difficult to control the city, if the city is broken before the Yanzhou army completes the encirclement of our army. On the contrary, Xue Li and the others are as timid as rats and mice-eyed, they can only see the immediate benefits, as long as the Yanzhou army does not break the city, they will think that Pengcheng is safe, of course, they will honestly shrink there, so that. On the contrary, it indirectly helped the Yanzhou army to blockade the news of our army. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, Cao Ren continued to analyze: "According to Li Tong, now the Yanzhou army should have completed the encirclement of us, and now the Yanzhou army must have launched a fierce attack on Pengcheng, because the Yanzhou army has always planned and then moved, and it must be guessed that the lord will definitely not go to the rescue of Pengcheng, and now Pengcheng may not be in the pocket of the Yanzhou army." Mao Jie smiled dumbly and said: "General Zixiao has a clever opinion, but if the general of the Yanzhou Army besieging Pengcheng is smart, then he will definitely be able to take Pengcheng without blood, Zhao Yu and the other three can only be rich and noble, not together, in this case, as long as the Yanzhou Army has a little trick, there will be internal commotion between the three of them." ”

Lu Su said indifferently: "I think the person who besieged Pengcheng by the Yanzhou army should be Xu Shu, of course he will think of this problem, but I am afraid that the three of them will not be able to do it together with Fugui." ”

Mao Jie thought about it for a while, and immediately understood, and admired: "Mr. has a more long-term vision." Not to mention others, the situation between Xue Li's master and apprentice is delicate. ”

Everyone couldn't understand what they heard, but if they knew the sudden change in Pengcheng at this moment, they would definitely admire Lu Su so much.

Xiahoudun was confused, and asked: "If it weren't for Pengcheng, what else would the Yanzhou army have to attract our army to force a war with it?" Lu Su still didn't speak, but hung his head deeply.

Cao Cao looked at Lu Su at this time, and sighed softly: "Lu Su, you are too cautious, I understand what you mean, why say it?" No one here will think much about it. ”

Everyone was puzzled when they heard it, but Mao Jie explained: "What Mr. Lu Su means is that the Yanzhou army will definitely use Mr. Man Pet as bait to attract our army to fight with him, but Mr. Lu Su can't ask the lord to send troops to rescue Mr. Man Pet, because Mr. Man Pet is trapped must be the Yanzhou army's conspiracy, if you want to save the strength of the lord, it is naturally not good to save it, but Lu Su said this first, but it can't help but be a little ......." Everyone suddenly admired Lu Su in secret, suffering from this misfortune but always calmly giving advice to Cao Cao, he was really the best military advisor in the world.

Jiang Gan, who was disgusted by ten thousand people, couldn't see the way out, and said loudly: "Lord, it is very normal to abandon the pawn to protect the car when necessary, and the lord must not have the kindness of a woman." ”

Turning around, he actually said to Lu Su in the anger of everyone: "Mr. Lu Su, please don't be angry, there is nothing wrong with what I said." Lu Sumu looked at him expressionlessly and said: "Mr. is right, but as Mr. He Yu said, the reason why I want the lord to send troops to rescue is actually for the sake of the lord's future, not simply out of selfishness, if this is harmful to the lord, I Lu Su will not propose it at all." ”

Jiang Gan was about to speak, but Cao Cao stretched out his hand to stop him.

At this time, Mao Jie also said coldly on the side: "Lord, for the sake of your future career in Jiangdong, please be sure to rescue Mr. Man Pet." (To be continued......)