Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng, in terms of fame among the princes, is second only to Yuan Shao in this era, Cao Cao has to be ranked behind him, and in terms of momentum, he is also ranked third after Yuan and Cao. Therefore, Liu Biao is fully capable of participating in the Central Plains hegemony, and Cao Cao is also quite jealous of him. Kong Rong once persuaded Cao Cao: "Liu Biao is rebellious and indulgent, and he has done wrongdoing, so he sacrifices heaven and earth in the suburbs, and imitates the ritual of Sheji." Although it is extremely evil and the crime cannot be punished, as for the national system, it is appropriate to keep it secret. ”

On the surface, because he is a clan, he is afraid that it will affect the prestige of the imperial court, so it is "advisable to keep it secret", the real intention is: It is too troublesome to beat him, and the soldiers are dangerous and fierce, and it is better to be restrained.

However, in the original history, Liu Biao did not get involved in the chaos of the Central Plains in the end, even when Yuan and Cao were fighting, Yuan Shao sent envoys to connect, Liu Biao never really moved troops to Cao Cao. The reason for this, Cao Cao said: "I attacked Lu Bu, the table is not a coward, the battle of Guandu, do not save Yuan Shao, this self-defending thief is also a posterior." Jia Xu said: "Table, the three princes of the world are also talented; I don't see the incident, I am suspicious and indecisive, and I can't do anything. Guo Jia said: "Table, sit and talk." ”

That means, Liu Biao is a mediocre person who can only talk empty words and has no grand ambitions, so there is no need to worry about him at all. Now that Cao Cao mentioned Liu Biaolai, it stands to reason that Xun only needs to copy these old wisdom and memorize the words in these books, but he thought about it carefully and felt that it was better to forget it.

Liu Biao dared to worship the world, and it cannot be said that he has no ambition; Thinking that he rode into Yicheng alone and pacified Beijingzhou in an instant, it can't be said that he is incapable. There may be many reasons why he didn't take advantage of the great war between Yuan and Cao to stab Cao Cao in the back, and the understanding of what he did should not be too simplistic. "Sitting and talking" may not be really a lifetime of talking. It depends on how much stimulation you give him - in the original history. Stimulation is significantly insufficient. And in today's timeline, no one can beat their chests and pack tickets.

Those words that commented on Liu Biao in the history books, who knows if Lu Dao is true or false? Is it hindsight, or when it is critical, he simply said An Cao's heart?

Before the official crossing, Yuan Qiang and Cao were weak, Liu Biao was weak when he moved his troops, and Liu Biao was still weak if he didn't move. So what else can be done? Either simply surrender, or fantasize that the Jingzhou soldiers will not go north, and they are so bored to block Yuan Shao, betting on this big vote. If it was because he was afraid that Liu Biao would attack from behind, he hesitated, flashed and shrunk, and didn't dare to fight with Yuan Shao, the result would be certain death.

In today's timeline, the Cao family's power is strong enough - of course, if it is strong enough not to be afraid of Yuan and Liu's attack, it can be frankly fought with one and two. That was a complete fantasy - it was a relatively safe arrangement to make a southern front in advance, so Shi Xun could no longer comfort Cao Cao with those empty words. But it's okay. Because of the change of history, the time of the war between Yuan and Cao may be advanced, so Liu Biao ...... He still has a hurdle to overcome.

"If you want to tie Liu Biao, you must entrap Zhang Xian!"

Changsha is too guarded by Zhang Xian, arrogant and stubborn, is Liu Biao's jealousy, the original history, about in this year or two, he will lead Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang three counties, to Liu Biao erected an anti-flag. Liu Biao sent troops to attack Zhang Xian, for many years, after Zhang Xian died of illness, Liu Biao broke his son Zhang Yi, completely pacified Jingzhou in the south, and by the way, the power of the force was extended into Jiaozhou. In the later stage of the Battle of Guandu, Liu Biao did sit and watch the success or failure, and seemed to have no sense of the overall situation, but in the early stage of the war, you really can't blame him, he can't give his back to Zhang Yi, and he went north to help Yuan Shao?

Therefore, Shi Xun suggested that we can encircle Zhang Xian and make him contain Liu Biao.

Cao Cao nodded, threw a white seed into Changsha County, and asked casually: "What can Zhang Xian say?" ”

As soon as Cao Cao mentioned sending envoys to travel and lobbying the princes, he instinctively decided that this errand would fall on his own head - just kidding, how far away Changsha is, and most of the territory is barbarian and undeveloped, so you want me to go to Changsha? Isn't that the same as being in the army?! So hurriedly waved his hand: "Xun is not going!" ”

This sentence blurted out, and it was only when it was finished that I realized that something was wrong - in front of the leader, how dare you have such an attitude? Even if you don't want to do any work arranged by the leader, you have to find a reason, and you have to be more tactful if you refuse. After a turn of his brain, he hurriedly added: "It's about to be summer, Changsha is damp and hot, Xun is a northerner, and he is really impatient." ”

The reason made up temporarily, of course, was full of flaws, and he was afraid that Cao Cao would open his mouth: "Don't worry, wait until after the autumn." But what he didn't expect was that Cao Mengde actually smiled slyly: "Fei Hongfu is not heat-resistant, I'm afraid it's the concubine of Xinna, right?" ”

Shi Xun hurriedly put on a face and expressed his loyalty: "How can this be reasonable? If the lord sends honors to various places in the Central Plains, he will not give up! ”

Fortunately, Cao Cao didn't dwell on this topic, but just threw another chess piece in Nanyang County: "Zhang Xiu is in the north, Zhang Xian is in the south, or Liu Biao may be bound." Shi Xun stared at the map, looked at it for a while, and suddenly explained: "Liu Biao and Sun Ce are both fierce enemies, especially separated by big rivers, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now that I have the Lujiang River, why not train the sailors in Peng Li, thinking that it will be used for the southern expedition on a different day? ”

In the original history, Cao Cao has never been able to completely pacify Lujiang County, and the southern frontier cannot be connected to the Yangtze River, so after the destruction of Yuan, he had to dig a Xuanwu pool on the outskirts of Yecheng to train the navy. This is a completely unreliable decision, it is estimated that because Cao Cao stayed in the north all his life, and communications were not developed at that time, he would make this kind of mistake that seemed completely common-sense in later generations - can the sailors trained in the pool without wind and waves really be able to go to the river to fight with people?

Shi Xun put forward a proposal to train a naval army, and Cao Cao slapped the table and said that it was a good idea - but the problem is that my command is all northerners, and there are few who know how to water, so who should I send to do it? Shi Xun immediately recommended: "Lu Zi respects the Huainan people, close to the Yangtze River, or may." He really wants to see, if Lu Su and Zhou Yu really pinch each other, who will win and who will lose?

"Let's talk about it again." Cao Cao had a small meeting with Shi Xun today, not that Xun had become his first confidant and first strategist, but he just happened to want to discuss and help him sort out his thoughts, so it was impossible to make any decision on this.

In the end, Cao Cao set his sights on Hedong - after Lü Bu moved west, Cao's army took over Hedong, but as Xun You said, Hedong, as well as Hongnong and Henan in the south, are the weakness of the other side of Cao's power, and it is easy to be taken out by Yuan Jun from the annexation of the state, and although the original Taishou Wangyi has a good name, he is not under Cao Cao's command, and it is not enough to take up the position. So, who should be sent to defend Hedong, and then encircle the Southern Xiongnu, echo with the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan and others, and strive to turn defense into offense, but turn the state into the weakness of the Yuan family?

He's groaning, and He's chanting too. If you talk about the responsibility, the Cao family has countless generals, such as Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, but Hedong is too important, and it needs to be assisted by a person who can make good decisions - Cao Cao is inseparable from Xun You and Guo Jia, Xun Yu wants the president's internal affairs, and he can't move, it's a pity, he just recommended Lu Su to Lujiang, and Jia Xu has not been able to completely gain Cao Cao's trust......

But speaking of this timeline, Jia Wenhe at this time, even if Cao Cao is willing to believe him, Shi Xun can't trust him at all!

Cao Cao stretched out his finger and tapped lightly in Hedong County for a long time, and finally had to sigh: "The world's talented people are so limited!" ”

Cao Jiaban was already preparing for the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, nearly two years earlier than in the original history. Of course, Cao Cao had long known that he and Yuan Shao would have a battle, but the problem was that there were enemies on all sides, and after fighting for so long, there was no time to arrange manpower to guard against Yuan Shao in advance. It wasn't long before Yuan Shaoping killed Gongsun Zan that Cao Cao had just killed Lu Bu and had a little time to spare—on this timeline, the situation was very different.

At this time, the Cao family's power is more than fifty percent stronger than the same period in the original history, correspondingly, the Yuan family's power has not reached its peak, Cao Cao believes that as long as Yuan Shao can be defeated in one fell swoop, then the vast Central Plains can be decided, and then the northwest, southeast, central south, southwest, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and other generations, or can be passed down and descended.

Shi Xun is not as optimistic as Cao Cao, after all, he knows that there are still two things in the original history of the defeat of Chibi and the regain and loss of Hanzhong, but he has gradually seen that through his own efforts, the direction of historical development has been distorted, and he has crossed over to this point, and it is not for nothing that he has achieved nothing.

Of course, the strict layout is not determined by him and Cao Cao's words, and the map can be determined. Shi Xun has put these things behind for the time being, anyway, the suggestions he can make have been made clear to Cao Cao, don't think that he is Hongfu has a robot cat's belly bag, and he can't empty it.

After that, Cao Cao summoned Guo Jia and Xun's uncles and nephews to come to discuss, and finally convened an "enlarged meeting of the Politburo" to repeatedly negotiate and set up governors in areas that might be threatened, responsible for the military of several counties or a state, and coordinated with the assassin Shi to defend the town.

Shi Xun once persuaded Cao Cao, saying that the responsibility system of the assassin history is no longer suitable for the current situation: "Emperor Xiaowu initially set up the assassin history, in order to supervise the government affairs of a state, not an official of the herdsmen. There are several counties under the jurisdiction of the state, with vast mountains and rivers, many household registrations, and different customs. When or abolish the history of assassination, the power belongs to the county guard, and the governor and the governor are supplemented; Or a small state, with two or three counties as a state, clearly define the responsibility of the herdsmen in the history of the assassination. ”

The Thirteen Thorn History Department of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also known as the state, is generally larger than a province two thousand years later, especially those states in remote areas, such as Youzhou, Liangzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou, the jurisdiction is too vast to be effectively governed in the traditional form of small government.

Cao Cao agreed with Shi Xun's opinion, but said that we don't need to be in a hurry - "To be peaceful Yuan Shao, it can be changed, this is not the time." (To be continued......)

PS: Recently, my thinking has been a bit sluggish...... Who's going to vote for a few more monthly passes to encourage me?!