In the blink of an eye, another half a year has passed in a hurry.

In half a year, Ao Lie carefully taught Sun Quan all day long, so that Sun Quan's knowledge and way of governing the country have advanced by leaps and bounds, and he has become more and more calm in dealing with things. Sun Ce was in charge of the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition, and Sun Quan was in charge of handling political affairs, coupled with the excellent relationship between the two brothers, Ao Lie had reason to believe that Jiangdong would be more stable with the cooperation of the two brothers, and lay a firm foundation for the unification of the world in the future.

The one-year appointment, with the passage of time, finally arrived. Sun Quan was very reluctant to leave Ao Lie, a mentor and friend, but Sun Quan understood the responsibility on his shoulders, and he knew that he would eventually return to Jiangdong to help his brother Sun Ce. So, on the day of the expiration of one year, Sun Quan submitted his resignation to Ao Lie, and Ao Lie did not keep Sun Quan, as the so-called application of learning, no matter how much theoretical knowledge Sun Quan learned, it was also false, and it must be supplemented by the exercise of dealing with daily affairs, so that Sun Quan could really grow up.

On the day Sun Quan left Yanjing, Ao Lie and Sun Shangxiang personally sent Sun Quan out of the city, looking at the back of Sun Quan's departure, Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but shed two lines of crystal tears, leaning on Ao Lie's arms, and frequently waved goodbye to his brother who was gradually moving away. Sun Quan turned around from time to time, replied with Sun Shangxiang's free and easy smile, and told loudly: "Sister, you must take care of yourself, Jiangdong's affairs are with a certain and eldest brother, you can rest assured, if you have time, come back and take a look." Also, take care of Master. ”

When Sun Quan's voice finally disappeared, and when Sun Quan's figure could no longer be seen, Ao Lie hugged Sun Shangxiang and galloped back to Yanjing City. As soon as he entered the city, Ao Lie saw Li Ru with an anxious look. Running towards the city gate, it was clear that he had something urgent to inform himself.

"What happened?" Ao Lie asked Li Ru calmly. Li Ru is a natural spy leader, if it is not a particularly important event, it will not let him show an anxious look, Ao Lie knows this very well, but he still seems very calm, and the bearing and mind of the superior are fully reflected.

Ao Lie's calmness made the anxious Li Ru feel it. Driven by Ao Lie's breath, Li Ru also calmed down, took out a small note from his arms, and handed it to Ao Lie without saying a word. As the shadow commander under Ao Lie, Li Ru knows that there are some things that cannot be announced, especially in public, which is the basic rule of secret agents.

Taking the small note, Ao Lie only glanced at it. Don't hold it in the palm of your hand, then turned his head and shouted to the dozen or so elites of the Blood Killing Army behind him: "Inform the hundred officials, come to the mansion to discuss the matter quickly." The blood killing elites didn't dare to slack off, leaving a few people to continue to follow behind Ao Lie. The rest of the men immediately rode their horses and scattered in all directions.

"What's wrong?" Sun Shangxiang, who was sitting in front of Ao Lie, turned back to ask Ao Lie with a little worry on his face. Ao Lie slowly stretched out his right hand and opened the note in his palm. Sun Shangxiang saw a sentence written on the note with red cinnabar: Cao Cao led an army of 150,000 and intended to take Hanzhong westward. Red, which is a manifestation of the importance of the Shadow Members' spying. Only 100,000 urgent things will they write in red cinnabar. Although Sun Shangxiang doesn't understand military affairs, she knows that the word Lu Dao represents 100,000 urgency, maybe the Shadow Members have sacrificed many people in order to send this news to Ao Lie's hands.

Sun Shangxiang didn't understand military affairs and couldn't see Cao Cao's intentions clearly, but Ao Lie saw it very clearly. This is Cao Cao felt that around the Central Plains, there was Ao Lie in the north, Guan Yu in Jingzhou in the south, Sun Ce in Jiangdong, and Liu Bei in the southwest, and these people were not easy to solve, so Cao Cao set his sights on Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, intending to take Hanzhong in one fell swoop and expand his territory and strength. Besides, the geographical location of Hanzhong is very important, not only can it go south to attack Liu Bei's Yizhou, but also go north to attack Ao Lie's Liangzhou, and even make a detour, turn around and point the troops at the Guanzhong region and the Sanfu region under Liu Xie's direct control. And the last point is what Ao Lie is really worried about, once Cao Cao takes the Sanfu region, it will be on Liu Xie's territory, and he will hammer a nail into it, and it will be difficult to pull him out. This is something that Ao Lie must not allow to happen, he does not want to see the scene in history where Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to reappear.

In Ao Lie's heart, it doesn't really matter who will be the emperor, but it is clear that Cao Cao and Liu Bei are obviously not in this ranks, although these two are a generation of heroes, but Ao Lie thinks that their selfishness and ambition are too heavy, such a person is only suitable for politicians and military strategists, but not a qualified national leader. On the contrary, Liu Xie's ability and way of doing things are greatly inferior to these two people, but Liu Xie has a heart for the people, he used to be very down, and after several hardships, he realized that it is not easy for ordinary people, and the hardships of surviving in the cracks, Liu Xie will never forget. It is precisely because of this that Ao Lie will support Liu Xie so much and try his best to keep his position as the Son of Heaven. If Cao Cao and Liu Bei had been replaced as emperors, Ao Lie would have been self-reliant long ago.

Soon after Ao Lie returned to the Yanwang Mansion, hundreds of civil and military officials rushed over one after another, except for Zhao Yun, Gan Ning and others who were on the expedition, there were many other officials. Ao Lie nodded to Li Ru next to him and motioned for him to tell everyone about the matter. Li Ru understood, took two steps, and then said the news from the Shadow Member he had just received.

After hearing the news, the inference in the hearts of the hundred officials was similar to Ao Lie's previous inference, which was the rhythm of Cao Cao to expand his strength and then threaten the Son of Heaven. If Cao Cao is allowed to hold Liu Xie in his hands, it will be too passive, and everything in the future will be controlled by Cao Cao. The premise is that Cao Cao must have such great ambitions and be willing to risk the world's condemnation and dare to stretch out his claws to Liu Xie.

This point, Ao Lie has never doubted, throughout the ages, there are only a few people whose ambitions are comparable to Cao Cao, Cao Cao has held Liu Xie hostage in history, and now it is difficult to guarantee that he will not do what he did in history. But the current situation is a little different from history, because of the arrival of Ao Lie, Liu Xie is no longer a puppet, he still holds at least the Sanfu region and the Guanzhong region in his hands, and his reputation is far from being comparable to the Han Xian Emperor in history, from this point of view, Ao Lie is a little bit less convinced that Cao Cao will send troops to Liu Xie.

But anyway. It is necessary to prevent trouble before it happens, and it is necessary not to let Cao Cao control Liu Xie, otherwise the prototype of the great unification that Ao Lie has painstakingly established will fall apart. With a solemn look, Ao Lie said: "Everyone, what happened this time is extraordinary, it is the real crisis of my Han and my Yan Kingdom, and when life and death are at stake, I hope you will work together to overcome this difficulty." Ao Lie's words are by no means alarmist. If Cao Cao really controlled Liu Xie, the prospects of the Han and Yan Kingdom would be ruined.

In view of this, the hundred officials immediately unified their opinions and decided to send troops to Hanzhong to defeat Zhang Lu before Cao Cao, and if they couldn't, at least Chen Bing Chang'an to keep Cao Cao out of Chang'an. Can't let him enter Sanfu and Guanzhong. After unifying the opinions, Ao Lie immediately made arrangements and decided to requisition and transfer part of the troops of You, Hebei, and the three states to form a large army to go on the expedition.

Because I didn't expect Cao Cao to suddenly attack at this time. Half a year ago, Ao Lie sent Zhao Yun and Gan Ning to pacify Goryeo and Fusang respectively, and the troops of these two forces were more than 60,000, so at this moment Ao Lie's available troops also seemed to be a little stretched, if it were not for the expansion of the army by 500,000 after taking Jizhou. I'm afraid that Ao Lie won't be able to spare his forces to defend Chang'an at all. The 500,000 new army sounds like a lot of people, but Ao Lie has always taken the elite route, and he has extremely high requirements for the soldiers. In his eyes, the 500,000 new troops, who had just been enlisted for more than a year, obviously had not yet taken on the combat effectiveness of the main force, but the current situation was critical, and Ao Lie had no choice but to transfer the new army to fight.

After the end, Ao Lie transferred 50,000 people in Youzhou, including 10,000 each of the Blood Killing Army and the Longxiang Army, and 30,000 ordinary soldiers; 20,000 people were transferred in Bingzhou, and Guo Huai, the pastor of Bingzhou, would personally lead him to join Ao Lie; 30,000 people were transferred in Jizhou, also led by Jizhou Mu and Yan Xiangguo Zhuge Liang, accompanied by Xu Huang, and Zhang He temporarily took over Zhuge Liang's work and was responsible for guarding Jizhou. At the same time, Ao Lie also sent a letter to Ma Chao, who was guarding Liangzhou, asking him to take 10,000 tiger elites and 40,000 troops to set off from Liangzhou first, and unite Pang De, who was guarding Wudu County, to temporarily contain Cao Cao and not let him seize Hanzhong.

In this military operation, Ao Lie adopted the method of combining the east and the west, and the eastern battlefield was Ao Lie's main force, converging the soldiers of the three states, a total of 100,000 people, accompanied by Lu Bu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Guo Huai and their generals; The western battlefield was led by Ma Chao and Pang De, with 50,000 troops, which played a role in containing and buying time for the army to rush to the battlefield. At the same time, other civil and military officials, led by Xun Yu and Zhang Xiu, were responsible for guarding Yanjing and dispatching various states.

By the time Ao Lie decided to go on the expedition, Cao Cao's army had already set off. The 150,000 high-spirited soldiers were divided into three parts: front, middle, and rear, and marched towards their destination Hanzhong. Cao Cao rode on top of the BMW Jueying, stroked the Yitian Sword on his waist, looked at Guo Jia beside him with a smile, and said in a low voice: "Fengxiao, presumably Ao Mohan is already deploying troops now, your move is really clever." ”

Guo Jia smiled back, and also lowered his voice and said: "Hanzhong has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, but it is too far away from our army's territory, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is boring to eat, it is better to use it to provoke the dispute between Ao Lie and Liu Bei, which can be regarded as making the best use of it, and our army can also take advantage of the fishermen." ”

Cao Cao stroked Guo Jia's back and praised: "No matter how witty Ao Mohan is, he would never have thought that our sending 150,000 troops this time was just a bluff, because Ao Lie's weakness limited his thinking, and Liu Xiehe and the people of the world were Ao Lie's weaknesses." ”

"As the so-called concern is chaos, Ao Lie attaches too much importance to ordinary people, or he cares too much about the title of Han people, he will never use the lives of the people to joke with us, even if he understands halfway, he will definitely not change his mind, and he will still rush to Hanzhong, so this time, we can easily sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, no matter who wins and who loses, Ao Lie and Liu Bei no matter who wins or loses, there is no harm to us." Guo Jia said with a hint of smugness on his face. I don't know what Lu Dao is for, since the last time Ao Lie got married, and Ao Lie met once, this ghost wants to compete with Ao Lie in the strategy, and this feeling is getting stronger and stronger, this time, the plan is Guo Jia proposed to Cao Cao, he wants to use Ao Lie's attention to the Han people, and Liu Bei's greed, provoke a battle in Hanzhong, so that Hanzhong has become a chaotic battlefield, and at the same time, it is also a battlefield for him and Ao Lie.

"Liu Bei, have you arranged everything? He's one of the protagonists of this battle. Cao Cao changed the topic and asked Guo Jia.

Guo Jia smiled lightly and said confidently: "Don't worry, my lord, everything is going according to plan." ”

The first official confrontation between Yanwang Ao Lie and the ghost genius Guo Jia kicked off the prelude, but who wins and who loses after the most is only God knows. (To be continued......)