Yanzhou is Changyi, which is Cao Cao's lair. The text that Zhuge Liang passed to Cao Cao through Cao Hong is now on Cao Cao's desk. Cao Cao read this letter without saying a word, and suddenly laughed: "The people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, after I won half of the three counties of Qingzhou and Jingzhou, I still wanted to get involved in Jizhou, but I only got one Wei county; The same is true of this Ao Mohan, Jizhou, which occupies most of it, still remembers Wei County, people's hearts. ”

Guo Jia on the side chuckled: "Every county in Jizhou is very rich, and Wei County is no exception, of course Ao Lie wants to take Wei County in his hands." Besides, Wei County is adjacent to Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and it is a bridgehead for the Central Plains, how could Ao Lie not see this clearly? ”

Xi Zhicai, who was standing opposite Guo Jia, sighed and said: "Ao Lieqi is really a genius who has not been born for a hundred years, he defeated Yuan Shao like lightning in just a few days, conquered the city, and did not even leave us the opportunity to react, so he occupied most of Jizhou, integrating wisdom, courage, courage and courage, and being a friend is a great blessing, if he is an enemy, it is really a headache." It's a pity that the lord is destined to be his opponent. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "In life, if you don't have a strong opponent, wouldn't it be very boring?" In the past, in Shouchun, I cooked wine with his green plums, talked about the heroes of the world, and finally came to the conclusion that only the two of us can be called the heroes of the world, and from that time on, I knew that he would be my lifelong opponent, a respectable opponent. ”

After a pause, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xun You and Cheng Yu on the other side, and asked, "You said that Ao Lie is only in his early twenties. But it can achieve such a brilliant record, why did it come? ”

Cao Cao's words. It caused everyone to think deeply. Yes, when Ao Lie was in the army. started as an ordinary sergeant, at that time his father Liu Yu was just a county guard, not much background, but Ao Lie stubbornly opened up a road, from an ordinary sergeant all the way, in just more than ten years to sit on the throne of King Yan, become a rare king with a different surname in the Han Dynasty in the past hundred years, this has to be said to be a miracle.

After pondering for a long time, Xun You took the lead and said, "Shicai Zhicai has just said. Ao Lieqi is a person who combines wisdom, courage, courage and courage, which is a necessary prerequisite for a successful person, but a certain believes that the most terrifying thing about Ao Lie is his thinking, he can always do something unexpected and achieve good results, such as a red-clothed ballista. This kind of ballista is so powerful and shocking that I really don't know how he figured it out, he seems to have imagination and creativity beyond the times. This is unparalleled in the world. ”

"It's more than that." As soon as Xun Yu's words fell, Cheng Yu immediately added: "He still seems to have the ability of a prophet. I heard that Ao Lie recently rewarded his ministers in Yanjing, and rewarded the all-rounders of the eight directions, the five tiger generals and the eight good generals. These people, before they surrendered to Ao Lie. Most of them have little fame, but they have been fully exerted under Ao Lie's hands and gradually grown into pillars of the country, which shows Ao Lie's wisdom of knowing people, respectable, fearful, and terrifying. ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Since ancient times, a monarch who has made a difference must be a martial artist, both internal and foreign, and the lord belongs to this category of monarchs, but Ao Lie is not inferior to the lord, he has reformed internal affairs several times, eliminated the shortcomings of the law, issued a decree to gather talents, launched a series of policies to benefit the people, and knows people well; Externally, he fought against Dong Zhuo, destroyed Zhang Ju, defeated Yuan Shu, killed Li Dao, beheaded Guo Yan, broke Yuan Shao, and then swept through the northern Xinjiang and shocked China; In terms of diplomacy, he can temporarily form an alliance with the lord, or he can vigorously support Sun Ce to lead Jiangdong, but the feelings he invested in it are very clear, for the lord, it is an expedient measure, but for Sun Ce, it is a long-term solution. If such a person can't succeed, that's really weird. ”

Listening to everyone's discussions, Guo Jia said: "Actually, there is always a little doubt in Jia's heart, Ao Lie, is he really so loyal to the Han?" On the surface, if there was no Ao Lie's repeated help, the Son of Heaven would have been reduced to a puppet, and there would never be such a prestige as today, and Ao Lie would pay a large amount of annual tribute to the imperial court every year. However, if Ao Lie was sincere to the Han, why did he put the several large states he had defeated under his rule, instead of handing them over to the Son of Heaven to manage? Don't say that it was given to him by the edict of the Son of Heaven, that is not in line with common sense. Ao Lie himself must also have the will to be in charge of these big states, and the Son of Heaven, who is extremely dependent on Ao Lie, must understand Ao Lie's intentions, so he ordered to hand over several large states in the north to Ao Lie to govern, to put it disrespectfully, Ao Lie is the real helmsman of the current Han Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven only retains his nominal prestige and dignity. But Ao Lie's other approach is puzzling, if Ao Lie wants to stand on his own, then why did he save the Son of Heaven again and again, and personally helped the Son of Heaven form an army of tens of thousands of people? Ao Lie, is he a hero or a hero? It's puzzling. ”

This discussion, driven by everyone, has deviated from the original path, but Cao Cao listened with great interest, and said with a smile: "Actually, whether Ao Lie is loyal or traitorous, whether he is a hero or a hero, you don't have to care. In my opinion, he is a combination of both. It's just that his loyalty is not loyal to the Son of Heaven, but to the tens of millions of people in the world. Perhaps it is precisely because he always cares about the safety of the people that the people of the six northern states will flock to him. This is a belief deliberately cultivated by Ao Lie, and with this belief, the Yan army will be invincible, in Ao Lie's own words, this belief is called ...... Well, by the way, it's called the military spirit. ”

Guo Jia and the others glanced at each other, but they didn't expect Cao Cao to study Ao Lie so thoroughly, which can be described as a sentence. It seems that Cao Cao really regarded Ao Lie as the first opponent in his life. Although under Cao Cao's explanation, Guo Jia and the others understood that the military soul was the driving force behind the Yan army's battle, but they couldn't think of a way to follow suit, because in this world, except for Ao Lie, no one else knew how the military soul of the Lu Dao was cultivated.

Reaching out and pressing it on the table, Cao Cao slowly crumpled Zhuge Liang's inscription, and then said slowly: "Inform Cao Hong." Let him tell Zhuge Liang that after I return from Wei County. Due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, he has been unwell. Unable to serve as a director. Wei Jun's matter, let Cao Hong delay as much as possible, and the longer it drags on, the better. Zhuge Liang was sure that I didn't want to go to war with Ao Lie, but I didn't know that I also expected that Ao Lie didn't want to tear his face with me either. Openly tearing up the alliance and robbing the territory of friendly forces, this infamy, he Ao Lie can't afford it, and he can't bear it. ”

North, Yanjing. Inside the Yanwang Mansion. Li Ru stood opposite Ao Lie with a dark face, stretched out his hand and handed him a note, and said at the same time: "The report that the brother below just sent, in order to resist Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang of Yizhou invited Liu Bei from Southern Jingzhou to enter Xichuan, Liu Bei has already reorganized his soldiers and horses, and at this moment, he is already on the way to Xichuan. ”

The news sent by Li Ru really surprised Ao Lie. What is Nishikawa? It was the land of abundance in the fertile wilderness. Liu Bei in history also relied on Yizhou, the most relentless and the most relentless emperor, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei's negligence some time ago would make Liu Bei turn over. Not only did they take Jingzhou in the south, but they also began to march into Yizhou as they did in history! Ao Lie was clear. Now he is not watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the next generation, Liu Bei will never be like the one described in the book. can't bear to seize the foundation of the brothers of the same clan, Liu Bei in reality. But it is much darker than the one described in the novel, and taking Jingzhou in the south from Liu Biao's hands and designing to kill Liu Biao is the best proof of this! If Yizhou really falls into the hands of Liu Bei, it will be troublesome, Liu Bei can use Yizhou as a base, swallow Hanzhong in the north, appease the barbarians in the south, and Jingzhou in the east, and then claim the king and hegemony.

After receiving this news, Ao Lie couldn't sit still, and immediately jumped out of the gentle township intertwined by the three wives, and asked Li Ru to summon all the important ministers to come to the discussion.

After everyone arrived, Ao Lie told Liu Bei about the situation, and then let everyone express their opinions freely. Liu Bei this person, no one under Ao Lie's command has a good impression of him, when Liu Bei was in exile before, Ao Lie had helped Liu Bei several times, but after Liu Bei gained power, he never mentioned the past, but faintly attributed the reason why he was removed from the Han clan to Ao Lie's body, in the eyes of Yan Guozhong as an important minister, Liu Bei This is a typical grace and revenge. Moreover, Liu Bei's hypocritical hypocrisy is really disgusting, and it is just a matter of deceiving ignorant people, but it can't escape their eyes. Compared with Ao Lie, Liu Bei is a clown who jumps off the beam in their eyes, and he is not even worthy of lifting shoes for Ao Lie.

Therefore, regarding Liu Bei's march into Yizhou, everyone quickly unified their minds and must prevent Liu Bei from occupying Yizhou. However, Yizhou is in the southwest border of the Han Dynasty, while Yan State is in the north of the Han Dynasty, there are tens of thousands of miles between the two places, and there is a Cao Cao in the middle.

In the face of this problem, the old and spicy Jia Xu put forward an opinion, he suggested that from Tongzhou, Bingzhou to draw troops and horses, and then all the way to the west to Liangzhou, taking advantage of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Han Sui and others were killed, Liangzhou dragons were leaderless, when the Qiang people were cold, quickly took Liangzhou, and then from Liangzhou to the sharp down, the troops and Yizhou border Wudu County, then or use gentle means to force Liu Bei to retreat, or use tough means to level Hanzhong Zhang Lu first, so that Liu Bei lost the excuse to stay in Yizhou.

Jia Xu's plan has been unanimously approved by everyone, and the transfer of people and horses from Tongzhou and Bingzhou can save a lot of time, which is undoubtedly much faster than sending troops from Youzhou, and can also save some grain and grass consumed on the road, but this plan also has certain limitations. First of all, after the Jizhou War, recruits from all over the country are recruiting, and they have not yet begun to train, and the transfer of people from Tongzhou and Bingzhou will inevitably lead to the emptiness of the troops in these two states. As a result, Ao Lie was unable to deploy large-scale troops in these two states, especially in the two states.

After the end, Ao Lie decided to adopt Jia Xu's opinion, and transferred 20,000 soldiers from Tongzhou, 10,000 soldiers from Bingzhou, plus 20,000 bloody soldiers and 20,000 tiger army, to form an army of 70,000 to go out together. 70,000 people say that it is not much, but it is not a lot to say less, it is definitely not possible to conquer Yizhou, but while the Liangzhou group of dragons has no leader, it is not difficult to take Liangzhou, and after taking Liangzhou, the army will gather in Wudu, for Liu Zhang, Liu Bei and Zhang Lu, it is a huge threat, and the follow-up combat strategy will be arranged according to the specific situation.

Under the command of Ao Lie, there are several people from Liangzhou, such as the poisoner Jia Xu, the shadow commander Li Ru, the Western Liangjin Ma Chao, the northland gun king Zhang Xiu, as well as Pang De and Ma Dai, all of whom are from Liangzhou. In addition to these people, Ao Lie also brought Zhang Liao, Wei Yan and Chen Gong with him on this expedition, of course, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, the two gold medal fighters and personal bodyguards, are indispensable. (To be continued......)