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Qian County, in Cao Cao's mansion.

Cao Cao returned to Qian County only a few days ago, after the battle on the Lujiang River ended, Cao Cao feinted to attack Jiangxia, forcing Liu Bei and Sun Ce to quickly reach an agreement to divide Changsha, Cao Cao immediately died down, and even most of the naval army that was preparing to be built was canceled, but encouraged merchants to participate in the trade of the Yangtze River route.

In addition to maintaining a low-intensity battle against Zhang Liang, in addition to the confrontation between Liang and Peiguo and Fu Zhu, Cao Cao is basically safe in all directions now, and now the entire Jianghuai region has fallen into Cao Cao's hands, everyone thinks that Cao Cao should be at peace for a while, after all, it is necessary to digest and build the foundation of Jianghuai.

However, does Cao Cao really think so? Also, those who worked hard behind Cao Cao's back were satisfied just like that?

"Zhicai, Zhongde, what do you think of the advice of the two of you?"

"Lord, my subordinates think it's feasible 1 Cheng Yu simply expressed his support, what Cao Cao said about the suggestion of the alien was the suggestion of the alien to support Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to unite to attack Lu Bu.

Cao Cao stroked his beard and nodded noncommittally, squinting at Xi Zhicai, who pondered for a long time before he slowly spoke: "It's not impossible to unite with Yuan Shao to attack Lu Bu, and it's not difficult to find an excuse to start a war." It's just"

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and Cheng Yu asked, "What is Zhicai worried about?" Could it be Liu Bei? ”

"Well, it's Liu Bei. If our army unites with Yuan Shao to attack Lu Bu, Liu Bei's attitude is very critical, Lu Bu is different from Sun Ce, once the war starts, Lu Bu has the ability to contain most of our army's energy, if Liu Bei comes to fall into the well again at this time, the situation will not be easy to control. ”

"Zhicai is a little worried. Before, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others besieged our army on all sides, but they didn't necessarily be able to help me, why did our army defeat Zhang Bao now. After taking Lujiang, Zhicai became worried? ”

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "At that time, our army was the main guard, and Lu Bu had no plans to fight to the death with our army, but if I united with Lu Bu." Our army needs the main attack. The number of troops needed will be more, and Lu Bu is a life-and-death situation, he will definitely choose a direction to make a desperate bet, if he unfortunately chooses our army, and Liu Bei takes advantage of the fire to rob, things will be in trouble1

"What Zhicai said is reasonable." Cao Cao frowned and said, "However, this matter is not so simple, why have the Yiren always supported our army?" ”

"It's not bad if it's rumored. It should be that he wants to keep the Central Plains at war all the time. Or after our army grows bigger, we will start a big battle with Fang Zhiwen in the south and Fang Zhiwen in the north. So as to alleviate or even destroy Fang Zhiwen and Yiren's strategy on Yingzhou Island. ”

Cheng Yu is in charge of Cao Cao's intelligence system, so he naturally knows everything about these things that are well known among the strangers, but Cao Cao does not admit this information at all in the official face, as if he has not heard of it.

Xi Zhicai glanced up at Cheng Yu, who looked flat, and then looked at Cao Cao's smiling face, and couldn't help but feel a feeling of irritability in his heart, as if a few small insects had been thrown into his heart, messy, itchy and annoying, Xi Zhicai couldn't help the annoyance in his heart, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled again, calming the troubles in his heart a little.

"That's right, these people's plans are naturally known to the officials, and they will not let them succeed, but being able to take advantage of the situation to unify the Central Plains is indeed a good help, as for what to do after the unification of the Central Plains, how can they influence it? Haha"

Cao Cao's words don't know whether he is comforting himself or comforting Xi Zhicai, but if this kind of thing is said, I'm afraid Cao Cao himself won't believe it, if Cao Cao really dominates the Central Plains, then those people won't have to do anything at all, the so-called general trend, I have to do it!

At that time, Cao Cao, who is strong, will inevitably be besieged by the strong people around him, or conversely, take the initiative to eliminate the surrounding princes, and there is no other way to do this.

"The lord means that if we don't accept it, these people will find Lu Bu, Liu Bei and the like, and in turn support them to destroy our army

Cheng Yu found a perfect excuse for Cao Cao in a timely manner, Xi Zhicai sighed slightly, although this seems to be more like an excuse, but it cannot be denied that this kind of thing will also become a fact, and the current situation is the problem of people eating people, if you don't eat people, people will come to eat you, at this time, people who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality are fools, and Xi Zhicai also understands this, so he did not oppose Cao Cao's approach from the beginning, although this practice betrays the interests of the nation at the national level.

What Xi Zhicai is irritable about is that he is worried that he will be asked by his friend Guo Jia in the future, and he is afraid that he will not have the face to see Guo Jia again!

As Zhong De said, therefore, accepting the advice of the other person became the only option, and all that remained was how to avoid the situation that Zhicai said1

"So that Liu Bei can't make a move at a critical moment? This seems to be quite difficult, unless, Liu Bei also participates in the division of Lu Bu1

Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "This is not impossible, although Liu Bei nominally shouted Kuang Fu Han Chamber, but isn't he also a Han Chamber?" ”

"Haha that's exactly the case, this Liu Da'er's benevolence and morality are the most despicable, to put it bluntly, he just wants to be the emperor, so can we take advantage of this?"

"Naturally, it is possible, one is to let the Son of Heaven of Dingtao know about this, and then separate the relationship between them, and secondly, there is more than one Son of Heaven, Liu Bei can be completely loyal to the Chang'an Court, according to the Chang'an Court, everyone in the Dingtao pseudo-court can be punished, and Liu Bei can also act accordingly. Raiders Henan Yin. ”

Cheng Yu's idea is in the right direction, and the difficulty lies in how to get Liu Bei to act according to his plan.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "This matter is feasible, spread rumors first." Then send an envoy to contact Liu Bei, presumably Liu Bei has long been coveting Henan Yin. ”

"It's just a possibility, and if you want to make this possibility inevitable, it's more important to make it a possibility! If our army and Yuan Shao can effectively attack Lu Bu and put Lu Bu at a disadvantage, Liu Bei will finally make up his mind! So we have to start somewhere else. For example, uniting more people. ”

"Gongsun Zhan, Huangfu Song, Sima Fang?"

"Yes, a full-scale siege of Lü Bu was formed, and the Chang'an court issued another message. When Liu Bei saw that everyone had come to divide Lu Bu, he naturally couldn't help it. ”

"In this way, you still have to attack with all your strength to contain Lu Bu ah1 Cao Cao stroked his beard and said.

Xi Zhicai nodded: "Lu Bu must be contained, and it doesn't matter if you suffer a loss." As long as we can contain Lu Bu and let Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others take the opportunity to do it, we may be able to realize our idea, of course, this is still not enough, now Lu Bu has the Frustration Legion, the Chen Palace Legion, the Iron Army Legion and the Xinwan Army, and the strength is not worse than our army, if you want to really defeat Lu Bu, it may not be enough to rely on these1

Cheng Yu frowned and said, "Of course, it's not enough. But is there a better way? Can the Lu Bu army be dismantled from within? ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, if Zhang Miao is still alive"

"Haha," Cao Cao suddenly stroked his beard and laughed. Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao puzzled, Cao Cao laughed for a while before stopping, glanced at the two of them, and said: "Zhicai, Zhongde, have you forgotten, this is war 1."

"War?"

"Yes, war! Since there is no other means to disintegrate and defeat Lü Bu, then it is necessary to use war to defeat Lü Bu, as long as he wins on the battlefield, Lü Bu's good momentum will naturally come to an abrupt end, and the siege of Lü Bu will become inevitable1

Xi Zhicai smiled: "The lord has the confidence to defeat Lu Bu, but he is known as the god of war1."

"Why not! If you don't even have the confidence to win, you don't have to fight.1

"However, after all, there is a risk, in case the war is unfavorable, it may cause Liu Bei to besiege us1

"There is no risk in anything, let alone war! As long as we work hard to guide and strive for the situation in the direction that is favorable to us, it is useless for the two to think too much, and the wise man will make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, that is to say1

Xi Zhicai nodded and smiled: "What the lord said is very true, we are too conservative!" In fact, we do not have the certainty of victory in most wars, but rely on the lives of soldiers to win the victory1

"Exactly! This time is the same, since there is the possibility of forming a siege of Lu Bu, then we will work hard to turn it into a reality, and we can't be afraid because we are worried about the unfavorable war, this battle must be fought 1

"No! Then, the negotiation with Yuan Shao needs to be carried out immediately1

"Well, let Zhong Xuan go on a trip, other people, including the Chang'an Imperial Court, will also send envoys, as for Liu Bei, slow down for a while, and let the rumors spread first on Zhongde's side."

"Obey the command1

Inadvertently, this inexplicable rumor appeared in Dingtao, saying that Liu Bei was building a palace in Xiangyang, and he was going to open Taixue, as if he was going to become a small court.

There are also rumors that the Son of Heaven is weak and cannot inherit the Han family, such as the Liu family today, only Liu Bei is the most intelligent, and he should inherit the unification to revitalize the Han family and so on.

Some rumors have noses and eyes, and some are absurd, these rumors will definitely spread into the palace, and the same, will also reach Liu Bei's ears, as for what the emperor in the palace thinks, and how Liu Bei in Xiangyang thinks everyone knows, but Pang Yuan clearly smelled the smell of conspiracy, and the purpose of these conspiracy, you can understand it if you think about it, a bloody storm around Lu Bu is coming! To be continued...