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No one is more worried about the sudden change in the Central Plains than Cao Cao, but the strange thing is that in the face of such a bad situation, Cao Cao's headache did not attack, which cannot but be said to be a miracle.

Of course, if you ask Cao Cao directly, then Cao Cao will tell you that at this moment his heart is full of unwillingness and fighting spirit, and it is precisely because of this unquenchable fire in his heart that he expelled all his troubles and worries, so he stayed away from people full of fighting spirit, and that's it.

But no matter how unwilling Cao Cao is, no matter how high his morale is, he can't change the current bad situation, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's strength is not much different, the reason why Cao Cao was able to occupy a comprehensive advantage in the battle of Yanzhou is because of the formation of a local military advantage, and at the same time, Yanzhou is sparsely populated, can not resist city by city, and can not effectively clamp down on the logistics line of Cao's army, which allowed Cao Cao to take advantage of it and forced Yuan Shao into a corner in one fell swoop.

But now that a Fang Zhiwen has suddenly been added, things will be troublesome, the strength comparison between the two camps is suddenly unbalanced, if you talk about strength alone, it is obvious that Fang Zhiwen's strength is much stronger than Cao Cao, fortunately, Fang Zhiwen also has to take into account the other two national war battlefields, so the combat power that can be invested in the Central Plains is not much, otherwise, Cao Cao would have been destroyed a long time ago.

But even so, Fang Zhiwen's sudden entry into the game still ruined Cao Cao's good situation, and he saw Yanzhou, which was about to arrive. Seeing that the Central Plains that was about to arrive was gone, Cao Cao's heart was naturally full of unwillingness.

Worse. Fang Zhiwen and Yuan Shao's purpose was not only to take back Yanzhou, but to completely destroy Cao Cao's appearance, so Cao Cao was indeed facing annihilation.

In Peixian City, Cao Cao's army almost filled the city, and the whole city seemed to be occupied by a large group of ants, these ants were shuttling and busy, and under their hard work, the city walls were slowly getting taller and thicker. However, the area of this city could not be increased, and as a result, it became a military fortress, which looked a little hideous.

Cao Cao's headquarters was very quiet, and everyone was silent because they didn't know what to say, and the current situation was bad, and the staff present were all clear. The other party has a strong team, and this aggressive posture seems to be indestructible, Cao Cao will not be returned! If you don't have the ability to turn the tide and have no way to turn the crisis into safety, you should not talk nonsense that does not affect the overall situation.

Cao Cao's face became even more gloomy than usual, every time Cao Cao was silent. Everyone will feel more and more pressure, which also shows that Cao Cao's authority is getting heavier, and that kind of majesty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people don't understand it, especially strangers are even more difficult to understand. Cao Cao is just an ordinary person with a nose and two eyes, why are so many people afraid of him. In fact, the reason lies in the accumulation of time, and the pressure brought by Cao Cao's power has slowly turned into a kind of psychological weakness and even fear.

The atmosphere inside is getting heavier and heavier, and although the sun is shining outside the window, everyone feels very depressed and not bright at all.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and glanced at the ministers under the hall, seeing that everyone was silent, Cao Cao must have felt uncomfortable, but he did not doubt the loyalty of these people because of this, he also knew that the current predicament was not so easy to resolve, if it was because of lack of ability to think of a way, it would be understandable.

"Now that the situation is not good, and it will even get worse, do you have nothing to say?"

The suppressed disappointment and anger in Cao Cao's tone had faintly penetrated out, and everyone secretly looked at each other, I am afraid that it will not work like this, and it is always good to say something. But the current situation is almost a dead end, whether you can pass the test depends on whether you can block the attack of Yuan Shao and Fang Zhiwen's coalition army, and everything else seems to be superfluous.

The most important thing now is to fight the battle well.

"My lord, my subordinates think that we must first stop the momentum of the enemy army before we can say anything else."

Cao Cao frowned slightly, of course he knew about this matter, Yan Xiang's words were just some nonsense, but he didn't reprimand Yan Xiang's slippery head, but looked at Xi Zhicai with expectant eyes.

Xi Zhi saw Cao Cao looking at him, although he had not yet formed a finished idea, but he didn't want Cao Cao to continue to be disappointed, and it was good to say it for everyone to discuss.

"My lord, the current situation goes without saying, and it is natural to stabilize the front first, but my subordinates think that the stability of the front is certain, and there should be no need to worry about this1

"Oh? 1 Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai suspiciously, and his eyebrows involuntarily raised upward: "How can you say this." ”

Xi Zhicai organized his words a little, and in the curious eyes of everyone, he said unhurriedly: "Lord, although Yuan Shao and Fang Zhiwen have formed a military alliance, the alliance is not necessarily concentric, and Fang Zhiwen may not be able to march all the way, on the contrary, he will slow down at the right time and wait for Yuan Shao's people to come and fight with our army immediately, and at the same time defeat our army, he also needs to weaken Yuan Shao, instead of charging into battle by himself and letting Yuan Shao pick up the cheap behind his back, which is not in line with Fang Zhiwen's character." ”

"This is just Zhicai's speculation, maybe there is such a possibility, but the favorable opportunity of war is sometimes fleeting, if Fang Zhiwen can easily defeat our army, why not take advantage of the situation? If you miss a favorable opportunity, the cost can be even greater1

Xi Zhicai looked at Yan Xiang and shook his head slightly: "No, this is not a guess, but a result deduced from facts." ”

"The factual basis? The"

"The factual basis is Fang Zhiwen's strange behavior after taking Pengcheng, when our army's entire eastern front collapsed, he could completely drive straight in, and take advantage of the lack of military deployment of our army to immediately take down important strategic points. But the fact is that he only used cavalry to harass the eastern part of Qiaojun, instigating and supporting the Yiren to raid, but did not seize the time to attack the city, but instead placed the main force in the direction of Tancheng and Xiapi. Now he is gathering a highly mobile cavalry army, building fortifications in the outer cities of Xiapi, doing what only infantry should do, and making a posture of attacking Xiapi for a long time and completely purging Xuzhou, but he missed the great opportunity to hit the center directly! Fang Zhiwen has many ministers, and he is also known as the god of the army, if there is no reason, how can he make such a low-level mistake? ”

"That's also 1

"Moreover, the signs do not stop there, look at Lu Bu again, when he defeats General Xu Chu, he should take advantage of the situation to pursue the main force of our army, at least to entangle the main force of our army, to buy time for the offensive in the south, even if our army is not entangled with it, with Lu Bu's ability, it will definitely be able to take advantage of it, but Lu Bu is satisfied by intercepting hundreds of thousands of people, which is a little strange, and it is not in line with Lu Bu's character, therefore, his subordinates judged that Fang Zhiwen deliberately gave us time to reorganize the defense line, and the purpose is naturally clear at a glance."

Cao Cao subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, he was persuaded by Xi Zhicai's analysis, if this is the case, the current situation is not so bad that it is irretrievable, which naturally makes the 10,000-pound boulder in Cao Cao's heart a little lighter, however, it is only a little lighter, Fang Zhiwen's purpose is just waiting for Yuan Shao's combat strength to recover, and in the future, Cao Cao will still be unavoidable in the face of the combined attack of the two giants.

Cao Cao glanced at the slightly relieved people in the hall, frowned, and said, "Zhicai, even if your inference is correct, this is just giving us time to regroup and stabilize our position, and there is no essential change in the bad situation we are about to face." ”

Xi Zhicai nodded solemnly: "What the lord said is very true, if you want to change this situation in essence, I am afraid that it is even more difficult, and all my subordinates can think of is to divide and disintegrate the military alliance between these two people, which not only takes time, but also needs opportunities, but no matter how you look at it, this opportunity is quite slim, of course, we can also hope that the national war will suddenly become tight, or a natural disaster will suddenly come." ”

"Acts of God? 1 Cao Cao said thoughtfully, these words made Xi Zhicai slightly surprised, could it be that Cao Cao actually has this kind of prop in his hand, a prop that can cause natural disasters?

Cao Cao pondered for a while, and suddenly found that he was distracted, he looked at the people in the hall who were looking at him expectantly, and couldn't help but be a little funny: "Don't get me wrong, this aspect doesn't have the ability to influence the punishment of heaven, that kind of thing, how can mortals touch1."

Xi Zhicai breathed a sigh of relief, indeed, that kind of thing is not something that mortals can touch, that's really too much, since it's impossible, don't bother to think about it, Xi Zhicai grabbed his mind like a wild horse and returned to the real problem.

"My lord, if you can't count on these unlikely things, then there is only one way to get out of the current unfavorable situation completely, or it is not a way at all.1

Cao Cao's brows furrowed, he seemed to have guessed what Xi Zhicai wanted to say, but it was just a suggestion or the next hair was really a little unbearable for Cao Cao.

Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao's expression, hesitated for a moment and decided not to say it, this matter or discuss it with Cao Cao in private, if you say it now, it will inevitably hit everyone's morale.

Cao Cao's distraction again, and Xi Zhicai suddenly closed his mouth, so that everyone in the hall had some bad guesses in their hearts, but since Xi Zhicai, a smart person, didn't say it, everyone was still clumsy, if this matter was self-defeating, maybe he would be convicted of disturbing the morale of the army and killed!

The council hall was quiet again, and there were some faint noises from outside, and if you could distinguish carefully, you could hear the shouts of people, the neighing of horses, and the sound of heavy carriages on the road. To be continued...