Fang Zhiwen did harass Yan Liang, but Yan Liang is not Gao Lan, Yan Liang's troop attributes are not a little worse than Gao Lan's troop attributes, but two whole levels, it is really not easy for Fang Zhiwen to take advantage of Yan Liang, but it still makes Yan Liang lose some people.

Yan Liang stationed in Pei County, Yuan Shao's envoy also arrived, I don't know what the envoy talked about with Fang Zhiwen, anyway, after Zhen Xiang watched the envoy leave with a sad face, Fang Zhiwen ordered to return to Liuxian County, although Zhenrong was not too bold, but he still understood that Yan Liang did not dare to attack Liuxian now, so Zhenrong went to Liuxian to meet Fang Zhiwen, naturally it was the other party Zhiwen who made a big fuss, after a battle, Peng Guo not only did not lose anything, but had one more county to govern Xiao County, and Zhenrong was considered a meritorious service.

Soon, Cao Cao's envoy also arrived in Xiapi, and after some discussion with Tao Qian, Cao Cao finally exchanged Tao Qian's ceasefire agreement on the condition that he would not pursue the ownership of Xiao County, which was naturally in favor of Fang Zhiwen, Fang Zhiwen did not want to weaken Cao Cao too much, and Tao Qian did not want to continue to pay for Fang Zhiwen.

The armistice agreement was signed, Huang Zhong and Yue Xi's troops immediately retreated to Lianyun Island, and Tao Qian also continued to fulfill the agreement, sending the displaced people from Xuzhou to Lianyun Island, in fact, this war was fought, and there were more displaced people in Xuzhou, and many of them still ran from Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

After the war, Tao Qian's granary that had been accumulated for several years shrank greatly, and a lot of grain had just been destroyed in the war, and Fang Zhiwen had squeezed a lot of it away in the name of military supplies, and Tao Qian, who had a lot of money, couldn't stand it anymore. had to speed up the progress of the transfer of displaced people, you must know that these displaced people stay on Tao Qian's territory for a day, Tao Qian has to provide for them for a day, and he is afraid that they will make trouble.

Not to mention that Xuzhou is speeding up the post-war recovery work, now let's see what Cao Cao is doing.

First experienced the war in the south of Huainan, Cao Cao did not take advantage, but suffered a small loss from Zhao Yun, and then the battle between the northern part of Qian County and Er Yuan, although he did not suffer any big losses, but was delayed in spring ploughing. Subsequently, the battle of Xuzhou was a loss of soldiers, but the problem of grain and grass was finally solved, and more importantly, Cao Cao understood that his acceptance of foreign foreign forces was completely over, and the price he paid for this decision was really not small

In Shouchun's palace, Cao Cao was holding a military meeting, and almost all of Cao Cao's civil and military ministers were present. Obviously, this was a meeting of considerable importance to Cao Cao.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Now that our side has made a non-aggression agreement with Tao Qian, there is no worry about the east for the time being, in fact, if it were not for Fang Zhiwen to stir up the situation, the east would not have any threat. Sun Jian in the south is now too busy to take care of himself, and he can't afford to look north at all, or rather, he should be glad that we have no intention of going south, after all, the Jiangdong dispute is beneficial to us. ”

"Zhicai. You can consider getting in touch with Liu Xuan. Xun Yu made a move of advice, Cheng Yu also nodded in approval, Cao Cao squinted his eyes and kept silent, and everyone's eyes looked at Xi Zhicai.

"Hey, Liu Miao has a stubborn temper, and it is estimated that the effect will not be good, maybe there will be the opposite effect. If the lord feels the need, you can try it. ”

Cao Cao waved his hand: "No need, let's let them fight each other first, and if it's Liu Yu, we'll talk about it." Moreover, maybe there are people who are more reluctant to see Sun Jian grow bigger than we do1

"The lord is talking about Liu Bei?"

"Not only that, the Yiren of Jingnan, Cai Mao of Jingxiang, and even Fang Zhiwen, who likes to meddle in things, may not be willing to see Sun Jian dominate Jiangdong, they prefer that the princes of the Central Plains and Jiangdong will fight back and forth, and the more they fight, the weaker they will be."

Cao Cao's thin eyes flashed with a cold glint of meaning, and his body exuded an aura of tenacity that did not admit defeat.

"What the lord said is very true, the situation in the Central Plains is quite complicated now, on the one hand, we must strengthen ourselves, on the other hand, we must weaken the enemy and potential enemies, which involves complicated things, but everything remains the same, and the most fundamental thing is to find ways to strengthen our own strength."

Cheng Yu said slowly, his voice was still as gloomy as ever with a hint of determination, according to Cao Cao's understanding, the so-called 'find a way' is synonymous with unscrupulous means, Cao Cao appreciates Cheng Yu very much, in fact, this time in the battle with the Xuzhou army, whether it is Xun Yu or Cheng Yu, they are very resolute and take the initiative to implement their own hints, which makes Cao Cao very satisfied.

"Hehe, that's right, the key to the problem is how to increase our strength 1 Xi Zhicai smiled and nodded in agreement, but the smile was a little reluctant, Xi Zhicai didn't like Cheng Yu, although Xi Zhicai tried his best to cover it up, but he still couldn't hide it from the eyes of smart people.

Cheng Yu himself also knows that Xi Zhicai hopes that Cao Cao is acting on the royal road, and Cheng Yu thinks that what is the way is not important, the important thing is practical benefits, he is a realist, therefore, when it is time to do the royal road, Cheng Yu will definitely support Cao Cao to do the royal road, when it is time to be domineering, Cheng Yu also firmly supports Cao Cao to act domineering, and even if necessary, the trick can also be, as long as the goal can be achieved, and finally after the world is decided, it is not too late for Cao Cao to do the royal road again.

This is actually because the two have different ideas, so the contradiction between the two is not a personal conflict.

Xun You smiled and said, "It's nothing more than seeking development from the inside and expansion from the outside1."

"Well said1 Cao Cao praised, with a satisfied smile on his face, Cao Cao's smile, the atmosphere in the conference room was suddenly relaxed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xi Zhicai nodded and agreed: "Gongda's words are to the point, the two are complementary to each other, if you want to expand externally, you must have internal development as the foundation, if you want to develop steadily, you must be quiet and free from external disturbances." Now that the lord sits on the land of the two counties, and has been integrated by the baptism of war, it is the time for the people to think together, and the lord should implement the new policy internally, so as to consolidate the achievements and lay a solid foundation for development."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and nodded slowly, Xun You and Cheng Yu also listened carefully, as for whether the other generals could understand it, they didn't say it, but at least they could learn a lot from it, so everyone looked at Xi Zhicai and listened carefully to his explanation.

"Externally, there are no hidden worries in the east and south now, and Yuan Shao and Fang Zhiwen in the north have just ended the war, and they have also suffered a big loss, so they will not have the intention of going south for a while. Lu Bu was busy digesting the new territory, and this person had the help of superior people, and he was carrying out a steady and steady strategy, gradually encroaching on and controlling the Central Plains territory, which would become a problem for a long time, but there was no need to worry about it now. Look at Yuan Shu again, since last year's fight with us in Huainan, Yuan Shu basically did not make any major mistakes, so the internal stability is relatively stable, there is no shortage of grain and grass, and now that the summer harvest is over, presumably this Yuan Gongzi who will repay will not stop, rather than this, it is better for us to burn the war to his territory, in order to attack and defend 1

After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, he gasped slightly, took a sip of tea, and moistened his somewhat itchy throat.

Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu nodded and said: "It is to attack and defend, but not blindly to attack and defend, if the situation allows, it is not impossible to bite a piece of meat, I see that Yuan Shu is surrounded by strong enemies, therefore, Yuan Shu can take care of everything in the three directions of Runan, Yingchuan, and Chenjun?" And our army has many generals who can fight, and they can take charge of it alone, and if the timing is right, it is unknown to inflict heavy damage on Yuan Shujun. ”

Xi Zhicai smiled: "Attacking and defending is just a basic goal, it is naturally good if we can win more, but compared with Chen Jun and Yingchuan, Runan has a greater chance, Zhu Jun and Yuan Shu are nominally subordinate, but they are quite a bit of a slave bully, so if we storm Runan, Yuan Shu may be happy to see it." ”

Cao Cao turned his gaze to Xun You again, Xun You straightened his waist and said: "The subordinates also agree with this point of view, Yuan Shu's suspicion is very heavy, therefore, Zhu Jun has been in control of Runan for a long time, and has a tendency to gradually become self-reliant, this Yuan Shu will not fail to see, if we can spread some rumors that are unfavorable to Zhu Jun at the right time, once Yuan Shu's suspicion arises, Zhu Jun will not be able to sleep in Runan after all, when our army launches an offensive, not only Yuan Shu may be happy to see it, but even Zhu Jun himself may not have too strong fighting spirit." ”

Cao Cao laughed: "Okay, what a plan!" There are three great talents who give advice to this official, so why worry about big things! That being the case, then reorganize the armament and prepare to attack in three ways, Chenjun and Yingchuan feint, and focus on attacking Runan, but "

"Is the lord worried about Zhang Liang and Zhang Mancheng of Tongbai Mountain?" Xun You rolled his eyes and asked knowingly.

Cao Cao nodded unabashedly and said, "I am a little concerned." ”

"The Yellow Turban Thieves have more than enough to defend the city, the Lord does not have to worry, as long as we take down Runan, the people will be properly retreated, forming a quarantine area, if the Yellow Turban Thieves enter, I can break them individually, if they do not enter, then everyone is safe, with the current situation of the Yellow Turban Thieves, just survive, if you want to develop and grow in Tongbai Mountain, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, the Lord does not have to worry 1

"Gongda's words are very true, the lord doesn't have to worry about the Yellow Turban Thief, now the Yellow Turban Thief is in Tongbai Mountain, which can be used as a buffer between the Lord and Liu Bei and Cai Mao, and if necessary, he can even support the Yellow Turban to the west to attack to relieve the pressure on our side."

Cheng Yu also resolutely voted in favor, and Cao Cao's eyes finally turned to Xi Zhicai, showing that he attached great importance to Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Gongda and Brother Zhongde have analyzed everything thoroughly, and their subordinates have nothing to say, Runan is to the lord, and the heaven-sent things are also, why don't the lords take 1."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and laughed: "Exactly, if Tianyu doesn't take it, he will be blamed, and this official should take it!" The generals listened to the order, and within three days from today, all departments completed the supply repair, and three days later, they raised their accounts and issued an order to attack Yuan Shuquan and take Runan1

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