Where to retreat?

This is indeed a problem, but compared with Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others have much less concerns in this regard.

After all, if they want to take 10,000 steps back, even if Jingzhou really falls into the hands of Xie Feihong, and even other people, they have to rely on them to govern. For example, the Jingzhou Huang family may live better because Huang Zhong is quite important under Xie Feihong.

Naturally, he was unwilling to waste his family's heritage to help Liu Biao, and he hated Xie Feihong, the lord of Jiangdong.

Of course, in fact, there is another most important reason, that is, they are really not sure to deal with Xie Feihong, the number one military general at that time!

Seeing that his subordinates were silent for a long time, how could Liu Biao, as a prince of one party, not see the careful thinking of his subordinates. For a while, there was really a sadness and inexplicable feeling in my heart.

At this time, there was still Liu Bei who was in Xuzhou who was sad in his heart, and he was unanimously grateful to Xuzhou for Tao Qian who repelled Cao Cao.

However, compared with the people at the bottom, the gratitude of the upper class is greatly reduced, except that far-sighted people such as the Mi family are willing to get close to them. The others, even Tao Qian, who invited them, began to feel faintly alienated from them.

Like Cao Bao, he directly left his unkind expression on the surface, and for this reason, his hot-tempered third brother wanted to smash his head directly more than once!

If that's the case, that's it, after all, Liu Bei hasn't encountered any winds and waves for so many years, and a moment of honor and disgrace is nothing.

But the key now is that Tao Qian seems to have forgotten what he promised him before, that is, a place to live!

This was beyond the limit of Liu Bei's tolerance, so he used various methods, either by himself or through others, to remind Tao Qian to give him what he deserved. As a result, Liu Bei was greatly disappointed, Tao Qian was like a person with super slow neurological responses, ignoring the reminders of people in the open and in the dark, and he did not mention his promises.

And Liu Bei was hindered by his reputation and his own self-esteem, so it was difficult to put things on the bright side, so he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. And the heart of unpaid ambition couldn't help but be even more sad after seeing Xie Feihong's big Ke Yuan Shu and taking the most prosperous place in Yangzhou into his pocket.

Compared with Liu Bei, who still has scruples, Cao Cao is basically taboo-free. If the goal is not achieved, no matter how much means are used. After returning to Xuchang, he directly suppressed the group of people who wanted to seize power brought by the little emperor through various means, and for a while, the entire Xuchang was dyed with blood.

However, the effect is also very significant, and Xuchang's re-transformation has become his Yiyantang. And the little emperor let his ambition be buried deep in his heart here, becoming a doll at his disposal, and becoming a tool for this command of the world.

"I didn't expect Yuan Gonglu to be defeated in the end."

Due to the unsmooth relationship of the news, Cao Cao needs to concentrate on dealing with the affairs of Xuchang. Therefore, it was not until today that I got the news that Yuan Shu had been defeated and fled, and most of the prosperous places in Yangzhou had been swallowed by Xie Feihong.

For a while, I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, envy and jealousy.

Of course, at the same time there is a deep vigilance! Be wary of the appearance of such a big enemy as Xie Feihong in his southern neighbor!

"It's expected," Xi Zhicai on the side coughed a few times, and said with a pale face: "Winning the jade seal and becoming the emperor is originally a bad move, and it can't be considered a bad move." Even if there was no Xie Taishou to make a move, his defeat would have been doomed, and now it was just a matter of advancing this time. ”

"Yes, it is indeed expected," Cao Cao sighed, "but it doesn't matter if he loses, he has created a great enemy for us!" ”

It is indeed a great enemy, although at this time the south is much inferior to the north in terms of prosperity, population, productivity, etc. However, in addition to Jiangdong and the land of Yangzhou, in terms of strength, Xie Feihong is already among the best among the princes today, second only to Yuan Shao, who has already gathered and annexed the two states!

And unlike Yuan Shao, Xie Feihong basically doesn't have any decent opponents around him. Whether it is Liu Biao in Jingzhou or Liu Miao in Jiujiang, they are not people who can fight well. In the face of Xie Feihong, don't say that it is causing trouble to the other party and curbing his development, I am afraid that even self-protection is quite problematic.

And once the two of them are defeated again, it will inevitably strengthen the strength of the other party again, and if Xie Feihong regains their territory in a short period of time, then I am afraid that there will really be no one in the world who is invincible!

Cao Cao can understand things, how can Xi Zhicai not know.

However, at this time, he can't grow the ambition of others to destroy his prestige, so he couldn't help but feel relieved: "This Xie Taishou is indeed a difficult person to deal with, but the lord should not be arrogant, we have great righteousness in hand, as long as it is developed properly, it will not be a little slower than him." ”

"I hope so," Cao Cao said, "But don't take it lightly, this Xie Taishou is quite not simple." ”

"Understood," Xi Zhicai coughed lightly a few times, and said with a smile: "Actually, I have already started to make arrangements, and now I have received my surprise by shooting this Xie Taishou!" ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and after taking a deep look at Xi Zhicai, he chuckled and said, "Then I'll wait for the good news from Mr." ”

Wu County, Xie Feihong is inspecting the industrial chain under his command according to the usual practice. And just when Xie Feihong returned to the city after inspecting, he suddenly heard a series of loud noises like thunder accompanied by billowing smoke and dust, which frightened the war horses of Xie Feihong and the others who were caught off guard.

Of course, the war horse under Xie Feihong's crotch will naturally not make any mistakes because of this noise. After all, its own strength is not bad, and if you fight hard, it is not even worse than a third-rate general.

However, the horses of the other entourages did not have this kind of strength, so in a panic, the entire formation of the escort Xie Feihong was directly chaotic!

"Death to the thief!"

And it was at this time, with a roar and shouting, arrows with sulfur fire on them were thrown in the direction of Xie Feihong like a storm, and at the same time, the wind of the road rolled the rolling stones and squeezed towards Xie Feihong from all directions!

And it was at this time, with a roar and shouting, arrows with sulfur fire on them were thrown in the direction of Xie Feihong like a storm, and at the same time, the wind of the road rolled the rolling stones and squeezed towards Xie Feihong from all directions!

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