It takes courage to say this, at this moment, not only are the other princes in the world not optimistic about Cao Cao, but even many civil and military soldiers under Cao Cao have doubts about it, but they don't dare to say it, so they can only stuff it in their stomachs.

Cao Cao's eyes shone brightly, and he said tentatively: "What is Ziang's opinion?" ”

Hao Jian opened his mouth and said: "Yuan Shao has 700,000 troops and occupies the four states of Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou, which can be described as monstrous, right?" ”

A civil official who was not very clever immediately retorted: "How can anyone who has the ambition of others to destroy his own prestige, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Let Ziang finish his words." Cao Cao glanced at the civil official with displeasure, and then looked at Hao Jian expectantly, he became more and more interested in him.

Hao Jian paced in the room and said: "Actually, otherwise, if it is more than the number of soldiers, the lord will not be as good as Yuan Shao in his life, but when it comes to wisdom and talent, Yuan Shao is better than the lord of the moon!" ”

It's not that Hao Jian deliberately makes a fool of himself, but it's true, the fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan Shao family are completely a top-level second-generation official at work, compared to the insidious and cunning, the art of war and strategy, Yuan Shao is completely inferior to Cao Cao.

"Good!" Guo Jia couldn't help but applaud, this insight was really wonderful, and Jia Xu and several other top strategists couldn't help but nod secretly.

Cao Cao couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and said, "Yi Ziang, how many soldiers and horses do I need to defeat Yuan Shao?" ”

Hao Jian said confidently: "Eight years ago, Yuan Shao had 300,000 troops, and the lord had 200,000 soldiers and horses to defeat, five years ago, Yuan Shao had 500,000 troops, and the lord had 100,000 soldiers and horses to defeat, and now Yuan Shao has 700,000 troops, in my opinion, if you want to defeat Yuan Shao, the lord only needs 70,000 elite soldiers!" ”

"Ding! +20"

It was the little civil official who didn't have long eyes again, and said: "Why does Yuan Shao use more and more troops, but the prime minister uses fewer and fewer soldiers?" ”

"Because there are not many soldiers, they are fine, and they will not be brave, they are planning!" Hao Jian glanced at the civil official with contempt.

The civil official suddenly knelt down towards Cao Cao and said, "The minister has the courage to speak!" ”

Cao Cao said flatly: "Speak." ”

The civil official pointed at Hao Jian and said, "Hao Jian is completely nonsense!" If you want to defeat 700,000 difficulties with 70,000, Prime Minister, only by submitting to Yuan Shao is the way out! ”

Cao Cao laughed: "Well said! Laughing and coldly said, "Knife and axeman, drag this person out and behead him!" ”

Hao Jian was embarrassed, this change was too fast.

"Prime Minister, I am loyal to you, spare my life, Prime Minister!" The civil officials were dragged out of the tent and beheaded by axe men.

Hao Jian shook his head secretly, this is really a stupid person, but he still pretends to be smart.

This person's title to Cao Cao is prime minister rather than lord, which means that he should be loyal to the Han family, but not necessarily for Cao Cao, anyway, the Han family is controlled by Cao Cao or controlled by Yuan Shao, it is the same for this group of people.

"Ziang, please drink this cup!" Cao Cao offered a glass of wine with both hands to show his respect for Hao Jian, and Hao Jian took the glass and said, "Thank you for the wine." After saying that, he drank it all.

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and then dispersed the others, leaving only Hao Jian and Guo Jia in the tent, and of course, Xu Chu, the bodyguard.

Hao Jian bowed slightly to Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao Daming, Jian has already heard of it. ”

"Zi Ang praised it, Feng Xiao thought that you were just an ordinary strategist, but from what I said just now, it seems that Feng Xiao was wrong!" Guo Jia said and apologized to Hao Jianxing.

Cao Cao smiled: "Both of them are pillars of talent. Saying that, he looked at Hao Jiandao and said, "Ziang, what is your best plan for facing Yuan Shao next?" ”

Hao Jian lowered his voice and said: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside, lord, the first plan I give you is to kill Liu Guanzhang." ”

Liu Guanzhang naturally refers to the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

This suggestion was the first strategy that Hao Jian thought of on the road and could implement after defecting to Cao Cao, because Liu Bei and his subordinates were currently under Cao Cao's control.

Cao Cao frowned and said, "These three people are all capable people, and they have no rebellious heart......"

Hao Jian said affirmatively: "Lord, Guan Yu and Zhang Feiquan obey Liu Bei's orders, whether they are against or not is a matter of Liu Bei's words, Liu Bei seems to be loyal and honest, but in fact he is dark and ambitious, he is not not opposed, but he has been waiting for an opportunity." ”

Guo Jia also followed the admonition: "Lord, what Feng Xiao thinks of is the same as Ziang, if Liu Bei does not get rid of this person, there will be endless troubles!" ”

In the plot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei found an opportunity to intercept Yuan Shu soon after, and Cao Cao also deliberately allocated thousands of soldiers and horses to him, but Liu Bei fled with the soldiers and horses, so that when Cao Cao fought against Yuan Shao, he had to deliberately eliminate Liu Bei first, which took a lot of time.

"Is it really that important to kill Liu Bei?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

In the plot, Cao Cao attaches great importance to Liu Guanzhang, and has always had the idea of completely subduing him, so that when Liu Bei was about to defect, Guo Jia and others did not suggest letting Liu Bei go, but Cao Cao gave his trust despite public opinion, not only letting him go to his soldiers and horses.

If he is really a person with no ambitions, he must be grateful to Cao Cao for such trust, but Liu Bei is not only ambitious, but also ambitious.

Hao Jian saw Cao Cao's hesitation, so he analyzed: "Liu Bei is a relative of the Han family, known as Uncle Liu Huang, and the world has always passed on his benevolence and righteousness, and the lord is called a Han thief, how can Liu Bei really be loyal to the lord?" ”

Guo Jia also took the opportunity to persuade him, he also saw Liu Bei's thoughts, such a person is always a hidden danger if it is not removed, and it may break out at some point.

Cao Cao put his hands behind his back and kept pacing in the tent, his brows tightly locked, and his heart was extremely entangled.

After walking more than a hundred steps, Cao Cao stopped abruptly, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, just according to your words!" After that, let Xu Chu arrange people to surround and kill Liu Guanzhang and the others.

Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were brave, they couldn't stop the tide of soldiers and horses, and Liu Guanzhang and the three of them would definitely die.

After Xu Chu left, Cao Cao sighed lightly: "Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are all talents, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

Hao Jian also felt a little pity, but he felt pity for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, although both of them had great character flaws, they were both extremely prominent generals in the Three Kingdoms.

As for Liu Bei?

Hao Jian is very disdainful of Liu Bei, and keeps saying that he supports the Han family, but in fact, he is the king of himself, and Cao Cao is treacherous and treacherous on the surface, not as hypocritical as Liu Bei.

And there are many times in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in order to survive, he abandoned his wife, daughter, and son.

Liu Bei was able to have the territory of Shu later, and he relied on the continuous efforts of his subordinates in exchange for his life.

Hao Jian thought regretfully in his heart: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, in order to clear the stepping stones on the road to Cao Cao's hegemony, I can only wronged you to sacrifice with Liu Bei." ”