The strange thing is that when Cao Cao heard this, he didn't get emotional, but calmly closed his eyes and meditated in his heart for a while.

No one knows what he's thinking at the moment.

But Cao Cao did feel very calm, and of course, he had already known that Xu Zhen would attack Xiliang, and Cao Cao had already vaguely guessed from the moment he knew that he had occupied Tongguan.

It's just that I didn't expect the news of the battle report to come so quickly.

It's too fast.

It was unexpected.

"In this way, we must speed up even more, and not be slower than Bowen, because later it will change."

Cao Cao thought secretly in his heart, but he didn't say it explicitly, at least on the surface, he was still very kind and calm.

smiled at Guo Jia: "I guessed it a long time ago." ”

Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, and immediately stood on his heels, only feeling a trace of funny, he could feel the shock and eagerness in Cao Cao's heart, but he couldn't say it clearly.

Right now, it is necessary to take Koto.

can stabilize the people of Xu Du, and at the same time not let Xu Zhen have too much time to develop and grow, otherwise he may really not be able to contain the army under his rule in the future.

Jiangdong is bound to win.

It's just a matter of time.

"There is no need to panic, Fengxiao, you and contact Xu Gong, our army will retreat dozens of miles, give him a chance, allow him to be the marquis of a thousand households, the history of a state assassin, and have a lot of rewards, see how he fights Sun Ce."

"Well, I'll go down here."

At this time, Guo Jia also understood Cao Cao's thoughts, like himself, he needed to do a good job in Jiangdong immediately, not only to obtain the next position, but also to stabilize people's hearts.

Otherwise, Xu Du at this moment should be in chaos.

For them, if these disturbances are enough to affect the situation in the south, it is very likely that the southern expedition will be stopped, and they must immediately return to Xudu to defend it.

Once the prime minister returns, it will be useless within a few years.

Only continue to train the water army.

After Guo Jia left, Cao Cao sat back in his place, his expression was slightly indifferent, looking at the ground coldly, but in fact, he was dripping blood in his heart.

After a long time, he said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, go and call Zixiao for me, and among the clan generals, all those who are above the captain will come to the main hall." ”

"Then you will go back first."

"Whoa."

Cheng Yu is so thoughtful, although he has not followed Cao Cao for much time, but he has always understood his mind very well, and speculation over the years is enough for him to stay awake all night.

But in terms of relationship, he has never been able to fight against Xi Zhong and Guo Jia.

Even so, now he immediately understood Cao Cao's thoughts, to arrange the affairs of the clan relatives, so as to deal with unknown changes in the future.

And once there is a change, I am afraid that it is not for them, the advisers with foreign surnames, who can advise and sway, they can only choose to make suggestions, and silently follow the strategy as the main plan.

However, I don't know if I can fight it.

At this time, Cheng Yu thought of this, but he felt uncomfortable.

Not long after, Cao Ren led the clan general to come.

After years of fighting, Cao Ren can survive regardless of victory or defeat, and he can summarize the experience of leading troops in victory or defeat, and he is also like a general, and the more soldiers and horses he can lead, the better, no matter how much he has an iron fist and bearing to suppress it.

Cao Ren, who was like a sculpture, was standing in front of Cao Cao at this time, and after listening to the war in the north, he immediately realized something, and then narrowed his eyes with an ugly face, "Is it me?" ”

"What made Bowen so eager to seize Xiliang because of my original plan?"

"Yes," at this time, Cao Cao would not hide anything, nodded bluntly, and then raised his head to stare at Cao Ren, and smiled bitterly, "But I won't punish you either." ”

"It was foreseeable to come to this point with Berwen, I had expected it a long time ago, but now is not the time to say it."

Cao Cao sighed, got up slowly, pondered something, walked a few steps and looked back at Cao Ren, but felt a little confused.

In his heart, there may be a feeling of the next day, these days of spring rain has been continuous, and Jiangnan, which is not far away, has shown a unique temperament, which is melancholy.

Under the spring rain, sentimentality.

As the prime minister of the world, it is inevitable that he will be vulgar, and at this time he will miss the time when he first started, although he was poor and could not be chaotic, but he was much more arrogant.

The big deal is to lose and be driven away like a lost dog.

But now, the bigger the family business, the more worries there are, which led to Bowen's departure.

When he looked at Cao Ren, he was reflecting in his heart whether he was wrong, he couldn't control Xu Bowen, but he could control Cao's family.

If he suppressed his words from the beginning, he didn't allow these clan relatives to mess around, and it didn't matter if he praised Xu Zhen, because Cao Cao suddenly felt that Bowen really didn't have much thought about the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and even his ambition was just to have a territory, and then he would just govern and enrich the people day and night.

This kind of mentality has never been seen before.

Although Cao Cao didn't know what he could get, could it be just the hearts of millions of people?

Then it only takes a few years to do this, and I can't wait for the people to give him their lives, let alone the hearts of the people?

I'm afraid he's just paranoid about this, and he simply wants to do things for the world, right?

But there is no such person in the world, and there are few people in history, even if it is a saint of Confucianism and Taoism, there is no such self-discipline as him, and he never rests to do things.

So at this moment, he was speechless for a while.

I don't know whether to scold Cao Ren for a few words, or to bear it silently.

"Prime Minister?"

Cao Ren looked at him in confusion, and his heart chuckled at this time.

According to Cao Cao's temperament before, I am afraid that he will scold him fiercely at this moment, but now he stared at himself for a long time, and then said nothing.

What's going on?!

Why not say a word.

"If it is, because of this, let my Cao family make a big enemy, I can beat and scold the last general," Cao Ren has a great prestige in the army, but in front of Cao Cao, he will never be too arrogant.

For him, aside from the identity of prime minister, he is also his brother.

"It's okay," Cao Cao's shoulders loosened, and at this moment, even his vision, which was already slightly blurred, began to become a little clearer, and he felt that there seemed to be nothing to scold.

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Cao Cao smiled and breathed a long sigh of relief, "I called you here just to inform you of this matter, and from today on, don't provoke Xu Bowen again." ”

"He took Xiliang, but he still had to send me a battle report, which means that he did not rebel, and he was in Xiliang, so he could connect Bingzhou and Youzhou together, Jizhou is the fat in his mouth, and it is impossible to defend it by relying on Ziyu."

"I'm afraid that Zi Yu seems to have done a neat and tidy job in Ma Teng's matter, but it has also helped Bowen, and the evidence is that Ma Chao has surrendered to him."

"If Bowen is still inseparable from the Cao family, Ma Chao will never regard him as the lord, but as an enemy, let me ask you, how can he be so close to his enemy and give him all the territory?"

"In addition, we also need to pay close attention to the person who had close contacts with Xu Zhen at the beginning, once there is a big chaos in my rear, he can enter the Central Plains at any time and seize the world."

"Zixiao, I want you to go back immediately, lead the troops to hold Jizhou, ensure that Jizhou will not be lost, and transfer Ren Yuan to the south, train the navy day and night, build warships, within this year, I want to take Jiangdong, set the foundation of the world, and let Bowen be my Yongzhen frontier!"

"Whoa!"

After being stunned, the generals let out a uniform cry, and they all understood the meaning of these words.

"I'll tell you one more thing, don't spread the word."

Cao Cao put his hands behind his back and smiled lightly.

After scanning everyone, he said in a deep voice: "Sun Ce, within a month, he will definitely die!" ”

"All the soldiers and horses, retreat sixty miles, and no longer press the border."

"Wait for Sun Ce's death!"

"What?!"

Cao Ren's eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't believe this.

Sun Ce?!

The tiger of Jiangdong, the legacy of the overlord.

Now that the entire Jiangdong clan has been brought under his command, even if he dares to be angry, he does not dare to speak, it can be said that he inherited the bravery and courage of his father Sun Jian, and used force to make the integrity of those Jiangdong scholars useless.

Such a character will really die within a month?!

It should be an assassination, but they are all military generals, wearing cold iron armor, and they don't know about assassination, all they can think about in their minds is speculation, and they don't form a strategy.

So I don't understand why I am so confident.

However, it will be interesting to see.

For so many years, people have praised Xu Bowen, but they seem to have ignored that it is the prime minister of his own Cao family who is really strategizing and controlling the overall situation after Xu Bowen.

He is the biggest hero in the world, a heroic man in today's troubled times.

……

In March, the spring rain fell.

The Jiangdong moat began to rise, and Cao's army retreated dozens of miles in time and returned to the city, and the large camp by the river also withdrew its strict defenses.

Only in this way can we conform to the principle of employing troops.

If it is water, how can Jingzhou compare to Jiangdong now.

The more than 20,000 water thieves that Sun Ce subdued alone were begging for food in the river.

Now that they have excellent armaments and weapons, they are all fierce and fearless people in the fight, after all, they surrendered to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was kind to these people.

Therefore, when the water rises, it is the best choice not to fight, and it is better to retreat and prepare armaments.

At this time, Jiangxia also received the news that Liu Xuande ordered Guan Yu to return to Jiangxia City, rest for a few days, and then lead the army, leading the troops for several months, almost sleeplessly, leading by example, and not taking half a step back.

And he defeated Cao Ren nine times to attack the soldiers and horses, and his hard work was high, and he deserved to rest.

It happened to be March, and Liu Qi became even more ill.

"Big brother," after Guan Yu came back, he slept with Zhang Fei on the first night, and had a hangover until dawn, which was the time to relax, so he never let go of such an opportunity.

"It's only a few days to rest, I'm afraid that Cao Cao's treacherous plan at this time should not be taken lightly, Yun Chang knows that the eldest brother is heartbroken and I am tired, so I can't let it go."

"The real opportunity is to hold on at this time, and the real drink should be when Cao Jun retreats, and after I take Jingzhou, it will not be now."

Saying this, Guan Yu came back to Jiangxia City, and he was not guarding the camp outside, like sitting on pins and needles.

He had read a lot of military books before, and he was good at thinking and had rich experience in leading troops, so he was already a general, so he would naturally understand the enemy's methods of using soldiers.

And Cao Cao and Xu Zhen are both very good at using the way of reality and reality.

These two men never really retreated, and often took a step back, perhaps only to confuse the enemy and make him take it lightly.

Thinking about this section, Guan Yu felt that he couldn't sit still.

"No need, it's in such a hurry."

Liu Bei admonished a few words, "Jiangxia soldiers and horses, steady and unmoving, speaking of which, Cao Cao's purpose is still Jiangdong, not us, Yun Chang can rest for a few more days." ”

"Moreover, I have news here, so I must talk to Yun Chang alone."

Guan Yu stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and then calmed down, and then asked, "What news?" ”

"Xiliang, it's already back to Xu Zhen."

"Hmmm......"

Guan Yu fell silent.

"Yun Chang is not surprised?"

"Surprised."

Guan Yu did not hide it at all, of course, he would not be as arrogant as he used to be in Jizhou in the north, and at that time, he really didn't take Xu Zhen in his eyes, thinking that Lu Bu would never lose to Xu Zhen in a solo battle.

It wasn't until Yuan Shao's generals were killed one by one that he felt admiration.

Xu Zhen was able to come to this point, and countless heroes under his command followed, and he did have his charm and talent.

Now that he got Xiliang, he was surprised, but he also felt that it was reasonable.

I just think that the news came too quickly.

"It's just been a winter, how long has Xu Bowen been back?"

"Hahaha!"

Liu Bei laughed bitterly, shook his head and sighed, "At the beginning, I still wanted to subdue him, but now I understand that even Cao Mengde couldn't be subdued, I'm not much stronger than Mengde, how can I?" ”

"Big brother is too modest," Guan Yu said concisely and glanced at Liu Bei deeply.

In the eyes of others, you may not be as good as Cao Cao, but in the eyes of Yun Chang, the eldest brother will always be the eldest brother.

Whenever.

"It's okay, I'd rather be a broken jade."

Guan Yu straightened his long hair and said frankly.

"But, it's bad news, but it's also good news."

Liu Bei nodded at this time and said, "The bad thing is that the bad thing is, Cao Cao's rear seems to be stable, and the morale of the army is soaring, and this Jiangdong may be able to fight slowly." ”

"Fortunately, I always feel a little strange about this."

Liu Bei frowned and thought, he had never had such a strong feeling for a moment, this Xiliang was very strange, and the key point was that Ma Teng died in Xudu.

But Ma Chao surrendered to Xu Zhen.

What does this mean?

The reason, after a little thought, I feel that it is very shocking.

Perhaps, their opportunity is still here.

"What does my brother mean, is this Xu Bowen and Cao Cao not in harmony?"

Yun Chang's eyes opened, he immediately took a deep breath, slowly leaned back and got up, hugged his fists and said: "Even so, Yun Chang can't stay here, when he returns to the camp, the front line is solid!" ”

"Brother learned of this news, and Jiangdong must have also learned that he would be on guard, and whether there was any suspicion, only Cao Cao and Xu Bowen knew."

"The two of them, designed with this relationship, have been more than once."

"Maybe it's also the layout, brother must not take it lightly, we have planned twice."

"Yes, immediately guard against it, and don't give Cao Xu and the two of them any chance!"

"That's right."

Liu Bei thought so.

These two do like to use each other's relationship design, the key is that Cao's clan general and Xu Zhen are not in harmony, but Cao Cao regards Xu Zhen as his own.

So it's been tried and tested.

"Okay, then it's hard work, and I'll tell Wu Hou too."

"What kind of medicine is sold in Cao Cao's gourd, I'm afraid it will take a few more days."

Liu Bei got up and said goodbye to Zhang Fei, who was originally going to be sent out of the mansion all the way, but when he was in the front yard, he ran into Jian Yong and Sun Qian, who came in a hurry.

The faces of the two people are very ugly, which can be described as mourning, Liu Bei only saw such a look when he was fleeing and dying.

Jian Yong didn't stop, walked to Liu Bei's side, lowered his voice and said, "Sun Ce, I was assassinated and seriously injured!" ”

(End of chapter)