Just when the conversation was at a stalemate and could not go on.

Xu Shu on the side suddenly stepped forward and whispered a few words in Cao Cao's ear.

"Really?" Cao Cao asked in astonishment.

Xu Shu nodded solemnly.

Cao Cao clenched his fists, and there seemed to be a surging electric light in his eyes.

Liu Bei didn't know what was going on, but the momentum that Cao Cao exuded at the moment made him feel a little uncomfortable.

After a long time, Cao Cao's momentum gradually relaxed, but there was a lot more fierceness in his eyes.

He said to Liu Bei with extra force: "I can agree to Tao Qian's conditions, but I want 20,000 soldiers and horses, millions of grain and grass, and half of the land I get." ”

"It's impossible, it's too much." Liu Bei said decisively.

"You can write to the old thief Tao Qian right now and ask him if it's okay or not? I have written to inform Yuan Shao, asking him to temporarily withdraw his army, and asking him to protect me. As expected, Yuan Shao would definitely not refuse my kindness. Cao Cao said in a shocking voice, "Counterattacking Yuan Shao is only between my thoughts." ”

"This is not just the northern part of Xuzhou, but also Qingzhou. Compared with the Xiyuan Army under my command, the Xuzhou soldiers are only worthy of being servants! Millions of grain and grass are not difficult for Xuzhou, and 20,000 servants are nothing, right? ”

Liu Bei's face was a little tangled.

"If the general is willing to halve these conditions, I can now promise the general on behalf of the Tao envoy, but these ...... It's just too much. Liu Bei said.

"Why bother mother-in-law, mother-in-law, just send a letter!" Cao Cao shook his sleeves and shouted.

“…… Good. Liu Bei was a little angry by Cao Cao's strength, and nodded helplessly.

……

Liu, Guan, and Zhang were placed in a house near the government office, and there were many knives and guns outside.

Zhang Fei looked at the crack in the door for a long time, came back and scolded and said: "Cao thief is too insulting, we wait, he actually sent troops to guard, it is better for me to rush out and kill this guy, and there will be nothing to do." ”

"Third brother, shut up!" Liu Bei, who had just made a basin of water and was about to wash his face, scolded loudly.

“我的好兄长啊，你说你老是凶我作甚？ Doesn't that make sense? Kill the Cao thief, and Langya will be our territory. At that time, it will not be Cao Thief who will make conditions to Tao Qian, but us. Zhang Fei became more and more excited, "Wouldn't it be beautiful to kill a Cao thief and settle down in a place?" ”

Guan Yu hung himself upside down on the pear tree in the courtyard that had already lost all its leaves, and said with a smile: "If all the major events in the world can become as simple as the third brother's mouth, it will be too tasteless." ”

Zhang Fei made a strange expression disdainfully, "What's tasteless, just make it happen." ”

"Say less, and be cautious in your words and deeds under someone else's roof. Cao Cao was an ordinary person and moody. Liu Bei said.

Guan Yu, who was holding his arms, looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Did you hear that?" Let you talk less! ”

"What you say makes sense, what I say doesn't make sense at all, what kind of truth is this!" Zhang Fei muttered.

……

Separated from the two walls of this courtyard, Cao Cao, who had just sent Liu Bei away, was deliberating.

Cao Ren and Ma Chao's soldiers and horses arrived.

"Your Majesty even gave me an extra five hundred elites, why is that?" Cao Cao asked with a smile.

"Brother, let's see for myself." Cao Ren took out Liu Wei's edict.

Seeing this, Cao Cao immediately got up and saluted north, and took it with both hands.

"Your Majesty is really a man of temperament." After Cao Cao read the edict, he couldn't help but sigh.

He was a little ashamed to see the emperor's edict.

A little suspicion was inevitable, but after the suspicion, the emperor took care of him in all aspects.

This mind is even thinner than a hair.

"Tao Qian sent Liu Bei as an envoy, just one step ahead of you, and the person is next door." Cao Cao then said solemnly to everyone, "Although I have a lion mouth wide open, I expect Tao Qian to agree." This is a sinister old fox, and if I open my mouth too little, it will lead him to suspicion. ”

"This battle, although it is to follow the trend, will be calculated. But it is the overall calculation of the east, we not only calculate Tao Qian, but also Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, as well as the adjacent Sun Jian and Liu Biao. ”

Cao Ren said: "Brother Anxin can only deal with Tao Qian. ”

"Gai Xun has led the Yulin Army, the Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army, and the Western Army of the Yan Xingbu, with a total of more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, to move to the party. It can attack the western part of Jizhou at any time and contain Yuan Shao. ”

"The soldiers and horses of Liaocheng fought by themselves, and they had already fought and retreated to the northern country of Jibei, and they could go north to Qingzhou at any time to cut off Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, so that he could not care about each other."

"Zhang Xiu and Cao Chun have moved south, and they can cut into Xuzhou from Peiguo at any time to reinforce their brothers. It's just that His Majesty was worried that the soldiers and horses would be moved too closely, which would arouse Tao Qian's vigilance, so he pressed it a little. ”

Cao Cao was relieved when he heard this, "Since this is the case, then we don't have any worries, just concentrate on the battle in front of us." Next, I will ask Tao Qian to send the most elite Danyang soldiers under his command to ally with our army and attack Licheng occupied by Yuan Shao's forwards. Take the opportunity to join the others and cut off Tao Qian's most powerful arm first! ”

"Yuan Zhi, what do you think?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly, "I really thought that the general would deceive Kaili City first as he said to Liu Bei." ”

"It's just to deceive Liu Bei." Cao Cao said, "Listening to your tone, it seems that you prefer my tactics?" ”

Xu Shu nodded, "Yuan Shao should really not refuse the general's kindness, and it should be better to kill Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers into Licheng." Our army has been fighting itself in Langya for so long, and now it is completely possible to pretend to be Yuan Shao to fight Tao Qian and Yuan Shao. ”

"I'm afraid it's a little more difficult." Cao Cao muttered thoughtfully.

"It's not that hard." Xu Shu said, "After Yuan Shaojun occupied Licheng, he drove the people in the city to build a high wall outside the city, and put on a posture of taking every step of the camp and strictly guarding it. Such a stroke should come from the hand of a calm strategist. But this matter has given us convenience, the people are outside, the army is inside, and a fire can burn them to the ground. ”

"And Yuan Shao thinks about the old relationship with the general, and knows that the general needs a place to live in this big change, so he will not be suspicious."

"Tell Yuan Shao that our army led Tao Qian's soldiers and horses into the city, surrounded and killed him. Tell Tao Qian that our army can deceive the gates of Kaili City. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? Even if both of them were suspicious, it didn't matter. ”

Ma Chao listened to Xu Shu's words going around and around, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he couldn't help blurting out, "I'm suspicious, how can it be nothing?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Let me explain, Yuan Zhi listens to see if this is what you think." If Yuan Shao and Tao Qian were suspicious, it would be impossible for this plan to be carried out. If they tried to make a plan, Yuan Shao could only arrange an ambush, while Tao Qian could only instigate our army to move forward and shrink behind, which was also a good judgment. ”

Xu Shu bowed his head, "That's right." ”

"It's a great good." After a little screening, Cao Cao affirmed Xu Shu's plan and was ready to gamble on him.

"Next, the general can be a thief and shout to catch the thief!" Xu Shu smiled faintly.

Cao Cao was speechless, "I approve of your plan, but I don't like the word thief very much." ”

Everyone was in full swing, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.