Just when the Qingxu generation was peaceful in the world, the hinterland of Chang'an, west of Jizhou, was already a barren land at this time, and with the years of war, Ma Chao and Cao Pi and others had already been fighting a war for no longer known how long.

Both sides were constantly tugging at each other in this place, and the number of dead and wounded was tens of thousands.

This Cao Pi himself suffered from cough, tuberculosis and other diseases when he was young, and it can be said that he carried these diseases from birth.

When Xi Yu was in Xuchang, he took Cao Pi to see Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, under the care of the two of them, and with the assistance of Wufowl Opera Taijiquan, his cough and tuberculosis have also improved a little over the years.

However, because of the sudden start of the war, coupled with Cao Pi's constant travel to the front line and Xuchang, his illness began to become serious again.

Especially every time in the rainy season, Cao Pi is uncomfortable, full of paleness, and can't even walk two steps, so Cao Pi moved all the related affairs to his own mansion.

Today, Cao Pi received a military intelligence report, it was the local officials who said that since they banned the merchant ships related to opera printing and some caravans related to opera artists in Qingxu Land, the local business has directly stagnated, and agriculture has also been affected to a certain extent.

But the good thing is that now they finally don't have to worry about the infiltration of their internal officials with the black and white riders of the dramatists, which can be regarded as more favorable news for them.

But at the same time, he also received a piece of information that made him nervous, his uncle Xi Yu had already taken Jingzhou at the moment, and also learned that Liu Qi, who was supposed to inherit Jingzhou Mu in Jingzhou, was killed by Liu Bei.

Of course, about Liu Qi's death by Liu Bei, it is not that anyone said it personally, nor did anyone give any evidence, nor did it say that Guo Fengxiao categorically said that Liu Bei did it, but the speculation of everyone in the world.

After figuring out all the processes, Cao Pi can be said to be extremely appreciative of Guo Fengxiao's move, but at the same time, his heart is also very painful.

A talent like Guo Fengxiao, if he becomes a strategist of his Cao family in his own hands, then I don't know what kind of situation his Cao family will be like now.

In fact, at the very beginning, his uncle Xi Yu did not hate the Cao family and the Xiahou family so much, but because of Cao Cao's relationship, the two families can be said to be very close. Xi Yu is also loyal to his father.

But in the end, the deep feelings still have to be broken by interests, and the interests of the clan make Xi Yu finally break up with their Cao family, but in fact, this uncle of his own can also say to himself that he has done his best.

In such a long time, Xi Yu had at least three chances to let Cao Pi die, which could destroy the foundation of their Cao family, but I don't know why Xi Yu didn't attack in the end.

Although this is Xi Yunian's feelings in the past and not attacking, this also reflects his father's previous evaluation of his uncle.

Xi Yu does things, often step by step, and will never shoot until the most stable, this person has an excellent personality, even if he is very angry, he will not lose his reason because of anger.

At this time, Sima Yi, Sima Lang Xizhicai, and Xiahoudun were also standing in front of Cao Pi, waiting for discussions with him.

At this moment, the reason why Cao Pi summoned everyone over was to a large extent to ask them how they should be able to stabilize the current situation now, even if there was no way, then at least it was necessary to predict how much time Xi Yu would leave for them after capturing Jingzhou, so that they could continue to attack Ma Teng.

After a long time of pulling each other, although the gate is now in ruins, Cao Jun can be regarded as having achieved certain results at this moment.

At the beginning, Cao Pi let Cao Ren lead the army as the commander-in-chief, and let Cao Zhen help him in the back, but Cao Pi didn't take Ma Chao in his eyes.

asked Cao Ren to take Cao Zhen there, just to brush up on his military exploits or something, but at the beginning of the war, Cao Ren's army was defeated by Ma Chao's spear throwing army.

But Cao Ren is also a world-famous general, and after countless charges and battles, Cao Ren's soldiers are also used to this kind of operation.

Now the two sides are fighting on the land outside the gate, Ma Chao's spear throwing army has been cracked by Cao Ren, and now there is no strategy between the two sides, the only thing that can be done is one thing, kill, desperately fight.

Sitting on the main seat and looking at the people in the audience, Cao Pi looked at Xi Zhicai and Xiahoudun and slowly spoke:

"The two of them are the most important ones around me. Ahem. ”

Before he finished speaking, Cao Pi couldn't help coughing violently, and now the thing that worries the entire Cao Group is not Ma Chao's joke.

What worries the members of the Cao Group the most today is that their lord Cao Pi's body is not as good as day by day, in case he suddenly burps one day.

Seeing Cao Pi suddenly coughing violently, Xi Zhicai and Xiahoudun both panicked instantly.

"My lord! Ahem, ahem. ”

The two of them just wanted to step forward to help Cao Pi, but they were directly stopped by Cao Pi, and with a wave of their hands, Cao Pi continued:

"I don't have anything to do, now let's talk about the front line, now this Xiliang Horse Tengsu has no grudge against my Cao family, and even has a good relationship with my Cao family, Rijin is so hostile to our Cao army, and even doesn't stop me to wait for anything, it is to put up such a fierce resistance to our Cao army, and desperately prevent my Cao family's army from entering Liangzhou, which must be fueled by my uncle."

Hearing what Cao Pi said, Xi Zhicai also nodded slightly.

"That's right, I think the same way, before my friend Guo Fengxiao entered Jingzhou alone, he caused chaos in Jingzhou, Liu Bei was forced to flee, and the wealthy family was easily recovered. To you, you must know that there is not only one Guo Fengxiao in the hands of Xi Yu, but there are countless Wenchen and military generals in his hands, who dares to guarantee that he Xi Yu did not send people to Xiliang? ”

In fact, at the very beginning, the relationship between Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia can be said to be very good, the two sides can be said to be close friends, the two often drink and play together, and even when they play in the land of fireworks, the two also go together.

But now that both sides are their own masters, it is not easy to be like this.

Looking at Xi Zhicai, Cao Pi also sighed softly:

"Alas, Lingjun, what can you do? How can we survive now? ”

Looking at Cao Pi's appearance, Xi Zhicai also sighed softly.

"Alas, if the lord wants Liangzhou, then Youzhou must not be able to hold it, if the lord wants Yizhou, then the quiet land must not be able to hold."

"If the lord lets me say it below, then I think that the most important thing at this time is to pacify Ma Teng first, and then after seizing Tianshui, he will not attack again, and only need to defend it for three years, so that Ma Teng has no way to enter the Central Plains."

"Subsequently, the lord sent a general to guard the land of Youzhou, and recovered the hearts of the people, although it was said that Youzhou and other places were in the hands of us, but because the remnants of Yuan Shao were accumulated here, the local officials were also appointed without inspection, so now the land of Youzhou is still in accordance with Yuan Shao's methods, and after the officials recommended by Qingxu School were expelled, the disadvantages of this Youzhou place have undoubtedly appeared."

At this moment, Xi Zhicai's voice was very weak, as if he was about to die of illness, not to mention that he was not in the middle of the qi, this was directly the lack of middle qi.

After sighing softly, Xi Zhicai smiled self-deprecatingly.

"At this moment, I can only think of these, in fact, the lord is not asking me, but it is better to ask General Yuanrang."

Xi Zhicai's sudden attack made Xiahou Xuan, who was still fishing on the side just now, stunned for a moment, his eyes widened, and his eyes were full of endless anger Looking at Xi Zhicai and asked coldly:

"Lingjun! What do you mean by that? ”

Looking at Xiahoudun, Xi Zhicai's eyes were also cold, this incident made the atmosphere in this room a little tense for a while.

The tension between the two sides also made the two brothers Sima Yi feel a little inexplicable, looking at the two of them with a confused face.

Although I don't know what strange things are going on between these two people, because the identities of the two people are more noble, and the dispute between the two sides is also the dispute between the lord of the ministers and the hands of the military generals of the clan, the two of them can't say anything, they can only stand in place and look at the two people who are arguing with each other with a confused face.

Looking at the drama Zhicai in front of him, Xiahou Dun's eyes were full of angry flames: "Xi Lingjun! My lord is asking you why you have to blame me for this? ”

Between speaking, Xiahoudun's voice couldn't help but rise a little, and there was a little displeasure in his tone.

Obviously, because of the disdainful expression on Xi Zhicai's face, the flame of resentment in Xiahoudun's heart has been ignited.

However, in the face of the angry Xiahoudun, the disdain in Xi Zhicai's eyes was even worse.

"Hahahahaha."

Although Xi Zhicai's body is now very weak, and even laughing needs to be stopped, Xi Zhicai still laughed a few times and then took a deep breath and looked at Xiahoudun and said.

"General Yuan Rang, you know what the relationship between Xi Yu and the ancestor was, the two sides are simply like a family, originally Xi Yu and the lord are a family, this thing should not have come to such a point!"

"When Xi Yu first came to Cao Ying, he didn't have the slightest desire to make contributions in his heart, all he did was to beg for a bite to eat and a chance to live."

"Compared with the first lord, Xi Yu and the first lord almost have the same charm, whether it is fame and fortune or glory and wealth, for Xi Yu and the first lord, they have never put it in their eyes, what the two of them want is for the prosperity of the world, and they want to use their own efforts to help the Han!"

"And this is why people who are so stubborn as Guo Fengxiao and Xun Wenruo will abandon all their hearts to follow him, but you were originally because of your own selfish interests, using the interests of the clan, so that the first lord and Xi Yu were separated, and finally the two sides met each other, and things have come to this point, has General Yuan Rang ever been satisfied?"

Murder and heart, murder and heart!

Are you still satisfied? What did you ask him to say, did he say that he was satisfied?

If you can't answer this sentence, you can't answer it at all, even in the recent days, Xiahoudun has been constantly cultivating himself, and his temper is not as violent as it was back then, but when he heard Xi Zhicai's question, even if he had a good temper, he broke out.

"Drama Zhicai! What do you want to do! A certain family admires you as a loyal minister, but it is my Cao family's think tank, and I don't want to worry more about you, even if you are right at this time, it is my Xiahoudun matter, but this matter is already a matter of the past, and no one can expect today's things in the past! ”

Xiahoudun's operation directly made the rest of the people present look stupid, in the face of Xi Zhicai's murderous remarks, Xiahoudun, who generally likes to choose hard steel when encountering things, actually chose to accept it at this moment, and escaped!

"The problem now is that the lord is asking how to solve today's predicament, why do you want to talk about everything to the general."

Glancing at Xiahoudun, Xi Zhicai sighed lightly and said slowly.

"The bell must be tied to the bell, your matter must be closed after all, for now only you can be the guardian of the Youzhou Town, and only you can be worthy of this great responsibility."

"General Wen Ruo, at this time, among my Cao Ying, only you are the general of my Cao Ying who has a reputation and prestige, and has led troops to fight for many years, and you have served as the assassin of Jizhou before, the most important thing is that you and Xi Yu have had grievances for many years, and the two of them also have some understanding of each other, and now in this situation, it should be time for you two to make a settlement."

Looking at Xiahoudun in front of him, Xi Zhicai was silent after finishing speaking, looking at him quietly, and Xiahoudun was also silent with his lips closed at the moment.

Of course he knows what Xi Zhicai said, and it is also clear that the two people he said have an understanding.

Back then, for the sake of the Cao family, his Xiahou family took the initiative to stand up and take the initiative to weaken Xi Yu's exploits, and did his best to combat Xi Yu's future, which eventually led to Xi Yu's rebellion.

He also knows that this scene is his retribution, the retribution of his Xiahou family, the circle of cause and effect.

Taking a deep breath, Xiahoudun looked at Cao Pi and nodded.

"What Xi Lingjun said is the truth, and this matter should be resolved because of me."

Seeing that Xiahoudun agreed, Cao Pi also nodded kissively, but now in this Cao camp, only Xiahoudun has this kind of prestige to be able to hold Youzhou.

Moreover, Xiahoudun is only in his forties this year, and he is only in the prime of life, and he has been guarding the Northland for many years before, and he still has this powerful prestige in the Northland, so it is the best choice to guard Youzhou.

After nodding slightly, Cao Pi looked at Xi Zhicai again and asked:

"The matter of Youzhou has been resolved, what should we do next?"

After closing his eyes and being silent for a moment, Xi Zhicai said slowly:

"Next, our army can send a large army into Hanzhong to force Zhang Lu to surrender with strong might, if Zhang Lu surrenders, he can secretly help my Cao family to seize Xichuan."

"The most important thing is that with the help of Zhang Lu, the speed at which our army captured Xichuan will inevitably be much faster than the speed at which Liu Bei captured Xichuan."

"The seizure of Xichuan must be very fast, it must not fall behind Liu Bei, if Liu Bei is allowed to seize Xichuan, then our army will be more difficult to attack if he wants to capture him again, and if our army has Xichuan, in the future war against Xiyu, we can support it for another ten years......"

When he said that he could last ten more years, Xi Zhicai's face couldn't help but show an extremely bitter look, but it was really extremely sad!

I think that when he followed the ancestor Cao Cao, at that time it could be said that he was invincible in sweeping the world, and no one in the entire Central Plains could resist the attack of the first lord.

But it's only been a long time, and now after a long period of planning, they want to get the land of Yizhou, just to be able to survive under Xi Yu's hands for another ten years.

In fact, Cao Pi also has certain thoughts in his heart about this kind of thing, he naturally knows that he will definitely not be able to beat his uncle, but in his heart he is firm and refuses to admit defeat.

So after Xi Zhicai took off the last fig leaf of Cao Wei Group, his heart was also full of endless sadness.

Xiahoudun also knew about this, so after Xi Zhicai finished speaking, his face was also very ugly, but when he remembered what he had done back then, he did not have a trace of remorse.

The rest of my heart is only some sighing, sighing that this thing is wrong, sighing that he is a hundred years after Cao Gong, not only can he not watch his heirs unify the world, maybe he will also watch Cao Gong's hard-earned foundation be taken away by his former good brother.

After a moment of sadness, Cao Pi began to reminisce about the plan he had just said.

"On guard against Liu Bei? Is the joke Jun's joking? Liu Bei is alone at the moment, a lost dog, even if he entered Yizhou alone, so what is there to fear? Could it be that Cheng Gu is still afraid that this lost dog will bite people? ”

In fact, no matter who it is now, there is an extreme contempt for Liu Bei and the others, and for Cao Pi, even if he can't beat his uncle, he can be regarded as a prince.

His subordinates now have hundreds of thousands of troops, what does he Liu Bei have? He Liu Bei has nothing, why is he still afraid of this person? Still have to compete with him for time?

Hearing Cao Pi say this, Xi Zhicai frowned slightly and said:

"Don't underestimate that Liu Xuande!" (End of chapter)