"Guangling."

Cao Cao frowned and brushed his beard, muttering to himself: "Chen Yuanlong once played with Lu Bu in the palm of his hand, but now he has been beaten by Zhou Yu and retreated, causing half of Guangling to fall into the hands of Jiangdong, so Zhou Yu is very capable?" ”

Xun Yu accosted him: "I heard Hua Ziyu (Hua Xin) say that Zhou Yu is outstanding, elegant and magnanimous, and he is a first-class general in Jiangdong. ”

Cao Cao asked rhetorically: "A first-class general?" Why hasn't anyone talked about it before? ”

Xun Yu stroked his beautiful hair and analyzed: "Or maybe Sun Ce was too brilliant before, and his light covered up others?" ”

"Makes sense"

When Cao Cao affirmed his head, Wang Lang, the counselor, stood up and said: "Jiangdong attacked Shouchun and Guangling at the same time this time, Sun Quan failed and Zhou Yu won, in addition to Zhou Yu's personal ability, it is also different from the army used by both sides, and the lord must not ignore it. ”

Wang Lang was originally Ji Taishou, but was replaced by Sun Ce because he was defeated.

Sun Ce occupied Huiji and sent Zhang Zhao to recruit him, but Wang Lang was not exiled to the poor countryside, and he lived in poverty during that time.

Later, he was recruited by Cao Cao, and Wang Lang also blocked the road due to the war, so he came to Xudu for several years to serve as a counselor and counselor of the military of Sikong Mansion.

Wang Lang was very hostile to the Sun family, so he was particularly concerned about Jiangdong's military affairs, and the rest of the Sikong Mansion were concerned about Yuan Shao, but he focused on Jiangdong, he knew that Cao Cao would one day pacify the southeast, and then he would have his own place.

"Oh? Jingxing (Wang Lang): Speak quickly and listen to me. Cao Cao suddenly became interested, and turned sideways to signal Wang Lang to continue.

Wang Lang replied: "According to the information I have gathered, Zhou Yu served as the governor of Jiangdong, and most of his subordinates were Sun Jian and Sun Ce's old department, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than Sun Quan's old Yuan Shu department, so Chen Yuanlong's enemy was only for a reason. ”

"So to speak"

Cao Cao paused, tapped lightly on the table and sighed: "Yuan Rang still has a little luck, if Sun Quan lets Zhou Yu attack Shouchun, maybe it will last less than three months." ”

Wang Lang saw that Cao Cao was nodding, so he continued to analyze the plan: "Sun Quan attacked Shouchun and plotted against Xu Du, his ambition may not be smaller than his brother Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have a good overall angle, and they will definitely do their best to help Sun Quan, so I think we should pay attention to Jiangdong, if the lord can't swallow Hebei in a hurry, it is better to go south first and destroy the Sun clan first?"

"No."

"Ming Gong can't."

As soon as Wang Lang's words fell, Xun's uncle and nephew stood up at the same time to object.

Xun Yu and Xun Yu looked at each other and smiled, and gave Xun Yu the opportunity to answer.

Xun Yu bowed his head back, and faced Wang Lang with a solemn face: "As Dr. Wang said, this Shouchun can win, and the opponent has a great relationship, if Zhou Yu's combat power is good, then the southeast may not be able to quickly win, plus Yangzhou a water network is vertical, no water army may be difficult to cross the Yangtze River, I think the opponent at this stage is Yuan Shao, must not trap the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, otherwise Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others will join forces to attack, such as what?" ”

"Uh, this."

Wang Lang was speechless by Xun Yu's argument, and hung his head with an embarrassed expression.

"If Wen is far-sighted, Sun's eagerness is indeed undesirable."

Cao Cao affirmed Xun Yu's point of view, but did not blame Wang Lang, but instead put aside the topic and asked: "Jingxing, I heard that before Sun Ce died, he entrusted the military and political affairs of Jiangdong to Zhang Zhao, why is the governor of Jiangdong Zhou Yu?" ”

Wang Lang replied: "When Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, people's hearts fluctuated, Zhou Yu led his troops back to Wu Benfu to stabilize the situation, and then took away half of the auxiliary power from Zhang Zhao's hands, maybe Sun Quan thought that Zhou Yu was stronger than Zhang Zhao with troops, so he appointed him as the governor of the capital."

"I see, Jingxing, please sit down."

Cao Cao suddenly felt good after hearing this, waved his hand to signal Wang Lang to sit down, and then looked at Xun Yu's uncle and nephew and said: "According to this, Jiangdong is strong and the lord is weak, judging from Sun Quan's performance in succeeding to the throne, he should want to make a difference, how can he be safe?" ”

Xun Yu nodded and agreed: "What Ming Gong said is very true, if you want to deal with the southeast for a while, you can leave some soldiers and horses to guard in Huai Town, and you should go all out to attack Hebei." ”

Cao Cao was noncommittal, and smiled mysteriously with his hands on the desk.

"Wen Ruo once offered Ren Longxiang as the Taishou of Lujiang, in order to drive a wedge between Hefei and Jiangdong, I now plan to repeat the old tricks, what do you think?"

"Ugh"

Xun Yu didn't answer, didn't she say that the discord plan didn't work? Why do you have to do it again?

Wait, Ming Gong just said that Jiangdong is strong and weak.

Xun Yu immediately realized, and then confirmed with Cao Cao.

"Duke Ming wants to separate Zhou Yu and Sun Quan?"

"Haha, Wen Ruo is really a wise and resourceful person."

Cao Cao smiled and praised Xun Yu, then turned the conversation and said: "Since Guangling has lost half of it, I might as well push the boat down the river and take Zhou Lang as the Taishou of Guangling, how about it?" ”

"It's a good plan, but."

"I'll see it."

When Xun Yu hesitated, Xun Yu preemptively gave his opinion.

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and bowed his head slightly: "Long Xiang pushed Lujiang Taishou twice, Gongda thought Zhou Yu dared to accept the order?" ”

Xun Yu replied: "Zhou Yu doesn't have those worries of Long Xiang, and he will gladly accept the territory he has laid." ”

"Since Gongda also thinks it is feasible, this matter must be carefully planned."

Before Cao Cao finished speaking, Xun Yu hurriedly interrupted and reminded: "Duke Ming, Chen Yuanlong is still in office."

Xun You said: "This is not difficult, Chen Yuanlong can be transferred elsewhere." ”

"At present, there is no real shortage in the states, if Yuanlong is defeated and takes office, I am afraid it will not be beneficial to Xuzhou, let him become an official elsewhere, and it will be difficult to show his talents."

Although Xun Yu said it on the surface, the core reminded Cao Cao of the influence of the Chen family in Xuzhou, and the implication was to demote or transfer Chen Deng elsewhere, and the Chen family may have a dislike for the imperial court because of this matter.

Cao Cao replied without thinking: "I have no opinion on Chen Yuanlong, let alone transfer him out of Xuzhou."

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Xun Yu finally landed on the big stone in his heart, and explained that the Duke had slaughtered Xuzhou, and if the Chen family was dissatisfied again, it might have to get out of control again, thinking about the vacancies in the counties of Xuzhou, but he quickly thought of countermeasures.

"Changba rebelled in the East China Sea, or Yuan Long could be sent to serve in the East China Sea."

Xun Yu stroked his hair confidently, thinking that such an arrangement was seamless, but saw Cao Cao shaking his head and waving his hand.

Just as he wanted to ask the reason, Cao Cao spoke first.

"The Chen family and the Sun family have never been on good terms, if Yuanlong is transferred to the East China Sea as the county guard, who will block Zhou Yu for me in the south of Xuzhou? Xia Pi has been eliminated in the Zhongping period, I think it can be divided into several counties of Xia Pi State, plus several counties in the north of Guangling into a new county, and he is still going to block Zhou Yu. ”

Xun Yu immediately understood Cao Cao's intentions, he used Guangling to guard Zhou Yu and Sun Quan, but only gave a castrated version of Guangling County, but because Chen Deng lost several counties in the south, he now made up for it from Xiapi State, and let him control the entire downstream of Huaishui.

After Cao Cao's adjustment, Chen Deng not only had to continue to fight against Jiangdong, but his jurisdiction was in line with Shouchun, and he could support each other through Huaishui.

(End of chapter)