Guo Jiakua went out of the sea, whether it was Cao Cao who was sitting at the top, or Xun You and Jia Xu beside him, they all cast surprised eyes, expecting him to come to a conclusion.

And Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao, as if to show whether the public was interested?

Cao Cao understood that Guo Jia liked to be praised, so he immediately nodded and cooperated: "Feng Xiao has a good plan, say it quickly, let everyone open their eyes." ”

Guo Jia immediately got up and left the table, pinned his left hand to his back, walked to the center of the big tent with his right hand, turned around and glanced at Xun You first, and then began to discuss himself.

"Previously, Liu Bei and Lu Bu were entrenched in Xuzhou, Xun Lingjun had offered a plan to drive the tiger to devour the wolf and the two tigers to compete for food, and now the situation in Jingzhou is similar to Xuzhou, why don't Ming Gong repeat the trick?"

Cao Cao waved his hand with a blank eye: "Explain it plainly." ”

Guo Jia continued: "Liu Bei and Lu Bu were in Xuzhou at the time, Huainan Yuan Shu was an external threat, the year before last in the Guandu War, Liu Biao did not invade the north because of the rebellion of Zhang Xian in Jingnan, and now the rebellion in Jingnan has been put down, and the impact of the rebellion in the rest of the counties is limited. ”

Xun You nodded frequently when he heard this, and he took advantage of Guo Jia's pause to ask: "Jiangdong Sun family and Jingzhou have a grudge against their father, does Feng Xiao want to separate Jiangdong and Jingzhou?" ”

"Not necessarily." Guo Jia waved his hand and added: "Jingzhou and Jiangdong are already mortal enemies, and there is no need for us to be separated, and Sun Quan has the intention of entering the Central Plains, so there is no need to waste strength on Jiangdong." ”

Xun You asked again: "Is it Yizhou Liu Zhang or Jiaozhou Zhang Jin?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Liu Zhang is weak and incompetent, on the grounds that thieves block the road, he has not come to pay tribute for many years, and sent troops from Jiangzhou to Jingzhou, the terrain is dangerous and difficult, we can't count on it for the time being, but Zhang Jin can be enveloped Unfortunately, the strength of Jiaozhou is too weak, and it may not be able to attract Liu Biao's attention, but Zhang Lu steals in Hanzhong, and can go directly to Xiangyang along the Han River. ”

"Hanzhong?" Cao Cao first brushed his beard and muttered to himself, then turned his head to look at Guo Jia and asked: "Liu Zhang still doesn't dare to send troops to Jingzhou, Zhang Lu only has one county, he dares to brush Liu Biaohu's beard?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "If people are in danger, they must first protect themselves, Zhang Lu teaches the people with ghosts, not a good person, Ming Gong can start from the people around him, as for Jingzhou, it is simpler, Cai Deqi and Kuai Yidu are close to the imperial court, but they can instigate Liu Biao to go west, and then you secretly allow Zhang Lu to benefit, and the two families will inevitably fight." ”

"Distant friends and close attacks, the words of filial piety are very good, but."

Cao Cao's words changed: "My army is about to go to Hebei, and it is too late to calculate Liu Biao and Liu Bei at this time, so I can only wait to defeat Yuan Shao and then use this to break Jingzhou." ”

"Yes, yes." Guo Jiazhen echoed: "So I didn't mention it at first. ”

"Ah" Cao Cao yawned suddenly, a sense of sleepiness came to his mind, and then he got up and ordered everyone: "If all the princes have nothing else to do, go back to the camp to rest, and they will leave early tomorrow morning."

When everyone got up to say goodbye, Xun Youshun asked: "Ming Gong, Yuan Shao didn't gather in Cangting this year, where do you plan to march from this time?" ”

"Since Yuan Shao's main force is in Yecheng, we have to find natural soldiers to go to Liyang, so that we can also save a section of the water and grain road." After Cao Cao returned, he walked to the corner bed.

As soon as Xun You and the others heard about the march to Liyang, they knew that Cao Cao was eager to win this time, and it seemed that Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's main force and wanted to occupy the opponent's seat Yecheng.

Cao Cao went to bed early at night, but was suddenly awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night, and he couldn't fall asleep when he closed his eyes, so he called the chamberlain to bring a few jars of wine, intending to fall asleep under the influence of alcohol.

Three watches in the middle of the night, no one around.

Cao Cao poured himself a drink to the starry sky, he drank cup after glass for two hours, and finally the alcohol made him shake back to the couch.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers of all departments buried the pot early to make rice, and then lined up to assemble and prepare to leave, but they did not wait for Cao Cao's general order.

Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others gathered in the big tent, but they could hear Boss Cao snoring like thunder on the couch.

Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, coupled with the impact of the Wancheng Zou incident, so he slept very lightly at home or in the army.

It was rare for the generals to see Cao Cao sleep so soundly, so no one dared to disturb his sweet dreams, after all, he had gathered in Guandu for more than ten days, and it was not bad to rush for half a day.

Wait until the sun rises three poles, and the snoring on the couch is the same.

The generals in the tent are still waiting patiently, but they can't wait for the Shouchun urgent battle report sent.

Shi Jian was in charge of the forbidden army at this time, and it was said that he should wake up Cao Cao at this time, but the generals of the clan, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun, and Cao Hong, were all there, so they sent the war report out.

Several people resigned to each other, and the task finally fell on Cao Hong.

Cao Hong tiptoed to Cao Cao's couch, called the lord a few times, and didn't see Cao Cao wake up, so he gently patted Cao Cao's shoulder with his hand.

Just like that, Cao Cao jumped up on the couch in fright, and shouted in a daze: "Zhang Xiu is here, Dian Wei save me, Dian Wei save me!" ”

The civil and military in the tent looked at Zhang Xiu at the same time, and said in their hearts that Wancheng was really the nightmare of the lord that year.

Zhang Xiu was like a duck in a flock of chickens, looking for the strategist Jia Xu with an innocent face, but he didn't know that Jia Xu saw that the situation was wrong, so he had already slipped out of the tent.

Cao Hong was stunned, and hurriedly clenched his fists: "Lord, the last will be Cao Hong, this is Guandu, no one dares to harm you."

"Are you Zilian?" Cao Cao shook his head, then patted it in Yintang, and waved his hand to laugh at himself: "It's really Zilian, I had insomnia last night, so I drank some wine, and I was still drunk just now, why are you all here?" ”

Cao Hong helped Cao Cao to sit on the edge of the couch and explained: "Lord, you should have left for Liyang today, but you have been hungover and have not woken up, but there happens to be an urgent report from Shouchun. ”

"Shouchun? What urgency? ”

Cao Cao felt that something was wrong when he heard it, and Cao Hong hurriedly handed over Xiahoudun's letter.

"The last general didn't have time to look at it, the lord asked him to take a look."

"Oh?"

Cao Cao unfolded the silk book and just glanced at it, and his eyes, which were originally bloodshot due to insomnia, were about to burst out like a burning flame at this time.

"Sun Quan'er, you deceive me too much! Immediately ordered the three armies to change their route to the south, and I want to set foot in Jiangdong! ”

The letter of help sent by Xiahoudun was only read by Shi Jian at this time, and the rest of the civil and military forces did not know what was happening.

Xun You heard the order and immediately went out to advise: "Duke Ming, please calm your anger, I don't know what Sun Quan did?" He's attacking Shouchun again? We should think long-term. ”

Cao Cao asked angrily: "What is the long-term plan?" Sun Quan has not reached the weak crown, but he has provoked me several times, if I don't set foot in Jiangdong to capture this person, how can I relieve the anger in my heart? ”

Xun You had never seen Cao Cao like this, so he was stunned by Cao Cao's anger.

Seeing this, Cao Chun leaned over to him, and said in his ear: "Sun Quan sent Yuan Shu to rebel against Chen Lan, first destroying Yuan Rang (Xiahou Dun)'s rice field in Shouchun, and then using tricks to introduce Yuan Rang into Zipeng Mountain in the south of Lu'an, ambushing and killing six or seven thousand people in Shouchun's garrison, Yuan Rang is now seriously wounded, and the Shouchun garrison is less than three thousand, which is already in danger."

(End of chapter)