"Koto's external causes? Sun Quan doesn't know how to use soldiers? ”

"Definitely."

Guo Jia waved his hand in response to Cao Cao, and then explained: "At present, Jiangdong's attention is focused on Huainan and Guangling, and Yuzhang in the west is relatively empty. ”

"Hiss"

After hearing this, Cao Cao said that it was feasible, and sighed: "Yuzhang is not as close as Huainan, Zhou Yu wants to take care of both sides is not easy, Fengxiao gave him a problem."

Guo Jia nodded: "Sun Quan doesn't save Sun He in Huainan, if he doesn't save Yuzhang Sun Ben, it is estimated that Jiangdong will be directly in civil strife, so I am sure that Zhou Yu will definitely go west, and Chen Yuanlong may be able to recover some lost territory." ”

"I don't know if Yuanlong has recovered, this two tigers' plan to compete for food is really good, but"

Cao Cao paused, and suddenly frowned: "I guess the Huang Zu Navy has not recovered yet, and how can you bring Liu Bei in?" If this person is allowed to be idle, something will happen. ”

Guo Jia smiled and said: "If the Jiangxia Navy has not recovered, wouldn't Liu Biao still have the Xiangyang Navy Army?" It seems that Cai Deqi is still in control, so why don't you just let him take Liu Bei? ”

"Wonderful, wonderful." Cao Cao stroked his palm for sure.

Guo Jia said again: "Whether Jingzhou or Jiangdong wins, it should be a miserable victory in the end, which will inevitably weaken their forces and lay the foundation for the Ming Dynasty's future southern expedition, but in terms of the use of troops alone, I personally prefer Zhou Yu to win." ”

"Fengxiao's plan is exactly what I want."

Cao Cao bowed slightly: "I will repair Cai Deju's book later, and I will send someone to Xiangyang tomorrow, so that I can look forward to the fight between Jingzhou and Jiangdong." ”

Guo Jia was praised and bowed to Cao Cao, and then nodded to the person next to him, but when his eyes swept over Xun Yu's face, he found that the other party was still frowning.

Cao Cao also found that Xun Yu's expression was wrong, so he asked curiously: "If I don't look at the text, do you not agree with the plan of filial piety?" ”

"Definitely."

Xun Yu shook his head and denied it, and hurriedly explained: "Fengxiao's plan is very good, provoke a war in Jingzhou and Jiangdong, Ming Gong can rest assured that the Northern Expedition, but the threat of Nanyang is still there, if Ming Gong and Yuan Shao are fighting fiercely, Guan Yu suddenly enters the rear of Yingchuan, everyone knows that this person is ten thousand enemies, I am worried that the supply of grain and grass on the front line will be affected, so it is best to remove this threat." ”

Cao Cao frowned: "Yun Chang's brave martial arts are unforgettable, but I don't want to fight Wancheng, with Liu Biao's non-aggressive character, even if he invades Jiangdong, he will definitely leave heavy troops in the rear, and if there is a stalemate near Wancheng, Yuan Shao will not be able to sneak attack Yanzhou."

Xun Yu echoed: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to leave troops to guard the vicinity of Kunyang, and too few soldiers will inevitably not be able to stop Guan Yu, so Ming Gong can't go all out, so he is worried about it."

"Do you have a plan?"

Cao Cao watched everyone ask questions, but they all bowed their heads and pondered, as if there was no good plan, but the problem had to be solved.

Just when the hall was silent, Cao Cao suddenly remembered that a few months ago, Jia Xu mentioned Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, but he didn't analyze it, so he directly named him.

"Wenhe, remember that you and Fengxiao made suggestions together at the beginning of the year, if you have a good plan, you might as well say it and refer to it together?"

"Yes."

Hearing Jia Xu's short and affirmative answer, Cao Cao said that you and Guo Jiazhen are two extremes, as long as I don't ask, I will definitely not take the initiative to answer.

Jia Xu stroked his beard, first closed his eyes and thought about it, and then asked: "Since the Duke of Ming wants to instigate Liu Biao to invade Jiangdong, why not instigate Zhang Lu to invade Jingzhou?" ”

"Tell me more."

Cao Cao was very interested in hearing this, and immediately crossed his legs in front of him and pointed at Jia Xu to explain his plan.

Jia Xu replied: "Zhang Lu stole Hanzhong, blocking the road from Yizhou to Beijing, it is really a thief, the previous time Liu Bei raised Liu Qi as Maocai, Ming Gong might as well push the boat down the river to seal the Hanzhong Taishou, and then edict Liu Biao to send troops to Shuo Hanshui to fight for thieves;

In order to protect himself, Zhang Lu will inevitably raise troops to resist, and when the war will ignite in the northwest of Jingzhou, Wancheng, where Guan Yunchang is located, will not be able to stay out of the matter. ”

"It is a clever plan to make Liu Qi the Taishou of Hanzhong, and it is a clever plan to divide Zhang Lu, but who is Liu Biao? How could he easily transfer troops to attack Zhang Lu? Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu puzzled.

Jia Xu smiled and said, "If Liu Biao is unwilling to send troops, Ming Gong might as well help him?" ”

Cao Cao was puzzled and was about to ask, but Jia Xu continued to explain: "I mean pretending to be a soldier of Jingzhou and invading Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng, Zhang Lu felt threatened and naturally fought back, didn't the contradiction between the two sides deepen?" I heard that Yang Song under Zhang Lu was greedy for money, and Ming Gong could send people to contact him secretly, and the internal and external forces would inevitably be calculated. ”

"However, Guan Yun Changtun is in Wancheng, how can our army pass through his defense area? So as to arrive at Fangling, Shangyong and other places? Cao Cao still looked at Jia Xu with a serious face.

"Why do you have to go through Wancheng? You can send someone to make a detour through Guanzhong, or directly transfer the garrison in Guanzhong, go out of Wuguan and return to Nanyang, and then."

Without waiting for Jia Xu to finish speaking, Cao Cao couldn't help but applaud, pointing at Jia Xu and boasting: "Qing's intelligence is no less than Zhang Liang and Chen Pingye!" ”

"Ming Gong praises falsely, I really don't dare to take it."

While Jia Xu was modest, he did not forget to add: "It is not appropriate to pretend to be many soldiers in Jingzhou, I think it is enough to have a few hundred elite soldiers, and it is convenient to move around if there are few people, and in addition, you can also let this team of people act directly under the banner of Guan Yu, and then choose a long-haired general to accompany the army and forcibly drag Guan Yu into the whirlpool of war, so that Liu Biao and Liu Bei can have a gap." ”

"Well, that's a good point."

Cao Cao patted his thigh, the more he looked at Jia Xu, the more he liked it, and said in his heart that this guy didn't whip and didn't work, but once he worked, he was never ambiguous.

Such a strategy of killing several birds with one stone, whether it is Liu Biao, Liu Bei or Zhang Lu, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist.

When he was overjoyed, Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and instructed: "Wen Ruo, when you go back to Shangshutai to draft an edict, you might as well give Yun Chang one more copy." ”

"Huh? I see. ”

Xun Yu was stunned at first, and then immediately understood the truth.

Cao Cao wanted Guan Yu to be justified and use the method of blaming Liu Biao to blame Guan Yu.

After discussing the details with the strategist group, Cao Cao immediately began to implement the strategy, in addition to letting his cronies go to see Cai Mao with a book, and asking Xun Yu to find a person who argued, pretending to be a merchant and preparing to infiltrate Hanzhong to bribe Yang Song.

At the suggestion of Guo Jia, Xun Yu recommended his former teammate Jiang Gan and asked him to go to Hanzhong secretly in disguise.

After an interval of more than ten days, the envoy of the imperial court also sent Xu Du to Jingzhou, and the important team that bypassed Wuguan, Cao Cao was not at ease to hand over to outsiders, so he asked Cao Xiu, the commander in charge of his guard, to order 500 tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers to travel westward lightly.

When the clouds of Xudu drifted towards Jingzhou, Liu Bei helped Liu Biao pacify the Jiangxia thieves and return to Xiangyang.

Cai Mao saw that Liu Bei had brought back more soldiers than when he left Xiangyang.

whispered to Cai Zhong, the clan brother who accompanied him, and learned that Liu Bei had been fighting in Jiangxia for a few months, but instead of losing his troops, he also surrendered more than 3,000 rebel prisoners.

Where is this called weakening? Is it clear that it is an enemy?

(End of chapter)