People who can mix into Cao Cao's inner circle, no matter how bad their emotional intelligence is, they know how to follow the boss.

It is rare to have a frontal 'confrontation' like Guo Jia, but Cao Cao can humbly accept advice without blaming.

Cao Cao saw that Guo Jia's face was sickly, so he explained softly:

"Fengxiao doesn't know, Liu Bei secretly took Hanzhong, and increased troops to the Fancheng area, I don't personally lead the army to suppress it, I'm afraid that Jingzhou can't protect it;

At present, the Yuan brothers are in exile in Wuhuan, even if the spring breeze is regenerated, there are still Miaocai guarding in Hebei, and it should be no big problem."

"Ming Gong's words are wrong."

Guo Jia had a sad expression, sat up strongly, and said: "The north is undecided for a day, and it will continue to cost soldiers, horses, money and food, if you confront Liu Bei for a long time, consume on both sides, and the country and the army are not good, even if Liu Bei occupies Guanzhong and captures Hanzhong, but the foundation is still shallow and it takes time to control;

Liu Bei in the northwest, Longxiang in the southeast, in fact, the situation is similar to ours, the Ming Duke used force to take Qingyou and Ji, but the Yuan family occupied Hebei for a long time, and the people inherited more favors, if Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang borrowed the troops of Wuhuan, the people of the four states will respond, if General Xiahou can't retreat from the enemy, won't the Ming Duke have to turn back? ”

As soon as Guo Jia's words fell, Xiahou Yuan's face was gloomy and he didn't speak.

The heart said, "Why can't I retreat from the enemy?" When you're sick, lie down and run out and talk nonsense.

Cao Cao also looked serious at this time, staring at his eyebrows and brushing his beard, and muttered:

"Don't I know the words of filial piety? However, due to the bitter cold outside and the recent rains, I am worried that the roads will be muddy and it will be difficult to transport heavy loads."

"Ming Gong."

Before Cao Cao finished speaking, Guo Jia grabbed his hand, added a little more strength, and made a serious suggestion:

"As the so-called soldiers are fast, the surprise attack on Wuhuan should be taken by surprise, too much baggage, difficult to take the lead, if it is detected by the Wuhuan rangers, it will inevitably strengthen the vigilance along the way, Ming Gong is better to leave the baggage, light soldiers rush forward, and defeat the enemy."

"Light troops rush forward and defeat the enemy."

Cao Cao frowned, but still hesitated and said: "Last year, the four-way siege of Guanzhong, Liu Bei returned thousands of miles to help and retreat from the enemy, but also took Hanzhong, Guan Yu and Chen Bing Fancheng threatened Xiangyang, just let it go?" ”

"Ahem."

Guo Jia coughed lightly twice and added: "Liu Bei's sitting big is not good for us, and it is even more unfavorable for the generals of Liangzhou, they will not sit idly by;

As for Xiangyang, where the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Cai Kuai and others support Liu Cong, and once he fails, there is no place to bury;

Therefore, no matter whether we send troops or not, Cai Kuai and the others will stick to it, and they will consume Guan Yu's sharp energy at this time, which will be of great benefit to Ming Gong in the future. ”

Cao Cao thought about it carefully, and was finally persuaded by Guo Jia, so he sighed and nodded lightly.

"Okay, if you don't listen to the king, you are really ashamed of your painstaking efforts, then with the will of the king, the light army will advance quickly, overcome the enemy, and still adopt a monitoring strategy against Liu Bei."

"Well, that's fine, ahem."

Guo Jia clutched his chest and coughed sharply.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao was very distressed, and hurriedly ordered the attendants next to him.

"Quickly take Fengxiao back to rest, and let Lang Zhong make a decoction."

"Ming Gong, wait a minute."

Guo Jia pulled Cao Cao, took a few breaths, and asked, "I heard that Long Xiang took Wu Jun and Danyang, and didn't pursue Sun Quan in one go?" And Sun Kuang stood on his own feet in Guangling? ”

"Huh? That's right. ”

Cao Cao explained: "Long Xiang is very clever, he not only framed Sun Quan to poison Zhou Yu, but also framed him to assassinate his brother Sun Yi, Sun Kuang and Lu Fan were instigated like this, but because there were no naval troops and warships, there was no way to go to Yuzhang for a decisive battle."

"Alas"

Guo Jia slapped his palm on the stretcher, his weak eyes suddenly flashed like lightning, and he reminded Cao Cao in a deep voice.

"If Long Xiang follows Sun Ce and replaces Sun Quan in one go, then he will only follow Sun Ce's old path, but this person is so calm, thinking that he was around Huainan before, such a person's ambition will not be small, he is more threatening than the current Liu Bei, Ming Gong should pay attention to this person!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like spring thunder.

The generals of the big tent all showed puzzled looks, and Xiahou Yuan slandered Guo Jia and was talking nonsense, so he asked questions before Cao Cao.

"Guo Xijiu, are you saying that Long Xiang is more threatening than Liu Bei?"

"Exactly. Ahem"

Seeing that Guo Jia was coughing violently again, Cao Cao didn't delve into what he had just said, and hurriedly ordered his attendants to carry him away.

After the stretcher was released, Xiahou Yuan hugged his fist to Cao Cao and asked for instructions:

"Lord, Guo Saijiu is dizzy, what Shicai said may not be accurate, is it now to enter Liaoxi, or is the class returning to the Central Plains?"

"Miaocai is cautious, what Feng Xiao said before is indeed far-sighted, and as for what he said in the end, he will not comment."

Cao Cao didn't agree in his heart that Long Xiang had great ambitions, because the level of birth would determine the level of vision.

The heart said that Long Xiang was born in a military household, and he was able to do one of the princes to the extreme, and his performance was calm because of his lack of strength and lack of foundation.

When Hebei was completely pacified, Cao Cao planned to win over Long Xiang to deal with Liu Bei, but he didn't know that Long Xiang's vision was far beyond this era, and he was firmly standing behind Liu Bei.

"Wenyuan (Zhang Liao), Gongming (Xu Huang), Zihe (Cao Chun), you and I lead the light cavalry first, Zixiao leads the main force to follow, and Miaocai still stays behind."

"Yui."

After Cao Cao gave the order, all the generals in the tent moved.

In the middle of summer, heavy rain falls on the swallows, and the roads are muddy and difficult to walk.

Cao Cao from the Tianchou plan, abandoned the official road, confused Wuhuan, and according to the guide to dig the mountain and fill the valley, through Baitan, Pinggang, through the Xianbei royal court, to the east to the Liucheng.

When the army arrived two hundred miles away from Liucheng, it was noticed by the Wuhuan people, Yuan Shang, Yuan Xilian and Wuhuan Bandun, as well as Lou Ban and Nengchen, with tens of thousands of cavalry to meet them.

In August, Cao Cao led the vanguard to climb the White Wolf Mountain, and unexpectedly encountered the main force of the Wuhuan of Badun.

There is a huge disparity in troops, and both sides are afraid.

Cao Cao saw that the Wuhuan army was not in order, so he summoned Zhang Liao and asked: "Wenyuan broke 100,000 in Hefei in 800, and Wuhuan is ten times as much as me today, can the public lead our army to break the strong enemy again?" ”

Zhang Liao dared not comply, and hurriedly replied with his fists in a sonorous voice.

"It is incumbent upon the last general."

"Good."

Cao Cao handed the order flag to Zhang Liao and said solemnly: "Wenyuan holds my flag, and the vanguard army is controlled by you." ”

"Yui."

Zhang Liao was suddenly surging, and he resolutely turned around with the order flag, he recalled the feeling of breaking the enemy, but the scene of Guan Yu and the white horse beheading Yan Liang came to mind.

General Guan, have I surpassed you?

With the doubts in his heart, Zhang Liao shouted and rushed into the Wuhuan army with the tiger and leopard horse.

Just like when he was in Hefei, he went straight to Shan Yu's big flag.

In the end, under the command of Zhang Liao, Yu won more with less in White Wolf Mountain and successfully defeated the main force of Wuhuan.

Da Dan Yu Bandun and the chiefs of the tribes all fell under the sword of the tiger and leopard rider.

Liaoxi Hu and Han surrendered to Cao Cao more than 200,000 people, and Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang fled to Liaodong and defected to Sun Kang, the Taishou Gong of Liaodong.

Gongsun Kang was worried that Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang would seize power, so he used a trick to kill the two and sent the head to Cao Cao to show goodwill.

So far, the Yuan family has cut down the grass and eradicated the roots.

It's a pity that Cao Cao's favorite adviser Guo Jia died of illness in Jixian County on his way to Liucheng.

Cao Cao finally completed the control of Hebei in Hebei, and he was surging on the Jieshi on the way to the class, and wrote the famous article "Watching the Sea".

The east is adjacent to the Jieshi to view the sea.

The water is surging, and the mountains and islands are sturging.

The trees are overgrown and the grass is abundant.

The autumn wind is bleak and the waves are surging.

The trip of the sun and the moon, if out of it.

The stars are splendid, if out of it.

Fortunately, even ya, the song is a song.

(End of chapter)