"Brother Benchu...... Alas, there are jealous women in the family, and in the end, the matter after death is so disgraceful, which damages the true character of the hero! Brother Benchu, Brother Benchu, you didn't lose unjustly, on the battlefield and in employing people, you are not as good as me, and in Qi Jiaxiu, you are also inferior to me! ”

In the city of Xudu, in the middle of the empty house. When Cao Cao heard about Yuan Shao's death, he also sighed for a long time and sighed for a long time.

When this day came, Cao Cao was mentally prepared, he had been waiting for many months, but he didn't expect that there would be such a chicken feather in the end.

Especially when I learned that because Liu's handling of Yuan Shao's aftermath was very disgraceful, not only did he kill innocents indiscriminately, but also reversed his reputation and made people panic, so some strategists left Yecheng to go to Qingzhou to vote for Yuan Tan.

This made Cao Cao feel even more worthless and despised.

His ability to manage the back house is very strong, and his prestige is also very strong.

If it was his Cao Cao's woman, who would dare to interfere with big things because of jealousy? And who would dare to dictate which son he will set up in the future to inherit the business? But whenever the maid interferes with politics and touches Cao Cao's rebellion, he will be severely punished.

That night, Cao Cao invited several of the main advisers in Xudu to drink with him. Xun Yu, Xun You, and Guo Jia were all present, and at first everyone thought that Cao Cao was going to ask for a plan, so they really made a lot of preparations.

Who knew that in the end, it was drinking, Cao Cao basically didn't say anything, and only occasionally spoke when he was drunk, and he mentioned all the old things and the past in Luoyang, not mentioning the strategy and strategy to deal with the Yuan family.

"Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, don't you know, thirty years ago, hmm...... It doesn't seem to be that long, maybe it was twenty-seven or eight years ago, when I was lonely and young before I reached the crown, I hadn't yet come out, and I was just a Lang official in Luoyang, so I went with Benchu to steal people's brides.

He fell into the thorn bush, I screamed and frightened him, so scared that he couldn't bear to pull out of the pain, and a long blood trough was hooked by thorns on his thigh, and he recuperated for more than half a month after returning home, hahaha, he was not as clever as me back then......"

However, soon after that, he returned to his hometown after his mother's funeral, and later made a name for himself, saying that he lamented that he had never met his stepfather and had to take another three years. For more than five years, he didn't mess around with me anymore.

In the past five years, like him, I have successfully promoted filial piety and honesty to become a Lang official, and was recommended by Sima Gong as the northern lieutenant of Luoyang. When I killed Uncle Jian Shuo with a five-colored stick, I was still keeping filial piety in my hometown, although I couldn't come in person, I also wrote a book to greet me, saying that I could help me mediate, don't worry about the revenge of the eunuch...... That's it, for the sake of the friendship of the year, this wine should be regarded as a remote sacrifice to the original brother. ”

Cao Cao drank too much and chattered, drank and drank, and began to splash indiscriminately irregularly.

Thinking of something, he directly poured the wine on the ground, as a toast to Yuan Shao. I didn't think of a reason for a while, so I continued to drink by myself, and fell asleep while drinking.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia all prepared a stomach full of strategies and rhetoric, but in the end they were stunned and useless.

……

Cao Cao was so drunk that the next morning, he didn't even take care of government affairs.

Or Xun Yu helped him take a look at it first, and it was dealt with without any major incidents, and if there was a major matter that Cao Cao had to make a decision in person, then he would stay first.

Cao Cao slept until noon and woke up, ate lunch and breakfast together, and wandered around for a while, and only then did he gather Er Xun and Guo Jia again in the afternoon, ready to discuss the next stage of the strategy against Yuan.

said that it was a discussion, but Cao Cao actually had some preset thoughts in his heart.

After all, Yuan Shao is about to die, everyone knows that it is destined to happen, and they have been looking forward to it for several months.

Moreover, last winter, Cao Hong was defeated by Yuan Tan and Tai Shici when he was besieging Nanpi, and Guo Jia offered advice to Cao Cao Zhan at that time.

Now it is nothing more than re-checking the template that Guo Jia said three months ago to see if there are any new situations and new situations that need to be adjusted on the fly.

So this process is very short, and Cao Cao is not playing false, and he gets straight to the point as soon as he comes up:

"Last winter, when he was in Hebei, Feng Xiao planned for Lone, and persuaded Gu Zhen to slowly move to Hebei when he died, so that Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan could fight and consume each other.

And our army can withdraw and go south, pretending to put pressure on the eastern part of Langya, which now nominally belongs to Yuan Tan, but in fact it is consumed with Liu Bei. Let's try Liu Bei's current strength, if it goes well, you can first take the land of Xuzhou Banzhou except Guangling.

Even if it doesn't go well, it can be stopped, and it can also reassure Er Yuan and promote Er Yuan to go to war - at that time, Gu felt that this plan could be left for discussion, and it depends on whether the battle between his sons after Ben Chu's death is tragic and whether it is possible to fight.

Now that the dust has settled, you are discussing it, can Fengxiao's original idea be implemented? ”

After the three strategists listened, Guo Jia was the least likely to give an opinion, because this was originally his own strategy last year. So after Cao Cao finished speaking, he immediately added a few more words, Chen said the benefits of his plan, and Guo Jia didn't feel that he was boasting.

It's not that he's thick-skinned, it's that Guo Jia has been such a character all his life.

He relied too deeply on the idea of "relaxing the pressure on several enemies who already have internal contradictions, and inducing these enemies to first infighting and internal strife and weaken themselves".

In history, when he persuaded Cao Cao to let Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan fight, it was this trick. Later, after Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fled to Gongsun Kang in Liaodong, the so-called "Guo Jia's plan to determine Liaodong" was also this trick to induce Gongsun Kang to help Cao Cao kill the second Yuan.

It's really a trick and eats it all over the world.

Although this time, it seems a little stiff, and the situation is slightly different from the same period in history, Guo Jia's strategy cannot be said to be completely unreasonable, and a little tinkering can still be used.

But Er Xun heard about this plan for the first time, and at first glance he felt a little blunt.

Fortunately, the atmosphere of the civil officials and strategists under Cao Cao is still good, unlike a group of strategists on Yuan Shao's side who attacked each other and demolished the stage.

Although Er Xun has opinions, he will not directly refute Guo Jia's strategy as useless.

So Xun Yu took the lead and said with a serious attitude: "This plan does have some truth, and it is indeed the best for us to be able to make the two Yuan fight." At the same time, Liu Bei now dares to secretly help Yuan Tan, and even let Tai Shici directly compete with us on the battlefield in Qingzhou.

But the time shift is different, and the situation when Bong Hyo first said this time is very different from our current situation. Three or four months ago, we didn't go deep into Jizhou, and at that time, if we could die quickly at the beginning, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan would have a better chance of directly merging.

Now our army has almost cut through Jizhou, and has taken a lot of the plains in the central part that are not dangerous to defend, and the four counties of Qinghe, Hejian, Anping, and Pingyuan have been obtained.

Yuan Shang had Wei County, Zhao County, Julu, Changshan, and Zhongshan in his hands, and Yuan Tan had one Bohai in his hands.

Of the ten counties in Jizhou, Yuan Shang got five, our army got four, and Yuan Tan got one, but Yuan Tan was the largest, and one county accounted for a quarter of the population of Jizhou that year.

In this form, our threat to Yuan Shang is no less than Yuan Tan's threat to him, even if we pretend to move south and fight Liu Bei, does Yuan Shang have the courage to attack his brother? ”

Cao Cao listened very carefully, and there was no inclination in his expression, and after listening quietly, he didn't say anything, just gave Guo Jia on the other side a look, and motioned Guo Jia to explain Xun Yu's question by himself.

Guo Jia hurriedly cleared his throat and explained: "Therefore, our army needs to use more methods to trick Yuan Shang into thinking that the opportunity is rare, or to help Yuan Shang or Yuan Tan to add fuel to the fire, and there are major hidden dangers in attacking the other side."

For example, Yuan Shang ruined the reputation of his ancestors, saying that Yuan Tan did not obey Yuan Shao's will, or spreading that Yuan Shang used the trial to falsely pass on Yuan Shao's will. As long as everyone is in a state of gold and the three of them become tigers, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan will always misjudge the situation and can't help it. These are all technical issues in the follow-up execution of the strategy. ”

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Xun Yu shook his head, and muttered in a low voice as if talking to himself: "I'm afraid it's far from enough, and I can't do it at all." Unless we show weakness to the point of truly abusing our own armaments. ”

Guo Jia's face was slightly embarrassed, but he couldn't refute Xun Yu's qualitative judgment directly, so he just looked at Cao Cao innocently.

For an empirical argument, he can refute it. But for the characterization of buttoning hats, it is useless to refute.

And Guo Jia knows that Cao Cao is not a soft-eared person, and it is useless to be clever in front of Cao Cao and talk flowery, it is better to accept it when it is good, and be humble when it is time to be humble.

And Cao Cao really noticed one thing immediately, and said to help Guo Jia: "Wen Ruo, be reasonable, be reasonable, everyone put the empirical evidence and inference, don't make a straight decision." ”

Xun Yu is not good at scheming, and he can't say why for a while, but fortunately, Xun Yu next to him immediately interjected and helped his uncle perfect: "Don't blame Ming Gong, I also feel that Feng Xiao's policy intention is good, but it is extremely difficult to achieve."

Jizhou has been almost divided into east and west by us, can we still expect Yuan Shang to let our army not fight, and first attack Youzhou controlled by Yuan Tan from Changshan County and Zhongshan County in the north of Jizhou?

Between Ji and Ji, after all, there is easy water barrier, between Zhongshan and Zhuo County, there are also some Yan Mountain remnants, hills and valleys, no more than the central plain of Jizhou, no danger to defend. No matter how much Yuan Shang hates his brother and refuses to accept it, it is impossible for him to be reluctant to seek difficulties.

Therefore, if Fengxiao's policy is to be realized, there is only one possibility, that is, unless our army directly and completely withdraws! Give back the four counties of Qinghe, Hejian, Anping, and Pingyuan that have been beaten to Yuan Shang! Let Yuan Shang regain a complete Yellow River defense line!

If we are really willing to do this, then we can immediately repair the relationship with Yuan Shang, and even let Yuan Shang move closer to us and admit his mistakes to the imperial court, but how can this be cost-effective? Those were the four counties that the imperial court soldiers had worked hard to defeat in the autumn and winter of last year! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he finally touched his beard and fell into a deep groan.

He didn't care about the temporary gains and losses of one city and one place, and in history, he did retire slightly after Yuan Shao's death for more than a year, so that the two Yuan had the courage to fight.

Historically, however, his progress throughout 201 has not been as great, not to the extent of four counties, at least not as far north as Hejian.

If it was to cede the occupied areas of the two counties, and to loot the population and resources and take them to Henan, and leave the vacant land in Hebei to Yuan Shang in exchange for Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan to directly start a war and internal friction, then Cao Cao would definitely agree without hesitation.

Now that the four counties have nearly twice as many chips as they did at the same time in history, the loss aversion becomes unacceptable.

And the farther north the territory, the more difficult it is to capture the migrants.

In Qinghe County, which runs along the Yellow River, Cao Cao could do it even if he wanted to exile more than half of the population to Henan and leave a piece of withered land for Yuan Shang.

And in the northernmost river of Jizhou, even if you want to take 20% of the population away, it is an extravagant hope, unless it causes great damage to the local area and loses the hearts of the people.

But in that case, Cao Cao, who already regarded Yuan Shao's territory as his own bag, would definitely be reluctant.

It is true that he Cao Cao will slaughter the city, and he will also captivate and relocate the population, but the premise is that he can't hold this land himself, and he will buy and sell it with a hammer.

For example, when he went to Xuzhou in history, and later in Hanzhong in history, he planned to retreat and leave Hanzhong to Liu Bei, so he moved the people of Hanzhong and forcibly returned to Chang'an, Guanzhong.

And how can you destroy what you will get your hands on in a year or two?

After Xun You pointed out this problem of loss aversion, Cao Cao finally suffered from gains and losses, and when he looked at Guo Jia again, his eyes were no longer so expectant.

Guo Jia also knew his strategy, and it had reached the juncture of saving and abandoning, so he hurriedly followed Xun You's words and said:

"Don't doubt it! The four counties in central Jizhou seem to be in the hands of our army, but in fact, there is no danger to defend, they come and go quickly.

In the land of Jizhou, you must go all out to take one side, so that you can barely hold it firmly, and it is just expedient to take the empty place in the middle.

If you forcibly hold it, you will only be attacked by Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan with all their might, and when the time comes, it will drag down the overall situation even more! The subordinates also know that it would be a pity to directly discard the four counties to Yuan Shang, but we can use this as bait and mediate with Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan again.

Propose some conditions for replacing land, and ask the other party to admit their mistakes to the court and express their recognition of the court, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan who agree, we will hand over the four counties in central Jizhou to him!

In my opinion, Yuan Tan hugged Liu Bei, and he didn't get Yuan Shao's direct will, so he definitely couldn't turn his back on Yuan Shao's proposition before his death, so Yuan Tan would probably choose to continue to serve the so-called clothes and belts, and we can't expect too much from him.

However, it is still possible to use Yuan Tan as a threat to deceive Yuan Shang, so we will send two groups of envoys at the same time.

While going to Yuan Shang's place, he told Yuan Shang that he would immediately give up the land of the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi that the Yuan family had previously occupied, in exchange for the price of our army's retreat from Hejian, Qinghe and other four counties in central Jizhou, and recede the four counties of Jizhou to him, and let them level and restore the Yellow River defense line in central Jizhou.

On the other hand, go to Yuan Tan and tell Yuan Tan that he will give up Langya, Donglai, and even Beihai in exchange for the four counties in central Jizhou.

For the specific delivery, our army can first withdraw a Hejian County as a sincere expression, and then they are willing to accept the side of Hejian County, so they will confess their guilt to the imperial court and admit that Yuan Shao mistakenly believed the fallacies of Dong Cheng and Lu Bu back then, which was a big mistake.

Then we withdrew our troops from the second county, and then asked them to take over Hedong or Beihai, and our army withdrew from the third and fourth counties. In this way, it seems that we exchanged the territory of four counties for two counties, and the one who exchanged with us made more money.

However, we have smoothed out the protrusion inserted between the two Yuans, so that the two Yuan can once again fall into full contact on the Hebei Plain, which has no danger to defend, and will definitely start fighting again sooner or later.

And we can tell both sides clearly: we are in contact with both sides at the same time, and the higher price wins. If you don't accept it, your brother accepts it, come and go, then it's not the difference in strength of four counties, but the difference in strength of eight counties! It's that one side has four counties less, and the other side has four more counties!

But the side that cooperates with us will have to bear the name of 'admitting his mistakes to the court on behalf of his deceased father', and the other person will definitely seize this point and make a big fuss about it, attacking it to show his filial piety and show that he is the one who inherits Yuan Shao's legacy, and the other side is a puppet who sells his father for glory.

Therefore, my subordinates implore Ming Gong to send these two groups of envoys to try before making a final decision, and if either side of the two Yuan accepts our terms, Ming Gong can implement my plan of competing with the two tigers. If neither of the two Yuan accepts our conditions, then it is no longer possible for the Duke of Ming to prepare for war and destroy either of the two Yuan by force as I said before. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, it made a lot of sense, he could have sent two groups of envoys to ask first, and it didn't cost anything.

Even if the messenger is killed, the loss is only the messenger, and the enemy can be even more bitter.

If the fool is done, it is not too late to implement the strategy that follows.

Cao Cao's wave is already invincible.

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ps: Originally, I said that I would resume two shifts today, but after thinking about it more, I still mentioned 4,500 words, and this one was changed during the day.

Because yesterday's news has a recommendation tomorrow, I want three more tomorrow. Today's second watch will be put after 12 o'clock in the evening, which is considered tomorrow's first watch.

That is, there is a shift after twelve o'clock tonight, don't wait, there will be two more shifts during the day tomorrow.

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