The news of Yuan Shu's proclamation as emperor spread throughout the Central Plains, making the other princes surprised and delighted.

The so-called extensive accumulation of grain and slow king, Yuan Shu did not do any of it.

As Zhao Chen expected, the first one who couldn't sit still was Cao Cao, as soon as Yuan Shu's surrender document arrived, Cao Cao played the holy and issued a letter to beg the thief.

Before the Yuan Shu surrender documents in the hands of the various princes were hot, Cao Cao's arrogance of the thief was sent over.

History always moves forward according to its own trajectory, and what can be changed is only the details, but the hearts of the people cannot be shaken.

There are two documents in front of Liu Bei's desk, and across the table, there are people sitting.

The people in the hall were discussing what to do.

Zhao Chen analyzed a few words, and then said that he had a plan.

When Liu Bei heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Strategist, please come quickly." ”

Zhao Chen straightened out his thoughts and said slowly.

"Yuan Shu is the emperor, Cao Cao took the opportunity to do his own thing in the name of the Son of Heaven, there are many princes and strategists, and they will definitely be able to understand the truth, so it is expected that there will be no more than two people who respond to Cao Cao's request for thieves."

Liu Bei was a little puzzled, Zhao Chen had just analyzed, after Yuan Shu became emperor, the princes coveted his city, so they would naturally take action.

But now it is said that there are only two people who responded to Cao Cao's begging for thieves, isn't it a contradiction?

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "Today's Central Plains, those who are as fast as tigers, but Cao Cao and Sun Ce'er. Yuan Shao in the north, dry bones in the mound, anxious for public profit, even if he has a heart, he will be stopped by frustrated Zhu, Tian Feng and other strategists, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are good clansmen, and they will never use Cao Cao's Yanzhou to send troops to Runan, and Cao Cao will not agree to this matter. At this time, it was beneficial to Yuan Shao, but the sword pointed to Gongsun Zan of Youzhou in the north, and took advantage of Cao Cao's plot against Yuan Shu to pacify the chaos in the rear and unify Youzhou. In the coming day, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are fighting to the death, wouldn't it be better to send troops to reap the benefits of fish and warmth? ”

Everyone listened and nodded yes.

Zhao Chen continued: "Sun Ce in the south, although he was defeated by our army, Jiangdong is still strong, and Qu A Liu Zhengli is Sun Ce's biggest target at this time. In the face of Cao Cao's call, Sun Ce would definitely respond, and his first move was to break with Yuan Shu, drive out Yuan Shu's appointees in the counties of Yangzhou, and replace them in order to grow rapidly, and then concentrate on dealing with Qu A and Liu Zhengli. Therefore, Sun Ce will not be distracted and really send troops. ”

"As for Liu Biao and others in the west, at most, they only mean neutrality, guarding that one acre and three points of land, and they don't have the strength to compete with Cao Cao at all."

Cheng Yu secretly admired when he heard this, Zhao Chen can perceive everyone's thoughts and make reasonable judgments, such an ability is really rare in the world. can match it, I'm afraid only Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.

It's just that he still has something to understand, so he walked out from behind Zhao Chen and asked, "Since the princes around Yuan Shu will not make any moves, who is the military advisor referring to, and will send troops to Yuan Shu?" ”

Liu Bei looked at Cheng Yu who stood up in surprise, and saw that Zhao Chen did not question it at all, and suddenly understood the truth.

He immediately stood up and greeted Cheng Yu with a smile.

Cheng Yu is also very knowledgeable, although the person he admires in his heart is Zhao Chen, but he still salutes Liu Bei: "Yu has seen the lord." ”

Liu Bei smiled and helped Cheng Yu up, full of joy.

Then he cast a grateful look at Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen responded with a smile, but he admired Cheng Yu in his heart.

His voice as the lord successfully freed Zhao Chen from the suspicion that Liu Bei suspected Zhao Chen's intentions.

As soon as the episode passed, Zhao Chen continued to analyze: "The two people that Chen refers to will send troops are the lord and Cao'er. ”

"I heard that a month ago, Cao Cao's attack on Zhang Xiu was unfavorable, and Yanzhou's small size could not accommodate Cao Cao's ambitions. Cao Cao was worried that there was no suitable reason to swallow Runan in the south, so Yuan Shu sent an excuse, which Cao Cao couldn't ask for. ”

Cheng Yu took the call and said, "Exactly." Cao Cao wanted to send troops to Yuan Shu, firstly, he was worried about Yuan Shao in the north, and the military adviser had analyzed that Yuan Shao would not take action against Cao Cao at this time, and secondly, he was worried about Liu Biao, and the best way was to connect with Liu Zhang in Xichuan to balance Liu Biao, and thirdly, the one who was worried was the lord. ”

Zhao Chen immediately clapped his hands and praised: "What Zhongde said is extremely true. ”

Several generals on the side couldn't bear it anymore after listening to Zhao Chen's analysis.

Guan Yu took the lead in asking: "Military advisor, Cao Cao took advantage of this opportunity to attack Yuan Shu in the south, Sun Ce and Yuan Shao have goals, so they can't sit still and see everyone cannibalize Yuan Shu, right?" ”

Zhao Chen motioned for Guan Yu not to be impatient, and then asked, "Can Yun Chang learn the two things of distant close attack and surprise?" ”

Guan Yu looked guilty.

Zhao Chen smiled and explained: "Lord, do you remember the road to reviving the Han family that you discussed with Chen?" ”

Liu Bei replied passionately: "First take Qingji, then try to merge with Yan, and then take Xiliang, and go down the three roads, take Xichuan, Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and the Central Plains can be determined." ”

Zhao Chen nodded and said: "Those who plan the overall situation should take advantage of the surrounding situation." The land of Yuan Shu and Xuzhou are cold lips and teeth. ”

The land of Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuyang is a typical triangle.

Historically, Yuan Shu knew that Lü Bu was an enemy of Cao Cao, so he took the initiative to send someone to form an alliance with Lü Bu, just to use Lü Bu to contain Cao Cao.

It's a pity that Lu Bu listened to the words of others, and praised himself for Dong Zhuo's heroes and loyalty to the Han family, and refused to accept it.

As a result, a war between Yuan Shu and Lu Bu was triggered.

Those who lose both sides are all Cao Caoer.

And today, since Zhao Chen is here, he will definitely not let this happen again.

"If Cao Cao sends troops, Yuan Shu will definitely ask for help from the lord. The lord only needs to be appeased with good words, and the real target of our army is Yuan Shao's Qingzhou. One of them is a distant and close attack, in the north, Youzhou Gongsun Zan is a friend of the lord, the lord can write to him, explain the interests and disadvantages, and the two families make friends to contain Yuan Shao; In the south, the lord can form an alliance with Qu A Liu Zhengli, after a previous defeat, Sun Ce wants to completely defeat Liu Zhengli, I am afraid it will not work for a year and a half, during this period our army is just going north. Second, by surprise, when everyone's eyes are on Yuan Shu, it is the time when our army takes Qingzhou, and when the other princes react, our army has taken most of Qingzhou. ”

At this point, Cheng Yu understood why Zhao Chen wanted to use this half a month to deliberately subdue Taishan Zang Ba, and let Zang Ba still guard Kaiyang.

From Xiapi to Qingzhou in the north, either take a detour to Yanzhou, or take the East China Sea and Langya, no matter which one, they all have close ties with Zang Ba.

If Zang Ba is not conquered, the road to the north will be blocked, not to mention, the grain route will not be established, and there will be a danger of being cut off at any time.

Now there is Zang Ba guarding the Taishan area, not only the grain road is guaranteed, but more importantly, the rear is stable.

With such foresight, I am afraid that no one can match it, and Cheng Yu's admiration for Zhao Chen is endless.

As soon as Zhao Chen's plan came out, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others were immediately excited, and they all wanted to go to the battlefield as soon as possible.

It's just that although the strategy is decided, the specific arrangements still have to be up to Zhao Chen.

Everyone turned their eyes to Zhao Chen again.

Liu Bei asked: "Strategist, according to this strategy, how should our army send troops?" ”

Zhao Chen did not rush back to Liu Bei, but asked Sun Qian: "Gongyou, how many people are there in Xuzhou now?" ”

"Military division, counting the more than 10,000 people who have just been recruited recently, a total of about 45,000 people. The recruits were scattered in the camps of General Zhang and General Guan. ”

Zhao Chen asked Zhang Fei Guan Yu again: "Yide, Yun Chang, how long does it take for recruits to go to the battlefield?" ”

The two replied in unison: "It will take two months." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Chen's brows tightened.

"Lord, Xuzhou needs the lord to sit in person and guard Guangling, Huaiyin, Xiapi, and Pengcheng with 30,000 troops, so that you can sit back and relax."

"Although there are only more than 10,000 soldiers available to our army now, time is running out, and as soon as Cao Cao sends troops, our army can go north. The leading generals Yide, Wenyuan, Shuzhi, and the military strategists Zishan and Zhongde. ”