Chapter 169 Take a hair and move the whole body

Late at night, in the secret room of the pastoral house. Cao Cao and Guo Jiabing talked at night. The two talked about the situation in Gongzhou. Guo Jia smiled and said to Cao Cao, "Cao Gong, Lv Liu's allied forces only collapsed after the victory. The reason is very simple: Liu Beizhi is occupying the city, accumulating strength, and finally achieving the purpose of supporting the Han Dynasty through hard work; and the nature **-Dang Lv Bu The real purpose of joining forces with Liu Bei to attack us is just to find an opportunity to rape - ** Liu Bei's two beautiful ladies... Ha ha, Lv Bu, who has always been domineering, can actually lead the army to leave Gongzhou City at the first time, which shows that Lv Bu finally got what he wanted..."

"Haha, so this is the fatal change that Guo Jijiu inferred in advance that the enemy may occur? Haha, Lv Bu is so fierce. It's really extraordinary to try on Liu Bei's clothes under the eyes of such a brave super general as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei! Meng De is really impressed, admiring..." Cao Cao laughed with great admiration.

Seeing that Cao Cao was so happy, Guo Jia also laughed happily. The drastic changes within the enemy are extremely beneficial to Cao Cao's side. In time, as long as their troops are under the city, they can generally reoccupy the city of Gozhou.

At the same time, Zhang Xiu's side in Wancheng, and Jia Xu, a poisoner, also inferred the truth of Lv Bu and Liu Bei's open breakup based on the information he had. Even so, Jia Xu could only communicate with himself in his heart: "Hey hey, this Lv Bu is really thoughtful and pervasive. After some twists and turns, he finally put on Liu Xuande's clothes..."

In this case, he knows that he can't say it to Zhang Xiu, and he can't say it to death. At the same time, Zhang Xiu himself is not qualified to hear such secret words, even if he is a fierce general with excellent martial arts skills.

In this way, the war in Gozhou spread all over the country and inside and outside the Great Wall half a month later. When Yuan Shao of Yizhou heard that Cao Cao had lost his base, he sent an olive branch to Cao Cao and invited Cao Cao to enter Yizhou. Of course, this kind of awe-inspiringness has conditions: the only condition is that Cao Cao needs to send his close relatives to Yizhou as hostages.

In the face of Xiao Yuan Shao's invitation, Cao Cao politely refused. The wise and martial Cao Cao Cao saw through Yuan Shao's tricks at a glance: Yuan Shu in Huainan sang a black face to provide weapons and equipment for free, and secretly instructed Lv Bu, Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu to join hands to attack Cao Cao; after Cao Cao "lost" his nest, Yuan Shao sang a red face and took the opportunity to attract Cao Cao. In Yuan Shao thought: Cao Cao, who was at the end of the road, faced his kindness. Please, isn't Cao Cao grateful for throwing himself into his arms?

It's just that the reality is that in the face of Yuan Shao's deep friendship, Cao Cao also refused righteously. Cao Cao understood Yuan Shao's kindness - he recruited Cao Cao, and then assigned Cao Cao to fight in the north to deal with Gongsun Zan or Rongdi in the north. However, Cao Cao could not accept Yuan Shao's malice. Yuan Shao's little meaning is to control Cao Cao. So once Cao Cao defected to Yuan Shao and becomes Yuan Shao's subordinate, how will he turn over in the future? How to sit on an equal footing with Yuan Shaoping?

This result made Yuan Shao angry for a while. Yuan Shaoguang knew that Cao Cao had failed militarily on the battlefield, but he did not know that Cao Cao had just lost the city of Kunzhou. In terms of the strength of the army and the hearts of the people, Cao Cao did not hurt his muscles and bones, but was still strong and powerful.

After Cao Cao calmed up Yuan Shao's entanglement, Zhong Yu, the governor of Xuchang, offered a strategy to Cao Cao, advised Cao Cao not to satisfy the status quo, and advised Cao Cao to put the overall situation first and forge ahead. The specific method is to try to rescue today's son Xian Emperor from the remnants of the Xiliang Legion and welcome Emperor Xian to be stationed in Xuchang. After that, Cao Cao can take the initiative and order the princes in the name of "loyalty to the king and defending the country".

This highly creative and broad-minded suggestion immediately attracted the attention of Cao Cao, Guo Jiaxunyu and others. When Cao Cao gathered his confidant counselors to talk about this topic and had a comprehensive understanding, they felt that Zhong Yu's proposal was extremely operational and feasible. Once successful, it would be of great benefit to Cao Cao's future, whether from a political or military perspective.

In fact, the suggestion that Cao Cao attaches great importance to was also put forward by Ju Shu, the chief counselor under Yuan Shao of Yizhou, but the result was strongly opposed by Yuan Shao himself and other counselors. Yuan Shao and others stubbornly believe that the number of the Han Dynasty has been exhausted, and Liu's rivers and rivers have been fading day by day. In the future, whoever occupies the Central Plains can ascend the throne with geographical advantages and resource advantages. What do you want the puppet surnamed Emperor Xian of Liu to do at this time? If you get it by your side, you have to spend resources and goods to worship. Don't you make trouble for yourself if you worship three times a day?

They think that letting Emperor Xian stay in Luoyang has more advantages than disadvantages for Yuan Shao. In this way, instead of offering to the dedication of the emperor, it is better to let Emperor Xian stay in Luoyang and let him die. Once there is anything wrong with the emperor, this account will naturally be counted on the head of the Xiliang Legion. At that time, Yuan Shao's side still has reason to call on the heroes of the world to gather forces to attack the Xiliang Legion and completely eliminate it.

Ten thousand steps back, even if Yuan Shao's side has the intention to contribute to the emperor, Luoyang is now controlled by the Xiliang Legion. How can he safely and smoothly get Emperor Xian from under the eyes of the Xiliang Legion to Yizhou? This is a difficult problem. Once the operation is not good, the result is to fight with the Xiliang Legion. Yuan Shao is unwilling to do such a thankless work. Secretly, Yuan Shao also wanted to use the remnants of the Xiliang Legion to fight against the military forces in other places!

Comprehensive consideration, based on reality, the short-sighted Yuan Shao Group gave up this precious suggestion. Due to this suggestion, under the malicious manipulation of other counselors, Ju Shu lost Yuan Shao's trust in him. Under the vicious attack and influence of other counselors, Yuan Shao couldn't help thinking: In the past, in Chang'an, Emperor Xian was under his own eyes. Why didn't you make this suggestion? Now the Xiliang Legion has returned to Luoyang again, surrounded by Emperor Xian. You made this suggestion. Didn't you let me touch the tiger's buttocks? Don't you know that Laozi's super strong general is still recovering from his wounds. Don't you know that Laozi's army is seriously injured? I don't know if I'm going all out to deal with Gongsun Zun of Youzhou? ......

Under Yuan Shao's mentality, Ju Shu finally lost the favor. From then on, Yuan Shao's think tank began to be chaotic, and the struggle for power and profit between various counselors became more and more normal and obvious...

Unlike Yuan Shao Group in Yizhou, Cao Cao Group thought of doing it. After good communication with the Xiliang Legion in advance, Cao Cao, who was talented, sent the chief Shi Xunyu and the invincible general Daxia Marquis to Luoyang to meet Emperor Xian. Due to Cao Cao's new failure, the senior management of the Xiliang Legion thought that Cao Cao, who was at a disadvantage, was going to alliate with them...

In the hinterland of the Central Plains, the war between Cao Cao and Lv Bu, Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu temporarily came to an end. Basically, the two sides of the confrontation had a draw, but behind the draw, Cao Cao's side grasped the initiative: First, through the form of military confrontation, it was actually Guo Jia and Jia. In the intelligent confrontation between Xu, several times, Zhang Xiu in Wancheng saw the real strength hidden by Cao Cao. In this way, it can be guaranteed that Zhang Xiu did not dare to offend Cao Cao in the future. Second, in order to avoid the second-line battle, Cao Cao deliberately abandoned the city by showing weakness, and finally caused the victorious hatred between Lv Bu and Liu Bei. In this way, it can ensure that Lv Bu and Liu Bei can no longer form an alliance. Cao Cao's next military action will lay a solid foundation.

Looking at the land of Shenzhou, the moment when the war in the hinterland of the Central Plains was extinguished was also the time when Youzhou Gongsun Zan successfully wiped out his opponent Lieutenant Liu Yu. The information about the battle between the high-level officials in Youzhou can spread to the ears of the princes in China, so the hegemony war between Cao Cao and the enemy in Gozhou can also be transmitted to the ears of the princes of Shenzhou. The difference is that some princes can only understand the outline and appearance of the event, while some princes can know the details and context of the whole battle.

For example, Taishi Ci, who was in the southern suburbs of Yanjing City, even if he did not leave home, he still mastered the details and results of the battle between Cao Cao and the enemy in the hinterland of the Central Plains. All this is due to the Ma Gang, which belongs to Tai Shici's Ma Gang. At this time, the scale is no less than the long-standing Cao Gang and the Salt Gang. The members of the Ma Gang have several positions: their superficial occupation is to escort the caravan to and from all parts of China, north to the grassland ice, to the south to the wilderness; to the east to the desert Gobi in the west... And in the dark, They have to carefully collect local information everywhere they go. Therefore, for the war in the state of the hinterland of the Central Plains, these members of the horse gang should of course act as scouts and carefully inquire about information. After that, the gathering of information was sent to Tai Shici as soon as possible.

In the secret room of the Star Palace. The lights are bright and the wine is fragrant. Tai Shici, Gao Shun and Sulman ate, drank and chatted. When Taishi Ci's side learned the truth about Lv Bu's two wives, it had been half a month since the incident. When Gao Shun and Surman read the information, Tai Shici smiled and said to the two, "Brothers, do you think Uncle Liu is careless? Knowing that Lv Bu was unhappy with no meat and no girl for a day, he also took his two wives with him, and finally gave Lv Bu a good opportunity... Ha ha, by the way, Lv Bu's taste is also very strong. He is not interested in Huanghua's daughter, but he is thinking about other people's wife's head..."

Gao Shun heard the words and shook his head helplessly. After all, he used to be the most effective general under Lv Bu's command. Now he feels sorry to hear that the old master has not made progress as before. In his opinion, according to Lv Bu's unique ability, Lv Bu's achievements are definitely not the current situation. It's just that God gave Lv Bu an unparalleled talent and gave him a fatal weakness, which Lv Bu himself could not overcome. Therefore, Gao Shun agrees with Tai Shici's philosophy: people's greatest enemy is not from the outside, but from himself...

And Surman heard Tai Shici's joking words, and he just laughed loudly. Tai Shici and other Sulman's happy emotions were almost vented, so he continued to say thoughtfully, "Two brothers, according to intelligence, Cao Cao did not take advantage of the opportunity of Lv Bu and Liu Bei's open breakup to gather troops to attack any of them. Instead, he sent his confidant Xun Yu and Xia Houchun to Luoyang and the senior officials of the Xiliang Legion. What is Cao Cao's intention to contact?

Sulman shook his head at Tai Shici with a blank face, and Gao Shun responded seriously and said, "General Tai Shi, I think: Maybe Cao Cao is weak and wants to alliate with the remnants of the Xiliang Legion to deal with the threat and oppression of the Yuan brothers!"

When Tai Shici heard the words, he fell into meditation. Because of the strategy of welcoming Emperor Xian to Xuchang, Cao Cao's side blocked it tightly. In this way, no matter how to drill the camp under the command of Tai Shici, he could not find out this high-end secret. This kind of high-end secret can only be inferred by the super counselor based on the clues and direction of the incident.