"Ming Gong, Yuan Benchu encouraged you to send troops to Wancheng to attack Zhangxiu. Isn't it because he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Luoyang and kidnap the emperor?"
As soon as Chunyu Qiong and Chunyu Jia left, Guo Jia revealed Yuan Shao's plan.
Cao Cao also nodded: "Feng Xiao, you are right, Yuan Benchu must be making this idea! But... Yuan Benchu has a good face, so he probably won't do it forcefully. Moreover, there is still a gap between Luoyang and Yuan Benchu's territory. Across the Hanoi County, Hanoi Zhang Yang was still loyal to the Han Dynasty. Even if he could not resist Yuan Benchu's army for the Han Dynasty, he would tell the emperor to run away! If the emperor ran to Gu's territory, his rebellion would be in vain. It’s a thief!”
Dong Zhao said: "Ming Gong, it seems that Yuan Benchu will contact Li Jue and Guo Fan to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf... It is a plan to swallow the dragon!"
Guo Jia nodded: "What Gong Ren said makes sense. Yuan Benchu transferred Duke Ming away from Luoyang to open the door for Li Jue and Guo Fan to join the bandits! If the news of Li Jue and Guo Fan's large-scale bandits spread to Luoyang, The little emperor should ask Yuan Benchu and Duke Ming for help. When the time comes, Yuan Benchu enters Hanoi under the name of King Luo Qin, crosses the Yellow River, and reaches Luoyang, and his name will be justified!"
Ding Chong became a little anxious after hearing Cheng Yu and Guo Jia's analysis: "Meng De, then you can't send troops to attack Wan. How much effort have we spent to get this emperor? We can't give it up to Yuan Benchu!"
Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "Ming Gong, at best you can only cooperate with the emperor now..."
Cao Cao's eyes were like lightning, and he shot at Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, do you want to make a plan?"
"Ming Gong," Cheng Yu said, "it is risky to follow the plan! What if..."
That's where his words ended. Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, and Ding Chong were all looking at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and then said: "Wealth is obtained in danger...Besides, this little emperor is also quite capable! If he is allowed to gain a foothold in Luoyang, will he still be content in the future? It's hard to say that the emperor of Luoyi is the emperor! Even if he is willing to be the king of Zhou Ping, he only has one Yanzhou and two counties in Yuzhou, and he is surrounded by powerful enemies. It is really difficult to sleep peacefully. This kind of five hegemony pattern , not what I want!"
The current "Five Hegemons Structure" is indeed very unfavorable to Cao Cao. His territory is small! Yuan Shao has now secured three states in general, and Youzhou is expected to be close soon. By then, he will have four states: Ji, Qing, You, and Bing. It is really a vast land with many people, and he can carry millions of soldiers, so he can advance or retreat. . Even if he does not go south to break the "Five Hegemons" for the time being, Yuan Shao can expand his base by eliminating and absorbing the Hu people in Bingzhou, annexing Liaodong Gongsun, and expanding north of the Great Wall.
Although Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Yuan Shu of Yangzhou, and Liu Zhang of Yizhou only have one state, the territories of Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yizhou are huge! There is so much undeveloped land. They are a force that can develop even when they are lying down!
On the other hand, if Cao Cao's route to the west to annex the seven counties of Sili was blocked by Emperor Luoyi, then he would have no choice but to annex Xuzhou to the east. But Xuzhou... not only has Lu Bu, a big thorn in the side, but also a large group of Xuzhou nobles who regard Cao Cao as their enemies. This is the deadly feud that Cao Cao forged when he massacred Xuzhou!
Even if Cao Cao could eliminate Lu Bu and occupy Xuzhou, it would be difficult for him to effectively govern Xuzhou in the short term. Instead, he would have to invest a lot of resources into the stability of Xuzhou.
Therefore, the best strategy is to capture the imperial court, occupy the rightful position, and at the same time open a channel that sweeps through the seven counties of Sili.
Now that Cao Cao had made up his mind, Ding Chong, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and Dong Zhao used their brains to help plan.
Cheng Yu was the first to speak. He said to Cao Cao: "Yuan Benchu doesn't need to worry too much. He just has such a hesitant temper. But Lu Fengxian, who is in Xuzhou, must be careful. Don't ask him to kill him. This guy is the best at it." Stealing the house!”
Cao Cao snorted, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to see Chen Yuanlong this afternoon... Bao Lubu is from the Xuzhou Mu Head Office, right?"
Ding Chong shook his head and said, "No way, Meng De. A Xuzhou Mu is worth tens of millions of dollars. Does Lu Bu have one?"
Cao Cao was just so angry with Lu Bu that he forgot about this problem. He smiled and said: "He has no money to buy an official position, so he can't blame Gu. Anyway, Gu agreed to let him be the shepherd of Xuzhou! If the emperor doesn't agree, he will resent him." Be the emperor!"
Ding Chong said: "Mengde, Lu Bu is the hero who killed Dong Zhuo. Will the emperor give him a discount?"
Cao Cao laughed and said: "It's possible to be cheaper, but it can't be too much. If you discount ten million dollars, it's still fifty million! Does Lu Fengxian have it? If the emperor discounts too much, then we have something to say. Why can Lu Fengxian give such a big discount, but we can't? We are all loyal officials of the Han Dynasty, and we must treat them equally!"
Several of Cao Cao's confidants were a little dumbfounded when they heard this. All the officials who were loyal to the Han Dynasty were bought?
Guo Jia counted up the "military and food accounts" for Cao Cao with his fingers: "Ming Gong, Yuan Benchu recently sent his compatriot Guo Ziqian to send troops from Taiyuan County to advance along the Fen River to Hedong in the name of attacking the Black Mountain Bandits.
I estimate that I will take the Jingxing Road from Changshan State to Taiyuan, then take the waterway to Hedong, and finally transport it to Guanzhong or Hongnong when the Yellow River freezes in winter. This is the passage through which Yuan Benchu supplied food to the two thieves Jue and Fan... This is not true. It's very convenient, and the cost won't be too little, but the food and grass that can be delivered won't be too much. Moreover, Yuan Benchu and the two thieves Jue and Fan had a hatred of extermination, so they could not blatantly support them.
Therefore, the Luoyang attack by the two thieves Jue and Fan must not last long, and they can only seek a quick victory with a fierce attack! If Ming Gong can return to the army immediately after defeating Zhang Xiu, he might be able to defeat the two thieves Jue and Fan before Yuan Benchu's army arrives! "
Dong Zhao smiled and said: "If Ming Gong can kill the two thieves Jue and Fan at one stroke, then Yuan Benchu will owe Ming Gong a big favor, and I am afraid he will be embarrassed to make trouble against Ming Gong's general again!"
Cheng Yu finally said quietly: "It would be even more satisfying if the emperor's elite soldiers could be consumed..."
Cao Cao said nothing and just nodded lightly.
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"A Liang, come here quickly, don't play with fire! Let me introduce a friend... This is Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin of the Zhou family in Shu County, Lujiang. He has just been recruited as the Huangmen Minister. Gongjin, this is Zhuge Liang of the Langya Zhuge family has not yet been crowned and has no name, but he is a halberd-wielding doctor!"
In Luoyi Palace, "Yu" and "Liang" in "Since Yu is born, how can Liang be born" finally met for the first time today.
The place where the two met was Zhuge Liang's "thatched cottage" - not only was the name thatched cottage, but the roof was also thatched! The original roof of this house was missing, so a temporary roof had to be added to make it work.
However, both Liu Xie and Zhuge Liang liked this place very much. After the two "big boys" of the same age settled down in Luoyang, they discussed the great ways in the Book of Heaven in this thatched cottage every day! The main ones are "mathematical laws", "physical laws" and "chemical laws".
It was said to be a discussion, but in fact it was mainly Zhuge Liang asking questions and Liu Xie answering, and he was also responsible for taking notes. The form is a bit like "The Analects of Confucius". It's the kind of "Zhuge asked" and "The emperor replied".
Zhuge Liang's questions all revolved around the "Trebuchet" and the "Kongming Lantern", oh, it should be the "Flying Lantern". According to Liu Xie, this is called "investigating objects to gain knowledge". Starting from the two objects "trebuchet" and "flying lantern", it involves a lot of "mathematical rules", "physical rules" and "chemical rules". ". Zhuge Liang was like a "Curious Liangliang", catching the little emperor asking endless questions, as if he had endless questions.
At first, Liu Xie could answer the question easily, but later he had to think carefully about how he learned it in school.
And Zhuge Liang not only knew how to ask questions, but also improved the trebuchet. He is actually an expert at craftsmanship. He can do a lot of carpentry work. His skills are not great, but they are useful enough.
When Liu Xie took Zhou Yu to "Zhuge Thatched Cottage" today, Zhuge Liang was playing with fire in the yard!
Zhou Yu saw a handsome young man wearing a crane cloak, holding a roll of lit yellow paper in his hand. Hearing Liu Xie's greeting, he threw the yellow paper into a pottery basin, and then saw something in the basin. The thing burst into flames, turning into an extremely violent fire!
Zhou Yu was shocked and thought: This is the fire talisman technique! It turns out there really is! I thought that the alchemist named Zuo Ci (Zuo Ci and Zhou Yu are fellow villagers) were talking nonsense... I didn't expect that there was such a magic! By the way, this spell must have been taught to this young man by the emperor after he learned it from those three volumes of heavenly books... Ah, what is this young man's name?
When Liu Xie saw Zhou Yu's confused face, he first gave Zhuge Liang a thumbs up, and then said loudly to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, Gong Jin... This is Zhuge Liang, the nephew of Zhuge Xuan, the prefect of Yuzhang. The current halberd-bearing doctor."
"Oh," Zhou Yu finally reacted and found that Zhuge Liang was holding his fists and looking at him with a smile. He quickly bowed his head and said, "It turns out that he is the nephew of the prefect Zhuge. I have admired him for a long time."
"Ah Liang," Liu Xie pretended to be reproachful, "I told you not to play with fire...what if your thatched cottage is set on fire?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Tianjia, didn't you ask me to practice diligently after learning skills?"
When Zhou Yu heard this, he knew he had guessed it right! This Zhuge Liang learned the magic from the Tian family - this shows that the "Book of Heaven" really exists!
Liu Xie was not angry when Zhuge Liang "retorted", but just ordered him: "Ah Liang, go get some fried dough sticks and soy milk. I'm a little hungry. I want to drink soy milk and fried dough sticks with Gong Jin and talk about the world together." .....You have to participate too!”
"only!"
Zhuge Liang responded, turned around and went to the dining room to get food. Liu Xieze and Zhou Yu entered Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage together. The thatched cottage was not large and had only three rooms. One was Zhuge Liang's carpentry workshop, one was Zhuge Liang's bedroom, and the other was Zhuge Liang's. Study, reception room and dining room.
Liu Xie and Zhou Yu took their seats in this room that also served as a study, a living room, and a dining room. Zhou Yu first looked around and found that there were two unfolded bamboo slips placed on a table by the window in the room. One bamboo slip was full of text, and the other was only half written. Judging from the positions of these two bamboo slips, it seems that half of them have been copied.
I don’t know if this is a heavenly book?
In addition, there are also placed on this table a triangular ruler that Zhou Yu has never seen before, a semicircular ruler of unknown objects, a pen with two "feet", and a piece of white paper spread on it. There are many lines drawn on it, some are triangular, some are square, some are rectangular, some are circles... I don’t know what they are for? Anyway, it looks very mysterious! Maybe it’s a legendary magic weapon!
Zhou Yu immediately had the urge to pack up the "Book of Heaven" and the "Dharma Artifact" and "steal" them back to study.
