No matter what Liu Bei said, the group of people believed that Liu Bei was indeed a tolerant and strange man, and did not have the unpredictable temperament of other monarchs. In this way, not to mention deliberately pondering Liu Bei's thoughts, at least the future safety was guaranteed. , don’t worry about being resented.
Liu Bei shook his head, and the compliments given by Jia Xu and others were not flattering at all. He now wanted to say that the little knowledge Chen Xi told him was really useful. It was so unfathomable that if his subordinates were united and united by his side, it would still be strength. Big increase? Why pretend to be inscrutable? In the end, the misunderstanding between the two sides will become bigger and bigger, and there will no longer be a chance to be honest. The other party cannot stop until the death of the other party.
[Zichuan's methods always have special effects. As he said, as long as the superior is honest and tells everything about right and wrong, in fact, many things that will cause misunderstandings between the two parties will not happen at all, let alone the misunderstandings will not get deeper and deeper in the end. It will no longer be possible to recreate the scene where the king and his ministers worked hand in hand. 】Liu Bei breathed out slowly. Looking at the current situation, he had to admit that what Chen Xi said made sense.
[The emperor's heart is unpredictable. The consequences of the emperor's heart being unpredictable are that no one can understand the emperor. There will never be harmony between the emperor and his ministers. The ministers will always worry that they will die inexplicably. The emperor will also give birth to ministers from time to time who are not interested in him. The location creates interest. ] Jia Xu looked at Liu Bei's back and thought silently.
Liu Bei's actions had the greatest impact on Jia Xu. After all, he himself was one of those courtiers who suffered from persecution. Rather than being good at protecting himself, he was always worried about when he would be inexplicably eliminated. Liu Bei's frank talk about this matter made Jia Xu feel a lot more relaxed. Not to mention completely eliminating his idea of inexplicably dying one day, it at least made Jia Xu feel more at ease and no longer focused too much on self-preservation. superior.
The situation in Yanzhou, Chenliu, and Cao Cao did not improve much after Lu Bu retreated. Although Yuan Shu had no intention of fighting for Nanyang with Cao Cao because his son was about to die, Cao Cao knew one thing very well. Neither Lu Bu nor Yuan Shu would let it go. my own.
Once Lu Bu has enough food and grass, Chen Gong will definitely advise Lu Bu to destroy Cao Cao. In this situation, there is no room for change between Chen Gong and Cao Cao, and one side must fall.
Similarly, on Yuan Shu's side, Cao Cao was completely disappointed with Liu Biao. He only had Jingzhou tiger general Huang Hansheng and Jingzhou's good minister Kuai Yidu. His fighting strength was empty. Xiangyang, whose general Ji Ling had been transferred, actually returned in defeat! He lost countless supplies and supplies, and he was like a pig teammate. Most of Yuan Shu's losses in his previous defeat to Cao Cao were recovered by Liu Biao.
In fact, because Cao Cao was greatly weakened and was attacked by Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, he had no way to obtain accurate information about Xiangyang. Otherwise, he would have understood that Liu Biao's defeat was not unfair at all, but that his skills were really inferior to others.
Although Liao Li was not very good at military strategy, he had enough brains. He could play Kuai Yue from beginning to end, whether mentally or not. After a great victory, even Zhang Xun, Li Feng, Jiang Qin, etc., who were beginning to dissatisfy him, People also admire Liao Li very much!
Just as Zhou Yu estimated at the time, Liao Li easily gained the respect of the generals in Xiangyang with such a great victory, while Jiang Qin used force to gain the recognition of the generals in Xiangyang. The plan conceived by Zhou Yu The method of connecting the corner chessboard to the world is already somewhat feasible.
Fan Qin sat in the government office and looked at Cao Cao who was giving orders. He knew that Cao Cao was very upset now. The good situation at the beginning was completely destroyed by one mistake by him. Now if the Cao family cannot regain its strength in a short period of time, what will happen? If not, the foundation built by Cao Cao with all his hard work would be destroyed, and the Cao family might have to live in anonymity for the rest of their lives.
After Cao Cao left, Xun Wenruo led a group of advisers to deal with government affairs after everyone was gone. No matter how bad the situation was, he still had to survive. He couldn't fall apart internally before others could attack him, right? Although because of Cao Cao's failure, there were already some people inside Cao Cao's army. Many people have strange thoughts in life, but the core few people have not wavered in their will.
"Uncle Huber, I saw you looked calm before, but do you have any good ideas?" Xun Yu walked up to Fan Qin, who was dozing off, and asked.
"No, I'm just imagining when my nephew will be born." Fan Qin said casually. He is a mascot for Cao Cao. He gets his salary on time, can be late, can leave early, can leave early, and can lie down when he has no work. Sleeping there, he was a direct civil servant under Xun Yu. Even if he couldn't stand it, no one could go beyond Xun Yu to take care of him.
Playing with Zhicai, Cheng Zhongde glared at Fan Qin. The group of senior civil servants who were left behind now disliked Fan Qin the most, but Xun Yu had never caused any trouble to Fan Qin.
"Everyone, please sit down. I have something to discuss with you." Xun Yu shook his head helplessly. He knew Fan Qin's thoughts very well, and no one could force him.
Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Qun, Sima Lang, and Fan Qin took their seats with calm expressions. Xun Yu solemnly asked them to stay after the meeting after such a long time. He thought he already had a way to break the situation. .
"Everyone is aware of the current situation. Our army has many strong generals, but its troops are insufficient. Once Lu Bu comes back, it will be difficult to stop him, and the training of troops will not be completed in a short time." Xun Yu said with a calm expression.
Xun Yu was helpless now. Cao Cao's situation was just like that of Zhao State after the Battle of Changping. There were good generals and good ministers, but there were no soldiers. The actual reason why Chen Liu was able to hold on was the same as when Handan was able to hold on. The enemy had no troops. Food.
But one thing that is better about Cao Cao than Zhao now is that at least there are still people in the country. It just takes a year to train into an army. Unfortunately, Cao Cao doesn't have that much time. He is surrounded by enemies who want him to die. After all, he has never From the beginning, Cao Cao used all kinds of attacks to conquer the surrounding areas.
"The food problem is not very serious for us. The Wei family has already purchased food from Sichuan and Sichuan. As long as we keep Wancheng in hand, the food problem is not that big." Xun Yu said a good thing Xi Zhicai and others were immediately inspired by the news. As long as there was food, everything would be fine. This year's locust plague had caused very serious damage to Yanzhou.
Xun Yu felt helpless when he said this. The reason why the Wei family forgave Cao Cao was actually more because Cao Cao came to visit him in person. Wei Zi was also a big fan of Cao Cao. This could be regarded as barely exposing the previous massacre. .
However, the Wei family also made it clear that if such unreasonable massacres were carried out again, they would move away regardless of the reason. It can be seen that these big families still attach great importance to their reputation.
Because this matter was revealed, the two Wei families joined forces to transport the grain stored in the grain trading company they established in Sichuan and Shu, and transported it to Wancheng by water, and then sent it from Wancheng to Chenliu to relieve Cao Cao's grain shortage. . (To be continued.)
