Xun You's words stunned everyone, including Cao Cao, but then everyone woke up.
Yes, if that day comes, the power of the Sun family may no longer be weaker than that of the Yuan family! Everyone still holds the inherent mindset that Yuan Shao is the strongest now, but who could have imagined that in just a few years, the Sun family will soon grow to be as prosperous as the Yuan family.
In fact, judging from Xun You's tone, he deliberately reminded Cao Cao of this matter at this time, and it was obvious that Xun You already had a bias in his mind. If Xun You also thinks that he should join forces with Sun Ce to contain Yuan Shao, then there is really no need for him to come up with another possibility when everyone else thinks so. Therefore, Xun You prefers to let Cao Cao and Yuan Shao unite to fight against the two tigers of the Sun family! In other words, Xun You believes that after capturing Xuzhou, the Sun family will be stronger than Yuan Shao!
This conclusion makes everyone a little unbelievable. Yuan Shao was a quite senior prince. Not to mention his background as the fourth generation and the third prince, Yuan Shao was already the leader of the alliance as early as when the Kwantung Alliance Army was established to fight against Dong Zhuo. It can be said that from the beginning of the troubled times to the present, Yuan Shao has always been a popular candidate to compete in the world. Among the princes, he has always been one or two, never ranking third! Such Yuan Shao, even the generation of Cao Cao, did not dare to compete with him head-on. Who could have imagined that in just a few years, he would be overtaken and almost overtaken by a junior, starting almost from scratch? !
Cao Cao was silent for a long time. This decision was too important. At the same time, it came too unexpectedly. Even Cao Cao had never thought about this possibility beforehand. However, when it comes to decisiveness, Cao Cao is by no means comparable to the indecisive Yuan Shao. On the spot, Cao Cao made a decision immediately.
"If Sun Quan really captures Xuzhou, then we will unite with Yuan Shao to fight against the two tigers of the Sun family!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice.
Cao Cao's decision was not unexpected by Guo Jia and others, but actually listening to Cao Cao's words still made people feel dazed. Obviously, like Xun You, Cao Cao also believed that the Sun brothers were more of a threat. If he unites with the Sun family and destroys Yuan Shao first, after Yuan Shao's death, Cao Cao will not have the confidence to compete with the Sun family for supremacy. Therefore, the Sun family, which is the strongest, most threatening, and most promising, must be destroyed first. In the future, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will compete for the world, so that Cao Cao still has a chance of winning.
At this moment, looking at the heroes in the world, although everyone has seen the rise of the Sun family, I am afraid that only Cao Cao's camp has truly realized the horror of the Sun family!
"Now that my lord has made a decision, the next step will be easier." Xun You nodded.
"Yes, do your best, and then obey fate." Cao Cao sighed, paused, and said loudly, "At least now, fate has not killed me, Cao Cao!"
Not to mention that the future potential of the Sun family is greater than that of Yuan Shao, but the possibility of Cao Cao uniting with Yuan Shao is greater than that of uniting with Sun Ce. Although Cao Cao and Sun Ce seem to be in the honeymoon period now, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are about to go to war. But Cao Cao and Yuan Shao grew up together since childhood. For a long time, Cao Cao followed Yuan Shao, including after welcoming Emperor Xian, Cao Cao also reserved the position of general to Yuan Shao. It can be said that so far, Cao Cao has There are no plans to fall out with Yuan Shao yet. The reason why they want to go to war with Yuan Shao is entirely because Yuan Shao is preparing to go south after unifying the north. Cao Cao is the first to do so, and he does not want to surrender in vain, so he is forced to counterattack.
In other words, it is Yuan Shao who wants to fight Cao Cao now, not Cao Cao who wants to fight Yuan Shao. Therefore, all it takes is Yuan Shao to change his mind unilaterally, and the battle will be temporarily unavailable. Moreover, Cao Cao also knew very well that Yuan Shao had always looked down on him. In Yuan Shao's heart, I was afraid that he had already convinced Cao Cao. Therefore, in comparison, Yuan Shao would definitely be willing to destroy the Sun family first and then turn around to deal with Cao Cao.
Once the Sun family takes Xuzhou, as long as Cao Cao lowers his profile and shows a little kindness, Yuan Shao will definitely nod and agree to the alliance with Cao Cao. On the other hand, on Sun Ce's side, if Cao Cao asked Sun Ce to unite against Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, a guy who loves to use military tactics and does not play cards according to common sense, would probably agree on the surface, but secretly use the knife behind his back. It can be said that from this perspective, , Cao Cao has no prerequisite for alliance with Sun Ce.
The shrewd Sun brothers were insidious and cunning in Cao Cao's eyes. In comparison, Yuan Shao, who abides by the rules and is moral, is definitely much cuter. If Yuan Shao wants to beat you, he will first give you a warning and count you ten crimes; but if Sun Ce wants to beat you, he will probably give you gifts and congratulations first, bow to you, and then attack you when you are most slack!
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Guangling,
While Sun Quan was organizing the army to transport food, he sent Zhang Xun and Yang Hong to seize the time to integrate Yuan Shu's remnant army from Shouchun and be ready to send troops at any time.
On the day Sun Quan decided to raise Shouchun's troops to attack Xuzhou, he wrote a letter about his plan and sent it to Sun Ce at the front line in the west. As a result, within two days, Sun Quan received a reply from Sun Ce.
The speed of information transmission in this era is obviously not that fast, so this is the letter Sun Ce sent to Sun Quan before.
At first, Sun Quan was shocked and thought something had happened to Sun Ce. You must know that Sun Quan still remembered the assassination of Sun Ce in history, and the time happened to be around here. After receiving the letter, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, everything was fine. Yes, Zuo Ci should still keep his promise and secretly protect Sun Ce. Sun Ce is not so easy to get into trouble.
After confirming that it was not Sun Ce's accident, Sun Quan's expression became a little strange when faced with the contents of the letter.
The eldest brother actually found a marriage for him? And what a coincidence, the woman turned out to be Da Qiao! Sun Quan didn't know what to think about this for a while. He did have a good impression of Da Qiao, but perhaps because of his Taoist heart, Sun Quan didn't take it to heart at first. He never thought that this would go in a big circle, and finally It actually came around again!
Seeing this, Sun Quan's heart was more about the warmth between brothers than being able to marry a beautiful woman. Obviously, Sun Ce always thinks about his younger brother outside and leaves all the good things to him. Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, this was Sun Ce's move to win over his subordinates, but in Sun Quan's eyes, he only saw a strong sense of brotherhood.
Now Sun Quan has changed a lot in his heart. He has decided to do whatever he wants. Faced with Da Qiao, whom he already has a crush on, there is no reason to refuse him. Besides, this was a kind gift from his elder brother who came all the way, so it would be a bit bad not to accept it.
So Sun Quan agreed on the spot and asked the messenger to go back and thank Sun Ce. Later, he sent someone to Jiangdong to tell Mrs. Wu. After all, Sun Quan also knew that his mother was secretly planning a marriage for him. Because this marriage had political significance, Sun Quan did not refuse it at first, but now that it is available, Da Qiao, there is no need to marry anyone else. At least not in the short term. Otherwise, it would be a bit unpleasant if word got out that two people were suddenly getting married.
After everything was arranged, Sun Quan no longer paid attention to this matter. Now, he still had to concentrate all his energy on attacking Xuzhou and killing Lu Bu.
Sun Quan didn't know that the messenger who received his response showed a cold smile after leaving Guangling.
