Lu Yi frowned as he watched the crowd making noise.
He thought of something.
That is, he needs one or even multiple professional counselors.
Liu Ye has good knowledge and unique vision, especially when it comes to recognizing people. He is the strongest among the people he has ever met.
Previously, Liu Ye was asked to manage Qilin Pavilion in Wu County, to explore Jiangdong talents and search for intelligence, and he did an impressive job.
Even letting him participate in formulating strategies would have good insights.
However, when encountering such a situation, he could not immediately make suggestions.
As for Xu Shu, following Tai Shici for such a long time, it seems that he is doing well in commanding the war.
However, he rarely speaks on such big occasions.
Lu Yi finally looked at Yan Xiang.
Or maybe it was because Yuan Shu was really afraid of being tricked by Lu Bu. At this time, he also lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
Lu Yi sighed secretly.
It would be great if Zhou Yu could help.
The reason why Hefei was so easily captured this time was Zhou Yu's strategy.
It's a pity that people's thoughts are not on themselves at all.
He can never return Jiangdong to Sun Quan.
This is absolutely impossible.
Once he goes out, based on Sun Quan's attitude towards the major families in the original history, I am afraid that he will become Lu Xun's second.
Lu Yi glanced at the ministers and glanced at Zhuge Jin inadvertently.
He thought of someone——
My brother-in-law Zhuge Liang!
It is the winter of the second year of Jian'an, and this brother-in-law is only sixteen years old.
too small.
Not to mention having both civil and military skills like history, and predicting the enemy like a god.
If he rashly disrupts his life trajectory now, he might not even be as powerful as he was in the original history.
Seeing that everyone was still noisy, Lu Yi asked everyone to continue the discussion on the grounds that he needed to rest, while he returned alone to the bedroom that Taishi Ci had arranged.
Lying on the bed in the bedroom, Lu Yi carefully searched the original history in his memory.
There are some differences between the original history and the current world.
In the original history, Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shu first, and after capturing Yuan Shu's generals Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Lejiu in Qiyang, he besieged Shouchun. Because Shouchun City was highly defended and could not be attacked for a long time, Cao Cao ran out of food.
This also triggered a famous meme in later generations: I will take care of your wife for you, just go ahead!
Cao Cao deliberately accused the grain inspector of corruption and seized the grain and grass, thereby killing the grain inspector and temporarily diverting the source of the soldiers' anger.
Afterwards, Cao Cao knew that this situation could not allow further delay, so he led his entire army to fight against the odds and even charged personally, finally breaking Shouchun City.
At this time, Yuan Shu had already fled Shouchun.
After capturing Shouchun, Cao Cao obtained a large amount of food and grass from Shouchun City before retreating and returning to Xudu.
After Cao Cao retreated, he mainly did two things.
One thing is to send people to kill Li Jue in the name of the emperor, so that Li Jue will officially withdraw from the stage of history.
Another thing, at Liu Bei's strong suggestion, Cao Cao led his army to attack Lu Bu in Xuzhou.
After destroying Lu Bu, Cao Cao sent Liu Bei again to completely destroy the lingering Yuan Shu.
In today's world, Cao Cao actually retreated after taking Qiyang and gave up the siege of Shouchun.
What's the reason?
Could it be that he just allowed Yuan Shu to behave and ignored Yuan Shu's provocation against the emperor's coercion?
Cao Cao was the one who held the emperor hostage to order the princes!
The emperor is the biggest card in his hand, how could he do this?
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Nangong Yan's voice came from outside: "Yen Gong is looking for you."
Lu Yi was having a headache.
Seeing Yan Xiang coming over, he hurriedly said: "Just open the door and come in."
He himself got up from the bed, knelt down in front of the desk, and poured two cups of tea.
Yan Xiang walked in, glanced at Lu Yi, and stopped beside him.
Lu Yi made a "please" gesture, asked him to take a seat, and pushed the tea over.
Yan Xiang rolled up his sleeves and hesitated for a moment before saying: "I came here because I thought of a possibility, a strategy, which may be useful. However, my lord does not need to listen carefully, it is just a suggestion."
Lu Yi: "."
Yan Xiang cleared his throat and said: "Cao Cao suddenly gave up the siege of Yuan Shu, so there must be something more urgent for him, and this urgent matter is more important than the siege of Yuan Shu."
"It's not that I'm ungrateful."
"The actual situation is that Yuan Shu is besieged by Cao Cao on both sides of the northwest, and now only the area from Shouchun to Chen Guo is left."
"And to the east are Lu Bu's Xuzhou and Jiangdong's Guangling."
"Hefei in the south is also occupied by the Lord."
"It can be said that Yuan Shu is already a turtle in the urn and is not far from death."
"Whether it's my lord or Cao Cao, if you want to take down Shouchun with all your strength, or even kill Yuan Shu, it's just a matter of time, not ability."
"Cao Cao can definitely see this too."
"If his intelligence detects that the lord has occupied Hefei, if I were Cao Cao, then I would be in a very difficult situation facing Yuan Shu."
"Who can tell whether the Lord will also attack Shouchun at this time?"
"What if Cao Cao attacks Shouchun from the west and north, my lord, and you attack Shouchun from the south and east, but Yuan Shu surrenders to you, my lord?"
"By then, my lord, you have occupied Shouchun, and it is impossible for you to return Shouchun."
"Because, my lord, you captured Shouchun and originally occupied Guangling."
"As long as heavy troops are deployed in Shouchun and Guangling, Cao Cao can no longer expect to go south to attack Jiangdong in the future."
"In this case, why not give Yuan Shu some last hope."
"In this case, once the lord attacks Shouchun, Yuan Shu will definitely resist the lord with all his strength. Moreover, if Yuan Shu is really pushed into a hurry, he might abandon his national title and choose to join Yuan Shao or even Cao Cao."
"By then, Shouchun will be occupied by Cao Cao, and my lord's work will be in vain."
"Cao Cao occupies Shouchun, so he has the possibility of going south to attack Jiangdong in the future."
"At the same time, Xuzhou is the place of the Four Wars."
"To control Xuzhou, we can go south to Guangling, then cross the river and take Wu Commandery directly."
"We can attack Qingzhou and Youzhou in the north."
"Cao Cao has great ambitions by holding the emperor hostage to command the princes. Xuzhou must be a target in his eyes."
"Yuan Shu can't win here for the time being, so it's better to go all out to win Xuzhou."
"As long as Xuzhou is captured, there is no rush to come back and capture Yuan Shu."
Lu Yi clicked his tongue when he heard what Yan Xiang said.
I’ve hit a dead end before!
Yuan Shu's existence does undermine the emperor's majesty.
But in the current situation, Yuan Shu is the meat on the chopping block, why should he be so anxious?
On the contrary, Cao Cao absolutely does not want to see himself take Yuan Shu and Xuzhou!
Yan Xiang glanced at Lu Yi with a guilty conscience and said, "These are just some vulgar suggestions from me. Lord, just listen to them and don't take them seriously."
After saying that, he bowed and left.
Lu Yi came to his senses and said hurriedly: "Yan Gong, you must have confidence!"
Yan Xiang looked at Lu Yi doubtfully.
Lu Yi smiled and said: "Yuan Shu listened to your opinion and lost to Lu Bu. It was not just your fault. Moreover, as the saying goes, victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists!"
"How can a man be a man if he is bitten by a snake once and is afraid of well ropes for ten years?"
"Besides, I am not Yuan Shu. I will think for myself and discern what should be listened to and what should not be listened to."
"I'm the one who really makes the decision."
"In the end, the biggest responsibility for success or failure is mine."
"As a sacrificial wine and a counselor, all you have to do is be confident and tell me all your thoughts."
"Yan Gong, you will understand in the future that I am not Yuan Shu."
"I won't accept everything others say, but I hope to hear your opinions freely and say them without reservation."
"It's really wrong, and I won't punish you for anything."
"On the contrary, you have made mistakes several times, and you are afraid of taking responsibility and have kept silent since then. Then how can I, the lord, make the right decision? You don't think that my brain alone can outshine the efforts of others." Got your head up?"
"I am also an ordinary person."
"If the decisions I come up with in my own head are better than those made by everyone else, then I will be like a god descending to earth. If this is the case, what use do I need from you?"
Yan Xiang looked at Lu Yi blankly.
His heart trembled slightly.
After hesitating for a while, Yan Xiang suddenly turned around and sat back, his hands hidden in his sleeves trembling slightly, and he said in a trembling voice: "I thought that since Cao Cao temporarily withdraws his troops and intends to focus on Xuzhou, then we will use his plan."
"We will rob Xuzhou from them!"
"Moreover, we not only want to rob Xuzhou, but also increase pressure on Cao Cao!"
"Although my lord has betrayed Yuan Shu, my lord still has a marriage vow with Yuan Shu."
"Send an envoy to marry Yuan Shu's daughter with a lot of money. At the same time, tell Yuan Shu that after you occupy Hefei, you will not march again, so that he can completely rest assured."
"Set up a post station between Shouchun and Hefei to strengthen the relationship between the two parties, making Yuan Shu think that he is aware of the movements of his lord Hefei at all times."
"Yuan Shu is short-sighted. As long as our lord Hefei remains stationary, he will definitely think that our lord's place is secure."
"However, he is a restless person. After my lord, there is no danger here, he will definitely continue to test and attack north."
"Even if Cao Cao is fighting for Xuzhou with his lord, he will still have some scruples."
"He attacked Xuzhou with all his strength, so we instigated Yuan Shu and even secretly sent troops to help him, so that he could attack the north in a large scale and even move westward."
"Once Yuan Shu really opens up the north, he will threaten Xu Du. Cao Cao will not be afraid."
"But once Cao Cao withdraws his troops to fight in Xuzhou, he won't be able to take care of Xuzhou."
"The only thing Cao Cao can do to threaten us is to give up Yuan Shu and Xuzhou at the same time. If that happens, we will have to find another way. Once we take the initiative to attack these two places, Cao Cao may also use this strategy to deal with us."
"However, if it really drags on like this, it will be more beneficial to the lord."
"Yuan Shu's existence is still a provocation to the emperor."
"The longer it takes, the more impatient Cao Cao becomes."
"And, to be honest, Lu Bu is two-faced. Once he has an advantage, he will definitely attack all sides."
"In these surrounding areas, apart from Cao Cao's territory, Yuan Shu's territory, and our Jiangdong."
"If Lu Bu dares to attack Yuan Shu's territory, we will help him secretly. Lu Bu will have to retreat."
"At that time, he can only attack Cao Cao."
"As for our side, we have heavy troops guarding Guangling and Hefei. Lu Bu only has troops, but we are not afraid at all."
"If this continues, Cao Cao won't be able to tolerate Lu Bu."
"In the end we were the winner."
"The question is, how long does this take?"
"But if this is the case, with Yuan Shu and Lu Bu standing in front of us, Jiangdong can recuperate and grow rapidly."
"When we are strong enough, we can take down Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, or even confront Cao Cao face to face. We will have a greater chance of winning, so we don't have to worry like this."
"As for the bad reputation brought by marrying Yuan Shu, in today's world, strength is respected."
"We in Jiangdong did not proclaim ourselves emperor, and even still pay tribute to the emperor every year. Who has the right to accuse us?"
"Let me ask Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Zhang of Yizhou, and Yuan Shao of Hebei, which one of them is better than us? They don't even pay tribute!"
Lu Yi nodded.
Yan Xiang's analysis does make sense.
If Cao Cao dares to temporarily give up attacking Yuan Shu and Xuzhou Lu Bu, then he will slowly waste his time with him and let Jiangdong recuperate first.
Thinking of this, Lu Yi stood up, took Yan Xiang's hand and said: "Let's go to the hall and tell everyone about your plan. If there is no problem, we will send an envoy to contact Yuan Shu tonight. Guangling Lu Su, ask him to prepare troops and horses to join us in attacking Xuzhou!"
(End of chapter)
