Zhuge Liang's words caught everyone in the tent by surprise.
It can also be said that the pie drawn by Zhuge Liang is big enough and tempting enough. He directly elevated the matter of dividing the Jin State directly to dividing the world, using enough benefits to prompt Cao Wei and Zhang Jing to unite, and divided the Jin State first.
Guo Jia said vigilantly: "Perhaps Kong Ming's words are not a 'promise of the chasm'?"
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Brother Feng Xiao is too worried. Even if my master is the great ancestor Liu Bang, the King of Wei is definitely not Xiang Yu. This method will not work."
Xun You asked: "My dear brother Kong Ming, I wonder what King Jing's plan is to defeat the Jin Dynasty? How can our two families divide the world equally?"
Zhuge Liang: "It is easy to defeat the Jin! Now Yuan Shao has gathered troops from the four states to attack the king of Wei, but the troops in the combined states are empty. We have sent 50,000 troops to garrison in the west of the river. How can Yuan Shao not do anything? With such a two-front battle, the Jin Kingdom has a new era of famine. There is a disaster, there is not much food and grass, and there is war now, and there is a shortage of food and grass in the country. If we delay for a long time, we will lose without fighting."
"After the defeat of the Jin State, my lord proposed to draw the boundary from the Taihang Mountains. The land of Jizhou and Youzhou to the east of the Taihang Mountains should belong to the King of Wei, and the land of the merged states to the west of the Taihang Mountains should belong to my lord. Such a division would not be in vain for the King of Wei to send troops to defeat This is the contribution of the Jin State."
Guo Jia said: "Yuan Shao is short of food and grass, and our army does not have much food and grass. If we don't fight quickly, we will be in trouble. How can we dare to delay for too long?"
Zhuge Liang: "Don't worry about this. We are willing to sell the grain and grass to King Wei at half the price to relieve King Wei's worries."
Guo Jia sat there, thinking rapidly about the pros and cons of this matter.
The most direct reason is that the power of Jingguo cannot be ignored, and Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shao must not be allowed to unite, otherwise Wei will be in danger. Zhuge Liang's words both contained a hint of threat.
The contradiction is that he neither dares to reject Zhang Xiu nor wants to divide the land of Hebei.
Of course Zhuge Liang knew where their conflicting points were, so he raised his head and recited softly: "The Master said: Fish is what I want, bear's paw is what I want fish. You can't have both, and you would give up the fish and take the bear's paw. .”
Cao Cao glanced at Zhuge Liang for a moment, then looked down at the wine on the table. He thought about it carefully, then he put his hands on his hands and laughed and said, "It is a blessing for Cao Cao to be able to conspire with Bo Yuan on the affairs of the world! Since King Jing intends to cooperate with Gu How can I refuse to join forces to defeat the Jin Dynasty? I will leave the whole matter to Fengxiao."
Guo Jia didn't expect that Cao Cao would agree so quickly. He stood up in a hurry and looked at Cao Cao with doubts, but Cao Cao didn't look at him, so he had to accept it in vain.
Cao Cao raised his glass to invite us to drink: "In order to unite the Wei and Jing families, we will drink this glass together!"
Everyone quickly raised their glasses.
After repeated discussions and matching, Zhuge Liang hurriedly sent the information to Zhang Xiu. At the same time, after Zhang Liao defeated Chu, under Zhang Xiu's order, he returned to Chang'an. Pang De, who attacked Yecheng, and Wei Yan, Zhang Xian, and Yan Xiang of Luoyang all returned to Chang'an.
In Changchun Garden.
Holding Zhuge Liang's secret letter in his hand, Zhang Xiu had an expected smile on his lips: "Even if Cao Cao has a thousand or ten thousand unwillingnesses, he cannot help but not cooperate with Gu."
Xu Shu, who had returned from the victory, accompanied him and said with a smile: "I guess Cao Cao was very angry, but in front of me, Dajing, I have to endure no matter how angry I am."
Zhang Xiu looked at Xu Shu and said, "Yuanzhi, the battle at Hulao Pass finally showed your strength. You usually keep your head above water, but at the critical moment, the tail of your old fox finally showed up. "
Xu Shu smiled bitterly and said, "I don't even know whether the king's words are praising me or scolding me."
Zhang Xiu: "I praise your ability, but I also scold you for being too tolerant. Since you have this ability, use it boldly. You have been by my side since Nanyang Academy, and you know how I handle things. Rewards and punishments are clear! Don't worry too much, just compete with young men like Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng."
Xu Shu nodded.
Jia Xu, the Prime Minister of Zuo of Shangcheng Pavilion who was walking next to him, said: "This time we are joining forces with Cao Wei to defeat the Jin Dynasty and prepare to station troops in Hexi. This matter is of great importance and we must prepare both sides to prevent Cao Cao from being left alone. Governor Gan's infantry was trapped In Yizhou, you can't get out every half year, you can only rely on cavalry. Governor Zhang!"
Zhang Liao: "Here!"
"It will take a year for the soldiers to go to war this year. Complaints in the military camp must be controlled, and military pay must be distributed in place. There must be no situation of empty pay, otherwise, they will be killed without mercy."
"Here!"
"You lead two troops, Ma Chao and Li Tong, with the title of guard general of Hulao Pass, and station troops here. If there is an emergency, you can kill them first and then report them."
"Here!"
Zhang Xiu said: "Wenyuan, your target is Cao Cao's troops. After Jin's defeat, you must send troops as soon as possible to occupy the Zhiguan Trail. You must not let the Wei army step into Bingzhou."
Zhang Liao: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will fulfill his mission."
Jia Xu continued: "Yuanzhi, what the king means is that since you have discovered that the mountain is leaking, you should stop hiding it. You will be the leader of the troops stationed in Hexi this time. After the Jin Kingdom is defeated, we will directly Take Jinyang, and then occupy all the important roads in the Taihang Mountains to stop the Wei army."
Xu Shu said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I will fulfill my mission."
Zhang Xiu nodded, "Nan Mianzi, Liu Bei has been beaten so much that he dare not move. With Fazheng and Pang Shanmin there, I can rest assured. Gan Ning and Pang Tong pacified Yizhou and sent the Yi people to Hetao, together with Lebat. The troops are stationed in the clouds, and when the time is right, they can enter through Yanmen Pass. This way, troops will be deployed from three sides, so that Cao Cao does not dare to move."
"Here!"
All ministers agree.
"Here!" At this time, a child's innocent voice came from the gate of the garden. Everyone looked along the voice and saw that it was Zhang Biao, the crown prince of Jingguo, standing there, smiling and imitating their shouting.
"Tiger cub! Come here!"
Seeing it was Zhang Biao, Zhang Xiu's face turned serious and he shouted coldly.
Zhang Biao was both afraid and in awe of his strict father. He felt that his father was a tall man who gave him an infinite sense of security, and he was also a strict man.
Seeing Zhang Xiu's serious face, he immediately did not dare to laugh. He walked in with his head lowered, knelt down and said, "My son, I pay my respects to my father!"
Zhang Xiu: "You are so young and don't learn poetry, calligraphy, bow and horse, what are you going to learn here?"
Zhang Biao turned his bright eyes and said, "My son is learning from his father how to fight and govern the country."
Zhang Xiu's stern face softened: "Is this the time for you to learn? Hurry up and do your homework. I'll check it out tonight. If there is anything wrong, your board will be indispensable."
Zhang Biao finally changed his face and said weakly: "Here!"
After Zhang Biao exited, Li Ru said: "The prince is smart and wise, which is really a blessing to me."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Zhang Xiu: "Whether it's a blessing or not, we won't know until later. The stakes in this battle are very important, and we need to deal with it with caution. Everyone, go down and prepare!"
"Here!"
The ministers resigned.
Afterwards, Zhang Xiu got up and walked to Huang Yueying's residence.
