"Let Cao Cao go first?"
Liu Zhang didn't understand what Xu Shu meant, so he couldn't help but repeat it.
At this time, he also discovered that Jia Xu, Xun You, and Liu Ye were also looking at Xu Shu.
Xu Shu didn't panic at all and nodded heavily.
"That's right! Since Cao Cao is strong, let Cao Cao go first and attack Jingzhou for us."
"When Liu Bei and Cao Cao break the net, we will take advantage of it and make the fisherman's advantage!"
"Huh? This..."
Liu Zhang was a little stunned after hearing this. If he didn't know Xu Shu's abilities, he would have thrown him out.
What does this say?
After talking about it, I talked about loneliness!
If Cao Cao goes first, will Liu Bei still be alive?
What's more, if Cao Cao occupies Jingzhou, how many times more difficult will it be to conquer it?
Liu Zhang knew very well how strong Cao Ren was in Jiangling after Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi!
If Jiangling is allowed to become a meat grinder between Liu Zhang and Cao Cao, then Liu Zhang will definitely lose in the end.
After all, the national power is at stake here!
But Liu Zhang was surprised to find that except for himself, the other three people did not show much fear.
In other words, Jia Xu and others recognized Xu Shu's remarks.
"Yuan Zhi, why don't you make it clearer? I'm a little bit unresponsive..."
After all, he is the Duke of Qin, the king of a country, so he needs to save some face.
Since Jia Xu, Xun You, and Liu Ye all have such expressions, I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems.
Xu Shu naturally would not refuse.
However, he did not explain immediately, but asked Liu Zhang a question.
"I dare to ask Qin Gong, if you were Cao Cao, what would you do next after pacifying Hebei?"
"Of course we will go south to Jingzhou and eliminate Liu Bei and Sun Quan."
Liu Zhang blurted out without thinking.
All fools know that persimmons are easy to pick when they are soft!
It was impossible for Cao Cao to leave Liu Bei and Sun Quan alone and come to Liu Zhang to fight for their lives.
In history, Ma Chao, Han Sui and Cao Cao all chose to go south when they were in Guanzhong, let alone now?
No matter which aspect he considered, Liu Zhang was very convinced that Cao Cao's choice would be the same as history!
Just like Xu Shu asked, even he would choose this way.
After answering, Liu Zhang seemed to have some understanding, but not completely.
We can only continue to listen to Xu Shu's countermeasures.
"Yes, I think so too!"
"As long as Cao Cao attacks Jingzhou, he will reduce Liu Bei's strength for us. Even if one person is injured or killed in Liu Bei's army, it will save us one less enemy to face!"
"Does Duke Qin feel that the strength of the entire Qin State is not enough to fight for Jingzhou after the war between Cao Cao and Liu Bei?"
"I feel that as long as Qin Gong sets his target a little smaller, don't think about Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Yizhou advancing in three directions, but gathers strength to attack a little, it will be enough to not be afraid of Cao Cao!"
Xu Shu had in-depth exchanges with Liu Zhang along the way, and naturally understood Liu Zhang's true inner thoughts.
The formation of the Eastern Army was entrusted to Pang Tong. It was Liu Zhang who did not take Liu Bei and Jingzhou into account.
According to the original plan, Liu Zhang personally led the Guanzhong Corps to attack the Central Plains, while Pang Tong was only responsible for the task of attacking Jingzhou as a partial division.
But the sudden change in Hebei caused Liu Zhang to lose eight years inside and outside, which caught him off guard!
It was precisely because Xu Shu saw through the essence of this matter that he dared to laugh out loud in front of everyone.
As for the worries of Jia Xu, Xun You and others, Xu Shu was not sure.
According to Xu Shu's understanding of the three people, the issues they have been thinking about are probably completely different from what Liu Zhang thought.
Liu Zhang's next reaction indeed proved Xu Shu's guess.
"Yuanzhi, listening to your words is like an enlightenment!"
Liu Zhang indeed accepted death and thought about personally leading his troops eastward.
If we stick to Jingzhou with a small number of elite troops, but if more large troops are deployed in Jingzhou, what is there to worry about?
But there was no moment of joy when Liu Ye, the governor of Yongzhou, finally spoke.
As a strategist, he raised the issue to an acute level as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Mr. Xu, to be honest, these are not our worries."
"I wonder if Mr. Xu has ever thought about what to do if Cao Cao goes south immediately?"
"After pacifying Hebei, the threats of Xianbei and Wuhuan have been eliminated, and Cao Cao does not need to deploy too many troops in Hebei."
"Even if we go south now, we can pull out at least 200,000 troops!"
"Cao Cao personally led a victorious army of 200,000 people with high morale to attack Liu Bei, who had just been defeated by Duke Qin. I don't need to say more about the result, right?"
"But we seem to be helpless in the face of all this..."
Jia Xu and Xun You looked at each other and nodded in support of Liu Ye without hesitation.
In fact, they never worried about Cao Cao's attack on Guanzhong, or what would happen a few years later.
This is the only thing that makes them feel very troublesome!
With the current military strength of the Qin State, it is already very difficult to keep the Guanzhong intact, and there is no strength to support the Eastern Army at all.
In other words, once Jingzhou is attacked by Cao Cao, the mobile force will still be about 50,000.
As for Yu Fu's new recruits, there is almost no point in dragging them onto the battlefield.
"Prince Liu, I also thought about this."
Liu Ye looked at Xu Shu's always confident face, and was not dissatisfied at all, but became looking forward to it.
If this could be cracked by Xu Shu, Liu Ye would naturally be convinced.
"Oh? Please give me some advice from Mr. Xu!"
Xu Shu quickly bowed his hands and said he didn't dare.
Liu Ye has been famous for a long time and is the governor of one of the only three states in Qin.
How arrogant is Xu Shude? Do you dare to teach him?
"President Liu, please don't offend me. I have some superficial opinions, so I hope you won't blame me!"
Liu Ye smiled and nodded. He was humble, alert, sizing up the situation, and had a unique vision!
Based on these points alone, you are by no means an ordinary person!
"Yuan Zhi, stop being modest and speak quickly!"
Xu Shu stopped showing off and spoke out all his thoughts.
"Qin Gong, gentlemen, I have concluded that if Cao Cao goes south to Jingzhou at this time, he will definitely be defeated!"
"Not to mention the army of 200,000, even if he leads an army of 2 million, he will not be able to escape the end of defeat!"
"And in my opinion, we have to hope that Cao Cao will go south immediately!"
"If Cao Cao is not ready to go south, we must do something as much as possible to prompt Cao Cao to go south immediately!"
Now Liu Zhang was also confused.
Jia Xu and the others were worried that Cao Cao would take advantage of the victory and march forward to destroy Liu Bei.
Xu Shu is good, and the thoughts of Jia Xu and the others are completely opposite.
Not only do they want Cao Cao to go south, but they also have to do everything possible to get Cao Cao to go south when he doesn't want to go south!
Liu Zhang really wanted to ask Xu Shu, are you Cao Cao's 007?
Historically, you were in Cao's camp and your heart was with Han. Could it be that now you are in Liu's camp and your heart is with Cao?
Or is Xu Shu going crazy in wanting to take revenge on Liu Bei and would rather betray his interests?
No matter which one, Liu Zhang couldn't accept it, and he frowned and looked at Xu Shu.
"Yuan Zhi, you have to explain it clearly to me!"
