I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 547, Cao Cao who gave it a go
After the meeting, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia and Xun Yu to stay!

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia with a wry smile and said, "Lei Gong is not a mediocre person. Even if Liu Bei attacks Yuzhou, Lei Gong will only let the Yuzhou defenders defend, and bring the main force to attack my Qingxu land. If you just serve Xiao, I am afraid Comfort everyone!"

Guo Jia said helplessly: "The gap between us and Lei Gong is too great. Even a partial division of Lei Gong is not something we can defeat. If Lei Gong was not cautious and did not dare to fight on two fronts, we could have conquered our Qingzhou last year! Even if Liu Bei provoked Lei Gong, but the possibility of Lei Gong directly attacking Nanyang County and abandoning us is less than one tenth!"

Then Guo Jia said to Cao Cao seriously: "Do you have the courage to come back again, my lord?"

Cao Cao said embarrassingly: "Could it be that Feng Xiao also agrees with Zang Ba's idea and wants Cao to go to the south of the Yangtze River to join Liu Bei?"

Xun Yu immediately stopped him and said, "The general has enough elite soldiers around him, and there is no shortage of talents who can govern the court. We went to the south of the Yangtze River. People like me and Feng Xiao may be reused by the court, but like the lord Such princes will definitely become Yugong of Xiangyang City like Yuan Tan now!"

During the Battle of Yuzhou, Yuan Tan and Xu You finally fled to Xiangyang City. Xu You lived in Xiangyang City like a duck to water with his strong communication skills. Just after Liu Bei returned to Xiangyang City, he cleaned up a large number of incompetent veterans At that time, a large number of the court's Sangong Jiuqing and subordinate officials were vacated, and Xu You was quickly appointed by the court as the Taichang Yu.

However, Yuan Tan defeated Yuan Shao's foundation in the first battle. Naturally, it is impossible for the imperial court to keep his position as General of Chariots and Cavalry. Now Yuan Tan only has an empty title of Marquis of Lie, and he has no influence in the court of Xiangyang. .

And 10 years after Yuan Ji escaped from Luoyang City, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao finally defeated the Yuan family business, making him the well-deserved patriarch of the Yuan family. I just don’t know if a Yuan family that has completely declined What he wants to see!
Cao Cao's ambition has not dissipated, he firmly said: "If Cao Cao becomes a Yugong like Yuan Tan, Cao Cao would rather die in Qingzhou!"

Guo Jia whispered: "Jia is not talking about the territory of the Han Dynasty, but the places outside the Han Dynasty!"

Cao Cao said embarrassingly, "A place outside the Han Dynasty?"

But Xun Yu thought of something and asked, "What Feng Xiao is talking about is Wa Island?"

Guo Jia nodded and said: "After the Battle of Yuzhou, Jia began to think about how we Qingzhou can resist Lei Gong's attack, but after thinking for 10 days, he found that it couldn't be stopped at all. The advantages of the water town, even Xuzhou is suitable for cavalry. Last year Xuzhou only had 5 cavalry, and the 5 Xuzhou army suppressed could not fight back. If Lei Gong sent [-] cavalry to attack Xuzhou, our army would undoubtedly be defeated. It is difficult for the army to escape the massacre of the cavalry!"

"At this time, Jia accidentally found out about Treasure Island. At that time, Jia just wanted to see if he could get a share of the pie and use Treasure Island to subsidize our finances, because Jia found that Qingzhou is far away from Treasure Island. Most of the counties are close!"

Then Guo Jia sighed: "It's a pity that Dagan's supervision is too strict. Those who want to go to the island to dig gold mines must have the residence registration of Dagan. Jia arranged hundreds of people to go to Treasure Island, but most of them directly joined Dagan. Do it, although a small number of them did not betray, the hundreds of catties of gold they earned cannot solve our army's plight at all!"

So Jia wondered if there were gold mines in other places in Wa, but we didn't find them, and then Jia sent a small fleet to surround Wa Island, but found that Wa Island was actually more expensive than ours in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. They all look bigger.

After speaking, Guo Jia took out a scroll and spread it out for Cao Cao and Xun Yu to see. There was a bug-like island on it. Cao Cao was surprised to find that the so-called Wa Island was so big, bigger than Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou. It adds up to even bigger!

Then Guo Jia pointed to Sado Island and said: "This is the island where gold and silver were discovered, and many relatively large gold mines were also discovered on this relatively large island. There is a savage country on it, which seems to be called Yamatai, but It's almost dead now.

Because there are probably millions of gold diggers gathered here, and many gold diggers are lawless. Relying on the advantages of their equipment, they wantonly capture the savages of Wa Island to help them dig gold mines, causing the death of a large number of savages.The big officials couldn't see it, and at the same time, in order to control the gold and silver, they established the Wadao Protectorate on Wadao, and the school lieutenant Pan Ban was the captain to manage the entire Wadao! "

Then Guo Jia said solemnly: "Jia means that our big man will definitely not be able to beat Lei Gong, and even Liu Bei cannot beat Lei Gong, but we can occupy a piece of land on Wa Island and build a big man! As long as we negotiate peace with Lei Gong and propose to exchange Wa Island The land in Qingzhou and Xuzhou is completely worthless to Lei Gong, and he may agree that as long as we immigrate 100 million people to Wa Island, we can establish a country that belongs to us!"

"You want Duke Ming to be the king of wildlings?"

"Do you think everyone will agree with your plan?"

"Totally impossible!"

People like Kong Rong will leave the big man and go to a wild place like Wa Island!I'm afraid that if Duke Ming agrees to such a plan, most of our Qingzhou officials will run away! "

Xun Yu felt that Guo Jia was crazy, and wanted to go to a barren land to open up a new country!In this era, the big man is the center of the world, the center of civilization, who would want to leave the big man and go to a country of savages, they will become a courtier of a country of savages!

But Guo Jia said calmly: "Wen Ruo, you are wrong. With the current situation of the big man, Kong Rong and the others want to protect the family, and there is a high possibility that they will follow us to Wa Island! Lei Gong can't tolerate Kong Rong's family. But in Wajima, Kong Rong’s family can survive again. People like Kong Rong can make themselves martial arts for the sake of the family, and it’s nothing to relocate to Wajima. "

Cao Cao seems to be a little moved by this battle map, but he is not reconciled. He can become a prince in a big man and who is willing to go to the savage's territory to establish a country.

But Lei Gong is too powerful. For the past ten years, Lei Gong, the enemy, has been oppressing him and he can't breathe. Qingzhou is only separated from Hebei by the Yellow River. In the past 10 years, he has dreamed many times that Lei Gong's army rushed across the Yellow River to attack Qingzhou!If he can't find a way to make peace with Lei Gong now, he is afraid that he will die without a place to bury him after the Dagan army attacks Qingzhou.

So Cao Cao said to Guo Jia after thinking for a long time: "Cao wants to discuss with Liu Bei to see if he can attract Lei Gong's main force to Nanyang County to severely injure him. Cao also wants to fight Lei Gong!"

Obviously Cao Cao is not reconciled to leaving the big man to become some wild king, he still wants to fight!
At the beginning of March, there is still a slight chill in the north, but here in Yangyang County, it is already full of spring.As the capital of the great Han Dynasty, Xiangyang City has been built very well by Liu Bei in recent years. Various flowers, plants and trees in the city are competing to bloom, making the entire Xiangyang City a garden city!
At this time, Liu Bei took Zhang Fei and others to meet Cao Cao at the gate of the city!

When Cao Cao's horse team came to Xiangyang City and saw Liu Bei and others, Cao Cao immediately got off his horse and saluted Liu Bei: "How dare you bother the general to welcome you!"

But Liu Bei laughed and said: "General Zhenbei has worked hard to defend the land of my big man, and he has made great achievements. It is only right to prepare to meet him!"

Then Liu Bei took Cao Cao to the official residence to rest. The next day, Cao Cao was invited to meet Emperor Xian. After going through this set of procedures, Cao Cao came to Liu Bei's General's Mansion and found a hidden room.

Then Cao Cao simply said: "General, Lei Gong is so powerful that I can't handle it in Qingzhou! My subordinates are either trying to escape, or they are secretly colluding with Lei Gong. If we attack the land of Qingxu this year, it will be impossible with my strength." I can resist it!"

Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao in astonishment. He didn't expect Cao Cao to tell his plight so directly, and he didn't understand what Cao Cao meant!
After a long time, Liu Bei said, "Brother Meng De, do you also want to join Lei Gong?"

Cao Cao said with a free and easy smile: "During the course of the operation, Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban Army was killed in the Central Plains. People like Zhang Baiqi hated me to the core. I only saw that they captured Brother Benchu ​​and let him dig mines. I know how they will treat me, if I lose the battle, I will definitely die on the battlefield and don’t let Dagan insult me ​​like this!"

Yuan Shao has now been transferred to the mining industry. He can only regain his freedom after ten years of hard labor. However, in the environment of the mining industry, how can anyone survive for ten years? Lei Gong simply wants Yuan Shao to die. It can be said that Yuan Shao's treatment is very frightening. A large group of powerful and noble people.

Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao strangely and asked, "What is Brother Meng De trying to say?"

Cao Cao said: "My subordinates want me to negotiate a peace with Lei Gong. In the north, I found a treasure island with a huge area, which can reach three states in the Central Plains. My subordinates just want to lead the people across the Han Dynasty to start over on Wa Island. , but I am not reconciled to being beaten by Lei Gong and fleeing the Central Plains like this without defeating Lei Gong once, this will make people in the world think of me Cao Cao in the future!"

"So I want to join forces with the Great General again. The Great General will lead the army to attack Yuzhou, attract Daqian's army to Nanyang County, and then rely on the favorable terrain of Nanyang County to severely damage Lei Gong's main force. If possible, recapture Yuzhou and build a barrier for the great Han in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"If Lei Gong is really so invincible, I will give up. I will trade the land of Qingxu and Lei Gong for the land of Wa Island, and I will be a land king with peace of mind!" This is obviously Cao Cao's last choice. After all, he also wants to fight for his family. Leave a way out!
"Meng De doesn't need to be so discouraged. As long as we can work together, Lei Gong may not be invincible! But starting a war against Dagan is a very important matter, and we still need to discuss it with other people!"

And Liu Bei didn't know for a while whether Cao Cao really wanted to escape from the big man, but he knew that Cao Cao's real peace with Lei Gong would be the most detrimental to his land in the south of the Yangtze River. Cao Cao is at the top of the Central Plains, and Dagan's soldiers are about to face him.

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Cao can give the general three days, otherwise, Cao can only prepare a way out for himself and his subordinates. Although it is embarrassing to go to Wa Island to be the local king, he can keep his family! My subordinates, I have not even had a future in more than ten years!"

After Cao Cao left, Liu Bei immediately summoned his confidants to the General's Mansion, and then repeated what Cao Cao had just said!
Zhang Fei said anxiously: "Brother, don't be fooled by Cao Cao. I don't believe that he will give up the land of Qingxu and go to some overseas Japanese island. Now that our vitality in the south of the Yangtze River is seriously injured, there is no food and grass to fight against Lei Gong! Now that we are fighting with Lei Gong, we can only be the ones to collapse, Lei Gong is obviously going to fight Cao Cao, Cao Cao wants to bring trouble to the east, brother, don't be fooled!"

But Liu Bei looked at Yuan Ji and said, "How much money and food can the imperial court provide?"

Yuan Ji smiled wryly and said: "After the summer harvest, the imperial court should be able to receive enough food and grass for 20 troops to fight, but my subordinates do not recommend to provoke Lei Gong now. Even if the imperial court has enough food and grass, because of floods and plagues, the entire Jiangnan knows that the people's hearts are in turmoil. It is unwise to fight at this time!"

Jian Yong persuaded: "General, Cao Cao is a hero in troubled times, with a firm mind, it is impossible to give up his territory, and even if he gave up the land of Qingxu, it will take several years for Lei Gong to digest the two places. , This will give us time to recover our vitality in the south of the Yangtze River. Daqian won't gain much strength if we get the land of Qingxu, and we won't lose any strength if we lose the land of Qingxu.

Anyway, our original plan was to rely on the advantage of Jiangnan to resist Lei Gong. Now we can't continue to spend our elite forces in the Central Plains. Otherwise, our elite veterans will all die in the Central Plains. How can Jiangnan be defended!Supporting Cao Cao now is to take the risk of the big man! "

But Liu Bei smiled wryly and said: "Cao Cao has been resisting on the front line against Dagan. Dagan only occupied Yuzhou last year, which made the whole Jiangnan panic. His Majesty moved his capital to Chengdu, and Cao Cao has been under the greatest pressure in the past ten years. Qingxu has no danger at all. Facing a large army of millions, he will have the idea of ​​giving up. Although it is dangerous, it is human. It's natural, now we need to find a way to give Cao Cao hope, a Cao Cao who sticks to the land of Qingxu can help us buy time for several years, which is also beneficial to the court!"

Zhang Fei said unhappily: "Brother, don't forget that Yuan Shao also made some kind of a teacher in this city of Xiangyang to confuse people's hearts. He wanted to attack Dagan in advance. As a result, Yuan Shao's Yanzhou was not only captured by Dagan. The army was also defeated by Lei Gong. Brother, you almost couldn’t return to Jingzhou, and what Cao Cao is doing now is not very similar to Yuan Shao! He knew that he was not Lei Gong’s opponent, so he wanted to drag his brother to help him fight Lei Gong, buy him time in Qingzhou!"

At this time, Zhao Yun also said: "The general should put the court first, and not be implicated by the princes of the Han Dynasty. Although I don't want to admit it, it is difficult for the Han Dynasty to gain the upper hand in the Central Plains when we fight Dagan in the absence of cavalry! "

(End of this chapter)