Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 281 Planning for the king, regardless of life or death?
Runan County.

Xu Zhen is currently in Xu Chu's hometown. The place where Gepi's yellow scarves were cleaned up in the past has now built a settlement city, which looks quite prosperous.

The people are crowded and noisy, and there are more or less like going to the market for business, and the number of people everywhere has also increased.

Xu's house is spacious and prosperous, and Xu Zhen and others can live in it after they are stationed in the army.

Xu Zhen was not in a hurry at all along the way. He followed the grain truck and went south slowly, playing along the way.

He was not the main force in the Southern Expedition. Although he brought 3 people, most of his confidants, civil and military, were by his side, but he didn't intend to fight for merit.

These generals and ministers listened to him. At most, Dian Wei had a bad temper and complained a few words every day that there was no battle, but it would not affect morale in the slightest.

They had been following the grain truck all the way, and these grains were also from Jizhou, and they wanted to take and carry them at any time.

Starting from Jizhou, Zhuge Liang delineated four grain transportation routes, with a total of 100 million shi of grain, which were transported continuously in batches and seasons. In addition, Cao Cao's various grains and grasses from Xudu were enough for Cao Ren to garrison in Xinye for a year.

It can even add tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

And this year, I still don't have to worry about eating enough, but I can eat when I am rich.

What is waiting is that Liu Bei can't bear to retreat by himself. Once there is a rift between Xinye and Xiangyang, it will be much more convenient in the future. Perhaps it will not be too difficult to take Jingzhou.

"Your Majesty, there is news."

Dian Wei hurried into the main hall, cupped his fists in front of Xu Zhen, and said happily, "The war in Jingzhou has been settled, and now it is just like what you said, Cao Ren is stationed outside, thirty miles away is Xinye, stand still, just threaten, don't move troops."

"Now Liu Bei is probably asking for help. I don't know what happened to the land of Jingzhou, and there is no news."

Xu Zhen and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, and they both showed a clear smile, "I knew that it is impossible to win with less and more with the help of the weather and terrain, and it is impossible to fight with all your strength."

"There must be fire in Bowangpo to burn down the army. Even the Xinye City after Liu Bei retreated, there must be a fire."

Zhuge Liang fanned his feather fan and laughed loudly, full of complacency. There may be a plan to attack with fire here. In fact, after Xu Zhen said it casually, he has always believed in it, and soon guessed in detail how Liu Bei would use it.

When thinking about it, it must be under his own imagination, first think of this matter as how he should arrange it if he personally makes a plan.

Only then can he break Liu Bei's heart and write down a plan and send it to Cao Ren.

"Stop fanning, it's freezing to death."

Xu Zhen gave Zhuge Liang a look, the weather in autumn is already so cold, he can still fan himself.

I don't know how you can pretend at your age.

Who did you learn from.

"There must be a big fire in Xinye," Xu Zhen immediately nodded firmly, "Liu Bei can't escape in time, and his capital is not much, so he won't abandon the city. A city, so that it can block the pursuers for a day or two, how many miles is enough to march?"

"If this is done, the heavens will be angry and the people will complain, and the people will definitely be unhappy. It will also be a big blow to Liu Bei."

"But if you don't do it, Liu Bei will have nowhere to go after the city is broken." Xu Zhen smiled, "How should I choose? If I choose, I will also be so bored that I can't sleep."

A few people smiled knowingly, both front and back were damaged, how can there be two ways in this world.

Since there is no victory in a defeat, if you want to preserve it, you will naturally have to lose something. This is the way to march and fight, gradually eating away what you have step by step, and constantly suppressing it with victory.

"Liu Bei's soldiers and horses lost a lot in Bowangpo, even if they ran away, they might not be able to escape,"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, and had some doubts, "I just don't know, where else can he go?"

"Liu Qi."

Xu Zhen said calmly, "You may have forgotten that in the military information that Xu Shu gave me back then, it was written that Liu Qi had been transferred to be the prefect of Jiangxia. Why was Liu Biao willing to let him go in such a remote place? Since he knew there was something wrong with the Cai family, he still wanted to send him to Jiangxia. Liu Cong stays by my side."

"This is obviously a plan of their own. I want them to fight for themselves, and withdraw all the trusted troops in advance."

"If you vote for Liu Qi, then it makes sense. Jiangxia is near the ferry, and there are routes for both land and water." Zhuge Liang nodded immediately, his face full of enlightenment. After hearing the question, many doubts were immediately solved.

"Master, if this is the case, there is nothing we can do."

Xu Zhen remained silent, so there was really nothing he could do about it. Now soldiers and horses couldn't enter Jingzhou territory, and spies couldn't control the situation.

It was a foregone conclusion that Jiangxia stationed troops, that was left to Liu Qi, and Liu Bei was probably also left by Liu Biao to his own son.

Mrs. Cai is his stepmother, who has never been very kind to him.

Liu Biao saw it clearly in his heart.

"Cheqi, apart from Nanyang County in Jingzhou, there are also many soldiers and horses in the other counties. If they march at this time, they should be resisted, and the relationship will inevitably be damaged."

Huang Zhong stroked his beard from the side and said, although he is not good at stratagems and conspiracies, he certainly understands the current situation after listening too much, and now he is using tricks to drive a wedge between Liu Bei and Liu Biao.

Let them fight among themselves, Liu Bei didn't have many troops, but he was able to act as a pioneer, disrupting Jingzhou first, so that Cao Ren could drive straight in and stationed in Nanyang.

In this way, Liu Biao needs to personally persecute him.

"There is one more thing, we have never used it."

Xu Zhen rubbed her chin suddenly, and found something in her mind that she had almost ignored before.

"Master, let's listen!" Zhuge Liang looked forward to it curiously. He was really learning and reasoning now, and he was gradually able to use tricks by himself, and showed his expected talent.

"Liu Biao should have given Liu Bei military rations every year, but it was withheld by Cai Mao, so Liu Bei didn't get funding from Xiangyang these years, and he relied on his own soldiers and horses."

"However, both sides don't know that Liu Biao thinks that Liu Bei's soldiers are supported by him, and Liu Bei thinks that he has never owed so much in favor. The key is Cai Mao, the commander of the Jingzhou Navy, and we will directly kill him."

Xu Zhen smiled, thinking of this, he glanced at his panel.

[Limited time mission: Conquering Nanyang County]

[Progress: 65%]

It's really fast, according to the current battle report and military situation, the progress will be updated continuously, and when Nanyang is broken, you can still receive a lot of rewards.

I don't want merit at all now, but I have to give up these system rewards of various qualities.

In the land of the Southern Expedition, there are so many time-limited missions, and every place is estimated to have them. You should keep thinking about the matter of attacking day and night, and don't slack off.

……

Among the accompanying troops were Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry. The tiger and leopard cavalry now has two thousand iron armaments, all of which are Cao Ang's trilogy, but he is also happy to hand over to his uncle Cao Chun to command.

Cao Chun was on Xu Zhen's side, and he walked a little faster. He led [-] tigers and leopards to ride south, and often talked and discussed with Xu Zhen. .

Naturally, Cao Chun also knew that he usually wrote the situation as a secret report and sent someone to the prime minister's residence.

At this moment, in the mansion of Prime Minister Xu Du, Cao Cao nodded secretly after reading the letter.

"Although Bowen is having fun and enjoying the mountains and rivers along the way, but I heard that he is always concerned about Zixiao's acquisition of Nanyang, and he is walking around in the courtyard to defeat Liu Bei's three schemes. It is terrible."

When he said the last word, he even used a sigh of relief, letting others feel the pain.

Guo Jia cupped his hands and said expressionlessly: "It should be, for the sake of everyone, Bo Wen said before that he would not fight for merit, but he was worried that Zixiao would be invincible, or he had a plan to defeat the enemy in his heart. All the schemes of that Uncle Liu Huang are just like this."

"He didn't go to Nanyang, but the strategy was always sent to Nanyang, and he didn't go himself, it should be for the sake of General Zixiao."

"Hmm... Feng Xiao can still speak."

Cao Cao chuckled, "Bowen was really generous this time. He used counting to determine the situation in Nanyang. Now he is going by himself and deliberately slowing down the marching route to put food for Zixiao. How righteous is it."

"It's time to write down the merits, but it seems that the relationship between Liu Bei and Liu Biao still has room for relaxation," Cao Cao walked out with his hands behind his back, and took out the letter from Cai Mao from his arms.

As usual, most of the content is still chatting, as if recalling the past, but in fact, some information is hidden and sent to Cao Cao.

Among them, the implicit words also revealed the current relationship between Liu Bei and Liu Biao. Although they were not in harmony, Liu Biao did not intend to kill Liu Bei, and even planned to give him [-] shi of grain.

However, there is no intention of sending troops.

"Perhaps Bo Wen didn't expect that these two people's spirits are not small, and their minds are naturally broad. After several strategies, Liu Bei has not yet collapsed."

Guo Jia hadn't read the letter yet, but he roughly guessed what was said in the letter. After receiving the letter, he sneered and said, "If this Uncle Liu has no courage, how could he go out safely? It's not owned by ordinary people."

"And over the years, he has traveled abroad in many places, and it's not that simple."

After he read the letter, he added with a stern expression, "From this point of view, this Liu Jingsheng is not very ordinary. He knows that there is no turmoil in the border, and Liu Bei is extremely likely to deceive him about his food, grass and military strength, but he still donates it to him." The grain and grass are just to show the name of being kind to the clan."

"He's also a ruthless person." Guo Jia shook his head helplessly. After thinking for a moment, he raised his eyebrows and said, "If that's the case, the best way is to wait for Liu Biao to die. The letter also said that Liu Biao's health is getting worse and worse. So many years to live."

"Nowadays, he sighs day and night, which aggravates the condition and accelerates the death of his lifespan."

"Humph!"

Cao Cao shook his head with a cold face, and didn't take this sentence to heart, and said in a deep voice: "Sighing at night, working hard day and night, it may not necessarily make the disease worse. You see, Xu Bowen used to march and fight almost every day without sleep, training soldiers, working hard. Thinking about strategies, but his spirit is getting better and better, maybe he will recover when his Qi is smooth, this cannot be considered a complete strategy."

"Now, there is still a need to create a rift between the two of you. Now that you have seized this opportunity, how can you let Liu Biao breathe? Give him a few more rides."

You are really cruel to the old man, and you have to send it off several times.

Guo Jia thought to himself.

"Send another call? Fight with it?"

"No, if we call out civilized words to fight Jingzhou, it will make Liu Biao and Liu Bei reconcile, so let's bring this matter up..." Cao Cao thought for a while, and said: "Order, send troops to Xudu, and I will personally lead the troops to Runan, and at the same time Let Zihe send Feiqi to Runan Xuzhuang first, let Xu Zhen meet me along the way, if I have something to ask him, he must have a plan!"

"That Xu Yuanzhi is in Jizhou now, but Bowen is willing to take the first step. He must have a perfect plan."

"You haven't received detailed information, and your strategy will not be much better than Bo Wen's," Cao Cao smiled cheerfully. This made sense, and Guo Jia didn't object, so he curled his lips and turned around to leave.

After a while, he gave the order and came back.

At this moment, I have thought a lot.

Now Xu Zhen dares to lead his subordinates to the south, bringing Jia Xu and Zhuge Liang with him. In the land of Jizhou, the only generals left behind are Zhang Liao, Qianzhao, and Xu Ding; Xu Shu is in charge of politics.

There is also Xu You who is very familiar with the situation in Jizhou.

These people can stabilize Jizhou, but they are also enough to attract conversations. They are completely different from Dian Wei and others. Except for Zhang Liao and Xu Ding, they should not be regarded as people who follow Xu Zhen wholeheartedly. Maybe this is a good opportunity.

In Jizhou, a few school affairs were placed as spies, and the situation in Jizhou could be closely monitored in the future.

Otherwise, there is bound to be chaos.

Guo Jia was thoughtful and gloomy, and good at judging. Long before the autumn harvest, when Xu Zhen began to tell Cao Ren how to break through Nanyang with tricks, he was no longer amazed, but afraid.

Because if he used tricks, he would not be able to achieve such perfection, beating Liu Bei's soldiers and horses so simply and thoroughly, and he himself was not even on the battlefield.

He already needs to think about the long-term, otherwise he will really have no power to fight back in the future.

"My lord, Jizhou is now empty, and I think we should send some people to secretly help Bowen to stabilize the law and order."

"Or, if you want to stabilize the hearts of the people, you need people with high morals and high prestige to enter Yecheng, Jizhou. This matter."

"In the land of Yecheng, the residences of the Baiguan and the mansions of the Inner City Government Office have already been built and located along the inner city land that Yuan Shao occupied at the beginning, and it is time for someone to go there and sit in charge first."

"Ok!"

Cao Cao's eyes sank, and he took a deep look at Guo Jia. Although he was extremely reluctant, he knew clearly what he was talking about.

If Xu Zhen was in Jizhou, it would be difficult to arrange it. Now is a good time, but it is impossible to send someone who has a grudge against him on weekdays.

"Please, Zhicai will go to Yecheng, Jizhou, and his official position will not change. In the future, he will be selected by our country's prime minister, and he will first enter the main government office. He can freely choose officials and talents from various ministries, and he can open the mansion and recruit more customers."

Cao Cao smiled, and Xu Zhen would definitely have no objection to this person.

This is his sponsor.

"Wonderful, it would be best for Zhicai to go, and it won't offend Bo Wen, but I am bold enough to invite Wen Ruo to go."

"Wen Ruo?!"

Cao Cao's face changed suddenly, he froze in place, stared at Guo Jia in a daze, narrowed his eyes and asked in confusion, "Why? Wen Ruo is my minister, how can he leave Xudu?"

"Wen Ruo is impartial and never takes advantage of personal interests. He will really not let Bo Wen have any worries when he goes, but his ambitions are easy to guess," Guo Jia said solemnly.

He had thought about these words for too long in his heart, and he really dared to say them today.

If it was in the past, he would never dare to say it.

But at this time, people like Guo Jia would rather die by themselves than say no, rather than watch the relatives and friends of these "drivers" who are driving the world's new carriages today, one of them die in front of them.

He is indifferent, doesn't like to praise, and mostly speaks sharply, but the enthusiasm in his heart is actually no less than that of the loyal generation.

Otherwise, how could he have cared for his friend's mother for more than ten years and only treated him as his own biological mother just because of a promise.

(End of this chapter)