Han Xiang

Chapter 337 Zhang Xiu is here, Dian Wei save me

Guo Jia boasted to the sea, whether it was Cao Cao sitting at the head, or Xun You and Jia Xu beside him, they all cast surprised eyes, expecting him to give a conclusion.

Guo Jia, on the other hand, looked at Cao Cao, as if to explain whether the public was interested?
Cao Cao understood that Guo Jia liked to be praised, so he immediately nodded and cooperated: "Feng Xiao has a plan, so let's speak out quickly, so that everyone can open their eyes."

Guo Jia immediately got up and left the table, pinned his left hand behind his back, stroked his beard with his right hand, walked to the center of the big tent, turned around and glanced at Xun You first, and then began to discuss himself.

"Before Liu Bei and Lu Bu occupied Xuzhou, Xun Lingjun offered the strategy of driving tigers to eat wolves and two tigers competing for food. Now the situation in Jingzhou is similar to Xuzhou. Why doesn't Duke Ming repeat the old trick?"

Cao Cao waved his hands with empty eyes: "Explain more clearly."

Guo Jia nodded and continued: "Liu Bei and Lu Bu were in Xuzhou at the time, and Yuan Shu in Huainan was an external threat. In the Guandu war the year before last, Liu Biao did not invade the north because of Jingnan Zhang Xian's rebellion. Now the Jingnan rebellion has been put down, and the rebellion in other counties has limited influence. To create a gap between Liu Biao and Liu Bei, we must attract foreign enemies."

Xun You nodded frequently, taking advantage of Guo Jia's pause, he asked, "Jiangdong's Sun family has a feud with Jingzhou to kill his father, does Fengxiao want to drive a wedge between Jiangdong and Jingzhou?"

"Not necessarily." Guo Jia waved his hand and added: "Jingzhou and Jiangdong are already mortal enemies, there is no need for us to separate, and Sun Quan has the intention of entering the Tuyuan, so there is no need to waste energy on Jiangdong."

Xun You asked again, "Is it Liu Zhang of Yizhou or Zhang Jin of Jiaozhou?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Liu Zhang is weak and incompetent. He has not come to pay tribute for many years on the grounds of thieves blocking the way, and he sent troops from Jiangzhou to Jingzhou. The terrain is difficult and difficult. We can't count on it for the time being. It's a pity that Zhang Jin can win over Jiaozhou. The strength is too weak, so it may not attract Liu Biao's attention, but Zhang Lu steals Hanzhong, and can go directly to Xiangyang along the Han River, if Liu Biao and Zhang Lu turn against each other, Liu Biao will use Liu Bei to resist at that time, and Wancheng will threaten to solve itself."

"Hanzhong?" Cao Cao first said to himself while stroking his beard, then turned to look at Guo Jia and asked, "Liu Zhang still dare not send troops to Jingzhou, Zhang Lu only has one county, how dare he pluck Liu Biao's tiger beard?"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "If a person is in danger, he must first protect himself. Zhang Lu teaches the people with ghosts and Taoism. He is not a good person. Minggong can start with people around him. As for Jingzhou, it is even simpler. Cai Degui and Kuai Yidu are close The imperial court can let them instigate Liu Biao to go west, and if you secretly promise Zhang Lu benefits, the two families will definitely fight."

"It's good to make friends from afar and attack near, but filial piety is very good."

Cao Cao changed the topic: "Our army is about to go to Hebei, and it is too late to count Liu Biao and Liu Bei at this time. We have to wait until Yuan Shao is defeated, and then use this to plot against Jingzhou."

"Yes." Guo Jia nodded in agreement: "So I didn't mention it at the beginning."

"Ah..." Cao Cao yawned suddenly, feeling drowsy welling up in his forehead, and he got up and told everyone, "If you have nothing else to do, you should go back to the camp and rest. We have to leave early tomorrow morning."

When everyone got up to leave, Xun Youshun asked, "Duke Ming, Yuan Shao didn't gather at Cangting this year. Where do you plan to march from this time?"

"Since Yuan Shao's main force is in Yecheng, we need to find natural soldiers and go to Liyang. This will also save some water and food." Cao Cao walked to the corner bed after returning.

When Xun You and others heard that they had entered Liyang, they knew that Cao Cao was eager to win this time. It seems that Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's main force and wanted to take advantage of the situation to occupy the opponent's city of Ye.

Cao Cao went to bed early at night, but was suddenly awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night, and he couldn't fall asleep after closing his eyes, so he called his servant to bring some jars of wine, intending to fall asleep under the influence of alcohol.

In the middle of the night, there was no one around.

Cao Cao poured himself a drink facing the starry sky. He drank one cup after another for two hours, and finally the alcohol made him slump back to the bed.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers of all ministries buried the pots and cooked food early, and then lined up to prepare for the departure, but they did not wait for Cao Cao's general order.

Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan and others gathered together in the big tent, but they could hear Boss Cao on the couch snoring like thunder.

Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, coupled with the influence of the Zou family incident in Wancheng, so he slept very lightly no matter at home or in the army.

It was rare for the generals to see Cao Cao sleeping so soundly, so no one dared to disturb his sweet dreams. After all, they had gathered in Guandu for more than ten days, and it was not too late to rush for a day and a half.

When the sun was high, the snoring on the couch remained the same.

The generals in the tent are still waiting patiently, but the Shouchun urgent battle report sent can't wait.

Shi Huan was in charge of the imperial army at this time, and it was supposed that he should wake up Cao Cao at this time, but the clan generals Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, and Cao Hong were all there, so they sent out the battle report.

Several people declined each other, and the task finally fell on Cao Hong.

Cao Hong tiptoed to Cao Cao's couch, called his lord a few times but didn't see Cao Cao woke up, so he patted Cao Cao's shoulder lightly with his hand.

With just one shot, Cao Cao jumped up on the couch in fright, and shouted in a daze, "Zhang Xiu is here, Dian Wei save me, Dian Wei save me!"

Wen and Wu in the tent looked at Zhang Xiu at the same time, thinking that Wancheng was really the lord's nightmare that year.

Zhang Xiu was like a duck in a flock of chickens, looking for the counselor Jia Xu with an innocent face, but he didn't know that Jia Xu saw something wrong and slipped out of the tent long ago.

Cao Hong was startled, and hastily clasped his fists together: "My lord, the last general is Cao Hong, this is Guandu, no one dares to harm you."

"Are you Zilian?" Cao Cao shook his head, then patted Yintang, and waved his hands to laugh at himself: "It's really Zilian, I couldn't sleep last night, so I drank some wine and was drunk just now, why are you all here? "

Cao Hong helped Cao Cao to sit on the side of the couch, and explained: "My lord, I was supposed to leave for Liyang today, but you have been hungover, but it happened that the Shouchun urgent report came."

"Shouchun? What urgent report?"

When Cao Cao heard that something was wrong, Cao Hong hurriedly handed over Xiahoudun's letter.

"The last general didn't have time to look at it, my lord, please take a look at it yourself."

"Oh?"

Cao Cao unfolded the silk scroll and glanced at it. His eyes, which were bloodshot from insomnia, were now burning like flames.

"Little Sun Quan, bully me too much! Immediately order the three armies to divert to the south, and I will flatten Jiangdong!"

At this time, only Shi Huan had read the appeal letter sent by Xiahoudun, and the rest of the civil and military officials didn't know what happened.

When Xun You heard the order, he immediately went out to remonstrate: "Duke Ming, please calm down. I don't know what Sun Quan has done? He is attacking Shouchun again? We should think long-term."

Cao Cao took the case and asked angrily: "What is the long-term plan? Sun Quan is not as weak as the crown, but he has provoked my tiger power several times. If he doesn't step down Jiangdong to capture and kill this person, how can I relieve my anger?"

Xun You had never seen Cao Cao like this before, so he was stunned by Cao Cao's anger.

Seeing this, Cao Chun leaned close to him, and whispered in his ear: "Sun Quan sent Yuan Shu to rebel Chen Lan, first destroying Yuan Rang (Xiahou Dun)'s rice fields in Shouchun, and then using tricks to lead Yuan Rang to Zipeng Mountain in the south of Lu'an, where he fell Killed 7000 soldiers in the Shouchun garrison, Yuan Rang is now seriously injured, and the Shouchun garrison is less than [-], it is already in jeopardy."

(End of this chapter)