Uncle Emperor, I am really not Wolong Zhuge!

Chapter 62: Xuchang’s five great military advisors plan to fight against Zhuge in Jingzhou again!

In the main camp of the Chinese army, after making the decision to attack Jingzhou and Jiangdong, Cao Cao thought of Zhuge Pifu's twelve strategies to destroy Cao, felt a headache, and left in a hurry.

a few days later.

Xuchang, the Prime Minister's residence.

The Prime Minister has been suffering from frequent headaches recently and has been bedridden for some time.

Today the headache is gradually disappearing and my condition is improving.

Cao Cao sat up and looked down at the map of Kanyu presented by Master Kanyu.

What is drawn on the map is the cities, counties and terrain along the Yangtze River.

Cao Cao will soon go south to capture Jiangdong. This detailed map can be said to be the top priority.

The two maids walked softly to the bronze bird stove.

A maid crouched down, stretched out her hand to open the belly door of the bronze bird incense burner, and carefully swept away the ashes in the furnace.

Another maid holds the incense spoon in one hand and protects the incense candle with the other to protect the incense from being extinguished by the wind.

After the incense candles were delivered to the bronze bird stove, the two maids held shaking fans and gently fanned the scented dust from the incense candles in the direction of the prime minister.

This incense candle is a concentrating incense prepared by the imperial doctor.

Although it cannot cure Cao Cao's headache, it does have the effect of calming the mind and relieving the pain.

For the past few days, Cao Cao slept with the medicinal fragrance of this concentrating incense day and night.

There are countless people coming and going in the prime minister's house.

As a big figure who advocated the military and political affairs of the imperial court, there were countless officials and gentry who wanted to come forward to curry favor with him every day.

Hearing that the prime minister had a headache, all the prominent gentry in Xuchang sent people to bring precious medicinal materials.

Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng king, cordyceps sinensis, and even the extremely precious Tianshan snow lotus were sent to us in pairs!

The housekeeper of the house walked into the room with two stacks of greeting cards and said with a sad face:
"Prime Minister, fifteen more families have sent precious medicinal herbs today."

"These days, I have collected eight large boxes of these precious herbs alone."

"In your opinion, shouldn't it be time to tell them to stop?"

Cao Cao didn't take it seriously when he heard this. He looked at the Kanyu map attentively and casually ordered:
"Sell all these gifts and convert them into money and put them into military expenses."

"As for those medicinal materials that can extend life, they are kept in the warehouse for emergencies."

The steward received the order, bowed respectfully, and quickly retreated.

This is the third time that the Prime Minister has expanded military expenditures. Is it possible that he is going to fight again?
Just when the steward had some suspicion, Cao Cao ordered:
"By the way, call Xun Lingjun into the house."

"Send your servants to bring some of the fine sweet cakes that were delivered a few days ago."

The steward received the order and went to do it immediately.

Not long after, the maid came in carrying two boxes of sweet cakes.

This sweet cake is made by the "Guixiang Cake House". It only produces five pieces a day and costs fifty yuan each.

There are twenty pieces in a box, and one box is worth thousands of dollars!
It was such a delicacy that even the little emperor of Xudu could only eat one or two during the New Year.

In the Prime Minister's residence, there are still fifteen boxes of such sweet cakes.

All were sent by dignitaries.

And they don't seek a future, they just seek no faults.

After the housekeeper left for about half a stick of incense, Xun Lingjun walked into the house.

He was strolling around the court, and even when facing Cao Cao, who controlled the power of the world, he was neither humble nor overbearing.

In accordance with the courtesy of the minister, I bowed my hands and bowed:

"Xun Lingjun, please pay homage to the Prime Minister."

Seeing Xun Yu's arrival, Cao Cao's stern face finally showed a smile.

He waved his hand and said:

"Mr.

Xun Yu didn't hold it either, he stepped forward and took a seat.

Seeing the word "cinnamon" printed on the lid of the sweet cake box, he said:
"The signboard of Guixiang Cake House, the Prime Minister is so elegant."

Cao Cao smiled and picked up a sweet cake and put it into his mouth. He tapped the Kanyu map spread out on the table with the back of his hand and said:
"Xun Lingjun wants to go south, take over Jingxiang, and take over Jiangdong."

"You can raise 50 troops and eight months of food and grass."

Xun Lingjun couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness on his face.

Seeing this, Cao Cao smiled and asked:

"Is Xun Lingjun worried about Gu's headache?"

"The day Jiangdong is regained will be the day when the solitary head disease recovers."

"The children of Jiangdong have one hundred thousand naval forces enjoying the land of six counties. It's hard to live alone."

Xun Yu frowned slightly when he heard this. He heard something different from Cao Cao's words.

Xun Lingjun's hand that went to pick up the sweet cake stopped in the air and sent it back the same way.

He sat up straight and said sternly:
"Prime Minister, the six counties of Jiangdong are the six counties of the Han Dynasty, not the six counties of the Prime Minister."

Xun Lingjun and Cao Cao's palace conspired to quell the rebellion, seeking common ground while reserving differences.

For the sake of the Han family and the world, assist Cao Cao.

But if he had even the slightest intention of leaving the Han Dynasty, Lord Xun Ling would rather die than obey!

After hearing Xun Lingjun's words, Cao Cao's eyebrows jumped.

He smiled, nodded, and said:
"Xun Lingjun, you are worrying too much."

"I am a Han minister, from the beginning to the end."

Xun Yu heard this and picked up a piece of sweet cake.

After giving orders to Xun Lingjun, Cao Cao looked at his leaving figure and his mind sank.

Against Liu Bei, Xun You and others' alienation plan did not work.

If you want to regain Jiangdong, you must use Jingxiang as your base and establish a money and grain transportation line with the rear.

However, Liu Bei is now in charge of Jingxiang.

Before regaining Jiangdong, this troublesome Liu Bei must be dealt with first.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Cao ordered:
"Pass an isolated edict, ordering Xun You, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, and Zhong Yao to think about countermeasures again."

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Military division mansion.

After receiving the Prime Minister's order, Xun You, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and Zhong Yao gathered together.

The five people gathered together, except for Jia Xu, the other four people all frowned.

Chen Qun was the first to speak and asked the princes:

"The strategy of driving away tigers and devouring wolves didn't work. It's really a big loss to get two cities to seal the ribbon for nothing!"

"Right now, the counselors in Liu Bei's army must be on guard."

"The Prime Minister said that we should think about the strategy again, but what should we do?"

Cheng Yu sighed and shook his head:
"I just sigh that Military Advisor Liu Bei is so talented that he has seen through our plans many times."

"Are we really so naive? Even with all the help we have, we can't defeat him alone?"

Zhong Yao didn't want to hear this, so he asked:
"Zhongde, why bother to destroy your own ambition and gain the prestige of others?"

"If the first plan fails, try another one. Is it possible that Liu Bei's military adviser can see through it every time?"

"Liu Bei only has 18 soldiers and horses. Even if you include Jingzhou's [-] naval troops, there are only [-]."

"18, we won't stop fighting!"

"Then Military Advisor Liu Bei has no way out at all. We can make one wrong move, two wrong moves or even one wrong move."

"But Military Advisor Liu Bei cannot bear a miscalculation!"

"We only need to accomplish one plan to break Liu!" I have to say that Zhong Yao's words make sense.

With their backs to the mountain of Prime Minister Cao, they used the entire Han Dynasty as a chess piece to control the world.

But Liu Bei's military adviser only had 18 troops.

The fault tolerance rates of both parties are not at the same level at all.

Liu Bei's military adviser could not afford a miscalculation.

But they only need to succeed once.

After hearing Zhong Yao's words, everyone smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

"Yuan Chang, what you said is clearly a compliment to Liu Bei's military advisor."

"That Wolong can defeat my army many times in such a critical situation."

"If either of you or I were in his position, we would probably be in trouble."

"Looking at it this way, the five of us together are not as good as Wolong alone."

After hearing these words, Zhong Yao, who was originally still full of fighting spirit, felt that the arrogance in his heart instantly weakened a lot.

Just as everyone said.

Comparing the two, they relied on Prime Minister Cao and the Han Dynasty, but they could still fail repeatedly.

This is enough to show that they cannot compare to Wolong.

Zhong Yao wanted to say something to refute, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of anything.

In the end, he had to sit back in his original position angrily and said no more words.

Xun You, who was sitting at the top, was always paying attention to everyone.

He found that from beginning to end, Jia Xu had not made any statement.

Even his demeanor and demeanor were calm, as if the discussion had nothing to do with him.

Xun You guessed that Jia Xu must have a plan in mind.

He opened his mouth and asked:
"Wen He, what did you think of? There is no need to worry, but there is no harm in talking."

When Jia Xu was called to speak, he said:
"I have been thinking just now about what is the real difficulty in Jingxiang Land."

Hearing this, Zhong Yao said without thinking:
"What else could it be? Of course it's Liu Bei!"

Jia Xu shook his head:

"No."

"Liu Bei just took over Jingzhou. He has just arrived. He will not be able to control the entire Jingxiang in a short time."

Cheng Yu heard the meaning of Jia Xu's words and asked tentatively:

"Wenhe, what do you mean..."

"Jingzhou nobles?"

Jia Xu nodded.

"Exactly."

"Just imagine, the Jingzhou gentry have been here for many years. They are the real ones in power."

"If Liu Bei wants to rule Jingxiang, he must get the support of these indigenous nobles. Otherwise, he will get twice the result with half the effort, and it will be difficult to move forward."

"And the nobles..."

Halfway through his words, Chen Qun suddenly enlightened:

"The nobles are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they dare not risk their fortunes for many years. They are all just wall-sitters who stand on the fence!"

"Whoever wins, who will they help!"

"And the prime minister led his army south, and it was clear at a glance who was stronger and who was weaker with Liu Bei."

"As long as the news is released then, these Jingxiang nobles will naturally lean towards us!"

When everyone heard the words, they all suddenly realized.

So that’s it, if that’s the case, it will definitely work.

Xun You was thoughtful and worried, what if Liu Bei could really win over the Jingzhou nobles?

He turned his head to look at Jia Xu and found that Jia Xu wanted to say something else.

Xun You asked:
"Wen He, is this the plan you're thinking of?"

Jia Xu thought for a moment, then finally shook his head and said:

"No, that's not the case."

Chen Qun frowned slightly.

If it wasn't this plan, what else could it be?
"Wen He, stop talking in circles and come and listen."

After being called out for a long time, Jia Xu finally spoke reluctantly:
"Most of the Jingxiang gentry have correspondence with Xuchang today."

"They are also weighing multiple aspects and looking for ways to break the situation."

"What I think is, why not make these correspondence public and tell the world."

"Forcing the Jingxiang nobles to choose sides."

"If they want to be just outsiders, then they have to break with Liu Bei."

"At that time, people will be the fish and meat, and I will be the knife."

"You can ask for anything, and you can take it with your hands!"

It has to be said that Jia Xu's reputation as a "poisonous man" is well-deserved.

If you don't cry, that's enough. If you cry, it's a vicious and treacherous plan!
This vicious trick can be said to be taking the firewood out of the cauldron and the ladder out of the house!

If you Jingxiang nobles want to sit on the fence, then I will force you to take sides!

Once the letter was made public, it announced that the Jingxiang nobles had completely betrayed Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is now the nominal lord of Jingzhou. How can he allow rebels in the place he controls?
If they are allowed to survive, where does his authority as the Lord of Jingzhou lie?
Therefore, this vicious plan is not only forcing the Jingxiang nobles to take sides.

They are also forcing Liu Bei to draw his sword!

If Liu Bei did not draw his sword, Cao Cao's army would move south, and the Jingzhou clan would fight back.

If Liu Bei fights with the Jingzhou clan, Cao Cao will reap the benefits!
Xun You, Chen Qun and others all took a breath of cold air and were quite surprised.

Such a vicious plan is all-encompassing and everything is included in the plan.

Everyone looked at Jia Xu and shook their heads and sighed:
"A clever plan, really a wonderful plan!"

"Wen He! This plan is really cunning and vicious!"

"With this plan, Liu Bei's legs will be broken off!"

"Without the support of the Jingxiang gentry, Liu Bei, the lord of Jingzhou, is like a duckweed in the water, with nothing to rely on!"

"If Liu Bei doesn't run away, it will be like catching a turtle in a jar!"

Facing the compliments from several people, Jia Xu shook his head.

He turned to look at Xun You and asked:
"Gongda, what do you think of this plan?"

Xun You shook his head and sighed:
"A clever plan! A cunning plan! A poisonous plan!"

"Wen He, I'm afraid you have thought of this plan before! Why didn't you propose it earlier?"

Jia Xu smiled and said nothing.

However, even if Jia Xu didn't say anything, Xun You also understood the reason.

Jia Xu, if you don't ask him, he won't say anything even if he has a clever idea.

Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, here in Cao Ying, you still protect yourself wisely and do not open your heart completely!
However, this plan is enough!

Xun You looked Jia Xu up and down, and then said:
"I will report this to the Prime Minister."

"Wen He, if this plan succeeds, you will take the lead!"

Jia Xu, if you don’t like standing in front of the stage, then I will push you to the front of the stage!

To deal with Fang Ge Wolong, I need your poisonous plan!
(End of this chapter)