The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 208
Bad advice depends on the situation.

If Yuan Shao was a monarch who only knew how to go his own way, he would have ended up betraying his relatives long ago.

Before he listens to others, he must first distinguish his position.

Like Tian Fenggang's character, he often offends Yuan Shao with words, although the starting point is for Yuan Shao's sake, but Yuan Shao is angry in his heart.

Cao Cao has a clear understanding of Yuan Shao's temperament. After decades of childhood, it is hard to say whether Yuan Shao has seen Cao Cao clearly, but Cao Cao has clearly seen Yuan Shao's whole person from the inside to the outside.

Lower your posture, don't be domineering, and don't bluntly say that Yuan Shao made mistakes or mistakes, and discuss with Yuan Shao in a tone of asking for advice, so that Yuan Shao will listen carefully, think, and then accept without losing face.

So why Guo Tu's words are often adopted by Yuan Shao, but Tian Feng's words are often left behind by Yuan Shao. The big right and wrong theory is not the point, but the attitude.

Cao Cao was originally a vassal on the same level as Yuan Shao, and his official position was slightly lower than Yuan Shao, but the emperor is Cao Cao's caged bird. He is already the leader of the world, but he can still humble himself in front of Yuan Shao, even compared to Yuan Shao's subordinates. His performance He didn't show a coquettish gesture abruptly, but respectful and respectful, which is what Yuan Shao enjoyed.

If the princes of the world could come to him respectfully as if they were worshiping, he would be so happy that he would die.

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, pretending to be deliberative, nodded and said with deep conviction: "Meng De's words are reasonable, if Guo Jia refuses to be captured without a fight, then he must deploy heavy troops around the Hangu Pass, trying to do what Dong Zhuo did back then. Generally relying on the danger of Weihan to stop our army. A surprise attack on Wuguan will definitely succeed in one battle. Then according to Mengde, who will attack Wuguan between you and me?"

When Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shao agreed with this strategy, he didn't show any overjoyed expression, but still smiled calmly.

"Brother Benchu ​​has strong soldiers and strong horses, and you have unparalleled fierce generals. Why don't you personally lead the troops to attack Wuguan, and let me lead the army to confront Guo Jia at Hangu Pass."

It seems that Cao Cao is thinking of Yuan Shao.

Hangu Pass has Guo Jia's heavy troops, and Wuguan Pass is hard to compare with Hangu Pass in terms of geographical advantage and defensive strength, but Cao Cao took the heavy responsibility instead, asking Yuan Shao to do the easy task, which is too abnormal.

Yuan Shao also became suspicious.

Hangu Pass or Wuguan, which one is easier to fight?
The answer is obvious.

But Yuan Shao frowned and hesitated.

His 20 troops came all the way from Jizhou, could it go further south?Wuguan is adjacent to Jingzhou, and there is Zhangxiu in Wancheng in Nanyang. It is easy for him to lead the army, but the transportation of food, grass and luggage will increase the burden and loss.

Will Zhang Xiu take the opportunity to make trouble?Generally speaking, Zhang Xiu doesn't have the guts.

But is war a child's play?Mere guesswork often ends in embarrassment.

In particular, Yuan Shao was once the leader of the alliance against Dong Zhuo, and Zhang Ji was a general under Dong Zhuo's command. There was an old grudge between them.

Besides, how could Yuan Shao take 20 troops to attack Wuguan?If he personally leads the army to Wuguan, the soldiers and horses left in Luoyang will be under Cao Cao's eyes. If Cao Cao plays some tricks again, Yuan Shao can't guarantee that he will still be able to return to Hebei.

Cao Cao was famous for recruiting and surrendering. He rose like a comet in the Central Plains, and what he benefited from was the surrender of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shao felt that he could not go to Wuguan, and neither could his army.

Fighting Wuguan is a surprise attack, which is to open a gap from the weak link of Guanzhong's defense, so that the overall defense of Guanzhong collapses.

As long as Wuguan is lost, Chang'an will be in danger.

In this way, the defenders of Hangu Pass will be distracted. If they do not withdraw their troops to rescue Chang'an, Hangu Pass will be isolated and helpless after Chang'an falls.

"Wuguan, what's the point? Meng De only needs to send a general to lead [-] soldiers and horses, and he will be able to win. Meng De will stay in Luoyang and wait for the good news with me."

Yuan Shao looked indifferent, and his tone of voice was completely commanding his subordinates.

Obviously Yuan Shao didn't give Cao Cao room to bargain, so what he said was already a decision.

Not only let Cao Cao go to Wuguan, but also keep Cao Cao in Luoyang, and stay by his side to guard.

Cao Cao kept a calm expression from the beginning to the end, and agreed after a few chuckles.

This surprised Yuan Shao.

But Cao Cao is always Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao is always Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao thinks that he is a famous and respected monarch, so what if Cao Cao stays alone in Luoyang?Does Yuan Shao dare to be unfavorable to Cao Cao?It is easy to kill Cao Cao, but the body stained by Cao Cao's blood cannot be washed clean.

Cao Cao accepted the task without any refutation, and then got up to leave.

Just at this time, Guo Tu returned to Luoyang and reported to Yuan Shao immediately.

"My lord, something is wrong."

Guo Tu stepped forward, lowered his head to wipe his sweat, raised his head after shouting a word, and just saw Cao Cao who turned around to leave, the two happened to be facing each other, Guo Tu also forgot to close his wide open mouth, he was astonished as if He was fixed and unable to move.

"Why are you panicking? What did Guo Jia say?"

Yuan Shao was blocked by Cao Cao and did not see the embarrassment on Guo Tu's face.

In fact, Guo Tu's first sentence after entering the door was "the big thing is not good", and the second sentence was ready to say "Cao Amou has evil intentions".

Fortunately, the first sentence was a greeting, otherwise Guo Tu would have slapped Cao Cao in the face.

It was tacitly understood that Cao Cao had something wrong in his heart, and if he said it, he would inevitably cause trouble for his upper body.

Cao Cao also looked strange, because he noticed that Guo Tu's expression was dodging when facing him, as if he had a guilty conscience, but he didn't care.

Anyway, everyone comes and goes, all intrigues, no one is a simple-minded generation, and no one needs to pretend to be a model of a gentleman.

The most basic thing about the level of the city is the expression written on the face, and then the style of doing things.

Goujian tried his best, and suffered countless bullying and hardships, and he endured them all. This is the real bottomless city. As for the indifferent expression and reaction of others calling names and insulting a few words, it can be regarded as an introduction.

Cao Cao has been discriminated against since he was a child, and this is often the case after the eunuchs.

Even if Guo Tu's expression told him that there must be something that Guo Tu wanted to hide from him, and it was likely to be detrimental to him, Cao Cao could pretend to ignore it, and instead followed Yuan Shao's words and asked: "Guo Jia will obey the imperial edict or resist?" Purpose?"

He quickly closed his mouth, and after returning to his normal expression, Guo Tu brewed his emotions and adjusted his mentality.

Replace the prepared criticism of Cao Cao with Guo Jia.

"Guo Jia refused to return to Yizhou, saying that the imperial decree was a rebellion."

Guo Tu is not good at attacking Guo Jia with words.

After all, from the perspective of the nature of the matter, Guo Jia did not feel sorry for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Now that Cao Cao uses such an unconvincing decree to want Guo Jia to return to Yizhou, the mud bodhisattva is still angry. No one can bear it.

For Cao Cao, Guo Jia's reaction was expected.

"Hehe, when Li Jue and Guo Si hijacked the emperor to make him Yizhou shepherd, he didn't say that it was coercion and rebellion. Does he have an emperor in his eyes? When he received the imperial edict, he was a Han minister, but now Be a thief."

Cao Cao smiled lightly, then turned around and cupped his hands at Yuan Shao, "Brother Benchu, since Guo Jia refuses to obey the edict, then I will follow the previous plan."

"Oh."

Yuan Shao agreed uninterestedly.

His mood is very lost.

Guo Tu said something bad happened and said that Guo Jia would not obey the imperial edict.

In fact, it was a signal that Guo Jia refused to submit to him.

Disinterestedly, he threw the animal face pattern wall on the table. After Cao Cao left, Yuan Shao stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, frowning.

If Guo Jia does not surrender, he will attack Guanzhong. If Cao Cao does not surrender in the future, he will attack the Central Plains. If Liu Biao does not surrender, Sun Ce will not surrender...

Why are there so many ignorant people in the world?

If every prince wants him to personally lead troops to conquer by force, when will it be possible to calm the world and stabilize the country?

In terms of territory and military strength, Guo Jia is the second prince in the world, just below Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Guo Jia's choice affects the overall situation. If Guo Jia surrenders to Yuan Shao today, almost all the less powerful princes can surrender.

This is Guo Jia's influence among the princes of the world today, but, submitting to Yuan Shao, this kind of self-willed minister, is a matter of personal life, not only for the monarch, but also for a large number of civil servants and generals under him.

If Guo Jia has a small family and a small business, there is little resistance to joining anyone.

Now, if Guo Jia dared to tell his subordinates that he planned to join Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, they would immediately betray their relatives.

"My lord, Cao Aman is really plotting against my lord this time."

Cao Cao left, and Guo Tu could speak out freely.

Don't look at Yuan Shao who is worrying now, as if he doesn't care why Guo Jia didn't surrender, but after a while, Yuan Shao must ask to understand.

The self-righteous Yuan Shao now has a vast territory, a large number of soldiers, horses, money and food, ranking first in the world. Even if Guo Jia does not surrender, Yuan Shao has to figure out whether Guo Jia is going against him or trying to negotiate terms.

Anyway, this level cannot be fooled.

Guo Tu took the pre-emptive strike and put the blame on Cao Cao first.

Yuan Shao stopped, turned around and looked at Guo Tu suspiciously.

Cao Cao was playing the trick of driving tigers and devouring wolves. Yuan Shao had a countermeasure and brought Cao Cao to fight Guo Jia together. Cao Cao could not sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

As for other conspiracies and tricks, Yuan Shao didn't really care, but he was quite curious.

Guo Tu took a step forward and said solemnly, "Master, it is clearly written in the edict that Guanzhong is guarded by Zhong Yao. Once Guo Jia leaves Guanzhong, what name will the lord occupy Guanzhong?"

this problem?

Yuan Shao had already thought about it.

So he told Cao Cao before that as long as Guanzhong is defeated, the territory will be sealed to him.

"Didn't Cao Aman promise that after the matter is completed, he will go to the emperor and give me the imperial edict of Guanzhong?"

Yuan Shao became a little impatient.

Guo Tu is still inducing Chunchun.

"But if Cao A hides the truth, what if he repents?"

"Dare he?!"

Yuan Shao stared at Guo Tu, but he was startled first.

Will Cao Mengde, who robbed Feiying and his lackeys of his bride together, betrayed his promise?

The possibility is very high.

(End of this chapter)