Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 396

Cao Cao was in a particularly good mood, because less than a year after his retreat from Liyang, Jizhou was already in chaos, and he sighed: "Yuan Benchu ​​is still a character, why can't he handle his own family affairs well? When the anniversary is over, the two sons will turn against each other."

Xu You strongly advocated sending troops, while Guo Jia believed that Jizhou's power had not been exhausted, so we should wait.Cao Cao agreed with Guo Jia's opinion that he should at least wait until this year's autumn harvest before marching. He rewarded Wu Zhi generously and felt that Zhou Cang and Wu Zhi's advice to him was very pertinent.

"What is Zhou Cang up to now?" Cao Cao suddenly asked after there was no news of Zhou Cang for a long time.Since Chen Jiao suddenly lost his voice, Cao Cao's grasp of Zhou Cang's information was no longer so timely. He tried to send people to infiltrate Xuzhou several times, but was expelled by Zhou Chong for various reasons without exception.

Cheng Yu was the most guarded against Zhou Cang, and immediately replied: "I heard that he got two wives the year before last and just gave birth to a son and a daughter for him, and he named his second son Zhou Ting. It seems that the Xuzhou University Exam is about to start again. Yes, he may be busy with the big exam."

Cao Cao chuckled, then sighed, "This is Zhou Weiguo's third major exam. I don't know how many talents will appear this time. Xuzhou is hard to figure out."

No one dared to answer this sentence.Xun Yu finally said: "My lord has ordered the establishment of Fang Xue, and it will not be long before there will be a lot of talents."

Two months later, Yuan Tan's distress letter was sent to Xudu, Cao Cao was in high spirits, and immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures, including the newly defected Simpi.

Cao Cao passed Yuan Tan's distress letter to everyone to watch. "Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fought in Yecheng, and both sides injured more than 2 people, and another [-] people were lost in the battle outside Nanpi. The elites of the two armies were exhausted. According to Fengxian's plan on that day, troops should be sent to Jizhou to attack Ye at this time. But now that the two armies are gathering on the plain, it is a great opportunity to wipe out the two armies in one go, what do you think?"

Xun Yu frowned and was still thinking, while Jia Xu was still wandering with his eyes slightly closed.

Xu You shook his head and said, "Ah, you still underestimate Jizhou. The loss of 5 to [-] people is not enough to kill them. Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan have [-] to [-] soldiers in the plains alone, which can't be swallowed by one bite. Soldiers elsewhere."

Xun You glared at Xu You. "Ziyuan's words are not unreasonable. I think it's better to be prudent and survive. Now that their two armies are fighting on the plain, Liyang is empty. We only need to get Liyang and open the gate of Hebei, so how can we use our troops with ease."

Guo Jia echoed, "What Gong Da said is true. Taking Li Yang down is the most important thing while the two are fighting and have no time to look around."

"Report, Liu Xun, Yuan Tan's defender of Qingzhou, led the rebellion and has already occupied Jinan, Guangping, Beihai, and Taishan counties." While discussing matters, his subordinates reported urgent military information.

Everyone showed a look of disgust, they were just clowns, and they didn't know how to live or die.What kind of onion or garlic are you? There are so many big people planning things, how can there be room for you, a small shrimp, who can be smashed into powder with a wave of your hand.

"My lord, Xuzhou Zhou Cang sent someone to send an urgent letter." The confidant Wang Bi came to Cao Cao and handed over a letter.

"Huh?" Cao Cao was taken aback, opened the letter to read it, and laughed loudly: "Well, Zhou Weiguo, you don't make a move, as long as you make a move, you won't return empty-handed. Hehe, you really picked a good time."

As a result, after reading the letter that Cao Cao handed over, everyone felt that what Cao Cao said was too correct. This Zhou Cang was really a good time to choose, and no one could refute it.

Cao Cao said: "Zhou Weiguo said that Liu Xun was a rebellious and immoral man. He raised troops to rebel, expropriated violently in Qingzhou, and the people suffered unspeakably. For the people of Li, he wants to send troops to Beihai and Mount Tai to attack Liu Xun, and he also invited me to send troops to Jinan. Hehe, doesn’t he know that Yuan Tan is fighting Yuan Shang, so he is taking advantage of the fire.”

Guo Jia laughed and said: "He knew that my lord would not refuse. He expected that my lord would send troops to Jizhou and not take care of Qingzhou. That's good. We don't have to worry about Qingzhou's troops, but he merged the two counties into Xuzhou. If you don't offend the lord and Yuan Tan, it can be said to be fishing in troubled waters."

Zhou Cang's chassis is getting bigger again, which is not a good thing. Cao Cao's face is solemn, and he accidentally saw Jia Xu's eyelids twitched, and then his expression remained the same.

"Wenhe, what's your opinion?"

Jia Xu opened her eyes helplessly, "Zhou Weiguo has worked hard."

"Wen He is saying that his strategy of fishing in troubled waters is well-intentioned?"

"No, no. Minggong is most worried about Zhou Weiguo getting involved in the battle between Minggong and Hebei, and he is even more worried about Zhou Weiguo's surprise attack on Xudu, isn't it?"

It's something everyone worries about, but no one calls it out.Everyone has such a trace of distrust towards Zhou Cang.

Jia Xu said self-consciously: "Zhou Weiguo's move is still showing to Minggong that he will never have any intention of getting involved with Xu! Naturally, he will not hinder Minggong."

Cao Cao nodded. This is indeed the truth. In this way, everyone's worries will be wiped out, and it shows that Zhou Cang is still on Cao Cao's side.

"As for Zhou Cang's expansion of his power, as long as he doesn't become an enemy of the lord, there is nothing to worry about." Jia Xu waved his hand at the crowd, motioning for him to continue. "This is the best time for Zhou Cang to compete with Duke Ming. He could completely muddy the water and catch a big fish, but he didn't. He just caught two small fish. How could he not know that Duke Ming took After Hebei, he never had the opportunity to compete with Duke Ming, which shows that he just wanted to touch two small fish."

When Jia Xu said something, the minds of those present were clear.If you are fishing in troubled waters, there is no one like Jia Xu, Jia Xu is naturally more thorough than others.

"As for why Zhou Weiguo touched the two little fishes? He knew that Duke Ming and everyone would be suspicious of him, but he still did it. I thought he wanted Duke Ming to show his attitude and put the two counties under his rule. Govern with the laws of Xuzhou."

Apart from greeting people and educating children at home, Jia Xu can't speak so much in a year, and seems a bit tired.Jia Xu's eyes twitched just now, because he was surprised by Zhou Cang's boldness and judging the situation. He even thought of his acquaintance with Zhou Cang when he was in Chang'an. Thinking about it, if he could defect to Zhou Cang's command at that time, so many things would not happen in the future, and Zhou Cang's status would never be limited to the present!
What does it mean to be clear by the bystander? Jia Xu stays out of the matter, so he naturally sees the problem from a different angle from others, and with his intelligence, he naturally sees deeper than others, and is able to see things that others have not seen clearly.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, the stone that was weighing on his heart could finally be removed, and he no longer had to worry about it. Since Zhou Cang sent Zhao Yu to Xu Du as an envoy, he had already sent out a signal, but everyone didn't realize it at that time.

(End of this chapter)