I Am the Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Cao Hong and others may not be clear, but Cheng Yu and Jiang Ji and other advisors understood what Cao Cao meant.

Liu Bei's subordinates suffered a big loss from Zhang He's subordinates, which was not a good thing for Liu Bei, at least he lost a lot of face.

At this time, the imperial court canonized him as king, which will greatly enhance Liu Bei's prestige.The fact that Liu Bei was crowned king was enough to offset the influence of Liu Bei's defeat under Liu Zhe.

At the same time, there is a deeper meaning.

Liu Zhe's men had just defeated Liu Bei, and the court here named him Liu Bei as king.It is clear at a glance who the court is helping. This will make people all over the world think that the court favors Liu Bei and is jealous of Liu Zhe.

It is definitely a great gift for Liu Bei to let the people have this idea.That's why Cao Cao said this.

"My lord is wise." Cheng Yu couldn't help but sighed in admiration.

As long as Liu Bei understands the deep meaning, not to mention that Liu Bei only lost a few thousand soldiers and his generals were injured a little, even if he lost one or two generals, it is estimated that Liu Bei would be willing.

Because the benefits were so great that Liu Bei couldn't refuse. ..

2592 Yang Xiu's suggestion

"How about Sun Quan?"

Liu Bei's side has been dealt with, Cao Cao asked Sun Quan's side by the way.

Although Cao Cao did not ask Sun Quan to send troops to help him deal with Liu Zhe, his demands on Sun Quan were only higher than Liu Bei's.Let Sun Quan hand over much more land and population than Liu Bei.

"The messenger has arrived at Jianye. According to the news, Sun Quan will be canonized as king in the past few days."

Jiang Ji said: "As for what Sun Quan promised, when the messenger arrived in Jianye, Sun Quan had already begun to let people gradually withdraw from Chao County and other places."

"Hmph, a child, forgive him and dare not play tricks." Cao Cao disdained Sun Quan and ignored Sun Quan.

"Let them hurry up, lest that kid Sun Quan change his mind."

Cao Cao instructed: "With this king in front, Sun Quan has not yet felt the pressure of Liu Zhe, and this king is worried that he will change his mind."

Although he wanted to win over Liu Bei and Sun Quan to deal with Liu Zhe, Cao Cao also knew that the two would definitely not try their best to help him deal with Liu Zhe.

Liu Bei let him play a trick here, and was defeated by Liu Zhe's generals. It was considered a feud with Liu Zhe. In the future, Liu Bei would definitely not miss the opportunity to deal with Liu Zhe.

But Sun Quan is different. He has no border with Liu Zhe, and he has no enmity with Liu Zhe. Once he confronts Liu Zhe, Sun Quan will definitely hide if he can.

"King Wei, this minister has a plan to make Sun Quan not dare to change his mind." Yang Xiu suddenly came out and said.

"What is Dezu's plan? Hurry up and tell me." Cao Cao was overjoyed and hurriedly said.

"King Wei, you can send someone to persuade Gongsun Zan to send troops to attack Jiangdong." Yang Xiu said.

"Lobbying Gongsun Zan?"

Cao Cao was puzzled and asked, "Is it okay?"

Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao are now in a state of flux, and it is precisely because of Gongsun Zan that Cao Cao now has only the big city of Pengcheng in Xuzhou.

Cao Cao always wanted to take back Xiapi and even Guangling.As for Gongsun Zan, he always wanted to monopolize Xuzhou and drive Cao Cao out of Xuzhou, so that his self-proclaimed Xuzhou shepherd would be justified.

Both of them fought for Xuzhou's sake, and both of them fought so hard that they were almost out of their minds, and both of them hated each other to death.

Cao Cao's place is bigger than Gongsun Zan. It can be said that without Xuzhou, it can continue, but Gongsun Zan is different. Without Xuzhou, he will be finished.

Among the several princes in the world right now, Gongsun Zan is the most miserable.

"Liu Zhe's newspaper said that there are no permanent enemies in this world, and as long as their interests are aligned, they can become allies." Yang Xiudao.

"What are the interests of this king and Gongsun Zan?" Cao Cao couldn't help asking.

Both Lao Tzu and Gongsun Zan wanted to fight for Xuzhou, which was the inconsistency of interests.

Cao Cao said, "This king still wants to fight for Xuzhou with him."

"King Wei."

Yang Xiu said: "Xuzhou, it's not just King Wei and Gongsun Zan, there are others too."

"Liu Zhe!"

When Cao Cao mentioned this name, he gritted his teeth with hatred, it was too cunning.

He and Gongsun Zan fought back and forth in order to compete for Xuzhou. The soldiers were killed and wounded countless times, and only one person occupied a small area.

As for Liu Zhe, he was silent, fishing in troubled waters and occupying most of Xuzhou at once, becoming the biggest winner.

"Yes."

Yang Xiu smiled confidently and said, "It's him."

"Liu Zhe is also coveted by Xuzhou. This minister believes that if he has the opportunity, Liu Zhe will definitely attack Xuzhou. King Wei only needs to send someone to tell Gongsun Zan who his real enemy is, promise some benefits, and even help him in the future. I believe that Gongsun Zan will not go his own way." Yang Xiu said.

"Would you like to reconcile with Gongsun Zan?" Cao Cao understood Yang Xiu's words and understood what Yang Xiu meant.

It is equivalent to win over Gongsun Zan, and then secretly ask Gongsun Zan to deal with Sun Quan, so that Sun Quan does not dare to turn against Cao Cao easily.

However, it was very difficult to rebuild with Gongsun Zan.

When Tao Qian died, in order to compete for Xuzhou, Cao Cao deceived Gongsun Zan for a time, but he did not recognize him, and attacked Gongsun Zan.

Now sending someone to reconcile with Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao felt that it would not be so easy to succeed.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "It's too difficult, Gongsun Zan hates this king very much, and it's not easy to fool him."