Chapter 118 Cao Cao’s conspiracy

After hearing what Guo Jia said, Cao Cao became less anxious.

After sitting down, he said slowly: "Why did Fengxiao say that?"

Guo Jia sat down opposite Cao Cao.

From the fact that Cao Cao sent someone to look for him urgently just now, we can see that he, the "Ming Gong", is actually very anxious. He is calm at this moment, and he must know that he has a way to deal with it.

Both Cao Cao and Guo Jia believe that Liu Bei is a man with great ambitions and will never be willing to hand over money and food to Yuan Shao, let alone reduce his troops.

Now there is only one possibility for Liu Bei to do this.

It was made for Yuan Shao to confuse Yuan Shao.

"Does Ming Gong believe that Liu Bei will really hand over two million yuan and 50,000 shi of grain to Yuan?"

Guo Jia asked Cao Cao.

"Absolutely not." Cao Cao shook his head.

"Does Ming Gong believe that Liu Bei will really reduce his troops and save food?"

"No, the so-called reduction of troops only looks like there are fewer troops. In fact, Liu Xuande's troops are not in the military camp, but in the fields."

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Since Liu Bei will not really hand over money and food, and he will not really reduce his troops, it can be seen that this man has the ambition to seize the state, and even more to compete in the world. He only wants to do this.

It's just retreat in order to advance, and is forced to do so due to the power of the Yuan family. Ming Gong, Liu Bei will fight with the Yuan family sooner or later, we might as well help him and let him fight with the Yuan family as soon as possible, that way it will be easy

But if we can contain the north, we will have no worries."

"Help him? How?"

Cao Cao was a little confused and couldn't guess what Guo Jia was going to do.

"Ming Gong, although Liu Bei has few troops, he has brave and elite soldiers. The two generals in Liaodong were beheaded and fled in defeat. It can be seen that Liu Bei's troops are very good at fighting. Liu Bei has won the hearts of the people. If he guards the county, the Yuan family will

Even if soldiers and horses come to attack, they can't win immediately. If they fight for a long time and wear each other out, it will be a great benefit to Duke Ming."

"Ming Gong," Guo Jia continued, "Yuan Shao has not sent troops south to fight for the emperor now because Gongsun of Youzhou is still there, and Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei used to have a close relationship. How about we write a letter in the name of Gongsun Zan and agree with Liu Bei

They jointly sent troops to attack Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan, and sent people from Youzhou to Beihai. They were deliberately stopped by Yuan Tan's people on the way and saw the letter."

"In this case, Yuan Shao will definitely believe that Liu Bei is colluding with Gongsun Zan. The so-called promise of money and food is just to delay time. Yuan Shao will definitely send troops to attack Liu Bei."

With Cao Cao's military strength, there is no way to go to Qingzhou to deal with Liu Bei, let alone fight against Yuan Shao. Guo Jia can only provoke Yuan and Liu to fight in this way, so that Cao Cao can benefit from it.

Maybe Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan can really connect with each other, completely delaying Yuan Shao, and giving Cao Cao time to destroy Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu and others.

At that time, there were no dangers around Xudu, and Cao Cao had a stronger army and had the strength to fight against Yuan Shao, so it would be much easier to pacify the world.

Cao Cao hesitated for a long time, using such a conspiracy was not his style of doing things.

But it seems that this strategy does work.

Yuan Shao does not trust Liu Bei now. If he knows that Gongsun Zan is colluding with Liu Bei and that Gongsun Zan's Yijing is difficult to attack, but Beihai and Donglai are not so difficult to attack, Yuan Shao will definitely send troops to attack Liu Bei.

If Yuan Shao uses troops in Qingzhou and has to keep troops to guard Gongsun Zan, he will be unable to look south. He will no longer need to defend the north and can use all his strength to deal with the enemies around Xudu.

"Don't worry, Ming Gong. Liu Bei must not have known that it was us. Someone who sent the letter to Yuan Tan intercepted it. He couldn't see the content of the letter. He will definitely believe that it was Gongsun Zan who wrote to him. If he believes it to be true, he might actually start an army.

He resisted and joined forces with Gongsun Zan to hold off Yuan Shao."

Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's hesitation and guessed that the other party might be worried that Liu Bei would find out what he was up to.

Cao Cao thought the same thing. Now Yuan Shao's trust in Liu Bei is very weak. As long as there is a slightest sign of trouble, Yuan Shao will believe it and think that Liu Bei is really colluding with Gongsun Zan.

"Ming Gong, Liu Bei has Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Tai Shi Ci and other brave generals under his command, as well as Zhou Xing as his military advisor. He has all the counselors and brave generals, and he has won the hearts of the people. It is very easy to recruit troops. What is missing now is just money and food. And Yuan Shao is good at planning.

He is indecisive, and all the officials are fighting for power against each other. If they cannot send troops to attack Liu Bei this time, Liu Bei will be allowed to grow stronger, which will be difficult to control in the future and will eventually become a big trouble!"

Seeing that Cao Cao was still hesitant, Guo Jia persuaded him again.

At this time, Cao Cao thought of the "black-faced general" Zhang Fei and the "red-faced general" Guan Yu, and knew that these two were Liu Bei's sworn brothers. They had followed Liu Bei since the Yellow Turbans, and they were real fierce generals.

Zhang Fei "single-horsed a spear and surrendered thousands of people" in Donglai, and Guan Yu killed Liu Yi, the general of Liaodong.

There is also Taishi Ci. I heard that he was captured by Sun Ce in Yangzhou, but I didn't expect that he faked his surrender and eventually fled back to Donglai to be used by Liu Bei.

And Liu Bei’s military advisor Zhou Xing.

Cao Cao didn't know much about this man. He only knew that he was from Xiapi, Xuzhou, and that he was very young.

But we also know that from persuading Liu Bei to go to Donglai to now that Liu Bei has won the two counties of Donglai and Beihai, annihilating the Yellow Turban bandits and repelling the Liaodong troops, this person has all contributed.

It would be great if these people could be used by themselves!

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh secretly, hating that he still had too few talents, so he didn't dare to confront Yuan Shao at this time.

"The last instigation allowed Liu Xuande to obtain the land of Beihai. Will he benefit again this time?"

Cao Cao thought about the time when he worshiped Liu Bei as Qingzhou Mu and Zuo General Mou Pinghou. How could he have expected that Liu Bei would be so generous and give up the three seals of Qingzhou Mu and Zuo General Mou Pinghou so readily. In the end, not only did he fail to

When the Yuans fought against each other, they gained Beihai County.

Now, Liu Bei will not be allowed to take Qingzhou, right?

"No," Guo Jia said with a slight embarrassment on his face. He had also proposed the previous strategy. "Liu Bei had a seal to give to Liu Bei last time. What can he have this time? Unless he really follows Yuan Shao's request and gives money and food to the Yuan family.

But if he gives out money and food, what will he use to support his troops? Even if he is willing to give out money and food, Yuan Shao will probably not give up after seeing the letter. At least he will remove Liu Bei from the post of Beihai Prime Minister and drive him out of Qingzhou to avoid future troubles.

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"If Liu Bei really leaves Qingzhou, and now only Xuzhou can stay, he may join forces with Zang Ba to take Xuzhou. If Xuzhou is in chaos, we can take advantage of the chaos."

"Well," Cao Cao nodded, "if Liu Xuande really arrives in Xuzhou, we can take advantage of the time when he is fighting with Lu Bu to send troops to attack and capture Xuzhou."

Cao Cao had long wanted to attack Lu Bu, but Zhang Xiu in Nanyang had not been wiped out yet, and Lu Bu's troops were strong, so he never sent troops to attack Xuzhou.

If Liu Bei really went to Langya to join forces with Zang Ba and seek to capture Xuzhou, he could take advantage of the chaos. After Lu Bu is destroyed, it will be much easier to deal with Liu Bei and Zang Ba.

"Okay, then let's follow the filial piety plan and give Liu Xuande a hand so that he can meet Yuan Benchu ​​in arms as soon as possible."

Cao Cao decided to use Guo Jia's plan and asked Guo Jia to write a letter to Liu Bei in the name of Gongsun Zan. The content of the letter stated that he and Liu Bei would send troops from both sides at the same time to attack Qingzhou and Jizhou, and then each would gain a state, and they would support each other in the future.<

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The content also showed that this was not the first time they had communicated. They had communicated before and wanted to seize Qingzhou and Jizhou. It was only because Yuan Shao forced Liu Bei to give money and food that he decided to send troops in advance.

He also praised Liu Bei for procrastinating for three months, saying that this would give him more time to prepare.

After the letter was written, Cao Cao found a trustworthy Youzhou man from the army who had family members in Xudu. After giving instructions, he asked him to rush to Youzhou, and then from Youzhou to Qingzhou Beihai. He asked him to let Yuan Tan
Chapter completed!