While Zhao Yun was suspicious and thinking about Cao Cao's plan, Cao Cao was also considering whether Fei Qian had dug another hole.
Everyone has their own natural destined opponent.
Even the emperor who claims to be the son of heaven and earth will never be able to do everything well and will be peaceful for a hundred years.
Most people lie flat because of helplessness, not an active choice.
Can stand and breathe fresher air, see food or dangers further away, who likes to lie in the mud, dancing with the smell of mud and the smell of salted fish on others' feet?
Cao Cao never thought of lying flat. Even though he sometimes pretended to lying flat, he was longing deep down that he could finally ride on others.
Regardless of gender.
At the beginning, Cao Cao felt that his opponent should be Yuan Shao, not Fei Qian.
He admitted that this was his biggest mistake, but he was only willing to admit it in his heart that he never mentioned it in his mouth or outside.
Fei Qian is almost always in front of Cao Cao, disturbing Cao Cao's mood.
However, even when Cao Cao returned to the battle with the two Yuans, he would still choose to have a fight with the two Yuans first. After all, what is more terrifying than being a man on the left and right is that being a man on the left and right is a man on the top and bottom.
After defeating the two Yuans, Cao Cao suddenly realized that his opponent was not exactly Fei Qian. He also had a potential opponent who began to embark on this road of fighting for hegemony from him, just like a shadow...
This potential enemy is Cao Cao himself.
Or, the entire Cao family political group.
For most people, perhaps having enough food and clothing is the biggest goal in their lives, but the problem is that Cao Cao is not satisfied with just "sufficient food and clothing". Of course, the most important thing is that Cao Cao does not allow him to just "sufficient food and clothing".
He was like a glutton. Perhaps at the beginning, he only needed a little flesh and blood to make him feel temporarily satisfied. However, when his body became bigger and bigger and more creatures parasitized on his body and in his body, he naturally needed more food and more flesh and blood. In order to satisfy his appetite, he would tear his flesh to relieve his hunger and thirst when he was hungry...
Now, this feeling of hunger is getting stronger and stronger, and it is almost irrepressible.
This is not just Cao Cao's hunger and thirst, but everyone, all those who depend on Cao Cao, are hungry, clamoring, longing for more, more flesh and blood, and then staring at the people or things around him.
Cao Cao also made efforts to change and to treat this endless thirst symptoms, but he finally found that if he wanted to cure it completely, he had to cut off his flesh, remove his bones, and dig out his heart and liver...
"This disease cannot be cured!" said the children of the Cao family.
The Xiahou family muttered, "I won't have to take our flesh and blood first? This time it won't work!"
The gentry and powerful men in Yuzhou had a pale face on the left and anger on the right. "Lord, think twice!"
"Prime Minister, no!" The big family members of Jizhou were shocked by Hongyu, and then someone hit him head-on and died before the Danjie.
On the throne, Liu Xie squinted his eyes and smiled, "Cao Aiqing, are you safe?"
In the shadow under her feet, countless unjust souls could no longer see their faces, but they still tried to reach out from the extremely dark Nine Springs and grabbed Cao Cao, as if trying to drag Cao Cao into the Nine Netherworlds...
Cao Cao shivered and woke up from the dream. He felt his feet were a little cold and woody, but when he looked closely, he could not see any terrifying black hands on his legs. However, the coldness in the dream seemed to be still under the flesh and bone marrow.
Everyone saw Cao Cao's relaxed and freehand paintings, climbed onto the bed and recruited the widow, but in fact, the pressure in Cao Cao's heart was not relaxed until the moment he was begging Dong.
The sound of footsteps came and stopped outside the big tent.
The sound of a slight conversation sounded.
It seemed that someone wanted to meet, but was stopped by the guardian guards.
"Who?" Cao Cao sat upright and restored his calm aura, but the faint sweat at his temples might have become the only flaw in his calm appearance.
It’s so good to kill people in the night dream, but it’s not just because Cao Cao is afraid of being rebelled or assassinated. There are also other hidden reasons.
"Military advisor asked for a visit." The guard reported.
Cao Cao took a deep breath, rubbed his face with his hands, remained silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Please."
Dong Zhao bowed his head and entered the tent and bowed to him.
The guard went to one side, lit up the candlelight, and then added another oil lamp to illuminate it, making the light in the tent abundant, and he retreated silently.
Cao Cao signaled Dong Zhao to sit down, and then asked: "What's the point?"
Of course this is a nonsense. If it weren't an important matter, Dong Zhao wouldn't have come to him in the middle of the night.
"There is an urgent letter to report that the flag of the cavalry has passed Longyou, and now it should be Yumen Pass, or has entered the Western Regions..." Dong Zhao took out the urgent letter from his sleeve and delivered it to Cao Cao by the guards. "Food and grass are being raised in Longyou, and transferred to the west, which seems to be for a long battle... In addition, Wancheng has changed...
Special emergency military information will be delivered directly to Cao Cao, but in situations like Wancheng, which are not very urgent, they will naturally not alarm Cao Cao at all times.
Even the importance of Wancheng is ranked behind the trend of the cavalry...
"There is a change in Wancheng..." Cao Cao raised the information, faced the candlelight, and squinted his eyes. Cao Cao didn't even realize that he was subconsciously picking up the easy solution first.
Dong Zhao suddenly felt a thrill in his heart, and quickly lowered his head, pretending that he had not seen Cao Cao's actions.
After reading the information urgently, Cao Cao turned his eyes around when he saw Dong Zhao's appearance, and then smiled and said, "Ahaha, this man is dizzy... The candlelight is dim and small characters are dense, so it's really hard to tell..."
"It's just late at night, the light is not good, everyone is like this. It's hard for me to see this small letter clearly..." Dong Zhao quickly replied, "I originally thought that I would also make the letter bigger, but unfortunately it's not easy to pass on the secret letter. If the letter bigger is too inappropriate, I will just do it..."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Hmm..." Cao Cao smiled, then put down the secret letter, and no longer mentioned the matter of old age. "This Huang Hansheng in Wancheng is really... not simple... Zidan is still too reckless... It is a crime to ruin my troops!"
『General Zidan also wants to share his worries for the lord…』 Dong Zhao said, 『This is not General Zidan’s fault, lord should not be harsh. However, this Wancheng is a hidden danger after all. If it cannot be eliminated in time, it will inevitably contain many troops in Jingzhou and Yuzhou...』
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and stopped mentioning Cao Zhen’s fault, but asked: “Does Gongren have a wonderful plan?”
"When I came, I had some plans, but there were some shortcomings. I hope the lord will be insured..." Dong Zhao bowed and said, "Now Wancheng is an enclave. If you advance too hard, you will be more firm... I think it is better to cut off the Wujie connection and design to lure it. This is like this..."
Dong Zhao's ideas are similar to Cao Ren and Cao Zhen's plan, but they will be more meticulous.
When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed, then nodded and said, "This strategy is very wonderful, Gongren will do it!"
Dong Zhao bowed and replied, "Lord, this cavalry..."
Cao Cao couldn't help but look down at the secret letter again, reached out to touch it, and said in a tone that seemed a little strange and seemed to be no difference: "Has this cavalry really gone to the Western Regions?"
"The person who sent the letter was a school clerk and hid among the merchants from Longyou." Dong Zhao replied, "It should be true that there are also food, grass, soldiers and soldiers to be transferred as evidence."
Cao Cao pondered for a moment, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "I mean... where is the flag of this cavalry general, is the cavalry?"
This seems a bit difficult to understand, but it is indeed Cao Cao's current consideration.
What others say is what?
He was afraid that it was another pit for Fei Qian. On the surface, he pretended to go to the Western Regions, but in fact he hid it and didn't move, or he secretly turned back like him...
Scouts these days don’t even have a handy emergency contact tool, let alone global positioning systems, remote satellite remote sensing, etc. Everything depends on the naked eye to observe. Not to mention that they really saw Fei Qian’s flag, they couldn’t even see it. They just glanced across several hills and reported that they were really watching.
As for whether or not you really see Fei Qian, if you really care about it, it is difficult for anyone to know...
This is the embarrassment of being unable to manage on-site.
Later generations of companies say that this is a job of conscience every day, and that position is also a job of conscience. It seems that no one should do it without conscience. In fact, whether a company is good or not is not a little conscience of the employees, but depends on whether the boss has a conscience.
Just like at present, Cao Cao has fewer "conscience" in Shandong, but he knows that Fei Qian's "conscience" or "people's heart" are still many.
Cao Cao was a little irritable, but on the surface he was still calm. "Since he was covered by merchants, he would definitely not be close to the army. It is said that he could not be ten or twenty miles away. Who can see clearly what the flag is written?"
Dong Zhao was stunned for a moment, "The lord's intention is... the cavalry escaped? In fact, it is still in Chang'an?"
Cao Cao nodded and sighed slightly, "I know, even if Longyou really saw the cavalry and the flag traveling west... but what's the use? Can you say that if you have reached Longyou, you can be sure that the cavalry must be there? Just like someone is now inserting a big cage in Yuyang, can you say that someone is in Yuyang?"
Dong Zhao didn't know what to say for a moment.
Cao Cao raised his head, pondered for a while, and finally waved his hand, "It's not your fault for this. The Western Regions are too far away and it's inconvenient to send messages. What I am worried about now is that the Western Regions are not corrupt enough... I also worry that the Cavalry is cunning, deep, meticulous, resourceful, good at decisive, and familiar with military affairs. He must not take it lightly..."
After pausing, Cao Cao said again: "How can the cavalry not know the truth that "knowing yourself and your enemy and not fighting for hundreds of battles"? We are equal to Longyou, so there are naturally also the cavalry here... Someone appeared in Yuyang, and they are only neighbors in the northern region. I believe that Guanzhong already knows... But there is nothing abnormal at the moment..."
Cao Cao was very suspicious, and even thought that Fei Qian was just a fake guise to let the substitute go to the Western Regions, and he was hiding in Chang'an. After all, Cao Cao had heard that Fei Qian had a substitute, but now there are probably no five and three. Anyway, Cao Cao had two around him, so he could dress up at any time when necessary.
According to the original plan, Cao Cao's actions from Jizhou to Yuyang cannot be hidden. After all, there are too many people in Jizhou, and no one knows who is the eyes of whom, so Cao Cao simply did not hide it. However, as Cao Cao left the town, the land was wide and sparsely populated, it was naturally difficult to be followed, and there was naturally a natural secret between the actions.
By judging others by oneself, Cao Cao naturally felt that Fei Qian was either doing something wrong or on the way to making something wrong.
Something happened to the Western Regions of the Cavalry, and then Cao Cao came to Yuyang with great fanfare. Just next to Zhao Yun's northern region, Fei Qian and Pang Tong were not worried?
No action is directed at the Northern Region?
this……
Obviously not in line with normal concepts.
Something happened in the Western Regions. Could it be that the Northern Region is not aware of it?
Cao Cao didn't think Fei Qian would not think of this, so there must be some other factors that he hadn't yet understood...
For example, what new changes are there in Chang'an?
But the stakes of the Sanfu in Chang'an did not send any valuable information, perhaps because Fei Qian's Youwensi was too strong, or these stakes were too weak. All of this made Cao Cao feel very uneasy, unable to sleep day and night, and he couldn't figure it out. He spent a lot of effort, so he naturally had poor sleep, and was emotionally difficult to control.
Cao Cao felt like he was facing a trap, but on the surface everything seemed normal.
But this normality may mean some abnormality.
If you are playing games and telling jokes, then it is no big deal to choose any one or even be smart and tricky. But now the upward position is the more dangerous. One mistake is not only a defeat, but also a possibility that it will last for oneself, family, and the entire family are buried in a pit together with the burial!
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What is the news over Zhongzhi?" Cao Cao asked.
Dong Zhao bowed to respond, "No news yet."
Cao Cao was walking around the tent with his hands behind his back and felt a little depressed.
Not everyone is Guo Jia, and Dong Zhao can only be regarded as a good secretary and assistant staff. It is not bad to check for shortcomings and make up for some small tactics, but if you want to know the insights and strategies ahead of others, it is relatively worse to plan the overall big strategy.
Of course, Dong Zhao's good point is that he himself knows where he is limited, so he will not deliberately jump how high he wants to jump, express his opinions, make predictions, and show off his cleverness...
This time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan joined forces to suppress Fei Qian's development momentum. Strictly speaking, it was not a great opportunity, but that was the only one. The combination of Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in Jiangdong was shaking and was about to collapse. If you wait any longer, there might be any other opportunities, but it may also cause civil strife in Jiangdong due to Zhou Yu's death, and Jiangdong would not be able to provide any support at all.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. People in later generations may think that it was said by the great Chinese, but unfortunately, it was first said by the bearded man of the Big Xiong family. However, this sentence was deeply understood by many people in China at that time and understood the truth, so it was widely circulated. It is obvious that Cao Cao understands this truth a little now. Even if he failed to summarize such a sentence like a bearded man, it was a painful understanding.
This cavalry is so capable of running and jumping around.
A few years ago, Cao Cao thought that in the corners of the north, how many grains could he dig?
Then, Cao Cao covered his face and could barely say that there were mosquitoes.
In a few years, I feel that Shandong still has a great advantage, with more people, more money, more confidence, and able to attack, defend and consume.
Then he covered his butt with a slap, and even the seemingly pretending to be smiling was a little bit reluctant.
Cao Cao once thought that he had integrated Jizhou quickly enough, and he ran all the way with his thrust and gasps, but when he turned around, he found that Fei Qian was almost out of the way...
At the beginning, Cao Cao felt that he could catch Fei Qian with his hand. When he reached out, he found that he could no longer reach it. He had to use a sword and a gun to make the length. Then when Cao Cao took out the sword and a gun, he found that the sword and a gun were no longer useful. Fei Qian already had armor. When Cao Cao turned around and found the armor-breaking arrow, he saw that the other party had thrown out gunpowder bullets. When Cao Cao himself also had gunpowder, he heard that Fei Qian had made another secret killing weapon!
Cao Cao turned around and wanted to do it himself, but found that there were not even a few craftsmen left in his own home, and he was transported to Guanzhong repeatedly. He didn't have much of his own metallurgical shop left, and he couldn't even make it!
If one day Fei Qian is ready for everything, he will not be able to stop Fei Qian's cavalry in the field, and he will be able to stand in the city and can't stop the destruction of artillery catapults. By that time...
Cao Cao sighed deeply, his brows becoming more and more profound.
So even if it is not a good opportunity now, you have to bite the bullet and do it.
But if this is a trap...
All Cao Cao's current layout depends on Fei Qian who really left Chang'an. If there is a problem at this point, the entire plan will be unstable and eventually collapse.
Cao Cao sent Xin Ping to the Northern Region, on the one hand to show his strategy, on the other hand, he was also testing, and based on the test reaction, he made the next move.
While Cao Cao was thinking, measuring, and carefully thinking about various aspects, a soldier came from outside and fell in front of Cao Cao, and then handed Cao Cao a letter of the latest urgent report coming from near Xuchang.
When Cao Cao saw it, he was a little angry, and even had a little imbalance in his expression management.
The urgent report stated that there have been a lot of rumors near Xuchang recently, saying that Cao Cao is old and no longer as brave as he was. Now Cao Cao is timid to avoid war, and he cannot advance or retreat. He has no success in building a military force and spends nothing to calculate his money, food and supplies. He also said that Cao Cao had actually made a secret alliance with Fei Qian, preparing to divide the Han Dynasty equally, with Heluo as the boundary, and divide the world and the world from then on...
Emperor Liu Xie is said to have heard these rumors, and publicly scolded such rumors during the dynasty meeting, saying that he believed in Prime Minister Cao very much...
But this is useless. In Xuchang, there are still a lot of people who should be talking about it.
Xun Yu was investigating the spreaders of the rumors around Xuchang, but he could not control it for a moment. After all, rumors are all about words, truth and falsehood, and it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish clearly.
Cao Cao was so angry that his head hurt a little, but when he was about to get angry, he suddenly stopped again. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly laughed loudly, and he seemed to be very happy...
Dong Zhao was a little embarrassed, but he still asked the sentence, "Master, why are you laughing?"
"I laughed at Fei Ziyuan..." Cao Cao said halfway, and suddenly his heart jumped, and he uh, swallowed the second half. His little eyes rolled a few times, and reached out to wave.
Chapter completed!