"Brother Yi, please explain in detail..." Cao Cao asked urgently.
Yi Xiaotian answered calmly. He first picked up a bowl of wine, took a sip gently, and then answered.
"Brother Hide, I just mentioned a few key points, the first of which is to avoid multi-front battles. As long as multi-front battles can be avoided, then there will be no more concessions than a golden horn and a silver rim."
"The way to avoid multi-front warfare is to try to maintain a relatively stable relationship with the surrounding warlords. And the 'Looking East', 'Looking West', 'Southern Crossing', 'Beihe', 'Zhong' I mentioned
"Ding' is the specific approach."
Well…
Cao Cao listened patiently, smacking his lips from time to time, and thinking carefully.
"Brother Yi, don't be too pretentious. I'm listening carefully here!" Cao Cao stretched out his hand to signal Yi Xiaotian to continue speaking, and he filled Yi Xiaotian's glass of wine very well. It's so-called "revealing someone with wine".
"Brother Hi, please listen carefully."
Yi Xiaotian cleared his throat and began to talk.
"The so-called 'looking eastward' refers to looking eastward at Xuzhou. Xuzhou is currently the richest place in the Han Dynasty. Yuan Shu has been eliminated, and only Liu Bei and Lu Bu are left here. We should deal with them slowly rather than hastily."
"Liu Bei and Lu Bu are a hidden dragon and a fierce tiger. If Cao Cao goes eastward to Xuzhou, then both sides will definitely work together to fight against the enemy. In this way, even if Cao Cao can swallow Xuzhou, I am afraid he will have to peel off a layer of his skin.
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"But if Cao Cao just waits and watches Xuzhou and shows no signs of launching a military attack on Xuzhou, then... there will definitely be some looseness within the dragon and the tiger."
"In addition, Liu Bei and Lu Bu already have bad feelings, and it is only a matter of time before they fight... If either Liu Bei or Lu Bu can no longer take it anymore, they will surrender to Cao Cao. By then, if they send their troops south, Xuzhou will be captured easily!"
Yi Xiaotian talked a lot eloquently, all of which revolved around "Looking East"...
Speaking of which, Cao Cao was familiar with this strategy. Originally, he adopted Yi Xiaotian's strategy, which caused Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei to constantly wear each other down. It was precisely because of this that he defeated Yuan Shu in one go and captured Huainan.
Now, if we repeat the same trick, we don’t know who will be eliminated next: Lu Bu? Or Liu Bei?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao slowly raised his eyes, and at this moment, Yi Xiaotian's words came out.
"I just finished talking about 'Looking East', and next is 'Looking West'. The so-called 'Looking West' means that when dealing with the warlords in Kansai, we cannot fight them, but must win them over..."
"Now Kansai has just experienced a desperate struggle. Ma Teng and Han Sui completely defeated Li Jue and Guo Si and became the largest warlords in Kansai... However, the situation in Kansai is far from that simple. There are many warlords there.
, and it’s very complicated. There are Dong Zhuo’s old subordinates, local powerful people, and descendants of generals. No one will obey the other. In the next period of time, they will further conquer each other and compete for benefits..."
"At this time, if Cao Cao takes the initiative to make good friends with Ma Teng and Han Sui and agree to become allies and jointly assist the emperor, then... Ma Teng and Han Sui will be ecstatic to receive foreign aid. This is equivalent to getting the emperor's help.
With the banner and morality secured, we will have a lot more confidence to pacify the Kansai warlords."
"As for Cao Cao, we can use the strength of Ma Teng and Han Sui to help him guard the west gate... In this way, Cao Cao can concentrate all his strength on the east battlefield... to wait for the situation to change."
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Wonderful...wonderful!
After a "Xi Xilu", Cao Cao clasped his hands together tightly at this time, as if he was too excited, and his palms were always trembling.
Yi Xiaotian knows the world situation very well. Even he, Cao Cao, only learned about the melee between the princes in Guanxi yesterday and the complete defeat of Li Jue and Guo Si...
However, in just one day, Brother Yi not only learned this information, but also worked out how to take advantage of the complex and sensitive situation in Kansai to seek maximum benefits.
One of them used co-optation to stabilize Kansai, and the other used the name of the emperor to let Ma Teng and Han Sui help guard the west gate...
It can be said that Brother Yi's strategy is the best solution to face the Kansai princes today. It is really wonderful to use the least amount of force to obtain the maximum profit!
call…
At this time, Cao Cao exhaled a long breath. Suddenly, he was looking forward to Brother Yi's next words.
Those in the east and west have made strategies, but what about those in the south and north?
Just when Cao Cao thought of this, Yi Xiaotian's words came out one after another.
"The strategies for the east and west have been decided, and the next step is the south."
Yi Xiaotian took a sip of wine and moistened his throat. He hadn't spoken so many words for a long time. It felt like he was giving a speech at the Baijia Forum before time travel...
"The strategy I mentioned before is the 'Southern Horizontal', which means 'joint vertical and horizontal', whether it is to deal with Sun Ce, the rising little overlord of Jiangdong, or to deal with dozens of armored men sitting in the nine counties of Jiangdong.
It will be difficult to win over Liu Biao from Jingzhou, who has thousands of people... The only thing that can be done is to unite Zonglianheng."
Yi Xiaotian waved his hand gently.
"For example, to deal with Sun Ce, we can unite with the Shibian in the Jiaozhi area and let the Shibian restrain him. Didn't the Shibian already surrender to Cao Cao and the emperor some time ago? Now, all we need is an edict.
, once the two sides start fighting, then the Central Plains will have no worries!"
"As for Liu Biao, don't worry about him. This guy spent his whole life's ambition on 'entering Jingzhou alone' more than ten years ago. Now he is old and frail and has no intention of continuing to expand!"
"There is also Yuan Shao in the north. There is no doubt that the word 'Beihe' can only be used for this. Today's Cao Cao does not need to take the emperor or the court seriously, but he must put Yuan Shao in his eyes."
In my eyes, no matter how arrogant Cao Cao is in Xu, he must be more humble towards Yuan Shao. This is to paralyze him and buy time for the development of the Central Plains!"
"And Yuan Shao is a proud man. As long as Cao Cao continues to treat him as his big brother, Yuan Shao will treat Cao Cao as a watchdog. After a few years, Yuan Shao has really completely defeated Gongsun Zan. When he looks back, he will realize that,
Cao Cao, this extremely humble 'watchdog' and 'little brother', has long grown into a behemoth that can compete with him! But, by that time, it was too late to regret!"
After ‘Looking East’ and ‘Looking West’, Yi Xiaotian explained in detail the strategy of ‘Southern Crossing’ and ‘Beihe’…
Every word he spoke during this period made Cao Cao admired and shocked at the same time.
Brother Yi is so amazing, he knows every little prince's thoughts and every warlord's characteristics very well...
In fact, Brother Yi can always formulate convincing strategies based on their behavioral characteristics.
Cao Cao even felt that because of Brother Yi's presence, he felt like his eyes had been opened...
Yi Xiaotian has already figured out how each opponent will move and what their next move will be, and the calculation is accurate to the last detail.
All Cao Cao had to do was to implement the plan and make arrangements in advance.
This style of fighting made him feel very relaxed and comfortable. Even before a battle was fought, he felt like he had a plan in mind.
Huo…
Isn’t it talking about golden horns and silver-edged grass belly?
Now, all the threats from the east, west, south, north, and all directions have been eliminated by Brother Yi's strategy. His rough belly is about to transform into a golden belly.
etc…
Cao Cao suddenly thought of something. No, Brother Yi has already talked about the strategies for dealing with the east, west, south and north. So? What about the rest? There is also a "zhongding", what does it mean?
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When he thought of this, Cao Cao raised his brows and asked curiously. "Brother Yi, after you talked about the east, west, north, and south, why is there only one left, 'Zhongding'? Is there anything going on here?"
Cao Cao's tone was unpleasant, but his words were deep and thick. It seemed that he had a premonition that this "Zhongding" was of great importance and had a different meaning!
