Xun Yu silently bowed to Cao Cao, then stood up straight and said: "But before that, my lord, it would be better to summon all the princes to discuss it first!"
"Okay! Come on, raise the bill!"
Cao Cao nodded with a heavy face. He knew that Xun Yu wanted him to stabilize the hearts of all the civil and military men under his command. Otherwise, in the current situation, if one or two people's mentality collapsed, they would do something inappropriate.
Something too sensible came out. Let alone gambling, Cao Cao can guarantee that once the Qin army really moves south in a large scale, it is not impossible for a group of surrender factions to appear based on the current state of his command.
At that time, even if the Qin army has insufficient reserves of food, grass and military supplies, based on Ying Zige's performance since his rise, he may not have the courage to grit his teeth and fight hard to take them away in one wave and determine the situation in the world.
To be honest, Cao Cao doesn't quite understand Xun Yu's thoughts now, especially since Xun Yu inexplicably decided to relax restrictions on the Qin army in the rear, allowing it to invade Jizhou, expand its threat, and then semi-coerce
allied parties
After all the forces worked together to suppress the Qin army's strategy, Cao Cao inevitably had some doubts in his heart. Then Yuan Shao's death in the battle caused the Qin army to appear an irrepressible trend, which further strengthened Cao Cao's doubts.
A lot.
Although he can still reach many consensuses with Xun Yu and his ministers, for example, he can take another gamble and use the fact that the Qin army is so large that it is basically out of control but has insufficient logistics to find a way to force the princes to relax their control over them.
Be alert and supportive
He strengthened himself crazily, thereby taking over the Central Plains, or the position of the nominal lord of the Central Plains. With the capital to confront the Qin army, he could at least suppress the Qin army firmly in the north, suppress it in the northwest, and suppress it to the point where it could not cause any harm to other princes.
A place of threat.
To be honest, Cao Cao is quite optimistic about the current method.
He thought about it in another person's shoes. If he were in the position of Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and others, faced with the crazy rise of Ying Zige, he had captured Yong, Liang, Si, the four prefectures, most of Jizhou and Hanzhong.
In the situation where Yuan Shao was defeated, Qingzhou was in chaos, and Jizhou and Youzhou no longer had anyone to stop him, he would definitely give full support to the force that was now facing him, which was himself.
After all, only if Cao Cao is not defeated and continues to resist Yanzhou and the Qin army's only way south to form a confrontation and stability with the Qin army, other princes can develop with peace of mind and continue to enjoy their days as emperors of the earth in peace.
However, this method is favored by Cao Cao, but no matter how you look at it, this is a method that the lieutenant has no choice but to push Cao Cao to the stage and hang it on the fire. Even if he can use the pressure of the Qin army to gain the support of the princes, he can strengthen himself in a short time.
, but once it fails, Cao Cao doesn’t need to think too much about the outcome.
In short, in Cao Cao's view, this series of operations should not be the normal level that Xun Yu, the leader of his own family, should perform.
"Wen Ruo, Wen Ruo, what are you thinking about?"
"Yingchuan has also fallen into the hands of the Qin army. Is it Guo Fengxiao? He seems to have a very unusual relationship with Wen Ruo. Back then, both Zhicai and Wen Ruo recommended him to someone, but it's a pity...
"
"He led his people to capture Yingchuan. The talented and humble children have no worries. What about Wen Ruo? All the families are there. Which one is more important?"
"No, it's impossible, Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde! How could you have such thoughts? You can be where you are today. If Wen has contributed a lot, he will definitely not let you down!"
"But......"
"A son of a noble family, a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty...Wen Ruo, are you a loyal assistant to me, Cao Mengde, a talented assistant to the Xun family, or are you going to be a Qingtian assistant to the Han Dynasty?"
There were countless thoughts in his mind, but Cao Cao didn't express anything on the surface, or in other words, he couldn't express anything at all at this time. No one knew the importance of Xun Yu to him and to the entire Cao army than Cao Cao, the lord.
He didn't dare or couldn't think about it.
In other words, under the current situation, Cao Cao just realized that he could only place everything, including his worth and life, on Xun Yu's loyalty to him and on Xun Yu's own character. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness and peace in his heart.
There was a touch of anger and sadness, and the solemn coldness on his face seemed to be deeper.
"No matter what, the top priority is to stabilize the hearts of my subordinates and find ways to deal with the crisis in the north that may suddenly come south at any time and destroy everything!"
...
Puyang City, County Hall.
The civil and military personnel under Cao Cao arrived very quickly, and everyone had their own channels for information. They were still very sensitive to the death of Yuan Shao, a hero who had a strange relationship with their lord and had united all the princes in the world to defeat Dong Zhuo, and they were even more worried in their hearts.
Know what this means.
In the center of the hall, Cao Cao leaned on his seat with a heavy expression. After the civil and military officials from the left and right below arrived and stood up, he said in a deep voice: "Yuan Benchu died in battle..."
Cao Jun's civil and military officers looked at each other. Everyone knew about the news of Yuan Shao's death in Jizhou at this time. The reason why they came so quickly was actually to see how their lord Cao Cao was going to deal with the current situation and how he was going to prepare.
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For Ying Zige, who quickly rose to Yongliang, and then defeated Yuan Shao all the way, who had the support of the Yuan family and the support of the wealthy families in Hebei, who had just easily won Jizhou and wiped out Gongsun Zan and captured Youzhou, he was even more powerful.
Scary guy.
You must know that at the moment, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu are well-known heroes in the world. Under the planning of the older generation of the Yuan family and their own accumulation, their reputation and reputation are simply astonishingly high. But that's it.
A hero, a hero who had been going smoothly so far and who was so strong that he never showed any signs of decline, died so simply, under Ying Zigona's continuous offensive of pushing forward without taking any rest.
"Lord, our army has fought with Lu Bu and Xuzhou one after another. Now the logistics pressure is already very huge. Even though we negotiated with Liu Bei and Tao Qian to get back a lot of food and grass when we retreated from Xuzhou, if we really want to start a war with the Qin army again
, still lacks a lot. Moreover
After the successive battles, there are now a lot of voices of war weariness in the army. If he starts a war with the Qin army now, I am afraid that the general will be unstable!" Everyone whispered, Cheng Yu immediately stood up and said: "However,
In my opinion, this battle may not be fought."
"Yeah!" Xi Zhicai nodded in agreement: "What Zhong Degong said is true! The Qin army has been rising all the way, especially since Ying Zheng himself led the army to send troops from Chang'an, it has been unstoppable and has wiped out the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Heishan in Bingzhou one after another.
, Jizhou Jushou and Zhang He, and Yuan Shao's army in the final battle at Zhanghe. In all kinds of battles, it is already a rare feat for an ordinary person to win even one of them, but Ying Zheng just finished it within half a year and won!"
"What is needed is not only the ability of the person himself and the elite soldiers and soldiers under his command, but also the continuous support of logistics and military supplies!"
"You are all talented people. You should understand the principle of making money and food when fighting. Since ancient times, this war is not just a war. Now the faster the Qin army rises and the power expands, then that person dares to say that he
The hole becomes bigger and bigger, and it will collapse sooner or later. What do we have to fear from such an enemy who is strong on the outside and weak on the inside?"
"Okay!" Cao Cao looked at everyone in the hall and nodded. He knew in his heart that he had achieved his goal of convening a civil and military force to stabilize people's hearts. He immediately stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, although the Qin army is strong, it is unpopular.
Strong on the outside and strong on the inside, the original defeat was only caused by his arrogance. Now the Qin army must have reached the end of its strength. We have princes, famous generals, and strong soldiers, so what should we fear?"
"My lord is wise!" Everyone admired him and became excited.
"However, we also need to strengthen ourselves as soon as possible. Only our own strength can do this, instead of putting our hopes on others' own exhaustion and collapse!" Cao Cao's face was full of confidence and domineering, and
Among the other important officials in Cao's army, Xun Yu had a calm face and showed great talent, and Xun You was extremely confident. Everyone in Cao's army also felt relieved. In a word, they are all big guys. Don't worry, the big boss has the momentum, so we can fight with peace of mind.
However, what no one saw was the deep hidden worry among everyone, including Cao Cao.
What Xi Zhicai said is correct, but the power of the Qin army is too great, so big that they can choose to use absolute force and go on recklessly. Although the outcome is hard to say, and the final loss to the entire land of China is hard to say, but Qin
If Jun really did that, Cao Cao would never be able to escape his status as the first cannon fodder to die.
