The four of them were talking with great passion. Cao Liang could not say a word, so he could only sit silently and listen.

The Battle of Xiabian took place in the 23rd year of Jian'an. In Zhuge Liang's words, you were 21 years old. Thinking back then, Cao Yan, Wen Qin, Qian Hong, and Liu Jing were probably a little younger than themselves now.

They are all young men in their early seventeens and eighteens, but not yet twenty years old. They are full of energy, brave and vigorous, young and willful, and dare to fight on the battlefield. They all have a desperate attitude.

Compared with the previous generation, the current third generation of Cao is indeed unable to lift tofu with a hemp rope. They are used to a wealthy life of fine clothing and fine food, and have enjoyed the wealth and splendor of the peaceful and prosperous age. Now let them eat the food of their ancestors.

It is indeed beyond the power of these three generations of Cao to let them go through those war-torn iron-blooded eras.

It is true that the poor cannot be more than five generations, and the wealth cannot be more than three generations. This is true. The reason why Cao Wei collapsed so quickly is closely related to the overall decline of the three generations of Cao. When the Sima clan compiled power and seized the throne, almost

No capable Cao family member can stand up and compete with him.

The great Cao family has reached the point where no one can use it.

This can not but be said to be a kind of sadness. If Cao Cao knew that he was under Jiuquan, I am afraid that the coffin boards would not be able to cover it.

However, today's harvest for Cao Liang is still quite big. He thought that his father Cao Yan would only be a bare commander even if he became a knight general. He didn't expect that he would have three life-long comrades, and these three

My comrades will all be powerful and famous generals in the future.

Needless to say, Wen Qin was the vanguard against the Sima clan. Although Qianhong and Liu Jing later surrendered to the Sima clan, it was only due to the situation. Cao Liang had reason to believe that with his father's

With all these connections, it is absolutely certain that Wen Qin, Qian Hong, and Liu Jing can be tied into his own boat.

Now I can be considered prosperous.

I thought that I would have to deal with the huge Sima family single-handedly in the future, but in the blink of an eye, I got three capable generals. This harvest is much happier than the Sesame Mung Bean officer I had promoted to one level.

The four of them, Cao Yan and others, were drinking and chatting, reminiscing about the past. The conversation was very enjoyable. They talked a lot and drank a lot.

The wine in the Three Kingdoms period was only rice wine with a very low alcohol content, and it was very turbid. A good drinker could even drink a stone of wine in one meal (one stone is equivalent to about twenty-seven catties). Even if the alcohol content was low, it was still a huge amount.

Although Cao Yan and the four of them did not drink so much, it was not a big problem if each of them drank two or three jars. A thousand cups of wine is too little when you have a close friend.

The last four of them were all very drunk. Fortunately, Wen Qin and the others came this time with their servants, and even when they were drunk, they were helped back home.

Cao Liang helped Cao Yan go to the back hall, and Cao Yan shouted: "Brothers, don't leave... Let's get drunk today..."

When Liu Ying saw her husband drunk and unconscious, she was annoyed and pitiful, and scolded: "If you can't drink, then don't drink. If you drink so much, isn't it a sin?"

At the same time, she ordered her maid to cook hangover soup for Cao Yan to drink.

Cao Liang stopped helping Cao Yan. Two servants had already helped Cao Yan back to the bedroom.

Liu Ying said to Cao Liang: "Liang'er, you must be tired too. Go and have a rest early."

Cao Liang accepted the promise and returned to his room.

After lying on the bed, Cao Liang didn't sleep for a long time.

Although he has already listed Sima as his imaginary enemy, he will have a showdown with Sima in the next ten years.

But this was just Cao Liang's grand plan after all, but to be honest, he was not sure at all about how to implement it and how to plan it.

Today's meeting with Wen Qin and others opened up an idea for Cao Liang. If he goes to confront Sima Yi head-on, he has little chance of winning. After all, the status of the two sides is very different, and Sima Yi, an old fox, is very cunning.

Hard to beat him.

As for supporting Cao Shuang to deal with Sima Yi, it's not that Cao Liang has never thought about it, but the key question is how Cao Liang can win Cao Shuang's trust and reuse. Now there are many cronies around Cao Shuang, and many people want to become Cao Shuang's subordinates, even at any cost.

Compromising each other.

In this situation, it would be difficult for him to get close to Cao Shuang.

And even if you get close to Cao Shuang, you may not be able to make Cao Shuang obey his advice. Cao Shuang has never lacked real advisers around him, such as Huan Fan, who even Sima Yi admired and called him a "strategist."

If Cao Shuang was willing to use Huan Fan's strategy, he would not end up in ruins.

It's a pity that Cao Shuang was a fool, and Huan Fan was so angry that he stamped his feet: "Cao Zidan was a hero, but he gave birth to your brother's ears!"

So Cao Liang quickly gave up the idea of ​​assisting Cao Shuang.

To deal with Sima Yi, you have to rely on yourself.

But how to deal with Sima Yi, it was difficult for Cao Liang to come up with a complete plan for a while.

Today's events made it suddenly clear to him that his advantage was actually right in front of him, that is, he could do many things with foresight based on his understanding of the direction of history.

For example, recruiting talents.

Sima Yi has always been a veteran at recruiting talents. He only used talents without considering family status. Many famous civil servants and generals were recruited by him and became the founding heroes of the Jin Dynasty.

On the other hand, Cao Shuang relied on nepotism and appointed a lot of people with wine bags and rice bags. At the critical moment, he didn't even have anyone to come up with ideas. It's strange that he was defeated.

Nowadays, most of those famous civil servants and generals are in hiding. Some of them only hold low-level positions and have not yet been reused. Some of them are simply in vain and have never entered the official career.

If you can take the lead and recruit some of these talents under your command, on the one hand, you can increase your own strength, and on the other hand, you can reduce Sima Yi's power. If one goes down and the other goes up, how can your chances of winning in the future not be great?

Of course, Cao Liang didn't expect to be able to win over all of Sima Yi's men. After all, many of them had their political stance determined by their family background. It would be difficult to win them over again.

Cao Liang never expected that Wen Qin, Qian Hong, and Liu Jing were actually Cao Yan's besties, so he could win them over effortlessly.

This undoubtedly allowed Cao Liang to take a crucial step.

With such a foundation, Cao Liang's confidence greatly increased. Next, he had planned a brand new plan, which was to move his teeth from the tiger's mouth and attack those targets that were promising to win and win them into his own camp.

In this process, you can not only strengthen yourself, but also weaken the other party, so why not?
Chapter completed!