"The external cause of Jiangdong? Sun Quan will not use troops?"

"No."

Guo Jia waved his hand to respond to Cao Cao, and then explained seriously: "At present, Jiangdong's attention is focused on Huainan and Guangling, and Yuzhang is relatively empty to the west. If Chen Yuanlong and Huang Zu send troops at the same time, Ming Gong thinks how should Zhou Yu deal with it?"

"hiss"

After hearing this, Cao Cao thought it was feasible and stroked his beard and sighed, "Yuzhang is not as close as Huainan. It is not easy for Zhou Yu to take care of both sides. I have a problem for him."

Guo Jia nodded: "Sun Quan did not save Sun He in Huainan. If he did not save Yuzhang and Sun Ben, he would probably have a direct civil strife in Jiangdong. So I am sure that Zhou Yu would go west and Chen Yuanlong might be able to recover some lost land."

"I don't know if Yuanlong is cured. These two tigers are really good at competing for food, but"

Cao Cao paused and suddenly frowned: "I guess Huang Zu's naval army has not recovered yet, and how can he bring Liu Bei in? If this person is free, he will definitely cause trouble."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "If the Jiangxia naval army has not been restored, wouldn't Liu Biao still have the Xiangyang naval army? It seems that Cai Degui is still in charge. Isn't it enough to let him take Liu Bei with him?"

"It's wonderful, it's wonderful." Cao Cao asked.

Guo Jia said again: "Whether you win in Jingzhou or Jiangdong, you should be a tragic victory in the end, which will inevitably weaken their troops and lay the foundation for Ming Gong's future southern expedition. However, in terms of military use alone, I personally prefer Zhou Yu to win."

"This plan to be filial to me is in line with my heart."

Cao Cao nodded slightly: "I will compile a letter to Cai Degui later, and I will send someone to Xiangyang tomorrow. I am looking forward to the fight between the enemies in Jingzhou and Jiangdong."

Guo Jia was praised and bowed to Cao Cao, and then nodded to the people next to him, but when his eyes passed by Xun Yu's face, he found that the other party was still frowning.

Cao Cao also found that Xun Yu's expression was wrong, so he asked curiously: "I am frowning in Guan Wenruo. Could it be that you don't agree with the plan of filial piety?"

"No."

Xun Yu shook his head and denied it, and quickly explained: "I am very good at filial piety. I will provoke the war in Jingzhou and Jiangdong. Ming Gong can be assured that the northern expedition will be safe, but the threat from Nanyang is still there. If Ming Gong and Yuan Shao are fighting fiercely, Guan Yu suddenly entered the rear of Yingchuan. Everyone knows that this person is an enemy of ten thousand people. I am worried that the supply of food and grass on the front line will be affected, so it is best to remove this threat."

Cao Cao frowned: "Yun Chang is unforgettable, but I don't want to attack Wancheng. With Liu Biao's unrestrained personality, even if he invades Jiangdong, he will have heavy troops in the rear. If he is stalemate near Wancheng, he will not be able to guarantee that Yuan Shao will not attack Yanzhou."

Xun Yu nodded and agreed: "For the current plan, only those who have left their troops to guard the vicinity of Kunyang. Too few soldiers will definitely not be able to stop Guan Yu. In that way, Ming Gong could not do his best, so he was worried about this."

"Do you have a clever plan?"

Cao Cao looked at everyone asking questions, but he was all bowing his head and pondering. He seemed to have no good plan, but the problem must be solved.

Just when the hall was silent, Cao Cao suddenly remembered that Jia Xu mentioned Zhang Lu in Hanzhong a few months ago, but he did not analyze it, so he directly called him.

"Wenhe, remember that you made suggestions with Fengxiao at the beginning of the year. If you have any good plans, why not tell me what to do together?"

"yes."

Hearing Jia Xu's short and affirmative answer, Cao Cao thought that you and Guo Jia are really extreme. As long as I don't ask, I will definitely not answer actively.

Jia Xu held his beard, first closed his eyes and thought for a while, then bowed and asked, "Since Ming Gong wants to instigate Liu Biao to invade Jiangdong, why not instigate Zhang Lu to invade Jingzhou?"

“Tell me in detail.”

Cao Cao was very interested in hearing this, and then crossed his legs in front of him and pointed at Jia Xu to tell his plan.

Jia Xu replied: "Zhang Lu secretly occupied Hanzhong and blocked the road to Beijing in Yizhou. It was actually a bandit. The last time Liu Bei appointed Liu Qi as Maocai. Ming Gong might as well follow the river and be appointed as the prefect of Hanzhong. He then ordered Liu Biao to send troops to the Han River to fight against the bandits;

In order to protect himself, Zhang Lu would inevitably raise troops to resist. At that time, war would ignite in the northwest of Jingzhou, and Wancheng where Guan Yuncheng was located would not be out of the matter."

"It is a clever idea to designate Liu Qi as the prefect of Hanzhong to discord Zhang Lu, but who is Liu Biao? How could he easily mobilize troops to attack Zhang Lu?" Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu in confusion.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled: "If Liu Biao is unwilling to send troops, why don't you help him?"

Cao Cao was puzzled and planned to ask, but Jia Xu continued to explain: "I mean to pretend to be a soldier from Jingzhou and invade Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng. Zhang Lu felt threatened and naturally fought back. Wouldn't the conflict between the two sides deepen? I heard that Yang Song under Zhang Lu's command was greedy for money, and Ming Gong could send people to contact him secretly, and the internal and external forces would work together to make a decision."

"However, Guan Yunchang stationed troops in Wancheng, how could our army pass through his defense zone? So as to reach Fangling, Shangyong and other places?" Cao Cao still looked at Jia Xu with a serious face.

"Why have to go from Wancheng? You can send someone to detour through Guanzhong, or directly transfer the garrison in Guanzhong, leave Wuguan and return to Nanyang, and then."

Before Jia Xu finished speaking, Cao Cao couldn't help but slap the table and pointed at Jia Xu and praised him violently: "Your talent is no less than Zhang Liang and Chen Ping!"

"Ming Gong praised it, I really don't dare to take it."

While Jia Xu bowed his hands and was humble, he did not forget to add: "It is not advisable to pretend to be Jingzhou's soldiers. I think it is enough to have hundreds of elite soldiers. Only when there are few people can it be convenient for them to move around. In addition, this team of people can directly act under the banner of Guan Yu, and then choose a long-bearded general to accompany the army, forcibly drag Guan Yu into the vortex of war, so that Liu Biao and Liu Bei can have a gap."

"Okay, well said."

Cao Cao patted his thighs. The more he looked at Jia Xu, the more he liked it. He thought to himself that this guy would not work without whipping the whip, but once he worked, he would never be vague.

Such a strategy of killing one stone is difficult to resist, whether it is Liu Biao, Liu Bei or Zhang Lu.

When he was happy, Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and instructed: "Wen Ruo, when you go back to the Shangshutai drafting an edict, you might as well write one more for Yun Chang."

"Ah? I understand."

Xun Yu was stunned at first, and then he understood the truth.

Cao Cao wanted Guan Yu to be justified and to blame Guan Yu by framing Liu Biao.

After pondering the details with the counselors, Cao Cao immediately began to implement the strategy. In addition to asking his confidant to meet Cai Mao with a letter, he also asked Xun Yu to find a verbal debater and pretended to be a merchant to sneak into Hanzhong to bribe Yang Song.

At the suggestion of Guo Jia, Xun Yu recommended his former teammate Jiang Gan and asked him to disguise himself as a secret to Hanzhong.

After more than ten days, the envoys who passed the imperial edicts also left Xudu and fled to Jingzhou. Cao Cao was worried about leaving the important team around Wuguan to outsiders, so he asked Cao Xiu, the commander in charge of his guard, to order five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers to go west with light clothes.

When the clouds of Xudu floated towards Jingzhou, Liu Bei helped Liu Biao pacify the Jiangxia bandits and return to Xiangyang.

Cai Mao saw that Liu Bei brought back more soldiers than when he left Xiangyang.

He whispered to ask his fellow clan Cai Zhong, and learned that Liu Bei had been fighting in Jiangxia for several months. Not only did he not lose his troops, he also surrendered the rebels and captured more than 3,000 prisoners.

How is this called weakening? Is it clearly an enemy?
Chapter completed!