Chapter 90 Guo Jia's Plan
Cao Cao said it right. Although he was unwilling to give up, what's the use of unwillingness? Now the troops in his hands are the 100,000 people in his second son Cao Pi. The key is that these 100,000 soldiers are far from being elite.
Although he claims to be a million soldiers wearing armor, this is just a claim. If he can actually have seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers, he will be at the top. But at the same time, if the territory is large, he must also need defense.
Cao Cao always wants to take a bite of the fat piece of Xuzhou, but in the eyes of others, Cao Cao is also a fat piece of meat.
If the soldiers guarding passes in various places cannot move, even if he mobilizes all the soldiers in his hands, he will only add tens of thousands of troops. However, it is obvious that this is a drop in the bucket for the entire battlefield.
Seeing Cao Cao's sad face, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Lord, do you want to savor my words?"
Cao Cao pondered for a while, then asked Guo Jia: "Did Fengxiao have a plan?"
Guo Jia said just now that Xiao Pei can’t beat him for the time being, not that he can’t beat him anymore.
Guo Jia smiled and said to Cao Cao with confidence: "If I invite 300,000 elite troops for my lord to attack Xuzhou, Li Chen will be in a tight position in the rear and will definitely withdraw his troops and return to the aid. At that time, Xiao Pei will be able to fight again."
"Why are Fengxiao talking nonsense? Why are there 300,000 elite soldiers?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.
"We don't have it, but Yuan Shao has it?" Guo Jia said.
"Yuan Shao, just how can Yuan Shao help us?" Cao Cao became more and more puzzled.
You know, last year, Cao Cao fought with Yuan Shao. Although he and Yuan Shao were childhood friends and were peeking at the widow’s relationship while taking a bath together, the relationship between the two is very tense now.
Cao Cao beat Yuan Shao to a full-headed bag two years ago. Now it's time for Cao Cao to be beaten by Li Chen. It would be nice if Yuan Shao didn't read Cao Cao's jokes at this time. How could he send troops to help him?
Guo Jia asked Cao Cao very seriously: "Lord, do you think it is difficult for Li Chen to deal with, or Yuan Shao to deal with?"
Cao Cao didn't even hesitate for a second about this problem and blurted out: "Of course, Li Chen is difficult to deal with."
Cao Cao was so familiar with Yuan Shao. They grew up together when they were young. When they were young, they dug bird nests together and peeked at the widows taking a bath. Among the eight lieutenants of Emperor Ling's Xiyuan, Yuan Shao was the lieutenant of the Central Army and Cao Cao was the lieutenant of the military. This can be said to have carried guns together. As for what they had sex together, let alone. The two of them went to the brothel together countless times, and they probably played with the Russian turntable together.
It is precisely because Cao Cao was so familiar with Yuan Shao that Cao Cao won many battles in recent years. In Cao Cao's view, Yuan Shao was indecisive. To put it bluntly, he thought too much but couldn't take it seriously.
In Cao Cao's eyes, Yuan Shao was useless except for the identity of the three masters of the four generations. If you deal with such people, you can use a few suspicious plans. After he figured it out, the daylily would be cold.
But Li Chen is different. Li Chen is a bandit. His style of conduct is just one word, like a rash or a reckless man. As the saying goes, kills the master's tutor, Li Chen's behavior makes Cao Cao completely unable to guess what he will do next.
"Lord, I have a plan. If this plan is done, we can take down Xiao Pei in one fell swoop. Even in a bad situation, Xiao Pei will fall into our hands and Xuzhou will fall into Yuan Shao's hands." Guo Jia pondered.
Hearing this, Cao Cao said happily: "Will the plan come out?"
In Cao Cao's opinion, it was especially true that Xiaopei and Xuzhou fell into his hands. Even if he had to get the bridgehead of Xiaopei, Yuan Shao, and this was a great thing for Cao Cao.
Now Cao Cao has made great efforts to beat Yuan Shao. In Cao Cao's opinion, Xuzhou fell into Yuan Shao's hands, and it was no different from falling into him. It was just to spend more effort.
"General Zixiao, please bring the map." Guo Jia sprained his ankle and was inconvenient to walk, so he could only instruct Cao Ren to bring the map.
Cao Ren hurriedly took down the map and spread it on a low table.
Guo Jia pointed to Xuzhou: "Look at it, lord, Xuzhou is crucial to us, but it is the same for Yuan Shao. Xuzhou's position just divides the chassis of Yuan Shao's brothers in two."
"Tao Qian is a mediocre person. If Tao Qian was in power in Xuzhou, he would naturally be able to live in peace with the Yuan family. However, Li Chen and Tao Qian are different, and this person is very offensive. We just need to send someone to Yuan Shao to spread rumors."
"As long as this Li Chen threat theory comes out and then people spread the news that Xuzhou has all the elites have been released at this time, Yuan Shao will inevitably be moved."
"Yuan Shao is more resourceful, but he is less decisive. Now we are going to war with Li Chen again, I'm afraid he may not send troops easily?" Cao Cao pondered.
Guo Jia explained: "Lord, you forgot someone. Yuan Shao has one of your close friends."
"Xu You?" Cao Cao suddenly realized.
Xu You, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, were both young people. After the two of them started to act one after another, Xu You chose to surrender to Yuan Shao, who was the third generation of the fourth generation. Because he had a good relationship with Yuan Shao when he was young, Yuan Shao still valued him very much at this time.
Cao Cao knew Yuan Shao and Xu You, who liked wine and money, would definitely be able to use it for him as long as the price was high.
"With filial piety and good strategies, Xu You is greedy for money. As long as we are willing to deposit capital, we will definitely be able to convince Yuan Shao to send troops." Cao Cao said happily.
"Lord, since this is the case, we will follow the plan. On the one hand, we will send people to bribe Xu You, and on the other hand, we will gather the defeated troops and retreat to Qiao County to watch. Once Yuan Shao sends troops to Xuzhou, we will send troops to Xiaopei immediately. In this way, this plan will be accomplished." Guo Jia said confidently.
"Hahaha!"
"I have to be filial to the death and win millions of soldiers." Cao Cao laughed loudly.
Cao Cao was preparing to gather the defeated troops, but Liu Bei on the other side was planning to do so.
At a distance of dozens of miles from Cao Cao, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, along with Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and others, were all here.
"Lord, what are we planning?" Sun Qian asked Liu Bei.
Sun Qian and Jian Yong can only be regarded as lobbyists. They can usually make small ideas, but this general direction is indeed difficult to grasp.
"Zi Zhong, do you have any ideas?" Liu Bei naturally had no idea, so he spoke and asked Mi Zhu.
"Lord, I'm willing to live under someone else's roof." Mi Zhu asked.
There is no doubt that Liu Bei naturally didn't want to. Not to mention ambitious people like Liu Bei, even ordinary people like this feeling of living under someone else's roof.
"If you can be independent, it will naturally be the best." Liu Bei pondered.
Chapter completed!