The fence-sitting faction began to become active, and Cao Cao had to deal with many such things every day.
"Mr. Ming, there is an urgent report from Runan."
The guard came in and reported.
"Let someone come in." Cao Cao's expression changed and he said.[
"Promise." The guard promised, turned around and walked out.
"Runan." Cao Cao glanced at the South and felt very heavy. Liu Pi in Runan was a thorn in his heart. There were two acute problems in the South, one was Zhang Xiu and the other was Liu Pi.
Zhang Xiu is larger, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers. But it has already been dealt with.
Liu Pi is smaller, with only thousands of elite soldiers and thousands of miscellaneous soldiers. But it has not been solved yet. Although he only has a few thousand elite soldiers, if Liu Pi made a rebellion and attacked behind him during the battle with Yuan Shao, it would still be shocking.
I broke out in a cold sweat.
Therefore, Runan's problem is a thorn in Cao Cao's side.
Therefore, Liu Bei recommended himself to Runan, and Cao Cao was moved. If Liu Bei took action, he would only need a thousand elite soldiers to defeat Liu Pi.
The price is small, but the harvest is huge.
Now there is an urgent report from Runan, it is estimated that Liu Pi has started to make trouble.
Just when Cao Cao was guessing, the knight who came to report came in from outside.
"Ming Gong, this is an urgent report from Runan." The knight took the package from his back and handed it to Cao Cao.
"Thank you." Cao Cao nodded, took the package, and reached out to open it. A roll of bamboo slips was revealed inside. Cao Cao opened the bamboo slips and read it.
His expression suddenly turned ugly.
Liu Pi in Runan staged a rebellion, captured Cai County, and held the local people hostage. His number suddenly increased from more than 10,000 elite soldiers to tens of thousands.
Cai County is already very close to Xudu. The continued expansion of Liu Pi in Runan has threatened Xudu, the heart of the Cao family.
How to solve Liu Pi's problem has become an urgent matter.
"Go and place this strong man and take good care of him." Cao Cao did not use his brain to solve the problem immediately, but said to the guards in front.
"Promise." The guard promised and walked out with the knight who came to report the message.
What should we do? When the study was empty, Cao Cao began to think deeply about how to solve Liu Pi's problem in Runan.
But after much deliberation, there was no good solution. As Yuan Shao's intention to go south became more and more obvious, most of Cao Cao's troops were piled on the south bank of the Yellow River, preparing for defense.[
Secondly, there are no good candidates. To send an ordinary general there, we must have thousands of elite soldiers.
Under this situation, Cao Cao couldn't help but think of one person again, that was Liu Bei. On his birthday that day, Liu Bei recommended himself.
Cao Cao was originally moved, but then Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun Yu and others strongly opposed it, and because Liu Feng suddenly took action, which tormented Liu Bei for a while, Cao Cao suppressed this move in his heart.
There are no candidates now. If we send an ordinary general, we will need several thousand elite soldiers. If we send Liu Bei there, we estimate that one thousand elite soldiers will be enough.
It couldn't be better.
Cao Cao was already moved, but he was forced to suppress it. Now that he was moved, he was out of control.
However, Cao Cao was still somewhat suspicious of Liu Bei after all. Although he was greatly tempted, he did not act immediately.
However, Cao Cao quickly thought of a test method. This time, he no longer considered the opinions of Guo Jia and others. Anyway, Guo Jia was stubborn and believed that Liu Bei was not good enough. He wanted to use his own method to test Liu Bei.
Come out, is this an ambitious careerist or a useful general?