"My lord, have you discovered that there are more and more people with supernatural powers recently?" Guo Jia did not answer, but asked Cao Cao a question.
Cao Cao nodded, it was true, but so what.
"There is a saying in Chu Nan's order to recruit talents that is quite good. There is no useless divine power in the world, only those with useless divine powers!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and smiled and said, "I think about it, the most important sentence in Chu Nan's order to recruit talents is
Also here, maybe he never expected to recruit those top divine power users from the beginning."
If you don't recruit the best, then you're just focusing on those with average abilities?
Cao Cao frowned slightly when he heard this. These magical people are only a little stronger than ordinary people. Being a soldier is a waste. The little magical power of a general is not enough to become a general. What is the use of these people?
This is actually the current situation of many people with divine power. They have things but not much. They want to use divine power to achieve a class jump, but they are unwilling to return to ordinary people's lives.
This is not just Cao Cao's confusion. Chu Nan's recruitment list has confused many people, including many people in Xuzhou.
"Want to imitate Lord Mengchang?" Cao Cao snorted and laughed.
In the past, in order to consolidate himself, Lord Mengchang did not reject talented people. He had three thousand diners at his door, and this is where the roosters and dogs robbers came from.
Guo Jia nodded and said: "At present, this is the only explanation."
Otherwise, no one would know what the purpose of Chu Nan's opening of the Qiren Pavilion was to recruit so many people.
Cao Cao nodded and stopped talking about the matter. At this moment, the two advisers were here. Cao Cao also began to express his feelings. When he asked the two to stay for lunch, he said: "After the battle in Shouchun, I wanted to wait for an opportunity.
Attack Nanyang again, but Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu seem to have an alliance. Every time Gu Gu wants to march, Zhang Liao will conduct military exercises in Xiaopei and send cavalry to patrol nearby, so that Gu Gu dare not move rashly. What should I do?"
Because of this in the second half of last year, basically nothing was accomplished. Cao Cao is now certain that Chu Nan participated in the Battle of Nanyang and formed an alliance with Zhang Xiu.
A battle with Lu Bu is inevitable, but with Lu Bu's current momentum, once the two sides start fighting, it will be difficult to determine the outcome in a short time. If the rear is unstable at this time, Cao Cao's expedition is likely to fall short, or even be counterattacked by Lu Bu.
"The alliance between Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu is something we least want to see." Cheng Yu sighed.
Cao Cao thought deeply and said: "Lü Bu, a common man, I don't know when he started to learn this art of connecting horizontally."
Cao Cao occupies the Central Plains. Although the land is fertile and the population is sufficient, it is also a place for four battles. What he fears most is that the surrounding princes will appear to join forces, just like now. When he attacks Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu immediately presses up. He attacks
Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu may also attack immediately.
Being in a stalemate like this, it will be difficult to break the situation.
As time goes by, other princes gradually grow stronger, especially Yuan Shao, once he defeats Gongsun Zan and dominates the four states, he is afraid that he will go south. How will Cao Cao, who has been suppressed by Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu, compete with him?
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"My lord, it's not difficult to break this horizontal and vertical technique, just combine and vertical." Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Join Zong?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia after hearing this.
"The person that my lord is worried about right now is Lu Bu. Although Zhang Xiu is a threat, it is not a serious problem. If he can be made to compete with Liu Biao, Lu Bu's ability to fight can be broken!" Guo Jia said with a smile.
"However, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu are mutually exclusive, and both have trade relations with Lu Bu. It would be extremely difficult to get them to fight," Cao Cao sighed.
"Lord, have you forgotten? Nanyang is Zhang Xiu's Nanyang, but Jingzhou may not be Liu Biao's Jingzhou!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile.
Cao Cao was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized, looked at Guo Jia and said with a smile: "What Fengxiao said is true, haha!"
The problems that had been troubling Cao Cao were instantly eliminated, and Cao Cao couldn't help laughing.
Nanyang was captured by Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew, who had a strong control over Nanyang. At least in terms of military power, Zhang Xiu had absolute say.
But when Liu Biao rode into Xiangyang, it sounded really powerful. However, Liu Biao's process of conquering Jingzhou was almost entirely dependent on the Jingxiang gentry. Therefore, Liu Biao inevitably had to co-govern Jingzhou with the gentry.
, and the current structure of Jingzhou is actually controlled by the gentry.
It cannot be said that Liu Biao has no right to speak, but many things cannot be completely according to Liu Biao's wishes, so he must make compromises with the scholars.
Therefore, if you want Liu Biao to help contain Zhang Xiu, you may not necessarily need Liu Biao's consent.
Cao Cao and Cai Mao were good friends in the past. Many celebrities in Jingzhou came from Yingchuan. The relationship network between the scholars in the two places was connected.
Cheng Yu hesitated and said, "Lü Bu made an alliance between the three families with his own interests. Now if he wants to break this alliance, Jingxiang may not agree."
It was easy to say that Chu Nan promoted Zhang Xiu's alliance at first, but the alliance with Jingzhou relied on real interests. Using troops against Lu Bu would touch the interests of many people. Don't look at the fierceness of the scholars who clamored for a crusade against Lu Bu some time ago.
But when the interests are really related, it may not be true.
After all, no matter how cruel Lu Bu is, he is still a bastard. In the eyes of many people, Lu Bu has only the power he has now and will be defeated sooner or later. Although he is not angry with his attitude towards the scholars, in this life, Lu Bu probably has no chance to take care of them.
Why be afraid?
"The Cai and Kuai families are willing to help, and this matter can be accomplished. They just need to contain Zhang Xiu, and they are not directly fighting against Lu Bu." Guo Jia said with a smile: "There is no need to formally negotiate with Liu Biao on this matter. We only need to ask the Cai family to
A slight adjustment in the deployment of troops can prevent Zhang Xiu from daring to act rashly!"
"It's true that Degui and I haven't contacted each other for a long time. By the way, who would be willing to let me go to Jingzhou?" Cao Cao nodded. The Cai family and the Kuai family control most of the military and political affairs in Jingzhou. If these two families can agree, it will be enough to contain Zhang Xiu.
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Lu Bu's foundation is now more and more solid. The longer time goes on, the harder it will be to eradicate Lu Bu. Cao Cao is now more and more urgent about Lu Bu.
Hearing this, Guo Jia leaned back, a sickly blush appeared on his somewhat pale face. He coughed a few times and coughed up blood.
Cao Cao: "..."
Cheng Yu sighed and saluted Cao Cao: "Yu is willing to serve my lord."
"Zhongde is gone, I feel at ease alone." Cao Cao immediately wrote a bamboo slip recalling the past. Even if this thing was taken, it would be nothing. Old friends can't reminisce about the past? It was Cheng Yu who really convinced Cai Mao and Kuai Yue.
"Without further delay, I'll leave now." After Cheng Yu took the letter, he stood up and said goodbye to Cao Cao.
"Zhongde, be careful. I'll ask Xu Ding to protect you!" Cao Cao nodded. The road was not peaceful, and he had to pass through Zhangxiu territory. Naturally, it was impossible for Cheng Yu to go alone. Xu Ding was Xu Chu's brother, although he was not as brave as Xu Chu.
But it's not weak either. It's enough to serve as an accompanying guard to guard against some stupid thieves.
"Thank you, Lord!" Cheng Yu bowed, turned and left to prepare for his trip.
"He's gone." After watching Cheng Yu leave, Cao Cao turned his head and glanced at the half-dead Guo Jia.
"Ahem~" Guo Jia straightened up silently and took a sip of wine. His originally sickly pale face now returned to normal color, and he grinned at Cao Cao: "Jia is indeed feeling unwell."
Cao Cao ignored him, knelt down again, looked at the direction Cheng Yu left and said in a daze: "Fengxiao, do you think this attack on Xuzhou can be successful?"
"Why would my lord ask such a question? Could it be that he has forgotten how embarrassed Lu Bu was when he escaped in the past?" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao with a surprised look on his face.
"Don't say that you haven't noticed that Lu Bu is very different from the past!" Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia and sighed.
Is it different? A little bit indeed.
He has become a bit unscrupulous and a bit shameless.
If it were Lu Bu in the past, if he wanted to attack Guangling, he would never label the Chen family, he would just attack them directly. Where would all the nonsense come from?
But Guo Jia knew very well that it was very important to Lu Bu whether he should be labeled as such. Firstly, the people of the Chen family would be shaken by this. Secondly, the outside world could not condemn him for this. Finally, Lu Bu's internal attitude towards the Chen family would also be affected.
Very unified.
On the contrary, the Chen family’s own voice has become less important!
After that, Lu Bu's operation became even more interesting. Under the guise of defeating Yuan Shu, he first occupied Yuan Shu's empty rear, and then when Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu almost to a point, he took advantage of the situation to destroy Yuan Shu and seize Yuan Shu's city.
In the battle against Yuan Shu, it may not be Cao Cao who will benefit the most, but Lu Bu. Not only will he gain all the land in Xuzhou, but he will also control the Jianghuai River and have deep territory!
If these methods are Lu Bu's intention, it means that Lu Bu is no longer a simple warrior, but has begun to move closer to a qualified hero.
Thinking about Lu Bu's terrifying combat power against thousands of troops alone, if combined with the tactics of a hero, such Lu Bu would be a bit intimidating.
"If the master doesn't want to fight, there is another way." Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Oh?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia.
"Appease." Guo Jia thought deeply: "Wealth and silk will move his heart, beauty will kill his ambition, and power will overwhelm his will. The Lord will give up Lu Bu first and fight in all directions. When the world is unified, he will use all the strength of the world to attack.
Lu Bu, why worry about Lu Bu being undefeated?"
"If it was Lu Bu in the past, it might be useful, but now..." Cao Cao frowned and looked at Guo Jia. I'm afraid this trick won't work on the current Lu Bu.
"My lord, you might as well give it a try. Even if it doesn't work, it can also dispel Lu Bu's wariness. When our army sends out troops, we can catch him by surprise!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Besides, we can also test whether Lu Bu really has the potential to be a hero.
Heart!"
Although various signs have shown that Lu Bu is no longer what he used to be, Guo Jia still can't accept that Lu Bu's mentality has changed so much in such a short period of time.
This is not common sense, so what is it? An epiphany?
Cao Cao heard this and felt that it was reasonable. He still liked the simple and kind Lu Bu of the past, but he didn't like the current Lu Bu very much. He wanted to bring back that Lu Bu.
"Just as Fengxiao said, in addition..." Cao Cao looked at Guo Jiadao: "Then the Sima family, Fengxiao should also pay more attention to it."
Maybe the biggest enemies in the future will not be the princes of the world, but come from outside the world, so we must have plans in advance.