The superiors were gone. Just when Xi Zhicai was about to answer the reason why Cao Cao was superiors, someone came outside the house to report: "Report to the Prime Minister, Lord Man is back. He is waiting outside the palace for the Prime Minister to summon him."
What Xi Zhicai calculated now was just a pre-speculation that Man Chong had not had time to come back. In order to provide Cao Cao with more choices and more preparations in advance. But now that Man Chong has returned, these
It is speculated that of course there is no more use, after all, decisions based on detailed information are more valuable.
Obviously, Cao Cao knew this, and did not ask Xi Zhicai again, but smiled at Xi Zhicai and said, "Man Boning came back to the QQ." Then he rushed out of the door and said, "Biography!"
Soon, Man Chong came in and saluted Cao Cao and said, "I have met the Prime Minister."
Man Chong has been under Cao Cao for many years and is very treated by Cao Cao. He is Cao Cao's confidant. This treatment is different from Jiang Gan. Cao Cao treated Man Chong with courtesy and immediately said with great concern: "Boning is back so quickly
, It can be seen that I am worried about national affairs and have worked hard on the boat. Come and sit in."
Cao Cao liked Man Chong a seat very much. Although this was a pretentious thing that Cao Cao had won the hearts of the people. However, it was also related to the speed of Man Chong's return. You should know that Man Chong had gone to Sun Quan.
It was much farther away from Jiang Gan to Zhou Yu in Jiangxia, but Man Chong and Jiang Gan actually returned together. It can be seen that Man Chong was indeed rushing very much on the way. However, Cao Cao obviously forgot to think about Jiang Gan's
Although the distance is close, it has been hovering around Zhou Yu for many days. This is one of the reasons why Jiang Gan was unable to come back earlier than Man Chong.
But no matter what, Cao Cao's move now really touched Man Chong. After Man Chong sat down, he took the initiative to say without waiting for Cao Cao to ask: "Prime Minister, my subordinates visited Sun Quan this time and found out that Zhou Yu was indeed independent.
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Cao Cao had already believed the matter of Zhou Yu's independence after analyzing these days and Jiang Gan's words just now. However, after Man Chong finished speaking, Cao Cao still asked: "How could Boning see?"
"Return to Prime Minister. I went to Sun Quan and Sun Quan treated me very seriously. It was a little more important than meeting in Shu before. In his words, he had the intention of using the Prime Minister to suppress his rebellion against Zhou Yu. And
Zhuge Liang, the chief adviser of Sun Quan, was still secretly hinting to me that if the Prime Minister did not remember the friendship between Sun and Cao, the Sun family would be greatly damaged and it would be difficult for them to suppress the rebellion independently. In order not to be destroyed by Zhou Yu, go there
At that time, Sun Quan had to take Bashu as a courtesy, rely on Liu Ming, and asked Liu Ming to send troops to help eliminate Zhou Yu. Therefore, his subordinates firmly believed that Zhou Yu was truly independent. Otherwise, Zhuge Liang would not have said such a thing."
Man Chong honestly reported his own views and analysis to Cao Cao.
This time, Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai were not as stable as they were when they heard Jiang Gan's report. Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai were both stunned.
What? It’s okay if Zhou Yu intends to defect to Liu Ming this time, but Sun Quan also intends to defect to Liu Ming?
This was a big blow to Cao Cao. Although Sun Quan had few soldiers, the Bashu occupied by Sun Quan was much larger than the broken places near the Yangtze River that Zhou Yu now occupied. If it were given to Liu Ming, Cao Cao would
Don't think about getting it back. Moreover, if Liu Ming got Bashu and even sent troops, Zhou Yu could destroy it with a blink of an eye, and Cao Cao would be even more frightened. What made Cao Cao even more afraid was that if Sun Quan defected to Liu Ming, then Cao Cao would
In the future, he could only be sandwiched between the two rivers, and Cao Cao would find it difficult to develop. This is what Cao Cao most intolerant.
Cao Cao quickly asked Man Chong and said, "Why did Boning answer?"
Man Chong said calmly: "I will appease Sun Quan and others and tell him that the Prime Minister will never refuse to save him. It's just that the court is vast, the troops are scattered, and there are many things. The troops cannot arrive immediately."
"So good. So good," Cao Cao said with relief.
However, in this way, all the plans set by Cao Cao and others were immediately abolished. Since even Zhou Yu surrendered to Liu Ming, it is possible that Liu Ming was involved in it, let alone Sun Quan. Moreover, Zhuge Liang is now
They all said that even if Cao Cao didn't send troops to help Sun Quan attack Zhou Yu, Sun Quan might not be able to deal with Zhou Yu and surrender to Liu Ming. If Cao Cao helped Zhou Yu again, there would be no need to say that Sun Quan would definitely not run away.
It is certain that it is necessary to surrender to Liu Ming. How can Cao Cao bear this?
At this time, Cao Cao was really worried.
Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, no matter which end they want to help, the other person is ready to surrender to Liu Ming. If Zhou Yu surrenders, Zhou Yu's army of hundreds of thousands will become a nail placed by Liu Ming in Jiangnan.
.If Sun Quan surrendered to Liu Ming, half of the south would belong to Liu Ming. Cao Cao could not stand it. This was really too difficult for Cao Cao to make a decision.
"Bonning had discovered when Sun Quan intended to eradicate Zhou Yu?" Cao Cao was thinking about it, and Xi Zhicai asked Man Chong from the side.
"Well. I have asked about this. Sun Quan was defeated for a while and his troops were not enough to deal with Zhou Yu. Moreover, Sun Quan had already informed those rebels that he would only pursue Zhou Yu and admit his mistakes. As long as he confessed his guilt, he would not blame him.
It is obvious that Sun Quan wanted to divide Zhou Yu's army. Therefore, Sun Quan should have no intention of sending troops to Zhou Yu for the time being. Moreover, Sun Quan also hopes that our army can restrain Zhou Yu, so as not to send troops to seize the grain area and stabilize the morale of the army."
Answered.
Xi Zhicai nodded and said to Cao Cao: "Lord. Now Sun and Zhou Yu are both strong and weak in joining Liu Ming. It shows that when Sun and Liu fight, Liu Ming's attack on Sun Quan was so great that he broke his heart and courage. It was really unbearable.
However, because of the timidity of the savages of our army, our rash joining will inevitably lead to one of the two surrendering to Liu Ming. And no matter which side of them surrenders to Liu Ming, it will inevitably lead to our army falling into Liu Ming from then on
Surrounded by the earth, we live in the two rivers, and there is no possibility of chasing Liu Ming. This is definitely not our wish. Therefore, we should keep our troops in a while, comfort them with kind words, and restore their confidence. We should wait for an opportunity to win them over
There are other people who are unfaithful intent among them. Then, when the troops they fought were weak, they would eliminate them in one fell swoop and not give them the opportunity to surrender to Liu Ming."
Cao Cao nodded. Even if this matter was settled.
If there were no other accidents, Cao Cao would hold on and provide Sun Quan with certain support, so that Sun Quan and Zhou Yu could fight. Sun Quan and Zhou Yu would also be in the event of both defeat or one side was defeated.
It is relatively stable. The entire man will also have a short period of peace.
However, what did Liu Ming, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others do in the design? It was definitely an accident that Cao Cao, Sun Quan and others had to be together.
First, just a few days later, Cao Cao took the lead in getting a secret report, a secret report from Youzhou. And it was a secret report from Guo Jia, an important official under Liu Ming who had finally bribed.
Cao Cao opened it and took a look. He didn't look halfway, so he was so angry that he couldn't pass by.
Cao Cao had just made up his mind to watch Sun Quan and Zhou Yu and the others fight. He waited for the right opportunity and eliminated Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in one fell swoop and seized Jiangnan without disturbing Liu Ming. However, Guo Jia's secret letter completely broke Cao Cao.
Deployment.
What?
Guo Jia wrote this letter very clearly: Liu Ming already knew about Zhou Yu's self-reliance. Although Liu Ming did not want to participate, Liu Ming's pro-war faction did not want to miss this opportunity. He wrote to Liu Ming,
It is a great disgrace to Sun Quan in his brother's throne. Such evil people cannot be kept in the world. If Zhou Yu has evil thoughts, betrays the master and kills him, and even frames Sun Quan for this, then it will be even more unforgivable. Moreover, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu have long been
When the time was in the war in Jiangnan, the people in Jiangnan were in trouble and they should not ignore it. In the suggestions of these pro-war factions, Liu Ming himself was a kind-hearted person and was grateful for the suffering of the people in Jiangnan. Liu Ming has been persuaded by him now.
But Liu Ming did not want to convict Sun Quan or Zhou Yu for one-sided words. Therefore, Xu Shu was sent to Jiangnan to investigate the matter, just wait until the matter is clear, and that is, to send troops to attack Sun Quan or Zhou Yu.
Seeing this, Cao Cao felt so bloody. No matter how hard he tried, he wanted Liu Ming not to participate, but he didn't expect Liu Ming to participate. And if Liu Ming participated, he would get all the Bashu and Jiangnan, then he would be in the future
If you can only stay between the two rivers, then there will be no more time to stand out.
Fortunately, Cao Cao was really strong in his mind. After all, he insisted on reading the next half of the time, and then he received some comfort. He felt that the money he spent on Guo Jia was not wasted. Sure enough, there were some uses.
What?
Guo Jia gave Cao Cao a small trick later. Guo Jia reminded Cao Cao: Liu Ming is a foolish and loyal person. If Cao Cao used the name of the court, he sent troops to attack Zhou Yu and rebel against him and resigned. He did not talk about Zhou Yu's rebellion against Sun Quan, but only Zhou Yu's rebellion.
In the imperial court, Liu Ming must not be able to protect Zhou Yu. Liu Ming was far away in Youzhou, separated from the Central Plains in the north and Bashu in the south, and could not cross the territory and attack Zhou Yu.
After reading it, Cao Cao laughed: "It's true! Why did I forget that Liu Ming was a foolish and loyal person?"
Cao Cao immediately sent an order to call Xi Zhicai and said to him: "I want to order the world to attack Zhou Yu and rebel against the court and establish himself. What do you see?"
Xi Zhicai was startled when he heard this, and then he was happy. He sighed at Cao Cao and said, "My lord, the lord, is not ashamed of his subordinates. In this way, Liu Ming cherishes his wings and dares not take on the name of rebellion to take in Zhou Yu. It should be convenient for him to
I'll wait to get things done."
Cao Cao laughed, not saying that this plan was offered by Guo Jia. He just thought secretly: Guo Jia is considerate, and it is worth spending so much effort to bribe him. He has to give him more benefits afterwards.
If Guo Jia could help his sister gain power in Liu Ming, he would be able to influence Liu Ming in the future.
At this time, Xi Zhicai said again: "Although this plan is wonderful, you still have something to do. If before this, Jiang Gan goes to Zhou Yu again and see if he does not surrender, the Prime Minister will definitely send troops to fight against the rebellion of the court.
And then Liu Ming would never take in the court's rebellion and use it to suppress Zhou Yu's surrender. It may be possible to defeat Zhou Yu's will and take over Zhou Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops without fighting. Even if it fails, he can secretly ask Jiang Gan to secretly notify Huang.
On the eighth day of November, he led the army at Chibi and joined me to divide Zhou Yu's troops. After that, if Zhou Yu surrendered, the lord could send an edict to the world, saying that Sun Quan was a traitor who killed his brother and seized the throne, and was a very unrighteous person. I want to come.
With this stigma, Liu Ming would not take Sun Quan rashly, as long as our army can quickly destroy Sun Quan, there should be no worries. If Zhou Yu was still in vain and was not obeyed the Prime Minister's dispatch, then the Prime Minister would issue a letter to the world and say that
Zhou Yu was a traitor from the court. Later, he joined forces with Sun Quan and the army to fight him. That was really not too late."
Cao Cao was overjoyed, and the plan was indeed much more perfect. He then ordered Jiang Gan to give a detailed instructions and asked him to talk to Zhou Yu again.
However, just as Jiang Gan set off again, Xu Shu also arrived at Jianye on the Youzhou ship.
According to the information from Youzhou, Sun Quan had already returned to his hometown in Jianye accompanied by Zhuge Liang and others. However, Jiujiang, Chaisang, Baling, Gong'an and other places along the river were occupied by Zhou Yu. Xu Shu
If you want to visit Sun Quan, of course you can only go to Jianye.
What a good guy, when Xu Shu arrived in Jianye on a boat, it caused another sensation. There was no way, so who told Xu Shu to come on a large warship in Youzhou?
Originally, Jiangnan was dominated by naval forces. Warships were used to. They should not be surprised by warships. Jianye’s water port was even more profound. There were countless ships, and even extra ships were docked.
There are many. However, the warship that Xu Shu is currently riding is indeed the Overlord Iron Armored Battleship that travels to and from Youzhou. That tonnage is too big and incredible now. And that Iron Armor,
This made the military and civilians of Jianye even more difficult to understand. Shouldn’t this ship be made of wood? How could it be iron? Why didn’t it sink?
To be honest, let alone those of them who met for the first time. Even the ship craftsmen who built steel keels under the order of Liu Ming, could not understand it. It was after the first ship with iron keels was successfully launched,
I believed it and gradually made the iron-armored warship like this.
However, although this kind of warship is very powerful on the sea, the sailing depends on the strong sea breeze. When Xu Shu came on this road, it was extremely fast and it penetrated directly from the coast of Youzhou.
But when you arrive near the river and go upstream, it will be a long time to rely on the boatman along the coast to pull it. Otherwise, if you only rely on the sailors on the ship, it will be a long time to go.
However, the sensation now is worth it. Xu Shu wants this effect. Isn’t Jiangnan just powerful naval troops and ships powerful? Let them look at the warships in Youzhou!