Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 130 Take Liu Bei's Way, Let Xuande Have Nowhere to Go

"You guys came just in time... let's listen to this strategy for governing Xuzhou."

Seeing Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Xi Zhicai, and Xun You step into the big tent, Cao Cao's smile faded a little, and he said solemnly.

"I plan to select talented and famous people from Dongguan County, Langya County, Donghai County, and Pengcheng to serve as county governors. In addition, I will set up a special supervisory agency and select those who can persuade the public from ordinary people to conduct supervision."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused and continued.

"As for the local Xuzhou soldiers, they are all handed over to their original generals, that is, those generals who came out of Danyang. In this way, the three are independent of each other, do not participate in each other and check and balance each other. When there are important matters, they all report directly to me, Cao Cao. The so-called Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou, and the so-called three-legged confrontation!"

Hiss... Cao Cao blurted out his words, while Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xia Houyuan were still thinking.

Xi Zhicai and Xun You are eye-catching.

The two of them are extremely smart. From Cao Cao's words, there is no key point. Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou. The core...is nothing more than the word "check and balance".

"Ming Gong, this plan is very clever..." Xi Zhicai blurted out after thinking for a while.

Although it hasn't been practiced yet, this method has almost penetrated the hearts of the Xuzhou gang, and Xi Zhi feels that it is extremely feasible.

However, Xi Zhicai was keenly aware that there seemed to be something missing, so he didn't rush to raise it, but asked the question first.

"Ming Gong, is this the letter Wen Ruo sent from Yanzhou?"

It is said that it is Xun Yu's letter, but everyone's heart is like a mirror, and according to Xun Yu's character, they will definitely discuss it with Lu Yu.

And this kind of strategy of trying to figure out the enemy's heart is quite Lu Yu's usual style.

"That's right, Wen Ruo's letter summed it up well, and Lu Yu's ability to figure out this plan shows that his insight is amazing..." Cao Cao couldn't help but praised. "What a wonderful collaboration between the two of them!"

call…

Xi Zhicai breathed out lightly. "Ming Gong, but... this plan is wonderful, but there is only one thing missing."

Hmm... Cao Cao raised his head. "Zhicai might as well speak up."

"Pengcheng!" Xi Zhicai pointed out. "Other cities would have no problem if they acted like this, but Pengcheng is different. Xiapi City next to Pengcheng has not been taken into our hands. Therefore, apart from self-government, Pengcheng must also add one more thing!"

"Garrison." Before Xi Zhi could speak, Cao Cao immediately understood...

The garrison is the garrison.

Of course, this garrison does not violate the general strategy of Xuzhou people governing Xuzhou. It is just to send a confidant general to garrison outside the city. He does not care about the management of Pengcheng, but only responds to emergencies and defends against the invasion of Xiapi City.

By the way, it can also have a certain degree of psychological hints to Pengcheng, Dongguan County, Donghai County, and Langya County, so that they will always remember that the master here is Cao Cao!

Having figured this out, "Hahahaha"...Cao Cao laughed heartily again.

The so-called finishing touch... Xi Zhicai's supplement is no different from the finishing touch on Lu Yu's strategy.

He patted Xi Zhicai on the shoulder. "Zhicai, I take back what I said just now, hahaha, Xun Sima, Lu Gongcao, and you, the military strategist, the strategy formulated by the three of you is the one that complements each other and is seamless. With you, I, Cao Jun, will be the leader." Invincible is invincible! Hahahaha..."

The loud laughter that shook the rubble resounded through the camp again.

Cao Cao never spared his praise...

But at this moment, he is really happy... From a watchdog who used to rely on his eldest brother Yuan Shao to help him guard the South Gate, he has now become a place that spans two states, with a hundred thousand elite armor under his command, and a cloud of counselors princes of one side.

Looking back on this journey, it was really not easy.

But when it comes to the current situation, it's no wonder Cao Cao is full of joy!

And the source of all this, isn't it from Yinlin...ah no, it started from the entry into Yanzhou mentioned by Yu'er.

Haha, no, everything is fine.

Cao Cao was laughing, Xi Zhicai was laughing, and Xun You, who saw through everything but couldn't explain it, was also laughing, as if Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren, who had slowly figured out the subtleties here, also nodded frequently.

Only Cao Hong, he still doesn't understand where these people's jokes are?Immediately knocked on the head... He didn't understand, what a hammer?

Having said so much, there is not a single sentence that is related to the topic. Is Xiapi City going to attack or stay?Do you want to border on Yuan Shu?This... This problem has not been resolved yet?What's so funny?
With this in mind, Cao Hong said, "Brother, what are you laughing at? This... Is Xiapi City going to be attacked?"

what…

After being reminded by Cao Hong, the big guys realized that the problem of governance of the four counties of Xuzhou had been solved, but there was still another problem, the problem of attacking or not attacking Xiapi City. How to solve this problem?

And Xun Yu and Lu Yu, who were able to offer a plan to defend the city... Could there be a plan to break the game in their letter?

Immediately, everyone looked at Cao Cao... Cao Cao said calmly.

"Haha, this is actually easier to handle. There are rumors that Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is terminally ill, and it's probably only been a few days. As expected, the game between Liu Bei and the Xuzhou governor's son, the pottery merchant, is about to start, and this pottery merchant How could it be Liu Bei's opponent? It seems that the surname should be changed to Liu in Picheng, haha...haha..."

ah... ah?

Hearing this, Cao Hong scratched his head again, the elder brother Cao Cao's words were correct, and Liu Bei took over Xiapi City... Anyone with a discerning eye could see this.

But, what are you laughing at?

Is this a good thing?

Some time ago, the eldest brother blew this Liu Bei into the sky. Now that Liu Bei picks up two cities for nothing, he will become stronger in one fell swoop. What if he becomes the big brother's confidant in the future?
Cao Hong was about to ask out all the doubts in his heart, but Cao Cao's words were one step ahead.

And it was precisely this sentence that made everyone present feel like a bolt from the blue.

"I plan to follow the countermeasures discussed by Lu Gongcao and Xun Sima. I will personally write to the court to invite the emperor, and order Liu Bei to be the prefect of Xiapi City, and Guan Yu to be the prefect of Guangling County. At the same time, I will copy this memorial document and send it to Liu Bei. , haha... Presumably, this is a huge surprise for him!"

Hiss... Hearing this, Xi Zhicai and Xun You narrowed their eyes slightly, they were thinking about Cao Cao's words.

Cao Cao's meaning...or Lu Yu and Xun Yu's intention was to hand over Xiapi City and Guangling County to Liu Bei?

Is this already determined to let Liu Bei act as a buffer zone between Duke Cao and Yuan Shu?

Of course, it is also good to write to the imperial court to play Liu Bei as the prefect of Xiapi, that is, Duke Cao once again occupied the axiom. If Liu Bei counterattacked Duke Cao, then he would be treacherous and lose the hearts of the people.

According to Liu Bei's style of doing things, he would rather lose the city than lose the hearts of the people.

But... why did Mr. Cao suddenly feel relieved of Liu Bei?
Before, didn't you worry about Liu Bei's tiger entering the mountains and dragons entering the sea?now…

Both Xi Zhicai and Xun You were puzzled.

...Cao Cao saw the doubts in their hearts at a glance.

He patted both of them on the shoulder. "Zhicai, Gongda, don't worry, the four counties of Xuzhou have taken so much trouble to govern, let alone Liu Bei? Xuzhou people rule Xuzhou, Xuzhou people control Xuzhou people? Can he Liu Bei be able? He Liu Bei dare Huh? Hahaha..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao smiled heartily, and he tried to imitate the tone in Lu Yu's letter paper and said: "It's not that I despise Liu Bei, the water in Xiapi City is much deeper than that in our four cities and counties, and the three forces are intricate. Liu Bei can't grasp it! Haha..."

In a word, Cao Cao laughed again.

While laughing, he continued: "Let him Liu Bei be our watchdog in the south of Xuzhou!"

Saying so, Cao Cao muttered in his heart.

Who hasn't made it from Watch Dogs?

It's just... Cao Cao's luck is that he has Yin Lin... Ah no, it's his Cao Cao's luck that he planted a plant 16 years ago, and last year, this plant germinated!
Haha, to put it bluntly, Cao Cao has the help of his son who has no plans to spare, but what does Liu Bei have?
Can God still send him an illegitimate son who can see the overall situation and plan a successful route?
Ha ha…

"Zixiao..."

"The end is here."

"I'll give you [-] soldiers and horses to set up camp near Pengcheng. You don't need to ask about Pengcheng's governance. You just need to keep an eye on Xiapi City, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu!"

"The last commander leads the order..."

"Order the three armies, the army will return to Yanzhou tomorrow, and we will triumph!"

With this in mind, Cao Cao's eyes became sharper in vain. Triumphant...is it the same as taking care of the despicable villain who attacked Yanzhou?
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Xuzhou, Xiapi City, above the city head.

At Cao Ying, there were voices of Ming Jin withdrawing troops one after another, and Cao Jun was retreating rapidly.

It's just that the momentum of this retreat is a bit weird... It stands to reason that other people's retreats are dejected, but Cao Ying's retreat...is a retreat with a swagger, and even... There are bursts of drums, with a strong momentum, just like attacking a city.

This scene really amused Liu Bei at the head of the city...

"As expected of Cao Mengde..."

With a sigh of helplessness.

The reason why I feel emotional is not because Cao Jun retreated, and Liu Bei felt empty.

It originated from a letter, a letter sent by Cao Cao's envoy to Xiapi City and handed to Liu Bei.

Here it is threatened - "Tao Xuzhou is running out of time, Cao has avenged his vengeance, and has no intention of going to the two counties of Pi and Guangling, and hereby retreats. The name of Xuande's benevolence and righteousness is spread all over the world. Cao immediately played to the court and asked the emperor to bestow Xuande De is the prefect of Xiapi, and the prefect of Changling Guangling, Xuande needs no thanks, if you are well, it will be sunny!"

Also... also... Er Ruoan is good, it is sunny!

The letter was not long, and the lethality was not great, but it was too insulting... Liu Bei soon realized that he had been set by Cao Cao.

"I#%&@!"

If it weren't for worrying about his personality, Liu Bei would really want to curse.

Damage, negative damage, not only negative damage, but absolutely...

Cao Cao is going his own way, leaving Liu Bei with nowhere to go.

"My lord? Why did his face suddenly change? Then Cao Cao reported to the court that the lord will be the prefect of Xiapi City, and General Yun Chang will be the prefect of Guangling... Isn't this very good? It saves us a lot of effort..."

Mi Zhu beside Liu Bei asked suspiciously...

He couldn't figure it out, this is a great thing... It seems that there is no need to look so ugly, right?
Moreover, Cao Cao has always maintained a good relationship with the imperial court. Since the emperor moved his capital to Chang'an and Li Jue and Guo Si took control of the imperial court, Cao Cao was the only one who took the initiative to send envoys to meet the emperor!
Li Jue and Guo Si felt that Cao Cao was a very good man, and they actually acquiesced to his envoys communicating with the court...

Cao Cao also benefited from this. His Yanzhou Shepherd was elected by the people before, and he was morally untenable. However, after Cao Cao’s envoys had frequent contacts with the court, the emperor issued an edict to bestow Cao Cao’s Yanzhou Shepherd. .

Therefore, this time...Cao Cao wrote to the court that Liu Bei was the prefect of Xiapi City. From Mi Zhu's point of view, this is a great thing. It's justifiable to take over Xiapi City. Doesn't this save a lot of trouble?
"Alas..." Who knows, Liu Bei sighed again. "Zizhong, how did you know that Cao Cao's memorandum? It almost killed my Liu Bei!"

ah... ah...

Mi Zhu turned pale with shock, this...

Before he could ask, "cough cough" Liu Bei coughed lightly and continued to explain. "Just think about it, Cao Mengde announced that I was the prefect of Xiapi City. If the imperial court issued an edict and really gave me the prefect of Xiapi City, then... shall I accept it or not?"

"Why not?" Mi Zhu asked anxiously.

"As long as I receive this edict, everyone in the world will know that Cao Cao helped me first and recommended me. At that time, I was sitting in Xiapi, how could I go to counterattack Pengcheng? Donghai County, Langya County, Dongguan County? Don't say it's a counterattack, even if you break with Cao Cao, people in the world will poke Liu Bei's back...and I..."

Speaking of this, "Oh..." Liu Bei let out another long sigh. "In troubled times, I, Liu Bei, can only stand on benevolence and righteousness. How can I lose faith in Cao Cao and lose righteousness in the world in order to counterattack Xuzhou!"

"Hehe... It's not so much that Cao Cao asked the emperor to get me a prefect of Xiapi and Guangling. It's better to say...he asked the imperial court to get Cao Cao a shepherd of Xuzhou! I won't attack Xuzhou, Xuzhou is as stable as Mount Tai. Cao Cao's 'Xuzhou Mu' in the true sense is much more important than a false name!"

Changing the conversation... Mi Zhu was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"Good... What a sinister trick!"

"Hmph." With a cold snort, Liu Bei clenched his fist and slammed it against the city wall helplessly. "This strategy of attacking the enemy's mind has been used by Cao Cao a lot in the past two years..."

As he said so, what Liu Bei coveted in his heart was the so-called "superior" and "capable man" under Cao Cao's command!
"But... fortunately, my lord doesn't have to worry about Cao Cao anymore. In this way, the chances of winning the game with Mr. Pottery Merchant will undoubtedly be much greater..." Mi Zhu's words were comforting.

"Master Pottery?" Liu Bei shook his head. "I never considered him a real opponent...just..."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei stumbled. "It's just that, in the future, we're going to Xiapi City and Guangling County, I'm afraid there will be no peace..."

The reason why he said this is that Liu Bei realized the two crises before him.

The first one is the game with Tao Shang, the son of Xuzhou Governor. Although Tao Shang is not difficult to deal with, he still has a loyal Danyang soldier under him, as well as Cao Bao, the general of Danyang soldier...

Xuzhou soldiers are easy to instigate rebellion, but Danyang soldiers are difficult to instigate rebellion... Cao Bao is not so easy to surrender military power.

What's more, apart from the Common People faction supporting Liu Bei, the Celebrity faction has always maintained a subtle neutral relationship. This... also makes Liu Bei worried.

And the second way is Yuan Shu. If Liu Bei doesn't attack Xuzhou, then... In Yuan Shu's view, the enemy's friend is the enemy.

Yuan Shu is known as the "King of Destruction in Huainan". He is not a cheap lamp, and friction with him is inevitable!

Don't look at picking up two cities in vain, and he will have a long time to fight with Yuan Shu in the future... It is not an exaggeration to say that Liu Bei is caught between the two great princes to survive.

Even if one is bad, he, Liu Bei, may be decapitated at any time.

"Alas..." sighed, sighed helplessly, this time, Liu Bei felt that he had really been completely put down.

I just don't know, is it Cao Cao who put him in this way?Or the expert behind the curtain?

Just when Liu Bei sighed...

"Big brother, big brother..."

The sound of hurried footsteps came from the city ladder, and when I turned around, it wasn't Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun who came here, who else could it be?

Seeing Liu Bei, Zhang Fei shouted hastily.

"Brother, the old man Tao Qian called you over again. I heard that he is dying. This time, he will probably give up to brother Xuzhou again! Big brother must not give up this time."

In Zhang Fei's eyes, Liu Bei had given way to Xuzhou twice before... once and twice, not again and again!

However, how did Zhang Fei know that the time was not ripe at that time. If Xuzhou was not allowed, his chances of winning the game between Liu Bei and the pottery merchants were not great.

But the situation is different now. With the help of the Shuren faction, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu have almost completely taken over the Xuzhou soldiers. Although the Danyang soldiers are brave, their numbers are not enough to pose a threat. In addition, the Celebrity faction... is maintaining neutrality.

Today's bargaining chips are already...enough, it's time to plan for Xiapi City!

"Where is Mr. Pottery Merchant?" Liu Bei was not in a hurry, but asked the Pottery Merchant first.

"He's also at Tao Xuzhou's place..." Guan Yu reminded.

"Okay!" Liu Bei nodded, first he closed his eyes and exhaled lightly, and then slowly opened his eyes, with a little more sharpness and sharpness in his eyes.

——"Second brother, select five hundred soldiers, and you will guard outside the house. If there is any movement, break into it immediately."

——"Third brother, you lead your troops to surround the government office. No sound of the wind inside is allowed to come out, let alone a bird fly out of it."

—— "Zilong, you accompany me to meet Tao Xuzhou!"

It is rare that Liu Bei acts so vigorously and resolutely.

His eyes are still condensed, and his eyes are piercing. "You must remember that if the potter doesn't do anything, you are not allowed to do it, and if the potter is against me first, you don't need to! You are polite!"

When mentioning the last four words "no" and "polite", Liu Bei deliberately emphasized his tone.

Before Tao Qian gave Xuzhou twice, Liu Bei didn't dare to take it.

But this time, no matter whether Tao Qian lets Xuzhou or not, Liu Bei is determined.

"Everything is going according to plan!"

"Brother, don't worry!" Everyone clapped their hands... Do it quickly!
A small city of Xiapi was suddenly full of turmoil and murderous intent...

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(End of this chapter)