Vol 2 Chapter 345: Cao Cao

Nanyang, Wancheng.
Cao Cao sat a little tired on the throne. At this age, he was a bit tired.
"Wang Wei, why do you come here in person?" Cao Ren and Li Dian came in and couldn't help saying when they saw Cao Cao.
"How can't I come?" Cao Cao shook his head. The fighter grasped it and it was fleeting. The last two failures in Hanzhong and Xiangyang also made Cao Cao gradually unable to trust anyone's commanding ability. In view of the contradiction, Liu Bei led the army to attack south. Such an opportunity is more difficult to grasp.
"Perhaps this is the last time I went out?" Cao Cao did not question the ability of others. This is more likely to cause a rebound in the hearts of the generals. Instead, he pretended to be pitiful. Cao Cao's life was a battle. Although he won and lost, he beat today. In general, Cao Cao still has confidence in his military capabilities.
Cao Ren and other generals heard that Yan Yan couldn't help but feel sad, Cao Ren bowed: "There will be a heavy trust from the king of Wei at the end, and the sin should be mortal!"
"Ah ~" Cao Cao waved his hand: "Zi Xiao doesn't have to be like this. Victory is a matter of military strategists, and is it always a battle to be defeated alone? Just ah, Liu Da's ears have been homeopathic during these years. Can't stop it! "
Everyone heard that it was somewhat uncomfortable. If Liu Bei's army suddenly rose, even if the battle of Chibi was defeated, Jingzhou is now theirs. Maybe Shuzhong also belongs to Cao Wei. How could there be so much trouble now?
It ’s just unpredictable, and there ’s nothing wrong with this world. The fact is that Liu Bei has risen and stepped on the shoulders of Cao Wei and Sun Wu. The current Liu Bei, as well as Mu Jing and Yi Erzhou, is beyond this world. A neglected princely force.
Therefore, when Cao Cao was old, he should have nourish the days, but he had to come to Nanyang to preside over the occupation, either life or luck, but in the final analysis, there are reasons for the lack of ability of these generals.
Cao Cao looked at the official document. Now that Cao Wei has expanded to the apex, whether it is westward or southward, Sun Quan and Liu Bei are not so easy to deal with. At least Cao Cao's life, it is difficult to have a breakthrough.
Standing at the pinnacle of this world's rights, Cao Cao is very clear that if it is now the apex of Cao Wei, then next, if there is no achievement, the situation will not be broken. Once this apex has passed, Cao Wei will start to fall no matter how he goes. Some of the conquests will not move. Perhaps in a few years, this life will come to an end, so Cao Cao must consider for future generations. He needs to break this situation, so that Cao Wei has more potential to reach a higher apex, only In this way, Cao Wei can become the final winner among the three countries.
Therefore, Cao Cao hopes to provoke the fragile alliance between Sun Liu and the alliance between the two sides. There is already a crack in the alliance between the two parties. The battle in Jingzhou has expanded this crack. It was this crack that directly instigated Liu Bei's most vulnerable place.
Uncle Dahan, but did not get the king of the Han Dynasty, but instead they all called the king with different surnames, presumably Liu Daer would be very anxious?
But what makes Cao Cao a little puzzled is that Liu Bei ’s calmness cannot be directly fought against Jiangdong because of this. When Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei sent troops to cut Wu, Cao Cao basically determined that this was a game and Liu Bei wanted to force Sun Quan, let Sun Quan send him to the throne!
As for sending troops, deterrence is predominant.
But what about that? Cao Cao is confident that this deterrence will turn into a rift between the two and expand into hatred, and that this deterrence will turn into hatred between the two.
Especially the adhesive between Sun and Liu in Lu Su died at this time. Although Cao Cao sent someone to mourn, he was very happy in his heart.
Between Sun Quan and Liu Bei, Cao Cao chose to support Sun Quan and destroy Liu Bei first. Sun Quan ’s ability is indeed good, and he is a good prince, but in Cao Cao ’s view, Sun Quan ’s threat is far less than Liu Beida ’s, perhaps related to his origin, Cao Cao himself He also started from scratch, so he knew Liu Bei, who also started from scratch, had wolf-like aggressiveness in their bones. At this point, he took over Sun Quan from his father and brother, and his behavior style was more biased towards tolerance.
Do n’t look at Liu Bei, too. He often looks like a good old man, but when he really needs to make a decision, Liu Bei has the courage and determination that a hegemon should have. This is something that Sun Quan ca n’t learn in his lifetime, or, This kind of thing can't be learned by learning. Without him and Liu Bei's experience of trying hard to get high, it would be difficult to experience that feeling for a lifetime.
The crowd was not emotional, Cao Cao said with a smile: "Zi Xiao, tell me about Xiangyang, I heard that Liu Yi is rebuilding Xiangyang?"
"Not bad!" Cao Ren nodded bitterly: "Last general He Mancheng tried to destroy, but then Liu Yi built three acropolises around Xiangyang in advance, and Fan Cheng horned each other, several attempts failed."
"This person Liu Yi ... It's a pity." Cao Cao had some regrets and failed to put Liu Yi under his command. If such a person could enter Cao Cao's command, even if the battle of Red Cliff was defeated that year, it would also be of great help to Cao Wei, but only now. What's the use of thinking about this? Cao Hong and Xia Houyuan included the earlier Le Jin and the captured Yu Ban. Liu Yi and Cao Wei's private enemies have already forged a great deal. Even if Cao Cao is willing to ignore the previous suspicions, Liu Yi now has a high weight under Liu Beiyu, and why should he help Cao Cao? ?
Cao Renwen said that his face was a little weird, and he did n’t say anything in the end. After all, who knew that the little craftsman would have achieved what he is today. Cao Ren now regrets that he did n’t kill the with a knife, and let the other party help Liu Bei now. Such a big cause.
Li Dian bowed: "Although the city of Xiangyang has not been built yet, but the city wall has already been built, it is not easy for our army to want to attack again."
"It's good to build, just when he built the city for our army." Cao Cao said that he didn't take it seriously. He personally came to Nanyang to supervise the war, in order to take the opportunity to swallow the land of the three counties of Jingbei, Liu Bei's roots were completely discounted. As long as Liu Bei was rushed into Shu, Liu Bei's great ambitions could not be realized. As for the place of Jingnan, Sun Quan would get it, Cao Cao didn't care.
The meal had to be eaten in one bite. Jing Nan fell into the hands of Sun Quan, and the threat was much lighter than Liu Bei ’s. Since he could not lay down the two in one go, he would first differentiate the two.
"Don't say this." Cao Cao knocked on the table and looked at the crowd of martial arts: "How do you think about the contradiction between Sun and Liu?"
Cheng Yu tremblingly walked out and bowed to Cao Cao, bowing: "Wang Wei, he thought, although Liu Bei was so powerful, both sides have been quite polite, and he thought that Liu Bei cutting Wu was fake, but Using the name of Wu Wu, Sun Quan supports him as king. "
Cao Cao nodded. Cheng Yu had been with him for many years. Many times, the two thoughts were actually the same. They looked at other people. This time when they went south, Cao Cao not only brought such old officials as Cheng Yu and Zhong Yao, but in the younger generation, Yang Xiu, Sima Yi and other Junjies were also brought by the side, in order to see if this younger generation could help the new king after he left.
Sima Yi's sense of presence in the tent is very weak. It is difficult to find it unless you look for it carefully. Yang Xiu, on the other hand, feels sharp and dazzling.
Of these two, Cao Cao actually prefers Yang Xiu more. Sima Yi gives Cao Cao the feeling that the city is too deep and everything is hidden in the heart. This kind of person is actually the most difficult to control, but Yang Xiu is quite talented. However, I always felt that the direction of this talent was crooked, and I put it on a lot of useless speculation and opportunistic trails. Like a jester, Cao Cao wanted to take this opportunity to correct Yang Xiu.
"Wei Wang, this matter is not difficult!" Waiting for Zhong Yao to express his opinion, Yang Xiu stood up and smiled: "Just let Sun Quan know that King Wei is coming, I think that Sun Quan will be much less concerned, then Liu Beibian It was enemies on both sides, the doppelgangers were weak, and even the King of Wei could cause some confusion in the land of Shu. Why is Liu Bei undefeated? "
Cao Cao nodded with a smile: "Dezu said well."
Despite this, Yang Xiu was still somewhat disappointed in his heart. The things he saw were too superficial. The current situation, Sun Quanke may not actually fight with Liu Bei, especially when Liu Bei does not have this idea, Sun Quan may take the initiative to attack. Not very sexual.
Sun Quan is also not a fool. In this situation, if Liu Bei was pushed into the land of Shu, only Jiangdong's family would be left. Can they fight Cao Cao?
"Zhong Da, what do you think?" Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi and smiled.
Sima Yi hesitated and hesitated, then bowed, "Prestige, Brother De Zu's words are certainly good, but the minister is worried that the Sun Quan will fight against Liu Bei when our army is approaching?"
If Cao Cao really fanned himself up, I am afraid that Sun Quan ’s first reaction was not to fight hard with Liu Bei, but to join forces with Liu Bei?
Just like the original Battle of Chibi ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Don't look at Sun Quan wanting to get Jingzhou, but if Cao Jun goes south at this time, Sun Quan's first reaction is to protect himself instead of taking the land!
Cao Cao nodded. Sima Yi was not as good as Yang Xiu in terms of literacy and administrative ability. However, in this strategy and overall view, Yang Xiu sent Sima Yi too much, even if neither of them had any battle experience.
The expression on Cao Cao's face did not have much expression. The two have their own strengths, but the same shortcomings are also obvious. One is very sharp, too confident, and the other is really calm. Of yourself.
Squinting for a moment, Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "Even if you are running around, you are all tired, and let's go to rest first, and then discuss this matter, but the matter of coming alone, we must first spread it."
Yang Xiu gave Sima Yi a weird look, which undoubtedly recognized Sima Yi's words.
"Well!" All the writers bowed to each other and began to retreat one after another, to prepare separately. In short, Cao Cao's personal visit to Nanyang this time was temporarily not disclosed.
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