Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 189

Sikong Mansion, on Cao Cao's desk, there is a pile of bamboo slips.

Cao Cao casually picked up a scroll, but didn't read it. A disdainful sneer appeared on his face, and then he looked at Cao Ang, "Have you read all of this?"

"I've read them all. It's the congratulatory papers from all the big families, congratulating my father on his victory in Guandu. In addition to those from the Yingchuan lineage, there are also people from the Hongnong Yang family, the Hanoi Sima family, and the famous Jingzhou family."

Cao Cao frowned and asked, "Does the Kuai family have any?"

"Have."

Cao Ang hurried forward to search for it, and found the congratulatory papers sent by Kuai's family, and presented them in front of Cao Cao, "In addition to these congratulatory papers, they also sent a lot of money and food in the name of paying tribute to the emperor."

"Kuai Yue. It's still the same as before." Cao Cao didn't read the content, but just looked at the signature and put it away.

Kuai Yue knew him well, and he had a good impression of Kuai Yue.

Before Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, Kuai Yue served as Dong Cao Cao under He Jin's subordinates, so everyone is also a colleague.

The two brothers, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, saw that the Shichang servants were in chaos, and suggested that He Jin call Dong Zhuo to the capital to serve as the king.

At that time, Cao Cao saw the problem. First, Dong Zhuo must not enter the capital, otherwise he would invite wolves to enter the house; second, dealing with the ten servants was not so complicated. .

And Kuai Yue was one of the few people who supported Cao Cao's views. He also urged He Jin to take the initiative and kill the eunuch directly. One incident fled Gyeonggi.

Judging from this matter, Kuai Yue is extremely smart and forward-looking.

"Does Zixiu understand what these greetings mean?"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang, who nodded and said, "On the eve of the Great War in the Central Plains, these people were trying to protect themselves, like the Hongnong Yang family and Hanoi Sima's family, who even searched for borrowed food.

After their father defeated Yuan Shao, the situation in the Central Plains changed dramatically, so they began to flatter their father again.

As for the Cai family and the Kuai family, they control more than half of Jingxiang's military and government, and they are the last ones to want war in Jingzhou. They are worried that their father will become the overlord of the Central Plains after Yuan Shao, so of course they have to please. "

Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction, not bad, not bad, more and more progress.

While chatting, Guo Jia walked in.

"Sikong, the matter is settled."

"sit."

Cao Cao made a gesture of invitation, and asked with a smile: "In your opinion, would the Sima family be willing to bite the hook for Zhang Wang?"

Guo Jiaqian laughed twice, raised the wine gourd around his waist and took a big gulp, "Sikong has always been impeccable in his work. Didn't he promote Sima Lang to be Sikong's subordinate? , Sima Jiangong will not be ignorant of what this means, I guess, he will definitely contribute."

Hearing this, Cao Cao laughed loudly, "I can't hide it from you, I didn't intend to leave a way out for the Sima family by doing this, it is necessary to beat and beat, and I heard that his son Sima Yi, although young, is outstanding in learning. , can be of great use, and it is not only a beating, but also an employment."

"Sikong Gaoming." I came here to win Hanoi, just to see if Lin Mo's tricks are really so powerful that he can save Zhang Yang in this situation.

Cao Cao tried his best to facilitate this matter. In addition to seeking to seize Hanoi, the biggest consideration was that even if the plan failed, he would not be blamed on himself, so the Cao-Lu alliance still exists.

"Does Zixiu know how to reply to Jingzhou?" Seeing that the matter had been finalized, he turned it over to Cao Ang.

"My child understands, first issue an edict in the name of the emperor to praise their loyalty, and then in the name of father, secretly letter to the two families, promising the future." Cao Ang said.

"Go." That's right, I already know how to deal with these aristocratic families.

After Cao Ang clasped his hands together, he turned and left.

"Is Sikong planning to attack Jingzhou first? Then Guanzhong." After Cao Ang left, Guo Jiacai asked anxiously.

Cao Cao sighed, "Zhong Yao has already gone to Chang'an, if Hanoi can stabilize, I still plan to restore the Kanto area first, and then take Kansai when the time is right.

After all, if you take down the entire Guanzhong in one go, you may not be able to take it all in a few years. "

"So what is Sikong's idea?" Guo Jia seemed to realize that Cao Cao had adjusted his general strategy, so he couldn't help but put down the wine gourd in his hand and looked at Cao Cao.

"First develop the Kanto steadily and restore the name of the half-walled granary; then wait for the opportunity to take down Jingzhou. After Jingzhou is in hand, I can use the Kanto as a base to use troops in Bingzhou."

Cao Cao stroked his short beard, glanced at Guo Jia, pursed his lips and said, "After the two places are in hand, it will be Kanxi's turn."

Guo Jia rolled his eyes and didn't delve into it further. In short, the general strategy will still be implemented, but the order has been changed.

Guanzhong, in the Great Qin Dynasty and even the Western Han Dynasty, was regarded as the number one granary in the world.

After Dong Zhuo's disaster, Guanzhong withered. Although there were many ministries, it was not difficult to take it back. The real difficulty was to restore him to be able to serve as a backup to supply food and grass.

Now there are Quyuanli and keel waterwheels, which theoretically can get twice the result with half the effort, but the lack of population is too difficult to make up for.

Cao Cao had discussed this with Xun Yu for several days. It was nothing more than a way to relocate people from the Central Plains. The problem was that the Central Plains had been fighting for many years, and there were ten rooms and nine empty rooms. Come here.

Therefore, the unanimous conclusion is that Kanto can only be restored first, and then Kansai.

It seems that there is not much difference here, but if you look at it from a strategic point of view, there is a huge gap between heaven and earth.

In the battle of Tongguan, Cao Cao was killed by Ma Chao. What is the essential reason for cutting off his beard and abandoning his robe?It is because Guanxi is not in the hands of Cao Cao. He wanted to use troops against Hanzhong, but was trapped by the Qinling Mountains, so he had to transfer from Kanxi to Sichuan.

The problem is that the various ministries in Guanzhong think that this is a false way to attack Guo, and they are afraid that Cao Cao will suddenly attack them, so that the Tongguan battle will start.

Guo Jia's strategic vision is still very unique. At this stage, he has already seen the importance of Kansai's geographical location.

However, in terms of fundamental development, it cannot be said that Cao Cao's choice was wrong, it's just that the perspectives of each other are different.

In the end, Guo Jia just said in a deep voice: "Sikong, it doesn't matter who comes first, but in the corner of Kansai, blocking Xiliang and strangling Hanzhong, it must be in our hands in the end."

In Guo Jia's blueprint, the most perfect development of Cao Cao is to annex all the way to the southwest, avoid confrontation with Lu Bu, and finally crush with absolute strength.

Cao Cao also understood this truth, so his first gaze was on the richest Jing Xiang, "Although Liu Biao is a caretaker of the house, Jingzhou has hundreds of thousands of troops, and both land and water are available. Do you have a good plan? "

"Jingzhou has a lot of soldiers and horses, but most of them are in the hands of Cai and Kuai, especially the Cai family. Cai Mao leads half of Jingxiang's soldiers and horses, and his whole heart is to support Liu Cong, who was born by the Cai family.

I think that as long as Xu Yicai Mao agrees with Liu Cong to take over the post of governor of Jingzhou, there will be civil strife in Jingzhou. "

Cao Cao moved his buttocks and said with a smile, "Isn't this my strategy?"

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Exactly, I think this is the only way to open up Jingxiang's defense, so Sikong doesn't need to worry too much."

Breaking through the foundations of the princes with aristocratic families is very feasible in Jingxiang.

Cao Cao nodded and didn't say anything else. He asked Guo Jia for nothing more than hoping to get Jingzhou soon.

The belly of the world, the land of fish and rice, enough to raise 30 soldiers, is too important for Cao Cao at this stage.

There are rumors in the market that Lin Mo knows Liu Ding Liu Jia's demon law. This rumor was first caused by a heavy rain borrowed from the Lujiang River, which flooded Liu Xun's [-] troops, so such a myth was circulated in the barracks.

In addition, he won every battle later on, so it became more and more fierce, and some people began to rumor that he could exorcise ghosts and gods.

Originally, Zhuge Liang scoffed at such nonsense, but he has been deeply disturbed recently.

Because Kuai's family told him that the few swordsmen with green blades hanging around outside the thatched cottage in Wollongong were assassins from Xuzhou, and their target was Zhuge Wolong.

At first, he thought that Lu Bu was afraid of his talents and contacts, and would give too much help to his mortal enemy Liu Bei, but the result of the Kuai family's investigation was that these assassins came earlier than Liu Bei.

In other words, they arrived before Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage.

This seemed absurd. You must know that he never thought of going out to help Liu Bei at that time, and he didn't even know that Liu Bei had come to Jingzhou.

It can't be that he, Lin Mo, can really predict the future, right?
This matter became a mystery in his heart.

If possible, he even wants to go to Xuzhou to ask Lu Bu and Lin Mo, what kind of grudges are there, you guys want to kill me?
But he was also worried that this matter might have nothing to do with Liu Bei, but that some members of the Zhuge family who were still in Langya had offended Lu Bu and implicated himself for this.

This possibility is extremely low, after all, I have left Xuzhou a long time ago, but it is easier to accept than saying that Lin Mo can predict the future.

But no matter what, now he is Lu Bu who threatened him. The so-called open spear is easy to hide and hidden arrows are hard to guard against, and his thatched hut cannot prevent the assassination of other princes.

That being the case, it seems that they can only follow Liu Bei's side to ensure safety.

Of course, this is not the main consideration. With his talent and connections, even if he goes to Xuchang, he can get a place, but Zhuge Liang believes that there will be no second person in this world who can show such patience to visit the thatched cottage.

No.

It was Qigu Thatched Cottage. Today, Liu Bei brought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei into Wollongong for the seventh time.

Liu Bei's tenacity and persistence to him moved Zhuge Liang very much, and this matter will surely be passed down as a beautiful story through the ages.

Of course, there is another reason, which has a lot to do with Zhuge Liang's own personality.

Whether he wants to admit it or not, he is a very assertive person. Liu Bei, who has worked so hard to visit the thatched cottage, believes that in the future, his opinions and strategies can be absolutely implemented and implemented.

This point, whether it is in Jingzhou or Xuchang, cannot be done, but this is a crucial point.

"Xinye Liu Bei, meet Mr. Wolong" is not bad, but at a young age, he has a sense of immortality, with a bit of isolation and refinement on his body, and he looks like a master of the world.

When seeing Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei felt as if he had passed away.

No one knows how much thought and time he spent on guarding Zhuge Liang in the past year.

Apart from other things, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were already tired of setting foot on the land of Longzhong, but he has been tirelessly comforting the two of them, and he is also comforting himself.

Because he always believed that Zhuge Liang was the person he was looking for, and he was an outstanding talent who could wrestle with Lin Mo.

Fortunately, Huangtian paid off, and today he finally met the person he had been thinking about day and night, and he hadn't talked to him yet, but this appearance alone made Liu Bei feel ninety percent in his heart.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at Zhuge Liang in front of him. He was only a young man in his twenties. Apart from being good-looking, it was really hard to imagine that such a guy could have such amazing skills that his elder brother would go to Wollongong seven times.

If it wasn't for the fact that the network behind him could really help Liu Bei, according to Zhang Fei's temperament, he would just ask a few tricky questions, and it would be fine if he could answer them perfectly, but if he couldn't, he would have to suffer some humiliation.

"I'm ashamed, ashamed, I heard from my book boy that the emperor's uncle has visited seven times, and the people in the mountains and fields are really flattered. He also invited the three of you into the inner room to worship tea." Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and made a gesture of invitation with a smile.

"Brother, let's talk, my third brother and I are waiting outside." Guan Yu glanced at Zhuge Liang, feeling a little embarrassed about the seven visits in his heart.

Zhang Fei didn't even bother to answer, and followed Guan Yu and turned his head out.

After seven trips back and forth, Liu Bei finally saw Zhuge Liang. He had no other thoughts. He only wanted to listen to the strategy of saving the country, and followed Zhuge Liang into the inner room without caring about his second and third younger brothers.

"Since Dong Zhuo, all the heroes have risen together, the world has been in chaos, the rules and regulations have been lost, and the rituals and music have collapsed. As a descendant of the Queen of Han, I can't save the emperor from the wolf's lair, and I can't put the people in the smoke of the wolf. I am heartbroken every day.

I hereby pay seven visits to the thatched cottage, and beseech you, sir, to teach me good strategies. "

Zhuge Liang was still cooking tea, and Liu Bei, who was sitting opposite him, was impatient to express his ambition.

"After the Great War in the Central Plains, the situation in the world changed drastically. Although Yuan Shao dominated the four states of the Northern Kingdom, his internal power was divided and his heirs seized the throne. Sooner or later, he would perish himself. I predict that within a few years, the Northern Kingdom will surely fall into the flames of war. The land is determined to be divided between Cao Lu and Cao Lu. At that time, there will be a gap between the two, and war will resume in the Central Plains.

This battle will also determine who is the overlord of the Central Plains after Yuan Shao.

If the uncle of the emperor wants to help the universe fall, he should take Jingxiang to stand on his own, and then avoid the Central Plains, send his army westward, and attack Yizhou.

The land of Sichuan is difficult and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In ancient times, Sichuan and Shu were called the land of abundance. Emperor Gaozu used this as the basis for his army.

At this point, after the uncle of the emperor merged the land of the two prefectures, half of the world has been occupied. Immediately, it is time to repair the military administration internally and cooperate with Sun Ce externally. When the world changes, he can lead a large army, leave Qinchuan, take the Central Plains, and achieve great things! "

Zhuge Liang in history, before he came out of Longzhong, he had decided to divide the world into three parts.

With some high-level arguments in front of me, it can be regarded as four points in the world.

However, this is not important. What is important is that in the blueprint drawn by Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei is one of the quarters of the world, and he is an existence with half of the country.

Not to mention how difficult it is to actually operate these things, just Zhuge Liang pointed out a broad road for his desperate self while talking and laughing, and his heart was full of enthusiasm.

Because he remembered one person, or two people, Lu Bu and Lin Mo.

Although Lu Bu's situation was better than his own back then, it was with Lin Mo's assistance that he became the prince who is now playing tricks in the Central Plains.

A voice in his heart told Liu Bei that the Zhuge Liang in front of him was his own Lin Mo.

Can't miss him anymore.
At this time, Liu Bei still had thousands of questions in his mind, for example, who would Cao Lu win in the end, how he should take Jingxiang, and how he would go to Xichuan
But these doubts will be cleared up, the most important thing right now is to invite Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain.

Liu Bei put down his teacup, got up slowly, walked aside, knelt down with a thud, with tears in his eyes, and said with tears in his eyes, "Liu Bei begs sir to come out and help."

Zhuge Liang got up in a hurry, but he couldn't help Liu Bei even if he wanted to help him.

Seeing that he remained silent, Liu Bei directly kowtowed the most, "Liu Bei invites Mr. to come out of the mountain! From then on, he will serve as his teacher for the rest of his life and listen to his teachings day and night."

Anyone who can achieve such a gesture, I am afraid that there is no other person in the world except Liu Bei.

There was the sincerity of Qi Gu's thatched cottage before, and now that he made this great gift, Zhuge Liang no longer hesitated in his heart, knelt down in front of him with a plop, returned the big gift, and said in a deep voice: "Liang, I wish to do the work of a dog and a horse!"

As soon as the sound fell, a shocking thunder fell from the sky above the sky, faintly like the sound of a dragon chant, and the wind blew heavily on the hills, and the situation changed suddenly.

Under the forest of Longzhong Mountain, Sima Hui, who was cooking tea with Huang Chengyan in the field, looked up at the sky and saw the sky was turning cloudy and rainy. Bar."

(End of this chapter)