Although Cao Cao had already taken the Son of Heaven on the expedition, there would be letters to and from Xudu every day.

Hundreds of messengers, from Chang'an to Xudu, from Yangzhou and Xuzhou to Xudu, and then to Cao Cao's hands.

Originally, many things had to be decided in Xudu, but Cao Cao didn't have that much time.

Ma Teng Han Sui had already raised his troops.

It's just that whether they are heading towards Bingzhou or Xudu, Cao Cao is still not completely sure, so he can only let people continue to stare at it.

It is difficult for Cao Cao to deal with Zhao Hui wholeheartedly now.

There were too many concerns behind him.

A few days later, when Cao Cao arrived at Guandu, he finally received good news that Tai Shici's army had withdrawn halfway.

Ma Teng Han Sui's 100,000 Xiliang soldiers had crossed the Yellow River and approached Bingzhou.

Tai Shi Ci had to withdraw and turn around to deal with Ma Teng Han Sui.

Cao Cao's pressure was much less, but there was also a change of news.

Sun Ce, who was originally preparing to attack Jingzhou and wanted to avenge his father, suddenly began to assemble his army to the north.

It is very likely that troops will be sent to attack Xudu.

For Cao Cao, this is like a bolt from the blue.

At this moment, he has not officially fought with Zhao Hui, if Xu Du in the rear is broken, it will have a very big impact on morale, even if the Son of Heaven is personally recruited, morale will not be raised.

When he faces Zhao Hui, he will have no chance of winning.

Xu Du, there can be no loss now.

But Sun Ce, how to deal with it?

Even if it is Cao Cao, he is now lacking in skills.

Even if he just faced Sun Ce alone, Cao Cao was a little struggling, not to mention that now, the main forces were all involved in Zhao Hui.

Cao Cao left 20,000 horses in Xudu, commanded by Xiahoudun and Xun Yu.

But whether you can hold Xu Du or not, I really can't be sure.

Cao Cao can't go back now.

I can only ask Yu Cheng Yu and others.

"Prime Minister, if you want to lose everything, the best choice is to kill Sun Ce."

"How to kill?"

Assassins or something, they have all been sent before, but they have all failed.

After all, Sun Ce is a prince, and his own strength is very strong.

Even though Sun Ce likes to take risks and act alone, Sun Ce's whereabouts are not so easy to know.

I don't know Sun Ce's whereabouts, even if Sun Ce goes out alone, Cao Cao's assassins can't kill Sun Ce.

And it is also very difficult to assassinate Sun Ce in the military camp, even if he sends the most proficient assassin masters, it is difficult to succeed.

Even Wang Xiaodong, who assassinated Zhao Hui at the beginning, is known as the first assassin, and the probability of succeeding in assassinating Sun Ce is only fifty percent at most.

And it still has to be prepared for a month or two, and Yi Rong will become a person who can be close to Sun Ce's side.

"Can anyone provide Sun Ce's whereabouts?" Cao Cao asked.

Since he chose to assassinate one, if he wants to succeed, it must be when Sun Ce goes out alone.

Otherwise, there is no chance at all.

Cao Cao went through all the main generals and strategists under Sun Ce in his mind, thinking about who could be bought.

But many of the generals under Sun Ce's command were left by Sun Jian, and some were recruited by Sun Ce himself.

These people were all loyal to Sun Ce, and it was difficult for them to rebel.

"Prime Minister, send assassins first, as for whether you can succeed, it depends on the will of God." Xun Yu Dao.

"That's all there is to it." Cao Cao nodded.

Sending assassins is a possibility.

As long as there is a certain hope, Cao Cao will not give up.

It's just that after the others left, Xun You said: "Lord, Sun Ce's whereabouts are difficult to determine, but he can be lured out." ”

Cao Cao came to his senses and said, "Gongda, please teach me, is there any way to lure him out?" ”

"My lord, you can let General Faqiu go to Yangzhou."

Xun You didn't say it too clearly, Xun You didn't know who the Faqiu Zhonglang would be, but he knew a little bit about what he was doing.

Xi Zhicai now wears a mask all the year round and almost does not appear in front of people.

But Xun You, as Cao Cao's right-hand man, has seen it a few times.

Once, Xun You happened to bump into Xi Zhicai with boxes of gold, silver and jewelry to see Cao Cao.

Those jewels still emitted a smell, even though it was already very faint, but Xun You could still tell that it was the smell from the tomb.

But he didn't say much, and pretended not to know.

Cao Cao sent people to dig the grave, this behavior Xun You did not agree with, but the lack of financial resources is Cao Cao's current shortcoming.

In order to be able to resist Zhao Hui, this money is really indispensable.

If there was no money brought back by Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao would not even be able to recruit new soldiers, so what would he do to fight Zhao Hui.

Xun You disagreed, but he would not stop Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's choice is not wrong, as long as Cao Cao still wants to win, no matter what, he can get money.

Even if it is easy to be infamous on his back, Cao Cao dares to go down one road.

This kind of thing, Dong Zhuo did it rightly, he didn't care about reputation.

And if it was Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao would never dare to decide easily.

In the end, he may still cherish his reputation and dare not do it.

It is not uncommon for the army to dig graves, especially in troubled times, and those warlords almost always let their soldiers rob tombs.

The warlords' finances were almost always in deficit, and they could not afford the large amount of food and salary for the soldiers without relying on robbery.

Cao Cao looked at Xun You, he wasn't sure if Xun You approved of his approach.

Cao Cao knew that as long as he did this kind of thing many times, after all, the paper would not be able to contain the fire, and he would be discovered.

However, Cao Cao didn't expect that Xun You would notice it so quickly.

And now it is said.

"Gongda's words are reasonable."

Both sides had a tacit understanding, even if there were only the two of them here, but Cao Cao didn't chase Xun You and ask why he knew.

Now that Xun You knows that there is no objection now, it is equivalent to agreeing with Cao Cao's approach.

Just digging the grave, even if Xun You is loyal to Cao Cao, he doesn't want to have too much to do with it.

If it is known that he is also involved, the reputation of the Yingchuan Xun family will be over.

For them, it doesn't matter if they live or die, the fame of the family comes first.

Cao Cao didn't want to talk to Xun You too much, he didn't want Xun You to disappear at that time.

It's enough to have a joke.

……

Xi Zhicai, who was originally in Yuzhou, was leading a group of people to dig rocks, but suddenly covered the half-dug soil and stones back, and then took the people and horses to Yangzhou.

Yangzhou!

Sun Ce had already received a letter from Zhao Hui before, and according to the original agreement, when Zhao Hui attacked Cao Cao, he would have to contain Cao Cao in the future.

But how could Sun Ce be willing to just contain it.

He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.

The accumulation of Yuan Shu was almost swallowed by Sun Ce, and Cao Cao and Lu Bu only shared a small cup of soup.

But that's because Sun Ce has a geographical advantage.

Yuan Shu's original Yuzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao.

Sun Ce also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to snatch Yuzhou over.