Hearing the news, everyone talked about it, trying to guess Li Huiyi's purpose.

Cao Cao, who was on the throne, put away his mind and ordered someone to bring the messenger, ready to see what tricks Li Huiyi was doing.

After waiting for a while, I saw a weak scholar being welcomed into the hall, causing a commotion, because no one expected that he would appear here.

"Xi Zhi has only seen the prime minister."

"Zhicai, is it really you?" Cao Cao exclaimed in frustration, then remembered something, his face was slightly happy, and asked: "I came here this time, but to help Li Huiyi, or ......?" ”

Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "The prime minister only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other, Zhicai came this time to report to the prime minister, but he also brought the identity of the general's envoy." ”

"The general asked Zhicai to tell the prime minister, if the prime minister takes the initiative to attack, then the five-year covenant will no longer count."

Xi Zhicai was put back by Li Huiyi, which can be regarded as giving Cao Cao a face and warning in the Jingzhou battle situation.

After hearing this, Cao Cao thought for a moment and asked, "Then according to Zhicai's words, how should the prime minister do it." ”

Xi Zhicai replied with a smile: "Join the Jingzhou battle and try to seek more benefits, because it is inevitable for Li Jun to join, and the prime minister must not be ready to engage in a large-scale battle." ”

Xi Zhicai was right, in the face of Li Huiyi's threat, Cao Cao had to compromise all the way and try to lose some benefits.

If Jingzhou is still stable at the moment, Cao Cao may be able to unite and have a chance to win, but at the moment, I am afraid that there is not much resistance.

After Cao Cao heard this, he thought about it and asked, "Zhicai, what else did Li Huiyi say?" ”

Xi Zhicai said calmly on his face: "He said that it is better for the prime minister to surrender, and he will keep the Han family, and he will never kill them all." ”

"Hahaha." Cao Cao laughed and said: "So confident, it's really the same Li Huiyi back then, but his true appearance has not reached that point." ”

After a burst of wild laughter, Cao Cao ordered: "Pass the order, the three armies will fight, and they will be put into the Jingzhou battlefield at any time." ”

Li Huiyi came back from the show, and Cao Cao knew the news vaguely, so he didn't want him to touch the bottom line.

Another meaning may be that he still wants to fight, so that Cao Cao completely loses his fighting spirit and chooses to surrender.

Since Li Huiyi is so confident, Cao Cao also chose to fight once, anyway, no matter how bad the result is, how bad can it be.

Since Cao Cao had made up his mind, everyone in the hall left one after another, each performing his own duties, and preparing to wait for an order to rush to the Jingzhou battlefield.

I haven't seen each other for many years, and after everyone left, Cao Cao left behind Xi Zhicai, ready to talk freely to see if he could understand the situation one step further.

Chatting about some interesting past stories, Cao Cao suddenly changed his tone and asked: "Zhicai has been in the north for all these years, what is impressive?" ”

Cao Cao's words seem to be curious, but in fact, the real meaning is that he wants to tell some unknown things in the north.

But don't really say it, Xi Zhicai came back this time, and he did know a lot of Li Jun's secrets, but he didn't want to tell Cao Cao much.

It was not that he was treacherous, but he was afraid that Cao Cao would lose his determination to fight if he knew about it, so Xi Zhicai wanted to tell the story after the two sides started a war and the layout was complete.

Now that Cao Cao asked, Xi Zhicai hesitated whether to say it.

That's it, you'll have to know sooner or later anyway.

Xi Zhicai's face was calm and asked: "Dare to ask the prime minister, what is the key to winning a battle?" ”

Well?

Xi Zhicai asked inexplicably, Cao Cao was not mentally prepared for a while, and fell into a discussion with curiosity, and then said it without confirmation.

"The soldiers are sharp, the time and place are favorable, and there is a commander, I don't know what it means to ask this?"

"Don't worry, you'll find out later." Xi Zhicai nodded and replied: "Compared with Li Huiyi, the prime minister has those advantages. ”

Is this, there are really not a few, the soldiers are sharp, there must be no need to compare, just a few later, and there is still some hope.

"The time and place are favorable, and the time changes, leading the generals, there is no shortage of their own appearance, and Li Huiyi is not without the strength to fight."

Playing to his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses, hearing Cao Cao's answer, Xi Zhicai spoke: "Zhicai was sent by Li Huiyi to inspect the northern counties two years ago. ”

"I was fortunate enough to see the training of the Li army, and one of the battalions, called the Shenji Battalion, used weapons to open mountains and split rocks, and the number of troops continued to increase."

"Moreover, before Zhicai's departure, Li Huiyi had already begun to prepare for disarmament, leaving only foreign races and a large number of cavalry, and implementing recuperation in the north in advance."

In the Shenji Battalion, Cao Cao has heard it hundreds of times, and he has also ordered his skilled craftsmen to imitate it, but the progress has not been large.

At this time, when he heard that Li Jun had begun to equip the army on a large scale, his face showed unprecedented solemnity.

If he faced the Li army, which was all using the weapons of the Shenji Battalion, Cao Cao could imagine the consequences, as long as the two sides fought head-on, it would be a massacre.

Before the world was at peace, Li Huiyi began to disarm, and obviously he was completely sure that the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be to his own side, because after all, there was a logistical factor that would affect the war.

According to Xi Zhicai, if you want to win Li Huiyi, I am afraid that there will be less than one percent, and there will still be a miracle.

Cao Cao asked slowly: "These, Li Huiyi asked you to see them, right?" ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and said: "Yes, Li Huiyi's intention is very obvious, that is, he wants the prime minister to lose the courage to go to war, and Zhicai originally wanted to inform him before the war." ”

Cao Cao shook his head slightly, and said with a little helplessness: "Huiyi, what a strange person, Zhicai, what do you say you should do?" ”

Cao Cao obviously didn't have the confidence to ask this, and after hearing this, Xi Zhicai comforted: "The prime minister is eloquent and strategic, and surrendering without a fight will not make future generations laugh." ”

"Zhicai believes that even if he loses, he must fight, fight with people and the sky, and he knows that he can't do it, but he also fights hard, so he doesn't go on a journey in the world."

"It's a good one to do it knowing you can't do." A smile appeared on Cao Cao's face, and the previous decadence was swept away. "Okay, let's fight."

Seeing that Cao Cao had regained his fighting spirit, Xi Zhi nodded with satisfaction, this is the master who is worthy of his deathly follow.

As Cao Cao began to prepare, Sun Ce of Yangzhou had arrived at the Jiangxia border, and with him, most of the Jiangdong generals such as Zhou Yu seemed to want to bite off the largest piece.

Jiangxia guards Huang Zu and Liu Qi, the two were originally at odds, but in the face of foreign enemies, they had to join forces.

Since Liu Qi's arrival, Jiangxia has been divided into two forces, and they often have conflicts with each other.

In order to avoid unhappiness on both sides, Jiangxia's city defense was clearly planned, Huang Zu was in charge of the waters, and Liu Qi was in charge of the city.

(End of chapter)