Although the battle between Liu Yi of Youzhou and Yuan Shao of Jizhou has not yet begun, the two sides have already started a battle in advance for the best strategy, and the surface calm is actually an undercurrent surging, which is also a contest between the ministers of the two sides, the purpose is to put their own side in a favorable situation before the war, and can even play a key role in the future war.

The army in Youzhou is frequently mobilized, all battalions are immersed in hard training, Jizhou is also a strong soldier, constantly reinforcing several key defenses, at this time hundreds of miles away Yanzhou is not calm, Chen Liucheng Zhongzhou in a study room has not been extinguished until late at night, the person sitting in the hall is wearing a green coat, describing the shame, is buried in the book of half a person, beside him stood two gray-clothed scribes, one holding a candlestick to point to the huge map, the other person talked with him from time to time, sometimes discussed, sometimes argued. The person sitting in the middle is Cheng Yu Cheng Zhongde, the sacrificial wine under Cao Cao, the military Sima Xun Yu holding the candlestick, and the other person is the chief bookkeeper Xun Yu.

"Squeak." With a soft sound, the door of the study was slowly pushed open, and a short, but extremely strong middle-aged man stepped in, followed by the attendant holding two food boxes in his hands, but the three people in the room seemed to have never heard of this movement, and were still doing their own thing, knowing that the middle-aged man walked to the map to join the discussion before he woke up.

"I've seen the lord, Yu and Gongda Zhongde are discussing Liu Yuan's matter, but I didn't know that the lord was coming, and it was rude." This middle-aged man is Cao Cao, today Liu Yi and Yuan Shao's subordinates have a lot of movement, Xun Yu and the other three expect that Liu Yi and Yuan Shao will have a battle this year, although the battlefield is still far away from Yanzhou, but the outcome has a great impact on them, so they are also planning countermeasures in detail, Cao Cao saw that the three of them had not rested until late at night, and hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a meal and send it in person.

"The matter of Jizhou is important, but the public can't be so tired, if there is a slight difference, how can I feel at ease." Cao Cao instructed the attendants to put the food box on the table and let them retreat, and then said with a smile that he was the same as Liu Yi in terms of caring for talents.

"Lord, although this battle is a competition between Liu Yi and Yuan Shao, it can also be very important with our army, Liu Langsheng has a strong military and a deep foundation, even if the lord sent General Miaocai to help him, Yu is not optimistic about the general in his heart, so he needs to think carefully." Seeing Cao Cao's words and actions, the three of them were all hot in their hearts, and then Xun Yu said with a straight face, his face was very solemn.

"It's not too late to discuss this matter later, the public will use the meal first, and the cook at home will prepare it, and then discuss it after eating the big thing, and then discuss it after eating." After listening to Xun Yu's words, Cao Cao's heart was also cold, Wen Ruo was calm and never lied, and he might not be optimistic about Yuan Shao between the two, but naturally there would be no expression on his face, and he greeted the three of them very warmly.

Cao Cao has spoken, the three of them have to put down the matter at hand for the time being, gather in front of the case to have a meal, it is late at night, this hot meal is a stomach, the three of them are inevitably a little hungry, and they are now concentrating on the case, until they are full of wine and food.

"If you know that Tian Yuanhao is the original dedication to the wall and Qingye's supposedly safe plan is still very praised, I don't know why there are such words today?" After everyone rested for a while, Cao Cao began to speak, it turned out that Cao Cao ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead a part of the Qingzhou battalion and the tiger and leopard cavalry to be stationed on the Jiyan border in case of emergency, the two sides were joint operations, and Cao Cao, the main strategy of the Yuan army, naturally knew, he and Xun Yu agreed, Tian Feng's plan was the most secure tactic.

"Yu still insists on the eye of the day today, Tian Yuanhao has far-reaching vision and careful planning, like this dignified and upright method is the only way to deal with Liu Yi, but Yu Zhi's worry is not Tian Feng's plan, and Yuan Shao is not the lord!" Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have been friends since childhood, and later served as the captain of the West Garden.

"Hehe, this is Chen Liu, Wen Ruo doesn't have any taboos, how can Yuan Benchu, who has been friends with him for many years, not know what Wen Ruo is worried about? He is the fourth generation of the Yuan family and the third duke, famous, since he was a child, he is superior, so his children are quite good at great success, Yuan Highway is one of them, compared with him, the original is humble, if the opponent is afraid of others, it is good to say, but Liu Langsheng was also in the West Garden, how can he not know his character, will use all kinds of tactics to slow down his military heart, so that he is indecisive, once Tian Feng's strategy is not implemented, the Jizhou war situation will be dangerous. Cao Cao smiled disapprerovingly, he had been friends with Yuan Shao for many years, how could he not know the weaknesses of the other party? Now that Xun Yu has mentioned it like this, he has also taken it seriously, with Liu Yi's ability to use soldiers, he will definitely be able to create all kinds of signs to confuse his ears and eyes, and then Tian Feng's strategy may not be able to be implemented as best as he can.

"The words of the lord are only one of them, Yuan Shao is about to make a big decision, although there are many wise and resourceful people under his command, they are against each other, at this time he can still use Tian Feng's strategy, but it is difficult to guarantee that Guo Gong Xu Ziyuan and others will no longer have other plans in the future, at that time I am afraid that the general will not know what to do, although we are united with him in this battle, but it is difficult for the lord to remind him at this point, otherwise it will not be beautiful." Compared with Xun Yu's obscurity, Xun Yu is much more direct, and his words hit the nail on the head.

"I'm afraid that even if Yuan Benchu doesn't change Tian Yuanhao's strategy, he will definitely be the one who will lose the first battle of Jizhou in the end." As soon as Xun You's words fell, Cheng Yu on the side had already spoken.

"Oh, where did Zhongde's words come from?" Cao Cao's expression changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, Tian Feng's strategy is extremely stable, as long as Yuan Shao can do his best, he asked himself if he was Liu Yi, and it was difficult to forge ahead, and now he heard Cheng Yu's words, how could he not be surprised.

"This is the number of grain collected by the treasury in Youzhou for ten years, and the lord knows the reason at first sight, then Liu Yi is proficient in military affairs and good at using people, but this kind of skill is even more admirable, so it is enough to reach 100,000 troops." Cheng Yu picked up a silk silk and handed it to Cao Cao before speaking.

As a result, the silk silk unfolded and looked, Cao Cao's expression on his face was also uncertain, the previous surprise became solemn at this time, Cheng Yu said nothing false, Liu Langsheng will use soldiers to use people and he believes that he can compete with the enemy tribe, but those clear numbers on the silk silk made his heart tremble, in just ten years, Youzhou from the northern Xinjiang, sparsely populated to the richest place in the Han states, whether it is population, money or land are far better than his own Yanzhou, this is still under the premise of his efforts to implement the military tun. These numbers are at most a surprise in the eyes of others, but in Cao Cao's opinion, they seem to have turned out a thousand words, population, land, money and grain, this is the capital of one side of the princes competing for the world, this Liu Lang is not a child of a small family in the party, at most he has the name of a clan, but where did he get so many skills? He is good at military, political, commercial and even agricultural affairs, is he really inferior to him?

The silk silk in front of him is only the number of Youzhou, but Cao Cao believes that under Liu Yi's governance, Merge Zhou, Sizhou, and Liaodong will become the next Youzhou in the future, with the continuous expansion of the territory, the growth rate of his strength is difficult to guess, and if he defeats Yuan Shao and takes this Jizhou into his pocket, how can he still have a foothold in Cao Mengde when the world is so big? I shuddered at the thought.

"Lord, the population of Youzhou is more than three times more than ten years ago, and the fertile land is similar, and this output is five times higher than before, that is, Zhang Zicai, Chen Changwen and others are all great talents in governance, but many decrees are still from the hands of Liu Yi, Yu shows the lord today that these are to persuade the lord to send more detailed works to go deep into Youzhou and other places, and learn the magic of its agriculture and commerce in order to strengthen the people and consolidate the foundation!" Cheng Yu's words were full of sincerity, which was imperative at the moment.

"Zhongde's words are good, this matter must not be neglected, so I will leave it to Zhongde to do it with full authority, and exercise your right to be arbitrary!" For Cheng Yu's request, Cao Cao thought it was true, he didn't expect that Liu Yi's subordinate leaders would develop to such a point in just a few years, and if he didn't catch up, he would really be subjugated by him without a fight, maybe this process was quite long, but it was an indisputable fact. The reason why Cheng Yu dared to say that Yuan Shao would be defeated was for this reason, fighting to consume Jizhou was definitely not an opponent of Youzhou! They can see this, presumably Liu Yi and his subordinates have already made this judgment.

"The lord sees that Zhongde's argument is indeed a good word, but if Liu Yi wins like this, it will be a tragic victory, and then Jizhou may not be able to recover for at least three years, and it is not an opportunity for the lord, so our military strategy must do everything possible to make the Jizhou war situation go here, the best thing is that Liu Yuan and the two are both defeated, and the lord can take advantage of it, but it is not feasible until the battle situation enters a stalemate, and now our army has to find ways to contain Liu Yicai, otherwise with the ability of Xi Zhicai, Zhang Zicai, Jia Wenhe and Fengxiao and others, I'm afraid that Jizhou will be broken if it can't wait for the stalemate. Xun Yu said solemnly, this is also what he has been planning.

"Will the plan be settled? Liu Yi's soldiers pointed out, the momentum is in full swing, I will never raise the elite of Yanzhou to confront him head-on, the cavalry of Miaocai comes and goes like the wind, which can play a role in containment, if you want to find another way, is it not possible for Wen Ruo to fight the idea of the tiger prison? This pass is the first of the world's male passes, if it weren't for Dong thieves to give up this pass, the allies want to capture it, it is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood! A few years ago, Liu Yibing went out of Sizhou, Gao Jingfang led the whole army elite to attack the tiger prison, the battle was tragic and unprecedented, and the losses of Liu's army were extremely heavy, and now this pass is guarded by Zhang Liao, the commander of the Yanyun battalion, this person is well versed in the art of war and has a tough temperament, and he is definitely the enemy of our army, and there is Zhang Hu in Luoyang, so it is not easy to capture this pass. Cao Cao asked, it was difficult for him to plan for this containment strategy in the past few days.

"Zhang Zicai and Wang Zuozhicai, Zhang Wenyuan is also a general who can fight habitually, with the elite of the Yanyun Battalion sitting in such a majestic pass, plus there are 40,000 yellow shirt battalions in Luoyang, it shows that Liu Yi is afraid of the lord, even if he goes all out to deal with Yuan Shaohu's prison, there will be no slackness! Therefore, it is the next policy to attack the tiger, and what Yu Zhi said is another Xiongguan in Sizhou. Xun Yu said slowly, even if the army is going all out, Liu Yi will indeed not have the slightest contempt for Cao Cao's Yanzhou, and the tiger prison is the guarantee of Sizhou. This can also be seen that the strategy of Sizhou in World War I was correct, and this pass made Meng De unable to go west.

"Another Xiongguan? Could it be that Wen Ruo is talking about Hangu Pass? But Chang'an Ma Teng has always been good friends with Liu Yi, and he also sent his son Ma Chao to help in the last battle of Yanzhou. Now Xiliang and Liu Langsheng have a lot of contacts, and the good horses of the Qiang nationality are also continuously transported to Youzhou, which greatly increases the strength of its cavalry. Cao Cao said suspiciously, he only mentioned the correspondence between Ma Teng and Liu Yi, as for Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu's marriage, he didn't take it into account, and his in-laws were indeed nothing in front of the hegemony.

"The lord's words are also, when Liu Yi did not hesitate to take Sizhou with Chang'an Taishou Jiawei General Ma Teng, and the way of trade with the Qiang people, the vision is very far-reaching, it can be seen that he put the Qinglong camp in Hangu can prove that he is not without precautions against Ma Shoucheng, and now the two of them take what they need, our army wants to provoke from it, it is naturally difficult to do, but the lord wants to know that Xiliang is not the Ma family, and there is another person who is in harmony with him on the surface but is secretly scheming!" Xun You said on the side.

"Scheming? Is what Gongda said that Jincheng Han Sui? This person I had several sides in Luoyang back then, he was a scheming person, the Qinglong Camp stationed in Hangu is what I will do, Ma Tengdang will not see Liu Yi for this, now he and Xiliang are like the sun, how can Han Sui fight against him? When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately thought of Han Sui, but in the current situation, even if he had the intention of replacing him, it would be difficult to succeed, let alone threaten Liu Yi.

"I'm afraid that a single scheming is not enough to describe this person as a person, the lord can know that he and the Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Gongqi also secretly colluded, in order to plot Yizhou Hanzhong also sent people to Beijing to assassinate Liu Yi, as far as you know, many of the assassins are related to Han Sui, this matter Liu Yi must know soon, of course, his city government will not be with Ma Teng clearly, but this matter can be used by me, once it can cause chaos between Ma Teng and Han Sui, Liu Yi will eventually be distracted." Xun You said that he was like seeing Jingzhong and Xiliang Han in the middle of the world.

"Assassinate Lang Sheng? Whose idea was this? Wouldn't it be to hit the stone with an egg, Cao would never do this for a child, since Wen Ruo mentioned this Xiliang matter, please talk about it in detail. Cao Cao smiled indifferently when he heard this, what impressed him most about Liu Yi was his martial bravery, so he never thought about this assassination at all, it would only give people a handle in his opinion.

"Hehe, Xiliang has had many warriors since ancient times, and the Ma family is also behind the gate, but if you talk about resourcefulness, there is no master in the meantime, otherwise with the courage of Xiliang's soldiers, Ma Teng attacked Li Guo several times before Liu Yi entered Sizhou, and both of them were defeated by Jia Wenhe! If Yu Sizhi sends a resourceful person to Han Sui's side to plot against Ma Shoucheng, he can greatly increase the calculation, but this billing time is very long, and it is by no means the work of the sun and the moon, but as long as the success of the Hangu line, it will definitely bear the brunt, and it will definitely be of great help to the dispute between the lord and Liu Yi. Xun Yu spoke again.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this, now Liu Yi's advantage is no worries, the Huns and Wuhuan are all subdued, and there are tigers in their hands to limit themselves, at this time, the use of soldiers is even more arbitrary, but once Xun Yu's words can really succeed, he is difficult to care, I am afraid that even if he defeats Yuan Shao and wants to compete with him for the Central Plains, he will definitely be constrained, and then he will be able to take advantage of it! But if this plan wants to succeed, the people sent to Han Sui's side must be far-reaching and able to adapt to changes, this kind of talent is not many under his own command, let him send the three people in front of him, even if this plan can be successful, he will not be willing to do this, this point coincides with Liu Yi, how can a state be as talented as a national scholar?

"Wen Ruo, if you want to do this, the candidate is the top priority, and the public can't leave Cao's side lightly." After thinking for a while, Cao Cao said, I believe that since Xun Yu has a plan, there will be proper arrangements, and it has always been Wen Ruo's specialty to be meticulous in every detail.

"Hehe, the lord cares too much, I and the other three of us are afraid that they may not be able to use it if they want to go, and Yu already has a proper candidate in his heart." Xun Yu said with a smile when he heard this, it is true that the lord cares, but the three of them have long been famous in the world, how can they go to Han Sui's side again?

"What I said is that Cao made a mistake, Wen Ruoyan said that there are already candidates? , I wonder when there was such a talent under my command, but I was blind? Cao Cao also smiled dumbly, everything is really true, but then he became curious, the scheming and courage of those who do this are indispensable, and he seems to have no idea who can take on this responsibility.

"Sima Yi, the second son of the original Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang's family, the word Zhongda, is nineteen years old this year, his brother Sima Lang is staying in Chen as an official, the Sima family has eight sons, and there is a word in the table, the local name is Sima Bada, they are all quite talented, and this Sima Zhongda is the most intelligent and witty, and he has a careful mind and a meticulous temperament, so he is the best candidate for this plan!" At this time, Xun Yu just said the candidate in his mind, this son he felt extraordinary when he saw it that day, and after talking with him, he was Xu today's genius, in his eyes, Sima Yi has such a talent at this age, and only the filial piety of the year can be compared, and a little experience is the pillar of the country.

Of course, if it was just like this, Xun Yu would not have thought of letting him do this, but there are many dangers in it, and if he is not careful, he may not recover! The so-called eagle eye wolf Gu is that people have a dark eye, and in the case of the shoulder does not move, the head can turn 180 degrees, because the wolf and the dog can look back 180 degrees. It is also said that those who have this face have the will of an emperor. In this way, Xun Yu did not introduce him to Cao Cao for the time being, but only thought of this person when he set up this plan.

Xun Yu set up this plan specifically to deal with Liu Yi, so naturally he would not let Lang Sheng know, but when it comes to understanding Sima Yi, he and Cao Cao are not as good as Liu Yi, if he sees it in person, he will definitely say, it turns out that this eagle looks at the wolf Gu Zhi is really true! Sima Yan called the emperor and could make him chase him as Emperor Xuan!