Late at night - Prime Minister's Secret Room: Cao Cao, Xiao Yi, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Mao Jue, Cao Ren, Cao Hong...... A total of thirty or forty adults, sitting together, are holding a round table meeting, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Xiong four sons, also among the meeting!

In the usual military and political meetings, Cao Cao sat in the center, surrounded by the princes, and the civil and military ministers were arranged on both sides, according to the official position and title, the seats were arranged in order, and the sense of hierarchy was very strong!

The Xuchang coup d'état more than a year ago killed countless officials, soldiers, and people in vain, including many important ministers of the imperial court, and under the sadness of the rabbit and the fox, it was inevitable that the people's hearts would be separated.

In order to make the wives and concubines harmonious and the children united, Xiao Yi spared no manpower and financial resources to make a round stone tabletop, which was too round, simple and tidy, and placed it in the back house!

Whenever the meal is made, the whole family sits together and enjoys the food together, everyone is the same length from the center of the table, and there is no distinction between high and low, and it is naturally happy!

After this matter was spread, it caused many people to praise and emulate, Cao Cao is one of them, but in terms of effect, this move is Dong Shi's imitation, and the hearts of the people who have been separated are easy to condense?

"Brush! Brush! --Multiply! Multiply! ”

The generals with different surnames led by Xiao Yi all sat on the left side of the round table, while the clan generals led by Cao Ren and Xiahoudun sat on the right side of the round table, looking united and harmonious, but in fact they were distinct, and even in their eyes, there was fire, lightning and thunder!

In the previous military coup, the clan generals took the opportunity to make trouble to rein in the seals and military talismans of the generals with different surnames, and indirectly forced Lord Xun You to death, although the situation subsided later, a rift between the two sides appeared!

For more than a year, the two sides have been fighting openly and secretly, and they have not given in to each other, especially in the affairs of the imperial court, as long as one side is in favor, the other party will inevitably oppose it, and then fall into a tug-of-war, so that a lot of major events have been delayed, which is very unfavorable to Cao Yingke!

"I have summoned everyone here today to discuss military affairs, and I hope that you will abandon your prejudices, put aside your grievances, and work together to achieve a great cause!"

"What the Prime Minister said is extremely true--we will work together and achieve great things as soon as possible!"

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Cao Cao, as the leader of the group, naturally has to be kind to persuade and hope that everyone will get back together, for the sake of the prime minister's face, everyone also nodded yes, and they all showed a united smile, just one blood alliance!

But the uneven and provocative slogans prove the relationship between the two sides - it is still a discord between the face and the heart, once the rift of interests occurs, it is difficult for the gods to make up for it, unless one party falls, the internal friction will not stop!

"Hey! --Today's split situation is all the fault of the old man! ”

Cao Cao sighed in his heart, but there is no better way, if he wants to achieve the emperor's cause, he can't do without the support of the clan generals, let alone the support of generals with different surnames, only with the power of one family and one surname, he can't rule the world!

We must think of a way to make up for the huge rift as soon as possible, otherwise if the internal friction continues, the huge foundation created by ourselves will fall apart sooner or later, thinking of this, Cao Cao beckoned behind him!

Four attendants walked over and carried a huge map, about a zhang long and wide, on which countless mountains, rivers, and cities were drawn...... Covering the thirteen states of the world, it is the map of the Han Dynasty!

With the power of the Cao Ying Group, it is no longer a place to plan a domain, but an ambitious one that wants to annex the entire world, and the Central Plains is already in his hands, and the next step is to point to the south of the Yangtze River!

"The old man has been fighting since Yanzhou, after more than ten years, more than 100 bloody battles, sweeping all the princes, and winning the Central Plains.

The imperial court has issued several decrees to let Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Sun Quan, and Zhang Lu-Natu surrender and worship the Son of Heaven, but the four of them turned a deaf ear and instead recruited troops and horses, intending to resist the imperial court, and their antipathy was exposed!

The imperial court has millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, how can the rebellious ministers and thieves be divided into one side, the old man wants to send a military force to conquer the country, crusade against Jiangdong, Jingzhou, Hanzhong, Yizhou four towns rebellion, restore the unity of the world, what do you think! ”

Cao Cao said the topic of discussion in an affirmative tone, obviously making up his mind to send troops south, and the participants could support it, but they could never oppose it!

"The Prime Minister is wise and martial, he will definitely be able to set foot in the south of the Yangtze River and Dingding Qiankun, and I will follow him to the death!"

The generals of the clan surnamed Cao stood up one after another, raised their arms and shouted, supporting the southward movement of the army, especially the young Zhuang faction of Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, who were eager to attack the city and plunder the land and make contributions on the battlefield!

However, more than 20 generals with different surnames, led by Xiao Yi and Cheng Yu, all chose to remain silent, and at the military and political meeting, silence means opposition!

Everyone understands in their hearts that the current Cao Ying Group is a typical foreign strong and middle-class cadre, and it is not suitable for a large southward move, and there is no certainty of victory!

First of all: since the rise of the Cao Ying Group, it has broken the Yellow Turban, destroyed Lu Bu, collected Yuan Shu, defeated Yuan Shao, and fought with the Xiongnu, Xiqiang, Diren, Hu Xuan, Karasuma, and Xianbei in turns, almost without a war for many years, although it has achieved a brilliant victory, but it has also paid a huge price!

In particular, the two major battles of Guandu and the Northern Expedition -- protracted, with heavy casualties, the grain, grass, ordnance, and money accumulated over the years were almost exhausted, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the people were also exhausted, and even war-weariness!

Although two years have passed, the vitality of the Cao Ying group has still not recovered, and if troops are sent south on a large scale, it may be difficult to supply logistical food, grass, and military salaries, and it is also a big problem to replenish soldiers and people, so how can we fight for a long time?

Secondly: Cao Ying Group dominates the Central Plains, the soldiers are all northerners, good at horse warfare, foot warfare, chariot warfare, mountain warfare, once in the south - the Yangtze River Basin, water and soil are not adapted, easy to get sick not to mention, but also with the enemy to carry out water warfare, this is to their own shortcomings, attack people's long!

Although Cao Jun dug the Xuanwu Pond and is forming a naval army, the training time is too short, the number of ships is not large, and the combat effectiveness has not yet been formed, so it cannot compete with the naval army athletes in Jingzhou and Jiangdong!

Among the generals of the Cao army, there are many people who gallop across the country, and none of them are proficient in water warfare, and many of them are still landlubbers and can't even swim, so how can they confront the southern generals who have lived in the Yangtze River basin for a long time and are proficient in water warfare?

Finally: and most importantly, the Cao Ying Group is short of people, although there are millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, but it lacks souls, and the internal centrifugation is detached!

In the previous campaigns, Cao Cao presided over the overall situation, Xiao Yi commanded the army, Guo Jia made suggestions, Cheng Yu threaded the needle, Xun Yu and Xun Yu sat in the rear, raising ordnance, grain and grass for the army, everyone worked together, so they were invincible!

What about the current situation, Guo Jia overworked and fell into the army, Xun Yu and Xun Yu had political discord, and committed suicide one after another, Xiao Yigong was highly shocked and suspicious, and he couldn't exert his full strength, only Cao Cao, who was just stubborn, and Cheng Yu, who was very selfish, barely supported the overall situation!

The rest are Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, Chen Qun, Hua Xin, Man Chong, Mao Jue...... Or the ability is not enough, or the experience is not enough, and they are not able to participate in the high-level game, how can such a broken decision-making layer defeat the enemy?

Therefore, the current Cao Ying Group is just a paper tiger, it looks very scary on the outside, but in fact, it doesn't have much combat effectiveness, and it really fights with the southern princes, and the odds of winning are pitiful!

Although the truth is understood, no one dares to say it, because everyone understands better, and now the prime minister is ...... is no longer an open-minded master who accepts advice and listens to it, but a traitor who is suspicious of nature and kills impermanence.

Don't see Xun Yu and Xun You, were they forced to commit suicide one after another, didn't you see Xiao Yigong's high shock, and made the day precarious, the three of them are all great heroes, and if they end up like this, what should others do, or Mingzhe to protect himself!

"Since there is no objection, the matter of sending troops south on a large scale has been formalized, and the elite men and horses of all departments have been ordered to quickly assemble in Xuchang and Luoyang, and the ordnance, grain and grass, and military salaries must also be prepared and mobilized!

The old man decided, just three months later, just after midsummer and before the autumn wind rose, while the princes were busy with agricultural affairs and had no military defense, they sent troops to the south to conquer the world and dominate the world! ”

Cao Cao has been on the battlefield for a long time and has rich experience, so he naturally knows the current situation and is not suitable for sending troops on a large scale, but he has a last resort and has to send troops south!

The traitor is over fifty years old, Hua hair is gradually growing, teeth and teeth are falling out, and his energy is not as good as before, last winter, there was a serious illness, and it took more than a month to recover, but the body is even weaker!

This made the traitor know that his time was running out, and he must complete the unification of the world within three or five years, otherwise if he delayed, he would not be able to ride a war horse and hold the sword of Yitian!

Although the sons are good, they only have the ability to defend and have no pioneering power, and if they can't conquer Jiangnan, they are even more hopeless!

According to the law of history, it is said that holding the banner of unifying the world, who is the co-master of the world, if the Cao family does not fight for it, it will be replaced by others!

In addition, because of the coup d'état, Cao Cao's prestige has dropped a lot, and the civil and military ministers are also scattered, which urgently needs a big victory to enhance his prestige, and by the way, transfer internal contradictions and reunite people's hearts!

The matter of sending troops has been decided, and the next thing to discuss is where to point the sword?

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