Whenever faced with a dilemma, Cao Cao would go to the open area to blow the wind to calm himself down, no matter how cold or hot it was, because of this, he had frequent headaches in his later years.

This time was no exception, although it was freezing outside and the wind was blowing, Cao Cao still walked out of the tent for a walk accompanied by Guo Jia and Jia Xu, leaving a group of generals in the tent.

"Fengxiao, Wenhe, I'm in a dilemma now, what should I do next? Please help me analyze the pros and cons! ”

As he spoke, Cao Cao took off the velvet cloak on his body and draped it on Guo Jia's body, "The weather is very cold, Feng Xiaoke must take good care of his body." You and Wenhe are the right-hand men of the, don't make a mistake! ”

Guo Jia is about thirty years old, and he should have been in the prime of life, but unfortunately no one is perfect, and Guo Jia's biggest flaw is greed for alcohol. Drink almost every day, drink three meals a day, and sometimes even carry a wine jug with him on the march to take a few sips, and his greed for fine wine is almost to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and addicts are obsessed with crows. to the point of the piece.

Guo Jia is not only greedy for alcohol, but also lustful, ten years ago he married his neighbor Han and gave birth to a son, Guo Yi, who is eight years old. Over the years, Guo Jia has intermittently accepted four or five young and beautiful concubines, and indulged in the gentle township every day, which can be described as a great blessing.

This is not the end, whether in Xuchang or Yecheng, Guo Jia's favorite place to go is either a tavern or a brothel, in Xuchang, Chenliu, Yecheng these densely populated, rich and prosperous towns, those large and small shops and wine shops, Goolan Qinglou, Guo Jia can be described as a VIP with VIP status. But as long as there is fine wine, the new prostitute. The owner of the tavern or the ** of the Qinglou must have sent someone to invite Mr. Guo to taste it first.

After following Cao Cao for many years, Guo Jia's contributions have been established a lot. But compared to the good wine he drank, it was nothing more than a woman who slept well.

According to rumors, Guo Jia drinks an average of three catties of turbid wine a day, nearly a thousand catties a year, and has been drinking since he was 14 years old, and now there are tens of thousands of catties of fine wine in his belly. It is also rumored that Guo Jia visits the Qinglou once every two days on average, and if it is delayed because of other affairs, he will definitely make up for it when he goes next time. Even if you don't stay, you have read countless people over the years and tasted the beauty of the world.

As the saying goes, "wine is a poison that pierces the intestines, and color is a steel knife that scrapes bones", the indiscretions of life have made Guo Jia's health deteriorate. Especially in the cold winter, Guo Jia is even more infected with wind chills and coughs every once in a while, even so he does not delay Guo Jia from drinking and drinking. Cao Cao was stationed in Wuji County for four months, and Sister Yao of the Phoenix Pavilion was almost slept next to Guo Jia. Almost the entire Phoenix Pavilion is well known as the name of "Wine and Color, Shuangquan Guo Fengxiao".

Cao Cao was deeply worried about this and reminded Guo Jia many times, but Guo Jia's left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he still went his own way. Cao Cao knew that the nature of the country was easy to change, and he could only shake his head and sigh.

Cao Cao didn't remind him, but the cloak was just draped on Guo Jia's body. Guo Jia coughed repeatedly: "Ahem...... Ahem...... Don't worry, ahem...... Jia knows it. I'm in good health! Ahem......"

"Alas...... Let's go back! Cao Cao felt a little sorry for Guo Jia and sighed. Then he turned and walked back.

Guo Jia finished coughing, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his lips, and analyzed: "In terms of the situation, Liu Wei does have an overwhelming advantage now, if there is no alliance between the lord and the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xie's forces will not be able to compete with Liu Wei at all." ”

"What does Yi Fengxiao mean to unite with Liu Xie to start a war with Liu Wei?" Cao Cao frowned and asked.

"No, no, no, no......" Guo Jia's head shook like a rattle, "Our army is fully bordered by the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jizhou and Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Jingzhou, from the plain to Shanyang, and then to Chenjun and Xuchang, the border between our army and the Eastern Han Dynasty is more than 1,000 miles, and there is no danger to defend. ”

"yes!" Cao Cao sighed, "The reason why Cao didn't agree to Su Bao's request for cooperation is because he didn't want to be used as a gunman." If Liu Wei and I continue to maintain the superficial peace, the Eastern Han Dynasty will definitely point the spearhead at Chang'an and Luoyang in the next step, but if I rashly turn against Liu Bian, the Eastern Han army will inevitably turn the spearhead and point directly at the counties of the Central Plains. ”

Guo Jia sighed: "That's right! In this way, the Western Han Dynasty can sit back and watch the defeat of our army and Liu Wei, so that he can reap the benefits of the fisherman. Originally, it was supposed to be a situation where our army sat and watched the East and West Han Dynasty compete and reap the benefits of the fisherman, but if the lord declared war on Liu Wei, he would change roles with the Western Han Dynasty, and the gains outweighed the losses! ”

"Ahem...... Guo Jia coughed a few more times and continued to analyze: "Moreover, if our army starts a full-scale war south of the Yellow River, with the despicability of the Huns, they will definitely be stabbed in the back, so that our army will suffer from the enemy, and then I am afraid that it will fall into an even more disadvantageous situation." ”

Cao Cao sighed: "What Feng Xiao said coincides with what I thought, could it be that I, Cao Mengde, want to swallow the pain of losing my son and continue to bow down to Liu Wei?" If so, I regret that I shouldn't have left Zhen Mi to anger Liu Wei! ”

"No, no, no...... Cao Gong's words are also wrong! ”

Guo Jia shook his head like a rattle again, and analyzed: "If the lord does not express his position, the princes of the world will think that you are a loyal fan of Liu Wei, and when the time comes, not only will the Western Han Dynasty hate us, but also the Huns, Xianbei, Li Tang and other feudal gangs will also regard us as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, so as to target the lord, because persimmons always pick the soft ones first!" ”

In that case, we will become Liu Bian's barrier, become the frontier town of the Eastern Han Dynasty, shelter him from the wind and rain, let Liu Bian sit on the profits of the fisherman, and attack the Western Han Dynasty without any worries. If the Western Han Dynasty is destroyed, our army will also die and will die sooner or later. ”

"And the lord is now in such a trouble with Liu Bian, at least the Western Han Dynasty and Li Tang will understand that the lord is not wholeheartedly working for Liu Bian, so that the lord will no longer have to worry about Li Tang and the Western Han Dynasty, these two forces will never attack the lord. Not only will they not attack the lord, but they will also send troops to echo the lord, for the Western Han Dynasty and Li Tang, the survival of the lord also makes them cold! ”

Cao Cao agreed with Guo Jia's analysis: "Fengxiao's words are exactly what I want, born in troubled times, even if the princes of the world do not have the heart to win." It also has the meaning of the five tyrants! All the soldiers worked hard for me Cao Mengde, and they also wanted to be prosperous and rich. shelter the descendants, and even ask for a general to enter the phase. Founding of the country. Cao was worried that he would chill the hearts of the soldiers and the hearts of the soldiers if he had been submissive to Liu Bian, so that Zhen Mi was left to test Liu Bian's reaction, so that the soldiers understood that I, Cao Mengde, were not Liu Bian's domestic slaves. It's just that I didn't expect Liu Wei to be so skilled that he actually sent Jinyi Wei to rob the Zhen family, not to mention, and buried Zihuan's life, which was really unexpected! ”

Guo Jia finally concluded: "For the lord, the best strategy now is to continue to maintain a neutral situation and submit to Liu Wei on the surface. secretly made a good alliance with Liu Xie, and took advantage of the inextricable time of the fight between the Eastern and Western Hans, and transferred heavy troops to the north to quickly defeat the Xiongnu, and expelled the Xiongnu puppet court to the desert far away, so as to avoid worries. In this way, you can take all the north, recuperate for a year or two, and wait for the defeat of the two Han people in the east and west, and then take advantage of the situation to reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Cao Cao took a breath of cold air. Word for word: "In this case, it seems that Cao can only swallow the pain of losing his son and continue to bow to Liu Wei." No matter what, the big husband can bend and stretch. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, if the people of the world want to laugh at me, Cao Cao is cowardly, let them laugh at it! ”

"Huh...... Cao Gong and Feng Xiao are also too pessimistic! ”

Jia Xu, who had never spoken, suddenly let out a sly laugh, startling Guo Jia. He coughed violently again, "Ahem...... Ahem...... Wen and you are bumping into ghosts? Laughing so weirdly? ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed. Stretched out his hand and grabbed Jia Xu's arm: "Wen He is the best at conspiracy, and he helped Dong Zhuo dismantle our Kwantung Alliance a few years ago. To save Dong Thief from fire and water, it is to rely on your strategy of 'sealing the king and splitting the country', could it be that you have a trick to help you climb out of this quagmire this time, without losing face? ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "Cao Gong is ashamed regardless of his previous suspicions!" In fact, my strategy is not profound, that is, to retreat as advance, to attack as defense, and change from active to passive! ”

"How can you retreat as advance and attack as defense?" Cao Cao and Guo Jia looked at Jia Xu at the same time, waiting for him to analyze.

Jia Xu stroked his goatee: "In fact, our army and the Eastern Han Dynasty are now afraid of fighting wolves, and Cao Gong is in a disadvantageous position, but why not Liu Wei?" Li Tang's army is in camp step by step, and after Li Muping Wuhuan, next year's Tang army will swarm in, increasing to two or three hundred thousand, and Li Jing's army will surely usher in a fierce battle. ”

"The Western Han Dynasty formed an alliance with Liu Yu and Zhao Kuangyin, aiming to capture Wancheng, and Yue Fei's army was also entangled to death, and it was impossible to divide the army; Xu Huang and Wu Qi's Southern Army and the Guishan Army confronted each other and could not be returned for three years and two years. If Cao Gong fought hard and took a knife in the back, crossed the Yellow River with all the 400,000 troops, and smashed Jinling, Liu Wei would not be able to draw enough troops to resist at all, and either the whole line would collapse, or he would lose his car to protect the commander, abandon one of the large territories under the control of the three major armies, and retreat to Jiangdong, and the Eastern Han Dynasty would lose one-third of its land, and the advantage would be gone! ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard and groaned, and said for a moment: "Jia Wenhe's move is poisonous and ruthless enough!" If Cao did this, Liu Wei would have to abolish half his life if he didn't die, but the final result could only be cheaper for the Huns, and they stole a large area of land in Hebei, and the people of Li suffered. is still the same sentence, the dispute between our Han people is a dispute between brothers, and the dispute with other races is a dispute between enemies, and I Cao Mengde will not do it if I damage my brothers and fat enemies! ”

"Hehe......" Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled, and arched his hand, "Xu also knows Cao Gong's brave heart, so he will try it!" Attacking as defense, retreating as advance, and bluffing. Cao Gong released the news, mobilized a large army to prepare to cut off Li Jing's retreat, ordered Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan to prepare food in various ways, and sent envoys to contact the Western Han Dynasty, and agreed to attack Liu Wei at the same time in the spring of next year. At that time, the lord can oppose the guest and propose various conditions to Liu Wei to save face and obtain benefits. If Liu Wei does not follow, our army can send 150,000 troops to cut off Li Jing's grain and grass supply route, and when Li Jing's army is destroyed, our army will take advantage of the situation to attack Qingzhou and expand its territory! ”

"Looks like that's the best way to go!"

Compared with what Jia Xu said, he smashed Jinling at all costs and threatened Liu to argue for peace by cutting off Li Jing's retreat, which had allowed Cao Cao to take care of both face and interests, Cao Cao praised him and decided to act according to Jia Xu's advice.

And this will not allow Li Tang and the Xiongnu to take too much advantage from themselves, at most, they will bury all the 160,000 horses of Li Jing and Wei Qing in the north. If this is the case, then it can only be blamed on Liu Wei for not knowing the overall situation and having a clear conscience. In the face of the powerful Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao could only change his original intention, otherwise his wife and children would end up being Yuan Shao's wife and children.

Cao Cao still remembers that he said in front of Yuan Shao's grave last year: "At the beginning, you should look under the nine springs, and your wife and I will raise you!" ”

After that, Cao Cao accepted Yuan Shao's wife Liu as a concubine, and renamed Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang as Cao Xi and Cao Shang, and is currently serving under Chen Liucao Ren. Cao Cao didn't want his wife and children to face such a fate one day, so Cao Cao felt that he should slowly give up some principles.

"I'd rather bear the people of the world, and the people of the world can't bear me! People don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, if Liu Wei'er and I are vicious, then let the horse come! Cao Cao's brows furrowed, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he secretly made an oath in his heart.

(ps: Strategy, strategy, in fact, is the flow of dialogue analysis, some people take the strategy every day to open the black, in fact, it's not that the swordsman can't write, but he doesn't want to write too much, it's verbose, and I don't know if everyone wants to watch this kind of plot?) It's still a joy to fight on the battlefield, but this chapter, as Cao Cao's strategic analysis of the future, must be transitioned. Well, that's it, in the last two hours of this month, everyone who has a monthly pass will vote for it) (to be continued......)