With an army of 300,000 dispatched, the land of the four states under Li Li is still calm as usual, what does it mean? As long as you are not a fool, you can think of the answer. This means that Li Li's army is far more than 300,000, and it is rumored that there are as many as 500,000 people in the Xiliang army, which is not a rumor, but a real thing!

What's more, as wise as Cao Cao, he has already seen from the mobilization of troops and horses in the Xiliang Army that in addition to the 300,000 troops that have been dispatched, Li Li still has available troops in his hands.

What a terrible thing this is!

Just imagine, in the four states under Li Li's rule, each state and county must leave at least 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, so that the four states and counties are 200,000 soldiers and horses. The 200,000 defenders, plus the 300,000 on the march, is 500,000 troops, which is all the soldiers and horses in Li Li's hands. But Li Li still has available soldiers, doesn't this mean that Li Li has more than 500,000 soldiers and horses?

Since Li Li has such a strong strength, he can destroy Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers by himself, but why did he contact the princes of various towns to form an alliance against Yuan? Don't?????? The alliance itself is a huge conspiracy?

This is the thought that instantly came to Cao Cao's mind when he learned that the war in Youzhou had long ended, and sorted out a clear vein from the intricate situation. However, the more he saw it thoroughly, the more worried and distressed Cao Cao became, and an unprecedented sense of crisis filled his heart, which overwhelmed him, so he turned his sorrow and annoyance into monstrous anger and vented it on Cao Ren.

Who made Cao Ren his most trusted general?

Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a corner, but who knows the enormous pressure and suffering that those who coordinate the overall situation will have to endure? This is the case with Cao Cao.

He's too smart. There are few things that can blindfold him for a long time, even if he doesn't know it for a while, and then reflects on it a little. You can see what is going on. But the smarter the person, the more troubles there are. There are many things that I think of but can't do about it, and this kind of pain is the most torturous. Then the chaotic and complicated feelings such as irritability, worry, and chagrin all gathered together, causing his head to explode, but there was no one to talk to, so he could only bear it alone.

As a result, those closest to him often suffer unjustified disasters and innocent victims. They may even lose their lives for it. Cao Ren in front of him is an innocent person who is angry.

The ineffectiveness of fine work is actually not directly related to Cao Ren, because fine work was not selected and trained by him. He's just in charge of receiving information. However, Cao Cao was irritable and melancholy in his heart, and his anger had to be vented, otherwise he would go crazy. However, there were only five people in the hall, and the other four were all scribes he relied on. And the scribes are heavy-minded and thin-skinned. is not as bold and free as a general, so Cao Ren is the best candidate for Cao Cao to vent his feelings. It's as simple as that.

Xun Yu couldn't completely guess all of Cao Cao's thoughts, but he knew that Cao Cao definitely didn't deliberately target Cao Ren, and the reason why he was so angry was completely to hide his inner panic and worries about the future situation. Therefore, although Xun Yu's persuasion did not completely say Cao Cao's heart, it also felt the pulse, which had the effect of excusing Cao Ren's words.

After Xun Yu finished speaking, Cao Cao raised his head and stared at the main hall for a long time. He had been silent in thought, but the cloudy look on his face gradually soothed.

Stood for a long time. Cao Cao's body moved slightly, his eyes looked at Xun Yu deeply, and then he waved his hand lightly, signaling Cao Ren to get up. Immediately, he didn't mention the matter of Fang Cai, and said to Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others in a low tone: "In just half a year, Li Li razed the two barbarian tribes of Wuhuan and Xianbei to the ground with only 100,000 soldiers and horses, so that they surrendered and moved into the territory of Xiliang thousands of miles away. This ability really makes my generation ashamed! The tone was inevitably filled with sighs and sighs, showing that Cao Cao's heart was extremely uncalm, with mixed joys and sorrows, and mixed tastes.

As a Han Chinese, Cao Cao also had great ambitions to defend the frontier against barbarian invasions or outright subjugate them. This is his greatest wish when he was young, willing to hold a three-foot sword, go out to the border, throw his head and spill blood for the Han nation, and he will not return it, and the horse leather shroud has no regrets. For this reason, he has said more than once that his greatest ambition in life is to be able to engrave "the tomb of Cao Cao, the general of Han Zhenbei" on his tombstone after death.

It can be seen that Cao Cao's attitude towards the barbarian Fanbang is very similar to Li Li, the only thing lacking is that the world is not up to others, and many times he is always involuntarily himself, and he makes people happy. Cao Cao, who was originally expected to realize his long-cherished wish in his life, was now taken the lead by Li Li, and in one fell swoop, he pacified the barbarian border troubles such as Wuhuan, Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu, who had been plagued for a hundred years.

Because of this, Cao Cao admired Li Li's army's efforts to pacify the barbarian tribes outside the Saiwai. However, Li Li's speed of pacifying the barbarians and the growing strength of subduing the two barbarian tribes made Cao Cao more and more jealous, and he felt panicked and uneasy, like a fish in his throat and a man's back, full of worries. And his exclamation of "embarrassing my generation" is a true portrayal of the mixed joys and sorrows in his heart, and he really feels it.

Xun Yu was keenly aware of Cao Cao's worries, and wanted to comfort him, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly changed his mind. Blindly avoiding some things is not the way, anyway, it is an established fact, sooner or later it will be encountered, and only calmly facing it is the right way.

As soon as he thought of this, Xun Yu pondered and said, "What the lord said is very true. Putting aside the past grievances and grievances, General Li Li is indeed the first general who has not been seen in a hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Not to mention the previous pacification of the Western Liangqiang Rebellion and the Southern Xiongnu, just the conquest of the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes in one fell swoop is enough to go down in history and be admired by the world.

As far as I know, the Wuhuan tribe has no less than 120,000 people who control the strings, and the Xianbei tribe is even better, with at least 150,000 iron horsemen; And the people of these two tribes are as many as hundreds of thousands, and together they are nearly a million people. However, these barbarians continued to fight among themselves, and there were only millions of people but they were divided, and nearly 300,000 barbarian iron cavalry belonged to dozens of tribes, large and small, resulting in the originally extremely powerful combat power being divided into dozens of small pieces, as many as 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry, and as few as hundreds or thousands of cavalry, and the strength was extremely scattered. It is precisely because of this that Li Li led the army to break through each of them, and completely annihilated the elite war cavalry of the barbarians in two decisive battles, thus forcing the two major tribes with millions of people with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, setting an unprecedented and proud record. ”

Xun Yu's words were ostensibly admiring Li Li's outstanding achievements, but in fact, they were for Cao Cao to analyze the reasons for Li Li's victory. not only positively affirmed Li Li's exploits, but also indirectly pointed out that Li Li was lucky to win on the battlefield in Youzhou; If it weren't for the fragmentation and infighting between the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes, the final outcome would still be unknown. The purpose of such a detailed analysis was to reassure Cao Cao and dispel the panic and anxiety in his heart.

After a pause in his voice, seeing Cao Cao's thoughtful expression, Xun Yu nodded secretly with satisfaction, and then his words changed sharply, and he said solemnly: "Although Li Lidong's expedition to the outside of the fortress had a lot of luck or luck, the final result was that he won the war, and it was a complete victory, and he pacified the Monan grassland in one fell swoop. Now, hundreds of thousands of barbarian tribes have submitted to him and have been forcibly moved into Xiliang by him, and in time these barbarian tribes will truly become the people of the Great Han. This move seems ordinary, but in fact it is of great significance, the merit is in the contemporary, and the benefit is in the future.

But these have nothing to do with us at the moment, and what really has a huge impact on us is that as Youzhou and Monan grasslands have fallen into Li Li's hands one after another, the entire prefectures, counties and pastoral areas of the Han Dynasty that are rich in excellent war horses are all under Li Li's control. I don't need to say much about what this means, you all understand. From now on, we and the other princes will completely lose the supply of fine war horses, even if they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy them, the only way is to buy war horses from Li Li, and there is no other way. After directly pointing out the power, Xun Yu didn't say much.

The words fell for a long time, and the main hall was silent, so quiet that everyone in the hall could clearly hear the other party's deliberately suppressed breathing.

Obviously, there is no solution to the war horse problem proposed by Xun Yu for the time being, and how to solve it in the end depends on Cao Cao's means.

Just when Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and others racked their brains and pondered, Cao Cao paced to the upper steps with his hands behind his back and slowly sat down on the main seat. Then he smiled indifferently and smiled indifferently: "You don't have to worry, there has never been a hurdle in this world that cannot be overcome, and there is no need to worry about the war horse for the time being, so we can think about it in the long run." ”

With an understatement, Cao Cao then turned his gaze to Xun Yu and said in a low voice: "Are the people and horses from Runan properly settled, and what are their requirements?" An inexplicable question, Cheng Yu, Cao Ren and the others looked dazed, and they couldn't help but prick up their ears and wait for Xun Yu's answer.

But seeing that Xun Yu was pleased to understand, he respectfully reported: "They did not mention excessive demands, but only begged the lord to take them in, and set up a battalion of men and horses with the men they brought with them, led by the two of them, and provide the necessary grain and grass baggage." In addition, they pleaded with the Lord to allow them to avenge their third brother, otherwise?????? They had no choice but to leave with their troops and go elsewhere. "Although he led the crowd to vote and asked Cao Cao to take him in, he did not have the consciousness that a desperate person should have, in fact, it was more like making a deal, and the conditions proposed were basically asking for benefits. However, Xun Yu said that these conditions were not excessive, perhaps this was his attitude towards this matter.

"Hmm." Cao Cao frowned slightly, and muttered: "You can provide them with a garrison camp, and they can still command the headquarters of the people, but the matter of revenge must be considered in the long run, and it should not be rushed." All other conditions can be agreed to them, but this matter must be at my command. Convey my words to them truthfully, and if they can accept it, they will stay, otherwise, let them take care of themselves. ”

"No, the lord is wise." Xun Yu happily accepted the order. Then the six ministers returned to the battle in front of them and discussed for a long time??????

—————— To be Continued —————————— (To be Continued......

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