Cao Cao finally gave up letting Xi Zhicai operate, of course, not because he didn't believe in Xi Zhicai, on the contrary, Cao Cao believed very much in letting Xi Zhicai operate this plan, after all, the person who proposed this strategy was Xi Zhicai himself, and if he was allowed to operate it, his efficiency would undoubtedly be very high.

The reason why Cao Cao finally really gave up is that compared with suppressing Liu Bei, the really important direction is to fight for hegemony in the world, and letting a big talent operate these is undoubtedly a bit of a slaughtering knife for killing chickens, which is too overkill.

& Although it is important to press Liu Bei, but compared to the battle for hegemony in the world, it is not worth mentioning, putting Xi Zhicai in such a position is indeed a bit overkill, in this case, the executor of this plan might as well be replaced by ・・・・・・"

Cao Cao's heart flashed a candidate, that is Dian Wei, that's right, it's Dian Wei, if you let others know that Cao Cao's final candidate will be the five big and three rough Dian Wei, you will definitely be speechless in surprise.

Choosing Dian Wei as the executor of this plan, Cao Cao was also thoughtful, first, Dian Wei's five big and three coarse, it was destined that he would not be able to do something beyond Cao Cao's expectations, and second, as Cao Cao's personal guard general, it can be said that Cao Cao would know all aspects of the implementation of this plan, so that Cao Cao would not have to worry that the result of this matter would eventually exceed his imagination.

I don't know if it's because of the complete integration with the original Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao at this time, from the bottom of his heart, will not wholeheartedly believe in a person, of course, because of the synthesis of the soul of later generations, so that Cao Cao at this time will not be like Cao Cao in history, because of the distrust in his heart, and do the so-called dream killing.

In general, Cao Cao's subordinates under his command can be described as both trusting and distrustful, everyone has a place in Cao Cao's heart, and similarly, Cao Cao's trust in them also has a degree or limit.

Cao Cao's thoughts seemed to be very long, but it didn't take long, after determining the candidate in his heart, Cao Cao smiled and said to the drama Zhicai in front of him: "Zhicai's plan is very good, however, if for the sake of a Liu Bei, and make our army so aggressive, let Zhicai be so talented, and be underused, it is really unnecessary, so I decided that the executor of this plan will be replaced by another person, as for Zhicai, it is to stay by my side and help me." ”

Since he chose Dian Wei, of course Cao Cao could not let Xi Zhicai be the executor of this plan, so he had to speak out to appease, at least to show that he was not a loyal minister who suspected Xi Zhicai, so he did not choose him.

Cao Cao's acting skills, in the world, can be said to be one of the best, the sincerity and importance on that face, not to mention that Xi Zhicai was not dissatisfied in his heart, even if there was, at this time it was completely lost, only full of emotion remained, only to see Xi Zhicai bow down deeply to Cao Cao and said: "It is so valued by the lord, Zhicai dares not to serve his life!" ”

Of course, Xi Zhicai was not just talking, Xi Zhicai, who straightened up, took out a yellowed parchment rolled up from his sleeve, and Cao Cao, who was originally smiling, suddenly became sharp when his eyes moved to this parchment.

Seeing the shock in Cao Cao's sharp eyes, Xi Zhicai smiled and spread out the parchment, only to see that on the yellowed parchment, there were city passes and steep roads, which could be described as everything.

Cao Cao's sharp gaze slowly swept across the parchment, and at the same time he silently said in his heart: "Chenliu, Xuzhou, Nanyang, Puyang, Ye, Bohai, Chang'an, Wuwei, Anding, Beiping, hey, in addition to Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, this map actually contains the entire northern land!" ”

Cao Cao was not shocked in his heart at this time, you must know that there is such a thing as a map, although in the eyes of later generations, there is nothing, it is very ordinary and normal.

But in this Eastern Han Dynasty in 190 AD, it is not an exaggeration to say that a map is the highest military secret, in this era, if anyone leaks the map, even if it is only a map of a city or a place, it will be wiped out by the nine tribes.

Liu Bei of later generations, in the topographic map of Bashu presented by Zhang Song, after entering Bashu, it can be said that it is like entering a no-man's land, and the steepness of Bashu is almost impossible for Liu Bei, which shows that in this era without satellites, a map is precious.

Zhang Song's topographic map of Bashu only marks the land of Yizhou, but Cao Cao's current map marks the entire northern land, Qing, Hebei, You, and, Xu, Yan, Henan, Liang, Sili, the entire land of Kyushu.

Xi Zhicai, who completely spread out the map, immediately gave Cao Cao a greater shock and surprise, only to see Xi Zhicai smile lightly: "Lord, this is the topographic map of northern Kyushu depicted after ten years of lowly travel in the world, here, dedicated to the lord." ”

Although he had already expected it in his heart, but after he really heard it, Cao Cao still felt very excited, it can be said that with this northern topographic map, for Cao Cao, although it is impossible to dominate the world immediately, but at least it is equivalent to having a strategy, understanding that the next road is threatened and safe.

However, Cao Cao deserves to be Cao Cao, and the excitement in his heart only lasted for a moment, and Cao Cao, who calmed down, looked at the northern topographic map in front of him, although he was still a little excited, but he didn't have a gaffe like before.

Cao Cao recovered from the shock and excitement brought by the northern topographic map so quickly, which made Xi Zhicai feel sincerely admired, as a person who depicted the northern topographic map, Xi Zhicai understood that the map in front of him was not amazing, for the princes of the world at this time, how attractive and powerful, it can be said that it is not impossible to go to war for this map.

To fight for a map, or a map of the free northern terrain, in the eyes of later generations, can be described as a very fantastical fantasy, but in this era, it is very normal, not to mention the northern topographic map, even if it is just a small Jizhou topographic map, it may lead to a war.

Of course, in addition to dedicating it to Cao Cao, there is a more important reason for Xi Zhicai to take out the northern topographic map, that is, to plan the next road for Cao Cao, that is, the planning of the strategic direction.