However, Guo Jia's words just now greatly reduced the depression in Cao Cao's heart, which also made him understand for the first time the wisdom of the so-called ghost plot in later generations.

Guo Jia's three questions seem to be unrelated, but in fact, after thinking about it carefully, you can fully understand it.

The first question, Guo Jia is actually vaguely warning Cao Cao that his strength is not as good as Yuan Shao at this time, so even if he doesn't want to comply, he must comply, unless he wants to make himself Yuan Shao's first target.

As for the second question, what it secretly means is that Cao Cao wants to be the leader of the alliance for an inconsequential, or very dazzling, but in fact a fire pit, and disobey Yuan Shao when his strength is the weakest, after all, he has won, then this is completely the credit of the princes from all walks of life, if he fails, then it is not your alliance leader.

The third problem is to sue Cao Cao, after Yuan Shao ascends to the leader of the alliance, he will inevitably greatly weaken the other princes, and at that time, the princes and Yuan Shao will be like a competing crane and mussel, and Cao Cao, who is watching the fire from the other side, will become the fisherman who profits.

Guo Jia's veiled answer, if Cao Cao hadn't completely integrated with the original Cao Cao, it would have been impossible to realize so many things in a while.

This thought seemed to be very long, but in fact, not much time had passed at all, Cao Cao, who was sitting on the top seat, said with a smile: "Everyone go down and prepare, after noon, immediately lead the troops to the land of the alliance." ”

&Fat! ”

Guo Jia walked at the back of everyone, so he was also the last one to leave among everyone, and when he left, Guo Jia turned his head slightly, glanced behind him, his eyes sparkled, and he secretly said in his heart: "Brother Wen Ruo said that Cao Mengde is a person who can be assisted, and it is not bad from the perspective of just now, and he is not as wide as Yuan Shao, and he can't tolerate people, if it has always been like this, it is a person who is enough for me Guo Jia to assist." ”

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In 190 A.D., in February of the first year of the first year of the Han Dynasty, a small city thirty miles east of Bishui Pass will be famous all over the world after today, accept the edict of the Son of Heaven, raise troops to crusade against Dong Zhuo's eighteen road princes, gather here, the wind blows, countless flags dance, the black oppressive crowd can not see the edge at a glance, like the boundless sea, all converge here.

A lieutenant stood on the city wall, holding a bamboo slip that had been spread out, accompanied by the earth-shattering sound of war drums, and shouted loudly: "The first town of the righteous army, the later general Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, led an army of 20,000 alliances!" ”

& Erzhen, Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu, led an army of 20,000 alliances! ”

& Six Towns, Chen County Taishou Zhang Miao ・・・・・・"

&Seven Towns, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao ・・・・・・"

&Eight Towns, Shanyang Taishou Yuan ・・・・・・"

& Ten Towns, Beihai Taishou Kongrong ・・・・・・"

&Fourteen Towns, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zan ・・・・・・"

&Sixteen towns, Wucheng Hou Changsha Taishou Sun Jian・・・・・・"

& Eighteen towns, Cao Cao, the captain of the cavalry, led an army of 10,000 alliances! ”

Cao Cao, who had just entered the Allied camp with the strategists and generals behind him, suddenly saw Yuan Shao who was surrounded by princes from all walks of life, and at this time Yuan Shao also saw Cao Cao, stepped forward to Cao Cao's side, and said with a smile: "Oh, Mengde, you are finally here, we are all looking forward to it." ”

Cao Cao, who heard this, although his face did not change, but he scolded secretly in his heart, okay you Yuan Shao, I haven't gone to your trouble yet, you came to me, what do you mean by finally coming, as if I Cao Cao is on the shelf, the alliance has just been established, you can't wait to suppress me, no wonder the later generations of the alliance will eventually fall apart, no wonder Cao Cao above history, will shout out the words of the erection and conspiracy, even so I can't blame me.

Cao Cao, who flashed this thought in his heart, pretended to be very apologetic on his face and clenched his fists and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, due to the change of the location of the alliance, Cao wasted some time, and he was clear about the things of the alliance in Chen, so he came late, and I hope that the generals Haihan." ”

The meaning of Cao Cao's words is obvious, it's not that I, Cao Cao, want to come late, it's just that the location of the alliance suddenly changed, there is no way, I can only waste some time to be clear about the things left by the alliance, otherwise there are two allied places in the world, wouldn't it be smiling and generous.

Obviously, all the princes and Yuan Shao understood Cao Cao's words, which made Yuan Shao change color slightly, but he was worthy of being the overlord who could unify the entire four northern states in the future, Yuan Shao quickly smiled and said: "Don't say it, don't say it, Meng De is still listed as a general, please sit down." ”

Yuan Shao made a staircase to go down, and Cao Cao, who didn't want to let the allies disintegrate at this time, also took advantage of this staircase to go down, leading everyone behind him to find a seat to go down.

After all the princes were seated, Yuan Shao didn't know if it was to show that he was the best candidate for the leader of the alliance, so he took the lead and said: "Yuan Shao is very grateful to all the generals for coming to the alliance and joining the great righteousness. ”

& It's the Luoyang Imperial Court, how could there have been so many heroes and heroes! ”

& If the thief knew that we were gathering here, he would be terrified! ”

& Wait for the soldiers to go forward, break Luoyang and take Dong Zhuo's head, just like probing for things! ”

& Hahaha! ”

Looking at most of the princes from all walks of life who were already arrogant, Cao Cao's slightly narrowed eyes flashed a mocking color, but although he despised these princes who would only brag here, Cao Cao did not come forward to interrupt them, and became a wicked person.

Cao Cao secretly looked down on these princes in his heart, but Yuan Shao was not, in his heart, it was also the same as these princes' thoughts, as if attacking Luoyang was no different from eating, and said with a smile: "The princes of the Eighteenth Road are going to this station, most of the rivers and mountains are under our feet, and the remaining small piece of rivers and mountains is also desirable, ranking generals, at this moment, I have a total of 450,000 infantry troops and 90,000 cavalry, which is almost twice as much as Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army, such a powerful military force, Why worry about the thieves who are not destroyed! ”

As soon as Yuan Shao's words came out, the princes from all walks of life responded one after another: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, it makes sense, it makes sense, it makes sense." ”

At this time, Sun Jian stood up, clasped his fists and said to the princes from all walks of life: "Duke Yuan, generals, there is a word below, since we are a righteous alliance, we must first set up a highly respected person as the leader of the alliance, and the unified order can be sent to the army to suppress the thieves!" ”