Zhang Zhao suggested: "Let's listen to Liu Bei first, deploy our troops at the junction with Cao Cao, and report this situation to Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei can weaken his offensive. Your lord can send an envoy to Cao Cao and inform Cao Cao that Liu Bei is now taking control of the whole country." Soldiers, men from all over the country, ranging from sixty years old to fifteen years old, are all armored and armed with swords. Like this, we can't stop it, or we will surrender to Liu Bei and no longer be able to serve the prime minister. When the time comes, Cao Cao sees my troops arrayed on the border, and I'm afraid that I will join Liu Bei, and Cao Cao will be in a hurry. At that time, it can be said that Cao Cao will send troops to attack Liu Bei's Western Shu. Once his lair is lost, Liu Bei will be homeless. Can Liu Bei rush back to save his lair? At that time, the two sides in the fierce battle will become Liu Bei. With Cao Cao!"
I have doubts: "Then Cao Cao did not send troops to attack Liu Bei's Yizhou, but instead sent troops to assist in the battle. In the end, we are still fighting Liu Bei! Alas! But we finally got Cao Cao's reinforcements. What happened? We have made a profit!"
Zhang Zhao smiled and said: "I just talked about one situation, and there is a way to deal with this second situation! Cao Cao is not as conceited as before, but sends troops to rescue him. Now when Cao's soldiers arrive, we can first let him go Cao Cao sent Cao soldiers to fight a few tough battles with Liu Bei first, so that Liu Bei would know that our bargaining chips have increased. Then we can confidently tell Liu Bei that if the King of Hanzhong still fights us to the death, and we get the help of Cao Jun, we will fight hard The fish is dead and the net is broken, but open the net and give up being our enemy. We can cooperate with each other and destroy Cao Cao's thieves together in the future to share the world. If not, Cao Cao lends a helping hand to us in times of crisis, and we can only follow Cao Cao wholeheartedly. I hope. The King of Hanzhong moved his troops to attack Cao Cao. In this way, the ball was kicked back to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was in a dilemma. Attack us. The odds of victory are definitely not good and it is very dangerous. In the end, he made the choice to attack Cao Cao, knowing that we would benefit. , but choosing the lesser of two evils, Liu Bei can only turn to attack Cao Cao!"
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Haha!" I laughed and said, "Liu Bei, you are so cunning, so I can resolve them one by one with the help of wise men and women!"
Xu Du. Cao Cao asked his counselor, "Fan Li has repeatedly sent envoys to ask for help, and his envoys are coming in an endless stream. Are we really at a critical moment?"
Jia Xu came out of the queue and said, "Prime Minister, let me tell you a story first, then the Prime Minister will understand!" Cao Cao, who was leaning on his raised right fist, turned his eyes to Jia Xu and said, "Oh? Tell a story? Okay! Tell me about it!"
Jia Xu said: "In the sixteenth year of King Xuanhui of Han, the Qin army defeated the Han army in Xiuyu and captured Han generals Yusou and Shencha. South Korea was in great distress. Han Xiang Gongzhong said to the King of Han, 'Qin wants to attack Chu. After a long time, I gave a city to Qin and agreed to attack Chu together with Qin. The Qin army must retreat, and our country can also benefit from attacking Chu." When the king of Chu knew it, he was afraid, and Chen Zhen offered a plan, "Qin and Han will definitely join forces to attack Chu. Attack Chu. The king asked to listen to his ministers and warn the surrounding areas of the country, saying that he was doing this to save Han. Moreover, the roads were full of chariots. He sent envoys to prepare many accompanying vehicles, loaded with heavy treasures, so that Han The king believes that Chu will send troops to rescue him. It would be best if the king of Han turns his back on Qin and goes to Chu. Even if Qin and Han are in harmony, with this trust, the king of Han has no intention of attacking Chu, and even if he sends troops, he has no intention of fighting. It seems that Han and Qin will definitely be at odds. , and use this contradiction to eliminate Chu's troubles.' The King of Chu adopted this strategy. Although Gongzhong knew the plan and persuaded the King of Han, the King of Han did not listen. Qin and Han fought a great battle, but Chu's reinforcements did not arrive, and Han was defeated. Only by sending Taizicang as a hostage can we make peace. The current situation is very similar to what happened during the reign of King Xuanhui of Han Dynasty."
Cao Cao understood and said: "Now Fan Li is Han, and Qin is Liu Bei. Liu Bei lured Fan Li to attack me on the condition that Fan Li attack me first and withdraw his troops. When the time comes, I will be furious, and all the scholars in the country will be angry, and the war will be a disaster." The knot is difficult to resolve. When the war continues, Liu Bei, who was originally one of the snipe and clams, turns into an old fisherman waiting for profit. How wonderful! Then can we do what Chu did and build more reinforcements? But actually they didn¡¯t send troops to rescue them?¡±
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "No! That would be a mistake! King Huai of Chu did not save South Korea. In the 21st year of King Xuanhui of Han, South Korea was determined to help the Qin army attack Chu State, defeat Chu State, and kill Chu State. General Qu Gai killed 80,000 Chu troops in Danyang alone. Now that the prime minister is just bluffing but not actually trying to save Fan Li, then Fan Li will fall into Liu Bei's arms. Therefore, he must be saved, and he can be saved. It¡¯s time to stop and let Fan Li do more to prevent Fan Li from joining forces with Liu Bei to attack me!¡±
Cao Cao added: "Fan Li's envoy made two requests to me. The first is to send troops to attack Yizhou, encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and let Liu Bei return to Yizhou to aid. The second is to send reinforcements to fight Liu Bei to show that we have our assistance. So which one does Wen He think I should adopt?"
Jia Xu replied: "If the first one is adopted, the old fisherman will become Fan Li. We can't take advantage of this! As for the second one, once the second one is adopted, Fan Li will form a conspiracy with Liu Bei to alleviate our own problems." The pressure on Liu Bei caused Liu Bei to focus on our side. Fan Li resorted to thisThe plan is really poisonous, making it very difficult for us to be old fishermen safely anymore! Cao Cao then asked: "How to deal with that?" Why don¡¯t we give up the position of old fisherman that we finally won? "
Jia Xu replied: "The reinforcements we sent are going, and they are elites, but what? They collapsed at the first touch, and all the elites we sent were defeated. What can Fan Li say? Moreover, Liu Bei also saw the clues and knew that we were not sincerely helping Fan. Li, Liu Bei knows about Fan Li's relationship with the Prime Minister's son-in-law, so he must destroy Fan Li first, and cannot let Fan Li become the Prime Minister's assistant and suffer a big loss. When Liu Bei attacks Fan Li, we must continue to remain calm, but The Prime Minister also gave Fan Li a large amount of military supplies and clearly told him that he would continue to send reinforcements to assist in the battle! Please help the Prime Minister personally go to the junction with Liu Bei to provide support from a distance to strengthen Fan Li's heart. He also faked the momentum and sent troops to Wuhuan and Wuhuan in the north. Gouli Palace; the Qiang people in Xiliang rebelled, and the border was in a hurry, but the prime minister still fought against all odds and vowed to support Fan Li, sent his son to quell the rebellion, and led a large army to aid Fan Li. It seems that Fan Li was aware of this great kindness. My plan, if we do this, people in the world may not know it. Instead, they will say that we are the most benevolent and impeccable! He can only be a mute who has to swallow coptis even if it hurts. This can also give Fan Li a chance to resist. Heart, give Fan Li hope. In this way, the greater the grudge between Fan Li and Liu Bei, the less likely Fan Li will be to unite with Liu Bei, and he will have no choice but to lean closer to us. As long as the time comes and the Prime Minister orders, will Fan Li still dare to disobey? ?¡±
After hearing this, Cao Cao stood up and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! Okay! Just do what Wen He said!"
Cao Cao implemented Jia Xu's plan, and Shu's scouts flew to report to Liu Bei. Liu Bei gathered a crowd to discuss and said: "Cao Cao personally stationed troops in Wan, and also sent troops from Jingzhou, Hefei, Lujiang and other places into Fan Li's territory to rescue Fan Li, and also acted as the main attack, but with our army They were defeated as soon as they fought, but that was the main force of Cao Cao's army, so how could it be so incompetent? How could it be such a coincidence that Wuhuan and Gouli in the north rebelled? What does Cao Cao mean by this?"
Pang Tong replied: "Cao Cao deserves to be a traitor of his generation! Wonderful! Wonderful! In just a few clicks, he cracked our plan to turn us into old fishermen!" Liu Bei said, "Cao Cao solved it like this, so what should we do? Okay? Do you want to continue fighting with Fan Li?" Xu Shu said: "No! Why don't we stop the army temporarily and send an envoy to explain to Fan Li the purpose of Cao Cao's actions? What we did was just to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. Let Fan Li know your thoughts and see you sincerely!"
"What? We want Fan Li to fight Cao Cao and inform Fan Li of the purpose of such a trick? Doesn't this make Fan Li hate us? How can we do this? No! Absolutely not!" Liu Bei disagreed. .
Zhuge Liang kindly enlightened: "Your Majesty, think about it, our sincerity in meeting each other will show our sincerity. If we say that we are conceited, it will only arouse Fan Li's hostility! Previously, Fan Li sent someone to ask Cao Cao for help. It was nothing more than trying to get ourselves out of trouble and transform ourselves into an old fisherman, but Cao Cao's understatement made our plan come to nothing. Instead of deceiving each other, we should be honest with each other and say that the three families all have their own agendas. They are considering their own interests. In this way, between me and Fan Li, if the two families are not as powerful as Cao Cao, Fan Li can weigh the advantages and disadvantages! This way, it can deter Cao Cao even more! So I agree with Yuan Nao and Shiyuan¡¯s opinion! If you stand still, it may seem like you are suffering a loss, but in fact, you will gain greatly!"
Liu Bei knew that the current situation of the three families was very embarrassing and complicated. The three families would unite when they agreed, and they would divide when they separated. This triangular relationship is unclear, and the stakes in it are related to the survival of the country. If you are not careful, Everyone is in danger of falling into a situation of no return. How could Liu Bei disagree with the opinions of the three main counselors? Send an envoy to Jiaozhou.
I met Liu Bei's envoy Deng Zhi. Deng Zhi told all the truth. My headache became more and more complicated. The current situation of three-thirds of the world is much more complicated than that of four-quarters of the world. But I also know my position. I and Cao Cao, then Liu Bei is in danger; Liu Bei and I can fight against Cao Cao together, and maybe we can destroy Cao Cao together. But what I think about the most now is nothing more than which situation will give me the greatest benefit. Of course, I can't just focus on the small profits in front of me, but I also have to look further ahead. This is especially difficult. The so-called seeking profit through power is nothing more than thinking about the benefits and disadvantages, and doing it by taking more benefits and less harm.
After some discussion among the advisers, I decided that it would be of great benefit to me to break off the war with Liu Bei. The truce would allow me to recuperate, and it would also let Liu Bei and Cao Cao know that if they want to win over me, they have to please me. However, we have to beware of the alliance between these two people. Although it seems impossible that these two people are enemies, with the same interests, the impossible in the world will become possible. I have to do everything possible to prevent this situation. of.
The three parties confronted each other, and a month passed like this
The exciting content of the next chapter: Xu Du. Cao Cao asked:?Now the Fan and Liu families do not fight but coexist peacefully. What do they mean by this? Cheng Yu replied: "These two families just want to prove to us that they can unite as one, so that we cannot underestimate them!" But one thing is for sure, if pushed too hard, the two families will unite! The two families have joined together for survival, which is a huge threat to us! "