Cao De took a deep breath, "Sister-in-law, you're messing around!" If you really don't guess, I'm afraid your elder brother will have the heart to rest.

My sister-in-law insists on her own. If the eldest brother doesn’t know Lu Yu’s life experience anymore, then... it will be a big mess.

Immediately, Cao De did not dare to hesitate anymore, and ran towards the carriage outside the door as if flying.

Of course, Cao De was also in a hurry. He knew all the milky white jade pendants, how could he not know the eldest brother Cao Cao?

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There is a table in the main hall of the Geyu, with fruits and snacks on the table and hot tea served.

The maids arranged these things and slowly retreated. The only ones left in the entire pavilion were Lu Yu and Xun Yu, who knelt on both sides of the table.

"Lu Gongcao, long time no see!" Xun Yu politely started...

"Xun Sima is in charge of Juancheng matters and is in charge of the protection of the northern border of Yanzhou. She is a busy man... not like me, so we are naturally rare!" Lu Yu replied with a smile...

Speaking of this, he took the initiative to push the teacup in front of Xun Yu a little bit. "Sima Xun is probably not a commonplace person here. You might as well say bluntly, where is the situation in Xuzhou now? But what difficulties has Cao Gong encountered?"

This kid...

Xun Yu thought to himself, wanting to make more polite words to him and chat with him... Lu Yu did not give any chance at all, and immediately Xun Yu did not hesitate, took out Cao Cao's handwritten letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Yu.

"Lu Gongcao, look at this..."

Lu Yu slowly unfolded, with Cao Cao's handwriting on it, and the content... He stated a difficult question in Cao Cao's tone and asked Xun Yu's opinion.

Taking advantage of Lu Yu's ability to read the bamboo slips, Xun Yu roughly talked about the current situation in Xuzhou.

"In recent times, I have ordered people to block the information from Xuzhou and have not spread it. Most of the time Lu Gongcao doesn't know what happened in Xuzhou, right?"

"Five days ago, with the three strategies proposed by Lu Gongcao, the people and clans of Pengcheng surrendered. Cao Gong captured Pengcheng without hurting too many soldiers and horses. He rested for a day and was on the verge of Xia Pi City four days ago. Now the majority of Xuzhou tribes are in the hands of Cao Gong. The only remaining are Xia Pi City, the capital of Xuzhou, and Guangling County, which is close to Xia Pi City."

Speaking of this, Xun Yu paused for a moment, as if he wanted to give Lu Yu some time to record it.

"Oh..." Lu Yu nodded and asked back: "Xia Pi City and Guangling County are the places mentioned in Cao Gongxin that are close to Yuanshu's territory in Huainan?"

"That's right." Xun Yu said truthfully. "As Cao Gong said in his letter, as today, as the most soldiers and horses are the strongest, the strongest ones are still Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu. Cao Gong and Yuan Shu are divided into different camps. According to our current strength, it seems unwise to meet each other. Cao Gong means..."

Before Xun Yu finished speaking, Lu Yu spoke directly. "Is it a buffer zone? Cao Gong wants to have an additional buffer zone between Yuan Shu's territory, which will avoid a lot of trouble."

While opening his mouth, Lu Yu nodded.

Although the history of Lao Cao's conquest of Xuzhou has undergone great changes due to the emergence of Lu Yu...

Cao Cao did not massacre the city, nor did he lose the captured Xuzhou because of his return to Yanzhou, and even preserved most of the Yanzhou land...

This is an extremely optimistic situation...

What we have to make a decision now is nothing more than whether to seize Xuzhou in one go and compete with Yuan Shu.

Or, keep Picheng and Guangling County as a buffer zone, so as to avoid being in a state of distant position with Yuan Shu and being in peace, and you can also free up your hands to help Lu Bu in the backyard of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao's idea was not too big a problem, setting up a buffer zone is a good decision.

It’s like during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many big countries would be sandwiched between them. This does not mean that big countries cannot destroy small countries, but the tacit understanding between big countries. Using small countries as a buffer zone will not make the relationship between the two countries too stiff, and it can avoid unnecessary friction and accumulate strength.

However... the current situation is somewhat subtlely different from the disputes between the princes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Lu Yu continued to read Cao Cao's handwritten letter, and Xun Yu's voice came one after another.

"The buffer zone is indeed a good choice, but the situation in Xuzhou is now complicated. It is not just the game between Tao Qian and his son, Yuan Shu and Cao Gong. There is a variable added between this, and this variable is Liu Bei!"

"Duke Cao is sure that if he withdraws his troops, then Tao Qian and his son in Xuzhou will definitely not be able to fight against Liu Bei. Most of the ownership of Xia Pi City and Guangling County will be handed over to Liu Bei. Liu Bei is a man of dragons and phoenixes, and he has two counties. This is a disaster for us to raise tigers, and for him, tigers enter the mountains and forests, and dragons enter the sea, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it in the future."

Xun Yu finished speaking, and Lu Yu had roughly finished reading Cao Cao's handwritten letter.

In fact, the core point lies in a person - Liu Bei!

Not to mention Cao Cao, Lu Yu also knew that this guy was a man who had been living under the ranks for a long time. If he really wanted to send them two cities and tens of thousands of soldiers, Liu Bei would become extremely dangerous...

But... the truth is that, but it is not so pessimistic in fact.

Because the two cities given to Liu Bei were Xia Pi and Guangling, and the soldiers given to him were Danyang soldiers, which was interesting.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu's lips curled up and a faint smile appeared.

It’s not that Lu Yu despises Liu Bei, but Xuzhou’s water is really deep. You can’t control it!

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Chapter completed!