A more humble attitude in the past.

This is to paralyze Yuan Shao, but also to gain time for development and growth.

You know, Yuan Shao is a proud man. In his eyes, no matter how big Cao Cao is, he is still the watchdog of his Yuan family's southern border.

But if Cao Cao really dares to be disrespectful to Yuan Shao, then even if Youzhou is about to fall, Yuan Shao may turn the spear and start a war with Cao Cao directly.

Yuan Shao is a docile donkey, his actions depend entirely on his mood.

Therefore, the word "harmony" is adopted for the northern territory;

Towards Yuan Shao, Cao Cao must be doubly humble.

This is the most important!

In a few years, when... Yuan Shao looks back to Xiangnan after annihilating Gongsun Zan, and he will find that his former little brother has grown into a behemoth and has become his current powerful enemy.

However, by then it was too late!

Cao Cao was recalling Yu'er's words.

Xi Zhicai's words continued.

"As for... Nan Heng? Which Heng is this Heng? I'm a little confused."

At this point, Xi Zhi knocked on his forehead...

He felt like he was guessing a riddle.

But, all in all, it was a joy to guess, it seems... Lu Yu's thoughts, especially Lu Yu's bad thoughts of selling his enemy and his enemy counting the money for him, it is an extremely happy thing to guess.

Speaking of which…

Cao Cao looked at Xun You again with great interest. "Gongda? Do you still want to guess this time?"

"Why do you need to guess?" Xun You said with a smile: "The 'Heng' in 'Nan Heng' probably means 'joining vertically and horizontally', right?"

The words came out of my mouth...

"He Zong Lian Heng?" Xi Zhicai repeated, and then he suddenly realized. "I understand, He Zong Lian Heng, it turned out to be He Zong Lian Heng."

Xi Zhicai directly raised his voice. "Our hidden dangers in the south are nothing more than Liu Biao from Jingzhou and Sun Ce from Jiangdong. Now, Sun Ce returned from the Lujiang expedition defeated, with the loss of more than 20,000 troops. This is a strain on his bones.

We will not leave Jiangdong again in a short time, and there will even be huge internal differences and mutinies..."

"But even so, he is still a hidden danger. What Lu Sinong means is, let us unite with Jingzhou Liu Biao and the Jiaozhi Shi to put maximum pressure on Sun Ce and the six counties of Jiangdong!"

"Liu Biao and Sun Ce already have a rift, and his subordinate Huang Zu has a grudge against Sun Ce for killing his father. They are sworn in. I believe they will be happy to join forces with us to curb the development of the Sun family in Jiangdong."

"As for... Shibian, when Cao Sikong welcomed the emperor, Shibian had already come up to express his congratulations, and even expressed his surrender to Cao Sikong? Now, all we need is an edict, and he will definitely submit it together with our Cao Ying and Jingzhou Liu Biao. The encirclement will curb the development of this little overlord of Jiangdong. When the time comes, there will be internal and external troubles. Haha, unless his little overlord has three heads and six arms, how can he secure his position as the overlord of Jiangdong?"

"Nan Heng, what a Nan Heng!"

Xi Zhicai talked a lot, and he was quite excited. He was awakened by Xun You, and he couldn't help talking so much.

As soon as this statement came out...

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Cao Cao and Xun You were stunned for a moment, and then they both laughed out loud.

Especially Xun You, his mood suddenly changed from dark clouds to clear.

Admittedly, he had a rough idea of ​​the general strategy of "looking east, gathering west, crossing the south, and harmonizing the north", and he could even formulate one or two specific plans.

Can…

Just like Lu Yu, he completely summarized the hidden dangers surrounding "Grass Belly" in such a thorough and concise manner.

Xun You asked himself... He would never be able to be so precise, let alone know every prince so clearly.

In this regard, let alone Xun You, even his uncle Xun Yu could not compare to Lu Yu.

Or rather…

In terms of vision and macro-strategy formulation, he and his uncle were completely outclassed by Yinlin.

Of course, this is not shameful, after all... human words - Hidden Lin's language reveals the secrets of heaven!

This is no joke.

alright…

Suddenly, the strategic problem that had troubled Cao Cao for a long time was completely solved, and the "grass belly" problem that Xun You was quite afraid of was completely solved.

"Grass Belly" has suddenly become a promising person and turned into "Golden Belly"

With this arrangement, Cao Jun gained the greatest initiative in the situation at the lowest cost.

It's not that subtle.

etc…

Both Xun You and Xi Zhicai realized a brand new problem.

That is, there are two words left in the cross strategic plan - "centered"!

What is hidden inside this?

From the eyes of the two of them, Cao Cao sensed their suspicions and immediately asked with a smile: "Gongda, Zhicai, have you stopped trying to analyze this 'Zhongding'?"

"I hope Cao Sikong can give me some advice." Xun You handed over his hand and asked Cao Cao to answer...

Xi Zhicai also stroked his beard slightly, and asked doubtfully, "Today, Cao Sikong is sitting in Si, Xu, Yan, and Yu. Although he is located in the Central Plains, hasn't the Central Plains been pacified long ago? Lu Sinong is like this. Who does 'Zhongding' refer to?"

Xi Zhicai raised a question.

Cao Cao answered directly without thinking: "Wancheng! Zhang Xiu!"

First he read out these two words, and then...Cao Cao said: "Actually, Lu Sinong's original proposal only had the first eight words, and I added the last 'zhongding' on his behalf!"

At this point, Cao Cao's tone became much more serious.

"However, what Lu Sinong said is absolutely right, 'How can I allow others to snore next to the couch'... Wancheng is only two hundred miles away from Xu Capital City, and it will arrive at dawn and dusk. Haha, how can I, Cao Cao, allow such a hidden danger next to Xu Capital City? ?”

"Wancheng must be taken into my hands. As for Zhang Xiu, he must either surrender or die!"

As soon as this statement came out...

Xi Zhicai and Xun You were both startled.

It turned out to be Wancheng and Zhangxiu.

It's a good saying, "How can I allow others to snore on the side of the bed?" But... they seem to know too little about Wancheng, or Zhang Xiu.

How many soldiers did Zhang Xiu have? How many generals did he have? Who was his mastermind?

What is the city structure of Wancheng? How is the support of the people? And...how did Zhang Xiu quietly occupy Wancheng?

In the past...it seems that I have never heard of such a number one person?

Even though Wancheng is so close to Xudu City, Xi Zhicai and Xun You were surprised to find that they knew nothing about Zhang Xiu.

If it hadn't been for Cao Sikong...or Lu Sinong's words "How can I allow others to snore on the side of the bed", then...wouldn't anyone have noticed this "nail"?

Exactly, this is the most dangerous!

Why... no one noticed such a hidden danger so close at hand?

Could it be that there is someone... no... there must be an expert in Wancheng. He deliberately made the entire Wancheng and Zhang Xiujun have no sense of existence! This person is terrible!

"Cao Sikong...do you know anything about Wancheng?" Xi Zhicai couldn't help but ask.

"I don't understand." Cao Cao shook his head...

this…

Suddenly, Xi Zhicai's eyes narrowed and his expression became ugly.

In his opinion, even if he is as powerful as Yuan Shao, as long as he is an opponent on the surface, it is not terrible...

This kind of lack of information was never noticed by Cao Ying, and they did not even deliberately send out detailed operations to the cities and counties. This was the most dangerous situation.

This is equivalent to fighting in a completely unknown place!

"Cao Sikong? This..." Xi Zhicai wanted to express something else...

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's words came out first. "Zhicai, don't get excited. Although I don't know Wancheng and I don't know Zhang Xiu, but...someone knows, haha. For example, our Lu Sinong knows!"

"Not to mention Zhang Xiu, he told me the past and present life of Wancheng in detail! Zhang Xiu is the younger brother of Xiliang general Zhang Ji. He has a sister-in-law named Zou. He respects her very much and even more

He is used to listening to his sister-in-law, and he also has a mastermind behind the curtain..."

That’s right…

That night, Lu Yu told Cao Cao the history of Zhang Xiu's fortune, and... he also told about a "sir" who could be called an "old bastard", a "poisonous man", or

Called the "Mr." who is the biggest liar in the Three Kingdoms!

In Lu Yu’s opinion…

The Battle of Wancheng in history was a complete tragedy.

To make up for this tragedy, the first thing to do is to let Cao Cao understand his enemy.
To be continued...