Chapter 226

Who is this? He is so brave. How dare he call Cao Cao Meng De? This is too bold and arbitrary? However, although Cao Cao's subordinates were very disgusted with the owner of this voice, they were all used to it. Even Cao Cao himself was quite content with it. You know, when no one else, this guy called Cao Cao Aman. Calling Cao Cao Meng De in front of others like this would give Cao Cao face. The words of this person would make Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai burst into cold sweats. Negligence! If Liu Bin paralyzed himself and then attacked! With the speed of Liu Bin's cavalry moving quickly, it would be too late to regret it. No wonder the Prime Minister would tolerate this person so much that he did have some skills.

The person who spoke was either someone else, or our Lord Xu You. Xu You relied on being Cao Cao's friend and made some contributions. And Yan Liang and Wen Chou, two generals who were valued by Cao Cao, also thought of his life-saving grace and Ma Shi. Xu You already regarded himself as the first sect leader under Cao Cao. In fact, Xu You did have the attitude of Cao Cao's faction leaders who surrendered from Yuan Shao. Xu You dared to say this, which was also Xu You's intuition that he had had many dealings with Youzhou and concluded that Liu Bin's apology was absolutely! No! That's so simple!

Xu You reminded Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was not for nothing. Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "Ziyuan said it well. Liu Bin does paralyze us. The possibility of a thousand-mile attack. But as long as we send troops to defend Zhongmu and defend it in the city, even if Liu Bin has hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be difficult to conquer it in a hurry. Moreover, cavalry can raid but it is not conducive to siege. Liu Bin must wait for the army to follow. In this way, Liu Bin will have to delay time. Moreover, although Liu Bin's apology letter did not make any other requests, he asked for 500,000 dan of military rations through the letter from Zixiao to me. Since Liu Bin wanted to ask for property, he would not have any surprise attacks. However, he was necessary to guard against others. Fortunately, I had ordered Xiahou Yuan to go to Zhongmu County to see the ugly things before, so there should be no problem!!"

Xu You then said to Cao Cao: "Meng De, since Liu Bin asked for food and grass, I wonder how you are going to deal with it?" Before Cao Cao could speak, Xu Chu, who was under Cao Cao, became angry. Xu Chu was from the owner of the manor. He was the most caring for food! How many granaries would be for 500,000 shi of grain? And Xu Chu was also a little naive. Xu Chu roared angrily: "What should I do? Then why should Liu Bin ask us for food? Please give me a team of people, and I will choose Liu Bin's rank to offer it to the lord!"

To be honest, Cao Cao cherishes Xu Chu's strength of fearlessness! But now Xu Chu's request for battle makes Cao Cao worry. Although Cao Cao said that Liu Bin used troops normally, it was just a scene that Cao Cao knew that there was no need to fight and boost morale! If this was really a fight, Yan Liang and Cao Ren said that Liu Bin could bring 500,000 elite troops this time. 500,000 troops would definitely not be a decoration. Although Cao Cao had claimed to have 500,000 troops before, that was the past! After Liu Bei and Chen Gong's rebellion, Cao Cao was completely fouled!

Now that Cao Cao's troops are tied together, it will only cost 300,000 points! Then, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and some of the troops incorporated by Cao Cao in Xuzhou can have this number. Now, if Cao Ren's 50,000 troops are not worth it, Cao Cao is not even enough. How can Cao Cao be in the mood to fight? Especially Cao Cao's combat effectiveness of the Youzhou army is very clear! Youzhou's troops have always been rich and well-equipped and well-trained! And although Xu Chu's skills are extraordinary, it is very powerful, There are too many ruthless men under Liu Bin. Not to mention Liu Bin himself, that is even a super pervert! Even the pervert Lu Bu is not his three-combination enemy, so there is no need to mention Xu Chu! Cao Cao is reluctant to send Xu Chu, a fierce general, to die! He is not Liu Bin, and he can be extravagant to let Lu Bu be a small captain! He doesn't have so many powerful generals! Therefore, Cao Cao can only comfort Xu Chu and said, "Don't be anxious. This is not the time for you to fight. How can you, my general, fight easily?"

Cao Cao's words sounded nice. When Xu Chu heard Cao Cao's praise, he only smiled with a crack. He was really my parents. He knew me. Prime Minister Cao! Why do I say that I am the most powerful general under the prime minister? How could I go to fight casually? But Xu Chu was not happy for a long time. A sarcastic voice said, "What a fool! Liu Bin's army of 500,000 is not so easy to fight. Meng De didn't let you go to war, it was just to cherish you and be afraid of your life. How could you be happy? Even more important? Besides, if you send troops rashly, you will inevitably strand Liu Bin's troops here. At that time, Liu Bin and us fought together, but the other princes got the advantage when we were fighting. Then wouldn't you push Meng De into the fire pit? Our current strategy is of course to meet Liu Bin's conditions and let him return to Youzhou. Use the troops of other princes to destroy Liu Bin's strength. We recruit soldiers and buy horses and gather grass and food on the side. Accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity is the best strategy."

The person who spoke was still Xu You. Xu You would speak out and attack Xu Chu. One reason was that Xu Chu was honest and knew how to be loyal to Cao Cao. He never cared about Xu You, let alone respect Xu You! Therefore, Xu You seized an opportunity to attack Xu Chu and exerted his anger. Another reason for Xu You was that Xu You had seen Liu Bin's method in Yuan Shao. Liu Bin often defeated the more with less. Xu You didn't believe that Cao Cao could defeat Liu Bin's army with less. Xu You didn't want Cao Cao's army to fight head-on with Liu Bin's army. Xu You believed that as long as Cao Cao had assisted him for a few years, Cao Cao would definitely be able to surpass Liu Bin. That was a good time to show his strength and assist Cao Cao to unify the world.

"You..." Xu Chu glared at Xu You and stopped talking. This time, he completely hated Xu You! If it weren't for the place to discuss military affairs, Xu Chu would have drawn his sword to kill Xu You! But now that the lord is here, it's naturally not his turn to be presumptuous! So he had to swallow his anger!

Cao Cao also agreed with Xu You's view from the bottom of his heart. Moreover, Cao Cao was still thinking about the words at the end of Cao Renxin! Although Cao Cao didn't believe that Liu Bin was a loyal minister in his heart, Cao Cao believed that Liu Bin was a greedy person through Liu Bin's behavior of asking for military rations. Moreover, in Cao Cao's initial impression, Liu Bin was a greedy businessman. He sold wine, paper, bricks, and even Liu Bin sold prisoners as slaves for money. As long as this man had weaknesses, it would be easy to control! As long as he could give him enough benefits, he could of course mobilize Liu Bin. Although 500,000 dan of food and grass is a lot, if he could bribe Liu Bin for this, it would be a big profit!

Therefore, Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay, according to Ziyuan's idea, let's give Liu Bin 500,000 shi of military rations, and at the same time pardon him for his sins. Let him return to Youzhou." "Wait!" Cheng Yu stepped forward and stopped him. "What's wrong with Zhongde?" Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu and asked. Cao Cao attached great importance to this great hero who made him safe.

"Prime Minister, if we forgive Liu Bin for not guilty and give him 500,000 shi of military rations, it is indeed possible that Liu Bin will withdraw his troops. But in this way, how should we explain to the various princes we have summoned? The Xiliang army is easy to deal with. They are close to Liu Bin's territory and will rely on our support in the future. They will never dare to destroy this alliance that resists Liu Bin. But Yuan Shu is far from Liu Bin's territory, and Yuan Shu is arrogant. If we don't give him an explanation, he will definitely believe that we are willing to deceive.

The purpose is to lure him to fight with Liu Bin, but we profit from it. With Yuan Shu's narrow-minded personality, he will inevitably lead a large army to attack us. Yuan Shu has a strong army of 300,000 soldiers, and is even more powerful generals like Ji Ling. With our current strength, even if we can defeat Yuan Shu, we may be in a slump. Not to mention joining the Western Liang army to hold Liu Bin. This is probably one of Liu Bin's tricks! Please think twice." Cheng Yu sincerely expressed his conjecture.

"This?" Cao Cao was a little troubled all of a sudden. Cheng Yu said it really makes sense! Don't run away from Liu Bin to the top of the tank. Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu and asked, "I wonder what Zhongde has to do?"

"In my opinion, we only need to hold on to the army and delay the moment. Just as Ziyuan said just now, if we fight Liu Bin rashly, we will only leave Liu Bin on our territory and serve as bait for others for nothing. Therefore, we must not fight Liu Bin or get entangled together. As long as we delay for a few days and wait for Dong Zhuo and his troops to move, Liu Bin will have to withdraw his troops in order to take care of the safety of Youzhou! And we can also make excuses that because we have long been restraining Liu Bin's main force, the damage is too severe, so that Yuan Shu and the others will take the lead.

Even if we don’t have to break our promises, we can make profits from it. The most important thing is that only by carrying out a continuous attack on Liu Bin for a long time can we fundamentally drag down Liu Bin’s strength. And we can also use Liu Bin to weaken the strength of other princes while absorbing the weak princes, thereby strengthening ourselves. Otherwise, we will be able to accumulate energy, but Liu Bin will also develop the same way. With our strength behind Liu Bin, it will not be so easy for us to catch up with Liu Bin.” Cheng Yu planned for Cao Cao from the actual situation.

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