Chapter 360
"How to choose is up to you." Xi Zhicai said to Guo Jia.
Guo Jia was silent for a while, thought for a while, and suddenly looked up and said,
"I have an idea, why don't we lead Tao Qian out?"
"Tug it out?" Xi Zhicai was puzzled. He didn't know what Guo Jia had to do. He led the snake out of the hole. He killed the person directly? Or took the opportunity to kidnap Tao Qian? What a joke! If it was so easy, it would be better to snatch Xuzhou directly. Cao Cao's father Cao Song would transfer it!
Tao Qian would not be fooled so easily, and Guo Jia obviously would not have come up with such an outrageous idea.
"Before, our relationship with Tao Qian was not friendly. After all, Tao Qian was an alliance with Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan. Although the alliance between them has now been broken and the relationship between the parties has become subtle. But if I want to discuss cooperation under this premise, why should I go directly to the other party's base camp Xia Pi? I, Guo Jia, is an important figure after all, right? So for the sake of caution, I should find a place that is relatively close to Yanzhou to discuss the alliance, right!" Guo Jia said.
Xi Zhicai frowned. It was obvious that Guo Jia could not deal with Tao Qian directly. So why did he have to try his best to deliberately lead Tao Qian out with the risk that would make people suspicious?
"I understand what you mean. Do you want Tao Qian to be unable to react at all?! Cough cough." Xi Zhicai said immediately.
Don’t forget that the information transmission in ancient times was not as simple as making a phone call. It was not realistic to send a letter from a flying pigeon. The fastest situation was just a quick horse!
Think about it. Even if someone discovers that Cao Song’s family is relocated, will the people below dare to make any decisions privately? If you don’t say anything, just do something, even if you find a way to keep Cao Song, probably no one has the courage to do such a thing. At most, you can only send someone to secretly monitor and see where Cao Song has gone.
Therefore, those people could only inform Tao Qian at a quick pace, letting Tao Qian decide what to do. But at this time, Tao Qian was drawn out by Guo Jia. So when Tao Qian got the news, Cao Song and his party might be about to arrive in Yanzhou. Even when Tao Qian got the news, they decided to leave Cao Song behind. Then, not to mention the time to dispatch troops. By the time Tao Qian's order was conveyed, maybe they would not be able to catch up!
"Ahem, but in this case, won't you be even more dangerous?!" Xi Zhicai couldn't help but shout.
That's right. If things really develop as expected, then Tao Qian, who was deceived and foolishly attracted, would definitely take his anger on Guo Jia. Is Guo Jia really desperate? Moreover, this kind of "self-sacrificing oneself and benefiting others" behavior is completely inconsistent with Guo Jia's style, right? With the knowledge of Guo Jia with the ability to understand Guo Jia, Guo Jia will never choose a more dangerous situation!
"Oh, I didn't expect you to care about me so much, that's really flattering." Guo Jia couldn't help laughing and said. "But, where is the danger in me? When did I say I'd go to see Tao Qian?!"
"Ha? Cough cough, Cough cough cough cough!" Xi Zhicai was choked again. If he stayed with Guo Jia for a long time, maybe he, Xi Zhicai, would live a few years less!
I remember an expert said that if you smile every day, you will live for five more seconds. So now Xi Zhicai wants to say that you are angry every day and live for five less minutes.
Xi Zhi had just forgotten that a person as shameless and thick-skinned as Guo Jia was actually thinking with common sense! This was simply a principled mistake! Guo Jia said that he would lead Tao Qian out and talk about cooperation with Tao Qian, which really means that he would pass by himself? Sure enough, Guo Jia would never make a decision that was unfavorable to him!
It can be foreseeable that after Tao Qian thought carefully, he thought that Guo Jia himself did not bring many people on his territory, so he didn't have to worry about safety issues at all. Since even Guo Jia dared to come to his territory to talk to him about things, since the other party has shown some sincerity, as a country of etiquette, why should Tao Qian be embarrassed to not express it?
You should know that in history, Liu Bei brought so many troops into Shu, and Liu Zhang dared to leave Chengdu to welcome him. In contrast, Tao Qian has no pressure at all.
On the contrary, the alliance between Tao Qian and Yuan Shu has broken down, and Yuan Shu may not be sure when it will invade his Xuzhou territory. If Cao Cao is added, Tao Qian will definitely not have good results. So for Tao Qian, if he can really form an alliance with Cao Cao this time, even if it is only temporary, and only target Yuan Shu, at least it will not allow Tao Qian to face the severe situation of being attacked on both sides. This would be a very good result for Tao Qian.
Therefore, Guo Jia's plan to lead the snake out of the cave was almost certain to be realized. Then, Tao Qian ran out happily and waited for Guo Jia's arrival with anticipation. As a result, Guo Jia traveled all the way up the road and had not arrived for a long time.
Tao Qian has a good temper. He waits, waits, waits, waits, waits, waits, and waits, and every day he sends people to find out where Guo Jia and his party have gone. As long as Guo Jia is still coming here step by step, Tao Qian will not have any doubts at all. Without Guo Jia's words, Xi Zhicai can guess that Guo Jia and his party suddenly disappeared!
Needless to say, Tao Qian must have been surprised and panicked again. After all, Guo Jia was attacked not long ago, and Tao Qian subconsciously thought, could the murderer come again?! Now this is in his territory of Tao Qian’s Xuzhou, and Tao Qian is planning to form an alliance with Cao Cao. How could he allow Guo Jia to have an accident on his territory at this time!
If there was really something, if you didn’t talk about forming an alliance with Cao Cao, Cao Cao would probably be fighting directly!
At this moment, news came from over there that Cao Cao's father Cao Song had secretly started to transfer. At this time, he had a little brain, and probably still couldn't figure out the situation at all. He was overwhelmed and even wondered if something happened to Guo Jia. Cao Cao was really going to call him, so he started to transfer his father Cao Song.
If Tao Qian really thought this way, he would not only not send troops to keep Cao Song, but instead try every means to "save" Guo Jia. As long as Guo Jia is fine, Cao Cao would not have called him!
Even if Tao Qian immediately realized that he had fallen into Guo Jia's trick, then Tao Qian would definitely distinguish between the two sides very clearly under the premise that Guo Jia was missing and Cao Song still knew the location. He would definitely focus most of his energy on Cao Song's side, and Guo Jia would search casually. It would be good to find it, but if he couldn't find it, he could only forget it.
From this point of view, the more dangerous thing is on Xi Zhicai's side. Guo Jia's side, as long as the time is chosen and hidden well, it is not even considered a little danger! Moreover, even for Xi Zhicai, according to Guo Jia's plan, the danger is much lower than the beginning.
Chapter completed!