It is extremely difficult to stop Cao Shuang's attack. Even though he annexed Goguryeo, his strength is no longer the same as before. Facing the Wei Kingdom, which is the most powerful in the Three Kingdoms, the chance of winning is still slim.

Gongsun Xiu faced everyone, and what made him most pleased was that there were no surrender factions who were timid and afraid of war again. Deng Ai, Yang Zuo, Bei Yan, Jia Fan and Liu Chuan each had different backgrounds, but they were all full of confidence in the King of Yan. Even the other ministers who were timid and afraid of trouble did not dare to persuade them to surrender at this time.

"General, the winter snow has melted. If nothing unexpected happens, Cao Shuang is now summoning troops and heading towards Liaodong. What do you think? How should we overcome it?"

He was the first to ask Deng Ai for his opinion.

Deng Ai stepped out of the crowd and said, "King, although Cao Shuang has a large army, it is not worth worrying. Liaodong was able to manage four generations by isolating the Central Plains. Cao Shuang was far away and had no other advantages except for many soldiers. If he ventured to advance, the food route for transporting supplies would be cut off, and the entire army would be wiped out. I think we should keep cutting the food route of the enemy."

Since the end of the Battle of Goguryeo, Deng Ai officially became a general with a record of destruction of the country. His status has risen. Even Yang Zuo and Bei Yan could not stand against him. For a time, he had become the core figure of the Yan army.

Yang Zuo smiled and said, "What the General said is very much. In addition, Cao Shuang is not a serious soldier and has no experience in leading troops to fight. The people she is in charge are nothing more than literati such as Sangou, Xiahou Xuan, etc., who sit down and talk about the book of poetry. We are naturally not as good as we do, but if we want to see the true story on the battlefield, I am afraid that when we meet us, we will be scared to death."

Gongsun Xiu laughed and said, "General Yang should not be careless. Cao Shuang, Xiahou Xuan and others are not worth worrying about. They are just fools and powerful ministers fighting in their nests. But I am worried that the powerful generals under the Wei State's tent will be unrighteous and the lower beam will not be crooked. The sacred generals in Youzhou and Tian Yu in Qingzhou are not small and are the most worrying."

Yuqiu Jian from Youzhou is an old opponent and has been fighting against Liaodong for many years. In addition, Tian Yu, who commanded the Qingzhou Navy, should not be underestimated. He often sent troops to try to cut off the maritime transportation line between Yan and Wu.

Jia Fan took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Wei may not make good use of these two people. After all, Cao Shuang's trip to conquer Liao and destroy Yan is just secondly. Establishing authority in the world is the foundation. Cao Shuang only lets these two people be supplemented at most and will not give important tasks. After all, Cao Shuang's confidants also tried to make contributions and gain power in this battle. Even if Qiu Jian and Tian Yu participated in this battle, I want to come to the place where he used it."

Gongsun Xiu thought that Jiang was still old, and Jia Fan had been an official for decades, and he personally advised him directly, but he was well aware of the way of being an official. After all, Cao Shuang was a politician, not a military strategist, and the purpose of this battle was also greater than that of a military purpose. He nodded immediately: "What the Censor said is right, but this relationship was never expected. Cao Shuang entered Liaodong to gilt his subordinates."

As a brave general loyal to the late emperor Cao Rui, Wuqiu Jian may not be valued by Cao Shuang. Maybe there will be gaps between them, so he can use them.

Jia Fanxu said: "Besides this, what name is the king going to attack Cao Shuang? Since he was guilty of the charges of the king's disrespect for the Wei family's orders and not sending protons, he also gained a lot of titles. After all, in name, Da Yan was a minister of Wei State. He used this to raise troops and responded to it."

Gongsun Xiu frowned, and the two sides of the war passed each other's manifesto, and encouraged them before the war, which was a normal human nature. Since Cao Shuang sent troops in the name of attacking unjust officials, he had to send troops in the name of "clearing the king's side", which was in line with the morale of heaven. After all, Wei State was the nominal sect leader of Yan State, and Cao Shuang did dominate the Wei court and was extremely arrogant and domineering.

"Just in the name of purging the king."

He sneered: "Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Cao Shuang, the court of Wei, had the final say, and no one dared to say anything, let alone the little emperor in his early ten years old?"

It was reasonable to send troops to Qingjun Bian, and everyone nodded one after another. Bei Yan smiled and said, "Cao Cao never expected that he would use the emperor to command the princes during his lifetime. Now his great-grandson has become a puppet in the hands of powerful officials."

There was a lot of laughter in the hall.

He looked at the ministers and said, "Would our army defend the city or send troops to meet the enemy?"

Deng Ai frowned, thought for a while, and replied: "If Cao Shuang attacked Liaodong, such troops would inevitably advance together by land and land. One came from western Liaoning, and the other was dispatching warships from Qingzhou. If our army missed the opportunity, we would be able to take care of the head and the tail. I suggest sending troops first and attacking Qingzhou by sea."

"Crossing the sea to attack Qingzhou? That's pretty good."

Gongsun Xiu thought that his great-grandfather had done it before, and praised it: "Once we come, we are extremely quick in the sea, much faster than land. Cao Shuang's cavalry and infantry army has not yet arrived at the Liaoshui River from Luoyang. We will attack Qingzhou first, which will catch him off guard. On the same day, Liu Zhi from Dazhu prepared the navy and attack Qingzhou."

Yang Zuo quickly stepped forward and shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't do good today, the wind and waves on the sea will be stormed, and the water troopers will be offshore rashly, for fear of a boat being destroyed and a person being killed."

Deng Ai smiled and looked at Gongsun Xiu, thinking that only four people in the court knew about the secret warship of Yan State. They were mainly worried that the surrender factions from the court would leak the shipbuilding technology that was of great importance for their own selfish glory and wealth.

Gongsun Xiu's eyes showed a fierce light, and he stood up with a sleeve and said, "It's okay, I have already made a complete plan for this matter. Although the Wei Navy is powerful, it may not have defeated our Yan Navy. The old man stationed in Qingzhou is in his seventies. He has a body of a half-tied body, and may not have seen our Dayan Navy warship. This time, let him take a good look at what is the Megatron of the Four."

Wei State, Luoyang.

Xiahou Xuan searched the inside and outside of Luoyang, searching for suspicious people from door to door, but almost turned over the land. He still couldn't find the dead soldiers hiding. He was puzzled: "Gongsun Xiu is really a lie, he speaks nonsense."

But he was puzzled by Xiahou Hui's bizarre death. He became increasingly convinced that the death of his younger sister must be related to the Sima family.

He Yan also ordered people to check all the letters brought back from Sima's family, but found that they were all intimate revelations between ministers and friends, and there was no stain on them.

The result was unexpected, He Yan frowned and said, "This old guy is doing too clean. Is Sima really a loyal minister?"

Cao Shuang was silent, and Xiahou Xuan had a gloomy face.

He Yan's retort made them fall into deep thought. Sima Yi's resume was indeed flawless, thousands of times better than the reputation of everyone present. Since Zhuge Liang of Shu passed away from illness, there have been enthusiastic people in the court and the country who have compared Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, saying that both of them are loyal to their country, devoted their efforts, and ended up until they died.

The old man sitting in the last seat suddenly burst into laughter, and saw that his face was thin and sallow, his long beard was sparse and white, and his spirit was very good. He picked up the wine bottle on the table and drank it all.

As soon as He Yan finished speaking, the old man laughed unscrupulously, and he was quite angry and frowned and said, "Why did the Grand Secretary laugh?"
Chapter completed!