If you can take this opportunity to develop the West, it would be a good idea.

"As expected, it can only be you, Xi Zhicai!"

As soon as his worries were settled, Cao Pi suddenly had a smile on his face, and his body no longer exuded a dark and sinister aura.

Hearing this, Xi Zhicai straightened his body, smiled slightly, and said: "Wei Gong gave me the reward, but I was just sharing your worries and saying what was on my mind. Back then, my lord once said that I would do my best to help you. Even today,

I don’t dare to slack off even a little bit…”

Hearing these words, Cao Pi, who had just raised the corners of his lips, curled his lips decisively. His ears were almost numb from hearing words like this in recent years.

If he hadn't been really talented and could solve his own worries, and he was one of the few people who could be reused among the few ministers who had supported him, how could he have saved his life to this day?

If Zhongda also had this strategy, how could he have to reuse him?

If the Western Expedition is successful in the future...

Cao Pi suppressed the killing intent in his heart and sighed deeply.

That’s all, the time is not ripe yet, let’s wait until we win...

Park Year 214, early winter.

Cao Pi took advantage of the rumors to intensify and hurriedly submitted a memorial of surrender to the emperor.

He wrote in it that he cared about the Han Dynasty and would always be the most loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He never dared to have any intention of treason.

At the same time, Xi Yu, who was in Xiapi, received another letter.

It was also from Cao Pi. Apart from the first few greetings that had no nutritional value, it was mainly asking him why he did not abide by the covenant he had promised in Jizhou, why he wanted to use troops against Cao Wei, and whether he had any intentions of breaking the contract.

After reading the memorial showing his loyalty, and then reading the letter accusing himself of breaking his promise to use troops against Yanzhou, Xi Yu smiled and shook his head.

He handed the letter to Kong Ming, Feng Xiao, Jia Xu and others who were warming themselves by the fire nearby without saying a word.

Dianwei and Zilong rarely came back to rest here because they had nothing important to do with the army.

Huang Zhongze has been sitting next to Xi Yu and warming himself by the fire.

Now that he is getting older, he no longer cares about military affairs. Apart from doing Tai Chi and doing maintenance all day long, he seems to be busier than in the military.

However, his busy schedule was somewhat effective.

Although he is relatively older among the crowd, he looks energetic and does not look like a middle-aged or elderly person who is over fifty years old.

By the way, almost a year has passed, and this is the first time that everyone has sat together in one place like this.

Not far away, Huang Xu, Dianman, Pu Yuan...many young students were playing and talking and laughing in the courtyard.

As far as the scene of the elders sitting around without saying a word, they are really not interested and have no meaning at all.

"Cao Pi's work is becoming more and more interesting now. What do you think of this?"

Guo Jia took a sip of the freshly heated wine and felt that all the pores in his body were relaxing. After letting out a sigh of relief, he smacked his lips and said, "The person who came up with this idea is not an easy person. He must be careful."

Promise is the starting point, which really makes us wait to stop the war."

"Well said."

Zhuge Kongming nodded and continued: "First, express your loyalty to the emperor, and then use a letter to accuse us of not keeping our promises, and use this as an excuse, hoping to get the result of delaying the war and stopping the war. These purposes are easy to guess.

It’s clear in the letter.”

"It's just... I don't understand what they are going to do after the war ends?"

"Isn't stopping the war the ultimate goal?"

Dian Wei wiped the wine from his mouth, looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously, and said, "He wants to stop the war, which means he is afraid. That bastard Cao Pi must be cowardly."

"Let me tell you, no one in the Cao Wei clan today is courageous. Compared with the brave and resourceful Duke Cao back then, they are really nothing!"

"That's true, no one in Cao Wei today can compare with him!"

Xi Yu nodded, agreeing with Dian Wei's words.

But only the second half of the sentence. As for the first half... he didn't think the other party was simply afraid.

To be more precise, he didn't think Cao Pi would retreat so quickly after being timid. There must be something wrong with this.

In fact, it didn't matter to him whether he retreated or stopped the war.

After all, the land of Yanzhou still needs to be managed, and the Liannu, which has been improved for a long time, is also at a critical juncture.

Speaking of which, this was the inspiration given to him when Zang Ba burned the grain and grass in Puyang City.

In order to fulfill his military orders, that guy succeeded at the cost of the lives of more than half of the soldiers.

In order to reduce the cost of such heavy casualties, Xi Yu specially ordered people to change the previously developed arrow pipes to iron, and tried to make them hollow and place kerosene bombs inside.

At the beginning, this was just a relatively perfect idea, but as the craftsmen worked day and night, it was now somewhat possible to make it possible.

If it really succeeds, it will be extremely simple to attack the enemy's army and burn the food and grass in the future.

In addition to these, Xi Yu also planned to establish an astronomical academy in Xiapi to recruit people who are proficient in astronomy to conduct more detailed research on astronomical phenomena.

It was also through this flood in Dongjun that he came up with a strong idea of ​​studying natural disasters and astronomy.

If there is another natural disaster in the future, I can prevent it to some extent in advance, right?

However, these disciplines are newly developed, and not many people are familiar with them. A lot of time is needed to study and explore them. There is still a long way to go before we can maturely study earthquake disasters and climate disasters.

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Therefore, it is not impossible to stop the war.

But what makes Xi Yu curious is, what exactly is Cao Pi going to do after the war ends?

"By the way, where did Wen Wen and that guy go? He has always been cunning and cunning, maybe he is here -"

"Lord..."

Jia Xu's plaintive voice came from behind Xi Yu, "Isn't it inappropriate for you to praise me as a cunning person?"

"Besides, I'm squatting under you!"

Indeed, before Xi Yu mentioned his name, he had already been by Xi Yu's side for a long time.

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What's going on? How many years have passed, and my sense of existence is still so low?

"I'll go, when did you come?"

When Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia heard his voice, they were so frightened that they almost threw their wine glasses away.

Dian Wei poked his head forward, blinked when he saw Jia Xu, and said seriously: "Hey! You are really here, so why haven't you spoken? I don't even know what happened."

Faced with this situation, Jia Xu felt aggrieved in his heart.

He lowered his head, sighed deeply, and then spoke resentfully.

"Cao Pi wanted to cease the war, but what was more important was the shortage of money and food. How could they dare to collect grain and tax on a large scale when the people in the country were already complaining?"

"As a result, there will be insufficient food and grass, and it will be difficult for the troops and horses to move."

"Furthermore, after experiencing the East County floods, they need time to recuperate and win over people's hearts."

"In the end, I guess they finally saw the true nature of us after fighting us for so many years. They knew they couldn't fight us, so they wanted to change the target."
Chapter completed!