"Liu Xuande is a hero. He took the initiative to surrender. Why kill him?”
Cao Cao was puzzled.
Su Yi sneered,"Liu Bei is both a hero and an ambitious man. This person is extremely ambitious and claims to be a member of the Han clan. If we don't kill him now, he will definitely be in trouble sooner or later."”
Cao Cao's expression turned cold.
"Moreover, Liu Bei's wings are still not fully grown. Even if Cao Mengde secretly supports him, once Lu Bu makes a move, he will still not be able to defend Xiao Pei.”
"If Xiaopei is lost, the gates of Xuzhou will fall into the hands of Lu Bu. If Cao Mengde wants to destroy Lu Bu in the future, he will have to spend a lot of effort to recapture it.”
"Rather than that, why don't we kill Liu Bei and take Xiao Pei? Then we can march into Xu Prefecture and kill Lu Bu!”
Su Yi's tone was filled with killing intent.
Cao Cao's eyes lit up.
He did not expect that Su Yi's vision was not only limited to Liu Bei, but even included Lu Bu.
"Li Heng is right. Among the heroes of Henan, Lu Bu is the greatest threat. He can hinder my battle with Yuan Shao, so we must get rid of him!”
Cao Cao nodded.
"In that case, son-in-law is in charge, and Cao Gong will immediately lead the army to attack Xiao Pei?”
Cao Cao calmed himself down and asked.
"The time has not come yet."
Su Yi shook his head.
"Liu Bei has recruited at least ten thousand strong men in Xiaopei. It is more than enough to defend Xiaopei for ten days to half a month.”
"At that time, Liu Bei will definitely ask Lu Bu for help. If Cao Mengde cannot attack the city, he will have to face a pincer attack from both sides.”
Cao Cao nodded slightly and stroked his beard." It seems like we can only use a surprise attack to destroy Liu Bei."”
"That's not necessary."
Su Yi took a sip of wine and asked,"How many people can Xiao Pei have? Liu Bei can actually raise an army of 10,000. Father-in-law, do you know why?"”
Hearing this, Cao Cao suddenly felt suspicious, but he could not figure out the reason. He could only shake his head.
"What Liu Bei relies on is nothing more than the support of Xu Prefecture's Mei Clan.”
Su Yi saw through the mystery.
Cao Cao was enlightened.
The Mi family of Xuzhou, the Zhen family of Hebei and the Lu family of Huainan are the three largest merchants in the world.
Ever since Liu Bei entered Xuzhou, the Mi Clan had given their full support. Even if Liu Bei lost Xuzhou, they would not abandon him.
This time, Liu Bei had asked Cao Cao for help and sent the head of the Mei Clan, Mi Zhu, into the capital. This showed how much Liu Bei valued the Mei Clan.
Liu Bei was able to raise more than ten thousand soldiers in a small city like Xiaopei. Naturally, he had to rely on the financial support of the Mi Family to have enough money and food to recruit soldiers and horses.
"Cao Mengde only needs to cut off the Mi Clan's support for Liu Bei. When the time comes, he will have no money, food, and military rations.”
"At that time, Cao Mengde would be able to take Xiaopei easily.”
Su Yi finished a cup of wine and explained the plan.
Cao Cao came to a realization and smiled." If you want to cut off the Mi Clan's support for Liu Bei, you have to start with Mi Zhu. You have to make him a general in the name of the imperial court and force him to stay in Xu City. Is that what you mean?"”
"Father-in-law is amazing!"
Su Yi raised his thumb, and his eyes were filled with admiration.
"Alright, we're almost done chatting. I'll go back to Xu City first.”
Cao Cao got the answer he wanted and immediately stood up to leave.
"Father-in-law, don't you want to wait for madam to come back? Let's have a meal together before going back?" Su Yi asked.”
"No, I won't disturb you two anymore. Haha-"
Cao Cao waved his hand and left.
Su Yi lowered his head to look at the walnut dregs on the stone table and smiled."Originally, I could only smash walnuts, but I got 50 million yuan. This deal is not a loss.”
Outside the mansion.
Cao Cao and the others mounted their horses and rode straight to the capital.
"My lord, do you really intend to give this 50 million to Young Master Su?”
Xi Zhicai could not help but ask.
"Of course I have to."
Cao Cao smiled and said," The Imperial Jade Seal is a priceless treasure. It's worth 50 million to buy it. Moreover, that money was given to my son-in-law. The fertile water did not flow into the fields of outsiders."”
Xi Zhicai came to a realization and couldn't help but laugh.
After that.
Xi Zhicai stopped smiling and said seriously,"Young Master Su's eyes are sharp. That Liu Bei is indeed not someone to be trifled with. I think that my lord should do as Young Master Su says.”
"My good son-in-law has planned everything out. What reason do I have to not listen to him?”
Cao Cao's expression was resolute. He raised his whip and said," After returning to the capital, immediately ask the Emperor to draft a decree to grant Mi Zhu the title of Young Master. He will never be able to return to Liu Bei's side!"”
"Yes!"
…
Ten days later, Little Pei City.
In the main hall of the prefecture, Liu Bei sat at the head of the table, his face full of worry.
"Big brother, Cao Cao made Mi Zi Zhong the Young Lord's Mansion and forced him to stay in Xu City as an official. He clearly wants to cut off the Mei Clan's support for big brother!”
Guan Yu's face was ashen and his eyes were burning with anger.
Zhang Fei scolded," Cao Aman, that traitor. We wanted to use him to deal with Lu Bu and the other servants. But he tricked us. This old traitor is so cunning!"”
"Bang!"
Liu Bei punched the table, his anger about to flare up.
In the next moment, he took a deep breath and forcefully swallowed his anger.
"I don't know who gave Cao Cao such a vicious plan. Not only did Cao Cao not accept my allegiance, he even wanted to deal with me!”
Liu Bei's anger turned into a sigh.
"My lord, I heard that Cao Cao had the help of a new hermit. This person is very intelligent and close to demons. Cao Cao's destruction of Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shu was all thanks to this person.”
"Could it be that the method Cao Cao used to deal with us was also given by this person?”
Advisor Sun Qian suddenly said.
Liu Bei shivered and frowned,""If that's the case, then with such an extraordinary person helping Cao Cao, our Han Dynasty will be in even more danger.”
However, Guan Yu said," Let's not talk about whether or not this hermit exists. The most important thing now is that Mi Zizhong has been detained. The Mei Clan might have misgivings and no longer support us. At that time, the consequences will be unimaginable!”
Liu Bei frowned and fell into deep thought.
At this moment.
Sun Qian cupped his hands." My lord, Mei Zhu is not here. The Mi Family will be under the control of Mei Fang. I have a plan. I can make Mei Fang show her loyalty to my lord, and at the same time, I can take a large sum of money from Cao Cao. It will be his retribution for his vicious scheme!"”
Liu Bei's spirits were lifted.
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