On the way back to Xudu, Xu Chu looked at the excited Cao Cao and could not help but ask.
"My lord, you don't really believe that a letter can pacify Liaodong, do you?”
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao laughed out loud. Actually, I also have some perception of what you said! It was just that he couldn't figure out the key points in the past. Today, with Teacher's guidance, it became clear! You just wait and see, it won't be long before Gongsun Kang will obediently deliver Yuan Er's head!”
Xu Chu was speechless when he saw how confident Cao Cao was.
Xu Chu, who often accompanied Cao Cao, had also heard of the saying of subduing the enemy without fighting.
However, he had always thought that such a thing only existed in legends.
Who would have thought that he would have to witness such a thing happen with his own eyes!
"As expected of Fengxiao's biological brother. He dares to think and say more than Fengxiao! He hoped that what he said was right. Otherwise, not only would he lose face, Feng Xiao's reputation would also be weakened because of him. Even the lord would be laughed at because he believed in him!”
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A group of civil and military officials had gathered in the Prime Minister's Office in the capital. Xun Yu was among them.
Everyone was curious and wanted to know what Cao Cao's gains were.
Cao Cao looked at everyone and laughed,""I've already found a good plan! If you want to take the heads of the two Yuan and pacify Liaodong, you only need a letter! I wonder who among you is willing to write a letter for me and send it to Gongsun Kang?”
Everyone was stunned.
Even pacifying Liaoxi was fraught with danger, let alone Liaodong, which was even further away!
The Prime Minister went to ask Guo Yu for advice. Why did he go crazy when he came back?
As the head of the civil officials, Xun Yu had always been cautious. After some deliberation, he did not mention the matter of writing a letter, but carefully advised.
"Prime Minister, Liaodong is remote. The Gongsun father and son have been managing it for many years.”
"Now that there is no barrier to the west of Liaodong, Gongsun Kang might use the Yuan brothers as his minions.”
"The Prime Minister wants to use a letter to pacify Liao and take the heads of the Yuan brothers.”
Xiahou Dun scratched his blindfold and grinned at Cao Cao.""The Prime Minister must be joking. If a letter could really pacify Liaodong and scare Gongsun Kang into handing over the heads of the two Yuan, then wouldn't we martial artists be useless in the future and could directly retire?”
Everyone laughed awkwardly.
Cao Cao didn't mind. If someone had said this to him before he met Guo Yu, he would have thought it was nonsense.
He thought about how he had not been able to expand his territory even though he had severely injured Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu. It was only when Yuan Shao died of illness two years later and Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fought internally that he took the opportunity to attack Jizhou.
Every inch of land that was seized came at a price of blood.
In the eyes of ordinary people, it was indeed not easy to understand why they would take over Liaodong without moving their troops.
However, Cao Cao didn't have any intention of explaining to the crowd. Seeing the confused looks on everyone's faces, he was rather pleased. He looked forward to the moment when a miracle would appear and see what kind of expression everyone would have.
"Forget it. Since you are not willing to ghostwrite, then I will personally write the letter to Gongsun Kang! Don't regret it in the future!"
So Cao Cao wrote a letter to Gongsun Kang in front of everyone. The content was as Guo Yu had said, short but threatening. He immediately ordered someone to send it to Liaodong.
"This trip is quite exhausting. I want to go back and have a good rest.”
After Cao Cao left, everyone started discussing.
"The Prime Minister is really going to use a letter to summon Gongsun Kang to surrender!" Everyone, could this be the good plan offered by my filial brother?”
Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Xu Chu.
Xu Chu spread out his hands innocently."Don't look at me, I'm also muddleheaded! This idea was indeed the idea of the filial brother, but the lord praised it all the way, and even said that there was something in his heart…In short, the lord was obviously determined to use that young mister's strange plan.”
Cheng Yu frowned." The Prime Minister is intelligent, but he has always been arrogant." In the past, Fengxiao had advised him to kill Liu Bei to prevent future troubles, but the Prime Minister had always refused. Now that the Prime Minister had pacified the north, he might have been complacent and underestimated Gongsun Kang, which was why he believed Guo Yu's hasty words.”
Liu Ye felt that it made sense. Many years ago, when they attacked Wan City, they had underestimated Zhang Xiu and were almost defeated! Now, perhaps the Prime Minister had really underestimated Gongsun Kang again!”
Jia Xu's expression became strange when he heard this." Back then, I caused the Prime Minister to lose General Dian Wei and his eldest son, Cao Ang. Wasn't I the one who suggested this?"
Thus, he lowered his head and remained silent.
Only Xun You, who was usually resourceful, had a thoughtful look in his eyes. He was obviously thinking about the feasibility of this matter.
However, this was just a chat. Xun You didn't want to appear unique, so he just smiled and didn't express his opinion.
Xun Yu was nearly fifty years old. Perhaps because he had been in the rear for many years, he was not as wise as he was back then.
After listening to everyone's words, he could not help but sigh.
"I recommended Zhicai, and Zhicai died. I recommended Feng Xiao, but Feng Xiao died again! I, Yingchuan's intelligent generation, will probably wither from now on! Although Guo Yu was Feng Xiao's younger brother, his talent was ultimately not as good as Feng Xiao's and was a little naive. We can't relax now. Once the Prime Minister's plan fails, we must be prepared for war between the north and south!”
When Xiahou Yuan heard that there might be another battle to fight, he immediately perked up."Wen Ruo is right, I will go train the soldiers!”
After he left, the other generals followed him out happily.
Xun Yu also arranged for everyone to perform their duties and soon dispersed, so almost no one took Guo Yu's suggestion to heart.
……
In Xiangping County, Liaodong, a letter was placed on Gongsun Kang's table.
After opening it, there was only one sentence written on it:
Quickly bring over the head of Yuan Er!
However, this sentence made Gongsun Kang's expression change drastically, and his entire body trembled!
"Cao Cao, this is not giving me any leeway!”
"Looking at his words, he seems to be disobeying orders!”
"Back then, Yuan Shao dominated the north with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, but they were defeated by Cao Cao within a few years! Now I only have one county in Liaodong. If I offend Cao Cao, how can I protect myself?”
After hesitating for a moment, Gongsun Kang's eyes turned cold!
"Men! Tell 500 axemen to lie in ambush outside the tent! In addition, immediately go and see Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang. Tell them that I want to give them troops and provisions so that they can continue to oppose the Imperial Court so that I can continue to live freely here!”
Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were still scheming against Gongsun Kang.
"Second brother, Gongsun Kang wants to use you and me to stop Cao Cao. I think we should take advantage of the banquet to assassinate him! With our Yuan Family's reputation, once Gongsun Kang dies, Liaodong will be under our control!”
"Third brother's words are exactly what I want! After we go in, I will attract the guards for you. You can use the excuse of toasting to assassinate him! If this plan succeeds, we have a chance of revenge!”
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