Xi Zhicai was a first-class strategist, and Cao Cao was the one who was the best at the world's situation.
A capable minister in a peaceful world is a treacherous hero in a chaotic world.
Xu Shao's comment was enough to draw a huge gap between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and the other heroes of the late Han Dynasty!
If Cao Cao did not become the lord, he would definitely have a place among the top strategists in the world!
Whether it was Xizhicai or Cao Cao, their understanding of Xuzhou's power in the world was already at the peak of the late Han Dynasty.
If you get Xuzhou, you can expect to win the world.
This was not a lie!
From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xuzhou was a battleground for military strategists.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River flooded and Xu Zhou was submerged by the Yellow River. The officials and the people raised funds to move the city.
Lu Wenxian's " Six Discussions on Xu Cheng's Immobility " discussed the necessity of maintaining the original location of Xuzhou City from the aspects of river defense, water transport, warehouses, war defense, people's livelihood, division, cost, and so on.
He also left behind Xu Cheng, which was surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the river on one side, leading to Pi Su in the south, controlling Yanji in the north and Bian Si in the west. It has been set up to protect the Jianghuai strategic point. Jinling relies on Xuzhou as the throat of the north and south. Moreover, the Yellow River flows from west to east and the Gate River flows from north to south, all converging in the northeast of Xu Cheng. The city is blocked by the river, and the river is blocked by the city. It is actually an important town.”evaluation.
The importance of Xuzhou was evident!
"The military counselor has spoken of the advantages of Xuzhou. My lord has the ambition to swallow the region.”Li Mu fanned himself and cupped his hands in praise."Xu Prefecture is like a bright pearl. However, Ming Gong is not the only one who wants to take it?”
"Tian Kai is stationed in Qingzhou, and Liu Bei is stationed in Pingyuan. The two of them are under Gongsun Zan, but the two of them led troops to rescue Tao Qian when Ming Gong was on the Eastern Expedition.”
"Ever since the battle at Kuangting, Yuan Shu has established himself in Huainan, led Yangzhou as the herdsman, and proclaimed himself the Lord of Xuzhou.”
"Even though you can unite the forces of Yan and Xu with Xuzhou, you have enemies like Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Gongsun Zan at the same time. It is barely enough to defend Xuzhou, so how can you spare the strength to attack the south and the north?”
"I tricked Lu Bu into going to Xu Prefecture by pulling out the ladder from the upper room. I was certain that Lu Bu would not be able to defend Xu Prefecture.”
"Ming Gong doesn't want to use Lu Bu to restrain Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Shu, but wants to replace Lu Bu.”
Li Mu's few words extinguished the enthusiasm of Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai like a bucket of cold water.
Especially Cao Cao, who had mocked Lu Bu for being a fool who wanted to sell his reputation to learn from the tyrant. However, he had never thought that his obsession with Xuzhou would be the same as that of the tyrant.
Xi Zhicai was rather unwilling." If we don't take Xuzhou, how can you conquer the world with only one prefecture?" Although Yuzhou did not have a powerful ruler, compared to Xuzhou, Yuzhou was also a place of war. There was one more enemy, Liu Biao.”
Cao Cao was also unwilling to give up." Xuzhou has the advantage of connecting the north and the south. I can conquer the north and the south. As for making enemies, where would he not make enemies? It was nothing more than a battle of wits between wise men and a battle of courage between warriors. Victory and defeat were unknown.”
Li Mu opened his folding fan and reappeared the crane's cry. He stood up and paced around, showing the demeanor of a strategist.
"Ming Gong and Military Advisor Xi are both well-versed in the art of war.”
"Haven't you heard of Sun Tzu's Art of War? It is said in the Nine Changes that war is advantageous and dangerous. In order to obtain long-term interests and abandon small interests, there are places on the road that cannot be used, places where the army cannot attack, places where the city cannot be attacked, places where the land cannot be fought for, and places where the monarch's orders cannot be accepted.”
"Therefore, a wise man's considerations must be mixed with interests. Mixed with benefits, but must be trusted; Mixed with harm, but the disaster can be solved.”
"Therefore, the method of war is not to rely on the fact that they will not come, but to rely on the fact that we are waiting. Don't rely on the enemy not to attack, but on our own unassailable!”
"The world's situation, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao fighting for Hebei; Ming Gong and Tao Qian fought in Henan, Yuan Shu and Liu Yao fought in Jiangdong, Liu Biao fought in Jingnan, Liu Yan raised troops in his territory, Li Wei and Guo Si ran amok in Guanzhong, and Han Sui and Ma Teng led his troops to Liangzhou.”
"There are also ambitious people like Lu Bu, Yan Baihu, King De of Dongwu, Wang Lang, the local ruffian of Kuaiji, and Zhang Lu, who has five buckets of rice in Hanzhong.”
"Just like the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the kings fought for hegemony!”
Li Mu suddenly turned around and closed his folding fan. His sharp eyes instantly became sharp.
"Although Xu Prefecture is advantageous, I would like to ask Ming Gong: Is the emperor of the Han family still alive?"
A sentence,'Is the Han family's emperor still alive?”，Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai were instantly stunned.
Xi Zhicai talked about the convenience of Xuzhou, and Cao Cao talked about the ambition of swallowing the region. Both of them subconsciously ignored the Han Emperor of Chang 'an!
Cao Cao was awe-inspiring.”
Li Mu smiled elegantly." The Ming government has its own strategists, and the military has its own valiant generals. There are enough elite soldiers and food, and they are famous in Shandong. However, he only cared about the gains and losses of a city and a pool like the kings at the end of the Qin Dynasty. He forgot his ambition to defeat King Dong Qin in the past. Wasn't this abandoning the root and chasing the tail?”
"I, Cao Cao, dare not forget my duty to serve the king!" I only hate Li Jue and Guo Si for kidnapping the emperor. They are far away in Chang 'an, and I can't reach Yanzhou!”
Li Mu chuckled." The Emperor of the Han Clan is in Chang 'an. How could he not be willing to break away from the control of Li Jue and Guo Si?" You only need to send one person to Chang 'an to persuade the emperor to return to Luoyang. After the emperor passed Tongguan, he would send troops to support him. The great cause of protecting the king that he had not fought for in the past could be completed in a short time!”
He lobbied the emperor to return to Luoyang!
Cao Cao suddenly stood up.
He had to admit that Li Mu's plan had moved Cao Cao.
Cao Cao had a strategist named Mao Jie, Xiao Xian. When he defected to Cao Cao in Dongjun, he advised Cao Cao," To serve the Son of Heaven, not to be a minister, to cultivate the fields, and to raise military supplies.”，It was equivalent to the Mao-grade version of Longzhong Dui.
However, Cao Cao only had East County at that time, and his governing base was still the East Wuyang of Qinghe County that he borrowed from Yuan Shao.
Although he had the heart to serve the Son of Heaven, he did not have the ability to do so.
However, things were different now.
Cao Cao controlled Yanzhou, Yuan Shao in the north was an ally, Tao Qian in the east had been crippled, and Lu Bu was eyeing Xuzhou. In a short period of time, Xuzhou would fall into civil strife.
In the south, Yuzhou, the governor of Yuzhou, Guo Gong, could only control Liang Junguo.
Zhang Miao and Chen Gong in Yanzhou were struggling to survive.
Yuan Shu of Huainan had been crippled by Cao Cao at the beginning of last year. Now, he was obsessed with the six prefectures of Yangzhou and had no strength to go north.
In other words, Cao Cao did not have any external threats!
At this time, it was time to fulfill the principle of 'serving the emperor, not obeying orders, cultivating and raising military funds.”The best time.
"Zhicai, what do you think?" Cao Cao asked as he paced around.
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