Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and honest!

After showing off his talent in front of his most important advisors and generals, Cao Cao said in a relaxed mood:"Since Yuan Shao has nothing to worry about, what do you think I should do next?"

Guo Jiayi handed over his hand. Said:"Yuan Shao sent Tian Feng to humiliate the lord because he has no intention of attacking the lord for the time being.

In the north of Youzhou, Gongsun Zan is still confronting Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao must first destroy Gongsun Zan and eat the entire Youzhou before he considers going south.

But while he can take advantage of this opportunity, Yuan Shao has no intention of going south at this time. He should first attack Lu Bu in Xuzhou to the east.

Otherwise, if Lu Bu comes and invades while Yuan Shao goes south, it will be a big disaster for our army."

Xun Yu also nodded and said:"No. Destroy Lu Bu first and cut off the future troubles, and then the land of Hebei will be lost!"

Cao Ang was listening on the sidelines. Even though he was familiar with history, he already knew what Guo Jiaxunyu would say, including himself. But he didn't steal Guo Jiaxunyu's limelight.

After all, he is the young master, and it is pointless to compete with his subordinates for Cao Ang has been in the limelight enough recently. Even Guo Jia admitted that Cao Ang was ten times more talented than him..

Guo Jiaxunyu said that Lu Bu's strategy should be taken first, which obviously got into Cao Cao's heart.

So Cao Cao nodded in agreement, then remembered something, and continued:"I still have one thing to worry about. Although Yuan Shao wants to go to the north to Gongsun Zan, his nephew Bingzhou Mu Gaogan will take charge of Bingzhou on his behalf.

The land of Bingzhou, Connected with Guanzhong, if Yuan Shao takes advantage of me to attack Lu Bu to the east, he will order Gao Gan to lead the Bingzhou troops to invade Guanzhong, unite the Qiang and Hu people to the west, and form an alliance with Liu Zhang of Yizhou, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and Nanyang to the south. Zhang Xiu and others made them attack from all sides.

So if I use Yanzhou and half of Yuzhou to fight against five-sixths of the princes in the world, what will I do then?"

Xun Yu said:"Ming Gong? Don't worry, the situation in Guanzhong is now in chaos. There are dozens of thieves from various princes, big and small, and Ma Teng and Han Sui are the strongest.

If Ming Gong sends envoys to appease them and form an alliance with them, he will definitely recruit troops first to protect themselves and get involved. Before the princes, they would not make any big moves, but Zhong Yao, the minister and minister, was very resourceful. If Zhong Yao was sent to Guanzhong and allowed to sit in Guanzhong and coordinate with Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, he would be able to suppress Ma Teng. Han Sui waited for a while so that Duke Ming had no worries.

As for Liu Zhang in Yizhou and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, they were both guarding dogs and had no ambition to make progress.

Although Zhang Xiu in Nanyang was restless, the lord had Xun You assisting General Xia Houyuan to guard them. In Wuyang, General Li Tong is guarding Yang'an, which is enough to keep Zhang Xiu away. As for Liu Biao, although he supports Zhang Xiu behind the scenes, he will not take action directly, so there is no need to worry." After hearing this, Cao Cao's face immediately relaxed. He came down and said,"According to Mr. Wen Ruo's words, I feel at ease."

Then Cao Cao said:"Zhong Yao is indeed a talent, and Wen Ruo's recommendation must be correct.

Then I will go to the emperor and appoint Zhong Yao as my chief minister." Li Xiaowei asked him to hold the imperial talisman and go to Chang'an to watch over Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Guanzhong.……"

Cao Ang listened on the sidelines and did not comment.

In fact, if Cao Ang takes the initiative to ask for orders at this moment to replace Zhong Yao and go to Guanzhong, Cao Cao, Guo Jiaxun, etc. will not object, but will let Cao Ang go and experience it.

But Cao Ang's eyes were not in Guanzhong at this moment.

Just like what Xun Yu said, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Guanzhong have no ambitions and attack and guard against each other, so they will not cause harm in a short period of time.

They all want to take advantage of the melee between the princes in Guandong to take the lead in unifying Guanzhong and become a big prince.

What's more, Guanzhong experienced the rebellion of Li Jue and Guo Si, and it was already destroyed.

The city of Chang'an was in ruins. Except for rebels and thieves, there were almost no civilians, because almost all the people were dead.

So there is no value in not operating temporarily.

Cao Ang did not focus on Lu Bu in Xuzhou to the east. According to his understanding, Lu Bu in the second year of Jian'an was quite honest.

Cao Cao and Lu Bu did not fight.

In fact, although Cao Cao and Guo Jiaxunyu have now formulated a strategy to destroy Lu Bu first, they are just plans at the moment.

It takes time from planning to execution, and plans cannot keep up with changes.

Especially now that it’s late February and March is about to begin.

At this time of year, it’s almost time to prepare for spring plowing.

Cao Cao was short of food, and Lu Bu was not rich either.

Even throughout the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the armies of the princes not only fought but also gathered grain.

Because of the years of war and the decline of the people's power, it is impossible to support the army just by relying on ordinary people to farm the fields.

Therefore, the army also had to participate in farming.

In Xudu alone, Cao Cao led his soldiers to farm more than a million acres, but he was still short of food.

In addition to the lack of labor due to the small population and the high consumption of expeditions.

Frequent natural disasters in the late Han Dynasty were also one of the reasons for the decrease in food production and population.

Therefore, in the short term, Cao Jun was afraid that he would have to prepare for spring plowing and grain harvesting, so he would not attack Lu Bu.

The same goes for princes such as Lu Bu and Yuan Shu.

The reason why Cao Ang made a bet with Tian Feng for three hundred thousand stones of food and grass was because he knew that Lao Cao was short of food.

Historically, Cao Cao also conquered Yuan Shu who proclaimed himself emperor in September of this year. When he besieged Shouchun, he was always unable to defeat him, so the little autumn grain he finally harvested was almost exhausted.

So Cao Cao asked Wang Jie, the warehouse officer in charge of the army's rations, to change the original big fight into a small fight to distribute the grain to the sergeants in order to provide more supplies for a few days.

Although Shouchun was finally captured, Yuan Shu was forced to abandon the city and flee south.

But the soldiers also complained because of Xiao Dou's sharing of food.

Cao Cao borrowed the head of Wang Gong, the official of the warehouse, to appease the soldiers' grievances, and said the famous sentence,"I will support your wife by myself."

Now that Cao Ang has come to this era, some tragedies and regrets in history have disappeared. Cao Ang naturally wanted to try his best to save it.

In this way, the war disaster in the world can be ended as soon as possible, so that the people of the world can escape from the purgatory of constant fighting and precarious situation as soon as possible.

You must know that before the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the era of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the registered population of the Han Dynasty was about 40 to 50 million.

From the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the end of the Han Dynasty when the three kingdoms competed for hegemony, and finally when the Three Kingdoms ended, the world's registered population was less than eight million!

Seventy-eight percent of the world's population has been exhausted in successive years of war!

So after another wave of the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Hu people who could be beaten by any prince in the late Han Dynasty directly entered the Central Plains and almost killed the Han people!

Cao Ang would definitely not want to see such a tragedy happen again!

Therefore, in order to realize his great cause of becoming an emperor for eternity as soon as possible, and in order to save the fate of the world and its people in the next few hundred years, Cao Ang must remedy all Cao Cao's early mistakes and regrets and unify the world as soon as possible!

Therefore, he set his sights on the southeast of Yuzhou, sandwiched between the small half of Yuzhou controlled by Cao Cao and Runan under Yuan Shu's rule... Chen State!