Cao Cao, who was standing at the door of the tent, heard the words of Sima Yi in the tent clearly, and Cao Cao was stunned for a moment.

He did not expect that the second young master of the Sima family could see so thoroughly the combat intentions carefully formulated by himself and Guo Jia and Xun You without personal experience. Moreover, Sima Yi had such insights when he was just over the age of twentieth, which was enough to make hot sweat seep out of Cao Cao's palms.

I wanted to get in and ask Liu Xie for help and explain why he was not allowed to return to Xu County. After listening to the conversation between Sima Yi and Liu Xie, Cao Cao felt that there was no need for this at all, so he turned around and left with great thoughts.

Guo Jia, who was standing aside, could see Cao Cao's thoughts. He already wanted to take Sima Yi for his own use.

After returning to the main tent of the Central Army, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia about Sima Yi:

"Fengxiao, according to your opinion, how talented Sima Yi is compared to you and Mr. Gongda?"

Guo Jia bowed and said, "Mr. Cao already has the answer in his mind, so why bother asking? But..."

Seeing that Guo Jia seemed to be still not finished, Cao Cao began to follow the roots and ask in detail: "But what?"

"But Sima Yi's ability to make strange plans is often not inferior to Mr. Gongda and me. The battle with Yuan Shao is about to begin. If I keep him by my side, I think it will come in handy."

Originally, Cao Cao already had two top strategists, Guo Jia and Xun You, who were always eager to seek talent, and he couldn't help but feel the desire to recruit Sima Yi. This book is understandable, but there are too many smart people under his command, which is not entirely a good thing for the monarch. What's more, Sima Yi is devoted to Emperor Liu Xie, and it is unknown whether he can pose a threat to himself in the future.

However, after getting Guo Jia's advice, Cao Cao felt confident and he didn't think much about it:

"Indeed, thinking too much now makes me feel weak. What I should do now is to integrate all the factors that can defeat Yuan Shao. As for whether Sima Yi's talent is as I expected, it is a later story."

After saying that, Cao Cao turned around and said to Guo Jia, "You are familiar with Sima Yi, so I'll bother you to go there."

"Receive the order..."

The real intention of Guo Jia's attempt to place Sima Yi next to Cao Cao was not as simple as he said.

Sima Yi was not idle at this time. He stood in front of the map Liu Xie specially found for him and observed carefully, thinking about what actions Yuan Shao would take next and how Cao Cao should respond.

In fact, since Yuan Shao sent assassins and Zhang He to assassinate and loot Liu Xie, Sima Yi had already become a clear bias towards this battle. He could not stand on the side of Yuan Shao, who pretended to welcome the emperor but secretly did this unjust act.

In Sima Yi's opinion, Liu Xie is obviously much better than Yuan Shao's hands in Cao Cao.

So what he thought about when standing on the map was almost all the ways to defeat Yuan Shao.

After a while, the message from the messenger came from outside the tent:

"Report to Your Majesty, Mr. Guo Jia wants to invite Mr. Sima to go to the tent for a while."

Liu Xie looked at Sima Yi and did not speak out, as if asking for his opinion. Sima Yi nodded at Liu Xie, and then Liu Xie waved his sword to the command: "I know, just say he will pass in a while."

While the command of the troops to lead the way, Sima Yi vaguely heard the passing general talking about the news that Yan Liang was preparing to raise an army to capture Baimajin. Now Cao Cao urgently summoned Xun You to discuss countermeasures.

When he arrived at the door of Guo Jia's tent, he saw Guo Jia standing in front of the map with his hands in his chest. When he walked to his side, he could clearly see Guo Jia's right fingers hitting his left arm rhythmically, as if he was thinking about something.

"I heard that Yan Liang had already raised his troops to cross the Yellow River south and was preparing to capture Baimajin in one fell swoop. You are still staying here so leisurely."

Guo Jia's eyes turned towards the direction Sima Yi was standing. He lowered his arms and turned around and still smiled calmly:

"How would you deal with it if it were you?"

"You came to me just to ask this?"

Realizing that Guo Jia was messing with her own words, Sima Yi grinned slightly and said with a smile:

"No matter how much I think, it cannot exceed the scope you and Mr. Xun You have come up with. Why do you ask me?"

Seeing that Sima Yi's personality still had no change, Guo Jia curled his lips and walked forward deep into the front and pressed his right palm on Sima Yi's head and twisted it twice. Sima Yi had long been very disgusted with his way of greeting him. As usual, he blocked Guo Jia's arm and looked at him sideways.

"Xun You and you have never met you, you respectfully call him Mr. You. You and I have always met you, but you always treat me, you and you. At least I have saved your life. You don't take me seriously, right?"

As for Guo Jia's trip to Pingding Mountain, Sima Yi did owe him a great favor, which was understandable. He had to calm down his emotions a little and guide the topic to the topic:

"I heard that Yan Liang has raised an army to attack Baima. Do you have any countermeasures?"

Guo Jia walked to the bed and sat down bent his knees, looking at Sima Yi:

"You haven't answered my question before I answered your question. What would you do if it were you?"

Sima Yi didn't want Cao Cao to be defeated at this time, so he didn't go around with Guo Jia. He analyzed:

"From the map, the location of Baimajin is only a river away from Liyang City where Yuan Shao's central army is located, and it does not serve as a substantive geographical guarantee for persistence. After thinking about it, I felt that Baimajin could not be defended, so it would be more appropriate to abandon it."

Listening to Sima Yi's analysis, Guo Jia picked up the teacup and put it on his lips and gently blew the white hot air that was floating:

"What you said makes sense, but it should be more than that, right?"

Sima Yi knew that Guo Jia was good at seeing through everyone, and he was still hesitating whether he should say the following words, but since Guo Jia had already made it indirectly, he would not hide it:

"Although Baimajin will give up sooner or later, since giving up will have the value of giving up, I have been watching it for a long time on the map and think the best way is to pretend to send troops to Yanjin, make an illusion behind attacking him from behind to force Yanliang to divide his troops, and then mobilize elite troops to ambush the east of Baima, concentrate on combat power to take Yanliang's central military chariot. This way, no matter how many troops he has under him, it will be useless."

"But..." Sima Yi felt that he still lacked a key link after saying that, which he could not solve.

Guo Jia put down the teacup in his hand and took Sima Yi's words: "But everyone knows Yan Liang's bravery, how can he easily break through his central army and take his head straight to the top?"

After pinching his right hand into a fist shape and putting it under his lips and coughing gently twice, Guo Jia raised his head and looked at Sima Yi:

"You don't have to worry about this. I've already figured out a perfect candidate."

"All the most successful candidate?"

Sima Yi felt something incredible:

"Although Yan Liang is brave but not resourceful, he is famous for his horses and swords and guns in front of the two armies. As far as I know, Cao Cao now has only one Zhang Liao who can use it, just by him..."

"Of course it's not possible with him alone. Zhang Liao was just used as a bait to attract Yan Liang's attention this time, and the key to winning lies with others."

At this time, Sima Yi suddenly remembered that Guan Yu had surrendered to Cao Cao, and now he is listening to Guandu:

"I heard that Guan Yu's heartfeltness towards Liu Bei was unshakable. This time he surrendered to Cao Cao under the threat of Liu Bei's family being controlled by Cao Cao. Can he do his best to do your best to do your business?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "You don't know Guan Yunchang. He has always been famous for his loyalty and righteousness. I know that his surrender is just a temporary measure. But since he has surrendered to Cao Cao, as long as he is not an action against Liu Bei, he will do his best. One can repay Cao Cao's promise to treat Liu Bei's family well. The other is also a general in front of the battle. How could he let go of his strong opponents? And as long as Liu Bei doesn't die, Guan Yu leaves Cao's camp, it's better to let him solve some more powerful enemies for us first."

Two days later, the news that was transmitted to Guandu camp proved that everything was as expected by Guo Jia:

Cao Cao personally led the light cavalry to gallop with Zhang Liao and Guan Yu, and used a suspicious strategy to successfully make Yan Liang divide his troops and advance towards Yanjin. He then ordered Zhang Liao to challenge in front of the formation. Yan Liang knew that Zhang Liao was so powerful that he naturally did not dare to underestimate the enemy. Just when he was concentrating on dealing with Zhang Liao, Guan Yu, who had already been deployed to the east of the white horse, rushed into Yan Liang's central army alone. Before Yan Liang could react, he swung his sword to kill him under the horse. When Yan Liang died, Yuan Shao's morale was in chaos and was soon annihilated.

After this battle, although Cao Cao won a great victory, he only had more than 600 cavalry left with more than 1,000 men and horses. He had to follow Xun You's deployment at Guandu and ordered the people of the white horse and soldiers to retreat south, and he was also preparing to withdraw from Guandu.

When the army was in its invasion, Guo Jia sent someone to write to Cao Cao that he had come in and was ill and would not be able to do his best to help him in a short period of time. He recommended Sima Yi to temporarily take over his position as a military advisor and offer suggestions in front of the battlefield.

Not only that, Guo Jia also suggested that Cao Cao submit a memorial to Liu Xie, requesting Sima Yi to go to Nansan in Yanjin to assist in the war immediately.

Cao Cao was just about to take this opportunity to see how capable Sima Yi was, so he followed Guo Jia's advice.

Liu Xie had no reason to disagree and had to let Sima Yi go to Nanban. Sima Yi didn't understand why Guo Jia wanted to help Cao Cao. He clearly saw that the problem he could solve was naturally no problem.
Chapter completed!