1815, the strategy of attacking the heart
"Do you just let Liu Bei occupy Jiang Xia ignore it?" Sima Yi asked coldly.
"Of course not."
Yang Xiu replied proudly: "It's easy to deal with Liu Bei."
"Then what do you have? Tell me quickly." Cao Cao, who had a headache, was too lazy to be polite, and asked directly.
"Prime Minister."
Yang Xiucha said and knew that Cao Cao was already impatient. He did not dare to keep him in his arms and said directly: "There is a navy in Jingzhou, which can allow Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to lead the navy downstream and attack Jiangxia. Liu Bei's soldiers were not familiar with the nature of the water, so he would definitely not be able to compete with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's attack."
"You said that Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined forces. Liu Bei did not have a navy. Didn't Sun Quan?" Sima Yi almost laughed out loud from the side.
"Zhongda, what's your solution?"
Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi, and Cao Cao could not deny Yang Xiu's approach.
In fact, Yang Xiu lost slightly better than Sima Yi in military strategy.
"Prime Minister."
Sima Yi bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Liu Bei and Sun Quan are not the same as each other. Sun Quan has been coveting Jiangxia for a long time. He joined forces with Liu Bei under the pressure of the prime minister. If the prime minister suspends the attack or even withdraws back to Xiangyang and makes the illusion of not attacking Jiangxia, then there will be no pressure between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and he will definitely turn against Jiangxia."
Cao Cao's eyes flashed. But after hearing this, Yang Xiu next to him, his face was filled with haze.
Sima Yi's method is indeed awesome.
Liu Bei and Sun Quan both have ulterior motives and both covet Jingzhou. It was only because of the pressure from Cao Cao that the two would unite. Once Cao Cao was gone, the two would definitely fight.
"Dezu, what do you think of Zhongda's plan?" Cao Cao asked Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu was worse than Sima Yi in military strategy, but he was not inferior to anyone in political strategy, especially in terms of thinking about people's hearts, Yang Xiu was even better than Sima Yi.
"Still...yes!" Yang Xiu replied depressedly.
With his relationship with Sima Yi, it is already very good to be able to say this answer.
With Yang Xiu's talent, he could not have known how powerful Sima Yi's move was. But he would never be able to admit Sima Yi's power.
Cao Cao nodded. Sima Yi's method was indeed good. Before the surrendered soldiers and generals in Jingzhou were unable to truly exert the strength of the Jingzhou Navy, the success rate of attacking Jiangxia was not high, and he would even suffer a great loss.
You might as well take a step back to make Liu Bei and Sun Quan have an internal strife, destroy their alliance, and then defeat them one by one in the future.
"What should I do about Liu Zhe's recruitment of a son-in-law?" Cao Cao asked again.
He still couldn't let go of Liu Zhe, and he was always worried that Liu Zhe would give him a "surprise".
Cao Cao's question means that he has decided to take Sima Yi's strategy in his heart, waiting for the dispute between Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Since it is waiting for the dispute between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, it means that Cao Cao has time to pay attention to Liu Zhe.
Sima Yi opened his mouth, but he still wanted to persuade Cao Cao not to pay attention to Liu Zhe's son-in-law.
Cao Cao now has an indescribable fear of Liu Zhe and is very concerned about Liu Zhe's every move. Sima Yi thinks that Liu Zhe farts, Cao Cao may go and smell it, and then ask his subordinates to analyze whether it is smelly or not.
Sima Yi wanted to persuade Cao Cao not to care too much about Liu Zhe, and to follow his own steps, and not to mess with his own steps because of Liu Zhe, and to be led by Liu Zhe.
Yang Xiu next to him made a sound first.
"Prime Minister, this matter is easy."
"Oh? What's the trick of Dezu? Come quickly." Cao Cao seemed to have a much better headache when he heard this, and hurriedly said.
Sima Yi also looked at Yang Xiu, and he wanted to see what Yang Xiu's plan was.
"Prime Minister."
Yang Xiu did not notice Sima Yi looking at him. He said to Cao Cao with a confident smile on his face: "Liu Zhe only has two requirements for recruiting a son-in-law from the world, unmarried and age, and nothing else is limited."
"In other words, the Prime Minister can do it too."
"Isol?" Cao Cao was shocked. I was almost sixty years old and had all my grandsons. Which of my conditions is right?
If it weren't for knowing that Yang Xiu had some more information, Cao Cao would have asked someone to drag Yang Xiu down and beat him up. When did Cao Cao be joked like this?
"Prime Minister."
Seeing Cao Cao's face was not good, Yang Xiu hurriedly explained: "What subordinates mean is the prime minister's sons."
"Old sons?"
Cao Cao immediately understood that he wanted his son to participate in the selection.
Cao Cao had more than 20 sons, of which the eldest son Cao Ang was born to his concubine Mrs. Liu, and his wife, Mrs. Bian, gave birth to four sons, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong. Among them, Cao Xiong was weak and sickly, and disappeared when he was a child.
However, Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi are all over twenty years old. The youngest Cao Zhi is all twenty years old, which does not meet the conditions mentioned by Liu Zhe.
Although the other sons are suitable for their age, their knowledge and abilities are difficult to compare with those of Cao Ang and the other four, and even if they are sent, it is difficult to be selected.
"Prime Minister, the fourth son is of the same age as the fourth son, you can send the fourth son to come." Yang Xiu said to Cao Cao.
"Zi Jian (Cao Zhi's character)?"
Cao Cao frowned and said, "He is no longer of his age."
It would be appropriate if Cao Zhi was one year younger...
Chapter completed!