Sun Jian of Jiangdong and Liu Biao of Jingzhou became enemies for future development. At the same time, Cao Cao in Qingzhou also lost his loyalty to the Han because of the death of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

For future development, Cao Cao found Xi Zhicai and discussed with him the current general trend of the world and planned the future development direction. Cao Cao first asked:"In my opinion, among the princes in the world, who will have the greatest influence on our future development?"

It's the lord's most serious concern."

Cao Cao spoke in literary terms, nodded and said,"Zhicai's idea coincides with mine, so if we want to develop our own strength and gradually dominate the world, how should we develop?" Xi

Zhicai said After thinking briefly, he said to Cao Cao:"My lord, I believe that the situation in the world is very chaotic, especially in the north.

Therefore, if my lord wants to develop, the best way is to move the center of gravity southward.

Now Although we occupy the land of Qingzhou, Qingzhou is relatively not rich and cannot be used as a strategic rear to provide sufficient guarantee for our army's future campaigns. In the south, only Sun Jian has some strength and is more difficult to deal with.

As for Other princes, such as Tao Qian of Xuzhou and Zhang Miao of Yanzhou, are just people with empty reputations, and their strength is not worthy of fear at all." After hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao frowned and thought for a while, then raised his head and asked:"Zhicai You mean, let me develop in the south now, and then wait until the situation in the north is clear before marching into the north?"

Xi Zhicai nodded and smiled:"What the lord said is true."

After receiving Xi Zhicai's confirmation, Cao Cao asked even more doubtfully :"But since ancient times, haven't emperors always come from the north?

The Emperor Gaozu killed the snake in Mangdang Mountain to revolt, and the First Emperor was also born in Handan. Although there are relatively few princes in the south and it is easy to develop, the people's customs are soft, why should we develop there? What?"

Seeing that Cao Cao didn't understand, Xi Zhi replied:"My lord, do you know how many princes there are in the north?"

Cao Cao replied:"There is Yuan Shao in Bohai, Liu Feng and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou. , ignore the rest."

Xi Zhicai nodded and said:"Yes, even if you don't count other incompetent princes, just Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and Liu Feng are powerful enough. There are already these three powerful princes in the north, He can no longer tolerate the interference of others.

Among the three, Yuan Shao only has one county in Bohai now, but with his reputation as the Fourth and Three Dukes, he will soon have many capable people working for him.

Moreover, Bohai is located in Jizhou, It was Dayu who decided to rule the nine states, and Han Fu, the current shepherd of Jizhou, is just a timid and incompetent person.

Moreover, Han Fu is a disciple and former official of the Yuan family. I believe it won’t be long before Yuan Shao Under the planning of the counselors, the entire Jizhou will be captured, and the strength will be greatly increased by then.

And Gongsun Zan has been entrenched in Youbeiping for many years. This man has always been strict in running the army, and his white horse Yi Cong is a rare elite division.

In addition , Gongsun Zan has been in Youbeiping for many years. The last side by side king Liu Feng, his troops, whether they are the Dragon City cavalry or Chi Xueqin who made a big splash not long ago, and even the longbowmen and dragon soldiers are already famous in the world.

Therefore, you must not fight with the lord until he has enough ability..According to Zhicai’s idea, the lord should also recruit elite men as soon as possible and train an army comparable to the Dragon City Iron Cavalry.

Even if it is not as good as the Red Blood Dragon Cavalry, it must at least be able to fight against other armies.

However, Lord, please rest assured, we still have a lot of time to use before your Lord successfully trains this cavalry unit.

Because although everyone in the three northern regions has strong military strength, no matter what the relationship between Liu Feng and Gongsun Zan is now, the three of them will definitely have one or even several battles.

When the time comes, he will command the remaining Fang forces and become the ruler of the north.

Under such circumstances, if we continue to go to the north, it will inevitably make the already very crowded north even more overcrowded. Without time for development, it may not take two years to have conflicts with one or several of them and lead to war. meet.

In this case, there is no need to think about Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Silizhou, or even Liangzhou in the north.

And if we go to the south, we can first eliminate some less powerful princes, occupy their positions, and then secretly develop our power while Liu Feng, Yuan Shao and others are fighting.

First annex Zhang Miao of Yanzhou, and then seize Xuzhou from Tao Qian, plus the current Qingzhou. When the time comes, the lord will take the land of several states and go south to Yangzhou, and become one of the overlords of the south in one fell swoop. Only then will he be qualified to confront the King of Side by Side."

Cao Cao listened to Xi Zhicai's analysis and couldn't help but ask:"But although the situation in the north is chaotic, Liu Feng is definitely in the lead among his own forces.

If nothing else happens, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao will definitely not be his opponents. Even if they contain Liu Feng, we may not catch up with his development.

In this way, once only Liu Feng and us are left in the future, we will never be Liu Feng's opponents.

Xi Zhicai smiled and said:"My lord, what you said makes sense, but naturally we will not let Liu Feng develop."

I don’t know if my lord has noticed that since Liu Feng annexed Goguryeo and the late emperor set up Goguryeo County to be ruled by Liu Feng, Liu Feng rarely led Longwu soldiers or even Longcheng cavalry on expeditions."

After hearing Xi Zhicai's reminder, Cao Cao instantly thought of the several times Liu Feng sent troops, so he said:"Zhicai didn't say anything, I haven't paid attention yet.

It is true that Liu Feng has not led other troops to attack for a long time.

Whether it was the Liangzhou Rebellion or the crusade against Dong Zhuo, only a troop of Red Blood Dragon Riders accompanied him on the expedition.

Even though the Red Blood Dragon Cavalry is indeed powerful in combat, the rest of the Dragon City Iron Cavalry and other armies also have powerful combat effectiveness, and with them, they will definitely have a better chance of winning.

But Liu Feng didn't take them with him, and as far as I know, his friend Guo Jia from Yingchuan Academy had already gone to Liaodong to serve Liu Feng.

Even his subordinates are ashamed of Guo Jia's talent.

But after he went to work for Liu Feng, he never saw Liu Feng taking him into battle.

All this can only explain one problem, that is, he is leading the Longcheng Cavalry and other troops to guard Liaodong or Goguryeo.

And Liaodong is located on the border, and there are Xuantu and Youbei Pingping as barriers, so it will not be easily invaded.

So this can only mean that there may be a big secret hidden in Goguryeo County.

After hearing what Xi Zhicai said, Cao Cao was shocked and asked,"What secret?""

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