[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

That night, Cao Zhi, who has always been healthy, fell ill.After seeing it, the doctor only said that he had caught a cold, and he would recover soon after taking some medicine.

It is strange to catch a cold in summer.What's more, Cao Zhi has always been healthy, so how could he catch a cold?

Cao Pi was puzzled, but Cao Zhang sneered at his illness.

After Cao Cao heard about it, he came to see him specially.He looked at Cao Zhi lying powerlessly on the bed, and he understood what was going on.Then he patted Cao Zhi on the shoulder, laughed and said, "Are you trying to save Hua Tuo?"

Cao Zhi looked a little embarrassed.

Cao Cao seemed to have thought of something, and sighed slightly: "For my father, I know that Hua Tuo is alive in this world, and there will be more people alive. It's just this kind of villain, and my father is not ashamed."

Cao Zhi's heart tightened.

But shortly after Cao Cao finished speaking, Guo Jia became seriously ill again.

The doctors were helpless, and Cao Cao had no choice but to release Hua Tuo from prison.Only under Hua Tuo's treatment did Guo Jia improve slightly.

It's almost July.

Perhaps it was because of Guo Jia's physical weakness that he couldn't get up and get out of bed until the tenth day of the lunar new year.

Cao Cao asked Hua Tuo, and finally got the news that Guo Jia needed to rest and could not go out with the army at all, and frowned tightly.

Liu Biao's expedition to the south was not a temporary idea.In fact, their goal was set in Jingzhou long before the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan.

After Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, was killed by Sun Jian in the first year of Chuping, Liu Biao, a relative of the emperor, stationed in Xiangyang on behalf of the governor of Jingzhou.When he first arrived in Jingzhou, he had a base of thousands of miles and had more than [-] armored soldiers.Enwei, the famous generals in Jingzhou, was well lured;

If things can go on like this for a long time, he must be a powerful enemy that Cao Cao cannot ignore.

However, these are temporary.

In fact, Liu Biao is suspicious and jealous by human nature, and he intends to guard himself without any ambition.In the later period of Guandu, he did not dare to send troops to attack Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao did not dare to send troops to Xuchang when he conquered Wuhuan in the north.Now he dotes on his second wife, the Cai family, so that his wife's family, Cai Mao, etc. can gain power... So Guo Jia laughed at him as a panelist.

Because in this troubled world, no matter how talented a person with no ambition is, is it just talking on paper?

Today's Jingzhou is like a big piece of fat.Also a piece of fat caught in the middle of an old toothless tiger.

Any prince wants to replace him!

If Cao Cao captures it, no one in the world will be able to fight against him; if someone else captures it, he will be able to share the world equally with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao understood these things, the advisers understood them, and Liu Bei understood them, but only Liu Biao did not understand them.

He is still living a seemingly comfortable life, pampering the Cai family in the later period, listening to Cai Mao's compliments, thinking that Jingzhou is the only safe place in the world; he listens to Cai's words, and wants to make his youngest son Liu Cong his heir, and releases his eldest son Liu Qi to Jiangxia .He didn't even know that his subordinates were also divided into two factions, one was Cai Mao, and the other was Liu Bei who secretly colluded with Liu Qi.

How is it different from Yuan Shao in the past?

If there is time, Cao Cao is also very willing to wait for Liu Qi and Liu Cong to have civil strife.And they watched from the sidelines, waiting for one death and one injury, and then easily take down Jingzhou without any effort.

But time waits for no one, never waits for no one.

Whether it is Liu Bei or Sun Quan, they all clearly understand this and have coveted Jingzhou for a long time.

Many years ago, in order to win over Liu Bei, Cao Cao said instead of cooking wine and talking about heroes, "Today, the only heroes are the emperor and Cao Er." In fact, as of now, there is still one person who has come from behind.

Son of Sun Jian, younger brother of Sun Ce, Sun Quan.

When Sun Ce was dying in the fifth year of Jian'an, he entrusted Jiangdong to Sun Quan, who was only 13 years old, which caused the unstable Jiangdong civil strife.However, Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and others under Sun Ce's command also believed that Sun Quan could achieve great things together, so they served wholeheartedly.Since then, Sun Quan has recruited talents widely, suppressed Fushan more and more, and even conquered Huangzu three times. As for the [-]th year of Jian'an, he has truly unified Jiangdong.

His next target is naturally Jingzhou.

Therefore, Cao Cao has no choice but to send his army south.

Fortunately, although he has only been home for a few months, he has already made enough preparations.The only fly in the ointment is that Guo Jia is seriously ill.

Cao Cao's trust in Guo Jia began when Xun Yu recommended him and talked with him for the first time.As for Guandu's "ten victories and ten defeats" theory later, his trust in Guo Jia increased a bit.It wasn't until Sun Ce's death that he really believed in it.

Therefore, regarding the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan, he almost only listened to Guo Jia's words and acted arbitrarily.

Fortunately, Guo Jia did not disappoint him.

——Guo Jia never disappoints him.

So this time Liu Biao went to war, even if all the advisers thought he could win, he still wanted to listen to Guo Jia's opinion.

When Cao Cao arrived, Guo Jia was still drinking medicine, and Cao Zhi was waiting by his side.

Seeing Cao Zhi, he was not much surprised.After all, he once said that he would learn from Guo Jia, and Cao Zhi was humble and polite since he was a child. If he was not by Guo Jia's side, Cao Cao would be surprised.

Cao Cao sat on the stool next to his bed and said sadly, "How does Feng Xiao feel?"

Guo Jia sat on the bed with disheveled hair, looking haggard.Probably because of drinking hot medicine, the originally pale complexion became a little rosy.Compared with the previous few days, the whole person has lost weight again.

Only his eyes were clear and clear, without any sickness.

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Not bad, thank you for your concern, my lord."

Cao Cao waved his hand.He thought about the fact that Guo Jia couldn't accompany him to the Liu Biao campaign, and sighed again: "Soon Gu will be going to the Liu Biao campaign. If you think about it this time, you won't be able to go with him!"

When Guo Jia heard this, his hands in his sleeves clenched tightly, and a little regret appeared on his face.

"Because you can't go with Gu, Gu needs to hear your opinion."

Before the words finished, all the regrets on Guo Jia's face had been suppressed, but a little smugness was on the contrary.

Just as Cao Cao said, although he can't go to the front line in person, his mind is still there.Including the information about Liu Biao collected these days, it is enough for him to deduce the situation of this battle.

His eyes brightened even more.

Cao Zhi stared deeply, as if he wanted to keep this expression in his heart and never fade.Holding the medicine bowl, he bowed respectfully: "Since father has a conversation with Mr., I will leave first."

Cao Cao glanced at him, with slight admiration in his eyes, obviously he liked his behavior of respecting his teacher very much.Thinking of what he learned from Guo Jia, he waved his hand and said, "Didn't you just want to learn this before, so stand here and listen to what your husband has to say."

When Cao Zhi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Guo Jia closed his eyes.After thinking for a while, he said: "Now my lord has ruled the north, so there is no need to worry about taking Jingzhou."

Cao Cao nodded.

"Liu Biao is old, and now he is seriously ill and bedridden. If he hears that the lord is rushing to attack Jingzhou, he will be so angry that he will die of worry. He exiled his eldest son Liu Qi...well, by then Jingzhou will be under Liu Cong's control. And Liu Cong is weak by nature, he only listens to Cai Mao's words..."

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Not bad."

Covering his lips with his sleeve, Guo Jia coughed a few times, and continued: "Cai Mao...cough cough, Cai Mao is thoughtful and has excellent leadership skills. But if the lord can co-operate with Kuai Yue to coerce him...Guo Jia thinks Liu Cong surrendered without a fight before March."

Cao Cao recited it silently, his face gradually filled with joy: "Yes, he will surely surrender without a fight!"

Cao Zhi stared at Guo Jia, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

The most powerful thing about Guo Jia is not his strategy, but his ability to read people's hearts.Then analyze the course and outcome of a battle from their psychology.

And as long as he can analyze before the battle, the results are all indistinguishable.

This is Guo Jia.

——If such a person is an opponent, wouldn't he have to worry about it in this life?

And Cao Zhi's challenge, isn't it greater than this?

Cao Zhi stared at Guo Jia, thinking that this person was too dazzling.Suddenly there was such a tinge of pride in his heart, something that he had hidden and neglected for a long time seemed to be about to move.

Guo Jia didn't notice Cao Zhi's eyes.In fact, he has long been used to these eyes, admiring, respecting, even admiring.

After he finished speaking, he paused for a while to catch his breath, and then said: "But during these times, our army has to let go of one person."

Who will let go?Obviously it's Liu Bei!

Whenever there is a tendency of defeat in Jingzhou, Liu Bei will go to other places, and Cao Cao's inability to capture Liu Bei is also a major disaster.

Cao Cao naturally thought of it too, and his joy faded a little.He seemed to recall that he did not understand Guo Jia's intentions and released Liu Bei, so he sighed regretfully and said, "It's all because of Gu's back then!"

Guo Jia shook his head, and wrote lightly: "My lord, why should you blame yourself? If he is really powerful, no matter whether the lord lets him go or not, he can leave."

Cao Cao looked a little better.

Cao Zhi laughed quietly when he heard this.

Everyone likes to listen to flattery, even a sober hero like Cao Cao.

Whether it was cheating because of losing a drink, or talking about knowing everything about the world, or even such a faint compliment now...

Cao Zhi found himself liking him more and more.

The more you like it, the more you can't stop it.

Guo Jia ignored these and continued: "After the lord takes Jingzhou... Liu Bei, Liu Bei must evacuate quickly. If the lord is Liu Bei, where will you... go?"

Cao Cao frowned.

He was obviously stopped by Guo Jia.

If he is Liu Bei, judging from the direction of march, he must be going to Jiangling in the southern district.But this is not an excellent strategy, because if they are overtaken by Cao Cao and resist with such troops, they will only die.

Their only way out...

The light in Guo Jia's eyes suddenly shone brightly: "If I were Liu Bei...cough coughcough...the only way out is to ask Sun Quan to send troops to resist...our army."

After he finished speaking, the light in his eyes dimmed slightly.

Cao Zhi was startled.He poured a glass of water first, then realized that Cao Cao was there, poured a glass for him, and handed it to the two of them.

Cao Cao held his teacup and frowned slightly: "Sun Quan..."

Guo Jia drank the warm water in one gulp.Feeling a little better, he nodded and said: "The lord is training the navy now, and Guo Jia knows... This is for the purpose of attacking Jiangdong Sun Quan in the future. But at this moment, it is not a good time to deal with him. Our army only needs to Take Jingzhou from the south, and then kill Liu Bei..."

But after he finished speaking such a long sentence, his complexion became a little gloomy again.

Cao Zhi was secretly startled.

"Cough... At that time, Sun Quan will have two choices - to aid, or to bend...cough coughcough...but whether Sun Quan will, send troops, Guo Jia, cough cough cough... Guo Jia doesn't know...if, if……"

When he said this, he coughed suddenly.He coughed so hard that his chest was in severe pain, so he subconsciously arched his body and curled up into a ball, as if this would relieve the pain.

Cao Cao seemed to be awakened suddenly by the coughing sound.He stood up suddenly and shouted: "Come on, pass on Hua Tuo!"

But Guo Jia's cough suddenly stopped.Not only did he pause, but he also froze in a daze.

Both Cao Zhi and Cao Cao had an ominous premonition.

Cao Zhi raised his heart, and he called softly: "Sir?"

Guo Jia slowly spread his hands.

The palm of his hand was bloody red.