"Are the Lu brothers really so powerful?" Cao Cao was surprised when he heard the sound, and immediately turned his head to look at Cao Chun behind him, but saw him nodding slightly, consistent with Li Li's opinion.

Seeing this, Cao Cao whispered to Cao Chun, "In the eyes of Zihe, who can compete with the Lu brothers?"

"You can do it with your brother (Cao Ren)." Cao Chun responded.

Then he said with a look of distress: "Of course, my brother is the chief general in the army, so it is not advisable to go out to fight rashly, so he begs the lord to let the last general go to fight."

"This,,, I and Zihe went to the formation together." Cao Cao hesitated for a moment and nodded. After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Li Li beside him, hoping that he would allow him to return to the formation.

Li Li nodded and agreed. Cao Cao immediately bowed and bowed, and then led the five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry that were always away from each other and headed straight to the South Gate formation.

Watching Cao Cao lead his troops away, Li Li's eyelids twitched for no reason, and a vague sense of unspeakable crisis surged into his heart. However, when he tried to capture this crisis and trace the source, this strange premonition disappeared without a trace, without any trace, as if it had never appeared before, or the illusion that flashed in a trance.

At this moment, Li Li looked at the back of Cao Cao who was gradually moving away, with a cold expression and a strong murderous intent appeared in his eyes. Although he did not capture where this indescribable sense of crisis came from, Cao Cao, who led his army back to his own formation, was undoubtedly the source of the ominous premonition. Therefore, Li Li made up his mind to get rid of Cao Cao from this moment on to eliminate future troubles.

Guo Jia, who stood beside Li Li, keenly noticed the abnormal expression of his lord Li Li. When he saw him staring at Cao Cao who was gradually moving away, he immediately realized it.

Then Guo Jia rode his horse to Li Li and whispered: "The lord has always been this person's thorn in his eyes. He wants to get rid of him several times and then quickly. If he wants to get rid of this person, this is a great time. Taking advantage of this alliance, the lord can eliminate him in one fell swoop. Once he missed this opportunity, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get rid of him in the future?"

Guo Jia has followed Li Li for many years. Just look at Li Li's expression and expression, you can guess his general intention. This moment is no exception. Seeing that Li Li is already murderous about Cao Cao, Guo Jia advised Li Li not to hesitate anymore and should make up his mind as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would change later. Therefore, Guo Jia's words are tantamount to instigating Li Li to kill Cao Cao and eliminate this confidant trouble.

After hearing the sound, Li Li's face changed slightly. He looked up at Yecheng standing tall in front of him, and pondered with a solemn expression: "I don't know what Fengxiao said. I don't want to take this opportunity to get rid of him. However, Fengxiao should know that the city in front of him is different from Shouchun City, and the strength that Yuan Shao has now is far beyond that of Yuan Shu in Huainan. According to detailed investigations, so far, Yuan Shao still has no less than 200,000 soldiers, including 160,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry. In addition, Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou for many years. His foundation was stable and his governance was lenient. He was deeply loved by the people of Jizhou and supported by the aristocratic families. This is the biggest obstacle we face in this attack on Yuan Shao. It seems to be unreasonable, but it is actually related to the overall situation and is extremely critical."

Speaking of this, Li Li sighed softly: "Ah! The reason why I was reluctant to lead my army to attack Jizhou before was because the Yuan clan had been in Jizhou for many years. The foundation and power were so deep that no princes in the world were right, and they were as if they were deeply rooted and mixed. No matter which prince wanted to occupy Jizhou, it would be almost impossible to achieve if they wanted to uproot them. Therefore, after I attacked Yuan Shu in the south, I tried to use Cao Cao's hands to break through Yecheng and destroy the Yuan clan. Then I, Li Li, came forward to clean up the mess and then took Jizhou into his pocket.

Until now, everything was going as expected, but I vaguely felt that everything seemed to be going too smoothly. With Cao Cao in Yanzhou, he could not have expected that we were using him to use the help of attacking Yecheng to weaken his military strength and prepare for the one-shot after the war. However, he knew our true intentions, but he still ignored it and repeatedly mobilized troops to attack Yecheng. Why did he do this, and what was the purpose? Was he Cao Cao stupid or was he kept in the dark?"

Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this and hesitated: "Since the lord is so suspicious of him, why not get rid of him now? With the strength of our army, even without the help of Cao Cao's troops, he can capture Yecheng, capture Yuan Shao, and recover Jizhou!" Obviously, Guo Jia firmly believed that the Western Liang army was fully capable of regaining Jizhou and did not have to join forces with Cao Cao at all.

Li Li shook his head gently, and while pondering, he said slowly: "Yes, our Xiliang army has hundreds of thousands of troops, and its strength is far better than that of the princes in each town. He is like a single one and a powerful one. In terms of overall strength alone, don't talk about Yuan Shao in Jizhou, even if Cao Cao in Yanzhou joins forces to fight against our Xiliang army, I will not be afraid. But Feng Xiaoke once thought that although our army has many soldiers and strong combat power, the front line is too long, which has invisibly greatly weakened the overall strength of our army. At present, borders such as Liaodong, Youzhou, Shuozhou, Western Regions Commercial Road, Hanzhong and Huainan all need to gather heavy troops to ensure a stable and stable situation. Once these troops are transferred, the states and counties will be instability and instability, and even chaos in the rear, thus shaking the foundation of our Xiliang army. This is one of them.

Secondly, we are now besieging Jizhou from all sides, with an absolute advantage, with twice as many soldiers as Yuan Shao. However, once Cao Cao turns against Yuan Shao, the current situation will reverse instantly. At that time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's troops will join forces, with a force of as much as 400,000, while our three troops together are less than 300,000. In this way, this decisive battle that determines the fate of the Central Plains is extremely unfavorable for our army, and the outcome is unpredictable, and the result is not optimistic.

If our army was defeated, then the perfect opportunity to occupy the Central Plains was to pass by, and all the efforts made before were gone. The best result after the war was that our army retreated to the south of the Yellow River, and the Guangbo territory north of the Yellow River would all fall into the hands of Yuan Shao. Even Youzhou and Bingzhou were in danger and were always threatened by the threat of large army.

In other words, if our army wants to wipe out Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in one fell swoop, it must mobilize more than 70% of its troops and concentrate all its efforts in one battle, so that it will have a 70% chance of winning." Guo Jia looked thoughtful when he heard this, and then nodded slightly, deeply agreeing with what Li Li said.

After a pause, Li Li looked at Guo Jia's expression and continued: "In view of this, I have been thinking about the current situation recently. I do not ask Cao Cao and us to unite and fight against Yuan Shao together. As long as he does not lead the army to Yuan Shao, that is the greatest help to our army. Because Cao Cao has been following me recently, I have many opportunities and countless ways to get rid of him, but in order to take into account the overall situation and the current situation, after careful consideration, I finally decided not to attack him for the time being. The reason is very simple. Killing Cao Cao at this time is equivalent to helping Yuan Shao to rescue the siege. Not only that, he can also reap the benefits of the fisherman, and he can take all the troops under Cao Cao's corps without any effort.

"Don't think that this situation will not happen. On the contrary, after Cao Cao's death, his troops would inevitably defect to Yuan Shao and swear to be enemies with our army to the death. Because this army under Cao Cao is completely different from other princes' soldiers, all the commanders in the Cao army are from the Cao clan. Generals such as Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and Le Jin are all Cao Cao's direct confidants. Unless they are forced to a dead end, they will never join me. So, it is easy to kill Cao Cao, but it is very difficult to recruit his troops and horses, and it is almost impossible. Instead of doing this, it is better to let him go temporarily and wait until Yuan Shao is destroyed before leaving the area." Li Li's words were really touched.

In history, the reason why Cao Cao was able to suffer repeated disasters was that most of the main generals who followed him came from the Cao family and the Xiahou family. This was a group of hard-core followers, with bloodlines, and their future and destiny were closely linked. They prospered and lost. Therefore, they had to admit that in the early days of Cao Cao's conquering the country, the Xiahou family and the Cao family did come out one after another, and they would just be the talent of a general. After the fierce battle in Chibi, the reason why Sun Quan and Liu Bei did not dare to kill Cao Cao was not to take care of the people of the world to avoid being miserable to the people of the world. The real reason was that they were worried that after Cao Cao's death, the Cao clan members would fight back to death at all costs, so that they killed Cao Cao and followed Cao Cao's footsteps and could not protect themselves.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao was able to fight repeatedly and eventually occupy the Central Plains, laying a solid foundation for the later Cao Wei Dynasty.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages in the world. It is precisely because the Cao Wei Dynasty was built on the basis of the bloody battle between the Cao family and the nobles, that the later Cao family's children could get something for nothing and always control the power of the world's military and horses, greatly suppressing the up-and-coming career promotion and future development of the rising talents.

So when the first group of trusted generals who followed Cao Cao to fight the country passed away one after another, and the talents of the Cao family withered, and the younger generations were mediocre in their qualifications but were in high positions, the Cao Wei country was also shaking. Until Sima Yi, a foreigner, took charge of the army, the generals who were previously suppressed by the Cao family joined the Sima family, causing the Sima family to easily take Cao Wei and replace it, and seized the fruits of victory that the four generations of the Cao family worked hard for a hundred years, and the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin and unified the world.

This is the inevitable result of nepotism and the decisive factor in the final demise of the Cao Wei Dynasty.

However, the rotation of time and space, and the current situation of relying on family children to conquer the world is extremely beneficial to Cao Cao. Li Li could have easily eliminated Cao Cao, but he was quite concerned about the children of Cao Cao's family, worried that after eliminating Cao Cao, the leaderless Cao army would inevitably lead to Yuan Shao, and thus completely change the entire battle situation. This is a situation that Li Li did not want to see, and it is also the key reason why he could never make up his mind to get rid of Cao Cao as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, the sudden sense of crisis just now prompted Li Li to change his mind and make him keenly aware of the threat from Cao Cao. However, this temporary decision would disrupt all previous plans, so he needs to consider it comprehensively and weigh the pros and cons at this moment. Before he could think carefully, he would not reveal a word to anyone, even Guo Jia was no exception.

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