Chapter 449

"Hiss!"

The commander of the Office of Affairs couldn't help but gasp in his heart: "My lord, you are too vicious!"

However, he liked this strategy.

To deal with a person like Xu You, one should use such means.

Those who want to achieve great things must be unscrupulous!

Since he followed someone, he naturally hoped to follow someone who could achieve great things!

And the current Cao Cao undoubtedly met these requirements.

"My lord is wise!"

Immediately, the commander of the Office of Affairs bowed to express his approval.

"Very good!"

Cao Cao was very satisfied with his reaction and nodded: "Then handle this matter!"

"I need to get the intelligence in Xu You's hands as soon as possible, but at the same time, I don't want Xu You to meet with Guan Yu later... wait? No!"

Originally, Cao Cao didn't intend to let Xu You meet with Guan Yu later.

But then he thought about it and felt it was inappropriate; there was actually a better way to handle it.

He immediately instructed the commander of the Office of Affairs: "Do this! After Xu You flees Lord Yuan Shao's side and comes to me, you secretly send him another sum of money on my behalf, and when Yunchang asks about the details of Liu Bei's death, have him hide our and his involvement, and push all the responsibility onto Guo Tu and Lord Yuan Shao!"

"I believe that by then, Xu You will definitely hate Guo Tu and Lord Yuan Shao to the bone and will definitely be willing to cooperate. What do you think?"

Killing Xu You, the insider, directly and not letting him meet with Guan Yu was clearly not the best choice.

If he could have Xu You, the insider, tell Guan Yu the "truth" himself, wouldn't that better prove that Liu Bei was killed by Lord Yuan Shao and Guo Tu?

Cao Cao wanted to use Xu You's hand to confirm this matter.

"Of course, after this, I must find an opportunity to kill Xu You as soon as reasonably possible!"

"Hmm! You don't need to do this; I'll let Yuanrang do it; his personality is more suitable!"

Cao Cao added.

"My lord is wise!"

The commander of the Office of Affairs couldn't help but praise.

What kind of devil is the lord?

He actually arranged Xu You so clearly and utilized him to the extreme.

"Hmm! Go and act quickly! I hope Xu You's matter is done as soon as possible! Time is running out for us!"

Cao Cao waved his hand.

"Yes!"

The commander of the Office of Affairs accepted the order and took his leave.

And Cao Cao, thinking for a moment, immediately wrote a letter, gave it to a messenger, and said to him: "Deliver this letter to Xuchang at top speed and give it to Yunchang, understand?"

"Yes!"

The messenger took the letter and left.

"Tsk tsk!"

And all of this was seen clearly by the Secret Guards in Cao Cao's army through spirit beasts. Yi Jiu, after watching, couldn't help but shake his head: "Cao Cao is worthy of being Cao Cao! This method, this brain, is really something!"

"No wonder the lord didn't let us lurk too close to this person! Everything has a reason!"

"Clearly, the lord knows his friend's brain and suspicion very well;"

"If we really lurked too close to this person, we might really have been discovered."

Thinking of this, Yi Jiu felt very lucky.

"Must tell the lord this news as soon as possible! It seems Cao Cao and Lord Yuan Shao's Battle of Guandu will end soon!"

"Must let the lord prepare!"

Thinking this, Yi Jiu recorded the intelligence in detail and sent it to Xiangyang via a golden eagle.

In Xiangyang,

Su Xuan received the intelligence a few hours later, opened it, and couldn't help but laugh: "You are worthy of being you! Cao Mengde! You can think of such an insidious and vicious strategy! Liu Bei, Xu You, Lord Yuan Shao, they are unlucky to be up against you!"

"Eh?"

Guo Jia on the side couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why does the lord say that? What bad thing has Cao Cao done again?"

"Could it be that Guan Yu discovered he gave Liu Bei a green hat?"

"Not exactly!"

Su Xuan shook his head amusingly, and while handing the intelligence to Guo Jia, instructed: "Regarding Cao Cao giving Liu Bei a green hat, try to talk about it less for now! We might not be able to tell Guan Yu this news in the future."

"Alright!"

Guo Jia nodded in understanding, indicating he knew.

Then, he took the intelligence and read it quickly.

"Hiss!"

Immediately, Guo Jia couldn't help but gasp and sigh: "This Cao Cao... is ruthless enough! The lord is right! Lord Yuan Shao and the others are really unlucky to have met Cao Cao!"

"Especially that Xu You! He has always boasted of being extremely clever, but did he calculate that he would be schemed against to this extent?"

"However, this seems to be a good thing for us, right?"

"Let Cao Cao and Lord Yuan Shao end their confrontation early, let Lord Yuan Shao be defeated, and then Cao Cao can attack Jizhou and even Youzhou, and take the three northern commanderies;"

"Once he completely takes You, Ji, and Qing, the time will be about right!"

"By then, it will be time for us to have a decisive battle with him to settle the world. What do you think, lord?"

Continuing to let Lord Yuan Shao and Cao Cao confront each other is not a good thing for the people of the Central Plains and the three northern commanderies.

Confrontation between armies requires constant consumption of large amounts of money and grain.

And where do these things come from?

The gentry?

A part of it!

But most of it is still forcibly collected from countless people by Lord Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's grain-collecting armies.

The longer it drags on, the more miserable the people of the Central Plains and the three northern commanderies will be.

By then, more people will starve to death.

This is not what Su Xuan wants to see.

He would rather Cao Cao be stronger and preserve more strength and foundation than see too many people damaged in this process.

These are all the foundations for his future unification of the world and even the entire world, and his conquest of the heavens and worlds.

The more people, the better.

Just a few days ago, Gan Ning and the others in Annan had already sent good news; they had occupied most of the cities in Annan and were cleaning up the natives of Annan.

I believe that in a few more months, Annan will be completely incorporated into Su Xuan's territory.

By then, with the high-yield rice Su Xuan cultivated, planting a large amount of rice in Annan and Taking Jiaozhou, he and the entire Han Dynasty will not lack grain.

And there will be no need to worry about having too many people under his rule and not enough food to support them!

"Hmm!"

So, Su Xuan nodded in agreement upon hearing Guo Jia's words: "This is also what I thought! That's why I let Cao Cao act like this!"

"I can only say that Brother Mengde's ability and brain are also top-tier! He didn't miss any of the opportunities I created for him! Hehe!"

— Author's Notes —

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