Chapter 597

In any case, with the golden eagle messaging method, the letter could make a round trip today, so there was no need to worry about delays.

More than an hour later, Su Xuan received Jia Shisan's letter.

He not only learned the news of Tao Qian's formal abdication to Liu Bei but also the thoughts of Jia Shisan and Chen Deng.

"Haha! This Chen Deng is truly not simple! He is a great talent! I must make good use of him in the future!"

After reading the letter, Su Xuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Oh?"

Guo Jia, who was to the side, asked with some surprise: "Is the Lord talking about Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong, of Xuzhou? Why does the Lord suddenly have this sentiment? Did they do something over there?"

"That's right! It is him!"

Su Xuan nodded with a smile, raised the letter in his hand, and handed it to Guo Jia: "Here! Take a look and you'll know!"

"Then I really must take a good look!"

Guo Jia became interested, immediately took the letter, read it quickly, and then raised an eyebrow: "Indeed very good! At least his vision is not bad! At the same time, he is also very cautious!"

"Based on these two points alone, he is a great talent who doesn't lose much to me! Congratulations to the Lord!"

However, Su Xuan shook his head with amusement: "Forget it, you rascal! Chen Deng is indeed a great talent, but it depends on who you compare him to!"

"Compared to you and Gongda and the others, Chen Deng is still a grade lower!"

"Moreover, judging from the intelligence collected by the Dark Guards, this man is more skilled in agricultural affairs; I can have him join the Ministry of Agriculture in the future."

Although the cultivation of improved seeds had already yielded great results, what was lacking was not scientific research talent, but top-tier agricultural management talent.

Chen Deng was exactly that kind of talent.

It wasn't that others couldn't do it, but it would be a waste to have them do such work.

"Haha! The Lord overpraises me! I am not that outstanding!"

Guo Jia smiled and waved his hands repeatedly to deny it.

He would rather not be that capable, so he could be lazy!

If he were too strong, the Lord would surely assign him countless tasks.

Su Xuan couldn't see through this rascal's thoughts, rolled his eyes, and then changed the subject: "Enough nonsense! Tell me your opinion? Do you think it's better for us to let Liu Bei and Lu Bu continue to occupy Xuzhou?"

"Or is it better for one of them to occupy Xuzhou?"

"Or perhaps, is it better to let Cao Cao take Xuzhou directly?"

Guo Jia shrugged: "This kind of question! Didn't we already reach a conclusion? Lord! I still say the same thing: it is better for Cao Cao to take Xuzhou!"

"In this way, Cao Cao will become a powerful warlord occupying the three provinces of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou!"

"His strength will undergo a qualitative change;"

"And meanwhile, in the north, Yuan Shao has already taken the entire Jizhou, defeated Gongsun Zan several times, and beaten him into a steady retreat, causing him heavy losses;"

"Currently, Yuan Shao has already invaded Youzhou!"

"I believe that by the time Cao Cao takes Xuzhou, Yuan Shao will have at least taken Youzhou and Jizhou!"

"Even, if he puts in the effort, the possibility of Yuan Shao taking Qingzhou as well is not small!"

"In this way, Yuan Shao will also become a powerful warlord occupying three provinces!"

"Especially Jizhou, which is the heartland of the Central Plains and the most prosperous and populous province of the thirteen provinces of the Great Han."

"Combined with Yuan Shao's foundation, the Yuan Shao of that time will likely exceed Cao Cao in strength by quite a bit!"

"In this way, in the next step, Yuan Shao will inevitably lead a large army south to attack Cao Cao, attempting to take the three provinces of the Central Plains;"

"And as long as Cao Cao is not stupid, he won't come to attack our Jingzhou or Lujiang and Jiujiang at this time;"

"After all, Cao Cao should have a relatively clear understanding of your strength, Lord!"

"Without sufficient certainty, Cao Cao will only expand his strength first, and only when he cannot expand further will he come to attack us!"

"Therefore, I infer that at that time, Cao Cao will also choose to go north to attack Yuan Shao!"

"Thus, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will launch a battle to decide the fate of the six northern provinces!"

"If they want to end this battle completely, it won't be possible in less than a year or a year and a half!"

"Plus the time Cao Cao needs to attack Xuzhou, and Yuan Shao needs to attack Youzhou and Qingzhou, that will also take a year or a year and a half;"

"Added together, two years might not even be enough!"

"By then, the first, second, and even third batches of talent from our academies, schools, and universities in the various commanderies of Jingzhou will likely have graduated, or even taken office and gained a certain amount of experience!"

"By then, we can fully launch a war of conquest against the Central Plains!"

"Or, taking Yizhou first is also possible!"

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad! Very comprehensive consideration!"

"When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are in a decisive battle, it is indeed not appropriate to attack Cao Cao;"

"Otherwise, given the relationship and intelligence of those two, they might very well unite at such a time and deal with me first!"

"Although I don't fear them! But that would greatly expand the flames of war and affect more people!"

"This is not what I want to see!"

"Therefore, we will take Yizhou first, and after one side of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is defeated, that will be the time for us to march into the Central Plains!"

"By then, it will be a true sweeping victory, the time to decide the fate of the world in one battle..."

"Hmm! Before that, we must also take Jiangdong."

As for Jiaozhou and even the Annan region?

This is a combat mission for the next year, and we can't wait until that time.

Several ironclad warships have already been launched;

The navy is also in constant training.

Just waiting for all the warships to be in place, after a month or two of training, they will launch an all-out attack to conquer the Jiaozhou and Annan regions.

Not only by sea, but the road on land has almost been built to the territory of Jiaozhou.

This was the result of Su Xuan intentionally controlling it because he didn't want to alert the enemy.

Therefore, at that time, the land army will also be dispatched.

Even, at that time, a large number of engineering teams and engineering machinery will be dispatched to completely open up the road from Jingzhou to Jiaozhou, turning natural barriers into thoroughfares.

Turning Jiaozhou and Jingzhou into a single entity.

"The Lord is wise!"

Guo Jia flattered him immediately.

"You rascal!"

Su Xuan shook his head with amusement, not taking Guo Jia's words to heart at all.

This rascal is accustomed to saying such useless things.

Immediately, Su Xuan wrote a letter and handed it to Jia San, ordering him to deliver the letter to Jia Shisan and Chen Deng immediately.

After just over an hour,

Jia Shisan received the reply.

After reading it, he found Chen Deng again, handed him the letter, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, Yuanlong, you guessed it right! The Lord and the others really do have plans! Here... the letter is here, take a look!"

"Oh? So fast! It seems the Lord attaches great importance to this matter!"

Chen Deng replied while taking the letter with surprise.

Then, he began to carefully check the contents of the letter.

"Hiss!"

Before long, Chen Deng couldn't help but gasp, looked up while handing the letter back to Jia Shisan, and exclaimed: "The Lord's strategy is truly bold!"

"They are actually preparing to fatten up Cao Cao, deliberately strengthening Cao Cao's forces, and letting him go to a decisive battle with Yuan Shao later?"

"Where do the Lord and the others get such great confidence that Cao Cao definitely won't go south to attack the Lord at that time, but will instead go to attack Yuan Shao in the north?"

"The world should know the Lord's strength is powerful, and those warlords should know even better that the Lord is the huge threat, right?"

If they hadn't chosen to submit to Su Xuan early and hug Su Xuan's thigh, if Cao Cao had taken Xuzhou, he would definitely have advised Cao Cao to destroy Su Xuan first.

Su Xuan's growth was too fast!

How many years had it been, and he had already grown to this point, and also implemented the New Policy, watching Jingzhou become incomparably prosperous step by step;

Moreover, countless novel things they couldn't understand had appeared within the territory.

Just thinking about it made him feel afraid; he wouldn't want to let him continue to develop.

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