Chapter 612: Driving the tiger to swallow the wolf is not advisable; two tigers fighting is more appropriate (1 update!)

"Bad!"

Guo Tu's expression changed immediately upon hearing this, and he thought: "It was really found out by this damn Xu You! This is going to be difficult!"

Indeed, if we lose the moral high ground, Su Xuan will absolutely send troops to Bingzhou!

Although Yingchuan is in Cao Cao's hands and Su Xuan's territory is theoretically not connected to Bingzhou, and Cao Cao would not allow Su Xuan's army to pass through Yingchuan.

But Su Xuan can still go through the Luoyang area of Sili!

At this time, Sili has long been desolate.

The population has been relocated to Guanzhong or Southern Jingzhou, and there is no one there.

They cannot stop Su Xuan from sending troops to Bingzhou.

"It seems that is indeed the case!"

Yuan Shao frowned slightly and looked at Guo Tu: "Gongze! What do you think of what Xu You said?"

Guo Tu felt very disgusted and really wanted to say that he would lie down and watch.

But he dared not.

If he really dared to say that, Yuan Shao would probably behead him, right?

But he was unwilling to admit defeat just like that, so he did not rush to answer Yuan Shao, but glared at Xu You and scolded: "Xu You, you think my method won't work, then why don't you give a more feasible method?"

"Do you really intend to let that Jia Wu continue to sit big in Bingzhou?"

"You must know that since all of this is Su Xuan playing tricks behind the scenes, it is all aimed at you, my lord;"

"Then he certainly won't stop at just these means; he will definitely take advantage of the fact that we cannot free our hands to accelerate his support for Jia Wu, allowing him to expand rapidly in a short period of time. If he becomes a great threat to you, my lord, we can't wait until he is too powerful to be controlled before regretting it, right? Hmph!"

I want to see how you, Xu You, answer next.

I don't have any other good ideas, but you might not be able to think of any other good ideas either.

Yuan Shao could not help but look at Xu You.

From Guo Tu's words, he could also tell that Guo Tu had no other good ideas.

"Hehe!"

Xu You smiled triumphantly: "I naturally have a method!"

As he spoke, he looked at Yuan Shao: "My lord! Have you forgotten about the Heishan bandit Zhang Yan?"

"He is still allied with you, my lord!"

"We don't need him to deal with Gongsun Zan now, why not let him send troops to Bingzhou to deal with Jia Wu!"

"We can give him the benefits he wants, and I believe he will not refuse!"

"The Heishan mountains don't have much fertile land to farm, and Zhang Yan lacks food, clothing, and the like, which is exactly what we can use to manipulate him!"

"In addition, we can still secretly contact the Hu Ren and Xianbei and give them certain support to help them deal with Jia Wu;"

"I won't say they will completely eliminate Jia Wu, but at least we must restrict his development and weaken his strength before we can free our hands;"

"Then, when we free our hands, we can deal with Jia Wu ourselves!"

Guo Tu could not bear it anymore and interrupted Xu You, sneering: "Hehe! I thought you had some good ideas! In the end, aren't you still planning to unite with the Hu Ren and Xianbei?"

"Moreover, the Heishan bandits are about to become our next target. Are you sure that sending them food and supplies now is not aiding the enemy?"

Isn't it just looking for each other's flaws?

As if no one else could do it!

For the past year or so, they have been living in this situation.

Both Guo Tu and Xu You have almost developed a habit.

"What does my lord think?"

Xu You did not rush to answer Guo Tu's words, but turned to look at Yuan Shao with a smile.

"Hmm..."

Yuan Shao stroked his beard and pondered: "Contacting Zhang Yan to let him send troops to Bingzhou is not impossible!"

"Admittedly, our next target might include him;"

"But if we let him send troops to deal with Jia Wu, in the process, Zhang Yan's Heishan Army will inevitably suffer losses!"

"They might get a lot of food and wealth, but they will also have to pay a significant loss in troops;"

"This increase and decrease, combined with the difficulty of the Heishan Army to replenish young and strong soldiers from the outside, is acceptable."

"Hehe! My lord is wise!"

Xu You smiled and flattered him, then glanced at Guo Tu: "Unlike some people, who can only see one-sided things and cannot see the whole picture! The suggestions given are full of flaws and are simply worthless."

"You..."

Guo Tu glared at Xu You, wishing he could tear his mouth apart, and retorted: "Aren't you the same? Why don't you talk about the Hu Ren and Xianbei?"

"Correct!"

Yuan Shao also nodded and looked at Xu You: "You previously felt that if we unite with the Hu Ren and Xianbei to deal with Jia Wu, we would lose the moral high ground and provoke Su Xuan to take legitimate action;"

"But you then suggested that we should still unite with them. Why? Do you have any other thoughts you haven't finished?"

"Hehe! Naturally!"

Xu You smiled and nodded: "Wasn't I interrupted by someone just now before I could finish?"

As he spoke, he gave Guo Tu a meaningful look. Guo Tu felt stifled, but for a moment, he really couldn't say anything.

Seeing this, Xu You bowed slightly to Yuan Shao with satisfaction: "My lord! Uniting with the Hu Ren and Xianbei is not impossible!"

"But such things cannot be done openly! It can only be done secretly, and we must not let anyone catch a handle, especially Su Xuan!"

"As long as this is achieved, even if Su Xuan sees the Hu Ren, Xianbei, and Heishan Army uniting against Jia Wu later, he will not find a suitable excuse to send troops."

"In this way, Jia Wu will be much easier to deal with!"

Yuan Shao frowned slightly: "Your idea is good, but if we don't give them benefits, can the Hu Ren and Xianbei agree to unite with us?"

"Of course!"

Xu You smiled confidently: "My lord! The Hu Ren and Xianbei have already suffered a great loss at the hands of Jia Wu!"

"As long as we can provide some intelligence on Jia Wu from the sidelines and let the Heishan Army unite with them, I don't worry that they won't agree!"

"You must know that whether it is the Hu Ren or the Xianbei, their goal is not just to eliminate Jia Wu for revenge;"

"They actually also want to occupy the entire Bingzhou and turn it into their pasture! Otherwise, why would they work so hard to attack Jia Wu?"

"With profits to be made, combined with the reason for revenge, even if we don't provide help, they would still deal with Jia Wu!"

"Our providing help is actually just to let them deal with Jia Wu better in the future and weaken Jia Wu to a greater extent!"

"In addition, I chose to only secretly provide them with certain intelligence and let the Heishan Army secretly unite with them because I don't want them to really completely eliminate Jia Wu!"

"Hmm?"

Yuan Shao was stunned upon hearing this and asked in confusion: "Why? Isn't it good to eliminate Jia Wu? Xu You, why are your words contradictory?"

Yuan Shao felt his brain was a bit messy.

He felt he couldn't keep up with Xu You's thoughts.

"My lord!"

At this time, before Xu You could speak, Ju Shou reminded him: "Jia Wu is indeed our great enemy, but foreign tribes like the Hu Ren and Xianbei are equally untrustworthy; they are jackals!"

"Correct!"

Seeing that Ju Shou had started to cut in, Xu You hurriedly explained: "Bingzhou naturally cannot be occupied by Jia Wu, allowing him to sit big, but it also cannot be occupied by the Hu Ren and Xianbei!"

"Otherwise, they will inevitably sit big in Bingzhou;"

"With the power of the Hu Ren and Xianbei, once they occupy Bingzhou, there will likely be a constant stream of troops migrating from the grasslands to Bingzhou;"

"By then, not only will we be unable to recover Bingzhou, but the Hu Ren and Xianbei will become our primary enemy and turn completely against us!"

"If that really happens, it will be bad!"

"By then, what we will have to face are the Hu Ren and Xianbei with millions of people!"

"In that case, let alone going south to take Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, or even unifying the world, we will likely be dragged down in development speed, pinned down by the Hu Ren and Xianbei with most of our troops and energy, and watch as Cao Cao and Su Xuan grow and expand!" ===== CHAPTER 614 =====