Everyone was there, and when the seven people sat down one after another, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Gu Nan, and said.
"Lü Bu and Tao Qian raised their troops together to attack Qingzhou. What do you think the chances of winning are?"
Several people rushed over after receiving the letter, so they naturally understood what Cao Cao was talking about.
Lu Bu of Yanzhou joined forces with Tao Qian of Xuzhou to launch an attack on the grounds that Cao Cao forcibly occupied Qingzhou without the permission of the imperial court, and the situation was urgent.
When Cao Cao talked about business, even Cao Hong and Xia Houyuan, two restless people, became serious. Although they are muddled, it doesn't mean they don't know the importance.
Although Cao Cao had just recruited more than 200,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, there were only tens of thousands of elites. Adding Cao Cao's own original strength and that of Qingzhou, it was only about 100,000.
Compared with any state, these troops will not be weak, but if they have to face two states at the same time, they will be dwarfed by comparison.
If you want to ask the odds of winning, the people present can only dare to say 40%.
But Cao Cao couldn't afford to lose, 40% was too little for a battle that could not be lost.
Everyone was frowning, and Gu Nan was wearing a bamboo hat, so he couldn't see his expression clearly.
Cao Cao had a flat expression on his face, but he was not so relaxed with his hands clenched on the table.
Until Gu Nan cupped his hands slowly and said.
"General, there should be an 80% chance of winning."
Everyone in the seat stared blankly at the gentleman in white, thinking they had heard it wrong. Neither Xu nor Yan states can be easily won. If the two states discuss together, there is no 90% chance of winning.
The corner of Cao Cao's mouth curled up, and he pressed his hand on the table.
"Okay, 80%! Sir, will the plan be released?"
Eighty percent is enough for Cao Cao.
"Lü Bu got Tao Qian's help because the general's name was not right, but did it mean that his name was justified when Lv Bu joined the army in Yanzhou?"
Gu Nan asked back, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.
That's right, he, Lu Bu, is also a person who has a bad reputation.
"Yanzhou is said to have 100,000 soldiers, but there should be less than this number that can be used at once, and I have more than 100,000 soldiers in Qingzhou at any time. Therefore, Yanzhou cannot compare with Qingzhou."
"Although the general is not known as the governor of Qingzhou, after the alliance of the princes, the general is well-known to all the world, and he is also well-known outside the world."
"In the early years, Lu Bu followed Ding Yuan, and even worshiped him as a righteous father. What happened after that? He killed Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo. When he was under Dong Zhuo's tent, he executed Dong Zhuo. How can such a volatile person be reassuring? So Lü Bu can't be compared to a general, Lv Bu can't."
Gu Nan stretched out two fingers and asked the last question.
"Yanzhou is no better than Qingzhou, and Lu Bu is no better than a general. Then why did Tao Qian help Lu Bu instead of a general?"
At this point, everyone has already understood that the 80% chance of winning is low.
It can be believed that this battle has a 90% or even 100% chance of winning.
Whether it is military strength or reputation, Cao Cao has an advantage over Lu Bu.
If Tao Qian were to assist Lu Bu in attacking Qingzhou, he would have to use more troops than assisting Cao Cao in attacking Yanzhou. In terms of reputation, Cao Cao is also much more credible than Lu Bulai.
So no matter whether this Xuzhou Tao Qian is a Hanchen loyal to the Han Dynasty, or a prince who wants to stand on his own, as long as Cao Cao contacts him, he will defect.
Thinking of this, the doormen who had been arguing endlessly, who once said that if they didn't ask for help, they would retreat, their faces were complicated and their hearts were cold.
The soldiers and horses from Yanzhou and Xuzhou were still far away, and even this gentleman in white just saw the military situation in one sentence, and he had already counted Tao Qian, who was thousands of miles away, thinking to death.
No matter why Tao Qian wanted to help Lv Bu, and no matter what kind of person Tao Qian was, if Lv Bu beat Cao Cao, he had already lost this battle.
Wisdom is close to demons.
Some people looked up at the thin man in white.
That's the kind of person he should be talking about.
"Shushasha."
The rain in front of the mansion was a little lighter, and about an hour ago, the people in Cao's mansion had dispersed one after another.
After that, no one will come again. The guards guarding the door are a little lazy, and occasionally yawn. After all, standing in front of the door all the time is really a boring job.
Occasionally, the rain outside would be blown into the eaves by the wind and hit the guards on the shoulders. The guards could only look sideways in distress, hoping that the rain would stop earlier, or that they could change shifts earlier.
Footsteps landed on the pool of water accumulated on the road, trampling the reflection in the pool of water.
A young man walked to the gate of the mansion with a luggage in his arms.
"Excuse me, this place is the Cao Mansion?"
A gentle-sounding voice came, and the guard in front of the door looked over.
He is a scribe, although his whole body was soaked by the rain, and he looked a little downcast, but he was not rude to the scribe guards.
"This gentleman, this is the Cao Mansion, who is Mr.?"
"Yes." The young man breathed a sigh of relief. He had been looking for it in the city for almost a day, and finally he found it.
He saluted and said: "Xun, Xun Wenruo, please see General Cao, can you inform me?"
In most houses, such a guest would be difficult to enter. However, Cao Cao had ordered that as long as a Wensheng warrior came to ask for an interview, he would be allowed to enter.
What's more, this person looked polite, so the guards just glanced at each other, and then moved away: "Sir, please come in first, I will report later."
"Then, thank you very much." Xun himself was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the guards to be so talkative.
He came by himself, without the name of the Xun family, he thought it would take a lot of work to meet Cao Cao. Now, it is too simple.
in the hall.
The rest of the people have already left, and only Gu Nan and Xiahou are left.
Several people sat at the table, Cao Cao asked someone to serve wine, and drank it without saying anything. He hadn't touched this thing for a while.
"It's really boring to sit in front of this table and approve official documents during this period of time." Cao Cao drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and put the wine bowl heavily on the table.
His alcohol capacity was indeed not very good, and after just one bowl, his face was already slightly red, and he waved his hand cheerfully.
"It's rare to be here today, and I won't return if I'm not drunk!"
"Okay! I, Old Hong, haven't had a drink for a long time!" Cao Hong laughed loudly, holding up the wine bowl, his voice could probably be heard standing outside the hall.
Li Dian, who was sitting beside him, rubbed his ears helplessly, and sipped his drink slowly.
"Meng De, it's a rare day, why don't I wait and have some fun together?"
Xia Houyuan was halfway through speaking, and winked at the other people, giving a look that any man could understand.
"Cough, cough, cough." Cao Cao didn't know if he was choked, and suddenly coughed loudly.
The rest of the people silently turned their eyes away, not looking at Xia Houyuan.
Before Xia Houyuan could react, Xia Hou bumped into him with a dark face, and whispered in his ear.
"Sir, what are you talking about?"
Xia Houyuan's old face flushed, and he patted himself on the head embarrassingly: "Sir, I'll punish myself with a drink!"
"It's okay, I don't mind."
Gu Nan didn't know whether it was helpless or frustrated, he pursed his lips, looking for some fun
Several people in the hall laughed and laughed, but suddenly a guard came up from the side in small steps, walked up to Cao Cao, leaned over and said.
"General, there is a gentleman outside the door asking to see him, claiming to be Xun, Xun Wenruo."
"Xun?"
Cao Cao didn't want to see anyone at this time.
But after listening to the name and thinking about it, he seemed to have heard of the name. Back then, when he was an official in Luoyang.
Gu Nan, who was eating vegetables, stopped.
"Mundy."
Just when Cao Cao was wondering whether to see this person, Gu Nan made a sound and looked at Cao Cao seriously.
"This person should see you."
Cao Cao paused for a while, then smiled and waved his hands: "Okay, since the master said he should see you, let him come up."
The gentleman said so, it should be that he knew that person, and he took it seriously.
What would it be like to be able to get Mr. to pay attention to him? He is also somewhat interested.
Xiahou and the others on the side also changed from indifferent to looking at the door with interest.
The guard nodded and retreated, and not long after, a man walked towards the hall.
That made everyone present stunned.
It was a young man with wet clothes, a few strands of naked hair hanging on the side of his face, which was a little messy, holding a luggage in his arms, and he looked like a down-and-out scholar.
However, there are also some things that are different from ordinary people. This young man has a handsome face, a tall and straight figure, and a calm demeanor in his eyes, looking at the hall.
The young man walked slowly to the front of the hall, looked left and right at the appearance of the hall, it was in the middle of a banquet.
He had imagined what it would be like to meet Cao Cao in advance, but he never imagined that it would be at a banquet.
After standing for a while, the young man suddenly laughed, with a hearty laugh.
Cao Cao was puzzled for a moment, raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile.
"I wonder what this gentleman is laughing at?"
"Hahaha." The young man shook his head.
"I'm just laughing at General Cao. Yanzhou and Xuzhou's army is approaching, and they are still drinking and laughing here. It's really brave."
It's just that he didn't know that he came a little late.