What if we internally crush the Cao Clan, externally ally with Liu Bei, and swallow up all of Cao Cao's forces in one go? Wouldn't it be more stable? Chang'an will sever Cao Cao's supply lines, and we send messages to Liu Bei at the front. Even if Cao Ang has confidence in his father, he wouldn't believe under those circumstances that Cao Cao could retreat unscathed.
[Then who will be the guarantor? The civil faction has guessed; who will it be for the military faction?] Cao Ang thought, feeling somewhat troubled, but soon gave up. There's a significant gap between him and those top-tier sages, and Xun Yu's arrangements are not so easily dismantled.
"Big brother, are you still hesitating?" Xiahou Shang asked, frowning. To be honest, he always revered his cousin immensely, yet at this moment, his cousin seemed so indecisive, which displeased him greatly.
