Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

After listening to Cui Yan's advice, Cao Pi began to feel confident.

Sima Yi also said to Cao Pi at the right time:

"Your Highness, the odds of winning have always been on our side."

Cao Pi nodded heavily after hearing this.

"Um!"

"I understand, thank you all for helping me clear up my confusion."

After finishing speaking, Cao Pi saluted Jia Xu, Cui Yan and Sima Yi each.

The three of them also returned the courtesy to Cao Pi.

Since they all chose to support Cao Pi as the crown prince, they naturally believed that Cao Pi had a much better chance of winning than Cao Zhi.

Now the ministers in the DPRK are more optimistic about supporting Cao Pi to become the prince.

In the eyes of Sima Yi, Jia Xu, Cui Yan and others.

The one who is most worried about whether he can become the prince now should not be Cao Pi, but Cao Zhi

Just as Sima Yi and others thought, Cao Zhi is now more worried than Cao Pi.

Like Cao Pi, Cao Zhi also learned about Cao Cao's insomnia caused by the appointment of the crown prince when he paid his respects to his mother, Queen Bian.

Now that Cao Cao no longer has insomnia, Cao Zhi is really panicking.

The ministers who originally supported Cao Pi becoming the crown prince were more than those who supported him.

Although some ministers did not express their opinions whether they supported Cao Pi or Cao Zhi to become the prince.

However, the treatment of Sima Yi's visit and Yang Xiu's visit were still different among the important officials in the court.

Now after Cao Zhi relayed the news he received from his mother, Queen Bian, to Yang Xiu, not only Cao Zhi, but also Yang Xiu began to worry whether Cao Cao had appointed Cao Pi as the crown prince.

However, in Yang Xiu's mind, as long as Cao Cao did not read out the edict naming Cao Pi as the prince, then Cao Zhi still had a chance to ascend the throne of the prince.

Then Yang Xiu saw Cao Zhi's anxious look and couldn't help but said to Cao Zhi:

"Your Highness, if His Majesty's edict to appoint the Crown Prince is not read for one day, Your Highness will still have a chance to be established as the Crown Prince!"

"If even His Highness himself has lost the confidence to compete for the crown prince position, then all our previous efforts will be in vain!"

After Yang Xiu finished speaking, brothers Ding Yi and Ding Kui who were in Cao Zhi's house, as well as Yang Jun, Jia Kui and others also spoke to Cao Zhi:

"What Mr. Yang said is true. Your Highness must not lose his fighting spirit!"

"We believe that His Highness will definitely become the Crown Prince!"

"Your Highness, we still have a chance!"

Cao Zhi suddenly felt a little ashamed when he heard everyone's encouragement to him.

The edict conferring the crown prince has not been read out yet. I will definitely have the opportunity to become the prince and take charge of the Wei Dynasty!

At this time, Cao Zhi continued to strengthen his belief that he would become the prince.

"Everyone is right, I was shaken."

Then Cao Zhi said ashamedly to Yang Xiu and others.

"But judging from the situation, it is indeed more likely that my brother will be appointed as the prince."

"We must find a breakthrough to change our father, so that we can reverse the situation!"

Cao Zhi, who had regained his fighting spirit, had begun to think about how to win more appreciation in front of Cao Cao.

And after listening to the persuasion of Yang Xiu and others, Cao Zhi believed that his mother Queen Bian's words might not mean that his father Cao Cao had decided to appoint his brother Cao Pi as the crown prince.

He and Cao Pi thought the same. Cao Cao now showed no preference for him or his brother Cao Pi.

After Yang Xiu saw Cao Zhi regaining his fighting spirit, he couldn't help but smile with relief.

He chose to assist Cao Zhi not only because the people around Cao Zhi were united, but most of them were the emerging gentry forces in the Wei Dynasty.

There is also his personal appreciation for Cao Zhi.

Then Yang Xiu said to Cao Zhi:

"What do you think of His Majesty's proposal to capture Yamatai?"

After hearing this, Cao Zhi thought for a moment and said to Yang Xiu:

"My father is not in a hurry to capture Yamatai now, firstly because we don't know enough about the situation of Yamatai, and secondly because there is still a lot of profit from trading with Yamatai."

"But I guess that the most fundamental reason for my father is that he is worried that launching troops against Yamatai now will put a lot of pressure on the navy today."

"I'm afraid that even if we capture Yamatai in the end, we will still lose more than we gain if we lose the ship."

After Cao Zhi finished his analysis, he looked at Yang Xiu, brothers Ding Yi, Ding Miao and others.

"What His Highness said is true. To capture Yamatai will require a decisive battle with infantry after the landing to completely capture Yamatai."

"But before the landing operation, we must rely on the navy to occupy a port that can be used to land the army. Otherwise, I am afraid that we will receive a counterattack from the Yamatai army during the landing."

"Although there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in our territory in the Wei Dynasty, only about 10,000 people can actually take ships to fight at Yamatai."

"According to General Wen's calculations, Yamatai, which has a population of 800,000, has at least 10,000 troops."

"Furthermore, we are not very familiar with the terrain of Yamatai. If we rashly land to fight when the number of troops is not dominant, if we cannot plunder enough food and grass for the army on the spot at Yamatai, there will be a big loss. He may return without success, or even be dragged to death in Yamatai!”

The situation analyzed by Yang Xiu is indeed very likely to happen in the eyes of brothers Ding Yi and Ding Kui, as well as Yang Jun and Jia Kui.

After explaining a bunch of reasons that were not conducive to the Wei Dynasty's capture of Yamatai, Yang Xiu changed the topic and said to Cao Zhi:

"It was these problems that made His Majesty choose to learn more about Yamatai through trade, and then wait for an opportunity to send troops to capture Yamatai in one fell swoop, without giving them a chance to resist."

"But I believe that this kind of challenging war is the opportunity for His Highness to gain an advantage at the critical moment of the battle for the crown prince!"

"A chance to gain an advantage?!"

When Cao Zhi heard what Yang Xiu said, he couldn't help but ask.

Not only Cao Zhi, but brothers Ding Yi and Ding Miao also looked at Yang Xiu in shock when they heard this.

This brother believed that Cao Zhi could become the prince and admired Yang Xiu's resourcefulness.

At this time, when they saw Yang Xiu's suggestion that Cao Zhi lead his troops to Yamatai and die, their expressions immediately changed.

After Yang Jun and Jia Kui realized the meaning of Yang Xiu's words, their expressions suddenly became unhappy, but they still wanted to hear Yang Xiu's explanation of the chances of winning in capturing Yamatai.

Ding Yi didn't wait for Yang Xiu's explanation before speaking directly:

"It would indeed be an unexpected move if Lord Chief Yang asked His Highness to personally lead the troops to capture Yamatai and then apply for the title of Crown Prince based on his achievements in opening up new territories."

"But this move is too risky for His Highness. Not to mention the battle at Yamatai, just arriving at Yamatai on the vast sea will involve taking great risks!"