507 Pre-Election Rumble 1 (2/2)

Li Feihong, who was attending this grand meeting, was also surprised. In reality, Tong had never entrusted this position to him other than giving him free-reign authority to do whatever he wanted in his territory.

This was the first time he heard that Tong gave him this kind of privilege.

Still, Li Feihong squinted his eyes as he noticed a subtle gesture from Liu Xie's aura fluctuation.

'Something is fishy. Does he want me to play along?'

Reading Liu Xie's gesture, Li Feihong improvised, ”As his highness said. His Majesty has entrusted with the armies. No matter how the internal affair goes, all military officers will only be taking orders from me. Any violator will be treated as a rebel.”

Cao Cao and Te Langpu widened their eyes as they glared at Li Feihong. Now, the latter had declared officially that his standing was on Tong's side, and they could not use him.

At the sideline, Guo Jia, who kept his mouth shut during his meeting, sent private messages to Cao Cao.

Guo Jia: ”It's fine. We can still proceed with the plan.”

Guo Jia: ”Te Langpu has written the election rules. Zhang Yi, Zhang Guo, and Liu Xie are the default competitors, but we will put Sun Quan in there.”

Guo Jia: ”Also, I've talked to Sun Quan and Wu Guotai as you requested. They've agreed to cooperate with us. In this election, Te Langpu will promote Sun Quan as another candidate, and our clan will give the vote for Sun Quan instead of Liu Xie. Then, the Sun Clan will support Sun Quan to the throne.”

Guo Jia: ”It doesn't matter what Liu Xie is planning. In the end, we will push Sun Quan to trigger internal conflict as planned. As for Li Feihong's matter, we have to wait until Dian Wei and others' cultivation reaches 8-wing or above. After that, we'll kill him after the Sun Ce campaign.”

Reading the private messages, which nobody but Cao Cao and Guo Jia could see, the Wei Chancellor's revealed a faint smile.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia had a mastermind plan.

Before Cao Cao had come up with this plan, Lilim contacted him as Zhuge Liang and Liu Ye had predicted. She offered him a place in her ranks, permanent immortality, and cultivation assistance, which benefitted him more than him serving Tong.

As shrew as he was, Cao Cao postponed his answer. Afterward, he probed Liu Xie if he was usable.

Fortunately, Liu Xie agreed. Had Liu Xie refused, he would have accepted Lilim's invitation and become her subordinate, just like Sun Ce, Guan Yu, or Zuo Ci.

Still, even though Cao Cao had Liu Xie's help, he chose not to rely on the latter since Liu Xie in this world was more mature than the other timeline. Cao Cao turned toward Sun Quan, who had been acting suspicious lately.

And it was as Cao Cao had guessed. Sun Quan was also hesitating if he should continue working for Tong or usurp the throne.

Now that Guo Jia successfully drew Sun Quan as a collaborator, the next step was crucial.

Cao Cao aimed to push Sun Quan to the throne!

With Sun Quan on the throne, the Sun Clan would be forced to fight against Sun Ce's armies, which would ruin their reputation and create a scandal story of the war between brothers.

Not only that, but this election would also create friction between Sun Quan's faction and Tong's supporters. Both sides would go into conflict and destroy each other like how all lords in the past tried to fight for supremacy.

Once both sides weakened, Cao Cao's faction would rise. They could expand their political influence and take over Tong's hard-earned empire from the inside!

This was once Sima Clan's master plan. Cao Cao stole it and adapted it into his own!

But now, Li Feihong emerged as their threatening obstacle. Without taking down Li Feihong, Cao Cao could not move Tong's armies.

Cao Cao: ”Aside from waiting for Dian Wei's breakthrough, find a way to get rid of this bastard ASAP!”

Guo Jia: ”I know. Be warned, though. Everyone in the main clan will learn about his death the moment he dies. We will also need to remove Dian Wei and our agents from the clan list before we assassinate him.”

Cao Cao: ”I'll talk to Lilim about it.”

Guo Jia: ”So, are we going to work for her?”

Cao Cao: ”Nope! We'll be using her. From my talk with this wench, she wants everybody to worship her as a god. We can just create a cult for the fool, and we'll keep the authority to ourselves.”

Guo Jia: ”Don't harm the innocents in the process, my lord.”

Cao Cao: ”I know. I'll never harm the people! Why do you think we've joined Zhang Tong's forces? If not for the people, I would have continued fighting.”

Guo Jia: ”You'll lose.”

Cao Cao: ”…”

Guo Jia: ”Anyway. Everything is evolving. Soldiers can now cultivate, so direct assassination using high ranking immortals will become an obsolete tactic because of the self-explosion threat. We should focus on creating private forces with only cultivators. I'm going to copy Zhang Tong's military school system and apply it in Xu Province.”