Cao Cao was taken aback: "But Yuan Xi, who rode alone in Liaodong and destroyed Zhang Jiao in the field?"

"That's the man!"

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Yuan Shao is mediocre and incompetent, how can he have such an heir?

After sighing this sentence, Cao Cao had completely calmed down.

Suddenly, someone came to report that the fourth son, Cao Xiong, led the army to Guandu to help in the battle.

Cao Cao ordered to summon him, and asked, "You are not in Xudu to defend the city, why are you here?"

Cao Xiong, also known as Richard, fell to the ground and reported: "After defeating Liu Biao, the child chased the defeated enemy all the way, and only returned to the county. Liu Biao was broken, and his father's foundation was at ease, so the child led three hundred relatives to Guandu to help his father. ”

Cao Cao said angrily: "Shaft! Do you know that in the time you left the city, Xu Du had been broken by Yuan Xi!"

Cao Xiong's eyes showed a look of astonishment: "This, how is it possible? Yuan Xi is extremely far away from Xu Du......

"If Xu Du had one more strong defender, he would not have broken the city so quickly. Cao Xiong disobeyed the order, raised troops privately, beheaded the public, and used military justice!" Cao Cao shouted angrily.

Cao Xiong hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and hurriedly dissuaded left and right.

Cao Cao pointed at Cao Xiong and said: "The right to send your head to your neck, if you dare to commit it again, you will not be spared!"

Cao Xiong bowed his head in response, muttered repeatedly, and then prayed: "Father, please allow me to make meritorious contributions." ”

Cao Cao impatiently waved his hand to make Cao Xiong retreat, ranking last among the generals.

Maybe it was Cao Xiong who vented his anger, but after Cao Cao turned around the tent a few times, his anger disappeared, and he laughed three times.

Someone asked: "Xu has been robbed, and the situation of our army is as dangerous as an egg." Why is the prime minister laughing?"

Cao Cao smiled: "I was overlooked for a while and was taken advantage of by the children." However, Yuan Xi raised troops to attack Xudu, and the lone army went deep, which was self-defeating. What am I afraid of?"

Cao Cao is the backbone of the Cao Group. He calmed down and behaved relaxedly, and the generals under his command naturally stabilized their minds.

At that moment, a strategist said: "Xu is the fundamental place, and there is no room for loss." coincided with the exhaustion of food, and the prime minister could temporarily teach to solve the difficulties of Xu Capital. ”

Guo Jia vetoed: "No." Guandu is the gateway to Henan, and if it is abandoned and not defended, Yuan Shao's troops will go south, and they can directly point to the key places such as Yuzhou and Yingchuan! This is the way to death. ”

Cao Cao asked, "What does Feng Xiao think?"

Guo Jiadao:

"Yuan Xi's army only has 20,000 soldiers, and the foundation is all dependent on Yuan Shao. If Yuan Shao is defeated, then Yuan Xi is just a tree without a source of water and no roots, and how can he sit alone in the city of sorrow?

"The lord can adopt Xu Ziyuan's plan and send elite soldiers to Wuchao to burn grain. Yuan Shao's grain and grass were burned, he must be panicked, and sent people to save the black nest, and then the lord only needs to ambush the troops in the place where he must pass, and he will be able to break Yuan Shao. ”

Cao Cao sighed and said: "The view of filial piety coincides with me. ”

He turned to look around at the strategists and generals, and said:

"I know that all of you are in Xudu, and I am the same! Xu was robbed, and it is inevitable that you will panic.

"However, today, retreating from the army without a fight is the way to death! Only by taking a dangerous fight and breaking Yuan Shao can we solve the dilemma!

"May you, join me in a fight to the death!"

The generals fell to their knees and shouted loudly.

Cao Xiong came out of the ranks, two lines of tears flowed from the tiger's eyes, and he knelt down and pleaded: "Father, the child is willing to be a pioneer, go to the black nest, and burn Yuan Shao's grain and grass!"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Xiong and frowned.

Liu Ye persuaded next to him: "The fourth prince once used Xu Du's army of 5,000 old and weak to break Liu Biao's army of 50,000, and he is also a wise and brave general, in the opinion of the minister, he should not be under Yuan Xi." It is better to hand over this important task to the fourth son, and he will be successful. ”

After Cao Cao groaned, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll allocate you 3,000 elite soldiers, carry fire oil and bundle grass, and go to Wuchao to burn grain on the fourth watch tonight." If you think about the mother and brother who are trapped in Xu Du, then you should fight hard, and you must not disobey it. ”

Cao Xiong knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The child dares not to fight to the death!"

At that moment, Cao Cao made all kinds of plans and didn't mention it again.

......

Regarding the news of the Youzhou military horse operation, Yuan Shao was one step ahead of Cao Ying.

After all, the route taken by the 20,000 troops in Youzhou at the beginning was Yuan Shao's own territory!

After Yuan Shao learned the news, he wanted to order to stop it, but the information exchange was inconvenient, and when he got the news, the Youzhou army had already left the border of Jizhou and entered the territory of Sizhou.

Yuan Shao had no choice but to scold Yuan Xi for being an unscrupulous son, coupled with Guo Tufengji's fanning of the flames, Yuan Shao's heart was even more angry, and he felt that Youzhou was no longer in his control (of course, this is the case).

Otherwise, if the soldiers and horses in Youzhou are mobilized, how can he, the general, not know the reason?

If it weren't for the persuasion, Yuan Shao wouldn't know what to do.

Even if there are frustrations, Yuan Shao still plans to replace all the officials in Youzhou after breaking Cao, and then order Yuan Xi to return to Yecheng to support his mother with filial piety, and never give this unscrupulous son a chance to be alone.

However, two days later, an urgent report came.

"Report to the general! There is a messenger who has written the edict of the Son of Heaven and arrived before the camp!"

Yuan Shao said impatiently: "It's another edict from Cao Thief, I won't accept it!"

Next to him, he persuaded him: "Even if you know that it is the name of the Son of Heaven who is a thief, but the edict of the Son of Heaven represents the orthodoxy of the Han family after all, and you need to be cautious." ”

Yuan Shao had no choice but to get up and raise the tent, so that the generals would greet him together.

Unexpectedly, after seeing Yuan Shao, the first reaction of the female envoy who came was to kneel on one knee and salute.

Yuan Shao Nahan, you are an angel, what are you doing on your knees?

Tian Yu suddenly said: "This person seems to be a partial general under the second son's account. ”

Over there, Li Shuyi bowed again and said, "The last general will meet the lord!"

"Excuse me! You said you had the edict of the Son of Heaven with you?" Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief and walked back to the tiger skin chair of the Chinese military tent.

"Report to the general, the second prince has attacked Xu Du and rescued the Son of Heaven! This edict of the Son of Heaven is from the second son of Xudu!" Li Shuyi said crisply, "The last general also brought a letter from the second son, please take a look at it!"

Poof.

Yuan Shao sat on the tiger skin handsome chair with a buttocks. Fortunately, he was going to sit down, and the fall was not obvious.

Yuan Shao didn't have time to adjust his sitting posture, so he picked up the table and asked, "Wait a minute! What are you talking about?" Say it again!"

Li Shuyi secretly despised it in her heart, so she could only repeat it.

Yuan Shao was dumbfounded.

The strategists and generals in the tent were also like clay sculptures and wood carvings, and they were speechless for a while.

Frustrated, he still reacted, and said in a low voice: "My lord, it's better to read the content of the edict before making a decision." ”