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Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became interested, so he waved his hand and asked Tian Feng to continue.

Tian Feng stroked his short beard lightly, and said unhurriedly: "After the lord goes south to destroy the pottery merchants, the next target must be Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Sun Ce of Jiangdong. ”

"Invite Sun Liu to send troops?" Yuan Shao thought for a moment and seemed to have realized something.

Tian Feng continued: "The potters occupy Nanyang, as well as Huainan, these two places are for Liu Sun and the two, both of them are battleground, he and the two will take advantage of the potter's main force to go north, take the opportunity to seize Nanyang Huainan, when the potter's backyard fires, the inside must be panicked, more prone to collapse." ”

"This strategy, not only can borrow the power of Liu Sun to help us defeat the potter, but also borrow the hand of the potter, consume the strength of these two people, and wait for the lord to destroy the potter, and then go south to Jingyang to destroy these two, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone."

Tian Fengyang said something like him, and Yuan Shao nodded again and again, and even opponents like Xu Yu couldn't help but secretly admire his strategy.

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Shao laughed, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, Yuan Hao's plan to kill two birds with one stone is very clever, just act according to your plan." ”

At that moment, Yuan Shao personally repaired two letters, sent his cronies and messengers to the south in the starry night, bypassed the defense line of the pottery merchants, and went straight to Jingzhou and Jiangdong.

……

A few days later, Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

In the lobby of the state capital, Liu Biaogao sat on the top, staring down at the handwritten letter of Yuan Shao in his hand.

Yuan Shao, who was empty-eyed, rarely used a very polite tone to invite him to raise troops to attack Wancheng, and promised that after destroying the pottery merchants, he would divide Nanyu Prefecture to him Liu Biao.

"This Yuan Benchu, his tone is so confident, it seems that he is determined to sweep away the potters." Liu Biao sighed softly and showed the handwritten letter to everyone.

Kuai Yue read the letter and sighed: "Yuan Shao led 150,000 foot cavalry to the south, this kind of military strength, I am afraid that the princes of the world combined, are not his opponents, no wonder he is so confident." ”

"Xenomorphism has a point." Liu Biao nodded, "Then, according to the different views, should we be invited by Yuan Shao to march into the army and take Wancheng again?" ”

Kuai Yue groaned slightly, and said: "Tao Yuan's decisive battle, we can only watch from the wall, sit and collect the benefits of the fisherman, and we can't interfere." ”

"Watching from the wall?" Liu Biao was surprised, "Didn't I persuade the old man to seize the world and enter the Central Plains, why did you persuade me to stay still now that I have such a good opportunity?" ”

Kuai Yue sighed helplessly, "At this time and that time, at that time, Yuan Shao had not yet unified Hebei, and we still had time to run the Central Plains." Now that Yuan Shao's army is about to move south, even if we preempt him, capture Xudu, and capture the Son of Heaven, what can we do to resist Yuan Shao's troops, but we will only help Yuan Shao. ”

"Besides, it has been rumored recently that Sun Ce is reorganizing his army and wants to attack my Jingzhou again." Kuai Yue raised his hand and pointed to the east, "If we send our troops north with all our might, but Sun Ce takes advantage of the situation to invade Jingzhou, and the rear is lost, it will be even more than worth the loss."

Liu Biao's body was suddenly shocked, and a trace of self-realization flashed in his eyes, as well as deep jealousy.

He was too jealous of Sun Ce.

When he came back to save Xia Kou the previous time, he had been fighting with Sun Ce for several months, if it weren't for Sun Ce's food and retreat, I'm afraid Xia Kou would have changed hands.

With Sun Ce's flesh thorned, he didn't dare to use troops to the north with confidence.

After a pause, Liu Biao said again: "Then according to the different views, we will do nothing?" ”

"Of course not, now that Yuan Shao is powerful, let's not offend easily, and the article on the surface still has to be done." The corners of Kuai Yue's mouth hooked up a hint of weirdness.

Liu Biao was puzzled again.

Kuai Yue sneered: "The lord can show that he responded to Yuan Shao's invitation, sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Xinye, and put on the posture of attacking Nanyang, but in fact, if Yuan Shao wins, the Central Plains states will inevitably collapse, and the lord can take the opportunity to go north, and take Wancheng without blood, and possess Nanyang, in order to resist Yuan Shao's next invasion." ”

"Then what if Yuan Shao is defeated?" Liu Biao asked rhetorically.

Kuai Yue was stunned, as if Liu Biao's question was ridiculous, and he had not imagined it in advance.

After a pause, Kuai Yue smiled: "What the lord said, it's not impossible, it's just that the chance of the pottery thief winning is too small." However, if the pottery merchant really won a miraculous victory, then his army was extremely powerful, and we should not act rashly, so as not to start another war with him, which would waste our strength in vain, and after he defeated Yuan Shao, he would wave his army to capture Hebei, and when his main force crossed the Yellow River in the north, then we could send troops to recapture Wancheng. ”

Kuai Yueyang sprinkled some words, and Liu Biao has taken both aspects of the situation into account.

Liu Biao weighed it for a long time and nodded again and again, "This is indeed to maximize our interests, and it is also the best choice now. ”

After a pause, Liu Biao condensed and said: "According to the plan of different degrees, Yuan Tao really has no chance of winning in this battle?" ”

Previously, Liu Biao had superior troops, but was defeated by the potters several times, although he hated the potters in his heart, he had a new understanding of the strength of the potters, and he did not dare to underestimate them.

Kuai Yue closed his eyes, stroked his beard slightly, and calculated the advantages and disadvantages of both sides in his heart.

After a while, Kuai Yue opened his eyes and said in an affirmative tone: "Although this kid of the potter has the Son of Heaven, his strength is too weak, although there is a factional dispute under Yuan Shao, but after all, he has an absolute advantage in the army, the more he thinks that the potter wants to win, unless a miracle happens." ”

Although Kuai Yue did not say no words, the word "miracle" already showed that he had little hope of the victory of the potters.

Liu Biao's old face finally showed a confident expression, and he sighed: "It seems that the potters are bound to lose, and it won't take long for these two rivers to return to Yuan Shao, and I'm afraid that the peaceful days of Jingzhou will really come to an end." ”

Liu Biao was helpless, but he had no choice but to send someone to write a reply to Yuan Shao, promising to send troops north to attack Wancheng.

……

Jiangdong, Moling.

Almost at the same time that Liu Biao received Yuan Shao's letter, another letter with the same content was also held by Sun Ce.

"Yuan Shao finally waved his army south, I think we have won a hundred battles Tao Da Sima, his miracle, his infinite scenery, I'm afraid it will come to an end." Sun Ce smiled and sighed, and showed Yuan Shao's letter to the civil and military forces.

Zhou Yu read the letter, and his handsome face immediately burst into excitement.

"Gong Jin, in your opinion, should I send troops to attack Huainan at the invitation of Yuan Shao." Sun Ce looked at him.

Zhou Yu was murderous, and said without hesitation: "Needless to say, this is a God-given opportunity, the main force of the potters was dragged by Yuan Shao, and he had no intention of caring about it, this is a good time for us to go north, seize Huainan, and enter Xuzhou, all according to Xu Yang." ”

Sun Ce's expression perked, his fists were clenched secretly, and the fierce murderous aura on his heroic face also burst into flames.

"My lord, I think we must not act rashly." The strategists at the next level raised objections.

The person who opposed it was Zhang Zhao.

Sun Ce frowned, "Zibu, such a good opportunity, you actually told me to stand still?" ”

Zhang Zhao stroked his white beard and said unhurriedly: "Yuan Shao has the heart to swallow the world, if he defeats the pottery merchants, the next step is not to capture Jingzhou Liu Biao, or to attack our Jiangdong, the lord helps Yuan Shao to fight the pottery merchants, isn't it self-inflicted." ”

Sun Ce was stunned and silent.

Zhou Yu said: "Yuan Shao's strength is incomparable, the destruction of the pottery thief is inevitable, whether we help him or not, he will attack us sooner or later, instead of sitting and waiting, it is better to take the opportunity to capture Huainan Xuzhou, enrich our strength, and have a chance to resist Yuan Shao's troops in the future."

Zhang Zhao smiled, "Gongjin is too anxious, this Huainan and Xuzhou are naturally to be taken, but not now." ”

"Not now?" Zhou Yu didn't hear what he meant for a while. , Zhang Zhao said slowly: "At this time, the pottery merchant is still there, he is in Huainan and Xuzhou, there are still more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, if we send troops to attack, even if we capture it in the end, it will also lose a lot of strength, with this, why not sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight first, when the pottery thief is defeated, will be destroyed, and the hearts of the people under his command will collapse, we will wave our army to the north, we can take Huainan and even Xuzhou without much effort, isn't it better." ”

Zhou Yu stopped talking, obviously Zhang Zhao's judgment was more sensible than him.

Zhang Zhao then said: "Besides, there have been rumors recently that Liu Biao wants to take advantage of our northern capture of Huainan, and use all the troops of Jingzhou to march east along the river and capture Chaisang in one fell swoop. Chaisang is the gateway to my west, and it is also a springboard for enterprising Jingzhou, which is far more important than Huainan. ”

The last words dispelled the remaining thoughts of raising troops immediately in Sun Ce's heart.

After pondering for a moment, Sun Ce nodded again and again: "What Zibu said is very true, for today's plan, the fisherman's profit is the king's way, and we must not easily consume our own troops." ”

The intention had been decided, but Sun Ce did not dare to disobey Yuan Shao's intentions, so he revised a letter, pretended to reply to Yuan Shao, and promised to respond to his invitation and raise troops to attack Huainan in the north.

Sun Ce then gathered more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Moling area, and raised the banner of attacking Huainan from the north, but he did not move, vigilant against the movements of Jingzhou on the one hand, and closely watched the progress of the decisive battle in the Central Plains on the other.

……

A few days later, Chen Liucheng.

40,000 Tao troops have arrived here, outside the city to go down to the village, it is late, tomorrow to continue the march.

Chen Liucheng is only a few hundred miles away from the Yellow River and can be reached in a few days.

The potter was determined to lead Yuan Shao to the first line of Guandu, where the terrain was more favorable to him, but he could not let Yuan Shao go south too smoothly, he had to lead the main force to the north, delay Yuan Shao's attack, and buy more time for the reinforcement of the Guandu camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the potter was silently looking at the urgent documents sent from all over the country.

On the Huainan side, Xu Sheng, who stayed in Shouchun, was in an urgent hurry, claiming that Sun Ce had gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there was a great tendency to invade Huainan.

Lian Po, who was stationed in Wancheng, sent an urgent report, claiming that Liu Biao had sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to Xinye, and his intention to invade Wancheng was very obvious.

The officials of the other counties also sent secret reports one after another, claiming that the clans in various places were strong and powerful, and they were all ready to move, and there were many groups of rebels in response to Yuan Shao's trend.

The most serious area is the Runan area, which is Yuan Shao's hometown, and several powerful families in the local family have even openly expressed their support for Yuan Shao, gathered private troops to defend the barriers, and refused to carry out any written orders issued by the county.

All of a sudden, the states of the Central Plains had a great momentum.

After reading all the urgent reports, the potter threw them on the case, and sighed: "It seems that I still underestimated Yuan Shao's influence, before he crossed the river, so many clowns jumped out to respond, he wanted me to make chaos before I could fight." ”