Time flies, time flies!

It's been a month in the blink of an eye!

In the fifth year of Jian'an, that is, in the year 200 A.D., on the 16th day of October, the night!

Li Yang was woken up from his sleep.

Dian Wei knocked lightly on the door and called softly: "Lord! ”

Gongsun Yao squinted his sleepy eyes and said, "Dian Wei came here late at night, there must be something important, husband, get up!" ”

Li Yang sighed helplessly, gently patted Gongsun Yao's waist, and said, "I'll go back when I go, and you can sleep again!" ”

Gongsun Yao shook his head in a daze, insisting on helping him bathe and change clothes!

Li Yang really couldn't resist her, so she had to change her clothes!

Li Yang yawned a lot, took the wet towel handed by the maidservant, wiped his face briefly, and said, "What time is it?" ”

The maidservant replied softly: "Three watches! ”

"Hmm!"

Li Yang nodded and didn't talk to him again.

Li Yang came out of the inner room, glanced at Dian Wei helplessly, and said, "What is important?" ”

Dian Wei saluted Li Yang and explained softly: "The two sons, the four masterminds, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard came together, saying that there are 100,000 urgent things to ask to see the lord, and the last general knows that the matter is urgent, so he does not dare to delay in the slightest!" ”

Li Yangye had finished freshening up, Gongsun Yao helped him straighten the folds on his robe, and then sent him out of the door in a daze.

Dian Wei was about to bow down and confess his guilt to Gongsun Yao, but when he heard a bang, Gongsun Yao closed the door with a displeased face.

It's not a little angry to get up!

Dian Wei habitually ate a slap in the door with Gongsun Yao!

Li Yang pursed his lips and smiled, and said as he walked: "I'm about to be a mother, why are you still so hot-tempered!" ”

Gongsun Yao is already pregnant with Liujia, and Li Yang has been happy for a long time!

Li Yang's words eventually turned into self-talk, because he didn't get any response from Gongsun Yao.

Li Yang and Dian Wei went straight to the study, and after accepting everyone's salute, Li Yang frowned and asked, "What happened to make Er and others move the crowd like this?" ”

Frustrated with an anxious face, he took the lead in speaking, and said: "Because the situation is extremely urgent, otherwise the ministers will not come to disturb the lord's dream in the middle of the night!" ”

Li Yang nodded frustratedly and motioned for him to continue.

Yuan Shao Chen soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River, ready to wait for the opportunity to cross the Henan expedition, wanting to compete with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao also made corresponding arrangements, Cao Cao ordered Shi Jian and Cao Ren to defeat Zheng Gu, take all the counties of Hanoi, and then appointed Wei Chong as the Taishou of Hanoi.

At the same time, Cao Cao ordered Yu Ban to lead his troops to garrison Yanjin, an important ferry port on the south bank of the Yellow River, and ordered Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, to lead troops to garrison Baima, and Cheng Yu to garrison Juancheng, intending to block Yuan's army from crossing the river to the south.

The world will be in chaos, and on the occasion of this stormy meeting, the lord must make plans early! Frustrated Professor went straight to the point.

The old servant who was serving hot soup to everyone was shocked when he heard this? sighed, and seeing Li Yang looking at him with an unkind face, he hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth, and bowed down to confess to Li Yang.

Seeing this, Li Yang only smiled slightly, and did not reprimand him, he was still quite satisfied with this old servant!

Li Yang waved his hand and sent the old servant away, then frowned and asked, "To what extent has the war between Yuan and Cao's armies progressed?" ”

Frustrated at Wang Liang and motioned for him to speak.

Wang Liang took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Li Yang.

Li Yang unfolded the secret letter, and after reading it at a glance, he gasped.

The content of the letter is roughly as follows: "Yuan Shao sent 200,000 troops, claiming to be 700,000, Chen soldiers north of the Yellow River, and wanted to compete with Cao Cao!" ”

When Li Yang made a big deal about the strategy of the outside and the inside, Yuan Shao put a hanging heart back into his stomach, and he no longer had any worries, so his mind was about to move!

After many discussions with his advisers, Yuan Shao finally made up his mind, and in the middle of June in the fifth year of Jian'an, he raised 200,000 troops, known as 700,000, and Chen soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River, intending to cross the river south and attack Cao Cao.

Yuan Cao has a very big difference in strength, from the perspective of territory, Yuan Shao sits on the three states of Hebei, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, and Cao Cao also has Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou in his hands.

But in fact, the territory in the hands of the two has great moisture, and the state is sparsely populated, and the people's livelihood is withering, and most of the people in the state have fled to Youzhou, and the state has nine counties, but it has the name of a big state, and there is no reality of a big state!

Yuan Shao's command is also Qingzhou and Jizhou are the most intact, of which Jizhou is the biggest reliance and capital in Yuan Shao's hands, and the state is almost negligible!

But even so, Cao Cao is still much more shabby than Yuan Shao, first of all, Yuzhou is Yuan Shao's hometown, and people's hearts are not on Cao Cao's side at all, which is why Yuan Shao raised his arms and shouted, and the whole territory of Yuzhou basically responded!

Xuzhou is not to mention, although Lu Bu was temporarily eliminated, but Cao Cao made too many sins in Xuzhou, if Cao Cao was handed over to the people of Xuzhou, it is estimated that he would have to be skinned in less than a minute, and after defeating Lu Bu, Han Bao led the army to loot Xuzhou, therefore, Xuzhou can't be fingered!

Therefore, Cao Cao's side can really make a contribution to Yanzhou!

However, Yanzhou and Jizhou are obviously not of the same magnitude, Yanzhou has experienced many wars, has long been empty and tired, self-protection is still difficult, and Jizhou is the richest state among the thirteen states in the world at that time, Jizhou is not only densely populated, abundant soldiers, but also celebrities gathered, grain and grass are sufficient, a single Jizhou can mobilize 200,000 troops, Jizhou's war potential, is really staggering!

And Cao Cao's entire army added up to only sixty or seventy thousand, and in the case of dividing troops to defend the prefectures and counties under his command, the troops that could really be used on the battlefield of Guandu would add up to thirty or forty thousand horses!

Just looking at the strength on the surface, there is no doubt that Yuan Qiang and Cao are weak!

Since the middle of June, in four months, Yuan Cao's two armies have surrounded both sides of the Yellow River, you come and I have fought several fierce battles, only four months, Yuan Cao has experienced more than ten large and small battles, both sides have their own victories and defeats, but Yuan Shao, who has a large number of soldiers, has a slight advantage, but it is only an advantage, Yuan Shao failed to transform the advantage into a victory.

But not long ago, the battle situation had a lot of variables, and Liu Bei, who was unwilling to live under the people, led his troops to attack Xuzhou and killed the Xuzhou assassin appointed by Cao Cao!

Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to stay in Xiapi, while he was still stationed in Xiaopei!

On the one hand, Liu Bei made friends with Yuan Shao and Li Yang in the north, and on the other hand, he openly raised the banner of anti-Cao Cao to recruit troops, and through the hatred of the people of Xuzhou for Cao Cao, Liu Bei soon gathered a force of more than 10,000 people.

Cao Cao, who got the news, was so shocked that he was guilty of the headwind, Yuzhou was reversed, Xuzhou was lost, the battle had not been fought, and Cao Cao's three states were missing two, he couldn't figure out why Liu Bei betrayed himself under such generous treatment, but now that the war was imminent, Cao Cao and his capable generals were stationed along the Yellow River, so Cao Cao only sent the chief of the sky Shi Liu Dai and Zhonglang Wang Zhong to lead the troops to Xuzhou to conquer Liu Bei, but Liu Bei repulsed.