Cao Cao fled back to Juancheng, but Cao suffered more than half of the casualties and demoralization was extremely low.

Fortunately, there was 100,000 grains and grass sent by Zhang Guang, so that Cao Jun could hold on for a few months.

On this day, Xun Yu held a piece of silk silk in his hand and ran into Cao's mansion in a panic.

"My lord, it's not good."

"What's wrong again? Need to be so flustered? ”

The current Cao Cao is most afraid that the people below will come to report in a panic.

"Yuan Shao sent someone to send Shuhan." Xun Yu handed the silk silk in his hand to Cao Cao.

"Yuan Shao's letter, this is also used to be so flustered?"

Cao Cao took it casually, swept his eyes slightly, his face became more and more pale, and the palm holding the silk silk began to tremble.

"Lord, what should we do?"

"Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, I didn't expect you to come to me too." Cao Cao dropped the silk silk and punched the chair.

Cao Ren, who rushed to hear the news, hurriedly picked up the silk on the ground and looked at it carefully.

Yuan Shao's meaning was to let Cao Cao defect to him, as long as Cao Cao let his family go to Yecheng, he would send troops to help Cao Cao attack Lu Bu and Zhang Miao and capture the entire Yanzhou.

"Big brother, don't pay attention to him, how can he Yuan Shao and De, want to be the eldest brother's father-in-law?"

"Cao Ren, we can ignore Yuan Shao, but in that case, Yuan Shao's soldiers are afraid that they will not fight Lu Bu, but will unite with Lu Bu to attack us." Xun Yu explained.

"Come on, what's there to be afraid of?"

"We now have 100,000 troops, and we have to be stationed in three county seats, and there is not much food in the city, if Yuan Shao moves his army south and joins forces with Lu Bu to attack, how many days will we be able to defend it?"

Cao Ren no longer spoke, usually eat less carefully, it's okay, if there is a war with Yuan Shao, Cao Jun, who has no food, will only be slaughtered.

"It's really not good, let's go to Chen Liu to find Zhang Guang." Cao Ren thought of Zhang Guang at this time.

"Chen Liucheng? I'm afraid that there is not much food in stock, but in case we have a conflict between Chen Liucheng and Zhang Guang, Chen Gong takes advantage of the situation to enter and reach an agreement with Zhang Guang, and then let Lu Bu take the opportunity to attack us, we will not be able to defend Chen Liucheng. ”

"What then? Do you really think that Yuan Shao is the master? Cao Ren was anxious.

"Zhang Guang, Zhang Guang!" Cao Cao went back and forth there, chanting Zhang Guang's name incessantly.

"Go and find Xiahou Yuan." Cao Cao said suddenly.

Cao Ren turned around and left the mansion, and soon found Xiahou Yuan.

"Xiahou Yuan, I remember that Zhang Guang gave me a tip, on you, right?"

"Yes, I'll take it with me."

Xiahou Yuan found the bag from his underwear and handed it to Cao Cao, who carefully opened it, and inside was a well-folded silk silk.

Xun Yu, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan all came up.

"Xiaoman, it's not that I don't send troops to help you, but I want to think about the lives of my brothers."

"When you open the bag, you should have returned to Juancheng."

"After Yuan Shao knows your situation, he will definitely fall into the trap and want to take the opportunity to annex you."

"How can Yuan Shao and De? Be your little man's lord, he is far behind. ”

Seeing this, a smile finally appeared on Cao Cao's face that he hadn't seen for a long time.

Hehe, in Zhang Guang's eyes, I, Cao Cao, am still better than Yuan Shao.

"Xiaoman, no matter what conditions Yuan Shao proposes, you can agree to him, of course, agreeing to him is just a delaying tactic."

"As soon as the Shuhan returned to Yuan Shao is sent, you can let Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan each bring 10,000 elite soldiers, take Juancheng as a starting point, and use Yuan Shao's name to capture the surrounding counties, so that Yuan Shao will never join forces with Lu Bu again."

"If you take the initiative to surrender, you can leave the elite, dismiss those old and weak soldiers, and at the same time transport all the stored grain to Juancheng."

"If you resist with your life, after breaking the city, you can consider not hurting the people, but all the soldiers defending the city will be killed."

After reading Zhang Guang's clever plan, Cao Cao and the four fell silent.

"It's terrible, big brother, Zhang Guang is not a good person." Cao Ren was the first to break the silence.

"Whether it's good or not, let's leave it at that, Xun Yu, you quickly draft a reply letter, send it to Yuan Shao, and write it according to what Zhang Guang said."

"Okay." Xun Yu left.

"Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, each lead 10,000 elites, as for where to attack, you set your own rules, all the rules, according to what Zhang Guang said."

Because he took the initiative to surrender, he did not hurt a single person, and resisted with all his might, and all the defenders of the city were killed.

Most of the county garrisons left by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao chose to take the initiative to surrender.

Within a month, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan had captured most of the county seats in Dongjun.

The elite of the two subordinates quickly grew from 10,000 to nearly 50,000.

The grain stock in Juancheng was enough for Cao Jun to hold out until the autumn harvest.

After Yuan Shao, Chen Gong and others reacted, Cao Cao had already gained a firm foothold in Dongjun, and it was impossible to eat Cao Cao easily.

"Lord, Zhang Guang can't stay!" After gaining a firm foothold in Dongjun, Xun Yu found Cao Cao and spoke his mind.

"Xun Yu, why do you say that?"

"Lord, you see, what he said in the bag is that those who don't take the initiative to surrender will kill all the garrisons, which shows that he is a ruthless person."

Xun Yu saw Cao Cao bowing his head and pondering silently, so he said his thoughts one by one.

"Such a ruthless person, but he is so righteous to the soldiers of the Ninth Legion, it can be seen that he is also a person with a deep city."

"At the same time, in front of his brothers and generals, he is honest with each other in everything, which shows that he knows how to win people's hearts very well."

"At the same time, he extended benevolence to the people in his territory, and the degree of prosperity in his rule was comparable to that of the peaceful and prosperous era of the Western Han Dynasty."

"Moreover, what we can't figure out the most is that it seems that everything in this world can't escape his fingers."

"He said that Sun Ce would die on the jade seal of the country, and it turned out to be true."

"He said that Wei Zhongdao would die of illness, and within a year, he would really die of illness."

"He said that there would be natural disasters before the summer harvest this year, and as a result, locusts that had not been seen in many years came."

"He only has Chen Liucheng now, and his subordinates are less than 40,000 soldiers."

"If he grabs the opportunity one day and rapidly increases his strength, I'm afraid that we will join forces with Yuan Shao, Lu Bu and others, and they will not be his opponents."

When Cao Cao heard this, he waved his hand and asked Xun Yu not to say more.

"Xun Yu, I know what you said, but Zhang Guang is indeed on our side at present, and now there are no good ministers by my side except for you Xun Yu."

"Lord, there is a capable person under him who recommended him to the lord."

"Tell me, who are they?" What Cao Cao urgently needs now is a strategist who can stand alone.

"Yingchuan opera Zhicai, is my friend, more strategic, military talent is far better than me, now living at home, only need me to write a letter, will come to assist the lord."

"Okay, okay, Xun Yu, quickly send someone to send a letter, we just lack people who are proficient in military strategy, otherwise, we don't have to go to Zhang Guang for everything."

"My subordinates have retired, so I'm going to write a letter to Zhicai."

When Xun Yu recommended Xi Zhicai to Cao Cao, Zhang Guang was taking a nap in the courtyard, and Cai Wenji was on the side of Nabu soles.

This work of Nabu soles was taught to her by Zhang Guang.

Not only Cai Wenji, but many soldiers of the Ninth Army have learned.

In particular, the personnel of the Special Warfare Department, each of whom has two pairs of cloth shoes, are light and light when marching and fighting, which is especially suitable for the operations of the Special Warfare Department.