After throwing the poor Xiahou Yuan into the corner, Xiahou Yuan said to Cao Cao: "Meng De, let's go on!" ”

At this time, Mao Jue suddenly stood up and said: "Lord, Mao Jue is not talented, and he dares to guess what Ming Gong is planning. ”

Cao Cao laughed, stretched out his hand, and said, "It's okay to be filial to say first!" ”

Mao Jue walked back and forth a few steps with a serious expression, and then stretched out his index finger and said: "If Mao Jue's expectation is good, Ming Gong wants to borrow Yuan Shu's hand to fight Xuzhou, and we will sit and reap the profits, but it's just ······."

Mao Jue said, suddenly stopped, his face was full of doubts, it seemed that for him, there were still some things he couldn't figure out, and he couldn't find an explanation.

"It's just that Xuzhou is already in our bag, why do we want to let Yuan Shu come in and take a foot in and take away where we have it in vain?"

The person who answered Mao Jue's words was full of favor, and he was also a little puzzled by Cao Cao's move, but compared to Mao Jue, he seemed to have more opinions.

Man Chong gestured to Cao Cao, Cao Cao smiled and nodded, and then Man Chong said to himself: "There are two reasons, first, Yuan Shu is an ally of Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, our army attacked Xuzhou, Tao Qian knew that he was invincible, and he had already sent to all allies for help, and now among several allies, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, as well as Tian Kai and Liu Bei sent by Youzhou Assassin Shi Gongsun Zhan, have all arrived in Xuzhou, only this Yuan general is still standing still, and his intentions are unknown. ”

"But judging from the reinforcements who came to help Xuzhou from all walks of life, they failed to send enough troops to support their ally Tao Qian, the first reinforcement is Kong Rong in Beihai, he is not a powerful prince, with Kong Rong's strength, self-protection is still insufficient, but now for the sake of morality between allies, and came to Xuzhou to save Tao Qian without hesitation, although his behavior is noble, but very unwise, with the military strength of our army, even if there are ten more Kong Beihai, they can be destroyed, so this way is not to worry."

"The second way is the reinforcements of Gongsun Chan of Youzhou Thorn History, different from the dispensable combat power of Kong Rong in Beihai, Gongsun Chan has been famous in the north for many years, and is a strong enemy that even Yuan Shao is difficult to defeat, his army is much stronger than Kong Rong and Tao Qian's army,

But the problem is that Youzhou and Xuzhou face each other across the sea, and Gongsun Chan only has the Qingzhou ferry as a stronghold to transport the army over, but at the same time, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao fought to the death in Hebei, and there was no more manpower to help Tao Qian, besides, the battle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao was not only limited to Hebei, Qingzhou, this place, was also the battlefield where they fought the most fiercely, Yuan Tan, as Yuan Shao's eldest son, was sent by his father to fight for the important land of Qingzhou, and Gongsun Chan also wanted to keep Qingzhou, the ferry port connected with Youzhou, A lot of troops were stationed to guard against Yuan Tan, and now in order to rescue Tao Qian, Gongsun Chan even sent Tian Kai, who was responsible for guarding the Qingzhou ferry, it is conceivable that to take care of defending the ferry and rescuing Xuzhou at the same time, how limited the force that Gongsun Chan can send, there is no need to worry about this way. ”

Speaking of this, Man Chong frowned, and then continued: "The most worrying thing now is Huainan Yuan Shu, he is also Tao Qian's ally, although he is not as righteous as the two allies in front of him, and he sent troops after Tao Qian sent a request for help, but the most worrying thing about Yuan Shu is that his military strength is even better than that of our army. Huainan is a rich place, and the Yuan family is the famous family of the fourth and third dukes, Yuan Shu does not send troops, and once the troops are dispatched, it will affect the current situation in Xuzhou. If he sends troops to rescue Tao Qian, our army will face an opponent who is stronger than us, and we must not only guard against the troops coming from Yangzhou, but also guard against Yuan Shu's dispatch of troops from Yuzhou to take Yanzhou's hometown behind us, and the situation is not unserious. ”

"Fortunately, now Yuan Shu has decided to attack Xuzhou, instead of being our enemy, so Yuan Shu has changed from our enemy to Tao Qian's enemy, which is equivalent to doubling our troops."

After the full favor finished speaking, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, who did not know how to strategize, understood the situation in front of them, and also understood why Cao Cao was so happy, if Yuan Shu did not choose to attack Xuzhou, but to rescue his allies, then now Cao Cao will face the threat from the direction of Yangzhou, as well as the direction of Yuzhou, and have to divide his troops to resist the powerful Yuan Shu, in this way, Cao Jun will face the dilemma of multi-faceted combat, not only Xuzhou City is difficult to capture, but also trapped in the Xuzhou battlefield, and the danger of Yanzhou being attacked by Yuan Shu behind him, It's dangerous.

But now Yuan Shu betrayed his ally Tao Qian in order to annex the land of Xuzhou, although he was not sincere in helping Cao Cao, but his actions undoubtedly reduced Cao Cao's pressure on the battlefield.

"Still, I have some concerns."

Man Pet said, his brows furrowed, although he knew that Yuan Shu agreed to Cao Cao's request and sent troops to Xuzhou, but Man Pet still didn't worry about this untrustworthy person, and he would honestly not offend each other, especially the spies in Shouchun to report, Yuan Shu dispatched a huge number of troops this time, led by three generals: Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui, marching in different directions, these soldiers and horses, in addition to entering Xuzhou all the way, the other two roads, one way to Jingzhou, the other way to Yuzhou, What Man Chong is worried about is the soldiers and horses who are going to Yuzhou all the way, in case they suddenly attack Yanzhou, then with the remaining troops in Yanzhou now, it will be difficult to resist the attack of this 100,000 army.

"Bo Ning is worried about the soldiers and horses sent by Yuan Shu to Yuzhou, right?"

At this time, Xun You, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

The people here already have a general understanding of the situation of Yuan Shu's dispatch of troops this time, so Xun Yu can naturally guess what Man Pet is worried about.

Man Zhong nodded and said, "I'm worried that Yuan Shu's ambition is too great, not only does he want to occupy Xuzhou, but even our Yanzhou he wants to annex." ”

At this time, Xun You said: "At this point, Boning can rest assured, Yuan Shu does not dare to make a move against Yanzhou." ”

"Why?"

Hearing Xun You say so surely, Mao Jue and Man Chong both asked in unison.

Xun You looked at Guo Jia and wanted to see what his reaction was now, because this plan was Guo Jia's plan, but when Xun You turned his head to look at him, he saw that he was pondering something again, and he didn't even know if he was looking at him.

Xun You was a little helpless, he couldn't guess what Guo Jia was thinking, every time they thought about countermeasures, he was already thinking about other things, just like now, when everyone was discussing whether Yuan Shu's dispatch of troops would threaten Cao Cao's hometown in Yanzhou, this Guo Jia seemed to be already thinking about the future.