Yuan Shu handed him the letter without saying a word, motioning for him to read it for himself.

Yang Hong didn't know what was going on, so he took the letter curiously and read it.

After reading the letter, Yang Hong also showed a surprised expression, and his actions made the generals on the side curious, and they all urged: "Yang Changshi, tell us quickly, what is going on!" ”

Yang Hong said in a panic: "It's amazing, this Liu Biao of Jingzhou actually wants to unite with Cao Cao and attack our Huainan together!" ”

As soon as Yang Hong's words came out, everyone was taken aback, didn't this Cao Cao just write a letter to Yuan Shu, saying that he wanted to form an alliance with him to divide Xuzhou equally? Why did Liu Biao in Jingzhou fall in love with him in a blink of an eye?

I saw Yuan Shu snort coldly and said: "Cao Apu, this cunning thing, is worried that we will not keep our promises, and on the surface we will form an alliance with him, but secretly attack Yanzhou, so I reserved this hand, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou has a relationship, if we sneak attack his Yanzhou, he and Liu Biao will attack our Shouchun together, and divide the entire Huainan equally!" ”

As soon as Yuan Shu's words came out, everyone was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, this Huainan is so rich, not to mention that there are big counties like Nanyang and Runan, if they are occupied by Cao Cao and Liu Biao, even if they take Yanzhou, it will be worth the loss, besides, the power of the Yuan Shu family has been operating in Huainan for many years, and the connections and wealth resources are gathered here, in case Huainan is lost, then Yuan Shu will lose not only the territory, but even the lifeblood of their Yuan family will be shaken.

Yang Hong said hatefully: "No wonder everyone in the world says that Cao Mengde is extremely treacherous, when I see it today, it is true!" ”

Yuan Shu snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, he is cunning, I am not stupid, he wants to lead me to send troops to attack Yanzhou, so that Huainan is empty, so that Liu Biao's old thief and his Cao Apu have a chance, so that I will not fall for him!" ”

Zhang Xun, the general of Yuan Shu, said loudly: "Lord Yingming, this Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time is probably not just as simple as wanting to annex Xuzhou, if not, why did the vanguard of Cao's army break the Xuzhou army before, and the troops came to the city of Xuzhou, but suddenly hastily withdrew the troops?" all

People with a little common sense of the art of war will not do this kind of thing, the only possibility is that they have another purpose, and this purpose is very likely to plot our Huainan! ”

After Zhang Xun finished speaking, Ji Ling also said: "General Zhang Xun is right, if I lead the troops and break the Xuzhou army, after the soldiers come to the city of Xuzhou, even if I don't storm the city, it is impossible to leave tens of thousands of prisoners alone and withdraw overnight, so there must be a conspiracy in this!" ”

At this time, even Yang Hong opened his mouth to speak, only to see him squinting his eyes, brushing the thin beards on both sides of his nose, and said with an unfathomable expression: "I see, lord, it seems that this is Cao Mengde's premeditated plan, he used the name of avenging his father, poured all the troops of Yanzhou, and invaded the territory of Xuzhou, but he was unwilling to take advantage of the destruction of the Xuzhou army, and when Xuzhou City was in a panic, they broke through Xuzhou City, their purpose is likely to be to induce the lord to send troops to Yanzhou, and they can take advantage of the situation to go down from Xuzhou and attack us." ”

Ji Ling suddenly shouted: "I see, no wonder Cao Cao will lead so many troops, I think it's strange, fighting Tao Qian's old thing, can he be so active with hundreds of thousands of troops?" If the lord sends me to fight, I only need to mention the army of 50,000 tigers and wolves, and I can sweep Xuzhou, and I will kneel in front of the lord with Tao Qian! ”

This Ji Ling has always been ashamed to speak, although Xuzhou does not have any famous generals, but Chen Qi and his son are not vegetarians, they do not approve of the people, if they rashly invade Xuzhou, in order to protect the family business, the two fathers and sons will do their best to defend Xuzhou, not to mention Tao Qian, although he is timid and cowardly, but he has a wide range of friends, as far as Beihai Kongrong, as far as Gongsun Zhan, knowing that Cao Cao's army is coming to invade Xuzhou, they do not avoid difficulties and dangers, and send troops to rescue Tao Qian, which shows the depth of friendship.

If Yuan Shu rashly sent Ji Ling to attack Xuzhou, not to mention whether he had the ability of Guo Jia, he could annihilate the Xuzhou army overnight at a small price, just the strategy of Chen Jue's father and son, and the reinforcements of Kong Rong and Gongsun Zhan, would be enough for this unscrupulous man.

Perhaps Ji Ling felt that Xuzhou's 50,000 troops were broken by thousands of Cao's troops overnight, and its combat effectiveness was too vulnerable, so he felt that if he led his troops to attack Xuzhou, he could easily defeat Xuzhou

The army, they did not occupy Xuzhou early, let Cao Cao take the lead, it was really a missed opportunity.

But he didn't know at all that the thousands of men and horses of the Cao army were the elite tigers and leopards among the elite of the Cao army, but led by Guo Jia, as well as Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Yu Ban, so many generals in the formation, Yiqi murdered the Xuzhou army by surprise, and it was only to achieve such a miraculous victory. If it were a head-to-head confrontation, even if the two armies had different combat strengths, it would not be possible to achieve such an amazing victory.

Yang Hong stretched out his hand to stop and said: "General Ji Ling, if we send troops to attack Xuzhou, we will fall for Cao Cao's tricks!" ”

Yuan Shu raised his head and said disdainfully: "Hmph, even if Cao Apu and Liu Biao secretly form an alliance, it is not so easy to get involved in Huainan!" ”

Zhang Xun also shouted: "That's right, if they dare to lead troops to invade the territory, I, Zhang Xun, will definitely tell them to come and go!" ”

As soon as Zhang Xun's words came out, other generals also echoed loudly, and for a while, the crowd was excited, and they had the intention of seeing death as home.

At this time, Yuan Shu hesitated and said: "However, this Cao Apu sent all the letters, if I don't do anything and stay here quietly, won't I make him look down on me?" ”

As soon as Yuan Shu's words came out, the generals who were shouting loudly just now all quieted down, if they wanted to say that they were reckless and victorious, they all fought bravely to be the first, but when it came to being able to solve problems for Yuan Shu and make suggestions, these people could only stare dryly.

Seeing that no one answered his words, Yuan Shu's gaze habitually looked at the most remote part of the crowd, but at this moment, it was empty, and there was no Yuan Shu who was bored with him, but was already accustomed to listening to his advice.

Yuan Shu then remembered that this "nasty person" had already left, and for a moment, Yuan Shu felt a little lost in his heart, but the next moment, he thought arrogantly: Isn't it possible that without you Yuan Shu, there would be no one under my Yuan Shu?

Then, Yuan Shu pointed at Yang Hong with his finger and said: "Yang Changshi, you have always been resourceful, tell me, what should you do, so as not to let Cao Apu and Liu Biao's old puppet succeed in their tricks, and not let them laugh at me for not daring to send troops?" ”