Seeing that Cao Hong still didn't quite understand, Cao Ren continued to explain: "Yuan Shao wants to attack our idea, and it is impossible for us not to guard against them, long before we sent troops to Xuzhou, our spies were already all over Hebei, if they wanted to send people to our rear to make trouble, before they left Hebei, our spies had already sent the news back." ”

Cao Hong was still not convinced, and argued strongly: "Then what if they only send a small group of people over?" Or directly south of the Yellow River? The spies can't find out that clearly, right? ”

At this time, Xiahoudun finally couldn't help it, and he said loudly: "Let you come, how many people do you want to take Hebei?" ”

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "That, that's different, our Yanzhou is now undefended, and Hebei has so many people to defend, how can I take it down alone?" ”

At this time, Cao Chun also smiled and said: "That's right, we can't spare people to come, and Yuan Shao and them are the same, they are deploying heavy troops at the border at this time, confronting Gongsun Zhan, and they have no spare strength to take care of us, so Brother Zilian, you can rest assured that you can go, maybe you can take Hebei and establish immortal achievements!" ”

Hearing Cao Chun also laughing at him, Cao Hong was angry, and he was about to beat him when he reached out, but Cao Chun knew that Cao Hong would be embarrassed and angry, so when Cao Chun finished speaking, he hid behind Xiahoudun, and let Cao Hong stare at him angrily, but he smiled at him with a grimace without fear.

With Xiahoudun's support, even if Cao Hong was very angry, he didn't dare to do anything wrong in front of this big brother.

At this time, he saw Cao Xiu on the side snickering, he finally had an angry object, a slap on Cao Xiu's head, and said loudly: "What are you laughing at, if you laugh again, I will pull you to take the lead!" ”

Cao Hong slapped Cao Xiu with a face full of grievances, but at this time, Cao Ren also slapped him on the head and said loudly: "Will you bully the little one?" Don't think I won't! ”

After being taught a lesson by Cao Ren, Cao Hong could only stand there aggrievedly like Cao Xiu, not daring to speak out again.

At this time, Cao Cao laughed and said: "That's right, Yuan Shao has few soldiers and is not afraid, and if he has many soldiers, it is easy to be discovered, so as long as we set up enough spies near the ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, then Yuan Shao wants to send troops to cross the Yellow River to attack us."

Behind them, the spies will definitely find their tracks! ”

Cao Cao said, confidently glanced at Xun Yu beside him, and said: "What's more, there is still 'my son's room' Xun Wenruo in Yanzhou, I don't have to worry about it at all!" ”

This Xun Yu and Xun Yu are uncles and nephews, both of whom are the leaders of the Yingchuan Xun clan, Cao Cao praised Xun Yu in front of everyone, which is to praise their Xun family, so that Xun Yu's face also has light.

Xun You bowed to Cao Cao in response, and said: "Although Yanzhou is guarded by my uncles Wen Ruo and Cheng Zhongde, we can't be careless, now that we are in Xuzhou, many princes are fighting the idea of Yanzhou in our rear, even if Yuan Shao doesn't come, there is Huainan Yuan Shu has to be guarded against." ”

Xun You's meaning is that their enemy this time is likely to be Yuan Shu, who is about to move.

After listening to Xun You's statement, Cao Cao's face was solemn, indeed, they had taken enough precautions against Yuan Shao in the north, and Yuan Shao was facing off against Gongsun Zhan, and he didn't have much energy to focus on the south.

And Yuan Shu is different, first of all, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are allies on the surface, although this relationship is like a piece of paper, it is broken when stabbed, but it is better than nothing, and Huainan Yuan Shu, but there is not even this layer of thin paper-like relationship, even, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao have a hostile relationship from the beginning, Yuan Shu wants to take advantage of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, take the opportunity to attack Yanzhou, it is also very possible.

Xiahoudun also looked grim, and said: "Yuan Shu, this guy, has a lot of soldiers and enough food, although we are not afraid of him, we have to take precautions. ”

Even Xiahoudun, who had always been full of pride, was worried about Yuan Shu at this time, which showed that their threat was even more important than Yuan Shao in Hebei, and the others couldn't think of a good countermeasure to deal with this situation for a while, so they all looked embarrassed.

At this time, Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, and saw that he was always smiling and had no worries, so Cao Cao knew that Guo Jia had already had a countermeasure in his heart, so he asked him: "Feng Xiao thinks, how should we deal with Yuan Shu of Huainan?" ”

Seeing that Cao Cao asked, Guo Jia no longer hid, he smiled and said: "Yuan Shu, ambitious and talented, short-sighted, and greedy and unscrupulous, what is there to fear?" The Duke of Ming only needs to repair a letter and send someone to Yuan Shu, and the threat of Yanzhou can be eliminated. ”

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Listen, everyone is surprised, this Yuan Shu and Cao Cao are incompatible, and there is such a good opportunity, how can it be possible to dispel his plan to attack Yanzhou with just a letter without spending a single soldier?

At this time, even Xun You, who had always been resourceful, couldn't figure out how to use a letter to settle this impending threat.

Cao Cao smiled: "What is the best plan for Fengxiao, come quickly!" ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and said unhurriedly: "This matter is also simple, the lord only needs to send a messenger to send a letter to Yuan Shu, so that he can jointly send troops to attack Xuzhou and divide the land of Xuzhou equally, so that Yuan Shu's attention can be distracted here, and no longer fight the idea of Yanzhou behind us." ”

"It's a fart!"

Suddenly, Cao Hong roared angrily and interrupted Guo Jia's words, he was disgraced because of Cao Ren's beating, and he was suffocated, with nowhere to vent, at this time he heard Guo Jia say, with his "ingenuity", he couldn't understand Guo Jia's meaning at all, so when he heard Guo Jia say that he wanted to unite with the enemy Yuan Shu and carve up Xuzhou together, he couldn't help but let loose his words.

"Zilian, what do you want to do!"

Hearing that Cao Hong actually spoke disrespectfully to Guo Jia, Cao Ren immediately shouted to stop him.

Cao Hong was afraid of the majesty of his brother Cao Ren, and although he was angry, he did not dare to attack again.

However, Guo Jia was dismissive of Cao Hong's rudeness, and said with a smile: "If General Zilian has any questions, just say it, everyone is making suggestions for the lord, so you should speak freely, and there is no need to shy away from it, not to mention, now that we are on the battlefield in Xuzhou, a battle may break out at any time, even if Guo Jia has a plan, he also needs the cooperation of all the generals to be able to play out, if any general has doubts and does not understand Guo Jia's ideas, it will not be conducive to our future operations." ”

Guo Jia's frank words made everyone happy and convinced, it was originally Cao Hong who was rude first, he is a rude person, he always moves faster than his brain, sometimes, even if he knows that this is wrong, but before his brain has time to react, his body acts first.

Cao Hong smiled and said: "There are still a lot of military masters, and I, Cao Hong, like this kind of unruly person!" ”

Cao Hong said, glancing at his brother Cao Ren, as if to imply that he was a stingy person, incomparable to a military advisor.