If you want to use a plant to describe Cao Cao's current face, it can only be described by the variety of 'deflated eggplant'.

It's so infuriating!

Cao Cao dared to vouch for his life! The little thief must have done it on purpose.

Also the fucking Yangtze River Bridge? Trouble!

He took a deep breath, and was about to reprimand Sun Gan, but saw Cheng Yu striding to Cao Cao's table, and took Pitu to look at it carefully.

Cheng Yu is upright, he always thinks of himself as an elder in his usual life, and he speaks and does things according to his own preferences, he is never afraid of Cao Cao, and he does not work against Cao Cao on weekdays, and he can always take Cao Cao's toothache and take this old trick, which can be described as extremely self-indulgent.

Coincidentally, today, Cheng Yu's behavior is somewhat liberal.

He took the drawing of the "Second Bridge" on Cao Cao's table, looked it up and down carefully for a while, and then slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "Wonderful! All right! Amazing! It's really a miracle in the world. This bridge is incredible! If it can be built, it will greatly benefit people's livelihood! ”

Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu and others also came up to watch when they heard this.

Although everyone is a scribe, but also quite a good way of skill, see the design drawings of the two bridges, immediately see the two bridges of the great shore technology and consolidation form, is really a collection of the essence of the world's long bridges.

Everyone praised each other, only saying that Cao Cao's face was getting darker and darker.

Can you people have some eyesight? Didn't you see that Cao was just about to scold Sun Gan? Now that you speak, how can Lao Tzu speak?

"Sikong, these two bridges are good." Xi Zhicai smiled and said to Cao Cao: "The skills of the two bridges can be called the crown of the world, with this drawing, if it is implemented in the future, it will be beneficial to the people, how did Sikong know that the potter has the drawings of the second bridge?" ”

Cao Cao's face changed three times in an instant.

"Cao doesn't want these two bridges......"

Xi Zhicai obviously didn't fully understand Cao Cao's meaning, turned his head and looked at Sun Gan seriously: "It's not these two bridges that Sikong wants!" …… Go back and ask your wife to bring the drawings of the Yangtze River Bridge! ”

Sun Quan hurriedly made a gesture and said, "Certainly, definitely." ”

Cao Cao's teeth chattered a little: "It's really not these two bridge ......"

The problem is that Cao Cao's current voice can't reach everyone's ears at all, and all the strategists present said that Cao Cao is wise and powerful, loves the people like a son, and even knows that there are such miracles in the hands of the potter, and he is simply a god among gods, and the overlord of overlords.

In the face of everyone's praise, Cao Cao was embarrassed to open his mouth again.

If he tells his advisers now that the so-called Second Bridge refers to two women, I wonder if these advisers will flip the table and explode on the spot?

Cao Cao let out a long sigh and swallowed his broken teeth into his stomach.

"Go back and tell your family Mrs. Tao, Cao will send troops in the near future...... Thank you on my behalf for his Zhaozhou Bridge and Lugou Bridge! ”

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Soon after Sun Qian returned to Pengcheng from Xuchang, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses went straight out of Yuzhou and were displayed on the border of Yanzhou, and at the same time, the main force of the pottery merchants also began to migrate northward, to the Langya Kingdom in the north and the surrounding territories, and both sides put on a posture of joining hands to fight against Yuan Shao in the north.

At this time, Yuan Shao was in Yecheng and also started his actions.

After Yuan Tan returned to Yecheng, Yuan Shao didn't even meet him, and directly seized all his military power, making him think about it behind closed doors.

Yuan Tan was very aggrieved, and wanted to tell Yuan Shao about the suffering of being captured and how Yuan Shang treated him at the beginning, but Yuan Shao didn't see him at all.

The resentment in Yuan Tan's heart became heavier and heavier because of this.

Subsequently, Yuan Shao began to mobilize soldiers and horses from various prefectures and counties in Hebei on a large scale, so that they gathered in Jizhou, dispatched troops, and prepared to go south to attack Xuzhou first, and then break Yanzhou and level the Central Plains.

Just as Yuan Shao was mobilizing his troops, the scouts of Henan reported to Yuan Shao the actions of the potters and Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao laughed when he heard this, and he didn't show any panic: "Cao Agui's guy is out of luck, and he actually colluded with the surnamed Tao to deal with me?" Hehe, but he was right to do it, otherwise after I kill the pottery thief, he will be next. ”

Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao and the pottery merchants were acting at the same time, but the reason why he did not panic at all was simple, it was because he had Liu Biao in the south as an ally.

The relocation of the main forces of the pottery merchants and Cao Cao to the north proved that their defenses in the south were empty, so that Liu Biao's success rate in the north would be greater.

Based on this, Yuan Shao believes that the battle has not yet been fought, and the victory or defeat of the two sides has already been decided.

It is imperative to unify the Central Plains this time.

But it's a pity that the world is changing, and it didn't take long for the news from the south to make Yuan Shao, who had not yet sent troops, unable to close his mouth.

There has been a great change in the south of Jingzhou.

Changsha guarded Zhang Xian, with Changsha County and the neighboring Guiyang County, Lingling County, and Wuling County as the center, and rebelled against Liu Biao, setting off a huge anti-Liu wave in the south of Jingzhou.

Liu Biao didn't dare to slack off after knowing it, and hurriedly hurried the soldiers and generals everywhere, preparing to crusade against Zhang Xian.

And just when Liu Biao was mobilizing a large army in Xiangyang and preparing to go south, Lu Bu of Jiujiang and Sun Ce of Lujiang also raised troops at the same time, attacking Jiangxia County in the west, and Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu was in a hurry at the same time.

Major changes have occurred in both the south and east of Liu Biao, and Jingzhou has entered a precipitous season of comprehensively pacifying internal and external troubles, and there is no time to take care of anything else.

Not to mention going north to help Yuan, whether Liu Biao can protect the whole territory of Jingzhou is now a question.

Yuan Shao's plan to attack the Central Plains from the north to the south was completely aborted.

After listening to the scout's report, Yuan Shao's face was flushed with anger, and the tendons on his forehead were exposed.

Liu Biao's rear suddenly appeared such a huge change, if it was a coincidence, Yuan Shao would not have believed it.

The facts are in front of us, either the pottery merchant or Cao Cao's conspiracy.

These two bastards!

Yuan Shao couldn't bear it anymore.

In March of the third year of Xingping, Yuan Shao began to act.

Yuan Shao first gathered 300,000 people and 30,000 war horses in Hebei, and was still gathering soldiers and generals one after another, and at the same time he also sent people to contact the Wuhuan cavalry, so that they would also accompany the expedition.

Yuan Shaobing's troops divided the road, with Liyang as the first stop in the front, and went south to the north bank of the Yellow River, exerting pressure on the two princes of Cao Cao and the pottery merchants in the south.

At that time, Cao Cao and the potters had 200,000 soldiers and horses, but they needed to guard the rear and the borders of the west and south lines, including the potters who needed to leave the soldiers who needed to deter Shanyue, so the soldiers and horses that the two could mobilize were about 100,000.

The pottery merchants took Xu Sheng, who guarded Langya as the vanguard, Li Tong, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan as the deputy generals, and went north from Langya to the north, first taking the initiative to attack and harass the strategy, and the Xuzhou generals entered Qingzhou from Langya, and took turns to attack and harass Qidi, Beihai, Dong'an and other places, and clamped down on Yuan Shao's movement of troops and horses on the right flank.

And Cao Cao also led his troops north to force Liyang.

Cao Cao ordered Yu Ban to lead 2,000 foot riders to guard the Yanjin ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River, and assist Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, who was guarding the white horse, to become a full force, so as to ensure the speed of the Yuan army's crossing of the river.

At the same time, Cao Cao built a fortification in the area of Guandu to block Yuan Shao's attack from the front.

Zhong Xuan received an order to send an envoy to the west immediately to win over the warlords of Liangzhou to stabilize the flank.

Cao and Tao cooperated seamlessly, concentrated their forces, held the key passes, focused on fortification, and waited for work at ease, in order to strike later.

Thousands of miles of the Yellow River is a lot of places to cross, how can Cao Cao and the pottery merchants are not stupid, they understand that their own soldiers are few and Yuan Shao has many soldiers, and they want to defeat Yuan Shao in one breath unless they expect Yuan Shao to have a major change, but the probability of this happening is extremely low, so the two of them adopted the strategy of focusing on the important places, just guarding the barrier of Xuchang and Pengcheng, and at the same time ensuring that the logistics supply is not lost.

In this case, Yuan Shao made two countermeasures, one was to continue to recruit troops and horses in Hebei, increase the number of soldiers and horses, and put pressure on the south, and the other was to send Chen Lin to write an article condemning Cao Cao and the pottery merchants, hoping to play an overwhelming advantage in terms of political effect.

Chen Lin's writing is excellent, and as one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" in history, her writing is naturally good.

His inscription tied the potter and Cao Cao together and scolded them.

Chen Lin said that these two people are like Zhao Gao of the Qin State, Lu Lu and Lu Chan in the later period of Lu Dynasty, dictatorship and power, and the people of the whole country are now cold to Cao and Tao.

He also insulted Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and Tao Qian, the pottery merchant's father.

said that Cao Song was a beggar adopted by Cao Teng, and that Tao Qian was a real villain who was famous on the outside and not upright on the inside.

Cao Cao had a head attack at that time, and when he read Chen Lin's article, he was drenched in a cold sweat, and he sighed with emotion about his talent.

The potters are not as talented as Cao Cao.

He thinks that Chen Lin, this bastard, is a bit sassy, and he doesn't know what his surname is if he can scold two swear words.

The originator of swearing is now under the command of the potter.

The potter decided to let You Heng go out and scold Chen Lin!