After listening to Cao Cao's words, Cheng Yu did not dissuade him much, but showed an expression of appreciation.

He still knows Cao Cao well, and knows that this lord of his family is not a person who is willful.

Cao Cao now came back to his senses and knew that Yuan Shao might attack him, but he still wanted to attack the potter, and he must have his plan and decision in his heart.

"Sikong, Jia Xu's letter also said that Sikong has come over this battle, if there is no receipt, you might as well try his advice."

Cao Cao only paid attention to Jia Xu's strategy at this time, this old guy was in Puyang, and he could actually guess the actions of himself, the potter, and Yuan Shao, and the high level of wisdom is really rare in the world.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that such a profound and ingenious plan is the best in the world.

Jia Xu...... What is Jia Wenhe's strategy? Cao Cao's heart unconsciously attached more and more importance to Jia Xu, and even changed his title slightly.

Cheng Yu looked at Jia Xu's handwriting carefully, and the more he read it, the more he admired.

"Jia Xu said, when this is the case, please send troops to the south to seize Yuzhou."

"Take Yuzhou?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this.

Cheng Yu nodded happily and said: "Yanzhou is short of grain, Yuzhou occupies more yellow scarves, Sikong goes south to Yuzhou, one can supplement grain, expand the cultivated land in Tuntian, supplement military rations, and the other takes the opportunity to recover Liang from the hands of potters, and seize Yingchuan County and Runan County, these two counties have a large number of households, and they are the largest counties in the world, second only to Nanyang. ”

Cao Cao frowned: "Is this to let Cao fight Yuan Shu?" Cao is not afraid of him, the question is to offend this fang for nothing, what is the benefit? ”

Cheng Yu stroked his beard and said: "Jia Xu, this person, will definitely become the mastermind under Sikong in the future, if Sikong captures Yuzhou, especially Yingchuan County, he can move the governance office south and gain a foothold in Yuzhou." ”

Cao Cao thought carefully for a long time when he heard this, and finally understood Jia Xu's deep meaning.

After this battle, if nothing else, the alliance between the potter, himself, and Yuan Shao was completely broken.

Yuan Shao has become a general, and now he has defeated Zhang Yan to pacify and merge the state, so his next target must be the land of Qingzhou.

Qingzhou borders Xuzhou to the north, and if Xuzhou Dow wants to survive in peace, he will definitely not let Yuan Shao get involved in Qingzhou.

And Yuan Shu, who has a deep hatred with the pottery merchant, has been so stopped during this time, one is because of the last fierce battle of the Whisker Dock, which made this Yuan family lose confidence and be somewhat autistic.

The second is that the potter's ally, Liu Biao of Nanyang has been clamping down on Yuan Shu, so that Yuan Shu does not dare to act rashly.

In fact, Yuan Shu has never given up the idea of attacking the pottery merchant Jinling City, but with Liu Biao by his side, he does not dare to act rashly.

If Cao Cao seized Yuzhou and moved the administrative office to a certain county in Yuzhou to coerce Nanyang County, then the strong neighbors would be on the side, and Liu Biao would definitely not be in the mood to take care of Yuan Shu.

In this way, Yuan Shu could free up his hands and feet to plot Jinling City again.

Of course, Yuan Shu is also very likely to counterattack Yuzhou and then take Runan County.

But Cao Cao is still quite confident in this point, he feels that between him Cao Cao and the potter, he has to let Yuan Shu choose one of the two to make a choice, and Yuan Shu will still choose to attack the potter.

It can not only expand its own power, but also make Xuzhou Dow fall into a situation where it is an enemy on three sides, why not?

Moreover, the Yanzhou scholars united with the Xiliang generals to rebel some time ago, although they were finally pacified within Cao Cao's calculations, but it also made Cao Cao extremely disgusted with the rest of the scholars in Yanzhou.

The current Yanzhou Shi clan is a group of ungrateful wolves in Cao Cao's heart.

Who wants to live in a room with a wolf?

Now most of Cao Cao's advisers are Yingchuan people, and the students of Yingchuan Academy are extremely close to him.

Cao Cao had heard Xun Yu say to himself that he was very close to Yangzhai County, the seat of Yingchuan Governance...... Xu County is a prosperous place with excellent feng shui!

During the Emperor Yao period, Gao Shi Xu was named after the herding of this place, washed his ears on the shore of Yingshui, Xun Yu also deliberately mentioned Cao Cao, if he could take Yuzhou in the future, it was a good choice to move to Xu County.

Thinking of this, he saw Cao Cao take a deep breath and said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, go back and write an appointment for me...... Ren Jiaxu sacrificed wine for the military division of Sikong Mansion. ”

Cheng Yu immediately said yes.

It seems that after this incident, Cao Cao intends to let Jia Xu enter his inner circle.

……

Jiuli Mountain, Jinling Military Formation.

After the Jinling army arrived in the mountainous area of Jiuli Mountain, it immediately stopped the process of returning troops.

Under the arrangement of the generals under the command of the pottery merchants, the soldiers and horses of the Jinling army guarded all the dangers of the Jiulishan battlefield, and set up a deer antler camp to guard the mountain road and the valley road, waiting for the arrival of Cao Cao's army.

Vaguely, the smoke billowed in the distance, and I saw that Cao Jun's troops were getting closer and closer to the Jinling Army's defense in Jiuli Mountain.

The outline of the Jinling Army was vaguely visible, and Cao Chun, the general of the Cao Army, immediately raised his sword.

"Kill!"

The main cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the front of Cao's army, began to urge the war horses, and the huge cavalry regiment launched a charge, like an overwhelming force, with an uncontrollable and terrible impact.

The cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion waved their swords to kill the enemy, and pounced fiercely towards the formation arranged by the Jinling Army at the mouth of the valley.

Seeing that the cavalry of the tiger and leopard cavalry was getting closer and closer, the potter hurriedly ordered Xu Huang: "Retreat, go to the depths of the valley road!" ”

The defensive theater of the Jinling Army was in the valley between the two peaks of Jiuli Mountain.

Although it is also quite lenient, at least it is not like a plain land, which can give the cavalry of the tiger and leopard battalion endless room to play.

In the battlefield of the canyon road, at least the ferocious attack of the tiger and leopard riders can be contained.

The potters knew in their hearts that no matter how well the armor of the Jinling army was, it would be difficult for the Jinling army, which was dominated by infantry, to defeat Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry on the wide plain battlefield.

The tiger and leopard cavalry almost ignored the antler array tens of meters wide placed by the Jinling army at the mouth of the gorge, ravaged those antlers as if stepping on the sea and mountains, and soon rushed into the hinterland of the canyon.

And after the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun, Yu Ban, Li Dian, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Pang De, Yan Xing, Dian Wei and other generals also commanded their respective troops to rush in.

But on the battlefield of the canyon, which was not suitable for a one-word flat charge, the Jinling army was not afraid of a battle with Cao Cao's army.

In terms of cavalry, the Jinling army is not as good as Cao Cao's army, but when it comes to the infantry army, the Jinling army is enough to compete with the Cao army.

Cao Chun took the lead and led the tiger and leopard into the battlefield.

When he was young, he saw that the Jinling army was in danger and set up a formation in the middle of the field, and those soldiers from the southeast were glaring fiercely at their own generals.

Cao Chun was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then laughed: "Okay, it's waiting for us here!" This pottery thief has been prepared, but it is extraordinary. ”

The wind was howling, the sand was flying, and the two armies were facing each other nervously.

Under the command of a group of generals, all the units of the Jinling Army set up a formation at the risk of danger, especially the bow and crossbow battalion led by Gan Ning on the high ground, and their eyes were full of fierce fighting spirit, if the cavalry of the Cao army dared to push further, they would immediately rain arrows.

The soldiers and generals like black clouds blocked the wide road in the canyon so impenetrable that if you looked from the sky from the perspective of a bird, there was not a single gap in these crowds that allowed each other to pass through.

But Cao Jun was not afraid at all, the tiger and leopard rode in the forefront, the war horse neighed, the spear was cold, and in the middle of the open space where the two armies confronted, there seemed to be a sense of breathlessness and suffocation in the air.

Under the hooves of the tiger and leopard, there is the power of the heavens and the earth. Under the halberd of the Jinling Tiger Guard, it is wrapped in the ability to overturn the mountains and the sea.

The potters in the rear of the Jinling Army couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of spit.

It's been a long time since I've experienced such a prelude to a big war.

Behind Cao Chun, Xiahoudun quickly whipped up and said solemnly: "There is an order, no matter what arrangement the Jinling army makes, all will fight!" ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

In the middle of the Chinese army formation behind the tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Ren, who commanded the armies on behalf of Cao Cao, ordered loudly: "Three armies! Beat the drums! Break the enemy! ”

The dull drum sound resounded in the air, and then, I saw Cao Jun's side, with Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun, Dian Wei, Cao Hong, Pang De, Yan Xing, Li Dian, Le Jin, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, Xiahou Jie, Xiahou Lian and other general vanguard troops, stepping on the heavy drumbeat, began to crush the Jinling army.

In the rear of the Jinling army, the potter also raised his hand lightly and shouted: "Meet the enemy!" ”

The sound of the horn resounded in the air.

Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Tao Ji, Xu Rong, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Dong Xi, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang and other generals also led troops to fight back.

The black and oppressive tiger and leopard rode in the lead, carrying the Cao army infantry behind him, like a steel dragon, swallowing clouds and spitting fog, sweeping the sky, and rushing towards the Jinling army.

Although the pottery merchant and Cao Cao have tried each other several times, they are all petty fights, but today, it is the first bloody fight between the two armies of Tao and Cao!

Horses' hooves splashed, flags were unfurled, dark clouds covered the sky with the sun, and the killing intent in the entire canyon was awe-inspiring, and the bloody aura spread wantonly throughout the venue.

Before the tiger and leopard cavalry was about to collide with the Jinling army, the bow and crossbow battalion led by Gan Ning began to prepare.

The soldiers remained calm, their cold eyes fixed on the fierce cavalry.

"Crossbowmen ready!"

Gan Ning shook the bell around his waist and shouted loudly.

"Huh!"

The neatly raised arrows emitted an icy cold light, aiming at the tigers and leopards who were getting closer and closer.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Whoosh!"

A hundred paces away, some of the tiger and leopard cavalry of the tiger and leopard battalion were shot by a rain of arrows, they were either planted on the ground, or crossed an arc in mid-air, and then slammed into the thick stone ground, and before they could even let out a scream, they were killed because of the trampling of the cavalry behind them, and the blood flowing from the arrow holes on their bodies stained the soil red in the blink of an eye.

But even so, the remaining tiger and leopard cavalry seemed to be invisible, and still rushed forward coldly.

Rao is a brutal person like Gan Ning, and he can't help but feel numb when he sees it.

Where did this ghost cavalry pop up?

Don't they know what they are afraid of?

Which general in Cao's army was trained?

"Keep firing the arrows! Shoot the arrows to Lao Tzu! Gan Ning drank violently again and again, directing the non-stop attack of the bow and crossbow battalion.

However, the blocking of the rain of arrows was only for a while after all, and the tiger and leopard cavalry finally rushed into the formation of the Jinling army.

And the monstrous blood rain was accompanied by the fighting spirit of both sides, and a fierce battle that should have happened a long time ago began.

……

"Boom!"

The shouting and killing sound in the canyon was accompanied by rolling thunder, as if it had disturbed Yuan Shao, who was driving his troops to the battlefield dozens of miles away.

Yuan Shao looked up at the sky and muttered, "This is, it's going to rain?" ”