"It's a pity." After Chen Qun left with the alliance book, Chen Mo shook his head with some regret.

It's not that he is dissatisfied with the content of this covenant, but he feels a little pity for Chen Qun, who hoped to pull Chen Qun to his side through Zhong Xuan, but Chen Qun finally chose Cao Cao.

Chen Qun's ability is naturally not bad, but through these observations, Chen Qun's ability is somewhat similar to Xun Yu, but it is worse after all, and it is not like Xun Yu who voted for Cao Cao early, and won Cao Cao's trust, as long as Xun Yu is in one day, Chen Qun will always be a second-echelon strategist under Cao Cao.

If Chen Qun did not take refuge in Cao Cao, but came to his side, the degree of attention would definitely be different.

"My lord, I have already sorted out this covenant, and I would like to ask my lord to take a look." Li Ru came over with a few rolls of bamboo slips and put them on Chen Mo's table.

This time Chen Mo and Cao Cao joined forces, each taking what they needed, everyone has the idea of pulling Yuan Shao off the altar in terms of reputation, after all, even if Chen Mo is under him, there are many people who are on Yuan Shao's side, in terms of background, Chen Mo and Cao Cao combined, they can't compare to Yuan Shao, but the situation in the world has reached today, for today's monarch, heroes should not only be judged by their origins, if that is true, Yuan Shu should be the first prince in the world today.

But many people have similar concepts in their hearts, this time Chen Mo and Cao Cao joined forces, in order to break this concept in people's hearts and shatter the halo of Yuan Shao IV and the Third Duke, otherwise, it would be too easy for Yuan Shao to win over Chen Mo and the officials under Cao Cao.

Therefore, after several negotiations, Chen Mo and Cao Cao are basically sincere cooperation, but mutual defense is inevitable, from the topography, Cao Cao is indeed the main attacker this time, but if Chen Mo wants to enter the game and is not familiar with Cao Cao in terms of momentum, this Hanoi must be taken down, in the covenant, after Chen Mo took Hanoi, he began to officially declare war on Yuan Shao.

In this battle, it takes time to dispatch the mobilization of troops and horses and the distribution of personnel.

"I wonder who the lord wants to use as the main general to attack Hanoi?" Li Ru asked.

"Gao Shun!" Chen Mo replied very simply, now that Tai Shi Ci is in the clouds, Xu Rong and Hua Xiong are in Xiliang, Chen Mo's ability and qualifications are still able to serve as generals, Gao Shun is the first choice: "In addition, I ordered Tai Shi Ci's department to move to Dai County to attract Yuan Shao's attention." ”

It is not easy to capture Youzhou, but it is also necessary to give it a try, although this expedition is for the nominal thing, but if you can take advantage of the situation to capture one or two counties, Chen Mo is naturally willing, anyway, after this battle, the relationship with Yuan Shao is the same as water and fire, weaken Yuan Shao at the same time, strengthen yourself, why not?

Li Ru nodded, Gao Shun is indeed suitable.

As for the number of troops, Chen Mo's side is not too Shi Ci's department, it is ready to send 60,000 troops, in addition to Gao Shun, there are also Cui Geng, Bao Geng, Zhang Ji, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, Wang Biao, Zheng Tu and other generals will also participate in the war, and Hanoi will be captured in a very short time.

Next, after the New Year's Pass, Chen Mo ordered Cui Geng and Bao Geng to lead their troops to Jiguan, and only after the autumn harvest, they sent troops from Jiguan to cooperate with Gao Shun to capture Hanoi.

In addition, a large amount of grain and grass was mobilized from Guanzhong to prepare for this war.

The biggest difference between Chen Mo and Cao Cao is that Chen Mo has a strong control over the place, even if the local officials are interested in Yuan Shao, they can't disobey Chen Mo's orders, and on Cao Cao's side, if the local officials don't let go of the main grain and grass at a critical time, Cao Cao has no way.

This time he used troops against Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao also wanted to follow Chen Mo's example, further deprive local officials of their autonomy, and increase their ability to control the locality.

Guanzhong frequently deploys troops, and Cao Cao is also gathering troops and horses, such a large-scale operation, Yuan Shao naturally can't be unaware.

Jizhou, Yecheng.

Yuan Shao looked at the news coming from everywhere, and frowned slightly: "What are Cao Cao and Chen Mo doing?" ”

"Maybe the two are preparing for war?" Guo Tu guessed.

War?

Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others glanced at Guo Tu when they heard this, who did they start a war against? If the two families attacked each other, how could they ignore Yuan Shao's reaction?

Tian Feng frowned and bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, the two families are suddenly actively preparing for war, but they have not expressed anything to the lord, I am afraid that what I am trying to do this time is my Jizhou, and the lord needs to prepare early." ”

Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, he also agreed with this, the three families are now three-legged, and the Chen Cao family is actively preparing for the war, but they don't take Yuan Shao, at least they should send someone to win over Yuan Shao and let Yuan Shao stand on his side.

Now these two people are mobilizing troops and horses on a large scale, I am afraid that they are coming at themselves, at the moment, Yuan Shao snorted coldly, he hasn't made trouble with them yet, but they came to find their own discomfort first, when he Yuan Shao is as easy to bully as Yuan Shu?

At that moment, Yuan Shao also ordered the mobilization of troops and horses, ordered Wenchou to be stationed in Puyang, fortified along the river, and ordered Chun Yuqiong and Wei Yuanjin to station troops in Baima and Guandu respectively, and ordered Yuan Tan to be prepared in Qingzhou.

Under the originally calm sky of the Great Han, the battle clouds were once again thick.

And Yuan Shao obviously didn't want to just be defensive, since the two wanted to go to war, Yuan Shao was more inclined to directly gather troops and horses to attack and take the initiative to attack.

"My lord!" After Tian Feng knew Yuan Shao's intentions, he hurriedly came to persuade him: "Now the Chen Cao Alliance, although my Jizhou is rich in money and food, and there are many soldiers, it may not be the enemy of the two families. ”

"You want me to show favor to the two of them?" Yuan Shao was a little unhappy when he heard this, but now Yuan Shao, the overlord of the north and the first prince, asked him to show favor to two people who took the initiative to have bad intentions towards him, and Yuan Shao was naturally unhappy.

"Lord, the overall situation is important, and a little show of favor at the moment is just to prepare for him to break the Chen Cao family one day, as long as he can break these two people, the world will only praise the lord for his wise decision, his ability to bend and stretch, and his husband." The frustrated professor on the side hurriedly added.

Hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded, reluctantly accepted this decision, and immediately ordered Chen Lin to write a document, distribute Chen Mo and Cao Cao, first ask why the two frequently transferred troops, and then threw an olive branch to the two families, willing to form an alliance to deal with the other.

Chen Mo and Cao Cao's side are both old foxes, and they accept Yuan Shao's kindness in full, as for changing the target of the attack, then let's talk about it, after all, the two families have joined forces this time, they have a strong purpose, defeat Yuan Shao once, and shattering Yuan Shao's aura is a common member of the two, so the benefits are naturally to be received, but the battle still has to be fought, as for the peace talks, it is not too late to talk after the fight.

Although the two families join forces, the strength is greater than Yuan Shao, but the war is such a thing, it does not mean that whoever is powerful will definitely win, not to mention that the opponent this time is still Yuan Shao, the first prince in the world, the generals under the account are not bad at all, and there is a strong army in hand, Chen Mo and Cao Cao do not dare to guarantee that they will win, so the attitude of the two families towards Yuan Shao is not too tough, and they still have to fight, but after beating you, we can still be friends.

In Chen Mo and Cao Cao's view, this is a very normal thing, the princes are fighting, the most important thing is not how good the relationship is, but interests, as long as the interests are the same, even if you kill your father today, you will be able to shake hands and make peace tomorrow, this is also the normal state of the princes' contention, Chen Mo and Cao Cao have always done this, otherwise if they only hold grudges, Cao Cao robbed the Son of Heaven who belonged to Chen Mo, Chen Mo shot Cao Cao with an arrow, and also instigated Lu Bu to seize Nanyang, calculated Cao Cao several times, and almost made Cao Cao rebel, if you hold a grudge, the two of them will not die.

But when it's time to join forces, Chen Mo and Cao Cao really don't hold grudges at all.

But Yuan Shao was of noble birth, obviously unable to accept this faceless way of getting along, when he learned that the two families had received their own benefits, but they didn't seem to have the slightest intention of attacking the other party, they almost blew up on the spot, and in the Yecheng Bureau, they scolded the two for being shameless, and ordered Wen Chou and Yan Liang to take the initiative to fight, and Yuan Tan was also ready to attack Cao Cao.

Yuan Tan now occupies Qingzhou, and there are more fierce generals such as Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, for Cao Cao, Liu Bei's three brothers are naturally 10,000 willing, and the three brothers have not forgotten the revenge of Xuzhou before, and now they can borrow Yuan Tan's hand to give Cao Cao a profound lesson, if it is appropriate, it is not impossible to borrow troops to recapture Xuzhou.

The autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and on both sides of the Yellow River, the forces of the three major princes have begun to be tense, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou have crossed the river several times to take the initiative to attack and harass Chen Mo and Cao Cao's governance.

However, Yuan Shao was quite cautious in the layout of the two families this time, and in this tense atmosphere, he ushered in the autumn of the fifth year of Jian'an, and the war also entered the outbreak stage......