"My lord, the river. The general Han Meng of Peking University had already joined Yan Liang in Huai County, and Yuan Shao had also personally led the army to Chaoge. After Chen Mo arrived in Wen County, Gao Shun had already left and rushed to Huai County to meet Cui Geng to prepare to break the enemy, leaving Wang Biao here to be responsible for receiving Chen Mo.

"Uncle Wang has worked hard." Chen Mo motioned for Wang Biao to sit down, looking at the battle report of Wen County and the household registration situation of the counties that had been occupied.

"How is the loss of our army this time?" Chen Mo is more concerned about his own loss.

"Cui Geng's troops defeated Jiang Qi one after another, and then fought with Han Meng, with more losses, nearly 3,000 people, and General Gao's troops only lost more than 1,000 people because of the smooth siege of the city." Wang Biao said with a smile.

The total is only a loss of 4,000 people, and the Hanoi defender Jiang Qi was killed in battle, with nearly 10,000 troops lost and thousands of troops surrendered, which can be regarded as a big victory.

The victory in the first battle is naturally an exciting thing for the Guanzhong Army, Chen Mo nodded, but he was thinking about how much subsidy he needed for the families of the soldiers who died in this battle, three years of tax exemption, in addition to the children being able to study, they also need some wealth subsidies, only by doing this, the Guanzhong Army can be as imposing as a rainbow and as powerful as a bamboo, but for Chen Mo, even if it is a big victory, if there is no actual benefit, it is a loss.

Although fighting a war itself is a very expensive thing, for Chen Mo, his system will make the economic pressure on his side in the war even greater, sometimes even if he wins, but if he wins miserably, he will still lose money.

This lord is not good.

"Lord!" Xu Shu walked in quickly, looked at Chen Mo and said, "Yuan Shao sent someone to deliver a letter. ”

"Oh?" Chen Mo nodded when he heard this, took the bamboo slip and said with a smile: "It's mostly a question." ”

Yuan Shao is indeed asking, after all, this time Chen Mo and Cao Cao joined forces, making Yuan Shao very passive, especially the collapse of the Hanoi battlefield, the general Jiang Qi died in battle, Yan Liang fled in embarrassment, and the entire Hanoi was occupied by Chen Mo Nearly half of the county, and now Gao Shun is leading the army to Huai County, the war is obviously not over yet, and Qingzhou, Pingyuan and other places, Cao Cao is leading the army to capture.

Yuan Shao may still have confidence before, even if Chen Mo and Cao Cao join forces, he will have enough strength to suppress the two, but this has just started the war, half of Hanoi has been lost, and the war on Cao Cao's side is not too smooth, plus Tai Shici moved from Yunzhong to the Yanmen area, looking at Dai County and Shanggu, Yuan Xi frequently sent letters asking for help, which made Yuan Shao suddenly have the illusion of being embattled.

Yuan Shao's letters are generally scolding, but the tone is not too heavy, and there is more peace in it, after all, this time Chen and Cao joined forces, and Yuan Shao also recognized the reality that he could not face the two princes at the same time, so Yuan Shao wanted to win over Chen Mo, wanted to join forces with Chen Mo to clean up Cao Cao, and promised Chen Mo the land of Yuzhou.

This condition is naturally quite tempting, Chen Mo put down the bamboo slip, and looked at Xu Shu and Xun You and Wang Biao who were sitting under him: "What do you think?" ”

"My lord, the war has begun, and the alliance has ended, if you regret it at this time, I am afraid it will be inappropriate." Wang Biao bowed.

Chen Mo nodded, Uncle Wang is from the perspective of being a man, since he promised Cao Cao, it is best not to break his promise before the end of this battle.

However, sometimes the princes can't be seen as people, they only recognize interests, long-term, short-term, Chen Mo is also a prince, and he can't be an exception, of course, if he can choose, he will also maintain his positive image.

"My lord, I am waiting for this battle, and winning the land is only the second, the most important thing is to break the hope of Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, and I also agree with General Wang's words, before Yuan Shao is completely defeated in this battle, there is no way to compromise." Xu Shu bowed and said.

Xun Yu didn't say anything on the side, just nodded, agreeing with Xu Shu's point of view.

Chen Mo picked up the bamboo slip and looked at it again, and said with a smile: "What you said is good, and this battle must not only be won, Yuan Shao must be defeated by me!" ”

Yuan Shao was defeated in the hands of Chen Mo or in the hands of Cao Cao, this is very important, this is an opportunity to show his strength to the people of the world, at the moment, Chen Mo personally replied with a letter, and asked people to hand it over to the messenger sent by Yuan Shao to bring to Yuan Shao.

……

"Bang~"

Chao Ge, Yuan Shao's camp, looking at the letter brought back by the messenger, Yuan Shao's face was gloomy and terrible, and the temperature in the entire tent seemed to be much lower, for a long time, Yuan Shao suddenly slammed the bamboo slip to the ground, and scolded: "Chen Mo Xiao'er, dare to bully me!?" ”

"The Lord is angry!" Xu You picked up the bamboo slip, looked at it carefully, frowned and handed the bamboo slip to Tian Feng, who was reaching out to ask for it, bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, Chen Mo is a person who has always done things in a measured manner, but this letter is so flamboyant and domineering, obviously to deliberately provoke the lord, don't fall for it." ”

"I don't know, but this son is too deceitful, if I don't kill this son, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" Yuan Shao snorted angrily.

"Lord, this Chen Mo and Cao Cao have obviously joined forces, this campaign, both sides shot at the same time, now Cao Cao is attacking Qingzhou and the plains, the eldest prince and General Wen are also in a hurry, these two seem to be forcing the lord to fight with him!" Tian Feng handed the bamboo slip to the guard, looked at Yuan Shao, and bowed.

It stands to reason that Yuan Shao is powerful, and although the two join forces, they may both wish that the other party would take on more pressure, but this time, Chen Mo and Cao Cao's attitude is that they can't wait to collide with Yuan Shao's main force.

"This is to use the lord to achieve his prestige!" After reading the bamboo slips, he sneered: "As long as the lord is defeated, the heart of the corporal in this world will inevitably be shaken, even if he can't get actual benefits, but this fame can be on par with the lord, and the scholars who originally had their hearts to the lord under his rule will also be shaken." ”

"I'm afraid they don't have the ability!" Xu You snorted coldly and said: "Lord, since they are eager to fight, I think that when they gather heavy troops to break all the way first, whether it is Cao Cao or Chen Mo, as long as the lord breaks one person first, it will be difficult for the other person to resist the lord alone, and he will retreat." ”

"Then break Chen Mo first!" Yuan Shao slapped the table, but this decision was quite decisive, obviously Chen Mo's letter completely angered Yuan Shao, he was ready to gather heavy troops to break Chen Mo first, as for Cao Cao, as long as Chen Mo's side was defeated, Cao Cao would naturally be unable to resist Yuan Shao alone.

Moreover, in terms of topography, Chen Mo is the closest to him at this moment, so he is naturally the target to clean up first.

"The lord is wise!" Everyone bowed in unison.

At that moment, Yuan Shao no longer delayed, raised his army, and went straight to Huaixian, preparing to have a decisive battle with Chen Mo in the Huaixian area, even if he couldn't kill Chen Mo, he would have to hit him hard, so that he would not dare to be his enemy again.

After Chen Mo heard that Yuan Shao had raised a large army to attack, he immediately commanded the army to move, converged with Gaoshun's army, and set up camp ten miles west of Huaixian County to confront Yuan Shao's army.

Yuan Shao this time in order to suppress Chen Mo and Cao Cao, he came with an army of 100,000, among the three princes, I am afraid that only Yuan Shao can take out an army of 100,000 so easily, this is not counting the troops stationed in various places, and the strength of the confrontation with Chen Mo and Cao Cao, although Yuan Shao lost the opportunity in this battle, but the number of troops invested exceeded the total number of troops invested by Chen Mo and Cao Cao.

Now that the main army is approaching Huaixian, Chen Mo can clearly feel the pressure.

In September, Chen Mo sent Ma Chao to lead the cavalry to attack Yuan Shao's rear to cut off Yuan Shao's grain route, but Yuan Shao set up checkpoints everywhere, forcing Ma Chao to give full play to the cavalry's mobility advantages, let alone around the enemy's rear.

This time, Yuan Shao occupied the advantage of troops, so he naturally would not defend the city, but gathered Yan Liang and Han Meng's troops and began to crush Chen Mo's side with a general momentum, since Chen Mo wanted to force him to fight a decisive battle, then he relied on Chen Mo to see how he fought against his own army.

Chen Mo's side of the generals out, from September to October with Yuan Shao, stunned for a month, the battle line stretched from Huai County to Shanyang, the two sides also played a real fire, although Chen Mo's side of the army is fierce, but Yuan Shao is not no one, both sides have their own victories and defeats, the battle is becoming more and more intense, in October, Chen Mo seems to be a little unable to hold on, take the initiative to retreat to the state and county, originally the two sides attacked, but now it has become Chen Mo let go, Yuan Shao attacked, the war, seems to be developing in a direction that is unfavorable to Chen Mo.

"It's too late to stop at this time!" Yuan Shao waved his troops and marched again, led the army to the state and county, and confronted Chen Mo again, this time Yuan Shaoshi made up his mind, even if he couldn't kill Chen Mo, he would definitely take this opportunity to subdue Chen Mo.