Yuan Shao knew that Tian Feng served as the supervisor of the Black Mountain Army's conquest of Wu Huan, although he was excited, but he also understood in his heart that although the Black Mountain Army dealt with Wu Huan to a certain extent weakened the Tao Shang's attack on his own strength, the power of the Jinling Army was still very strong, especially the generals under the command of Tao Shang, and he was still dealing with Cao Cao in Liyang, if he dealt with these two people at the same time, it would be a little too difficult, and the consequences were difficult to predict.

He summoned all his advisors to discuss what should be done with the matter.

Several advisers under Yuan Shao, Xu Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, Tian Feng ran to the pottery merchant as an undercover agent, and after several experiences of being captured, he was despised by Yuan Shao, and basically had no right to speak.

Xun Chen, like Xun Yu, is also a member of the Yingchuan clan, and his influence is much more than Xun Yu's, and the name of the Yingchuan Xun clan is also a big capital for him to gain a foothold under Yuan Shao.

But in addition to the family, Xun Chen's skills really live up to his reputation as a member of the Xun family. He persuaded Han Fu to surrender back then, and he did it for Yuan Shao.

"General, if you want to deal with the potters and Cao Cao at the same time, it is especially difficult for our army to fight at the moment, rather than fighting the two, it is better to cede some cities in the east of Jizhou to the potters and use them as bait."

Yuan Shao's face turned red when he heard that Xun Chen asked him to cede the city, even if he was about to have a seizure, but the continuous failures made his temper restrain to a certain extent.

He forcibly suppressed the anger that sprung up, and asked as calmly as possible: "If you say this, I don't know much, Jizhou is the foundation of Yuan, how to divide it?" ”

Xun Chen also seemed to faintly feel Yuan Shao's anger, so the speed of his speech also increased a lot.

"The general divided the city to the pottery merchants, ostensibly to show weakness, but in fact it was for Cao Cao to show."

Yuan Shao pondered it carefully, and he had some understanding in his heart.

He is also a wise man, and he is not incomprehensible.

"What do you mean by letting Cao Cao deal with the potter?"

Xun Chen nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason." ”

Over there, Guo Tu couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

"If you say this, you will take it for granted! What kind of person is Cao Cao, what kind of person is the potter? You have such a divisive scheme, Guo can see it at a glance, not to mention the potter and Cao Cao? ”

Xun Chen shook his head and said very calmly: "Gong Ze said that the words of separation are not right, now Cao Cao and the pottery merchants are not allies at all, they are just jackals who covet my Hebei land, let's cut the meat to one of them, and the other can sleep in peace?" Moreover, even if Cao Cao was afraid that we would take advantage of the situation, he would not easily inflict heavy troops on the potters, but he would definitely find a way to slow down the speed of the potters' march and clamp down on the potters, so that our army would have a chance to breathe. ”

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Youruo is really high-minded." ”

Guo Tu listened to Yuan Shao's praise of Xun Chen, his face was a little blushing, and he continued to retort unconvinced: "Suddenly promised to give the potter a city, how could he not doubt it? ”

Xun Chen said: "When the potter first came to Hebei, we had already made peace with him once, and the last Zhangshui alliance was also unfinished. ”

Yuan Shao nodded approvingly, and said, "The herald is to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to the west to meet the Jinling army." ”

When he was young, he followed Changshi Leyin, and was later hired by Yuan Shao to engage in it, and also led the Karasuma Assault Horse, which was very important to Yuan Shao.

The lead in history is Cao Wei's famous general, who sat in the northern Xinjiang for Cao Wei and made outstanding contributions.

Moreover, the ability to draw moves is directly proportional to calmness and seriousness, so in this matter of dealing with the potter, Yuan Shaocai deliberately chose him.

When he was young, Yuan Shao called General Zhao and gave him a general statement of Xun Chen's plan.

After listening to the move, he hesitated for a while and said, "What does the general mean, is it for me to only defeat and not win?" ”

Yuan Shaochang sighed and said: "That's right, only if you lose the battle, then you can logically cede the city to the pottery merchants, but in order to preserve the strength of our army, it is not good to lose too much. ”

After pondering for a while, he said to Yuan Shao: "Thanks to the general's wrong love, a certain person is willing to bear this matter, but most of the people under the command of the pottery merchant are good at fighting, and they know my roots. ”

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment and said: "I let Zhang He be the deputy general, and I will lead to you, remember that you can only be defeated, not defeated." ”

Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and didn't squeak.

This made Yuan Shao say a lot of ...... I want to win, but the question is, will I win?

A battle that is doomed to failure, and now it is too miserable to be defeated...... It's a bit of a tough battle.

……

A few days later, the recruited soldiers and horses were dispatched, and their target was the plain west of Yecheng, where their soldiers and horses were stationed, waiting for the potters to attack.

The school clerk of the school office brought the news back to the potter, which made him feel very strange.

"My 100,000 troops entered, but Yuan Shao only sent 30,000 people, Zhang He, and Guo Yuan to come to the plains to station...... Isn't that a little too much to take me seriously? The potter spoke his mind to the crowd.

Zhuge Liang has always been calm, he gently shook the feather fan, and thought: "Teacher, although Tian Feng is not by Yuan Shao's side now, Xu You has also submitted to Cao Cao, but there are still many powerful masterminds under Yuan Shao...... After all, Yuan Shao is powerful and has many talents, if he really has any conspiracy, I am afraid that we will not be able to deal with it in a hurry. ”

Compared with Guo Jia and Sima Yi, although Zhuge Liang has less momentum, he is extremely stable, although this is sometimes a shortcoming, but most of the time it is still an advantage, at least he will not be caught by the other party.

The potter felt that he was somewhat lacking in this aspect compared to this apprentice.

"Kong Ming, then what do you think you should do now as a teacher?"

Zhuge Liang said respectfully to the pottery merchant: "Yuan Shao is now facing Cao Cao, and there will be no winner for a while. ”

The potter nodded and said, "Responding to all changes with the same is indeed the best way. ”

……

The potter's side adopted the method of responding to all changes with the same and temporarily suspended the army, but the other side formulated many response plans.

In order to fight this defeat very similarly, but not to lose too much, he stared at Pitu every day for the past few days, and almost didn't close his eyes.

After all, this burden is too heavy for him.

Finally, the strategy is formulated, and we are waiting for the other party to attack.

But for ten days, the potter's army did not move at all.

At this moment, the trick is a little silly.