"These people are to be kept under strict guard, and no one is allowed to touch them." Guan Yu ordered solemnly.

Although Baiguan is not as important as the Son of Heaven, it also plays a very important role. I didn't find the Son of Heaven, and it was also good to arrest hundreds of officials. Just in case, Guan Yu was directly stationed in the barracks left behind by Li Dao Guo Yan in the city, and firmly surrounded the hundred officials. On the other side, he quickly sent scouts to inform Liu Bei of the situation in the city.

Xiahou Yuan saw that after Guan Yu entered the city, there was nothing unusual in the city, and after a little hesitation, he also led the army into Chang'an City.

At this time, Chang'an City was already an empty city, if it weren't for the city walls and houses still intact, Xiahou Yuan would have thought that he had returned to Luoyang. Soon, Xiahou Yuan learned about Guan Yu's behavior after entering the city through the spies under the command of Xi Zhicai.

"General, what should I do? Why don't we confront each other directly and snatch back the hundred officials? The deputy general said to Xiahou Yuan, who was full of remorse.

Taking a deep breath and calming his mind, Xiahou Yuan's face returned to calm. He was just annoyed when he got the bad news, his previous choice was not wrong, Guan Yu was reckless and clumsy, which really made him helpless.

"Don't act rashly! Although the hundred officials are important, but after all, we and Liu Bei are allies, and this matter should be reported to the lord first, and then make a decision. In addition, he sent people to keep an eye on Guan Yu's army, and he must always control the position of the hundred officials. Xiahou Yuan said calmly.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, he is really not Guan Yu's opponent in a head-on battle, and rashly starting a war in anger will only make the scene worse. In this case, Xiahou Yuan didn't know what to do, so he had to inform Cao Cao and let him make a decision.

"No!"

"Who else is in the city?" Xiahou Yuan asked.

"There are still some hundreds of officials' families and family members in the city, adding up to about three or four thousand."

"Where's the grain, grass, and money?"

"There is not a single grain of grain and grass, and everything that cannot be taken away is burned by Li Dao. As for the money, it was also taken away by Li Dao or distributed to the people of Chang'an. ”

"Li Dao Guo Yan is really clean!" Xiahou Yuan said hatefully: "I didn't leave anything for us." ”

"General, didn't Li Dao leave a hundred officials? And the Son of Heaven seems to have escaped. They're more important than a little bit of food! The adjutant general wondered.

"You know what? The Son of Heaven and the hundred officials are just bait left for our two families to compete for food, just like the jade seal of the country back then. If we don't, the alliance between our two families will break. This is their scheme. Xiahou Yuan said.

The adjutant general looked suddenly enlightened: "I see! The general is really wise, and the other party's intentions are so sinister, we must not fall for their tricks. ”

Xiahou Yuan smiled slightly bitterly: "If you don't miss the plan, how easy is it to talk about?" That's the Son of Heaven and the Hundred Officials! Who doesn't want it? Who can give up? ”

"So what are we going to do? Do you want to quit the army? ”

Xiahou Yuan looked in the direction of Tongguan, his tiger eyes were slightly sluggish, and he muttered in his mouth: "Now it depends on whether the lord and the Xuande prince can bear it." If they can endure it for the time being, we may still continue to march into Xiliang, otherwise this battle will probably end in such a hurry. ”

How similar is the current situation to the situation after the Tiger Prison was broken when the princes were fighting Dong? Li Dao fled like Dong Zhuo, leaving an empty Chang'an City and hundreds of officials. If Cao Liu had left each other because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, as had been the case with the alliance of princes, the war would have ended here.

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Xiahou Yuan and Guan Yu's heralds came to Cao Liu's place almost at the same time, and they were silent in the face of the situation in Chang'an City. At the same time, the news of Liu Xie's presence in Cao Cao's army began to spread among Liu Bei's army at some point and where, and it was said that there were noses and eyes, and even how Liu Xie's nearly 100 people entered Cao Cao's army at that time and approached Cao Cao were clearly depicted. The two news detonated at the same time, and Cao Liu's army was in turmoil.

"Zhicai, Yuan Shu is playing ruthlessly!" The joy of Cao Cao's newly acquired son of heaven in his heart instantly dissipated.

Xi Zhicai was also full of shock in his heart, and felt incredible for Yuan Shu's decisiveness: "Directly abandon Chang'an, the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials!" Is Yuan Highway crazy? ”

"He's not crazy!" Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, "He is too confident. He is confident that he doesn't need Chang'an, no officials, and no Son of Heaven. A person who knows Yuan Highway best, this person's strategic layout but seeks a stable word, has been pursuing to suppress people with power, and fight for the world with the royal road. This time, he didn't want to give Cao Mengde a chance to gamble! ”

Cao Cao's heart was extremely bitter, and there was even a hint of despair. He was not afraid that Yuan Shu's army would fight against him, and he was not afraid that Yuan Shu would fight against him in an advantageous situation after absorbing Li Wei's troops, even if Yuan Shu defended Chang'an, he would dare to fight. But Yuan Shu directly chose to avoid him, how could this not make him desperate?

Just like the battle of Guandu in history, Cao Cao was actually very happy about Yuan Shao's decisive battle with him, because only in this way could he have a chance to fight. Otherwise, with the Central Plains at that time, which was thousands of miles away, it would be impossible to compare with Yuan Shao's four states in Hebei, and it would be completely looking for death.

If Yuan Shao had listened to Tian Feng's advice at that time, instead of choosing a decisive battle with the army, he would have boiled frogs in warm water a little bit, and relied on the absolute superiority in logistics and troops to constantly consume Cao Cao on the local battlefield, Cao Cao would definitely die. Of course, this is indeed a bit obscene and disgraceful, which is not in line with Yuan Benchu's bright and majestic style, so Yuan Shao did not adopt it. It is understandable to abandon the strategy of slow and sure victory and choose a more rapid and direct strategy with a winning rate of more than 90%, but who is to blame for such an unfortunate capsizing?

The end of the Han Dynasty was such a magical period, with endless battles in which the weak defeated the strong, and most of them were big battles, and the side that occupied a large number of advantages seemed to lose its mind every time. Yuan Shao punished Xu Yu in battle, not to mention his rebellion, and when he learned the news, he did not strengthen his own vigilance, and appointed Chun Yuqiong, a drunkard, to guard the grain and grass. Cao Cao was confident in his domineering spirit, and he believed in the surrender of Huang Gai, a third-generation veteran of Eastern Wu, not to mention, and also played with iron cables. Liu Bei is even more pitiful, he who has been leading the troops all the year round and even lost his military knowledge under the light of the enemy, he really thought that Lu Xun was a little kid playing with mud, but he was played with fire by the other side.

Yuan Shu believes in evil and admits intimidation, why should he gamble with Cao Cao, a barefoot man, when he obviously has a way to win?

Lao Tzu admits that I am not as good as you in leading troops to fight, so can't I fight a decisive battle with you? Anyway, Lao Tzu has a lot of soldiers, a lot of money, and a lot of food, so I will slowly consume it with you, see what you do?

It does take courage to gamble in the face of difficulties, and it also requires indomitable courage to compete for the world, but this does not mean that you need to fight head-on with others. Yuan Shu has such a big advantage now, he is qualified not to gamble, and he is qualified to play slowly.