At the end of the fifth year of the first peace, Yanzhou Cao Cao took advantage of the return of Lu Bu to the north, and attacked the Tiger Prison Pass and Yingchuan, and the two sides broke out in Xu County. In addition, the New Year was approaching, and Cao Cao could only withdraw to Yanzhou with hatred, waiting for an alliance with Yuan Shao to attack and merge with the state.

However, Lü Bu didn't seem to be willing to let Cao Cao go, and as soon as the Yanzhou army withdrew, Lü Bu led his troops into Hanoi. For a time, the state army was in the limelight, replacing Guanzhong and Jizhou, and became the strongest force in the world. Seeing that Lu Bu's territory was getting bigger and bigger, Yuan Shao, who wanted to earn some benefits from Cao Cao, hurriedly summoned Cheng Yu to allow the alliance of Yanzhou, and at the same time stationed in Daijun and Jingcheng in two ways.

Knowing that Jizhou and Yanzhou were in alliance, Long Jun, who had just spent the New Year with his family, hurriedly summoned everyone to deal with the union between the two sides. Don't look at Jizhou and Yanzhou as just targeting the merger, but once the merger is resolved, then Guanzhong will definitely border the territory of both sides and a conflict will break out. If Yuan Shaoken entered Qingzhou in the west, he might give Guanzhong the opportunity to prepare troops and horses, but according to Liu Bei's temperament and the defeat of the state, Liu Bei would definitely take refuge in Yuan Shao to make a living.

"Cao Cao dared to attack Lü Bu with great fanfare, which means that Liu Xuande has formed an alliance with Yanzhou, and the princes of the four routes of Kwantung are united, and Lü Bu will be defeated. But at this time, if our army strictly abides by the alliance with Lu Bu and sends troops to Luoyang, then the lord may have to bear the infamy of offending his father with his son, and we also had an alliance with Cao Cao back then. ”

Facing Xun Yu's worries, Long Jun chuckled, and before he could speak, Xu Shu on the other side also said, "Our army has just completed the deployment, and the cooperation between several generals and subordinate generals still needs to be studied. ”

Before Long Jun could decide whether to send troops to help and annex the state, two people objected, Guo Jia saw this, coughed lightly, and reminded, "The lord has not yet said whether to send troops, don't worry about the two of you." Besides, this situation is also related to the opening of Xuanyuan Pass by the lord at the beginning, and the lord must have made a decision in his heart. ”

After Guo Jia's reminder, the two found that Long Jun did not show any intention of raising troops to go out from beginning to end, and the two who were used to saying something hurriedly apologized to Long Jun. Who would think that Long Jun did not delve into this, although the two of them were suspected of overstepping, but Guanzhong has always been like this, for this reason Long Jun took a deep look at Guo Jia, and then waved at the two and said, "This matter is nothing, in fact, I don't want to send troops at will, after all, my old father-in-law is still good to me, every time in Guanzhong over the years, he has helped me say a lot of good things, how can I send troops to make trouble." ”

"What does the lord mean?" It stands to reason that according to Long Jun's character, it is a matter of Guanzhong's safety, and Long Jun will never allow the coalition forces to capture and annex the state, but from Long Jun's words, why didn't he have the slightest idea of sending troops? So the five people present glanced at each other, and Jia Xu, who had never expressed his attitude, said loudly: "The lord wants to make trouble for the coalition forces in secret?" ”

Hearing this, Long Jun glanced at Jia Xu approvingly, and then said in a deep voice: "First of all, the reason for the coalition army to crusade against the state is that Lu Bu secretly collects the jade seal of the country and intends to abolish the emperor and claim the king, how dare I meddle in this kind of reason for sending troops?" Secondly, where is the jade seal of the country, you must also know that what our army should do now is to fade out of everyone's field of vision, in order to develop in Guanzhong. In the end, both sides allied with me, but Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Liu Bei of Qingzhou, you also know the relationship between these two people and me. Once our army intervenes in it, it will inevitably be remembered by the two, as long as the state is lost, Yuan Shao will immediately unite with Liu Bei, on the grounds that our army is helping and rebellious, one side will send troops to my Guanzhong, and the other side will drag Cao Cao. ”

After a pause, Long Jun sighed and said, "In addition, just like Wen Ruo and Yuan Zhi said, the relationship between me and Cao Cao is very close, and many things are inconvenient to do. When I opened Xuanyuan Pass, I wanted Cao Cao and Lu Bu to have a gap, but this did not include Liu Bei in Qingzhou and Tao Qian in Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, because of the seal of one party and Lu Bu's ambition, Qingxu took refuge in Yuan Cao. ”

At this point, Long Jun laughed at himself, making everyone not know what to say. Previously, Xun You didn't want to be involved with Lu Bu, because Guanzhong didn't have the capital to plan Yizhou now, so he only needed to deal with the merger of the state. But Long Jun wanted to use the hand of the annexation state to intercept the war between Guanzhong and the Central Plains and seek his own development. In fact, there was nothing wrong with this strategy, but Long Jun missed everyone's ambition and Lu Bu's desire to win.

After thinking about it, Guo Jia, who was the chief strategist under Long Jun's account, took the lead in persuading, "This is not to blame the lord, but since the lord wants to help Lu Bu drag down the coalition army, his subordinates have a suggestion here for everyone's reference!" ”

Seeing that Guo Jia had a way, Long Jun immediately came to his senses, and sat down and stretched out his hand to signal the other party to elaborate. With Long Jun's permission, Guo Jia glanced at Jia Xu who was smiling, and said with a smile, "Actually, this matter is not difficult to do, and there are now more than 100,000 soldiers in Bingzhou, plus Xu County's victory over Yanzhou in the first battle, this is the time when morale is strong." Even if Jizhou Chen Bing is in Jingcheng and Daijun, there are mountains to block it, and it is not easy for Jizhou to enter the state. Secondly, the annexed states have already captured Hanoi, and the Jizhou army can only encroach on the annexed states if they join forces with Yanzhou. Therefore, the subordinates believe that it is not difficult to help the state, as long as our army secretly helps the state to provide military information and some armaments, and the state resistance will not be a problem until next year. ”

Immediately afterwards, Jia Xu also continued: "Cao Cao's goals are only Luoyang and Yuzhou, and the lord of the Tiger Prison also understands the danger, but Mengjin in Hanoi is also no less than the Tiger Prison. Therefore, Hanoi will become a meat grinder for both sides, as long as the battle starts, no one can easily retreat, but this has caused a gap between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, because Yuan Shao's goal is to merge with Zhou, Cao Cao's goal is Luoyang, and Yanzhou is absolutely impossible to invest a lot of troops in Hanoi, which gives our army a great opportunity. ”

When Long Jun heard this, he looked at Jia Xu suspiciously, he felt that Jia Xu had something to say, as if he didn't just want Guanzhong to make trouble in secret, so he asked with interest, "What does Wen He mean by this?" Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have a gap in their hearts, what does it matter to us? Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity to do something? ”

There were no fools in the people present, they were all the top wise men in the world, and after Jia Xu finished speaking, the other four people had already fallen into deep thought, and their expressions were solemn. Feeling that Jia Xu's strategy was a bit risky, Xun Yu stopped and said, "Wenhe wants to take this opportunity to let the lord attack and annex the state?" But what if Lu Bu was wary of us? Don't forget that the Chen Palace under Lu Bu's account is no worse than our wisdom, and even better than us in some aspects! ”

Staring at Jia Xu with a smile on his face, Long Jun felt a little furious in his heart, don't look at him with a lot of plans, but there is definitely no ruthlessness of Jia Xu. Secretly supported Lu Bu and the coalition army in a fierce battle, and after the three sides were tired, the Guanzhong army entered the state with a thunderbolt and seized the control of the imperial court. But in the same way, if Long Jun follows Jia Xu's plan, once Guanzhong is blocked by the annexation of the state, it is very likely that the two sides who have been fighting for a long time will turn their guns and enter Guanzhong to prevent the fisherman from benefiting Guanzhong.

"No, no, no, Wen Ruo and the lord may have misinterpreted Jia's meaning." Explaining with a smile, Jia Xu smiled meaningfully, "If we directly attack and merge with the state, let alone Lu Bu's reaction, I'm afraid that Jizhou and Yanzhou will immediately stop attacking and consider solving our army, there is such a danger, why should our army attack and merge the state?" And I mean, since our army is secretly supporting the annexation of states, why not support more? Except for Lu Bu's clear sighting, the rest of the princes have only heard of his name, but have not seen his army, if the second prince leads the army to help each other in secret, and the coalition army is weak, will they ask the lord to send troops and annex the state? ”

Let the Blazing Sky Army support and annex the state, and wait for the coalition to invite Guanzhong to crusade against Lu Bu? It can be said that Jia Xu's plan is full of loopholes, but it is not denied that this is the best way for Guanzhong to intervene in it. In particular, the princes have always put interests first, even if the other party knew that the Blazing Sky Army was a reinforcement sent by Guanzhong, they would not blame Guanzhong directly, but formally invited Guanzhong to hunt and annex states.

"This is a great good! But in this case, will it make my old father-in-law dissatisfied? The children of the Cao family have seen Longyang with their own eyes, in case they offend my father-in-law, coupled with the resourcefulness of Xi Zhicai, what calculations our army wants, the other party may not let our army succeed. ”

first affirmed Jia Xu's plan, and then Long Jun expressed his worries. But after a while, Long Jun understood the deep meaning behind Jia Xu's plan, so he muttered, "It's a good step to take precautions, not only to increase the loss of both sides, but also to take the opportunity to consume the Jizhou army, and also to show the coalition forces our intentions." Even in the future, when our army is really the enemy of the Jizhou army, there is a chance that the Blazing Sky Army, which understands the combat habits of the Jizhou army, will greatly enhance the chances of our army's victory. ”

Seeing that Long Jun fully understood his intentions, Jia Xu smiled indifferently, and the corners of his mouth went up slightly. Guo Jia, who watched it, shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he was amazed by Jia Xu in his heart.

So Long Jun immediately ordered the Blazing Sky Army to evacuate the training of the Qinling Mountains, enter the banks of the river, and prepare to rush to the aid of Hanoi. At the same time, Long Huwei also returned to Chang'an to prepare for the expedition.

In March of the sixth year of Chuping, a major battle broke out between the Bingzhou Army and the Kwantung Coalition Army in Hanoi, and the two sides fought fiercely for three days without a victory. For this reason, Yuan Shao ordered the soldiers and horses of Daijun to enter Yanmen, and he never thought that Huaxiong, who had retired from the seal, suddenly appeared and led the state army to repel the soldiers and horses of Daijun. At the same time, Zhang Liao led his troops out of Zhanxian County and went straight to Shangai, preparing to attack the Jizhou army in Jingcheng.

In mid-March, Yuan Shao learned of the defeat of Daijun, so he increased his troops and prepared to fight in a battle. Seeing that the Jizhou army was so poor, Cao Cao secretly hated it and hurriedly accompanied the additional troops, but the goal was Tiger Pass.