Seeing that winter was coming, Long Jun was still on the other side of the river with Zhang Liao, and by the way, he was planning Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong. At the same time, Yuan Shao, who was in Tianjing Pass, was not far behind, and after a month of confusion, Lu Bu and others in the pass had already been fooled. Except for sprinkling some dead soldiers every day to hunt down the coalition soldiers, the rest of the time is spent consolidating the city defenses of Tianjing Pass. Looking at the enslavement of the hard work on the city wall, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao looked at each other and smiled, the higher the other party strengthened, then the greater the loss they would suffer at that time.

"I heard that Long Jun's side has already occupied Wuyuan and Shuofang. It seems that your son-in-law has a lot of thoughts, and wants to occupy the northern part of the state before you and me. At this point, Yuan Shao stared at Cao Cao with a smile, seeing that he was silent, and even his emotions did not change, so he continued, "Aren't you afraid that he will take Taiyuan before you and me and ask the Son of Heaven for credit?" I heard that he has finished repairing Weiyang Palace, so what is the use of you even if you take Luoyang at that time? ”

If it was in the past, Cao Cao would definitely reprimand Yuan Shao for this kind of sowing discord, but over the years, he has seen the changes in the world, as a prince, if he is angry because of the other party's provocation, then he might as well return to the Son of Heaven. However, it was not a matter to let Yuan Shao talk so much, so Cao Cao turned his head and said with a sneer, "So what? I'm afraid that Ziyu occupies the state, and you're most worried about you, right? Why is it not enough to unite with Liu Bei, and you still want to unite with me? Do you really think Guanzhong is so easy to handle? ”

"Mengde, what do you mean by that? We have been friends since childhood, so who is Long Jun? It's just a shaft, if it weren't for your help, he would have been able to gain a reputation and enter the eyes of the emperor? But what do you see he did later? Divide the scholar clan for the first emperor and seize the general's military power. Now that he is splitting the ground and not listening to the orders of the imperial court, do you still have the heart to help him with such a person? Aren't you afraid that you will be reviled by the world when you die? ”

is worthy of the Yuan family of the fourth world and the third duke, and his eloquence is really good, if he didn't know their inner grievances, I'm afraid Cao Cao would really be moved by Yuan Shao. But there is one thing that Yuan Shao may have guessed wrong, if there is no private message from Long Jun, I am afraid that Yanzhou will not have the opportunity to occupy Yuzhou and take Luoyang. After Yuan Shao's nonsense was over, Cao Cao turned his horse back, pointed to the coalition camp, and said with a meaningful smile: "If you Yuan Benchu has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses and is afraid of Long Jun, then what ability do I have to be an enemy of him?" Moreover, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Qingxu coalition army are in Yanzhou, how can I sit idly by? So you should keep what you say to Liu Bei, and when the Qingxu coalition army withdraws from our border, you Yuan Benchu is talking to me about friendship. ”

After speaking, Cao Cao rode away, leaving Yuan Shao with a mocking back. Looking at the direction of Cao Cao's departure, Yuan Shao's left hand holding the reins trembled constantly, not because he was afraid, but because he was angry. Cao Cao didn't know what to do, and he actually took Liu Bei to talk about things, how could he not be angry. So after waiting for Cao Cao to completely disappear from his gaze, Yuan Shao said in a deep voice to Yan Liang, the general beside him, "You go to Liu Bei later, tell him that the war in Hezhou is over, let him send troops to Yanzhou immediately, and I will send 50,000 soldiers and horses to assist." ”

"Oh, my subordinates will do it!" As Yuan Shao's confidant, Yan Liang is of course aware of the hatred between Jizhou and Guanzhong, but today's Guanzhong soldiers are well-fed and have geographical advantages. Coupled with the world-famous Guanzhong Five Tigers and Dragon Tiger Wei Shuangxiong, what does he Jizhou do to fight with Guanzhong, I am afraid that only by carrying the general trend of Hebei can he stabilize Guanzhong. And this general trend of Hebei, it is necessary to take Yanzhou and unite with Qingxu to promote the trend of the tripartite war.

On the same day, Yan Liang negotiated with Liu Bei in his tent for an afternoon, and then left here with Liu Bei's courteous smile. By the time Cao Cao received the news, it was already midnight. However, this kind of thing is already well known to him, and he rejected Yuan Shao's alliance in the day, if Yuan Shao does not make a move to divide the alliance between Guanzhong and Yanzhou, then he, the fourth and third dukes, will really become a prince who is not worthy of the name, so that the world despises him.

"Lord, Yuan Benchu's move seems to be ready to take our Yanzhou. In case Zhenbeihou really doesn't send troops to contain Jizhou, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it for long. You must know that Zhenbei Hou is the best fisherman's profit! ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao glanced at Xi Zhicai, then put down the military book in his hand, and asked pointedly, "What, Zhicai was also influenced by Yuan Shao?" Do you think Ziyu will abandon us and wait for both sides to lose before coming out to clean up the mess? ”

"The impact is not to talk about, but there has always been no friendship between the feudal towns, all of which are based on interests, before the town of Beihou opened Xuanyuan Pass to let Lu Bu enter Yuzhou, and then the state and our army went to war, he gave up Lu Bu's alliance, sent troops to attack and the four northern counties. The art of vertical and horizontal makes me and other strategists ashamed. If Zhenbei Hou is really given this opportunity, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not let the three parties go to war, in order to make further progress in the future trend. ”

Seeing that Xi Zhicai's words were conclusive, and the sentences of his analysis were reasonable, Cao Cao couldn't help but have doubts. He was not afraid that Long Jun would make a profit, but that he would really rush to that position, if he was there, it would be fine, but if the Cao clan really perished, who could limit Long Jun's ambitions? As everyone knows, half of the princes in the world are defeated by Long Jun's subordinates, and only he Cao Cao has not really been hostile to Long Jun so far. After pondering for a while, Cao Cao said softly, "What do you think of it if we take the lead in attacking Qingxu after the end of the war?" Compared with the hundreds of thousands of weak brigades in Qingxu, our army is comparable to the existence of the Guanzhong Army. ”

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then took a deep look at Cao Cao, and sighed, Cao Cao would rather do something to Qingxu and Xuzhou than send troops to recruit Guanzhong, what a kind of trust this is, and even recognized the combat power and status of the Guanzhong Army between words. But are Long Jun and Guanzhong really worthy of the Cao family's trust? It's a difficult answer. So Xi Zhicai replied in a deep voice: "If we only do it to Qingxu, our army is eighty percent sure that we will win the two states, but the result may be that Long Jun will win Jizhou alone!" ”

"Alone in Jizhou?" Hearing this answer, Cao Cao shook his head slowly, don't look down on Yuan Shao, but he knows very well that it is aimed at Yuan Shao's character, if you talk about the strength of all the forces in the world, I am afraid that only the foundation of Jizhou can fight with Guanzhong. Therefore, it is impossible for Guanzhong to win Jizhou alone, and when he finishes cleaning up Liu Bei and Tao Qian, it is estimated that Guanzhong has just entered Jizhou. Therefore, Cao Cao sneered and said, "If we start a war with Jizhou, maybe we will immediately divide the victory and defeat, but Guanzhong is absolutely impossible, the background of the fourth world and the third prince is not comparable to ordinary forces, and Long Jun is from a humble background, and the people under him are basically recovered by him personally or from a poor family, and the relationship between the family and him is not good, how can he have a chance to win the battle?" ”

As a person from a poor family, Xi Zhicai really didn't take this factor into account, so after Cao Cao explained, Xi Zhicai suddenly realized, so he stroked his loose beard and chuckled, "It's that the subordinates' vision is short, but since the lord has a plan in his heart, why don't our army expand to prepare for the battle in the coming day?" Although the Qingxu soldiers and horses are weak, their number is incomparable with our army, if we add another 20,000 people to our army, our subordinates guarantee to occupy the two prefectures of Qingxu within three months. ”

"Expand the army?" Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded slowly, today, Yizhou has 100,000 troops, Jingzhou has 100,000 troops, and Jiangdong Sun Jian only has 60,000 horses due to geographical reasons. However, looking at the north of the Yangtze River, the Qingxu coalition army has nearly 200,000 troops, Jizhou has more than 200,000 troops, Guanzhong has more than 100,000 soldiers, and only he Yanzhou has 80,000 soldiers and horses. So Cao Cao called Cao Hong, who was outside the account, and ordered him to return to Chenliu as soon as possible, and asked Cheng Yu and others to recruit 30,000 troops to prepare for the Qingxu war.

That night, Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai joined forces to formulate the military deployment after the annexation. In the early morning of the second day, the first snow of early winter came unexpectedly, and the three princes in the coalition camp took the snowflakes given by God with their hands, all showing smug smiles. Winter snow is coming, and it's time to break through the patio pass.

Three days later, the generals of the Yuan Cao coalition army looked at the snow on both sides of Tianjing Pass and the thunderbolt car beside them, and their faces were full of victorious smiles. Tianjing Pass is built in the narrow mountain road of Taihang Mountain, the same as the Tiger Prison Pass, belongs to the kind of Xiongguan that cannot be opened, at the beginning Yuan Cao Coalition Army did not think of using the gravel on both sides of the mountain range to break the pass, but when the scouts investigated the feasibility of this plan, everyone denied this strategy, because the mountains on both sides of the checkpoint are really solid, and it is not a thunderbolt car that can be smashed open.

However, in the secret conversation that day, after Liu Bei talked about the past of Zhuo County, Yuan Shao's eyes lit up instantly, and he felt that he could use the avalanche to capture Tianjing Pass. You must know that causing an avalanche is much easier than smashing rocks, and it is not easy to hurt yourself and leave future troubles. So he asked Cao Cao to discuss this plan, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to have this intention, and the two hit it off, and immediately set out to confuse Lu Bu and began to manufacture thunderbolts on a large scale. This is also the reason why even if they were chased and killed by the dead soldiers of Bingzhou, the coalition army did not resist at the beginning, that is, they were afraid that Lu Bu and they would be suspicious, withdraw their troops into the party, and leave a large-scale merger of state troops, so that the coalition army suffered too much damage.

"The order will go down, and when it is noon, five hundred thunderbolts will smash the mountains on both sides of the mountain, and the army will retreat to the camp, and when the snow has buried the Tianjing Pass, the whole army will go out to kill the enemy who has slipped through the net."

"Whoa!"

At noon, the gravel on the 500 thunderbolt cars crashed on the shore like a stormy wave, and instantly flew to the mountains on both sides, and in an instant the sky and earth thundered, and the snow on the mountains was like a huge wave crashing down.

Looking at the pouring snow on both sides, Chen Gong's eyes widened, he had never set foot in the north, and he would never have thought that the other party would break through the level with an avalanche. And although Lu Bu grew up in Wuyuan and fought in Yanmen, the Xianbei people would understand this. So in the sluggishness of the two, the state army on the city wall could not react, and was buried in the snow nest in an instant.

Fortunately, Lu Bu's personal soldiers did not understand anything, and as early as the moment the heavy snow fell on everyone's heads, they kicked Lu Bu and Chen Gong down on the city ladder and let them roll down.

Seeing that the heavy snow had buried Tianjing Pass, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who were watching from afar, were overjoyed, but the avalanche was not over yet, and they did not dare to easily step into the Tianjing Pass. However, while they were waiting, Chen Gong, who had already come to his senses, ignored the pain in his arm, and shouted at the remaining Bingzhou troops around him, "Protect the lord and withdraw to the party." Evacuate! ”

In the sixth year of the first peace, at the end of November, the Tianjing Pass of Bingzhou fell, Yuan Cao's coalition army entered the party, and only 30,000 people escaped from the 70,000 and state troops.