Jian Yong didn't expect to be able to get such an important military information from Yuan Yao, if he could determine Cao Cao's approximate route and time of marching, then Liu Bei would be able to make preparations for the battle, and now 100,000 troops are gathered in the area of Xiapi City, whether it is to collect food and salary, or to maintain the morale of the army, this has brought a lot of pressure to Liu Bei, if it can be determined that Cao Cao will attack Xuzhou in the near future, it will definitely relieve Liu Bei a lot of pressure.

Jian Yong's heart was turbulent, and he asked urgently, "Has the general confirmed this military situation?" Has the main force of Cao's army really secretly returned from the front line of the Yellow River to the vicinity of Xudu? ”

Yuan Yao saw that Jian Yong was a little suspicious of himself, and asked rhetorically: "If it weren't for the fact that the main force of Cao's army had arrived near Xudu, Cao Cao wanted to attack Xuzhou in the shortest possible time, why would he force me to attack Xuzhou?" Cao Cao is cunning, how could he not have guessed that I would definitely not use all my strength to attack Xuzhou? The reason why he forced me to send troops to Xuzhou was to disperse Xuzhou's military strength, so as to create a fighter for him to take advantage of the weakness! ”

"No one in the world knows that General Guan is Uncle Liu's right-hand man and the pillar of Xuzhou! Now that General Guan's army has been sent by the emperor to the front line of Huaishui, this is already the time when the troops in the area of Xiapi City are the most empty, Cao Cao is extremely decisive in using troops, how can he not see such fighters? ”

"As the saying goes: Soldiers are fast! Cao Cao was very suspicious, and in order to prevent me and Uncle Liu Huang from secretly reaching an agreement so that General Guan's army could return to Xiapi, I can conclude that Cao Cao will definitely send troops to Xuzhou in the near future! However, Cao Cao definitely did not expect that Uncle Huang and Yuan would reach a peace agreement in such a short period of time, if General Guan left a small number of soldiers and horses here as suspicious soldiers to confront me, and secretly led the main army back to Xiapi for ambush, then he would definitely be able to make some gains! ”

"And our scouts did detect any changes in Cao Cao's army, sir, imagine that Cao Cao gathered troops and horses at this time, not to use troops against you Xuzhou, who else can he deal with?" When Yuan Yao said this, he arched his hand and said: "Yuan Mou's words are all here, as for whether to believe or not, please think about it yourself!" ”

"Thank you, General, for informing me of this, and let me think about it for a moment!"

Jian Yong got up and bowed to Yuan Yao, and said secretly in his heart: If Yuan Yao deceives himself, then he must have a plan, Yuan Yao, as a prince, the biggest plot is nothing more than the city's land and population, money and food!

Now that Yuan Yao has captured the land of the four counties of Huainan, if he wants to continue to attack Xuzhou, he needs to cross the Huaishui River and continue to go north, and the land north of Huaishui is the heart of Xuzhou.

In this way, it will only make Yuan Yao and his own family lose both, and let Cao Cao reap the benefits of the fisherman, Yuan Yao is determined to be in the world, and he will definitely not take the blame for Cao Cao!

And the most important thing is that the city land north of Huaishui is easy to attack and not easy to defend!

The lord of his own family was the pastor of Xuzhou before, and he won the hearts of the people in Xuzhou, and now he has 100,000 soldiers, and it is still so difficult to guard Xuzhou, not to mention Yuan Yao, who has no kindness to the people of Xuzhou?

If Yuan Yao attacked Xuzhou, this move would definitely plunge his main army into the quagmire of Xuzhou, thus giving Jiangdong Sun Ce and Jingzhou Liu Biao the opportunity to attack its foundation, from this point of view, the strategy of Xuzhou is far less cost-effective than his strategy of Jingzhou, with the knowledge and talent of Yuan Yao and Pang Tong, they will definitely be able to see this!

Thinking about it this way, it seems that the military situation that Yuan Yao said should be true, Cao Cao is indeed going to attack Xiapi in the near future!

The strength of the army is like fire, and its speed is like the wind, which is also the characteristics of Cao Mengde's soldiers!

No, I have to rush back to Xiapi as soon as possible!

Jian Yong thought of this, stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "What the general just said, as long as my lord Xuande Gong is still in Xuzhou for a day, the general will not step across Huaishui, is this true?" ”

When Yuan Yao heard this, he knew that Jian Yong had already made a decision in his heart, and replied with a smile: "Faith and righteousness are the foundation of one's life, Yuan Mou promised a thousand gold, and he will definitely not lose his trust!" ”

"Okay, I can trust the general!" Jian Yong stood up and bowed, and said: "The military situation that the general said just now is very important, I almost want to save millions of people in Xuzhou, and I have thanked the general for his great kindness in the next generation!" ”

Yuan Yao helped him and replied with a smile: "Mr. Xianhe is polite, please hurry up!" ”

Jian Yong got up and said: "The military situation is like fire, I will return to Xiapi as soon as I get off, and I ask the general to send me out of the city!" ”

"In that case, then I won't keep Mr. more!" Yuan Yao said politely to Jian Yong, then looked at Yang Zaixing, and said, "General Yang, you personally send Mr. out of the city, and you will definitely escort Mr. to Huaishui!" ”

"No, the last general will take the order!" Yang Zaixing bowed down to receive the order, stretched out his hand and said, "Sir, please!" ”

Jian Yong was worried about the situation in Xiapi, and hurriedly followed Yang Zaixing out of the city, and returned to the camp of Guan Yu north of Huaishui......

After Jian Yong retreated, Yuan Yao lowered his head and pondered for a moment, looked at Pang Tong, and asked, "What does Mr. think will happen if he wins or loses over this?" ”

Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "Didn't the lord already foresee it?" ”

"Although Liu Bei has an army of 100,000 under his command, most of the elite in his army are the soldiers of the Cao army that he brought out from Xu Du, although these soldiers temporarily surrendered to Liu Bei, but it is still a little too reluctant to use them to fight Cao Cao! If the battle goes well, these soldiers and horses may still be useful, but as long as there is a setback in this battle, Liu Bei's army will definitely collapse at the first touch! ”

"Although Liu Bei got the military information given to him by the lord, but this can only make him hold on for a while longer, and this alone wants Liu Bei to turn defeat into victory, which is still a bit too underestimate Cao Cao!"

Yuan Yao nodded and replied: "Now Cao Cao still needs to resist Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops, and he can't be defeated now, otherwise Yuan Shao will definitely achieve the general trend!" It is enough to let Liu Bei delay some more time and create some trouble for Cao Cao! ”

"Well, this battle will sit back and watch what happens! If Cao Cao wins, he will wave his army north in the name of helping the war, break through the city of Xuzhou, loot the money and grain population and return, so as to replenish the vitality of the Jianghuai land; If Liu Bei wins, he will wave his army to the east to capture the border counties of Yuzhou such as Yingchuan in Runan and Nanyang in Jingzhou and the hometown of my Yuan family such as Nanyang in Jingzhou! ”

"These counties are rich in money and food, and the population is abundant, and they are the best in the world, and if we can conquer these counties, we will be able to dominate the party!"

Pang Tong saw that Yuan Yao dispelled the idea that he shouldn't have, and bowed his hand and said: "The lord is wise, and in the long run, he will definitely be able to achieve immortal achievements!! ”

Yuan Yao and Pang Tong looked at each other and laughed: "Hahahaha......"