Yuan Shao thought hard, but there was no result, in this gambling between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao had already lost in his heart, Cao Cao dared to make a desperate gamble to get the whole territory of the cattle to make a fire bull array, but Yuan Shao did not dare to put his net worth and Cao Cao to break the net.

Now Cao Cao only has 50,000 soldiers in hand, but he came down to Yuan Shao to challenge the book, which made Yuan Shao, who has an army of more than 100,000, frightened, and didn't know what to do. Sometimes Zhang Zhen was wondering if Han Fu, Liu Yu, Zhang Yang, Ding Yuan, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and others in the north were not as good as Yuan Shao, or if Yuan Shao's luck was too good. In the end, no conclusions were drawn.

In this kind of troubled times, one relies on strength, and the other depends on luck, just like the current Yuan Shao, who is strong, but his luck is not good, and several strategists let themselves be ruined, leaving one Guo Tu and one Fengji, three sons and one nephew.

Although Guo Tu is talented, he has an eye, and Feng Ji is of course good, but he is not the same heart as himself.

In these two, Yuan Shao walked around in the big tent, sleepless all night, knowing noon on the third day. A drumbeat of the gathering general woke Xun Zhan in the distance. Xin commented and smiled: "It's done, Yuan Shao finally made up his mind to fight with Cao Cao, this is probably a battle of life and death in Hebei, inform the lord to think clearly!" ”

Hearing Yuan Shao's gathering drums, Xun Zhan couldn't help but be a little excited, as long as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought, the lord of the north could be determined, and his goal would be achieved. Xun Zhan rushed out of the camp tent without stopping and took the feather fan and went straight to Yuan Shao's camp.

Yuan Shao's face was firm, and he sat on the high hall, and his subordinates and generals stood on both sides. Although Xun Zhan was also Yuan Shao's subordinate, he kept sending any spills, so he was not among Yuan Shao's generals, so he could only stand by the door and watch Yuan Shao dispatch troops.

"Everyone!" Yuan Shao said: "You may know that our army entered the south of the Yellow River at the beginning of the year, for almost half a year, and there has been no progress, and has been repeatedly calculated by the Cao army, and suffered heavy losses, but the Wuchao grain and grass were burned, and General Chunyu was killed, which is all my fault!" ”

"The lord is serious!" Guo Tu hurriedly said.

Yuan Shao waved his hand: "Now Cao Cao has sent me a war letter, after my careful consideration, I am determined to fight with Cao Cao, what do you think?" ”

Everyone was silent, and they took advantage of the opportunity like death. Yuan Tan suddenly said: "Father, the child is willing to be a pioneer!" ”

When Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang saw it, they immediately asked for help, and now the big tent was lively, everyone asked for help, and everyone wanted to work for Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet: "Everyone, now it's a field battle, Cao Cao is clear in the battle book, he will fight a decisive battle with our army in Cangting on the north bank of the Yellow River, this decisive battle does not need to be a vanguard, but a face-to-face contest between everyone in a position, think my 100,000 elites can't beat Cao Cao's 50,000 remnants?" ”

"Victory! Win! Yuan Shang raised his arms and shouted, and the entire camp was full of shouts of victory, which was deafening.

Yuan Shao smiled and nodded: "Okay, since that's the case, I don't have much!" Yuan Shao brushed a little bit on Cao Cao's war book, asked someone to exchange the war book to Cao Cao, and agreed to fight to the death in Cangting ten days later. The fanatical Yuan Shaozhong generals all felt their blood boiling, only Guo Tu didn't know what to think in his heart, and his brows were tightly locked.

Don't be, Yuan Shao's agitation really played a role, and the lifeless Yuan Shao camp has been more or less angry since then.

Xun Zhan didn't wait for Yuan Shao to send his troops, so he hurried back. As soon as he entered the camp, he hugged Xin Ping: "Zhongzhi is really a god, Yuan Shao really still wants to fight Cao Cao, okay!" ”

Xin Ping used a lot of strength to get out, Xin Ping rubbed his body while hiding far away, and said: "Since Yuan Shao is already going to fight Cao Cao, our affairs should also be on the agenda, I think it is best to inform the lord immediately and let him get ready!" ”

Cangting knows what kind of place it is from the name, and it is a place to store grain. In the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to restore the prestige of Duke Wen, the Duke of Jin Zhao asked King Jing of Zhou for an edict, hoping that King Jing and the ministers would come here, and send people to various countries to gather here for about seven months to discuss state affairs. King Zhou Jing and the princes of various countries all arrived to revive the Jin Dynasty.

Cangting's real name is Pingqiu, located on the north bank of the Yellow River, and it is still part of Chenliu County, but it is actually under the control of Yuan Shao. Cao Cao's choice of such a place also has deep meaning. Cangting is close to the Yellow River, as long as Cao's army crosses the Yellow River, there is no way to retreat, and the soldiers can only advance and not retreat when they kill the enemy. Another flat hill is formed by the impact of the water of the Yellow River, full of river mud, the soil is soft, and it is not suitable for the cavalry of the brigade to fight, which makes the cavalry brought by Yuan Tan from Youzhou unable to play its due role.

Yuan Shao didn't see this, he just felt that Cangting was just a place name, and it was on the north bank of the Yellow River, and if it failed, he could escape back to Yecheng as soon as possible, waiting for the opportunity to raise troops south again.

Yuan Shao's army set up camp, and Zhang Zhen and Jia Xu followed at the back of the team. Tai Shici asked, "Big brother, since we are going to fight a big battle, why do we still have to follow?" ”

Zhang Zhen smiled: "Are you itchy again?" Do you want me to find someone to loosen up for you, I tell you that no one is allowed to fight without my order! ”

"Got it!" Tai Shi Ci reluctantly put the double halberd that was already in his hand back on the horse's back.

Jia Xu smiled: "General Taishi, don't sigh, this is not our war, there is no need to step forward, I promise to let you have a war in the future, and fight until you are bored, how about it?" ”

"Really?" Tai Shi Ci approached Jia Xu, and suddenly he felt that something was wrong, and said with a smile: "You won't lie to me, right?" I know that you are more insidious than your big brother, and I won't fall for you! ”

After several long journeys, Yuan's army brigade all arrived at Cangting. Because Cao Jun has a long way to go, he has not yet arrived. Yuan Shao looked at the water of the Yellow River and was full of spirit: "As long as Cao Jun crosses this river, I'm afraid he won't be able to go back!" Hahaha......! ”

"Father, rest assured! The child must let Cao Cao leave his head and go back! Yuan Tan hurriedly expressed himself.

Yuan Shao nodded: "Okay, my son's good, the big camp is set up under the hillside over there, let Cao Cao camp here, and then I want to see how the cavalry I brought from Youzhou is?" ”

"No!" Yuan Tan Gaoxin left.

The Yellow River, known as the Great River in ancient times, is one of the mother rivers of the Chinese nation. From ancient times to the present, most famous dynasties in history were basically born in the Yellow River Valley. Of course, the Han Dynasty was no exception.

The Yellow River is turbulent, the river is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, sometimes thousands of feet of abyss, sometimes flat as a mirror. Sailing in the Yellow River without a guide who is well-versed in underwater reefs is likely to die in the belly of a fish. Therefore, it is an indisputable fact that the Yellow River is the dividing line between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, even if a Chenliu county territory like Cangting falls under Yuan Shao's name.