But he said.

In the land of Jizhou.

Yuan Shao was unable to support himself, and was attacked by Cao Cao and Liu Bei leading the army, retreating again and again, and there was no chance to fight back.

Originally, only Cao Cao led the army to crusade, but Liu Bei, who was Yuan Shao's original ally, suddenly sent troops and caught Yuan Shao off guard.

Because of this.

In the Battle of Guandu, he was defeated by Cao Cao, and Cao's army also smoothly entered the land of Jizhou and began to annex cities everywhere.

Yuan Shao needs to deal with the Cao army, and he needs to deal with the Liu army, as well as the soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du, who can't take care of each other, and he is defeated again and again, and now he controls less than one-third of the territory he used to control.

If this continues, it is only a matter of time before it falls.

In the camp of the Cao army outside Yecheng.

After Cao Cao won a great victory in the Battle of Guandu, he used Yecheng as his base camp and divided his troops to seize the city in the land of Jizhou, and gradually annexed the land of Jizhou.

Originally, he didn't have the idea of doing anything to Yuan Shao.

But what happened before made him feel very unhappy, when Yuan Shao and Liu Biao united, they were defeated in the hands of Qin Yin, and when they retreated to Jizhou, coupled with the persuasion of their subordinates, they raised troops to fight against Yuan Shao.

You must know that what Yuan Shao wanted to deal with at that time was not just Qin Yin, but also asked Liu Bei to send troops to guard against him.

Obviously, I just want to clean up with him.

He is not a person who will only be bullied and will not fight back, coupled with the situation in the Central Plains, he has no choice but not to do anything, so there is this crusade against Yuan Shao.

Of course, he didn't expect that Liu Bei would also take the opportunity to crusade against Yuan Shao.

The relationship between the two was still allies before, and sure enough, under certain interests, the relationship between allies is not a solid existence.

...

But.

Now what Cao Cao is thinking about is not a crusade against Yuan Shao, and the current Jizhou army can't stir up any wind and waves and annex the land of Jizhou, it's just a matter of time.

Now he was clutching a letter, his brow furrowed.

And there are still two people sitting below, Xi Zhicai and Xiahou Yuan, as for the rest of the strategists and generals, they are not in the camp, but they are sent by him everywhere and lead the troops to seize the city in Jizhou.

The soldiers and horses left in the base camp were only 30,000 soldiers, as well as Xi Zhicai and Xiahou Yuan.

It takes a certain amount of time to gather the rest of the people.

"Lord, how's it going?" Xi Zhicai asked.

Xiahou Yuan on the side also looked at Cao Cao.

The letter Cao Cao was holding in his hand was not the news from their visit, but a letter sent by the Qin army, and it was sent at this time.

Not to mention the crusade against Yuan Shao.

Let's just say that the turmoil that occurred in Chang'an, before the Qin army sent the letter, they had already received information from Chang'an's spies, and they also knew what happened in Chang'an.

Although it can't be said to be very clear, it is still possible to guess nine times out of ten.

Before, they were also discussing the information sent by the Chang'an detective report, and not long after, a letter was sent by the Qin army, which was handed over to Cao Cao, and they left directly.

Let them be a little confused.

Speaking of which, the relationship between them and the Qin army is not easy to say, the allies are considered allies, but the opponents are also, but they have not carried out any attacks on each other.

But be on guard, there is.

"Qin Yin invited me to attend the state funeral, as well as the enthronement ceremony of King Chen Liu!" Cao Cao put down the letter he was holding in his hand and said.

He also didn't understand Qin Yin's approach.

Moreover, in the letter, Qin Yin said that Yuan Shao and others also sent letters and invited them to go.

For what happened in Chang'an.

He also knew something about what was going on, and it was not surprising that Liu Wei could have such a choice.

After all, Qin Yin's power was too big, so big that people had to be afraid.

But Liu Wei didn't want to be controlled by others.

"Here, what is the lord going to do?" Xi Zhicai asked.

He didn't expect that this would be the case, Qin Yin invited them to go to Chang'an, this matter is small or big.

What's more, it's still in such a period.

And Qin Yin let Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, inherit the throne, it is not difficult to understand, but I don't know what Qin Yin's plans are, or what plans he has to invite Cao Cao and these princes to go!

Chang'an is Qin Yin's territory.

Moreover, now the opposing voices in Chang'an have been purged by Qin Yin, and it is really Qin Yin who has the final say.

Hear the words of Xi Zhicai.

Cao Cao fell silent.

He did have considerations, and the current situation in the Central Plains has long been different.

Moreover, after so many years, he is no longer the one who wanted to help the Han family before, with a lot of subordinates, he can't help but change.

But he didn't have much ambition either.

It's just a matter of defending one side.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been without too many moves, but he just consolidated the land of Yanzhou and the territory he controlled in Yuzhou, and did not invade the rest of the place.

This time the army is exactly what Yuan Shao did, so it will be like this.

Seeing Cao Cao silent.

Xi Zhicai and Xiahou Yuan didn't have any extra words, waiting for Cao Cao's answer.

All of them have ideas, but they also vaguely guessed Cao Cao's thoughts, and before Cao Cao did not change his mind, it was still very difficult to persuade them.

In addition, Qin Yin's power is getting bigger and bigger, and it is difficult to face it alone.

will endure it.

Moreover, they had also discussed, knowing that Qin Yin seemed to have a certain plan, so the thoughts in his heart did not become firm.

For a while.

Cao Cao's eyes were also firm, and he said: "I decided to go, this time Zhicai will go with me, Miaocai will stay here to control the overall situation, and the matter of annexing the land of Jizhou cannot be stopped!" ”

"Moreover, I also want to know Qin Yin's plans, as for Liu Bei and the others, I want to see their reactions."

Speaking of which, in the end.

The corners of the mouth are also slightly upturned.

Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, Sun Quan and others were all in the queue of invitations, but he wanted to know if these people had the courage to go, or what kind of decision they had in this incident?

"But..."

Xi Zhicai and Xiahou Yuan both wanted to persuade them.

After all, their relationship with the Qin army is unclear, and when they go to Chang'an, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no problems, and they don't want Cao Cao to take risks personally.

All you need to do is send a delegation of emissaries.

However.

None of the words of persuasion were spoken.

Cao Cao saw the expressions of the two, and he also knew what the two wanted to say, so he directly interrupted and waved his hand: "I know what you want to say, but I am determined to do so, and I don't think Qin Yin will do it, in my opinion, this is more of a temptation." ”