Border conflicts, in fact, are also a common thing, but this border conflict is unusual, which makes the relationship between Zhao and Wei extremely tense, and war is about to break out.

The high-spirited Yuan Shao actually asked Wei to apologize, which was a great humiliation for Wei and Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao first sent a general, Yan Liang took the strategists to the border of Wei to constantly harass, Cao Cao naturally made a series of counterattacks, but these counterattacks did not have much effect.

Yan Liang has the style of a general, but what is more dazzling in this war is undoubtedly the strategist Fu Zhu, who proved with his talent and learning that he is worthy of the ranks of the first-class strategists in the matter.

Under his command, Yan Liang never resisted the two brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, anyway, when he saw the two of them leading a large army to kill, Yan Liang directly commanded his cavalry to flee like a fly.

Originally, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan thought that Yan Liang would not come back after leaving, but as soon as they left, Yan Liang came back immediately and continued to harass them endlessly in various towns and facilities in Wei State, which made the two brothers Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun quite a headache.

It is almost impossible to use expulsion tactics to expel Yan Liang from the country, because under the leadership of Fu Zhi, Yan Liang's army is hiding very secretly, and secondly, Yan Liang does not have to worry about coming from afar, lack of water and food, just because there is a Zhao State behind him as a backing.

Zhao Wang Yuan Shao likes to save face, since Cao Cao wants to play with him, it is natural to accompany Cao Cao to play to the end, so Yan Liang's troops can get timely support on the front line, he gave Yan Liang an order, must not lose their face of Zhao State, so Yan Liang's army can be said to be fully armed, and it has time to accompany Wei State slowly.

Yuan Shao's practice of thinking that everything was right and not talking about any emotion made Cao Cao a little annoyed, because Yuan Shao's move was not a solution at all.

Since Yuan Shao was so bullying, Cao Cao realized that he was a vegetarian, and he was ready to order a war immediately, and he Wei was by no means an idle person, but Cao Cao's idea had just been proposed, but it was stopped by many of his strategists.

Among them, Xun Yuzhan came out and persuaded Cao Cao in a serious voice: "King Wei must not be rash, as the so-called small unbearable, then chaos and big schemes, King Zhao has a good face, many things are just a momentary anger, and when he has played enough, he will naturally retreat, but if we rashly start a war with Zhao now, it will only add fuel to the fire, first of all, Zhao State's territory is the most extensive among the vassal states, and secondly, they are also fierce generals like tigers, and ministers are like clouds, so if you want to fight a war between countries, What we want to look at is the comprehensive strength! ”

Although Xun Yu's words are euphemistic, if you analyze them carefully, you can find that Xunyu's words are actually very sharp.

Xun Yu's sentence is clearly and secretly illustrating a problem, that is, Wei does not have as much food as Zhao Guo, and Wei's advisers and fierce generals are not necessarily as powerful as Zhao, in short, everything in Wei is not as good as Zhao.

If it is Cao Cao, if he starts a war with Zhao State now, if nothing happens, it will definitely be the end of Cao Cao's defeat and death.

If an ordinary strategist makes such a suggestion like an ordinary monarch, the monarch will naturally be furious, because before the battle has started, he is acting as someone else's will and destroying his own prestige. It is not an exaggeration to say that this kind of person said that he was misleading the people and disturbing the morale of the army.

However, since Xun Yu dared to say it, then Xun Yu was determined, Cao Cao must also be a person who could listen, when Cao Cao listened to this speech, he really calmed down, took a deep breath, and calmly thought about what Xun Yu said, this is indeed the shortcoming of Wei State, and it is the shortcoming of his Cao Cao.

At night, Cao Cao couldn't help but look up at the starry sky, his heart was also full of emotion, he grew up with Yuan Shao, and he knew best what kind of person Yuan Shao was.

Famous families have always been Yuan Shao's proud capital, and he Cao Cao is just a eunuch.

So from childhood to adulthood, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have never won a fight, and when they think of this, Cao Cao's mind is also extremely anxious, plus Dian Wei died some time ago, and Xi Zhicai died of illness, which made him even more upset, walking alone in the palace alone, but at this time.

Cao Cao suddenly found that there was a figure swaying there at the door of his palace, and Cao Cao couldn't help but squint his eyes when he saw this.

Although it is in the feudal period at the moment, the etiquette in the court should be very strict, but in the troubled times, Cao Cao is eclectic, and he Cao Cao is not the kind of person who wants to save face, so he is very lenient to his subordinates and policies, and even his henchmen can freely enter and leave the court at any time, because he knows that whenever his henchmen come in, there are important things to discuss.

Cao Cao couldn't help but squint his eyes and took two steps forward, wanting to see the appearance of the comer clearly, only to see a young man in the dark, the young man walked out with a smile on his face, standing in front of the pillar, his expression was still a little erratic, and he directly raised a hand with two wine jugs in his hands.

"Lord, why don't you borrow wine to kill your sorrows when you're in a bad mood, maybe after this jar of wine goes down, anything can be solved!"

Cao Cao looked at the young man with a helpless wry smile on his face, but he didn't say anything in the end, strode up, and took the wine from the young man's hand, and then Cao Cao didn't mind, he actually sat in the pavilion next to him with the young man, looking at the bright moon in the sky, talking about world affairs while drinking, and finally let out a laugh, Cao Cao's smile seemed to laugh, and took away all the gloom, laughed away all the gloom.

Cao Xuan sat in a secret room, Che Wu reported the information in his hand to the imperial court continuously, Cao Xuan listened and listened to one hand drooping his head, and his brows began to wrinkle.

This border conflict between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is not big or small, depending on what kind of attitude the monarchs on both sides are prepared to use.

Anyway, Yuan Shao is dead nature, he thinks that they are right, Wei must give an explanation, Cao Xing originally thought that Cao Cao was definitely not a soft persimmon to be manipulated, this Yuan Shao is so arrogant and domineering, so if you want to fight, just fight.

What Cao Xuan didn't expect was that this turmoil was finally over, and the way to end it was very simple, Cao Cao swallowed his anger and didn't speak, Yuan Shao also felt bored after making a fuss for a while, anyway, he had earned enough face, so he waved his hand and directly asked Yan Liang to return to the dynasty with the army.

Cao Cao's silence was not cowardice but forbearance, and when he thought of this, a glimmer of light flashed in Cao Xing's eyes.

Sometimes you can't win the opponent, choosing silence is called forbearance, and winning the opponent and not fighting is called cowardice, and now Cao Cao chooses forbearance, Cao Xing feels that there will definitely be a lot of things breaking out in this hero's body.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao to have a new movement on his side, first of all, Cao Cao took the initiative to show favor to Yuan Shao, and needless to say, Yuan Shao saw Cao Cao bowing his head like himself, and his heart was also happy, and the relationship between Wei and Zhao tended to ease.

But then Cao Cao was going to do something, and what he did was to attack Xuzhou.

At this time, Cao Xing also understood Cao Cao's intentions, in fact, Cao Cao's attitude towards Yuan Shao was similar to that in history, Cao Cao and Yuan Shaolai in history were the two overlords in the north, and the last mountain could not tolerate two tigers, so there was a battle of Guandu, which established Cao Cao's position as the overlord of the north.

Now the same is true, since the border turmoil, Cao Cao is impossible to accept his fate, he realizes that he and Yuan Shao will have a battle sooner or later, but he faces Yuan Shao, and now he still seems to be weak enough, so he must now expand his territory and consolidate his strength.

took the initiative to diplomacy Yuan Shao, it was just to paralyze Yuan Shao's nerves, let Yuan Shao relax his carelessness, and attack Xuzhou was Cao Cao's real intention.

Xuzhou is now ruled by Lu Bu, and since Lu Bu drove Liu Bei away last time, Xuzhou is basically what he says alone.

Today's Lu Bu is no longer as tiger-headed as before, he only knows how to rush forward, he also began to learn government affairs knowledge, most of which are handed over to Chen Gong to take care of, so the current Xuzhou should be passable, but that's all.

Cao Cao sent a large army to work, and Lu Bu was furious when he heard it. It's not the first time he's dealing with Cao Cao, he, Lu Bu, didn't provoke Cao Cao, Cao Cao dared to take the initiative to provoke him, which was absolutely unbearable for Lu Bu, so Lu Bu didn't listen to Chen Gong's persuasion and directly led the troops to battle.

Cao Cao had done the slaughter of the city in Xuzhou before, so there were many people in Xuzhou who hated Cao Cao, so they all actively responded to Lu Bu's resistance, and Lu Bu relied on this star, coupled with his military talent, and indeed defeated Cao Cao at the beginning.

However, after the defeat, Cao Cao immediately realized that he was arrogant before, and killed hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou at once, and he was probably not treated well in the minds of the people of Xuzhou. The top priority is not to find a way to defeat Lu Bu, but to appease the people, so every time Cao Cao fights down a city, he immediately ordered that soldiers are not allowed to harass the people, and even he personally entered Xuzhou to switch and release grain, so that everyone in Xuzhou has something to eat, and then widely implement benevolent government, so that the hostility of the people of Xuzhou to Cao Cao seems to have decreased a lot.

In a month's time, Cao Cao seemed to have fought a little hard, because every time he conquered a county, he had to distribute some of his military rations to the people, so when Cao Cao had just defeated Xiaopei a month later, he seemed to have some military rations insufficient.

So Cao Cao didn't say much, and personally sat in charge of Xiao Pei, while letting Yanzhou and Yuzhou deliver grain, and at the same time personally testified that Xiao Pei handled his tasks.

This time, the situation began to become a little delicate, Cao Cao originally sent troops to attack violently, but when he hit Xiao Pei, Cao Cao couldn't move, and changed from attacking one side to defending the city.

Lu Bu also sent his general Zhang Liao Gaoshun many times, and the two led troops to capture Xiaopei, but the result was in vain, and it dragged on for another month.

At this moment, Lu Bu's mood is a little frizzy, this day Chen Bing is outside, and Cao Cao is staring at each other, living an uncomfortable life, it is better to stay in the next batch of mansions, comfortable.

But Cao Cao couldn't shrink every day, and at this time, Lu Bu had some feelings of not knowing what to do, and finally Lu Bu came up with his final judgment.

"Cao Cao, old thief, I guess I have also seen my Lu Bu's bravery, although he still has a little strength in his hands, but those remnants of the defeated generals can defend the city, the attack is insufficient, and they can't match me, now it is said that they are unwilling to come out in Xiaopei, and we don't need to wait here!"

Lu Bu's idea can be said to be a little peculiar, when Zhang Liao Gaoshun heard it, they were silent, they felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say it for a while, but they understood Lu Bu's meaning, that is, Lu Bu wanted to withdraw from the army.

However, at this critical moment, Lu Bu's military advisor Chen Gong stood up and resolutely opposed Lu Bu's opinion.

Chen Gong told Lu Bu that no matter how difficult it was to fight, he couldn't retreat at this time, first of all, Cao Cao occupied, but Xiao Pei, Xiao Pei is only a small city, but it is the gateway to Xuzhou, and now the gateway has been broken by others, if Cao Cao wants to lead a large army to drive straight in, wouldn't it be easy.

Secondly, Chen Gong told Lu Bu that with his intuition, he could judge that what Cao Cao did was just a superficial phenomenon, and Cao Cao didn't want to continue to fight, but in fact, Cao Cao had been raising troops and accumulating strength, just waiting for Lu Bu to retreat with the army, and Cao's army would definitely pounce immediately.

Although Chen Gong was there to admonish bitterly, but Lu Bu listened to it, he was a little bored, although he respected Chen Gong very much, but then again, once a person has been in contact for a long time, there will be a sense of boredom more or less, Lu Bu's sense of boredom comes quickly, not to mention that all the words Chen Gong said are from Cao Cao's position, which also makes Lu Bu a little uncomfortable, you don't respond directly to Chen Gong.

The reason why Cao Cao is hesitating in Xiao Pei now is completely because he is afraid of his Lu Bu's bravery, so he doesn't want to fight anymore, Cao Cao will lose his troops and generals, and the person who will laugh at that time is Yuan Shao in the north, this kind of thing that hurts others and is not beneficial to himself, Cao Cao will definitely not do it!

Secondly, although Cao Cao occupied Xiaopei, it was equivalent to guarding the gateway to Xuzhou, so what? Xuzhou is not very big, and the Xiapi guarded by his Lu Bu is even more high, and the walls are thick, even if he Cao Cao suddenly attacks and reaches the city of Xiapi, it is impossible to break through immediately.

Therefore, Lu Bu didn't pay attention to Chen Gong's words at all, waved his hand, and directly led the men and horses to retreat, but Chen Gong could only sigh helplessly when he retreated, Lu Bu's bravery was really in vain. In fact, just as Chen Gong expected, Cao Cao's eyes were like the eyes of a fierce beast in the night, taking advantage of the night to attack.