Guo Tu pondered for a while, and came up with a plan, so he taught.

"There is little food in the city today, Yuan Shangjun has won victories again and again, morale is like a rainbow, the soldiers are sharp, and they are invincible. The lord can send people to surrender to Cao Cao in detail, and teach Cao Cao's generals to attack Jizhou. At that time, the lord will lead troops to attack him again, and he will definitely be able to capture Yuan Shang. If Cao Cao defeats the Shang army, we will wait and see what happens, and look for an opportunity to attack it. Cao Jun came from afar, and if the food did not continue, he would retreat by himself. In this way, the lord can defend the two states of Qing and Hebei in order to forge ahead. ”

"The public rule is a great plan, but Cao Cao has always been resourceful, and ordinary people are only afraid that it will hurt me, who can do it?"

Guo Tu already had a candidate in his heart, and immediately sued.

"Xin Ping's brother Xin Bi, the word George, is now the plain order. This man is a man of words, and he can be commanded. ”

Yuan Tan immediately summoned Xin Bi, and Xin Bi gladly accepted the order. Yuan Tan Xiushu paid Xin Bi, repeatedly explained, everything was careful, and sent Xin Bi out of the country with 3,000 troops. Xinbi went to see Cao Cao in the starry night, and Xinbi came to Cao Zhai and met Cao Cao. After the ceremony, Cao Cao asked him what he meant, and Xin Bi indifferently said that Yuan Tan begged for each other and presented the letter. After Cao Cao finished reading the book, he was silent, first left Xin Bi in the village, and then gathered the following Wu to discuss under the tent.

Cheng Yu looked cold, his eyes were focused, and he spoke.

"Presumably, this Yuan Tan was attacked by Yuan Shang too quickly, and he had to come and surrender as a last resort, so he can't be trusted."

Lu Qian and Man Chong also seconded the proposal, but Cao Cao and Guo Jia glanced at each other, in fact, in secret, Cao Cao intended to develop the situation like this, whether Yuan Tan really came to surrender this time, Cao Cao will definitely enter Jizhou again.

Guo Jia slowly got up and bowed his hands.

"Yuan's power is deep-rooted in the land of Sanzhou, if the two sons are harmonious and keep their careers together, the world is not known. Now take advantage of his brother's attack, the situation is poor and vote for me, I raise troops to get rid of Yuan Shang first, and then watch his changes, and destroy Yuan Tan, the world is decided. This is an opportunity not to be missed. ”

Guo Jia said that all the advisers under the account seemed to have some understanding. Cao Cao grinned and replied with his head bowed.

"Haha. What Feng Xiao said is reasonable. It should be followed. ”

So Cao Cao invited Xin Bi to drink, and during the banquet, the two of them drank several times, and Cao Cao suddenly turned his mouth and asked Xin Bi.

"Haha. As the public can see, Yuan Tan's surrender is really a fraud? Yuan Shang's soldiers, if you can, you will win? ”

Xin Bi seemed to have expected Cao Cao to ask this question, his expression was calm, and he said slowly.

"Ming Gong should not ask about truth and fraud, but only distinguish between its potential. Yuan's successive defeats, the military revolution is tired outside, the ministers are punished inside, the brothers slander, cannibalism, the country is divided into two, coupled with famine, natural disasters and people are trapped, no matter how wise and foolish, they all know that the earth is falling apart, this is the time when the Yuan family is destroyed.

Today, the Ming Dynasty raised troops to attack Ye, and if Yuan did not save him, he lost his nest. If he was rescued, he was attacked by Yuan Tan. With the power of Ming Gong, he hit the tired people, like the swift wind sweeping the autumn leaves, annihilating the two sons, and it is easy to take things in the pocket. Nowadays, the troubles of the Quartet are greater than Hebei. Hebei is flat, then the hegemony is successful. May it be clear and detailed. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he laughed and sighed.

"Hahaha! I really hate to see Xin George on the night of it!! ”

Cao Cao led the army to set off from Guandu again, and the momentum was huge, and everyone in Jizhou was shocked, and quickly reported to the plain to inform Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang was shocked when he learned that Cao's army had crossed the river, and hurriedly led the army back to Ye County, and ordered the generals Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang to break off. Yuan Tan saw that Shang was retreating, so he raised the plain army horses, and then rushed over.

Unbeknownst to him, Yuan Tan's army traveled less than dozens of miles, and a cannon sounded, it turned out that Xun Chen, the military division of the Shang army, knew that Yuan Tan would come to chase and kill, and ordered Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to lay an ambush. I saw two roads, the two armies came out together, Lu Kuang on the left, Lu Xiang on the right, and the two brothers intercepted Yuan Tan.

The Tan army was in chaos, Yuan Tan struggled to rein in his horse, and suddenly drank.

"When my father was alive, you and other brothers committed crimes, but I still remember that it was I who interceded for you and other brothers and saved me from great calamity. I have treated each other like this, and now you and other brothers, why do you harm me from my brother? ”

When Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang heard this, they remembered the old days, and at the same time quickly thought that since Yuan Shang gained power, he was very similar to his father Yuan Shang, and he was stubborn and self-serving. Immediately, the two brothers glanced at each other, drank the soldiers, and all dismounted to surrender to Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan was overjoyed, and even dismounted to help Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang.

"Don't descend to me, but to Cao Chengxiang."

Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang returned to the camp with Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan waited for Cao Jun to arrive, and led the second to meet Cao Cao in the future. Cao Cao was overjoyed, and took his daughter Xu Yuan Tan as his wife, that is, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang as matchmakers.

Yuan Tan was anxious to seize Jizhou, and immediately persuaded Cao Cao to capture Jizhou. Cao Cao was not in a hurry, and said calmly.

"Don't be in a hurry, Fang Jin's grain and grass are not received, carry the labor, wait for the grain road, and then march into the army."

Cao Cao then ordered Yuan Tan to live in the plains. Cao Cao led the army to retreat to Liyang, and Feng Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang were the two generals and the marquis, and they were used by the army.

When Guo Tu saw Cao Cao take away the two generals Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, he was more vigilant in his heart, and hurriedly alerted Yuan Tandao.

"Cao Cao promised to marry a woman, and he seemed to trust the lord, but he was treacherous and cunning, and he was probably not sincere. Now he rewarded Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang and brought them to the army, which is to cage the hearts of the people of Hebei. If you don't take precautions, you will be in trouble. The lord can engrave two seals of the general, and secretly send them to Erlu, so that he can respond internally. When Cao Cao breaks Yuan Shang, he can take advantage of it. ”

Yuan Tan followed his words, and then engraved two general seals and secretly sent them to Erlu. Erlu received Cao Cao's great favor, and thought that the Yuan family's general trend had gone, and after some discussion, he sent the general seal to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was worried about how to exterminate Yuan Tan, and when he saw that Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang were presenting the general's seal, he immediately laughed and laughed.

"Yuan Tan secretly sent the seal, I want you to wait for internal help, and after I break Yuan Shang, I will take advantage of the situation. Ha ha. But he didn't expect that he would come to me with false intentions, but you and other brothers would come down sincerely. You wait and accept it, I have my own opinion. ”

Cao Cao secretly kept a hand for the first time, and it would be of great use in the future.

Let's say that Yuan Shang and Xun Chen discussed the current war. Yuan Shang's eyes were bloodshot, upset, and chaotic.

"Now Cao Bingyu

When the grain enters Baigou, it will come to attack Jizhou, so what can I do? Jizhou will be destroyed, and I hope that Mr. will teach me a great plan and turn the tide. ”

Xun Chen was also in poor spirits, and Yuan Shang did not listen to him, so that the situation became worse and worse, and he was afraid that even with divine help, it would be difficult to save Jizhou. Xun Chen knew that Yuan Shang could not give up his great cause easily, so he still made plans to teach.

"At that moment, we can send an envoy to send Yin Kaitun, the chief of Wu'an, to Maocheng, and make the son of Fu Hu to guard Handan and support him from afar. The lord can march into the plain and attack Yuan Tan urgently. First kill Yuan Tan, and then break Cao. ”

Although Xun Chen was saying so, he knew in his heart that according to the current disparity in the strength of the two armies, this plan would be difficult to do. However, Yuan Shang was overjoyed, and at the moment Xun Chen and Chen Lin were left to guard Jizhou, so that Ma Yan and Zhang Yi would be the vanguard, and they would attack the plains overnight. Yuan Tan knew that Yuan Shang was leading an army to attack and was in a hurry with Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, but secretly he was calm, not in a hurry, and first appeased Yuan Tan, telling him that he had his own opinions, and let him lead the army to guard first.

As soon as Yuan Tan left, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, God help me, I will get Jizhou this time!"

While he was talking, Xu Yu rushed from Luoyang, and heard that Yuan Shang attacked Yuan Tan again and entered to see Cao Cao. Since the battle of Wuchao, Xu Yu has been proud of his high merits, his posture is very arrogant, and he has spoken out.

"The prime minister is sitting here, why do you want to wait for the thunder to kill Eryuan?"

Cao Cao's brows twitched slightly when he heard this, but he quickly suppressed his dislike and said with a smile.

"Ziyuan doesn't need to worry too much, I've already figured it out."

Cao Cao had already made arrangements in his heart, so he ordered Cao Hong to attack Ye County first, and Cao Cao led an army to attack Yin Kai. The soldiers came to the realm, and Yin Kai led the army to greet them. The two armies lined up opposite each other, and Yin Kai stepped out and fought in front of the battle.

Cao Cao smiled coldly, looked at Yin Kai like an ant, and shouted.

"Where does the evil come from?"

Dian Wei roared evilly, came out in response, and took Yin Kai straight on the horse. The evil wind is terrifying, and Dian Wei is like an ancient evil god, coming mightily. Yin Kai was caught off guard, and before he could make a move, he was stabbed in the head by Dian Wei's halberd, and died on the spot, and Yin Kai and the rest of the people were defeated. Cao Cao surrendered as much as he could, that is, he took Handan. Frustrated Hu marched in to meet him. Xu Chu scrambled to be the first to go out and confronted Frustrated Hu. The battle was not three, and he was unable to do anything, so he fled immediately. Xu Chu chased after him from behind. The two horses were not far away, Xu Chu took out a stone from his sleeve and roared.

"Where to escape!!"

The sound of the stone flying, the frustrated bird was hit by the flying stone in the back and fell off the horse. Cao Cao commanded the army and horses to cover the killing, and the frustrated Hu army was defeated, lost their armor, and scattered around.

So Cao Cao killed Yin Kai first, and then defeated and frustrated, and the obstacles were eliminated. The Cao army has always marched fast, and Cao Cao led the army to Jizhou in the near future. At this time, Cao Hong had already attacked the city. Cao Cao ordered the three armies to build a dirt mountain around the city, and secretly dug tunnels to attack it. Xun Chen's design is sticky, the law is very strict, and Feng Li, the guard of the east gate, was drunk and misguided by the patrol police, Xun Chen reprimanded him. Feng Li held a grudge in his heart, and saw that Yuan Shang was difficult to defend Yecheng, so he sneaked out of the city that night to surrender Cao Cao.

Cao Cao thought that Feng Li was very familiar with the environment of Yecheng, so he asked about the strategy of breaking the city, and Feng Li was also sincere in his meritorious service and offered advice.

"The soil inside the door is thick, and you can dig tunnels to enter."

Cao Cao thought that this plan was feasible, so he ordered Feng Li to lure three hundred strong men to dig tunnels late at night. However, it was said that Xun Chen had been vigilant since Feng Li's surrender, and personally went to the city every night to inspect the military horses. That night on the Tumen Pavilion, I saw no lights outside the city. Xun Chen thought about it, Feng Li was quite aware of the situation in the city, and immediately woke up and shouted.

"Not good! Feng Li will lead troops to enter through the tunnel! ”

Xun Chen thought about it, and urgently called the elite soldiers

The stone struck the floodgate, the door closed, and Feng Li and the three hundred brave men all died in the soil.

Cao Cao folded this scene, so he abandoned the tunnel plan and retreated to Huanshui to prevent Yuan Shang from returning to the army. On the other side, Yuan Shang was attacking the plains, and when he heard that Cao Cao had broken Yin Kai and frustrated, the army besieged Jizhou, and under the shock, he sent troops back to the rescue.

The general Ma Yan thought that Cao Cao had always been resourceful, so he hurriedly admonished.

"From the main road, Cao Cao will have ambush soldiers, you can take the small road, from the West Mountain out of the water mouth to rob Cao Ying, will be relieved."

Yuan Shang also felt reasonable, so he followed his words and led the army first, so that Ma Yan and Zhang Yi broke off. There have already been detailed efforts in the army to report to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shang was like this, he laughed and said.

"Haha. If Yuan Shang comes from the main road, I will be the first to avoid it, if he comes from the West Mountain Road, he can be captured in a battle. I expect that Yuan Shang will raise the fire as a trumpet and make the city respond. I can divide my forces and strike them. Break them one by one! ”

So Cao Cao's distribution has been decided, and he secretly made arrangements. However, it is said that Yuan Shang went out of the mouth of the water boundary, east to Yangping, Tunjun Yangping Pavilion, seventeen miles away from Jizhou, and leaned on the water. Yuan Shang ordered the sergeants to pile up firewood and hay, burn it at night, and sent the chief bookkeeper Li Fu to pretend to be the governor of Cao Jun until the city.

Li Fu shouted under the city.

"Open the !!!"

Xun Chen recognized Li Fu's voice, and knew that Yuan Shangding rushed back from the plains, and there should be arrangements at the moment, so he hurriedly let Li Fu into the city. After the two of them quickly saluted, Li Fu said.

"The lord has already placed soldiers in Yangping Pavilion, waiting to answer, if the soldiers in the city come out, they will also raise the fire as a number. This matter must not be lost, Wang Xun Gong must be cautious, and do not cause accidents. ”

Xun Chen listened to the plan and acted, and taught the city to pile up grass and set fires to communicate the message. Li Fu's face was gloomy, and he suddenly said again.