After Cao Cao killed Lu Bu and Chen Gong, he ordered the surrender of the generals under Lu Bu, and searched for Zhang Miao and his brother Zhang Chao, because among the people who betrayed Chen Liu, these three were the main culprits, and the Zhang Miao brothers have always followed Lu Bu's side, but when he attacked the city, the two brothers saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly went to move the rescue troops, Cao Cao knew that all the generals under Lu Bu were not all loyal, and now that Lu Bu was killed, it was the best time to recruit them, and now Zhang Miao's brothers are among them, as long as they surrender Lu Bu's generals, There is a chance to catch the Zhang Miao brothers, which is a double thing.

And the next thing went really well, it didn't take long for the generals under Lu Bu to accept the recruitment, raise troops and surrender, and Zhang Miao's brother Zhang Chao happened to be in Hao Meng's army, and was killed by Hao Meng on the spot.

When Hou Cheng and Cao Xing heard the news, they immediately decided to lead an army to conquer Cao Cao and avenge their lord Lu Bu.

Xie Zhongyong was shocked when he heard the news, he got the news before, Lu Bu did his best to fight against Yuan Shu, and he was a little worried that Lu Bu would be attacked by Cao Cao, so he hurriedly wrote a letter to Pei Yuanshao and asked Pei Yuanshao to remind Lu Bu, but Pei Yuanshao didn't care at all, and as a result, his suggestion was lost, Xie Zhongyong wanted to directly lead his troops to aid Lu Bu, but this was not in line with the procedure at all, because such a major event needed Pei Yuanshao's approval, not to mention that his Runan was already outnumbered, once he led his troops to leave, It is likely to be attacked by Yuan Shu, and just when Xie Zhongyong was about to write a letter to Pei Yuanshao again to persuade him, he suddenly got such news.

Xie Zhongyong hurriedly accepted Zhang Liao, Hou Cheng and Cao Xing, the three generals, comforted them, and immediately wrote a letter to Pei Yuanshao, telling Pei Yuanshao about the great changes in Xuzhou, and at the same time reminding Pei Yuanshao that he must strengthen his vigilance.

Pei Yuanshao only realized how much of a mistake he had made after getting the news, before Pei Qing reminded him not to trust Lu Bu too much, to keep a certain degree of vigilance against him, Pei Yuanshao kept this sentence in his heart, but he took it as a guide, and even saw death and did not save it, this time the mistake was too much, so Pei Yuanshao hurriedly mobilized troops, and ordered the counties connected to Xuzhou to be on strict alert, waiting for Pei Qing's main army to arrive in a decisive battle with Cao Cao.

At the same time, Pei Yuanshao also quickly spread the news of Lu Bucheng's death to Pei Qing as soon as possible.

At this time, Pei Qing's team had come to Chen County, he suddenly sank in his heart after receiving the news, Xuzhou was taken away by Cao Cao, plus Zhang Min, Hao Meng and other surrendered generals, now Cao Cao has at least 100,000 troops in Xuzhou, even if he adds 30,000 troops on the border of Yuzhou, it is only 70,000 at most, and these 70,000 people still have to guard against Yuan Shu, so now he is being attacked by Cao Cao and Yuan Shu at the same time, and the current situation immediately becomes a little bad.

"After all, Pei Yuanshao's intelligence value is not too high, and it is okay to let him guard Yuzhou against Yuan Shu, but it is a little weak to deal with a traitor like Cao Cao, but I still arranged for wise men like Lu Su and Xie Zhongyong to assist him, if he can listen to their advice in time, it will not be the end of today, although Lu Bu will be a big trouble sooner or later, and if he dies now, we will not have any conflicts in the future, but after all, now we are still allies, and I don't have to worry too much about Cao Cao with him, Now that I'm fighting against Cao Cao and Yuan Shu alone, this pressure is indeed a bit great. ”

Pei Qing silently pondered the situation, he urgently summoned all the strategists under his command to discuss countermeasures, fortunately, he did not underestimate the enemy at the beginning, and brought nearly 40,000 troops from Chang'an, otherwise this time it would be really troublesome.

"In this case, the most important thing is to divide and disintegrate Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and we must not let them become one, otherwise, the pressure we face will be even greater." For such a big event, Hu Zhao didn't dare to be reserved anymore, and directly said the core suggestion.

For this point, Pei Qing and others naturally agreed, because this sentence goes straight to the core, it is the most critical link, once Cao Cao and Yuan Shu form an alliance, Pei Qing's pressure will be unprecedentedly heavy, although the current possibility of an alliance between the two sides cannot be too great, but if someone really does something stupid, the possibility of this thing is still relatively large.

However, now that the entire Yuzhou is personally controlled by Pei Qing, there is almost no possibility of doing this kind of thing that triggers the alliance between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu!

Because a person with a mind like Pei Qing understood at the first time that the fundamental point of wanting to prevent Cao Cao and Yuan Shu from forming an alliance was that the positions of the two sides were different, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Yuan Shu was self-reliant, so unless Cao Cao was a ruler with no bottom line, there was no solution to the contradiction between the two sides after all.

And Cao Cao is now the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he has not yet felt the complete feeling of mastering the emperor, how can he take the initiative to respect Yuan Shu now?

Besides, who is Cao Cao? Who is Yuan Shu? If he had removed his background, Yuan Shu would not even accompany Cao Cao to lift his shoes, how could Cao Cao respect Yuan Shu?

Of course, this cannot be said that it is impossible for the two sides to temporarily form an alliance for their own interests, so in order to avoid the possibility of a union between the two sides, Pei Qing directly decided to use a strategy of division and disintegration.

And the key to this plan of division and disintegration lies here in Zhang Min.

After some thought, Pei Qing decided to use Zhang Min as a breakthrough to destroy the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, or to avoid an alliance between the two sides.

However, there are people who oppose it, among which the most fierce attitude is the strategist represented by Jia Kui, who believes that now is the time to employ people, and Cao Cao will definitely forgive Zhang Min for all his past, but Xun You and others insist that Cao Cao and Zhang Min are inseparable, which will be their best breakthrough.

Just when many generals were suspicious, a news suddenly came that Cao Cao sent Zhang Min as the vanguard, ready to compete with Pei Qing.......

Jia Kui is not a stupid person, as soon as he heard this, he understood that in fact, Cao Cao had found another scapegoat, but now Zhang Min is already in a dilemma, because even if he doesn't want to obey Cao Cao's orders, he can only helplessly obey it, although he has an army of 50,000, but Wan Wan is not Cao Cao's opponent, and it is impossible to surrender Pei Qing and Yuan Shu.