The news reached Yecheng, and at this time, Hebei had just thawed, and Yuan Shaojun had already begun to prepare for sending troops to the north.

As soon as the news of Cao Cao's westward attack on his ally Ma Teng reached Hebei, as Yuan Shao's current advisor and minister, he immediately ran to Yuan Shao's mansion and informed Yuan Shao.

After listening, Yuan Shao's performance was a little surprised, but not too surprised.

To Yuan Shao's surprise, Cao Cao actually endured until today before he made a move against Ma Teng among the surrounding forces.

Since the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao has been aggressive against Liu Bei in Xuzhou for two consecutive years, even if Yuan Shao's brother Yuan Shu openly proclaimed himself emperor, he could not shake Cao Cao's determination to eliminate Liu Bei first.

To be honest, this was somewhat unexpected by all the princes in the world.

In fact, people of insight can see from the second Battle of Xuzhou that perhaps it was precisely because they knew that the strength of the two sides was not equal at that time, and Liu Beijun was at an absolute disadvantage. Therefore, before the war, Liu Bei had been very well prepared, and throughout the course of the war, he had always adopted the method of defensive warfare.

In this battle, Liu Bei not only resisted the attack of the Cao army, but dragged it to the point where Sima Yi fished in the muddy water and emptied the entire Dongjun, and the Cao army had to retreat, but also took the opportunity to eliminate Yuan Shu, who was entrenched in Huainan and openly proclaimed emperor, and brought two-thirds of his territory under control.

From that time on, among the military divisions under Cao Cao, it was not that no one had suggested that Cao Cao should abandon the plan to eliminate Liu Bei first, but that the spearhead should be pointed directly at Ma Teng in the west, and then the entire Liangzhou.

This person is not Xun Yu, nor Guo Jia, but Xun You. Guo Jia knew Cao Cao's character and personality well, so he did not advise Cao Cao on this matter, not to mention that Cao Cao launched the third Xuzhou Campaign, which was supported and responded by Sun Ce in Jiangdong.

In the third year of Jian'an, if Jin Jue had not sent someone to remind Liu Bei in time, and sent his generals to help Liu Bei thousands of miles away, in this battle, Liu Bei's forces might have been completely disintegrated by the combined forces of Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

In that battle, Jin Jue showed the world for the first time his own determination to fight Cao Cao to the end, as well as the personal military ability of his general Wei Yan.

As a guest army, Wei Yan not only killed two of Sun Ce's heavy generals in a row, but also forced the main force led by Sun Ce himself out of Jiujiang County. In the face of such an outstanding general, Sun Ce hated only Jin Jue, but he felt pity for Wei Yan.

And the reason why Yuan Shao was not too surprised was because some of his advisers had analyzed in public at a military meeting held by Yuan Shao as early as the beginning of last year that Cao Jun's possible next military action direction.

This person is Nanyang Xu You, who Jin Jue asked Wei Yan to recommend to Zhang Yan of Montenegro.

In later generations, many people saw Xu You's personal strategic ability because of Xu You's unrestrained character and his final deserved ending, but in fact, although Xu You was greedy and arrogant, Jin Jue always believed that his strategic ability could be ranked in the top ten in the list of military divisions of the Three Kingdoms.

Xu You's plan made Cao Cao, who was obviously at a disadvantage, immediately succeed in a sneak attack on Juchao in the Battle of Guandu, completely turning the tide and defeating Yuan Shao's 100,000 army.

It's a pity that in the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao finally continued to choose to send troops to attack Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and later, Cao Cao actually chose to form an alliance with Ma Teng, which made Xu You, who made this judgment at that time, completely laughed at.

Once again, it has been proven that the truth is always in the hands of a few.

At that time, Yuan Shao did not laugh at Xu You because of this, nor did he change his attitude towards Xu You because of this, in fact, he also had some approval of Xu You's speculation in his heart, if he was put in Cao Cao's position, he would definitely follow Xu You's suggestion and send troops to the west to attack Ma Teng, who was much inferior in strength and ability, instead of continuing to attack Liu Bei, who had already sat firmly in the position of Xuzhou Thorn History.

"Got it, Gongyu, do you have anything else to report to Lonely?" Yuan Shao's mood quickly calmed down and asked.

Regardless of whether Cao Cao went west to conquer his ally Ma Teng, Yuan Shao would not change the plan he had already made and continue to send troops north to attack Gongsun Zan in Yijing City, and eliminate the old opponent behind him who had been involved in his countless energies as soon as possible.

"Huh?" Fu Zhu was obviously a little dazed by Yuan Shao's attitude after hearing the news, and he hurriedly admonished: "Lord, Cao Cao sent troops to attack Guanzhong this time, and he had to leave troops to prevent Lu Bu and Liu Bei from sending troops to attack Xu County, and it was bound to leave not too many troops in the hinterland of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, so his subordinates thought that this time was the perfect time for our army to surprise Xu County and invite the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty to Yecheng."

Lord, once Cao Cao captures Guanzhong Sanfu and then transfers the Son of Heaven to Chang'an City, in the future, if you want to invite the Son of Heaven back, it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky. Cao Cao is not Ma Teng's idiot, he will definitely send heavy troops to guard against Wuguan and Hangu Pass. ”

Fu Zhu hurriedly admonished, until now, he has not changed his original intention - to invite Emperor Han Xian to Yecheng.

As for the fact that Fu Zhu repeatedly proposed to Yuan Shao to invite Emperor Han Xian, whether it was out of loyalty to the Han Dynasty like Xun Yu, or like Cao Cao's other advisers, he only valued the huge political advantages generated after inviting Emperor Han Xian to Xu County, it is impossible to judge from the historical data.

Some people speculate that the expectations in Fu Yu's heart are the same as Xun Yu, they are both loyal to the Han Dynasty, and hope that the lord they serve can be a loyal minister who sets things right for the Han Dynasty and sweeps away the world.

And the reason why Yuan Shao relied on Fu Zhu very much from the first glance, and then before the Battle of Guandu, he began to take the initiative to distribute the troops in the hands of Fu Zhu to other strategists and generals, such as Guo Tu. It is because, Yuan Shao, like Yuan Shu, wants to be the emperor first, and his opinion is different from that of Fu Zhu, so he will be like this.

However, Jin Jue didn't think so.

Because Fu Zhu is not the same as Xun Yu, first of all, the first local prince to serve was not Yuan Shao, but Han Fu, who gave up the position of Jizhou Assassin to Yuan Shao.

Han Fu asked Jizhou, and finally because he was afraid that Yuan Shao's envoy was ordered by Yuan Shao to kill himself, he actually committed suicide in the toilet with a knife. Throughout the process, he did not show the slightest affection for his cowardly and incompetent old master.

In the Han Dynasty, after Confucianism was vigorously promoted, the person who recommended him died, and many of the recommended people would mourn for it.

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