Chapter 208: Why Fear That Your Opponent Is Strong

Lu Budao: How much does Mr. think so-and-so should get?

Mao Juedao: How about a Runan County and a Xuzhou Guangling County? No more, otherwise I won't be able to go back to the main bus.

Lu Bu thought to himself, I hope that he will occupy one or two counties in Guangling first. If you can occupy Guangling and Runan. At the very least, it can pull up tens of thousands of horses.

Good! So-and-so promised you. As Mr. said. After defeating Yuan Shao, a certain person only needs Guangling Runan. But I have one more condition, Cao Gong must agree, otherwise he will not be able to form an alliance.

I don't know what the temperature conditions are? Mao Jue asked.

Lu Budao: If Yuan Shao is defeated, Yuan Shao himself and his family must be handed over to me to deal with.

Mao Jue thought to himself that Cao Cao could agree to any request from Lu Bu, but he would never agree to Lu Bu's unreasonable request, because Cao Cao had grown up with Yuan Shao since he was a child. Although the two of them are on the road of competing for hegemony, they are good friends in private. Like brothers. How could it be handed over to Lu Bu, and it was up to him and his family. Then it's even more unlikely.

Mao Jue said: I can promise Wen Hou in the future, but I didn't expect Wen Hou to make this request before I came, so I never asked the lord, and even if Yuan Shao is defeated, he may not necessarily catch him and his family.

It's better to do this, I verbally promised to be warm, but this matter cannot be written in the letter of alliance, and besides, if this matter is written in the book of alliance, it will not look good for both parties. After all, it is not a glorious thing to arrest people's families. I don't know what to do with the temperature?

Lu Bu thought for a while and said: Good! According to Mr. 's words, please ask Mr. to go back and tell Cao Gong. Bu must catch Yuan Shao with his own hands.

Subsequently, the two sides concluded an agreement and signed it.

Mao Jue returned to Xuchang and told Cao Cao everything about it, which was Lu Bu's last unreasonable request.

Cao Cao was furious. Scolded: Hmph! Three surnames and three slaves, no father and no king. Insatiable. Sooner or later, he will be captured alive. Although Yuan Shao started a war, it was just acting on the public and being above board. Yuan Benchu was my friend, how could I give him humiliation. I can't wait to send troops to kill him now.

Xun Yu said: The lord doesn't have to be angry. Lu Bu's wolf ambition can only be used first, and it is not too late to deal with it then.

Of course, Cao Cao knew that now was not the time to be angry with Lu Bu. Defeating Yuan Shao is the most important thing.

The second year of Jian'an (197) passed like this, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao both stepped up preparations for war, and both sides held back their strength and prepared to fight. And Yuan Shu retreated to Shouchun to lick his wounds after the defeat.

Zhang Jie is also preparing for the attack on Budugen in the coming year. In the short period of calm in the Central Plains, he came to Jian'an for three years, and as soon as spring began, the spies from all sides basically inquired about the other party's troop transfer.

In the Yecheng Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Zhang Jie also convened various civil and military discussions.

Zhang Jiedao: All kinds of news prove that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will have a war soon. Moreover, judging from all kinds of signs, it is a big war, and the winner is likely to unify the Central Plains states. What do we do? Will you send troops to help, or will you sit and watch the tiger fight?

Tian Fengdao: In terms of strength, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's strength are almost the same, and in Feng's opinion, I am afraid that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will be difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

Zhang Jie Yao said: No, in my opinion, Yuan Shao will be defeated.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses may be a little less than Yuan Shao's. Xuzhou was also richer than Cao Cao's Yanzhou, but Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were all elite soldiers who fought in the east and west. Cao Cao basically grew up in battles over the years, leveling Yanzhou, fighting Tao Qian's Xuzhou, fighting LĂź Bu, attacking Li Dao, attacking Zhang Xiu, and fighting Yuan Shu. It almost never stopped.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao, except for fighting with us in Liyang and other places in the plains, basically there have been no major wars.

To be honest, when Yuan Shao attacked me in Jizhou, I didn't take him seriously, and I kept dealing with Gongsun Zhan. Only a small number of men were sent against him.

And Yuan Shaode Qingzhou, Qingzhou was just a borderless land at that time. Yuan Shao relied on his reputation to win Qingzhou, and at most, he wiped out some Yellow Turban bandits.

Yuan Shao's situation in Xuzhou was similar, when Lu Bu attacked Liu Bei and occupied Xuzhou, and Yuan Shao also used his reputation to let the family in the city open the city gate, and Lu Bu was originally a small soldier, so he was defeated.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses basically didn't fight very hard battles.

You are all proficient in military affairs, and a group of veterans and a group of recruits probably know the results without much to say.

It's just Bing. Let's talk about it again.

Yuan Shao's ability to handle the general is also Yan Liangwen ugly.

In addition, Ma Yan, Gao Gan, Jiang Qi, Chun Yuqiong, Han Meng. etc are very average.

And Cao Cao is around, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Chun, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Xu Chu, and so on. Because it is this Xu Yu, martial arts are not under the evil. And most of them are related to the Cao family by marriage, and they are extremely loyal to Cao Cao.

In terms of strategists, Cao Cao is stronger, and with one Xun Yu, Guo Jia can give all the candidates in the world a headache.

Ay! A few years ago, I went to Yingchuan Academy to find Guo Jia, when I was just a small county magistrate. Guo Jia only said that he would consider it. I'm not good at being strong. I didn't expect to become my fierce rival in the future.

Judging and saying: The lord doesn't have to worry, although Cao Cao is strong, he is still a little worse than us in Hebei.

Or the lord sent troops to help Yuan Shao! Otherwise, I don't think Yuan Shao is Cao Cao's opponent!

Zhang Jie nodded and said: It seems that you have to do it if necessary.

At this time, Jia Xu said: Cao Cao's destruction of Yuan Shao may not be a good thing.

Oh! Wen He said, how to live a good Fa? Zhang Jie asked.

Jia Xu touched his beard and said: The lord's ambition is in the world, not the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to find a balance. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are both enemies of the lord sooner or later, and if they destroy one, one will be less, which is one of them.

Second, Yuan Shao's strength is not much worse than Cao Cao, if the lord sends troops, Cao Cao will definitely withdraw troops. This in turn creates a three-legged stand.

It seems to be safe, but it leaves behind trouble. Cao Cao saw that the lord did not let him attack Yuan, so maybe he would unite with Yuan Shao to attack the lord. Yuan Shao's roots are soft, and he has always envied the wealth of Hebei, and he has long wanted to take it for himself, but his strength is not enough. If Cao Cao sent a lobbyist to persuade Yuan Shao, it may not be impossible.

Although we are not afraid of them uniting, but this is another war of attrition. In the end, even if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao retreated, it would be a disaster for Hebei.

Third, Cao Cao slaughtered the city in Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father last time, and the people of Xuzhou hated him to the bone, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao to occupy Xuzhou, and the people must be dissatisfied. When the lord re-enters Xuzhou, he will definitely win the hearts of the people.

Fourth, as long as the lord can go south with all his might, no matter who the opponent is, we will have enough strength to sweep away. In this way, it is better to let the world have one less candidate as soon as possible, so that the world can be unified as soon as possible.

Zhang Jie thought about it, anyway, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are enemies, and when Cao Cao occupies Xuzhou, it may be much easier for him to recover Xuzhou by then. As long as you are strong, why should you be afraid that your opponent will become stronger.

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