Cao Cao couldn't wait to unfold the letter, wanting to see what plan Guo Jia had given him.

I saw that the letter wrote: "My lord, the situation in Hanoi is complicated now, and it is not easy to capture the wild king, but it is actually very easy to break through the east of the wild king, but it is very difficult to defend it, and it is not impossible for the lord to capture it, but it can't be held anyway, and the lower official suggested that the lord give these territories to Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao and Pei Qing will gradually cause contradictions because of the Hanoi problem, and at that time, as long as we instigate it, the contradictions between them will become deeper and deeper, and then the lord and Yuan Shao will unite, Deal with Pei Qing together, so the world can be determined. ”

After reading the letter, Cao Cao thought about it carefully, and was suddenly pleasantly surprised, and secretly thought: "What a plan to kill people with a knife, this trick is used, I see how Pei Qing can crack it?" I joined forces with Yuan Benchu, the strength of both sides was twice that of Pei Qing, and I could also secretly unite Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and others to encircle and suppress Pei Qing together. But before that, I must first find a way to eradicate Lu Bu, as long as his forces are there, I Yanzhou will not be able to guarantee safety, if I repeat the incident in Yanzhou for him, I will have to go crazy. ”

However, even if it is a crusade against Lü Bu, it must be after successfully creating a contradiction between Pei Qing and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao decisively decided that the army would retreat immediately, and then in the name of crusading against the Black Mountain thieves, he ordered Shi Jian to lead 5,000 people to attack Shanyang Kingdom, and Le Jin to lead 5,000 people to attack the original county of Hanoi County, Zhihuai County, and he personally led the army to be stationed in the prefecture and county not far from Yewang to prevent Xu Huang's army from advancing eastward.

This move is indeed very vicious, because Xu Huang has just occupied Yewang County, and he must find a way to calm the people's governance, reward meritorious service, and stabilize order, and he can't take a break to recover other counties and counties, if Cao Cao's army is not there, it will be fine, because with the deterrent power of his army, sooner or later all the counties will be forced to surrender, but now Cao Cao inserts such a lever, which will completely destroy his hope.

So Xu Huang could only sigh helplessly after hearing the news, he could only let Cao Cao seize other counties, and then wait until the strength was accumulated and then find a way to slowly fight, after all, Cao Cao's base camp is in Luoyang, and there is a Yellow River in the middle, so it is naturally not so convenient to supply anything, and Cao Cao can't be here forever, and as soon as his main force leaves, he will occupy an absolute advantage, and it is not difficult to recover other counties.

However, Jia Xu's face was full of worry, and he said to Xu Huang: "General, don't underestimate this Cao Cao, he may have more profound meaning in doing this." ”

"Oh? I don't know what Mr. is referring to? Xu Huang saw Jia Xu speak so solemnly, and his heart was also tight, because in his impression, Jia Xu had always been a calm and unhurried image, and now since he has such a look, it proves that there must be trouble, which naturally can't help but make him nervous.

I saw Jia Xu said slowly: "I guess this Cao Cao may have to borrow a knife to kill people and give the occupied Hanoi to Yuan Shao, so that we can only have a conflict with Yuan Shao because of the fight for Hanoi, in this case, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will deal with our army together, which is a big trouble for our army." ”

"What? Cao Cao was willing to give Yuan Shao the territory he had worked so hard to occupy? Xu Huang was surprised, but then he thought that Cao Cao might really be willing to give it, because there is a gift to get, Cao Cao deeply understands this truth, anyway, even if the eastern counties and states are occupied, they can't hold it, so it is better to give it to Yuan Shao, let himself have one more friend, and let Pei Qing have one more opponent.

"So, what are we going to do?" Xu Huang suddenly had no idea when he heard this, he naturally knew that Yuan Shao's strength was very strong now, and Liu Yu of Youzhou beat his old opponent Gongsun Zan back to Yijing, and defeated the Black Mountain Army many times, and completely occupied the entire Qingzhou, now Yuan Shao is across the two states of Qingdao and Hebei, and there are more than 100,000 people with armor under his command, Cao Cao is already very strong, if he unites with Yuan Shao again, it is estimated that the computer room is really difficult to hold Hanoi, and even Hedong may be lost, Hedong is a barrier in Guanzhong, It is also the location of the Great Han and Xiongnu fields, once this place is captured, their losses are too great, and this ending is really terrible.

Jia Xu thought about it silently, and finally sighed: "This matter can only be decided by the lord, the general will report Cao Cao's actions, everything depends on how the lord decides." ”

"That's all there is to it." Xu Huang sighed, he was going to report to Pei Qing the details of the battle for Hanoi, but now he heard Jia Xu say this, so after the report, he focused on Cao Cao's movements and asked Pei Qing for ideas.

Xu Huang's report soon arrived at Pei Qing's desk, and after reading the news just now, Pei Qing laughed proudly: "This Xu Gongming, sure enough, did not disappoint me, he actually captured Hanoi in such a short period of time, Cao Cao has no choice but to retreat to Luoyang in embarrassment, right?" Shouldn't we write him a thank-you note? ”

But seeing Hu Zhao shook his head and said: "Things may not be as simple as the lord said, this Cao Cao has always been unprofitable and can't afford to be early, when he was in Xuzhou, although he didn't capture Xiapi, he still extorted a lot of compensation from Tao Qian, this time he didn't capture the wild king, will he try to plot those counties east of the wild king?" ”

Pei Qing smiled faintly when he heard this, and said disapprerovingly: "Even if he occupies those places, he can't hold them, right?" What was the use of Cao Cao occupying this place? He's not stupid, he's not going to do such a thankless thing, is he? ”

But seeing Hu Zhao shook his head and said, "Things may not be as simple as the lord imagined. ”

"Oh? Mr. Kong Ming, what do you think Cao Cao will do? Could it be that he would hand over the land he had worked so hard to occupy to someone else...... Well? Not good! Pei Qing's face suddenly changed when he thought of this, and then said with a wry smile: "It seems that what Mr. Kong Ming said is right, I am really a prophecy." ”

When Pei Qing was talking, he continued to look at the letter, he had just sworn that Cao Cao could not continue to occupy Hanoi's apprentices, but then he saw the news that Cao Cao continued to send troops on Xu Huang's report, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that Cao Cao really wants to hand over the counties east of Hanoi to others, isn't he afraid of playing with fire and burning himself?" ”

I saw Hu Zhao say lightly: "In Cao Cao's hands, the lord is his number one enemy, and he is not afraid of anyone except the lord, so in order to deal with the lord, he can put everything on the line." ”

At this time, Zhang Chao, who was on the side, suddenly asked, "Lord, what else did General Xu write in the back?" But what are the measures to deal with it? ”