And just when Pei Qing was busy rewarding the heroes, the troops under the command of Cao Cao's generals Shi Jian and Le Jin won successive victories in Hanoi, and the officials and wealthy families from all over the country fell in anticipation, and in less than half a month, Cao Cao occupied the counties in the east of Hanoi.

At this time, Yuan Shao, who was in Yecheng, was very dissatisfied after hearing the news, because he had already regarded Hanoi as his own backyard, but the news of Zhang Yang's killing was very sudden, and his reaction was also a little full, plus when he raised the topic of whether to take the opportunity to occupy Hanoi, there was a fierce debate within his camp, and the strategists Tian Feng and Fu Zhi all opposed it with a clear attitude, while Xu You and Feng Ji and others strongly supported it, and finally Yuan Shao finally made a decision with a wave of his hand. The five western counties of Hanoi had been taken possession by Xu Huang, and Cao Cao then led his army to occupy more than a dozen counties in the east.

"Hmph, this Cao Apu, dare to take food in my mouth, it's really hateful! If it weren't for me dragging the main force of the Black Mountain thieves, how could Cao Apu be able to successfully possess Hanoi? Yuan Shao was angry, gritted his teeth, and hated to tear Cao Cao apart.

Feng Ji on the side was also fanning the flames, nodded and said: "This Cao Mengde is indeed not a thing, it is really funny to do this, even if he has the ability to occupy Hanoi, does he have the ability to defend it?" ”

"Hmph, originally I thought that for the sake of his alliance with me, whenever he took advantage of a little advantage, I basically didn't care about him, but I didn't expect him to be so ignorant, since this is the case, I don't care about taking it back."

Yuan Shao smiled coldly, he knew that this was not just a matter of face, it was really a matter of Hanoi being a little close to Yecheng, and once it was occupied by others, it could threaten the safety of Yecheng at any time.

Therefore, Yuan Shao then ordered Yan Liang to be the vanguard, leading an army of 30,000 to attack Hanoi and seize Hanoi from Cao Cao, on the one hand, to deter Cao Cao, and on the other hand, to ensure the safety of Yecheng.

Tian Feng sneered when he heard this, and said lightly: "Now our army is even difficult to ensure the safety of Jizhou, and even think about getting Longwangshu, it is very inappropriate for you to do this, the possession of Hanoi not only does not have any benefit to our army, but will cause endless trouble, according to Tian's words, the lord should be careful to guard Jizhou, strive to develop production, and exterminate the black mountain thieves, and wait until Jizhou is fully developed and say, take Youzhou when the conditions are ripe, so that the lord will connect the three states of Youji and Qing, When that time comes, won't the lord mean where to fight? Who else can beat it in this world? But now, the effect of the lord's action can only be counterproductive, Tian persuaded him with good words, and asked the lord to think twice. ”

In fact, on a case-by-case basis, Tian Feng's wisdom is indeed extraordinary, and it is actually rare to be able to see through the situation at a glance and find out how to deal with it.

However, then his suggestion was ridiculed, saying that it was a pity if he did not take it, although Cao Cao's army was victorious, but after all, after all, the soldiers were tired, and it was a good time to recover Hanoi.

Tian Feng opened his mouth and just wanted to refute, but he didn't expect that at this time, a junior colonel suddenly broke in from outside the tent, saluted respectfully to Yuan Shao and said, "Lord, there is a person who claims to be Cao Cao's envoy outside the camp to come to visit. ”

"Oh? Cao Cao's messenger? Hmph, this Cao Apu, come to see me at this time, is it ill-intentioned? Let him in, I want to see what he has to say. ”

Yuan Shao angrily gave an order for Cao Cao's envoy to come in and meet him.

"Under the official Cao Sikong account, under the book, Cao Zhao is engaged in Dong Zhao to meet General Yuan." As soon as they met, the other party named his identity to Yuan Shao, and then said: "Presumably Yuan Gong has also heard of it, a few days ago, the new Bingzhou assassin Shi Yang Feng killed Zhang Yang, the Hanoi Taishou who was kind to him, which caused the world to be angry, Xijing stayed behind Pei Gong, and Sikong Cao Gong all sent troops to fight, but where do you know the result?" This Pei Gong actually ordered the sergeants to storm Yewang County and the four counties in the east without authorization, and he did not call the imperial court, these four counties were originally prepared by Cao Gong for Yuan Gong, because if you talk about the contribution to the recovery of Hanoi, is there one in the world that can compare to Yuan Gong? If it weren't for Yuan Gong dragging down the main force of the Black Mountain thieves, how could we easily recover the counties in Hedong? So in desperation, my Cao Gong had to order the recovery of more than ten counties west of Yewang, fortunately, everything is going well, relying on God's blessing and general Shenwei, we have recovered these ten counties in the east, and now the lower officials have been ordered by Cao Gong to hand over these more than ten counties to Yuan Gong, and ask Yuan Gong to accept ...... with a smile."

"What, what? Meng De handed over these dozen counties that were fought down with great difficulty to me for nothing? Did I hear me right? Yuan Shao couldn't believe it when he heard this, because where did Cao Cao do such a loss-making thing?

I saw Dong Zhao said with a faint smile: "I know that Cao Gong is a little disbelieving, okay, let me say it straight to the point, now there are too many places bordering Pei Qing, especially this Hanoi, it is impossible for our army to resist Xu Huang's attack, but Yuan Gong, you are different, because your prestige is in the four seas, the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family in Runan, and the protégés and former officials are all over the world, plus Yuan Gong, you have 100,000 troops under your command, with such a force, even if you dominate the world, there is no problem, where would you care about a small Hanoi?" In fact, to put it bluntly, the reason why we are willing to hand over these dozen counties in eastern Hanoi is that we want Yuan Gong to be our barrier and help us jointly fight against Pei Qing's threat. ”

"I knew it was like that." Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction, his suspicions about Cao Cao suddenly disappeared, and he said with a smile: "But I like this excuse very much, although Pei Qing'er has some ability, but it is not as strong as everyone boasts, Mr. Dong, you go back and tell Meng De, this matter is so decided, I will immediately send someone to receive Hanoi, and send Hanoi Taishou to be different from the pseudo Hanoi Taishou appointed by Pei Qing, as for the safety there, please rest assured, we will not let Pei Qing's forces take another step east of Yewang City!" ”

Subsequently, Yuan Shao appointed his nephew Gao Gan as the Taishou of Hanoi, and ordered him to lead 10,000 soldiers to quickly enter Hanoi County to complete the occupation of the dozen counties formulated by Cao Cao, and at the same time to put Pei Qing's army on guard, once he found any accident with the defenders of Hanoi, immediately report to him, and he will immediately complete the support as soon as possible.

At this time, I suddenly heard a person in the tent say loudly: "Lord, you must not agree, all this is Cao Cao's ghost idea, his purpose is to pull you into their chariot, once successful, it will inevitably cause our strength to continue to weaken, this matter is very important, please think twice." ”