So Cao Cao really didn't want to give up all his efforts at once, and he could have seen it a long time ago, Guan Yu and his people, as long as he could worship himself as the master, then he would not betray himself, and he was definitely a loyal person. Therefore, because of Guan Yu's ability and his loyalty, it can be said that Cao Cao attaches great importance to him, and it is impossible for him to leave his own side and leave the Yanzhou army.

Yes, even if he can't worship himself as the master, then as long as he can do things under the Yanzhou military tent, it will be good, and this is Cao Cao's most basic idea-

At this time, Cao Cao looked at Guan Yu and said slowly, "Yun Chang, you go on, tell you what you think!" ”

"No!"

After Guan Yu promised again, he told everyone and Cao Cao his thoughts again. After Cao Cao and everyone heard this, they didn't say anything for a while. After all, they have to be given time to think, let them think about whether they can succeed by doing so, and they are also thinking about their own gains and losses.

If it succeeds, then there is no need to say much, but if it really loses and does not succeed, how much will you lose, after all, it is "unexpectedly victorious, first expected defeat", in fact, this is what happened.

After a long while, Cao Cao asked, "Gongda, what did you see what Yun Chang said just now?" ”

In terms of military strategy, Xun You can be said to be second to none in the Yanzhou army. Of course, Cheng Yu is not bad in this, but the so-called "art industry has a specialty". Xun You is obviously better at marching and fighting, military strategy. As for Cheng Yu, he is better at calculating people. So when asked about strategy, Cao Cao still asked Xun You first to see what he said-

When Xun You heard this, he smiled at his lord, and then heard him say at this time, "Lord, my subordinates think." General Guan's plan is feasible! ”

Oh, Cao Cao listened. is eyebrows slightly raised, and the heart says that since Xun You said that it is feasible, then it is basically six or seven percent of the success possibility.

"Gongda thinks, is it feasible?"

Xun You said firmly. "Yes, yes. My lord, please think about it, now that our army is attacking the city again, it is just a decent rule, so for Zang Ba and them, there is no surprise. But if you want to use General Guan's strategy, then Zang Ba may be caught off guard at that time, and if our army wants to do its best, it may not be able to take Xiangyang City! ”

In fact, Xun You had a sentence but still didn't say it. That is, in his opinion, in Xiangyang City. Whether it's Zang Ba or Liao Hua, I didn't say that I would just keep guarding Xiangyang. So Xun You felt that maybe one day they would lead their troops to retreat, of course, this premise was that they were attacked most fiercely by their own side, and they might not be able to hold it anymore.

But now, it is obvious that he has not done this yet, or Zang Ba would have led his troops to retreat earlier, and he might still be here? ——

After Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's words, he nodded, in fact, he said that he thought the same thing, and he also agreed with Guan Yu's idea. After all, in Cao Cao's opinion, there is really no good way now, so except for what Guan Yu said, there is only one way to attack. If you attack so strongly, it is not necessarily a day to make a contribution, so it is not impossible to use the strategy that Guan Yu said.

Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu again at this time, but before he could say anything, Cheng Yu hurriedly said, "My lord, my subordinates also agree with what Gongda said, General Guan's plan should be a try!" ”

Cheng Yu thought more simply, for his own side now, in Xiangyang, then with Guan Yu's plan, if he succeeds, it is naturally better than anything else. But even if it is defeated, it will only be the same as now, and then it will be attacked, if you can find any opportunities, it will be even better.

So because, of course, Cheng Yu agrees. Even if Cao Cao didn't look at him at this time, he was going to speak, so as soon as his lord saw him, he, the old fox, immediately took action-

After listening to what Cheng Yu said, Cao Cao couldn't help nodding, and then asked again, "I don't know what you think, what did Yun Chang propose before?" ”

Everyone did not object, but several came out to express their support, Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, and when he saw that everyone had nothing to say, he said again, "Okay, since everyone agrees to this, then according to what Yun Chang said, we can leave!" ”

"No!"

Everyone spoke in unison, and they all knew that his lord was a resolute character, so the things he decided to do were basically done as quickly as possible, early on, and completed. Everyone has followed Cao Cao for many years, so they naturally know his character very well.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction. And this time he also saw that the depressed mood and worried expressions of everyone at the beginning were not much at this time. Okay, that's fine. In the initial state, can you still win against others and break Xiangyang, anyway, in Cao Cao's opinion, it is almost impossible. But what about the current state, he thinks there should be no problem, or it is really unreasonable.

After everyone agreed, Cao Cao and everyone went out to count troops, and then implemented it according to Guan Yu's idea. Of course, what Guan Yu said is just a rough idea, and some of the details that need to be paid attention to are finally perfected by Xun You and Cheng Yu, so everyone is really confident in the strategy that these two great strategists and Guan Yu came up with together. After all, who doesn't know the way, the two gentlemen who accompanied the army on their own side are all such No. 1 people in the world-

In Xiangyang City, Zang Ba was chatting with Liao Hua about today's war. To be honest, everything was as he expected, but at the same time, the crisis is getting bigger and bigger. Whether it is Zang Ba or Liao Hua, both of them know that if they continue like this, in a few days, they may not be able to resist. Anyway, it is their own family who knows about their own affairs, Cao Cao and they may not be so clear, but what is the situation of their own side, can Zang Ba and Liao Hua still not know about Lu Dao.

As a result, just as the two were talking, they heard a soldier come to report, "Report to the two generals, the Yanzhou army is withdrawing at this time!" ”

When Zang Ba and Liao Hua heard this, they immediately looked at each other involuntarily, and both of them saw the trace of doubt in each other's eyes.

To be honest, in their opinion, although Cao Cao's Yanzhou army has indeed failed to capture Xiangyang City now, it has to be said that their own people are not as good as others, so can't they Yanzhou army see this?

But even so, they still withdrew their troops, so they had to make Zang Ba and Liao Hua suspicious, after all, the so-called "there must be a demon when things go wrong", the two didn't believe it, so Cao Cao left willingly. In that case, it's really not him Cao Cao Cao Mengde, it's not in line with his personality and style-

Zang Ba said to the soldiers, "Okay, Zhilu Dao, you can retreat first!" ”

"No!"

The soldier was ordered to retreat, and after the soldier left, Zang Ba said to Liao Hua, "Yuan Jian, do you think Cao Mengde Yanzhou Army wants this?" ”

Liao Hua smiled when he heard this, "Xuan Gao, in my opinion, this is Cao Mengde's plan, as for what it is, it is unknown!" ”

After all, there are indeed thousands of kinds of stratagems, and you don't know what they are going to do. But one thing the two of them can be sure of, that is, Cao Cao will definitely not leave so easily, in that case, the efforts of the Yanzhou army in the previous five days, their casualties, won't it all be in vain? Anyway, in the impression of the two, Cao Cao's Yanzhou army seems to have never done such a thing.

So there was no before, and there won't be now, at least the two of them understand that a Xiangyang, even if the city is strong, even if it is its own defense, it will do its best, but it really can't stop the Yanzhou army from advancing-

Zang Ba and Liao Hua, the two chatted a lot according to Cao Cao's abnormal behavior of the Yanzhou army.

And at the end of the day, the two of them didn't have a unified opinion, after all, to be honest, with Cao Cao's ability and the ability of his two major strategists, what they wanted to do was really not something that the two of them could guess at once. So since that's the case, the two of them don't think too much about it anymore.

At this time, Zang Ba said, "No matter what, anyway, it's still 'the soldiers come to block, and the water comes to cover', just looking at the meaning of Cao Mengde's Yanzhou army, maybe it's going to be a bloody battle with our army!" ”

After speaking, Zang Ba narrowed his eyes, and then listened to Liao Hua say, "In this case, we can only retreat." After all, he Yanzhou Army can afford it, but we are ......" (to be continued......