Pei Qing was not wrong as expected, at the same time that Lu Su returned to Yuzhou, Yuan Shao had already ordered someone to issue a document on the crusade against Cao Cao, and ordered the generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead 30,000 troops each, respectively attacking Baima in Dongjun and Gaotang in Pingyuan Kingdom, and the world shook for a while.

The news of Yuan Shao's march soon spread to Xuzhou, Cao Cao was very shocked when he heard the news, he was writing a letter to Xun Yu at that time, after hearing the news, he was shocked and fell to the ground.

"I really didn't expect Yuan Benchu to send troops at this time, this is obviously Pei Qing made an agreement for him, if they form an alliance between them, our army can't take care of each other under the attack of each other, how can we win?"

Cao Cao's face was bitter, he sighed deeply, and then waved his hand weakly, and ordered those top strategists under his command Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Sima Yi and others to come to a meeting to discuss the solution.

A moment later, those strategists came to the tent, and after hearing the news of Yuan Shao's dispatch of troops by Cao Cao, they were all silent, the current situation was grim, even if they were the top wise men, they needed time to think about how to deal with it.

Strategist Dong Zhao was the first to speak: "My lord, there is no need to hesitate at all, there is only one way, that is, to quickly increase the army, if not, once our territory is invaded, first of all, production will be destroyed, and the people's will will be turbulent, and the impact on us will be continuous and fundamental." ”

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and then asked, "What do you think?" ”

But saw Sima Yi said: "Xia Guan thinks this matter is inappropriate, now Yuan Shao's two-way army is attacking, the edge is flourishing, even if we send troops to help, the other party only needs to wait for work, it is enough to win, and at the same time, Dongjun Taishou Liu Yan is good at defense, although Yan Liang is brave, but he is brave and has no strategy, so he only needs to strengthen his confidence and let him hold on for a period of time, Yan Liang's attack has been frustrated, and morale has declined, which is the best period for us to counterattack, as for Gao Tang, and let Wen Chou occupy it, there is nothing, We need to use the strategy of arrogance to make Wen Chou get carried away first, and then slowly figure it out. ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "I don't agree with Zhongda's words, Dongjun is the fundamental place of our army, how can Yuan Shao be involved?" Once Dongjun is lost, our army will not only lose the county, but also the morale of the army and the people, and the prestige of the lord, so I agree with Dong Gongren's opinion and immediately send troops to reinforcements. ”

Cheng Yu is a native of Dong'a, Dongjun, and naturally cares about the safety of his hometown, but now when he hears that his hometown has been invaded by foreign enemies, he is naturally anxious and cares, so he came up with such an idea.

Since Cao Cao is a generation of traitors, he can naturally calm down, and after a calm analysis, he immediately judged that Cheng Yu's proposal had a strong subjective color, but he was not easy to say, so he asked Guo Jia on the side: "I don't know what Fengxiao thinks?" ”

I saw Guo Jia say slowly: "Jia agrees with Zhong Da's opinion, but we really can't let Yuan Shao attack us, now the lord's reputation in the court is in full swing, but once the fundamental land is violated, the lord's prestige will definitely decline, and there are some people in the court who are disrespectful to the lord will also be ready to move, so our situation will definitely be turbulent, so, in Jia's opinion, we must also stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and we can't let Yuan Shao invade too deeply." On the other hand, we can't send too many troops, because once Xuzhou is empty, Pei Qing will definitely attack, so that the Xuzhou we have worked hard to capture will fall into the hands of the enemy, with Pei Qing's current strength, once Xuzhou falls into his hands, we will never be able to get it again, once he occupies Xuzhou, not only will we have no room for development to the south, but also fall into Pei Qing's three-sided encirclement, the danger of this, I'm afraid I don't need to repeat it, right? ”

Cheng Yu is also a shrewd person, he just thought about it for a while, and immediately saw the problem, so he said: "But once we send troops to rescue, Xuzhou will be empty, but Pei Qing is eyeing me fiercely, and will definitely find a way to attack my Xuzhou, and at that time we will be attacked by Yuan Shao and Pei Qing from both sides, I don't know what kind of trick Fengxiao can solve this problem?" ”

"This is actually not difficult to do, Yuan Shao is a person everyone knows, in vain to know the corporal of Zhou Gong, and do not know the opportunity to use people, many ends, indecisive, indecisive, the reason why he sent troops, must have been bewitched by Pei Qing, we only need to go to Yecheng to negotiate peace when his attack is frustrated, of course, the lord also needs to give him some sweetness, such as worshiping the third duke, allowing him to record Shangshushi, and promised to cede part of the land in Qingzhou to him, so that he can naturally stop the army, as for Pei Qing, although he seems to attack me Xuzhou on the surface, but judging from his recent actions, I am afraid that his main purpose is to crusade against Yuan Shu, and wait until Yuan Shu is defeated before he will use force with us, and this time is enough for us to negotiate peace with Yuan Shao and consolidate Xuzhou. ”

"What? Feng Xiao, you said that Pei Qing's purpose was not us, but Yuan Shu? But in this way, it means that we have to make some concessions to Yuan Shao, and Pei Qing has obtained Yuan Shu's territory and army for nothing? In this way, Yuan Shu took advantage? Dong Zhao is not a stupid person, as soon as Guo Jia reminded him, he immediately knew Pei Qing's intentions, but he was still unwilling in his heart, because in this way, Pei Qing's strength would take the opportunity to grow, but his own strength would be weakened because of this.

Guo Jia couldn't do anything about this, he pondered for a long time, and finally could only smile bitterly, and sighed: "In this case, we can only try our best to make up for the situation, if we want to completely gain an advantage, but it is not so easy, but once Pei Qing obtains Huainan, it will inevitably intensify the contradiction between Sun Ce in Jiangdong, if he gets the jade seal hidden by Yuan Shu and does not return it to the imperial court, we can also discuss it from Zhang, unite the world's heroes, as for now, as for now, as long as we keep the existing interests now, it will be good, Blind greed is not necessarily a good thing for us. ”

Although Guo Jia's words are a little unpleasant, they are very reasonable, which suddenly silenced everyone in the tent, although they are unwilling, but they also have to admit that Guo Jia's method is the best way at present, and they can only take one step at a time for today's plan, hoping that Pei Qing will not hand over the Son of Heaven after getting the jade seal, in fact, then again, even heroes like Sun Jian still don't stay after seeing the jade seal? Although Pei Qing is shrewd, how can he withstand the temptation of the supreme position? In fact, even Cao Cao, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make up his mind to give up in front of the jade seal.

"That's the only way, just do what Feng Xiao said, we don't have to rush to help, I will order Zixiao to lead 10,000 people to Dongjun slowly, with Zhongda as the military division, and then order Miaocai to lead 10,000 people to Qingzhou, the same is also slowly, you all have to remember, don't pursue speed, everything is to maintain the best condition, try to reduce casualties as the first principle!" Cao Cao finally made up his mind, and then gave the order. 8)