In the tent, after reading all the remaining strategists and generals, they were all speechless, and they lowered their heads one by one and pondered.

In the end, it was Xiahou Yuan who opened his mouth first, after all, Xiahou Yuan was his clan brother, and said: "Lord, everyone, since Miaocai has already made a judgment to abandon Kaiyang County and directly send troops to the East China Sea, it is obvious that at the same time, he is preparing to directly attack Donghai County and Zhitan County, it is useless for us to say more here." Our army is now in Pengchengguo, and if it is dragged down by Guan Yu like this, it is very likely that the results of the last battle of Xuzhou will be continued.

Therefore, the last general believed that the troops should be divided immediately. The last general is willing to command a group of soldiers and horses, directly to the east, attack Donghai County from the east, so that Liu Bei's defenders in Donghai County will take care of one or the other, so that either our army will immediately attack Donghai County from the east or north, or my army and Miaocai's army can at least mobilize other Xuzhou troops to reinforce Donghai, so as to reduce the number of enemy troops in front of our army's main force. How is it? ”

At this time, the strength of Cao's army was not as recorded in some historical records, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought the battle of Guandu, the main force of Cao's army was only 20,000.

In fact, because Cao Cao's territory was in the Central Plains, even before Yuan Shao launched the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao had already eliminated Lü Bu, surrendered Zhang Xiu and the Taishan thieves, and drove out Liu Bei, who once again occupied Xuzhou, but he was still surrounded by many enemies. Part of Cao's army had to be stationed in Nanyang County or Huainan area.

For example, this time, in the third battle of Xuzhou, Cao Cao dispatched a full 50,000 soldiers.

Xiahou Yuan took away 15,000 people, and the main force of Cao's army still has 35,000 people, and Li Tong of Yang'an County, Runan also sent 10,000 troops, preparing to coordinate the attack on Jinyun's army in the east of Runan County, but Li Tong did not know that at this time, Wei Yan and others had already arrived in Hanzhong County, preparing to pass through Shangyong County, and join Zhang Xiujun of Nanyang County, and attack Yang'an County first, and then go to rescue Liu Beijun to resist Sun Ce's attack.

On the march, Fu Gan temporarily changed Jin Jue's previously envisaged combat deployment through the information he continued to receive.

This is the right given by Jin Jue to Wei Yan and Fu Gan, after all, Jin Jue is thousands of miles away from Runan County, and because of himself, the world at this time is no longer the world that Jin Jue is familiar with in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the early years of Jian'an, many things, and the fate of many people have been directly or indirectly changed by him.

After hearing this, Cao Cao did not rush to express his position, but looked at the three strategists he relied on the most.

Guo Jia was the first to say: "Lord, although Guan Yu is a little more difficult than before, but he has very few troops in his hands, if you send a general under the lord to bring a small number of troops, like General Yuan Rang did last time, you don't need to fight with him, just pester him." And the main force of our army should attack the southern part of Peiguo this time, and then set off from Peiguo, either attack the western part of Xiapi Kingdom, or join Sun Ce and attack Jiujiang County together! ”

Previously, Cao Cao's side had seen the defense system established by Lu Su on the county boundary of Xiapi State, which was indeed very stable and tenacious, and Liu Beijun now concentrated all his forces in the two counties of Xiapi and Donghai County, and it was difficult for Cao's army to break through the defense of Xiapi State from the front when the troops were not dominant, Liu Beijun's soldiers were becoming more and more well-trained, and they were very hostile to Cao's army.

Even at this time, everyone in Cao Jun knew that Lu Su had been transferred by Liu Bei to Jiujiang County as a taishou, but Xu Shu beside Liu Bei was not an easy character to deal with.

When Xun Yu knew that Xu Shu was Xu Fu, he was a little remorseful, after all, Xu Shu was from Yingchuan, and he had heard of this young man's reputation. However, when Xu Shu killed for his friend, he was still famous as a ranger, and he did not show the characteristics of intelligence.

In private, when talking to Cao Cao, Xun Yu had already admitted frankly that he was now impressed by Jin Jue's young man's ability to perceive people, and there were not only Cao Cao at that time, but also Xun You, Guo Jia and Zhong Xuan.

Guo Jia's proposal is undoubtedly the most suitable and simple and direct strategy for the current Cao Jun.

Even if Lu Su has three heads and six arms, but his foothold in Jiujiang County is not stable, and the generals under his command who originally surrendered to Liu Beijun by Yuan Shu may not be in unison with Lu Su, not to mention, if Cao Jun really has to attack Jiujiang County from behind, there are really few people in this world who can resist the joint attack launched by Cao Jun and Sun Cejun at the same time.

"I agree with Feng Xiao's proposal, but, lord, in fact, against Guan Yu, it is still Yuan Rang who is the most suitable, after all, they have already fought once. If Yuan Rang must go to Donghai County, you will have to carefully select the generals to deal with Guan Yu. As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, Xun Yu suggested.

Xun You then interjected: "Lord, this time Sun Ce will definitely not only attack Jiujiang County, but also Guangling County and Lujiang County, and may even send troops to attack Runan County. Therefore, I suggest that the lord can send a general with 3,000 soldiers to attack Lujiang County or Runan County from Peiguo, and join General Li Tong to deal with that Jin Yun. ”

Now, among the five tiger generals under Cao Cao in history, only Yu Ban and Le Jin, among the nine wolf generals, only Li Dian and Xu Chu are with the army, Li Dian is now only the young general Li Tong in Yang'an County, Lu Qian is in Rencheng County, and the others have not yet been out of anyone, or under the orders of other princes. The generals surnamed Cao and Xiahou, Cao Chun and Cao Hong are only suitable for accompanying the army, not for leading the army alone, and Cao Ren was left by Cao Cao in Xudu to garrison this time.

Therefore, the only generals that Cao Cao can use now are Xiahoudun, Yu Ban and Le Jin.

When Cao Cao himself led his troops to attack the Quartet, he was accustomed to using his own people, that is, generals surnamed Xiahou or Cao, and it was only in the middle and late periods, that is, after the Battle of Guandu, that this problem really changed.

However, this time, since Xun Yu specifically mentioned this issue, Cao Cao thought about it, Xiahou Yuan bypassed Kaiyang County, but his back road was blocked by Changba, in case he was dragged by Liu Beijun in Donghai County, the situation there would be a little dangerous, so it was more appropriate to send a general who was old and serious. Xun Yu's suggestion is actually what it means.

However, Xiahoudun is now sitting in the account, and he is a trusted general by Cao Cao's side, Xun Yu is not good at reprimanding Xiahoudun for his somewhat favoritistic suggestion in person.

So, Cao Cao ordered categorically: "So be it! A trip to the East China Sea, Wen Ze (Yu Ban's word), give you 5,000 people, it's enough! ”