At the junction of eastern Yuzhou and Yanzhou, there is a continuous mountain range, and a canyon in the middle, which is full of camps, and soldiers patrol back and forth.

The Chinese army battalion.

Cao Cao paced back and forth inside, with a hesitant expression on his face, looked at the generals and drama talents in the tent, and sighed: "The horses are fierce, the three armies are brave, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command can fight well, our army has lost the best opportunity to enter Yuzhou." ”

Most of their army was infantry, and outside the mouth of the valley, the terrain close to the Pingchuan River was a natural battlefield for the cavalry.

Relying on the topography of the valley, Cao Cao was able to hold on here, and he was not afraid of others going around, because the other end of the valley was the boundary of Yanzhou.

But sticking to this place is definitely not Cao Cao's strategy, and now the entire territory of Yuzhou, except for Yangzhai City in Yingchuan County, all other territories have fallen into the hands of Lu Bu.

If Cao Cao could not help Kong Ling to repel Lü Bu, then in the future, Yanzhou would need to face the military impact of Yuzhou, and there would be no room for development with peace of mind.

At this time, Cao Hong stood up and arched his hand: "Lord, since the general trend has gone, why don't our army retreat to Yanzhou and rely on the terrain to hold on, even if Lu Bu comes in person, he can't help me wait." ”

When he first set out on the expedition, Cao Hong was very unhappy, because the other princes did not lead the army to come to help, Jizhou in the north of Yanzhou and Qingzhou in the east, Yuan Shaozheng and Gongsun Zhan confronted each other, and they couldn't spare their hands.

Xuzhou Tao Qian, not to mention, this person and Kong Ling are basically all the way, even if they have the heart to cheer up Xuzhou, they are powerless to return to the sky, the land of the four wars, like Jingzhou, facing the cavalry in the north to go south, there is no natural danger to rely on, and it is destined to be unable to expand.

At that time, it was said that they would gather troops together to resist Lu Bu, and now Liu Yan in Yizhou and Liu Biao in Jingzhou did not make any moves, Liu Yu wanted to merge with the state from Yanmen, but unfortunately there were not many troops in his hands, and the military power of Youzhou was basically in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, was in name only.

Yuan Shu and the Sun clan snatched territory from each other in Yangzhou and Jiangdong, and they fought each other, so they naturally had no time to look north.

"No, we can't withdraw our troops yet."

Xi Zhicai stopped.

"Once Yuzhou falls into the hands of Lu Bu, its general trend has been achieved!"

He pointed to the map hanging from a wooden shelf, on which the boundaries of the various princes were clearly demarcated.

From the northwest to the southeast, Youzhou Liu Yu Gongsun Zhan, Xiliang Ma Teng Han Sui and the down-and-out Dong Zhuo, Jizhou Yuan Shao, Qingzhou are Tian Kai's on the surface, in fact, who doesn't know the relationship between Tian Kai and Gongsun Zhan.

Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Liu Yan in Yizhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Yuan Shu in Yangzhou, Jiangdong south of the Yangtze River is owned by the Sun family, and the last Jiaozhou is left, and Xi Zhi did not point out, that place is indeed not worth fighting for.

"Look, everybody."

When Xi Zhicai attracted everyone's attention, he took a small wooden stick and slashed through Lu Bu's sphere of influence.

"Lu Bu's current territory includes Bingzhou, Hedong County, Hanoi County, Jingzhao Yin, Hongnong County, Henan Yin, connected together, the eastern Taihang Mountains will be all the threats of Jizhou Youzhou, and a large number of troops are stationed in the north of Bingzhou all year round to prevent Xianbei.

In the west, it allied with Ma Teng and skillfully contained the remaining Xiliang army of Han Sui and Dong Zhuo, while in the south were Liu Yan and Liu Biao, who only knew how to hold on.

If the entire territory of Yuzhou is under the command of Lu Bu, he can use Yuzhou as a basis, go south to Jingzhou, east to Yanzhou, and conquer the world! ”

After listening to Xi Zhicai's analysis, the generals realized that this battle was related to the future development of Yanzhou, so they stepped forward one after another to ask for battle.

"Lord, give me 3,000 elite soldiers, and I am willing to lead the army around and outflank Ma Chao."

"This is the only task for me."

"Next time, you're not the match for that young player!"

As soon as you say a word, the big tent suddenly became lively.

Xi Zhicai's analysis was completely in line with Cao Cao's thoughts, he waved his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet, "What to do, I already have a preliminary idea." ”

Cao Cao's strategic idea was to let the first general attract Ma Chao's attention outside the valley, lead him to the encirclement of the ambush, and swallow Ma Chao's thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry in one fell swoop.

Then lead the army westward, occupy the nearby city, and defend it.

In short, the war cannot be channeled into Yanzhou.

"Lejin Li Dian."

"The last general!"

Both of them stepped forward.

"The two of you with six thousand men will set out at once, and go from the valley behind you to the mountains, fifty miles away from here, there is a terrain that is very easy to ambush."

Cao Cao said, pointing to a place on the map.

These days, although Cao's army did not go to fight Ma Chao's Xiliang army outside the mouth of the valley, he sent a large number of spies from the army to spy on the terrain and landforms within a radius of dozens of miles from the camp, and there happened to be a place where the army could ambush.

"Whoa."

The two received the order, walked out of the big tent one after another, and went to the camp to order troops.

"Forbidden!"

Cao Cao watched.

"The end will be."

Yu Ban stepped forward to listen to the order.

"The remaining two thousand cavalry in the army will be handed over to you to lead, and they will challenge Ma Chao outside the valley, and they will lose more than two games in a row today!"

Cao Cao commanded.

Yu Ban was about to receive the order, Guan Yu in the corner, stood up, stroked his long beard, squinted his eyes and said: "Guan Mou asked to fight, and he will definitely be able to cut off Ma Chao's head." ”

Cao Yingzhong's generals, except for Xu Chu, no one can fight with Ma Chao for fifty rounds, this is because the opponent is not yet an adult, and his strength is far from reaching his peak.

But Guan Yu is different, his strength is already the pinnacle of his life, and he has the confidence to split Ma Chao under the horse.

"The clouds are long and sit."

Cao Cao said with a smile, "Just a few horses, why do you need Yun Chang to make a move, when our army meets Lu Fengxian head-on, it will not be too late for Yun Chang to fight again!" ”

Haosheng comforted Guan Yu, and Cao Cao avoided talking about Guan Yu's battle.

He didn't want Guan Yu to make too much meritorious service in the army, in that case, when Guan Yu left in the future, he would use the reason of meritorious service to repay Cao Cao's kindness, and he would never have the heart to stay.

Leave Guan Yu in the camp and continue to show kindness, before repaying the kindness, Guan Yu will definitely not leave, and over time, it may be able to dilute the relationship between him and Liu Bei.

Moreover, Liu Bei was surrounded in Yangzhai City, and his life and death were still uncertain, and Cao Cao was confident that he would be able to keep Guan Yu by his side.

Yu Ban was ordered to leave.

......

Outside the valley, Ma Chao wandered for several days, he couldn't find Cao Jun's grain transportation channel, it is likely that the valley in front of him is the other party's grain road!

It's difficult to do now, Ma Chao's face is embarrassed, the order he received is to destroy Cao's grain and grass, and now the other party even brings people and horses and grain and grass, hiding in the valley and not coming out, so what can he do!

Just when he was worried about this matter, about half the size of Cao's cavalry rushed out of the valley, led by one person, the weapon in his hand pointed directly at Ma Chao, and shouted: "Ma Er dare to fight with me? ”