For a successful monarch, it is necessary not only to have a strong enough general, but also to have a decisive brain to assist in order to achieve success. There are too many princes who are very strong in their own right, but they fail because they do not have the help of think tanks.

For example, Gongsun Zhan, for example, Ma Chao...

The reputation of the former White Horse General shocked the frontier, and this reputation alone could deter the Hu people in Youzhou and make them dare not act rashly. However, in the battle with Yuan Shao, he was repeatedly defeated, and finally died by self-immolation in history.

The biggest reason for this is that Gongsun Chan does not have a strategist who can give him advice. On the other hand, Yuan Shao, not to mention his ability, at least leading the army to fight is definitely not as good as Gongsun Zhan, but Yuan Shao not only has generals such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Ran, etc., but also famous strategists such as Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Judge, Feng Ji and other famous strategists to help give advice, how can Gongsun Chan be undefeated?

and that Ma Chao, who is regarded as the second Lu Bu, almost killed Cao Cao in the process of fighting Cao Cao, but it was because Ma Chao did not have a strategist around him who could provide advice...

Others, such as Lu Bu or Sun Ce, are actually somewhat similar to the previous two, but Lu Bu has Chen Gong by his side, and Sun Ce has Zhou Yu and Lu Su and others by his side. Although Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao because he did not trust Chen Gong, Sun Ce was different, and trusted his sworn brother Zhou Yu very much, but unfortunately in the end, he died because of his temperament.

There is also the most typical example, that is, Liu Bei.

Before getting Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei was defeated repeatedly, and I don't know how many people he had taken refuge in, but after getting Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei seized the opportunity, first with Sun Quan, he defeated Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops going south, and then seized the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou and become the lord of one party, which also continued the existence of the Han family.

As a traverser, how could Yan Shao not know the importance of strategists?

It's a pity that the top strategists at this time either already have a master, or they haven't left the mountain or can't be found at all, and now that it is rare to hear the whereabouts of one of them, Yan Shao suddenly became a little excited.

For Jia Xu, a poisoner, Yan Shao likes it.

After all, it was a super-first-class strategist who could stand side by side with Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Sima Yi and others during the Three Kingdoms period, and if he could get such a strategist, it would be conceivable how much help he would have for his great cause.

"Could it be that the gentleman has a connection with this person?" Looking at Li Ru, Yan Shao asked with some excitement.

If it were in the past, Li Ru's face Yan Shao would feel awkward no matter how he looked at it, but he didn't blame Yan Shao. Who asked Hua Tuo to get this face for him at the beginning, which was too realistic? Even though most of them were covered by masks, the remaining small part made Yan Shao unconsciously look away.

But now, Li Ru's face, how to look at it and how to feel cute.

If it weren't for the fact that this was too shocking, Yan Shao would probably have hugged his face and kissed him fiercely.

However, hearing Yan Shao's words, Li Ru smiled slightly.

"Of course not, then Jia Xu has been in Chang'an, but I am in Qingzhou, how can I have a connection? This time I just want the lord to know the reality of the opposite, so as not to underestimate the enemy. As for the future, Confucianism has always known that the lord is eager to seek talent, but now he is just afraid that the lord will miss it, and he will regret it in the future..."

Jia Xu has always been active in the Xiliang Army, but Li Ru has always been in Qingzhou, and the chance of wanting to contact Jia Xu is too low. As for how Li Ru could know that Jia Xu was in Chang'an City? You must know that today's Jia Xu is also a high power, definitely not the kind of nobody, Li Ru can also be regarded as being reused by Yan Shao, and the information from all over the world can be read at will, how can you not know about this matter?

Hearing Li Ru say that he actually had no connection with Jia Xu, Yan Shao suddenly became a little disappointed. But Yan Shao didn't blame anything, after all, Li Ru didn't say anything in the first place, all of this was his own understanding.

"Then, sir, how can we break the Xiliang army in front of us?"

Hearing Yan Shao's words, Li Ru sighed lightly.

"To be honest, this is actually not the best choice to resist the enemy, but since the lord has been stationed with Cao Mengde again, he can't change the order in a short time, so it is easy to leave people with the image of changing the order, maybe the lord can try to break Li Dao and Guo Yan here for a while, frustrate their spirit, and then transfer..."

"What the lord shouldn't do is to let the Son of Heaven follow Xu Rong and the others, you must know that Xu Rong and Yang Feng and others are also ambitious, worse than Li Dao and Guo Yan, not too much, if the son is in their hands today, how can they not think of being like Li Dao and Guo Yan?"

If you are a human being, you will have ambitions, and of course Yang Feng and Xu Rong and others are the same. Especially since they have seen Dong Zhuo, Li Dao and Guo Yan, this is how majestic that person was when he was in Chang'an, and now that the Son of Heaven is in the palm of their hands, how could they not want to be like these three people?

"What's more, whether it is Yang Feng or Xu Rong and others, they all have a considerable number of soldiers and horses, more or less, but there are always thousands of them. Coupled with the soldiers and horses of the Huns and the Baibo Yellow Turbans, these soldiers and horses are all added together, and there are nearly 20,000 people, if you count the soldiers and horses we brought this time, there will be at least about 27,000 people. And the Xiliang army, which was chasing us behind, was only sixty or seventy thousand at best. There are many of these soldiers and horses, but we have not yet reached a considerable degree of advantage, if we have the help of Yang Feng and others, we will at least have the strength to fight with them..."

In Yan Shao's view, maybe Yang Feng and the others are just a rabble, and they can only be regarded as a drag. But no one can ignore their numbers, and now Yan Shao and Cao Cao's biggest weakness is the lack of troops, and with their supplements, they can make up for this shortcoming.

But now that Yang Feng and the others have left, at this time to send someone to call them back, just like what I said before, it is a little bit of a change of day, and others will probably despise them when they see it.

"What does that mean, sir?" As soon as he heard Li Ru's words, Yan Shao also regretted it.

Indeed, with so many troops, even if they are used as cannon fodder, it is not bad, why do you have to let them leave?

"The lord can fight and retreat with Cao Mengde, and slowly retreat to the vicinity of Luoyang. Although the lord and Cao Mengde both advised the Son of Heaven not to go to Luoyang, Luoyang was the original imperial capital, and almost all the royal mausoleums were in Luoyang, and the ancestral temples were all like this. When the Son of Heaven passed through Luoyang, it was impossible not to go to Luoyang to worship first, coupled with this toss, the Son of Heaven and his party were probably exhausted, and it was impossible not to rest and rest, so we could take the opportunity to pull Xu Rong and Yang Feng at that time. ”

The most important thing in this era is filial piety, the so-called loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, the Son of Heaven is the lord of all peoples, the respect of all multipliers, so in terms of virtue, it also needs to be able to reach the point of becoming an example for the world. The dynasties that changed dynasties in history, at least for the apparent reason, were because the emperor's virtue was not enough, so they became like this. Although Luoyang has been burned down, after all, it is the old capital of the Han Dynasty, and there are many tombs of emperors in the past, all of which are Liu Xie's ancestors. In that case, I'm afraid everyone in the world will blame him.

Considering the large number of ritual utensils and a series of other things that Liu Xie carried, it was impossible for Liu Xie to stay in Luoyang for a day and leave, and Li Ru was very confident in this.

"Sir, mean, the cause of trouble?" Yan Shao quickly understood what he meant.

"Yes, the lord has always been loyal, this has long been known in Xia, but now the situation is chaotic, it is the time for heroes to use force, and the soldiers and horses under the lord's account are the most elite group in Qingzhou, and they should be used where they are most needed, rather than being used as cannon fodder here. The lord can imagine that even if the lord can defeat Li Ru and Guo Yan here, how many casualties will he have, is it worth doing so? The lord is thinking about our grievances with the Yanzhou army and Cao Cao. Qingzhou and Yanzhou are close at hand, and Yanzhou has a close relationship with Jizhou, what is our relationship with Jizhou, I believe that the lord can understand this if he thinks about it, does the lord really dare to guarantee that Cao Cao will not have any bad intentions? Compared with the strength of Li Dao and Guo Yan and others, we were originally occupied by a slight situation, if Cao Cao really stabbed us in the back during the duel, I am afraid that there will be a risk of annihilation. ”

This is not Li Ru's many things, but what the people in the Qingzhou army think now. The relationship between the Qingzhou Army and Cao Cao is not ordinarily bad, but this time because they want to rescue the Son of Heaven, they will unite together for a short time. But this does not mean that the contradiction between them is resolved, on the contrary, their contradiction is just covered by the pressure brought by Li Dao and Guo Yan.

After solving the problem of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and also solving the problem of the Son of Heaven, the relationship between the two will become the same as in the past, bad...

So the question is, since sooner or later you have to do it, why not start first? As long as Yan Shao is in the middle of the battle, he can completely let Yan Shao fail, even if he can save his life, the soldiers and horses under his account will suffer heavy losses, there is no doubt about this.

Cao Cao was not an indecisive person in the first place, and Yan Shao knew Cao Cao very well and knew that he was also a very suspicious person. Maybe now he is also doubting whether he will do this, and even considering simply making the first move, so as not to be harmed by himself, this possibility is not impossible, especially after considering Cao Cao's character.

Yan Shao, who figured it out, quickly made a decision to change his previous decision to fight the Xiliang army here. Just like Li Ru said, the current Qingzhou Army does not have such a capability, and it cannot afford to lose so many troops. This time, almost all of the elite of the Qingzhou Army he brought, five thousand cavalry, which is almost equivalent to more than ninety percent of the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army, and the rest are at best the personal guards of the generals and even the heralds and scouts.

Not to mention that these thousands of cavalry were wiped out, even if the losses were a little larger, they could make Yan Shao's flesh ache to death.

So on the second day, not long after everyone got up, Yan Shao took the lead in rushing to Cao Cao's camp and told him what he thought yesterday.

Just as Yan Shao considered yesterday, in fact, Cao Cao himself also had doubts, after all, the contradiction between Cao Cao and Yan Shao was a contradiction of interests, and this contradiction was difficult to eliminate. No one dared to guarantee that Yan Shao would not ruthlessly pit himself in order to solve the threat from Yanzhou.

And...

"Lu Bu..."

Thinking of this name, a hint of gloom flashed in Cao Cao's eyes.

Not long ago, he had just received news that Lu Bu, who had arrived from Xuzhou, had arrived in Luoyang and was waiting for the Son of Heaven's car there.

The distance of Xuzhou is farther than that of Qingzhou and Yanzhou, although some of Lu Bu's soldiers and horses are cavalry, but the rest are mostly infantry, and the marching speed is very slow. But no matter who it is, it is impossible to underestimate Lu Bu, let alone underestimate the Bingzhou army under his account.

After all, the people who dared to underestimate Lu Bu back then are now almost weathered in the Tiger Prison Pass...

The most fundamental reason why Lu Bu was able to hold Cao Cao in Puyang for so long was that Yan Shao was behind him to support him through materials and other aspects. Later, Lu Bu was able to get a city to live in under Liu Bei's hands, which was also related to Yan Shao's help, you can imagine how Lu Bu and Yan Shao's friendship was, at this time Lu Bu came, and he didn't have to think much to know that he would definitely stand on Yan Shao's side.

In other words, Cao Cao's situation is even worse than imagined.

In this way, it is inevitable to retreat to Luoyang, Luoyang has a large number of soldiers and horses, including Xu Rong's, Yang Feng's, and Zhang Yang and others, with strong strength, even if Yan Shao wants to do something in Luoyang, he does not have this ability.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao quickly agreed to Yan Shao's proposal. In addition to continuing to tidy up his camp, he also began to consider waiting for the bus, and at the same time sent someone to Luoyang to inform Yang Biao and Liu Xie of their decision.

A day later, before Liu Xie and Yang Biao's reply came back, Li Dao and Guo Yan, who had extinguished the fire, had already passed through Hangu Pass and faced Yan Shao and Cao Cao, who had just set up camp for a long time. Looking at the flags of Yan Shao and Li Dao fluttering on the flagpole in the distance, the faces of the two of them looked very gloomy. Hangu Pass was burned, and they already knew who the murderer was. I have to say that this night was indeed too frustrating, and even the two of them personally fetched two buckets of water for show.

Now that they have crossed the line of fire, of course they have to go to the culprit to settle the score.

didn't listen to Jia Xu's persuasion, and even before he and the others could gain a firm foothold, Li Dao and Guo Yan had already sent troops to meet them.