In order to retaliate against Cao Cao, Yuan Shu acted very secretly, and did not reveal the slightest news in advance, and when Cao Cao noticed it, the entire north of Yuan Shu had become Yuan Shao's territory. Cao Cao couldn't help but express his admiration for Yuan Shu for the first time, he never thought that Yuan Shu would have such courage!

"I knew this was the case, I should have shot Yuan Shu to death with an arrow that day in Xiapi!" Xiahoudun said angrily.

"It's easy to kill Yuan Shu, but have you thought about what will happen after Yuan Shu dies?" Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun and asked.

Xiahou didn't think about it and said, "This ...... Do you still need to think about it? Directly send troops to attack Huainan and Yuzhou......"

"Stupid!" Cao Cao snorted at this cousin and said, "Do you think that with our current strength, it is possible to occupy the entire Huainan and Yuzhou?" ”

"Isn't it?" Xiahou said weakly.

"I don't want it, but the reality is the opposite! With the current strength of our army, it will not be too much of a problem to stick to the current territory, but if we want to continue to fight in the direction, we will face the problem of insufficient troops! I originally planned to wait until Yuan Jun in Yaoya and other places began to go hungry, and then recruit him, and then develop outward after slowly absorbing it, but I didn't expect it, Brother Highway, you are really impressive! ”

It turned out that Cao Cao had the opportunity to kill Yuan Shu in the first battle of Pi that day, but he was worried that once Yuan Shu died in battle, Yuzhou and Huainan would inevitably be in chaos. Because of this, he let Yuan Shu go, let Yuan Shu escape from Xiapi alive, go back to stabilize Yuzhou and Huainan, and not give Liu Zhang a chance, and wait for him to take Yaoya and other places to improve his strength before conquering Yuan Shu......

"Shibei three days, sure enough, you should be impressed, Brother Highway, subdued ......" I don't know how many times Cao Cao said a sentence, which shows how much Yuan Shu's move touched him.

The same accident with Cao Cao is none other than Zhou Yu, originally he thought that Yuan Shu would inevitably die when he went to Xiapi, so he and Sun Ce immediately contacted up and down after arriving in Shouchun, ready to take advantage of Yuan Shu's death at the hands of Cao Cao, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to let Yuan Shu go, so that his abacus fell through, I have to say, Zhou Yu is still too young, and his understanding of people's hearts is still lacking in some heat, at this time he is not the beautiful Zhou Lang who "talked and laughed and died out" in the Chibi War many years later! What surprised him even more was that Yuan Shu actually broke his wrist and sent the entire northern thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, millions of people, and 30,000 soldiers to Yuan Shao, and used Yuan Shao to contain Cao Cao, so that Yuan Shu could calmly retreat back to Huainan and fight again!

Now Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are completely panicked, and when Yuan Shu returns to Shouchun, what they have done these days will inevitably reach Yuan Shu's ears, and with Yuan Shu's character, they will definitely not tolerate it! And after Yuan Shu learned what they had done, he would immediately think of their sudden resignation before leaving that day, and then he could easily think that they must have expected Cao Cao's fraud, but not only did he not remind him, but instead of reminding him, he went for a walk first and returned to the territory where Shouchun plotted against Yuan Shu, which was really bearable and unbearable! If there is no accident, they may not be able to get out of Shouchun!

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't know that what they had done had been secretly told to Yuan Shu. Because of this, when Yang Hong left Guangling, Wu Jing, the uncle of Sun Ce, who served as the Taishou of Guangling in history, was suspected by Yuan Shu and did not get the post of Taishou, and was ordered to return to Yinling with Yang Hong, and the position of Taishou of Guangling was held by Chen Ji. Moreover, the defenders of the city gates of Shouchun have received an order, once they find out that Sun Ce is trying to leave the city, they must stop it, and once he forcibly leaves, he can be killed on the spot!

The anxious Sun Ce and Zhou Yu discussed a solution, but let Zhou Yu rack his brains, but there was nothing to do, and later Zhu Zhi once again exchanged the jade seal for Yuan Shu's trust from Sun Ce, if he didn't hand over the jade seal, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to save his life, if he lost his life, what was the use of holding the jade seal in his hand? It can only be used as a funeral! Sun Ce knew that it was time for a strong man like Yuan Shu to break his wrist, and even Yuan Shu could give up thousands of miles of land, could he not compare to Yuan Shu when he was determined to be in the world? Can't even give up a piece of jade? So it was decided to offer the jade seal as soon as Yuan Shu returned to Shouchun.

Liu Zhang of Chang'an was not surprised at all when he learned that Yuan Shu was cheated by Cao Cao, but when he learned that Yuan Shu was severely humiliated by Cao Cao, not only did he not get angry and immediately retaliate, but instead gave Yuan Shao and other places to Yuan Shao, he was shocked.

Perhaps it was the later generations that interpreted too much of this special period of the Three Kingdoms, and unconsciously made Liu Zhang misunderstand something, such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the brothers, in almost all literature, film and television works in later generations, these two brothers are a pair of enemies who do not share the sky, there is no brotherhood at all, each other will feel excited when they hear the news of each other's failure, and they will feel as uncomfortable as swallowing a live toad after learning that the other party has done something important, Liu Zhang never thought that one day, Yuan Shu would actually give thousands of miles of land to Yuan Shao as a cheap gift.

But when Liu Zhang thought that Lu Bu, who was the first brave general of the Three Kingdoms, could give half of the state to himself, and transfer Yuan Shao and his Mao Dun to himself and Yuan Shao's Mao Dun, he felt a lot relieved, since the notoriously reckless Lu Bu can do it, it should not be too surprising that Yuan Shu, who was born in a famous family, wants to do this. In the final analysis, Yuan Shu's land delivery is actually the same calculation as Lu Bu's land delivery!

"Hero? It's not a good bird......" Liu Zhang thought secretly.

Liu Zhang once again reminded himself not to be misled by later history books and literary works, since he has come to this era, he should get rid of the prejudice of history books and literary works, and use his ears, eyes, and hearts to re-understand everyone......

After the police, Liu Zhang began to think about the relationship between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, will Cao Cao turn against Yuan Shao at this time? Or does Cao Cao have the strength and confidence to turn his face? No! Historically, Cao Cao did not take the initiative to seek a battle with Yuan Shao after welcoming the heavens into Xuchang, sweeping away Xuzhou, Xuzhou, Sili and most of Yuzhou, and firmly ranking in the power list of the princes. Now, there are still three years to go before the battle of Guandu in history, and at the same time, because of his appearance, Cao Cao's development has been seriously weakened, and the surrounding strong enemies are looking around, and Lu Bu and Yuan Shu are even more endless, I am afraid that Cao Jun has just attacked Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and he Liu Zhang will take this opportunity to take over Cao Cao's territory! In this case, only the incomplete Cao Cao of Yuzhou and Xuzhou will go to Yuan Shao, who has many generals?

No, Liu Zhang instantly denied his judgment, why did he just say not to be misled by history, and looked at it in a blink of an eye? Cao Cao is indeed much weaker than in history, but Yuan Shao is also not strong in a certain situation, because Yuan Shao's main force has been contained by himself in the state, in the face of this situation, will the ambitious and capable Cao Cao fight, this conclusion is not easy to make! As for saying that Lu Bu and Yuan Shu will take the opportunity to sneak attack Cao Cao, there is no need to worry too much, Lu Bu's strength is not good, and the state has contained a large number of elites, and Si Li is under his own threat, in this case, the chance for Lu Bu to easily send troops to attack Cao Cao is probably not too great; And Yuan Shu has just lost 55,000 soldiers, and another 30,000 troops surrendered to Yuan Shao under Yuan Shu's orders. Calculate it again, the only one who can threaten Cao Cao may be Liu Zhang's own, Nanyang's 100,000 army is not a decoration, you can attack Xuchang at any time, the line from Nanyang to Xuchang is almost impossible to defend except for a Yingshui, once you take the opportunity to attack Xuchang, it is undoubtedly a serious threat to Cao Cao, but in order to confuse the enemy, Liu Zhang deliberately created a look that Shu is in internal instability, in this case, will Cao Cao make a wrong judgment?

After thinking for a long time, Liu Zhang found that even if he had history to rely on in this era, he still couldn't see through those heroes who were dominant, and he couldn't get the correct conclusion, so he immediately ordered Huang Zhong to ban Nanyang, and asked him to pay close attention to Cao Cao's movements, and at the same time Liu Zhang also gave Huang Zhong the right to cut first and then play, once he found out that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at war, he could decide any action according to his own judgment, without prior instructions.

This decision was actually opposed by Xun Yu and others, Liu Zhang understood their worries very well, they were worried that once the power was released, Huang Zhong would support the army and respect himself, and in the end it would be a big situation, but Liu Zhang still trusted Huang Zhong's character very much, not to mention that Huang Zhong's son could be regarded as saving himself, in this case, Huang Zhong would have two hearts for himself, to be honest, Liu Zhang didn't believe it! There is another reason, that is, Liu Zhang is too wary of Cao Cao, who would have thought that Cao Cao, who had a reputation after being a eunuch, would eventually become the overlord of that era? Liu Zhang has always regarded Cao Cao as his worst enemy, and he has always wanted to weaken Cao Cao, or even completely eliminate him. Even if Cao Cao's strength was not insignificant to him at this time, he never lowered his guard against Cao Cao in the slightest, otherwise, how could Liu Zhang let the Nanyang Second Field Army have nothing to do all day? I'm afraid he would have ordered Luoyang to be flanked, Lu Bu to be eliminated, or to march directly to Xuchang! He knew that Cao Cao had ambition and great talent, and Cao Cao had a keen sense of smell and was good at long-distance attacks, so he was worried that once he relaxed his guard, he would immediately be exploited by Cao Cao, causing irreparable losses. Therefore, Liu Zhang gave Huang Zhong the right to cut first and then play, because the way of message transmission at this time was very backward, when Huang Zhong found the fighter, and then reported to himself, and then sent troops after approval, the possibility of this period has been wasted a month in vain, maybe Cao Cao has this month, has already laid the victory, and his own troops are really cold daylily!