Cao Cao solved the Yuan clan, but did not withdraw his troops.

Wang Can led the army to stay in Lujiang, but Cao Cao did not stop for a moment, extremely busy.

The Wei army braved the bitter cold and traveled back and forth in the north, sweeping away Yuan's chronic diseases.

Compared with Wang Can, Cao Cao knew that his background was insufficient, and the grain, grass, and military resources were a lot worse, because he did not have the financial and material resources like Yizhou and Jingzhou. Therefore, Cao Cao seized the time extraordinarily, pacified the counties of Youzhou in the shortest possible time, reorganized Youzhou, and at the same time launched an attack on the state, preparing to stabilize the rear.

Gao Gan was Yuan Shao's nephew, Yuan was destroyed, and Gao Gan was spared from the disaster.

Gao Gan is proficient in literature and martial arts, and has a certain talent, which can be regarded as both literary and military.

However, in terms of martial arts, Gao Gan is only a medium general, not as good as Le Jin, Li Dian, Xiahoudun and others, not to mention Xu Chu, the fierce general next to Cao Cao, so it is not good to talk about martial arts. In terms of resourcefulness, Cao Cao has Sima Yi, Sima Lang, Chen Qun and other talented people under his command, and they are far beyond the senior cadres, plus Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's former strategists, such as Fu Zhu and Xu You.

In either case, the senior cadres are in absolute weakness.

When Cao Cao waved his troops westward, Gao Gan was extremely nervous, knowing that a catastrophe was coming.

Senior cadres sent people to review and discuss countermeasures.

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's three sons were at war, the trial was clever enough to hide in Bingzhou and avoid the war in which the Yuan clan was destroyed, so as to save his life.

Jinyang, Thorn Mansion.

Gao Gan walked back and forth in the hall, looking anxious.

Seeing the trial match walk in, Gao Gan seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, hurriedly welcomed the trial into the hall, and asked: "Mr. Zhengnan (trial match), Cao Cao raised a large army to kill, what should I do?" ”

The judge smiled and said: "My lord, there are three strategies for adults to choose from. ”

Gao Gan immediately asked, "Which three strategies?" ”

The judge replied unhurriedly: "The next policy is to surrender to the state and submit to Cao Cao, so as to avoid the disaster of the state and the sword, and also avoid being killed." However, the adult is the nephew of the ancestors, the descendant of the Yuan family, Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, and he will definitely not reuse the adult, and may even imprison the adult, or he may directly give the adult an idle job and live his life. ”

Gao Gan shook his head and said, "It's not good, Mr. said the middle policy." ”

The judge continued: "In the middle strategy, the Lord united with the Shu army to resist Cao Cao, and maintained a neutral position with the help of the Shu army. If the Shu army is killed, the adults will join Cao to fight against Shu; If the Cao army is killed, the adults will join forces with Shu to fight against Cao. Whoever wants to attack the annexed state, the adults will unite with the other side. The adults have their own system and are not controlled by Cao Cao and Wang Can. ”

Gao Gan shook his head lightly, frowned and said: "The Yuan family is dead, the sun is setting in the west mountain of Jiangdong, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Cao Cao and Wang Can are competing for power in this world." If I am isolated from the annexed states, although I will be at peace for a while, sooner or later I will return to the side. When Cao Cao and Wang Can decide the winner, and there is no advantage in merging the state, will there be a chance to return to obedience at that time? The middle strategy is not good either. ”

As he spoke, a bright light flashed in Gao Gan's mind, and he guessed the last strategy of the trial, but he didn't say it explicitly.

The judge said: "The best policy, return to the king of Shu." ”

Gao Gan feigned anger and asked, "Why is it the best policy to submit to Cao Cao, but the best policy to return to Wang Can?" These words were deliberately done by Gao Gan, who wanted to test the attitude of the trial.

At the same time, Gao Gan also wanted to see what the trial was thinking.

The interrogator asked: "Dare to ask my lord, after Cao Cao raised his army, he repeatedly clashed with Wang Can, did he ever get benefits?" ”

Gao Gan groaned for a while, and replied truthfully: "Indeed not! ”

A smile appeared on his face and said: "Cao Cao is defeated by Wang Can, and it is naturally the best policy for the Lord to return to the Shu army." Of course, this is only superficial speculation and is not surprising. If it is carefully analyzed, it is also the best policy to return to the king of Shu. ”

"How so?"

Gao Gan sat down, and there was no anxious look on his face.

The judge said: "The north of Bingzhou is the land of Hulu, and with the prestige and virtue of adults, Hulu does not dare to invade; To the east of Bingzhou is the land of Jizhou, that is, Cao Cao's forces, which are now threatened; To the south of Bingzhou is the land of Chang'an and Luoyang, which is controlled by Huang Zhong and Gao Shun and belongs to the king of Shu; To the west of Bingzhou is Liangzhou, which is controlled by Zhao Yun and also belongs to the King of Shu. ”

"If the lord returns to Cao Cao, he will definitely be attacked by Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Gao Shun, and will be attacked on both sides."

"Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong are both fierce generals in the world, and they are difficult to match. In addition, there is a treacherous Fazheng in Luoyang, if the general submits to Cao Cao, he will definitely be defeated. If it is to return to the king of Shu, with the full support of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, Cao Jun is not afraid. ”

The trial and match talked eloquently, and it seemed that he had already made a bamboo in his chest.

In the end, the judge said, "How to decide is up to the adults. ”

Gao Gan sneered: "Mr. Zhengnan, the Fa Zheng faction has been in contact with you, so you have today's words, right?" ”

The judge did not deny it, and said directly: "My lord's eyes are like torches, Fa Xiaozhi did send people to discuss the ownership of the state. Zhao Yun led 10,000 light cavalry to enter Shangdang County, hoarding Huguan and standing ready to set off at any time. Huang Zhong's 3,000 heavy cavalry and Gao Shun's 800 trapping camp were also prepared at Tiger Prison Pass, cooperating with Zhao Yun's cavalry at will. ”

"Kettle off??"

Gao Gan exclaimed in surprise and shouted: "Huguan is an important place in the state, and it is already the hinterland of the state, how can Zhao Yun lead 10,000 light cavalry to go deep into the hinterland of the state?" ”

The judge smiled and did not speak.

Gao Gan stared at the trial, pulled out the sword at his waist with a sonorous sound, pointed at the trial, and shouted: "Zhengnan, you actually defected to Wang Can, it's good!" Very good! You falsely passed on the order of the assassin history, and let Zhao Yun lead 10,000 light cavalry deep into the state, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, the crime is unforgivable, and the general will kill you today. ”

The judge said in a deep voice: "Let the adults deal with it!" ”

He craned his neck high and looked directly at Gao Gan, without a trace of fear.

The judge looked sad, and the right hand holding the hilt of the sword kept trembling, and said: "Judging Zhengnan, this assassin history has put your heart into you, and handed over all the military and political power to you, are you worthy of this assassin history?" ”

The judge said lightly: "The state is not safe, don't you know?" ”

"Bang dang!"

The sword fell to the ground, and Gao Gan sat down on the ground.

"Either way, or no more, return to the King of Shu."

Gao Gan shook his head helplessly, picked up the long sword on the ground in frustration, and said: "The military and political affairs of the state are all decided by you, and you don't need to inform me." After saying that, Gao Gan turned around and returned to the backyard.

The judge looked at the back of Gao Gan leaving, with a complicated expression.

The senior cadres entrusted the trial with an important responsibility, which is the grace of knowing the encounter, and the trial is very grateful. However, the state was sandwiched between Shu and Wei, and he had no one to rely on, so he had to make a choice. Cao Cao destroyed the Yuan family, and the trial was unwilling to do things under Cao Cao, so he had the idea of returning to Wang Can and avenging Yuan Shao with the help of the power of Shu.

The judge turned around and left, and quickly went to negotiate the matter of returning to the Shu Kingdom.

……

In the seventh year of Xingping, March 15.

Zhao Yun led 10,000 light cavalry out of Huguan, rushed thousands of miles, entered Jizhou, and raided Shexian and Wu'an counties under the jurisdiction of Guangping County. The cavalry suddenly descended from the sky and captured the two counties, robbed them of grain, grass and ordnance, and wiped out the Wei troops stationed there. At the same time, Huang Zhong led 30,000 elite soldiers out of the Tiger Prison Pass again, approaching Yingchuan County and Chenliu County.

After the news came out, Cao Jun was shaken.

The 10,000 cavalry led by Zhao Yun disrupted Cao Cao's arrangement, and Huang Zhong suddenly intervened, causing danger to the south of Wei, and someone had to lead an army to defend it. Cao Cao's army attacking Bingzhou had to be stopped, on the one hand, sending people to block Zhao Yun, and on the other hand, resisting Huang Zhong who sent a letter to Guguan in the east.

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong intervened, Cao Cao couldn't swallow the state, as if he was choked by the throat, extremely uncomfortable.

It can be said that the timing of Fazheng's move was extremely accurate.

He sat back and watched the Yuan clan be destroyed, but when Gao Gan was isolated and was about to be attacked by Cao Cao, he took the initiative to extend an olive branch, surrendered and annexed the state without blood, disintegrating the last piece of power established by Yuan Shao, and also made Cao Cao deflated and unable to completely take the north. With the strength of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, it was enough to temporarily contain Cao Cao.

In this way, Wang Can was given time to pacify the south.