Dongjun, Puyang.

"Really? They did a good job. Cao Cao listened to the report of his subordinates and nodded. Then, let's take Zhong Ying as the guard of Taishan County, and let him be responsible for the crusade against the Yellow Turban thieves in Taishan County. In addition, let Zhongkang, Wenqian and Zilian come back, and Zihe will stay in Taishan to assist Zhongyin, so that he can exercise. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao paused and said, "As for Zixian...... Well...... Let him win the county order. ”

This time, because of Hu Wubiao's help, not only did he successfully eradicate Wang Kuang, but also captured the remnants of his subordinates in one fell swoop and successfully controlled Fenggaocheng. This result naturally made Cao Cao extremely satisfied, after all, once those remnants made trouble, it was also a very troublesome thing.

Hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone nodded, and then Cao Cao was about to say something when he suddenly heard a rather panicked shout, "Emergency military situation!" Emergency military intelligence! ”

Hearing this voice, the brows of everyone in the room immediately furrowed, and after a while, the soldier trotted in, half-knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Fujun, something is wrong, for some reason, the Yellow Turban Army from all over the country suddenly united to kill Dongping Kingdom!" ”

"What?!" Hearing this, everyone was stunned, obviously not expecting this to be the case.

"What the hell is going on?! Explain it to me in detail! Cao Cao stood up and shouted angrily, he was obviously a little out of shape at this time, but he couldn't care so much, after all, the yellow scarf suddenly played such a play, but it was much beyond his expectations.

"Huifujun, according to the inquiry, the Yellow Turban thieves who originally retreated to Dongping, Jiyin, Rencheng, and Shanyang have joined forces with the Taishan Yellow Turbans and marched to Dongping at the same time. The exact strength is difficult to find, but it is estimated to be more than 200,000! They moved very quickly and are expected to be able to reach Ningyang around the middle of the month! The soldier reported quickly.

"These goddamn thieves!" Cao Cao said resentfully.

"My lord, we must immediately send people to intercept the Yellow Turban Army from all over the country to prevent them from converging, otherwise once they are allowed to converge, it will become a great disaster for our army!" Chen Gong on the side hurriedly said.

"Well......" Hearing this, Cao Cao was moved for a while, after all, the initial investigation had exceeded 200,000 people, so when all the enemy forces converged, the number would probably increase, and it was even likely to exceed 300,000. After all, the biggest advantage of the Yellow Turban Army has always been the number of people.

It's just that at this moment, Xi Zhicai on the side put forward a different opinion, "Lord, my subordinates think that now that the enemy army is gathered, it is not a good opportunity......"

"My subordinates feel the same way." Xun You on the side also opened his mouth when he heard this, "Although the enemy seems to be powerful, the confrontation during this period of time has proved that they are just a group of rabble. In this case, the subordinates thought that they only needed to use the trick of luring the enemy, and they could easily defeat the enemy. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu when he heard this, and motioned for him to continue.

Seeing this, Xun You arched his hand and continued, "Lord, although the enemy army is powerful, it is also because of this that it is easy to have an arrogant mentality. As long as our army loses a few battles, it will definitely make the enemy proud and underestimate the enemy. At that time, our army can find a place to lay an ambush, and at the same time send people to lure the enemy ......"

"Hmm...... Get the map! Cao Cao pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then ordered.

After a short time, the map was presented, and Cao Cao carefully looked at the map, especially the terrain of the Dongping Kingdom, and soon, his eyes were focused on Shouzhang.

"What do you think it would be like if you set up an ambush in the Shouzhang area?" Cao Cao looked at everyone and asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Chen Gong immediately wanted to say something, but before the words were spoken, he heard Xun Yu on the side say in a respectful voice, "Lord, my subordinates think that this place is very suitable as a decisive battle venue, and its proximity to Onoze, whether it is Xiahou Mansion Jun of Jiyin or Cheng Mansion Jun of Shanyang, they can come from the waterway, and then outflank the back road of the enemy army!" ”

"The subordinates seconded the proposal, once the enemy army is ambushed, there will definitely be chaos, and when the reinforcements of Xiahou Fujun and Cheng Fujun arrive, the enemy army will definitely collapse without a fight!" Xun Yue opened his mouth and agreed.

"The lord must not!" As soon as Xun Yue's words were finished, Chen Gong on the side opened his mouth to object, "Our army now has a clear advantage over the Yellow Turban situation, and we only need to continuously compress the territory controlled by the Yellow Turban thieves to completely exterminate them." ”

After speaking, Chen Gong didn't seem to see Cao Cao's somewhat gloomy face, and continued to take care of himself, "So my subordinates think that we should let the officers and soldiers from all over the country continue to intercept the enemy army and weaken the strength of the enemy army, and at the same time order all the cities of Dongping Kingdom to defend to the death. The Yellow Turban Army is just a rabble, and it is not a matter of concern to send generals to guard the cities everywhere. At that time, the Yellow Turban Army, which had failed to attack, would naturally have a sharp drop in morale, and would finally be broken by our army in one fell swoop! ”

After Chen Gong finished speaking, he looked at Cao Cao with blazing eyes, in his opinion, Cao Cao had no reason not to agree to his plan. Because in his opinion, this is the safest and easiest way to achieve.

For a long time, the Yanzhou Yellow Turban faced the suppression army sent by Cao Cao, whether it was Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, or Li Dian and others led the army to attack everywhere, or Zhang Miao and Bao Xin led the army to suppress it in their respective territories, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated in successive battles, which was the confidence of Chen Gong to offer this plan.

Moreover, Chen Gong also had a careful thought, that is, he hoped to take this opportunity to overpower Xun You and other people from the Yingchuan faction.

The Yingchuan faction can be said to be the faction under Cao Cao's current command second only to Cao Cao's relatives, and if those relatives are excluded, it will be completely the Yingchuan faction.

Xun You and Xun Yue are from the Xun family in Yingchuan, and Xi Zhicai is also from Yingchuan. Ying Shao, who is now being sent to serve as the county guard of Taishan, although he is not from Yingchuan, but he is from Runan, Yuzhou, and he and Lou Gui, a native of Nanyang, are relatively close to Xun You and others. Look at Cao Cao's current personal captain Xu Chu, who is still from Yuzhou, although he rarely has any interaction with these Cao Cao's staff.

Only Cheng Yu is from Dongjun with Chen Gong, but Cheng Yu became the county guard of Shanyang early on, and he didn't have much contact with Chen Gong. And even the few contacts that there are are are are just for business.

This situation made Chen Gong very anxious, because he knew that if he continued like this, sooner or later, even if he was not marginalized, he would become one of the many aides around Cao Cao, rather than the most important adviser like before.

Ambition? In these troubled times, who is a talented person who has no ambition? What's more, Chen Gong thought that his resourcefulness and talent were not inferior to Xun You and the others, or even above them!

Hearing Chen Gong's words, Cao Cao frowned, he could naturally see Chen Gong's thoughts, and strictly speaking, Chen Gong's method was indeed very stable. Cao Cao had already imagined that if he followed Chen Gong's plan, although it would take a little time, at most a year or two, he would be able to completely pacify the Yellow Turban in Yanzhou!

But! Cao Cao didn't want to delay it for so long! The reason is also very simple, in the past, he and Li Yi and others fought against the Yellow Turban together, at that time Li Yi was only the general of Duliao, and he Cao Cao was the captain of the cavalry, the difference was not too big. As for Sun Jian and Liu Bei, it was only with the help of him and Li Yi that they obtained quite high positions after the war.

But now? Although Sun Jian had died in battle, he was the county guard of Nanyang before his death, and even Cao Cao heard that as long as Sun Jian captured Jingzhou, he would be able to become the pastor of Jingzhou. And Liu Bei has long been in the position of Qingzhou Mu, and I don't know how long I have been doing it. As for Li Yi...... Bingzhou plus Hanoi, now it is waving troops to attack Guanzhong, trying to eradicate Ma Teng Kuang Fu Han Chamber.

But what about him Cao Cao? Although he became the pastor of Yanzhou, he relied on the support of Zhang Miao, Bao Xin and Yuan Shao, and even now he has not been able to completely control the entire Yanzhou. How can Cao Cao, who has always regarded himself very highly, be willing to be willing by this situation? You must know that when he was a child, he hoped to become a minister of Zhongxing like Yi Yin and Huo Guang! Can ...... now It seems that we are getting farther and farther away from that goal.

There was a strange silence in the hall, and everyone's eyes were on Cao Cao, who was frowning. I don't know how long it took, Cao Cao looked at Chen Gong and said, "Gongtai, although your plan is very good, but the destruction of the place by the Yellow Turban is well known, if you fight steadily, you can eradicate the Yellow Turban thief step by step, but during this time, the local people will be greatly harmed." ”

Speaking of this, Cao Cao no longer gave Chen Gong a chance to speak, stood up and glanced around at everyone and said loudly, "I have made up my mind, lead the enemy to the decisive battle of Shouzhang, and completely eradicate these black sheep of Yanzhou in one go!" Let the people of Yanzhou live a stable and safe life again!! ”

"The lord is wise!" Hearing this, Xun You and the others hurriedly said loudly. Only Chen Gong, although he also echoed it, anyone with a discerning eye could see that his mood was a little low.

"Send someone to inform Yuncheng and ask him to gather his troops and horses immediately, and then gather in Suchang and go to Shouzhang together! At the same time, he sent someone to tell Yuan Rang and Zhongde, ordering them to gather troops and horses, create a posture of sending troops to attack the Yellow Turbans on the surface, and implicitly quickly create ships to prepare to outflank them from the waterway! The rest of the people, immediately gather their troops and prepare for the battle! Cao Cao kept ordering.

"No!" Everyone shouted in response, and then left under Cao Cao's signal.

"Alas, Gongtai, I hope you can understand me this time. When the Yanzhou Yellow Turban is pacified, I will definitely not treat you badly. Cao Cao looked at the back of Chen Gong leaving, and sighed in his heart, although Cao Cao didn't know much about the competition between Chen Gong and Xun You and other new staff, he knew more or less about it. It's just that this time, for the sake of his own ambitions, he really can't lean towards Chen Gong's side, so he can only think about making up for it in the future.

Cao Cao's movements on this side naturally couldn't hide from the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in Dongping Kingdom, after all, when they were about to gather troops, they had already guessed what Cao Cao might do.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that Cao Cao intends to wipe out our army in one fell swoop in Dongping Kingdom." Sima Ju sat at the head and looked around at the Chinese and said in a deep voice.

"Hehe, it seems that Cao Cao didn't take us seriously at all~ Maybe it was because the previous victory made him dizzy?" Xu He on the side said with a smile.

Both of them were the leaders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and after being driven out of Qingzhou by Liu Bei, they fled to Xuzhou, but unfortunately they were driven to Yanzhou by Tao Qian. But even so, the two of them are still the two most powerful in the Yanzhou Yellow Turban. At the same time, because of their past experiences, after Que Xuan came to visit, the two of them were the first two Yellow Turban forces to unite, and they were also the real conveners of this coalition.

"But then our army is indeed defeated in consecutive battles, although this time it is ......," said the man on the side with some concern.

It's just that before he finished speaking, he heard a person on the side sneer, "Boss, are you afraid?" Hehe, that's right, after all, you only have twenty or thirty thousand people under your command......"

"White winding! What do you mean?! When he heard this, he was furious.

"That's what I mean, isn't it not only timid, but also difficult to hear?" Bai Huan sneered again when he heard this.

In the Yellow Turban Army, it is not so united, otherwise I don't know that it has been making trouble for so long, and it is only now that it has been united under the guidance of the Xuzhou Yellow Turban and Zang Ba behind it. The reason why this is so is naturally because they are just a group of thieves in the name of yellow turbans.

They had little contact with each other, and were even hostile to each other at times, especially after Cao Cao became the Yanzhou Pastor and began to intensify his crusade against the Yellow Turbans. After all, the scope of activities is getting smaller and smaller, and the power of the Yellow Turbans is increasing. In fact, the people sitting here have basically swallowed up more than a dozen small Yellow Turban forces.

"Two, now it's a matter of life and death for our Yellow Turban Army, and those small things in the past, let's forget about it first......" Seeing this, one of them said slowly. His name is Yu Poison, if you don't count the three foreign Yellow Turban Army, Que Xuan, Sima Ju, and Xu He, then he is the most powerful force in Yanzhou Yellow Turban. And even if they are counted, Yu Poison's strength is not much weaker than them.

"What Yu Dashuai said is extremely true, now that Cao Cao has already waved his troops to come, wouldn't it be ...... if we have a conflict here" Que Xuan also interjected at this time.

Seeing this, Bai Huan and Su Gu snorted coldly and sat down again, and the meeting continued. However, whether it was Sima Ju, Xu He, or Yu Xuan, or Que Xuan, they were not good at calculations, so they discussed and discussed, and after all, they only summed up one way.

"Well, that's it! Bai Dashuai, Wei Dashuai, the two of you are responsible for keeping an eye on the enemy forces in Jiyin and Shanyang, and the rest of you will attack Dongjun with me! As long as you break through Dongjun and capture that Cao Cao! In the whole of Yanzhou, who else is our opponent?! Sima Ju said loudly.

"Oh!" Hearing this, everyone responded one after another.

It's just that Yu Xuan, Bai Huan and Su Gu obviously didn't notice that the eyes between Que Xuan and Xu He seemed to be a little weird.

And as everyone finished discussing, the speed of the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army's assembly became faster, after all, compared to the officers and soldiers, they did not need to prepare too much baggage.