After reading Xun Yu's letter to himself, Cao Cao roughly understood the situation in his rear: Liu Biao raised 50,000 troops and attacked Wancheng for more than a month, but there was no progress, but he sent an envoy to ask for Liu Pan to be crowned as the Taishou of Wancheng, otherwise he would continue to send troops to attack; Zhang Yan of the Jade Emperor Mountain in Runan colluded with the Jinfan thief Gan Ning to make trouble in Yuzhou and disturb the peace, but he had already sent people to collect it, and he could suppress it quickly. These are all incidental things, Xun Yu is just reading from the script, and the most important thing in this letter is to support Cao Cao to continue to fight against Yuan Xi.

According to Xun Yu's thoughts, the morale of our army is high, the soldiers are united, and they are all consumed and want to stop the war, it is conceivable that the Yuan army is about to be unable to hold on, even if Yuan Xi is determined to consume it to the end, then are the generals under him willing, so he will bring a month's food, if he can't fight, he will think about withdrawing the army. Cao Cao told Xun Yu that he wanted to continue to fight Yuan Xi to the generals, and the generals also vowed to fight Yuan Xi to the end.

At this time, Xun Yu comprehended and sighed: "The bystanders are clear, or Wen Ruo can see clearly." Since the generals of the Yuan army are not monolithic, it is better for our army to use a divisive strategy, as long as the place where the Yuan army is stockpiled with food, our army will have a chance to defeat Yuan Xi. ”

Discrete meter? Under Xun You's prompting, Guo Jia had a good plan and said to Cao Cao: "I heard that Yuan Jun's Xu You has an old relationship with the prime minister, and this person is very greedy for money, so it is better to order someone to buy this person with a lot of money." Ordered someone to bring the prime minister's handwritten letters, and deliberately smeared important obscurities, if Yuan Xi found out that he would be suspicious and alienate Xu You, maybe Xu You would join our army because of this. ”

Cao Cao heard Guo Jia's plan, and his eyes suddenly lit up, according to Xu You's greedy personality, once he was suspected by Yuan Xi, he would really take refuge in himself. At this time, Cheng Yu, another strategist under Cao Cao, added: "Fengxiao's plan to divide the world is very clever, but with my strategy, I will keep Xu Yu to vote." In addition to buying Xu You with a lot of money, the prime minister should also buy Xu You's relatives in Yecheng, so that Yuan Shao, who is in Yecheng, can catch it right, I'm afraid Xu You won't be able to come if he doesn't come. ”

Cao Cao was very satisfied with the plan of the two, and immediately laughed and said: "With everyone's help, why worry about big things, Yuan Xi'er, even if you hide in the turtle shell, I will pull you out!" "Order the men to act separately and prepare to attack Yuan's army.

In Yecheng, Jizhou, the trial was explaining the situation of the battle in Guandu with Yuan Shao, in addition to transporting grain, he also had to ask Yuan Shao for an order to send troops to attack Cao Cao. Yuan Shao was puzzled and asked, "Zhengnan, I have already asked Xianyi to arrange it himself, why do you want to ask for an order?" ”

The judge lowered his voice and explained to Yuan Shao: "The second son has been haunted by Cao Cao's rumors last time. He is now in charge of the whole army, and his seniority in the army is still shallow, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public. ”

Yuan Shao also took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I believe in his ability. It's better to write two edicts, one to fight, and one to stick, and let him act cheaply! Seeing that Yuan Shao trusted Yuan Xi so much, his task was overfulfilled, and he thanked Yuan Shao for his trust.

At the end of the conversation between the two, the subordinate reported that the task of raising food had been completed, but only one month's worth of military rations had been raised. Yuan Shao was also puzzled, and asked angrily: "My Jizhou is known as the world's money and grain warehouse, why can I only buy grain, if you can't say why, you don't have to go back." The subordinate swallowed, as if there was something unspeakable, and looked at the trial with a shudder.

Although the judge acted old-fashioned and mean, he was upright and loyal to Yuan Shao, and asked: "There is nothing to say to people, what is there to swallow, if my family makes a mistake, I have to do it." ”

When the subordinate saw that the judge said this, he also hurriedly explained: "That's not it, but the big families in the city deliberately raise the price of grain, and some don't even sell grain in the warehouse." Yuan Shao was furious, and ordered the trial to personally find out who it was, daring to make a windfall at this time, regardless of the safety of Jizhou, and refused to contribute to the Yuan family.

As an important strategist of Yuan Shao, Xu You once worked with Yuan Shao He Jin, and naturally he also made a lot of benefits in Jizhou. Naturally, the trial will not let go of this greedy guy, and Xu Yu is also unlucky, at this time, Cao Cao's subordinates are bringing a lot of property to visit Xu's mansion. When the judge came in, he found that this person did not look like a person from Jizhou, and immediately doubted: "I don't know why this gentleman came here?" ”

The housekeeper of Xu You's mansion was a clever person, and he hurriedly explained: "This is a merchant from the Central Plains, who got the guidance of my master and made a fortune back then, and now I am here to thank him." This explanation seemed reasonable, but the judge continued to ask, "I wonder where this friend came from?" The man was upright and upright, and he was not afraid of interrogation and inquiry, but said directly: "I am from Puyang, Yanzhou, and I am just here to thank Engong." ”

The judge always felt that this person was suspicious, just now this person said that he was a person from Puyang, and he was sure that there was something wrong with this person, so he asked: "I am at war with Cao Cao in Hebei, Lord Xu You is in the Guandu military camp, if you are grateful to your benefactor, you should go to Guandu, and it is closer over there, I suspect that you are a spy sent by Cao Cao to buy Xu You." The man's face suddenly changed, and when he saw this, he didn't give him a chance to explain, and directly ordered someone to take him away for interrogation.

When the housekeeper saw that the judge directly took Cao Cao's envoy away, he also thanked him: "This person actually pretended to be an old friend of the old man, with ill intentions, fortunately, the judge is discerning, otherwise my family will suffer injustice." The judge smiled secretly, you thought you could escape by saying this, and said to the housekeeper: "I don't know if your lord has had an affair with Cao Cao, but you should go back with me and explain to the general, of course, your lord will come to Yecheng soon."

Guandu Yuan Xi's camp, Cao Cao sent Xizuo to secretly bring property and letters to Xu You's camp, but unfortunately the fine work didn't know Xu You, but mistakenly took Feng Ji for Xu You, and handed over the property and letters to Feng Ji. Although Feng Ji was frightened, he also calmed down, pretending to be Xu Yu and deceived that fine work. However, Feng Ji was aggrieved in his heart, and he actually put his loyal self on a par with the thief-eyed Xu Yu, and complained to Yuan Xi with enthusiasm.

Yuan Xi saw that there was physical evidence, and Feng Ji didn't look like he was deliberately planting, so he ordered someone to summon Xu You. Xu You was already resting at this time, and seeing that Yuan Xi was summoned late at night, there must be something important to discuss, and he couldn't take care of being tired, so he went to change his clothes. Xu You came to the big tent of the Chinese army, there were not many people, only Yuan Xi, Feng Ji and Gao Shun, although they were confused, but they also knew that Feng Ji should have beaten his own little report in front of Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi asked calmly at Xu You, "Are there any old days between Duke Xu and Cao Cao?" This is not a secret, Xu You nodded and said: "Back then, I was under He Jin with the general and Cao Cao, but I have not been in contact with Cao Cao for many years, please don't believe the words of the villain." ”

Feng Ji heard Xu Yu alluding to his villain, and said angrily: "If I don't have real evidence, how dare I disturb the young general late at night, those belongings on the ground are given to you by Cao Cao, and the young general's subordinates still have letters from Cao Cao to contact you, do you dare to say that you didn't fornicate with Cao Cao?" ”

Yuan Xi passed the letter to Xu You, Xu You saw that this was an ordinary greeting letter, but there were traces of deliberate smearing at the key point, and immediately knew that this was someone planting the blame, and explained: "Major General Mingjian, I have already rested, and I have never seen the envoy of the Cao army, which is really wronged." ”

Feng Ji saw that Xu You still wanted to quibble, and continued to debunk: "It's a pity that General Tianyou, the messenger recognized the wrong person and mistook me for you Xu You, and the messenger said that after reading the letter, he naturally understood, and the smearing place was your code word!" ”

Xu You was also in a hurry, and continued to shout injustice: "Young General, this must be Cao Cao's discordant plan, how could such a secret event send a letter to the wrong person?" Please don't believe the words of the villain, Feng Ji is the best at falling into the well, Tian Feng, Frustration and others are deeply affected. ”

Yuan Xi didn't have the judgment of the past, and hesitated: "You guys have their own reasons, and I don't know who is right and wrong, so let's do it, it's late at night now, it's better to wait for everyone to gather tomorrow and then make a decision." Feng Ji saw that Yuan Xi did not capture Xu You on the spot, and for safety reasons, he also said urgently: "What the young general said is extremely true, just in case, and asked the major general to put Xu You in prison." ”

Yuan Xi rejected Feng Ji's request and comforted Xu You: "Xu Gong is an old general, and I believe in him. Let's rest early, General Gao is on duty tonight, remember to patrol well. Yuan Xi did not take Xu You into custody, but in order to reassure Feng Ji, he also asked Gao Shun to strengthen patrols.

Xu You returned to his residence, feeling a little at ease, and at this time, the family secretly came to report that the housekeeper was arrested for taking bribes, and the trial and distribution of grain was coming, and Xu You would be brought back to Yecheng for interrogation. Xu You suddenly understood, it was really Cao Cao's discordant plan, and sighed: "Knowing Cao Cao's plan, how can Feng Ji and the trial deliberately reverse black and white, the general probably won't believe me." ”

The subordinate pondered: "In this case, why doesn't the old man find another way out and take refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao and the old man will accept it!" ”

Xu You shook his head and said: "Cao Cao is not only a discordant plan, but also a chain plan, and the young general also suspects me, so he sent Gao Shun to strengthen the patrol around me." I can't fly with wings, Xu An, you are just a subordinate, run for your life, you don't have to be implicated by me. ”

Unexpectedly, Xu An was also loyal, and said to Xu You: "Don't worry, master, even if Xu An fights for his life, he will save his master and leave, master, I will lead General Gao Shun away, you take the opportunity to escape!" Remember to help me get revenge in the future. After speaking, he bowed to Xu Yu and went out of the camp to find Gao Shun.

Xu An found Gao Shun and said secretly: "General Gao, I am a descendant of Xu You's family, and I have a secret to tell General Yu, I wonder if the general is free?" Gao Shun didn't know what to do, so he followed Xu An to the side and said solemnly: "If you have something to say, you still have a heavy responsibility." ”

Xu An deliberately made an excuse and said: "I have evidence that the Xu family is corrupt and perverts the law in Yecheng, but Xu You is deeply respected by the general, I want to see the second son hand over the evidence to him, I believe that only the second son can really cure Xu You!" ”

Gao Shun was happy to hear the evidence: "The second son has already rested, you give me the evidence, and I will present it to the second son tomorrow." Xu An refused, and deliberately raised his voice and said, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that the stakes are high, I'd better hand it over tomorrow." After saying that, he left directly.

Gao Shun was afraid of long nights and dreams, and guessed that Xu An's so-called evidence should be by his side, so he sent someone to surround Xu An and said: "Now let's go and get the evidence first, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Xu Anning refused to give it, and shouted loudly, attracting the attention of the patrol soldiers, and Xu You also took the opportunity to steal the horses and rushed towards the Cao army camp.

The soldiers reported that Xu You had escaped, and Gao Shun didn't need Xu An's evidence, so he abandoned Xu An to chase Xu You. In order to fight for Xu You's more escapes, Xu An hugged Gao Shun's legs and didn't let him leave. Gao Shun saw that Xu An had derelict himself, and he was also angry, but he couldn't get rid of Xu An, so he had to kill Xu An with a knife, and when he chased after him on horseback, Xu You had already run away.