The horse was a little shaky, and Cao Cao pulled a map in his hand and marched all the way.

The sound of cars and horses echoed on the road, and Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly. The situation of this battle was not optimistic for him, the three states where Yuan Shao was located, had abundant grain and grass, abundant armor, and more than 100,000 troops marched south.

And under him, except for Qingzhou, which is still good, Yanzhou has been in turmoil, and it has only just recovered some vitality over the years. Needless to say, Yuzhou has only passed the drought and famine, and it can't gather many soldiers and horses. Xuzhou, just after a war a year ago, Liu Bei led away 20,000 horses when he withdrew, and now it is also empty inside.

Counting all the men and horses under his command, there are only about 100,000, which is not much different from Yuan Shao's southward strength.

But he is in the hinterland, and Yuan Shao is not the only one to be guarded against.

In the west, an army should garrison important places such as Mengjin and Aocang to ensure stability.

Qingzhou also wants a military force, one is to contain Yuan Shao, and the other is to consolidate the right.

There are also Liu Cousin and Sun Ce, all of whom must be guarded, and they sit and watch at this time, which does not mean that they have no intention of using troops. Therefore, Yingchuan and Guangling need to be garrisoned.

Xuchang needs one to stay behind, and one is needed for grain and grass transfer.

In this way, Cao Cao was able to mobilize more than 60,000 troops to fight with Yuan Shao in Guandu, only half of Yuan Shao's.

Trying to defeat Yuan Shao with such a force is by no means a situation that can be optimistic.

In the past few days, the military spirit has been a little unstable, and he asked for advice before, and Guo Jia said a theory of ten wins and ten defeats in the court. But he also understood that these ten victories and ten defeats were just a plan to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale.

A real war is not something that can be decided by comparing the superior and the inferior.

In one more day, you can travel to Guandu.

Cao Cao rolled up the map and received it to the horse's side.

Yuan Benchu, you should be almost there.

It was getting late, and the horses stopped to rest for the night. Just as he stopped, a man in the distance came running on horseback.

By the bonfire, Cao Cao sat in front of the bonfire, and on the side were Guo Jia, Gu Nan, and Xun You, all of whom seemed to have just arrived.

Cao Cao's face was a little solemn, obviously he called the three of them this time, and what he wanted to say was not good news.

"Xiao rode to report, Yuan Shao sent the general Yan Liang to lead the army and besiege Baima." Sighing, he looked at the three of them and asked.

"Is there a way for the three gentlemen to be saved?"

The white horse is an important place, if Yuan Shao is allowed to take it, Yuan Shao's main force can easily cross the river and trap the official to cross the unfavorable place.

There was silence by the fire for a while, Guo Jia's brows tightened, and he quickly let go.

Gu Nan took the hat and couldn't see clearly, but he didn't speak immediately.

Xun You thought for a moment, as if he had some countermeasure, and saw that Guo Jia and Gu Nan had not yet spoken, so he said.

"General, I have a plan that may be available."

But as soon as his words fell, the other two nodded and said in unison.

"If you attack the east and attack the west, you can send an army to Yanjin, lead Yuan Shao to divide the army to block it, and then relieve the siege of Baima."

Xun You's body was astringent, and he sighed with a smile.

He thought of striking the east and west, and the two of them had finished talking about all the countermeasures, what else could he do?

He should have known that when these two people were there, he should have kept his mouth shut.

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It was summer, and a round of scorching sun hung high in the air, making the ground hot.

Outside Baimajin, Yuan Shao's military headquarters was stationed. In the camp, a big man sat on a chariot with a large knife beside him. With a bit of pride, he looked at Cao Jun stationed on the white horse in the distance.

Among them, Cao Jun was outnumbered and his morale was declining. Originally, in a few days, it would be possible to conquer the white horse.

It's a pity that a few days ago, I heard that Cao's army wanted to cross the river from Yanjin, and the lord was worried that they wanted to attack the rear, so he divided an army to block it. Now his troops are not enough to take this place quickly.

"Knock knock!"

Just as the big man was thinking about countermeasures, the war drums on the left side of the camp suddenly beat. The sound of drums echoed in the camp under the scorching sun, and the soldiers in the camp hurriedly prepared for battle.

The big man stood up, looked around with a frown, and asked in a loud voice, "Why are you beating the drums!" ”

A man dressed as a scout ran over and half-knelt in front of the big man.

"General, I just found out that there is a group of Cao Jun's light cavalry galloping ten miles away!"

Dahan's eyes glared, his beard trembled, Cao Jun's reinforcements?

How did you get here?

But he didn't have time to think about it, the ten-mile road would not be long for the light cavalry, and it would be difficult for the military horses to line up so quickly.

But he could only respond to the battle in a hurry, and picked up the ring-headed broadsword at hand.

With a fierce expression, he stepped out of the car and walked towards his warhorse.

He moved his wrist and commanded to the sides in a deep voice.

"Prepare for war."

It didn't take long for a cloud of smoke and dust to run in the distance, and in the smoke and dust, there was a light horse dressed in Cao Jun's armor.

The big man was fighting in front of the camp, sitting on horseback and holding a long knife in his hand and looking into the distance, behind him were soldiers and horses who were still hurriedly arrayed.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the big man raised his eyes and looked at the people and horses, and saw that the leader was dressed in white.

It's her.

The pupils of the big man are bunched, this white-robed general in Cao Cao's army, he has been famous for a long time, and he has heard the lord mention it several times.

Since Cao's reinforcements are here, Yanjin must be a plan.

Taking a deep breath, Dahan's face froze, and he said loudly into the distance.

"It's Mr. Gu Nan who came, under Yan Liang, can you talk about it!"

With an inner breath in his voice, he wanted to talk to Gu Nan because Yuan Shao had told him that if he met this person, he would ask her if she would like to come to the army to sit and catch up.

In addition, he also wanted to delay some time, so that his military horses would not panic in the battle. This light cavalry came too fast, and he didn't have time to mobilize all the troops and horses.

Seeing that the cavalry had no intention of stopping, Yan Liang said again.

"Yuan Gong often mentions Mr., saying that the Tiger Prison is not too rushed, if Mr. is interested, Yuan Gong wants to invite Mr. to the army as a guest!"

"Stomp Troll!!"

The sound of galloping horses shook and the smoke and dust obscured it, and the cavalry had rushed to the camp no more than a few hundred paces.

The white-clothed man leading the army waved his hand, and the cavalry raised its blade, the blade of which reflected the sunlight and flickered as the horse galloped.

Yan Liang stopped talking, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stared at the cavalry rushing towards him with dead eyes, and clenched the ring-headed broadsword in his hand.

The next moment, a crimson shadow suddenly rushed out of the cavalry.

Looking at it, it was a crimson war horse, standing on the horse, a young general in black armor.

What makes people stunned is that the young general is actually a woman, like a ribbon growing up, her face is clear and beautiful, without powder, her light eyebrows are dyed like peach and plum, her lips are closed, and her face is heroic.

In this beauty, there is no delicate and delicate that ordinary women should have, but there is a determination that only people on the battlefield have.

The woman carried a halberd and rode on a red warhorse, and came from the dust.

Yan Liang was stunned, but he lost the opportunity in a stunned moment.

The red horse rushed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it had already rushed in front of him.

Yan Liangcai woke up in a daze, and hurriedly raised the long knife in his hand and cut it down.

The woman's body lowered, and she raised her left hand to catch Yan Liang's wrist.

That beautiful face, at this time, made people feel cold all over the body, Yan Liang still wanted to exert force, but found that the palm under his wrist was no less powerful than him, and his knife could not cut it at all.

And in the woman's right hand, the halberd has been pierced out.

"Poof!" Blood splattered and fell on the battlefield.

Yan Liang looked down at the halberd blade that passed through his chest, blood spilled from his mouth, and asked weakly.

"Who are you?"

"Lu Fengxian's daughter, Lu Lingqi!"