"Lord Qi, General Le's soldiers and horses have been stationed and crossed, ready to meet the battle at any time."

"Qi Lord, General Xu's army has been stationed in Le'an Harbor, waiting for the Lord to give orders."

"Lord Qi, General Li has entered Guanzhong, and the land of Pinggang is in the hands of our army, and he can cross north at any time."

"Qi Lord, the master has already transported the pontoon bridge materials to the front line, as long as the lord orders it, you can build a bridge and cross the river!"

Cao Mengde listened to the report of his subordinates, and finally nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand casually to let these heralds retreat.

At this time, Cao Cao was not in the Xu Capital, and he would not lie on the comfortable bed at home. Because of the deterioration of relations with Yuan Shao, the two armies continued to demonstrate on the front line, and Cao Cao, as the master of the people, rushed to the front line of Guandu early, lived in the barracks every day, and shared weal and woe with the soldiers.

It is precisely because of Cao Cao's practice that the morale of the Cao army was greatly boosted, and the soldiers of the Cao army practiced all day long at the crossing of the Yellow River as if they were doping, according to their meaning, they wanted to win this battle of life and death for Cao Mengde.

Cao Cao looked up at several of the military strategists in the camp, except for Xun Yu, who wanted to stay in Xu Du, they were the three people he was most familiar with.

"This Yuan Ben was also strange at the beginning, and he didn't care about morale at all. Not only is he not on the front line, but if the sound of the soldiers' drills on the other side is absent, could it be that there are no more people available? ”

Everyone knows that Cao Cao is joking, because Yuan Shao, as the overlord of Hebei, has a heavy army, and no one dares to underestimate it.

"The Lord is clever." Cheng Yu stepped forward and said: "Even if Yuan Benchu is alert, he will only think of the main division of troops in Qingzhou Le'an, as for letting General Mancheng enter the customs and cross Hanoi north at any time, he Yuan Benchu would not have expected such an ending even if he had three heads and six arms." ”

Cheng Yu is not a sycophant, Li Dian's entry into the customs is Cao Cao's backup plan, and this method is really well thought out, when the war begins, Li Dian's strength will definitely make Yuan Shao unable to care about each other, affecting the situation of this war.

At least on top of the strategy that Cao Mengde came up with, Cheng Yu, Xun You, and Zhicai all agree with and appreciate it very much.

After Cheng Yu finished speaking, Xi Zhicai had already stepped forward, and after a simple salute, he spoke: "I'm afraid that Yuan Benchu was not in Yecheng for pleasure, but there are many big clans in the north, and at this time, he is going to fight openly with the lord, and Yuan Ben must have been to appease these families who are about to move."

It's a pity that the defender of Liyang is Yan Liang, this person is not only the head of the four court pillars, but also has a stable personality and is good at military strategy. Otherwise, with the opportunity that Yuan Benchu is not on the front line, we can completely strengthen the Yellow River and catch them off guard! ”

Xi Zhicai's analysis is very accurate, in fact, he said a little less, not to mention Yan Liang, the current Liyang Hebei Four Courtyard Pillars are all listed.

"Yan Liang, I pity it very much." Cao Mengde sighed instinctively, he cherished that this aspect was absolutely black, and he only sighed for Yan Liang, a good general in the world.

After a period of silence, the four of them seemed to have formed a tacit understanding and did not speak, and finally Xun Yu stepped forward to open the deadlock.

"Why should the lord sigh with a good face, I think that there are countless generals in our army who are comparable to Yan Liang, but the subordinate just received a piece of information in the morning, and I think the lord must be interested in knowing."

"Huh?" Cao Mengde thought that Xun You would continue to comfort himself, but he didn't expect that such a turn would suddenly come and he would be interested.

"It's Shouchun." Xun You's tone was unfazed.

"Shouchun? Could it be that he Yuan Highway can't wait and is already about to become the emperor? ”

"It's not the emperor, but it's very fast." Xun You shook his sleeves, "According to the intelligence, Yuzhou Don't drive Yan Xiang to lead a hundred officials into Yuan Shu's mansion to die, but unexpectedly, Yuan Shu was all imprisoned, and Yan Xiang was killed on the same day. ”

In fact, Xun Yu's information is not very accurate, according to Yuan Shu's meaning, although Yan Xiang must die, but he is not in a hurry to kill on the same day, Yan Xiang's death is completely the result of his own martyrdom, but this legend has become Yuan Shu's statement that he is eager to execute his humerus.

"Yuan Highway is a mad dog!" Cao Cao didn't hesitate to burst into foul language, "Yan Yujing is a celebrity, this person helped Yuan Shu lay the foundation of Shouchun, it can be said that he has worked hard and made great achievements, but I didn't expect that just one admonition would make such a loyal person lose his life!" ”

Cao Cao rolled his eyelids and continued: "In this way, it seems that Yuan Highway is imminent to become emperor, and I also want to hear your thoughts at this time. ”

"The lord must not have the intention of retreating!" Xi Zhicai stepped forward and hurriedly advised, "Although Yuan Shu is hateful as the emperor, we are about to fight with Yuan Shao." If you retreat rashly this time, not only will it ruin the morale of our army, but even if you travel a long distance to the south, Yuan Shu may not be able to please it. ”

"The lord only needs to let the Son of Heaven issue an edict to condemn Yuan Highway as emperor, and we will face the war in the north with all our might, and it will not be too late to take care of Yuan Highway after Yuan Shao is pacified!"

...

"First pacify Cao Cao, and then seek Yuan Shu!"

Yuan Shao, who was sitting at the top, slowly digested these eight big characters in his mind, his face looked a little haggard, and he looked exhausted from appeasing the northern family in the past few days.

At the same time that Cao Cao got the news of Shouchun, Yuan Shao also knew what his younger brother had done. According to the reason, the princes of the Yuan family divided the north and the south, and no matter who wins or loses at that time, it will only be the Yuan family.

But Yuan Shao, who has always been arrogant, must not tolerate his own failures, although Yuan Shao has been a concubine since he was a child, he has long become the focus of the Yuan family with his talents.

As for Yuan Shu, although he is in the name of his grandson, to be honest, Yuan Shao never takes him seriously.

At this time, the war was imminent, and although Yuan Shao had the advantage in strength and field, he never dared to despise Cao Cao. But at this juncture, the news that Yuan Shu was about to become emperor came out, which also made it difficult for him to have an idea for a while, so he would ask one of his strategists.

Regarding this matter, his advisers also have different opinions. Yuan Shu's subordinates were originally divided into two major factions, Hebei and Yingchuan, on the one hand, they advocated that Yi and Cao Cao jointly attack Yuan Shu, but on the other hand, they were in favor of settling the current war first.

At this dilemma, Tian Feng stood up.

Although Tian Feng is a giant deer person, Yuan Shao knows that he will never stand in which faction to speak, although sometimes Tian Feng often disobeys his will, but Yuan Shao knows that this person will definitely think about his own interests.

Now Tian Feng proposed the policy of destroying Cao Cao first and then seeking Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao, who was originally indecisive, still hesitated, but another humerus minister also stood up to agree with Tian Feng's opinion.

It seems that there is no need to think about it, people often say that Hebei Siting Zhu Siting Zhu, but only discerning people know that the real Tingzhu in Hebei is Tian Fu and the two, at this time the opinions of the two are surprisingly consistent, even if Yuan Shao can hardly tolerate Yuan Shu's wanton behavior, he must also focus on the overall situation.

Yes, only by winning this battle of life and death can we determine our status as the overlord of the north and have the real right to speak.

If you want to negotiate peace with Cao Cao for a short time to crusade against Yuan Shu, it will be a huge problem to divide the interests left by Shouchun at that time! You must know that Shouchun is close to Cao Cao's domain, and I am afraid that I will make a wedding dress for Cao Cao when the time comes...

"Just do what Yuan Hao wants, and the three armies will continue to be on guard!"

Yuan Shao ignored everyone's expressions and gave an order, and at this moment, it seemed that people saw his resoluteness and perseverance when he pointed at Dong Zhuo...