"Zhongkang!?" Cao Cao Fu shouted again.

"Huh? Oooh. What did Meng De just say? ”

“…… It is not easy to get by. ”

Xu Chu reacted at this time and focused his eyes on the map. The significance of this Xiongguan is that it blocks the road from Yangcheng to the north directly into the hinterland of Luoyang, that is, Dong Zhuo sent troops from Luoyang to support the distance of Yuyuan Pass is only less than 100 miles, and the cavalry can arrive day and night, even if Xu Chu and Cao Cao have an advantage at the beginning, as long as they can't beat it within a day, they have to withdraw their troops.

Xu Chu didn't want to gnaw on this hard bone, so he pointed to Yang Zhai and said to Cao Cao: "Starting from Yang Zhai, the northwest hundred miles are Yangcheng and Yuyuan Pass, and the west hundred miles is Liang County." Meng De, I intend to send a force as a suspicious soldier to rush to the vicinity of Songshan to the east of Yuyuan Pass and camp to attract the attention of Dong Zhuojun. As for my brother and my elite, we can go to take Liang County, go north from Liang County, and attack the two passes of Yique and Dagu. ”

Cao Cao touched his beard and was silent, but he had a disagreement with Xu Chu. He tended to divert Yingyin to the north, contact Bao Xin, and go to join forces with him near Xingyang, so that he would add Xu Chu, plus some troops who might follow from Kong Ling's side, plus Bao Xin's men and horses, it would be enough to pose a substantial threat to Dong Zhuo. Moreover, once Xingyang is captured, they can occupy Aocang, replenish grain and straw, and look at Chenggao; Hanoi County, the garrison of Yuan Shao, was also closer to Yuan Shao, making it more convenient for joint operations.

Xu Chu listened to Cao Cao's words and knew that strategically speaking, Cao Cao's opinion was more correct. But Cao Cao's correctness is based on the cooperation of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others, will Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu cooperate? Apparently not.

Cao Cao is a 'fan of the authorities', different from Xu Chu, a traverser, he still has certain illusions about Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and he is still obsessed with supporting the Han family and establishing immortal achievements.

"Brother Meng De, Xingyang is already in the hinterland of Yin, Henan, what should I do if we are defeated?" Xu Chu asked rhetorically.

Cao Cao was silent.

Xu Chu smiled and continued: "The Xingyang area is a flat river, which is conducive to Dong Zhuo's cavalry to run long distances and detours, once the army is defeated, there will be no recovery. Moreover, Liang County is on the edge of the boundary of Yingchuan County, and we can attack and defend when we advance, so why not do it? ”

When the words landed, Cao Cao said in his heart: Although Zhong Kang is a martial artist, he relied on military exploits all the way to enter the house, and he didn't want to be so cautious. There is no perfect strategy for the enemy, so cautious, how to make contributions.

Xu Chu said in his heart: Cao Mengde is more than halfway through his thirties, and his pride has not diminished back then. However, it is very unwise to discuss Dong, 'seeking war but not win', and putting himself in danger. The sour jujube princes, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu are all cowardly people, and I have a big army all the way, even if I add Bao Yuncheng, what kind of storm can I set off?

Both of them are resolute people, and since they can't convince each other for the time being, they will let it go and do what they should do in advance.

Cao Cao said: "Without further ado, you and I should go to Kong Yuzhou to borrow weapons as soon as possible." ”

Xu Chu nodded yes, went back to the camp to call Shangdianwei, ordered hundreds of tiger guards, joined Cao Cao, and rode his horse to the Kong Ling military camp in the west of Yangzhai County. When I arrived at the place, I found that Kong Ling's army was lax in patrolling, and the soldiers were lazy one by one, and some even put their weapons aside and leaned against the fence to bask in the sun comfortably. Seeing Xu Chu and his party swaggering over, these soldiers picked up their weapons, straightened their waists, and were smart, and immediately went to find Shangguan to report.

Xu Chu waited impatiently, and walked in, but Kong Lingjun did not dare to stop him. When he was about to reach the Chinese army, someone chased after him, but it was Wu Yi.

"Junhou and General Cao, please stay!"

Xu Chu and Cao Cao stopped, Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu and said, "Who is this gentleman?" ”

Xu Chu said, and Cao Cao was surprised: "It turned out to be a disciple of the Wu clan in Zhuyi, and he has been looking up for a long time." ”

The ancestors of the Wu family broke Qin with the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the ancestor of the Wu family ranked 20th, and has been reproduced so far, there have been people in the clan who served as high-ranking officials in the county and the country in the two Han Dynasty, and it is a first-class family in Zhuyi. Zhuyi is also in the county of Peiguo, Cao Cao and many people in the Wu clan know each other, but because Cao Cao was mostly outside when Wu Yi came out, he did not know each other.

Xu Chu asked knowingly, "What did Wu Jun ask me to stay with Meng De for?" ”

Wu Yi was a generous elder, seeing Xu Chu's lazy face, he smiled bitterly: "Why do you want to ask knowingly? It's a good place to be a ...... of the Chinese army in Fang Bo."

Without waiting for him to finish, Xu Chu smiled and said, "What Wu Jun said is extremely true. He turned to Cao Cao and said: "Meng De, this place is Uncle Fang's camp, you and I are too rude to ride horses." Dismount, dismount! He dismounted with Cao Cao.

Wu Yi couldn't cry or laugh, but when he saw Xu Chu holding his hand, he said, "Where is Uncle Fang's military account, please take me over quickly." ”

"Huh?"

"Wu Jun, General Cao and I have an urgent military situation to discuss with Uncle Fang!"

Wu Yi thought to himself: Who are you two scaring about? said: "Uncle Fang has been in a slight health for the past few days, and I am afraid that he is still resting at the moment, so it is not easy to disturb." So, I'll go and tell you first, and how about you wait here? ”

Xu Chu snorted. No matter how incompetent Kong Ling is, this is his military camp anyway, how can he wait?

"It's a matter of discussing Dong's affairs, how can you manage so much, if Yuzhou hasn't gotten up yet, take me to the tent where he stays!" couldn't help but say, and forcibly pulled Wu Yi to find Kong Ling.

Wu Yi couldn't help it, so he had to take Xu, Cao and others to Kong Ling's place. Because of Xu Chu's experience of entering the backyard of the county government, and there were many precautions along the way, Cao Cao proposed to let Dian Wei and Cao Ren take their subordinates to wait near the camp gate, and he and Xu Chu followed Wu Yi to find Kong Ling.

Xu Chu had no opinion, accompanied by Wu Yi, the road was extremely smooth, and when he found Kong Ling, this duke was still sleeping with his head covered.

Pushing away the soldiers guarding outside the tent, Xu Chu and Cao Cao entered the tent, but saw that there were three stoves placed inside, although it was a winter moon, the tent was full of spring, and it was extremely comfortable. Among them, there is a delicate bed, I don't know what wood is made, there are several layers of blankets on it, there is a person lying on the couch, the breathing sound is inaudible, it is not Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling.

"This duke will enjoy it." While thinking, Cao Cao approached the bed and woke up the hole.

Kong Ling has been emaciated recently, on the one hand, Xu Chu and Cao Cao have repeatedly forced each other, and on the other hand, the lieutenant generals and colonels have many complaints, which has caused his already old body to be infected with wind and cold in worry, and he often has a severe headache. Opening his eyes in a daze, Kong Ling stared at Cao Cao a few times, "You ......"

"Cao Mengde visited Yuzhou. Luoyang is goodbye, and the style of Yuzhou is still the same. ”

Cao ...... Cao Cao! ”

Kong Ling stood up, his first reaction was to call the guard, and when his mouth opened, he caught a glimpse of a tall figure standing at the door of the tent, nodding at him with a smile, and immediately swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Why did the Xu Chu come? When I woke up in my tent, I saw Cao Cao and Xu Chu, and Kong Ling thought she was dreaming. Just rubbing his eyes, a short and sharp beard, a tall, mighty and young man, how can it be fake. Kong Ling couldn't help but be shocked, thinking that a few days ago, she had received the news that Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, had killed Wang Rui and Zhang Shi, two celebrities, would this Xu Chu also ......

Thinking of this, Kong Ling trembled and said, "Wait...... Meaning...... What is the intention? ”

Cao Cao said: "Didn't Yuzhou receive Yuan Benchu's letter? ”

"What letter? Oh, yes, yes. ”

"Since you have a letter, why don't you send troops to ask Dong quickly?"

"This ......"

"If Yuzhou doesn't dare to march, General Xu and I are willing to march alone."

"Huh? Good, good. ”

Kong Ling had just woken up, and his head had not yet fully sobered up, Cao Cao said like a cannonball, he had to answer as promised, in fact, it was a question of whether he listened or not.

Cao Cao said again: "It's just that the soldiers and horses under General Xu and I are extremely short of weapons, although we have the heart to please the thief, we can't do it in the end." Since Yuzhou was reluctant to enter the army, he simply lent me and General Xu some weapons. ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to borrow weapons, Kong Ling instantly came to his senses - these two shafters sneaked into the old man's camp to scare the old man, but they had this idea.