Cao Cao remembered his staff member Mao Jue, when Cao Cao first arrived in Yanzhou, Mao Jue actively offered advice: Yuan Shao and Liu Biao today, although the people are strong, they have no long-term concerns, and there is no foundation for the foundation. Husbands and soldiers, the righteous are victorious, the position is appropriate, the Son of Heaven is not subordinate to the order, the cultivation is cultivated, and the livestock and military resources are raised. In this way, the cause of the overlord can be accomplished.

Cao Cao was very grateful to Mao Jie for his foresight, but he was limited to the financial and material resources at that time, and the conditions for welcoming the Son of Heaven were not yet ripe, and Cao Cao was unable to attack Chang'an.

For example, today's son fled to Chang'an and issued an edict to King Qin, which is the best time to welcome the Son of Heaven, but unfortunately his generals have different opinions:

After Cao Cao asked, Duwei Xiahou Yuan stood up and said:

"The last general will think that he cannot welcome the Son of Heaven."

"Miaocai, what does this mean?" Xiahou Yuan is Cao Cao's cronies, a rare fierce general, who has made great achievements for Cao Cao, and is usually very favored, and his opinions Cao Cao has to respect.

"Lord, although Zhang Miao and others have been eliminated, but Lu Bu Chen Palace is still there, these two people will not die, and now that Lu Bu has gone to Xuzhou to unite Liu Bei, it is inevitable to counterattack our army on a large scale, and we must not guard against it!"

Before Xiahou Yuan could speak, Xiahou Yuan on the side also shouted:

"Yes, my lord, our days have just passed a little, we can't heal the scars and forget the pain! As soon as the emperor comes, do we still have a good life? Lord, you have to ask for instructions early and report late, and you will be angry every day! If it is feasible to welcome the Son of Heaven, why don't the surrounding Liu Biao and Yuan Shao do it? ”

Cao Cao nodded silently, the two generals of Xiahou are the pillars of Cao Cao's army, although Cao Cao wants to welcome the Son of Heaven, but he can't completely ignore the opinions of his soldiers and insist on going his own way, he needs more supporters.

"Lord" At this time, Xun Yu stood up and said, "The words of the two generals are very reasonable. ”

Cao Cao was speechless, the two generals Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan were military generals, with limited knowledge, only caring about immediate interests and not seeing the overall situation, which is understandable, and he was preparing to move with emotion, and he knew that he would talk about the interests with reason, but as a result, Xun Yu, the head of the civil ministers, did not support himself?

But Xun Yu continued:

"My lord, the words of the two generals are certainly reasonable, and it takes food and effort to welcome the Son of Heaven, and even thankless, but this is a major matter related to the country's social affairs!"

"Greet the Son of Heaven to get the will of heaven and obey the hearts of the people. Let's look at today, all the princes of Gon regard themselves as loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, but who cares about the life and death of the Son of Heaven? Only the lord! In addition, if the lord welcomes the Son of Heaven and supports the Han family, he can serve the Son of Heaven to please the ministers and conquer the Quartet in the name of fairness, who does not support the people in the world? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed, but when he looked at the generals around him, he glared angrily one by one, looking at Xun Yu, and seemed to ignore and disagree with Xun Yu's point of view.

Xun Yu continued: "In the past, the Duke of Jin Wen accepted the princes of Zhou Xiang, and the Han Gaozu mourned the world for the righteous emperor. Today, the Son of Heaven is in trouble, only the lord sings the righteous soldiers, and his heart is in the royal family. Today, we will welcome the Son of Heaven again, who is not grateful to the people, and who is not a strong man? ”

"Xun Yu thinks that the Son of Heaven conforms to the will of the people, and the great goodness is also! This is a long-term strategy, the lord pays attention to righteousness, and will eventually attract the heroes and heroes of the world to vote, which is also a great virtue! Although there will be a small loss in the short term, it must be an earth-shattering good thing in the long run. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was very happy, and thought to himself that Wen Ruozhen was a minister of the society given to me by God. However, Cao Cao still did not express his position, because his generals still had round eyes; It seems that it will take time for his generals to accept this idea.

So Cao Cao raised his glass and said, "Okay, since everyone has different opinions, we will discuss it tomorrow." However, he secretly sent his henchman Cao Hong to lead 3,000 men and horses to Chang'an, thinking that he would stabilize the Son of Heaven first.

But Ma Chao didn't have so many worries here, Xiliang lacked civil servants, and most of the generals were arrogant and unstrategic.

And as a traverser, Ma Chao knows that decision-making power needs to be in the hands of a few. Whether it is the three-member decision-making group of the Red Army era or the modern system of the Seventh National Standing Committee, this is illustrated.

At the same time, Yuan Shao is also a typical negative example, there are too many strategists under him, his opinions are too mixed, and Yuan Shao's personality is indecisive, so he is dazzled by the opinions of his subordinates every time he encounters a major event, hesitates, misses the best fighter, and is finally defeated by Cao Cao!

Because he always paid attention to Chang'an, Ma Chao knew the news of the edict of King Qin from the Son of Heaven earlier than other princes.

After learning the news that the Son of Heaven had fled Chang'an, Ma Chao was overjoyed, the reason why the Xiliang army did not dare to attack Chang'an was that he was afraid of the high walls of Chang'an City, and the Xiliang cavalry was good at field warfare but not good at attacking fortifications; Ma Chao didn't dare to consume this bit of money in the siege war.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty has left Chang'an City, in the wild, who can compete with the Eastern Army?

So Ma Chao immediately ordered the entire army of the Eastern Army to march and rush to Anyi, but he couldn't let other princes take the lead.

While Ma Chao was hurrying, he discussed countermeasures with the Fa Zheng around him:

"Xiaozhi thinks that when I go to Anyi this time, who can be the enemy of our army?"

Fa Zheng thought for a moment and said:

"Yuan Shao, Hebei, is the most powerful, but it is still far from Anyi; Liu Biao of Jingzhou experienced the defeat of Hanzhong, and he was afraid that he had no intention of fighting for the Son of Heaven; Xinye Yuan Shu was too busy to take care of himself and was unable to attack Chang'an; Only Wancheng Zhang Ji and Yanzhou Cao Cao are quite enemies of our army! ”

"Filial piety thinks Zhang Ji or Cao Cao, who is more harmful?"

"Yanzhou Cao Cao, eloquent and strategic, his subordinates are full of talents, and he will be the enemy's great enemy in the future, but it is an earth-shattering event to welcome the Son of Heaven, and it is expected that Cao Cao's subordinates will have disputes, and Cao Cao's troops will be delayed; Zhang Ji was originally a general of Dong Zhuo's troops, and he had nearly 10,000 Xiliang cavalry under his command, but he was not as good at fighting as Li Dao and Guo Yan. ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he also admired Fa Zheng very much, he was worthy of being a bull with an intelligence of 94, and he did his best to recruit in vain, and the analysis was really in place.

In Ma Chao's impression, Zhang Ji's data in Three Kingdoms 11 are: 64 in force, 50 in intelligence, 61 in politics, and 67 in command; And Zhang Xiu's military strength is 73, his intelligence is 60, his politics is 60, and his command is as high as 80, and his comprehensive ability is a cut above that of his uncle Zhang Ji, which is very consistent with Fazheng's analysis.

"Zhang Ji, although Zhang Xiu has combat power, but he is not good at strategy, and there are no outstanding strategists under him, I expect Zhang Ji has no intention of welcoming the Son of Heaven, although he will send troops to fight for the Son of Heaven, but he will not fight with our army with all his strength, our army only needs to show its strength, and it will definitely be able to repel Zhang Xiu's army!"

"The lord's words are true!" Fa Zheng also agrees with Ma Chao's views.

Zhang Ji, Li Dao, and Guo Yan have long colluded together, if there was a plan to welcome the Son of Heaven, it would have been implemented a long time ago, and there is no need to wait until now.

Ma Chao was in a hurry, while adjusting the formation of the Eastern Army, the rangers opened the way in front, the archers followed, followed by the core combat force heavy cavalry, and then the 7,000 iron cavalry of the headquarters, preparing for the upcoming battle.