This group of old people who had been chatting with Cao Cao for a long time was finally sent out of the big tent. It's just that compared with the empty-handed hands when they came, they have gained a lot when they returned. Cao Cao specially ordered his soldiers to help them push the cart, which was full of cloth, grain and grass. After all, Cao Cao was photographed by them*** Seeing that several of them were still dressed in a single place, they were rewarded with a lot of linen to make a warmer winter coat.

Don't look at Cao Cao's mood on weekdays, the city is very deep, but today's joy can't be concealed no matter what. Gao Ye often said to himself, "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world", today's villagers in these ten miles and eight townships eat pot pulp to welcome themselves, and the people's hearts are nothing more than that!

However, as soon as Cheng Yu entered the big tent, he still poured a basin of cold water on Cao Cao. Maybe it's the old man's heart to be a good teacher again, seeing that the war is imminent, Cao Cao is complacent, and can't help but want to educate two sentences: "The people's desire is of course a good thing, but now that the war is imminent, the lord still has to think more about how to fight!" On the army to fight, Yuan Shao's army is only fifty miles away from Yecheng, and the lord still has to be prepared. ”

Dong Zhao, Xun You and the others who came in with Cheng Yu shook their heads and smiled bitterly, silent. Only Guo Jia smiled and said: "Zhongde, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world!" This Hebei landlord has only occupied it for two or three months, and he can have such treatment, this Yuan Ben really killed him, so what is he afraid of? ”

Cheng Yu said unconvinced: "Fengxiao! This people's will is still waiting for Yuan Shao to win! It is not difficult to defeat Yuan Shao in this battle, but what about after defeating Yuan Shao? How should the three states of Hebei be won? The people in these places on the north bank of the Yellow River still have some understanding of the rule of the lord, and it is not uncommon for the people to want it! But will the people of Zhongshan, Hejian and even Youzhou also have their hearts set on the lord? So, don't say anything about what the people want! Let's hurry up and sum it up first, how to completely eliminate Yuan Shao! ”

Cheng Yu, the old man, has always been such a quick temper, and before Yuan Shao could repel it, he began to think about how to seek the entire Jizhou. However, everyone has worked with Cheng Yu for so long, and they also know Cheng Yu's temperament quite well, so even if they heard his such straightforward accusations, everyone laughed and passed by. After all, Cheng Yu, an old man, has always been a good teacher, and he has age capital, so everyone doesn't compete with him.

If you don't do it, it is right for Cao Cao's temper, and for the land of Hebei, Cao Cao really wants to finish the battle. This time, although the whole world came to attack him, the west and the south themselves had nothing to worry about. Now what he really has to face is Yuan Shao in Hebei. Today's Yuan Shao is a great loss of strength, and Wenchen was tossed by himself, either dead or fleeing; The generals also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Guandu. This time, he was forced to pull the soldiers out of the big year to fight, plus the grain and grass materials to be consumed, if he just repelled Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, it would obviously be a loss-making transaction.

But if you really want to finish the battle, it's not so easy. The art of war has a cloud of "ten rules to surround it", and his own strength is now only half of Yuan Shao's, how to completely eliminate Yuan Shao's living force is really a big problem. Even if Yuan Shao only had 100,000 horses and fled back, when the time came, it would take ten years to completely pacify Hebei if he wanted to completely pacify Hebei. Thinking of this, Cao Cao looked at everyone: "Zhongde is reasonable, do you have any good plans?" ”

Dong Zhao frowned and said, "This Yuan Shao is easy to retreat, but it is not easy to encircle and annihilate." Our army has been fighting for many years, although the soldiers are elite, they are not as good as Yuan Shaoduo in terms of numbers. Therefore, once you confront Yuan Shao, there is no suspense about victory, but if you really want to fight Hebei, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult. Moreover, our army's grain and grass are not abundant, and if we want to attack, the grain route will be a big problem. If you want me to see it, it's better to fight steadily and steadily, and retreat Yuan Shao first. Moreover, in the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's losses were not small. He was able to raise 200,000 horses to go on the expedition, which was already the limit. In this way, eighty percent of the soldiers he left to guard the place should be undertrained recruits. As long as we concentrate on the experience, completely defeat the 200,000 soldiers and horses at the moment, and take Julu, Zhao and other places, it will not be a big problem. ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "Although the dispatch of troops this time is unexpected, the army has been pulled out, and it has consumed countless money and food. If you only win Julu and Zhaojun, I am afraid that some gains will outweigh the losses. ”

Xun You said with a smile: "It's actually good to be able to get two counties." Moreover, General Gan Ning's naval army had already killed in Youzhou, Bohai, and Hejian to harass the rear of Yuan's army. As long as Yuan Shao can be defeated on the front, I think it should not be a big problem if the entire Jizhou is in his hands. As for Youzhou, which is a bitter cold place, even if our army takes Youzhou now, it is not able to build it. What's more, Gongsun Kang of Liaodong has been running Liaodong for more than ten years, and there has been no war for a long time, and if our army wants to pacify him, it will also take a lot of energy, so why rush for a while? ”

Guo Jia also nodded and smiled: "Gongda is reasonable!" We were forced to raise troops this time, and we have already hurt our roots. Next. What our army needs more is to recuperate! The Xiongnu in the north have also settled down a lot in recent years, and it is not a big problem for us to take Jizhou. However, Karasuma in the Northeast is attacking every year, and when Gongsun Chan was there, he had to face Yuan Shao and Karasuma from both sides. Now if our army takes Youzhou, I'm afraid it will also spend a lot of energy on Karasuma. It's better to keep Gongsun Kang of Liaodong for the time being, thinking that it is a buffer. ”

Cheng Yu nodded, and then said: "Liaodong can be appeased, but Jizhou had better be able to take it all!" Moreover, Gao Gan only left Guo Yuan to guard and merge the state, and he personally led 50,000 troops to help Yuan Shao, which was also an excellent time to seek the annexation of the state! Wen Hou has a prestige in Bingzhou, and Ming Xi is also facing the enemy on the Western Front, so the lord should give him two military orders, asking them to wait for the opportunity to take Bingzhou! Even if our army can't completely eliminate Yuan Shao in this battle, as long as we can completely suppress his strength in Youzhou, the day of defeat will not be far away! ”

Regarding Cheng Yu's suggestion, Cao Cao still nodded, and then said: "When Wen Hou was asked to go north and merge with the state, I originally wanted him to block the pressure of Gao Gan for us. But now, as Zhong De said, this is the perfect time to seek a merger! If you don't take it, you will suffer from it! I'll write an order, so that Fengxian and Yuan Zhi will wait for the opportunity to seize Youzhou! ”

Xun You continued: "With Wenhou's martial arts and Yuan Zhi's plan, as long as the two of them cooperate closely, it will not be difficult to take the state. It's just that once the annexation of the state is conquered, we must be more careful of the invasion of foreign races such as the Xiongnu and Xianbei. The hearts of these alien races are immortal, and the lord should also remind Wen Hou that they are! ”

Guo Jia smiled and said, "You can rest assured that this is a public achievement!" Most of Wenhou's prestige was killed on the grassland! As long as he is in Wuyuan, I see, the Southern Xiongnu will not dare to have the slightest disrespect! At least he didn't have the courage to call Chuquan. Once we take the annexed state, we will have a steady stream of horses to form cavalry! At the beginning, because of Yuan Shao's blockade, the number of war horses ridden by tigers and leopards was worrying! ”

For this, Guo Jia is really emotional. When Gao Ye was in Wuyuan, I saw that Gao Ye could casually help Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao form two elite cavalry. After arriving in Yingchuan, Ding Yuan also sponsored Gao Yeliangma, so Guo Jia never felt anything. But knowing that Yuan Cao began to fight evil, the supply of horses in the northern grassland was cut off by Yuan Shao, Mi Fang's side has worked hard to get horses, although the tiger and leopard ride is elite, but the horse is one less horse, it is difficult to replenish! Zhao Yun's wind ride and Zhang Liao's wolf ride are both one person and three horses, and many people even have only one horse to ride, which is not bitter!

In the plain battle, the cavalry should come first, Guo Jia understands this, and Cao Cao also understands! Therefore, as soon as Cheng Yu said that he would take advantage of the situation to take back and merge the state, Cao Cao thought of this in his heart. And after thinking about it carefully, he also felt that it was not difficult to take the state, so he forcibly held back the joy in his heart and wrote the military order by hand.

After the military order was written, Cao Cao hurriedly ordered people to rush to Hanoi to inform Lü Bu and Gao Ye. As for his own big tent, he began to quarrel again about how to eliminate Yuan Shao. Cheng Yu advocated showing the enemy weakness first, abandoning Yecheng, luring the enemy deep and then defeating it in one fell swoop. However, Dong Zhao was worried that if Yuan Shao got Yecheng, he would die down. After all, now that he is Yuan Shao's strategist, Yuan Shaojun is very likely to do such a thing. If this is the case, his side will lose a Yecheng in vain, but Yuan Shaojun will have no loss!

For a while, the two of them expressed their opinions, and the rest of them were thinking carefully, and even Cao Cao was in a dilemma. Suddenly, Cao Cao raised his head, looked at Jia Xu, who was not speaking, and said, "Wenhe, don't say nothing!" Do you think we should listen to Zhongde's abandonment of Yecheng and lure the enemy into depth, or should our army directly meet the battle? ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he finally arched his hand, and said with a smile: "If you want me to say that it is better to give up Yecheng!" But even if you give up, you have to fake it! Yuan Benchu has always been very happy, but now that he is at a disadvantage, he will naturally listen to his frustration. If he works hard and takes Yecheng, he will definitely be happy in his heart, and it is not impossible to defeat the lord in one fell swoop! When the time comes, you can lure the enemy deeper, and then gather and annihilate it! Besides, we can also prepare in advance in Yecheng, even if Yuan Shao feels that the flag has died down, he will definitely stay in Yecheng! When the time comes, we will unexpectedly enter the city, Yuan Shao is the same turtle in the urn, why should the lord worry? ”

Dong Zhao on the side was stunned when he heard this, and when he heard Jia Xu's poisonous plan, he couldn't help but be stunned in his heart. I heard that Jia Xu was a poisoner, and he was ruthless, but when I saw it today, it was really worthy of his name! Cheng Yu on the side didn't care, and laughed: "Not bad, not bad!" The text and this plan are wonderful! As long as the cooperation is good, Yuan Shao will definitely be able to think that our army is invincible and retreat! If Yuan Shao doesn't chase after him, he will be trapped in Yecheng, and our army will be able to break it! If Yuan Shao chases after him, the old man has a plan, and he will definitely be able to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao! ”