Wei Yan personally practiced for Tai Shi Ci, sent him to the Shili Pavilion in the south of the city, and before leaving, he took Tai Shi Ci's wrist and asked, "Ziyi, when will you be able to come back?" ”

Tai Shi Ci replied, "It's only ninety days." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Most of the time had to be spent on the fatigue of the boat, and then some time was spent gathering people and horses, in addition to guarding against the sneak attack of Sun Ce's men.

Tai Shi Ci went this time to take advantage of the fire, which was very dangerous, but Tai Shi Ci took the initiative to ask for help, Wei Yan couldn't brush off his kindness, and secretly told Ma Zhong that he must protect Tai Shi Ci, and would rather not bring back a single soldier, but also bring Tai Shi Ci back, after all, thousands of troops are easy to get and hard to find!

Many generals suspected that Tai Shi Ci would not return, and some generals suspected that Tai Shi Ci would not return within 90 days, and Wei Yan did not bet with them, after all, facts speak louder than words, and after three months, it will be clear.

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At this time, in Xiangyang City, in the Zhennan General's Mansion, Liu Biao's face was gloomy: "What does Cao Cao mean?" I have ordered Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu to gather 60,000 men and horses to attack Yiyang New Town, but he will not move! Leave me alone! ”

Yi Ji hurriedly said: "Don't be angry, Cao Cao's intention is to go with the lord to encircle the point and send reinforcements, the lord will attack Yiyang New Town, Wei Yan will definitely raise troops from Shouchun to rescue, and then Cao Cao will raise troops to ambush again!" If the lord can capture Yiyang New City and the news reaches Wei Yan, the Wei army will definitely be in turmoil, and the Cao army will definitely be able to completely annihilate the Wei army, and then the lord and Cao Cao can divide the land of the three counties of Wei Yan. ”

As the saying goes, there are no eternal friends in the world, and there are no eternal enemies, in the past, in order to fight against Cao Cao, Liu Biao first introduced Zhang Xiu, and then introduced Wei Yan to guard Nanyang for him, but Wei Yan's power developed too rapidly, and he has become a thorn in Liu Biao's side.

Liu Biao pondered for a moment and asked Kuai Yue: "Why didn't Cao Cao besiege Yiyang New City with our army, first cut off Wei Yan's roots, and then ambush Wei Yan together?" ”

Kuai Yue smiled bitterly: "Lord, our army and the Cao army are old enemies, in order to crusade against Wei Yan and reluctant alliance, if the army is united, it will be more unbearable than the Dong alliance at that time, and if our army and the Cao army are united, the strength is too strong, I am afraid that Wei Yan will be frightened, if Wei Yan is afraid of the strength of the coalition army, abandon Nanyang, entrenched in Huainan, it is also a tiger for trouble, it is better to give him the hope of rescue, and then ambushed by the Cao army, even if the Cao army ambush is unsuccessful, the Wei army will definitely lose troops after a fierce battle with the Cao army, At that time, the lord's soldiers will definitely be able to defeat Wei Yan, and he will be ashamed! ”

Listening to Kuai Yue's analysis, Liu Biao was very pleased, this time he moved all the troops at the bottom of the box, if he couldn't defeat Wei Yan, then his Jingzhou would be in danger!

Liu Biao believes that Wei Yan is a stinky kid, even if he is in turmoil for a while, just like Sun Jian back then, he ended up with a dead foundation and a scattered foundation!

He killed Sun Jian back then, but now he can't kill Wei Yan!

The Yi nationality under the hall, squinting his eyes, secretly worried in his heart, I don't know if the news he sent out has reached the lord Wei Yan, I don't know how the lord should respond, this time, Liu Biao and Cao Cao joined forces, more than 100,000 troops, it can be regarded as the biggest test after the rise of the lord, Liu Biao and Cao Cao are by no means comparable to Yuan Shu!

(No one will forget that Yi is Wei Yan's biggest spy left with Liu Biao.) ）

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At this time, in the city of Xudu, Cao Cao was lying on the couch, and heard Yuan Shao's envoy reprimanding himself in Yuan Shao's tone: "Cao Cao should die, I saved him, and now I am coercing the Son of Heaven to make me ......" I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and my headache was much better.

Last year, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Han Xian to the capital of Xu under his control. Since the emperor is already on his own one-third of an acre of land, Cao Cao naturally has the final say in everything. Therefore, Cao Cao first crowned himself as a general, made Wu Pinghou, and then led a large army to eliminate the warlord Yang Feng who was entrenched near Luoyang.

Once his ass was firmly seated, Cao Cao began to get a little restless. Cao Cao pretended to be Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and issued a holy decree to Yuan Shao, scolding Yuan Shao: "There are many soldiers in the land, and he specializes in building a party, and he does not listen to the army of King Qin, but he is good at crusading against each other." Cao Cao said that Yuan Shao's territory was very large, and there were a lot of soldiers and horses, but he was not loyal to the court or the emperor, and all he thought about all day long was to grab his own territory.

In fact, at this time, Cao Cao's strength and situation were far inferior to Yuan Shao in the north. Yuan Shao seized Jizhou in 191 A.D. from the hands of Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou, and then proclaimed himself the pastor of Jizhou, and relied on Jizhou to march to the surrounding Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Youzhou. At that time, except for Youzhou and Qingzhou, which were part of Gongsun Zhan's hands, Yuan Shao already had territory close to the three states. After experiencing many defeats, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou has long lost the fighting spirit to compete with Yuan Shao, and retreats in the fortress he built to be with women. And Yuan Shao was also ambitious, bent on unifying the north and establishing his own hegemony.

After receiving Cao Cao's holy decree, Yuan Shao was furious, so he asked the messenger to tell Cao Cao: "Cao Cao should die, I will save it, and now I will coerce the Son of Heaven to make me ......" It means that Cao Cao's kid is going to die several times, not for me to save him, he has today, and now he is holding the Son of Heaven hostage and ordering me, and the position is above me!

At this time, Yuan Shao's position was Tai Lieutenant, Bai Ye Cheng Marquis, and the general was above Tai Lieutenant, how could Yuan Shao be able to climb on his head from Cao Cao, who had always been his little brother? So Yuan Shao went to the table and refused the appointment.

If Cao Cao is good enough, then don't be Yuan Shao, don't be if you don't do it, and if you drag it again, you will send troops and horses to level you, but unfortunately, Cao Cao is not so good. Cao Cao at this time only half of Yanzhou and half of Yuzhou, Yanzhou experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Lu Bu Rebellion, has long been dilapidated, although Cao Cao issued many orders to Tuntian, but the recovery of the economy is not a moment to achieve, now Cao Cao, the strength has no way to compete with Yuan Shao, so Cao Cao chose forbearance, then gave up the position of the general to Yuan Shao, so that the master craftsman Kong Rong held the festival to Jizhou to worship Yuan Shao as the general, and made it concurrently supervise Ji, Qing, You, and the four states, and recognized the four states as Yuan Shao's sphere of influence.

He was no longer a general, so Cao Cao reappointed himself as the Sikong and concurrently served as the general of the chariot cavalry. At that time, the three dukes of the court were Situ, Sikong, and Taiwei, and not long ago, the three dukes under Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had all been laid off, even if Yuan Shao was allowed to continue to serve as a general and concurrently serve as a captain.

Yuan Shao's humiliation made Cao Cao realize his weakness, and if he wanted to really fight with Yuan Shao, he had to continue to grow, but it was impossible to develop northward for the time being, so Cao Cao turned his attention to Lu Bu and Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and Wei Yan in the three counties of Yiyang!