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Hebei was not stable in the second year of the early peace, first the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was defeated by Sun Zan on his back, killing more than 50,000 people and capturing more than 70,000 people; And Yuan Shao, the tiger, was not stable, and used trickery to obtain Han Fu's Jizhou, and led the Jizhou pastor himself. Because of deceiving Gongsun Chan and killing his brother, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan completely fought each other and fought at Jieqiao.

Yuan Shao's situation at that time was also extremely bad, because Gongsun Zan had just broken the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and his prestige was prosperous, no less than Sun Jian, who defeated Dong Zhuo. Hearing that Gongsun Chan had entered Jizhou, those who were dissatisfied with Yuan Shao rose up to rebel against Yuan; Yuan Shao's cousin Gongsun Zhan's other brother Gongsun Fan was the Taishou of Bohai, but Gongsun Fan raised troops against Yuan as soon as he arrived in Bohai County. Yuan Shao was embattled for a while and fell into danger.

Gongsun Zan led 30,000 elite soldiers to fight with Yuan Shao at the boundary bridge, but was defeated by Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi with 2,000 troops, lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and the general Yan Gang was beheaded; Then Yuan Shao took advantage of the victory to pursue and regain the great defeat. In October of the same year, Gongsun Zhan raised troops to attack Yuan Shao again, but was defeated and retreated to Youzhou, with too much loss of vitality and no strength to go south.

Yuan Shao broke Jizhou, and defeated Gongsun Zhan, and his prestige was flourishing, which coincided with the rise of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro in Wei County, which spread all over Dong County, Wei County and other places. In order to consolidate his own power, Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao, who was subordinate to him, to attack the Yellow Turban of Montenegro, and broke it, showing Cao Cao as the Taishou of Dongjun. Since Cao Cao started his army, he has never had a territory, until now, he finally has the capital to compete in the world.

As for the kind-hearted Liu Bei, because of his meritorious work in killing the enemy with Gongsun Zhan's general Tian Kai, he finally got the position of Pingyuan Xiang, which can be regarded as a prince.

One by one, the news reached Xun Gang's ears, but he didn't care at all, because this is the inevitable trend of the world's heroes. However, among the many news, Xun Gang seems to care most about the news of Liu Yan in Yizhou.

According to rumors, Liu Yan served as the pastor of Yizhou, attacked and killed the Taishou of Hanzhong, cut off the praise slope, and cut off contact with the outside world; And his brother-in-law didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he actually sent Liu Yan's eldest son Liu Zhang, who was pledged in Beijing, to Yizhou to know the benefits, hoping that Liu Yan would be able to obey the dispatch of the imperial court.

Maybe Liu Xie still had some naïve thoughts about his relative, but after Liu Zhang returned to Yizhou, Liu Yan was even more unscrupulous. According to rumors, he plans to use the land of Yizhou to establish himself as the emperor, after all, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and no one can care about him. If this is the case, then there is really no one who can help him.

But Liu Yan's title to emperor is just that, the important thing is that his title of emperor will inevitably lead to a series of chain reactions. There are two emperors in the world, so why can't there be three emperors and four emperors? Especially an arrogant person like Yuan Shu will definitely use it as an excuse to ascend the throne and become emperor.

I still remember that Cao Cao said a sentence: Xiang makes the world lonely, and I don't know how many people are called emperors and how many people are kings. This is not an exaggeration.

However, Yuan Shu does not have the capital to be the emperor at present, and only one Nanyang is called the emperor, which is too pediatric; Therefore, if Yuan Shu wants to be the emperor, the purpose of expanding his territory must be the east - the first is his own Yuzhou.

Now is the busy season of farming, if Yuan Shu chooses to march to attack Yuzhou at this time, no matter whether he wins or loses, it will not be beneficial to himself. Even if it wins, it will surely destroy a lot of crops.

Thinking of this, Xun Gang sighed.

"Why is the lord still here sighing for a long time, don't you know that the great calamity is coming?"

Suddenly, a sharp voice sounded from outside the door, and Xun Gang looked at it, it was the military advisor sacrificing wine Guo Jia. Xun Gang raised his spirit and asked, "Fengxiao, where does the disaster come from?" ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "Lord, the scout has come to report that Nanyang Yuan Shu has raised 100,000 troops, and he has reached the boundary of Luyang, and he will enter the land of my Yingchuan in a few days!" ”

"One hundred thousand? Coming so soon? ”

Xun Gang was shocked, this Yuan Shu was really good at picking the time, but attacking himself when he was most afraid. And as soon as he came to directly raise 100,000 troops, he exposed his entire family background, and it seems that he wants to fight himself directly!

Guo Jia added: "My lord, I heard that it was a peace break between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, Liu Biao approached Nanyang and cut off Yuan Shu's grain road, Yuan Shu wanted to use the road of Yuzhou to enter Yanzhou Chen Liuguo, and use this to go south to Yangzhou to expand his power!" ”

"Are you sure he's just borrowing the way? Are you sure he doesn't have the slightest ambition for me Yuzhou? Xun Gang sneered, "Fake way to destroy you, how can I not see such a little trick?" Yuan Shu broke with Yuan Shao, and it is bound to expand the territory and increase his influence, not only my Yuzhou, but I am afraid that together with Liu Dai's Yanzhou, he also wants to take it together...... Hehe, the ambition is not small! ”

"Dead lips and cold teeth...... But in Liu Dai's eyes, how could he notice this? Guo Jia expressed the uneasiness in his heart, "And now that the Yanzhou Yellow Turban is making trouble, I am afraid that our army will ask for help, and he will ignore it." ”

"No...... Words can't be said so absolutely, in my eyes, Liu Dai has a unique ability under him. ”

A smile hung on the corner of Xun Gang's mouth, as if he was smiling, like a sneer.

"Who is the lord talking about?"

Xun Gang took a deep breath: "Cao Cao...... Cao Mengde! ”

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Dongjun is located in the Yellow River, and Yuzhou is separated by a Chen Liuguo, so it stands to reason that there is no intersection with Yuzhou for the time being. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that Yuzhou and Yanzhou are each other's lips and teeth, and this is not just a matter of Dongjun.

Cao Cao was not tall, his thin eyes were long, and he seemed to have a fine light bursting out. He looked at the envoy under the stairs with a slight scrutiny, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, so that people could not see what he was thinking.

"Xun Yuzhou is so high?" Cao Cao walked around the messenger, his eyes were quite fierce, "I'm just a small Dongjun Taishou, I shouldn't be responsible for this matter, why don't you go to Liu Yanzhou?" ”

The envoy was Chen Qun Chen Changwen, and in the face of Cao Cao and his subordinates' scrutinizing eyes, he was unhurried and unhurried: "My lord once said that there are two heroes in Yanzhou, one is Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, and the other is Zunjia, and the others are not Erer. If there is someone in Yanzhou who can help us through the difficulties, Bao Xin can't, only Cao Mengde. ”

"Hahahaha! Xun Gang actually said this about me, how can I feel embarrassed? ”

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed, his voice heroic and awe-inspiring.

At the end, Cao Cao stroked his long hair lightly, and said with a straight face: "My Dongjun is only nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, what good is it in the war?" Although Yuan Shu is not good at using soldiers, the crowd of 100,000 is still feared......"

Cao Cao didn't say it explicitly, but Chen Qun had already heard what he meant, that is, he didn't want to form an alliance?

"What Cao Fujun said is fallacious! Those who are good at guarding soldiers are not afraid of numbers. Moreover, in the battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan with only 2,000 people, wouldn't Cao Fujun be as evil? ”

Chen Qun's words completely hit Cao Cao's weakness, and he was also a famous family, but because he was a eunuch, his reputation was not as good as Yuan Shao's. Because of this, Cao Cao has always been ashamed to be subordinate to Yuan Shao; Now that Chen Qun is talking, is it possible that he is not as indecisive as Yuan Shao in using soldiers?

"Good fellow, a little capable......"

Cao Cao sighed in his heart that everything he said was this, and it seemed that he couldn't refuse if he wanted to.

"Okay, I, Cao Mengde, will form an alliance with Xun Yuzhou and retire Yuan Shu together!"

Chen Qun was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed quietly, said goodbye, and left.

"Meng De, is it too difficult for our army to fight Yuan Shu before it has fully gained a foothold in Dongjun?" The person under the account said, it was Cao Cao's henchman Xiahou Dan, "What's more, if you want to go to Yuzhou, you must pass Chen Liu, which will inevitably attract the doubts of Chen Liu's guard Zhang Miao." ”

"I have known Zhang Miao for a long time, and although he has a chivalrous heart and is listed as the 'Eight Chefs', he is not a man of political integrity." Cao Cao's eyes were full of essence, "It's this Xun Gang...... He was able to realize that Yuzhou Yanzhou was cold and used the alliance to reduce his losses. ”

Cao Ren on the side stood up, and his voice was like thunder: "And this person has extraordinary vision, knowing that Liu Dai is incompetent and incompetent, so he came to ask for help." ”

"Liu Gongshan is just a nerd who reads filial piety in the study, and in terms of military vision, he is not as good as a six-year-old child!" Cao Cao laughed.

At the age of six, he had such a vision, and it was terrifying. If this person is not a friend, then it is a ...... Terrifying enemies!

Cao Cao has secretly included Xun Gang in the list of lore, in this era of princes competing for hegemony, if you don't have the slightest grasp of your enemies, you will only be killed. Cao Cao knows this very well, if this person can't be used for himself, then he will be killed!

"Now that the alliance has been formed, how many sergeants should I bring with me?"

Xiahoudun said: "Five thousand, it can't be more, the Yellow Turban Army of Dongjun has not been wiped out, and if the soldiers are not left to defend the city, won't this Dongjun become a paradise for the Yellow Turban Army?" ”

"That's five thousand...... I want to see if Xun Gang's 60,000 men can defeat Yuan Shu's 100,000 elite soldiers! ”