Cao Cao's army really came to Wuyang five days after Cao Chun's arrival, three thousand tiger guards, plus 30,000 halberds, came to Wuyang outside the city, Cao Zhang and Xun You welcomed Cao Cao and the generals into the city After Cao Cao directly led everyone to the county government to discuss matters. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The generals of this meeting did not have Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan, because one of the two wanted to guard Luoyang and the other to guard Yingchuan, so naturally they could not come with the army, and the sergeant who went out with the army was still only Guo Jia, and now the weather was very cold, Cao Zhang remembered that it seemed that since Guo Jia took refuge, Cao Cao would take him with him as long as he went out on the expedition, running around, no wonder this guy became ill with hard work later.

As soon as Cao Cao sat down, he greatly praised Xun You and Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhang and Xun You naturally had to be humble for a while, and then began to inquire about Runan's situation.

Xun You said: "According to General Li, the area around Runan is basically governed by the wealthy clans in various places, and there are many strongmen and thieves in the mountains. ”

Hearing this, Guo Jia asked, "Has General Li entered Runan now?" ”

Xun You replied: "By the order of the lord general, General Li and his subordinates have occupied Xiping County as a stronghold for our army to pass through Runan. ”

Guo Jia smiled: "Brilliant plan! It's a great trick! Who proposed the occupation of Xiping? ”

Xun You replied: "It was General Li who proposed it himself. ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "This General Li is really a general!" ”

Cao Cao Qi said: "Why did Feng Xiao say this? ”

Guo Jia said: "Runan is the birthplace of the Yuan family, even if the control is loose, the local heroes will still support the Yuan family, so Yuan Shu seems to only control the governance of the public opinion on the surface, in fact, as long as he gives an order, the local heroes will inevitably respond, just like Zhang Miao to Yanzhou." ”

Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's analysis and then said: "So if we pursue Yang Feng all the way into the hinterland of Runan, on the surface, the heroes and powers from all over the country will inevitably be attached, but as long as our army reaches the level of public opinion, Liu Shen and Yang Feng will join forces and defend the fortified city, and we will naturally not be able to conquer it with tens of thousands of people. This analysis also shows his extraordinary wisdom.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "That's right, but Xiping is only a few dozen miles away from Wuyang, and there are people and water connections, and the morning and evening are coming, and the transportation of troops and grain can be quickly arrived from the waterway. ”

Cao Cao smiled: "In this way, it is necessary to pacify Runan." ”

Guo Jiadao: "That's right, in addition, General Li has been operating in Langling for many years, quite popular, it is a pity to abandon it, you can take advantage of the cold winter to send troops to control Langling, although the wealthy clan of Runan belongs to the Yuan family, but they are each other's own defense, their own contradictions, will not help each other, so we can deter heavy troops, take the Wufang between Langling and Xiping, Yang'an, each garrison 2,000, each to help each other, in this way, the west of Rushui in Runan is in the hands of our army." ”

Cao Cao asked, "Then what should happen next?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Liu Shen only has 10,000 horses, plus Yang Feng is only 20,000 people, even if they come out, as long as our army is based on Rushui, and the four counties bring in reinforcements from each other, he will only have to suffer defeat, as for mobilizing the soldiers of the Hao clan to help, it is just a lot of people to add chaos, so I expect that they will not dare to attack, just take this opportunity to eradicate the Hao clan forces west of Rushui." ”

Xun You said: "Two of the four counties west of Rushui are under the control of our army, and the other two counties are just rabble, the army is pressing, and most of them are likely to surrender, and General Li Tong can do it for him by eradicating the local forces, so how will our army behave at the beginning of spring?" ”

Xun Yu asked this very reasonably, Cao Cao originally valued Runan so he deliberately forced Yang Feng here, but after receiving Li Tong, he found that the situation was complicated, so he could only control the land west of Rushui, although Yuan Shu did not dare to attack, but Cao Jun still needed time to stabilize the newly harvested land, and Guo Jia also analyzed that the wealthy clan of Runan still supported Yuan Shu, and the two factors added up naturally could not eat Runan in one bite, so it seems that Kaichun has only one choice to return to Xudu.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Runan Liu Shen is not worried, Yuan Shu is trying to be the emperor in vain, time is short, the matter of Runan can be talked about later, but the newly acquired Heluo land cannot be taken lightly." ”

Cao Cao heard the words and said: "Fengxiao refers to Zhang Xiu in Wancheng? ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Yes, this person's garrison in Wancheng, only three hundred miles away from the Sili region, light cavalry can be reached in two days at most, his uncle Zhang Ji died because of a lack of food to attack Nanyang, Zhang Xiu took over his position and captured Nanyang Wancheng and other places, but because of the lack of food, he had to rely on Liu Biao to seek help, but if Zhang Xiu wants to expand the army still needs more grain and grass, when Liu Biao does not give, he can only find another way, and the lord's Heluo Plain is ready to recruit people to Tuntian, when the granary is everywhere, it is not easy to prevent, This embroidery is a problem for the henchmen! ”

Cao Cao heard the words and called: "Man Cheng! ”

Li Dian replied: "The end will be! ”

Cao Cao asked, "How far is the journey from Wuyang to Wancheng?" ”

Li Dian replied: "Back to the lord, it should be five hundred miles from Wuyang to Wancheng. ”

Cao Cao said: "Yu Ban, divide your 4,000 halberds, and take advantage of the middle of winter to unify the four counties west of Rushui with Li Tong." ”

Yu Ban replied: "No." ”

In addition, Cao Cao said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, just in case, the soldiers of the four counties west of Rushui will be uniformly deployed by you, and if Yuan Shu sends troops to attack, you can give orders." ”

Guo Jia replied: "I received the order with filial piety." ”

Cao Cao then said to Xun You: "Lord Shangshu can return to Xu Du to show that the Son of Heaven selects talents and places them in the four counties, and more than 10,000 households are placed in the county order, but the county magistrate is placed." ”

Xun You saluted and said, "Command." ”

Cao Cao continued: "The rest of the people, wait for the rest of the people, and in the spring of next year, we will join my army to conquer Zhang Xiu!" ”

"No!!" Heavy will be catered to.

Cao Zhangxin said: "Sure enough, it's here!" "I didn't expect Cao Cao to crusade against Zhang Xiu in the spring of 197, the second year of Jian'an, that is, that is, the fate of Dian Wei and Cao Ang will be decided in the spring of next year.

Cao Zhang must have gone to Wancheng with Cao Cao, but Cao Zhang found out that this time Cao Cao didn't bring any strategists, it seems that Cao Cao is quite contemptuous of Zhang Xiu, and what makes Cao Zhang depressed is that although he knows that Cao Cao lost to Zhang Xiu, but how he lost, he doesn't know at all, even if he has the heart to take precautions, he doesn't know how to prevent it.

The most difficult thing is that even if Cao Zhang reminds Cao Cao to be on guard, it may not be useful, because Zhang Xiu has a Jia Xu under him, a very insidious Jia Xu, so if he can't make a plan, he Jia Xu will come up with another plan, and Cao Zhang reminds Cao Cao to be on guard, and things will only get more out of control.

Cao Zhang was annoyed, and originally wanted to have a break with Cao Ang in Wancheng, but suddenly found that he had no clue.