Yanzhou became the main battlefield, and various forces gathered troops and horses to Yanzhou. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info When Yuan Shu agreed to send troops to attack Yuzhou, Gongsun Zhan also sent envoys to form an alliance with Liu Bei to attack Yanzhou together.

Cao Cao has always been Yuan Shao's ally, when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan were at war, Cao Cao gave Yuan Shao a lot of assistance, this time Cao Cao's strength in Yanzhou has been greatly reduced. Gongsun Zhan followed the advice of his military advisor and sent troops to help Liu Bei. The first battle wiped out Cao Cao.

The commander of the Gongsun Chan army is the original Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai, Qingzhou fell into the hands of Yuan Shao after the Battle of Longcuo, although Tian Kai said that he lost the city and lost his land, but as Gongsun Zhan's cronies, Gongsun Chan still trusted him. This time, Gongsun Chan also dispatched his old bottom, and the entire 30,000 soldiers and horses were led by Tian Kai to Yanzhou, and half of Gongsun Chan's white horse Yicong was also handed over to Tian Kai.

Seeing that several forces all sent troops and horses to attack Cao Cao, Li Dao Guo Yan, who was nesting in Chang'an, was also unwilling, so they concentrated 100,000 soldiers in Chang'an and marched to Hangu Pass.

In Wancheng, Liu Biao was also ambitious, he took Cai Mao as the commander and Zhang Xiu as the vanguard, and sent 30,000 troops to attack Xuchang.

Seeing the forces of all parties attacking in the direction of Yanzhou, Cao Cao was also panicked, but in front of his subordinates, he still had to pretend to be calm. Because only if he is calm, his subordinates can be calm.

Cao Cao returned to his tent, followed by his military advisor and confidant Guo Jia. Cao Cao sat down on the stool, then put his hand on his forehead, his face full of exhaustion.

"Fengxiao, this time the princes of all parties came to crusade, and the number of troops was no less than 300,000, which has far exceeded us. What should we do now? ”

At this moment, Guo Jia was also frowning, because of the Yanzhou rebellion, Cao Cao's power had shrunk a lot, and this time the princes from all sides came, and he had no idea for a while.

"Lord, Chen seeks to see you." A soldier guarding the gate pushed open Cao Cao's tent and reported.

Listening to the soldier's report, Cao Cao straightened his clothes and said, "Quickly invite General Chen in." At this moment, Cao Cao had regained his usual composure and asked the soldier to invite Chen Xun in.

"What's the matter?" Cao Cao looked at Chen Xun, his demeanor full of majesty.

Chen Xun knelt down on one knee and said, "I'm here to help the lord retire Liu Biao's 30,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, there were Xiahou brothers and Yuzhou's headquarters of soldiers and horses as many as 90,000 on the Yuzhou side, which was enough to resist Yuan Shu, and on the Hangu Pass side, with the dangerous terrain and 50,000 troops, it was enough to block Li Dao and Guo Yan. Only the frontal battlefield in Yanzhou and the soldiers and horses attacking Xuchang against Liu Biao made Cao Cao jealous. ”

"Supplementally, how many soldiers and horses do you need?" Cao Cao frowned, he planned to give up Xuchang if Chen Xun asked for more soldiers and horses, even if Xuchang was his old base. Now Cao Cao's troops are indeed less.

"Lord, Xuchang is the boundary of Yuzhou, I heard that there are now a full 90,000 troops in Yuzhou, can you let General Xiahou allocate some troops and horses to me, I know that the base camp is tight, so I don't want to draw troops from the base camp."

Hearing Chen Xun's words, Cao Cao was first overjoyed, and then his brows furrowed again, because in Yuzhou, the Xiahou brothers had to face Yuan Shu, who had a full 100,000 soldiers and horses, Yuan Shu occupied Huainan, and there were many soldiers and Liang Guang, and it was possible to increase troops to Yuzhou at any time.

"Supplementally, on the Yuzhou side, the troops are also a little tight, and you can send up to 20,000 people to resist Liu Biaojun."

Chen Xun laughed and said: "20,000 people, it's too much, I only need 5,000 people to be able to keep Xuchang and make Liu Biao withdraw his troops." ”

Cao Cao's face showed displeasure, because he felt that Chen Xun had exaggerated, and Liu Biao also had talents in his hands, such as Zhang Xiu, who was a pioneer this time, was an unborn general.

"Supplement, I'm in charge, you send 10,000 soldiers and horses from the Xiahou brothers to block Liu Biao, don't rely on it."

Chen Xun showed a look of confidence on his face, and said: "With only 30,000 horses, I have my own way to make them retreat, or even rout." ”

The brows on Cao Cao's face were even more furrowed, but Guo Jia's eyes lit up beside him.

"My lord, I know what General Chen wants to do. Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew were originally Dong Zhuo's subordinates, and that Zhang Xiu used to have a good relationship with General Chen. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up and said, "Mr. is saying that Zhang Xiu can be recruited." ”

Guo Jia shook his head with a smile and said: "Zhang Xiu is a person with a good reputation, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to surrender, but he is not the commander of this expedition." Cai Mao I have also done to understand, this person is the head of the Cai family of Jingxiang wealthy family, his sister married Liu Biao, this person is one of Liu Biao's most trusted people, but this person is jealous of the virtuous, although he is quite talented in the navy, but in terms of foot combat is average, if General Chen goes, he will be able to defeat him. ”

Although Guo Jia didn't make it clear, Cao Cao understood what he meant.

"The military advisor is talking about discord."

Guo Jia said with a smile: "After Zhang Xiu returned to Liu Biao, many Xiliang troops who were originally stationed in Guanzhong went south, and Liu Biao also entrusted Zhang Xiu with important tasks, and now Zhang Xiu's reputation in the army is extremely high, if it is ......"

Xuchang is the boundary of Yuzhou, and after Chen Xun came to Yuzhou, he took Cao Cao's troop transfer order to the Xiahou brothers to transfer troops. The Xiahou brothers also seemed to feel that Chen Xun needed too few soldiers and horses, so the soldiers and horses they gave Chen Xun were all elite.

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Yanzhou Dongping, originally Chen Deng only planned to pull Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu into the water, but now the situation is getting faster and faster, and now almost all the princes in the world are involved in this battle, this huge situation makes Chen Deng feel pressure.

In order to allow Liu Bei to obtain enough benefits in this battle, he suggested to Liu Bei that another 20,000 soldiers and horses from Xuzhou would come to participate in the battle, and would join forces with Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses to watch the victory or defeat of the princes.

And in Jizhou, there are different opinions about the rescue of Cao Cao, some timid people oppose Yuan Shao to send troops to rescue Cao Cao, they say that Cao Cao is a hungry wolf, if he is saved and fed, then he will definitely become Yuan Shao's enemy in the future, and now Gongsun Zhan said that he sent troops to Yanzhou, but in the land of Youzhou, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are still there, so that Yuan Shao can not be taken lightly.

The words of those people made Yuan Shao almost discourage the desire to rescue Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's friend after all, and coupled with the alliance for many years, Yuan Shao felt a little unbearable.

"Lord, Cao Cao should be saved, although Cao Cao is surrounded by all the princes now, but he still has more than 100,000 troops in his hands, and Chen Xun and others are assisted, and the strength is still not to be underestimated, this time our army sent troops not only to save Cao Cao, but also to let our army prestige." In the first position on Yuan Shao's left, Yuan Shao's advisor Xu Yu suggested. Xu You and Cao Cao are old friends, and he doesn't want to see Cao Cao fall.

Listening to Xu You's words, Yuan Shao pondered slightly for a while, then looked at his right hand and asked, "Mr. Fu, Mr. Tian, what do you think?" ”

Frustrated, Tian Feng and Xu You have always been at odds with each other, and it can even be said that they are on the same footing, but this time, they actually did not vote against and were silent in their seats. However, since Yuan Shao had already spoken, the two of them did not lose their manners, and immediately stood up and said, "Xu Yuzhi's words are not unreasonable, but Cao Cao is indeed a hungry wolf, and our army should control the situation and wait until the most critical time to send troops." ”

The three people who had just spoken were Yuan Shao's most relied on advisors, and since they all spoke to rescue Cao Cao, Yuan Shao had made up his mind.

"The order went down, and ordered Zhang He to lead 100,000 troops to live in Liyang and watch the situation."