Cao Cao immediately returned to Xudu after defeating Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and in less than five days he went north to camp on the banks of the Yellow River, apparently to wait for Yuan Shao to cross the river and fight him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because Cao Cao divided his troops to Lejin to be stationed in Hanoi, plus there were casualties in the battle with Liu Bei, and a small part of the troops were also assigned to Runan Taishou Li Tong to guard Yuan's old nest Runan, to prevent someone from raising troops there to echo, so Cao Cao went out to bring out less than 30,000 regular soldiers, plus Yuzhou and Yanzhou are his territory, and the counties can echo each other, and there is no need to bring too many people to transport baggage, only the necessary manpower is needed to camp in the army, and the total number of Cao's army is between 50,000 and 60,000.

Compared with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao has more people going south, because part of the Qingzhou controlled by Yuan Shao is on the Huanghn'an, guarded by his son Yuan Tan, and now Yuan Tan has stationed troops in the Qingzhou boundary of the Huanghn'an, but he was entangled by Zang Ba and Sun Guan in Xuzhou, and he couldn't echo Yuan Shao, plus if he attacked Xudu from Jizhou through Qingzhou, he also needed to pass through a Yanzhou, which undoubtedly stretched Yuan Shao's battle line even more, so Yuan Shao chose to cross the river directly from Jizhou to Yuzhou, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xudu.

Although the flow of the Yellow River is more stable than in other seasons in this season, and the sand brought out is basically accumulated in the river, it is obviously unrealistic to cross the river by boat, not to mention that the shipbuilding technology in the north has always been rough. Therefore, Yuan Shao could only bring more people, build a pontoon bridge, and then cooperate with the ship to transport his baggage and sergeants to Huanghn'an. Nearly 100,000 sergeants were actually matched with 400,000 people, which is almost the strength of four states.

The huge disparity in numbers also led to Cao Cao not rashly raiding in the middle of his river crossing, after all, you are on the shore, others are on the boat, and it is the wet season in late spring, using rockets and what is just a joke, plus the number of Yuan's army is almost ten times that of Cao's army, and the Cao army has no ability to defend if you cross the river from multiple sections. So Cao Cao chose to wait for Yuan Shao's successful southern crossing.

This situation has created a delicate situation, Yuan Shao successfully crossed the river in a big way, which means that Cao Cao must block the impact of Yuan's army, if Cao Cao's less than 30,000 soldiers are finished, then Hanoi's Lejin, Xuzhou's Zang Ba, can not resist Yuan Shao's troops at all, Yuzhou and Yanzhou counties are naturally looking at the wind, so as long as Cao Cao loses this battle, there is absolutely no chance of a comeback.

And the same is true for Yuan Shao, if he loses, the army is defeated, and the huge number of sergeants and minfu cannot survive the Yellow River in a short period of time and retreat, then the defeated army isolated on the bank of the Yellow River will be slowly strangled by Cao Cao, and if the 400,000 minfu plus nearly 100,000 sergeants are destroyed, even if they have the wealth of the four states, it is impossible to make a comeback in the short term, and there will be no choice but to sit still.

Whether it is Cao Jun or Yuan Jun, this stop is a life-and-death battle, of course, from the current point of view, the probability of Cao **** is very high.

The information about Yuan Jun and Cao Jun was written by Liu Ye to inform Cao Pi before leaving. From the words of this letter, he could see Liu Ye's concern about Yuan's numerical superiority, and also saw his anxiety about the prospect of this battle, but Liu Ye's wording and tone were still full of pride, because he also followed Cao Cao to conquer, along with Guo Jia, Mao Jue, and Xun You.

Only Xun Yu and Ren Jun were left in charge of logistics and supply in Xudu City, and of course a thousand sergeants were left to control the overall situation of Xudu, and these sergeants were under Ren Jun's son Ren Lan.

Cao Pi also stayed in Xudu, he wanted to take charge of the construction of Yanzhou Juntun, he had already sat in the position of the eldest son, he took the divine envoy camp to Yanzhou three days after Cao Cao left Xudu to check the sowing of the new military tun, now his divine envoy camp has become one hundred and fifty people in Santun, the extra fifty people are the children of the Wei family, the leading tun chief is a young man named Wei Zhen, this person is the youngest son of Wei Zi, fifteen years old this year, just crowned.

At this time, the teenagers of the Divine Envoy Camp rode out of Yuzhou and rushed to a newly built military camp in Yanzhou, Cao Pi had a Sikong Mansion edict in his hand, so he could supply in any county, plus his identity as the eldest son of Sikong, the Taishou and the big clans in various places would be stammered, so the teenagers of the Divine Envoy Camp only brought a small amount of dry food and water, because they could get water and food in any populated place in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and they didn't need to be transported by the people at all.

Wei Zhen rode his horse next to Cao Pi and asked, "Childe, I don't know what the chances of our army are in this battle?" ”

Cao Pi replied with a smile: "Ten out of ten." ”

Wei Zhen smiled when he heard this: "If you have a son, you will be relieved, and now many of the children left by the generals are planning to pass on the book to Yuan Benchu!" Even Shaofu Kong Rong sent a man to ride a fast horse north. ”

"The enemy is strong and I am weak, and it is also appropriate for someone to seek a way to save his life. Don't mention this in the future, you shouldn't have heard of it today. ”

When Wei Zhen heard this, he seemed to have realized something, so he no longer said, but said: "This Qingzhou boundary not only borders Xuzhou, but also some places border Yanzhou, I don't know if we will meet Yuan Tan's people." ”

"Yuan Tan is now fighting a fierce battle with the two generals Zang and Sun, and I am afraid that he will not be able to invade Yanzhou."

Xiahou Ba on the side said loudly: "The army can't be touched, it's best to encounter a little rout, the brothers have thirty refining ring-headed knives in their hands!" ”

Cao Pi smiled, whether it is the Cao family, the Xiahou family, or the Wei family, they are all local clans, although they can't match their children with expensive Mingguang armor, it is indeed easy for everyone to match a ring-headed knife, now is wartime, naturally everyone has brought their own weapons, this group of half-grown boys has been learning art with Lu Bu for a while, and everyone is very inflated with a knife, and I wish a few people would try the knife for them.

"As long as Yuan Shao is defeated, hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers and people, I am afraid that Yuzhou and Yanzhou can only afford to hold hoes, and they will be called to purge the remnants of the defeated army in the territory." Cao Pi said with a smile.

Cao Zhen, who was slightly behind Cao Pi, suddenly asked: "Brother, please forgive my brother's blunt words, Yuan Shao has 100,000 armor and more than 400,000 people, ten times more than our army, why is my brother so calm and idle, has my brother already thought of a strategy against the enemy?" Or did the father already have a plan? His identity is close to Cao Pi, and the question is more direct, as soon as he asked, Xiahou Ba and Wei Zhen both looked at Cao Pi, hoping that he would give an answer.

Cao Pi laughed and said, "Look at it, within a year, Yuan Shao will be defeated, and then it will be the time for our divine envoy battalion to earn military merits." ”

The mounts of the Divine Envoy Camp are not war horses, except for Cao Pi, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Ba, Wei Zhen and other more important children in the family who have good horses, other people's mounts are pack horses or even mules, and there is no defensive equipment, and they have not been on the battlefield.

Originally, Cao Pi still remembered the place of Wuchao, but now it seems that he does not have any capital to earn this military merit, so it is better to make Tuntian strong, and make some benefits when Yuan Shao's army is defeated, after all, it will take a while to pacify the vast territory of Yuan Shao's four states after all, and there is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions. What's more, he is now the eldest son, so why rush for a while. Therefore, when Cao Pi predicted the Chinese that Yuan Shao would be defeated, he said no more, and rode his horse to speed towards the army.