It can also be regarded as Xu Yu's life, when he was ordered to return to Yecheng to supervise the situation of military rations, inspect some military ration stocks and enter the accounts. One of Xu You's sons and nephews felt a little bad, so they fled Yecheng first. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the trial to investigate something wrong, and some ink corruption accidents related to Xu Yu were found.

Xu You's nephew hurried to Yuan Shao's camp to see Xu You, and he almost arrived at Yuan Shao's camp with the messengers who sent the letter to Yuan Shao.

After Xu You listened to the report of the nephew, he knew that a catastrophe was about to come, and he immediately fled from Yuan Shao's camp. It can be said that Xu You escaped from Yuan Shao's camp with his front foot, and the people sent to arrest Yuan Shao arrived at Xu You's military tent, which was a fraction of a second.

This is still Xu You's adviser to Yuan Shao's side, and he has the right to enter and leave Yuan Shao's camp freely, and ordinary sergeants, under unknown circumstances, did not receive Yuan Shao's order to arrest Xu You, so Xu You escaped from Yuan Shao's camp in time, even if he walked slowly, he was afraid that he would be arrested by Yuan Shao.

Of course, even if Xu You escaped from Yuan Shao's camp, he might not be safe, because Yuan Shao's people immediately chased him out of the barracks to hunt him down.

Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, Xu You knew that if he was captured by Yuan Shao, he would inevitably die, thinking that instead of being captured by Yuan Shao and being humiliated and executed by Ling Chi, he felt that it was better to make a decision on his own.

And those who fled with Xu You from Yuan Shao's camp, in addition to his son and nephew, there were several relatives, all of whom were loyal servants who received Xu You's favor and swore to follow Xu You.

The loyal servant reminded Xu Yu. said that Xu You had an old relationship with Cao Cao, why not go to Cao Ying? Now, except for fleeing to Cao Ying. If you take refuge in Cao Cao, I am afraid there will be no second way out.

Xu You didn't dare to hesitate and hurriedly threw himself into Cao Ying.

Yuan Shao's pursuers naturally also saw Xu You, who had fled far away and fled to Guandu Pass, and Pegasus chased after him.

Yuan Bing's shouting alarm alarmed Cao Bing, who was guarding the pass.

The person who was chased by Yuan Jun. Even if it's not yourself, you're not an enemy. At that moment, Cao Bing, who was on the wall, let Xu You go. Let Xu You and the others reach under the gate, and shoot Yuan Shao's pursuers with arrows for them.

Of course, Xu You's group was also detained by Cao Cao's soldiers. When I didn't ask where they came from. I don't dare to let them pass easily.

When Xu You revealed his identity and said that he was coming to serve Cao Cao, Cao Bing would immediately come to report to Cao Cao.

However, it was said that two or three days had passed since Xu Huang attacked and robbed Yuan Shao's batch of grain, and Xu Huang had already returned with his army. The scout spies sent to the north bank of the Yellow River have not yet received particularly accurate information.

That is, although the grass startled the snake. forced Yuan Shao to take some corresponding measures, but. Cao Cao Now, in a short period of time, it is really difficult to grasp the grain and grass situation of Yuan Shaojun.

Some spies have already sent back information, saying that they already have a little eyebrows, and as long as they are given a little more time, they will definitely be able to figure out the situation of Yuan Shaojun's grain and grass, its storage, escort routes, and so on. But how long will it take?

Cao Cao now, he really can't afford to wait, his military rations have actually run out, and now, just relying on the grain that has been continuously transported from Xudu, gritting his teeth and holding on, if the grain collected by the local government is not delivered so quickly, Cao Cao's military horses will have to run out of food immediately.

The situation has reached the time when Cao Cao thinks is the most pessimistic.

At this time, even if Xun You, Cheng Yu and other resourceful top strategists, they have not been able to use their wisdom to conjure food, unless, Cao manipulated the army to plunder the people, otherwise, just by collecting it from the people, I am afraid it is not a long-term solution.

Now, Cao Cao's most urgent thing is to know the situation of Yuan Shao's military rations, and then formulate a plan to see if he can rob or destroy Yuan Shao's military rations, if there is no way, he is afraid that he will have to immediately withdraw his troops and return to Xudu, and then mobilize his military horses to launch an attack on Yuan Shao desperately, and take another way to force Yuan Shao to retreat.

But this is not what Cao Cao wants to see, what he wants is to defeat Yuan Shao and seize Yuan Shao's powerful territory. If he fought back passively, even if he won, he could only force Yuan Shao to retreat, and he would not gain any benefits. What's even more worrying is that after his battle with Yuan Shao this time, what actions will Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty do?

No matter what Liu Yi did, it was extremely unfavorable for Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was also accustomed to fighting to nourish the war, if he fought with Yuan Shao, he could not get his own strength from Yuan Shao, then, he was worried that he would no longer be able to fight against Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty.

At that time, even if Liu Yi does not directly attack him Cao Cao, but attacks Yuan Shao and captures Hebei, for him Cao Cao, it will only fall into a more unfavorable situation, because, Yuan Shao occupies Hebei, he Cao Cao can't win the battle, and if Liu Yi occupies Hebei, does he Cao Cao still have the ability to resist? Obviously, that was the beginning of his Cao Cao's restraint and even his future destruction by Liu Yi.

Cao Cao's ideal is to defeat Yuan Shao in Guandu, and now his army is going north from all directions to capture the territory of Yuan Shao, and then immediately garrison troops to trap the military horses of the New Han Dynasty in Luoyang and Bingzhou, so that Liu Yi has no chance to send troops to the Central Plains.

It's just that all of this is just a fantasy, and Cao Cao has suffered from headaches again because of his current predicament.

That night, after discussing countermeasures with a group of advisers to no avail, he sat for a long time, and then he couldn't stand the headache and was about to go to bed in loose clothes.

When Cao Cao, who was about to hide, heard that his own soldiers came to report, saying that Yuan Shao's adviser Xu You, because he was persecuted by Yuan Shao, turned against Yuan Shao today, came to the same party, and had reached the pass, because he was afraid that it was Yuan Shaojun's meticulous work, and now he has been imprisoned, and asked Cao Cao how to deal with it.

When Cao Cao heard the report, he was puzzled at first, but he immediately remembered Xu You, and immediately, his headache dissipated at once, and he suddenly felt refreshed.

Exultation! Cao Cao at this moment is really overjoyed. This is the so-called dozing off, someone brought a pillow.

For Xu You, Cao Cao does still have an impression. And, know a lot about it.

Xu You is not a talented person, but a little ambitious and talented. When Cao Cao intersected with him back then, he didn't like this person very much. Especially because this person is too greedy for money, when he intersected with Cao Cao, he also wanted to ask for Cao Cao's wealth.

Cao Cao is because he knows Xu You's character, so when he hears Xu You's vote now, he can't help but be overjoyed. Because. Cao Cao didn't have to guess, he guessed where Xu You must have committed something. offended Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao could no longer tolerate him, so he had to surrender to the enemy in front of the battle. Come and meet yourself.

Cao Cao jumped up. Preparing to dress, he ordered someone to send Xu You for questioning.

However, Cao Cao remembered Xu You's somewhat stinky temperament, and felt that if he was asked to ask him so directly, this unprofitable guy who couldn't afford to be early would probably tell the truth and wouldn't be so happy.

Cao Cao thought about it, but kicked away the boots that were already on his feet. I didn't wear any clothes anymore, so I wore pajamas and went barefoot. Let people lead the way and go to see Xu You.

Cao Cao hurriedly ran to the military tent where Xu You and the others were being held, making his forehead sweat a little, and after running into the military tent, he saw that Xu You and the others were not bound by his own soldiers, and his heart was reassured.

Immediately, Cao Cao walked directly and quickly in front of Xu You, bowed down and said, "Ziyuan, Ziyuan, is it really you?" I haven't seen you for many years, do you still know Cao Apu? ”

"Cao Agui...... Ha Lu Ha. Xu You heard Cao Cao commensurate with the trumpet when he was young, and he immediately let go of his heart, thinking that Cao Cao was still the same Cao Cao as before, and often remembered the things that intersected with him back then.

Originally, he was still a little uneasy in his heart, for fear that Cao Cao would not recognize him and not accept his surrender.

However, Cao Cao's self-proclaimed Cao Apu was actually just a polite self-title, mainly to remind him of some things with Xu You back then, so that when he asked Xu You, Xu You could say everything.

Xu Youxin was arrogant, and he really thought that Cao Cao still liked his nickname when others called him. This also laid the inducement for Xu You to be annoyed by Cao Cao and killed in the future.

However, at this moment, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped Cao Cao and said: "The prince is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and I am the cloth cloth, how dare I accept the prime minister's gift?" ”

Cao Cao stood still disapprovingly, held Xu You's hand, and patted it: "Ziyuan is Cao's childhood friend, if we can meet, it will be Cao's happy life, how dare you recognize each other by name?" Come, let's go to the side to say goodbye and have a good reunion of friendship between us. ”

"Prime Minister, this matter is not urgent." Xu You said: "Xu still has something to tell the prime minister, I think, the prime minister shouldn't know why Xu visited the prime minister at night, right?" ”

Night visits? I'm afraid I escaped at night, right?

However, Cao Cao naturally couldn't say that Xu You's words were untrue, but pretended to be surprised: "Well, Cao Mou knows a little bit, I heard that Ziyuan is mixing well under Yuan Shao's account, Cao Mou also thinks that if Cao Cao is in trouble, can he throw Ziyuan in the future and seek shelter." Well, by the way, now that Cao and Yuan Shao's armies are facing each other, you have come to Cao's barracks? Isn't it ......."

"Hehe, Prime Minister, don't be tempted by words, Xu Mou will say it clearly." Xu You smiled and said: "In Xu's heart, he may have guessed that the prime minister was dissatisfied with Xu because of why Xu didn't vote for prime minister and voted for Yuan back then, right?" Alas, in fact, when Xu fled and had to vote for Yuan Shao, Benduo wanted to leave Yuan Shao and vote for Cao Gong, but unfortunately, there was no chance and he couldn't make the trip. This Yuan Shao, don't listen to words, don't follow the plan, it's really annoying, now I see that he is not the master, and he will be defeated by Cao Gong in the future, Xu does not want to be captured by Cao Gong in the future, so it is better to vote for Ming Gong as soon as possible, and hope that Ming Gong will not give up. ”

"Oh? Ha Luha, Ziyuan is still the same as before, fast and fast, good! Since he came, he was Cao's mentor and friend, so let's ...... Well, please Ziyuan be wronged, first for Cao's staff. How is it? ”

"Prime Minister Xie!" Xu You saw that Cao Cao could let him follow Cao Cao immediately, and he was overjoyed, feeling that he had a great future in the future, and it was much better than staying by Yuan Shao's side and being beheaded by Yuan Shao. It was thanks to the reminders of those loyal servants that he woke up and joined Cao Cao.

"No thanks, no thanks." Cao Cao is now in a hurry to break Yuan Shao's strategy, he doesn't want to be polite with Xu You anymore, and asked directly: "Ziyuan, you came to Yuan Shao's camp just now, what plan do you have to let Cao break Yuan's camp?" If Ziyuan has meritorious advice, after the class teacher returns to the court, Cao will report Ziyuan's merits to the saint, reward his merits, and pay homage to the prime minister. ”

In order to get the strategy to break Yuan as soon as possible, Cao Cao opened his mouth and promised Xu You a blank check.

"Well, this ......" Xu You said with a sad face: "Cao Gong." To be honest, Xu came to meet in a hurry, and he really didn't think about how Cao Gong could break the problem of Yuan Shao's army. At the beginning, each was its own master, but Xu You offered Yuan Shao some strategies to defeat Cao Gong. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao had to be patient and listen to Xu You's words first.

Well, that's what a strategist is, after all, a strategy is worthless when you say it. Therefore, they have to talk about him left and right, and only when he hangs it high can he sell it for a good price.

Cao Cao knew about the urine sex of these guys. Therefore, it can only be endured.

"I taught Yuan Shao to bypass Guandu with light cavalry and attack Xudu. I don't know how Prime Minister Lu Dao will respond? Xu Yu seemed to be a casual way.

"What?" Cao Cao's face changed. A little flustered.

Now, Cao Cao is indeed a little worried that Yuan Shao will divide his troops to attack Xudu, even if the attack can't be attacked, but he can also cut off his Cao Cao's grain route, Cao Cao is already short of food now, once Yuan Shao's military horses make trouble in his rear, the consequences are really unimaginable.

Not long ago, Liu Bei was able to lead his army to bypass Guandu. When you arrive in the Runan area, it has already been explained. If Yuan Shao hadn't wanted to fight Cao Cao in Guandu, he would indeed have been able to bypass Guandu and kill Xu Du. Fortunately, Liu Bei is not a person that Yuan Shao can control. Therefore, Liu Bei did not attack Xudu, but crossed Xudu to Runan. Cao Cao also understood in his heart that Liu Bei probably didn't want to wade into the troubled waters of the battle between himself and Yuan Shao, and understood that Liu Bei also knew that with Liu Bei's little strength, no matter whether he won or Yuan Shao won, he couldn't tolerate him in the end, so he would hide aside peacefully, probably because he wanted to wait for himself and Yuan Shao to separate the victory and defeat, and then he jumped out to fish in troubled waters.

If there is still strength left, Cao Cao really wants to solve Liu Bei first, but now that Liu Bei has not brought him much influence, Cao Cao can only let it go for the time being.

However, if Yuan Shao really listened to Xu You's words and sent an army to attack Xu Du, Cao Cao would really be very bad.

However, Xu You waved his hand again and again at this time and said: "Prime Minister, don't be nervous, that Yuan Shao is indeed a straw bag, he didn't take Xu's strategy at all, because he was afraid of the prime minister, and he didn't dare to divide the troops, for fear that he would be broken by you one by one, Prime Minister." ”

"I see, that's ......" Cao Cao couldn't help but relax when he heard that Yuan Shao didn't adopt Xu You's strategy, he thought about it, and actually understood, knowing that if Yuan Shao adopted Xu You's strategy, then Xu You wouldn't appear in his military camp now.

"If the prime minister asks Xu if he has a strategy to defeat Yuan Shao's camp, Xu does not have it, but if he wants to defeat Yuan Shao, Xu can either offer a strategy to the prime minister, or he can reveal some secrets of Yuan Shaojun to the prime minister."

Cao Cao and others, this is it. Hurriedly bowed again: "Ziyuan, I also asked Cao Mou in times of crisis." ”

Xu You naturally won't tell it all right away, just say it casually, and it seems that his information is not very valuable.

What's more, when he looked at Cao Cao, although he seemed to be in a hurry to get information from himself, Cao Cao hadn't really shown that he was too anxious about him. If Cao Cao was desperate, he would tell him those confidential information again, so as to show the value of his merits.

Xu You asked casually: "Prime Minister, I don't know how much military rations still exist today?" ”

"It can last for a year!"

Cao Cao almost didn't think about it, and rushed without hesitation.

"Ha Lu Ha ......" Xu You glanced at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it may not be!" ”

"Hehe......" Cao Cao's expression was as usual, and he said with a smile: "Well, one year may not be, but half a year is enough!" ”

Well, if Cao Cao still has a year's worth of food and half a year's worth of food, then that is to say, he is going to reveal the information to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao is not too urgent. However, Xu You had already learned from Cao Cao's letter to Xu Du urging grain, knowing that Cao Cao's current grain and grass were afraid that he had run out, but why did Cao Cao hide it from him? This is just to reduce the credit of his promise.

Xu You immediately feigned anger, brushed his sleeves up, and wanted to leave the tent, while saying: "Prime Minister, I am sincere to agree, and the public is deceived like this, how can I hope!" ”

Cao Cao saw Xu You like this, although he knew that Lu Dao did not have his own permission, Xu You would not be able to get out, but now that he was not convinced, he hurriedly stepped forward as an affectionate person, pulled Xu You back, and said with an embarrassed face: "Ziyuan is not strange, you must know that Cao is in charge of the three armies, there are many affairs, and there are some things that are not very important, and he will not remember too clearly for a while, okay, Cao Mou will be honest with you, in our army, the food can still support three months!" ”

"Ha Luha, everyone in the world says that Cao Mengde is a traitor, and sure enough." Xu You looked at Cao Cao with a mocking smile as if mockingly.

Cao Cao's face turned red when Xu You saw it, he took a step forward, and whispered to Xu You: "Ziyuan, I really don't blame Cao for being untruthful, it is really this military food, it is the heart of the army, and the more food there is, the army's heart is determined." At present, there are many people around, and Cao is naturally inconvenient to explain, but this is really not tired of deceit. To tell the truth, the food of our army can only be used this month. ”

Xu You smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his heart that Cao Cao was really treacherous, and he originally thought that he was still like a teenager. If I hadn't obtained his letters, I am afraid that Cao Cao would have been scolded a long time ago, and I really believed that Cao Cao still had so much military rations for a year or half a year.

Xu You felt that if he didn't expose Cao Cao, he really couldn't get Cao Cao's gratitude, so he said loudly at the moment: "Don't hide it from me, Cao's grain will be exhausted today!" ”

"Ahh

Cao Cao was dumbfounded, sweating profusely, hurriedly looked around, and hurriedly made a gesture as if to cover Xu You's mouth, and said with a wry smile: "Don't, don't shout, it's wrong for me Cao, I shouldn't hide it from you, but how did you know?" ”

Xu You didn't say much, and took out a letter from his arms, Cao Cao didn't need to read the contents, as soon as he saw the letter, he understood why Xu You knew that his food was exhausted. (To be continued......)