The Battle of Shouchun had already ended before the Battle of Longkang.

After Liang Gang, Li Feng, Le Zuo, and Chen Ji held on for two days, Shouchun finally lost.

However, there is a slight deviation from the historical results that Liang Gang, Li Feng, Le Zhu, and Chen Ji did not die in Shouchun, but led hundreds of elite soldiers to break through at the last moment.

Before breaking through, Liang Gang also set fire to Yuan Shu's palace.

The fire burned for two days before it was extinguished, and Cao Cao was standing in front of the ruins of the palace with his hands behind his back at this moment.

Behind Cao Cao, there stood a group of civil and military generals such as Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Xu Chu, Guo Jia, Xun You, etc., and it must be admitted that Cao Boss's team is really terrifying.

Xiahoudun stepped forward and said, "Mengde, the battle of Shouchun is finally over. ”

Cao Hong and Li Dian generals were also excited when they heard this, once Cao Cao recognized what Xiahoudun said, it meant that Cao Jun wanted to return to Xudu, and the next thing was to reward meritorious deeds.

As a man, as a soldier, and on the battlefield, how many of them are not for the sake of becoming an official and becoming a knight, and being crowned a wife and son?

"That's it?" Cao Cao shook his head, and said meaningfully, "It's just the capture of the Shouchun puppet capital, the remnants of the Yuan clan have not been completely wiped out, I'm afraid that as soon as we leave, the Yuan clan will make a comeback immediately. ”

Xiahoudun was silent, the remnants of the Yuan clan were indeed a trouble.

Xiahoudun thought that the combat effectiveness of the remnants of the Yuan clan was negligible, and Yuan Shu could be easily defeated by sending a general to lead thousands of elite soldiers, but the difficulty in this matter was that the entire Huainan had already been ruined by Yuan Shu, and the Cao army could not collect food and grass supplies here at all, and there was no place to rob it.

Without food and grass supplies, there is no way to fight this battle.

When Cao Hong and Li Dianzhu heard this, their faces were full of disappointment.

Cao Cao did not recognize the completion of the great achievement, which means that he cannot return to Xudu as a teacher, and it also means that he cannot be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

Seeing this, Xun You stepped forward and persuaded: "Lord, although the battle of Shouchun has not been completed, it has at least destroyed the main force of the Yuan clan, and even if there are still a small number of remnants of the Yuan clan fleeing away, they can't make any big waves." ”

Xun You is in his forties, with a white face and a short beard, dressed in cloth, and Guo Jia is the two major masterminds of Cao Jun.

Guo Jia was born in a poor family, but he likes to apply grease and powder, likes fresh clothes and angry horses, likes beautiful maids and children, likes to wear five stones, and there is no doubt that he should be a faction and a wealthy child, in contrast, Xun You, who was born in a family, is much more low-key, and he only has two coarse cloth clothes in exchange for all year round, and only one oxcart when he goes out, and he only knows that he is a poor scholar.

The personalities and roles of the two people are also undoubtedly evident in giving advice to Cao Cao.

Xun Yu is upright, and the strategy he offers is also upright, and he is a soldier, while Guo Jia is a dissolute and uninhibited person, and the strategy he offers is also full of tricks, and he is a strange soldier, and the two people just complement each other.

Cao Cao turned his head and squinted his small eyes at Xun Yu without speaking.

Over the years, Cao Cao has destroyed many princes in the east and west, so the power on his body is getting stronger day by day, and when he squints at others, few people dare to look at him.

Xun You was not affected at all, just looked at Cao Cao lightly.

Cao Cao stared at Xun You for half a cup of tea before he said, "Gongda, you are wrong this time." ”

Cao Cao's voice fell, and someone came out and said: "The lord has always regarded Yuan Shu as a dry bone in a tomb, why does he uncharacteristically regard it as a henchman today?" ”

It was Guo Jia who came out to speak.

Guo Jia did not fall into the trap on Xun You because Xun You's opinion was rejected by Cao Cao.

This is also the mastery of Cao Cao's mastery of people, he can always guide his ministers and generals into healthy competition, compared to Yuan Shao of the fourth world and the third duke, Yuan Shao is also well versed in the art of manipulating people, and knows how to maintain his power through checks and balances, but Yuan Shao can't guide his ministers and generals into a healthy competition.

Cao Cao pinched his waist with both hands, looked at Guo Jia and said: "Yuan Shu, the dry bones in the grave, have never been put in his eyes, but Yuan Shu's son, Yuan No, sees it as a henchman!" ”

After a pause, Cao Cao said again: "Do you know, Yuan Shu is dead, Yuan No has succeeded to the throne, and the first thing Yuan Shu did after succeeding to the throne was to ask the court for guilt and remove the emperor!" Does Yuan have such insight at a young age, and he knows how to keep Taoguang in obscurity and wait for him to come, do you say, is this a person? ”

Just now, the envoy sent by Yuan Wei had already arrived in Cao Ying and presented Yuan Fu's letter of request.

Speaking of which, Cao Cao didn't know much about Yuan No, except that he knew that Yuan Nu was Yuan Shu's eldest son, but he didn't know anything about the rest of the situation, and he didn't even know who Yuan No's biological mother was.

But this did not prevent Cao Cao from increasing his fear of Yuan No.

Cao Cao had an extremely keen intuition about heroes who might threaten him.

For example, Liu Bei, speaking of which, Liu Bei's soldiers are only thousands, and he will not be able to pass Zhang, and he will pull out any princes, and his strength is more than ten times stronger than Liu Bei, but Cao Cao is jealous of Liu Bei.

Cao Cao was jealous of Liu Bei, not because of Liu Bei's strength, but because of Liu Bei himself!

Liu Bei is not only noble, he is the head of the imperial family, representing the Han family, and more importantly, Liu Bei is based on benevolence and righteousness everywhere, and has a very high charisma in this troubled era, but this is not the most important, the most important thing is that Liu Bei has great ambitions, and he wholeheartedly wants to sweep away the troubled times and help the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei is of noble birth, has a charisma far beyond ordinary people, and has great ambition and perseverance, which has the necessary elements to become a generation of heroes!

If such a character is not given to him to assist the virtuous minister, it is just a matter of not giving him a chance to play, if he is given the opportunity to play, he will definitely do something earth-shattering, and he will inevitably collide with him Cao Cao, because his ambition is to sweep away the troubled times and dominate the world.

However, now, he has to add another Yuan to the list of characters that Cao Cao is afraid of.

This Yuan No, who was born noble, and who was weak at a young age, actually knew how to cultivate Taoguang, and besides, this Yuan Que was even more terrifying than Liu Bei, that is, Yuan Quan was far better at using soldiers than Liu Bei! Cao Cao also just learned that Tai Shici, the forward general sent by Sun Ce to hunt down and kill the remnants of the Yuan clan, was defeated and killed!

Yuan Nuo has such insight at a young age, and is so good at using soldiers, coupled with the influence of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, the heroes and heroes of the world have to defect to Yuan No's account? Back then, he Cao Cao only exterminated the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Thieves, which attracted heroes from all walks of life to come and defect, and then there was today's situation.

Cao Cao could already faintly see that the other one was rising.

No, we must not let Yuan Wei Xiao'er rise, Cao Cao secretly clenched his fists, and he must be strangled in the cradle!

Hearing that Yuan Shu is dead, Yuan Shu has succeeded to the throne and removed the emperor's name on the table, Xun Yu and Guo Jia's faces also changed slightly.

Xun Yu said sincerely: "If this is the case, this Yuan is indeed a problem for the lord's henchmen, and it is advisable to get rid of it as soon as possible, and definitely not let it sit big!" ”

Cao Cao said: "A certain intention, send officials to govern Huainan, and leave an army dedicated to chasing down the remnants of the Yuan family, what does Gongda think?" ”

"It's not okay to steal." Xun Yu said, "Yuan Shu has been based in Huainan since he was in Huainan, and he didn't know how to sympathize with the people's strength, and after a few years, he has long been dilapidated, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is ten rooms and nine emptiness!" If you send officials to protect the territory and the people, you must station the corresponding garrison, plus the army that pursues the remnants of the Yuan clan, at least 20,000! ”

"I'm afraid 20,000 is not enough." Cao Cao shook his head and said, "At least fifty thousand." ”

"That's even less desirable." Xun You shook his head and said, "Huainan is dilapidated, non-tax reduction and exemption is not enough to recruit displaced people, if the tax is reduced, then the army needs to rely on Xu Du to allocate all the money and food, and Xu Du to Shouchun water and land artery, along the way there are yellow turban thieves haunted, the allocated money and grain from Xudu to Shouchun, ten stops have gone to six stops, so calculated, the garrison Huainan is really costly, the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Cao Cao frowned and said, "If you don't garrison the army, what if the Yuan clan resurrects?" ”

Xun You was silent for a moment and then said, "Lord, although Yuan Wei's threat is great, it is still not as great as the threat to the lord of the other person. ”

Xun You is talking about Yuan Shao, as far as the current situation is concerned, Yuan Shao of Hebei is indeed the number one enemy of Cao Jun!

"Don't you know that the number one enemy is Yuan Shao? However, Yuan Shaozheng fought with Gongsun Zhan, although Gongsun Zhan was mean and unkind, but he was strong, and Qingzhou, with three or four hundred thousand armor, even if Yuan Shao was ambitious, he did not have five years to win, and we swept Wancheng Zhang Xiu and Xuzhou Lu Bu only took three years at most, so the time is enough. ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he clenched his fist vigorously again, and said, "So, I want to crush the remnants of the Yuan clan in one fell swoop with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and I don't want to defeat Yuan Shao of Hebei with great difficulty, but there is an even more terrible Huainan Yuan No!" ”

However, Cao Cao's voice fell, and Cheng Yu, another strategist who had been absent before, walked over quickly.

Cheng Yu was in charge of the transmission of news in the army, and when he saw Cheng Yu's hurried appearance, Cao Cao immediately paused in his heart and asked Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, but there is a change in Wancheng?" ”

In this expedition against Yuan Shu, Cao Cao was most worried about Zhang Xiu in Wancheng, Zhang Xiu held a Xiliang iron horse, and backed Liu Biao in Jingzhou, with sufficient money and food, which was a great threat to Xuchang.

"Wancheng? No, no, no, Wancheng is fine. Cheng Yu hurriedly shook his hand.

"It's not Wancheng, is it Lu Bu?" Cao Cao's eyes rolled and asked again.

But after thinking about it, it was impossible, Lu Bu only withdrew his troops from Shouchun a few days ago, and now he may not be able to reach Xiapi, and it is impossible for him to raise troops to invade Yanzhou so quickly.

Cheng Yu didn't answer, handed the silk book to Cao Cao and said, "The lord should read it for himself." ”

Cao Cao took the silk book, only glanced at it, and his face became gloomy, but it turned out that it was not Zhang Xiu who raised troops to attack Xudu, nor Lu Bu who attacked Yanzhou, but Yuan Shao who moved!