Guo Jia's analysis of the situation and people's hearts is indeed superior, and his analysis of this kind of gave Gao Yun a wake-up call. As far as the current situation is concerned, such a layout is indeed the most reasonable and advantageous.

Gao Yun asked Jia Xu and Zhong Wenwu for their opinions, and everyone had no objections, so it was decided.

As for the edict of the Son of Heaven, it was naturally easy to do, Gao Yun wrote a letter and sent a fast horse back to the palace to the little Son of Heaven Liu Xie.

After Liu Xie saw it, he immediately acted according to the rules, sent an edict to Jingzhou, and named Liu Biao as the assassin of Jingzhou.

For the sake of insurance, Gao Yun followed Guo Jia's strategy, and asked Zhang Liao to send 20,000 soldiers and horses from the Tiger Roar Order to the north, and stationed in Liuxian County west of Xiaopei.

Liu Biao received the edict of the Son of Heaven, admitting that he was the assassin of Jingzhou, and discussed the matter with his advisers.

Kuai Yue said: "Yuan Shuxin was broken by the Huwei army, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to go south and raid Nanyang and Chenliu, which will surely become a trend of breaking bamboo." Gao Yun wanted to fight Yuan Shao in a decisive battle, fearing that Cao Cao would attack Yuan's back after breaking it. Therefore, the edict of the fake Son of Heaven appointed the lord as the assassin of Jingzhou, and wanted the lord to send troops to Nanyang to restrain Cao Cao".

Liu Biao nodded, "Having said that, if Cao Cao really occupies Nanyang, it will do a lot of harm." Although this is Gao Yun's plan, Nanyang is indispensable. I heard that Cao Cao had sent Cao Ren to lead his troops out of Wancheng and take Xinye. If I hesitate, Xinye will be ruined by Cao Ren."

Kuai Liang said: "What the lord said is very true, Cao Cao is not as good as Yuan Shu, if he is allowed to occupy Xinye, it will be a big trouble." The lord immediately dispatched troops, preemptively struck, and took Xinye to prevent Cao Cao."

"Well, since Zirou is the same as what I see, I will act like this! Huang Hansheng listens to the order! ”

Huang Zhong came out of the queue in response and knelt down to answer the order, "The last general!" ”

"Order you to be the vanguard of the army, lead 30,000 soldiers and horses first, block Cao Ren's soldiers and horses, and never make them close to Xinye!"

"Order!"

Huang Zhong stepped forward, took the vanguard seal, turned around and left the tent, ordered 30,000 soldiers and horses, immediately pulled out, crossed the Hanshui River to the north, and intercepted Cao Ren's army.

Liu Biao personally gathered an army of 100,000 and made Wei Yan and Wen hired as deputy generals on the left and right; After Chen Wu and Xing Daorong joined forces, they waved their troops north.

At this time, Cao Cao had just sent troops not long ago, and when he heard these news one after another, he was shocked and suspicious, so he gathered the civil and military forces to discuss.

Xun You said with a smile: "The lord doesn't need to worry, this must be Gao Yun's heart attack technique." He knew that the lord would break Yuan's technique, and he was afraid that the lord would take advantage of the eastward trend after he won Yuzhou. Therefore, Liu Biao first went north to restrain our army; Later, he stationed troops in Xiaopei to contain the Yanzhou troops. If the lord does not advance eastward, Xiaopei's soldiers and horses will not move. The lord can ignore it and take Xinye first."

Cao Cao nodded, in fact, he didn't understand it in his heart, but the way of employing people was to let them show their sense of existence from time to time, so as to continuously improve their enthusiasm.

"What Gongda said is reasonable, but now that Yuan Shu has returned to Yuzhou, and Liu Biao has crossed the Han River to fight for Xinye, in your opinion, how should it be?"

Cheng Yu replied: "Yuan Shu is already a beast that dies frequently, so there is no need to worry. As soon as he returned to Yuzhou, he could ask General Xiahoudun to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and divide an army to the east of Ancheng, and set up camp on the road to block Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was newly defeated, and his troops were only thirty or twenty thousand, and he had been tired for a long time, and he could not do anything.

However, Liu Biao of Jingzhou came with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and his momentum should not be underestimated. General Cao Ren was afraid of being outnumbered, and in his subordinates' humble opinion, the lord could personally lead the troops and horses to break Liu Biao first. Then Nanyang and Yuzhou can be decided in one fell swoop."

"Hmm", Cao Cao nodded, "What Zhongde said is exactly what I want, quickly pass on my general's order, the army will be pulled out, rerouted to Xinye, and break Liu Biao first!" ”

Such a situation has formed, and the happiest is of course Gao Yun. In this way, there are no worries for the time being. The difference between the forces of Cao Cao and Liu Biao is not large, and once these two fight, it will definitely not be able to break down in a while.

Finally let go of a piece of heart disease, Gao Yun immediately issued an order, leaving the tiger to order Dian Wei's army to still guard Xiaopei in case of Cao Cao; Leaving Sun Ce to lead the tiger to seize the brigade of soldiers and horses to guard Xinghua and defend the south; He also left Zhang Tong to lead the tiger to fight the soldiers and horses of the brigade and sit in the city of Xiapi.

The remaining four orders and four brigades of soldiers and horses were all assembled, totaling 200,000 soldiers of the Huwei Army. Gao Yun led the Chinese army, made Zhao Yun the vanguard, and Tai Shici was the merger, and then raised troops to the north and fought a decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Shao had already crossed the Yellow River, occupied the first line of Linji, Zouping, and Juxian, set up a company camp for more than 40 miles, reorganized the soldiers and horses, and waited for the army to be burdened with food and grass.

The Huwei Army's long-distance scouts reported on the Jinan Tiger Roaring Order, and everyone in the civil and military forces panicked, but Guan Yu only nodded slightly, "Got it, explore again." Then he continued to look down at the book, as if he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Zhang Yu couldn't hold his breath, stood up, and clasped his fists at Guan Yu, "Overseer, Yuan Shao's army occupies Ju County, which is less than fifty miles away, please give an order to the overseer, and his subordinates are willing to break the enemy for the front!" ”

Guan Yu closed the scroll unhurriedly, raised his head to look at Zhang Yu, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be impatient, you wait to return to the camps, gather soldiers and horses, and start tonight, and the tiger roars to order the whole army to move to Licheng Tun, fifty miles west of here."

Zhang Yu, Zhou Tai, and Zhou Cang were all stunned, and they all felt that this was too different from Guan Yu's style. Yuan Shao didn't arrive yet, so he abandoned the city and left, which really shouldn't be a decision made by Guan Yu.

But Guan Yu's temper was clear to them, so no one dared to ask, and they went back to the camp to gather soldiers and horses.

At night, Guan Yu ordered all the soldiers and horses, took all the money and food, quietly opened the city gate, and went all the way to the west.

It wasn't until they arrived in Licheng that the soldiers and horses were settled, and Guan Yu summoned the generals and said: "I heard that Yuan Shaobing was coming, avoided without fighting, and abandoned the city and left, do you have any doubts?" ”

Zhang Yu, Zhou Tai, and Zhou Cang nodded in unison, "I really don't know what the Overseer means."

Guan Yu laughed, "The eldest brother has a word first, telling me to block Yuan Shao every step of the way, and not to fight with him." But I thought about it, with the strength of the Tiger Roar Order to block Yuan Shao's 500,000 soldiers and horses, if it goes head-to-head, it will be a battle to the death. That's why I moved here. This place is located in the northwest of Linzi, more than 70 miles away from Ju County in the east. If the soldiers of Hebei enter Qingzhou, our army will be behind them.

Yuan Shao is a timid person, if he knows that my soldiers are here, I am afraid that the back road will be attacked. It is inevitable that the army will march in three ways, all the way to Linzi, all the way to Jinan, and then all the way to engage our army. In this way, its forces are scattered, and it can be broken! ”

The civil and military generals suddenly realized, and only then did they understand Guan Yu's intention of abandoning the city and leaving, which turned out to be to divide the enemy's momentum. All praises were endless.

Guan Yu said again: "If Yuan Shao comes by dividing his army, he will definitely advance in two ways. It went all the way out of the county to the south, cutting off my back road; Then go all the way out of Juxian County to the west to confront our army. Intending to lock a certain person within the jurisdiction of Licheng is really wishful thinking! ”