In March of the fifth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao, who was in Hebei, gathered more than 500,000 troops in Liyang, and ordered Chen Lin, the chief bookkeeper, to announce the edict of crusading against Cao Cao, and wanted to go south to the Central Plains to attack Cao Cao, the overlord of the Central Plains.

There is no doubt that this turbulent struggle that will change the situation in the world has attracted the attention of most people with lofty ideals and princes in the world, but not everyone is very concerned about this war, at least for the remote Yizhou, the war in the Central Plains has no impact on this place at all.

Chengdu Chengzhou Pastoral Mansion

Liu Zhang was sitting in his study, and he looked at the secret letter on the table again, and his expression seemed a little uncertain.

The origin of this letter surprised Liu Zhang, because it was written to him by a person with a noble identity but had nothing to do with him, but what surprised Liu Zhang even more was the shocking content written in this letter, if what was said in it was true, then the next situation for him was not optimistic.

"Should I believe this Lu Xuantong?" Looking through the letter again, Liu Zhang muttered to himself.

In the eyes of outsiders, including Liu Zhang's subordinates, Liu Zhang is a very cowardly and dignified person, but this cowardice is actually a manifestation of kindness. At least Liu Zhang himself has always felt that he is a generous and benevolent person.

There are only flies in the eyes of flies, and there is only Buddha in the eyes of Buddhas, so a generous and benevolent person, looking at people must also think about the good, before receiving this letter, Liu Zhang did not have any defensive thoughts about Liu Bei, and felt that the other party and himself were both descendants of Gaozu, and the two were born with a closeness, plus Liu Bei's reputation was good, so Liu Zhang was very generous to reuse Liu Bei, and within a few months of the other party's entry into Shu, he transferred 30,000 troops to the other party, hoping to borrow Liu Bei's ability to help him solve Zhang Lu's trouble.

But now, Liu Zhang felt a little weird, his subordinates had not said that Liu Bei was a hero, it was best to guard against it, and Liu Zhang didn't take it to heart.

However, now it is Lu Xuantong who is sending him a letter, a hero in the world who is a little more powerful than himself, and he has never known him in his life.

Liu Zhang can be sure that this letter was written by Lu Xuantong himself, because not only was it stamped with the big seal of Yangzhou Mu, but even the person who sent the letter was also a military commander with a military card on the Jiangdong side.

So, the question is, why did Lu Xuantong send him such a letter? Or what is Lu Xuantong's purpose? Just to remind him? The other party shouldn't be so kind!

So the other party is trying to drive a wedge between himself and Liu Bei? This is possible, but it is completely unnecessary in terms of the strength and fame of the other party!

"Forget it, I don't want to think so much!" Shaking his head slightly, Liu Zhang decided to put this matter aside, he really couldn't believe what Lu Xuantong said, after all, human nature is good, he didn't want to think of people so badly, and that person was still his own clan.

However, despite this, due to Lu Xuantong's prestige, Liu Zhang still couldn't ignore the content of this letter.

He decided to keep an eye on it, thinking that a minister had recently mentioned to him that when Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, he would seal the other party as the Hanzhong Taishou to guard against the advice of Ma Teng outside the Guanguan and Cao Cao outside the Guan, Liu Zhang had a plan in his heart, and then he would take this opportunity to try Liu Bei's mind, if the other party listened to him, he would seal the Hanzhong Taishou to him, if he didn't listen, then it was really likely that there would be the kind of situation that Lu Xuantong said in that letter.

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Nanjing Chengzhou Pastoral Mansion

After Lu An wrote the letter to Liu Zhang a month ago that asked him to be a little wary of Liu Bei, he completely put this matter behind him, after all, he just wanted to try it at will to see if he could add some blockage to Liu Bei, and he didn't report any hope, if it succeeds, it will be good, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't work.

What Lu An really cares about now is still the upcoming battle between Yuan Cao.

Lu An knew that since Yuan Shao had ordered Chen Lin to send an edict to the world to crusade against Cao Cao, and the two sides had mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses, then this war had reached the point where the arrows had to be sent, and the two giants of Yuan Cao were bound to fall in this battle.

According to history, this battle of the ages ended with Cao Cao winning more in Guandu, however, Lu An did not blindly believe in history, the biggest benefit of the traverser lies in the prophet, but he can't rely purely on the prophet, after all, a little deviation may cause the wheel of history to shift, especially this is still a abnormal parallel world of high martial arts.

In this world, Yu Ji can curse people with unknown Taoist techniques, Gan Ning can tread waves out of thin air, Liu Guanzhang's love skills can be put a few more times and the city wall can be directly demolished, Guo Jia Zhuge can change the weather and wind of the day, even he himself is very perverted, this is not the orthodox Three Kingdoms in later generations, even if someone tells Lu An that there are immortals in this world, Lu An will be skeptical.

Therefore, without seeing the final result, it is really difficult for Lu An to infer the victory or defeat of Yuan Cao's two sides, however, this does not affect Lu An's layout in this battle, after all, Lu An, who owns Huainan County, has room to intervene in this battle.

"It seems that we have to give Huang Zhong Jia Xu a wake-up call first!" Thinking of this, Lu An, who was sitting alone in the study, couldn't help but muttered to himself.

Just do it, Lu An quickly took out a pen and paper and began to write a secret letter to Huang Zhong and them, so that they could grasp the dynamics of Yuan Cao and Cao for the first time, and act immediately from the moment the two sides decided the victory.

In fact, Lu An's plan is very simple, that is, to take this opportunity to spread his power to the Central Plains, Cao Cao wins and he wants to expand, Yuan Shaosheng he wants to expand, anyway, no matter who wins on both sides, it will not affect him, this is his advantage, and it is also the general trend, the time and place are favorable, and at the moment when Yuan Shao goes south, he will occupy them all.

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Compared with Lu An's comfort in the rear of Jiangdong, Cao Cao's situation at this time was much more tense, in order to resist the extremely powerful Yuan Shao, he pulled all his troops and generals to the front line of Guandu, day and night guards, waiting for Yuan Shao's invasion.

In all fairness, Yuan Shao was a great enemy, the biggest enemy Cao Cao had ever encountered in his life, nearly twice his troops, several times his grain, grass and ordnance, plus the incomparably rich four states of Hebei that had been governed by Yuan Shao in recent years, all proved that Yuan Shao had crushed Cao Cao in all aspects of visible data.

But the more this is the case, the more Cao Cao wants to defeat Yuan Shao, because Cao Cao feels that compared to Yuan Shao, at least he still has a crucial advantage, that is, his own character and brain.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were young, and Cao Cao was even Yuan Shao's follower when he was a child, so no one knew Yuan Shao, the former big brother, better than Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao is a talented, bloody, tolerant person, and has a good bearing, almost a perfect son of a famous family. However, these are all qualities that only exist in the case of Yuan Shaoshun, if Yuan Shao is not smooth, then he will immediately return to his original form, become wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, and be resourceful, Yuan Shao at that time, except for a little blood, there will be nothing left.

Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao had always looked down on him in his heart, but not only was he not angry, but he was happy about it, he just wanted to use Yuan Shao's psychology to make Yuan Shao frustrated, so that Yuan Shao would be very hit, so he would be angry and embarrassed, and he would have a chance to achieve a comprehensive victory.

"My lord? Lord? Xiahou Yuan's call interrupted Cao Cao's fantasies and woke him up from his contemplation.

"What's the matter, Miaocai?" Cao Cao came back to his senses, and then he thought that this was the main hall of Guandu, so he settled down and asked quietly.

"I'm suddenly a little worried, can we pull all the troops in the territory to the front line like this? What if Lu Xuantong takes this opportunity to sneak up on us? After all, Huainan belongs to the belly of the Central Plains, and Lu Xuantong can march from Huainan to the states of the Central Plains at any time! Xiahou Yuan said in a low voice. With the arrival of the soldiers and horses in the Central Plains in the past few days, he has this kind of worry in his heart, and at this time, he wants to explore Cao Cao's thoughts after all.

"He won't!" Cao Cao shook his head and said with great certainty: "At least not now!" ”

"My lord, are you so sure?" Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but say.

"Although Lu Xuantong has a martial name, he is not a reckless man like Lu Bu!" Cao Cao explained: "In terms of Lu Xuantong's foresight, he must have thought that if he attacked us at this time, then the final result could only be Yuan Shao's benefit, and he also threatened me because of Zhang Liao's matter some time ago, which shows that he has seen things very thoroughly, and he will never mess around at this time, but 、、、、、"

"But what?"

"But the day we and Yuan Shao split the victory, it will definitely be the day when Lu Xuantong sends troops to attack us!" Cao Cao said, there was some grievance in his expression, more of a helplessness.

Sometimes, many situations are actually not complicated, and they can be seen through at a glance, but the problem is that the general trend is like this, and he has no way to change it, for example, this time, with his understanding of Lu An, he knows that the other party will definitely have the heart to fish in troubled waters, but can he stop it? can't stop it, because Yuan Shao is too strong, he must press all his troops to pass the level in front of him, and after this level passes, he can have enough energy and troops to defend back, as for whether Lu Xuantong will have robbed him of a few counties by then, it is not within his consideration for the time being, after all, now he can only think about defeating Yuan Shao first, otherwise he will not even have the qualifications to gain a foothold in this world, what will he talk about in the future?