In fact, Xu Rong thought more about whether this matter would have anything to do with Cao Cao, who had not reacted so far, knowing himself and knowing his opponent could not be defeated in a hundred battles, he had also deliberately learned about the message of this guard general Li Dian in advance, and found that this person was a general who was valued by Cao Cao, and was good at using troops, plus although the city that was held could not be said to be unbreakable, it really brought Xu Rong a lot of trouble, such a person, It shouldn't make sense, when you can resist here for a while, you suddenly can't stop it, and then quickly withdraw, right?

As far as it is bad, it must be supported as much as possible until Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive, not to mention that Cao Cao has not moved until now It is also very strange, Xu Rong knows that he went to Jizhou to participate in the alliance of princes, but at this time the alliance has ended, even if he has not returned to Xuzhou, it is impossible for him to be ignorant of the news belonging to his territory at this time, after all, he has not blocked the news at all, but let him know as soon as possible.

Although based on the information collected from the interrogation of the captives, it was probably possible to analyze the conclusion that there was likely to be a civil strife in the city, and some people were not convinced by this Li Dian, so Li Dian fled in a hurry, Xu Rong still had some doubts.

Since he had doubts, he would naturally have reservations about his next venture, originally attacking the city should have continued to forge ahead, but now he planned to stay here for a day to see the situation.

Nothing happened on the second day, and it seemed that Cao Cao didn't know what was happening here, but this situation was so abnormal that Xu Rong felt even more uneasy, and he finally decided to march the army, but he still saved his hand for it. He did not bring all the main forces with him, but divided a part and dragged it a short distance behind so that he could respond to a crisis in front at any time.

Xu Rong led the army all the way to continue to march, and it didn't take long for him to come to the area of Mu County in the easternmost part of Taishan County, which borders Xuzhou in the east, and on the way he continued the footsteps that were at the beginning of the momentum, but the scouts he sent around the army increased significantly, although he still didn't feel at ease, this is a precaution, always be vigilant, and any scout did not come back in a regular period. And the great army ceased to march; And if you can't wait. then it is planned separately.

It's just that what makes him strange is that there has been no effective obstruction all the way, even that Li Dian seems to have increased from the world, and he has never seen it again. Could it be that he fled all the way to Xuzhou?

At this time, Xu Rong was still worried. But think you're prepared. And it seems that there is no second way to go until now, so he continues to lead the army to attack.

Mu County also couldn't stop him, but by this time, Xu Rong was no longer blind and just a single line. In order to prevent accidents and also to test the worry in his heart, he suddenly divided his troops into three routes, all the way to the north, all the way to the east, and all the way to the south, dividing Laiwu County, Gai County and Feiguo.

Of course, it is only on the surface, in fact, whether it is to the north or to the south, it is just his trick, the real main force is still concentrated on the east road, and he is waiting for the news of the two roads at all times, just to see how Cao Cao will respond, and then judge according to this, whether this Cao Cao really knows nothing about the current situation, or has other plans.

When Cao Cao received the news, he was in Nanwuyang County, and even when he called Guo Jia, who happened to live next door to him, to discuss matters.

And Guo Jia's first sentence was surprising, "Jia thinks that this Xu Rong's move is probably a confusing plan?" ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "That's right, although I haven't leaked any news here, I'm afraid I can't hide this Xu Rong, Dong Zhuo has such a capable person under him, and it is really his blessing." ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't you have Yuan Rang, Miaocai, Wen Qian and Wen Ze and others under the lord, each of them can fight well, so why envy Dong Zhuo?" ”

"That's true, huh."

Speaking of these, Cao Cao suddenly thought of Cao Ren, he remembered that he had asked Lu Bu for Cao Ren when he was in Jizhou before, but Lu Bu only said that he didn't know, because when he left Luoyang, he didn't take Cao Ren with him, Cao Cao would be suspicious, but there was no news about Cao Ren so far, and he had already made the worst plan in his heart.

Guo Jia saw that Cao Cao suddenly became silent, he didn't know what Cao Cao thought, although Cao Ren had been taken away before he followed Cao Cao, but he had also heard the Xiahou brothers mention this person, if it wasn't for Cao Cao's palace, Cao Ren would not have been captured, at least Lu Bu's main target was not him, and it should be okay to find a chance to escape.

From what he heard, Guo Jia gradually built an image of a general with strong ability, excellent ability to lead troops, and loyalty, but such a person is not able to help Cao Cao now, it is a pity.

"The lord doesn't have to be overly sad, maybe things are not as bad as imagined."

Cao Cao smiled faintly and said, "I have a deep relationship with Zixiao, and of course I hope so." He sighed lightly again, and then took the initiative to transfer back to the topic just now and continued to ask: "According to Fengxiao's meaning, this Xu Rong is divided into three armies, which one will be the real main team?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head, he is just an ordinary person after all, although he is much smarter than most ordinary people, "This is not good, on the surface, this Xu Rong seems to have been carried away by the shun lì all the way ahead, so that he made such a wrong decision as dividing the troops, and was eager to capture the three places at once, but in fact, Yi Jia knew about his people, this person led the army to take the initiative to attack first I am afraid that it was because he felt the threat from us, and his real purpose was not to recover Yanzhou, Instead, it is necessary to break through to Xuzhou, and it is best to be caught alive by the master. ”

Cao Cao thought about it, it seems that this is indeed the case, looking at the road that Xu Rong has come all the way over, he has always been very cautious, according to the current weird atmosphere on the side of Cao Cao's group, he actually jumped in, saying that he was hot-headed or had no brains, obviously Cao Cao himself didn't believe it, so how did he lose in his hands before?

This time, I am afraid that he came with the purpose of smashing Huanglong and the determination to break the cauldron, and the real purpose is just as Guo Jia said, for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao sneered: "Even if he deceives the door, it's not terrible, let's open our pockets and wait here to see if he will really get inside." ”

I don't know if it's a coincidence or deliberately, the three places taken by Xu Rong's three-way army happen to be where Cao Cao divided his troops into three places, but obviously Xu Rong won't know this, maybe it's just a doom in the dark.

Of course, soon Cao Cao didn't think so, he only felt that the plan was not as fast as the change, and the good news from Yuzhou in the south finally reached his hands at this time.

Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, Wang Lang and others rushed into Yuzhou as a large army, almost invincible, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou was killed strangely, Guo Yan and Li Yu were killed in battle, leading Yuzhou 100,000 iron cavalry The most feared Xiliang Four Heavenly Kings, ended their lives so dramatically, it seems to indicate that the glory of the Xiliang Army will also completely decline, and with the passing of these four leading figures, there is no suspense that Yuzhou will fall under the alliance army.

And in this series of battles in Yuzhou, the most caught the attention of Cao Cao and Guo Jia is undoubtedly Lu Bu's cousin, according to the intelligence shows that he doesn't seem to have done anything, but it seems that his shadow is indispensable behind every thing, Cao Cao now even doubts that Lu Bu took the initiative to ask to come with Sun Ce and they have already planned, that may be that he had planned earlier when he merged the state, and he was really deep enough.

Thinking of what he was doing now, Cao Cao suddenly smiled bitterly at Guo Jia, Guo Jia understood what he meant, and he didn't know what to say, "Maybe soon we will receive the news of Xu Rong's withdrawal......"

It was indeed very soon, early in the morning of the second day, Xu Rong, the general under Dong Zhuo and the nominal Yanzhou Mu of the imperial court, who had just conquered Mu County, quickly retreated with his tens of thousands of troops, and all the large areas of territory he had just conquered were discarded.

Cao Cao's reaction was fast enough, but it was not as fast as Xu Rong's retreat, especially the suspicious soldiers from the north and south who were separated at that time played a role again at this time, greatly interfering with the pursuit effect of Cao Jun, and finally he could only let Xu Rongjun, who came to the mouth of the "pocket", retreat calmly. (To be continued......)