After Cao Cao captured Juye, considering that both the imperial court and Yuan Shao had intervened in the dispute in Yanzhou, although the tripartite alliance was much stronger in terms of troops, it was still unknown whether it could achieve victory. At that time, even if Yanzhou is taken, I am afraid that this territory will no longer belong to me completely, rather than wasting troops for others to marry here, it is better to take advantage of Tao Qian's new death to take Xuzhou, wouldn't it be wonderful?

However, when Cao Cao informed Xun Yu of his thoughts, Xun Yu disagreed. But I heard him say: "In the past, Gaozu guarded Guanzhong, and Guangwu guarded Hanoi, and they all waited until the foundation was solid before they fought for the world, and then advanced enough to defeat the enemy, and retreated enough to protect themselves. Gongben started from Yanzhou, and pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Shandong, the people were all happy and convinced of the public, and Yanzhou is located between the Yellow River and Jishui, which is an important place in the world; Although the state is now somewhat damaged, it is enough to protect itself, which is the foundation of the great cause of public achievement, so it is necessary to stabilize the foundation first. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he felt that what Xun Yu said was not unreasonable. But he still hesitated: "But I am worried that my hard work will be in vain in the end; If Lu Bu and Shaoran are defeated at that time, Yuan Shao and Zhang Ji will definitely want to take this state for themselves, and my strength is not as good as theirs, how can I compete with the two? Therefore, I want to take advantage of Tao Qian's new death at this time to take the lead in occupying Xuzhou, and then Yuan Shao and Zhang Ji will "compete with each other", and I can "benefit from the fisherman". ”

Xun Yu smiled and said, "Cao Gong's wishful thinking is really good; It's just that Cao Gong has ever thought about whether Yuan Shao and Zhang Ji also plan to do so? ”

"This-" Cao Cao didn't know how to answer for a while, so he asked again: "Then in your opinion, we should stay and continue to fight with Lu Bu and Shaoran?" ”

Xun Yu said undeniably: "That's nature; Cao Gong listened to Xun Yu's detailed words, and now Li Feng and Xue Lan have been defeated, and Juye has been lost, causing Lu Bu and Shaoran to be unable to move westward; After defeating the two, they will stab Liu Xuan in Yangzhou in the south. Fight against Yuan Shu together, and then Cao Gong can control the land of Huai and Si; If he turned his back on the allies and attacked Xuzhou at this time, the fathers and villagers there would inevitably resist Yu Gong because of the hatred of previous years, and they would definitely not surrender easily; At that time, they will not be able to capture the city, nor can they loot the baggage, where are you going to go back, Duke Cao? ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but nod and said with a smile: "Wen Ruo's words are reasonable, but I haven't been able to figure it out for a while. ”

As a result, Cao Cao gave up his plan to attack Xuzhou. Stay safe and continue to fight us.

However, it was said that Zhang Ji first went south to capture the city of Injustice, and then attacked Dingtao to the east to contain the west road of our army. Feng Xian and I decided to attack Juye north first and exterminate Cao Cao, who was the weakest. As the saying goes, pinching persimmons also needs to pick up soft pinching first. However, this time, Feng Xian and Chen Gong led the troops to fight, and I stayed to guard Changyi and control the overall situation by the way.

However, after the two of them marched north towards Juye, I originally guessed that Yuan Shao might send troops to attack Changyi. But. He didn't do what I thought, but planned to send Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Fengxian and Chen Palace from the flanks. In this regard, I couldn't help but smile slightly, feeling that this Yuan Shao reacted quite quickly. It seems that he has grown a lot during the time he has been fighting me.

Therefore, I immediately sent scouts to herald the order that Feng Xian and the others should not rush to attack. Find a location south of Juye Castle and set up camp. My plan was to send a light army to challenge, first luring Cao Cao's troops out, and then at the camp Cao Cao and Yan Liang and Wen Chou's troops were eliminated.

It's time. Feng Xian had already led his army to the city of Juye, and at this time most of Cao Cao's soldiers went out to collect wheat, and there were less than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the city. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a burst of horror at Feng Xian's sudden arrival, and immediately hurriedly got all the women in the city to the city, pulled up the banner and put out an "empty city plan", hoping to get through the trick.

But it happened that the herald I had sent arrived, and Feng Xian gave up the siege. Then, according to my plan, I set up camp more than ten miles south of Juye City.

Cao Cao saw that Feng Xian led his troops to retreat, and his heart immediately breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he thought that his own plan had worked, so he was a little proud in his heart: "I think of the plan set up by my Cao Cao, and there are times when he rarely can't see through it, this feeling is really wonderful!" I almost squirted the tea in my mouth.

The next day, Feng Xian sent Gao Feng to lead a light army to Juye to challenge. There was a large embankment on the bank of Onozawa to the west of Juye Castle, so Cao Cao arranged for half of his soldiers to lie in ambush behind the embankment, leaving the other half of his men and horses to meet outside the city.

The two armies then fought, and the ambush behind the embankment took the opportunity to kill. Seeing this, Gao Feng hurriedly threw away the drum cart according to the plan, pretending to be defeated, and then quickly retreated towards the camp.

Cao Cao saw that our army was defeated and retreated, and learned that Yan Liang and Wen Chou had led their troops to help in the battle, so he immediately ordered to continue the pursuit. Then, when he chased after our army's camp, he suddenly found that a few miles to the east was a troop of soldiers and horses, and he saw that there was a big "Lu" character on the flag.

Cao Cao immediately said suddenly: "It's broken, it's a trick!" Retreat quickly! ”

At this time, Chen Gong led the troops out of the camp and immediately shouted: "If you want to escape, it's too late!" ”

Immediately, Gao Feng, Hou Cheng and others led 3,000 soldiers and horses, and quickly turned back to engage Cao's army. Cao Cao did not dare to fight, and wanted to withdraw his troops immediately. Unexpectedly, Feng Xian had already led the cavalry to the rear and immediately besieged him.

Just when the situation was extremely urgent, the reinforcements of Yan Liang and Wen Chou suddenly arrived: "General Cao, don't be afraid, I'll wait!" ”

Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but immediately rejoice: "Great, the reinforcements have finally arrived!" ”

Immediately, when Cao Cao's soldiers saw that reinforcements were coming, they were all in high spirits.

At this time, Feng Xian couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Cao Mengde, do you really think that Yuan Shao can save you?" Let's take a look at the south side of Yan Liang and Wen Chou's department. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but look over there, and immediately he noticed that a group of soldiers and horses seemed to be coming rapidly in the distance. He couldn't help but be shocked: "This—is God really going to kill me?" ”

Just as Yuan Shao sent troops and horses to rescue Cao Cao, I also sent Wei Xu, Chen Wei, and Wei Yue to lead two thousand cavalry to block the attack. At this time, the strength of the two armies was almost equal, and the other side fell for our strategy, so it was inevitable that they would be defeated. However, although our side won this battle, it allowed Yan Liang and Wen Chou to help Cao Cao break through, which inevitably seemed a bit of a fly in the ointment.

That night, Zhang Ji led his army to attack Dingtao, and the situation was critical. I ordered the herald to call Fengxian and Chen Gong to lead the people back to garrison Changyi, and I led the troops to rescue Dingtao. I didn't wait for them to come back before sending troops, but I couldn't wait because the situation was urgent. However, Yuan Shao took advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the loophole and sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to intercept Fengxian, and sent Zhang He and Gao Ran to attack Changyi.

At this moment, there are not many defenders in Changyi City, and everyone's families are among them, and the situation can be described as extremely critical. Fortunately, Allure responded to the emergency and decisively evacuated Changyi, leading everyone to retreat towards Dongyi City in the east. Then, while sending someone to inform Fengxian that they would meet in Kangfu City, he continued to retreat to the east.

Subsequently, the two sides successfully rendezvoused at Kang's father. After resting for a while, Feng Xian asked Chen Gong to send everyone's families to Rencheng in the east, and he led some of his soldiers to stay behind to guard Kang's father.

At that time, I led 2,000 foot cavalry to Dingtao, and Gao Shun and Zhang Liao attacked inside and outside, and Zhang Ji was beaten for a while. After a long battle, Yuan Shaodu, Chun Yuqiong and others suddenly came with 10,000 cavalry and attacked my back. Although I had sent Qin Yi to lead a thousand people to ambush on the side in advance, this battle was still a bit difficult. So, I had no choice but to retreat into Dingtao City and defend the city.

The combined armies of Yuan Shao and Zhang Ji had a total of 20,000 cavalry, while our side only had more than 6,000 soldiers. Despite this, they launched several attacks in succession, but they were all repulsed by us. Then, the other party temporarily retreated and set up camp more than 20 miles north of the city. The two armies died down for the time being. (To be continued......)