Five days later, news of Yanjin reached Yuan Shao's camp.

Following Yan Liang was killed, Wen Chou also followed in the footsteps, which made Yuan Shao even more angry, however, after suffering two big losses in a row, Yuan Shao finally began to face Cao Cao, he did not continue to divide his troops to attack several other ferries, but gathered his troops in the area of Guandu, and began to use his advantage in strength to fight with Cao Cao slowly.

This is similar to the previous admonition of Fu Zhu, and it is also the most effective method at the moment, if the confrontation continues like this, Yuan Shao has a great chance of winning.

However, there is a saying in this world that people are not counted by heaven, and occasionally, something unexpected will happen.

Two months later, 、、、 when Yuan Shao had regained his advantage step by step, there was a person who had secretly gone to Cao Ying to visit Cao Cao.

"Ziyuan, it's really you, why did you come to me?" In his camp, Cao Cao looked at the middle-aged scribe in front of him who had come to visit him, and his face was a little surprised.

This person's name is Xu You, and he and Yuan Shao's old friends in Luoyang, of course, this is not the point, the point is that this person's current identity is Yuan Shao's staff and belongs to hostile forces.

"When I came to you, I naturally came to send you a great creation." Xu You chuckled.

"Creation?" Cao Cao read a sentence, and then his face was a little playful: "Ziyuan has something to give me?" ”

"Of course, it's the thing you're most concerned about right now, don't you want to defeat Yuan Shao?" Xu You asked with a bit of triumph.

"Ziyuan has a way to help me break Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao's face was overjoyed, and he jumped up directly with excitement, but then he seemed to think of something, and said calmly: "If I'm not mistaken, Ziyuan should be a staff member under Yuan Shao now, so is he here to tease Cao someone?" ”

"I used to be Yuan Shao's staff, but not now!" Xu You's tone was a little low.

"I want to hear about it!" Cao Cao's face remained unchanged and asked.

"Without him, it's just that he can't be reused in Yuan Shao's camp, and he is squeezed out by villains, so he really can't get mixed up, so he came to take refuge in you Cao Mengde!" Xu You didn't seem to want to talk more about his situation on Yuan Shao's side, so he just explained casually.

"Ziyuan is willing to come to help me, so I will naturally sweep the couch to greet me!" Seeing that Xu You didn't want to say more, Cao Cao naturally didn't ask, he showed a kind smile, and seemed to be happy about Xu You's arrival.

"From now on, I will thank Meng De for your great care!" Xu You also had a smile on his face and arched his hand to Cao Cao.

Then, the two talked about some old things back then, and Cao Cao intentionally or unintentionally brought up the previous topic: "Ziyuan said before, can there be a good way to help me break Yuan Shao?" I wonder if I can tell Cao now? ”

"Haha, Meng De, you can't help it after all, I thought you would hold back and not speak!" Xu You listened, but laughed, as if he was proud of seeing through Cao Cao's tricks.

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he seemed to be a little angry, but he quickly covered it up, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that Cao is anxious, it's really that the situation of our army is not very good now, and it has been suppressed by Yuan Shao for several months, and the soldiers of our army are now miserable!" ”

He was really about to be unbearable, although he thought that he had figured out Yuan Shao's thoughts, but he couldn't stand the strength of others, so he fought hard every day, and after two months, he had to return to Xuchang to make plans again.

"Meng De is not in a hurry, as long as you do what I say, you can directly defeat Yuan Shao in one battle!" Xu Yu stroked the short beard on his chin as he spoke, and set up a full shelf for celebrities.

"Please also ask Ziyuan to teach me!" Cao Cao was also very upright, and bowed directly to Xu You, very humble.

Seeing Cao Cao's behavior, Xu You was very satisfied, so he said softly: "Yuan Shao's troops are more than twice that of Meng De, and now he has gathered his forces to fight steadily, and you are definitely not his opponent to fight head-on, so if you want to defeat him, you have to have a trick!" ”

"I want to, but I can't find a chance!" Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly. The so-called conspiracy, the focus is on a strange word, which is generally aimed at the weakness of the enemy army to make a surprise attack, but Yuan Shao is not a mediocre person, in the past two months, he really did not find any weaknesses in the layout of the army on the opposite side.

"No, there's a great opportunity for this!" Xu You shook his head slightly, and didn't sell it anymore, and said directly: "Yuan Shao's army has 500,000, although it is a large number of people, but the corresponding daily consumption of grain and grass is also an astronomical amount, as long as Meng De you cut off his supply line and burn his grain and grass, Yuan Shao's army of 500,000 will naturally be crushed with one blow." ”

"This, the general grain and grass are all secrets in the army, and Cao has not yet found out where Yuan Shao's grain and grass are hoarded!" Cao Cao said with a little embarrassment.

In ancient wars, the place where grain and grass were hoarded was not static, and it could be transferred at any time due to the escalation of the battle, and as long as people who knew a little about the art of war knew the truth that the three armies did not move the grain and grass first, the protection of this kind of information was generally very strict, so Cao Cao never thought of starting from this aspect at all.

"Yuan Shao's grain and grass are hoarded in Wuchao at this time, and there are less than 10,000 escorts accompanying him!" Xu You took a sip of tea and finally said the most important point.

"Is Ziyuan's words true?" Cao Cao's eyes suddenly showed a terrifying brilliance, and he asked urgently.

"I'm here, naturally I won't deceive you, Meng De, in fact, the defenders of Wuchao are not only few, but they are also guarded by Chun Yuqiong's incompetent generation, so what to do next, you don't need me to teach you!" Xu Yu said with a little dissatisfaction.

Cao Cao's eyes swept towards Xu You, observed him carefully, and after feeling that there was nothing abnormal, he finally made up his mind in his heart, and he let out a long breath: "If I can defeat Yuan Shao this time, it will be thanks to Ziyuan's efforts!" ”

"It's good if you remember!" Although it hadn't happened yet, Xu You didn't have the slightest idea of humility, but said quite proudly.

That night, Cao Jun's 20,000 iron horsemen headed towards Wuchao under the leadership of the Xiahou brothers.

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"Ahh In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Shao woke up from a nightmare, sweating profusely.

"Strange, how could you have such a nightmare!" Shaking the beads of sweat on his head slightly, Yuan Shao felt a little thirsty, so he sat up from the couch and shouted softly: "Come on, bring me a bowl of tea!" ”

The tea was quickly brought up by the guards, perhaps because of the thirst, Yuan Shao drank it all, and was about to continue to go back to bed to sleep, when a guard hurriedly walked in and said hurriedly: "Lord, it's not good, the Wuchao side was attacked by Cao Jun!" ”

"What did you say?" Yuan Shao's face was shocked, he jumped directly from the bed, didn't even wear boots, and approached to ask.

"Our spies came to report that Wu and Wuchao were attacked by Cao Jun, and now there is a fire!" Seeing the sudden change in Yuan Shao's face, the guard was frightened and replied stammeringly.

"Whoosh!" Yuan Shao hurriedly ran out of the tent, looked to the west, and found that a shocking fire had broken out in the direction of the black nest, dyeing half of the dark sky red.

"How so?" Seeing this almost sky-high fire, Yuan Shao's heart was completely cold, such a fire, I am afraid that the grain and grass eaten by his 500,000 army are about to be burned, so what else can he fight with?

"Lord!" At this time, the generals and staff under his command also woke up one after another and surrounded them one after another.

"Lord, the matter has come to this, please quickly send troops to rescue Wuchao, maybe you can save some of the grain and grass, otherwise the grain and grass will be lost, and our army is afraid that it will collapse without a fight!" The frustrated professor reacted quickly and gave advice urgently.

"Yes, yes!" Yuan Shao came back to his senses, nodded again and again, and wanted to send reinforcements, but at this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his heart, Cao Cao came to attack me at this time, so he didn't have many troops left, what if I attacked him in turn?

As soon as this thought arose, it filled Yuan Shao's mind like a spark in the wilderness, and he felt that the opportunity to turn defeat into victory was here.

With his thoughts, Yuan Shao quickly calmed down, glanced at the civil and military forces surrounding him, and said softly: "Looking at the current fire, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to rescue Wuchao even if I send reinforcements to the Wuchao, I think it's better to just send some light cavalry to support Wuchao, and then directly send heavy troops to attack Cao Cao's camp and have a Jedi counterattack!" ”

"The lord must not, the black nest is the lifeblood of my army, we must go all out to save it, and attacking Cao Cao's camp is a dangerous move, with Cao Cao's insidious cunning, it is impossible not to guard against this hand, in case we can't break his camp for a while, then we will be all finished!" Frustrated and urged.

"Shut up!" Seeing that he was questioning himself again, Yuan Shao felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart and scolded.

This frustration is against him in everything, and he is almost fighting with Tian Feng at the beginning, if they all listen to each other, then what do you want him to do as a lord?

"Lord, don't be confused at this time, please be sure to order to send heavy troops to rescue the black nest!" The army is in danger, and the frustration can't control it so much, so he forcibly admonished.

"Don't come to see me again!" Seeing that Fu Zhu was still unrepentant, Yuan Shao was disgusted, and directly waved his hand, asking the guards to drag Fu Zhu down.

"Zhang He Gaolan, you quickly gather troops and horses to counterattack Cao Cao's camp!" After Fu Zhi was taken away, Yuan Shao immediately ordered to prepare for a Jedi counterattack.

Yan Liangwen Chou, Zhang He Gaoran, the four of them are known as the four generals of Hebei, and now that Yan Liangwen Chou is both dead, Yuan Shao sent Zhang He and Gao Lan, which itself represents the determination to counterattack Cao Cao.

"Yes!" The two answered and quickly left.

"Han Meng, you first take 30,000 light horsemen to rescue Wuchao, and see if you can snatch back some of the grain and grass under the attack of Cao Jun!" Zhang He and Gao Lan, who had high hopes, were sent out, but Yuan Shao still didn't want to give up the black nest completely, and decided to send 10,000 horses to investigate the situation.