"Don't think about it, yours...... In the next six months, I am afraid that your Home Affairs Department will not have another day off. ”

Gongsun Pei handed the letter on the table to Zou Yi: "You immediately send this letter to the lord, and the personnel investigation report of your Internal Affairs Department is also sent to the lord, and strive to confirm the candidates for transfer to Jizhou before the end of this month." ”

Zou Yi was in high spirits when he heard this, and blurted out: "Finally able to fight Jizhou?" ”

Gongsun Pei said with a smile: "It's almost time, the 120,000 troops under the command of General Gongsun Chan are divided into two routes, and suddenly launched a full-scale counterattack on Jizhou and the Wuhuan tribe in the early hours of this morning. ”

"Judging from all indications, Lord Liu Yu's 100,000 coalition army can no longer escape the fate of defeat this time, so our army must prepare in advance, once Lord Liu Yu's coalition army is defeated by General Gongsun Zhan, our army will immediately send troops, gather no less than four divisions of elite, and go straight to Yuan Benchu's old nest Yecheng, and the three divisions in the direction of Luoyang and Bohai will also be launched at the same time!"

"The total number of troops used by our army in this battle is probably more than 100,000, as long as we can take Yecheng in one fell swoop, the rich and vast Jizhou will be ours in the future...... Don't be busy rejoicing yet, you kid has to remember for me, this matter is the highest military secret of our army, and you must not disclose half a sentence to the outside world, at least for a month, you have to control your mouth. ”

Zou Yi nodded, his face full of excitement: "Understood!" The younger generation is rushing to Zhushan! ”

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In just three days. The news of the resurgence of the war in Youzhou and the defeat of Liu Yu's coalition army spread all over the north and south of the river. Cao Cao, who was commanding 60,000 soldiers to attack Pengcheng, was anxious after receiving this information. An order was issued to sound the gong to withdraw the troops, and hurriedly summoned the troops under his command to discuss countermeasures.

Prior to this, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's 80,000 troops had entered the hinterland of Yanzhou, where the army was empty, of which the 30,000 foot cavalry led by Chen Deng had broken through Dong'e, and Zhang Miao personally led 40,000 troops to surround Cao Cao's grain stronghold, Zhencheng, and Cao Cao's lair was in danger in the blink of an eye.

All kinds of unfavorable news followed, making Cao Cao lose ground and be anxious.

The reason why Cao Cao chose to continue to attack Pengcheng despite the constant urgency from the rear was because he had confidence in Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai and other henchmen who stayed behind in the lair. Cao Cao confidently judged that it was impossible for Zhang Miao and Lü Bu's combined forces to capture Yanzhou within a month, and as long as there was another half a month, Cao Cao believed that his 80,000 elites would be able to break through the wealthy Pengcheng in front of him.

As long as Cao's army can break through Pengcheng, it will trigger a chain reaction of various forces, which will not only greatly deter the combined forces of Zhang Miao and Lü Bu who are attacking Yanzhou, but also obtain a huge amount of grain, cattle, sheep, horses and weapons.

Take a step back and weigh it, even if Xun Yu and the others who stayed in Yanzhou's nest can't withstand it for a month, Cao Cao can't immediately give up attacking Pengcheng and turn back to rescue, the only priority is to break through Pengcheng as soon as possible. Only then can the 80,000 troops who are about to run out of grain and grass get enough supplies, and they can quickly return to Yanzhou to save the old nest. Otherwise, the exhausted army of 80,000 would have starved to death halfway through.

However, under such difficult circumstances, there was news that the battle situation in Youzhou had deteriorated rapidly, that Liu Yu's coalition army had been beaten by Gongsun Zhan's army and that Yuan Shao's army had a large-scale change, and that the situation north of the Yellow River had changed in a blink of an eye.

In the face of the grim situation, Cao Cao and more than a dozen of his henchmen were at a loss, and they were full of scheming, and Guo Jia, who was praised by Cao Cao as "the only one who can know the loneliness of filial piety" and "the one who makes the lonely into a great cause, must be this person", at this time his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his heart turned back and forth but he couldn't come up with any countermeasures.

After a long silence, Cao Cao, whose face was as heavy as water, finally let out a long sigh: "Alas...... Ladies and gentlemen, you have discussed the situation in Youzhou many times before, and you have repeatedly analyzed and concluded that once the war in Youzhou becomes clear, Yuan Benchu, who is eagle and wolf-eyed, will inevitably send troops to the north and covet Youzhou on the basis of stealing Jizhou, and the most unpredictable Qingzhou Liu Zijian is likely to hold high the banner of honoring the imperial court to restore the imperial capital after Yuan Benchu's army goes north, and forcibly recover Hedong and Hanoi, which should belong to the Sili region. ”

"But now it seems that Liu Zijian of Qingzhou does not seem to have the slightest intention of fishing in troubled waters, but Lord Liu Yu's Youzhou coalition army was defeated by the wolf-like Gongsun Chan in just three days, tens of thousands of Wuhuan iron cavalry collapsed at the touch of a button and fled north for hundreds of miles, and Gongsun Zhan, who suddenly became in trouble, not only easily occupied five cities such as Jizhou, but also captured a large number of grain, grass and horses, and the situation in the entire Youzhou and Hebei states has deviated from our original prediction!"

"Once Gongsun Chan quickly defeats Liu Yu and occupies Youzhou, Yuan Benchu's plan to profit will be in vain, and at that time, who dares to guarantee that Yuan Benchu will not take the opportunity to tear his face and go south to carve up my Yanzhou with Lu Bu and Zhang Miao?"

All the civil and military officers looked at each other, and their hearts were extremely heavy.

Cao Cao's words are what everyone is most worried about, in everyone's minds, Zhang Miao, Lu Bu and others are actually not terrible, and Liu Cun and his Qingzhou army, who have made it clear that their attitude has changed to support Xuzhou, is not terrible, what is terrible is the insidious and cunning, ambitious and powerful Yuan Shao, once Yuan Shao can not get Youzhou as he wishes, and then he and Zhang Miao, Lu Bu and even Xuzhou Tao Qian secretly jointly sent troops to Yanzhou, then there is no room for recovery.

The solemn atmosphere gradually spread, and Guo Jia, who had been pondering for a long time, finally spoke:

"My lord, everyone, Fengxiao is not worried that Yuan Benchu, who is scheming and indecisive, will move south, at least until Gongsun Chan completely captures Youzhou, it will be difficult for Yuan Benchu to make a decision......"

"In fact, what worries Guo Jia the most is that in addition to sending more than 10,000 people to assist the Mi family in the East China Sea, Liu Zijian, Qingzhou, who has not moved so far, if Fengxiao is not bad, Liu Zijian, who has been tenacious for several years and only cares about internal affairs, may be ready to go......"

"That's right, I do think so, now that the situation in Youzhou has become clearer, Gongsun Zhan's victory is just around the corner, in such a situation, once Yuan Benchu dares to act rashly, whether it is going north to Youzhou or south to Yanzhou, he will be quickly attacked by Liu Zijian!"

Everyone was stunned, and Cao Cao, who suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly asked, "So, how does Feng Xiao think our army should respond?" ”

Guo Jia slowly stood up: "I implore the lord to give up the attack on Xuzhou for the time being, take advantage of the fact that there are still five days of military rations, immediately lead the whole army back to aid Yanzhou, and at the same time send a special envoy to Jinan day and night, to express the willingness to form an alliance, and implore Liu Zijian to sell 200,000 stone of grain, even if it is worth giving Jiyin County to Liu Zijian!" ”

Everyone exclaimed in amazement, Cao Cao's face suddenly changed, his eyes flashed, and he stared at Guo Jia, who was calm and unhurried.

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