In the hall, the rest of the people also smiled slightly when they heard this, and they were relaxed.

Yes, now that they are all unified in the north, as long as they go south, sweep Jingchu, and pacify Wuyue, they can end the troubled times since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and it is not far away.

There is one thing that is difficult to make up for by stratagem. That's strength.

There were only a few wise men in the hall, and they still kept their sanity.

A middle-aged man is one of them, he is tall, his face is majestic, and there is a hint of rigidity hidden between his eyebrows. This is one of the five strategists that Cao Ying relied on to unify the north, Cheng Yu.

Listening to Cao Ying's somewhat complacent words, as well as the relaxed laughter of the ministers.

Cheng Yu felt worried. Immediately, my heart went down, and I wanted to get up and say something realistic.

But he was pulled by Xun Yu next to him.

Xun You is about the same age as Zhang Liao, thirty or forty years old, with a generous face and wooden eyes, but no one dares to underestimate this person.

The so-called great wisdom is foolish, it is Xun You.

"Now that the general trend is coming, Ming Gong is on the rise, why bother to make Ming Gong unhappy in his heart?" Xun Yu said in a low voice while holding Cheng Yu.

In fact, Xun You also thinks that the current Cao Ying forces are too relaxed and unguarded. But it's also human.

The great enemies in his life are Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Liu Biaoer, and now he is the best of the ten. Cao Ying endured and worked hard for so many years, and it was time to be relieved.

"But." Cheng Yu wanted to refute, but was pressed to the seat by Xun You. Moreover, Xun You also raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Drink." ”

Cheng Yu had no choice but to raise his wine glass, clink glasses with Xun You, and then drank it all.

In this atmosphere where many people are relaxed and a few people are worried, the banquet has gradually reached the **.

The music is silvery, and the singing and dancing are intoxicating.

Cao Ying raised his wine glass, took a sip, and his eyes became a little hazy.

Thinking that back then, he was sitting in Yuzhou, and under the pressure of Yuan Shao, he almost sent his family to Hebei to be a proton, and he was conscientious, afraid that Yuan Shao would be angry, and went south to the Central Plains.

Now, where is Yuan Shao? It's just a pile of loess.

The world's heroes have gone to eight, only the rest of the world, and the battle can be settled.

Cao Ying was even drunker.

At this moment, the master of the house hurriedly walked in. Holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, his face was covered with cold sweat.

"Ming Gong, General Cao is defeated. Wancheng changed hands. When he entered, he let out a loud voice, and immediately bent down, and lowered his head so that he did not dare to raise his head.

A sentence in the main book is like freezing time.

Cao Ying's hand still maintained the posture of sending the wine into his mouth. Cheng Yu's face was still worried, but he was pulled by Xun Yu to drink.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are still drinking happily.

The rest, Yu Ban, Jaw Zhang, Gao Ran, etc., are either drinking, or concentrating on singing and dancing.

And the soft bodies of those singers were completely stiffened at this moment. And the musicians opened their mouths wide and couldn't play beautiful music.

Freeze, time is completely frozen.

Until the wine glass in Cao Ying's hand, "Touch." He fell to the ground.

Time was running again, and those singers knew how to observe words and emotions the most, and quickly saluted Cao Ying, and then retreated one by one.

Next are the musicians. walked cleanly, for fear that if one was not careful, he would be caught by Cao Ying's thunderous anger.

The rest of the people are much calmer, all of them are important ministers, and they have experienced a lot of winds and waves, and they can still remain calm for a while.

Only Cao Ying's face was blue and red. The hand was still in that position, but the glass had fallen to the ground and the wine had spilled on the floor.

"What about Zixiao? How did you lose? After a long time, Cao Ying came back to his senses and asked the main book below two sentences in a row.

"General Cao didn't know what to do, it is rumored that Liu Feng used the fire bull array to attack the camp at night, which led to turmoil in the camp and the soldiers fled." The master continued to bow his head very low, and said.

"Fire Bull Formation, impossible, this kind of formation has been lost as early as the Warring States Period." Gao Ran let out an exclamation and said.

It's just that no one responds to him.

Gao Ran looked around, and saw that all the civil and military forces were in deep thought, and his face couldn't help but shine.

The reason why no one responded to Gao Ran was that everyone present already believed in the existence of the Fire Bull Array, otherwise it would not explain that Cao Ren would fail when he occupied the absolute upper hand.

Except for the strange strategy of the Fire Bull Formation. Don't do what he thinks.

As for what Gao Ran said, the momentum of the Fire Bull Formation has been lost in the Warring States. Everyone is even more aware of the wind in their ears.

But the problem is, it still comes up now.

This problem is a bit more serious.

Cao Ying asked, but he just went through the motions, and he didn't think what would happen to Cao Ren. After all, Cao Ren is the boss, although the army was defeated, it should be very simple to escape back.

But the main book, I don't know what to do, stimulated Cao Ying.

"What does it mean to not know what it means to end up?" Cao Ying's eyes were blood-red all of a sudden, and he stared at the main book.

"There is no news of General Cao Ren in the counties and cities along the way, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that he was either killed in battle or captured." Under Cao Ying's gaze, the face of the master bookkeeper was covered with cold sweat, but he still had to answer.

"Bump." Cao Ying kicked over the case in front of him and stood up suddenly.

He's dead? Captured? How is this possible? So many pro-soldiers around Zixiao eat dry food?

Cao Ying didn't believe in a hundred, and 10,000 didn't believe it. The reason for getting up was to draw the sword and cut this nonsense guy.

But before Cao Ying could put his hand on the hilt of the sword, a feeling of dizziness first climbed into Cao Ying's head.

Head wind.

Cao Ying's old problem is much more intense.

It was a relaxing feast and a drink, waiting for Cao Ren's good news. What I don't want is defeat and death. The difference between before and after is too big, and with Cao Ying's concentration, he can't suppress the intense mood swings.

What's more, I drank a lot of wine, and I was hit several times.

Cao Ying's head wind disease not only recurred, but also became serious.

"Ahh Cao Ying covered his head with his hands, screamed a few times, and fell to the ground violently.

"Ming Gong, Ming Gong." The ministers lost their color and shouted one after another.

"Herald." There were also some policemen, and they quickly went to the door, and ordered the guards to call the healer.

Fortunately, although the head wind disease was severe, Cao Ying did not completely faint.

Under the call of everyone, Cao Ying opened his eyes and said weakly: "Headed by Wen Ruo, preside over the overall situation." Gather 100,000 soldiers and horses, 300,000 stones of grain and grass. Lone Yao led the troops south and duel with Liu Feng. ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Yingcai closed his eyes and fainted.

"Ming Gong, Ming Gong." caused everyone to be frightened again and shouted one after another.

Fortunately, at this time, the guards had already found a doctor to diagnose Cao Ying's pulse. Except for a few who remained, the rest of the people left the hall.

Outside the hall, most of the civil and military gathered.

These people, led by Xun Yu, spoke together.

"Lord Shang Shuling. Wang Shi has just returned from the Northern Expedition and the state, and it is the time to be tired and recuperate, and it is really not the time to gather 100,000 soldiers to go south at this time. Yu Ban said worriedly.

Yu Ban is the head of the foreign generals, and Cao Ying relies on the wise general. His words carry a lot of weight.

"What Wen Ze said is very true, let's just say this grain and grass, 300,000 can barely be gathered, but if something big happens, there is no way to deal with it." Cheng Yu, who spoke, said hurriedly.

Now is not the time to send troops.

"yes, yes. What they said was true. ”

The crowd was unanimously opposed to sending troops.

Xun Yu smiled bitterly and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop. When everyone quieted down, Xun Yucai sighed: "Ming Gong is not the kind of person who can't listen to advice, but now Jiangxia Liu Feng's basket is too big, and General Cao is Ming Gong's younger brother, and he has deep feelings." Now that he has ended up like this, can Ming Gongyan not be angry? Get ready to send troops. ”

Xun Yu has been following Cao Ying for a long time and knows Cao Ying's surname very well.

Knowing full well that unless something irreversible happens, sending troops is already nailed to the iron plate.

"Hey." Everyone sighed, then raised their fists to salute Xun Yu and left one after another.

Cao Ying wanted to raise 100,000 troops, and the generals and civilian officials involved were too many to count. Most of them are among them.

In the entire Xu Capital, under the operation of these civil and military ministers, chickens and dogs jumped.

Almost a month and a half later, the 100,000 soldiers and horses that Cao Ying said, as well as 300,000 stone grains, were ready.

It's just that in the past month, the situation has completely changed.

Shang Shuling Mansion, in the study.

Xun Yu held the bamboo slip in his hand, sighed, got up and walked towards the door.

Ago, there was news from Youzhou. Gongsun Kang, Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, and Wuhuan Shan Yu made a bloody alliance in western Liaoxi and jointly sent troops to plunder the border lands.

The history of Youzhou was difficult to resist, and he sent someone for help.

"The army is moving, but it may not be to the south, but to the north." Xun Yu smiled bitterly, left the mansion, and took a carriage to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After entering the mansion, go straight into the backyard.

In a courtyard in the backyard, Cao Ying was lying on a bed, covered with a thin quilt, basking in the sun.

In the past month and a half, Cao Ying has been cultivating in the backyard, and he rarely sees foreign ministers.

Hearing that Xun Yu had arrived, he immediately summoned him.

"Ming Gong, Youzhou is not good." After entering the courtyard, Xun Yu immediately handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Cao Ying.

Cao Ying took the bamboo slip and got up and half sat on the bed. Looking at it line by line, his face became extremely solemn.

"Although Gongsun Kang is strong against foreigners, can expand his territory, and leads his troops to break through the capital of Goguryeo, but he is soft on the Central Plains, why can he unite with Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, and Wuhuan people this time to attack Youzhou?" At the same time, Cao Ying was puzzled.

"Liaodong is too far away, and the changes in it are unknown." Xun Yu shook his head and said.

Originally, Gongsun Kang was very stable, but the sudden change is really confusing. After the two of them said a few words, they didn't think of a reason, so they gave up. Anyway, it's already happened.

Now it's time to think about what to do.

Youzhou, Jiangxia is more important, Cao Ying knows in his heart. One is just a barbarian land south of the Yangtze River, while the other is a place that can damage the foundations of Hebei.

Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi. Now the Yuan clan is almost extinct, but its strong root system is almost rooted in Hebei, and there are still many people in Hebei today who secretly support the Yuan clan.

If you let the Yuan family resurrect. If we exterminate it again, it will not be a matter of one or two years, but may be a matter of several years. Therefore, Cao Ying could only send troops to Youzhou.

But when he thought of Cao Ren, Cao Ying was unwilling for a while.

Zixiao.

"Priorities." Xun Yu just bent down and said softly.

Four words, but clearly understood.

"Ordered Xu Huang to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses south to Wancheng, and ordered Chen Qun to migrate 100,000 people from all over the Central Plains into Nanyang County. Fill in the population of various places that were plundered by Liu Feng. ”

Now, Xu Huang can only fill the blank after Cao Ren.

"The army is about to go out and go straight to Youzhou." As he spoke, Cao Ying suddenly stood up.

The cold light in his eyes sparkled, but he changed from the past and slack, and regained a bit of his heroic momentum.

"No." Xun Yu was relieved and nodded in agreement.

(To be continued)