Hebei

After Cao Cao's victory, he began to chase and beat Yuan Shao, the so-called cutting grass and eradicating the roots, and eliminating the evil.

Although Cao Cao not only annihilated Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops in the Battle of Guandu, but also captured Zhang He and Gaolan, the two generals of Yuan Shao, it is obvious that these are not the final results that Cao Cao wants, what he wants is the life of his former friend, because only when Yuan Shao dies, Cao Cao can take the entire Hebei without hindrance and become the master of this land.

Therefore, no matter how far Yuan Shao fled, Cao Cao did not intend to let Yuan Shao go, but pursued and killed all the way.

However, the soldiers are people rather than machines, such a huge army, naturally also need to rest, especially after Yuan Shao has fled back to Yecheng, Cao Cao gave up the idea of chasing, but occupied Liyang, he is ready to start from Liyang, slowly expand to Yecheng, anyway, Yuan Shao's army is finished, there will be no source of troops for a while and a half, as long as he has maintained such an offensive, Yuan Shao will eventually be completely destroyed.

"How long do we have to get to Yecheng?" After the capture of Liyang, an important town in Hebei, Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to rest for three days, while he himself summoned the core civil and military forces under his command to discuss the military situation.

"If there are no accidents, it will be there in about 20 days!" Cheng Yu touched it in his heart before he spoke.

In fact, Liyang is not too far from Yecheng, Cheng Yu said more than 20 days, not only refers to the time of the march, but refers to the time from Liyang all the way to Yecheng, although Yuan Shao's army has been wiped out, nothing can stop their army, but after all, Yuan Shao has been operating here for nearly ten years, it can be said that it is deep-rooted, every time they go to a place, at least they have to spend a lot of effort to persuade the local county to surrender and appease the people, so delayed, the time is naturally greatly delayed.

"More than twenty days?" Cao Cao frowned slightly, and said with a little annoyance: "It stands to reason that it is not too long to use this time to annex Yuan Shao's Jizhou, but I am always a little uneasy in my heart. ”

"Is the lord afraid that Yuan Benchu will be dying and struggling?"

"No, after this defeat, Yuan Shao is no longer worried, what I'm worried about is the one in the south, he is very likely to take this opportunity to stab us!" Cao Cao said, and he couldn't help but think of that face that was far younger and handsome than him, that guy was definitely not as kind as his appearance, on the contrary, that person was more decisive than anyone else, as long as he had the opportunity, he would definitely not stand idly by.

"Well, it shouldn't be!" Cao Hong in the audience was a little puzzled: "Lu Xuantong, isn't it better to be famous?" We are allies with him, and won't his reputation be tarnished by his sneak attack on us? ”

"To be able to go from a commoner who has nothing to now dominate the three states of the Han Dynasty, how can he be a good person? Although Lu Xuantong cares about his reputation on weekdays, he definitely doesn't care about these at critical moments! Cao Cao shook his head and said.

After so many years, Cao Cao has long paid a lot of attention to this old comrade-in-arms, if the other party is really that kind of pedantic person, how can he have the opportunity to create such a big foundation.

As if to prove that Cao Cao's guess was correct, as soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurriedly walked in from outside the door, knelt down and said, "Lord, Lord Xun Yu of Xudu has sent 100,000 urgent military information!" ”

"What did Xun Yu say in the letter? Say it! Cao Cao's eyes froze, and there was a rare nervousness in his expression, and he hurriedly commanded.

"Lord Xun Yu said that a few days ago, Huang Zhong, a general under Lu Xuantong, led an army of 50,000 to suddenly attack Xuzhou, breaking more than a dozen cities of our army, and I hope that the lord will send reinforcements back to support as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" Seeing Cao Cao's urging, the guards did not say the cumbersome words in the letter, and directly translated Xun Yu's words simply.

"Lu An, I knew that he would play this trick!" Cao Cao's face changed, and he slapped directly on the table in front of him in anger, and scolded fiercely. It's terrible that what I've been afraid of for many days has finally come true.

"This damn Lu Xuantong really turned his back on the alliance, and he must be beheaded next time he has a chance!" The Xiahou brothers in the audience were also angry. They finally defeated the invincible Yuan Shao, but they were stabbed in the back, and they were also allies before, so I am afraid that this matter will not be comfortable in anyone's heart.

"Forget it, I had predicted this a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to be so soon!" Walking back and forth on the stage, Cao Cao quickly calmed down, he waved his hand, and said, "The top priority now is how should we face this problem?" After all, Yuan Shao's destruction is imminent, and we can't let all the army go back to support at this time! ”

"Lord, since Lu Xuantong only has 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack, then we might as well send an elite soldier back to support, only defend and not attack, and our main force will still stay in Hebei until Yuan Shao is completely wiped out and then go back?" Cheng Yu admonished.

"I also have this intention, but this candidate," Cao Cao nodded, but then hesitated about who to send back to support, Lu An's general is Huang Zhong, this is a fierce general who can pick the Xiahou brothers alone, if the people sent are not good, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop the other party.

"Meng De, let me go back to support, I must defeat that Huang Zhong!" At this time, Xiahoudun stood up and took the initiative to ask for battle.

"You?" Cao Cao glanced at Xiahoudun, and then shook his head slightly: "Yuan makes you more anxious, you are good at attacking but not good at defending, it is not suitable for you to go back to support!" ”

After saying that, Cao Cao's eyes glanced at the generals in the audience again, and finally stopped at one person: "Zixiao! ”

"In!" Cao Ren stood up from the crowd and arched his hand.

"I'll transfer 30,000 troops to you, you might be able to block that Huang Zhong?" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed and he asked.

"Please rest assured, if you send someone back to help, you will never let Huang Zhong go further!" Cao Ren's resolute way.

"Okay, then I'll let Li Dianle enter Yu Ban Xu Huang and the four of them will be your lieutenants, and send another 30,000 elites to you, before I capture Hebei, be sure to block that Huang Zhong for me!" Cao Cao ordered.

For this younger brother, Cao Cao still understands, although he was stabbed by Liu Bei when he attacked Zhang Liao before, but this does not mean that his ability is not good, on the contrary, Cao Ren's ability is extremely outstanding, in the command of the army, especially in defending the city, can be called an iron wall, let him go back to support, Cao Cao has a little steadfastness in his heart.

"Whoa!" Cao Ren arched his hand and retreated directly.

"If you have Zixiao go back, you should be able to block that Huang Zhong, so that we can deal with Yuan Shao with peace of mind!" After arranging for Cao Ren to return to defense, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at everyone. He was not afraid of the other party's moves, but he was afraid that the other party would hold back, he was always worried that Lu An would play tricks on him, but now that the other party has made a move, after he made a response, he was relaxed.

"Lord, we'd better slow down the march of the army in the next step!" At this time, Xun You seemed to think of something, and suddenly spoke.

"Why?" Cao Cao was stunned.

"Lu Xuantong has always had a strong purpose in doing things, and he sent troops this time, I am afraid that it is not just to rob while the fire is burning, but also to prevent our army from occupying Hebei!" Xun You analyzed.

"How is this possible, Yuan Shao is powerless to stop us now, he Lu Xuantong is far away in Jiangdong, can he still take care of this northern matter with Huang Zhong's 50,000 soldiers and horses?" Xiahou Yuan felt a little incredulous and asked.

"Lu Xuantong can't manage Hebei, but he can surround Wei to save Zhao, you feel that Huang Zhong's 50,000 soldiers and horses are only afraid that they are a vanguard army, and Lu Xuantong himself is afraid that he will also be dispatched!" Xun You guessed.

"This 、、、、"

When everyone heard this, they all gasped, if that was the case, then the other party would play too badly and too ruthlessly, this was really desperate to block Cao Cao.

"This is just speculation, not necessarily true, you don't need to worry too much!" Seeing that everyone seemed to be frightened, Xun You felt a little exaggerated, and explained in a loud voice.

"No, Gongda, your guess is very likely to be true, with what I know about Lu Xuantong, he is very likely to do this!" Cao Cao was extremely calm at this time, and after some analysis, he spoke softly.

Although he didn't know Lu An's plan, he knew Lu An himself better, and knew that the other party was a wizard with ultra-long-term strategic foresight, such a genius must know the general trend of the world well, and it would be unfavorable for him to defeat Yuan Shao by himself, so it was not impossible for the other party to attack himself with all his might in order to prevent him from annexing the four states of Hebei, and even the other party might already be planning all this.

"Pass the order, cancel the plan to rest for three days, let the soldiers rest for the last day today, and send troops tomorrow!" Thinking of this, Cao Cao suddenly felt a sense of crisis, he couldn't delay any longer, and he had to kill Yuan Shao as quickly as possible.