As several people in Cao Cao's think tank said, Cao Cao's forces seem to be strong now, but in fact, they are strong outside and middle, and they are surrounded by enemies, and there are constant internal worries, and it is impossible to directly start a war with Yuan Shao, but Cao Cao's forces can only recover in a short time, and they can't recover for too long; It's too long, and the strength comparison with Yuan Shao will fall a distance, so we can only take a compromise and restore everything in the shortest and most appropriate time, and then provoke a decisive battle!

Li Yu stayed in Xuchang for only five or six days, then went north to Shangdang County to help Xiahoudun preside over the overall situation, and then beat the local war in Bingzhou, distracting Yuan Shao's attention, allowing Gongsun Zhan to support for a period of time and win greater benefits for them; Before leaving, Li Yu and Cao Cao began to conspire again, which has almost become a habit, many of Cao Cao's generals have their own families, these people go out to fight, charge into battle, it is okay for them to think of some conspiracies; Among the strategists, only Li Yu is his own family, and there are some things that cannot be said to Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others, because they are also scholars, whether they are dilapidated or prosperous, they all represent the interests of the scholars, but what Li Yu talked to him about was how to rectify these scholars and weaken them!

"Start a school! Conduct the imperial examination! This is the strategy that Li Yu gave to Cao Cao, these two attention can indeed greatly reduce the strength of these scholars, but they can't be implemented now, not only because it itself needs ten or twenty years, and you can only improve it for hundreds of years to really take shape, but also because now it is about to start a war with Yuan Shao!

Himself, these scholars under Cao Cao's command are inseparable from him, and now they are directly touching their interests, can these people easily obey? Of course not! They will unite to resist, and even do not hesitate to start a fierce fight with Cao Cao on the bright side, and now it is in a special period, and it is impossible to start it rashly!

Only when Yuan Shao is defeated and the north is unified can these people be subdued by force;

Li Yu took his students Ma Chao, Xu Chu, and 20,000 cavalry, and went all the way north, but arrived at Shangdang County Pancheng in a few days, which is now the center of the entire Shangdang County, and the geographical location is particularly important. "Mr. Wilder!" , Hearing that Li Yu was coming, Xiahoudun led Cao Chun out of the city to greet him, his expression was the center and he couldn't help it, as soon as Li Yu came, it meant that there was going to be a big move, he didn't participate in the fight against Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and he didn't feel good in his heart; "Yuan Rang! Well done! I think you, as the supervisor of one side, are qualified to guard the side! Along the way, Li Yu looked around, at least every household here was not hungry and had a house to live in, which showed that Xiahoudun had not bothered much; Xiahoudun grinned innocently, quite embarrassed: "It's okay!" Not bad! ”

"Sir!" , Cao Chun bowed in a proper manner, and Li Yu stepped forward and slapped him twice: "Good boy!" And a lot stronger! Not bad! Didn't you learn some war strategies with Yuan Rang? ”

Cao Chun: "I didn't learn anything, didn't you say that you trained an elite soldier?" I've been training for this for so long! It's already formed! It's all elite! Mr! You show me, by the way, pick a name! ”

"Oh?" , Li Yu was surprised, Cao Chun has always been steady, never said big things, he said that a military horse has been trained and formed, it must be so, but I don't know what kind of standard it is, he turned his head to look at Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang!" Is what he said true? ”

Xiahoudun arched his hand and said proudly: "This is natural! Although the number is not large, there are only 3,000 people, but they are all the best in the army, and they are either army commanders or even chiefs! Coupled with long-term training, high-quality war horses, and excellent weapons, it can indeed be called a strong army! ”

"Then it's better to choose a day than to hit the day! Sub and! Pull your soldiers out and show me! Li Yu said with a smile; Cao Chun rode his horse back to the camp, and after a while, the earth trembled, and a fierce cavalry rushed out, each of them was a strong man with a tall and healthy body, and they were all fat and strong high-class war horses when they sat down, with armor, spears, and sabers, and their morale was high, and they looked really good; Li Yu shook his head: "You have trained such an army for so long?" Dare to call yourself elite too? ”

Cao Chun's face flushed, but he didn't dare to refute, the division commander is above, and he, a little character, dares to be presumptuous? At that moment, he respectfully asked, "Sir teach me!" ”

"Ma Chao! Pull out your 1,000 Qiang cavalry! Do what I say, fight them! Let him know that this kind of army is not yet worthy of the title of elite! The real elite is the one that grinds over anything like a mill! No matter what tricks others use, they can't be defeated! Li Yu suddenly shouted; Ma Chao smiled at Cao Chun, put his index finger and thumb in his mouth, and whistled sharply, and the army was suddenly dusty, but in the time of a cup of tea, a thousand people and horses gathered together, waiting for Ma Chao's order; Li Yu got into the carriage: "Go!" Let's go to the front! Cao Chun, you lead the troops to that mountain, let's fight! Soldiers were instructed not to use sharp weapons, only blunt weapons, and those who were hit were killed, so they stood by the law. ”

Outside the city, on the plains, two cavalry against each other, one side of three thousand, one side of one thousand people, all wearing the same armor, the only difference is that these people's clothing is different, the Qiang people like to put on their animal skin robes outside the armor, do not wear helmets and wipe their foreheads, and their heads are scattered; "Meng Qi! Keep calm! Strike backwards! Listen to me, if Zihe charges with the whole army, you will divide the army into three routes, divide into the middle army, the left flank, and the right flank, and then form a cone formation! Interspersed with the past! He can't stop you! As long as you rush over, immediately close the formation, or a cone formation! Just go back and forth! ”

Li Yu grabbed Ma Chao, who was eager to try, and instructed, Ma Chao nodded, kept saying Qiang language in his mouth, and gave orders, and after a while, a sharp whistle rose to the sky, as if he was provoking, provoking Cao Chun opposite; In the case that the strength of the enemy was three times that of the enemy, Cao Chun chose to charge the whole army as Li Yu expected, and at the beginning he showed his intention to surround Ma Chao, Ma Chao according to Li Yu's orders, the troops were divided into three ways, and successfully interspersed Cao Chun's cavalry lineup; "Zihe is too eager to prove himself! Instead, he fell into the trap of Mr., and his cavalry lineup was too poor in depth defense! The left and right fronts are stretched too long, and they will inevitably be defeated in a moment or three! Xiahoudun sighed, this old soldier naturally understood what Li Yu's idea was, and he could see Cao Chun's danger at a glance; In fact, he himself thought that the army trained by Cao Chun was already very good, and it was second to none among his subordinates, but it was a pity! What a pity!

Sure enough, before half an hour had passed, Cao Chun's cavalry array collapsed into a plate of scattered sand, and he couldn't fight anymore, and Cao Chun was very frustrated

(To be continued)