Regarding Yuan Shao's strategy of seizing the giant deer, Cao Cao said that it was understandable. The reason why the Bingzhou Army was able to develop from a remnant of the Yellow Turban to the current behemoth is largely due to the arrogant forward-looking leadership. Moreover, Zhang is not very old, and his son is too young. As long as this wing is eliminated and the state army is built, there is no one who can take over the position of arrogance. In that case, the state army will inevitably be torn apart, and there is nothing to fear.

As for why Cao Cao was so bold, he dared to leave the rear alone and go north with 30,000 main forces, not caring about Yuan Shu's threat?

In this regard, Yuan Shao certainly has arrangements. Before Cao Cao sent troops, he asked the strategist Xun Chen to go to Nanyang to lobby Yuan Shu with his own handwritten letter.

The Art of War: Go to the army to plan, and then fight and fight. Yuan Shao went all out to fight back against insolence this time, and he was a great success in "plotting". And for the "second" "cutting relations", there is no less effort. Being able to let Cao Cao come to the aid with all his strength is the great achievement of Yuan Shao's strategists in "cutting off diplomatic relations".

In the handwritten letter brought by Xun Chen, Yuan Shao said this to Yuan Shu:

"I don't hear that 'the brother is on the inside, and he should be humiliated outside'. Insolent, villainous. Entering through the gaps, several bad things in the world. If you take advantage of it, the ancestors will not be satisfied! ”

"For the sake of the sect's business, we should go to external troubles, and then talk about the ancestors, so as not to dishonor the ancestors."

- No matter how much trouble we two brothers make, it's all our own people fighting, and it's not about outsiders. But the arrogant thief is different. A mere yellow scarf dared to participate in the dispute of the general trend of the world.

- No matter who wins or loses between our brothers, the world is under the control of the Yuan family. But if the crazy thief takes advantage of the two of us to make trouble, the Yuan family will suffer a big loss!

- So, Yuan Shao asked Yuan Shu not to drag him Yuan Shao back at this time. He Yuan Shao was defeated at the hands of Yuan Shu. That's okay. But if he Yuan Shao is defeated by a yellow scarf, the entire Yuan family's face will be lost. At least Yuan Shu will definitely be laughed at by the world.

Yuan Shao's words in the letter, Xun Chen just didn't know. However, from another angle, he gave Yuan Shu some guidance on the general trend of the world.

In Yanzhou. Although Cao Cao went north with the main force, there was also a famous minister Xun Yu who presided over Yanzhou affairs. The officials of Yanzhou, such as Zhang Miao, Bao Xin and others, were all afraid of Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu wanted to take the opportunity to attack the north, Zhang Miao and others would defend the city, and Yuan Shu would not be able to fight so quickly.

Moreover, Xun Chen also vaguely pointed out that Yuan Shu's foundation is now unstable, and his family is about to have an accident. Don't try to take advantage of other people's homes.

Sun Jian and Lu Bu, the two most well-known "10,000 enemies" fierce generals in the world, are now under Yuan Shu's hands. It is precisely because of the existence of these two that Yuan Shujun's combat power has multiplied, and to the west can threaten Chang'an, to the north can suppress Yanzhou, to the south can fight for Nanjun, and to the east can force Yangzhou.

But. Sun Jian was originally a Jiangdong tiger with more than 10,000 elite soldiers. The combat power is rare in the world, and it can be called the main force of Yuan Shujun. He is now the assassin of Yuzhou, and in terms of official position, he is not much worse than Yuan Shu. With Sun Jian's frivolous temperament, he will not convince others when he is idle, but he will be willing to be subservient to others for the rest of his life?

As for Lu Bu, who is known as the "flying general". But it's more dangerous than Sun Jian. This man was born in the land of barbarism in the Northland, and he was mercenary, rough and proud. Besides, Lu Bu's starting point was to rely on betraying his boss. There is Ding Yuan first. There is Dong Zhuo again, these two have learned from the past, who can guarantee that the next one will not be Yuan Shu?

Also, Lu Bu is now a general of Fenwu appointed by the imperial court, and he also has the title of "Wen Hou", just in terms of official position, it will not be much lower than Yuan Shu. Xun Chen specially hinted that such a strong man who doesn't know etiquette, didn't Yuan Shu see the danger at all?

Yuan Shu is not stupid. He was also suspicious of Sun Jian and Lu Bu. Today's Sun Jian, due to his full wings, has laid a certain foundation in Yuzhou, and his orders to Yuan Shu are no longer as obedient as before. As for Lu Bu, it is even more excessive. When Xun Chen visited, this person was making trouble in the local area, asking Yuan Shu to give him more troops, and also asked Yuan Shu to give him a county territory, so that he could train and raise soldiers!

Moreover, Xun Chen's words are not over. He next mentioned the guy that Yuan Shu hated the most, and that was Liu Biao.

Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou for several years, and he has become one with the local tyrants in Jingzhou. He not only reused Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue brothers, Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others, but even simply married Cai Mao's sister and completely integrated into the bloodline of Jingzhou Haoqiang. It is said that Mrs. Cai is already pregnant, and if she gives birth, she will be Jingzhou Haoqiang's own child.

Liu Biao, who had a mediocre military performance, showed his political ability to govern in Jingzhou, so the state sergeant was happy. Not only that, but even those northern scholars also avoided chaos and went south to take refuge in Liu Biao.

In terms of military affairs, although Liu Biao's own ability is insufficient, he knows how to use people. When Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Liangzhou armies were defeated by Han Sui a few years ago, Liu Biao seized the opportunity and successfully contained the 8,000 elite soldiers in the hands of Zhang Ji and Jia Xu, so that he had an extra ace army in his hands.

There is Zhang Ji, the former general of Dong Zhuo's subordinates, and the wise man Jia Xu is in Deng County for Liu Biao, and the strength of Liu Biao's army has increased greatly. In this way, he could liberate the troops of his nephew Liu Pan and his cronies Huang Zhong and become a mobile force in Jingzhou.

Huang Zhong's courage is no less than Sun Jian. Liu Pan led the troops, which is also remarkable. These two people are generals that Yuan Shu feels threatened, and if it were not for the military support of Sun Jian and Lu Bu, Yuan Shu would really not dare to feel at ease when Liu Biao was watching on the side.

pointed out the hidden dangers of Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu's attitude towards Xun Chen became enthusiastic all of a sudden. He told Xun Chen very sincerely that he had no intention of taking advantage of his brother's crisis of thieves and thieves to pull his back legs. In order to show his sincerity, Yuan Shu also told Xun Chen that he had heard that Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, was now seriously ill and was intending to go south to develop those remote places in Jiangdong for the Han Dynasty.

The implication is that Yuan Shu promised Yuan Shao not to trouble Cao Cao, but wanted Yuan Shao to admit his ownership of Yangzhou.

With Yuan Shao's current situation, Xun Chen of course readily agreed. Regarding Yangzhou, which is quite far away from Jizhou, Yuan Shao's side has no spare energy to take care of it now. Although Chen Wen is a celebrity who is inclined to the side of the party, he is not Yuan Shao's subordinate after all. Who can control Yangzhou will have no impact on Yuan Shao in the short term.

With Xun Chen's return and Yuan Shu, Cao Cao dared to boldly lead his troops to Jizhou. Moreover, with the tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Zhang Miao's hands, if Yuan Shu reneged on his promise, it would be enough to resist Yuan Shu's army for a while.

It's just that, in addition to Yuan Shu in the south, Cao Cao has another trouble to deal with. That is the Xuzhou force in the east.

Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is old and tired, and he is no longer as brave as he was in the past. Nowadays, the military and political power of Xuzhou is very fiercely contested by several local tycoons. If there is a general in Xuzhou who wants to establish his reputation by attacking Yanzhou by taking advantage of the void, Cao Cao's situation is really not too good.

Although such a thing is really unlikely, it is really unlikely.

With Yuan Shao's thoroughness in considering things, he naturally will not ignore the estimation of Xuzhou, even if this probability is quite small. At the same time that Xun Chen sent an envoy to Yuan Shu, another envoy sent by Yuan Shao, Xin Ping, embarked on the road to Xuzhou.

In today's Xuzhou, the East China Sea Mi family, the Chen family, the Pengcheng Cao family and other powerful and powerful people have different plans. Although Tao Qian is still there, he has no intention of dealing with state affairs because of his illness. Compared with Xun Chen, Xin Ping's task is still quite simple, but the situation he has to face is even more complicated.

The attitude of the Xuzhou heroes towards the two heroes of the Yuan family is obviously inclined to the side of Yuan Shu. Otherwise, Yuan Shao's little brother Cao Cao would not have fought with Xuzhou Prefecture Normal University. Therefore, after Xin Ping arrived in Xuzhou, he was treated coldly.

However, with the change of the situation, the relationship between Xuzhou and Yuan Shu has also changed faintly. Yuan Shu is too good and happy, not to mention the harshness of his own territory, seeing that Xuzhou, a piece of fertile land, is rich in money and grain, where can he bear not to stretch out his hand?

Since the rebellion against Dong, Yuan Shu has taken advantage of the needs of the army to fight, but he has asked Xuzhou for money and food more than once. Moreover, Yuan Shu's appetite for each time is getting bigger and bigger. From thousands of people or tens of thousands of grains at the beginning, it became a requirement of 100,000 grains or billions of dollars.

If it is once or twice, with the relationship between Tao Qian and Yuan Shu, there is no problem. But this kind of door-to-door thing can be one or the other. By the beginning of the year, when Yuan Shu attacked Han Sui, Xuzhou Haoqiang's dissatisfaction with Yuan Shu was already overflowing. Yuan Shu's request for assistance to Xuzhou was only allocated one-tenth of the grain and grass by the people of Xuzhou to cope. In this way, Yuan Shu had complaints about Tao Qian, the Xuzhou pastor.

Of course, even if Yuan Shu has no complaints about Tao Qian, he will not give up his coveting of Xuzhou. As long as he is a clear-eyed person, he knows that Tao Qian, who is old and sick, has entered the countdown stage when he can continue to be in charge of Xuzhou. After Tao Qian, who can take Xuzhou into the bag will be a major event that will affect the whole world.

Compared with the rest of the turbulent states and counties, Xuzhou, which seems to be peaceful and peaceful, is a piece of fat and fresh meat. If he controls Xuzhou, with its abundant resources, for any prince, he can quickly expand his power to the first level in the world.

Yuan Shu, who is determined to dominate the world, has secretly regarded the rich Xuzhou as his forbidden belly for a long time. For this reason, he has been contacting the major heroes in Xuzhou, planning to take over the position of Xuzhou Mu immediately after Tao Qian's death.

It's just that after experiencing Yuan Shu's endless needs, the Xuzhou heroes were disappointed with Yuan Shu's actions. Even if Yuan Shu is the authentic descendant of the Yuan family, known as the "Four Worlds and Three Princes", it cannot be compared with the interests of the Xuzhou people themselves. Except for the Pengcheng Cao clan, who wanted to use the power of Yuan Shu to ascend to the throne of the leader of Xuzhou's Haoqiang, the other Haoqiang were unwilling to Yuan Shu to insert his hand into Xuzhou.

Xin commented on the territory of Xuzhou, and as soon as he heard the news, he had no worries about whether he could complete the task. (To be continued......)