Zhao Yun finally did not agree to join Jinfan.

In this regard, Wang Chong was not disappointed, because he had long known that it was a long and difficult thing to include Zhao Yun under his command, not to mention that this conversation was quite fruitful, not only successfully eliminated Zhao Yun's prejudice against him, but also made his favorability of himself rise by 14 points, and even Zhao Yun's loyalty to Liu Bei dropped by 10 points, and now, there are only 75 points left, which is undoubtedly a good start.

In the blink of an eye, the time entered October, and with the end of the autumn harvest, as much as 600,000 stone of grain and grass income made Jinfan's granary instantly full.

Subsequently, Jinfan began a new round of recruitment.

In a big battle with Jiangdong, Jinfan suffered heavy losses, although Zhou Tai had recruited 30,000 new troops, but this was far from enough for the current Jinfan.

At present, the total strength of Jinfan is about 100,000, which seems to be extremely high, but excluding the defenders in various places, the number of troops that can really be put into the war is actually about 50,000, this number, not to mention compared with Jingzhou, even compared with the current Cao Cao, is far inferior.

"How many more soldiers does the lord plan to recruit?" When Wang Chong proposed this proposal at the morning meeting, Don't drive Zhuge Jin and asked.

"Raise another 50,000, Huainan 20,000, Yuzhang and Danyang 15,000 each." Wang Chong thought for a while and said, "Now that the autumn harvest has just been completed, the support of the people of Huainan for my Jinfan has reached an unprecedented level, and I believe that taking advantage of this juncture to recruit troops will definitely make the people under my rule actively participate, and with the fullness of my Jinfan Mansion, it is enough to support these soldiers and horses!" ”

Zhuge Jin slowly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was really afraid that Wang Chong would be overinflated, and he would do his best to fish like Yuan Shu back then, but fortunately, Wang Chong was calm enough. 50,000 soldiers and horses are indeed within the tolerance range of Jinfan.

Seeing that the ministers did not object, this resolution was soon officially promulgated, and a frenzy of surrender was immediately set off in Jinfanzhi.

Jinfan's big action naturally aroused Jiangdong's high vigilance, but unfortunately, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. The people of Jiangdong are not keen on joining the army, not to mention that Sun Quan still owes a lot of debts, and he can't take out much food to pay for military salaries. So I can only watch Jinfan grow stronger step by step, but I can only eat coarse tea and light rice with a tight silver root.

Standing at different heights, the scenery will naturally be very different.

So when Jiangdong was paying close attention to Jinfan, Wang Chong's attention. But it has already been put into the battle of Guandu, which is thousands of miles away. Because he knows that if history does not change, this battle of Guandu should come to an end soon.

The fifth year of Jian'an, October 13.

At the end of the autumn harvest, Yuan Shao sent people to transport more than 10,000 carts of grain and grass from Hebei, stationed them in Wuchao, which was forty miles away from the camp, and sent the general Chun Yuqiong to lead 10,000 troops to garrison.

The fifth year of Jian'an, October 14.

Xu Yu offered Yuan Shao. suggested that the surprise soldiers attack Xudu, but Yuan Shaoding refused on the grounds that he wanted to defeat Cao Cao from the front. At this time, Xu You's family was sentenced to trial for breaking the law in Yecheng, which made Xu You, who was already angry, completely decide to take a risk.

The fifth year of Jian'an, October 15.

Xu Yu defected to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and greeted him with his feet: "If you have a son to help each other, you can do great things!" ”

Then Xu Yu offered a plan to Cao Cao: "Now Meng De is alone, there are no reinforcements, no food and grass, this is a critical time for survival, now Yuan Shaotun grain in Wuchao, although there are soldiers and horses stationed, but there is no defense, Meng De only needs to send light troops to attack Wuchao, burn its grain and grass, within three days, Yuan army will die without a fight!" ”

Cao Cao and his ministers after some discussion, felt that this plan was feasible, so that night, Cao Cao personally led 5,000 steps to ride, the rank of the person, Malekou, put on the uniform of the Yuan army, and went straight to the black nest, the road met the Yuan sergeant questioned, all said, "Yuan Gong is afraid that Cao Cao will attack the black nest, send us to garrison', Yuan Jun did not suspect cheating, but let go.

After arriving at the black nest, Cao Cao ordered people to set fire everywhere, and Yuan's army was in chaos, Chun Yuqiong guarded the camp, and sent people to ask Yuan Shao for help.

Yuan Shao was shocked when he got the news, and hurriedly sent troops to help, Cao Cao was anxious, and sent troops to attack, and the general Xu Chu took the lead in breaking through the camp and killing Chun Yuqiong, and Cao's army also successfully burned the grain and grass of Wuchao.

Wuchao was lost, Yuan Shao thought that Cao's camp was empty, so he sent heavy troops to attack, but was killed and retreated by Guo Jia's design, and Yuan's generals Zhang He and Gao Lan also led their troops to Cao at this time.

The fifth year of Jian'an, October 16.

With the help of Zhang He and Gao Ran, the morale of Cao's army soared, and he pursued by victory, but Yuan's army collapsed and left in defeat.

In this battle, Cao's army beheaded more than 70,000 people, captured 30,000 enemies, and captured countless baggage, and in the end, only 800 cavalry of Yuan's army fled back to Hebei, and Yuan Shao also vomited blood and fell into a coma on the way to escape, and he couldn't afford to be ill ever since.

When this news came to Huainan, Wang Chong couldn't help but sigh, after this battle, Yuan Cao's offense and defense were exchanged, and no one could stop Cao Cao's rise in the north, in this regard, Wang Chong could only hope that Yuan Shao could live for a few more years, so as to give Jinfan more time for development.

On the side, Jia Xu asked, "Why is the lord sighing?" Yuan defeated Cao Sheng, isn't this exactly what the lord has been looking forward to? ”

Wang Chong said: "In terms of the overall situation, this is true, but Cao Cao is really a fierce enemy, I really don't know whether my previous decision was right or wrong!" ”

Jia Xu persuaded: "Don't worry, my lord, although Yuan Shao is defeated now, if Cao Cao wants to unify the north, it will take at least five years or more, and this time is enough for us to break through Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and even go west to Yizhou!" ”

Wang Chong shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, it is difficult for the south to defeat the north, and even if we really rule the river with Cao Cao, it will be us who will be passive!" ”

Jia Xu was silent for a moment and said: "All along, the reason why the south will be passive is nothing more than the lack of horses, in this case, why not change the policy after the lord captured Jingzhou?" ”

Wang Chong's eyes lit up, looked at Jia Xu and said, "Wen He is saying...... Guanzhong!? ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Those who get the pass win the world, Yizhou Liu Zhang is the slave of Shoucheng, it is insignificant, so, instead of attacking Yizhou in the west, it is better to take the pass first!" ”

Wang Chong was stunned for a while, then took a deep breath and said: "There will be many changes in the future, I'm afraid things won't go as smoothly as we imagined, and I have another idea now, we ...... Why not get rid of the enemy you feel is the most threatening first? ”

Jia Xu's face changed when he heard this, he didn't expect Wang Chong's thinking to be so jumpy: "The lord is saying...... Cao Cao!? ”

"Ahh Wang Chong squinted his eyes and said, "At this time, at that time, now Yuan Shao is lying ill, and the time is running out, the decline of the Yuan clan is irreversible, in this case, why should we wait for Cao Cao, the tiger, to become an enemy after it becomes stronger?" ”

Jia Xu said thoughtfully: "But the time seems to be not ripe yet, right?" ”

Wang Chong smiled: "So...... Let's wait for Yuan Shao to die! (To be continued.) )