As mentioned above, Cao Cao felt that Yuan Shao had no heroism, but in fact, these were Yuan Shao's faces from Cao Cao's perspective, and from Yuan Shao's point of view, why did Yuan Shao have to lend his troops to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was a man who had been defeated repeatedly. Again, this has little to do with heroism.

Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao to borrow troops, and Yuan Shaoru directly gave him 5,000 soldiers and horses, that is, he handed over his soldiers and horses to Cao Cao for the time being, but he seemed to be generous and said "5,000 is too little", and allocated Chun Yuqiong to Cao Cao, which was actually unwilling to hand over his soldiers and horses to Cao Cao, and still took Chun Yuqiong as the main general of the 8,000 cavalry, in other words, this was a "joint army" with Cao Cao, not a "borrowed army".

Cao Cao looked down on Yuan Shao's "little family spirit" in his heart, and his face did not show it, but made a look of great joy, and said: "If I can get the help of the general, I will send troops this time, and I will have a better chance of winning." ”

Yuan Shao asked casually: "Meng De, when do you want to send troops?" ”

Cao Cao replied: "I will write a letter to Wen and Sun and discuss it with them." ”

Just do what he said, after Cao Cao returned to his camp that day, he wrote a letter to Wen Chou and Sun Jian

Xun Yu came to Wen Chou's tent, and saw that Tian Feng, Tian Chou and others had already arrived first, he sat down in the seat, frowned and asked, "Why did Ming Gong summon me to wait?" ”

Wen Chou put down the wooden bowl in his hand: "Cao Mengde sent me a letter." ”

Xun Yuxiao said with interest: "Oh, what did the letter say?" ”

Wen Chou Gujing Wubo said: "He borrowed 8,000 soldiers and horses from Yuan Benchu, and wanted to respond to the initiative of General Sun and me to fight against Dong together, and asked us when we planned to send troops. ”

Xun Yu groaned slightly: "Then how is Ming Gong going to reply to the letter?" ”

Wen Chou said without thinking: "It's almost April, and the summer harvest is coming, so let's wait until the summer harvest to send troops." ”

The summer harvest time in Yingchuan, Chenliu, Hanoi, Changshan and other places is about the same. If it's early, it's time for the summer harvest in April and May.

Although Wen Chou must have to do the matter of "discussing Dong for the second time", this time he invited Sun Jian to jointly spread the word to the world, but his purpose was just to take this opportunity to improve his reputation again. The original intention was that he didn't want to send troops immediately, so he planned to use the summer harvest as an excuse to temporarily reply to Cao Cao, and delay the matter of attacking Dong Zhuo again a little, so as to wait for the morale of Dong Jun to be low.

Tian Feng and the others nodded and said, "This reply is the most appropriate." ”

Tian Chou sighed unconsciously: "Zhulu Righteous Army, except for Ming Gong and General Sun, only General Cao is Kuang Fu Sheji. Rebelling and generous, sacrificing one's life and forgetting death, can be called loyal and brave. ”

Cao Cao had already been defeated, almost killed in battle, and in the process of the second recruitment, he encountered a rebellion and almost died, but after taking the newly recruited soldiers to Hanoi. But he is still actively fighting and dares to attack. It is indeed called loyal and brave.

Wen Chouxin said: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the only people who succeeded were Cao, Sun, and Liu, such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, although they were powerful at the beginning, but in the end they ended up empty, but they were just 'pioneers for the king'. It's not for nothing! ”

While he was talking, Dian Wei entered the account: the scout reported, Dong Jun seemed to have moved. Everyone stopped talking, and Wen Chou asked, "What's the change?" ”

Dian Wei said: "About 5,000 people from the Hu Zhen Department of Yique Pass went out of the customs to the south, and about 3,000 people from the Dong Army of the Yuyuan Pass Department also went out of the customs. It seems to have the meaning of eastward. ”

Wen Chouming unfolded the map, and while looking at the map, he asked, "Where is Dong Jun of the Yuyuan Customs Department now?" ”

Dian Wei replied: "In the west of the Guanxi." ”

Xun Yu looked at the map and said, "Can you enter my Yingchuan County?" ”

Dian Wei said respectfully: "Not yet." ”

Yuyuan Pass is at the junction of Yingchuan County and Henan Yin, and a little east out of the pass, it is the jurisdiction of Yangcheng and Lunshi counties of Yingchuan County, so Wen Chou Xun Yu and others first asked where Dong Jun of the Yuyuan Pass Department is now. Wen Chou looked at the topographic map of the area around Yiyuan Pass for a while, then turned his attention to the area around Yique Pass, and then asked, "Where is Hu Zhenbu now?" ”

But Tian Feng replied: "Going down the Yishui, at this time it is about the vicinity of the new city." "The new city is about 60 miles away from Yique Pass, and from the new city to the southeast, about 100 miles up and down is Liang County.

When Wen Chou looked at the map for a long time, he asked Tian Feng and the others: "Dong Jun of Yuyuan and Yique Zhuguan suddenly moved, and Qing and the others thought Dong Zhuo was intending to do this?" ”

At present, the enemy situation is unknown, and it is only known that Dong Jun in Yuyuan Pass and Yique Pass have their own movements, and if they want to say, "What is Dong Zhuo's intention", Tian Feng and others are difficult to determine for the time being, and roughly calculated, there are at least three possibilities.

Tian Fengyan said: "Either I want to combine the power of the two passes, divide the west and the south, and attack my Yingchuan together; Either they want to divide the way and attack, attack our Yingchuan in the east with the Dong army of Yiyuan Pass, and attack the Luyang Yuan Highway with the Dong army of Yique Pass in the south; Either they want to contain our department with the Dong army of Yiyuan Pass, and attack Luyang with the Dong army of Yique Pass. ”

Tian Chou and Xun Yu nodded yes, and they all said: "What Yuan Hao said is exact." ”

Wen Chou asked Dian Wei and said, "Are the soldiers and horses from Yuyuan Pass walking or riding?" ”

Dian Wei replied: "There are all kinds of foot riding, mainly riding." ”

Wen Chou further asked, "What about Yique Pass?" ”

Dian Wei said: "It is also the same. ”

Wen Chou's heart was clear, and he said immediately: "Focusing on riding, this is the purpose of running,...... passed on my military order, and ordered Zhou Lu to immediately lead his troops westward and stationed outside Yangcheng and Lunshi counties to prepare for the Dong army in Yuyuan Pass; Then ordered Lu Liang to firmly guard the southern father city of the county to prevent the Hu Zhen army from sneaking attack. Dian Wei received the order, and when Wen Chou wrote the military order, he went out of the tent and sent people to give orders to Zhou Lu and Lu Liang.

Tian Feng pondered for a while, and said to Wen Chou: "Ming Gong, I thought that Dong Zhuo's intention to part ways and send troops this time should not be in my Yingchuan. ”

Wen Chou was surprised: "Oh? ”

Tian Feng said slowly: "There are many families and clansmen of the generals of the righteous army in Beijing, but Dong Zhuo only killed more than 50 people of the Yuan family in Beijing before, which is clearly the meaning of 'severely punishing the head of the crime',...... The 3,000-step cavalry in the Yuyuan Pass should be just to contain our troops and make me dare not come to the aid of Luyang. ”

Tian Chou said: "Mr. Yuan Hao has a point. It's just that our army has just defeated Hu Zhen several times in a row and captured thousands of Dong soldiers, but it cannot be ruled out that Dong Zhuo has the intention of retaliating against our army. ”

Xun Yu said: "Yuyuan Pass 3,000 steps to ride, Yique Pass Hu Zhen 5,000 steps to ride, a total of 8,000, if you come for my Yingchuan, this battle should not be taken lightly." Ming Gong, the most important thing at the moment is that no matter where Dong Zhuoyi is, our army will be strictly defended first. Xun Yu is quite modest, and he is also the most stable person, and the suggestions he puts forward are also a steady way. (To be continued.) )