In addition to the coldness of the snowy night, the night is also very dark, and the viscous inky darkness is quiet, only the sound of falling snow can be heard clearly.

This kind of weather is no different from going to hell for the poor whose houses can't cover the wind and whose clothes can't keep out the cold, and it's definitely worse than death. But it is a very good weather for the high-ranking people who are in the courtyard of a deep house, wrapped in smooth fur and thick quilts.

Idlers can get a good night's sleep, and illnesses such as insomnia will never be annoying in this weather; Those who have a pursuit can enjoy the wind and snow in the snowy night, drink and talk, and display their talents in words or calligraphy and painting.

In the back garden of the city guard mansion in Wancheng, a white-clothed scholar looks different. Although the white fur on the body is valuable and has a good warmth effect, it is also very cold to stand for a long time in such a heavy snow. The snow was already covering his head and shoulders, but he still didn't realize it, as if he was contemplating, as if waiting for something.

Several entourages stood far away, with expressions of embarrassment and helplessness on their faces.

"What happened to the military advisor today? In the past few days, the roads have been closed by heavy snow, do we still have to fight? His health is not good in the first place, if this is cold...... The lord must be guilty of us! Or...... Let's go and persuade together? The speaker's lips were purple, and his voice trembled slightly, not frozen, but simply frightened.

"How many military affairs are in the heart of the military advisor, and if there is no war in the past few days, don't you think about it as him? If there was really something big, he would rush up and interrupt his train of thought...... Will you be glad when your lord learns about it? ”

"So, what should I do?" It's not appropriate to persuade, it's still inappropriate not to persuade, and several attendants are dumbfounded. His face and stomach were full of bitter water, and he complained that he was unlucky, and he was selected to serve the most difficult big man in the army.

"What else can I do, do I prepare more in advance?" The attendant who put forward the rebuttal was very experienced, and seeing that several new companions had no ideas, he took the initiative to take responsibility and arranged it in an orderly manner: "Boil the ginger soup several times, bake the firewood again, and then heat a pot of plum wine." Wait for the military advisor to go back, so that he can ward off the cold...... Well, the Medicist will also inform you......"

As he spoke, he suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and then raised his head: "Huh." That's ......"

Everyone followed the sound and heard a 'fluttering' sound in the air, which seemed to be the sound of birds flapping their wings.

The white-clothed Xiushi, who had been pondering, also raised his head, and to the great surprise of the attendants, his face was full of joy.

It seems that everyone guessed wrong, and the military advisor was not pondering, but waiting. If nothing else, what flies in the air should be the carrier pigeon that has just been used in the army.

Sure enough, the next moment. Through the confused wind and snow, a gray bird suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, fluttered its wings, and landed in the raised hands of the man in white.

The man in white reversed his previous silence. Eagerly rummaging under the bird, the hand holding the pigeon trembled slightly. Seeing that the hearts of the attendants were also trembling, they were afraid that something would go wrong with the big man who served.

Fortunately, the man in white quickly found what he was looking for, let out a long breath, turned around, walked to the attendants, handed the pigeon over, and ordered: "Good life to take care of it." Then he held a roll of paper in his hand, and went in a hurry as if he had found a treasure, and he didn't even bother to shake off the snow on his body.

The two older attendants did not dare to slack off and chased after him, while the others looked at each other on the same ground: "Didn't you say that major military information will not be transmitted by carrier pigeons?" Why was he so nervous, waiting in the snow for almost an hour! ”

"Who knows?" The person who took the stubble pouted: "Maybe, this is not a military situation, but a war report from the north, anyway, it is far away from there, even if the lord has the heart, he can't interfere, and he can pass it with carrier pigeons, which can not only send the news in time, but also not lose and leak." ”

He just said it casually, but everyone nodded in agreement when they heard it, and his tone was meaningful: "It's the north......"

The chaos in the world started by Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing is not as chaotic as people imagined. With the birth of Wang Yu, in just four years, this chaos has gradually shown hope for peace, at least the pattern of power has been obvious. Not to mention the princes and strategists, even these attendants in the army can say one, two, three.

The current pattern is a three-way rivalry.

The military alliance dominated by Qingzhou was the strongest, encompassing the whole of Hebei, plus almost all of Shandong, as well as a large area of Lianghuai. Although Yuan Shu and Zhang Yan cannot be completely regarded as vassals of Qingzhou, they will still be consistent with Qingzhou when it comes to the outside world.

For this military alliance, the only doubt now is the great battle in Youzhou. If this battle is won, Zhang Yan and Yuan Shu will inevitably succumb, and if they lose, depending on the extent of the defeat, the worst result will lead to the collapse of the entire alliance. But on the whole, this behemoth brought great pressure to the other princes, and there were very few princes who had the intention of taking chances.

The second is the Western Military Alliance, which is dominated by the Cao Cao forces to which the attendants belong.

Compared to the strength of Qingzhou, the Western Alliance has many more problems.

First of all, Dong Zhuo is the biggest obstacle, this is a huge problem, Dong Zhuo's strength is stronger than Cao Cao, but for Cao Cao, it is not enough to move the other party, only in the process of solving the opponent, to maximize the absorption of enough benefits to strengthen themselves, in order to have the capital to confront Qingzhou.

In order to achieve this goal, Cao Cao made a lot of efforts and won many allies, which would create further troubles - after the enemy disappeared, if he did not properly manage the relationship with his allies, it was easy to turn against him.

The Qingzhou Alliance has had such a problem before, and the reason why the Youzhou War was fought so hard is also because of this reason. Therefore, this is an unavoidable and extremely difficult trouble, and the time and resources required to solve the problem are considerable.

So, the third big question comes to the surface, and that is time! If he could not complete the integration of the Western Alliance before Wang Yu withdrew from Youzhou, Cao Cao's efforts would only be in vain. Under such a premise, it is understandable that the military advisor Guo Jia was extremely concerned about the war in northern Xinjiang.

The last party, and the most unknown party, is the Jiangdong forces.

Among the three forces, Jiangdong is the weakest, if it weren't for Sun Ce's own domineering exposure, the strategic strategy of the military advisor Zhou Yu, and his opponent Liu Biao's twilight, the people of the world would not put it on a par with the two major forces of Wang and Cao at all, but would regard it as a local force like Liu Yan and Liu Biao that could not affect the overall situation of the world.

Like Cao Cao, whether Sun Ce can join the competition for the Central Plains is equally important, and Sun Ce can only have this qualification if he gets the most sufficient chips before Wang Yu withdraws.

Compared with Cao Cao, Sun Ce's opponents are undoubtedly much more difficult to deal with: Liu Biao, who has the full support of local heroes and resists with all his might; and Yuan Shu, whose forces are deeply entrenched in Huainan and has the support of Qingzhou behind him, is not easy to deal with.

Because of the status quo of one strong and two weak in the three major forces, Cao Cao and Sun Ce also began to have a tendency to unite.

In addition to the fierce battle in Jiangxia, Sun Ce never forgot the banks of the Chen soldiers on the river, and they all used Yuan Shu to contain the imminent Yuan Shu to relieve the pressure on Cao Cao's eastern front. Cao Cao fought fiercely with Dong Zhuo on all fronts, and his troops were stretched, but after personally leading his troops to relieve the siege of Wancheng, he still remembered Zhang Xiu, who divided his troops to attack Xinye, in order to contain Liu Biao's troops.

It is not surprising that Guo Jia dragged his sick body to sleep all night and stood in the middle of the night, just to receive the information of the Northern Xinjiang War as soon as possible.

"What will happen in the end?" After a long time, someone let out a long sigh, causing everyone to sigh, but no one could answer.

At the same time, in the study, Cao Cao gave a clear answer with a sigh: "Competing for the world, Pengju has taken the lead, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a difference." ”

Cao Cao's tired face added a bit of gloom, and the ecstatic appearance that he received from the battle report of the Battle of Juyong a few days ago was completely like two people.

At that time, he was indeed very happy, and with his eyes, of course, he could see a series of consequences that Gongsun Zhan's rash advance would cause. If he and Wang Yu change places, he is likely to make the decision to comprehensively shrink the front, abandon Youzhou, and hold the northern front of Jizhou with Yijing as the center.

This is the safest way, because the previous arrangements of the Qingzhou Army were all designed for the cooperation of the Youzhou Army in the middle road. Now after the fiasco of Gongsun Zhan, it is no longer a help, but a drag, and in the eyes of any mature prince, he should give up decisively, rather than reluctantly save it.

Not to mention that the rescue operation is very risky, and even if it doesn't, what good is it to rescue an unruly ally? Continue to entangle with it and delay the time to fight for the Central Plains?

If you give up Youzhou, only one general needs to stay in the northern Xinjiang, and Yu Ban and Xu Huang are both good choices. There is one army missing, but in the battle for the Central Plains and the attack on Luoyang, it can use the power of Lu Bu's army, and it will not suffer a loss if it increases and decreases.

With the strong combat power displayed by the hussars at the beginning of the Northern Xinjiang War, Cao Cao was not at all sure about holding Luoyang, although he also discussed some contingency measures with his staff, but it was at the cost of losing Luoyang, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou's territories.

If the situation evolves like that, even if he barely survives the invasion of the Qingzhou army, what can he do more?

Therefore, he was very fortunate for a while, until Wang Yu personally led the troops north, which caused a sudden change in the situation in Youzhou.

defeated Koji Yi and drove Qi Zhou, and the two battles played a great reputation for the Fire Iron Horse;

I don't know if Wang Yu's achievements stimulated his generals.

First of all, Tai Shi Ci was mighty, and five hundred strong men waded through ice and attacked at night, and defeated Yan Rou, the famous Karasuma captain in the land of Youyan, by the bank of Baoqiu Water; Later, Ji Ling used 2,000 foot soldiers to block the onslaught of 20,000 Hu cavalry led by Qian Man in Flying Fox Road; Immediately afterwards, Daijun spread the news that Zhao Yun was out of the fortress and swept through Danhan Mountain.

What Guo Jia was waiting for was this series of good news, or bad news, after Cao Cao saw it, he was immediately hit extremely hard, and when he spoke, there was already despair floating in his tone.