Tian Chou traveled day and night, and arrived at the sour jujube a few days later.

Zhang Miao heard the report and went out to greet him.

Entering the camp and sitting down, Zhang Miao first said "hard work on the road", ordered someone to serve hot soup, waited for Tian Chou to drink a few sips, slightly cooled, and then asked: "Zitai is here, but did you bring a letter from Zixiao?" ”

Tian Chou took out Wen Chou's letter and presented it to Zhang Miao.

Wen Chou wrote: Tian Chou was sent this time to discuss the matter of sending troops.

Zhang Miao was overjoyed when he read it, and said: "A letter came a few days ago, saying that if I and Zixiao attack together, he can send troops to help. And he had another letter to Meng De, in which he asked Meng De to try his best to persuade the princes of the sour jujube to help me and Zixiao. He told me again in the letter that he also sent a letter to Zixiao. ......, did Zixiao receive this letter? It can be seen from the inside that although Yuan Shao's impression of Wen Chou is not very good, he has a very clear view of the current situation, and knows that he needs to rely on Wen Chou's military strength, so he gave Wen Chou a letter of 'urging troops' by 'abandoning his previous suspicions'.

The sour jujube is close to Hanoi, Yingchuan is far away from Hanoi, Yuan Shaofen's letter to Zhang Miao and Wen Chou was sent at the same time, the sour jujube arrived first, when Tian Chou came, Yuan Shao's letter had not yet arrived in Yangzhai. He shook his head and said, "When I came, the army had not yet received a letter from the chariots. Tian Chou and Zhang Miao are also old friends, based on the few days that Wen Chou visited Zhang Miao's camp.

"Counting the time, it is time for Zixiao to receive this letter now."

"I don't know how many soldiers and horses Yuan Cheqi can produce? Have the princes of sour jujube been moved by General Cao's words and are willing to send troops to help? ”

"At the beginning, he only said that he would send troops to help, but did not say how many soldiers and horses would be sent, and Hanoi had Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang, and Yu Fuluo's troops and horses, plus the soldiers of his headquarters at the beginning, and the Jizhou military horses sent by Han Jizhou to help him, a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people. Although there is a temporary shortage of food, since he promised to help me and Zixiao fight Dong, there should be no less than 10,000 men and horses to be sent. …… As for the princes of sour dates, one of them, Duke Liu, has already promised that when I send troops, he will send thousands of men and horses to help me. "The Liu Gong mentioned here is Liu Dai.

Tian Chou said in his heart: "Yuan Benchu is the leader of this coalition. If he is only willing to send 10,000 people, it is really not much, but then again, he was not counted in the first place, and now he is willing to send troops, although there are few people, it can be regarded as a way, which can slightly reduce the pressure on Ming Gong, Cao, and General Zhang. …… The sour jujube princes united with 120,000 soldiers, and the cavalry was prosperous. And in the end, even with Yuan Cheqi's letter, he still refused to move, only Liu Dai promised to go out to help thousands of people, which can really sigh. ”

He said: "With the help of the chariot and General Liu, the certainty of attacking Dong this time is even greater." ”

Zhang Miao said: "Zi Xiaoxin said: He and General Sun and the captains of the Yuzhou Army preliminarily set a strategy for attacking by separate routes. I don't know what this strategy is? ”

For the sake of caution in the major affairs of military aircraft, Wen Chou did not have a specific strategy to write in the letter. Instead, he conveyed it to Tian Chou.

At that moment, Tian Chou conveyed the strategy set by Wen Chou, Sun Jian and others to Zhang Miao. Zhang Miao frowned and thought for a long time. I thought it was so, and I discussed it with his staff, and they all thought so, but he mentioned: "Zitai also knows that the princes of sour jujube are not united, although the contemptible people say that they have a heart." It was only to contact General Cao and Bao Er, and this time the suggestion of the civil and military fierce people agreed with it, and this General Cao and Bao Er still need you to run again. ”

Since it was a hit, then the task of Tian Chou's trip was basically completed, but when it came. Wen Chou also specially told him to go to Cao Cao's camp, and this time he heard Zhang Miao's words, so he knew Zhang Miao's intentions, and he only stayed in Zhang Miao's camp for half a day, and then left.

- Although Zhang Miao's troops are much stronger than Cao Cao's, he thinks that he is not as prestigious as Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao is one of the eight captains of the West Garden, after the third duke! and participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban War, because Zhang Miao subconsciously regarded Cao Cao as the main backbone, and this phenomenon was also manifested in Bao Xin's body, and it was because of this that a small group such as Zhang Miao, Cao Cao, and Bao Xin was formed, with Cao Cao, the person with the least troops, as the center. It is Cao Cao who is the main purpose of Tian Chou's trip!

Cao Cao's camp is relatively much smaller than Zhang Miao's camp, but the mental outlook of the soldiers in his camp is much better than that of Zhang Miao's soldiers.

Cao Cao was very surprised by Tian Chou's arrival, but after understanding Tian Chou's intention, he was relieved.

When Cao Cao heard this, he slapped the case suddenly, and said: "The opinion of Zixiao and General Sun is with me!" ”

He turned to Shi Jian and the others who were sitting with him in the tent, and said with a smile: "These days, we have discussed the strategy of entering the army, and when this strategy was decided, I said to you and others: 'Zixiao will agree with me'." How is it? I'm right, right? ”

Shi Jian is Cao Cao's protégé, a young man, heroic, known for his loyalty and bravery, and even Cao Cao's credit, and is now Cao Cao's table as "Captain of the Military Academy", but it is the same position as Dong Zhi.

Shi Jian said with a smile: "The general, Wen and Sun Er are all heroes in the sea, and the heroes see the same thing, of course." ”

Cao Cao laughed. Finally waited for Wen Chou and Sun Jian to meet the division, got the grain and straw, Yingchuan can send troops, and the anxious and angry mood of the past few days was swept away, Cao Cao's mood at this time was very happy, lifting his beard, patting his thighs, laughing happily, and doing his best to be a landlord, and even persuaded Tian Chou to drink soup.

Tian Chou saw him behaving like this, and said unconsciously: "I heard about this prince from the lord a long time ago, and said that although he was born in a public family and has been rich for three generations, he is light in his words and deeds, and he is quite less dignified, not like the son of a noble family. The Lord is ready to call here! ”

However, although he felt that Cao Cao was less powerful, Tian Chou did not look down on him, and if nothing else, he did not dare to enter the army, and he alone advocated entering the war, which was enough to be respectable. In addition, in terms of giving people the feeling, although Cao Cao seems a little light, it is precisely this lightness, not taking a shelf, and revealing his temperament, but it is easy to make people feel close.

Cao Cao asked people to take the map, unfolded it on the ground, walked to the map, pulled out the sheath of the waist sword, pointed at it, and said to Tian Chou: "I will take it into testicles; Zixiao and Sun generals attacked Ohtani; At the beginning, he sent troops to force Meng Jin, and he advanced in three ways, Dong Zhuo must be difficult to take care of, this is like a house leaking and raining, and the house is leaking everywhere, even if he has strong soldiers and horses, he can't stop them all, in my opinion, he has only one strategy that is feasible. ”

"I would like to hear the general's high opinion."

"That is'one real and two virtual', select one elite soldier, use it as the main force, hit one of my three roads, this is 'one real', and send two more people and horses to use it as a partial part, respectively, to deal with the other two of my three roads, this is 'two voids'."

"What the general said is exact, and Dong Zhuo has to deal with it like this."

"I march in three ways, when I should respond to the sky, and when I respond to the people's hearts, it is to obey and disobey, and although Dong Zhuo is based in Luoyang, he is hated by the minister, and the people are not attached, so he must be more anxious than us, so that the main force he sent, that is, the 'Yishi', will definitely look forward to a quick victory, in order to defeat me one way first, and then turn to attack the other two roads. Although Dong Zhuo is evil, the soldiers and horses are strong, no matter which of our three roads meets his main force, the battle is not easy to fight, and if there is a slight difference, it may be lost, therefore, I think that the best strategy to deal with it is: no matter which of my three roads meets Dong Zhuo's main force, I should immediately go deep and high, do not fight, and the remaining two roads will be fought or defended depending on the situation. In this way, avoid Dong Zhuo's strengths, take advantage of our advantages, and even if you don't win, you won't be defeated. ”

After talking about Dong Zhuo's possible tactical analysis and his own countermeasures in this regard, Cao Cao asked Tian Chou: "What does Zitai think I think I think?" ”

"As the general said, this is the best policy."

"Good! Since Qing has no objection, please tell Zixiao this when you go back. If Zixiao has a dissenting opinion, we can discuss it again. ”

"No."

Cao Cao put the sword back in his waist, asked someone to take the map away, paced a few steps inside the tent, turned his face to look at the banner in the camp outside the tent, and suddenly sighed.

Tian Chou asked: "The general's discussion is all pertinent and wise, and Chou Shen thinks so, so that he can attack Dong as the general said: 'Even if you don't win, you won't be defeated'." Now that the plan has been decided, why did the general suddenly sigh? ”

"What I sigh is not because I am afraid of Dong, not because I am worried that I will not win this battle."

"Who is that?"

"If the princes of the sour jujube are willing to advance with me, the Yuzhou Kong Lingken is willing to advance with Zixiao, and the original and highway brothers also raise troops to advance, then we will wait for the four-way joint army: the original lead the people of Hanoi and Linmengjin; I and the sour jujube Zhugong took the testicles, according to Ao Cang; Zixiao and Yingchuan generals Sai Yuyuan and Taigu to control their dangers; Highway rate Nanyang's army, stationed in Dan, analysis, into Wuguan, to earthquake three auxiliary, then the victory or defeat is decided, the big thing has been accomplished, where do you need me and Zixiao to plan hard, think about it? ”

When Tian Chou heard this, he thought in his heart: "General Cao's view is the same as that of Mr. Yuan Hao. ”

Something like that, before Tian Chou came to Cao Ying, Tian Feng said it in Wen Chou's account.

It's just that the idea is beautiful, but the reality is difficult to achieve.

Tian Chou did not stop much in Cao Ying, only stayed for one night, and set off for Yangzhai early the next morning.

When he arrived in Yangzhai, he conveyed Zhang Miao's decision and Cao Cao's opinion to Wen Chou, who had no objections.

Since there was no objection, there was no need to send Tian Chou to see Zhang Miao and Cao Cao, so Wen Chou only wrote another letter, sent someone to sour jujube again, and sent it to Zhang Miao and Cao Cao, in which he said that he agreed with their opinions and agreed with them on the day of the army.

It is now late February, plus Yuan Shao, this time a total of three people marched together, but the day of the army could not be set too early, and it was necessary to leave enough time for all roads to prepare, so Wen Chou set it in mid-March.

Zhang Miao, Cao Cao and others received the letter, but they had no opinion on this, and on the one hand they replied to Wen Chou, and on the other hand sent someone to tell Yuan Shao.

Approaching the dispatch of troops, Wen Chou, Sun Jian, and all units of the Yuzhou Army who were willing to attack from Wen Chou stepped up their drills.

On this day, news suddenly came from Luoyang. (To be continued......)