Yecheng, Yuan Shao's official residence.

"I've seen the lord!"

Tian Feng hurriedly entered the inner hall and waved his hand at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "Yuan Hao is not polite, sit down and talk about it!" ”

Tian Feng sat sideways and asked, "I don't know if the lord is summoned to come down, what do you command?" ”

Yuan Shao said: "That's the case, I just received a report from the scout, Luo Zhengqin led 5,000 cavalry through Hedong Yicheng to the supreme party, and wanted to bypass Taihang Shandong and cross the river from Gaodu to the south to attack Xuchang, what does Yuan Hao think?" ”

"This ......"

Tian Feng was stunned and puzzled: "Although Luo Zheng attacked Hangu Pass with strange troops, Si Lishang was occupied by Li Dao, even if Luo Zheng wanted to raise troops to march east, he should also capture Si Licai, how could he bypass Luoyang and attack Xuchang?" ”

Yuan Shao rubbed his eyebrows and said: "I don't understand this matter, I don't know what Luo Zheng is doing!" ”

Tian Feng pondered for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately thought of the key to it.

Last year, Luo Zheng sent an alliance with Yuan Shao, and exchanged a large amount of money and food with Yuan Shao with 20,000 military horses.

The Xuzhou Shi clan has already said that as long as Cao Cao destroys Yuan Shu, they will welcome Cao Cao into Xuzhou.

At present, Cao Cao is attacking Huainan, and Luo Zheng personally raised a large army to attack Xuchang at this time, which is to spoil Cao Cao's good deeds. Thinking deeply, Luo Zheng let Li Dao go in Luoyang and didn't fight, but he wanted to spoil Cao Cao's good deeds, and he was not afraid of Cao Cao.

In other words, Luo Zheng regarded Cao Cao as the biggest strategic enemy, as for Yuan Shao......

Tian Feng looked at his father-in-law, and Luo Zheng sold 20,000 military horses to Yuan Shao. is obviously doing Yuan Shao a favor.

Who is Luo Zheng, and how can he be so kind.

Sold 20,000 military horses to Yuan Shao. There must have been his intentions.

Tian Feng didn't understand it before, but now he suddenly understood something.

Since Luo Zheng regards Cao Cao as his biggest imaginary enemy. That shows that in Luo Zheng's eyes, Yuan Shao is not as good as Cao Cao. Or that Yuan Shao's threat to Luo Zheng was not as great as Cao Cao's, so he could sell Yuan Shao 20,000 military horses.

Having said that, this did not make Yuan Shao's intention to contain Cao Cao.

In that case, this is an opportunity to take advantage of.

Since Luo Zheng's goal is Cao Cao, let Luo Zheng and Cao Cao go dog-eat-dog, anyway, Cao Cao's expansion is too fast, and the Jizhou military group headed by Yuan Shao also feels a lot of pressure.

Let Luo Zheng go and cause some trouble for Cao Cao. Delay the pace of Cao Cao's unification of the Central Plains, just so that he can free up troops to speed up the process of unifying Hebei, otherwise if Cao Cao is allowed to unify the Central Plains first, it will be difficult for Yuan Shao to pacify Hebei at that time.

Tian Feng thought of this and immediately said, "Lord, this is a good thing!" ”

Yuan Shao said 'oh' and said, "What's the explanation?" ”

Tian Feng said: "Luo Zheng once slaughtered Cao Cao's clan, and he has a lot of grudges with Cao Cao. This time, the army rushed to Xuchang, most likely to do bad things for Cao Cao. didn't want Cao Cao to win the support of the Xuzhou scholars, so he personally raised a large army to attack. According to the following opinion, the goal of Luo Zheng's troops this time was nothing more than to force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops from Huainan. ”

Yuan Shao pondered for a while. Only then did he nod and said, "What Yuan Hao said is reasonable!" ”

Tian Feng said: "And Luo Zheng has a robbing nature, and he has never changed his robber style. Since I came to the Central Plains, there is no reason to return empty-handed. The Guanliang area is vast and sparsely populated, and most of this person will also loot the population in Yanzhou. In recent years, Cao Cao's strength has expanded too quickly. Not good for our army. Since Luo Zheng wants to make trouble for Cao Cao, it is a good thing for our army, why not open the door of convenience for the lord, if Luo Zheng can't squeeze the grain and grass, the lord can also give him some grain and grass to help him. ”

Yuan Shao touched his beard and thought for a long time before nodding again and again: "What Yuan Hao said is extremely true, just do it!" ”

The river flows eastward, and there is no return.

When Luo Zheng led his army to a ferry on the north bank of the river, the sun was already setting in the west.

"Where is this boundary?"

Luo Zheng reined in his horse and asked the guide who led the way.

Orion, who led the way, said: "This is the boundary of Chaoge, which is under the jurisdiction of Hanoi County. Walk ten miles northeast along the river, and turn over the hills, which is the boundary of Liyang in Jizhou. But there is no road in that place, and the cavalry is not easy to walk! ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand, and Orion immediately stepped aside.

At this time, on the open river, a small boat rode the wind and waves and galloped against the current.

"The last general will see the lord!"

Gan Ning stood on the bow of the boat, and when the boat was near, he jumped directly onto the dock and bowed down.

"Xingba is exempt!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said, "How many days has the navy arrived?" ”

Gan Ning replied, "It's been five days. ”

Luo Zheng was surprised: "General Ben led the cavalry lightly and walked for ten days, how did the navy come so fast?" ”

Gan Ning said: "The lord doesn't know, take the waterway from Hanguguan to here, there is no need to detour far, the distance is shorter than the lord from Hedong to Shangdang is more than half, and it is a boat along the river, and the navy naturally goes very fast!" ”

Luo Zheng nodded clearly, and said: "If there are enough warships, General Ben will not need to make a detour, and will directly transport the army here by water, which will save time and effort, and there will be no need for the soldiers to eat and sleep." ”

Jia Xu also said: "What the lord said is very true, it is indeed much more time-saving and labor-saving to take the waterway than the land route. ”

Gan Ning said excitedly: "My lord, Fuping Shipyard has completed the production of three building ships, and is currently testing the water, if there is no problem, it can be put into use in half a year at most." Only ten building ships, plus Meng Chong and Feifu, can transport the main army. ”

Luo Zheng said happily: "Thanks to Xingba getting a large number of shipwrights from Jingshu and other places, this general will give you a great credit." ”

"Thank you, my lord!"

Gan Ning hurriedly arched his hand and asked, "It's getting late now, does the lord want to cross the river?" ”

Luo Zheng asked, "Is there a Cao army on the north shore?" ”

Gan Ning replied: "Cao Cao's general Cao Ren has led 8,000 troops to Guandu and set up camp in Guandu. ”

"What?"

Luo Zheng's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Cao Ren has already led the army to Guandu?" ”

Gan Ning replied: "Exactly! ”

Luo Zheng was speechless for a long time, and said after a while: "What a mistake, this Cao Ren has already expected that our army will go south from Guandu to attack Xuchang, the Cao family and the Xiahou clan are really prosperous, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, etc., are all good generals who can stand alone." It seems that this time to win by surprise, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "Cao Ren may not be able to anticipate the true intentions of the lord, but General Gan Ning's navy escorted a large amount of grain and grass to Guandu and stopped the boat, if Cao Ren does not take some precautions, how can Cao Cao be reused." Judging from the truth, Cao Ren most likely wanted to prevent our army from going south from Guandu to plunder the Central Plains, and he may not have expected that the lord would be in Xuchang! ”

Luo Zheng nodded and said: "Having said that, but Xuchang is an old man's nest, since Cao Ren has come to Guandu, most of the people who stay in Xuchang are Chen Gong, this person is extremely wise, and it is not so easy for this general to sneak attack Xuchang." ”

Jia Xu said: "In fact, the purpose of our army's attack on Xuchang this time is just to force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops from Huainan, so that Cao Cao can not get the support of the Xuzhou scholars, and he wants to enter Xuzhou naturally becomes the moon in the mirror." As long as Cao Cao can be forced to withdraw his troops, the purpose of our army will be achieved. If you can kill some of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, it will be regarded as collecting some interest. ”

Luo Zheng said happily: "What Wen He said is extremely true, it is General Ben who is a little greedy. ”

After a pause, he said: "Order the army to cross the river and rest again on the south bank!" ”

"Yes!"

The commander on duty had already responded loudly and quickly passed down the military order.

The 5,000 cavalry was divided into 10 groups, and under the support of the Ganning navy, they crossed the Yellow River in batches and set up camp on a high ground on the south bank, about 30 miles away from Cao Ren's camp.

The sun is setting, and the sky is full of golden glow in the west.

Accompanied by Jia Xu, Xu Chu, Gan Ning and others, Luo Zheng climbed a mountain a few miles away from Cao Ren's camp and looked at Cao Ren's camp from a distance.

Jia Xu only glanced at it, then retracted his gaze and praised: "This camp is impeccable, whether it is the choice of the place to set up the village or the layout of the camp defense, it is extremely strict, leaving no dead corners and flaws. Cao Ren is really a rare good general, no wonder he was entrusted by Cao Cao with the important task of staying in Xuchang, this person's ability is not under General Wenyuan. ”

Luo Zheng nodded, this Cao Ren does have the talent of a general.

If it is said that Cao Cao's first general, it must be Xiahoudun. However, Xiahoudun was brave and good at fighting, strong as fire, while Cao Ren was both wise and brave, and played a big role in Cao Cao's determination of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou and the attack on Yuzhou.

Yuan Shu counterattacked several times, and it was this Cao Ren who commanded the troops on the front line to resist the enemy.

Jia Xu said: "Lord, if you can manage to kill Cao Ren, you can cut off Cao Cao's arm!" ”

Luo Zheng nodded again and again and said: "This is what General Ben means, but Cao Ren is hiding in the camp and does not come out, and there is no chance of winning in a frontal attack, if you use the strategy of luring the enemy and sneaking attack, I am afraid that I can't help this Cao Ren, how can it be good?" ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Cao Ren has an army of 8,000, if a head-on decisive battle, even if we can break Cao Ren's army, our army will inevitably suffer too many casualties, only by mobilizing Cao Ren's 8,000 army, our army can find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy." The lord didn't have to pay attention to Cao Ren, and led the army to Xuchang to see if Cao Ren dared to risk the danger of Xuchang being attacked, and continued to hide in the camp. ”

Luo Zheng slammed the knot and said: "General Ben also has this intention, according to Wen He's opinion!" ”

At the same time, the Cao Ren camp.

Cao Ren stood on a sentry tower, also watching from a distance.

"General!"

A small colonel pointed to the hill where Luo Zheng and the others were standing, and shouted: "There is clearly a 'Luo' word on the big banner there, this must be Luo Zheng's house personally exploring our army's camp, if you want to send troops to pursue, maybe you can kill Luo Zheng's house." ”

"Don't be reckless!"

Cao Ren said in a deep voice: "Luo Zheng is so easy to kill, if that guy is really so easy to kill, he would have known it hundreds of times." Back then, I followed the lord to block that guy in Yu County, and I was trapped for a month, but I was still run away by that guy. Today, our army is all foot soldiers, and the other army is cavalry, coming and going like the wind, even if we have a large army, how can we catch up. ”

"The general is taught!"

The little school was sweating profusely, and hurriedly bowed his head to admit his mistake. (To be continued......)