In this world, there are no eternal friends, but there are also no eternal enemies.

It is true that Yue Xi was indeed for Cao Cao's consideration, so he intercepted the horses purchased by Liu Bei, so that Lu Bu brazenly launched an attack on Yue Xi. But in the end, it was under the mediation of Liu Bei and Cao Cao that the war disappeared invisibly.

In return, Cao Cao not only returned all the horses, but also put a hundred horses as an add-on. Lu Bu got the benefit, so he naturally didn't dare to make trouble again, after all, this was obviously not giving Liu Bei face. It's not a good thing to offend others too much.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei truce, it is not that the relationship between the two families is good, on the contrary, the two families themselves and even the feud did not really get together, just because the two families had a common enemy, Fang Yun.

The two just discovered that the place where Lu Bu and Yue Xi fought was very close to the border of Pei County, and it was not too far from Xiang County. And according to the latest intelligence, Fang Yun hoarded a large amount of military food and materials in Xiang County.

So the two families pretended to fight, but in fact, they secretly dispatched troops and directly invested 15,000 people in this war. When he learned that Yuan Shu and Sun Ce were also attacking Fang Yun, they saw the opportunity to conduct the so-called second temptation.

Yes, this is also a test to confirm the combat effectiveness of Fang Yun's local corps. The two temptations were just to find Fang Yun's weakest point, and then directly gnaw down and eat it dry and wipe it clean. The two sides are even ready to go out at any time, and their manpower has been mobilized, just waiting for the battle report of the test troops.

On Liu Bei's side, led by Lu Bu's 5,000 cavalry, followed by 5,000 foot soldiers led by Tai Shici. It is mainly based on the control of war weapons. Supplemented by repeater support; Cao Cao had 2,000 cavalry. The 3,000 weapons of war battalion is also mainly based on the control of war weapons, supplemented by crossbows or strong bow support.

At the same time that the two families sent troops, Sun Ce and Ji Ling learned of this, and they also relaxed and crossed the Huaishui to the north to attack Hushu.

Huang Zhong received the information the next afternoon, and it was an urgent message. After receiving the information, he immediately ordered: Zhao Yun went to Xiangxian to support; Zhao Lixi went to attack Shansang County; Peng Cheng led his troops south to attack Chengfu County; Qin Yilu advanced the defensive line to the Zhongli area; Gao Shun attacked Yicheng, Dangtu, Ping'a and Xia Cai and other places; Zhang Yan, Bai Huan and Yu Poison, who had just come to Xuzhou, also went out with the army, and then stayed behind in these four strongholds.

This arrangement is somewhat of a siege of Wei to save Zhao. But as long as Gao Shun's soldiers are under Shouchun City, they will show their weapons of war. Even if Yuan Shu doesn't want to, he has to transfer people back, he is not the kind of person who likes to take risks.

A large number of supplies and newly arrived weapons of war were quickly sent to the front line, and Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Huang Ran had to block Sun Ce and Yuan Shu's army in the area of Hushu to ensure that Gao Shun and their army marched smoothly. He Man, who had already advanced to the Jiangcheng area, had to ensure the supply of materials for the front-line soldiers.

He, Huang Zhong, even personally led 5,000 soldiers to launch an attack on the state of Lu under Yanzhou. So many fronts to fight. It will be difficult for Cao Cao and Liu Bei to deal with him, if they don't return to the army. Then the troops on all fronts will continue to fight and expand their territory. If it is a return defense, it will gradually retreat.

Of course, his trust in Yang Feng and Zhao Yun's abilities was also the real reason why he dared to formulate this tactical line.

At the same time, Fang Yun's side was also notified of the war, but it was not from the Shadow Department or the Han Soul, but from the system! At that time, he was eating, and he got a system prompt that the side quest was successfully triggered.

"Side Quest - Second Temptation. Mission Description: Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu intend to carry out a second tentative attack to determine the main direction of the future attack, please deal with it as soon as possible;

Requirements: Block three attacks from three sides, or defeat them; Task rewards: Successfully resist for three months, +10 points for all attributes of the host, a certain skill is promoted, and 1 gold-level lottery; If you successfully destroy a team, you will gain +5 points for domination; In addition, all generals participating in the battle, all attributes +5 points, a certain skill is directly promoted, and the maximum number of increases is 10 people. ”

Originally, Fang Yun thought that since the unified main quest appeared, then he was afraid that there would not be any side quests triggered, after all, after the main quest appeared, the daily quests had stopped. Now it seems that side quests still exist, but the difficulty of triggering them has increased.

It seems that this will not be difficult to guess. Suppose the system transforms its body at the beginning, reaches a certain level, and is still in the process of being transformed. Then it is naturally through the release of tasks, to gradually unseal the strengthened body. Perhaps the rewards of the recently released quests are too rich, so that his physical fitness is gradually on par with the speed of transformation, or even too much, so he has to slow down the speed of posting quests, or increase the difficulty of triggering.

After carefully looking at the mission requirements again, he quickly opened the system and checked the situation of the generals participating in the battle through the map system.

The generals who participated in the battle this time were: Huang Ran, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhao Li, Gao Shun, Peng Cheng, Yang Feng and Zhang Yan. As for Yu Poison, Bai Huan, He Man and Qin Yilu, Fang Yun crossed them out of the list of generals who participated in the battle, in other words, after the war ended, these four people would not be able to get system rewards.

It's not surprising that they would choose like this, Yu Poison and Bai Huan are now in their thirties, their own learning ability is low, and it is very rare to be able to defend one side, and it is difficult to hope that they can achieve much success. Even the cost performance of giving them Martial Soul Pill is a bit low.

He Man is better, he is only thirty years old this year, and the talent who came out of the Tiger Guard Camp can be regarded as an old man under Fang Yun. However, his qualifications are limited, and he stays at the peak level of second-rate generals, and he has no other opportunities in this life, but he is afraid that it will be difficult to be promoted to a first-class general. Guarding one side is already his limit, and he himself knows his limit, and he doesn't expect to get a martial soul pill, but silently guards one side and waits for dispatch.

For example, the early batch of old people, such as Li Ben, the deputy general who first joined Fang Yun's command, is now just the director of the Public Security Bureau, and he has long since changed careers and is not a soldier. His talent is not in the march and fighting, as the director of the Public Security Bureau, maintaining law and order on one side is already the limit of his ability. In addition, he is in his forties this year, and he does not have the luxury of expecting how far he can go in his career.

"A battle report came from the front line, Cao Cao and Liu Bei really launched an attack on Peiguo, and the target was Xiangxian where we were hoarding grain, grass and supplies! The news that we deliberately spread out really aroused the covetousness of the two of them idiots. However, in today's multi-front war in the south, the consumption of military food and materials is very huge, so you must quickly mobilize a batch of supplies to the south in a short period of time, otherwise I am afraid that even if they win this defensive war, it will be difficult to deal with the next war. Fang Yun immediately convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss this matter, and hoped to mobilize another batch of supplies to go south.

"My lord, according to the intelligence, the enemy army this time is only to test the weakness of our army, and has not invested the main force. At this stage, the supplies are actually sufficient, not only to face this tentative attack, but also to support the possible subsequent formal war.

What we need now is not to transport supplies to the front line without restraint, which will make the soldiers on the front line extravagant. If you want to really support the front line, you can let General Zhang Xiu, General Huo Jun, General Fan Chou, and even General Han Meng attack the rear of the enemy army respectively, which is the best way to contain the main local forces. Guo Jia gave a different view.

Indeed, the border with Liu Bei and Cao Cao is not even the two states of Qingxu. The army can go out of Tongguan to attack Liu Bei's Nanyang County, and out of Hujiao Pass to attack Yanzhou and even Yuzhou counties. Even Han Meng, Zang Ba and others can also be involved in the war. There is no need for them to conquer the city, as long as the local people are kidnapped to the north, that is the greatest victory.

If so many people are lost at once, next year's cultivation will inevitably become a problem, and even if the territory is expanded, what is the use? Once there is not enough population, there is no vast territory, and it is just waiting for the result of decay.

Fang Yun also had to admit the feasibility of this arrangement, but the number of places given by the system was only 10, so the troops who would fight in the follow-up would not be able to enjoy this benefit. After weighing it a little, Fang Yun still decided to follow the suggestion.

This is not the time to be capricious, and winning the greatest victory at the lowest cost is the essence of war, and it is also the biggest difference between civilization and barbarism.

Barbarians only know how to swarm and fight with the purest flesh. Civilized people will arrange their troops, and even use the art of war to defeat the most enemies at the least cost, which is the value and significance of the existence of the art of war and strategy. The key lies in the fact that to support the troops in the Sizhou area for operations, the logistical supply is much easier than that of the Qingxu Military Region.

Three days later, Fan Chou, Zhang Xiu, and Huo Jun, who had received orders, and even Han Meng and Tian Chou, began to prepare in Jizhou and attack the Yanzhou region south at any time.

When Cao Cao and Liu Bei heard this, they didn't expect Fang Yun to have such a strong reaction, and they immediately had to divide their troops to guard, and their attention was instantly scattered, and they couldn't concentrate on a certain battlefield.

Yanzhou and Yuzhou are the territories they rely on for survival, and whether they can win the world or not, success or failure depends on it. I was going to be tempted, but I didn't want to turn out the result but wanted to show the real guy, and a temptation battle directly hit the meaning of a decisive battle, which was really providential.

It's just that if they were given a second choice, they would still be like that, because they didn't have a choice in the first place. either attack each other, and finally give Fang Yun a cheap one behind; Either launch an attack on the other side of the cloud together to expand the territory. Obviously, as long as the former is a normal person, he will not choose, so naturally he is left to fight with Fang Yun......

However, are they really left with this option? (To be continued......)

PS: A tentative attack, and finally made a final decisive posture, I don't know what the result is.