The time it takes to sort out, digest and absorb the fruits of the victory of Xianbei, to fix the four counties of Xiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, as well as the Southern Xiongnu Department, to rebuild Luoyang and rebuild the Tiger Prison Pass, far exceeded the estimates of Lu Bu and others.

After the end of the year, the spring breeze of the second year of Jian'an (197) blew slowly, which could blow away the snow and ice, but could not blow the cold breath that shrouded the land of Kanto.

A year ago, Yuan Shao was unusual, taking advantage of the opportunity of the strong north wind, the troops were divided into three routes, and attacked Baimajin, Yanjin and Huojiajin, and finally Wen Chou made a breakthrough in Baimajin, broke through the blockade of Cao Cao's Yanzhou army, crossed the river, forced Cao Cao to abandon Puyang, retreated to the east, and relied on the two cities of Juancheng and Liqiu in Jiyin County to reorganize the defense line and try to prevent the Jizhou army from attacking the hinterland of Yanzhou.

Among them, Liu Bei Xinyu Yuzhou, since the Yuzhou pastoral, busy with Yuan Shu's family background, to appease the counties, his attitude is the most subtle, on the surface, claiming to obey Yuan Shao, in fact, secretly but supply grain and grass to Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao was helpless against Liu Bei's behavior, so he had to turn a blind eye and keep it in his heart, after the three-way army crossed the river, he also specially ordered the army to set foot in the Chenliu territory, in order to prevent Liu Bei from being forced to stand on Cao Cao's side.

However, in his heart, Yuan Shao hated Liu Bei to the core, and he hated it even more than Cao Cao, who was fighting against him.

The situation in the eastern part of the country fell into a very strange situation, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought on the stage, Qingzhou Kong Rong, Xuzhou Tao Qian, Yuzhou Liu Bei, all onlookers, all openly supported Yuan Shao, and even sent troops out to make a show, but secretly, they were all fighting hard and preparing to intervene at the right time.

Jiangdong Sun Ce abandoned Yuzhou and concentrated his forces to capture Luzhou County. The army continued to march up the river, entered Jiangxia County in Jingzhou, and fought a series of battles with Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Lu Bu is also a bystander, the most leisurely bystander, and the most sharpened bystander, which can be described as eyeing and waiting for an opportunity.

Therefore, the strangeness of the situation in the Kanto region lies in this, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao also know that these guys next to them are all suspicious. Just wait to see who bleeds first to the point where they can't hold it anymore. They'll rush to it. Divide it up and eat it.

However, knowing that the two of them have reached this point, they can only continue to fight. And it is impossible to stop.

Unless, someone can force the Kanto region, and the threat is big enough for the Kanto heroes to put aside their old suspicions once again and sit together to discuss how to deal with it together.

This person can only be Lu Bu, but Lu Bu also knows that he has suffering, and the army is scattered in the clouds, Wuyuan, and Shuofang three counties. Busy reaping the fruits of victory, even if he really wanted to take advantage of Yuan Shao's lack of time to take care of him now, he didn't have a reason to send troops to Youzhou and Jizhou.

Therefore, he had already made up his mind a year ago, the war between Cao Liu and Er Yuan. He can't and won't intervene to avoid pulling hatred on the upper side, but when the war begins to divide the winners, it may be the time for him to send troops.

It's just that Lu Bu still hopes that Yuan Shao will be the first to fall, so that he can go out of Youzhou from Yanmen Pass, out of Taihang Mountain from Taiyuan, and lead the elite cavalry to sweep through Youzhou and Hebei Erzhou.

And if Cao Cao is the first to fall, he wants to go out of Yanzhou, which is equivalent to attacking in the gap between Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Liu Bei in Yuzhou, and even if he occupies the Yanzhou part, it is difficult to hold on.

Therefore, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao really know their own suffering, and correspondingly they are also very cautious, lest one of them be careless, show a little defeat, or lose the first battle, and before they break their muscles and bones, they will be swarmed by the onlookers and grab all the food.

Spring went to summer, for several months, the two of them tested each other in the two cities of Juancheng and Liqiu between Dongjun and Jiyin County, and there was no intention of rashly fighting a decisive battle, but the atmosphere between them was just like the silence before the storm.

In addition to Yuan Shao, a strategist, as well as grain and grass, are also here, and the front-line army is outside Juancheng City, confronting Cao Cao's army.

It's not too deep, Puyang is in the middle of a big war, the sky is not dark, the people are very conscious and interested in staying at home, turning off the lights early to go to bed, only those strategists and generals under Yuan Shao's tent who are responsible for important things, will be in the quiet night, or ride, or horseback, galloping on the empty street.

Xu You was pacing back and forth in his own mansion, looking anxious, looking very like a little ownerless.

From time to time, he would face the north, distracted and stunned, and that direction was where the Taishou Mansion was located, and now it was the camp of the lord Yuan Shao.

He knew that a pre-war meeting was being held there, which affected the entire battle situation, and not only the important strategists trusted by the lord Yuan Shao were involved, but also the commanders of the three-way army, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang He, all secretly rushed back from their respective front-line military camps.

All this indicates how important it will be for the Lord to gather such powerful subordinates to discuss tonight.

Xu You was originally qualified to attend, but now, he has been excluded intentionally or unintentionally.

Sigh!

Xu You let out a long breath, recovered from his trance, returned to the desk and sat down, picked up the token placed on the desk, and played with it over and over again.

This is what he asked his lord Yuan Shao for today, and the reason for the righteousness is that he needs to rush back to Yecheng urgently to deal with some family affairs. This so-called family affair is actually not a secret matter, the lord Yuan Shao knows, Xu You believes, Xun Chen and others also know.

And Xu You did this, in fact, it was just a temptation, wanting to test the attitude of the lord Yuan Shao, and now, he has obtained the token, and he can immediately Puyang at any time and rush back to Yecheng.

"Is this really irreparable?"

Xu You was a little unwilling to talk to himself like this, if he had done it before, he would not have taken it seriously, but now, he got the token and tested the attitude of the lord Yuan Shao, but because of this, the six gods were lost.

Now, his family members have been left behind in Yecheng Young Master Yuan Tan, and Guo Tu, who has won the trust of the two young masters, on the charge of greedy ink, and put them in prison, Xu You believes that once he returns to Yecheng, most of what awaits him is to go to the prison to accompany his family.

After thinking about it, Xu You's face gradually turned cold, his eyes tightened, and finally he became gritted his teeth, almost whispering to himself in his throat: "Okay, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust." ”

With the token in hand, Xu You can go out of the city at any time even at night, but after he left the city, he first crossed the big river from Baimajin, and then changed his makeup, went down the big river, boarded a small boat in the avoidance, and went down the river until the Cangting in Dong'e County, Dongjun County, then abandoned the boat and went straight to Fan County.

Fan County is where Cao Cao's camp is located, which is less than 100 miles away from the two cities of Juancheng and Liaoqiu, and it is also the concentration of Cao Cao's army's grain and grass.

After Xu You abandoned the boat and went ashore, he ran all the way, for fear that when he arrived in Fan County, he heard the bad news that Cao Cao had been defeated, so along the way, he did not pay attention to his image, and when he entered Fan County, he was still regarded as a fleeing refugee, and was waved away by the gatekeeper.

However, Xu Youke did not plan to find a place to live and freshen up, but after entering the city, he rushed straight to the mansion and asked to see Cao Cao.

When he reported his name and surname, handed over the name thorn, and the team rate of the door, it was very unbelievable, squinted at him for a while, and finally went in to report the letter suspiciously, hung the disheveled Xu You outside the gate, and ordered the guards to watch closely, not to let him, a beggar, make trouble.

After a while, the team that was too arrogant trotted out all the way, respectfully invited Xu You to enter the door, Xu You was as usual in the twilight, and he didn't even look at him, just straightened his clothes a little and strode in.

After walking a few steps, Xu You saw his former friend Cao Cao hurriedly come out, shouting as he walked: "Where, where?" ”

When he saw Xu Yu from afar, his eyes lit up, and he stepped forward, ignoring the dust on Xu You's body, grabbed Xu You's arms, and said happily: "It turns out that Brother Ziyuan is really coming, I still think it's ......."

"Do you think someone is pretending to be a fool?"

Xu You smiled, took Cao Cao's words, and quipped.

Cao Cao laughed, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence to what Xu You said, and warmly invited Xu You in.

After the two of them sat down, Cao Cao asked, "Why is Brother Ziyuan so ......?"

The word "embarrassed", but Cao Cao didn't say it, but Xu You replied disapprerovingly: "You went down the river from the white horse, and hurried all the way from Cangting, in order to come to meet Meng De, what, Meng De is good now?" ”

"Haha......" Cao Cao laughed heartily, "Okay, good, of course it's good......"

Xu You also laughed, got up and waved at Cao Cao, and said, "Oh, since Meng De is all right, you can rest assured, say goodbye, please!" ”

Cao Cao's smile immediately froze on his face, and he stood up with him, and said with a wry smile a little embarrassed: "Alas, this, don't blame Brother Ziyuan, recently, this, it's really not good." ”

"Oh," Xu Yu still had the same smile on his face, "what is Meng De worried about?" ”

Cao Cao's eyes flickered again, and he replied hesitantly: "This, the two armies have been facing each other for some time, and Cao Cao is worried about the heavy ...... of grain and grass."

"Alas, Mengde, Mengde," Xu Yu sighed lightly, "You and Mengde have known and intersected since childhood, how can Mengde be so secretive? ”

Although Xu You's tone was still a little reproachful, he didn't make a gesture of getting up and wanting to leave as he did just now, and before Cao Cao could answer, Xu You stared at Cao Cao and said word by word: "What Meng De is worried about should be the Jizhou Army, where will it bypass the two cities of Juancheng and Xiaqiu, and go straight to Wuyan." ”

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