Cao Cao heard Xu You's words, and his whole person was like being struck by lightning, and he froze there.

After being stunned for a while, Cao Cao stepped forward and came to Xu You, bowed to the ground, and said pleadingly: "Brother Ziyuan, because of this matter, I can't sleep at night, and I am worried about ...... day and night."

Xu You laughed, interrupted Cao Cao's words, and replied very easily: "Mengde, Mengde, wouldn't it be much easier to be so frank earlier?" ”

After speaking, Xu You retracted his smile and said to Cao Cao word by word: "You came here for this purpose." ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, bowed to Xu Yu again, and thanked: "Cao has the help of Brother Ziyuan, what a blessing, please, please!" ”

While talking, the two sat down again, and the rustiness and temptation of the two were gone, and instead of being honest, they met each other frankly.

Cao Cao had long known that Xu You was working for Yuan Shao, and when he saw Xu You coming this time, he didn't think that Xu You might come to take refuge, but before he figured out what was going on, he didn't dare to dig out his heart as soon as he came up.

Seeing Cao Cao's face full of anticipation, the smile on Xu You's face was even greater, and he asked, "Meng Deke knows that the Jizhou army is preparing to bypass the two cities of Juancheng and Liqiu." ”

Xu You has already said this just now, but in terms of tone, you can hear it, saying the same thing before and after, but the meaning is very different.

Seeing Cao Cao nodding, Xu You continued: "But are you going to go down to Dayozawa from Xiancheng and go straight to Yuncheng, Fan County?" ”

Cao Cao didn't say a word, and continued to nod his head there.

Xu You smiled and said, "Meng De is ready to do the opposite, intercepting it in the north of Juancheng, south of the big river, and in the area of Qinting, right?" ”

Cao Cao hesitated for a moment and continued to nod.

He's not lying, it's the truth.

For several months, the two armies confronted each other at the cities of Juancheng and Xiaqiu, and neither of them dared to act rashly, and Cao Cao's forces were at a disadvantage. It is completely on the defensive.

However, for the use of Yuan Shao's army, Cao Cao did everything, and recently found out that Yuan Shao was not going to break through head-on from the two cities of Juancheng and Xiaqiu, but planned to bypass the two cities from Da Yeze, and go straight to Fan County, and even Cao Cao's base camp without salt.

In order to find out this news, Cao Cao's eyeliner spy arranged in Puyang can be said to have lost everything. However, when Cao Cao consulted with Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others about this. But inclined to think. Yuan Shao and his advisers are afraid to adopt the strategy of "virtual is real, and real is virtual", that is. What they discussed was to bypass the southern end of the two cities of Juancheng and Liqiu, but in fact, they were afraid that they would choose to march from the northern end.

Moreover, the two cities of Juancheng and Xiaqiu, the south end is easy to walk, and the north end is difficult to walk. Yuan Shao must also know that Cao Cao knows this truth, so he wants to go deeper, but he will choose to abandon it and hide it from Cao Cao.

So Cao Cao thought deeper. Chose to intercept at the northern end, rather than the southern end of the eyeliner spy division at great cost.

In the blink of an eye, when Cao Cao nodded, he recalled the whole process in his heart, and did not find anything abnormal.

I didn't think about it, Xu You listened, and showed a natural expression, where he was playing hard, Cao Cao was a little puzzled, frowned and asked, "Brother Ziyuan, so decisive, but what's wrong?" ”

"It's not right, of course it's a big mistake!" Xu You put away his smile and replied solemnly, "From beginning to end, this matter is to lead Meng De into Zhonger." ”

"Huh?!"

Cao Cao was shocked, his mouth was wide open, and he couldn't close it half-loudly.

Xu You continued mercilessly: "Meng De's account is full of wise men, it is based on this point that Yuan Shao has this strategy of attacking the west and the virtual and the real, first, he can pull out the eyeliner spy arranged by Meng De in Puyang in one fell swoop, and second, he can induce Meng De to send troops to the Qinting area to ambush, and the Jizhou army actually detoured to the southern end of Juancheng and Xiaqiu, and attacked Fan County from Dayozawa, once Yuan Shao's move succeeded, Meng Deke would never have a chance to turn over. ”

Cao Cao closed his eyes, raised his head and took a deep breath, and exhaled out, repeating this three times before he calmed down the turmoil in his heart, stood up, came to Xu Yu again, respectfully shook the ground, and thanked: "Brother Ziyuan's words made Cao Daigo thorough, Brother Ziyuan is on top, if Cao Shao can defeat Yuan Shao in the future, and chase the Jizhou army north of the river, all thanks to Brother Ziyuan." ”

"Oh," Xu Yu replied, as if he was a little surprised, "Could it be that Mengde's ambition is limited to a few counties in Yanzhou?" ”

Cao Cao straightened up, smiled at Xu You, and replied: "Brother Ziyuan, it's a pity that even if Yuan Shao can be defeated in this battle, it will be difficult to take Jizhou ......."

"Otherwise," Cao Cao hadn't finished speaking, Xu You spoke up a little impatiently, interrupted him, and shook his head there and said, "Jizhou has the Bingzhou army eyeing the side, Yanzhou also has Liu Yuzhou, Kong Qingzhou, Tao Xuzhou coveted, according to common sense, even if Meng De wins this battle, it will be difficult to come out, all according to Jizhou." But ......"

"Brother Ziyuan, what is the best plan?"

Just as Xu You was muttering there, Cao Cao was overjoyed and hurriedly asked.

Such an attitude of humbly seeking advice made Xu You very useful, his left hand stroked the goat's whiskers under his chin, nodded frequently, and responded: "Lu Bu, tiger and wolf, once you learn that Yuan Shao's army is defeated, even if the army has not yet returned from Wuyuan, you will also return to the army out of Dai County, Taihang Mountain, so Meng De wants to take Jizhou all, it is indeed quite difficult, but after the rebellion of the moth thieves, the essence of Jizhou is none other than Bohai, Qinghe, Hejian, Anping and Wei County, Meng De can account for the third, that is, the elite of Jizhou." ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Yu leaned forward slightly, and said to Cao Cao: "Yuan Shao has always loved his youngest son Yuan Shang the most, since Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi returned from Chang'an, they were forced to criticize the military subordinates under the account, and ordered Yuan Shang to guard the Bohai Sea, and at the same time left Yuan Tan in Yecheng to act as an agent for government affairs, so as to calm down the criticism of his subordinates. Once Yuan Shao is defeated and returns, he will inevitably flee back to Yecheng, and Meng De can concentrate his forces, take the Bohai Sea, and capture the Qinghe and Hejian. ”

"Wonderful!"

Cao Cao slapped his thigh violently, shouted, then bared his teeth and said to Xu You: "Okay, Brother Ziyuan is really high-minded, but what if Yuan Shao returns from defeat and dies of depression?" ”

Xu You's eyes lit up, and he nodded in response: "If Yuan Shao is not cured, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang are bound to be in dispute, up, there is Lu Bu, and below, there is Meng De, the three of them are afraid that it will be difficult to protect themselves, at that time, if Meng De can capture Yecheng, Yuan Shang is located in the Bohai Sea, maybe he can get it without a fight." ”

With such a wonderful prospect, Cao Cao thought for a moment, but finally had no choice but to give up, focused his mind on the front of him, and said with a bitter face: "Alas, it's a pity, with the help of Brother Ziyuan, Cao Zi can send a large army to ambush at the southern end of Juancheng and Liaoqiu, even if Yuan Shao's army is defeated, it will be difficult to break through the Jizhou army camp." ”

Xu You laughed, winked at Cao Cao mysteriously, and said: "You came here this time, how can you not have some preparations, in the carriage you are riding, there is a wooden box, what is inside, Meng De might as well guess?" ”

Cao Cao even guessed a few times, but he didn't guess correctly, and finally Xu You said to Cao Cao proudly: "What you brought is the sleeve made by the Jizhou army for this raid, as well as the token token, with this thing in hand, after Meng De defeated Yuan Shao's sneak attack on the soldiers and horses, he can wave his army and smash the Jizhou army camp, in a hurry, how can the Jizhou army distinguish between the enemy and me?" ”

"Wonderful!"

Cao Cao shouted again, stretched out his hand and slapped his thigh hard, his eyes lit up, and his expression was excited.

With these things that Xu You said, the Yanzhou army can completely pretend to be the Jizhou army, not only can it take advantage of the real Jizhou army when it ambushes the real Jizhou army, but also after the great victory of the Jizhou army, after the defeat of the Jizhou army, kill the Jizhou army's camp outside Juancheng.

If the Jizhou army camp can be uprooted by the situation, Yuan Shao will be difficult to defend the city even in Puyang, and the only way to survive is to abandon the city and flee back to Yecheng across the river.

"At that time," Cao Cao secretly made up his mind in his heart, "Yuan Shao, can you still escape back to Yecheng?" ”

Respectfully sending Xu Yu away, Cao Cao immediately invited Guo Jia, all along, it was Guo Jia who accompanied the army and accompanied Cao Cao, as for Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, they all shouldered the burden of guarding the city and handling government affairs.

Listening to the lord Cao Cao excitedly finish talking about Xu You, Guo Jia's face was still calm, and after a long silence, he asked Cao Cao: "Lord, Xu Ziyuan is far away, does the lord think it is reliable?" ”

When Cao Cao faced Guo Jia's question, he did not disdain it because he and Xu Younai had been friends since childhood, or he opened his mouth to answer, pondered for a moment, and replied in a very stable tone: "Brother Ziyuan is an old friend of Cao, he has known each other since childhood, and he is a very good talent, especially good at speaking, but ......"

Groaning and pacing a few steps, Cao Cao seemed to be thinking about how to describe it in his heart, so as not to exaggerate and not to make some decorations for Xu You.

“…… He is wealthy, lustful, and a little arrogant, and he seems a little, a little arrogant. ”

After listening to Cao Cao's description, Guo Jia already roughly grasped what kind of person this Xu You was.

At this time, Cao Cao seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be asking Guo Jia: "Why did Brother Ziyuan abandon Yuan Benchu and come to Fan County, it's really strange." ”

Guo Jia didn't care so much about this, and replied with a slight smile: "What the lord said about Xu Ziyuan has already shown why he abandoned Yuan Benchu and went to the lord in a panic. ”

"Huh?"

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, puzzled.

He must have been greedy for money and lustful, and he was at odds with Yuan Tan and Guo Tu who stayed in Yecheng, so that Yuan Benchu was disliked, and in a fit of anger, he took this road. However," Guo Jia analyzed, "He came to defect to the lord, it was the joy of the lord, Yuan Benchu sent a large army to detour to the south of Juancheng and Liqiu, and marched from Dayozawa, which seems to be true. ”

Cao Cao laughed instead, and said with relief: "Why should Feng Xiao be prestigious, Yuan Shao dares to come this time, and Cao Cao dares to tell him that he will never cross the river again!" ”

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