After taking Huaxian, Cao Cao suddenly stopped all military operations, and instead arranged fortifications around Huaxian, entering a state of switching from offensive to defensive.

One drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, Cao Cao led the army to conquer the north bank ferry one after another overnight, took Yanjin, and captured Huaxian, and successfully extended the tentacles into Jizhou, the subordinate soldiers after a night and half a day of fighting, have long been exhausted, Cao Cao can not use this tired division to fight, the strategic purpose has been reached, and the rest is not in a hurry.

Now Cao Cao needs to be patient enough to wait, not only for Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements, but also for Yuan's army to be in chaos without a fight. After taking the county, Cao Cao had already sent someone to send an order to Xiahou Yuan, asking him to immediately lead the 30,000 troops of his headquarters to come to support, and go to the south bank of the Yellow River to join the 30,000 troops left by Guo Jia there, so as to truly form a trend of attacking from the north to the south, encircling the Yuan army led by the trial, and ready to swallow this Yuan army in one bite at any time. After last night's battle, Cao Cao calculated through the battle losses that there are only 80,000 or 90,000 people left in the 130,000 army under the trial and distribution subordinates, and it is not too difficult to occupy a pot.

On the other hand, Cao Cao was waiting for Ao Lie's results and waiting for Ao Lie to defeat Yuan Shao's main force again. When the battle in the north came, it would inevitably cause panic among the sergeants of the trial and distribution department in the south, and at that time, Cao Cao's opportunity would come. If the troops can be annexed, Cao Cao's command will have tens of thousands of more combat power, and Cao Cao is no worse than Ao Lie in terms of population resources. That's a big piece of fat, and it's a shame not to eat it. As for whether Ao Lie can defeat Yuan Shao as Cao Cao thought, Cao Cao is not worried at all, or rather, Cao Cao is very confident in Ao Lie, an opponent and friend who is also an enemy and friend.

In Cao Cao's strategic concept, the first is to find a suitable base in Jizhou, and now he has achieved this goal; The second is to annex the troops led by the trial and allocation, and integrate the subdued troops into their own troops, so as to strengthen the personnel and combat effectiveness of their own troops; The third is after the annexation of the Ministry of Trial. While Ao Lie was fighting with the remnants of Yuan's army in the north. He conquered the city in the south and easily took two or three counties in Jizhou. Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao's foundation in Jizhou was extremely solid, and the so-called hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, and it was a certain thing to be defeated by Ao Lie. But Ao Lie wanted to completely eliminate Yuan Shao in a short period of time. It's not so easy to do. Therefore, Cao Cao will have a lot of opportunities to occupy the counties of Jizhou in the future. And not in a hurry.

Eyes returned to the north of Jizhou. Yuan Shao, who fled in a hurry for three days, finally encountered 150,000 reinforcements led by Yuan Shang in Xinhe County, Anping. After receiving this powerful reinforcement. Yuan Shao's confidence was full again, and he led his troops to be stationed in Xinhe, and sent military horses around to collect the scattered sergeants, preparing to fight Ao Lie again here.

The Yuan army, which was defeated by the Yan army in the camp between the rivers, many people did not know the news that the grain and grass had been burned by the Yan army, and after getting the news that Yuan Shao was stationed in Xinhe, they immediately gathered Yuan Shao, and in their thinking, only by following Yuan Shao could they have food. There are still many people who know that Yuan Shao's grain and grass have been burned, but they still return to Yuan Shao with the mentality of giving it a try, and having reinforcements means that there is new grain and grass transported over, even if the grain and grass are not sufficient, but it is better than starving to death if you can't eat enough. Of course, there are also a few Yuan Jun who said that they would not return to Yuan Ying, they took off Yuan Jun's clothes and armor, changed into ordinary people's clothes, returned to their hometown, and reunited with their families.

After five days of gathering the remnants of the army and defeating the generals, Yuan Shao re-raised a team of 100,000 people, and the 300,000 troops that were brought to the river at the beginning, except for those who were killed and those who surrendered, Yuan Shao could only gather so much. In cooperation with the 150,000 army brought by Yuan Shang, attacking the 250,000 army stationed in Xinhe, the numerical advantage still has an absolute upper hand, nearly double that of the Yan army and the Jiangdong army under the command of Ao Lie. Yuan Shao didn't know that he could mobilize reinforcements, and Ao Lie was also mobilizing reinforcements, and now 20,000 Yan army infantry cavalry and 20,000 elite sailors were coming by land and water under the leadership of Tai Shici and Gan Ning.

Ao Lie's navy in the north of the entire Han Dynasty, is invincible, close to the sea area of the five northern states, has already been in Gan Ning under the purpose of training troops with war, by the 60,000 Yan army sailors to clean up a clean, large and small dozens of pirates and water bandits, have been wiped out by Gan Ning, the strength of the Yan army's water army has also risen sharply, in the case of Ao Lie did not expand the navy, from the original 40,000 people, rapid development to 60,000 people, this is still Gan Ning adhering to the purpose of Ao Lie's training, in line with the idea of rather lack than abuse, A large number of conquered pirates and water bandits were reorganized, the elite and strong among them were selected, the old and weak were eliminated, and after rounds of selection were carried out, the establishment of the navy army was reduced to 60,000.

Therefore, the sea area near the five northern states, unconsciously, has completely become the territorial waters of the Yan army, and Gan Ning was able to sail all the way south smoothly, ahead of the foot cavalry led by Tai Shici to Jizhou, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who were guarding the Bohai Sea, and then immediately sent someone to ask Ao Lie for instructions on the next move.

After Ao Lie learned that Gan Ning had come to the Bohai Sea, he immediately issued an edict asking Gan Ning to lead 20,000 Qilin troops to enter the interior of Jizhou along the mouth of the Yellow River, and conduct a skirmish near Anping, where Yuan Shao's troops were attacking, disrupting Yuan Shao's sight.

On the second day after Gan Ning's arrival, Tai Shi Ci also came with 20,000 horsemen, and Ao Lie asked Tai Shi Ci to rush to Zhongshan non-stop and take over Zhao Yunzhen to guard there. And Zhao Yun's department, after a few days of recuperation, is in full morale, just enough to march westward to attack Changshan. Zhao Yun is very familiar with every grass and tree in Changshan, and no one is more suitable to attack Changshan than him.

In this way, while Yuan Shao gathered the remnants of the defeated army, Ao Lie also launched the next round of operations. A new round of competition is quietly brewing, and the decisive battle between Mars and the Earth is about to be staged.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Zhuge Liang came to Ao Lie's room alone and saw Ao Lie studying the thirteen chapters of the Ghost Valley under the candlelight. So he coughed lightly, which attracted Ao Lie's attention.

Ao Lie smiled slightly and asked Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, it's already late at night, why haven't you slept yet?" Zhuge Liang took a few steps forward, came to Ao Lie, smiled back at Ao Lie, and said softly: "Didn't King Yan sleep either, in fact, Liang came to find one thing that was not sure of the direction." I came to ask King Yan for advice. ”

Ao Lie looked at Zhuge Liang with interest. Said strangely: "There are still things that you Mr. Wolong can't understand?" Interesting, let's hear it. In addition, there is no one else at the moment, don't always open your mouth Yan Wang and shut up Yan Wang. Sounds awkward. Have a seat. ”

Zhuge Liang obediently sat on the chair opposite Ao Lie. He said, "Big brother." Now Cao Cao has also extended his tentacles into Jizhou, and after Yuan Shao's defeat, there will inevitably be two leaders in Jizhou. That is, the eldest brother and Cao Cao share Jizhou equally, and with Cao Cao's strategy, they will definitely get a share of the pie in Jizhou, in this way, isn't it equivalent to us boosting Cao Cao's strength? Once Cao Cao gains power, it will be difficult for us to clean him up, so Liang feels a little confused about how to clamp Cao Cao and how well he can be clamped. ”

Ao Lie smiled lightly, this question is not difficult for Zhuge Liang to think through, but Cao Cao's reputation has always been not very good, with the Son of Heaven's order to conquer Yanzhou, he took Yanzhou and Yuzhou in one fell swoop, and then blatantly used troops against Qingzhou, and then also took Xuzhou on the grounds of avenging his father, and at the beginning of the city, slaughtered the city for three days, resulting in a large number of people in Xuzhou being unjustly killed, Cao Cao has been loyal to the image of the Han from the beginning, and gradually transformed in the opposite direction, in other words, After Cao Cao acquired a large number of cities, land, soldiers, horses, and population, he gradually had a tendency to get rid of the shackles of the Han Dynasty and carry out dictatorship.

Ao Lie united with Cao Cao to fight against Yuan Shao, and implemented the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, such a simple truth, Zhuge Liang has no reason not to figure it out, and the crux of preventing Zhuge Liang from thinking clearly about this problem is Zhuge Liang's heart. Although Zhuge Liang did not express his support for the Han in public, it does not mean that he is not loyal to the Han, on the contrary, Zhuge Liang's heart has always put the Han in the most important position, so he can not tolerate Cao Cao, who is gradually revealing his ambitions, and interprets it in a sentence from later generations, the current Cao Cao has become a Han thief in the eyes of Zhuge Liang, and the Han and the thief are not mutually exclusive, which is why Zhuge Liang is not happy to ally with Cao Cao.

Regarding Zhuge Liang's thoughts, Ao Lie naturally understood very well. In history, Cao Cao's strength and fame were much greater than Liu Bei's, Cao Cao occupied the entire north, and Liu Bei only owned a small Xinye county, in such a huge contrast, Zhuge Liang still took refuge in Liu Bei, it was not only because Liu Bei hypocritically played a three-way thatched house, but more importantly, Zhuge Liang could not tolerate himself succumbing to the Han thief Cao Cao.

After thinking for a while, Ao Lie opened his mouth and said: "Kong Ming, your worries, you understand, are you afraid that you will be involved in Cao Cao and will be infamous in the future, right?" The body is not afraid of crooked shadows, what are you afraid of? Besides, after Yuan Shao was destroyed, Cao Cao was Cao Cao, and a certain was so, we would draw a clear line with Cao Cao, if Cao Cao would one day stand on the opposite side of the people of the Han Dynasty, he would definitely not show mercy. As for how to clamp Cao Cao, this point has not thought of an excellent solution for the time being, if you want to defeat Yuan Shao, we must rely on Cao Cao's strength, and Cao Cao can defeat Yuan Shao, after all, Yuan Shao's family background is too rich, and the wealth left by the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, whether it is connections or money and food, is much higher than ours, plus Jizhou is also known as the largest state in the Central Plains, which makes Yuan Shao's wealth even stronger, and our joint Cao Cao is also forced by the situation, but there is one point, we may be able to take advantage of it, Presumably, Liu Bei, who took Jingzhou, has long been dissatisfied with Cao Cao. Let Liu Bei make trouble behind Cao Cao and contain Cao Cao, it is not a good move. ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he groaned and said: "Liu Bei has been exiled for a long time, he is an unborn hero, half of Jingzhou will definitely not satisfy his appetite, this is indeed a good move, but Liu Bei's chief military adviser Pang Shiyuan is Liang's classmate, and his intelligence is not under Liang, if he wants to hide from Shiyuan, he must seize the opportunity to provoke Liu Bei's harassment in Cao Cao's rear when our army and Cao Cao dissolve the alliance, which is a bit difficult." ”

Ao Lie smiled maliciously and said: "Strategizing is your strategist's business, and this martial artist just asks, you go and discuss with Mr. Wenhe and them to formulate a plan." Between the words, Ao Lie looked like he was in charge, and threw this difficult problem directly to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang looked at Ao Lie a little helplessly, and said angrily: "Big brother, you are really a scoundrel, you are embarrassed to call yourself a martial artist?" Clothed in fur, you're better than a monkey. ”

The smile on Ao Lie's face became thicker, and he reached out and pointed at the overlord gun leaning in the corner of the room: "If you are not a martial artist, can you play it?" Therefore, a certain is an out-and-out martial artist, and his brain is not as easy to use as you literati. ”

Speechlessly patted his forehead, Zhuge Liang turned around and walked out of Ao Lie's room, he suddenly found that Ao Lie was even more cunning than he imagined, and he was worried that Cao Cao would take the opportunity to share Jizhou with Ao Lie, now it seems that with Ao Lie's cunning, he doesn't need to worry about anything at all, if anyone can take the benefits in Ao Lie's hands, it will be hell!

Behind him, Ao Lie's voice came: "Kong Ming, go back and have a good rest, tomorrow we will advance by land and water, and we will meet Yuan Shao again in Xinhe!" (To be continued......)