As long as Cao Cao lined up his men and horses and fought hard to attack Yecheng, Yuan Shao would inevitably wave his army to save him, of course, this was not only seen by Chen Qun, but even although Shi Xun didn't know much about fighting, it was also possible to imagine it in advance. So, what should be done? In fact, Cao Cao has already planned something.

The core deployment of the strategy was proposed by Xun You, and Guo Jia carried out a certain amount of refinement according to the information in his hand. Also involved in the plot is Xun, but he just helped out on the side.

First of all, Xun You proposed that theoretically it was not possible to fight against Yuan Shao near Yecheng, if the reinforcements could be seen arriving in the city, the morale would naturally be a hundred times higher, and it was even likely to open the door to kill, echoing from afar. Although Cao's army is numerous, it is not easy to deal with two fronts at the same time, and the most important thing is that it may affect the confidence of the soldiers. Therefore, once they heard that Yuan's army was coming, they had to wave their troops westward, at least ten miles away to meet them.

Speculating on the strategy of Yuan's army, it is likely that he will face our army head-on, and at the same time send a partial division around the south of the city to obstruct our army's siege of the city and seek an opportunity to destroy the siege equipment. In this regard, we must also be on guard.

Shi Xun took the opportunity to interject: "Frustration, Xu You, all of them are unparalleled in wisdom, and Gongda should not be underestimated." I am afraid that there is no other trick, and I must guard against it. "What specific moves Yuan Jun might make, and how should the party deal with it, Shi Xun can't say how ugly he is, but this does not prevent him from giving Xun You a wake-up call and pouring some cold water. What if the reminder is right, doesn't it also seem that he is Hongsuke's thoughtful thinking?

A basin of cold water was splashed over, but Xun You didn't think it was angry, but smiled faintly: "What Shicai said, the right way of the art of war is also." However, I also asked myself, if I was in a place where I was frustrated with Zifu and Xu Ziyuan, how would I speak to Yuan Benchu? ”

Cao Cao heard this. couldn't help laughing: "I am Yuan Shaoye, Ziyuan, how can Qing teach me?" ”

Xun You lowered his head, thought for a moment, and replied: "Our army is not broken. The Cao army did not dare to attack the city with all its might, and if it was delayed for a long time and its morale gradually declined, it would return in vain. Therefore, if I am Xun You and Guo Fengxiao, I will persuade Cao Sikong to ......"

Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao laughed. It's Hoon, and he can't help but wonder - you think. Xun You pretended that these two people gave Yuan Shao advice in order to guess Du Fu and Xu You's ideas, but he had to use the mouths of these two people to analyze Cao Jun's situation first, and guess how he and Guo Jia talked to Cao Cao...... The circle turned out to be back in circles.

Cao Cao laughed breathlessly, and finally laughed enough, so he wiped his mouth. Stretched out his finger and pointed at Xun You: "Gongda can speak bluntly, and there is no need to imitate the words of Ziyuan." ”

Cao Cao and Shi Xun were laughing, Guo Jia was used to having a cold face and seemed to have no humor, but Xun You just cooperated with a wry smile. This time, I heard Cao Cao's order to speak directly, so I reorganized the language. He replied slowly: "I expect that Yuan Jun will take the weak brigade first, and watch us deal with it." If I am a big move, then I will fight and retreat, and lure me away from the city defenses, so that he can save the city and break the army that I have encircled. If I advance slowly, then I know that the city is prepared, and will work together to frustrate my forward, and the partial division that breaks the siege may also attack me, which must not be ignored. ”

Cao Cao asked, "How to deal with it?" ”

Xun You suggested: "I should also spread my wings wide to protect it." And the secret deployment of the siege army, west attack Yuan Shao. Yecheng is in a hurry, Yuan Shao can be broken in a battle, if Yuan Shao is broken, Yecheng cannot exist alone. Stop it with soldiers first. Pretend to be invincible, lure it deep, that is, break it under the city. ”

Alas, Ye Xun is a little confused, didn't you say at the beginning that you couldn't fight Yuan Shao under the city? Why are you going to let them go again this time? He glanced at Xun You with puzzled eyes, Xun You noticed it, nodded at him, and explained: "Soldier, treacherous." Now our army is numerous and the Yuan army is outnumbered, our army is strong and the Yuan army is weak, but the Yuan army has occupied an advantageous position, if it is to hold the danger, I will not be able to last. or when it is dangerous, it can be broken. ”

As he spoke, he turned to Cao Cao again: "Although, the city is fighting, and it is not good for me. However, our army is organized and Yuan's army is scattered, and it is scattered with a whole blow, and it is prepared in advance, and there is also a chance of victory. If you know that I do not want to fight under the city, I can retreat and tempt him. "Under the premise that Yecheng still has the strength to attack, theoretically it is not possible to put the enemy's reinforcements under the city to fight, so it is possible for our fraud to be defeated by Yuan Shao.

Shi Xun frowned, as if he felt that what Xun Yu said was reasonable, and seemed to feel that there was no need to take such a risk. He was still pondering, Guo Jia first said: "What Gongda said is true." However, how to prevent it in the city must also be carefully planned, so that the lord should be so, so......, so, so, so,

The same small meeting was also held in Yuan Shao's camp. Yuan Shao said that Cao Cao had also tried to attack Yecheng for several days, and he could not keep trying to attack, and he would definitely attack with all his might in the near future, and we must go to the rescue when the time came, otherwise the morale of the army in the city would be weakened, and Yecheng would be in danger. But how do you rescue the law? This needs to be studied carefully.

He said that with the strength of our army, it is not enough to fight Cao Cao head-on, but can only harass him, so that he cannot attack Yecheng with all his strength. Therefore, the main force should be confronted by Cao's army head-on, and the other cavalry should be sent to make a detour from the south to destroy Cao Cao's siege division and destroy his camp and siege equipment. If Cao Cao mobilizes the main force to engage us, the lord can go to meet the retreat of the front army, so as to lure Cao's army to chase and divide his siege force. If Cao Cao did not have the intention of the main force to fight a decisive battle, then the city must be well defended, and the rangers would not have to attack, so they would directly copy his rear road, and strive to wrap dumplings for the front army he sent out to block.

Yuan Shao nodded again and again: "Zifu's plan is very thorough. He turned his head to look at everyone: "What do you think?" Guo Tu, Xiao Ji, Xin Ping and others have never dealt with Fu Zhu, and they said it was inappropriate when they opened their mouths, but they couldn't come up with any better plans for a while, plus Xun Chen and Xu Yu were on the side, and finally Yuan Shao finalized Fu Zhu's plan.

But when the tent was dispersed, everyone left, Xu You went around in a circle outside the tent, and secretly ran back, and said to Yuan Shao: "Frustration Zifu's plan is a good policy, but I am afraid it will be difficult to make a great contribution." If it is delayed, Cao Jun will be depressed under the fortified city; However, our army is short of food and straw, and the lord has also recruited the eldest son (Yuan Tan) and Gao Bingzhou to rescue, if it is compatible, the loss is even greater, how can it last for a long time? "If we have sufficient supplies, then I didn't say it, it is beneficial to us for a long time, but the problem is that Jizhou has been repeatedly attacked by soldiers, and the harvest is always not up, this time Cao Cao rushed to attack Yecheng at the juncture of the autumn harvest, many counties and counties are sitting and watching the success or failure, delaying the tribute, this is afraid that the time will drag on for a long time, and before the morale of the Cao army is low, we will have to run off the food first."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Why did Ziyuan teach me?" Xu You smiled proudly: "Fu Zifu knows the advantages and disadvantages of the two armies, but I am afraid that he does not know Cao Mengde." I have a good relationship with Meng Demo, and I know that his temperament is a clever plan to break it, so I have come to secretly present it before the lord. ”

Xu You has been very depressed these days, and the letter of surrender sent by Cao Cao was in his arms, which made his whole heart sink down. He had a relationship with Cao Cao, but he was also an old friend with Yuan Shao, and he assisted Wang Fen in his usurpation, thanks to Yuan Shao's rescue, otherwise he would have lost his head a long time ago. So with Yuan or with Cao, it was originally a matter of both things for him, but his family has already established a firm foundation in Yuan Shao, and this is going to be temporarily thrown to Cao Cao, what should the family do? What about reputation?

But then the words have stood firm...... Not necessarily. Xu You has always been unaccustomed to the pretentiousness of Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Xun Chen and others, but there is really no outstanding contradiction with them, what he hates the most is the trial, and the two have been secretly fighting. Everyone in Jizhou knows that Xu Yu and Xiao Ji are the two major greeds of the Yuan family, who accept bribes and quote the same party, needless to say, they also indulge their families to enclose land everywhere, and the whole Jizhou is made into a miasma by them. The trial may not be honest, but because he is a native of Jizhou, the rabbit does not eat the grass by the nest, and his actions are somewhat restrained, and he has been entrusted by the local landlords, and has been keeping an eye on Xu Yu and Xiao Ji, looking for an opportunity to clean up these two Nanyang goods.

In addition, these credit strategists under Yuan Shao, Xun Chen, Xin Ping, and Xiao Ji do not take power; Frustrated with the original authority, he was slandered by Guo Tu, and basically stood aside, with the highest status, but no real power; Guo Tu has a good relationship with Xu You. Xu You felt that his biggest competitor was the trial and trial of Zhengnan.

So this time the army was divided into two, one to defend Yecheng and the other to garrison the Dirty City, Xu You wanted to stay at first, but in the end this position was snatched up by the trial. On the one hand, this is because the trial is good at guarding, and on the other hand, according to Meng Dai's words quietly passed on, it is the trial match who said to Yuan Shao: "Xu Ziyuan and Cao Cao have an old relationship, and they cannot be put aside." "Xu Yu is so annoyed, he knows that if Cao Cao is finally retreated, then the first major achievement will definitely be the defender of Yecheng, and with this shareholder wind, he will inevitably leap above himself!

What's even worse is that now that the family members are in Yecheng, it is equivalent to being pinched in the palm of the hand, without Yuan Shaozhen, God knows what that bastard will do!

Xu You's concerns were not vain, in the original history, Yuan Shao took him to Guandu to fight Cao Cao, leaving the trial to garrison Yecheng, and the trial took the opportunity to arrest them all on the grounds that Xu You's family had broken the law, and did not report to Yuan Shao first-this directly led Xu You to join Cao Ying's camp at night.

So Xu You pondered, I have to offer a clever plan to defeat Cao Cao directly, so as not to let the trial match get a great merit - then again, if you defend Yecheng for several months without losing it, it will naturally be a great achievement, if you only defend it for a few days, I will drive Cao Cao away here, then what credit do you have at all? So after thinking about it repeatedly, he secretly came to Yuan Shao to offer advice.

Xu You said: "Cao Mengde is treacherous and brave, I expect that he will want to win in a battle, or even give up the siege and concentrate on me." If, as Zifu said, our army can only temporarily retreat and cannot make meritorious contributions, then it will waste money, food, and troops, and it will be useless to send out a division, wouldn't it be a pity? If the lord can use a powerful plan, he can thwart his momentum, or even capture Meng Deye alive! ”