Zhao Long shook his head: "Pacify the Black Mountain Army within one year, destroy Liu Bei and Liu Yu within three years, pacify Liaodong and Liaoxi within four years, and sit on the land of four states, otherwise it will be too late, Cao Cao and Chu Zimou on the south side of the Yellow River will become a big disaster within four years." ”

In Taiyuan, Taishou Huma expanded his army to provide as many soldiers as possible for the Lianpo Army.

Lian Po's commander is very high, and the number of legions that can be bonus is more than 100,000!

"The Hetao Plain is mine. With the Hetao Plain, a large amount of grain and war horses are produced every year, who can compete with me in the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Lord Huma prepares to march to Yanmen County and fight for the Hetao Plain.

The Hetao Plain is an important horse-producing area.

In Guanzi City, Liaoxi, heavy snow fell, Gongsun Zhan's army was trapped here by the Wuhuan tribe, for more than 200 days, most of the soldiers were killed and wounded, and the food was about to run out.

There were at least 100,000 Wuhuan cavalry outside the city, and there were less than 10,000 soldiers in the city. Fortunately, the Wuhuan cavalry was not good at attacking cities, so Gongsun Chan was able to hold on.

"Liu Xuande's original warning was right, he didn't follow me to crusade against Wuhuan and escaped. If this continues, I will be wiped out. ”

Gongsun Zhan frowned when he saw the dense Wuhuan cavalry. He killed too many Wuhuan cavalrymen, and the Wuhuan tribe would not let him go. The food in the city could not sustain him for ten days, and his morale was on the verge of collapse.

Suddenly, on the horizon, a cavalry unit under the banner of Prince Yan, the lord of Liaoxi, appeared, with tens of thousands of people. Iron hooves rolling, raising dust!

The first general put on a hideous iron mask, led the mighty Han cavalry into the 100,000 Wuhuan cavalry, held a big knife, and beheaded a Wuhuan general under the horse!

"Is this ...... Reinforcements?! All the soldiers, prepare to follow me out of the city to kill all the Wuhuan people! ”

Gongsun Zhan, as a border general, was eager to destroy Wuhuan and was fast, and when he saw the arrival of reinforcements, he immediately encouraged the defenders in the city to fight to the death!

The defenders of less than 10,000 people rushed out, and Gongsun Chan held a spear and led Bai Ma Yicong to take the lead!

The white horse Yicong was equipped with a white horse, holding a horned bow, galloping like a fly, shooting the Wuhuan cavalry, and the latter fell in response!

The Liaoxi cavalry led by Di Qing and Gongsun Zhan's cavalry attacked, 100,000 Wuhuan cavalry were defeated and fled, Prince Yan and Gongsun Chan captured countless war horses, among which there were many good horses that would cause jealousy of the lords in the pass.

Gongsun Zhan received the support of Prince Yan, and finally got out of the siege and decided to become brothers with Prince Yan: "In the future, if you become a brother and become a pastor of Youzhou, you will definitely be named a virtuous brother as the Taishou of Liaoxi." ”

Unconsciously, the princes of the area north of the Yellow River in the Eastern Han Dynasty began to form alliances in advance, although there was still a large amount of territory that had not been digested, and there was already a faint sense of competition between the various groups.

"Liu Bei has formed an alliance with Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, and Liu Yu ordered Liu Bei to guard against Yuan Shao, the Black Mountain Army, the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei!"

The two northern royals decided to join forces to counter the surrounding forces.

"Yuan Shao formed an alliance with Wei County Taishou Zhao Long to fight against Liu Bei, Liu Yu, and Gongsun Zhan!"

"The alien lord Prince Yan sent troops to assist Gongsun Zhan, who was besieged by the Wuhuan tribe, to relieve the siege, Gongsun Zhan made friends with him, the two joined forces, Liaoxi was peaceful, and Wuhuan fled in the wilderness!"

"Taiyuan Taishou Huma is indifferent, but which camp he chooses to join may affect the pattern of the Hebei region!"

To the north of the Yellow River, the three major groups of Liu Bei-Liu Yu Group, Yuan Shao-Zhaolong Group, and Gongsun Zhan-Yan Prince gradually took shape.

In addition to the three influential large groups, there are also big lords such as Mingguan and Huma who have not formed an alliance, because they have absolute confidence in Chang Yuchun and Lian, even if they do not rely on the strength of the alliance, they can dominate Liaodong and Bingzhou as independent lords.

"Military blocs have emerged north of the Yellow River, and south of the Yellow River are still fighting on their own. No, Tao Qian, they can also be regarded as a military group......"

Chu Tian heard about the fierce competition north of the Yellow River one after another, and couldn't help but rejoice that his territory was not north of the Yellow River, otherwise Chu Tian might be besieged by three military groups.

With Chu Tian's current strength, he really couldn't stop the siege of the three major military groups.

From time to time, Chutian would pay attention to the competition between the states of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the winner might be an enemy in the future, but he did not know which force could survive the fierce battlefield north of the Yellow River.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao finally annexed Gongsun Zan and became the overlord of the four states.

Now it seems that it may not be, every force has a long and short capital with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao cannot be as sharp as in history.

If necessary, Chutian would also consider forming an alliance to suppress Cao Cao.

However, it seems that no lord responds to Chu Tian, because in the eyes of the lord of Xuzhou, Chu Tian is stronger than Cao Cao, so they will take the lead in suppressing Chu Tian, and then consider suppressing Cao Cao.

Chu Tian also participated in the suppression of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and Dong Zhuo, which were developing too fast, so he was no stranger to the tactics of combining vertical and horizontal, or was more familiar with it.

"Xuan Ling, Cao Mengde's development momentum is worrying, I want to make Cao Mengde find some trouble, do you have a good plan?"

Chu Tian was worried that Cao Cao's power would develop too quickly with the support of the players, so he wanted to cause trouble for Cao Cao.

He and Cao Cao were allies in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, so Chutian would not target Cao Cao, but after the campaign against Dong Zhuo ended, the two became rivals.

Chu Tian wanted to bring down Cao Cao, and he didn't want to see Cao Cao develop.

Especially before Chutian unified Xuzhou, he didn't want to see Cao Cao already unify Yanzhou.

The first thing Cao Cao did after unifying Yanzhou would be to attack Xuzhou.

This is not difficult to predict.

The various princes basically knew each other's strategy, and the key was to be one step ahead of their opponents.

Almost a year, half a year, is enough to decide who is the winner.

Chu Tian knew that Fang Xuanling was not far behind in his tricks, so he took the initiative to ask Fang Xuanling for advice.

Fang Xuanling said: "The lord can instigate the Yanzhou alien lords he knows, secretly support them to form an anti-Cao Cao alliance, with Gongziwen as the alliance leader, and call on all Yanzhou lords to join forces to surround Cao Cao and divide his territory and generals. In this way, Cao Cao's situation is the same as that of the lord, and all the lord has to do is to defeat Tao Qian's coalition army one step faster. ”

"Wonderful."

Chu Tian had a headache because of the alliance of the Lord of Xuzhou, and Fang Xuanling's simple plan made Chu Tian a little more comfortable.

If you are not happy, then Cao Cao will not be happy, so Cao Cao can also experience the feeling of being targeted.

As long as the anti-Cao Cao alliance can successfully hold Cao Cao for a period of time and win time for Chutian to unify Xuzhou, then it will already be earned for Chutian.

Fang Xuanling continued: "In addition, it can provoke the relationship between Cao Cao and Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and Yuan Shu of Yuzhou, so that they will turn against each other. The Central Plains is the land of four wars, and Cao Cao will face sieges from all directions, and he will not be able to take care of himself, so Cao Cao will not be able to unify Yanzhou with peace of mind. ”

"Drive the tiger and devour the wolf, so that it loses both."

Chu Tian agreed with Fang Xuanling's strategy, and specially sent people to contact Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were responsible for causing chaos to Cao Cao.

Facts have proved that Cao Cao later complained about Chu Tian's tricks: Chu Zimou made himself unhappy, and he also made others unhappy, which was so bad that it was home.

"Is Huaxiong willing to surrender now?"

Chu Tian asked about Huaxiong, and he still lacked a general to command the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

"It is estimated that it will not take three or five days to surrender."

"Oh? What tactics did the military advisor use to make the stubborn Huaxiong surrender? ”

Chu Tian heard Hua Xiong say that he would rather die than surrender, and thought he was a hard bone.

Fang Xuanling understated: "Actually, Hua Xiong has the idea of surrendering, but it is just for the sake of face, especially in front of Xu Rong, there is no step down." The subordinates have already asked him to be separated from Xu Rong, and ordered him to be beheaded in five days, presumably without Xu Rong present, Hua Xiong is greedy for life and afraid of death, and most of them will be shaken. When the time comes, he will personally go to supervise the beheading, and the lord will bring someone to save Hua Xiong, and Hua Xiong will definitely be grateful and serve the lord. ”

What a sinister stratagem......

Sure enough, Hua Xiong's IQ was in front of Fang Xuanling, and he had to help Fang Xuanling count the money if he was sold.

Fang Xuanling wanted to sing and harmonize, so that Hua Xiong would have a favorable impression of Chutian, and then surrender to him......

Chu Tian suspected that no matter who was caught in Xia Cheng, Fang Xuanling would have the ability to subdue him.

I already knew that Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were arrested......

Chu Tian was a little remorseful.

However, there was chaos during the crusade against Dong Zhuo at that time, and no one knew what generals could catch Dong Zhuo.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao still tried to catch them later.

With Fang Xuanling here, there is a candidate for the military general who commands the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Hua Xiong can only be regarded as a second-rate heavy cavalry commander, a real first-class heavy cavalry commander, but also depends on Ma Chao, Wanyan Zongbi (Tiefutu) and others.

"I heard that you are going to trouble Cao Cao?"

Xia Liang, who was registering the account books on the side, heard that Chu Tian and Fang Xuanling were designing to frame Cao Cao and Hua Xiong, and he put his right hand on his cheek and intervened in the topic with interest.

"Do you have any other ways to delay Cao Cao's development?"

"Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, fled to Langya with a team of servants for refuge, if Cao Song can be placed under house arrest, it must be able to cause a little trouble to Cao Cao, right?"

"Cao Song in Xia City?"

"Well, he brought a lot of servants and gold and silver, so it was easy to be noticed, and Cao Song is currently living in Xia City, and he bought a mansion for 500 taels of silver."

How did Cao Cao's father run away to Langya Kingdom?

Chu Tian carefully recalled that in history, Cao Song seemed to have fled to Tao Qian's territory and was killed by Tao Qian's subordinates, so Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father, and slaughtered the city.

It's just that he got Cao Cao's father for some reason...... Chu Tian still felt a little strange, what if Cao Cao asked him for his father one day?

"Cao Cao is a hero, and he will not compromise easily because Cao Song is in our hands."

Chu Tian didn't believe that Cao Cao would be jealous because Cao Song was in Langya Kingdom.

Xiang Yu grabbed Liu Bang's father and used it to threaten Liu Bang, but Liu Bang was not moved at all.

"It's the negligence of the subordinates. But my subordinates thought that it would be useful to keep Cao Song......"

The summer cool is just a proposal, and how to decide depends on Chu Tian's thoughts.

"The lord can try to keep Cao Song, as Miss Xia said, it will always be useful to keep it."

"Send two people to spy on Cao Song, and if he has the idea of leaving Xia City, stop him immediately."

Chu Tian saw that the two powerful subordinates thought that Cao Song was a strange goods, so he sent two people to monitor Cao Song in distress. For an elderly Cao Song, two more laborers were wasted.

Cao Mengde, this was sent by your father himself, you can't blame me......

After Chu Tian decided to cause trouble for Cao Cao, he quickly contacted Gongziwen, who was currently based in Dingtao City, and supported him in establishing an anti-Cao Cao alliance to curb Cao Cao's development momentum.

Gongzi Wen had Pang Juan, the commander of Wei Wushu, who was unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao and wanted to compete with Cao Cao in Yanzhou.

With Chu Tian's support, he immediately called on all the lords of Yanzhou to form an anti-Cao Cao alliance!

"The Eastern County is too guarded by Cao Cao to suppress the lord of the Eastern County, if he is allowed to continue to grow bigger, it will be difficult for the lords of our other counties to have a living space. I, the prince of Jiyin County, call on all the lords of Yanzhou to join forces to crusade against Cao Cao and carve up Yanzhou! ”

After Gongziwen captured Dingtao City, he proclaimed himself Jiyin Taishou, sent people to the imperial court, and established an alliance at the same time!

In addition to the Dongjun controlled by Cao Cao, the great lords of the five counties of Shanyang, Chenliu, Jiyin, Taishan, and Dongping have raised troops to respond to the call!

Like the lord of Xuzhou who was worried that Chutian would sweep the entire Xuzhou, the lord of Yanzhou was no less afraid of Cao Cao than under Chutian, and only by joining forces to fight against Cao Cao could it be possible to defeat Cao Cao, carve up Cao Cao's generals, and even subdue Cao Cao and make Boss Cao a wage earner.

The anti-Cao Cao alliance was not established before, because no one dared to take the initiative to stand up and take the lead, and now that Gongziwen took the lead, the lords of Yanzhou finally mustered up the courage to compete with Cao Cao, the first hero in the Eastern Han Dynasty, for Yanzhou.

After such a period of development, the lord of Yanzhou has not only Gongziwen has a historical military general, Pang Juan, but other lords also have historical generals.

They joined forces to besiege Cao Cao, and they might not lose.

"When necessary, I can borrow generals and even soldiers and horses for you to deal with Cao Cao."

Chu Tian added fuel to the fire behind his back, making empty promises.

Chutian's promise made the lords of Yanzhou even more crazy.

The anti-Cao Cao alliance took Dingtao as its base and began to dispatch troops to prepare to attack Dongjun, just like when the Xuzhou coalition army attacked Langya.

All the powerful forces will unsettle the weaker forces around them, and then the weaker forces will join forces against the stronger ones.

If you win, the powerful forces will be even stronger.

If you lose, the powerful forces will be divided, and then an even stronger one will appear.

Xuzhou and Yanzhou respectively set up two groups against Chutian and Cao Cao, which were different from the competition in Hebei.

North of the Yellow River is a rivalry between large groups and large groups, while south of the Yellow River is a struggle between small forces and large forces for control of the states.

Cao Cao learned from the Yiren that Chu Tian supported the establishment of an anti-Cao Cao alliance by Gongzi Wen, the Yiren lord who had transferred from Dongjun to Jiyin County, and frowned: "Chu Zimou, Chu Zimou, did I Cao Mengde provoke you......"