Cao Cao's so-called initiative to give up Ruyang, of course, he couldn't flee without a fight, that would be too fake, in case Fang Zhiwen saw something, it would be bad, so Li Jin was ordered to defend Ruyang to wait for reinforcements, and the reinforcements from the three directions of Wenqiang, Ruyin and Qiaoxian were indeed rushing towards Ruyang.

Judging from Cao Cao's reaction, Cao Cao was in a hurry to get angry, and seemed to have made up his mind to desperately defend Ruyang, and never let Fang Zhiwen succeed, and the reinforcements surrounded him on three sides, wanting to encircle and annihilate Fang Zhiwen in the Ruyang area.

However, the more Cao Cao showed this angry appearance, the more Fang Zhiwen didn't believe that Cao Cao was really angry! If Cao Cao really wanted to encircle and annihilate himself, he would not have made a posture of encirclement and annihilation at all, wouldn't this be trying to scare himself away!

Fang Zhiwen looked at Ruyang City in a daze, the reason why he was not in a hurry to capture Ruyang City was because he didn't plan to capture Ruyang at the beginning, he just hoped that Cao Cao would reinforce Ruyang in a big way, and then retreat from Qian County, and Fang Zhiwen chose to eat the reinforcements of the Cao army all the way.

But now Cao Cao's response is very weird, and Fang Zhiwen is also a little confused, what does Cao Cao want to do? Do you really want to encircle yourself, or do you want to scare yourself away?

"Gong Miao, why do you say Cao Cao is so arranged?"

He Qi was watching how Taishi Zhaorong's cavalry team played dragonfly and how to deceive the wrong attack of the opponent's trebuchet, Fang Zhiwen suddenly asked, He Qi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he was not in a hurry to answer, but thought carefully before slowly replied: "Lord, Cao Cao should first want to drive us away, in fact, even if our army can capture Ruyang before the arrival of reinforcements, it is impossible to defend Ruyang." Therefore, when reinforcements arrive, we still have to withdraw. ”

"Can't we surround the dots and send in reinforcements?"

"My lord, we have to face up to the logistical problem, although our army can get proper supplies through some alternative channels. However, it is not sufficient, if the enemy's reinforcements are not in a hurry to entangle with our army, our army may not be able to completely annihilate Cao's reinforcements, and may even be pestered by the other side in turn, even if we can destroy one of the reinforcements, Ruyang has not fallen, and our army's purpose has still not been achieved1

Fang Zhiwen nodded. He shook his head again: "The reinforcements in the direction of steady strength are Chen Ji's 20,000 cavalry, if you are unwilling to engage in battle this way, it will be difficult for our army to catch them, and the south side is Chen Deng's 80,000 cavalry, if Chen Deng is cautious, it will not be easy for our army to annihilate this way." This is especially true when Ruyang is not under the border and our army is undersupplied. If this line of thought is followed, our army should withdraw to the north and strive to annihilate Chen Ji's cavalry, and if not, merge with the trial near Chen County to obtain supplies. That's it. It was true that it did not achieve the purpose of attracting the main force of Cao's army to the west, nor could it relieve the pressure faced by Yuan Shao in Qian County, but Cao Cao's worries were not completely relieved, and our army could turn to attack Chen County or Changping, or even Wenqiang and other places, and at the same time, it could also allow Yuan Shao to slow down the offensive a little and retreat appropriately to Yongyang, so that Cao Cao's plan would be frustrated1

He Qi frowned, he had no way to explain this question, what Cao Cao was thinking. Only Cao Cao himself knows best.

Fang Zhiwen frowned, as if he was saying to He Qi, and seemed to be talking to himself: "This is not right, our purpose is to tell Cao Cao that the Central Plains is simply a broken house with leaks everywhere." can't hold it, can't Cao Cao understand? But now that he understands it, why didn't he choose to retreat to Jingzhou to wait for the time? This doesn't make sense! Could it be that Cao Cao really thought that he could completely annihilate Yuan Shao? But even if Yuan Shao is completely annihilated this time, when Liu Bei enters the game and Yuan Shao makes a comeback, Cao Cao may die and have no place to be buried! This doesn't make sense1

He Qi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said, "Lord, what if Cao Cao can annihilate our army?" ”

"Annihilate our army? You mean annihilate me and Huang Xu? ”

"Yes, if Cao Cao can stick our army to Ruyang, and then besiege it, and even join the army of Qian County, is it possible to encircle and annihilate our army1

"Yes, as long as we're stupid and don't run 1

"What about the other way around? Our army mobilized General Lu Bu and Yuan Shao, can we form a battle in Ruyang and annihilate Cao Cao? ”

"Annihilation of Cao Cao? Is this necessary1

But Cao Cao felt that the lord had to do this1

Fang Zhiwen blinked, a little crying and laughing, would Cao Cao make mistakes again and again, and go so far along the wrong path? First of all, Cao Cao first had to ignore the very likely situation of three families attacking Cao Cao; Secondly, why did Cao Cao decide that he needed to annihilate the main force of Cao's army? He just wanted to drive Cao Jun to Jingzhou; Also, Cao Cao also needs to make sure that he will not run, and will organize the Battle of Ruyang!

What a paranoid idea this must be! Fang Zhiwen couldn't believe that Cao Cao's original intention was like this!

"It's weird1

"Yes, my subordinates think it's too strange, but this idea is the most likely, and it would be nice if there was a way to verify it.1

"It's simple, let's attack Ruyang quickly, and then see Cao Jun's reaction to know1

"That's right, too.1

"Order, prepare for a strong attack, order Huang Xu and Taishi Zhaorong to assemble the guards, and form a first board force with my guards, Jialan, you are also prepared, and you will rush to the city to support me under the cover of cavalry1

"Yes, host 1

Three guards that are close to the level of male soldiers attacked Ruyang City, although Li Jin's commander and resourcefulness are very high, but in front of strong generals like Fang Zhiwen and Taishi Zhaorong, it is still far from enough, a city wall was quickly captured by Fang Zhiwen, Li Jin still wants street fighting, but street fighting is a joke in front of Fang Zhiwen, a force with a large number of elite shooters and grassroots generals.

In the end, the 20,000 defenders in the city were completely annihilated, 10,000 were killed in the battle and 10,000 surrendered, none of the people in the city escaped, and Li Jin also died in the chaos.

Fang Zhiwen's capture of Ruyang certainly alleviated the logistical embarrassment, but Ruyang was a lonely city, and there was no need and condition to hold on to it.

However, when Fang Zhiwen took Ruyang, Cao Cao's reinforcements strangely slowed down, and on the contrary, news came from Qian County that Cao Cao's envoy wanted to meet Fang Zhiwen.

Fang Zhiwen was quite surprised, because it was not Fang Zhiwen's old friend Zhong Xuan, but Cheng Yu, one of Cao Cao's right-hand men.

"Zhongde?! Rare guests! Cao Cao is really relieved, he is not afraid that I will detain Zhongde, could it be that Cao Cao has too many advisers? ”

"Hehe, Master Fang said with a smile1

The two exchanged a few words of greeting and then turned to the topic.

"Lord Fang, I am here to ask Lord Fang for a word on the orders of the lord."

"Oh? What does Cao Cao want to know? ”

"Lord Gong must know first, what does Lord Fang want? Could it be that Lord Fang wants the entire Central Plains? ”

"If I want, will Cao Cao give it to me generously?"

"Uh, Lord Fang laughed."

"In that case, what did Cao Cao send Zhongde to do? Anyway, isn't it the same as if he knew it and didn't know it?1 Fang Zhiwen smiled a little playfully, and Cheng Yu secretly had a headache in his heart.

"What my lord means is that for the other party, getting Jizhou is the most urgent need, if Lord Fang can cooperate with my lord, he can also get Jizhou! Now that Yuan Shao's heavy troops are all in Henan, as long as they are defeated in one fell swoop, and the Lord is attacking Jizhou in a big way, then great things can be accomplished, and it is much easier than Lord Fang fighting to the death with my lord in the Central Plains1

Fang Zhiwen looked at Cheng Yu with a smile: "Zhongde thinks that I, Fang Zhiwen, is a villain who goes back on his word and is capricious?" The ancients pushed themselves and others, and Cao Cao really pursued the same! Huh"

"My lord is cautious, my lord adheres to the command, Kuang Fu Sheji, please don't slander at will1

"Huh, slander? It's just a fact that everyone in the world knows, okay, it's pointless to say this, Zhongde went back and told Cao Cao, Jizhou I want it, but don't work Cao Cao to help plan, he has kung fu, let's think about whether I can pass this hurdle 1

"Think twice, if so, I'm afraid you'll lose all three.1

"Lose three! Haha Cao Cao thinks too highly of himself, okay, let's not talk about this matter, since Zhong De has worked hard to come here, I can't let Zhong Debai run! Male seedlings, bring the drawing 1

"No1

He Qi stood up, took a few steps forward, and handed a drawing scroll to Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu frowned, stretched out his hands and politely took it.

"Lord Fang, what does this mean?"

"Didn't you come here with an order, this is my answer to Cao Cao, you can see it when you open it."

Cheng Yu looked at Fang Zhiwen suspiciously, slowly untied the rope on the scroll, and slowly unfolded the map, this is just a very ordinary map of the Central Plains, but the distribution of forces in different colors on the map does not match the facts, on this map, Cao Cao's forces are not in the Central Plains, only a little place in Jingzhou remains, and the entire Central Plains is marked with Yuan Shao's banner, this is Fang Zhiwen's answer to Cao Cao, what is even more strange is that Fang Zhiwen knows his intentions and prepared this map in advance?

As if seeing through Cheng Yu's doubts, Fang Zhiwen said with a smile: "Originally, I planned to send it to Cao Cao, but since Zhongde is here, I just want to trouble Zhongde to bring it back, and by the way, tell Cao Cao, so that everyone is good, don't think too highly of your own ability, if it weren't for the Japanese people supporting Cao Cao behind his back, how could Cao Cao have today's situation, and similarly, it is precisely because Cao Cao and the Japanese people are not clear, so he has to repay his debts today1."

"My lord, don't talk nonsense."

"Okay, everyone understands people, Zhong De Mo wants me to be a three-year-old child, there is no need to say anything about this matter, Zhong De is like this, if Cao Cao is not convinced, I will wait for him in Ruyang."

"I understand that."

Cheng Yu looked at Fang Zhiwen with a disdainful smile on his face, and set off a storm in his heart, it seems that Fang Zhiwen had already guessed Cao Cao's plan, and he also knew that his visit was just a delaying tactic, Fang Zhiwen, who had seen through everything, really planned to cooperate with Cao Cao to have a battle of Ruyang! Does he already have the confidence to win? Is the lord's idea right or wrong!? To be continued...