Yuan Shao was defeated, and the bloody god of war was killed, which was almost a fatal blow!

Although Yuan Shao was annoyed by this, he couldn't think about it, his wise man Yang Xiu had been buried in the sea of fire, the Huangfu brothers were gone, and it was difficult to find them, and now he lacked fierce generals, strategists, and even more troops, not to mention enterprising Jizhou, it was difficult to even protect Qingzhou!

This was all expected by Zhang Fan, after he returned to Beihai, he was very decisive, directly abandoned this giant city-level base, and ordered Tiebi and Zhang Jaw to give up the defense of Rencheng County, and the whole army withdrew, ready to return to the division!

Zhang Fan broke his wrist, and even Boyang City was abandoned, and ordered a part of the army to return to Tai'an City to garrison and defend, while he quickly led the army to Jizhou, and everything was orderly.

Although these cities chose to abandon, but Zhang Fan will not be the enemy, he carried out a certain amount of destruction of the city gate and city wall, etc., so that he could solve the problem and then counterattack back, and took away the precious things in the city, the people who are willing to leave will go to Tai'an Jibei generation first, and those who do not want to leave are not forced, after all, people have their own ambitions, and the force is always down.

However, what is surprising is that because of Zhang Fan's continuous victory, most of the people are willing to evacuate with him, although they have left their hometowns, but where is the peaceful place under Zhang Fan's rule in this war-torn hometown? Most people have their own choices, which makes Zhang Fan very pleased.

It takes a lot of time to cross the Yellow River from Beihai to Jizhou, although Zhang Fan is anxious, but there is no good way, which is beyond him.

Zhang Fan's evacuation made Yuan Shao breathe a sigh of relief, but soon his face became gloomy, because Cao Cao had already crossed the river and occupied Rencheng County!

Qingzhou is his Yuan Shao's territory, Cao Cao is his reinforcement, what is the reason for occupying the cities and counties of his allies?

Yuan Shao was already weak in progress, but he was unwilling to let Zhang Fan go away like this, so he sent letters to Cao Cao one after another, asking him to lead the army into Jizhou, give Zhang Fan a thunderous blow, and return Rencheng County at the same time.

When Cao Cao received the letter, he hesitated, and hurriedly asked all the strategists under his command to find a solution.

Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Cao Cao's strategist lineup can be called luxurious, which makes everyone envious!

Cheng Yu was decisive, he said: "Our army has only occupied Yanzhou for a short time, the foundation is unstable, there are many things inside that have not been sorted out clearly, and there are more Yellow Turban remnants Zhang Yan entrenched in it, if Yuan Shao's strength still exists, it is not impossible to crusade against the chaos, but now Yuan Shao has been defeated, there is no spare strength to send troops, if we send troops alone, it is easy to be counterattacked by the Jizhou army, if we lose too many soldiers and horses, I am afraid that we can no longer control the situation in Yanzhou, and there will be disasters!" ”

After a pause, Cheng Yu's eyes flashed, and he said categorically: "We can't send troops, we should develop our own strength, unify Yanzhou, and occupy Rencheng County as a breakthrough to enter Qingzhou in the future, Yuan Shao is now struggling to survive, if the Xiliang army and Fengyun are both defeated, we can send troops in time, maybe we can win the two states of Qingdao and Hebei in one fell swoop, and then look for an opportunity to attack Youzhou in the war, we can bring all the northern land under our command and achieve hegemony!" ”

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed when he heard this, although he didn't speak, but he was obviously moved, and it was not what he wanted to let him give up the easily obtained Rencheng County to attack the powerful Jizhou.

Xun Yu was calm, and Cheng Yu's thoughts coincided, and the two persuaded Cao Cao to occupy Rencheng County and not to act recklessly until the situation became clear.

Cao Cao had already made up his mind in his heart, but he still turned to Guo Jia and asked, "What does Feng Xiao think?" ”

Although Cao Cao has a lot of strategists, Xun Yu is good at government affairs, although Cheng Yu is resolute, but it is a little one-sided, Cao Cao still relies on Guo Jia the most, this is a real master!

From a historical point of view, Guo Jia's strategy is extremely dangerous, but it is impeccable, which stems from his deepest grasp of people's hearts, in history Cao Cao and Yuan Shao duel, both in terms of strength and heritage are obviously at a disadvantage, but Guo Jia just dared to fight, and threw out the theory of ten wins and ten defeats, to help Cao Cao make up his mind, it turns out that Yuan Shao was really defeated, which may be directly related to the ten wins and ten defeats, but if there is no Guo Jia, Cao Cao may not dare to fight, let alone defeat Yuan Shao, this is simply impossible!

After defeating Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao's son Yuan Shang Yuan Xi fled to Liaodong and attached himself to Gongsun Yuan's command, at that time Cao Cao was surrounded by enemies on all sides, Liu Biao and others were ready to move, Cao Cao wanted to stop fighting, and instead digest the rivers and mountains he had just beaten, but Guo Jia tried his best to dominate the station, he said that Liu Biao and others lacked decision, and their movements were mostly deterrent, and it was impossible to really launch an attack, so that Cao Cao would expedition to Liaodong and take Yuan Shang Yuan Xi!

This caused an uproar at the time, Xun Yu and other strategists strongly opposed, because Liaodong is a small land, and is on the border, plus it was in the severe winter season at that time, it was not easy to march, if you want to go on an expedition for thousands of miles, the soldiers will inevitably complain, and besides, it will take a lot of time to go back and forth to Liaodong, during this time, if Lu Bu, Liu Biao and others send troops to attack, then the four states in the north are equivalent to empty shells, and they will be thrown down by a war!

It was in this situation that Guo Jia still advocated the war, and finally Cao Cao gritted his teeth and agreed, and finally Yuan Shang Yuan Xi died, and Liaodong was included in Cao Cao's territory, and since then Cao Cao has no worries, and his strength has been unprecedentedly developed, becoming a real overlord!

If there is any regret, it is that Guo Jia was weak and could not resist the cold during the march and died, which made Cao Cao cry bitterly because he lost his arm!

Later, Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, and he once said: "If Fengxiao is still there, don't let the lonely come here!" ”

It can be seen that Guo Jia's important position in Cao Cao's army is more than any other strategist!

At this moment, seeing Cao Cao's question, Guo Jia groaned slightly and said, "I think it's time to fight!" ”

"Fengxiao is talking about marching into Jizhou?" Cao Cao exclaimed.

Guo Jia nodded and said, "In the matter of the battle formation, we should not think about what we want, but we should think about what the enemy wants us to do!" ”

His voice is very soft, but the penetrating power is extremely strong, it seems to be able to speak to the depths of people's hearts, only to hear Guo Jia say again: "Rencheng County is in the hands of the wind and clouds, and there is a danger of water, it should not be difficult to defend, but he retreated without a fight, and gave us a county of land in vain, has the lord ever thought about why?" ”

"This ......" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "This is equivalent to Yuan Shao's land and peace, he gave us Rencheng County, the purpose is not to let us go to Jizhou again!" ”

"This is one of them!"

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Fengyun Chao was born in Weimo, emerged in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and achieved the current strength of Jizhou, if such a person does not have some scheming, who will believe it?" ”

"Yuan Shao made a poisonous plan to lead the Xiliang army to attack Jizhou, although the Xiliang army that lost Dong Zhuo was like a dragon without a head, but under the stake of life and death, its combat ability to break out was probably even stronger than the original! Although Jizhou has a garrison army, but it is also difficult to stop its troops, the storm must bring the main army back to help, which means that he has completely lost the possibility of fighting for the land of Qingzhou, and there is no force to defend it, so sooner or later Rencheng County will be captured by our army or Yuan Shao, and now the storm is chaotic and retreats without a fight, and Rencheng County is handed over to our army in vain, and the viciousness of his mind can be seen! ”

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he had already guessed the approximation, but he still couldn't help asking: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Rencheng County is a place that must be lost, and the turmoil does not choose to give it to Yuan Shao, but gives it to our army, I am afraid that he wants to provoke a dispute between us and Yuan Shao, so that he can profit from it and get free time to concentrate on dealing with the Xiliang army!" ”

Cao Cao frowned: "Will the original brother make peace with me for the sake of a county?" He can't be so short-sighted, right? ”

"It wasn't supposed to!"

Guo Jia sneered: "The wind and clouds are wonderful, the magic is that he defeated Yuan Shao again before withdrawing the army, and Yuan Shao's forces were greatly damaged, and it is impossible to enter Jizhou again, now Yuan Shao does not have many troops, and the think tank Yang Xiu died by self-immolation, and the two Huangfu generals left, and it is inevitable that there will be some extreme thoughts in their hearts, not to mention that we occupy Rencheng County, even if we don't occupy it, he will have some mustard!" ”

"He will think: We are a coalition army, why do I lose so much, but you are watching the play in the back, my lord?"

"So Yuan Shao will definitely ask us to send troops, whether we win or lose, as long as we have a loss, Yuan Shao will be happy, this is a typical gambler's psychology, I am not happy, and others should not think about it!"

"Now that we occupy Rencheng County, Yuan Shao is even more annoyed, he was defeated, but we got a county for nothing, and it was still under his rule, does the lord think he will give up? Yuan Shao can't be aggressive, he will definitely choose to consolidate his territory, and then we will become a thorn in his side, and friction is indispensable! ”

Cao Cao listened carefully, and already agreed in his heart that what Guo Jia said was true, and Yuan Shao was definitely this kind of person!

"But if you go to Jizhou, won't you cheapen Yuan Shao for nothing and weigh his heart?" Cao Cao said.

Guo Jia smiled and shook his head: "Definitely! Yuan Shao is like a fierce beast with its teeth pulled out at the moment, although he is fierce, he no longer has much combat power, he is no longer qualified to be the opponent of the lord, but it is the chaos! This person has a large number of famous generals under his command, and the army is extremely elite, coupled with local battles, the people's will, the Xiliang Army is definitely not his opponent, and it will be defeated! And once he recovers Jizhou, and then recuperates for a period of time, he will definitely make a comeback and march into Qingzhou, when Yuan Shao is still weak, and the victory or defeat of the lord and him is unknown, it is difficult to guarantee that he can hold this county! ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia's eyes flashed, and it was terrifying: "Instead of waiting until that time to have to fight, it's better to take the initiative now!" Although the turmoil at this time seems to be a succession of battles, but in fact, the sharpness has disappeared, although Yuan Shao is defeated, how can there be no loss in the turmoil? His army must have many losses, coupled with a series of battles, he has long been tired, if the lord can send troops and cooperate with the Xiliang army to strike at Jizhou, he may not be able to defeat the chaos in one fell swoop and occupy the rich Jizhou as the foundation! ”

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