At the beginning of the sixth year of A.D. Yu in the sixth year of Mang'an. Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Lu Bu, who has been in charge of the world for ten years, and Lu Bu, who is known as the god of Gong, has gathered the world's heroes in front of the Tiger Prison Pass. In the end, he was defeated by the gun king Zhang Xiu and fell!

At the same time as the old god of war fell and the new god of war was born, the princes of the Han Dynasty also quietly changed a lot.

Since Dong Zhuo entered the Luoyang rebellion, it has been ten years since the princes of the Eighteenth Road understood it. This decade was the most chaotic period of the Han Dynasty, and the states, counties, and even cities of the Han Dynasty were divided into princes.

After ten years of scuffle, the small princes were basically annexed by the big princes, and now every prince in the land of the Han Dynasty can basically own a state of land.

Lü Bu's fall was just the beginning. Cao Cao, who ruled the Central Plains in the sixth year of Jian'an, and Yuan Shao, who ruled Hebei, both seized the time to eliminate their respective opponents. There was already a premonition that a big war was brewing in the north, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were making final preparations. In the six years of Jian'an, the transformation in this east is extremely huge.

In the summer of this year, Yuan Shao, the hero of the north, broke through Yijing, Gongsun Zhan died in Yijing**, and Youzhou finally fell under Yuan Shao's control. Yuan Shao, who supervised the four states of Youyou and Yiqing, surpassed Zhang Xiu in Guanzhong in one fell swoop in strength and became the strongest among the princes of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time that Yuan Shao in the north eliminated Gongsun Zhan, Cao Cao in the Central Plains also firmly controlled Xuzhou. And recruited Zang Ba, one of the eight strong generals under the original Lu Bu, and the four Kou of Mount Tai, so that Cao Cao had an army in charge of Mount Tai in the east, which was used to resist the attack of Yuan Zhen of Qingzhou.

Since Cao Cao moved the Son of Heaven to Xuchang, he sent the former Beihai Xiangkong to Xuchang to serve as Shaofu, and Qingzhou has since become another battlefield for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan to fight. However, since Gongsun Zhan's successive defeats in Youzhou, Qingzhou gradually fell into the hands of Yuan Shao. Cao Cao was very concerned about the defense of the eastern front when he did not recruit Zang Ba and the four Kou of Taishan, and with the surrender of Zang Ba and others, with the Taishan Gongmai as a barrier, Cao Cao no longer needed to worry about the eastern front.

Due to Zhang Xiu's unexpected arrival, history has changed a lot, and now Cao Cao's situation is even worse than the situation in history before Yuan Shao's war. First of all, Sili and Guanzhong became Zhang Xiu's forces. Although Zhang Xiu is still friendly with Cao Cao. However, Zhang Xiu's west has been completely stabilized, and his subordinates have contained Lu Bu's subordinates, and it is still unknown which side will help or not.

In addition to Zhang Xiu, Jiangdong Sun Jian is also a big trouble, and in history, Sun Ce once wanted to attack the Central Plains when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought in the north. It's a pity that he died at the hands of Xiao Xiao before the expedition. However, now due to the arrival of Zhang Xiu, the situation in Jiangdong has been reversed, and Sun Jian, who did not die after being injured, has become more stable, and there are two generals Zu Mao and Zhou Qin as escorts in and out, and the possibility of being attacked by Xiaoxiao is extremely low.

In this way, it was not impossible for Sun Jian to take advantage of the Great War in the north to attack the Central Plains, which was what Cao Cao was most worried about. So after eliminating Lu Bu. Cao Cao immediately sent Liu Bei's three brothers to Xuzhou. Let him go out to fight against Huainan Yuan Shu, and he himself will prepare for a big battle in Xuchang.

At the same time, Yuan Shu heard that Yuan Shao was powerful in the north, and Huainan's generals were repeatedly defeated, so he decided to give up the emperor's title to Yuan Shao, and he took Yuwang to Qingzhou to seek refuge with Yuan Zhen. How did he know that when he passed through Xuzhou, he was blocked by Liu Bei, and finally returned to Shouchun and coughed up blood and died. Yuan Shu died, and the three brothers of Liu Bei made great contributions before they went on the expedition, which was originally a gratifying and congratulatory thing. However, at this time, the edict incident was exposed. Liu Bei weighed it and decided to attack and kill Xuzhou Assassin Shi Che stomach and lead Xuzhou Mu himself. And the edict of the Son of Heaven pointed out that Cao Cao was a thief, raised troops in Xuzhou to resist Cao Cao, and united with Yuan Shao in the north.

Cao Cao was furious for a moment. He personally led the troops to attack Xuzhou and eliminated Liu Bei with a thunderous force. Cao Cao left Cao Ren to garrison Shouchun to monitor Sun Jian's movements, and at the same time sent a letter to Cai Mao in Jingzhou, asking him to persuade Liu Biao to send troops to entangle with Sun Jian and prevent him from advancing north.

By the end of the sixth year of Jian'an, the deployment of Yuan Cao's two families was basically completed, and there were no worries. However, now the two families have not moved lightly, Yuan Shao is because of his character, the army is slow, Cao Cao is worried about Zhang Xiu in Guanzhong, so he sent a messenger to Chang'an to meet Zhang Xiu and discuss matters.

On Zhang Xiu's side, since returning to Chang'an, Zhang Xiu temporarily buried Lu Bu and Diao Xiuer in Chang'an. And in accordance with Lu Bu's last wishes. Let Ma Chao and Lu Lingqi make a marriage alliance, and these trivial matters are dealt with. I have always paid attention to the situation in the Central Plains and Hebei.

Before Cao Cao's envoy arrived, Zhang Xiu and his generals discussed several times, and now Cao Cao's envoy has passed the Tiger Prison Pass, and the news that he is looking at Chang'an has reached the mansion of the general of the fat cavalry, and Zhang Xiu has once again brought all the civil and military forces under his command to discuss.

In the hall of the military mansion, Zhang Xiu sat Jia Xu, Zhong Xuan, Fa Zheng, Chen Gong, Yang Fu, and Cheng Gongying on the left, and Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, Ma Chao, Gan Ning, Pang De, and Gao Shun on the right.

But it was when Lu Bu rested that night. Leave a suicide note, let Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others vote under Zhang Xiu, and take care of his family Tiger Prison in a battle, although Lu Bu died under Zhang Xiu's gun, but Chen Gong and others saw that Lu Bu was willing to die, so they did not blame Zhang Xiu, so they also obeyed Lu Bu's last order and threw themselves under Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu glanced around at everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone, the two heroes of the Kanto region, the war between Yuan Shao of Hebei and Cao Cao of the Central Plains is about to break out, Yuan Shao sent a messenger to see the general earlier, and was prevaricated by the general, and now Cao Cao's envoy is also here, the general must make a decision today, I don't know what you think?" ”

After Zhang Xiuwang finished speaking, Chen Gong spoke: "General, the palace thinks that it should first stabilize the envoys of Yuan Cao and the others, and wait for the two sides to start a war. The general immediately went east from Luoyang and Wancheng, when Cao Cao's rear was empty, the lord sent troops to seize the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and welcome back the Son of Heaven, to obtain the name of righteousness, and then it was not too late to return to the division to deal with Yuan Shao, who was exhausted by Cao Cao. ”

After Chen Gongwang finished speaking, it turned out that all the people under Zhang Xiu's command frowned. Cheng Gongying smiled coldly and said, "Chen Gongtai." The lord is not waiting for you, you want to avenge Lu Bu, we can't control it, but you are now using the lord to avenge Lu Bu. Are we all fools? ”

Chen Gong heard it and was angry. One more sound, and said: "The palace is also for the sake of the general, as long as Cao Cao is destroyed." In the palm of the Central Plains, sweeping the world is just around the corner. ”

Cheng Gongying smiled coldly and said, "Nonsense! That is to trap the lord to death, and the real benefit is that you can use the lord's hand to remove Cao Cao and avenge Lu Bu! Lord, this person is not plotting for the lord at all, and Ying thinks that this person should be thrown out. Even Ma Chao said that Gao Shun begged reluctantly: "I think Mr. Gongtai has no such intention, please don't blame the general." ”

Seeing this, Cheng Gongying snorted angrily and said, "Gao Shun, you and Chen Gong were originally in a group, and Ying thought that Gao Shun should also be thrown out together."

Gao Shun heard it, pointed at Cheng Gongying and said angrily: "You,"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xiu slapped the table hard. "Enough! You are either a famous person or a famous general, like this shrew scolding the street, what kind of system. The public station only mentioned a statement, and whether it will be adopted is decided by the general. They all went back, and if they had an idea, they said, Ben will not blame, but if it is like Fang Cai, then Ben will go out! ”

After Zhang Xiu finished scolding, Cheng Gongying, Chen Gong and Gao Shun bowed to Zhang Xiu and retreated to their seats.

Zhang Xiu bowed his head slightly and said, "After the public platform." Do you have any objections? ”

At this time, Fa Zheng spoke: "The battle of Yuan Cao is about to break out, and now the biggest variable in their battle is the lord. Yuan Shao's intention to win over the lord was not great, he wanted the lord not to make a move. Watching the war between the two families, it can be seen from the fact that Yuan Shao only sent an ordinary scribe to be an envoy. On the other hand, Cao Cao's side wanted to win over the lord rather than just sit idly by, which is known from Cao Cao's dispatch of his chief strategist Guo Jia as an envoy. ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and asked, "What do you think of filial piety?" ”

Fa Zheng replied: "I just thought that the lord should not express his support for anyone too early, and he should watch from the wall first.

The battle of Yuan Cao was if Yuan Shao's main army crossed the Yellow River and attacked Cao Cao's hinterland. In this way, Cao Cao may no longer be Yuan Shao's opponent, so the lord should send troops from Hanoi, invade Yizhou, and join forces with Cao Cao to deal with Yuan Shao and restrict his development. And if Cao Cao breaks Yuan Shao, he will be beaten back to Yizhou. Then the lord can take advantage of the situation to take back the part of Hanoi County that Yuan Shao took away, and then the lord will look at Yizhou, when Cao Cao will attack Hebei in a big way. You can get a piece of the pie. ”

After Zhao Yun heard this, he asked, "According to what Xiaozhi said, shouldn't our army help Cao Cao?" But Cao Cao is ten times more powerful than Yuan Shao, if he defeats Yuan Shao and dominates the land of Hebei, he will be the enemy's enemy in the future. ”

Fa Zheng heard it and sighed: "What General Zhao said is reasonable, in fact, if it is correct, it is best for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao first, and then the two families will fight another one and both will lose, so that the war between the two families will definitely continue, but this is absolutely not the case." The decisive battle of Yuan Cao actually depends on the lord, if the lord helps Yuan, Yuan wins, and if the lord helps Cao, Cao wins

Tai Shi Ci heard this, and asked anxiously: "What if the lord and the lord don't help each other?" ”

Over there, Fa Zheng, Yang Fu and Cheng Gongying spoke up together: "Cao Sheng! After the three of them finished speaking. Jia Xu also nodded beside him.

When Tai Shici heard this, he wondered: "How could you gentlemen expect Cao Cao to win?" ”

Seeing Fa Zheng's signal, Yang Zhuo explained: "Although Yuan Shao has many Hebei celebrities such as Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, his good strategy is indecisive, and although there are many strategists, he has not been able to pick out a good plan from it. In addition, the factions of the strategists under his command have been fighting for a long time. Yuan Shao chose because of his preference, and he had already missed the opportunity. Moreover, the face and ugliness that he relies on the most are also reckless. There are only a few people who can really recruit good fighters, such as Zhang Lin and Ju Yi, but unfortunately Zhang Lin was originally under the command of Han Fu and could not be reused by Yuan Shao. It was rumored that Yuan Shao wanted to kill Ju Yi, but he was rescued, and the whole army interceded for him, so Yuan Shao forgave him and dismissed him and left him at home. ”

After a pause, Yang Zhuo continued: "On the other hand, Cao Cao, his henchmen Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, etc., all have great talents, and they are all united. Although the martial arts of Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban and others under his command are not strong, they are proficient in the art of war and strategy, and they are comparable to Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Yuan Shao's army did not move, and he wanted to kill the general, and the morale accumulated by Yuan Shao Po Gongsun Zan was almost gone, but now he was ready to attack Cao Cao, who was united in his heart, and he could not win! ”

After listening to what Yang Fu said, the generals nodded together. At this time, Fa Zheng said: "What Yishan said is reasonable. Therefore, the lord of Yuan Cao's battle should do the fisherman's profit. Things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and it is not yet known how the battle of Yuan Cao will be, and it is too difficult to seek the land of the four states of Hebei, but I just thought that the lord could first seek Hanoi at this time, and take Hanoi back to the government. ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and asked, "What is the wisdom of filial piety?"

Fa Zheng smiled slightly and said: "Now Cao Cao has Zang Ba and Taishan Sikou to guard the eastern line of Qingzhou. Then the decisive battle with Yuan Shao should be deployed along the Yellow River in Kezhou. Yuan Shao is powerful, Cao Cao's soldiers can only hold the ferry pass, just think that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's decisive battle, when between the white horse and the Guandu line, this is the big battlefield of the confrontation between the two armies. At this time, Hanoi is empty, and the lord can choose the opportunity, and when the two of them divide the victory and defeat, the lord will immediately march into the army, and Hanoi can be taken down, so if Guo Jia comes to Chang'an, the lord can promise him, and he will send troops in due course, and he will not help Yuan Shao's side. And the main army stayed in Chang'an and did not move, so that General Gan blocked the Yellow River with a naval army, and prevented the Yuan and Cao families from entering the division against the Yellow River and defending the situation, so that the Yuan and Cao families would let down their guard and start a war. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Xiu laughed. Hanoi is also an important strategic point for Zhang Xiu. It was an outpost for the attack on the Wing State. If Hanoi is completely captured, then Zhang Xiu will form a Guanzhong as the foundation, and the five places of Hedong, Hanoi, Henan, Nanyang, and Hanzhong will be like five claws, so that Zhang Xiu can attack Bingzhou, Yizhou, Chongzhou in the Central Plains, Yuzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou at any time. If there is a large army to attack Xiao Zhang Xiu in these five places, there can also be a large area as a strategic buffer. The fundamental land of Guanzhong will not be damaged, and with the backing of Liangzhou, which can produce a large number of horses and stability, and the trade route that runs through the east-west artery to the Great Qin State, Zhang Xiu's power will be even more solid.

Fa Zheng saw that Zhang Xiu had understood his strategy, smiled slightly, and humbled in the face of Zhang Xiu's praise.

Zhang Xiu smiled, and Jia Xu next to him suddenly said: "Although filial piety is good, but the part of Hanoi under Yuan Shao's rule is full of families, among which the Sima family is the head, the power is huge, since the first Han Dynasty has begun to entrench in Hanoi, hundreds of years of heritage is definitely not comparable to the small family in Guanzhong, if the lord enters Hanoi, the Sima family is the biggest enemy!" ”

Zhang Xiu heard what Jia Xu said, and his eyes froze. muttered, "Hanoi Sima family? Sima Yi".