The next day, in the council hall, Cao Cao said solemnly: "At present, Yuan Shao has personally led his troops to Guandu, and he is about to start a war with me." Its strength is nearly 700,000, and it is eyeing Xu Du. ”

"All of you here may have never seen such a large formation, nor have you heard of so many troops, for this time, should we fight, or should we fight? If there is a war, is it a quick war or a delayed war, and if there is peace, is it a peace negotiation or a peace? ”

After he said that, he remained silent and looked at the civil and military below.

The column on the right slowly walked out of a person, that person was dressed in the demeanor of a celebrity, saluted Cao Cao, and said: "Yuan Shaodi has a large number of soldiers, and there are Tian Feng, Xu You and other strategists to give advice, and the generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou are even more brave and champion of the three armies, no one is invincible, we are afraid that it will be difficult to defeat, it is better to avoid its edge a little, and negotiate peace with Yuan Shao, so as to wait for the opportunity in the future." ”

"The ministers seconded it!"

As soon as his words fell, several ministers in the same column behind him hurriedly echoed.

For a while, it seemed that the people below were inclined to and.

"Prime Minister, Minister, Main Battle!"

After a moment of silence, another man stood behind the man, his demeanor and his spirit soaring.

Cao Cao didn't want to know, it was Xun Yu.

Xun Yu opened his mouth and said: "What Kong Rong and others said is not accurate, although Yuan Shaobing is crowded, the decree is not rectified, Tian Feng is stubborn and easy to commit, Xu Yu is greedy and undisciplined, as for Yan Liangwen, is ugly......"

He walked in a few steps in front of the generals on the left: "You are all experienced generals, how can you be frightened by Yan Liangwen and ugly, and you are about to retreat before the battlefield is on!" ”

As soon as he said this, the generals shouted fiercely: "War! War! Fight him! ”

Xu Chu went out directly and asked Cao Cao to fight: "Lord, I invite you to fight, only 20,000 elite soldiers are needed, and you will definitely be able to repel Yuan Shao!" ”

Cao Cao looked at the appearance of the people below, then stood up and walked down.

"When I was young, I was a playmate with Yuan Shao, at that time, his family was four generations and three dukes, and he was very famous, but my grandfather was a eunuch, I felt that my family background was inferior to him, and I once worshipped him."

"But later, the two of us were officials in the same dynasty, and it was during the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, and it was he who suggested that He Jin summon Dong Zhuo to Beijing, which caused the chaos in the world later, and from that time on, I looked down on him."

Cao Cao walked in front of Wenwu and continued: "Now that I am over forty years old, I almost despise him. As the lord of the people, he is indecisive and indecisive, as a father, and indulges his sons to compete for the throne of the son, even if he has more troops, so what? There are not many soldiers, they are fine, they will not be brave, they are planning, compared to the troops, I may never be as good as him, but compared to the martial arts of Wenzhi, the three Yuan Benchu are not as good as me and one Cao Cao! ”

"In fact, as early as eight years ago, the prime minister had already expected that we and Yuan Shao would have a big war sooner or later, and for this, the prime minister had already prepared." Guo Jia spoke at the right time at this time.

"That's right, after the lord incorporated the Qingzhou Army back then, he ordered me to select an army of 70,000 people from it and train it every day, and now they can be called the elite of the elite, enough to make meritorious contributions." Cao Ren also spoke.

At present, the situation has shifted to the main battle side, and with an overwhelming advantage, it has brought new confidence to everyone.

Several of them didn't talk about military affairs at all last night, they just relaxed as usual, and they got together to eat, and this unanimity was because they knew each other, understood, trusted, and shared life and death.

……

A few days later, Cao Cao personally led the army to the front line of Guandu, across the river from Yuan Shao.

In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao officially declared war on Cao Cao, and ordered Chen Lin to write a letter against thieves.

After Cao Cao read it, instead of being annoyed, he praised it: "Good article, angry like a rainbow, galloping thousands of miles!" ”

In February, Yuan Shao marched to Liyang, and the two sides began to fight, Yuan Shao's troops had more food, and Cao's army had less food.

In April, Cao's army took Guan Yu first, beheaded Yan Liang in Baima, and Wen Chou in Yanjin, and defeated Yuan's army.

However, in this battle, Liu Bei, who also took refuge in Yuan Shao, learned that Guan Yu had voted for Cao Cao, and a letter arrived, and Guan Yu fled to Liu Bei.

Cao Cao returned the officer's crossing, and the two armies continued to face each other......

The front line is fighting hard, and all the affairs of Xu Du are still handled by Xun Yu.

Hearing that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fighting in Guandu, Sun Ce of Jiangdong waited for an opportunity to make a surprise attack on Xuchang.

The officials who smelled the danger began to worry that Cao Cao's army was outside, and if Xuchang was besieged, what would be good.

Many of them began to secretly flatter Yuan Shao, preparing to leave a way back for themselves.

Several people around Xun Yu followed Cao Cao, and if he talked about important matters at the moment, he only thought of Lingxi alone.

"Madam, Xun Lingjun asks to see you."

When Lingxi heard the news, she was studying in the house, and since she studied medicine with Hua Tuo, even when she was in the house, she would often take Master's books to read and learn, thinking that she could not insult Master's name as a miracle doctor.

"Wen Ruo, what's wrong?"

Lingxi saw that Xun Yu was in a rare hurry, so he put down the work in his hand and stood up.

It shouldn't be that Cao Cao had an accident on the front line, even if she didn't know a lot of things, but the battle of Guandu was too famous, and she naturally knew that Cao Cao would not lose.

Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Tan Ma Lai reported, Jiangdong Sun Ce is about to move, and wants to attack Xuchang, if this is the case, the prime minister only left 5,000 old and weak soldiers to defend the city, and now the battle situation is stalemate, our army is already at a disadvantage, once Xuchang is lost, our army will lose its basis." ”

"I remember that before you left, didn't you talk about it, and at that time I expected that Jiangdong would take advantage of the situation." Lingxi thought for a while and said calmly: "Do you remember what Feng Xiao said at that time?" ”

"He said that Sun Ce had just annexed Jiangdong, and all he killed were heroes and heroes, and this person was indeed good, but he was rash and unguarded, and he would definitely die at the hands of assassins."

Xun Yu recalled Guo Jia's firm tone, but he was inevitably worried: "But now it is imminent, even if Sun Ce is really as Feng Xiao expected, it is impossible for him to be killed at this time by such a coincidence." ”

"I don't think so, sometimes, it's just such a coincidence." Lingxi said mysteriously: "Wen Ruo, everyone is not here, I will tell you secretly, in fact, I can also tell fortunes." I think that Sun Ce can't come, and Meng De will return triumphantly in this battle. ”

"You!" Xun Yu was a little shocked, Cao Cao would win, he was seven points sure, but Sun Ce's matter was really hard to say.

"You just wait two days, and the inside and outside of the city will continue as usual, so that no one can see the reality of my city." Lingxi poured a cup of tea for Xun Yu and comforted.

"Lingxi, Feng Xiao said this to me that day, word for word, he also said that he could pinch and calculate, and it was expected that Sun Ce would not come."

Xun Yu looked at Lingxi and saw her delicate face, but now he was afraid that she would say that she was Cao Cao's daughter, and he believed it.

Since Lingxi is a strange woman, and Guo Jia is a veritable ghost, this time, he has always been strategic, and he has no choice but to make a bet.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, news came from the Jiangdong direction that Sun Ce was indeed killed by the enemy Xu Gong's doorman!

This may be a coincidence, but it made Xun Yu gasp!

At this time, Jiangdong was in a state of grief.

Sun Ce died, Sun Quan, who was only eighteen years old, took over the power, and the young general Zhou Yu was very sad after learning of Sun Ce's death, and hurried back to mourn, and Jiangdong entered a new process.