Yecheng.

In the back garden of Yuan's mansion, Yuan Shao was gesturing with a sword, and a waiter walked over quickly to report: "Master Qiqi, Xin is engaged in asking to see!" ”

Yuan Shao stopped and wiped his sweat, "Let him in!" ”

Xin Ping was led to the back garden by the waiter, "See the lord!" ”

Yuan Shao handed the sword to the waiter and asked, "Xin Ping, what are you doing here?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, Nanyang Qin Feng sent a messenger, the person has already passed Hanoi, do you send someone to answer, and ask the Lord to publicize it?" Xin Ping said.

Yuan Shao thought for a moment, "How many people know about this?"

"Hanoi sent someone to send an official document to report the matter, the official document was personally dismantled by his subordinates, and only one of his subordinates knows about it at present!"

Yuan Shao listened to the order: "In this case, you bring a team of people to meet you in person, don't make too much noise when you return to Yecheng, and bring a messenger to meet me secretly!" ”

"No!"

One afternoon a few days later, Zhong Du and his party, disguised as business travelers, entered Yecheng accompanied by Xin Ping.

Although Yuan Shao was defeated in the battle of Guandu, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and Yecheng was still the political, cultural and economic center of several northern states.

For the sake of secrecy and his own safety, Zhong Du proposed to Xin Ping that he would not live in the pavilion, and Xin Ping had already sent someone to prepare a set of empty houses in the city to clean up.

After Zhong Du and his party moved in, Xin Ping immediately went to see Yuan Shaoyu to report the matter.

"Lord, Qin Feng's envoy Zhong Du has entered the city and was arranged by his subordinates in an empty house, in order not to attract attention, his subordinates arranged the guards in the house to protect the envoy and his party, which can also play a role in surveillance!"

Yuan Shao was very satisfied with Xin Ping's arrangement, "Okay, you bring Zhong Du to see me tonight!" ”

"No!"

At night, a carriage entered Yuan Shao's mansion under the escort of more than a dozen cavalrymen.

Yuan Shao was already waiting in the lobby, Zhong Du tidied up his clothes outside, and went inside to salute: "Zhong Du was ordered to come to meet the general!" ”

Yuan Shao raised his hand: "Mr. Zhong is exempt, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

When Zhong Du took his seat, Yuan Shao asked, "I don't know why General Qin sent Mr. Zhong to see me?" ”

Zhong Du got up and bowed his hand, "General, I was ordered to come this time, one of them is to thank the general on behalf of my family for sending troops to deter the Cao army when Cao Cao led the army to attack my Nanyang before, and contained tens of thousands of troops of the Cao army; Second, in view of Cao Cao's new defeat and the low morale of Cao's army, my general wants to send troops to attack Xudu, but Cao Cao's army is many generals, and my general is afraid that his strength will not be enough, so I want to ask the general to send troops to Guandu again to contain the Cao army in the north. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shao was a little surprised, Qin Feng actually had the courage and strength to take the initiative to attack Cao Cao? He asked, "General Qin is going to send troops to attack Xudu?" ”

"Exactly, as the so-called come and not be rude, Cao Cao can send troops to fight me Nanyang, I Nanyang can naturally send troops to beat him, so that he Cao Apu also knows that my Nanyang is not soft mud, and he can pinch it if he wants!"

Yuan Shao was surprised, Qin Feng was so rigid? He likes it, he doesn't worry about Qin Feng's strength surpassing him, the more Qin Feng jumps, the more difficult it is for Cao Cao to sleep.

"I don't know how many troops your general has sent?"

Zhong Du immediately said: "Thirty thousand! ”

Thirty thousand? Yuan Shao touched his beard, Qin Feng can take out 30,000 horses, and it is estimated that he is all the family funds, is this kid determined to win? What if Xu Du was really captured by him?

Hey, if Xu Du was really captured by Qin Feng, wouldn't it be a good thing? After that, Cao Cao will definitely be a lost dog, and with Qin Feng's background and strength, it is impossible to control the imperial court, and sooner or later he will be defeated like Li Dao Guo Yan and others, and in the end, the emperor and the imperial court are not going to fall into the hands of my Yuan Shao?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao was excited, but he was not a fledgling, so he immediately asked quietly: "The city of Xudu is thick with high walls, even if there are only five thousand defenders, it will not be easy for Qin Feng to capture it, not to mention that Cao Cao will never leave only five thousand defenders in Xudu, how does Qin Feng plan to attack the city?" ”

Zhong Du said: "So that the general knows that when Cao Cao's 50,000 army was defeated by my general, my general led his troops to chase and kill for hundreds of miles, and captured all the baggage of Cao's army, which requires a large number of thunderbolts, building cars, bed crossbows, with these siege weapons, it must be much easier for my general to conquer Xu!" ”

"My general also said that as long as Xu Du is captured, I will ask the general to go to Xu Capital to take charge of the affairs of the imperial court, and my general is willing to assist from the side, and when the time comes, I will also ask the general to show His Majesty the Emperor, and ask the emperor to canonize the general and the generals under his command!"

Yuan Shao laughed after hearing this: "Okay, as long as you can capture Xudu, it's easy to talk about adding officials to the knighthood!" ”

The next day, Yuan Shao convened his important strategists Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xin Bi, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Chen Lin and others to discuss the matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I summoned you here today, it was Nanyang Qin Feng who planned to send 30,000 troops to attack Xudu, but he was afraid that he would be alone, so he invited me to send troops together, and use our army to send troops to contain the main force of Cao's army, and he sent troops to attack Xudu, I don't know if you think this matter can be done?"

Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xin Bi and others had contact with Nanyang, and knew that Yuan Shao had planned to send troops together in response to Qin Feng's invitation, so the three of them stood up one after another to express their approval.

Judging and Feng Ji and others are the political opponents of Guo Tu and others, but whenever Guo Tu and others support, they will oppose regardless of the reason, and under the hint of the trial, Feng Ji stood up and said: "Lord, stupidly think it's inappropriate!" ”

Yuan Shao asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Back to the lord, it has only been a few months since the end of the war between our army and the Cao army, the loss of troops is serious, and the surviving soldiers still need to restore their morale, and now it is the height of summer, and it is a big problem to send troops and raise food and grass at this time!"

"Last time Cao Cao sent troops to attack Nanyang, our army has already sent troops to contain part of Cao's army, and now I have to go again, I am afraid that the generals and soldiers will complain, and please think twice!"

Xin Ping stood up and mocked: "Didn't Guo Gong advocate rapid advance and a decisive battle with Cao Cao before the previous war?" Why did you shrink your head and tail this time, was you scared by Cao Cao? ”

"You······ At this time and that time, now that Cao Cao is powerful and our army is weak, we should act cautiously, how can we rush into trouble? The judge retorted.

Guo Tu also stood up: "Is Cao Cao powerful?" Sent troops to Nanyang, 50,000 horses and horses were annihilated, the Cao army was hit hard in this battle, it was the time when the lord sent troops to beat the water dogs, at this time not to send troops with Nanyang, when to wait? ”

After he finished the trial, he immediately saluted Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, as the so-called opportunity must not be lost, I will not come again, and please make the right choice!" ”