Jian'an for four years,

Summer, early June.

Jingzhou, in the city of Xiangyang.

Listening to the news from the scouts in the hall, Liu Biaole couldn't close his mouth, he never expected that Chu Feng would raise tens of thousands of troops to the north to attack Cao Cao.

"Hehe, lord, everyone in the world says that Chu Feng is as cunning as a fox, but in front of the princes of the world, he raised troops to the north, it's really a joke, in my opinion, it's not a worry."

Cai Mao snorted coldly and said heartily.

Cai Mao scoffed at Chu Feng's northward journey, in his opinion, now that the war in Changsha is tight, Jiangxia's precautions are looser, Chu Feng's attack on Jingzhou at this moment is definitely the best time.

"The Exotic Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"

"That's right, such an ignorant decision is really laughable, now that Cao Cao is showing weakness, Chu Feng doesn't want to think about how to help Cao Cao, but directly backstabs, how can Cao Cao fight against Yuan Shao if he loses?"

Another Wenchen said loudly.

For a while, everyone was talking, and they all disdained Chu Feng for raising troops to the north, and even directly labeled Chu Feng as ignorant and naïve.

"My lord, don't be careless! According to what the scout said, Chu Feng captured Xuzhou, and he obviously didn't want to defeat Cao Cao, but wanted to take the opportunity to gnaw Xuzhou. ”

"I think that this is a good opportunity for our army to defeat Zhang Xian, and only by seizing this opportunity and mobilizing more troops can we defeat Zhang Xian faster."

"Only by taking Zhang Xian before Chu Feng advances westward, can our army be at ease, not afraid of Chu Feng, and proud of the princes of the world." Kuai Liang suggested directly.

As one of the seven major families in Jingzhou, especially the relatively large ones, he naturally didn't want Zhang Xian or Chu Feng to threaten his control in Jingzhou.

Therefore, he wanted to hold Jingzhou.

He said these words to Liu Biao, and he also said that the generals present listened to them, as if he was saying, it is good to destroy Zhang Xian as soon as possible.

Liu Biao nodded, and said in a deep voice: "What you said is right, and now the conflict between Chu Feng and Cao Cao going north is a golden opportunity for our army. ”

"In this way, immediately increase the troops on the front line, and be sure to capture Jingnan before Chu Feng takes Xuzhou, even if Chu Feng makes a move, we will not be afraid."

"The lord is wise!" Everyone nodded in unison.

"By the way, how is the new currency replacement in various places?" Liu Biao raised his eyebrows and asked with a little curiosity.

"Back to the lord, except for the families in various places, the replacement rate of new currency among the people has been as high as half, which has stabilized prices very well. The other half is distrustful of bartering coins. ”

Kuai Liang answered, and he also sighed that the charm of this new coin is so great.

Now Chu Feng has raised the exchange requirements, but there are still people who exchange it, and they faintly want to replace the old currency.

"Keep an eye on this matter, you must beware of Chu Feng's conspiracy, and let the scouts investigate in Yangzhou more, and report as soon as there is news."

Liu Biao pondered slightly, and then admonished.

"No!" Everyone nodded in response,

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Xuzhou, in the territory of Xiapi.

Xuzhou has been attacked many times, including Cao Cao's three slaughters before and after, and then flooded, coupled with the displacement of soldiers, so that the people's livelihood in Xuzhou withered, and there was no longer the style of the year.

At this moment, it was noon, and it should have been the time for the common people to go out to hoe the grass and use the scorching sun to dry the grass roots, but there were only a few figures outside the city.

And most of them are old and weak, not young and strong.

The most important thing is that there are countless barren fields outside the city, and there are only a few seedlings, but there are bones and refugees everywhere along the way.

It seems that Xuzhou has changed from a wealthy party to a refugee everywhere now, and in just over a decade, dozens of millions of people have died in this war.

On the official road, the Chu army was marching.

But on the chariot, Chu Feng looked at this scene, and his heart twitched inexplicably, he thought he was ruthless, but he was merciful to the common people.

The main thing is that the common people are really pitiful!

"Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people also suffer!"

Chu Feng muttered, but he sighed in his heart, he really had some heartache for these, a civil war, but in the end, tens of millions of people died tragically.

This may be the fate of the dynasty,

But this is too tragic, what he wants to do is to end this endless farce as soon as possible and send those fools with great interests to hell.

Next to the chariot, Gao Shun glanced at Chu Feng, he could feel the pity in Chu Feng's Tong Kong, he was a little surprised, Chu Feng was proud of the world in his opinion,

There are countless souls under the halberd, but they are so moved by these skinny and dying people. But maybe this is Chu Feng's charm.

"How far is it to get to Xiapi?"

Chu Feng closed his eyes, he didn't care about the scrawny refugees in front of him, he knew that it was useless to save a few people, what he needed was to save the people of the world.

The world is also bright, so that the people don't have to be so sad.

"Back to the lord, at most fifty miles, you can reach Xiapi." Next to him, Lu Meng, who was accompanying him, said in a deep voice.

"Order, the whole army will advance twenty miles and set up camp thirty miles south of Xiapi City!" Chu Feng groaned slightly, his tens of thousands of troops were coming to the city, and it was Cao Cao's army who was in a hurry.

Now, it's time for him to think about what to do!

"No!" The generals of the various departments received the order, and the standard-bearers gave orders one after another, and the new and old soldiers of this army of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were mixed, and no one knew what the specific combat strength was.

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On the other side, in the city of Xiapi.

The general's office is sad and miserable at the moment.

Chen Deng was in the first place, and his subordinates were the civil and military forces in the city, but their faces were embarrassed, and they all fell into deep thought, and they were panicked in their hearts.

"Report~, Qi Yu envoy, the Chu army has reached a position of more than 30 miles south of the city, and is encamping at the moment, looking at the scale of the camp There are only 50,000 troops."

The scout rushed in and shouted.

"So fast?" Everyone in the house shouted urgently.

"Envoy, what should I do now, I only have more than 5,000 county soldiers in Xiapi City, but the Chu army has 50,000, ten times more than our army, not to mention, the Chu army is the elite of a hundred battles, how to deal with it?"

Someone looked at Chen Deng in a panic.

"Yes, don't say that our army only has 5,000, even if there are 50,000, it is not Chu Feng's opponent, don't forget, Chu Feng and Cao Bus also have the upper hand in the battle."

Another man looked terrified, obviously terrified.

"Envoy, Chu Feng is brave, and he stabilizes Jiujiang, Ping Liu Xun, Po Sun Ce, Ping Sun Quan, An Wu County, and then chases Liu Bei, retreats Cao Gong, Xia Guangling, etc., and is invincible."

"That's right, Chu Feng is still a descendant of the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family, many of you present have been supported by the Yuan family, how can you be an enemy of them?"

For a time, everyone's fighting spirit was lost.

There is no way, not to mention the strength of the Chu army, the key is awesome, and the background is good, and now Cao Cao is being flanked, how can they have ideas to compete with Chu Feng.

If it weren't for Chen Deng's lofty status in Xuzhou, they would have opened the city and surrendered a long time ago.

"That's enough," Chen Deng angrily scolded.

His eyes were fierce, sweeping one by one, and this group of people was also overwhelmed by Chen Deng's momentum, asking themselves what they were doing, and they all hung their heads, and they looked at each other with Chen Deng without face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, whether Xuzhou is guarding or not is not waiting for you, and it is not me, it depends on Chu Feng and Cao Gong's choice, but before the envoys sent by Cao Gong arrive, everyone put away their thoughts."

"Otherwise, I will not be spared!" Chen Deng scolded angrily, his heart was full of anger, he was also very depressed Why did Chu Feng go north at this juncture and capture Xuzhou.

But it has come to this point, and it is useless to say more.

However, all his Chen family's wealth was swept away by Chu Feng, and his foundation in Guangling was also destroyed by Chu Feng, and it was impossible for the Chen family and Chu Feng to rebuild the old good.

Otherwise, with Chen Deng's character, he would have taken the lead in casting.

"This!

！ ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all saw a hint of concern.

Chen Deng's ability is obvious to all, although Xuzhou's recovery is still very poor, but if there is no Chen Deng to preside, Xuzhou will be thousands of miles without a rooster crow.

They really didn't dare to be too disobedient for a short time.

"Pass the order, 5,000 county soldiers are ready at all times, each family will send people, and an additional reserve of 5,000 people will be formed, and the equipment for defending the city will be raised immediately."

"In short, I said that before the envoys of Cao came, Xiapi must still be in our hands." Chen Deng's expression was solemn, and his words were unquestionable.

"Alright, let's go down and prepare!"

After speaking, everyone retreated, and as everyone left, Chen Deng said indignantly: "Damn, a group of cowards, Chu Feng has just arrived, and he secretly wants to surrender." ”

Next to him, Chen Deng's cronies hung their heads, for fear of harming the pond fish.

After throwing things around, Chen Deng calmed down, on the one hand, he sent someone to report Chu Feng's situation quickly, and on the other hand, he sent all the scouts out to inquire about the situation.

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meanwhile

On both sides of the Yellow River, the battlefield of Cao Yuan.

Cao Cao lost the White Horse Route, and the news of Chu Feng's northward journey finally spread, although it was passed on by Yuan Jun, but it had some impact.

As a result, Cao's army began to retreat.

Directly abandon Yanjin to prevent being trapped, and retreat to the large camp that had been set up a long time ago.

And there is still a place name here, the name is: Guandu!

This battle has many similarities with history, and this time it is also known as the Battle of Guandu!

Guandu, Cao military camp, because of the advance repair, this camp is towering, inside and outside the village is divided into many mounds, and there are countless antlers arranged.

But the Cao army went up and down, and with the retreat, many people believed that Chu Feng from the Yuan army attacked their rear, which made the front-line soldiers feel uneasy.

On the contrary, it was Yuan Jun, who was in hot pursuit, and had the momentum of winning the first battle.

"Bang! Rubbish! ”

Cao Cao threw down the paperwork and scolded angrily.

"Lord, the army's heart is turbulent, something must be done!" Xun You's face was solemn, and the documents that had just been passed down recorded that the hearts of the various troops had begun to turmoil.

According to this development of events, I am afraid that Yuan Shao can be self-defeating.

"Does Gongda have a plan to teach me?" Cao Cao asked.

"A little trick, maybe a small victory, to appease the morale of the army." Xun You said in a deep voice.

"Hurry up!"

"My lord, Yuan Shao is several times with our army, and now there is Chu Feng in the rear of our army, on the other hand, Yuan's army, all the way to pacify the north, is mostly arrogant."

"The Art of War: Proud soldiers will be defeated."

"Tonight, the lord might as well send a general to lead his troops to rob the camp, and another general to set up an ambush along the way, if Yuan's arrogant soldiers are not on guard, then kill a good one,"

"If the Yuan army expected that our army would rob the camp, I would pretend to be defeated and retreat, lure the enemy deep, think that the Yuan army will be proud and complacent, and when I see our army retreating, I will definitely chase deeply, and when the time comes..."

Xun You gave a very simple plan.

But this strategy is extremely reasonable at this moment, how can Yuan Jun's such a big advantage not swell? In this way, whether you win the first battle or lose, you will be linked one by one.

"Well, then tonight the third watch will be the troops, the fourth watch will be set off, and the fifth watch will be started." Cao Cao recognized, and now Cao Jun urgently needs a victory to wash away the panic.

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That night, Cao Jun arrived as promised.

The military commander of the Yuan army was frustrated, and he knew that Cao Cao was deceitful, so he arranged people to fortify, and sure enough, he ambushed and killed many Cao troops, which made the already inflated Yuan army even more unscrupulous.

knows that some people think Cao Jun is garbage,

The night watch general Guo Yuan even led his subordinates to chase him out from the tail.

Originally, this would have been a meritorious achievement and attracted worldwide attention. However, in this battle, Guo Yuan died tragically, killing a total of two or three thousand Yuan troops, and the turbulent military spirit of Cao's army eased a little.

But the situation is urgent, and they are all waiting for Guo Jia's reply.

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Xuzhou, thirty miles south of Xiapi City.

At this moment, dusk is approaching, but a simple military village has risen from the ground, which is a military camp that can accommodate 50,000 people, and this camp method is more exquisite.

In the military tent, Chu Feng was discussing affairs with the generals.

"Lord Qiqi, Cao Cao sent an envoy to ask for a meeting, just waiting outside the village!" The tooth general of the first battalion came over to report at this moment.

"Oh? Cao Cao's speed is quite fast, let him in. Chu Feng chuckled, his purpose was to achieve a goal without spending a single soldier.

To put it simply, he has to maximize his interests.

After a long time, the tent was opened, and a man with an elegant appearance but a little sickly entered the camp, his spine bones were straight, and no matter how fierce and vicious the generals were, they always smiled warmly.

This state of mind alone is very human,

Lu Meng couldn't help frowning, he was wondering if he could be so calm if he went to Cao Ying, it would not be an exaggeration to say that there were no waves, could he do it?

In his heart, he seemed to say no.

"Under the command of Cao Cao, the general of the Han Hussars, Guo Jia, the military advisor sacrificed wine, and Guo Jia saw the general." Guo Jia bowed, and a gentle smile always hung on his face.

Chu Feng's face tightened, his cold eyes stared at Guo Jia, just waiting for him to show timidity, and finally Chu Feng chuckled: "Hehe, Guo Jia, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

"General Chu, you and I don't talk darkly, don't go around the bush, my master is just withdrawing the army, and I am ready to fight you to the death."

Guo Jia said solemnly.

"Hehe, Cao Cao, he doesn't dare!" Chu Feng chuckled lightly, and at the same time lifted the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Chu Feng, the dog is still in a hurry and jumps off the wall, let alone the person? If my lord is defeated, it won't do you any good, can you stop Yuan Shao at that time? ”

Guo Jia chuckled again.

"Hehe, how do you know if you can't try it?"

Chu Feng picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and asked.

"Chu Feng, to be honest, I am not satisfied with you, my lord has decided to negotiate peace with Yuan Shao, retreat to Guanzhong, and let your Yuan clan kill each other." Guo Jia said again.

Everything he said was nothing but foreshadowing Chu Feng.

"Guo sacrificial wine, you also said it, the Ming people don't say dark words, don't you just come to this matter? Why do you have to say so much? Do you really think I'm an idiot? ”

Chu Feng looked at Guo Jia playfully and sneered.

"General Chu, Yuan Shaofei is not an enemy, it is not good for you if my lord is defeated, although I am ordered to come here to talk about it, it does not mean that my lord has no bottom line to apologize."

"Say, the conditions for your withdrawal!"