Chapter 107: Cao Cao's Decision

Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao formed troops to chase, chased tightly, and a sandwich road appeared in front, Zhang Xiu could listen to Jia Xu's words, and was on guard everywhere.

Suddenly, the ambush was exhausted, the flag was waved on the road, the shouts sounded, in the middle of the road, a horse flew out, countless cavalry behind him, and the first general was Xu Chu, only to hear Xu Chu laugh and laugh:

"Cheng ...... Assist...... I have been sent to wait...... Wait...... Waiting for you for a long time. ”

Anyway, the big axe swinged, the arrows were fired together, Liu Biao was horrified, and urgently ordered the withdrawal of troops, where was Xu Chu willing to give up, led the troops to rush and kill, and killed Liu Biao to withdraw from the road, Zhang Xiu looked from afar but saw that Jing Qi was innumerable, and the arrows were fired together, knowing that there was indeed an ambush, he did not dare to fight the enemy, and tried his best to save Liu Biao and returned to Nanyang.

Xu Chu saw that Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses had retreated:

"Quick ...... Hurry up and catch up with the Prime Minister! ”

The army is in a whole formation, withdrawing from the sandwich road, but there are only 2,000 elites, it turned out that Cao Cao calculated that Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu must have pursuers, and asked Xu Chu to cover up the banner as an ambush to scare off the pursuers, and the team was already on the march.

Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu's faces were gloomy, and they regretted that they should not listen to what Jia Xu said, so they were defeated. Just returned to the camp, but saw Jia Xu standing at the gate of the camp, the two couldn't help but look ashamed, and were about to get off the horse, Jia Xu saw the two come back with a disgraced face, but walked forward and said:

"Don't dismount, at this time, the whole army will pursue, and there will be no doubt about victory."

Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao looked at each other and said:

"The morale of our army has been frustrated and its morale is decadent, so how can we win?"

Jia Xu smiled and said:

"The general can only send troops to pursue, and if he doesn't win, he can behead me."

Although Zhang Xiu didn't know the calculation, he was convinced of Jia Xu, so he waved his troops to chase after him, but Liu Biao did not dare to lead his troops to chase again, and stayed in the camp.

Zhang Xiu's rate was all fine cavalry, and naturally the horse was fast, and he rushed to Cao Cao's tail, and the Cao army was defeated. Zhang Xiuzheng was able to kill, suddenly rushed out from behind the mountain, Zhang Xiu was afraid of ambushes, did not dare to pursue again, then collected troops and returned to the camp, Liu Biao saw that Zhang Xiu had obtained countless military resources, and could not help but be surprised.

Hurriedly asked Jia Xu why.

Jia Xu smiled:

"This matter seems to be difficult to solve, but in fact, the reason is very simple, I will say that I will listen to the general, but if there is trouble in the future, I hope that the general will save me."

Liu Biao was very surprised by the reason at this time, and hurriedly agreed:

"I have cold lips and teeth with General Zhang, this is natural."

Jia Xu said:

To put it mildly, although the two generals were good at using soldiers, they were really not Cao Cao's opponents. Although the Cao army is defeated, there will be fierce generals behind the palace to prevent our army from chasing the soldiers; Although our army is as elite as it is, compared to Cao Cao's strong army, it cannot be invincible: so we know that we will be defeated. Thinking that Cao Cao was in a hurry to retreat from the siege of the city, he must have important things to do, and after breaking my chasing army, he would return to Xu Capital at a light speed, so he was not prepared; Our army took advantage of its unpreparedness and pursued and killed Cao Jun: so we know that we can win. ”

Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu were all impressed after hearing this, and secretly praised Jia Xu's strange plan.

Liu Biao even privately wooed Jia Xu and said:

"Jia Gong is resourceful, can you stay with me?"

Of course, Jia Xu knew what Liu Biao meant, and said with a smile:

"General, do you know Zhang Liang when he was a high ancestor? Gaozu obeyed his words, as a military advisor, to be able to get such a lord, it is really a blessing for the military advisor, although my lord has no far-sighted strategy, but he obeys my words, how can he repay virtue with resentment? ”

Liu Biao sighed:

"Jia Gong's heart, I don't know, but if I enter the soil in the future, I am afraid that the whole clan will be wiped out, and I hope that Mr. will give me some advice."

Say goodbye and give a deep salute.

Jia Xu sighed:

"This is a matter of heaven, not man-made, if Jia is alive, he will live up to the general's trust."

Liu Biao knew that Jia Xu was a master, so he condescended to speak, and when he saw Jia Xu promising himself, he hurriedly bowed and said:

"Mr.'s grace, Liu Biao will never forget it."

It was only because of Liu Biao's hard work that Liu Biao's family had many changes later. Of course, that's an afterthought. did not express Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu's retreat, and said that Cao Cao heard that the soldiers and horses on the back road were attacked, but fortunately a team of men and horses rescued him, and the whole army was wiped out.

Cao Cao urgently asked who it was, since someone brought a little general, Cao Cao asked who it was, but it turned out to be General Zhenwei, surnamed Li Mingtong, the word Wenda, recently guarded Runan, knew that Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao clashed, so he came to answer.

But now the situation in the world is not clear, seeing that Yuan Shao is about to attack Xu Du and destroy Cao Cao, who in the world dares to compete with him?

If the true dragon son of heaven appears at that time, Yuan Shao will end up as the overlord of Western Chu, but the overlord of Western Chu has lost his life in the world, and Yuan Shao may have lost the throne of God, and then he will escape into reincarnation, isn't it sad?

The chaos in the world is a group of heroes, Li Tong is a strong Chen Gong's subordinates, there is a strong man called Zhou Zhi nearby, there are more than 2,000 people in the department, Zhou Zhi and Chen Gong have a conflict of interest, Li Tong originally intended to get rid of Zhou Zhi, the thorn in the eye, in order to get rid of future troubles, but Chen Gong is the kind of indecisive person, Li Tong put Chen Gong aside, cut the mess with his own quick knife, put a Hongmen banquet and Zhou Zhi, and then killed his main henchmen and annexed Zhou Zhi's department.

Later, Chen Gong was killed by his brother-in-law Chen He, in connection with Chen Gong's consistent indecisive style, it is estimated that his brother-in-law Chen He committed a crime in the army, Chen Gong was thinking about punishment and non-punishment, but was killed by Chen He from the side of the heart, Chen He also received his brother-in-law's subordinates, Li Tong is not an idle person, three times five divided by two, easily leveled Chen He, and also took his head to sacrifice Chen Gong.

Soon Li Tong captured Wu Ba, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, and surrendered his troops and horses.

At that time, there was a famine in the world, and the people were struggling to make a living, so Li Tong scattered all his family wealth to help the people in the disaster area, and he usually shared the joys and hardships with the soldiers, so the soldiers were willing to use their lives for it, thus strengthening the combat effectiveness of Li Tongbu, and Li Tongbu became a very influential army in Jiangxia and Runan.

Cao Cao knew that Li Tong was famous, and he was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately named Li Tong as the Marquis of Contribution, stationed in the western boundary of Runan, in case of Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu. Li Tong took the order and thanked him and left.

Cao Cao returned to Xudu, and immediately played Sun Ce's meritorious service to the enemy, named him a rebellious general, gave him the title of Marquis of Wu, and sent an envoy to summon Jiangdong to defend Liu Biao. He urgently summoned all the strategists to come to Cao's mansion, and was talking about Yuan Shao's sneak attack on Xu Du, when he suddenly saw Xun You, Cao Cao saw Xun You and laughed:

"Why is Gongda late?"

Xun Yu saw Cao Cao hurriedly saluting and said:

"Hearing that the prime minister is back, Xun You wants to come to see the prime minister, there is really an important delay, don't blame the prime minister."

When Cao Cao heard this, he looked at Xun You, only to see Xun You take out a letter from his sleeve and explain while handing it to Cao Cao:

"Yuan Shao sent a letter to the prime minister today, saying that he wanted to crusade against Gongsun Zhan, and he came to borrow food and troops from the prime minister."

Cao Cao took the letter in one hand and looked at Xun You with a smile and said:

"I once heard that Yuan Shao wanted to attack Xudu, and now that my army has returned to Xudu, he must have other intentions, Yuan Shao'er grew up with me, how can he hide it from me?"

Seeing Xun You's brows, Cao Cao's heart moved, and he slowly unfolded the letterhead.

Cao Cao read the book and watched, and the officials saw that Cao Cao's expression was gloomy and uncertain, and after reading it, Cao Cao snorted coldly and said:

"Yuan Shao'er, you are so arrogant!"

Turning his head to Xun Yu, he said:

"I want to kill this son first, but I can't reach it, according to your opinion, is there a good plan?"

Xun Yu stroked the sleeves of his robe and said with a smile:

"In the past, Gaozu fought with Xiang Yuba, as we all know, at that time, Xiang Yu's soldiers were strong and strong, and Gaozu could not reach them. Gaozu can only outwit, although Xiang Yu is strong, he was finally defeated by Gaozu. ”

At this time, it was said like a few family treasures: "This situation is no different from that year, according to Xun Yu's view, there are four wins, and Yuan Shao has four defeats: Yuan Shao seems to be magnanimous, but in fact he is jealous of meritocracy, and he is suspicious of his disloyalty. ”

Yuan Shao was born in a famous family, and he attaches great importance to the views of the family, and the talents who are reused are all people with profound family backgrounds, and the restrictions of the family are extremely heavy, and Cao Cao implemented the decree of the only way. In other words, as long as you are a talent and someone recommends you, I will use you, and there is no distinction between the ranks. Moreover, Yuan Shao does not distinguish between loyalty and disobedience, and has always been loyal to the ear, so he can't use people, Cao Cao is completely different, and he has always used people without doubt, so Xun Yu has a unique saying.

When the officials heard this, they all nodded in agreement, Cao Cao smiled slightly, Xun Yu paced forward and said:

"Shao is late and decided, lost in the back of the machine, the public can judge major events, and there is a way to respond, and this is a win."

Yuan Shao has always been late in making decisions, which everyone knows. This is evident from this. And Cao Cao has always been decisive in his work, because he himself is the top strategist in the world.