On this day, a jailer went to the prison to deliver food, and came to the prison cell of an elderly man, only to see that the middle-aged old man had a tired face, but his eyes were restrained but extremely attentive, and this person was Tian Feng.

The jailer took out the food and said respectfully:

"Tian Gong, it's time to eat."

The jailer was obviously quite close to Tian Feng, so he chatted with Tian Feng, and the two talked about Yuan Shao's army.

But I don't want to, it's really a disaster from the mouth!

Tian Feng beat his chest and stomped his feet when he heard the words in prison:

"Cao Cao Fang set Xuzhou, and accepted Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao will not dare to commit it, now the south is a few ding, morale is flourishing, the lord is confused! Alas, how can the lord win here? Defeat is inevitable! ”

The jailer didn't know whether he heard clearly or not, whether he understood or not, he just nodded blankly.

But I didn't know that there was a person standing outside the door dressed in a fancy costume, and he was about to go in, when he heard the words, he snorted coldly and turned to leave, and when he walked outside the prison, the group bowed down and said, "My lord." ”

It turned out that this person was Yuan Shao, who came to visit Tian Feng, and the fate of the two of them was over, but after all, there was a friendship between master and servant. Therefore, Yuan Shao and Guo Tu made strategic arrangements, so they went out with Guo Tu, and unconsciously moved to the front of this prison. Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, then asked Guo Tu and others to wait for him outside, and entered the prison alone, but unfortunately he heard what Tian Feng said, and he was angry, so he turned around and came out.

Yuan Shao got out of the prison, and when he saw Guo Tu, he couldn't help but be angry and said:

"What a puppet, unrepentant, he still dares to curse me."

After that, he stroked his sleeves and left.

Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shaoyuan's back, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he lowered his body and walked into the cell, Tian Feng was still talking with the jailer, only to hear Tian Feng suddenly say:

"Guandu! Guandu! The lord will definitely be defeated in Guandu this time! ”

It turned out that Tian Feng insisted on chopsticks and drew a topographic map along the Yellow River on the ground, with Yuan Shao's military advantage, Cao Cao was difficult to take advantage, and Guandu was Cao Cao's only chance of winning.

Tian Feng couldn't help crying. Suddenly, I heard someone talking outside:

"What a thing that doesn't know whether to live or die, and still dares to bark here, no wonder the lord is also angry with you."

When Tian Feng heard this, he hurriedly looked up and saw that it was Guo Tu, but when Tian Feng heard the word "lord", he knew that Yuan Shao was crying before rushing to the prison fence:

"Lord, lord, Guandu, be careful of Guandu! Guandu must be the burial place of our army! ”

Guo Tu laughed when he heard this, looked at Tian Feng coldly like a crazy man, still clasped the bar with his hands, and suddenly stopped laughing and looked at Tian Feng coldly. With a move of his eyes, he pulled out the saber at his waist, and with a shake of the sword light, Tian Feng's three fingers placed in the prison fell together, only to see that Tian Feng's fingers were covered with blood.

Na Tian Feng finally saw Guo Tu, and when he raised his eyes, the cold light burst out in his eyes, as if it was substantial, straight through Guo Tu's body, Guo Tu only felt that the cold air trembled all over his body, and he couldn't help but be frightened back half a step.

The jailer looked at Tian Feng in a daze, and hurriedly tore off a strip of cloth from his body and wrapped it for Tian Feng.

The jailer left, there was silence in the cell, the moon was on the west floor, Tian Feng looked out through the window, the spring was strong, but at this time it was bitter and sad, Tian Feng sighed, this sigh was like experiencing the desolation of the world.

"Yuan Hao, why sigh?"

Tian Feng looked back when he heard this, and saw an elegant man seven feet long, with a face like white jade, holding a wine jug in one hand and a gold bottle in the other.

"Sigh only sigh and not come! The prince came just in time, and I drank wine to the moon. ”

The jailer hurriedly opened the cell to let Fu Zhi in, Fu Zhu poured a glass of wine, Tian Feng took it with his hand and raised it all, Fu Zhu suddenly saw Tian Feng's hand tied to a strip of cloth, and he couldn't help but exclaim:

"Why did Yuan Hao come here?"

After saying that, he hurriedly took out a bottle of medicine, and wanted to help Tian Feng put it on, Tian Feng waved his hand and said:

"It's okay to do it, Gonghe, let me ask you, how will you deploy this time to march into Xudu?"

Frustration is the supervision of the three armies, and the military power is very great, so Tian Feng has this question, and he is frustrated:

"Yuan Hao, I am here to discuss this matter with you, in your opinion, where will Cao Cao fight our army?"

Tian Feng said with a smile:

"Gong and Cai, crown cover Hebei, but come to ask me? No matter what, if you and I write it in our hands, can the hero see the same thing? ”

Saying that, he smiled, as if he was laughing at himself, and then he dipped his dirty hands in the wine in the bottle and wrote it on the wooden table, and the frustrated professor couldn't help but smile, and dipped the wine, and also wrote it on the wooden table, Tian Feng looked at it, and looked up at the other party's handwriting, and saw that the word Guandu was written. I couldn't help but smile at each other.

Tian Feng nodded and said:

"Gonghe, the danger of the general is not Cao Cao, but in Yuan Ying, since the public has detected the enemy's opportunity, he should make plans as soon as possible."

Frustrated with the bottle and drank it all, Tian Feng lowered his head, Guo Tu and Xu You are both talented people, and the judge is even more enemies with Frustration everywhere, and he can turn the tide with the strength of Frustration and the ability of one person? It's hard, it's hard. Tian Feng was thinking hard to himself, and suddenly felt that his shoulders sank, and he slapped his palms on his shoulders, only listening to the frustrated teaching:

"Frustrated to come on the orders of the Holy Mother, I will do my best to protect Taishi Zhou, Yuan Hao doesn't have to think about it anymore, now that the decisive battle is imminent, you and I don't talk about war, only about wine, once I can know Yuan Hao in life, it will not be in vain for me to go through this life."

Hearing this, Tian Feng couldn't help but rise with pride:

"Good! Good! Good! Today, you and I only talk about wine! ”

Pour the wine and drink it all.

The next day, Yuan Shao's army began to set off, from Yecheng to Xudu about 500 miles, to the normal march also took 17 days, and Yuan Shaojun from Yecheng to the outpost Liyang, with Liyang as the command center, the front of the army pointed directly at Xudu.

From Yecheng to Xudu, it is better to cross the Yellow River from Baimajin or Yanjin, pass through sour jujubes, cross Yingou Water and Beiji Water to reach Yangwu, and then cross Guandu and Qushui. At this point, there is no barrier in Xudu, it is a plain, all under Yuan Shao's soldiers. Sili District and Qingzhou became the two wings of Yuan's army.

On the one hand, Yuan Shao ordered Yuan Tan's troops to march into Qingzhou, and on the other hand, they stepped up their offensive against Yanjin, and the two sides cooperated to attack Cao Cao from the flank; He also sent people to agitate the old department of the Yuan family in Runan; At the same time, he kept in close contact with Liu Biao, secretly communicating with him, trying to get Liu Biao to cooperate with him and put pressure on Cao Cao from the north and south.

After the arrangement, Yuan Shao summoned the three armies, wearing a fiery red cloak, standing on the handsome platform, holding an arrow and shouting:

"The three armies obey the order!"

But listen to the three armies shouting in unison:

"No!"

This sound went straight into the sea of clouds, as vast as a big wave crashing against a stone.

Yuan Shao ordered the arrow to guide Fang Dao:

"Soldier Hair Yanjin!"

Yuan Shao's mind was established, and he immediately mobilized the soldiers and horses, and Yan Liang, the first brave general under his command, that is, the head of the four court pillars in Hebei, was the forward, and the soldiers pointed directly at the white horse, and first opened up the thorns to cross the river, and Yan Liang led 10,000 soldiers to pounce on the white horse.

Cao Cao is currently facing the biggest food problem, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass first. In order to fight Yuan Shao, Cao Cao could draw out not many troops, although Cao Cao had 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers, but Cao Cao's weapons and food and grass supply could not support so many people.

What's more, after the promulgation of the Tuntian Order, Cao Cao carried out the strategy of streamlining the administration of the army and drew out most of the men and horses to become the Tuntian Army. And the Gunzhou front is wide, the north has to fight with Yuan Shao head-on, Yuan Shao of the frontal battlefield of the army, and at the same time to defend the Yuan Tan auxiliary line of Qingzhou, the south has to defend Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and the direction of Runan is the old official of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao waved his arm, and the direction of Runan will inevitably respond, and it has to be guarded against, and the southwest has to face the harassment of Gong Du and Liu Bi, two of the top ten disciples of the Yellow Turban Yudang, fortunately, the western heroes are fighting chaotically and restraining each other, but between these lines, Cao Cao can mobilize the people and horses to participate in the war, which is really limited, There are sixty or seventy thousand people who can participate in the war, and these people have to defend other princes, and they can't be unable to participate in the battle of Guandu, so in the battle of Guandu, only more than 20,000 people can join the battle.

There is a Yellow River between Jizhou and Yanzhou, so if Yuan Shao wants to send troops to attack Yanzhou, the first thing is to cross the Yellow River. Therefore, several port cities along the Yellow River bore the brunt of Yuan Shao's attack.

Cao Cao sat in the military tent at this time, thinking about the best place to fight Yuan Shao, and Xun You and Guo Jia sat on both sides, Xun You looked at the topographic map and said:

"Zhencheng, Baima, and Yanjin may all become the main battlefields of the early battles. But if we fight Yuan Shao in these places, our army has little chance of winning. ”

Guo Jia and Cao Cao nodded, these three cities are not in danger, what Xun You said is indeed not bad, so where is it? The eyes of the three of them fell on one place almost at the same time - Guandu.

The location of Guandu Port is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, the north of the ferry is the natural barrier of Guandu Water, which is extremely beneficial to the defenders, the north and south banks of the ferry are large open land, the terrain is flat, which is conducive to cavalry combat, and Yuan Shao's southern expeditionary corps from Liyang to Guandu, during which it must be blocked by the Yellow River, the ditch water, the north crossing water, and the canal water, not only is it more difficult to attack, but also can not put the maximum force into the ferry in time, and the difficulty in supply will become the most serious crisis of Yuan's army.