It was also on this night that a horse came from the south, passed through Xuchang, and came to the Guandu camp, which brought Cao Cao a military situation of drama.

Now, Zhao Zilong led 80,000 soldiers and horses to camp in the east, and the grain and grass were sufficient, and he could compete with Juyi and Yuan Tan's 130,000 soldiers and horses in the plain for half a year, and at this time, Xi Yu had ordered Zhao Yun to lead the soldiers and horses, and he personally led Dian Wei to the Guandu battlefield.

"Haha, that's great!"

After Cao Cao counted the spoils, he received the news as soon as he returned to the barracks, and he was immediately in a good mood.

Cao Cao didn't care about washing his face, so he said to Xu Chu, "Once Dian Wei arrives, you and him are several times stronger than Yan Liang and Wen Chou, if you two go to Yuan Shaojun to call for battle, our morale will definitely rise, haha, when Dian Wei arrives, you two will immediately give Yuan Shao a dismount!" ”

Xu Chu smiled innocently, patted his chest and said, "Hehe, the lord has won the award, but as long as Yan Liang's thief doesn't use his tricks and fights me in the bright light, I will definitely be able to kill him in thirty rounds!" ”

Yesterday, Xu Chu was about to kill Yan Liang, but he didn't expect Yan Liang to use a treacherous trick to turn the tide of the battle.

"Hehe, if you use a family's plan, you can do the same, why not?" Cao Cao asked.

"The big husband acts, when he is above board, I Xu Chu disdain this!" Xu Chu said proudly.

"Stupid!"

"In the past, Dian Wei was also so stupid, brave and unstrategic, and even more useless, at that time he could still beat Zhao Yun, but now, you see that Zhao Yun is not only excellent in martial arts, but also has a lot of experience in fighting generals, but also has a deep strategy, and can lead 80,000 soldiers and horses!"

"Look at you and Dian Wei again, now they still only know how to fight each other with brute force!!"

Xu Chu was quite unconvinced, and said, "Doesn't the drama only know brute force? ”

"Hehe, you're still not convinced? Compared to Fengyi, do you have the brute force of his? Cao Cao glanced at Xu Chu, and then sighed, "Tonight is a good rest, Yuan Shao doesn't dare to sneak attack again, tomorrow at dawn, he will definitely behead several of his generals!" ”

"Good!" Hearing this, Xu Chu touched his head very happily, and then turned to leave.

……

At this moment, Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao was sitting on a tiger skin shop, supporting his head with one hand, pretending to rest with his eyes closed, but listening to the general's report on the military situation in his ears.

"In this sneak attack on Cao's army, our army suffered a total of 2,400 casualties, countless losses, 1,500 stones of grain and grass, many bows and crossbows, and nearly 500 brothers do not know where the corpses are, and it is likely that they have flowed downstream."

"That's it, Cao Apu is really like a god." Yuan Shao opened his eyes and sighed helplessly, "After this defeat, the morale that Yan Liang earned for our army will also be consumed, it's a pity." ”

At this moment, Yuan Shao's face was very ugly, and his mood was a little low.

He really didn't expect the war to become so difficult as it is now, a Yellow River, the two sides of the river are fighting every day, but it is difficult to distinguish the winner and loser, so it has been a stalemate.

If this stalemate continues, who will be in the best interest of this situation?

Yuan Shao had to weigh the matter again.

"Ziyuan, Frustrated Jun, you all tell me your opinion."

Yuan Shao has always liked to express his opinions, and if someone is close to his ideas and chooses between them, he will be more satisfied.

But at this moment, these strategists under Yuan Shao were silent, as if they were dumb.

It's not that they have nothing to say, but they have a lot of words in their hearts, but they don't know how to speak, and they always feel that what they say is inappropriate.

In the end, Tian Feng couldn't help but speak first, "Lord, in my opinion, Cao Cao's current strength can't last long at all, after all, he has a lot of troubles. ”

Hearing Tian Feng's speech, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel irritable in his heart.

In the past few months, Yuan Shao has been a little irritated by Tian Feng, this person's knowledge and talent are mainly in internal affairs, not marching and fighting, and this person is not the main battle faction.

Yuan Shao knew that Tian Feng was better at promoting benevolent government than war.

Sure enough, Tian Feng's remarks at this time did not change much from before.

Tian Feng continued, "In my opinion, now we should defend Liyang and delay the war, and when Cao Cao has civil strife, Jingzhou in the south may be able to help us." ”

"Moreover, Sun Ce, Liu Bei and Cao Cao all have old grudges, and Li Dao of Chang'an in the west is also eyeing him, and the princes of Guanzhong will not easily let it go, once these princes pose a threat to Cao Cao's southern city, our pressure will naturally be reduced."

Yuan Shao sneered, "As you said, is it possible that even if the fighter plane appears, it will not attack?" ”

At this time, Xu Yu on the side also looked at Tian Feng, and suddenly laughed, "You only know that Cao Cao has old grudges with many princes, have you ever known that Youzhou is in chaos, and the Wuhuan alien race has a very shallow relationship with us, and the land of the plains, now that Xi Yu is about to seize it, how many people in the warrior class in the plain city are really attached?" ”

"And the scholars in Qinghe County, really all support the lord?"

"When I followed the lord or rode a car, I also had a friendship with the lord, and I knew that there was turmoil, and now we don't have much chance of winning compared to Cao Cao."

Tian Feng was immediately displeased, "I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place, it is because of this that I did not agree to start a war with Cao Cao too early, but you Xu Zi was far from misleading the lord to declare war with Cao Cao!" ”

Hearing Tian Feng's words, Xu You couldn't help laughing.

Xu You sat in the corner, not intending to wade into this troubled water, and Fu Zhi and Guo Tu also watched the changes without saying a word.

However, Xu Yu has a very reasonable thing to say, Jizhou does pursue benevolent governance, Yuan Shao won the hearts of the people, and the people recognized him as the Jizhou pastor.

However, not everyone in the scholar clan sincerely submitted to Yuan Shao, and some people still believed that Yuan Shao was not the master.

Fu Zhu is the leader of the Qinghe Shi clan, who has made a lot of contributions and is worshiped by many people, so he has a high status under Yuan Shao.

At this moment, a group of strategists began to quarrel again, and Yuan Shao suddenly felt dizzy.

Every time they express their opinions, this is the scene, endless quarrels, but never see a concerted effort and unity to the outside world.

But Yuan Shao was also unable to unite and tolerate these strategists.

It was only because Yuan Shao was invited by these scholars that he entered Jizhou and had his current status by relying on the fame of the Yuan family and his personal reputation.

But it is not easy to stabilize the current opportunity, and Yuan Shao does not dare to offend each of the Shi clan forces.

At this time, Xu You looked at Tian Feng and asked in a deep voice, "Now that it is summer, the weather is about to become hotter, the heat of the sun will affect the combat effectiveness of the cavalry and war horses, and the wind direction and astronomical climate will also affect the trend of the battle. ”

Tian Feng was speechless for a moment.

The arguments between the self-advisors have always been about planning for the future, and they are all things that have not happened, there is no truth at all, and once the arguments are made, they are simply endless, and it is difficult for anyone to convince anyone.

If you have to argue about the results, I don't know what year or month you will have to wait.

Yuan Shao sat on the chair, directly ignored these noisy sounds, and began to think alone.

This land of Jizhou is vast and rich, but most of the soldiers and horses under his command are Yellow Turban thieves, and the Baibo and Montenegrin armies have tens of thousands of horses, and these soldiers and horses are very wild and difficult to manage.

Moreover, when the state, Jizhou and Youzhou were merged, they were too hurried and did not have time to adapt measures to local conditions, so the abilities of the leaders in various places were uneven.

At that time, nepotism was the only way to keep important positions and territories in the hands of one's own people, so much so that many of the promises made at the time have not been fulfilled to this day.

This incident made many scholars very dissatisfied.

These people of the scholar clan are not seeing rabbits and eagles, and Yuan Shao's previous promise has not been fulfilled for a long time, so that the rift between them and the scholars is getting farther and farther away, and they are separated from each other.

In addition, now Cao Cao's first strategist Xi Yu has won Cao Cao's trust and is in charge of Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

This person can almost fake the festival, take care of the political affairs of the two places, and some time ago, he used the sacrifice of the demon and evil in the sky, and his reputation was greatly enhanced, and he was a big strange person under Cao Cao.

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Shao suddenly found that the management of his territory was very chaotic, even more chaotic than Cao Cao's Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yangzhou North.

And the source of this chaos mainly lies in the internal disputes of all parties, Yuan Shao can neither appease all parties well, nor can he get rid of all the scholars.

But on the other hand, Cao Cao and Xi Yu almost from the beginning of the establishment of the Shi clan in the territory, although at the beginning they were very poor, but fortunately they slowly became rich, at this time, the people of the Shi clan had to rely on Cao Cao and Xi Yu, so that the Shi class had to sincerely follow.

But now, the situation in Jizhou is just the opposite of the situation in Cao Cao and Xi Yu.

But why did it become like this?

Yuan Shao suddenly thought of something very terrifying.

If he wanted to destroy Yanzhou, then the people of the Shi clan in Yanzhou would be closely linked to Cao Cao because of their own interests, so they would have to do their best to help Cao Cao.

But if Cao Cao wants to destroy Jizhou, then the scholars in Jizhou may have to weigh their interests, whether they are on his side with Yuan Shao, if these scholars choose not to help him, they are likely to secretly help Cao Cao, in order to hold the interests of the scholars.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and he understood at this moment why Yuan Shu completely lost to Cao Cao in the first place, and there were very complicated reasons for this.

At this moment, a group of strategists saw that Yuan Shao had already opened his eyes, and he stood up from his chair, and none of the strategists dared to speak anymore.

Now in this war situation, they are actually not in a hurry, the most anxious are Yuan Shao and Xu You.

The reason why Xu You was also very anxious about the development of the battle situation was that he followed Yuan Shao very early and coexisted with Yuan Shao for a long time.

At this time, Yuan Shao walked up to Xu You, clasped his fists and bowed deeply, "Ziyuan, thank you for enlightening me, now I know what to decide." ”

Yuan Shao turned around and glanced at the strategist, and then said, "Everyone, I have made up my mind, and I will fight Cao Cao again tomorrow, so that Yan Liang and Wen Chou will take turns to call the battle, and kill their troops first to improve the morale of our army, and when the morale of our army is high, we will launch an attack and fight a decisive battle with Cao's army!" ”

"After winning this battle, our army has been like a bamboo, taking advantage of the victory to pursue, taking the Guandu line in one fell swoop, and now the army will take Dongjun directly!"

"In this way, the crisis in my Dongjun County can naturally be solved, and if Xi Yu learns that Cao Cao's army is defeated, he will definitely be afraid, and at that time, Jizhou will only need to defend and never let Cao's army come!"

"In this way, when I kill Xuchang, win the Son of Heaven, and then live in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, the northern land will naturally be owned by me Yuan Shao!"

After all, Yuan Shao straightened his back, such a decision was also his only chance to win now, and he could only fight quickly!

If you can take this opportunity to defeat Cao Cao in Guandu, this battle can also affect the entire battle situation.

At that time, even if Xi Yu has prestige in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, he will eventually be deeply affected by the fact that Xuchang Tianzi was obtained by him Yuan Shao.

"Lord...... The Lord is wise! ”

Hearing Yuan Shao's strategy, Xu Yu was very happy and smiled.

He had long known that Yuan Shao would definitely be able to figure out these things: the current war is the most taboo to drag on.

Even if we ignore whether the development speed in the territory can be faster than that of Xi Yu and Cao Cao, the battle between the scholars within the Yuan Shao group alone is far greater than that of Xuzhou.

If the struggle between the group continues for a long time, it will only make the internal people disheartened and difficult to unite with the outside world.

In addition, the money in Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou can be used to add at least tens of thousands of new soldiers every year, and then train them to become strong soldiers, and they can grow into experienced veterans with only one last battlefield.

In the long run, this source of soldiers is also something that he Yuan Shao cannot compare with Cao Cao.

Therefore, in the eyes of Xu You and Yuan Shao, for today's plan, quick battle is the best strategy.

"My lord, this is very good."

Xu You's face was full of satisfaction, he bowed to Yuan Shaoshen, and said secretly in his heart: Such a lord, I, Xu You, really didn't follow the wrong person, no matter whether I win or lose, at least I can fight against Cao Jun vigorously.

Now, the grain and grass of Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses are hoarded in the black nest, and thousands of soldiers are stationed here, even if Yuan Shao loses the decisive battle to Cao Cao, at least the money and grain are still there, and there is still a day of comeback.

Therefore, now the money and food of Wuchao is the lifeblood of Yuan Shao's side, and there must be no loss.

……

Yuan Shao's side had just made up his mind to have a quick decisive battle with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's camp also ushered in new changes.

On the third watch, Cao Cao was woken up.

"My lord, my lord, the general of the military division, Lord Xi Yuxi, personally led three hundred men and horses to arrive, and the fierce general Dian Wei also came."

Among the Cao army, everyone knows that the power of Dian Wei can carry the tripod, this person is not under Xu Chu in battle, so the fierce general is coming, and the Cao army is excited.

Xu Huang, Li Dian, and Yu Ban and other generals immediately breathed a sigh of relief, before Yan Liang killed several generals, which made the generals of the Cao army feel pressure.

At this time, Cao Cao came out of the camp and saw Xi Yu, who had not met for a long time, Cao Cao showed a smiling face, and after the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Cao Cao welcomed Xi Yu into the military tent.

Cao Cao ordered people to bring good wine and vegetables, sauce beef, large pots of rice, and melons and fruits.

Xi Yu and Dian Wei had been going day and night these days, and they were already hungry, so they immediately devoured it, eating very wildly, and Lu Lingqi on the side was so shocked that he pretended not to know the two.

Cao Cao suddenly noticed Lu Lingqi, thinking that it was the entourage brought by Xi Yu, or maybe it was Xinna's concubine.

However, after Cao Cao took a second look, he found that this woman was wearing feathers on her head, and her facial features were very similar to Lu Bu, and Cao Cao suddenly had a guess in his heart.

After capturing Lü Bu City, Cao Cao handed over the finishing work to Xi Yu, and he rushed back to Yanzhou, so he didn't know much about what was going on.

But at this moment, Cao Cao saw that Lu Lingqi looked the same as Lu Bu, and he was even more heroic.

But after all, Lu Lingqi is a daughter, if she haunts many male generals, is this matter appropriate?

"Lord, do you seem to be worried?" Xi Yu suddenly looked at Cao Cao and asked.

"No, Fengyi, I'm not worried about the war, but now Jingzhou in the south is eager to try, and Li Wei in the west is also testing Zhong Xuan, if these two places can't be suppressed, I'm afraid that I will be attacked on all sides. I'm just thinking about how I can get it done. ”

"Now this war is very dangerous."

"However, the Hebei fierce generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou, especially that Yan Liang, killed several of my soldiers in front of my battle, which made our soldiers demoralized."

Cao Cao glanced at Xu Chu, and then continued, "Fengyi didn't know, just recently, Xu Chu went to fight with Yan Liang, but was injured by Yan Liang's tricks, and was almost killed. ”

Hearing this, Xu Chu blushed for a while, but he didn't dare to show it too much in front of Xi Yu, so he had to smile shyly.

"Brother, rest assured, Yan Liang will be invincible tomorrow." Xi Yu said confidently.

Xi Yu also wants to end this war quickly.

He is very clear about the thoughts of the Jizhou scholars, as long as Yuan Shao wins, these scholars will naturally always support Yuan Shao, and all parts of Jizhou will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai.

But if Yuan Shao loses this battle, then most of the scholars in Jizhou will inevitably withdraw their support for Yuan Shao, and at that time, Yuan Shao will be divided internally, and the rebellion will continue.

As far as Cao Jun is concerned, if this battle is won, General Yuan Tanding in the Plains will be disturbed, and he may be at odds with Ju Yi, so that Zilong will have an opportunity to take advantage of the Plains.

Now, for Cao Cao, the war is very difficult, but in fact, the key is to get rid of Yan Liangwen and ugliness, and Xi Yu knows very well in his heart: If there is no Guan Erye, no one can cut Yan Liangxiang's head in the battle.

In this way, he can only do it himself.

At this moment, Cao Cao heard the words playfully, and suddenly asked, "What does Fengyi mean by this?" If so, come quickly, you and I will discuss. ”

Xi Yu then took out a map from his bosom, but it was already a few years since the map looked at it.

Xi Yu immediately unfolded the map, he pointed to the map and went around the mountains, and then went out along a small road, he could get close to the hinterland of Yuan Shao's military camp, except for Liyang City, which was the place where grain was stored in the mountains.

"Brother, this place is called the Black Nest." Xi Yu pointed to one place and said to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao saw the route clearly, he asked Xi Yu, "Fengyi, when did you draw this map?" ”

"Three years ago." Xi Yu replied truthfully.

"What do you say? You had this map three years ago? Cao Cao said in disbelief, "Three years ago, when did you draw it?" ”

"Three years ago, at the time of the winter disaster." Xi Yu replied.

(End of chapter)