Cao Cao looked at everyone and smiled, "Hehe...... Let's talk about it for the time being, Fengyi is very good, do you have any good methods? ”

Gao Shun shook his head and said, "My lord doesn't have any way, he just said that when the time comes, please ask the lord to decide the strategy himself, and he said that only you know how to expand the benefits of this news, so as to affect the outcome of the entire battle of Guandu." ”

"I know?!"

Cao Cao was a little shocked, and then thought about it carefully, removing all kinds of bad emotions in his heart, and his thoughts slowly became clearer.

After Cao Cao thought about it, Yuan Shao must know about Zhu Ling's affairs, which means that the defenders of Liyang must have received Yuan Shao's orders, so they will build a defense line in the small city in order to defend it.

If this is the case, Cao Cao only needs to defeat Yuan Shao, and the soldiers and horses in Yuan Shao's camp will definitely be in turmoil.

Indeed it is.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Cheng Yu, "You immediately send Zhu Ling's head and this letter to Liyang, so that Yuan Shao can see it with his own eyes." ”

"At the same time, you immediately sent people to spread the news, especially among the displaced people near Liyang, and spread the rumors."

"Whoa!"

……

In the next few days, the people in Liyang City already knew about it, and they were all shocked.

At the same time, after an expedited journey of 800 miles, he arrived directly from Wei County to Yecheng, and Zhu Ling's head and letters had also been passed to Yuan Shao.

When he received the box containing Zhu Ling's head, Yuan Shao was really unbearable, and the whole person cried for a while!

"Zhu Ling, you lost your life for me, but why is this happening? Could it be that Cao Cao's thief has been guarding against you, so that you have ended up like this. ”

"Cao Mengde is a person who does not doubt the use of people, but secretly guards against everyone, he will not really trust anyone, and even he may deceive.

Cao Cao did not doubt the strategy of employing people, and suspecting people did not use it, when the two were bounded by the Yellow River, the two were originally brothers, one to the north and the other to the south.

Yanzhou belonged to Cao Cao, while Jizhou and Youzhou belonged to Yuan Shao.

At that time, the relationship between the two was very good, and they helped each other at that time, Yuan Shao often got the news of Cao Cao's territory deployment, and never thought that it was just a trick, Cao Cao was a fickle person.

On the surface, those courtesy corporals are all superficial articles.

The fact that Zhu Ling was killed this time was killed by Cao Cao at the slightest change, which is the best proof that Cao Cao has no faith to talk about at all.

Cao Cao even asked someone to send the letter to Yuan Shao, which Yuan Shao was very unhappy.

"It's over, it's hopeless!"

Yuan Shao suddenly shouted and flipped over the table in front of him.

This war, from the beginning of the year to the present, Yuan Shao always feels that he is being led by the nose many times, and he is really unbearable.

"Beat me, you're going to beat me hard!"

Cao Cao was very angry and said to his second son Yuan Xi, who was beside him.

Yuan Xi was originally in Youzhou, but recently in order to support the southern battlefield, this time he not only brought 80,000 soldiers and horses, but also brought about 400,000 grain and grass.

"Since Cao Mengde didn't let me get better, how could I make him feel better, and now I must not stick to it anymore! Pass my order, go south to Liyang, and fight to the death with Cao Mengde! ”

Yuan Shao suddenly said in a deep voice.

Seeing Yuan Shao so angry, Tian Feng and Ben wanted to admonish again, but it was useless, the two looked at each other for a while, and after a long time, no one spoke again.

Since then, the places near Yecheng have been constantly preparing military supplies every day, uniting forces, gathering soldiers and horses, and then going south to support Liyang.

In this way, in a short period of time, Yuan Shao actually gathered 200,000 troops, plus hundreds of thousands of defenders in Liyang, Yuan Shao now has 300,000 troops, and he can fight Cao Cao to the death again.

If he wins this time, Yuan Shao will still be able to go south to Dongjun, and then attack Yanzhou, directly threatening the land of Xuchang!

If Cao Cao can't resist it, it will be a complete failure!

But if this war happens, Yuan Shao loses to Cao Cao again, and for Yuan Shao, he will be at the end of the mountains and rivers, and there is no way out.

……

Three days later, Yuan Shao was in high spirits, ready to raise troops to the south again to fight against Cao Cao, now Cao Cao has led his troops and horses to attack Liyang for several months, has long been a tired army, Yuan Shao firmly believes that this time he is waiting for work, will be able to defeat Cao Cao.

If he loses to Cao Cao again this time, Yuan Shao will apologize with his own death.

Yuan Shao planned now, but he ignored that Xi Yu of Leling County was waiting for Yuan Shao to go south.

This night, after dinner, Xi Yu, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong were playing mahjong very leisurely.

Just when Xi Yu was extremely depressed, the soldiers under his command spread the news that Yuan Shao was about to go south to Liyang to the Xi Yu camp.

Hearing this news, Xi Yu was suddenly excited.

"That's good news!"

Xi Yu patted the case and said to Zhao Yun: "Okay, tonight's mahjong is here, Zilong, you immediately go to the military camp with Han Sheng, and lead the black and white horsemen from Leling to the Bohai Sea and the river." ”

"After arriving there, I immediately ordered people to spread rumors: it was said that Yuan Shao was very shameless, and after being found out during the assassination, he became angry and angry, and even led the soldiers and horses to the south to die!"

"At the same time, inform all the scholars in Jizhou that as long as they take the initiative to hand over the letter to me before the war, I promise that I will protect their original interests and status in the future, and ensure that the scholars and ordinary people of the poor family will never take away their interests!"

"Whoa!"

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong immediately stood up, but Huang Zhong added, "Lord, my sword is just the same as the seven pairs of dragons, you are going to fire it to me!" ”

"Lao Huang, now that there is going to be a war, how can you be so discouraged! How can this be, it's really too much! ”

Xi Yu suddenly said in a deep voice, "Pass my order, from today onwards, all mahjong games are prohibited in the army, and everyone will immediately seize the time to do a good job in various trainings!" ”

"Ah, my lord, you ...... It's too much!! Huang Zhong was a little unconvinced.

At this moment, he was very unbelievable, if this one was given to him by Xi Yu, then he would earn at least twenty gold, but with such a sentence as Xi Yu, the twenty gold would be completely gone? !

"Hehe, General Huang, just a pair of dragons and seven pairs, why worry about it, if you kill a few more people on the battlefield, this little money will naturally come back easily." Dian Wei, who was eating flatbread next to him, said to Huang Zhong with a smile.

"Is this a thing? It's clear that I've won! ”

"Nonsense!" Xi Yu walked outside, "This one is not finished, why did you win?" ”

"Wait for this battle to end, come back and we'll continue to fight!"

"My lord, what you said lightly, come back and fight again, I'm ...... When have you ever been so wronged......"

Now Huang Zhong is also old, and there is a son to raise at home, his son has been trained for several years, and now his body is very good, and the level of archery and swordsmanship, and even equestrian skills, is now about to catch up with Huang Zhong.

It's just that his son hasn't really been on the battlefield yet, and he is still in Xuchang.

Huang Zhong had already planned that after the war in the north was over, he would be able to recruit his son.

In this way, Huang Zhong is sometimes the same as the old man, and he always thinks that the more money in his hand is safe.

After all, for example, today's magic weapons in the Institute of Craftsmen and the Academy of Craftsmen require a lot of money to buy, and even if you don't buy the finished products, you need to at least buy the raw materials to make these objects.

Xi Yu walked in front very happily, and immediately sent someone to take a walk about Yuan Shaozhi's news.

Since the day he entered Leling County, the strategy of step-by-step can finally be implemented, as Cao Cao said at the beginning, the best deployment of Xi Yu is to leave the capital for the Qinghe faction and the Yingchuan faction and other strategists to compete, and also leave room for the rest of the warriors to surrender.

……

Just when Yuan Shao's 200,000 troops came to Liyang, there was great turmoil in the rear of Jizhou.

The people of the scholar class sent letters and letters to Leling County, expressing their willingness to surrender.

The Qinghe territory, which is closest to Leling County, is also among them, and the large and small scholars in the Qinghe region have sent letters expressing their willingness to make peace, which makes Yuan Shao's clan relatives clearly feel how eager these scholars are to surrender.

If this move is allowed to develop like this, it will not be long before the entire Jizhou will soon fall completely.

With such an unfavorable thing, Yuan Tan and Ju Yi in Pingyang immediately became restless.

Today, Pingyang City is full of piles of official documents and various military intelligence reports, all of which are placed on Yuan Tan's case.

At this moment, Yuan Tan's face was pale, sitting in front of the case, these days, after fighting Zhao Zilong a few times, the anger on the young Yuan Tan's body was gone.

Over the past few days, Yuan Tan has reined in a lot of temper.

After several battles with Zhao Yun, Yuan Tan's right-hand men were all killed by Zhao Yun within a few rounds, which frightened them into not having the courage to face the battle.

I wanted to sneak attack a few times, but they all failed, and suffered heavy losses, such a difficult battle made Yuan Tan and the soldiers and horses seem to be led by the nose, and several times the camp also suffered heavy losses.

Since the beginning of the war, Yuan Tan has not fully grasped the initiative once.

After all, under the teasing of Xi Yu and Zhao Zilong, Yuan Tan was panicked every day, and he had to endure the reproach and abuse from his father Yuan Shaozhi, who was in the rear.

"Juyi!"

At this moment, Yuan Tan said in a deep voice.

"Tonight, you and I will go out with the soldiers and horses and fight with Xi Yu!"

"Let's take advantage of the victory to pursue, and directly hit Leling County in one go, occupying both sides of the Yellow River, so that we can block the land to and from Qingzhou, and make Xiyu, who is in Jizhou, homeless."

Hearing this, Ju Yi's face was very gloomy, he shook his head, and said, "You...... The idea is too simplistic, where have we ever had a victory on the entire Yellow River, and now, the morale of the army is very weak, and we have no solution. ”

"On the surface, Cao Cao has not done an inch in Liyang in the past few months, but in fact, it is Cao Cao who is here, and Liyang feels the pressure."

"In this way, the soldiers and horses of Youzhou will not be able to move at all for a few months, so we have fallen into passivity, according to the last general, now, the best way is to wait for Cao Cao to have a problem in the rear, and it is time for us to attack."

"Why is there a problem in Cao Cao's rear, and when will he wait? Could it be that my words don't work for you now? Yuan Tan was very displeased, and his cheeks twitched a few times.

Ju Yi was stunned for a moment, and his heart was a little bitter.

Your words...... Why does it work?! When does it work?!

I have followed your father for many years, supported him as the pastor of Jizhou, and let him have the prestige he has now, such merits, few people can compare with me, but you are a junior, you have been in the plains for a long time, but you have never treated me as an uncle.

I'm your father's benefactor, and I'm also your Yuan family's benefactor!

At this moment, Ju Yi's heart is like eating a mosquito, and the taste is very uncomfortable but unspeakable.

It's just that this father and son of the Yuan family are too similar, Yuan Tan is almost exactly the same as his father Yuan Shao: he has a handsome and majestic appearance, a good appearance and temperament, and he is even more dignified, but he is very proud in his heart.

"General, if what I said is true, Cao Cao's south of the land is Sun Ce and Jingzhou, if there is a war between these two places, Cao Cao will have to go back to the base camp."

"That's it, so you can wait a little longer, and now the time is almost up, and the other princes can't help it."

"Oh, how so?"

Hearing this, Yuan Tan gritted his teeth, although he felt that what Xi Yu said was very reasonable, but now he couldn't help it.

If it is slower, I am afraid that this Qinghe County will be combined with the surrender of the scholars in Pingyuan County.

By that time, it would be very difficult for their army to be in the city.

A few days ago, Yuan Tan had already killed four celebrities to deter, but it seemed that he couldn't suppress it, as long as people could escape from the plains and reach the plains, they felt that they could be reborn.

Comparatively speaking, the scholars of the Hanmen and the ordinary people are more willing to go to Leling County, where Xiyu is implementing the policy of benevolent government, so that if they deal with it calmly, they will naturally not be chaotic, and there is no hidden danger of being surrounded by people, so the people have a new escape route.

From Pingyuan City, go north first, and then go to Hejian County, and go directly east from Hejian County, you can enter Leling, and the army sent by Xu Zhen is leading.

In this way, there is no need to offend the local officials, but also to enter Leling County and witness the benevolent government implemented by Xi Yu.

In such a situation, Guandu fought again, Yuan Shao immediately led his army south, almost without any temptation with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao directly gathered troops to storm Cao Cao's Guandu camp.

And in a short period of time, the two sides must have clashed many times, whether it was attacking the camp at night or opening up the formation to fight, without hesitation, the two sides carried out a series of cavalry charges, and the battle formation was against each other.

However, most of Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were new recruits, and his battlefield experience was very insufficient, so it was difficult to show much combat effectiveness on the battlefield, and after being ambushed by Cao Cao several times, he was afraid.

Until this time, Yuan Shao still did not stop attacking, and he had no intention of stopping the attack at all.

He ordered a battle day and night, and let Wen Chou and Zhang lead the soldiers and horses to charge continuously, and the damage was huge, and in less than a month, the soldiers and horses dispersed at least 50,000 people.

But Cao Cao's loss this time was only about 10,000.

Moreover, the general's men have lost a lot.

However, on the other hand, in Yuan Shao's military camp, Zhang He and Wen Chou were very tired, and even felt that the future was bleak, even if Wen Chou and Zhang He were brave, Yuan Shao was even more capable of leading the army.

However, now, it is true that Yuan Shao has long lost the hearts of the people, so Yuan Shao is now only left with anger, but anger cannot bring victory.

On the contrary, they were attacked by Cao Cao and Xi Yu's soldiers and horses, so after Cao Cao's soldiers and horses withstood the first round of Yuan Shaojun's attack, they cooperated with Xi Yu, which made Yuan Shaojun's more difficult.

At the end of July, when autumn was about to begin, Yuan Shao fell ill again.

……

At this moment, in the Liyang City Administration, Yuan Shao looked sickly, lying on the soft couch, and the people around him were all sad and uneasy when they saw Yuan Shao's demeanor.

The military generals Wen Chou and Zhang He were covered in blood, standing in front of Yuan Shao, and Fu Zhi and Guo Tu were standing on the other side, the four of them were in a very complicated mood at the moment, these days, if everyone was not anxious and busy, their mental state was in a trance.

The era in which Xi Yu is now living is a feudal period, and everything in society is based on the human body: such as clans, armies, civil officials and conquests, it is difficult to change easily, and the most important thing for this noble class is to control the way into the imperial court.

As a result, it was difficult for scholars and people from poor families to enter the imperial court, so the people of the scholar clan completely controlled the political affairs of the court and some regions.

The result is ......

One glory and glory, one loss and all losses, layer by layer, in the end, the glory and blessing of the people of the scholar clan are all thanks to the body of one person, and when the court is stable, it is the Son of Heaven.

But now, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and now in this world, the glory and blessing of the scholars benefit from the local princes.

Yuan Shao was born noble, is the official family of the fourth and third princes, the family has a collection of thousands of books, the network is like the roots of the tree are intertwined, no one dares to underestimate, and Yuan Shao himself has a heroic spirit, once favored by many scholars, and there are many scholars around him.

However, the real purpose of the people of the Shi clan is profit and survival, and it is difficult to talk about feelings.

For example, now, Yuan Shao is old and sick, and he is very lonely.

At this moment, Yuan Shao felt regretful, he shouldn't have killed Xu Ziyuan in the first place, he had followed Yuan Shao for many years, if he was still alive now, at least he still had some love with Yuan Shao.

Unlike Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, and Tian Feng, they have not even said a word in their hearts at this point.

After the previous rebellion of the party, many people chose to follow the Shi clan and depend, so of course, it was none other than the most famous Yuan clan.

It's just that Yuan Shao later accidentally lost the imperial power, got Dong Zhuo, and further gathered more scholars around him.

It was also from that year that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu competed in the world with the support of many scholars.

However, it is a pity that Yuan Shao betrayed the Han court, and Yuan Shao did not claim the title of emperor, but has been struggling to support it.

At the beginning, the situation was not like this, Yuan Shao's identity background, personality and ability were very strong, and after receiving the support of the scholars from all over the country, he quickly gathered into a force and rose rapidly.

But nowadays, the dispersion is also quite rapid.

Even Cao Cao, in the original history, relied on the 'gifts' of Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others to get Yanzhou'......

(End of chapter)